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Albania Needs Reforms to Counter Growth Slowdown
IMF SurveyJanuary 11, 2013
- Albania's economy has ridden out eurozone crisis well so far
- Lowering public debt, keeping recovery on track are key priorities
- Addressing troubled loans, restarting structural reforms essential for growth
After showing resilience during the past two years, Albania's economy is now beginning to slow down, the IMF said in its annual review of the Balkan nation's economy.Growth in 2012 is likely to be sharply lower—at below 1 percent—because of the euro area crisis, weak demand at home, and disruptions caused by harsh winter. In 2013, growth is expected to recover, but slowly, to 1.3 percent, the IMF report said.
"The euro area crisis will continue to create headwinds and complicate policymaking in the near term," said Nadeem Ilahi, IMF mission chief for Albania. The country, which applied formally for EU membership in 2009, has shown surprising resilience since the outbreak of the global crisis in 2008, but that could change. In the period ahead, it will have to tackle the high public debt, make banks more resilient, and advance growth-enhancing reforms, he said.
Speaking to IMF Survey, Ilahi outlined the reasons behind Albania's resilience to the eurozone crisis, the policy priorities, and the near and medium-term challenges the economy faces.
IMF Survey: Albania managed to both avoid recession and maintain financial stability in the wake of the global economic crisis. How did it achieve this?
Ilahi: Until recently, Albania coped with the unfavorable external economic environment quite well. The economy avoided a sharp fall in output, inflation stayed low and stable, and the banking system remained sound.
Albania's main external links are through exports, banks, and remittances, mainly with its two next door neighbors—Italy and Greece. Despite the problems in Europe, spillovers to Albania through these channels have been limited so far. There are several reasons for this.
First, Albania's exports are a small part of the economy. And, since the onset of the crisis, the country has been able to reorient and redirect some of its exports towards new products and markets.
Second, although most banks in the country are foreign owned, they depend largely on domestic deposits. This is partly the result of sound regulatory policies adopted by the central bank prior to the global crisis, which helped contain systemic risks. As a result, the Albanian banking system has not experienced the kind of withdrawal of funding we have seen in some other countries in the region.
Third, even though remittances from Albanians living abroad—mainly those in Greece and Italy—have been on a declining trend, the effect has been partly offset by returning migrants bringing back their savings to Albania.
Not least, the authorities' timely and sound policies in response to the crisis have also played a role. A fiscal stimulus at the onset of the crisis, and more recently, the central bank's gradual easing of monetary policy, proved useful. In addition, policies to ensure that banks had adequate capital and liquidity were instrumental in maintaining financial sector stability.
IMF Survey: In the report, you say that fiscal consolidation is now needed to reduce debt. Why is that necessary?
Ilahi: Albania's public debt is high. Its debt-to-GDP ratio today—at around 60 percent—is among the highest in the region. A large part of this debt is domestic and of short term duration and is held by foreign-owned commercial banks. Further increases in debt could affect the confidence of the existing debt holders, worsen the rollover risks, and crowd out private credit and investment. As a result, we think that further fiscal stimulus financed by new debt would be counterproductive.
But while we have advised the authorities to undertake fiscal consolidation, our advice takes into account the structure of Albania's debt as well as the current weak position of the economy. How quickly the fiscal deficit is brought down needs to be balanced against the need to minimize the negative effects of the consolidation on growth and the poor and vulnerable.
So it is all about getting the pace of fiscal consolidation right. And we recommend spreading the adjustment over the next five years, to allow for a more gradual pace of adjustment. At the same time, to make the adjustment credible, it has to be accompanied by a solid anchor and well specified consolidation plans. We have also advised the authorities to not cut back on capital projects because such spending enhances economic activity and job creation, particularly in lean times.
IMF Survey: Most of Albania's banks are foreign owned. In light of this, has the banking sector suffered from deleveraging?
Ilahi: During the crisis, foreign-owned banks had to adjust their balance sheets in response to changes in policies of their parent banks. But the threat of parent banks withdrawing funds suddenly from Albania is not high because banks rely mostly on funding from domestic deposits.
However, we believe that risks remain. As the eurozone crisis lingers, the central bank should continue to monitor banks' capital and liquidity. With lingering economic weakness many loans have also run into trouble, posing a risk to the banking system. Our advice is to improve the process through which banks can deal with troubled loans in a timely manner.
IMF Survey: What other challenges does Albania need to tackle?
Ilahi: What matters over the medium term is how rapidly Albania can embark on a high and sustained economic growth path. Attracting investment from domestic and international sources is critical. In addition to the measures discussed above, the authorities need to address the constraints that hinder private sector investment in Albania today. These are uncertain property rights, weak enforcement of the rule of law, and inadequate physical infrastructure.


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The royal bridesmaid takes a turn on the ice during a holiday event in London
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Pippa Middleton traded her fashionable footwear for ice skates Monday night at a Tiffany & Co.-sponsored event and Christmas tree-lighting ceremony in London.
Putting her style on ice – she wore a chic white button-up coat with black gloves – at the posh Somerset House, the reportedly recently single sister of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge looked graceful as she whizzed around the rink, holding onto the hand of a female friend at one point.
PHOTOS: Pippa Middleton's Fab Fall Style
The always-athletic Middleton, 28, then looked on as R&B singer Emeli Sandé lit up the Christmas tree and played a festive acoustic set.
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In the splendor of St. Peter's Basilica, with ambassadors to the Holy See from dozens of countries seated in the front rows, the pontiff, wearing white vestments with gold-colored trimmings, celebrated Mass on a day the Vatican dedicates to world peace.
"I would like to underline the fact that, in the face of the shadows that obscure the horizon of today's world, to assume responsibility for educating young people in knowledge of the truth, in fundamental values and virtues, is to look to the future with hope," the pontiff said.
Young people, he said, must "learn the importance and the art of peaceful coexistence, mutual respect, dialogue and understanding. Young people by their nature are open to these attitudes, but the social reality in which they grow up can lead them to think and act in the opposite way, even to be intolerant and violent," Benedict said.
But they will become "builders of peace" if properly educated, he predicted.
The 84-year-old Benedict looked tired during Mass, but his voice was strong, and he smiled and chatted briefly with families and young children who carried gifts to him during the ceremony. He seemed amused by one pacifier-sucking infant as the parents kneeled before the pope.Story: Times Square, world ring in 2012, bid adieu to a tough year
As he has for the past few months, Benedict used a wheeled platform, guided by ushers, to moved down the basilica's long aisle between entrance and main altar. The Vatican has said the device is meant to cut down on exertion, but is not employed because of any medical reason.
While citing the "shadows" hanging over humanity, the pontiff didn't mention specific conflicts or the economic crisis afflicting many countries.
But after Mass, in remarks in English from his studio window overlooking St. Peter's Square, jammed with tens of thousands of Romans, tourists and pilgrims, Benedict invited all to pray with him "earnestly for peace throughout the world, for reconciliation and forgiveness in areas of conflict, and for a more just and equitable distribution of the world's resources."
Again, turning his attention to young people, Benedict said they "look today with a certain apprehension toward the future," with their concerns including "the difficulty in starting a family and finding a stable job."
Italy's president, whose country is seeking to avoid financial disaster that could worsen the euro-zone crisis, did mention the bad times in comments on Benedict's reflections.
President Giorgio Napolitano, in a statement released by the presidential palace, said he shared the pontiff's "invitation to look at 2012 with a trusting attitude, even though the sense of frustration for the crisis assailing society, the work world and the economy, is quite understandable."
"I, too, cannot thus help but reiterate the importance of renewed attention that all components of society must dedicate to the anxieties and problems of the young generations," Napolitano said.
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Debra Wood, family and consumer sciences agent with the Kansas State Extension Service — Geary County, offers this advice to be sure your credit report is up to date and accurate.
Q: What is the importance of checking my credit report?
A: Because the information in your credit report is used to evaluate your applications for credit, insurance, employment, and renting a residence, you should be sure the information is accurate and up-to-date.
In addition, monitoring your credit is one of the best ways to spot identity theft.
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The Art and Making of Star Wars Force Unleashed
Great book for those who are interested. I've the same review on my blog, but with the addition of a video of me flipping the pages.
The Art and Making of Star Wars Force Unleashed brings you behind the scenes into the game development process, while staying close to artists' drawing boards.
This book is choked full with breathtaking concept art, character designs, diary entries and screenshots from the game. It features over 300 pieces of art work in 168 pages. On two pages are pasted paper pockets, with each containing 5 character cards.
If you've owned the "art of" series for the Star Wars movies, expect the same high quality environment paintings. But this one goes up one notch with beautiful page layouts. It's the art magazine type of layout, so the every page design is essentially art in itself. Great effort from the book designers.
The 6 chapters in the book explains the game creation process in depth. That's from the development of a concept, to the pitch and approval stage, next to character studies, then environment and finally the technology behind.
There are lots of nitty gritty details that you won't read on Internet interviews. The authors bring you to the cutting floor and let you read all about the discarded ideas.
After reading the book, you'll literally feel like you've worked with these people (most probably as an intern).
For Star Wars fans, you have no reasons not to get this book. For people interested in concept design and animation, this book has lots of insight for you. This book is a great source of inspiration.
Be careful of the binding though. The part where the cover meets page 1 seems like they will come apart in the future. Easily fixed by pasting some clear tape to fix the problem before it develops.
definitely a great book. I've been flipping through it almost nightly since I got it a few weeks ago.
The character work in this book/iterative design is just fantastic.
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They didn't know it, but Dallas and Fort Worth were really ahead of their time. The two cities, separated by about 35 miles, had for many years been rivals, trying to outshine the other to bring in new businesses and building projects. But in the post-war years of the mid 20th Century, the two cities were spreading increasingly outward and toward one another. The U.S. Census Bureau could see this happening, and started to think of Dallas and Fort Worth as part of the same region. And so in 1964, when each city independently approached the federal government to help build a new airport within each of their respective boundaries, the Federal Aviation Administration told them to scrap their plans and team up on a shared airport. Reluctantly, the rival cities joined forces and now sit on either side of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, the center of a booming and interrelated region. That simple, logistical insistence on the part of the federal government created an agglomeration that, according to a new book, will be the future of urbanity in the U.S.
In Megapolitan America, Arthur C. Nelson and Robert E. Lang look ahead to 2040, a point in time when they foresee a United States dominated by 23 "megapolitan" areas, or large regions of interconnected metropolitan areas. As commuting patterns continue to shift, where people work and where they live can be two very different places. These commuting patterns are mainly what informs the Census Bureau's definition of metropolitan areas, and Nelson and Lang take a similar approach to identify their megapolitans. These are areas that, based on Census projections, will be dominated not only by large and relatively nearby cities, but a strong degree of commuting-based interaction between them into the future.
These 23 megapolitan areas – further combined into 10 clusters – are projected to house about two-thirds of the U.S. population in 2040. Strong foreshadowing of the megapolitans can be seen today, the authors say. Dallas-Fort Worth is just one example, which by itself extends to include a total of 29 counties. The Dallas-Fort Worth megapolitan is further connected to two others in the area, one driven by Houston, the other by Austin and San Antonio. Together these three megapolitans form a 67-county cluster Nelson and Lang refer to as the Texas Triangle, which they predict that by 2040 will house more than 28 million people.
"Metros are the basis of integration into the global economy, I have no doubt about that," says Lang, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. He argues that the megapolitan scale will increasingly be that driver. "These are the key assets, these are the key ports, these are the key international airports, this is the key place of interface with the global economy."
And more locally, these megapolitans will also be the geographical unit that drives planning.
"Not in terms of everything," says Lang. "Not housing, not schools. But in terms of transportation planning, economic development, environmental planning, areas at that scale."
Given that commuting patterns play such a large role in determining how these megapolitan clusters will form, large scale transportation infrastructure planning is expected to be a crucial element in the governance of these large urban areas. Like the airport linking Dallas and Fort Worth, major transportation projects will be important in securing the economic vitality of these places.
High-speed rail is seen by some planners as a critical path toward this kind of economic integration of places. The Regional Plan Association, for example, has a similar large-scale urban outlook of a future of megaregions, most of which are identified as good candidates for high-speed rail networks. Lang says that one of his megapolitan regions, Central Florida, is one of those prime candidates. Tampa and Orlando have a high degree of commuting integration, which would have been a good argument for high speed rail, but Governor Rick Scott returned the $2.4 billion the federal government had awarded the state for such a project. Lang argues that was a missed opportunity, not just for the transportation link, but for the economic link it would have helped solidify between the two cities – one with an active port, the other with an active airport.
"The whole region of Central Florida is a point of integration into the global economy," Lang says. "Because you could live across that region, if you had more effective transportation across it would have made it easier. Together those two markets could have gone from modest- to good-sized cities to a Dallas structure in terms of size and scale."
He says it was business interests pushing for the rail link, not transit advocates. "They were trying to link the two regions to help Orlando diversify its economy, to provide resilience in downturns."
Infrastructural investments could have helped both Tampa and Orlando have a stronger presence, according to Lang. He says that areas like this need to embrace their regional connection.
"These are the places where we have laboratory space, all of the university capacity, the innovation assets that the U.S. is going to need as it switches from pure consumption to a mixed economy with an increased emphasis on exports," Lang says. "And our argument is we're not prepared enough. We're not investing in them enough."
The politicization of infrastructure in recent years has been a deterrent to bringing about the sort of large-scale investments Lang and his co-author suggest. But it's not just high-speed rail. Lang argues that simple investments in maintaining infrastructure like roads and bridges are incredibly important to keeping the economy moving.
"It makes sense to invest in basic capacity. There's nothing controversial or criminal or conspiracy or socialistic in building a stinkin' bridge," Lang says.
He's hopeful the political winds will shift and people will recognize the economic benefits of building infrastructure that better links areas already connected by workers and businesses. With the Census projections and the concept of megapolitans, Lang argues that varying levels of government, but especially the federal level, should start preparing to meet the needs of much larger urban areas that house bigger portions of the population and drive a much more significant share of the economy.
In other words, don't make the mistake Dallas and Fort Worth almost made.
"If it was up to Dallas and Fort Worth, the region would have two half-assed airports, it would have probably a million and a half less people, it wouldn't have any signature in the global economy as opposed to now, which is substantial," says Lang. "It wouldn't have its identity as we know it today but for the federal government's insistence that a world class piece of infrastructure be placed in the middle between these two emerging regions."
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- Modeling the Impact of Revised DHHS HIV Treatment Guidelines on Survival in Women
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It is believed that some illnesses, including HIV, may follow a different clinical course in males than in females. The possibility that a gender difference may influence the manifestation and progression of HIV has been a concern over the past few years.
Although some cohort studies have only found minor differences, others have reported significantly lower HIV RNA levels in females than in males. This lower HIV RNA level may potentially result in a delay in initiation of therapy that may put this group of patients at risk for HIV-related complications. Furthermore, the current U.S. guidelines for initiation of therapy have been constructed utilizing data from predominantly male cohorts.
These issues raise the concern that the current treatment guidelines may not be appropriate for females. This is particularly disturbing now that females account for an increasing proportion of new HIV infections in the U.S.
With these controversial issues in mind, investigators at GlaxoSmithKline designed a model of HIV progression that estimates the possible impact of the revised HIV treatment guidelines with regards to women. For this model they used some disease progression parameters from the LIVE Study. The LIVE Study is a large longitudinal cohort of seroconverters, in which approximately 23 percent were women (which matches the current estimates of seroconversion across the nation). To further feed information into this model, investigators also used data from other cohorts such as MACS and a meta-analysis from more than 1,000 HIV-1-infected women enrolled in several Glaxo clinical trials.
The study design required that a gender adjustment be made with the assumption that an HIV RNA of 15,000 to 20,000 copies/mL in women was equivalent to an HIV RNA of 50,000 to 55,000 copies/mL in men. After this adjustment was made, the female groups were re-assigned to new categories following both the previous HIV guidelines and the new revised HIV guidelines to determine eligibility to begin HAART and the possibility of disease progression.
The study analysis concluded that the estimated survival of women with HIV under the revised guidelines was significantly lower than with the previous guidelines. This survival was lower regardless of whether the HIV RNA gender adjustment was taken into consideration. It was estimated that the average life expectancy for a woman without treatment under the current guidelines was 5.47 years. When the HIV RNA gender adjustment was taken into account, that survival decreased to 5.31 years.
As expected, in this model the use of HAART significantly improved the average survival under both the old and new guidelines. If the HIV RNA gender adjustment was taken into consideration in women treated with HAART, survival increased from 1.19 to 2.43 years using the revised guidelines. For the old guidelines, survival with HAART increased from 4.31 to 5.35 years after the HIV RNA gender adjustment.
What this study is trying to say is that some manifestations of HIV are different in men than in women. One of these differences is the lower amount of HIV RNA in women. Using the current guidelines for initiation of therapy, women may have an overall decrease in life span when compared to the life span they may have by using the previous guidelines.
The problem I have with this study is that it is too hypothetical. Although I do agree that there may be some small but important differences in the manifestations of HIV between men and women, the impact of those differences, if significant, is probably impossible to calculate. This study is based on data that is taken from too many different cohorts to feed a completely hypothetical scenario. The cohorts used may not appropriately reflect the true epidemic of HIV in female patients across the U.S. The model of disease progression can be influenced by too many variables, most of them related to treatments that change quite rapidly. Also the calculations for the estimates of HIV RNA gender adjustment were not clear.
What is important about this work is the recognition of the importance of gender when studying populations of HIV-infected patients. Given the fact that there may be potential gender differences in respect to HIV progression, the cohort used to establish treatment guidelines should be appropriately balanced to reflect the increase in the incidence of HIV infection in women.


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Atlanta Leadership Meeting 03.05.09
On Thursday (3/5/09), another Chapter Lead meeting took place in order to finalize events for 2009. We are now ready to move forward with defining events. Soon, first meeting dates will be posted and emails send to the member list to announce our year's first events which will take place in April.
Below is a recap of issues addressed yesterday during our meeting:
- Interim survey results were revealed. The survey will run for another week and final results would be available on the group page.
- First member meeting is planned for Thursday, April 2nd 2009. This meeting will most likely be a intro meeting to speak on the ATL Chapter, national chapter events, news, projects, and two presentations on existing OWASP tools that may be of use to its members. A separate workshop event is planned for April 25th. (Both dates Tentative at this point)
- Workshops would have some speakers plus lots of hands-on
- Promote owasp-atlanta to other groups. (java-php-python usergroups, gtisc, dc404, freeside)
- Idea to have a year long case study is being planned where OWASP resources partake in a year long project with a supporting organization. Georgia Tech is tentatively listed as a viable candidate, specifically the GT Sakai app environment as a case study for performing threat modeling, source code analysis etc.
- We looked at some resources at Georgia Tech to serve as future meeting and workshop locations. (Facities in the Klaus building)
Attendees: Tony UcedaVelez, Chad Capper, Shauvik Roy Choudhary (GT), Robert Vineyard (OIT),


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"Customer Advocate", our channel to Tesla?
"Customer Advocate", our channel to Tesla?
I prefer to talk to Lance Merkin at the Bellevue store who set me up with my 2nd reservation but haven't had a need to use the customer advocate. My "My Tesla" page doesn't specify a name it just has an email 'firstname.lastname@example.com' and a phone. I'm sure once all the details are available and I have the sales contract in front of me I'll have a need.
For instance, I went in to make the 2nd reservation since I was concerned about transfer and selling, Lance answered all my questions, but since none of it is in writing for the actual sales contract I won't know for sure.
Here's my "advocate". You can tell that Signature reservation holders are special. :)
We are all just as special.
@Mycroft--that's funny...I noticed the same thing. Now I won't take it personally! ;^)
I've emailed with my Customer Advocate and was called back within the hour. Actually he called me twice, the second time to tell me that my payment was received and to give me some extra info.
My contact speaks dutch (he's from belgium I think) and has been very prompt on e-mails and questions. I had some trouble posting on this forum (I got a denied IP) and he kept me up to date on the status and mailed me when I was able to post again.
I'm very satisfied with this service. In the 7 years I drive BMW I was never called by the factory, a dutch representative or my sales person from the dealership. So this is whole new experience to me :)
No big mystery here. TESLA puts the same general email address on all accounts. No different than any other company. What is different is that if you communicate with them, they will respond with a specific individual who will communicate with you for future enquires. They have a small but very hard working group of excellant customer service reps in my experience. The few TESLA owners I know rave about the service....
I reserved online, so I also had no direct contact, just the firstname.lastname@example.com address. However, since I am closer to Toronto than any US stores, I have established a working relationship with one of the Toronto reps, and she sends me info on whatever they are doing (beta visit for example) so that I can come see the cars.
Does having 2 customer advocates mean that I'm more important? :-P
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Sig reservation holders that are unhappy with the Sig premium might wish to email:
Troy R. Jones
Regional Sales Manager
He's based out of the store in Menlo Park, CA where we reserved with him. He's been with Tesla since April, 2010. Troy arranged to let our son into the factory for the tour. Troy was sitting in the passenger seat next to Elon when he drove the white Beta into the factory for his Sunday presentation.
Additional people I found on LinkedIn are:
Doreen Roberts
Director, N.A. Sales Operations
I derived her email using the first initial last name convention. Based on her title, she's probably Troy's manager. Doreen has been with the company since Nov. 2006.
John Walker
Vice President Sales
Presumably Doreen's manager?
and then, of course, there's:
George Blankenship
Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Ownership Experience
It should be more effective raising pricing/options issues, such as the unjustified Signature "premium" with these people, instead of commiserating in the forums so much about it. If enough people send emails, hopefully they will do something for the Signature folks. (I'm speaking as a "P" reservation holder and stockholder who doesn't think the Sig people are being treated fairly. Besides the "Sig" premium, not crediting you if you downgrade your wheels is really annoying and "un-family-like" to me! It mininum, they owe all the U.S. Signature reservation holders an explanation and justification for this "premium", IMHO.)
Hi all,
A suggestion in the spirit of engle's December 28 post above. Instead of all/some of us sending disparate messages to various Tesla contact points, how about creating petitions whenever an issue seems to deserve it? Personally, I think it would still be fair to give TM a chance to clarify/defend a bit, but if things remain unchanged, the Sig premium/Sig res holder treatment seems to me an obvious candidate.
PS: My UK based customer advocate has been very friendly, helpful and responsive, even if he may not have realized immediately how serious the turmoil post Pricing & Options was.
When I registered I did it online during a time that Tesla's systems were snafu. It apparently double-charged me (which they were quick to take care of), and I lost the ability to post in the forums (which they also took care of). I do not have a customer advocate section on my "My Tesla" page which might be related to the earlier snafu. With regard to their web issues, they seem to be in a reactive mode where they fix issues as they are reported. Until recently there was a listing for a web developer position listed on Tesla's career pages -- hopefully they will sort these kinds of things out soon.
Anyway to get back on topic, when I had those issues I was speaking to someone with the title "Ownership Experience Advocate" to get them resolved.
Our local Australia rep is responsive and sends out e-mails whenever there is news. My customer advocate is Naomi Takeuchi at the factory, who arranged for me not to be disadvantaged as a consequence of the time difference when it came to choosing my time for a ride at the October 1 event. She manually ensured that i got the time for my ride when i wanted, and made an effort to meet with me (and other Asia/Pacific) reservation holders. Really good service.
I have been assured by my "customer advocate" that my concerns with respect to Signature pricing and features has been shared with the higher ups and I have no reason to doubt him. From what I have seen, Tesla listens more than most and does seem customer-centric. My view is that they made a mistake with their best evangelists and well heeled early adopters that are ideally situated to be their best salespeople (unpaid of course) and probably are trying to figure out what they can do that still makes sense financially.
I respect that it helps the company immensely to sell a bunch of higher margin cars off the bat, but the Sig differential vs. similarly equipped GP model and the lack of exclusive features other than red paint or white leather seems to be a bigger issue than price alone. A limited edition is not limited if the features are the same.
All of that said, we still have time to wait and see what develops.
i have email@example.com as customer advocate. He is fast to answer, pro-active and very helpfull when needed. Perfect.
Volker: take a other try!
Just an FYI--TM is closed until Jan. 3rd--
Response to customer advocate email:
"Thank you for contacting Tesla Motors. Our office will be closed for the New Year holiday, reopening January 3rd.
If you have a service concern, please contact your regional Service Team at 877-79-TESLA #9
Have a happy and safe holiday,
Ownership Experience Team"
Have dealt with Steve since mid 2011 and he has always been helpful and informative.
(I guess he reads this, so happy New Year Steve!)


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Daily log, April 18
Tiffin reports
Brent A. Smith, 42, of Tiffin, was charged with assault for an incident April 8.
A first-block North Sandusky Street caller reported Wednesday afternoon prescription medication had been stolen sometime within the last month.
Austin E. Porter, 18, of Tiffin, was charged with theft Wednesday evening.
A gasoline drive-off was reported Wednesday night at Circle K, 272 N. Sandusky St.
A man reported Wednesday night his wallet was stolen from the first block of Greenfield Street.
A caller from Walmart, 2801 W. SR 18, reported Wednesday night a man took a pair of boots and left his old boots in the shoe box.
A caller from Pit Stop, 321 E. Perry St., reported a gasoline drive-off Thursday afternoon.
County reports
Brandi E. Dull, 32, of Tiffin, was charged with disorderly conduct Wednesday.
A 200-block West Adams Street woman reported early Thursday morning it sounded as if someone was trying to get into her house. She said she didn't see anyone or any vehicles.
Fostoria reports
A 500-block Stearns Road woman requested to speak to an officer Wednesday afternoon about her grandson who may have stolen items from her. Two laptops that allegedly were stolen from a school were located, according to the report.
A man reported Wednesday afternoon an SUV tried to run over him in the 1600 block of North Countyline Street. The man later claimed a leg injury, according to the report. Police were unable to locate the SUV. A message was left Thursday for Capt. Patrick Brooks of the Fostoria Police Department seeking more information.
Nicholas P. Sheridan, 30, of Fostoria, was charged with possession of criminal tools Wednesday afternoon in the 700 block of East Fremont Street. Police had searched a vehicle, according to the report. The vehicle was towed.
A 200-block East North Street woman reported Wednesday evening her neighbor threatened kids that he'd kill them if a dog didn't stop barking.
A 200-block South Union Street man reported Wednesday night a woman stole his cell phone. The cell phone was attained form the woman and given back to the man.
An employee of CSX reported Thursday morning a truck was broken into.
Tiffin accident
Matthew C. Mckenzie, 19, of Tiffin, was cited with improper backing following an accident Monday morning at Nelson and West Market streets.
Fostoria accident
A woman was injured in a bike accident Wednesday evening in the 600 block of Maple Street. A message was left Thursday for Capt. Patrick Brooks of the Fostoria Police Department seeking more information.
Old Fort fire and Bettsville EMS were called to CR 34 early Thursday morning for an electrical panel that was smoking.
Tiffin EMS had two squad runs Wednesday afternoon and one squad run Wednesday night.
Attica fire and EMS and the Echo unit had a squad run Wednesday evening.
McCutchenville fire and New Riegel EMS had a squad run Wednesday night.
Bloomville fire and EMS had a squad run Wednesday night.
Bascom fire and EMS had a squad run early Thursday morning.
Kansas fire, Bettsville EMS and the Echo unit had a squad run Thursday morning.
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Deanna J. Morton, 115 Taft Blvd., Fostoria, pleaded no contest to wrongful entrustment of vehicle, $599.
Terrance L. Middlebrooks, 110 1/2 Taft Blvd., Fostoria, pleaded no contest to failure to reinstate license, $599.
Brittany L. Olmstead, 1201 C Beier Drive, Fostoria, pleaded guilty to wrongful entrustment of vehicle, $349.
Tracey L. Reidling, 66 N. Monroe St., 3, Tiffin, pleaded no contest to persistent disorderly conduct, 30 days jail, 30 days suspended, one year non-reporting community control, Firelands for behavioral/anger management assessment, $574.


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Two Boulder rabbis are among America's most inspiring rabbis, according to a longtime Jewish news organization.
Rabbi Marc Soloway, of Congregation Bonai Shalom, and Rabbi Jamie Korngold, known as the Adventure Rabbi, joined 26 other inspiring rabbis on the Jewish Daily Forward's annual list.
Soloway and Korngold represent a connection with nature and a love of community.
Soloway was honored for his activism to make ethically raised, local, organic food more available in Boulder.
Korngold was honored for making Judaism accessible to young children and for her work in bringing together Judaism and the outdoors.
The national awards are part of the Jewish Daily Forward's second annual list of nationally known rabbis and the impact they make on the community beyond the synagogue. The Daily Forward started as a Yiddish newspaper in 1897 in New York City and has evolved into a national Jewish news organization.
Daily Forward editor Jane Eisner said the publication looked for rabbis whose stories are "most telling and compelling." Honorees include a rabbi who kept the congregation together during a hurricane, a rabbi who runs an Orthodox Jewish high school that allows girls to practice religious elements usually reserved for boys and a rabbi who started a website that connects strangers and neighbors who want to get together for shabbat dinners.
"We see in these leaders not just men and women who care about Judaism — they care about Jews. It is a privilege to share their stories," Eisner wrote in the introduction to the 28-member list.
The rabbis range in age from 28 to 81 and work in new and old synagogues, hospitals, universities, schools and social spheres. They represent all major Jewish denominations — and some denominations that blur the lines, she said.
Korngold has made a name for herself in Boulder by building an outdoor-centered "synagogue without walls." She hosts outdoor services and programs such as Shabbat on Skis, Passover retreats in Moab and spiritual hikes in the Boulder area.
Korngold is also a children's author whose illustrated picture books tell stories about everything from Purim to Sukkot through a young heroine named Sadie.
In addition to her child-centered storytelling, she has a way of helping children connect with Judaism, congregation members said.
"My daughter sings her blessing in the shower with a special Shabbat soap, even when we miss Shabbat dinner," K.T. Whaley wrote in a nomination letter.
Soloway is an advocate for an interfaith Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) group called Tuv Ha'Aretz, which aims to apply faith-based principles to food choices. Tuv Ha'Aretz supports Longmont's Red Wagon Farm.
The idea is to use faith-based principles to advocate for fair farmers wages, support practices that are fair to animals and to allow consumers to have meaningful relationships with the people who produce healthy, fresh food in the community, he said.
Soloway is part of the Red Wagon CSA and also gets his eggs and goat's milk from another CSA just across from Bonai Shalom.
"We're dedicated to having an honest relationship with the land … having personal connections to our faith and our food and the impact on the environment," he said in a January interview.
To see the full list of honorees, visit forward.com.
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AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine elected an independent governor, James Longley, in 1974. The state's voters did so again in 1994, electing Angus King. Will the 2014 gubernatorial election extend that 20-year pattern?
More than the 20-year cycle is repeating itself. The party makeup in the State House is aligning the same way, too.
King won the Blaine House in 1994 after rancor between a Republican governor and Democratically-controlled Legislature shut down state government and soured voters on both parties. Simmering hostility between Democrats in the Legislature, led by then-House speaker John Martin, and Republican Gov. John McKernan came to a head in July 1991, when an impasse over workers compensation reform stymied budget negotiations to the point that state government halted all but essential operations.
Tuesday's election results, which returned Democrats to majority status in the Maine House and Senate after two years of Republican control, set up the first recurrence of a Republican governor working with a Legislature led by Democrats since the McKernan-Martin showdown.
The standoff, which prompted angry protests outside the State House, dragged on for 16 days. McKernan has not held elective office since Sen. Susan Collins, who then worked as McKernan's commissioner of Professional and Financial Regulation during the workers compensation confrontation, earned the Republican gubernatorial nomination in 1994, but finished third behind King and Democrat Joseph Brennan.
After McKernan, Mainers did not elect another Republican governor until 2010, when Gov. Paul LePage won a five-person contest.
As a candidate and during his first two years in office, LePage frequently condemned past Democratic administrations and legislatures. He's often sparred verbally with Democratic legislators, some of whom are in line for leadership positions or committee chairmanships.
In large part, Democrats based their campaign to regain control of the Legislature on opposition to LePage's agenda. But without big enough majorities to override a gubernatorial veto, Democrats in the Legislature will have to find a heretofore elusive working relationship with LePage — or Republican legislators — in order to pass a biennial budget, complete legislative redistricting and fulfill campaign promises.
"Each party and its leadership will have to be careful that they do not engage in confrontation that alienates the voters," said Douglas Hodgkin, professor emeritus of political science at Bates College in Lewiston. "That said, they do have an interest in their own views and philosophy of government. They are going to disagree."
If they disagree too vehemently in public, both parties run the risk of creating an opportunity for an independent candidate such as Eliot Cutler — who will not suffer from low name recognition as he did in 2010, when he finished a close second to LePage — to build a strong independent 2014 gubernatorial campaign against partisan gridlock in the State House.
King capitalized on voters' frustration with Republicans and Democrats in 1994, and applied the anti-partisanship strategy even more effectively this year in his successful run for the U.S. Senate. Similarly, Longley's election in 1974 occurred amid strong public antipathy toward party politics engendered by the Watergate scandal.
LePage and legislative Democrats — especially those eyeing a gubernatorial run in 2014 — also must be careful not to step too far away from the political principles that helped elect them, Hodgin said. Doing so in the name of avoiding stalemate in the State House would alienate hard-core ideologues who might mount primary challenges or, worse, defect from the party.
"They have that incentive to move to where the bulk of the votes are," Hodgkin said of past elected officials who found themselves in the same position that LePage and Democrats in the 126th Legislature will. "But in their broad coalition, they have to balance tension within the coalition. … They try to go to the center, but they are constrained by their base because if they go too far, their base could split off and become one of the third parties."
Elected officials who compromise to satisfy voters not regularly engaged in politics other than on Election Day are sometimes punished in the short term to preserve the long-term ideological purity of the party, Hodgkin said.
For LePage, that test could come from Maine Republicans whose libertarian approach to government aligned with Texas U.S. Rep. Ron Paul's presidential bid. While many Paul supporters criticized the Maine Republican Party about its handling of this year's presidential preference caucuses and party conventions, they remained firm in their loyalty to LePage.
With statewide public support that has consistently hovered around 40 percent, LePage needs strong backing from the Paul wing of the Maine Republican Party. That would be especially true if, as has become the norm in Maine since the 1970s, the 2014 governor's race involves three or more candidates.
After Tuesday's defeats in legislative and congressional races, the Maine Republican Party — which is scheduled to hold leadership elections on Dec. 1 — will likely undergo a major reorganization, according to political consultant and Republican Liberty Caucus of Maine vice chairman Vic Berardelli.
"The party is going to have to reorganize," Berardelli said. "The No. 1 thing moving forward will be the LePage re-election campaign. Nothing done organizationally should have a negative impact on that man."
If that anticipated Maine Republican Party reorganization takes shape in a way that motivates the Paul contingent to abandon the GOP for the Libertarians or a new party, LePage would likely suffer collateral political damage.
For Democrats, the challenge will be to identify stronger candidates for statewide office. In 2010's gubernatorial election and in this year's U.S. Senate race, the Democrats' candidates — Libby Mitchell and Cynthia Dill, respectively — fared poorly, winning less than 20 percent of the vote in 2010 and barely 13 percent this year.
Polls show that King drew a high percentage of Democrats to vote for him this year, just as Cutler received a late surge of support from registered Democrats in 2010. With the governorship and a U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Susan Collins on the 2014 ballot, Democrats will have to guard against allowing voters — especially unenrolled voters who lean slightly left — to assume that Cutler or another independent represents a new nonpartisan version of what used to be described as moderate Democrats.
For decades, unenrolled voters have outnumbered Democrats and Republicans in Maine. Hodgkin argues against the notion that they constitute an identifiable voting bloc. He noted that King siphoned more Republican voters than Democrats when he ran in 1994, and that Longley also won by cutting into Republican James Erwin's base.
Independent candidates often suffer from lack of party organization, Hodgkin said, but they benefit from Maine's tradition of holding town meetings and nonpartisan elections for municipal office.
"To some extent, our experience with having elected Longley and King and having strong candidates such as Cutler does feed upon itself so that voters are much more willing to abandon the party," he said. "So many of our communities have town meeting forms of government and are used to nonpartisan selection of the candidates. That town meeting form of government accustoms Maine voters to picking candidates without regard to party."
John Rensenbrink, a retired Bowdoin College professor and founder of the Maine Green Party, agrees that unenrolled voters can't be considered as a single bloc. But he believes that Democrats' and Republicans' growing penchant for using "fractional and abusive language" and fear to sway voters could lead to a backlash that benefits independent candidates and third parties.
"People do vote in reaction to what they don't like, especially if it's motivated by fear," he said. Independents and, he hopes, Greens must "affirm that there is a real choice not only in the candidacy but in the way issues are presented."
Ideology matters to party insiders, but outcomes matter to everyday voters. In a state with a history of unenrolled voters electing independent candidates — including five to the incoming Legislature — Democrats and Republicans in the State House both have a vested interest in working together to achieve outcomes that convince Mainers to stop seeking alternatives to their parties.
Robert Long is a political analyst for the BDN.


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I'm not the sort to go to the salon for many things. I don't do spray on tans or sunbeds, I don't have time for massages and I'm not particularly…hairy, and the hair I have keeps me warm, thanks.
But I do like to go for a lash perm occasionally, and a threading session. God knows why because the last time I was threaded it hurt so bad, the tears were flowing.
So off I went to the a place called The Brazillian Waxing Company in Manchester. Its located in a studenty area of town, so the prices are lower than say, the brow bar in Selfridges (why would I ever get threaded in Selfridges anyway? My upper lip goes a purple colour, I don't want to look like I've been intensely sucking on a lollipop, thanks).
I have been threaded there before and the woman was BRILLIANT. Quick, professional, nice.
That was quite a while ago – so back I went booking in for a £25 lash perm and a £7 upper lip and brow threading session.
Now before I begin the lady who did it was nice. I am not saying that she wasn't nice because she was very nice. If being a good beauty therapist was rated on niceness, she would be 10/10. But this is just about how I was roughed up, my face twisted and wringed out like an dirty dish cloth.
So she does my lash perm.
I have had a lash perm before and never ever has it actually hurt. Pulled a bit yes, but not hurt. Maybe I was spoilt as the last time I had a lash 'lift' the amazing Sue Marsh did for me.
What was wrong about the lash perm?
1. My eyes were cleansed with a very alcohol rich cleanser. It could have been eye make up remover I guess, but it was very very very heavy in alcohol and made my entire eye area water. I know the smell of Isopropyl Alcohol when I smell it….
2. When sticking down the rod to my lids, she pressed hard. Hard, like, when you press down on your eyeballs you get that white spot in your vision? That hard. Continual pressure.
3. The lady got glue all over my eye lid and under my brow (made my eyes sore) and yes I could feel it dripping into my eye too.
4. She arranged my lashes on the rod with what felt like either a sharp cuticle stick or pointy tweezers. I am aware that some lash perm ladies do do this BUT I have never felt a sharp tool so dangerously near my eye ball. I kept flinching….
5. Then came the perming solution (followed by the fixing one). There's a problem…in that once again I could feel some of the product seeping into my eye. I have had perms before but I can never actually feel the perming solution on my skin.
6. When taking the rods off….ouch is the best way to describe it.
7. Oh and there was no conditioning treatment (normally the third step in a lash perm).
So after this experience my eyes were red and sort and my nerves were shot. I was actually just happy I still had my eyeballs in tact and I didn't leave some kind of one eyed monster with a cuticle stick poking out of my iris.
This is the bit where I tell you about how I could hear every single conversation going on in the reception area.
I could hear two screeching girls coming in and asking for matching muffs – "Something sexy" *cringe*
I could hear the two girls on reception chatting….(this is a real conversation):
Girl A: So my cousins daughter is 'orrid, a little…you know that thing from Lord of the Rings? That thing?
Girl B: Oh yeah, the wrinkly thing (very well read is Girl B)
Girl A: Yeah well her little girl looks like that…
Girl B: Ewwww
Girl A: And her dad has a cleft lip…..and her mum, right….
Girl B: Yeah, yeah….
Girl A: Dresses like…..like…..she dresses like a pig. A fat pig.
Girl B: Ooh.
(End of Interlude)
Then comes the threading….
Lady is a little bit rough. Ouch I think as she goes over the same area again and again and again.
2 days later and I still have lots of red angry bumps around my brow I don't normally get. Not even the PBF vanish can deal with it, grrr.
On closer inspection, I have a few strays, and even worse, grazes on my skin (under my brow on my brow bone) and a chunk of flesh missing on the corner of my lip. There's a scab there now.
3 Point Conclusion
1. Maybe we were supposed to have facial hair. Did you ever consider that?
2. Eyesight is more important than curly lashes
3. I really need to choose therapists based on recommendations in future
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ESA could be releasing its own marine weather report next January - but not for any Earthly ocean. Thanks to the NASA/ESA Cassini-Huygens mission, the first data about an extraterrestrial ocean may finally be received, ending 25 years of scientific speculation.
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The National Coil Coating Association (NCCA), Cleveland, OH, has published new videos at its website, www.coil-coatinginstitute.org, intended to educate manufacturers about the uses, options and advantages of using prepainted metals. Video titles include: Prepaint Saves Money, Why Eliminate Your Inhouse Paint Shop, The Coil Coating Process, Coil Coating Myths and Prepaint Offers Design Options.
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Walmart, California and beyond: The 411 on safer chemical rules
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Walmart, California and beyond: The 411 on safer chemical rules
This month, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control announced its first three "priority products" under the Safer Consumer Product Regulations:
1. Children's foam padded sleeping products containing the flame retardant Tris (1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TDCPP or chlorinated tris).
2. Spray polyurethane foam systems containing unreacted diisocyanates (used in home insulation).
3. Paint and varnish strippers containing methylene chloride.
Beyond these initial three, here's what companies need to know about the broader implications of regulations in California and beyond.
Wake up call: Time to get ahead of regulations
Starting with the initial three product categories, if you manufacture or sell children's foam sleeping products, spray polyurethane foams or paint strippers in California, you need to know: Does my product contain any of those three chemicals? If yes, companies have roughly one year to remove the chemical of concern from their products before the Priority Product is officially listed in state rulemaking. They can remove the chemical of concern because it is not necessary (which is the case with flame retardants such as TDCPP in children's foam sleeping products) or can substitute the chemical of concern with an alternative (preferably safer). If a company does not remove the chemical of concern from the Priority Product before the official listing, it must complete an alternatives analysis.
As Helen Holder of Hewlett Packard discussed in a recent webinar, performing an alternatives assessment that meets the California requirements is a major undertaking. Here are examples of draft alternatives analyses that could comply with the California regulations, from the organization I co-chair, BizNGO.
California-compliant alternatives analyses require significant research, reporting and disclosure of information to the public, and may result in a regulatory response. The California regulations do, however, provide companies with a lengthy period to switch to alternatives, reduce exposure from their product or make the case for continued use of the chemical of concern. Roughly 24 months separate the final listing of a Priority Product in rulemaking (about March 2015) and a regulatory response by the state (about March 2017).
Most companies are likely to find it preferable to eliminate the chemical of concern in a Priority Product before the official listing in rulemaking by California in March 2015. In doing so, companies will avoid performing complicated alternatives analyses and can select any alternative they want. However, given the trend against chemicals of high concern to human health or the environment, companies should select a safer alternative.
Got chemicals of high concern?
The initial three Priority Products are a call to all companies: If you are not paying attention to chemicals of high concern, now is the time. Companies are approaching such chemicals in tiers.
First, start with a small number of manageable chemicals. Walmart (PDF), for example, prioritizes 10 "High Priority Chemicals" (which have not been publicly released).
Second, expand to a broader list chemicals of high concern that typically number in the hundreds. See Bed Bath and Beyond's Restricted Substances List (RSL) (PDF), the European Union's Candidate List of Substances of Very High Concern (151 chemicals), the California Initial Candidate Chemicals List (PDF) (252 chemicals), the Hazardous 100+ Chemicals identified by Mind the Store (119 chemicals), the ChemSec Substitute It Now (SIN) List (626 chemicals) or California's Proposition 65 Chemicals (approximately 800 chemicals).
Third, bundle authoritative lists together into a single "list of lists" of chemicals of high concern. See California's Candidate Chemical List (roughly 2,300 chemicals), Maine's Chemicals of Concern (1,733 chemicals), Minnesota's Chemicals of High Concern (1754 chemicals) and Washington State's High Priority Chemicals (2,158 chemicals). Target and Walmart are following a similar path in amalgamating authoritative information into a singular list.
For the broadest compilation of "lists of lists" and a related chemical database, see the Chemical & Material Library at the Healthy Building Network's Pharos Project.
Selecting safer alternatives
In substituting a chemical of concern, such as methylene chloride in paint strippers, manufacturers at a minimum should select an alternative that is not on the California Candidate Chemicals List or a similar list to avoid future regulatory action. But relying only on lists of high-concern chemicals can lead to regrettable substitutions — using an alternative that is equally or more hazardous to the eliminated chemical.
At this point, companies will want to perform (or will want suppliers to perform) a hazard assessment of alternatives to fully understand how much is known about the alternatives, as well as whether any data gaps exist. Hewlett Packard, for example, requires suppliers to perform assessments of the alternatives they use, via Clean Production Action's GreenScreen for Safer Chemicals open-source screening tool.
Nike, meanwhile, increasingly prefers suppliers that use formulations based on its Green Chemistry Program. And Walmart recommends that companies perform alternatives assessments that align with the Commons Principles for Alternatives Assessment.
The broader implications of regulations
In the bigger picture, the California program is the most recent indicator of a momentous shift underway in the marketplace away from chemicals of high concern. California joins Washington state, Maine, Minnesota, the European Union and major retailers including Target, Walmart and, just last week, Bed Bath and Beyond in targeting the reduction of hazardous chemicals in products.
The Cailfornia Safer Consumer Product Regulations reinforce and expand on existing trends:
• Consumers and retailers want products made with inherently safer chemicals.
• Toxic chemicals in products are a growing liability for brands. Brands can choose to wait for government regulation or market demands, or can get out ahead of these regulations and replace chemicals of high concern with safer alternatives.
• The scope of products categories under concern is growing. Children's products, personal care and beauty care products are all under scrutiny from consumers, retailers and state governments. By including spray foams and paint strippers, California adds a new category of products to state regulation: building products.
▪ The preference is to use inherently safer alternatives. A centerpiece of the California regulations is the avoidance of "regrettable substitutions" — the replacing of a regulated chemical of concern with non-regulated chemical of concern.
The California initiative is unique in that it drives companies to identify safer alternatives to the chemicals of concern. Learn more about how to reduce your company's chemical footprint through the BizNGO Guide to Safer Chemicals.
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