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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Sew Delicious, Sweet Pouch Swap received
I was to happy to receive my Sweet Pouch the other day.
These are the great little pouches with chocolate sent to me for the
Sew Delicious
Sweet Pouch Swap
Now for me back to sewing.
I am currently quilting this owl one up and have two more yet to quilt after that. I can believe I have so many.
Jera MacKenzie
Monday, February 25, 2013
Modern She Made Swap - Round 3 Sign Ups Are Open!
I signed up for the newest Modern She Made Swap. They are are currently on round 3 and the theme is stars.
Here is my mosaic for the swap
QNM Star block for Emma
, 2.
Aqua ad Red Block Bee
, 3.
String Star Block for Corey
, 4.
November 2011 Bee Germany 2011
, 5.
Wonky Stars
, 6.
Macaroni Love Quilt Top 2
, 7.
swoon block
, 8.
Eileen's Quilt Front
, 9.
front done
, 10.
Faith Circle~do. Good Stitches November quilt progress shot
, 11.
, 12.
Quilted Star
, 13.
Tutorial from Amber of Little Bit BIased
, 14.
Star Crossed Stitch quilt - unwashed full shot
, 15.
Star Block
, 16.
I am so excited to participate. I want to get more involved in swaps and exchanges. so I am hoping to meet a lot of great quilters and be inspirited to post more and sew.
Jera MacKenzie
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Yes, it has been a long time.
Hello there! Believe it or not I have been doing a lot of sewing since by last post. I have not been very good about taking picture of my sewing nor have I been very good at writing post about what I have been up to. My long delay in post has also been due to a very long vacation for the month of January down to Ecuador, to visit my wonderful sister in law, who is working for the Peace Corps there.
Here is what I have been working on since getting home. Some
open wide zippered pouches.
This one is for my swap partner in the
Sew Delicious
Sweet Pouch Swap
These two I made for myself.
This one I adapted the tutorial to make an even smaller pouch than the smallest on Noodlehead's Tutorial. Here I used a 7" zipper, cut my fabric 7" X 5", and did my box corner width at 2".
I think it worked out alright, but I think I might order some 8" zippers. 7" zippers are what I had on hand at the time, but I think that 8" might work out a bit better.
I have lots more to catch you up on, but that is all I have for now.
Jera MacKenzie
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Echo Quilt Start
A quick little post today. Just wanted to show what I am currently working on.
I finely cut into my Echo fabric and I am working on this
I have been so busy lately that when I get a little bit of time I work on these blocks. It has been going pretty well so far. So hopefully it won't take to long to finish up.
Jera MacKenzie
Friday, September 14, 2012
A super quick sew
Yesterday I was able to get a little sewing done. I was frist able to convince my son to go to the fabric store, because we where going to make him a Halloween bag. He is so much more pleasant to take to the fabric store when the sewing project is for him. We looked at all the Halloween fabric and he choose these for his bag.
I think he did a great job. This is the bag I created for him.
I followed this lovely tutorial
Simple reversible totebag.
I modified the pattered by adding a accent piece to the top. Overall I keep the bag 13 1/2" by 14, but instead of cutting two 13 1/2 by 14" pieces, I cut out two 13 1/2 by 3 3/4" and two 13 1/2 by 10 3/4" and sewed those pieces together. I also changed the straps, because I wanted them to have different fabrics on each side. So I cut two 2 by 20" strip from each of the fabrics I wanted to use. Then sewed them together and flipped right side out and sew into the bag as directed.
Here he is with his new Halloween bag.
He just can wait to get out there.
Jera MacKenzie
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Yeah! I have finished a quilt.
Way back in June I participated in a fabric exchange. The way this one worked was that you cut 10 different 2 1/2"by half the width of the fabric, so the strips where 2 1/2" by 22" or so. Then pack those 10 strips in to snack sized ziplock bag, you can exchange more than one set. Most people in this group send in approximately 10 sets. Then mail your sets into the swap hostess. She swaps all the packages around and mails the fabric back out to you. Pretty nice.
Well, anyway the first one of these I participated in was the purple exchange. Shortly after getting my purple fabrics back I got the book
Sunday Morning Quilts by Amanda Jean Nyberg and Cheryl Arkison.
This was just the inspiration I need for these purple strips if fabric. I decided that the Sunday Morning Quilt by
Cheryl Arkison
was the perfect fit for these fabrics.
It is not quite the same as in the book, but I wanted to work with what I had. I think it worked. Don't you?
I machine sew the binding of my quilts. This time I tried an new stitch. I am not quite perfect at this, but I kind of like it.
I just did a simple back.
I am very happy with this quilt.
Jera MacKenzie
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
It's Wednesday.
It's Wednesday. This is what I am working on.
These blocks are for a a quilt I am making inspired by this one:
and this one:
I also have acquired the book
Sunday Morning Quilts
Amanda Jean Nyberg
Cheryl Arkison.
I have so much purple fabric that I am making the Sunday Morning Quilt from that book. I need to get it out in the next could of day so I can get some good photos of it. That all for now.
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The gang truce and the Catholic Church
I just finished reading an excellent new white paper titled The El Salvador Gang Truce and the Church: What was the role of the Catholic Church?. The paper is written by Steven Dudley, one of the directors at Insight Crime, and is the first of a whitepaper series from the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies at the American University.
The paper takes a close look at the role of Bishop Fabio Colindres as a public face to the mediation effort and the reaction of the Catholic church hierarchy in El Salvador:
When asked why they chose the Church to help in the process, the negotiators have danced around this subject. The government's chief negotiator Mijango focused on what he called the "moral authority" the Church held in El Salvador and its experience in mediating conflict in the country. He also drew on what he said was a shared understanding of the Church's longtime role in El Salvador. "There is a recognition of the Church's role as an institution that had mediated the conflicts that we have suffered as a society," Mijango explained. "No one has the moral authority the Church has in this society."
There is, of course, some truth to this, but the decision to include the Church seemed more like a ploy than a strategy. For the negotiators, and possibly the gangs themselves, the focus was not on drawing from that "moral authority" to establish firm ground upon which to build the peace, but on using that "moral authority" to calm a cynical populace, and convince a skeptical business community to participate. The distinction is critical. In one scenario, the Church, as an institution is a protagonist, a creator and participant in the construction of peace. In the other scenario, the Church is a figurehead, a prop.
To most observers, the Church seems to be more of the latter: a symbolic actor that provides the negotiators with enough political capital to push the process forward and gain the initial trust of the populace while the process consolidates.
Read the full whitepaper here."I think I need to be frank," Bishop Gregorio Rosa Chávez told El Faro. "The question is: as the Church, are we legitimizing [the truce] or are we doing something more?"
Some of the challenges the Catholic church is feeling were evident in a statement released last Sunday. Dudley describes this latest pronouncement:
The rifts caused by Colindres' participation in the truce -- which was signed by El Salvador's two largest street gangs, the MS-13 and the Barrio 18 in March of last year -- are still playing out in this Central American nation of seven million people. On May 12, the Catholic Conference of Bishops, the collective body of the Church hierarchy, emitted a public statement questioning the truce.
"The truce has not produced any benefits for the honorable and hard-working population," the statement reads, adding that extortions and other gang-related criminal activities have not slowed.
Brokering a deal with what most Salvadorans believe are parasitic criminals who prey on the weakest in society was always going to come at a cost.
Navigating the issues of crime and punishment, sin and forgiveness, justice and rehabilitation, will always be a tricky thing for the Church. The Church must always side with the victims, but when is it appropriate to recognize some gang members as victims themselves? How does the Church promote the possibilities of redemption and rehabilitation?
(I'm good at the questions. Not so good at the answers.)


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Britain spends approximately pounds 300m a year on grants for so-called inward investment. This figure is inflated by the time spent by government departments and British embassies on encouraging and vetting applications.
Once they have established themselves in this country, foreign corporations may also be able to take advantage of the annual pounds 1.5bn or so of other forms of industrial aid, ranging from regional enterprise grants to loyal employment assistance.
The UK is the most attractive location in the European Union for non-European companies, taking 40 per cent of total inward investment. But the Government points to a payback: overseas companies provide 16 per cent of all UK manufacturing jobs, 22 per cent of net output and 27 per cent of net capital expenditure.
Northern Ireland's high unemployment means that it is under more pressure than other parts of the UK to attract industry. The region's grant system, which operates independently from the mainland, has been regarded sceptically since the collapse of the De Lorean car company in 1982 cost taxpayers dollars 86m ( pounds 57m) amidst a welter of financial irregularities.
Despite attempts by Department of Trade and Industry officials in London to distance the mainland's industrial grants system from those of Northern Ireland, they are very similar.
The Northern Irish Industrial Development Board is replicated in Wales, Scotland and five English regions. Proposals are vetted by officials to see if they will generate jobs and contribute to the local community. But the critical test is to ensure that they are viable. 'This is more of an art than a science,' a DTI spokesman admitted.
Each region has an industrial development advisory board of industrialists and trade unionists. Promising schemes are put to them, and those requiring grants of more than pounds 1m go to a national IDAB.
Payments are staged throughout the life of the project, and the regional units monitor their investments to ensure that investment, job and sales targets are met before the next instalment is handed over.
The DTI's Invest in Britain Bureau says that in the year to 31 March 1993, the last for which figures are available, it was aware of 303 foreign projects that generated 56,271 jobs.
Sir Ronald Halstead, the former Beecham chairman who has recently stepped down as chairman of the national IDAB, said: 'The people doing the assessing are highly motivated. They are seconded from industry and the financial community for two or three years before going back to their firms.'
He pointed to the success that the Japanese manufacturers, Nissan and Fujitsu, have had in the north-east of England.
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It is with regret and haste that I write this letter to you: regret that such a small misunderstanding could lead to the following circumstances, and haste in order that you will get this report before you form your own opinions from reports in the world press. I am sure that they will tend to over-dramatize the affair.
We had just picked up the pilot, and the apprentice had returned from changing the "G" flag for the "H" and, it being his first trip, was having difficulty in rolling the "C" flag up. I therefore proceeded to show him how. Coming to the last part, I told him to "let go." The lad, although willing, is not too bright, necessitating my having to repeat the order in a sharper tone.
At this moment, the Chief Officer appeared from the chart room, having been plotting the vessel's progress, and, thinking that it was the anchor that was being referred to, repeated the "let go" to the third officer on the forecastle.
The port anchor, having been cleared away but not walked out, was promptly let go. The effect of letting the anchor drop from the hawse pipe while the vessel was proceeding at full harbour speed proved too much for the windlass brake, and the entire length of the port cable was pulled out. I fear the damage to the chain locker may be extensive. The braking effect of the port anchor naturally caused the vessel to sheer to port, right towards a swing bridge that spans the river up which we were proceeding.
The swing bridge operator showed great presence of mind by opening the bridge for my vessel. Unfortunately, he did not think to stop the vehicular traffic, the result being that the bridge partly opened and deposited a car, two cyclists and a cattle truck on the foredeck. My ship's company is at present rounding up the contents of the latter, which from the noise I would say are pigs. In his efforts to stop the progress of the ship, the third officer dropped the starboard anchor, too late to be of practical use, for it fell onto the swing bridge operator's control cabin. After the port anchor was let go and the vessel started to sheer, I gave a double ring full astern on the engine room telegraph, and personally rang the engine room to order maximum astern revolutions. I was informed that the sea temperature was 53 degrees and asked if there was to be a film tonight; my reply would not add constructively to this report.
Up to now I have confined my report to the activities at the forward end of the vessel. Back aft they were having their own problems.
At the moment the port anchor was let go, the second officer was supervising the making fast of the after tug and was lowering the ship's towing hawser down onto the tug.
The sudden braking effect of the port anchor caused the tug to run in under the stern of my vessel, just at the moment when the propeller was answering my double ring for full astern. The prompt action of the second officer in securing the inboard end of the towing hawser delayed the sinking of the tug by some minutes, thereby allowing the safe abandoning of that vessel.
It is strange, but at the very same moment of letting go the port anchor there was a power outage ashore. The fact that we were passing over a "Cable Area" at that time might suggest that we may have touched something on the river bed. It is perhaps lucky that the high-tension cables brought down by the foremast were not live, possibly being replaced by the underwater cable; but owing to the shore blackout, it is impossible to say where the pylon fell.
It never fails to amaze me; the actions and behavior of foreigners during moments of minor crisis. The pilot, for instance, is at this moment huddled in a corner of my day cabin, alternately crooning to himself and crying after having consumed a bottle of gin in a time that is worthy of inclusion in the "Guinness Book of Records." The tug captain, on the other hand, reacted violently and had to be forcibly restrained by the steward, who has him handcuffed in the ship's hospital, where he is telling me to do impossible things with my ship and crew. I enclose the names and addresses of the drivers and insurance companies of the vehicles on my foredeck, which the third officer collected after his somewhat hurried evacuation of the forecastle. These particulars may enable you to claim for the damage to the railings around No.1 hold.
I am closing this preliminary report, for I am finding it difficult to concentrate with the sound of the police sirens and their flashing lights.
It is sad to think that had the apprentice realized that there is no need to fly the pilot flag after dark, none of this would have happened.
For the weekly accountability report, I will assign the following casualty numbers - T/750101 to T/750199 inclusive.
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Givens v. West Bend Mut. Ins. Co., No. 4:13 CV 1287, 2014 WL 2946672 (N.D. Ohio Jul. 1, 2014)
The Northern District of Ohio concludes that insurer was justified in denying claim for two fires that were undisputedly set by insured.
On August 11, 2011, Nina Givens, the administrator of A Mother's Touch Daycare, contacted her insurance agent, Christina Heed, for a business coverage quote. During discussions with Ms. Heed, Ms. Givens asked multiple times whether she and her husband would be able to rebuild the daycare at a different location if the daycare were ever destroyed by fire. West Bend ultimately issued a business coverage insurance policy to A Mother's Touch.
In April 2012, two fires occurred at A Mother's Touch. The Youngstown Fire Department determined that the first fire, which occurred on April 7, was intentionally set, primarily because (1) upon arriving on the scene, the fire department found all the windows and doors were secure and there was no forced entry; (2) an accelerant was used to start the fires; and (3) there were fires in the house at three distinct locations, one of the locations being the stairs to the second floor.
The day after the fire, Ms. Givens reported the fire to her insurance agent. When West Bend's adjustor spoke to the Youngstown Fire Chief, he had already determined that the fire was arson and that the building was damaged, but not a total loss. On April 10, Ms. Givens met the West Bend adjuster at the property and asked if the daycare could be rebuilt at a different location if the building was a total loss. The adjuster responded that the building was repairable and proceeded to secure estimates for completing the repairs.
On April 29, Ms. Givens called the police to report that during a routine check of the property, she smelled smoke coming from the basement. Upon arrival, the fire department discovered a fire in the basement that had burned itself out. The fire department determined that the fire, like the first, was an arson because an accelerant was present and there were not possible accidental ignition sources.
West Bend proceeded to take statements from both Ms. Givens and her husband, the sole owner of A Mother's Touch. In her statement, Ms. Givens described a 20 percent decline in profits from A Mother's Touch. Five months after the first fire, West Bend denied the claim. West Bend based its denial on three primary grounds: (1) the policy was void because material facts were concealed or misrepresented on the application; (2) coverage did not include dishonest or criminal acts; and (3) the Givenses, or individuals acting on their behalf, intentionally caused the fire.
After the denial, the Givenses sued West Bend for breach of contract, intentional infliction of emotional distress, loss of consortium, and bad faith, both as individuals and on behalf of A Mother's Touch. West Bend filed two motions for summary judgment on the bad faith claims—one motion as to the Givenses and another as to A Mother's Touch.
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Panthers Knock Redskins Out Of Wild-Card PositionCam Newton and the Panthers stuck it to Josh Norman and the Redskins, helping the Buccaneers and Packers improve their playoff chances.
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Good Lord I have seen everything Hat tip to Mr B
There is something seriously wrong and twisted with people who feel compelled to do this by force. We are aware of the health benefits of circumcision. However, forced alteration of genetalia is a new low. Yet should any non lethal behavior in the name of Jihad surprise us.
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- Mr. Beamish the Kakistocrat said...
They better pray that God never tells us to kill them.
- beakerkin said...
This isnanity is practiced in Sudan and Indonesia. Given all the other horror stories this is on the back page.
- Always On Watch Two said...
I wasn't aware of the male forced circumsion you speak of here. Of course, I knew about clitorectomies--a barbaric "custom" practiced by many tribal cultures, perhaps even the Aztecs, who seem to have loved rubbing hot peppers into the "tipili parts" of women who were caught in adultery or in masturbation. The goal, of course, was to make sexual activity painful so that these women would never again want any sexual pleasure. Sometimes, however, the practice led to the opposite effect.
[Why am I telling this? The things I know!]
Anyway....In modern societies today, the circumcision of male babies is done in an hygienic fashion. Not so in the Sudan and in Indonesia! I have visions of sending leftard multiculturalists--adults--there and letting THEM undergo some genital mutilation and see how they like it: nymphomania.
PS: What is it with Muslims and the penchant for cutting off body parts??? - 9:36:00 AM
- beakerkin said...
I understand that circumcision is important in the Islamic culture. However forcing someone to undergo this procedure is cruel and much worse than anything done at Abu Gharib.
The serious problem with Islam is they feel compelled to subject everyone to their theocracy. The record of Islam just never ends. Just when you think you have seen everything they come up with this.
Now the Duck likes to rail about Kahanists. I have never heard of Kahanists advocating any of their theocracy on gentiles. The insane laws of Kahanists are aimed at free
spirits like myself. The prospect of Kahanists forming a circumcision
brigade will not happen. - 10:15:00 AM
- Always On Watch Two said...
From a woman's perspective....I understand the ritualistic significance of male circumcision. But to mutilate the genitals of women? Lord! Just the thought makes me squirm! - 10:22:00 AM
- Always On Watch Two said...
Oops! In an earlier comment "nymphomania" should follow The goal, of course, was to make sexual activity painful so that these women would never again want any sexual pleasure. Sometimes, however, the practice led to the opposite effect:
- Mr. Ducky said...
Beak, why not mention that it is very common among Ethiopian Jews. Going on in Israel today.
Of course it is also common among Christians in central Africa and animists.
It is a cultural,not a religion specific action.
Once more you remind us that your hate flows from absolute ignorance. - 1:03:00 PM
- beakerkin said...
The post was not about the prevalence of circumcision in Africa. The post was about forced circumcision in Africa, Indonesia and Iraq. Nobody question the right of people to perform this ritual or that others do it. The issue is forcing people to do it against their will.
There are almost no Jews left in Eithiopia. Moreover, even nutty Kahanists have neither the desire or inclination to see gentiles circumsized. They may mandate this for Jews if they even establish a theocracy. As I have allready has the procedure this is one less thing for the theological nuts to do.
There are many reports of this procedure being performed by Muslims on those who do not seek it. This is a clear human rights violation and odious. - 1:53:00 PM
- Mr. Ducky said...
Oh so you want me to believe that Beamish just informed you of this practice as a general human rights issue and not because Beamish in his ignorance thought it was a practice among only muslims?
Look Beak. If it doesn't feed your irrational hatred for muslims then our little computer game soldier boy, Beamish, ain't going to be pointing out anything.
Now, why don't you concentrate on having the practice stopped in Israel among Ethiopians. - 2:27:00 PM
- beakerkin said...
Obviously you keep missing the part about forced. Mr Beamish sent a link about the Muslim brutality towarards Sabeans. The story included burnings and a forced circumcision of a Sabean.
I did a quick google search and found that forced Jihadi circumcision of males is done in Indonesia and Sudan. This is not an isolated event.
Nobody has questioned a parents right to perform this procedure. Moreover, Eithiopian Jews perform this practice voluntarily. Forcing unwilling people into circumcision is a clear human rights violation much more severe than placing panties on the heads of Muslims.
As far as irratitional hatreds your anti American and anti Semitic pathologies might qualify you as an expert on irrational hatreds. - 2:39:00 PM
- kuhnkat said...
What is the Muzzie fascination with cutting off body parts??
Well, Ducktwat is an excellent example. When you are personally small and unuseable, you want to make everyone else the SAME!!
- kuhnkat said...
BEAKERKIN stated:
"Forcing unwilling people into circumcision is a clear human rights violation much more severe than placing panties on the heads of Muslims."
for the record I would like to say I would rather undergo forced circumcision than have ROSIES panties enveloping my head!!
- kuhnkat said...
careful with the lighter fluid and matches, you might burn up all your STRAWMEN!!!!
- Mr. Beamish the Kakistocrat said...
You've got it all wrong, Beak.
With my magic wand I forced the BBC to mention forced male circumcision in an article about Islamic brutality towards a nearly extinct ethnicity in Iraq and it automatically tripped Ducky's haywire reflex.
My research on the leftist inability to engage in rational thought is complete.
For my next opus, I will demonstrate the leftist inability to possess an original opinion.
Watch what happens when Ducky googles "Jabir Salim." - 1:53:00 AM


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"I would be mightily disappointed if we didn't announce two or three this year," he said, with similar numbers possible in following years.
Some of these will be law firms, but "post-ABS whether or not it is a law firm is much less important than whether they add to the suite of services", Mr Kennedy said.
Volume businesses that are focused on process, run as businesses and have a small group of owners are attracting strong interest from PE, he explained. More traditional practices where the main emphasis is on individuals are less appealing, as are those where a large number of partners need persuading to agree the deal.
However, Mr Kennedy predicted that those traditional firms may in time attract more passive investors who are looking for a secure return rather than to take on and help grow the practice like Duke Street is with Parabis. He also expected well-capitalised business services companies to enter the legal market in the medium term.
Duke Street holds its investments for three to five years on average, which he considered long term given that "I've never seen a strategic plan worth its salt that goes beyond three years". Mr Kennedy added that in the current market PE houses are increasingly "backing their winners" by holding on to them for longer.
One potential exit for PE is to float the company, and he said "Parabis would be a very attractive IPO, especially if we do what we plan to do".
Mr Kennedy revealed that Duke Street first approached the SRA in 2007 about investing in Parabis. Though the proposed structure was technically legal, the SRA said it did not want PE
putting money into law firms at that time, he recalled.
Meanwhile, Christopher Lewey, Irwin Mitchell's head of strategic projects, said there is "huge interest" among private equity (PE) firms in taking a stake in legal businesses, with most at least considering an investment in the sector.
Speaking at the 360 Legal Group's mergers and acquisitions summit in London – on the day the Duke Street deal was announced – Mr Lewey said: "It's been building for a little while… There is a very wide range of [PE] firms that are interested in investing… simply on the basis that it looks like a sector that is going to deregulate and consolidate and that provides opportunities.
"I think most PE firms will fall into that category now… whether they will invest will depend on the detailed strategy of the firm in question and an analysis of the numbers underlying it."
Before joining Irwin Mitchell last May, Mr Lewey was responsible for acquisitions and new venture investments at Betfair Group and before that was a corporate finance director at Close Brothers investment bank.
He predicted there would be a variety of drivers for investment. "Some will have more strategic buy-build approaches, others will have a more purely financial approach."
Sales of law firms had become "more of an option" since the licensing of alternative business structures (ABSs) became possible last month, he said. The population of buyers "has increased exponentially from where it was on 3 January" and now included more UK law firms along with non-legal buyers, including marketing and PE firms.
Mr Lewey advised firms involved in a possible sale to avoid granting exclusivity until the last possible moment in order to retain "competitive tension" and reduce exposure to a "unilateral price reduction".
He continued: "In practice you will have to give exclusivity at some point, but you ought to leave it at least until you have negotiated and agreed the difficult issues in a transaction… and you have trust with the buyer".
Addressing law firm valuations, he said the recent purchases of by Slater & Gordon and by Quindell Portfolio plc, which involved up-front payments of about 50% of value in cash, could be "a predictor for the future".
Although it was early days for post-ABS transactions, Mr Lewey said a picture was emerging that involved valuation on an earnings before interest, tax depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) multiple of somewhere between 5x and 7x "for good quality businesses" and perhaps 4x or below for lesser businesses.
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I don't agree that "most" Private Equity houses or even a significant minority are currently seriously considering investment in this sector. Those few that are, are looking at volume rather than at the traditional, transactional or consumer facing areas. That may change over the next five years, but at present, generally speaking, the three C's (Culture, Cash Flow and Corporate Outlook) inherent in the traditional law firm model simply don't match up to the rigorous standards needed for external investment. Those Firms that have managed to pass these basic hygiene tests simply don't need the cash and if they did, would have no problem obtaining Bank or Partner investment.
And PE isn't helping its own case here by failing to address and focus on the value that it can offer, in addition to flashing its cash, in terms of encouraging financial and corporate disciplines at investee Firms. Nor is it working hard enough on the Exit model.
paul harding on February 9th, 2012 at 8:04 pm
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It's a vicious circle: you keep putting it off and putting it off until you've run out of time in your day. That difficult task you know you'll have to do seems too much to bear right now.
You very well know that if you wait too long, you'll soon be scrambling to get it done on deadline.
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Start your day with your most difficult important task, no matter how painful or tedious it may seem. Follow this habit for 2 weeks straight and you'll see the positive results.
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Knocking off your hardest task sets a positive tone for your day, and offers a boost to your self-confidence. Truly, the rest of your day will seem easier by comparison. It's a much better feeling than going through the day knowing a tough task is hanging over your head.
It also fights procrastination by stopping the snowballing effect of putting off important tasks until you're "ready." It's hard to be productive when you're spending your day stressing about having to do something difficult.
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"I predict you will sink step by step into a bottomless quagmire, however much you spend in men and money."
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Dennis Pierce
"It's going to be a quagmire near the close."
Tom Schrader
"[He said that once consumers are struck in a quagmire they would find it extremely difficult to get out of it.] We're going to see people in a debtor's prison without walls, ... They'll essentially slip through the safety net, hit the ground and then sink into an underground economy."
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"This was a lied-into war that is a quagmire now, ... It could be worse than Vietnam. The truth is we can't win, and there's still an ongoing deception."
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Monday, April 26, 2010
Reliving Our Youth
On the weekend, hubby and I were casually discussing how music invokes such vivid memories. Every time my hubby hears Roger Whittaker, he goes back to his childhood in New Guinea and vividly remembers reading Phantom comics, while listening to his Dad's music. I said that whenever I hear Suzi Quatro, 'Devil Gate Drive', I think of going roller skating in the 70's, when I was a little girl.
As I said it, we both looked at each other.... OMG our boys have never been roller skating! ... we forgot.....quick.... so off to the nearest rink we went....which wasn't so near and was a bit of a road trip!
There were a few tears of frustration at first (they thought it would be easy, as they can both ski!) but once they got the hang of it, I have never seen them so joyous. I have never felt so joyous watching them being joyous!
We stopped off at our favourite restaurant for dinner afterwards and spent the rest of the evening talking about how "that was the best day ever".
It's the ANZAC day public holiday here today... so I am going to spend the day sorting, culling and packing! Is it wrong to say "love it"...am I mad?
Have a great Monday!
A-M xx
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How much fun is that ! I was a roller skating fan in my early teens , still have my skates stashed away. In the holidays I took my 7 year old daughter ice skating (which I have only done 3 times in my life) She took one step on the ice & paniced "is this real ice !". I thought to myself , as apposed to what , the marshmallow ice you thought it would be. On the outside I was displaying a calm demenor , inside I was how am I going to stand up & protect her as well. She was in sheer terror hanging onto the wall all the way around , had wet sleeves from the wall but by the end of the session she was off the wall , attempting to walk by herself & was asking to my surprise when can we come again.
Why are roller skating rinks so few & far between. Such great exercise & fun , in a safe enviroment off the streets & away from the TV. Bring back the skating rinks I say !
Karyn x
Sorry A-M I got carried away , my comment just about turned into a post. Just get so excited sometimes in sharing my thoughts.Your munchkins look like they had a great day. I went ten-pin bowling for the first time in a gazillion years over New Years...great to try something again...I was still really bad though! Enjoy the packing, sorting and culling...not at all wrong to love that...means something new and exciting is happening!
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Congrats on the sale of your house - can't wait to see what you do next. I loved the roller skating rink in the 70s and often did Roller Boogie on a Saturday morning - very tragic. I too grew up in Papua New Guines in Pt Moresby and went to Gordon International Primary School - my dad ran Johnstons Pharmacies. It was a wonderful life up there.What a fun, family-friendly day you all had. Ah rollerskating, something everyone should do at least ONCE in their lives!
Enjoy the packing A-M. Its the beginning of a new adventure remember. So much fun.
Oh and yes, show your hubby the Over Canada clip...guaranteed you'll love it. Should get a copy to you somehow...will make you cry!
XO, AndreaDear AM
This is a lovely post- I alwys used to go skating with my sisters in the early 1980s.
Thanks for your comment on my blog.
The level of bitterness in comments can be both boring and upsetting.
I agree that if you don't like a blog perhaps the easiest thing to do is stop reading it.
I love your house. It looks so peaceful and chic.
Keep blogging.


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Transforming growth factor-? (TGF-?) is a negative regulator of normal, benign and malignant prostate growth. While serving a growth-inhibitory/apoptotic role in the normal prostate, overproduction of TGF- ? 1 in the aging prostate contributes to the development of benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH) and prostate cancer. We previously established that activation of TGF-s ? signaling leads to apoptosis induction and loss of TGF ? RII receptor (T2RII) contributes to prostate tumorigenic growth. Overexpression of T2RII in human prostate cancer cells enables apoptosis-mediated-growth suppression in response to TGF- ? in vitro and in vivo. Using the LNCaP T2RII prostate cancer cells (androgen-sensitive and TGF- ? responsive) as a model, it was shown that TGF- ?1 induces apoptosis and this effect was enhanced by androgens. Recent proteomic-based approaches identified two new intracellular effectors of TGF-? pathway that act independent of Smads to regulate apoptotic outcomes in prostate cancer cells. In this proposal we hypothesize that TGF- ? 1 signaling via changes in Smad4-independent intracellular effectors and cross-talk with the androgen receptor (AR) regulates prostate growth, and functional inactivation of this network accelerates the manifestation of the malignant phenotype and tumor progression. The following four Specific Aims will test this hypothesis:
Specific Aim 1 will characterize the functional involvement of Smad- independent signaling effectors, prohibitin and cofilin, as novel mediators of TGF-? action in prostate benign and malignant epithelial cells.
Specific Aim 2 will identify the significance of the androgen receptor (AR) in the signaling interaction between TGF-?1 and androgens towards apoptosis and epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT) of prostate tumor epithelial cells.
Specific Aim 3 will establish the role of cofilin as a novel regulator of the ability of prostate (stroma) fibroblasts to direct TGF- ? signaling, in the context of the tumor microenvironment.
Specific Aim 4 will characterize the in vivo physiological consequences of a functionally impaired TGF-? signaling on prostate growth, tumor initiation and progression using a conditional knockout mouse DNT2RII, to generate double transgenics upon crossing with the TRAMP transgenic mouse model. These studies will provide new insights into the mechanistic deregulation of TGF? signaling network that contributes to prostate growth and tumor progression. Understanding how cells read TGF- ? will enable both the delineation of the transcriptional programs that mediate specific TGF- ? effects and provide a framework for defining the mechanism via which TGF- ? 1 growth inhibitory/apoptotic responses in normal, benign and pre-malignant prostate cells, might be selectively replaced by invasive and metastatic responses in cancer cells.
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4G is 4G. Except when it's not.
Earlier today I conducted a very off the cuff speed test of the HTC Thunderbolt, Verizon's first 4G LTE smartphone. I did the test during my unboxing video of the device, using SpeedTest.net's Android app. The test yielded some pretty wild results, including upload speeds in excess of 25 Mbps. If it smells like a fish, it's usually a fish: Turns out the app simply can't deal with Thunderbolt's speed, and as I thought, the results were useless.
So here I am in a cafe near my office in Oakland, CA, where I pitted Thunderbolt against one of AT&T's first 4G smartphones, the HTC Inspire 4G. These phones are very similar in terms of design and functionality, both featuring Android 2.2 with HTC's Sense UI, Qualcomm processors, and 4G connectivity. The major difference between the two lies in the networks they operate on: Inspire uses AT&T's HSPA+ network for "4G", while Thunderbolt uses Verizon's LTE network for its version of "4G."
Since both 4G services are up and running here in my part of the East Bay, I decided to put them to a head-to-head test. For the sake of simplicity, I stuck with SpeedTest.net's service for now, setting both devices to use a test server in nearby San Francisco. The only hitch was since Thunderbolt borked SpeedNet's Android app, I had to test it in WiFi Hotspot mode using my Macbook Air's browser. So I ran the Hotspot test using both Thunderbolt and Inspire, from the very same table in the very same cafe in the very same town. Then I ran the SpeedTestapp on Inspire just for fun. Here's what I found out:
- My median speed on Verizon's LTE network was 8.85 Mbps down / 3.68 up / 54ms Latency (WiFi Hotspot mode)
- My median speed on AT&T's HSPA+ network was 2.16 Mbps down / 0.16 up / 171ms Latency (WiFi Hotspot mode)
- For what it's worth, I also got slightly different speeds using the SpeedTest.net app directly on AT&T's network via Inspire: 1.79 Mbps down / 0.36 up / 249ms Latency
- For what it's worth, I also got noticably faster speeds using Verizon's network via the Pantech USB modem: 11.82 Mbps down / 4.41 up / 42 ms latency.
So What Does It Mean?
Verizon 4G on Thunderbolt kicks AT&T 4G on Inspire up and down the block. It's not even close. VZW's LTE was roughly 4-5 times faster than AT&T's HSPA+ in my very unscientific testing. I ran each test three times and took the median score. Then I ran each test a few more times to make sure my results were relatively consistent. They were, with the one exception of an extra-fast Verizon test run that broke 13 Mbps down using Thunderbolt as a hotspot.
I'm not getting the outlandish speeds on Thunderbolt today that I got on a Verizon Pantech 4G USB modem two weeks ago, nor am I getting those same speeds via the Pantech itself. But I'm not in the exact same location, either, so I'm going to withhold panic for now. Though I am concerned that even Big Red's mighty network will slow under the increased load of a growing 4G user base.
Still, today's tests fall well within the speeds advertised on Verizon's 4G microsite (5-12 down / 2-5 up) and paint a pretty clear picture. 4G isn't the same on every network and it isn't available everywhere, so take this for what it's worth, but for me sitting right here in Oakland, CA on a Wednesday afternoon in March, 2011, Verizon's 4G network kicks AT&T's 4G network up and down the block.
Can't wait to throw Sprint and T-Mobile into the mix next (Jon already did an AT&T vs T-Mo showdown). I don't have an active 4G device from either carrier right now, but Jon does and he's going to be in town in a few days. 4G Speed Test, Round Two, here we come!


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One of the greatest things about bike commuting in Anchorage is the daily opportunity to see wildlife. For the past three weeks, I've been making regular morning stops to check out this beaver. I finally decided to shoot a couple of photos and post them on the blog, because a friend once told me that he thinks it's the duty of everyone who owns a digital camera to take some nice beaver shots and post them on the Internet for him to enjoy.
I had no idea he was so into animals, but you know men—we're always trying to conceal our sensitive side.
This particular beaver is usually in a creek that's close to my office, but this morning I found it in a nearby lake after a fellow bike commuter with a big smile on his face saw me looking in the usual spot and said, "Man, the beaver's really out this morning!"
I pulled off my path and hid by a big, thick bush to snap a few photos. About that time, the beaver's morning dip had reached its climax, so the furry little thing politely climbed out and prepared to leave. As it crossed the bike trail on its way home, I heard a voice saying, "Whut the hay-ull?!"
I turned around and saw a man on a bike. He had hit the brakes and was trying to decide what to do next. This poor guy sounded like he had just moved here from Dallas and had never seen a beaver. Especially one that was dripping wet early in the morning.
The beaver continued on its way. Knowing I had several good beaver shots stored in my camera, I mounted my bike and happily rode away.
Dang, that sure was a great beaver.
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6 comments:
- Jeff said...
Oh geez...you're gonna get a ton of hits today with keywords like that!
Nice beaver though. - 8:08 AM
- Cyndy: said...
Uh-huh... VERY subtle
or not
lol - 8:30 AM
- Jason said...
At first I thought this was going to be a Vonnegut tribute (from Breakfast of Champions) but then I discovered it's just more bestiality.
Ah, well.
Huzzah! - 10:05 AM
pervert :)
just what I expected from a man with the last name WOODY
- Tim said...
I looked and looked, but could never find the beaver shots you were talking about. I'd be careful though, lurking in the bush with your camera, that is. The headlines will read "Man in the Bush caught shooting beavers."
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Another reminder
Another reminder! I'm posting at my fresh new blog now. The Perfect Binge. Come see me there!
Sunday, April 5, 2009
I promise it wasn't an April Fools joke! I am no longer posting here. Come join me over at The Perfect Binge.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Gone away
My new nest may not be totally complete, but you can still follow me to The Perfect Binge. A fresh new start seemed just the thing!
Artwork above by handmadeonpeconicbay. Isn't it lovely and tempting?
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Strong strong women
Antonia's Line is a charming Dutch film about Antonia and her family and friends. It starts with the day she decides to die "because she knows when enough is enough" and then goes back to tell her tale. The story is a great one - full of the intricacies of small town life where everyone's business is known.
I don't want to say too much because I don't want to spoil the tiniest bit of it. I give it a 9.
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