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"Latest Research Report Oil and Gas Logistics industry
The rising technology in Oil and Gas Logistics market is also depicted in this research report. Factors that are boosting the growth of the market, and giving a positive push to thrive in the global market is explained in detail.
Retail oil and gas logistics comprises the supply chain activities of refined oil and gas from refineries to the point of sale outlets like retail fuel stations. Oil and gas products are transported to fuel retail stations by two modes of transportation including railroad and tanker trucks.
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Some of key competitors or manufacturers included in the study are: , ASCO, CEVA Logistics, CH Robinson, Expeditors International of Washington, GAC Logistics, Panalpina, Ryder Systems, Gulf Agency, Agility Project Logistics, Kuehne + Nagel, BDP, DB Schenker, Crown Logistics, Neovia Logistics, A.Hartrodt, SGS Logistics, SDV International Logistics, Bollore Africa Logistics
If you are involved in the Global Oil and Gas Logistics industry or intend to be, then this study will provide you comprehensive outlook. It's vital you keep your market knowledge up to date segmented by major players. If you have a different set of players/manufacturers according to geography or needs regional or country segmented reports, we can provide customization according to your requirement.
The Important Type Coverage in the Market are , Upstream, Midstream, Downstream
Market Segment by Applications, covers , Offshore, Onshore,
Market segment by Regions/Countries, this report covers
North America
Rest of Asia Pacific
Central & South America
Middle East & Africa
What are the affecting elements that are made reference to in the report?
Market Scenario:
The report further highlights the development trends in the global Oil and Gas Logistics market. Factors that are driving the market growth and fueling its segments are also analyzed in the report. The report also highlights on its applications, types, deployments, components, developments of this market.
Key Market Highlights:
The Oil and Gas Logistics report gives a top to bottom examination on a portion of the key elements, involving income, cost, limit, limit usage rate, creation, generation rate, utilization, import/send out, supply/request, net, piece of the pie, CAGR, and gross edge. Furthermore, the report shows a far reaching investigation of the market development factors and their most recent patterns, alongside important market fragments and sub-portions.
Analytical Tools:
The Global Oil and Gas Logistics Market report incorporates the decisively examined and assessed information of the significant market members and their market scope utilizing various investigative devices. The diagnostic apparatuses incorporate Porter's five powers examination, SWOT investigation, achievability study, and venture return investigation, which have been utilized to consider the development of the key players working in the market.
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Some of the Points cover in Global Oil and Gas Logistics Market Research Report is:
Chapter 1: Overview of Global Oil and Gas Logistics Market (2019-2024)
• Definition
• Specifications
• Classification
• Applications
• Regions
Chapter 2: Market Competition by Players/Suppliers 2019 and 2024
• Manufacturing Cost Structure
• Raw Material and Suppliers
• Manufacturing Process
• Industry Chain Structure. Continued…
The main points which are answered and covered in this Report are-
What will be the total Oil and Gas Logistics Market in the coming years till 2024?
What will be the key factors which will be overall affecting the industry?
What are the various challenges addressed?
Which are the major companies included?
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Private Residence, Upper East Side
Rather than rely on big-box retailers, New York interior designer Darci Hether turned to Aguirre Design to build custom furnishings for a one-of-a-kind look in a Manhattan apartment. Some of the personalized pieces include a parchment and brass entry console with a modern midcentury aesthetic, a blackened steel wall mounted bathroom mirror, millwork with specially made steel handles, and wall units.
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I loved this book about life in a country village and having to endure the mums at the school gate every day.
The scenes made me smile along and wonder just what else could happen!
Rachel is ambushed by Penelope and finds her planned holiday to her villa in Spain turned into a joint trip, without her even having being asked. I was so indignant for her I found myself telling my husband what Penelope was up to next..
New friendships are formed and seemingly in the unlikeliest of places at times. I loved the holiday descriptions- even though it had me bristling on their behalf!
I found I missed the first book in this series- so I will be buying that for my kindle and I'm keen to catch up on their future plans mentioned at the end of this book.
With many thanks to Bookoutre (one of my favourite publishers) and NetGalley for a copy of this book. Another 5* read for me.


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My Gypsy Heart
Verse I
Right now I feel like I was given to the wind
A Homeless heart no place to settle in
My friends all said that I would find a place in time
These voices in my head don't sound like mine
Pre I
I'm on my wayward course
a tipsy compass
Search the world at large
Chase the northern star
Is there hope for my gypsy heart?
Verse II
I watch the lovers fall like singing lullabies
I should be glad instead of patronize
A truth to every story, whether wrong or right
Don't former glory keep you warm at night?
Pre II
No pill or remedy
Could ever cure this
Take me away
To the fields of sage and aster
Where can I run away
When there's nowhere I belong
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A broken reverie
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- Battered Spouse Petitions: Some non-citizens are eligible to self-petition based on their circumstances.
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Tigga Kingston — PI of the lab, is originally from the UK. Her work focuses on bat conservation ecology in Southeast Asia.
Kendra Phelps completed her PhD in Summer 2016, studying the response of bat assemblages to different levels of cave disturbance in Bohol Island, Philippines. She is currently a Research Associate in the Kingston lab and an Instructor in the Department of Biological Sciences
Marina Fisher-Phelps is a PhD student from the US. She is working on the sources of bias in spatial distribution models, focusing on models and datasets drawn from Southeast Asian bats.
Iroro Tanshi is a PhD student from Nigeria, her research focus on bat assemblage structure along an elevational gradient in SE Nigeria.
Macy Madden is a PhD student from the US, she is interested in how the role that bats play as pollinators of baobab trees, and is working in South Africa.
Benneth Obitte is a PhD student from Nigeria. He plans to quantify the extent of bat hunting, and the ecological and ecosystems consequences of hunting in SE Nigeria.


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Cataract Surgery in Mobile – ReStor, Toric IOLs
3290 Dauphin Street, Suite 401
Mobile, AL 36606
Phone: (251) 471-3309
Fax: (251) 471-5046
Toll Free: (866) 471-3309
The dedicated eye surgeons at the VisionAmerica of Mobile office are renowned as highly experienced, accomplished cataracts specialists. In order to achieve the best possible vision correction results, they develop a comprehensive treatment plan for each patient seeking cataract surgery in Mobile. By skillfully combining the latest technologies and techniques with advanced surgical skill and compassionate patient care, VisionAmerica's surgeons are able to consistently deliver highly rewarding vision correction results for all of their Mobile cataract patients.
The VisionAmerica vision correction specialists in Mobile have established a reputation as the area's foremost cataract surgery experts. Over the years, they have performed numerous cataract surgeries that have helped Mobile cataracts patients achieve clear vision while reducing their dependence on glasses. Our Doctors use some of the most advanced surgical methods when performing cataract surgery – a treatment whereby we replace patients' clouded lenses with artificial lens implants. These artificial lenses function similarly to natural lenses, allowing cataract patients in Mobile to achieve crisp vision at various distances.
When patients visit the VisionAmerica of Mobile office, they are assured of receiving the highest quality surgical care along with impeccable customer service. The dedicated team takes the time to explain all proposed procedures, address patients' concerns and answer any questions. In fact, they encourage patients seeking cataract surgery in Mobile to ask as many questions as possible ─ an approach that alleviates patients' anxiety and allows them to make educated decisions regarding their treatment. To learn more about your cataract treatment options, such as the use of Toric and ReStor intraocular lenses, and to schedule a personal consultation, please use the Contact Us page or call (251) 471-3309 or toll free at (866) 471-3309.
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23rd Ave Northeast, Olympic Hills / Victory Heights
Great for
- Internet Access
- Public Transport
- Clean & Green
- Peace & Quiet
- Shopping Options
Not great for
- Eating Out
- Nightlife
Who lives here?
- Professionals
- Singles
- Families with kids
- Retirees
Got a burning question? Why not ask the locals! Simply ask your question below
23rd Ave Northeast
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- Neighborly Spirit
- Safe & Sound
- Clean & Green
- Pest Free
- Peace & Quiet
- Eating Out
- Nightlife
- Parks & Recreation
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- Gym & Fitness
- Internet Access
- Lack of Traffic
- Cost of Living
- Resale or Rental Value
- Public Transport
- Medical Facilities
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"Pleasant street running through Pinehurst connecting Lake City to Northgate"
This is a nice and quiet residential street in Pinehurst neighborhood in Seattle, where you'll find plenty of families. It's OK for walking, although it has no sidewalks, and since it cuts through Pinehurst parallel with 125th Ave NE, it can get busy with cars. Larger hills sometimes means speeding cars, although I don't feel unsafe walking with my children on it. I would be less likely to let them walk alone. Overall it's pretty quiet considering it's proximity to the Northgate Mall and Lake City Way.
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Official Press Release
LOS ANGELES (BUSINESS WIRE) - Ultimate Sports Entertainment, Inc. (OTCBB:ULSP) (UltimateSportsForce.com) and the New York Yankees announced that the first in the series of two Superhero Collectible Comic Book promotions would be August 17, 2001. All fans in attendance ages 14 and under for the Yankees game against the AL West leading Seattle Mariners will receive a copy of "Yankee Pride" (see http://www.ultimatesportsforce.com/yankees1.html) courtesy of Deer Park Spring Water. This comic book features Yankee superstars Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams, Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez, Paul O'Neill, and Manager Joe Torre as Superheroes.
"The New York Yankees have been the World Champions a remarkable 26 times, though in all the years of Yankee glory I believe that the 'Yankee Pride' comic book will be the first time that our Yankee heroes actually save the World," said Rick Licht, President of ULSP. "We are thrilled to continue to work with first class organizations like the Yankees and Deer Park in creating a unique promotion to enhance the ballpark experience for the fans. This is a great opportunity to present the Yankee players as positive role models in a comic book that will generate an interest in reading for the kids in addition to having value for memorabilia collectors. We are already looking forward to our second book in the series which will be September 28 at Yankee Stadium for the game against the Baltimore Orioles."
Ultimate Sports Entertainment, Inc. is a Los Angeles based entertainment company that creates, develops and publishes superhero based action/adventure/fantasy stories in collectible comic book form by using world-famous artists and writers. "Ultimate Sports has taken a marketable commodity, the superstar athlete, and created a brand-new licensing, merchandising and premium sponsorship entity," added Licht.
Current titles include famous athletes such as: Mark McGwire; Sammy Sosa; Cal Ripken Jr.; Derek Jeter; Alex Rodriguez; Roger Clemens; Mike Piazza; Ken Griffey, Jr.; Barry Bonds; Troy Aikman; Dan Marino; Brett Favre; Peyton Manning; John Elway; Terrell Davis and many others. Ultimate Sports currently has licensing agreements with the Major League Baseball Players Association; Major League Baseball Properties; NFL Properties, NFL Quarterback Club and the NHL Players Association.


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An Amazon Machine Image (AMI) provides the information required to launch an instance, which is a virtual server in the cloud. You specify an AMI when you launch an instance, and you can launch as many instances from the AMI as you need. You can also launch instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
An AMI includes the following:
Find a Suitable AMI
Before you can launch an instance, you must select an AMI to use. As you choose an AMI, consider the following requirements, you might have for the instances that you'll launch:
An Amazon Machine Image (AMI) contains all the information necessary to launch instances of your software. For example, an AMI might contain all the software needed to act as a web server (e.g., Linux, Apache, and your website). We'll utilize one of these AMIs for this walk-through. You can launch one or more Amazon EC2 instances from an AMI, and all the instances are exactly alike.
A large collection of AMIs is available from Amazon and the Amazon EC2 community. For more information, go to Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) at the AWS website.
Related Page: Amazon Web Services Overview
You can use the AWS Management Console (at https:// console.aws.amazon.com) to search for AMIs that meet specific criteria and then launch instances of those AMIs. For example, you can view the AMIs that Amazon has provided, AMIs the EC2 community has provided, or AMIs that use a specific operating system.
In this mission, you will use an Amazon Linux AMI that has Apache, MySQL, PHP, and Drupal installed. You can use this AMI as a baseline, customize it, and then, in a later task, create your own custom AMI.
To find a suitable AMI:
1. Open the Amazon EC2 console at https:// console.aws.amazon.com/ ec2/.
2. In the Navigation pane, click AMIs.
3. In the Amazon Machine Images pane, in the Viewing list that displays All Platforms, click Linux. In the list that displays All Images, click an option that narrows the display as you want. In this example, click Amazon Images to limit the display to AMIs that are provided by Amazon Web Services. In the text box, type Drupal.
4. Select an AMI that already has Drupal installed such as ami-7813e011 and then click Launch.
You will use this AMI as a baseline. Clicking Launch starts the Request Instance wizard, which configures your instance and then launches it.
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72 hours... are you prepared?
Tornados, fires, tsunamis, could all happen in the bay area. By and large though, the disaster we as residents at SF State, should all get prepared for is an earthquake. The majority of experts agree that it is not "if" we (bay area) are going to have an earthquake, but "when." Therefore it is important for all of us to plan and prepare. Develop a personal preparedness plan, review safety tips on what to do during an earthquake, institute some basic precautions within your room or apartment to reduce hazards during an earthquake, and prepare an emergency supply kit full of supplies.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recommends the following precautions to take to help prepare your room or apartment:
- Fasten shelves securely to walls.
- Place large or heavy objects on lower shelves.
- Store breakable items such as bottled foods, glass, and china in low, closed cabinets with latches.
- Fasten heavy items such as pictures and mirrors securely to walls and away from beds, couches and anywhere people sit.
- Brace top heavy objects.
- Immediately report any defective lights or plugs to the Service Desk (415-405-0579). Additionally, report any deep cracks in ceilings or foundations.
- Weed killers, pesticides, and flammable products should not be stored in your room or apartment.
- Locate safe spots in each room under a sturdy table or against an inside wall. Perform practice drills with your roommate(s) to reinforce this information by moving to these places during each drill.
FEMA lists the following safety actions during an earthquake:
Drop, Cover and Hold On.
Minimize your movements to a few steps to a nearby safe place and if you are indoors, stay there until the shaking has stopped and you are sure exiting is safe.
If Indoors
- DROP to the ground; take COVER by getting under a sturdy table or other piece of furniture; and HOLD ON until the shaking stops. If there isn't a table or desk near you, cover your face and head with your arms and crouch in an inside corner of the building.
- Stay away from glass, windows, outside doors and walls, and anything that could fall, such as lighting fixtures or furniture.
- Stay in bed if you are there when the earthquake strikes. Hold on and protect your head with a pillow, unless you are under a heavy light fixture that could fall. In that case, move to the nearest safe place.
- Do not use a doorway except if you know it is a strongly supported, load-bearing doorway and it is close to you. Many inside doorways are lightly constructed and do not offer protection.
- Stay inside until the shaking stops and it is safe to go outside. Do not exit a building during the shaking. Research has shown that most injuries occur when people inside buildings attempt to move to a different location inside the building or try to leave.
- DO NOT use the elevators.
- Be aware that the electricity may go out or the sprinkler systems or fire alarms may turn on.
If Outdoors
- Stay there.
- Move away from buildings, streetlights, and utility wires.
- Once in the open, stay there until the shaking stops. The greatest danger exists directly outside buildings, at exits and alongside exterior walls. Many of the 120 fatalities from the 1933 Long Beach earthquake occurred when people ran outside of buildings only to be killed by falling debris from collapsing walls. Ground movement during an earthquake is seldom the direct cause of death or injury. Most earthquake-related casualties result from collapsing walls, flying glass, and falling objects.
If in a Moving Vehicle
- Stop as quickly as safety permits and stay in the vehicle. Avoid stopping near or under buildings, trees, overpasses, and utility wires.
- Proceed cautiously once the earthquake has stopped. Avoid roads, bridges, or ramps that might have been damaged by the earthquake.
If Trapped Under Debris
- Do not light a match.
- Do not move about or kick up dust.
- Cover your mouth with a handkerchief or clothing.
- Tap on a pipe or wall so rescuers can locate you. Use a whistle if one is available. Shout only as a last resort. Shouting can cause you to inhale dangerous amounts of dust.
Prepare an emergency supply kit...
Additionally, many of the services we take for granted, such as running water, refrigeration, and telephones, including cell phones, may be unavailable. The Dining Center may even be damaged and unable to provide food or supplies. We may not be able to travel for many hours or even days.
Therefore, it is recommended that everyone have emergency supplies and first aid kits prepared ahead of time. Though it may be impractical or unaffordable to get everything listed below, all at once, it would be prudent to begin collecting the items, and periodically adding more items as time goes on.
When planning out your emergency supply kits keep in mind, supplies should be placed in a large, watertight container which you could store easily in your room.
Additionally it is a good idea to have a separate to "Go Bag", filled with a few necessary items, which you can carry with you while evacuating...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recommends that your emergency kit should contain...
- Water – one gallon per day
- Food – ready to eat
- Manual can opener
- Plates and utensils
- First aid kit & instructions
- Warm clothes
- Heavy work gloves
- Disposable camera
- Unscented liquid household bleach and an eyedropper for water purification
- Personal hygiene items including toilet paper, feminine supplies, hand sanitizer and soap
- Plastic sheeting, duct tape and utility knife for covering broken windows
- Tools such as a hammer & wrench
- Blanket or sleeping bag
- Large heavy duty plastic bags
- A copy of important documents & phone numbers
Your Go-Bag should include...
- Radio – battery operated
- Batteries
- Whistle
- Dust mask
- Pocket knife
- Emergency cash
- Sturdy shoes
- a change of clothes
- and a warm hat
- Local map
- Some water and food
- First aid kit
- Flashlight
- Permanent marker, paper and tape
- Photos of family members
- List of emergency contact numbers
- List of allergies to drugs & foods
- Copy of health insurance cards
- Prescription medications
- Toothbrush and toothpaste
For more information on being prepared for a disaster, including a more inclusive list of items to keep in your emergency kits, and more information on developing an emergency plan, you can go to the FEMA or ready.gov; or the University Police department website directs individuals to San Francisco's disaster preparedness website at 72hours.org.
Additionally for more information on emergency preparedness; Emergency Notification System; CPR and First Aid; crime reports; and safety education, at SF State, please check out the University Police Department .
*All information was either adapted, worded, or resourced from:
The Federal Emergency Management Agency;
City and County of San Francisco 72hours.org .
*Additionally all graphics, except for the Residential Life logo, are clip art from Microsoft: clip art from Microsoft


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A Realtors day is typically hectic and involves lots of moving from place to place for appointments, showings, and closings. Unfortunately, the amount of traveling about could potentially mean lost sales or potential buyers. Quite often, with higher end properties and buyers, schedules revolve around them, and not the realtor. Another challenge arises with properties, which are not built yet, as the Realtors have to rely on material provided by the Developer, such as pamphlets, and renderings.
Sensuus can be utilized in this arm of the industry as well. As Builders and Developers engage Sensuus for their model homes or show rooms, the Virtual Reality stations can be setup in Realtors offices as well, allowing them to provide an additional service for their client base. Multiple properties can be built and exported to the Realtor to load on the Virtual Reality system. This will allow the Realtor to put a wide range of clients in multiple properties all from the convenience of their office, cutting down travel time and increasing the amount of client showings.


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For over a decade, I lived life on not a lot of sleep at all and working a whole lot.
I didn't have much time to complain or think about alternatives then. I drank a lot of coffee, did the best I could with eating healthy, and made do.
I started to develop patterns and beliefs about work. I needed coffee to work productively, or to think well. It was hard to focus, or get started with work, but once I got going it was okay. I had optimal times where I could work each day, usually when the office was empty and I'd had time to relax a bit. Too many times I just didn't have the energy I needed or the project was too stressful, so I'd just try to remind myself how crucial it was that I get work done and finally I'd be scared enough to force myself to code.
Health problems cropped up, but they seemed normal. I probably just had oily skin, that's why I was always breaking out. And people just get sick or get infections every now and then. Didn't seem like anything to complain about.
Then I had a few years that were particularly bad. I also didn't think much of this.
But in starting my business after these particularly bad years and being able to relax in a way I'd never been able to before, I'm learning a lot about what it means to live life happily.
Being calm is the most energizing thing, but only if you rest and eat well. And it might take time to be truly calm again.
This is something I'd always heard people say. But the fact is, I didn't see myself as able to rest properly. I saw myself as needing to work constantly.
It took me a few months to start to see this effect noticeably. But after a few months of sleeping well and eating well and eventually cutting all big sources of caffeine from my diet, I really started to notice this. And the energy felt different-- more healthy, more happy, not just about getting stuff done but about being truly happy as well.
Panic attacks are real (for those that don't have them), and were curable for me (for those who do).
It took pushing myself far to develop panic attacks-- I went for many years in stressful scenarios without them. They caught me completely off guard, and made me really wish I'd lowered my anxiety levels long before it got this bad. Getting them was a clear wake up call-- whenever I got one, I was able to easily identify a problem and search for what might've caused that. Earlier this year, I was getting several a day. Now I don't get them any more.
Humans are such associative creatures.
I like to think I control my behavior well, but the fact is my life and psychological reactions are painted with associations. And with several years of negative associations built up, I had work to do to reverse this PTSD.
I got rid of any bad association environments I didn't need to have-- in owning my own business with only one other person, there's little need to come into an office, especially not one that reminded me of bad times. For things like coding that I wanted to be able to do without stress again, I made sure I had happy, relaxed times before coding, and tried changing associations that way.
Supplements don't replace sleep and eating well, but they can help.
A note on this section-- I'm in no way a doctor or recommending these solutions for you, do your research. I'm just saying what worked for me. Also have to thank Rich for this, since he suggested all of these solutions.
I now take a multivitamin, and various vitamins it doesn't cover well, and fish oil. I also take an adrenal health supplement every day, which seems to help a lot. My anxiety got to the point in which totally normal things would strike fear into me-- so it'll likely take time to be back to normal and I accept that and try to speed it along with this supplement. Bioactive milk peptides, rhodiola, and kava kava seem to help as well and I take them in cases when I'm too stressed despite the adrenal health supplement.
Health problems might go away if you can reduce stress.
I used to break out with rashes, dry skin, infections, oily skin. I'd get sore throats or sick more often. My skin has almost completely cleared up-- which believe me, is pretty amazing-- and I haven't gotten sick yet this year.
It used to be harder to remember things, especially things that happened around stressful times. My memory has gotten much better, which in turn has improved my ability to think clearly and really analyze problems.
Really question how scared you have to be.
Looking back on things, I was in many ways illogical in my fear. I would've potentially gotten ahead more if I had stopped, taken some time off, rested, and not let people get to me so much. After all, people do mirror your behavior-- if you look scared, some use this as an opportunity to take advantage of you more. Properly taking control of the situation is not as easy when afraid or anxious. When calm, it's easier to see the bigger picture. When calm, it's easier to be empathetic and communicate well with people.
In running a business, it's risky to be anxious. There's no one telling me what to do. I create all my own tasks, am in this for the long term, and I can't be stupid about my decisions. I can easily avoid crunch scenarios-- it just takes very careful planning and communication skills. I must be calm, happy, and healthy to maintain a happy life while running this business.
In my prior work environments, talking about mental health rarely happened and almost felt taboo. We were supposed to suck it up, manage problems ourselves, love our work, push on. Well, everyone I worked with could have seriously used being open about these issues and the above advice. So I pass it on to you, and hopefully it helps someone else.


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We also produce commercials, music videos, visualisation and motion graphics.
Music Videos
Digital animation in music videos has evolved exponentially and we are now able to offer our clients music videos featuring full CGI, motion capture and 3D scanning combined to produce beautiful results, even for lower budgets such as our featured video - a music video for GoGo Penguin's song Window.
The video touches on themes of belonging and loneliness. The emotion portrayed by the deceptively sparse main character was brought to life by four minutes of full frame CGI featuring motion capture, crowd simulation and 3D scanned environments. The result is a starkly beautiful animation to accompany the memorable tune.
The timescale and budget for the video were strict - but we always relish a challenge - and we couldn't be happier with how the video was realised. Thanks to our talented team we were able to bring the project in on time and within budget.
Visualisation & Commercial Videos
It can be hard to engage your customers in the changes or benefits of your products. The internet and advertising in general no longer has a 'captive audience'. Your customers will quickly click away or lose interest if you are not fully engaging them. That is one of the benefits of CGI - we can show off your products or services in ways which your customers have never seen before. Holding interest is especially important at events such as trade shows - a big screen showing off a CGI demonstration of the benefits of your product can help to entice passing crowds to your booth which can then lead to the all important verbal interactions.
Our featured video here is a photorealistic rendering of a door and all the security benefits it offers.
Over the year we've created stunning visualisations for various products in many different forms - from websites with full motion video that triggers as you scroll through the website, we've also 3D scanned products which can either be embedded on a website as real 3D objects your customers can look around or they can be rendered with more control than a physical photoshoot - all tailored to create the pristine look that your product deserves.


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Industry overview
New Zealand and Australian healthcare real estate sector
Globally, a key driver of the performance of healthcare real estate and associated healthcare services is the ageing demographic. Current statistics suggest in New Zealand and Australia, the over-65 age group is expected to more than double to around 30% of the population over the next 40 years. This demographic utilises healthcare services at around 3-4 times the rest of the adult population. The rising demand for healthcare services will need to be met through a combination of technological improvements in medicine, operational efficiencies from hospital operators and potentially additional hospitals and medical and rehabilitation centres.
In New Zealand and Australia, healthcare real estate (which includes hospitals, medical centres, laboratories and so on) is considered tightly held, with the government being the largest owner of healthcare real estate, principally public hospitals. However, there is a significant and growing number of private owners of healthcare real estate - including private health insurance companies, hospital operators, not-for-profit organisations and institutional investors.
In healthcare real estate leases are typically long (circa 20 years for hospitals) and the landlord is not liable for operational or maintenance expenditure. Leases can be structured and managed in a way that helps drive the performance of the investment. Land is generally freehold and owned by the operator, landlord or institutional investor.
The public health system is principally geared to deliver acute (urgent) services. With expectations of rising demand for healthcare services, the unpredictability of demand around acute services means the public sector tends to ration access to non-urgent or elective surgery.
Private health insurers complement the public health system by covering the cost of many semi-acute and non-urgent procedures such as orthopaedic and cataract surgery.
A key benefit of private healthcare insurance is that it provides a much greater degree of certainty and timeliness than the public health system. Private health insurance levels in New Zealand are around 30% compared to almost 47% in Australia. Private health insurance levels provide an indicator of potential demand for private healthcare services.
As an investment, healthcare real estate has a history of low volatility coupled with defensive and stable returns. Healthcare real estate is considered counter-cyclical, namely people don't tend to change their healthcare spending patterns depending on the economy. Consequently, healthcare real estate returns tend to outperform other property segments when economies are weak.


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Art Meets Fashion
The Austrian Cultural Forum in Washington, D.C. held its annual, exclusive event, Art meets Fashion. More than 400 people - from music lovers to art admirers and fashionistas - enjoyed an unforgettable evening in support of a worthy cause.
This year's show included a mix of extravagant paintings by Austrian artist Ulrike Kaiser and breathtaking creations by fashion designer Anelia Peschev.
While enjoying drinks and great music by Austrian DJane Martina Kaiser, the audience's attention was seized by young models, including Miss U.S. International 2010 Cassandra Tressler, Miss D.C. 2006 Kate Michael and Miss Maryland 2011 Allyn Rose, dressed in pieces from Peschev's Klimtflorum collection and strutting down the long catwalk, which was set up in the center of the Embassy's sky-lit atrium.
Designer Anelia Peschev, who has her roots in Bulgaria but now lives and works in Vienna, has a solid, modern approach to her work and impresses audiences with her exquisite style which is reminiscent of fin-de-siècle Vienna and clearly shows influences of the famous artist Gustav Klimt. The Austrian Cultural Forum Washington seized this opportunity to honor and celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birth of this universal genius.
With her installations, Ms. Peschev has travelled all over the world, including the vibrant fashion hot spots New York City and Paris. Another highlight of the evening was the exhibition Earth, Water and Air by Austrian artist Ulrike Kaiser.
Her paintings, which were on display in the Embassy's atrium, are characterized by a unique feeling for composition, shading and color and often depict important people from Mrs. Kaiser's immediate surroundings, including family members, friends, and sometimes herself. Her works, which are "snap-shots of human life", as the artist herself puts it, have been displayed in various galleries in Vienna and Washington, D.C.
Her exhibition at the Embassy was arranged by Mrs. Kaiser's friend Judy Southerland, a curator of fine art and teacher at the Corcoran College of Art and Design in Washington, D.C. After the fashion show, guests, including Arnold Schwarzenegger's daughter Christina, hit the dance floor to celebrate the music by famous DJ Tom from Prague, who has established himself as one of the leading DJs in the Czech capital's vibrant club scene.
Art meets Fashion is an annual charity event to benefit a good cause. This year the proceeds of the evening went to Life Pieces to Masterpieces - creating art… changing lives! Founded in 1996, this nonprofit organization is a comprehensive youth development and education program which provides youngsters an opportunity to discover and express their inner creative abilities. For more information on this program please visit www.lifepieces.org.


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Greg Harris - vibraphone/piano/percussion
Multi-Instrumentalist Greg Tanner Harris leads the "Greg Harris Vibe Quintet," and is a member of Bluegrass legend Pete Wernick's Flexigrass, hip-hop/jazz/soul group Future Jazz Project, New World Citizen Band, 9th & Lincoln Orchestra, and SuperCollider. Among his work as a studio musician, he has released 5 albums- Greg Harris Vibe Quintet "Glass Gold," "Open Space," "Frames Live," Prospector "Memory of Pilots" featuring trumpeter Ron Miles, and "World Citizen" with West African master xylophonist Aaron Bebe Sukura. The Greg Harris Vibe Quintet's new album 'Glass Gold' was recently released on Dazzle Records.
Greg has a great interest in the West African Xylophone called the Gyil (pronounced JEE-lee), the national instrument of the Lobi and Dagara people of Ghana, Burkina Faso and Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa. He has performed with Baaba Maal, Aaron Bebe Sukura, SK Kakraba, as the musical director for Prudence Mabhena from Zimbabwe, and also does regular fundraising performances for the Whole Planet Foundation. He also plays an assortment of Frame Drums from around the world, exploring the Bodhran of Ireland and the Doyra of Uzbekistan.
He received an D.M.A. in Jazz Studies and an M.M. in Music Performance, Percussion at the University of Colorado, Boulder and a Music Education and Music Performance Bachelor of Arts degree from Fort Lewis College. Greg is a private instructor, high school teacher, and freelance musician in the Denver/Boulder area and has performed nationally and internationally. Greg teaches Ethnomusicology, music theory, at Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts, is a board member of the non-profit Gift of Jazz, and as a Practicing Artist at the Denver School of the Arts.
Grant larson - saxophone/woodwinds
An active recitalist and proponent of new music, saxophonist Grant Larson has premiered works for saxophone by Paul Hanson, Philip Wharton, Chiayu Hsu, Steven Makala, and John Drumheller at regional and national conventions. He is the soprano saxophonist with the Chautauqua Saxophone Quartet and has performed with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra, the Chippewa Valley Symphony Orchestra, and the Fargo/Moorhead Symphony Orchestra. Grant currently serves as the Saxophone Practicing Artist at Denver School of the Arts, is the wind ensemble conductor for the Colorado Youth Symphony Orchestras, and serves on the faculty at Rocky Ridge Music Center.
Equally comfortable in both classical and jazz settings, Grant has performed on stage with notable artists such as Maria Schneider, Kurt Elling, Mulgrew Miller, Art Lande, Brad Goode, Johannes Weidenmueller, Peter Erskin, Ray Charles, Ignacio Berroa, and "Slammin" Sammy K. He has released two jazz albums of original compositions under the Dazzle Recordings label (Denver, CO). Grant holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Saxophone Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Colorado at Boulder; a Master of Music from the University of Colorado; and a Bachelor of Music from Concordia College. Previously, he served on the faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Concordia College, and the Boulder Arts Academy.
Alejandro Castano - drums
Alejandro is a drummer, composer and educator in the Denver area. He has had the great opportunity to perform with some incredible musicians nationally and internationally including: Ron Miles, Eric Gunnison, Greg Gisbert, Ken Walker, Josh Quinlan, John Gunther, Bob Montgomery, Justin Adams and many more. Alejandro is actively teaching privately and through great organizations like the Colorado Conservatory of the Jazz Arts, The Gift of Jazz, and Denver School of the Arts. Recently Alejandro is featured on a few great recent album releases. One is the debut album of the Annie Booth Trio entitled "Wanderlust" another is an Album by cuban born musician Aldo Salvent entitled "Da Capo".


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What drivers control the geomorphic features and spatial arrangement and connectivity of habitat patches in the coastal zone?
Within the watersheds, there are human activities as well as internal ecosystem dynamics that drive the shape of the land- and waterscapes. Population growth in the watersheds has led to conversion of forests or agricultural lands to more suburban landscapes, accompanied by increased paving, infrastructure, and lawns.
Humans have built numerous water control structures such as dams and culverts on the streams and rivers of PIE. These structures in turn necessitated the management of anadromous fish such as river herring, and therefore construction of more structures in the form of fish ladders. Another wildlife management effort, the banning of beaver trapping, has led to a dramatic increase in the number of beaver dams constructed in the watersheds, whose impacts rivals that of the man-made dams. These structures impede, direct, and/or channelize stream flow, with obvious changes to hydrology.Because the conversion of forested landscapes to suburban ones increases the amount of paved and other impervious surfaces covering the land, it also increases runoff of water and everything it may carry, including fertilizer used to establish and maintain lawns. Water withdrawals from the watershed for municipal water supplies lower water levels, even to dryness, and in some cases transports water out of the watershed. These impacts have clear consequences for fish and other wildlife, as well as for less visible biogeochemical processes.
The cumulative effects of processes occurring in the watershed are delivered to the estuary as the mainstem rivers flow over the most downstream dams. The magnitude of the freshwater inputs varies seasonally, and is disrupted by extreme events such as floods or draughts. The tidal marshes and creeks may build or erode in response to the interplay of physical forcing with nutrient, organic matter, and sediment supply delivered from both the fresh and marine ends of the system. Human manipulation of the marshes for agriculture (salt marsh hay) or mosquito control (linear ditches) may alter ecosystem responses. We need to understand these "shaping" processes, because changes that result from their interactions , such as changes in configuration of habitats and the connections between them, affect the way the entire ecosystem functions.


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Board of Overseers
- Mr. Jacob Abel
Diplomacy Student Senator; Seton Hall Student Government Association Speaker of the House
- Mr. Imran Ahmed
President, Graduate Diplomacy Council, School of Diplomacy
- Dr. Margarita Balmaceda
- Mr. David Brancaccio
Host, NPR's Marketplace
- Ms. Sandra Charles
CEO, C&O Resources Inc.; General Manager, Strategic Advisory Services International-D.C.
- Ms. Gwen DeBenedetto
Director of Marketing and Communications, School of Diplomacy and International Relations
- Mr. Dalai Fazio, M.A. '06
President, Diplomacy Alumni Association
- Mr. James Filippatos
Vice President of Global Public Policy, The Walt Disney Company
- Mrs. Tasia Filippatos
Vice President of Communications, Disney Consumer Products
- Ms. Alyssa Futa
Diplomacy Student Senator
- Mr. Richard Gannon
Board Chair and Managing Partner, Winning Strategies/Global
- Dr. Omer Gokcekus
- Ms. Elizabeth Halpin
Board Secretary and Associate Dean of External Affairs, School of Diplomacy and International Relations
- Reverend Paul A. Holmes
School of Diplomacy Chaplain and Board Member; Distinguished University Professor of Servant Leadership, Seton Hall University
- Ms. Melinda Kimble
Senior Fellow, United Nations Foundation
- Mr. Daniel Kristo, M.A./M.S.
Assistant Dean, Graduate Enrollment Management, School of Diplomacy and International Relations
- Mr. George Laudato '63
Former Administrator's Special Assistant for the Middle East, United States Agency for International Development
- Ambassador John Maisto
Former U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States
- Mr. James A. McGreevy, III
President and CEO, The Beer Institute
- Mr. Mark McGuire
Facilitator, DULCE, School of Diplomacy
- Dr. Margaret B. Melady
Former President, American University in Rome
- His Grace Archbishop Celestino Migliore
Board Member Emeritus; Apostolic Nuncio to Poland; former Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations
- Ms. Constance Milstein
Board Member Emeritus, Principal, Ogden CAP Properties, LLC, Real Estate Company
- Dr. Philip Moremen
Associate Professor
- Ambassador Liberata Mulamula
Visiting Scholar, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University; Former Permanent Secretary, Tanzanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation
- Father Brian Muzas
Assistant Professor
- Mr. Patrick Osinski
Former Vice President, Organon USA Inc., Pharmaceutical Company
- Mr. Rajan Pillai
Executive Vice President, Nanocrystal Technologies
- Mr. Bernard Poulin
Founding President, The S.M. Group International Inc.
- Judge William Sessions
Former Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Dr. Courtney Smith
Acting Dean, School of Diplomacy and International Relations
- Ms. Gillian Sorensen
Board Member Emeritus; Senior Advisor, United Nations Foundation
- Ms. Gail Thornton
Global Strategic Communications Executive and Founder, Worldwide Communications
- Mr. Jody Trapasso
Co-Founder and Partner, NP Strategy Group; former Senior Vice President, External Affairs Fiat Chrysler Automobiles-North America and President, Fiat Chrysler Foundation
- Sir Brian Urquhart
Board Member Emeritus; former Under-Secretary-General, United Nations
- C. Eduardo Vargas Toro, M.A. '07
Senior Associate, International Center for Religion and Diplomacy
- Ms. Kathleen Viscardi
Director of Major Gifts, Seton Hall University
- Mr. Josh Weston
Former CEO, Automatic Data Processing
- Mr. Chris Whatley
Executive Director, United Nations Association of the USA
- Ms. Chloe Whitewater
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Women often find themselves searching for a way to feel more sensual. As we get caught up in our busy lives, our hectic careers, our families, we often forget what we are first and foremost: a woman. In order to get in touch with your feminine side there are a few steps you can take that require very little effort and yet are likely to render the results your desire. Below you can find just a few…
- Appreciate Your Body Constantly
The female body is truly miraculous and even if you sometimes find yourself criticizing your own, you have to know how beautiful it is. Take a few moments in the morning when you are getting ready to take a real hard look at your body and point out things to yourself that you like about it. Something as simple as taking a bubble bath in the evening before bed can also make you take notice of the parts of your anatomy that make you feel sexy.
- Do Things That Make You Feel Feminine
Something as simple as remembering to apply a few sprays of perfume in the morning or switching out your flats for a pair of sexy stilettos can make all the difference when it comes to feeling feminine. Treat yourself from time to time to things that will aid you in discovering your sensuality. This can mean something different for every woman but regardless, you are capable of it.
Reading a romance novel is likely to light a fire within you. When you enter the fictional world of a woman who has it all: career, love, sex etc. will inspire you to thrive for the same and awaken some desires you may not have even have known you had.


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Atlanta is a beautiful city to live in. It has a long history, which shows in the architecture and museums available in the area. You can also be confident that you will never run out of things to do given all of the shopping, dining and entertainment available in the city. The only thing that you need to take time to have the best experience living there is to find the best apartments for rent in Atlanta.
One of the easiest ways to accomplish this task is to hire a real estate agent. They have the experience with the area to know which neighborhoods have the least amount of crime. They also know the districts that are closest to shopping and entertainment. Most importantly, they have connections with local property managers and are the first to know when a hot apartment is going up for rent. They can be your absolute best resource in finding apartments for rent in Atlanta that meet all of your needs and desires.
If you choose to embark on the search alone you should first take the time to look at the city on a map. This is a good way to determine which areas are close to downtown or are more likely to be quite, depending on which you prefer. You should also take a look at the distribution of crime in the city. It is important to remember that the more people that reside in an area, the more crime there will be, but clearly you do not want to live in an area where there is a great deal of theft or violent crime.
You should also do a search for what others consider to be the prime neighborhoods in the city. This can give you an idea of where you would and would not want to live. Knowing the city and its neighborhoods is the best way to begin your search as you will be less likely to end up somewhere that is undesirable.
Once you have knowledge of the various parts of Atlanta you are ready to search the various rental sites that are available online. Be sure to pick a few of your favorites before deciding which ones to apply to, but you will also want to act quickly. The best options typically are rented out shortly after they are posted as Atlanta is an extremely desirable place to live.


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Suraq is short for Synthesizer using Uninterpreted Functions, Arrays and Equality. It can synthesize Boolean control signals based on a specification with arrays, uninterpreted functions and equalities.
The name Suraq is not to be confused with Surak. Any similarities between those two names are purely coincidental. ☺
For more information on how synthesis with Suraq works, please have a look at the following related publications:
- Georg Hofferek, Roderick Bloem - "Controller Synthesis for Pipelined Circuits Using Uninterpreted Functions" - Ninth ACM/IEEE International Conference on Formal Methods and Models for Codesign (MemoCODE 2011) [pdf]
- Georg Hofferek, Ashutosh Gupta, Bettina Könighofer, Jie-Hong Roland Jiang, Roderick Bloem - "Synthesizing Multiple Boolean Functions using Interpolation on a Single Proof" - Formal Methods in Computer-Aided Design (FMCAD 2013) [pdf]
- Georg Hofferek, Ashutosh Gupta - "Suraq - A Controller Synthesis Tool using Uninterpreted Functions", Haifa Verification Conference (HVC) 2014 [pdf]
- Georg Hofferek - "Controller Synthesis with Uninterpreted Functions" - PhD thesis, Graz University of Technology, July 2014. [pdf]
Suraq is hosted on GitHub licenced under LGPL v3. Go to https://github.com/ghofferek/Suraq to get it.
The current version is an early development release. A cleaned-up version, and a (rudimentary) manual are expected soon.


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The ability for executives and entrepreneurs alike to successfully bring innovative products to market depends on several key factors. In the Product Innovation series, we have recently addressed how to secure leadership buy-in for establishing a product innovation process, how to build the right product team, how to launch a product successfully and how to integrate customer feedback most effectively. In this issue, we identify key lessons to help you secure the resources needed for your next product innovation.
Go big or go home. For John Ruffolo, the CEO of OMERS Ventures, to secure funding for innovation, you need a bold vision — incremental change just isn't good enough. OMERS, which is one of Canada's largest pension funds, with $55 billion in assets, is committed to investing in innovation that contributes to a vibrant Canadian knowledge economy. But why the focus on having an adventurous vision? Ruffolo says that "We are at a tremendously exciting time. Technology is evolving like never before; we are experiencing a collision of mobile technologies, cloud technologies and social technologies. The power and potential for innovation that creates for Canada's economy is unprecedented". Understandably, OMERS Ventures, which has invested in game-changing products such as Hootsuite, sees a lot of businesses seeking investment in new products. To effectively harness the best opportunities, they have developed a disciplined approach for evaluating ideas. Ruffolo continues, "The products that excel truly push the envelope. But doing so often requires applying a long-term and iterative view of how products evolve".
Validate the product's configuration. Because new technologies have dramatically driven down the cost of developing new products, you can find yourself under tight time constrains and in fierce competition with other innovators for limited funding dollars. Ultimately, those companies that can bring their products to the right market quickly are far more successful than "second-ins". The challenge is that product innovators often find themselves in endless meetings or development cycles in the quest for the perfect set of features and functions. Robert Simon, managing partner 0f IT Venture Fund at BDC, says, "focusing on the minutiae of product features becomes a losing position if you are seeking investment". Simon, whose fund was a leading investor in the world-class software Radian6, evaluates hundreds of business innovations and would rather see products that focus on "a minimum set of configuration requirements". In other words, when you are building or shopping a prototype of a product to investors, Simon recommends: "Only include those items that allow the product to successfully address the problem that it needs to solve". Over time, you can introduce new features, or seek funding for different product versions.
Validate the market. For investors, great product ideas come and go. But, if you have a validated product idea and a validated product configuration, you still need to demonstrate that there is demand for your innovation. "That demand has to be real and it should have strong potential for growth," says Arlene Dickinson, president of Venture Communications and perhaps best known as the compassionate and business-astute investor on the panel show Dragons' Den. To successfully validate demand for your product means engaging representatives of your target market throughout the development of your product — from initial concept, through creating a pilot, refining product features, launching the product and evaluating the product's success.
Be in step with the changing investment world. With every generation, the focus of investment evolves. As President and CEO of the Ontario Capital Growth Corporation (OCGC), John Marshall manages Ontario's Venture Capital and Emerging Technologies funds. That means he has a unique and panoramic view of where money is being invested. Marshall suggests that several elements are contributing to the way that products are evolving and receiving funding. For example, the widespread adoption of social tools (e.g LinkedIn and Facebook), supportive organizations (e.g Waterloo's Communitech Hub and MaRS) and programs (e.g. Hyperdrive and JOLT) means "There's support for innovation, dynamic new networks and a renewed appreciation for the power of communities". As a result, products that aim to chip away at some of Canada's most difficult problems — e.g. medical, environmental, and social — are surfacing more frequently".
The launch of dozens of business incubators over the last 18 months is further evidence that the structures for funding product innovation have evolved. Dickinson contends that "shaping the investment landscape is critical for enabling Canadian innovation to thrive". To ensure that is possible, Dickinson is launching a dynamic new "ecosystem" of support that challenges the traditional investment model. She continues: "The current investment model discourages product innovation because it aims to force entrepreneurs and those with great product ideas to fit into a business person mould". If you're seeking investment in your product innovation, hers is an alternative. Dickinson concludes, "In our new approach, we nurture the inspiration behind great products so that they can succeed rather than burning them out".
Over the past 15 years Andrew Brown has brought to market more than 150 products in the hi-tech, financial and professional sectors by creating corporate-wide marketing plans that engage customers. He has written more than 300 articles on product innovation, marketing strategies and strategic alliances.
Simon Brightman is a senior product executive with experience leading multiple, innovative e-commerce teams and bringing products to market for more than 10 years. He is the co-founder of the new product incubator, The Product Accelerators and serves as the Director of Product Management (Loyalty Currencies) at Points International, overseeing the firm's $150M (B2B and B2C) loyalty marketing product line.


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Friday, 31 December 2010
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Interview with Steve Mitchell, CBC Alumnus
Amber- "Hello! My name is Amber Campbell, and I am doing an interview with Steve Mitchell. He is an alumnus of CBC, and we will be discussing the Kenrick Memory Project. Why did you chose to attend CBU?"
Steve- "Two reasons. One good, one not so good. I was actually accepted to UT Knoxville. I was going there on a music scholarship. I had already met my soon to be roommate. But I dated a girl that was still in high school, and a year younger than me. She was going to UT Knoxville, and I decided to take a scholarship at CBC because my hometown is about 60 miles away. So it was the wrong reason for doing it, but it worked out great. Reason number two is that I wanted to go to law school. And CBC had a tremendous reputation and a great success rate at getting people in to law school. In 1981, 94% of all pre-law got in to the law school of their choice."
Amber- "Do you have any regrets?"
Steve- "Oh heck no. You know how they say that some of your best decisions were made for the wrong reason. Truthfully, if my girlfriend had of been my age I would have been at UT Knoxville. I'm sure the experience would have been nice. I would have the best out of it, but as it turns out I couldn't be happier with the choice I made."
Amber- "Did you have any classes in Kenrick?"
Steve- "Almost all of my classes were in Kenrick. As a liberal arts major in 1981, that's where all the classes were. There wasn't a Buckman yet. We had to take 6 hours of math and science, and even those classes were in Kenrick. Well actually my science class was on the intramural field because we met at night.
I spent most of my time there, more than any other place on campus."
Amber- "What was your first thought when you entered Kenrick?"
Steve- "My God I haven't left high school. You know when you walked in, of course it was. It was a high school. I visited other colleges so I had a concept of what college looked like. Keep in mind, I never visited CBC. So when I walked in to Kenrick, and I didn't walk in there until my first day of class; I walked in and thought this looks just like Ripley High School. In fact Ripley looked like a college to me. I was very underwhelmed; wasn't what I expected."
Amber- "My concern about Kenrick was the air. How did you feel about that?"
Steve- " More often it did not work. And that was 30 years ago.
I can't tell you how many times we had class with the windows open and sweating in August and September. And January classes were freezing.
Some of my hardest classes were during the good months, like late fall and early spring because the windows would be open. I could see my friends who didn't have afternoon classes, and it was extremely hard because you might as well be out in the courtyard."
Amber- "What was your first Kenrick experience?"
Stave- "The classrooms. I shouldn't say that because the business office was in Kenrick at the time, on the left when you came in. So my first experience was going to the business office, which my bill was only $400 because of work study, financial aid and loans. I'll tell you what, Bro. Vincent, who was the president at the time. My dad is a Pentecostal minister, and I play the piano. My mother taught me. I use piano playing to relieve stress. When I got here, I found out they had practice rooms downstairs. I was down there banging the keys one day and the door opens up. It was Bro. Vincent. We got to talking. He sat down and played. That's also what Kenrick was to me, a place for me to play the piano and my favorite study place. I had to get out of the dorms because I could lose track easily."
Amber- "Kenrick was too eerie for me."
Steve- "And I liked that feeling. I liked being in there at night. I'm talking about 2 and 3 o'clock in the morning because I'm a night person. That was the best thing for me to do. The wind whistled through every window. So I liked it. There were plenty of times I was waking up as people were coming in to class. I would fall asleep around 4:30-5:00. But Kenrick needs to come down. As far as where the campus is going. It is bittersweet, but it needs to come down."
Amber- "What was your best Kenrick moment?"
Steve- "Putting that car in there. That was outstanding. Well actually I have two. So I'll tell you the first. There used to be an organization on campus called Knights of Columbus. And basically it was a fraternal organization for men. At that time, they used to have college counselors. We acted like a fraternity; we pledged, we secretly put non-Catholics in. Back then there weren't any rules on hazing. Yeah, it was brutal. So there was hell week. Hell week was a full week of being abused, but hell night was one special night dedicated to making your life miserable. Mine happened to be on campus. They dragged you around; they yelled at you. Now don't get me wrong, we didn't go over the top. The way they did it was they had to move us around campus so we wouldn't get in trouble. We never knew where we were because we had on blind folds. But at one point the blind folds came off. We were in the women's restroom in Kenrick. Every bathroom had urinals because it was an all-boys school. The urinals were boarded up. So when the blind folds came off, they said the first person that can answer this question is out of here right now. I knew what the question was going to be. Before he could even answer the question I said "those cover up urinals because this used to be an all-boys school. Can I leave now?" The guy just started laughing and said "yeah, get out of here." And then the second story is putting the car in. We had a guy on campus. He was in the Knights. He was a buddy who was in the habit of coming back from partying from over wherever he was partying. He got in the habit of parking his little MG car wherever the heck he wanted to. Sometimes he parked it, well at that point in time there used to be a nice wooded area where the apartments are now. And there was a row, a hedge row separating the parking lot from that little area. And there were a couple of times he drove through the hedge. I mean let's face it, he was driving drunk, and he was parking wherever he wanted to.
So one night some of us are sitting around, we see him come back. He pulls that little MG up and he just wedges it. Basically takes up a couple of parking spaces because he comes in drunk, he comes in crooked. And so we watched him stumble in to his room, like 'you know what? We're going to teach him a lesson'.
So there were six of us and interesting enough, six guys, especially six young guys, can pick up a MG. With three guys on each side you can get it maneuvered. If you have enough guys you can pick it up. We didn't have to do much because it's a small car. So you know getting it to where we needed to, of course it was a manual so you know all we had to do was get in to it. That was easy to do with a coat hanger. We popped right in to it. So anyway, we put it in Kenrick. We weren't content to just put it in Kenrick. We wanted to make it as difficult as possible for it to be gotten out. So instead of leaving it length wise we did it width wise. And so we got it in there and we turned it. The next morning people start showing up for class. First person opens up the door and there's the car. Most people start laughing about it and it's not until someone alerts security, "Yo, hey! There's a car". By that time there are students all over the place. And of course we're watching. And in fact I even had class that morning. We're just all watching so security goes to Brent's door. They knock on the door and of course Brent, he's hung over. He comes walking to the door with his bathrobe on. Security says "We need you to move your car". And of course he goes "Okay sure. Where did I leave it?". They say "Just bring your keys and come with us. We need to move this car." They don't tell him where it's at. They start walking in the direction of Kenrick and Maurelian. They start walking him up the stairs to Kenrick and he realizes about halfway up the stairs. Open up the door, and there's his MG sitting in Kenrick. They immediately start looking for people to help. Nobody will help. Finally a group of people got together and helped."
Amber- "Did they find out it was y'all?"
Steve- "Eventually. We didn't come clean right away because we didn't want to get in trouble. But it was one of those things that you wanted credit for. We started telling people and eventually it got out since it was a small campus. Everyone knows everyone on campus, including faculty and staff. Some of my friends were my professors. I played different sports and things with them. But of course things were different back then. The drinking age at the time was 19, and the BUC was a real bar. They had drinks specials that matched other restaurants. It was a lot looser. You could call up the cafeteria up if you were having a party in your room to get a keg. We stole golf carts. Most of the time they knew who was doing it, but they didn't go after anyone because no one was getting hurt. I'm glad, since I'm a dad, that it is a little more controlled now. Other schools, like at U of M, had alcohol policies. We didn't have one. There are people who are 10, 15 years older than me and they said it had come down. I know a lot of people that went to CBC. For instance, there was a group of 14 couples that came to CBC, got married and there hasn't been one divorce. We raised our kids in the same parish, and some came to CBU together. Now I think you understand why I wouldn't change my decision."
Amber- "What doors has CBC opened?" Did you use your history degree?"
Steve- "No. I'm in IT [Information Technology]. But I read an article that said for every practicing attorney in the U.S., there were 14 pre law and law school students. I was taking a criminal justice class, which was taught by a judge. Which was a good thing about CBC because they didn't have a lot of liberal arts teachers, they brought people in. I didn't have a business background. I took what I wanted to take, and never gave any thought to anything other than law school. My buddy of mine, an engineering major, called me up. He had taken a job at the cotton company doing daily entry. They wanted him to find someone who could help him through the cotton season, and he called me. So I got the job because of my connection with David who I met here. I had gone from daily entry to computer operation to writing code in six months. Three of the head people went to CBC as well. One of the most interesting things was that I was working for a staffing company a few years back in between IT consultant gigs. I had my bio on the website; it said that I went to CBC and had a double major. We get a call from South Carolina who had no connection to me. They said they wanted to hire me because of the reputation of CBC. People went there to work, and they didn't know anything about CBC. They only knew about people that went there. CBU has so many different connections in the job force."
Amber-" Thank you for your time!"


text: Are you a rabid ThinkPad fan? Does the sight of black plastic and a red nub in the center of the keyboard drive you into a frenzied gadget lust? You've seen the X201 (and even its sad, Atom-powered KIRF) so how about a peek at its presumed followup? According to 51nb.com, the self-described "gate to the professional notebook users," the ThinkPad X220t rocks a DisplayPort interface, VGA port, two USB 2.0 ports (although they could be upgraded to USB 3.0 as this thing gets ready for prime time), an SD card reader, capacitive touchscreen and stylus. And like its predecessor, it will flip 'round into slate mode. You know, for when you're in that sort of a mood. But pictures speak louder than words -- even pictures that have had the background cut out and rendered drop shadows thrown in for good measure. See for yourself after the break.


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Next month, this time, we'd already be in the 2nd day of the 1st month of 2011. All right, I'm going to say this at the risk of sounding clichéd ' Where does the time go?'. I know that we say this each year but it's true and how!
Anyways, this week has been among the fastest ever. This is my recipe for 'The fastest week ever!':
- 2 lectures each of Corporate Finance, German and Economics
- 1 number each of a Social-event meeting, a company presentation, a group-work submission due next week, a conference and a Stammtisch
- 3 visits to the Mannheim Christmas market
- Tonnnes of snow
- A little sun
- and most importantly, great classmates
Sort the ingredients in the order of priority, adhere to schedules as far as possible, pay attention in class; have fun as well, don't over-analyze things, work as a team, utilize your time efficiently and Voila! you have Friday on your plate in less than the blink of an eye.
Expert tips: Dress-up for winter, stay warm, eat right, sleep well, drink tonnes of water, reduce Facebooking!
Serve with a smile! 🙂
By the way, I simply MUST post on group-work and the learnings from it. Honestly, group-work keeps evolving into a being all its own and I can really see the reasoning behind the huge emphasis placed on group-work. Thanks MBS!
And now the weekend will mostly consist of completing the group-work assignment, studying for the upcoming Corporate finance, Economics and German exams, attending a conference where eminent speakers from the world of business will share their insights on how to become better business leaders and meeting fellow-students and alumni at the last Stammtisch of 2010 (read https://blog.mannheim-mba.com/2010/11/07/celebrating-the-festival-of-lights-at-mbs/ to know what a Stammtisch is).
Also, next week, 3 of our batch-mates leave for their 2nd term at IIM-Bangalore (Indian Institute of Management). We'll miss them tonnes and wish them all the very best! This is the best time to visit India, especially Bangalore, which has the perfect weather this time of the year. So good luck A, R and S! Gute Reise!
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We have a sprinkling of branches of Subway in Ireland, and more recently a few branches of competitors Quiznos have been spotted in the wild. I make the occasional trip to Subway, usually for the meatball marinara sub (they put something evil and addictive in the sauce, I suspect). But it's not a major spot on my itinerary, and thus I was unaware of the fierce competition between Subway and Quiznos, which has ended up (inevitably) in court. So far, so so-so, but there's an interesting use of a famous piece of Internet law that is being followed with great interest in these parts and elsewhere…
The section in question is section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA), or the Internet 'shield' or 'immunity' law. The Act itself is infamous for other reasons (parts of it were struck down in ACLU v Reno, the first Supreme Court decision on Internet free expression), but this element has survived and prospered. S 230 was added without a huge amount of debate as a 'good Samaritan' clause to protect intermediaries.
No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.
It solved a fun but fruitless debate on the liability of message board hosts and others for the things written by their users – which was heading into an odd paradox whereby those who made some effort to keep things 'clean' were more likely to have their head on the chopping block than those who let things run without interference. So post-section 230, your typical admin can safely act as a censor or a libertarian and rely on statutory immunity. Caselaw clarifies that this means that there's no liability in tort (typically, defamation; IP law is dealt with separately in a later, less generous statute) attached to the host for the actions of the user. The controversial cases usually turn on where the host has exercised some level of control, or (in the California – where else – case of Barrett v Rosenthal), whether an individual user who posts someone else's comments online can rely on the section. (The answers: doesn't usually make a difference, and yes they can, respectively).
Anyway, back to the cut-throat (or cut-loaf) world of sandwiches. Subway are after Quiznos because the latter organised a competition for fans of Quiznos to make videos slagging off Subway (are you keeping up at the back? Cool). Quiznos are relying on section 230, saying that they were merely the host and any liability is with the individual contributors alone. Subway argue in response that Quiznos, as organisers/promoters/etc of the competition, bear some responsibility.
Interesting complexity is provided by the Roommates.com case, where the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal seemed to buck the trend and found that the site couldn't rely on full s 230 immunity – but that case is awaiting en banc (full court) rehearing.
I have mixed views about section 230. On one hand, it certainly facilitates the growth of new web sites and services, and promotes freedom of expression in some ways. On the other hand, I think we're a long way from the policy goals that were behind the original section, especially where a commercial advertiser is basically getting all the benefit from the content (i.e. it's really *their* advertising) with none of the risks (if they are successful in their claim).
If the section is revisited, it's a good opportunity to evaluate the rights-and-responsibilities of the various actors in the Internet game – and to distinguish, perhaps, between different levels of intermediary (the fact that the individual-forwarding-a-message in Barrett and the running-through-the-tubes ISP are under the same heading makes it hard to fashion a coherent response to new cases). Furthermore, the relationship between section 230 and private censorship and gatekeeping could be reconsidered – perhaps, to give just one example, services based on openness, open source, non-discriminatory values of expression and communication rights, and so on, could benefit from a greater degree of immunity than the more closed and restrictive services that are not really platforms at all but tightly controlled environments where the host *is* the provider. In any event, if this case goes the distance, we'll learn a lot more about what section 230 really means.
Spotted at Rebecca Tushnet's wonderful blog and also discussed in this New York Times article from earlier in the week (complete with some of the videos). And read the EFF's archive of section 230 cases here.


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Riot Games has found that in the League of Legends community, bad behavior comes mostly from people who are generally good. The problem with the LoL community isn't that there's a few jerks who spoil things for everyone; it's that a lot of people act like jerks occasionally.
This factoid comes from a talk by Riot showing statistics from their player community. "Toxic" means raging during an online game, insulting and threatening other players. They use the word "toxic" because they've found bad behavior is contagious. One person acting badly can make other people angry, who then act badly in subsequent games. Dangerous problem.
That finding has all sorts of implications for how to stop toxic behavior in an online community. It's not enough to just ban the jerks; good people have bad days too. Instead you have to teach the whole community what the community standards are. And quickly identify people who are having a bad day, intervene before their toxicity infects too many other people. I think it's a hopeful finding; if you can just remind people of their better nature, you can prevent a lot of bad behavior.
Two really unfortunate stories of Internet bullying over the weekend. Indie game genius Phil Fish says he's canceling Fez II after a bunch of focussed harassment. And the Call of Duty studio director has gotten a bunch of truly disgusting invective for a game balance change. All part of the Internet's war on creatives.
Get lost you waste of talent. Shitbag telling others to kill themselves, you dont deserve your fame, money or attention. • Hahaha get fucked you pathetic fucking blowhard Fez was shit by the way • You may have made a decent game but you are still a terrible human being.
The gaming "community" are mostly a bunch of monsters. I agree with Anil Dash that the community itself is responsible for fixing the problem.
I've been playing a lot of League of Legends lately, a team PvP game notorious for its toxic community. The developer Riot Games took a strong step towards solving the problem, The Tribunal, a way for the community to judge whether players violate the game's code of good behavior. In my experience it works pretty well as a deterrent. Riot has stats showing that warnings and punishment are discouraging bad behavior.
It's basically a community moderation system. After every game anyone can flag a player for bad behavior. Enough flags and a tribunal case (example) is created. Players randomly review cases (chat logs mostly) and vote on whether to punish. Mild penalties are automatic, severe ones are reviewed first by Riot employees.
There's a lot more to say about the Tribunal, I hope to have some follow up blog posts. One particularly interesting aspect is that the review cases are public. Most moderation systems are private to avoid disputes but I think the open discussion makes the system more effective.
I got excited about Google's new product Chromecast and quickly placed an order on the Google Play store. They said "will ship by August 2"; plenty of time to cancel the order if I found it elsewhere for cheaper or sooner. And so I did on Amazon; same price, delivers today for free. Yay!
Only there's no way to cancel a Google Play store order. I see my order, Status "Pending". I click "Cancel" and I'm told "We could not cancel your order at this time. Please try again later" with a link to this support page which says "it has already been packed". Only without any promised delivery date, so I'm assuming it's still weeks away.
Google has a decent phone support option. The nice American lady told me that there was no way to cancel the order and my best option was to refuse delivery. Except the package is being delivered at an unknown future date with instructions to leave without a signature. She had no explanation for why it was impossible to cancel an order that had not yet been billed or shipped. To be fair to Google I vaguely remember seeing a warning when I purchased saying "you may not be able to cancel this order". Frankly, I ignored that, it seemed so improbable. Next time I just won't order from Google Play.
Order fulfillment is hard. Google's not making enough money on $35 hardware sales to be worth doing a good job of it. So why are they even trying? I guess it's to compete with Apple. But they should consider how good the experience is buying hardware online from Apple.
My grandmother's family is from here.
"The blackest land. The whitest people."
As seen on Reddit


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K-Pop crazy again--Big Bang & 2NE1Early this year I was bitten by the K-Pop wave when I watched Big Bang peformed on tv..Previously I was only a fan of Korean tv series but never the music.But after watching Big Bang performed live on a Korean awards show,I was hooked & became obssessed with T.O.P from Big Bang.I became fans of 2NE1 when they collaborated with Big Bang on the song Lollipop.
Today I suddenly wanted to watch new 2NE1 video's which made me watched new Big Bang videos as well.I love 2NE1 because they have real hot looking bodies(ie not usual Korean stick thin) & they dress & dance with an EDGE & they look TOUGH!Super cool!
Below are a few videos of 2NE1 & Big Bang( I have blogged about them in a post a looong time ago,so don't feel like elaborating much further how great they are but do listen to songs like Haru Haru,A good man,Forever with you & Lies).
One of my fave 2NE1 song!:)
Taeyang 'Wedding Dress'--my bestie Izza saw him in Seoul & apparently he's a very nice chap!
T.O.P!Damn it he's sooo dapper!Loves it!!:))
2NE1--they're hot!
Big Bang altogether!
They're so cool!!!


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This quote is so hard for me to hear. I literally just sat here and re-read this about 20 minutes.
I have been in a hard, long season of depression and joylessness. I don't know if that's a word but I just invented it, so whatever, it's my blog so my rules :-) Anyways, simple put, joy is a choice. Just like most emotions in life. I wrote on our blackboard this phrase,"Today is a good day, for a good day." So every time I get upset or want to yell at little Liam (my son) I see that big annoying board and it reminds me that I have control over my emotions, and I get to choose if we are going to have a good day or not. I am the homemaker and I am the one setting the tone or atmosphere in our home, so what will I choose today?
So next time you're frustrated that the house is a mess and you didn't get anything on your unrealistic check list done, just remember that it's really not the end of the world. You get to be the person that affects your home, that little face looking at you, and the people who surround you. Joy is a choice, so what will be your choice today?


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Justin Upton trade rumors
This past spring, I wrote a short piece praising the Arizona Diamondbacks for signing young star outfielder Justin Upton to a 6-year, $51.25 million contract. At the time, Upton was coming off a strong 2009 campaign, where he batted .300 while hitting 26 home runs, driving in 86 runs, and stealing 20 bases in just 138 games.
Upton regressed a bit during the 2010 season, but the 23-year old still had a fine season, batting .273 with 17 home runs, 69 runs batted in, 73 runs scored, and 18 stolen bases. Upton's numbers dropped in most major statistical categories (Upton's walk rate rose, which is a good sign, however.), but they weren't drastic enough to warrant any kind of panic.
When news first broke that the Diamondbacks were willing to discuss dealing Upton, it seemed like nothing but a rumor. Perhaps it was just the Arizona front office, saying those things to let everyone know that no one is safe, warning players to not get too complacent.
But on Wednesday, Jayson Stark confirmed that Arizona GM Kevin Towers is indeed willing to discuss deals that would move the face of the franchise, saying that the Diamondbacks are "genuinely open" to moving Upton.
But why? Why consider trading away a young outfielder who appears to have the kind of tools to build a team around? It makes very little sense, having a young outfielder that is the caliber of Upton, who is signed to a very team-friendly contract.
The chances are slim that Upton is moved, as reports indicate that Arizona is looking for a very large haul of top of the line prospects who can help them both now and in the future, but there is still a chance that the younger of the Upton brothers gets moved.
Adrian Beltre and the Scott Boras hype machine
Agent Scott Boras, who represents Beltre as well as fellow free agent Jayson Werth, has been hyping his client to an unbelievable and ridiculous level. This week, Boras attempted to compare Beltre's career to that of fellow third basemen Mike Schmidt, George Brett, Paul Molitor, Chipper Jones, and Wade Boggs. Beltre, who had a fantastic year in 2010, and another great year in 2004 (coincidentally, both years were contract years for Beltre) hit just .266 with 21 home runs, 79 RBIs, and just a .759 OPS in between those two big seasons.
Not quite the Hall of Fame numbers that Boras tried to pretend that his client puts up. Beltre is a fine player, but hasn't shown that he's anywhere near the caliber of the players that his agent compared him to.
The Cliff Lee Sweepstakes
The most prized free agent of the season, Cliff Lee, has been one of the most dominant pitchers in baseball for the last few years, and is finally seeking his big payday. While the New York Yankees are the clear frontrunners to sign Lee, the Rangers are among the other teams in the mix, should Lee decide to stay in Arlington.
Many believe that New York holds the edge, given their ability to spend big, as well as Lee's friendship with CC Sabathia, who Lee was teammates with in Cleveland. Lee's wife, however, reportedly soured on New York because of the rude treatment she received from Yankee fans during the ALCS this past year.
Don't expect Lee to make a decision in the near future, though. As the most prized player on the market, Lee will take his time in coming to a decision.
Jayson Werth and the Phillies
Sources have said that the Philadelphia Phillies and right fielder Jayson Werth are far apart in their contract negotiations, leaving Philadelphia searching for a right field replacement.
With highly-touted prospect lefty Domonic Brown ready to become a starting outfielder in 2011, the Phillies are likely searching for a right-handed bat to possibly platoon with either Brown or Ibanez, or to begin the season as the starting right fielder altogether.
The Phillies are reportedly interested in Chicago's Carlos Quentin, and have kicked the tires on both Jeff Francoeur and Jermaine Dye, although the latter two would not likely be brought in for starting roles.


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As you can see, two videos of some great (and yet underrated) Sega titles. I didn't record the 2nd one obviously, but linked it instead of mine because pcmaker's vid was of the full retail game instead of the demo that appears to hang after the prologue.
I couldn't get these working on Cxbx to save my arse. Just goes to show you how feasible LLE really is for those who are still in doubt.


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Top 25 Comercial Banks have $201 Trillion in Derivatives but only $7.7 Trillion in Assets
You rarely hear about the true nature of the dilemmas our financial system faces. Only recently, as the real economy begins to implode, do the financial media talking heads even discuss such matters. Judging by the lack of concern amongst most of the people out there; they probably do not realize just what kinds of sums we are dealing with.
Here is what 1 Trillion dollars would look like, in hundred dollar bills, on forklift pallets double stacked:
Imagine $201 Trillion Dollars on forklift pallets; because that is the number that our top commercial banks are toying around with on a daily basis.
With this in mind, doesn't it seem comical that the U.S. Federal Government is adding new spending programs including a national health-care plan? In the future, everything will be paid for with confetti dollars!
Warning: AIG collapse could trigger new crisis!!
AIG, once world largest insurance firm whose derivatives unit still has more than $1 trillion of exposures that need to be unwound while keeping losses under control.
Saying "derivatives are dangerous," Warren Buffett
"Derivatives at the heart of the crisis, catastrophic losses are inevitable, financial system headed for oblivion, the new world disorder, EU doomed, Credit Default Swaps at the heart of the problem, Plunge Protection Team history, coverups for globalization failures, Bloodbath for the Yen…
The heart of the current crisis is the quadrillion plus derivative market. Roughly half of these derivatives are listed on exchanges, but the other half are on the totally unregulated, totally opaque, poorly documented and mostly naked (no reserves or collateral given to secure performance) OTC derivatives market.
It is only fitting that the credit-default swaps lie at the heart of the problem, which the fraudster banks now face. When you look at what has been done by these reprobates in the past, this is a most fitting fate for them. First, they had President Reagan pass an Executive Order in 1988 forming the President's Working Group on Financial Markets so they could manipulate markets 24/7 with the PPT. That was forced by the 1987 Stock Market Crash, an event orchestrated by the Illuminati to convince everyone that we had to have an interventional team to stop such extreme market gyrations."
Do you realized if AIG collapse, it's massive derivatives could flow into the market and sharply drop in value.
If so, people would start questioning the value of derivatives held by other banks which ordinary people couldn't imagine the size of those are:
Total outstanding derivatives for the top 25 commercial banks was $201,502,177 Million (translated….$201.5 TRILLION)
Total Assets for the top 25 commercial banks was $7,707,703 Million (translated….$7.7 TRILLION)
The top three banks are summarized below (in $millions)
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA OH….. Total Assets: $1,688,164 ($1.6 TRILLION)…..Total Derivatives $81,161,463 ($81.1 TRILLION)
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA NY……Total Assets $161,455…..Total Derivatives $39,927,511
BANK OF AMERICA NA NC…..Total Assets……$1,434,037…..Total Derivatives $38,864,033
NOW THE SCARY PART! (verbatim from the OCC report)
"AIG said Friday that the notional value of its derivatives portfolio was $1.3 trillion at the end of June. That was down 13% from the end of the first quarter. The insurer said it reduced the number of positions in the portfolio by 20% to roughly 22,500."
AIG rush to unload it's derivatives asset as quick as possible, 13% down in value of it's derivatives in a quarter doesn't sound very pretty.
What is the signal, banks may unloading it's derivatives as well, soon we will see this derivatives time bomb goes off even they already doing damage control by unloading them. Total outstanding derivatives for the top 25 commercial banks was $201,502,177 Million (translated….$201.5 TRILLION).
"The most urgent matter for Treasury to address is the toxic derivatives market. The notional amount of outstanding derivatives, as noted by the Bank of International settlements, comes close to $512 trillion. This represents a figure that is impossible to settle and is the real Armageddon which Banks are preparing for by hoarding the cash that they have received through the T.A.R.P..Unless this time bomb is defused by bringing the undeclared positions on the table, the duration and gravity of this crisis can only increase."
Although AIG is struggling to survive and continuous to pay billions for key staff to hold off this time bomb, but I believe the crisis will soon emerge to the market as banks already start unloading their derivative position. I don't think many people seem to realize the risks involved with derivative, the danger of derivative collapse could be devastating!
AIG received as much as $180 billion bailout and suffering stunning $62 billion quarterly loss, and it still paying billions for it's staff, now it doesn't sound weird to you, does it?
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