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Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has reserved special praise for wingers Luis Nani and Antonio Valencia after the side's 4-1 win over Wolves at the weekend.
A brace from the Portuguese international, as well as two goals from striker Wayne Rooney, was enough for the Red Devils as they bounced back from the disappointment of being knocked-out of the Champions League emphatically.
And Ferguson felt the key to victory was the work of his wide players, keeping the opposition's full-backs on the back-foot throughout the contest as the players' hard-work paid off for the hosts.
"We were pleased with that. On Wednesday, we worked our socks off and didn't get a break. Today we worked our socks off and we did get a break. Some of the football was fantastic and obviously getting the second goal relaxed everyone," the Scot told MUTV.
"I thought the wide positions were a problem for Wolves today. I think we kept their full-backs completely occupied all through the game – we were getting to the edge of their box all the time.
"The crowd got right behind the players today, particularly the young ones and that was good, and in the main, our attacking play was terrific.
"We could have scored a lot of goals today and that's pleasing. They were all disappointed after Wednesday. The young players hadn't experienced a bad defeat before so it was a good thing for them."
The result keeps United on the tales of league-leaders Manchester City, with two points now separating the top two sides in the Barclays Premier League.
And Ferguson admits the win at Old Trafford puts the pressure on Roberto Mancini's side to get a result at Chelsea tonight, although the most important thing is to concentrate on his own results.
"We always hope that [we put pressure on City]. But I think the important thing is to get our own game right," he added.
"If we get to New Year's Day and we're in the frame we have a great chance in the second half of the season."


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YORK, Pa. – The York College softball team split a Monday non-conference twinbill with Penn State Altoona on a blustery spring afternoon in York. Dropping the first game 6-1 before winning the second 7-3, the Spartans move to 8-16 on the season while the Lions move to 24-4.
In game one, Altoona jumped on the board early with a pair of runs in the top of the first. Jessica Smith knocked a grounder to second that Ashley Chenoweth snagged on the dive to her right. However, Smith beat out the throw for the single. Advancing to second on a groundout, Smith came home on a Kelly Chambers double into the right center field gap. Chambers then came across for run number two, courtesy of a Lily Glunt single, to put the Lions up 2-0.
York cut into that advantage in the bottom of the second as Sara Thacker tallied the Spartans' first of the day. After reaching on a fielder's choice, Thacker moved to second on a wild pitch. With two down, Chenoweth knocked a single into right to bring around Thacker and slice the deficit in half at 2-1.
After a quiet third, fourth, and fifth, the Lions added a trio of runs in the top of the sixth. Aided by a Spartan error and back-to-back doubles, Altoona increased their advantage to 5-1.
A Brittany Smith solo blast in the top of the seventh provided the sixth and final tally for the Lions who came away with the 6-1 game one win.
Jessica Smith picked up the win in the circle as she tossed all seven innings for Altoona. She scattered six hits and struck out five while only allowing one run.
Game two saw the Green and White open up offensively, beginning with an early 2-0 margin. In York's half of the first, Cara Rubinaccio and Brittany Schlorff reached for the Spartans to put runners on second and third with nobody out. Following an out, Brittany Therres knocked a single into left to plate Rubinaccio and push Schlorff to third. Two batters later, Schlorff scooted home on a passed ball to give the Green and White a 2-0 advantage through one.
The Lions cut the Spartan lead in half in the top of the third. With one out, Brooke Morningstar doubled to right center and then moved to third on a groundout by Kahla Lutz. Chambers would bring Morningstar to the plate, roping a single into center for Altoona's first run of the second tilt.
York got that run back and more as they scratched across three in the bottom half of the frame. Erin O'Leary and Therres each walked before Thacker attempted a sacrifice bunt. Trying to catch the lead the runner, the Lions threw to third but sailed it wide of the mark and into left field. The errant toss allowed both O'Leary and pinch runner Sarah Harris to come around to the plate while Thacker advanced all the way to third. Spartan catcher Rachel Klein would bring Thacker to the plate later in the inning for York's third run of the frame and fifth of the game. After three, the Spartans led 5-1.
Altoona and York traded runs in the fourth as the Spartans kept their advantage at four, leading 6-2 through four. York added an insurance tally in the fifth as Vanessa Mendez scored via a Rubinaccio single to give the Green and White a 7-2 lead.
A Chambers solo home run to left in the top of the seventh provided the Lions' third run of the game. That would be all Therres would allow however, as York completed the game two victory.
Therres threw all 14 innings of the double dip for the Spartans as she moves to 7-9 for the season. She now owns a 3.88 ERA over her 101.0 innings pitched this season.
In the second game of the afternoon, York posted 11 hits, including two from Schlorff and two from Therres. Schlorff also tallied two runs while Thacker went 1-for-3 with a run and an R.B.I.
The Spartans return to action on Wednesday, April 11, when they host Stevenson in a Capital Athletic Conference doubleheader. Game one is slated for a 3:00 pm start.
PHOTO: Rachel Klein catches for the Spartans during York's CAC contest against Frostburg St. on March 28 of this season. Courtesy of Theresa Dark - York College (Pa.) Athletic Communications Student Photographer.


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text: Share: Comments Print November 28, 2007 at 2:20 PM Rankin, Reffett honored by Rivals.com Posted by Tom Wyrwich It's that time of year that all-star teams are being named left and right. Here's the Rivals.com All-Pac-10 Team which includes Louis Rankin as the first team All-Purpose player and Jordan Reffett to the second team defense: "So much for a changing of the guard in the Pac-10. After all the time in the spotlight for Oregon, Cal and Arizona State this season, the league titlist again will be USC – provided the Trojans defeat UCLA this week. The All-Pac-10 team, though, reflects a little more parity. Though USC still claims 10 spots on the all-conference teams, the rest of the league is catching up fast. Our Pac-10 offensive player of the year is Oregon quarterback Dennis Dixon, who had the Ducks in contention for the league title until he was injured. USC defensive tackle Sedrick Ellis is our league defensive player of the year. Ellis was the key cog in a defense that led the Pac-10 in total defense, scoring defense, pass efficiency defense and pass defense. Arizona State's Dennis Erickson is the coach of the year. In his first season at the school, he orchestrated another turnaround. Arizona State started 8-0 and played in the school's most important game in a decade in a top-five matchup with Oregon on Oct. 27. Rivals.com 2007 All-Pac First Team QB Dennis Dixon, Oregon, Sr., 6-4/205 HIGH SCHOOL: San Leandro (Calif.) High BUZZ: The senior was the Heisman front-runner before a torn ACL ended his season and derailed the Ducks' title hopes. When healthy, he ran Oregon's spread offense to perfection. He threw for 2,136 yards and 20 touchdowns and ran for 583 yards and nine TDs. RB Jonathan Stewart, Oregon, Jr., 5-11/230 HIGH SCHOOL: Lacey (Wash.) Timberline BUZZ: A nightmare for opposing defenses because of his speed, Stewart caused matchup difficulties all over the Pac-10. He and Forsett were neck and neck at the end of the season. Stewart rushed for 1,306 yards and 10 touchdowns with one game left. RB Justin Forsett, California, Sr., 5-8/196 HIGH SCHOOL: Arlington (Texas) Grace Prep BUZZ: From J.J. Arrington to Marshawn Lynch to Forsett, Cal has little trouble churning out productive tailbacks. Forsett has rushed for 1,307 yards and 13 touchdowns heading into the final week of the season. WR Brandon Gibson, Washington State, Jr., 6-1/202 HIGH SCHOOL: Puyallup (Wash.) Rogers BUZZ: The Pac-10's leading receiver finished the season with four consecutive games with more than 130 yards. Gibson caught 67 passes for 1,180 yards and nine touchdowns for the Pac-10's top pass offense. WR Mike Thomas, Arizona, Jr., 5-8/195 HIGH SCHOOL: DeSoto (Texas) High BUZZ: Thomas was one of the top beneficiaries of Sonny Dykes' new offense in Tucson. Thomas was Willie Tuitama's favorite target, with 73 receptions for 929 yards and 11 touchdowns. TE Fred Davis, USC, Sr., 6-4/250 HIGH SCHOOL: Toledo (Ohio) Rogers BUZZ: USC's wide receivers weren't quite as productive as they had been in years past, so the Trojans turned to this Mackey Award finalist. He has 49 catches for 753 yards and six touchdowns going into the UCLA game. OT Geoff Schwartz, Oregon, Sr., 6-7/337 HIGH SCHOOL: Los Angeles Palisades Charter BUZZ: A three-year starter, Schwartz has blocked for one of the Pac-10's best offenses over the past two seasons. OT Mike Gibson, California, Sr., 6-5/302 HIGH SCHOOL: Napa (Calif.) High BUZZ: This former junior college transfer started every game at left tackle, protecting Nate Longshore and leading a prolific running attack. The Bears allowed the third-fewest sacks in the nation. OG Chilo Rachal, USC, Jr., 6-5/315 HIGH SCHOOL: Compton (Calif.) Dominguez BUZZ: Though Rachal missed three games, USC's running game rebounded from a subpar season in 2006. He blocked for a rotation of three tailbacks during the season, and the Trojans were third in the Pac-10 in rushing at 180.8 yards per game. OG Roy Schuening, Oregon State, Sr., 6-4/318 HIGH SCHOOL: Pendleton (Ore.) High BUZZ: Schuening has started 48 consecutive games, and has helped tailback Yvenson Bernard to three consecutive 1,000-yard seasons. Schuening moved to tackle against Washington and Washington State for an injury-riddled line. C Max Unger, Oregon, Jr., 6-5/300 HIGH SCHOOL: Honaunau (Hawaii) Hawaii Preparatory Academy BUZZ: Unger has been the line's most consistent performer over the past two seasons as Jonathan Stewart, Jeremiah Johnson and Dennis Dixon have put up prolific rushing numbers. DE Nick Reed, Oregon, Jr., 6-2/255 HIGH SCHOOL: Mission Viejo (Calif.) High BUZZ: Reed leads the Pac-10 with 11 sacks and 20.5 tackles for a loss. He was at his best with 3.5 sacks against then-undefeated Arizona State. DE Lawrence Jackson, USC, Sr., 6-5/270 HIGH SCHOOL: Inglewood (Calif.) High BUZZ: Jackson has 9.5 sacks, and his finest moment came in a Thanksgiving win over Arizona State when he had four of those sacks. DT Sedrick Ellis, USC, Sr., 6-2/305 HIGH SCHOOL: Chino (Calif.) High BUZZ: Probably the best defensive tackle in the country not named Glenn Dorsey, Ellis has 12.5 tackles for a loss and 8.5 sacks on a defense that is in the top 10 nationally in scoring defense, total defense, rush defense and pass efficiency defense. DT Fili Moala, USC, Jr., 6-5/295 HIGH SCHOOL: Buena Park (Calif.) Western BUZZ: Playing alongside Sedrick Ellis has its perks. Moala heads into the regular-season finale with nine tackles for a loss on a deep and talented Trojans defensive front. LB Spencer Larsen, Arizona, Sr., 6-1/240 HIGH SCHOOL: Gilbert (Ariz.) Highland BUZZ: This tackling machine recorded 43 tackles over a three game span against USC, Stanford and Washington. Larsen has 116 tackles overall and 12.5 tackles for loss going into the last game against Arizona State. LB Robert James, Arizona State, Sr., 5-11/229 HIGH SCHOOL: Phoenix Maryvale BUZZ: James returned from a season-ending injury last year to lead Arizona State's vastly improved defense. James has 94 tackles and four interceptions. LB Derrick Doggett, Oregon State, Sr., 6-3/210 HIGH SCHOOL: San Diego University City BUZZ: This quick LB has been one of the most consistent performers in the Pac-10 in getting behind the line of scrimmage. He has 12 tackles for a loss this year after recording 14 of those in 2006. He has 67 tackles, two sacks, a blocked kick and two pass breakups. CB Antoine Cason, Arizona, Sr., 6-0/185 HIGH SCHOOL: Los Alamitos (Calif.) High BUZZ: Cason is a Thorpe Award finalist. The four-year starter has a career-high five interceptions, which gives him 15 in his career. CB Walter Thurmond, Oregon, Soph., 6-0/185 HIGH SCHOOL: West Covina (Calif.) High BUZZ: A second-team freshman All-America last year, Thurmond continued his progress in his second year. Thurmond has three interceptions and 16 pass breakups. In Oregon's pressure defense, he also has seven tackles for a loss. SS Patrick Chung, Oregon, Jr., 6-0, 210 HIGH SCHOOL: Alta Loma (Calif.) Rancho Cucamonga BUZZ: Chung is the leader in a talented Oregon secondary. The hard-hitting rover has a team-leading 102 tackles, with two interceptions and 7.5 tackles for losses. FS Taylor Mays, USC, Soph., 6-4/225 HIGH SCHOOL: Seattle O'Dea BUZZ: Mays didn't reach the heights of his freshman All-American season but still has 59 tackles, six pass breakups and an interception heading into the regular-season finale. K Thomas Weber, Arizona State, Fr. (RS), 6-1/202 HIGH SCHOOL: Los Angeles Loyola BUZZ: A Lou Groza Award finalist, Weber started his career by converting his first 17 attempts. He is 6-for-6 on attempts of longer than 40 yards, including a long of 53. P Keenyn Crier, Arizona, Fr. (RS), 6-1/200 HIGH SCHOOL: Spring (Texas) Westfield BUZZ: Crier leads the Pac-10 in punting with an average of 43.4 yards per kick. KR Matt Slater, UCLA, Sr., 6-0/198 HIGH SCHOOL: Anaheim (Calif.) Servite BUZZ: Slater has tied a Pac-10 record with three kickoff returns for touchdowns. He averages 30.9 yards per return. PR Antoine Cason, Arizona, Sr., 6-0, 185 HIGH SCHOOL: Los Alamitos (Calif.) High BUZZ: Cason's talents were not confined to defense. He averages 9.2 yards per punt return and took two to the end zone. ALL-PURPOSE Louis Rankin, Washington, Sr., 6-0/205 HIGH SCHOOL: Stockton (Calif.) Lincoln BUZZ: Washington didn't rely solely on quarterback Jake Locker. Rankin has run for 1,149 yards and six touchdowns, including two 200-yard games in his past four. He also averages 24.3 yards per kickoff return, with one touchdown. Rivals.com 2007 All-Pac-10 Second Team QB Rudy Carpenter, Arizona State, Jr., 6-2/199 HIGH SCHOOL: Westlake (Calif.) High BUZZ: Arizona State's porous offensive line didn't give him much time, but Carpenter has passed for 2,768 yards and 21 touchdowns for a team that started 8-0. RB Yvenson Bernard, Oregon State, Sr., 5-9/204 HIGH SCHOOL: Boca Raton (Fla.) High BUZZ: Bernard has the third 1,000-yard season of his career and has overcome some adversity. He has been banged-up, star guard Jeremy Perry is injured and the Beavers' quarterback situation has been unsettled all season. RB Chauncey Washington, USC, Sr., 6-1/220 HIGH SCHOOL: Torrance (Calif.) South Torrance BUZZ: The long wait for Washington paid off. Washington has emerged from a crowded backfield to rush for 828 yards and four touchdowns going into the finale against UCLA. His season included a 220-yard game against California. WR Lavelle Hawkins, California, Sr., 5-11/185 HIGH SCHOOL: Stockton (Calif.) Edison BUZZ: Hawkins upstaged more heralded teammate DeSean Jackson by topping him in catches and receiving yards. Hawkins goes into the "Big Game" with 62 catches for 792 yards and five touchdowns. WR Jaison Williams, Oregon, Jr., 6-5/240 HIGH SCHOOL: Culver City (Calif.) High BUZZ: Numerous injuries to the receiving corps put more pressure on Williams. The big-play threat caught 49 passes for 788 yards and seven touchdowns. TE Jed Collins, Washington State, Sr., 6-2/250 HIGH SCHOOL: Mission Viejo (Calif.) High BUZZ: In an offense with receivers Brandon Gibson and Michael Bumpus, Collins managed to get attention from quarterback Alex Brink. He finished with 52 catches for 512 yards and three touchdowns. OT Eben Britton, Arizona, Soph., 6-6/310 HIGH SCHOOL: Burbank (Calif.) John Burroughs BUZZ: Arizona's top offensive lineman got plenty of practice in pass protection in Sonny Dykes' offense. Britton has made 23 consecutive starts. OT Sam Baker, USC, Sr., 6-5/305 HIGH SCHOOL: Tustin (Calif.) High BUZZ: Baker returned for his senior season, but it didn't play out as he would have liked. He missed three games because of injury, but remains a top-flight NFL prospect. OG Shannon Tevaga, UCLA, Sr., 6-2/316 HIGH SCHOOL: La Mirada (Calif.) High BUZZ: The Bruins' offense never got off the ground this season, thanks to a rash of injuries. Tevaga missed two games, but was productive for the makeshift backfield behind him. OG Josh Tschirgi, Oregon, Sr., 6-4/310 HIGH SCHOOL: Vancouver (Wash.) Skyview BUZZ: Another three-year starter on Oregon's line, Tschirgi has aided in the development of an offense that turned big numbers into wins. C Alex Mack, California, Jr., 6-5/300 HIGH SCHOOL: Santa Barbara (Calif.) San Marcos BUZZ: Mack is projected to be one of the first centers taken in the NFL draft. At Cal in the past two seasons, he has helped Marshawn Lynch and Justin Forsett to 1,000-yard seasons. DE Bruce Davis, UCLA, Sr., 6-3/234 HIGH SCHOOL: Houston Cedar Creek BUZZ: Davis, who has good feet and quickness, enters the USC game with 9.5 sacks, 10.5 tackles for loss and nine pass breakups. DE Dexter Davis, Arizona State, Soph., 6-2/247 HIGH SCHOOL: Phoenix Thunderbird BUZZ: After recording six sacks as a freshman, Davis continued his development as a sophomore. He leads the Sun Devils with 11.5 tackles for a loss and 8.5 sacks. DT Kevin Brown, UCLA, Sr., 6-3, 294 HIGH SCHOOL: Long Beach (Calif.) Poly BUZZ: He has come through nicely in the absence of tackle Brigham Harwell. Brown has 38 tackles and four sacks as the Bruins rank 15th in the country in rush defense and 12th in sacks. DT Jordan Reffett, Washington, Sr., 6-6/295 HIGH SCHOOL: Moses Lake (Wash.) High BUZZ: In his first full season as a starter, the fifth-year senior has proved to be worth the wait. Reffett has 34 tackles, eight tackles for a loss, two sacks and two blocked field goals (against Boise State and Ohio State). LB Zack Follett, California, Jr., 6-2/232 HIGH SCHOOL: Clovis (Calif.) High BUZZ: A Riavls.com first-team freshman All-American in 2005, Follett has continued to fly around the football. Despite missing two games, he leads the team in sacks (5.5) and has 52 tackles, 9.5 tackles for loss, six pass breakups and a forced fumble. LB Rey Maualuga, USC, Jr., 6-3/250 HIGH SCHOOL: Eureka (Calif.) High BUZZ: Maualuga carries the banner for the touted USC linebacker corps on this all-conference team. The hard-hitting man in the middle has 67 tackles and 7.5 tackles for a loss heading into the last game of the regular season. LB Andy Mattingly, Washington State, Soph., 6-4/241 HIGH SCHOOL: Spokane (Wash.) Mead BUZZ: Mattingly emerged as a standout on a defense that otherwise struggled this season. He finished with 91 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, eight sacks, four forced fumbles, four pass breakups and three quarterback hurries. CB Trey Brown, UCLA, Sr., 5-9, 189 HIGH SCHOOL: Overland Park (Kan.) Blue Valley Northwest BUZZ: UCLA stayed afloat thanks to its defense. Few have been as productive as Brown, who has four interceptions and 17 pass breakups. CB Terrell Thomas, USC, Sr., 6-1/200 HIGH SCHOOL: Alta Loma (Calif.) Rancho Cucamonga BUZZ: Other Trojans have received more fanfare, but Thomas has been as productive as any of his teammates. Thomas has picked off three passes and forced two fumbles. SS Troy Nolan, Arizona State, Jr., 6-2/204 HIGH SCHOOL: Woodland Hills (Calif.) El Camino Real BUZZ: Arizona State leads the Pac-10 in turnover margin and is second in pass efficiency defense. Give some credit to Nolan and his five interceptions, including two he returned for touchdowns. FS Dennis Keyes, UCLA, Sr., 6-2/199 HIGH SCHOOL: Canoga Park (Calif.) Birmingham BUZZ: The three-year starter has had a career season with a team-leading 97 tackles and three interceptions, including one taken back for a touchdown. K Jason Bondzio, Arizona, Jr., 5-9/165 HIGH SCHOOL: Humble (Texas) High BUZZ: He has made 20 of 24 field goals, including all eight between 40 and 49 yards. P Aaron Perez, UCLA, Jr., 6-4/223 HIGH SCHOOL: Covina (Calif.) Charter Oak BUZZ: Perez is second in the Pac-10 and 17th in the country with an average of 43.2 yards per kick. KR Jonathan Stewart, Oregon, Jr., 5-11/230 HIGH SCHOOL: Lacey (Wash.) Timberline BUZZ: In addition to his duties as the Ducks' primary running back, Stewart averaged 26.7 yards per kickoff return. He has averaged 28.7 yards per return in his career. PR Terrence Austin, UCLA, Soph., 5-10/164 HIGH SCHOOL: Long Beach (Calif.) Poly BUZZ: Austin ranks third in the Pac-10 with 10.2 yards per punt return. ALL-PURPOSE DeSean Jackson, California, Jr., 6-0, 172 HIGH SCHOOL: Long Beach (Calif.) 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European Commission
Brussels, 22 June 2012
Update - The banking union
The Commission believes there has to be a clear longer term vision on the future of the EU's Economic and Monetary Union to give a sense of direction to the reforms and decisions necessary for the EU and its Member States to tackle current challenges.
Therefore, the Commission has been pushing for deeper economic integration as one of the remedies to the current crisis. This new step in European integration would complement our monetary union. In this context, the Commission is putting forward the concept of a banking union.
The European banking union is not a new legal instrument yet. It is a political vision for more EU integration, which will build on recent major steps to strengthen the regulation of the banking sector and go further.
The concept of a banking union was put forward by President Barroso at the last informal European Council, which took place on 23 May. It has been attracting a lot of attention in the political debate since this meeting and ranks high on the agenda of the next European summit.
The full benefits from deepening the economic and monetary union and from creating the banking union could only be reaped by the development of the fiscal union. The full benefits from deepening the economic and monetary union and from creating the banking union could however only be reaped by the development of the fiscal union.The full benefits from deepening the economic and monetary union and from creating the banking union could however only be reaped by the development of the fiscal union.
The President of the European Council will present a report in close collaboration with the President of the European Commission, the Chair of the Eurogroup and the President of the European Central Bank to the next European Council (28-29 June). In the context of the preparation of this report, the main building blocks towards a deeper economic and monetary integration including the banking union and the fiscal union will be extensively discussed as well as the working methods.
Once this vision is agreed at political level, the Commission will propose the necessary measures for implementation. The Commission could make proposals as early as Autumn 2012. And it also wants the Council and EP to accelerate the decision-making process on key legislation already in the pipeline.
1. EU banking regulation: what have we done?
Since the beginning of the crisis, the European Commission has tabled around 30 proposals to improve regulation of the financial system and benefit the real economy. This represents a solid basis to go further for creating a banking union. The Commission has also contributed to strengthening financial stability in the banking sector through its state aid control policy and the different stability and adjustment programmes.
The Commission took the following actions:
1.1 Measures to allow for more integrated banking supervision:
The 27 national supervisors are represented in all three supervising authorities. Their role is to contribute to the development of a single rulebook for financial regulation in Europe, solve cross-border problems, prevent the build-up of risks, and help restore confidence. Individual ESAs have specific roles: for example ESMA is the EU supervisor of credit rating agencies, while EBA and EIOPA carry out "stress tests" of their respective sectors. EBA has also overseen the current recapitalisation exercise of EU Banks. ESMA can ban products that threaten the stability of the overall financial system in emergency situations.
In addition, the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) has been tasked with the macro-prudential oversight of the financial system within the Union.
This new financial supervision framework has been in place since November 2010.
EBA has done a good job and established quickly its credibility as a new institution. Its merits have to be judged within the constraints of the rules agreed by Council and European Parliament. Most of the banking supervisory powers today remain in the hands of national supervisors, with EBA in a coordinating role. For the future, it is clear that there is a need to create direct supervisory powers at EU level.
For more information on financial supervision, see MEMO/10/434.
1.2 Strengthening the banking system,
By securing better capitalisation:
Banking institutions entered the crisis with capital that was insufficient both in quantity and in quality, leading to unprecedented support from national authorities. With its proposal on bank capitalisation ("CRD IV") made in July last year (IP/11/915) (MEMO/11/527), the Commission launched the process of implementing for the European Union the new global standards on bank capital agreed at the G20 level (most commonly known as the Basel III agreement). Europe is playing a leading role on this matter, applying these rules to more than 8,000 banks, representing 53% of global assets. The Commission proposals are currently being discussed by Council and European Parliament and the Commission expects agreement to be reached shortly.
The Commission also wants to set up a governance framework giving national supervisors new powers to monitor banks more closely and take action through possible sanctions when they spot risks, for example to reduce credit when it looks like it is growing into a bubble. European supervisors would intervene in some cases, for example when national supervisors disagree in cross-border situations.
For more information on EU measures on bank capitalisation, see IP/11/915.
By facilitating banking sector restructuration:
Extensive financial sector conditionality has been included among the policy requirements addressed to Member States that have received international financial assistance.
With respect to the banking sector, the required policy measures consist, on the one hand, of the orderly winding-down of non-viable institutions and, on the other hand, of the restructuring of the viable banks. Higher capital requirements, recapitalisations of banks, stress tests, deleveraging targets as well as enhancing the regulatory and supervisory frameworks have also been part of the policy initiatives. While not specific to programme countries, these stabilisation measures are most easily implemented in the context of international financial assistance.
Further, it is recalled that the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) can provide loans to a non-programme euro area Member States for the specific purpose of recapitalising financial institutions, with the appropriate conditionality, institution-specific as well as horizontal including structural reform of the domestic financial sector.
Specific bank restructuring under the programme goes hand in hand with the conditionality of EU state aid rules.
By offering more protection to bank deposits:
Thanks to EU legislation, bank deposits in any Member State are already guaranteed up to €100,000 per depositor if a bank fails. From a financial stability perspective, this guarantee prevents depositors from making panic withdrawals from their bank, thereby preventing severe economic consequences.
In July 2010, the Commission proposed to go further, with a harmonisation and simplification of protected deposits, faster pay-outs and improved financing of schemes, notably through ex-ante funding of deposit guarantee schemes and a mandatory mutual borrowing facility. The idea behind this is that if a national deposit guarantee scheme finds itself depleted, it can borrow from another national fund. This would be the first step towards a pan-EU deposit guarantee scheme. This proposal is still being discussed by the Council and Parliament in second reading. The Commission calls upon the legislators to speed up the process of co-decision on this proposal, retaining the mutual borrowing facility.
In managing a number of bank crisis over recent years, national authorities have often created a new structure out of the failing bank and transferred some critical functions of the bank to this structure, such as safeguarding deposits. This resolution mechanisms make sure that depositors never lose access to their savings (for example in the case of Northern Rock, the bank was split up in a good bank, which contained the deposits and good mortgage loans, and a bad bank winding-down the impaired loans).
For more information on the Commission's proposal for a European system of deposit guarantees, see IP/10/918.
By calibrating its state aid control:
How has the Commission controlled state aid to banks during the crisis?
When financial markets were on the brink of collapse, the natural instinct of some policy-makers was to put our common rules aside and act unilaterally. Without some form of EU-wide coordination, we could have seen a subsidy race, massive transfers of capital from one country to another, and probably the end of the internal market as we know it.
We were quick to put into effect a crisis regime. In autumn 2008, the Commission swiftly published guidance explaining how Member States could assist distressed banks or businesses in line with EU state-aid rules. This guidance was based on Article 107(3)(b) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU), which allows state aid to remedy a serious disturbance in the economy of a Member State.
A first Communication, adopted in October 2008, spelt out basic principles for support schemes, such as keeping support limited in time and scope, ensuring that eligibility for a support scheme was not based on nationality or avoiding that beneficiary banks unfairly attract new additional business solely as a result of the government support (see IP/08/1495). A good illustration is the Irish support scheme for banks, which was amended so as to ensure a non-discriminatory coverage of banks with systemic relevance to the Irish economy, regardless of origin (see IP/08/1497).
This was followed by a Communication on the recapitalisation of banks in December 2008, tackling the need to recapitalise banks, address solvency issues and access to credit for the real economy (see IP/08/1901) and in February 2009 by the "Impaired Assets Communication" providing a framework to deal with the problems of toxic assets (see IP/09/322).
Finally, in July 2009, the Commission adopted the "Restructuring Communication", providing clarity on how the Commission would examine the restructuring of banks so that they can return to long-term viability, share the weight of the cost of their rescue, and address any distortions of competition resulting from the large amounts of aid the banks received (see IP/09/1180). Since 1 January 2011, every bank requiring state support in the form of capital or impaired asset measures has had to submit a restructuring plan (and not only distressed banks, as in the past).
Cases illustrating how the restructuring of important banks was guided by these rules include KBC (see IP/09/1730) and Lloyds (see IP/09/1728).
What has been the Commission's practice so far?
When controlling state aid to banks, the Commission has been acting as a de facto crisis-management and resolution authority at EU level, working to address the structural problems that had been affecting many banks since well before the crisis. Three main goals guide our work: safeguarding financial stability, preserving the integrity of the internal market, and ensuring that the beneficiaries of aid return to long-term viability. The restructuring which we asked is based on three principles: that the bank returns to long term viability without the need for further State support, that the bank and its shareholders and hybrid capital holders contribute to the costs of its restructuring, and that the competition distortions caused by the aid are mitigated. For instance, we have asked some banks to move away from unsustainable business models based on excessive leverage and the over-reliance on short-term wholesale funding. In other cases, we have required a downsizing and the simplification of banking structures. Finally, when it was clear that the viability of a bank could not be restored, its orderly resolution was put in place. In all cases, we ask banks to pay back the aid received from their governments. This condition is vital, because it addresses the moral-hazard issue and limits the cost to the taxpayer.
To give a few examples: this has resulted in the deep restructuring and the partial resolution of banks such as Hypo Real Estate (see IP/11/898), Kommunalkredit (see IP/11/389), and Northern Rock (see IP/09/1600). The unsustainable business model adopted by some German Landesbanken has resulted – in cases such as LBBW (see IP/09/1927) and HSH (see IP/11/1047) – in the re-focussing on their core business. In the case of WestLB – the viability of which could not be restored – the result was an orderly resolution (see IP/11/1576). In other occasions, governments have had to take over the burden of wrong business decisions adopted by systemically important banks. In these cases, we have requested a downsizing and the significant simplification of banking structures, such as with ING and Commerzbank (see IP/09/711).
How long will the crisis regime for state aid to the financial sector apply? What will happen afterwards?
State aid control in the crisis always had two goals: on the one hand, we had to put out the fire; on the other, we prepared the ground for the post-crisis scenario. Since the beginning, we have imposed restructuring conditions that were designed to bring more stability to the financial markets and to help banks return to financing the real economy. These conditions include that banks remunerate and eventually repay the public support and that shareholders and hybrid-capital holders bear a fair share of the burden to address the moral hazard issue.
We were getting ready to move from the emergency regime to more permanent, post-crisis rules at the end of 2011. But the renewed tensions in the markets led us to extend the crisis regime into 2012, prolonging all four banking Communications, with some modifications. This was mainly to ensure that the state is adequately remunerated when, as is increasingly likely in the future, Member States decide to recapitalise their banks using instruments such as ordinary shares, for which the remuneration is not fixed in advance. A revised methodology was also agreed concerning the remuneration of guarantees for banks' funding needs – the bulk of the support to date – to ensure that the fees banks pay reflect their intrinsic risk, rather than the risk related to the Member State concerned or the market as a whole (see IP/11/1488).
The rules will apply as long as required by market conditions. As soon as market circumstances allow, the Commission will adopt a permanent regime for state aid to the financial sector.
1.3 Other measures taken to strengthen Europe's financial sector
In addition to reinforcing the supervision of the financial sector, increasing protection for bank depositors, strengthening capital requirements for financial firms, and improving crisis management in the banking sector, the Commission is also working:
2. Proposals expected to enter into force shortly:
Proposal on resolution tools for banks in crisis
The Commission's proposal on recovery and resolution tools for banks in crisis, adopted on 6 June, is the last in a series of proposed measures to strengthen Europe's banking sector and avoid the spill-over effects of any future financial crisis, with negative effects on depositors and taxpayers.
To ensure that the private sector pays its fair share in any future bailouts, the EU has proposed a common framework of rules and powers to help EU countries intervene to manage banks in difficulty. Repeated bailouts of banks have fuelled a public perception of deep unfairness, increased public debt and imposed a heavier burden on taxpayers.
A common EU-wide framework of tools for bank recovery and resolution would offer tools to prevent crises from emerging in the first place and address them early on if they do.
This will provide a set of tools allowing for the managed resolution of banks and financial institutions where necessary.
What instruments will the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) offer for the banking sector?
The European Stability Mechanism (ESM) will have a lending capacity of €500 billion. For euro area Member-States not subject to a programme, the ESM will have the possibility of providing a loan for the specific purpose of re-capitalising financial institutions. The granting of such financial assistance is subject to a positive decision of the Board of Governors of the ESM, i.e. the finance ministers of the euro area Member States. The conditionality attached to financial assistance shall be detailed in a Memorandum of Understanding and will include institution-specific as well as horizontal conditionality. Recapitalisations can also be conducted under a loan accompanied by a fully-fledged macroeconomic adjustment programme. The ESM Treaty does not currently foresee direct lending by the ESM to a financial institution.
3. Measures considered for medium-term action
The Commission is ready to come in autumn with key proposals to introduce more integrated and direct banking supervision at EU level, common deposit guarantee and resolution funds, based on the political orientation of the European Council.
The following elements should be part of the same overall framework as the basic principle is clear: the sharing of risk in guarantee scheme calls for an integrated, strong supervision of the banking sector that can ensure mutual trust between all countries concerned.
While the current role of the European supervisory authorities is mainly to oversee the functioning and convergence of national supervisory systems, the Commission intends to propose the creation of banking supervision at EU level. Our system is too fragmented to face current challenges, which is not conducive to the necessary trust between Member States. This requires political agreement on more and independent EU supervision.
In the context of the DGS proposal in 2010, the Commission proposed the possibility of mutual borrowing, in case one of the schemes is depleted. The Commission is examining different options to build on that. In addition, we consider the deposit guarantee scheme and the resolution fund as part of the same framework, as successful resolution of a bank avoids having to call on deposit guarantees.
Our proposal on recovery and resolution tools for banks in crisis can be a first step towards an EU resolution fund. The Commission proposes the setting up of funds at national level which would interact and have to lend to each other under certain conditions and when necessary in order to constitute a European system of resolution funds.
Furthermore, the closer integration of supervisory and resolution arrangements for cross-border institutions will have to be organized in advance. The proposal foresees the mechanisms to make sure that national authorities and EBA cooperate for cross-border bank that face problems.
Member States are offered the option, instead of creating separate resolution funds, to merge the DGS and the resolution financing arrangement. See MEMO/12/416.
The proposal has to go through the decision making process and is now on the table of the European Parliament and of the Council.
4. Other ideas feeding reflections for the future
As to the prospects of allowing the EFSF and/or the ESM to offer aid directly to banks, this is also an important issue Possibility of avoiding or breaking the link between the sovereigns and the banks may be considered as an alternative for direct bank recapitalisation, which is not part of the ESM Treaty for the moment in its present form. It should nourish reflections in the future in order to go to the roots of this current debt crisis.
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Williams missed the first six games of the season for violating the league's policy prohibiting performance-enhancing substances. Another three games were tacked on after an August conviction for driving while impaired.
In his absence, Wesley Woodyard and Keith Brooking have stepped up and played well for the Broncos. Woodyard leads the team in tackles with 80 and has also compiled three sacks and a forced fumble. Brooking has recorded 35 tackles and a forced fumble from his middle linebacker position.
Despite Williams' past success, he's going to have to earn his way back into the lineup. According to Eddie Pells of the Associated Press, Williams is willing to do whatever the coaches ask of him to get back into the lineup.
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The fabric on that elephant looks similar to the fabrics on the Indian woman's sari. As patlini said, they are a bit unique--perhaps southern India?? Goa maybe?
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Dr. Linda Bockenstedt is the Harold W. Jockers Professor of Medicine, Section of Rheumatology, and Director for Professional Development & Equity at Yale School of Medicine. She received her undergraduate degree in chemistry and physics from Harvard College and is a graduate of the Ohio State University School of Medicine. After completing residency training in medicine and serving as Chief Resident in Medicine at Yale, Dr. Bockenstedt obtained rheumatology clinical and research fellowship training at the University of California, San Francisco. She returned to Yale as a faculty member in 1989 where she teaches postdoctoral and medical trainees in the clinical and laboratory arenas and directs a research program devoted toward understanding the pathogenesis of Lyme disease, an infection-related rheumatic disease. Her research has been continually supported by the National Institutes of Health since 1990, and she is internationally recognized for her studies of the host immune response to spirochetal infection.
Dr. Bockenstedt is a Fellow member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and an elected member of the Kunkel Society and the Interurban Clinical Club. She is a former standing member of the Immunity and Host Defense Study Section at NIH and former member of the Board of Directors for the American College of Rheumatology Research & Education Foundation. In 2006, she was named Director for Professional Development & Equity at Yale School of Medicine, a newly created position designed to advance faculty development and diversity.
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|Ohio State University (1981)
|Harvard University, Chemistry & Physics (1977)
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Red Hot Velvet Cupcakes
I absolutely love Red Velvet cake. Maybe it's just the vibrant hue that intrigues me, but I definitely count it as one of my favorite flavors. While it's traditionally topped with cream cheese frosting, I wanted to give them a little heat for the holiday with some red hot cinnamon candies. I based my cupcakes on the Red Hot Velvet Layer Cake recipe from Baked by Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito, but opted to use my own favorite buttercream recipe instead of theirs. The cupcakes were really good! I made them on Friday while I was snowed in, and ended up not even icing them until Saturday, but that didn't stop me from eating a half a dozen un-iced cupcakes in the meantime! (I'm only slightly ashamed of that..) They came out moist and delicious, and perfectly red! (The food coloring/cocoa mixture looked like something Edward Cullen might drink though.. Kind of creepy..) My only minor complaint was that about half of them came out kind of short. Like not even up to the top of the cupcake liner short. I'd have to make them again to know if that was a fluke or if my usual 2 tablespoons of batter actually isn't enough!
The frosting I'm still not entirely sure about. I wanted it to taste a lot like one of those Red Hot cinnamon candies, but no matter how hard I tried, it came out a very subtle flavor. I think. As I said, I was really lazy on Friday and spent most of the snowy day just lounging around the house. I parked myself on the couch with a book and a cup of hot chocolate in the evening.. Well, my hot chocolate was a little too hot, and I ended up completely scorching my tongue.. Then the next day at work, I burnt my tongue yet again on some VERY hot soup! Needless to say, by the time I made the frosting Saturday afternoon, I couldn't really taste much. I dumped in what I thought would give it a good flavor, and made Boyfriend taste test it. He claimed the frosting was more buttery tasting than anything else. Oh well. I took them to work on Sunday and everyone there seemed to like them, so it all turned out well! And by the time I took them to work, I could taste things again and they were actually pretty good. The subtle hint of cinnamon flavor was just right for me!
I'm definitely going to make the cupcakes again, but maybe next time I'll stick with the traditional cream cheese frosting.. Mmm... Now who's going to do the dishes?
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Red Hot Velvet Cupcakes
Adapted from Baked: New Frontiers in Baking
by Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito
Makes about 3 dozen
¼ cup dark unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tablespoons red gel food coloring (or half a bottle of the liquid food coloring)
¼ cup boiling water
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
2 tablespoons vegetable shortening, at room temperature
1 2/3 cups sugar
3 large eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 ½ cups cake flour
1 teaspoon fine salt
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1. Preheat the oven to 325F. Prepare three standard muffin pans with liners. Set aside. In a medium bowl, whisk together the cocoa powder, food coloring, and boiling water. Set aside.
2. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and shortening until smooth. Scrape down the bowl as needed, and gradually add the sugar. Beat until the mixture is light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
3. Stir the buttermilk and vanilla into the cooled cocoa mixture.
4. Sift the flour and salt together into another medium bowl. With the mixer on low, add the flour mixture, alternating with the cocoa mixture, to the egg mixture in three separate additions, beginning and ending with the flour. Beat until incorporated.
5. In a small bowl, combine the vinegar and baking soda and stir until the baking soda dissolves. The mixture will fizz. Add to the batter and stir until just combined.
6. Divide the batter among the prepared pans, using a little more than 2 tablespoons of batter in each cup. Bake, rotating pans halfway, until a toothpick inserted in the center of each cake comes out clean, about 18 minutes. Transfer pans to a wire rack to let cool for 20 minutes. Remove cupcakes from pans and let cool on wire racks completely before frosting.
Red Hot Buttercream
Makes enough to frost 3 dozen cupcakes
3 sticks (1 ½ cups) unsalted butter, softened
3 cups confectioners' sugar
1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
¼ cup finely crushed Red Hot cinnamon candies (Some chunks of candy are okay, but make sure they're not too big)
Pinch of salt
1 ½ teaspoons to 1 tablespoon milk
1 to 2 drops of red food coloring (optional)
36 whole Red Hot cinnamon candies, for decoration (optional)
1. In a large bowl, sift together confectioner's sugar and crushed cinnamon candies. Set aside.
2. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter until light and fluffy. Add vanilla extract and salt, and beat until combined. Gradually add confectioners' sugar mixture, and beat until smooth and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add food coloring to tint. Add milk as necessary to thin out to desired consistency. Pipe or frost onto cupcakes. Top with whole cinnamon candies.
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Pretty! As always, you've got my vote :)
- February 8, 2010 at 3:03 PM
- How To Eat A Cupcake said...
I LOVE their recipe for red velvet! So moist and yummy! :D
- February 8, 2010 at 5:00 PM
- sarahe said...
yum--these look wonderful!
- February 8, 2010 at 5:37 PM
- oneordinaryday said...
I saw this recipe in Baked and was intrigued by using the red hot candies. Yours turned out perfectly! They look awesome!
- February 10, 2010 at 8:35 PM
These look gorgeous! Hmmm, getting hungry now.... love your name by the way!
- February 17, 2010 at 2:55 AM
- Little Miss Cupcake said...
Hi, just saw this in the Iron Cupcake Pool on flickr and had to come here to check out the recipe. I didn;t realize it was the Baked one and I have to say your cupcake looks infinitely more appealing than the cake pictured in the book. Great job - this is definitely a recipe I am putting on my "must try" list!
- February 22, 2010 at 3:12 PM
Curious...I want to do a chocolate cupcake with red hot cinnamon icing and was planning on using red hot candies and liquid cinnamon extract. Did you try extract at all?
- December 9, 2011 at 2:34 PM
- Danae - The Busty Baker said...
Anon- I didn't, but I think it would definitely bump up the hot factor on it! I've never used cinnamon extract before, so let me know how to goes. I'll definitely have to try it in the future.
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The famous and well loved English TV presenter, Parkinson, was once asked partake in a word association game where an interviewer would throw out names of some of the famous people he had met and interviewed over the years. Obviously he was to throw out a single word that he thought best described the personality.
When he was presented with the name of the Dalai Lama his first instinct was "scientist". Who would have thought? Had it been the arch bishop of Canterbury or the Pope, surely he would have said "godly" or "religious".
I guess this is because both the latter are as steadfast in their beliefs as they are narrow minded in their outlook and ability to grasp reality.
At the time I was not sure exactly what Parkinson meant, but having learnt more about the man and his so called religion (I say so called, as I believe Buddhism should not be classed as a religion or at least not as a theist on anyway) the more I realised that what this world needs is more pragmatists and realists and less religious nutters.
Anyway, see the note below outlining briefly the details or the Dalai Lama's new book. I have not had a chance to put my hands on it yet, but I reckon it would be great if the old pope, the collective leadership of the Muslim world ( having no direct representative) and the leader of the Jewish religion, could all do well by adopting the same sentiments and open mindedness.
Is it ever going to happen....... I think not.
In his new book "Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World" His Holiness the Dalai Lama argues that religion is not a necessity for pursuing a spiritual life. Rather he proposes a system of secular ethics that transcends religion as a way to recognize our common humanity and so contributes to a global human community based on understanding and mutual respect
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We have 5 brand new Excel, Web Excel and SharePoint features to introduce to you in the new Office, all designed to help you manage the use of spreadsheets and Access databases. I'll tell you about each of them in more detail, but the names really speak for themselves:
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Some background – EUCs
The acronym "EUC" (End-User Computing applications) has become a common way to say "critical spreadsheets and databases created by end users without the involvement of IT." The applications I'm introducing to you are aimed at helping organizations deal with the significant risks introduced by EUCs.
In many ways, EUCs are a very good thing. A powerful tool like Excel gives the end-user a fantastic amount of ability, agility, and efficiency. However, with great power comes the chance to make some really awful mistakes. In many situations, these EUCs are very important applications that are designed, developed, tested, accepted, and used by a single person or a small group of people. It's the norm that EUC's are created on the fly, without a structured development process (design, develop, test). Since we know that humans occasionally make mistakes, it's a good bet that mistakes will make their way into the EUC's. Actually, I think it's a good bet that most EUC's will have errors, and often the errors and mistakes will go unnoticed until something really bad happens.
The data produced by the EUCs is then trusted and accepted by management and other end-users, and becomes the basis for critical business decisions and reporting. Without proper controls, use of EUC's can lead to significant financial and operational loss, through undetected errors, unexpected mistakes, and even fraud. A quick Bing search will find you many stories about mistakes in spreadsheets.
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What's new in Office 2013
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How to get the new stuff
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One of the first steps in tackling any problem is to understand the problem. If an organization hasn't taken stock of their EUCs, and hasn't put in place adequate procedures and controls, then chances are good that no one knows how much of a problem they have with EUCs, or even how many EUCs they have. Microsoft Office Discovery and Risk Assessment gives organizations the ability to create an inventory of their EUCs and analyze them so they can determine which EUCs are the most complex, impactful, and risky. Simply having an inventory is one important aspect of controlling EUCs in an organization. The new Discovery and Risk Assessment application also helps you determine which are the most risky, so you can start taking further steps to reduce your risks. It does this by crawling specified network paths and SharePoint sites to find the EUCs, and then it analyzes each EUC and gives them a rating for complexity, materiality (impact to the organization), and risk based on configurable criteria.
Finally! A comparison tool for Excel (and Access, too)
The new desktop tools provide some great efficiency improvements. If you ever wanted an easy way to compare 2 spreadsheets, now you have it. Spreadsheet Compare lets you pick any 2 workbooks and compares them in a fraction of the time it would take to you to do it manually. Also, the differences between spreadsheets are categorized so it's easy to focus on important changes, like changes to formulas or VBA. You can also see changes to the data, but the point is that there are different types of changes, and Spreadsheet Compare makes it easy to distinguish one from the other. Also, Spreadsheet Compare is able to determine when rows or columns have been inserted or deleted and it factors those changes into the equation before comparing the cells that may have shifted as a result. Rather than showing differences just because thousands of cells moved down by one row, Spreadsheet Compare can simply report that a row was inserted.
Database Compare provides similar capability for Access databases. Now you can pick any 2 Access databases and get a report of the differences between the tables, queries, modules and more. If someone changes an important query, now you can easily see exactly what was changed.
Powerful analytical capabilities
Spreadsheet Inquire gives you the ability to perform a detailed analysis of a workbook right in Excel. We often refer to the Workbook Analysis as an MRI for spreadsheets. The Workbook Analysis feature gives you the ability to find and report on almost 50 different aspects of your spreadsheet. For example, you can easily find all the formulas with errors, inconsistent formulas, or invisible cells, and you can create a report with all this information so you can begin to document and understand your spreadsheets better, which is a critical aspect of any good EUC control program. Another highlight of Spreadsheet Inquire is the Workbook Relationship Diagram. This feature maps out the data lineage of your workbook. If you have linked workbooks or data connections, this feature gives you a fast and important view of where all the data is coming from, whether you have broken links, and whether the data is current. On the other hand, maybe you're just developing a spreadsheet. In that case you can use these same tools to help you build a better spreadsheet from the start.
Keep track of changes in your EUCs
The workhorse of all these new products is our Audit and Control Management (ACM) Server, which provides powerful change management features for Excel and Access files, and it is complemented by Microsoft Discovery and Risk Assessment, mentioned earlier. ACM Server will keep a close eye on your critical EUCs and gives you the ability to see who has made changes to your EUCs, and when, as well as showing you exactly what the change was, down to the cell level. You can see if someone has modified a formula or VBA code, and ACM Server will show you the old value and the new value after the change. ACM Server also keeps a version history for your files, so you can easily compare any 2 versions, or even restore a prior version. There are lots of other features, too, like the email alerts for important changes to your EUCs. To try ACM Server, please visit this information page.
I'm really excited about the upcoming release of these products, and we as a team are looking forward to making an impact in the world of EUCs. We would love to hear your feedback about these new features. Please reply below and let us hear you! Are these features hitting the mark? What do you think, what do you love, what's not so great? What else would help?


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Boston Police Commissioner Edward F. Davis said he took the rare step of stripping an officer of his detective rank after learning that the officer had failed to return phone calls and e-mails from the crime lab testing evidence in the case of a woman who was choked until she passed out.
The suspect in that September 2012 case, Edwin Alemany, is now a person of interest in the brutal stabbing of 24-year-old Amy E. Lord, who was mourned at a funeral Mass in Wilbraham Tuesday morning, one week after she was killed. Alemany has been arrested in assaults on two other women in South Boston on the same day.
Davis has said that Alemany was never arrested in 2012 because the detective, Jerome Hall-Brewster, decided there was not enough probable cause to bring the case to a court clerk magistrate, even though the victim was found holding the wallet containing Alemany's identification card. Davis said that Alemany will now be charged with the crime.
Physical evidence, including a bottle, was collected from the scene on Parker Hill Avenue in Roxbury, and the department's crime laboratory, which analyzes DNA and fingerprint evidence, repeatedly tried to contact the detective about the items to get more information.
"He never returned their call or their e-mails," Davis said. "There is some testing that should have been done last year that wasn't done."
Hall-Brewster's lawyer, Raffi N. Yessayan, has not returned repeated calls seeking comment.


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Sisterhood and Strength in Boulder
For Jamie Twedt, IRONMAN is a journey of spreading awareness for ovarian cancer.
by Lisa Dolbear
Some athletes launch their IRONMAN journey out of a sense of adventure, or perhaps powered by athletic genes itching to be leveraged. For others, like Thornton Colo.'s Jamie Twedt, it's a different kind of gene that drives her forward in multisport—the BRCA1 gene, responsible for breast and ovarian cancer.
Though Twedt's grandmother and mother both have had breast cancer, she says it took seeing her sister, Dawn, fight through ovarian cancer twice in the past three years to finally get tested herself. Twedt, 45, has tested positive for the gene, but it wasn't this prognosis that pushed her to do her first IRONMAN 70.3 in Boulder, Colo. last month, or to train for the full-distance IRONMAN Boulder this weekend. It was the strength and perseverance she's seen in her sister over the years.
"Dawn is my daily inspiration when it comes to training, especially during tough workouts when I'm burnt out. If she can go through all the treatments that come with fighting cancer, then I can darn well do every workout I need to in order to be ready for this race," Twedt says.
It was a natural next step to link her training to a fundraising effort through the IRONMAN Foundation. By race day, Twedt will end up having raised close to $10,000 for the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, as her company, Pulte Mortgage, is matching all donations. But she has even bigger goals: "If I can get even one person to be proactive and take the test for the BRCA1 gene, I will have accomplished what I really want to do—help people prevent their own families from going through this awful experience." As part of her own prevention plan, Twedt had a hysterectomy in January, and plans to do a double mastectomy and reconstruction surgery early next year.
While Twedt's IRONMAN debut will be in the name of her sister and creating awareness for ovarian cancer, her first taste of tri came last year as part of an ongoing quest to stay in shape. "Five years ago I was really unhappy and overweight," she says. "I didn't like who I'd become, so I started setting fitness goals to get on a better track. Last year's goal was to do a triathlon."
Or 18—it was love at first swim, bike, run for Twedt, who did a race nearly every weekend of the summer. After riding with co-workers who were training for IRONMAN, their war stories got to her. "Listening to them was so inspiring. I knew I had to do one," she recalls.
Twedt credits her current success to her supportive training partners, friends and family—even if some of them don't realize how much work actually goes into preparing for a 140.6-mile race. "I was recently home in South Dakota with my aunt and uncle, telling them about a long ride I did the previous weekend," she says. "When I said it was 65 miles, they looked at each other and said, 'That's like getting in the car and driving from Mitchell to Sioux Falls!'"
Nobody knows the long road better than the IRONMAN in training, and despite Twedt's rock-solid inspiration, she too suffers from burn out and injury. While training for the recent IRONMAN 70.3 Boulder, her left knee took a hit just a week before race day. "During the race I could feel the pain on the bike, but was encouraged when I got into T2 only 10 minutes behind my goal time. I pushed on the run, but ultimately ended up with a huge knot in my right calf as I tried to overcompensate for the knee pain." The discomfort left her walking 12 miles to the finish line—way past her goal time— but spot on her mission to motivate others. "I refused to quit, no matter how bad it hurt, because I know my sister can't quit her fight."
In true IRONMAN spirit, Twedt regards her first IRONMAN 70.3 as a "PR I can come back and crush next year," and has remained focused on the bigger picture of channeling her sister's strength. "Dawn has a 'Let's kick cancer's ass!' attitude, which I try to remember when I get into tough spots."
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On race day this weekend, Twedt will call upon the fighter Dawn has instilled in her. And what does the woman behind the scenes have to say about her sister's feat?
"I'm flattered to be her inspiration, but she also inspires so many. I see something in her that's much bigger than IRONMAN. By raising money to find a cure for ovarian cancer, she has also increased awareness. And as we all know, knowledge is power."


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RICHMOND — Police are asking the public's help in finding those responsible for a shooting just south of 33rd Street on Thursday afternoon that wounded two men.
The 5:36 p.m. shooting was brought to police attention by hospital staff at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Richmond, who alerted them to two gunshot victims arriving, Richmond police Lt. Bisa French said.
One victim was flown from Kaiser Richmond to another undisclosed hospital with critical injuries, French said. The second victim was in stable condition at Kaiser Richmond, she said. Both were expected live.
Police do not have any suspects or motives in the shooting. Anyone with information is asked to call 510-233-1214.
Rick Hurd covers breaking news. Contact him in Richmond at 510-262-2728 and follow him at Twitter.com/3rdERH.


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DENVER — Former Colorado Republican Gov. John Vanderhoof, a former businessman and bank executive who went on to become governor for only two years, died last week. He was 91.
After serving 20 years in the state House, six of them as speaker, he was elected lieutenant governor for a four-year term in 1970. Vanderhoof was a running mate of Republican Gov. John Love, who won a third term. It was the first Colorado election in which candidates of each party ran as a team, with the voter marking a single ballot for the two.
He became governor when Love left to become a part of the Nixon administration in 1973. Vanderhoof lost to Democrat Richard Lamm in 1974.


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