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How do you break through all of the information clutter bombarding people today to get them to pay attention to a widespread, but obscure, global health threat? It's a bit like asking someone to pick out the sound of a pin drop in a room full of tambourine-clanging kindergartners.
But for the END7 campaign, that's exactly the challenge we are up against in our efforts to transform neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) into a mainstream health issue.
It doesn't help that we are fighting diseases that defy easy pronunciation, let alone definition. Most people have never heard of schistosomiasis, onchocerciasis or lymphatic filariasis, but these and several other NTDs infect 1 in 6 people worldwide, including more than 500 million children.
NTDs are debilitating, disabling parasitic, and bacterial infections that prevent kids from going to school and parents from supporting their families. They are a major reason poor communities stay poor.
Few diseases match NTDs for sheer terror value. They are the stuff of nightmares: Trachoma, the second leading cause of preventable blindness in the world, causes eyelashes to curl inward, scratching out the cornea of infected individuals; lymphatic filariasis, or elephantiasis, causes massive swelling of the limbs and genitals; schistosomiasis, also known as Snail Fever or Bilharzia, is the second leading parasitic killer after malaria. With it, intestinal worms breed to the point where they can destroy vital organs.
Despite the links between NTDs and just about every global development goal, however, these diseases are largely invisible to the general public and absent from major policy discussions.
To provide fuel to a growing global advocacy movement that began with last year's London Declaration on NTDs, the END7 campaign was created by the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases to raise public awareness about the devastating nature of NTDs and the relatively simple, affordable solutions available now to dramatically reduce their prevalence. As with any other top health issue, the more people know about it, the more policymakers and other funders will care about it.
We realized that the visual horror/devastation of these diseases can actually be an asset for advocacy if used appropriately. So to build mass awareness, we filmed a handful of celebrities reacting to footage of NTDs, then we challenged YouTube viewers to watch. The result is a powerful new advocacy video called How to shock a celebrity.
Chances are you've never seen anything like it, even if you work in public health. So far, the U.S. and UK versions have received more than 300,000 hits in the first week. Support from our friends at EMI, Sony Music, Universal and UpWorthy has helped us build a lot of early momentum.
Asking people to care about NTDs takes more than just one video. But it's a great start to a movement that could help control and eliminate the scourge of these devastating diseases for millions of people by 2020, a goal that is within our reach and which could lead to broader success with other global health priorities.
We hope you will join us. Visit us at END7.org, watch the video, and be part of the conversation on Facebook and Twitter.
For a softer introduction to the NTD cause, please watch our animated Mission in a Minute.
Richard Hatzfeld
Richard Hatzfeld is the communications director at the Sabin Vaccine Institute and oversees all communications activities related to Sabin's vaccine development and advocacy efforts, as well as the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases and its END7 Campaign. @RichardHatzfeld
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Assessing the value of Microsoft certifications
Will Microsoft certifications get you a great job or make you a lot of money? Probably not, but that doesn't mean they're not still extremely valuable.
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paved the way to a job, and people were signing up in droves to get certified.
Fast forward to 2012, and college graduates are competing with experienced, out-of-work IT professionals for similar positions. This got me thinking. Most experienced IT pros hold various certifications, but are those credentials still important to the people doing the hiring?
Microsoft recently updated its certification requirements, see this story for more details.
Some recent information has come out saying that IT certifications have little or no value to employers, but I'm not ready to buy into that view.
Job posting sites where employers list which certifications are required for a job are good indicators of the qualifications they are looking for in an applicant. The following credentials are the most frequently sought-after Microsoft certifications I have found:
- MCTS (Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist). This is a successor to the Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), and like the MCP, it requires candidates to pass a single exam. There are 60 MCTS certs available across 13 product or platform categories.
- MCITP (Microsoft Certified IT Professional). A relative to Microsoft MCSA and MCSE credentials, an MCITP requires candidates to pass anywhere from two to five separate exams. There are a total of 18 MCITP certs available across seven product or platform categories.
- MCPD: Microsoft Certified Professional Developer. Like older certs such as the Microsoft Certified Applications Developer (MCAD) and Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD), an MCPD requires candidates to pass anywhere from two to six separate exams. There are 12 MCPD certs available across seven platforms or development toolsets.
Table 1 summarizes the results of research surrounding these certs on six different job sites:
Table 1: The number of job postings for Microsoft and Cisco certifications (Late 2011)
Site | MCTS | MCITP | MCPD | CCNA* |
CareerBuilder | 468 | 305 | 37 | 1,293 |
Dice | 222 | 374 | 84 | 1,216 |
Indeed | 2,104 | 2,864 | 459 | 9,453 |
LinkUp | 380 | 595 | 77 | 1,687 |
Monster | 208 | 322 | 44 | 962 |
SimplyHired | 2,760 | 3,521 | 556 | 10,697 |
**Amazon rankings | 3,070 | 29,088 | 117,110 | 1,462 |
* Cisco Certified Network Associate
** Amazon sales rankings for top-selling books (lower number indicates a higher ranking). The certification name is specified in the book titles
The Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) numbers make an interesting contrast to the Microsoft numbers, as these certifications are in higher demand.
IT certifications and Amazon rankings
The Amazon rankings show a relationship among these credentials; it appears there are fewer exam-takers for MCITP versus MCTS. CCNA eclipses the MCITP sales ranking by a wide margin. Also, the MCPD value trails relatively far behind, as the low numbers on all the job sites would also suggest.
But this is a relative metric at best and a highly mutable one: Amazon sales rankings jump around like fleas on a hot griddle. If you check these same numbers as you read this story, the chance that you'll see the same values for each of the four search strings is extremely low.
Old Microsoft certifications versus new Microsoft certifications
The MCTS, MCITP and MCPD remain on par with the older MCSA, MCSE, MCAD and MCSD credentials.
The MCITP is similar to the MCSE in that I believe it is still a "gold standard" for entry- to mid-level IT positions in client, server and network administration jobs. The MCTS is best treated as a stepping stone to an MCITP and probably isn't enough by itself to make a huge difference in employability for IT professionals. That said, you can't earn an MCITP without acquiring multiple MCTS credentials along the way, so they're certainly not worthless.
Microsoft certifications: Where their real value lies
My advice to IT professionals who work with Microsoft technologies is this: The process of earning Microsoft certifications remains as useful as it has ever been. It's critical for professional development, validation of skill sets and technical knowledge, and it maintains current skills and knowledge. Nevertheless, in our current economic climate, no credential or degree is enough to guarantee a solid, high-paying job, nor does it ensure automatic career success and constant employment.
The real value of these credentials lies in the learning processes they involve and the skills and knowledge they help develop. If acquiring these things isn't intrinsically interesting and valuable to you, you probably shouldn't be working in IT.
Successful careers in IT are about keeping technically informed and up to date, and Microsoft certifications serve that purpose very nicely. Just don't expect them to lead to big raises or spontaneous killer job offers and you'll never be disappointed.
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"Yes We Can" Barack Obama Poster by Antar Dayal
I'm really happy with the enthusiasm for art that the Barack Obama campaign has exhibited thus far. Their newest poster, "Yes We Can" by Antar Dayal, is 25″ x 40″, has an edition of 4800, and is $70. Every Obama poster has sold out pretty quickly, so jump on this one. Visit BarackObama.com.
Also, here is a behind the scenes video chonicling the production of this poster, from printing to signing. Enjoy!
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High yield short term investment.
Thats pretty high for such a big edition. I'd assume a big percentage goes to the campaign?
It all goes to the campaign. It's treated as a campaign donation. Considering the Ebay market for all Obama posters, charging less would be stupid of them.
thats a nice one
ooooh, i just realized what this was. I thought it was another "print of obama" rather than through the official campaign. yeah, i can get with this.
Very nice poster. I would have liked to see the process of drawing that picture in that style rather than watching machines print it out.
obama posters have netted me more than bushes stimulus package did, and hes not even president yet.
Obama all day every day!
Seriously though, this is the best looking out of the bunch (and I love ISO50)
If you don't pick up this little piece of history you're stoops. Thats's right I said it.
Best vote I ever had.
These are selling at about 100 per hour.
not super stoked on dis, maybe someone could release 100000000 more. there were a ton others that were better, and yeah, woo-hoo resell em! that's the spirit!
I agree with most that this is the nicest one so far. And I like both Fairey's and ISO50's.
Looks like this is the first run that is signed by the artist. Or does anyone know if only a limited amount were signed?
Isn't reselling or trading what this hobbies all about?
An edition of 5000 is miniscule in relation to the millions of Obama backers. 10,000 would still be a pretty limited run
There is some Obama poster for Sale on Emek's site right now.
Tired tired tired of these posters…….
Nothing new and in my eyes Fairey licks the lot of them. -
I think this one is very pretty. I got the Emek one though – cause it's more "kick!!" ass. =)
Your spot on there – Just had a look at Emek's, that's fun and strong plus of course I Love the Ali picture from where it came.
Day flippers will loose out on this one above. (lord save me, I am not a witch nor a wizard nor a day flipper before the stone is cast) -
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A Weedaula is a Gropagan holy symbol revealed to Consfone of Trathira on Tutlent Day 2011 (or Troplas, depending on a gropaga's time zone) by Inglip.
It is a series of blotch-like, intertwining lines believed to form a myriad of shapes, including a brain cell, a pair of antlers, and a DNA strand.
The weedaula is commonly sewn on clothumes, made into charms and talismans to be worn around the neck, and carved into sclivel hilts and prongs to show reverence to the Dark One.
Lord Inglip revealed to Consfone the Sage that he should seek a testimony from Synnis, an elder gropaga, about the meaning of the Weedaula. Upon hearing Synnis' testimony, Consfone realized that a caffeine molecule bears a non-coincidental resemblance to the Weeduala.
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Fidel, 67, appeared smiling and in good health as he mingled with his erstwhile opponents and showered them with cocktails and canapes. He spent several hours shaking hands with them, showed a sharp memory for people and details, asked questions and signed autographs - in some cases on American passports.
The joviality marks a softening on both sides. One guest, Luis Tornes, 70, a veteran of the failed Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961, was asked what he would have done if he had come face to face with Castro 20 years ago. 'Why don't you ask what he would have done 20 years ago? He would have killed me.'
Now, however, Fidel is eager to encourage the people he used to scorn as gusanos (worms) to invest in their old homeland, bringing desperately needed dollars to joint ventures in tourism and industry.
Striking a more serious note, the mayor of Seville, Alejandro Rojas-Marcos, cancelled yesterday's 'hangover Monday', a holiday which follows six days of drinking and dancing in the annual spring fair. 'The fiesta's got to end sometime. Anyway I don't like the name 'hangover Monday' at all. It gives the impression that we don't know how to hold our drink, which is quite untrue,' he said.
But it is not easy to dispel the city's partying image and residents are grumbling, even though they will get their day off on another day. 'It's a day for people to rest their feet, throat and hands after a week's dancing, singing and clapping,' a local schoolteacher said. Another lamented that while they could ban hangover Monday, 'they couldn't ban the hangover'.
The legendary Spanish bullfighter, Manuel Benitez 'El Cordobes', is to return to the professional bullring after 13 years. 'In fact I have never retired. I will die as a bullfighter,' said Benitez, who is 58 next week.
He has signed a contract for four corridas for a fee of 400m pesetas ( pounds 1.9m). His once lustrous hair is now thinning, but he looks fit and says he is ready to face the bulls again. His first appearance is expected in Tarragona on 21 May.
Also planning a comeback is Italy's former foreign minister, Gianni De Michelis, who is trying to to recycle himself as a chemistry professor. He is finding it trickier than he thought. Students are complaining that he has been out of the lecture theatre for too long - 19 years - and that he is linked with political corruption.
'A professor must possess at least two requisites: namely a deep understanding of the material and moral correctness,' said a student document sent to university administrators who are considering De Michelis' application. But De Michelis, who quit politics in 1992 and has been implicated in a number of corruption cases, says that becoming a professor is the only way he can make a living.
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Jet-driven feedback in galaxy clusters
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Names | Sebastian Heinz, Brian Morsony, Marcus Bruggen, Mateusz Ruszkowski |
Conference Name | 38th COSPAR Scientific Assembly |
Volume | 38 |
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Abstract | A decade of Chandra imaging has provided us with overwhelming evidence for the large scale impact black holes have on the inner regions of galaxy clusters. While it is now mostly accepted that jets play a major role in heating cool core clusters, the details of just how the heating occurs and whether it is sufficient to halt cooling are still unclear. We will present results from a series of numerical investigations that aim to illuminate how jets interact with the intracluster medium, with the primary aim to connect observed properties of radio sources and X-ray cavities to the underlying dynamics of feedback. In particular, we will argue that the dynamical state of the cluster is critically important for the evolution of radio sources, and inferences about the power and duty cycle of jets made on the basis of models that neglect cluster weather are likely to be incorrect. |


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Lot 354: A Large Pair of Japanese Multi-Metal Vases, Meiji Period
Chinese Ceramics and Asian Works of Art Including the Peter Arlidge Collection of Song Ceramics
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Description: A Large Pair of Japanese Multi-Metal Vases, Meiji Period, each with a shield-shaped body resting on a splayed foot and rising to a sloped shoulder and cylindrical neck with trumpet mouth, the shoulder mounted with handles in the form of stylised mythical creatures, the body cast in relief and decorated in silver, gilding, shakudo and shibuichi with a peacock amidst the branches of a flowering peony tree, the foot with a band of lappets and the shoulder with mythical animals and archaic devices in hon-zogan, the neck with further long-tailed birds beneath a tama, height 58.8cms (2) Provenance: Pen Moel near Chepstow


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Where else can you combine two of America's favorite pastimes, Baseball & Ice Cream.
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You will find The Ice Cream Dugout off Rt. 302 just north of Seacoast Fun Park in the Storm Drive Business Park. The Dugout will feature more than 60 flavors of Shain's of Maine ice cream, yogurt, sherbet, sorbet and No Fat/No Sugar flavors. The Dugout also features great baseball themed sundaes, drinks and the famous Sea Dogs Biscuit, named after the Boston Red Sox AA affiliate in Portland. Where else can you combine two of America's favorite pastimes, Baseball and Ice Cream.
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In April 2012, Sennheiser introduce their innovative In-ear monitor, IE800, to the public. Designed by Axel Grell, who is the mastermind behind HD800's brilliant ring radiator driver, IE800 is equipped with several key features:
5. Ceramic housing & detachable kevlar-reinforced cable
Unlike some manufacturers that exaggerate their technologies with commercial bluff, Sennheiser have always been quite truthful to their claims: Such as this and this. Once all these claims from #1 to #4 on IE800 turn out to be legitimate, not only IE800 will become the king of the high-end IEMs, but their technological superiority will also once again be fortified.
PRO: Low distortion, linear impedance characteristic, and naturally decaying bass
CON: There is a slight interchannel variance in the low frequency range, possibly due to the manufacturing error on the vent hole. Surprisingly, IE800 is not diffuse-field equalized, but rather is simply flat without any of HRTF in consideration, just like that of Martin Logan or Ultimate Ears. While such tonality is not of an issue at all, the fact that the manufacturer's specification indicates "diffuse-field equalized" should leave an impression of a false advertisement. Moreover, the XWB driver's high frequency bandwidth does not even reach 19 kHz, which means that the manufacturer specification is extremely misleading.
ON SECOND THOUGHT #1: The working principle of the D2CA is quite simple. It consists of dual helmholtz resonators, targeted at -6 dB @ 7 kHz & 8 kHz, canceling the half-wavelength resonance when the tip of the ear sleeve is located approximately at 24 mm & 20 mm away from the ear drum respectively. As deep-insertion is virtually impossible with small IEMs like IE800, such insertion depth compensation is absolutely brilliant.
ON SECOND THOUGHT #2: Thanks to the D2CA compensator, shallow-insertion works best for IE800, guaranteed.
ON SECOND THOUGHT #3: While the stock metal mesh does not have any acoustic damping effect, adding a small amount of acoustic resistance at the output of IE800 not only dampens some of the harshness in the treble, it also increases the frequency bandwidth greatly. This is a must for any IE800 users.
ON SECOND THOUGHT #4: According to the manufacturer, IE800 is finely tuned with precisely controlled air flow. While the upper rear vent controls the compliance of air in the rear cavity, the bottom rear vent works as a depressurizer, equalizing the air pressure of the front and the rear.
ON SECOND THOUGHT #5: It is quite interesting that the tonality of IE800 greatly resembles Ultimate Ears Triple.Fi 10 PRO. Although IE800's overall electroacoustic performance is at another level for sure, for the users who find the Triple.Fi 10 PRO's sound to be suitable to their taste, IE800 must be a definite upgrade in every possible way. Not only the bandwidth & the sound stage have been increased, the sub-bass sounds a lot more pleasing.
ON SECOND THOUGHT #6: In conclusion, while #2 and #3 of their claims turn out to be legitimate, #1 and #4 are somewhat commercially oriented. Since even a microtransducer with the widest frequency range measured in the free-air may behave oddly in the ear canal, their mistake is somewhat understandable. (And that is why Sead Smailagic of Sony Mobile designed MH1's driver with the ear canal acoustics in consideration) In regards to #4, the diffuse-field claim.. I don't have a slightest clue what the designer, Axel Grell, was possibly thinking..
Regardless, Sennheiser IE800 is such a well-made IEM, exceeding my expectation greatly. Thus, I present a tweak: Simply add a piece of non-woven fiber, close to that of HiFiMAN's filter, and equip the IEM shallow. That's it!


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Lot 1098: Antique Japanese gilt lacquer shodana
Millea Bros "SELECT" (Day 1 of 3)
by Millea Bros. Ltd.
03 November 2016
Boonton, NJ, USA
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Description: Meiji Period, lion and flower decoration, 25"h x 27"w x 14.5"d
Condition Report: Good, restorations, gilding rubbed, cupping of paint surface, structurally sound
Provenance: Property from the Estate of a Texas oil heiress - This Texas Oil Heiress' and socialite garnered her cultivated collection of 20th century and antique decorative arts from both local and international sources. Her annual global sojourns and keen visual taste are evident in this diverse yet harmonious collection.


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Its been a fabulous few weeks for Rohit Sharma. After repeatedly having been at the receiving end for his string of failures, the right-hander answered his critics in style with a splendid performance in the ODI series which saw him slam 2 hundreds, including a superb 200. His show with the bat saw him earn himself his debut Test cap for India against West Indies and he thanked the selectors by becoming the 14th Indian to score a century on debut. His knock and his unbeaten 198-run stand with R Ashwin helped bail India out of trouble from a precarious 156/6.
The Eden Gardens crowd had come expecting a thoroughly entertaining performance from Sachin Tendulkar in his 199th Test, and although Sachin disappointed the crowd had the priviledge of being witness to Rohit Sharma's innings, one that was marked by tremendous style, grit and defiance. Speaking at the end of the day, the 26-year old said he was delighted and called the feat a 'special moment.'
"I knew how important this innings was from the team's perspective. I am happy I could do this for India. Getting a Test hundred is special and on debut even more so," he said.
Rohit also thanked the crowd for their support and added that Eden Gardens was always a special place for him.
"Eden Gardens holds a lot of special memories for me. I hope I can continue well tomorrow. I just wanted to enjoy my cricket and when the opportunity came, I wanted to be 100% ready."
Rohit Sharma walked in after Sachin's dismissal and saw the team soon lose Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni to leave them in further trouble. Ashwin however proved to be an able partner as the duo saw off a determined Windies attack and put on a decisive stand which saw India's lead swell to 120 runs.
The right-hander admitted that there was a lot of pressure at that moment, but he was only focused on his game and not thinking about his debut.
"I wasn't really thinking about anything apart from the game. There was lot of pressure, I was focussed and I wanted to do well. I am glad I was able to manage that today," a visibly elated Sharma, who ended the day at a masterly 127, summed up.
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The redoubtable Charlotte Gainsbourg emerges unscathed from Antichrist, Lars von Trier's 2009 succès de scandale, as the pointedly named Dawn O'Neil, a newly widowed mother of four, in The Tree. French filmmaker Julie Bertuccelli's Australian drama has more to say about mourning than the similarly named The Tree of Life and has jellyfish to boot.
After Dawn's husband, Peter (Aden Young), dies from a heart attack that sends his truck hurtling into an enormous, ancient fig tree next to the O'Neil residence, Dawn retires to bed as the dishes pile up. Her precocious 8-year-old daughter Simone (an assured performance by newcomer Morgana Davies), who was in the truck when her father died, seems to be dealing with the loss just fine.
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(101 Posts)Honest opinion on Sonny? It's either that or George and I'm just feeling that George is too popular. But Sonny was suggested by my DH (who's a boxing fan) and I much admit its growing on me. But is it solid enough for a boys name? X
I love it, it was on our list, I know two, one age three and the other age two.
How funny. I know someone else who couldn't decide between the two.
I don't really 'get' it as a name. Is it after the sun, is it a form of junior?
I think it seems too much like an adjective to me and not a man's name, just a child's.
It has a nice sound to it though.
I love it too. I know one who is 4. I also know a Solly which I love too.
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Would you consider it as a nickname? For perhaps Solomon? (I love Solomon)
really really don't like it, not even indifferent, I think it is awful.
Imagine a grown man called Sonny??
Sorry, you did ask for honesty
No I like honesty!! TBH the only people we know is a friend of my dads who in his 50s called Sonny. And a boxer from why back... Good response, thanks x
I love it. Apparently my friends do too - I know 5 aged between 0 and 4!
(And I certainly could imagine calling a grown man Sonny, for what it's worth ).
awful - sounds as though a child's parents couldn't be bothered to think up a name
I don't hate it but I do think I'd go 'urgh' if I heard a friend had called their child it
Oh and meaning is from old Greek origin meaning Wisdom
I know a Sonny. He's 6/7. It really suits him.
George is excellent.
Sounds too nicknamey for my own taste tbh, but I know a few of different ages and they all wear it well! Love George too, though
Fine for a boy as a nn but not as a proper name for a man. It doesnt pass the high court judge test for me.
I always imagine what it would be like to be a young supervisor trying to manage a group of people older than him and being called Sonny.
Remember you are naming a man, not a little boy.
I love it. Its on our top 5 list. Its growing in popularity so won't be as unusual as people here are making it out to be.
.....and Cher?!
No. I'm not a fan of the name Sonny. It sounds v babyish and as pp have said, not a name for a grown man.
I do like George though. It's popular for good reason! But in actual fact, it's not that common where I live (Edinburgh). <not helpful>
I really dislike the name Sonny. I can't see it as a name.
Not often I really dislike names - but I don't like Sonny. Feel I'd have to say in in an American accent.
George is cute though.
I love it, George is boring.
I know a Sonny of 18 months and then one of around 30. Suits both of them.
Only thing I would say is (older Sonny) is on DH's football team and whenever the shouts of "Go On Son" start, as they always do with football, he normally jokes that he's trying his best but can't do everything. Obviously they aren't all for him but it does sound like they are. So I imagine whenever you say sentences involving My Son, Sonny... it will sound a bit weird.
Grayson? Sonny is cute on a wee boy and Gray is quite nice on an adult.
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What is the cost of the failure to perform appropriate due diligence on a regular basis? What red flags should you look for when considering doing business with a customer, party in the sales channel or entity in the supply chain? All of these questions and more continue to swirl around Citigroup and its Mexican subsidiary Banamex over the ongoing investigation into allegations of fraud at Citi's Mexico bank unit.
Citi had come to grief when there was a reported $400MM loss in Banamex involving the Mexican marine energy services company Oceanografía SA de CV. The problems arose after Banamex had extended $585MM in short-term credit to a company that Citi itself had warned its own bond investors was "from time to time subject to various accusations, including accusations of corrupt practices." Oceanografía provided construction, maintenance and vessel-chartering services to the Mexican national energy company, Pemex's exploration and production subsidiary. But Oceanografía's fortunes, changed sharply in February of this year after it became the subject of a new government review that resulted in a suspension of Pemex contracts to Oceanografía for the next 20 months. Banamex had previously advanced as much $585 million to Oceanografía through an accounts receivable program, which would advance money to Oceanografía to provide services to Pemex. Pemex would then pay back Banamex, verifying invoices provided by Oceanografía to confirm that the work had been completed. In other words, Banamex was relying on Pemex's ability to pay back the bank. But all of this ended when Pemex suspended its contracts with Oceanografía.
In a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) article, entitled "Citi Says Signs of Mexico Fraud Weren't Escalated", Christina Rexrode reported that Citi Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Michael Corbat told investors that employees "missed signs of trouble they should have recognized and elevated to superiors." In a talk to investors Corbat was quoted as saying "There were telltales along the way" and he promised that "the bank would work on motivating and encouraging employees to raise their concerns when they notice potential problems." But the problems ran deeper and were perhaps more systemic than simply the failure to escalate. Rexrode reported "People inside the bank have said the unit was allowed to operate as its own fiefdom, with New York employees struggling to get information about how the unit operated." However, "A Citigroup spokesman said in a statement that "Banamex is absolutely subject to the same risk, control, anti-money-laundering and technology standards and oversight which are required throughout the company.""
These statements come on the heels of the dramatic firing of 11 Banamex employees just two weeks earlier. After meeting with the Citi Board of Directors, Corbat flew to Mexico City and terminated 11 employees. In an article in the New York Times (NYT), entitled "Citi Fires 11 More in Mexico Over Fraud", Michael Corkery and Elisabeth Malkin reported that "Among those fired were four of the bank's top executives in Mexico: its head of corporate banking, head institutional risk officer, head of trade finance and head of trade and treasury solutions. Some of the employees had worked at Banamex for as long as two decades and were not involved in the fraud directly. The bank fired many because they had not taken steps to detect the fraud or had ignored warning signs about the client."
But apparently Citi expects there to be more disciplinary actions stemming form the matter. In an article in the Financial Times (FT), entitled "Citi fires 11 staff in Mexico unit", Jude Webber, Camilla Hall and Kara Scannell reported that Corbat said in a memo to staff "Before our investigation concludes, we expect that several other employees, both inside and outside of Mexico, may receive forms of disciplinary action as well." Two persons who may yet face such disciplinary action are "Manuel Medina-Mora, a Citi executive who oversees the Mexican operations and had his pay docked by $1.1m in March, or Javier Arrigunaga, Banamex chief executive." Additionally, and perhaps more ominously for Citi, both the F.B.I. and prosecutors from the United States attorney's office in Manhattan are investigating "Whether Citigroup willfully ignored possible warning signs".
What red flags did Citi miss and for how long? One clue was reported in the NYT article, which noted that Oceanografía "is known among Mexican investors as politically connected but financially troubled. Credit rating firms in the United States, corporate bond investors and Mexican lawmakers have raised concerns about Oceanografía. In 2009, United States ratings firm Fitch warned about Oceanografía's high leverage and poor cash flow generation. Fitch eventually withdrew its ratings because the company was not supplying enough information. In 2008, Standard & Poor's noted that Mexico's congress had investigated accusations of improper deals between Oceanografía and Pemex, though no wrongdoing was proved. Still, Oceanografía grew to become one of Banamex's 10 largest corporate clients. The fraud erased 19 percent of the unit's banking profits last year."
These troubles were seemingly magnified in Mexico when the CEO of Oceanografía, Amado Yáñez Osuna, was arrested and charged with violating Mexican banking laws. In a WSJ article, entitled "Oil-Tinged Graft Scandal Roils Mexico", Laurence Iliff and Amy Gutherie reported "The arrest deepens a scandal that has sent shock waves across Mexico's political landscape. That put a spotlight on long-simmering allegations that the country's former ruling National Action Party, known as PAN, used Pemex to favor Oceanografía and other contractors during the party's 12 years in power, which ended with the 2012 election of President Enrique Peña Nieto of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)." Further, during those "12 years, Oceanografía's contracts with the oil monopoly swelled from a few million dollars a year to hundreds of millions of dollars, according to a review of the contracts by The Wall Street Journal. Most of the contracts were obtained in public bids, although some were assigned directly without bids, including one contract for about $65 million in the final months of the Calderón administration."
The case took a far more ominous turn when authorities when Mexican authorities announced last week that they had issued arrest warrants for multiple Banamex executives. In an article in the FT entitled, "Mexico issues fresh set of Banamex arrest warrants" Jude Webber reported that "Mexico has issues more arrest warrants – including an unspecified number for staff at Citigroup's Banamex unit – a day after detaining the owner of the oil services company at the centre of a $400m alleged fraud scandal that has rocked the bank since its disclosure there months ago." In an article in the NYT entitled, "Mexico Authorizes Arrests In Fraud at Citigroup Unit" Elisabeth Malkin and Michael Corkery reported, "Attorney General Jesús Murillo Karam of Mexico confirmed on Friday that the authorities were seeking the former executives. He declined to say how many were involved." Yes, there are warrants, but I won't say who," Mr. Murillo Karam told reporters." Apparently not even Citigroup knows whose arrests may be imminent.
What are the lessons for the compliance practitioner? Three keys points are controls, escalation and oversight. What type of internal controls, or lack thereof, allowed one company to obtain such credit on what were basically receivables financing? What about allowing the Banamex unit to basically run its own show with little to no oversight from the corporate headquarters? Corkery and Malkin reported, "Citigroup is keen to demonstrate to regulators and investigators in the United States and in Mexico that it is cracking down on its employees for not catching the fraud. But the breadth of the punishment could also suggest that the bank, despite assurances that the fraud is confined this case, has had widespread problems with controls and oversight across its Mexican unit." Moreover, in his memo to staff, Corbat said, ""we are reviewing our controls and processes in Mexico and strengthening any area we think falls short of our global standards or best practices."" Corbat also noted Citi was looking at ways to encourage employees to increase escalation of issues earlier.
Moreover with these now imminent arrests of Banamex executives, Citi may be facing more serious charges in the US. Leaving aside the inane argument of a 'rogue business unit' it may be that the US parent choose not to look too closely at its high-flying and very profitable Mexican subsidiary. If, as it seems from the newspaper accounts, that Oceanografía was well known for the business tactic of under-bidding for contract and then making up the differences in cost overruns, this may not bode well for the Banamex executives or Citigroup. Likewise if there was one company that Banamex did business with, which engaged in such behavior, there may other similarly situated companies once a detailed investigation of the Citigroup unit is concluded.
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