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Are All Calories the Same?
There's a lot of confusing messaging when it comes to health, nutrition, and weight loss. Imagine my surprise when I read that several foods listed under the headline "30 Foods Never to Eat After Age 30" were also in a story called "10 Foods to Boost Libido." As a thirtysomething woman, I really wondered if the wellness industry was trying to tell me something.
(Whatever it is, you can tell it to my medicine cabinet full of antiaging skin-care products and my armoire of sex toys. Yes, I have a literal armoire. Who needs a list of libido boosters anyway?)
With all the conflicting information floating around the Internet, it's no wonder we have so much confusion about what we should eat, how much of it, and how to stay healthy—and why we're convinced that some foods are good, some are bad, and some you absolutely shouldn't eat.
The easy answer is that you shouldn't eat raw chicken, anything that you have a diagnosed allergy to, and any overpriced magical brew claiming it will "detox" you. Other than that, if you want to know how and what to eat for health, you can learn about the basics and figure out from there what works for you.
Let's start with a fundamental question: What is a calorie?
In the scientific sense, a calorie is the unit of energy needed to raise 1 gram of water 1 degree Celsius. When you think of calories, think of them like that: as energy. The stuff that keeps you going. Don't overfill your tank and flood the engine, but you're going to have a lot of problems trying to run on empty.
Calories come from three main macronutrients: protein, carbohydrates, and fats. Everything you eat is some combination of macronutrients (except maybe mushrooms…and whatever Gwyneth Paltrow lives on). They all have uses in the body in appropriate amounts, even cholesterol, which is a type of fat, and sugar, which is a carbohydrate. Each macronutrient can be used as an energy source, and technically each produces the same unit of energy per calorie. That being said…
It's a drastic oversimplification to say "a calorie is a calorie."
The macronutrients all have very different chemical structures and complex sets of jobs in your body. Let's take a look at each one.
At 4 calories per gram, we generally think of carbohydrates mainly as a source of energy, and that's pretty accurate. They've gotten a bad rep in the last few decades or so, but your brain lives on sugar. Remember eating Cocoa Pebbles before big exams? Fine, maybe that was just me, but it actually was based on sound science. If you're active, carbs are a great source of energy. The "problem" with carbs, which isn't actually a problem, but rather just a question of math, is that when you're not active, or you eat way more simple carbohydrates than your body can use for energy, it gets stored as fat. And the truth is, yeah, a lot of us eat a lot more carbs than our bodies need.
You also may have read recently that sugar is as addictive as cocaine, which sounds bad, but actually isn't the case. While the lure of sugar can be strong for some people, current science just doesn't seem to support that headline-friendly notion. Really, when was the last time someone sold their possessions for a cronut? A 2014 study from the University of Edinburgh found that people could show addiction-type patterns around eating, but that sugar and fat themselves did not promote addictive behavior. So enjoy carbohydrates in the right amount for your activity level.
Fat has multiple uses in the body. It's used in cell wall repair, hormone regulation, and storage of fat-soluble vitamins. An extreme lowfat diet can impede any one of these. The reason why fat gets a bad reputation is that it packs 9 calories per gram, and a lot of high-fat foods are not extremely nutrient-dense. You don't need to be scared of bacon (because bacon), but moderation is key when it comes to keeping your caloric intake from fatty foods in line with what your body needs for fuel.
And speaking of bacon, let's talk protein, that thing we're never quite sure if we're getting enough of but are strangely lured in by if we see the number of grams of it on a label. Protein is responsible for a lot of the little repairs your body needs done on a daily basis and, of course, building muscle. Like carbohydrates, protein has 4 calories per gram. But unlike carbs, a huge advantage of protein is that it's the best macronutrient for satiety, according to a meta-analysis from a 2016 study from Purdue University. A lot of people worry about getting enough protein, but all reports show that you're getting plenty of it just by eating a varied diet. Don't be dragged in by the labels that say "added protein" unless you're trying to grow biceps on your biceps.
Does your body turn sugar into fat?
Yes, but your body can also convert protein and fat into sugar. When needed, there are pathways for each calorie source to be converted to a usable form of fuel. Conversely, every calorie source can be converted and stored as fat if you have an excess of calories in your system. Busting a related myth, you do not "convert fat into muscle" when you lose weight. You can lose fat and gain muscle simultaneously giving the impression that this happens, but fat deposits cannot be converted directly into muscles.
What's considered a good source of calories?
It really depends on your caloric needs, but in general terms foods that we consider healthy tend to have a high ratio of micronutrients (i.e., vitamins and minerals) per calorie. Vegetables, lean meats, fruits, berries, whole grains, and lentils are all examples of foods that easily meet this criteria.
Some foods are calorically dense without providing a lot of micronutrients, and that doesn't make them bad or off-limits.
There's no morality with food or calories. The food simply is, and it's up to you to make intelligent choices with the food and your health… and once in a while, with your taste buds, because godammit, cronuts exist. Moderation, but get the veggies first!
Is it easier to maintain a healthy weight on certain foods or a certain diet?
A lot of that comes down to personal preference. Nobody is great at tracking calories—not even registered dietitians—because we all tend to incorrectly estimate our intake. So how do we manage this? Find what works for you. Long term, there's no advantage to a low-carb diet versus a lowfat diet for weight loss, because both work the same way: by inducing a caloric deficit. For every story like Supersize Me, there's a guy who loses 56 pounds eating nothing but McDonald's while meticulously counting calories. Every diet plan will work if you stick to it because, no matter what, diets work by inducing a caloric deficit. Truly, the best diet plan is one that you can stick to. (Not that sticking to a diet is an easy feat—it isn't, and dieting can be a complicated journey. But that's another story.)
It's not magic, it's just science.
Fruits and vegetables are mainly carbohydrate, fiber, and water. Lentils are protein and carbs. Meats are protein and fat. And processed foods, well, read the labels and find out. But there's nothing intrinsically wrong with any of them, not even candy. They're all just combinations of calories. If you want to enjoy something that's a dense source of calories, enjoy it. If you're trying to lose or maintain your weight, just keep track of it. And never let an online list tell you that there are calories—or anything—that you're too old to enjoy.
Yvette d'Entremont holds a B.S. in chemistry, B.A. in theatre, and a master's degree in forensic science with a concentration in biological criminalistics. She worked for eight years as an analytical chemist before her blog focused on debunking bad science, scibabe.com, turned into a full-time job in science communications. Follow her on Twitter and Facebook.
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Renewing Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Policy, Performance and Prospects
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Renewing Development in Sub-Saharan Africa reviews the debates and brings together specialist contributions, to provide a clear guide to the major complexities of African development. They lay the foundation for designing a range of individual country-specific policy-sets, in which the strategic components are prioritized according to each country's constraints and opportunities. The emphasis of the book is on the identification of effective strategies that will enable individual countries to most effectively exploit their growth opportunities and to meet poverty-reducing and other key equity objectives.

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Working Together With Wikis
- Working Together With Wikis
- Setting Up
- Using PmWiki
If your project team needs to develop a proposal together, or your school friends want to jointly create a reunion Web site, you don't need to purchase expensive collaboration software. Instead, you can create a wiki. Anyone who has spent time at Wikipedia ( http://en.wikipedia.org ) or other wikis (the name is derived from a Hawaiian word for "quick") knows them as sites where users can both add content, using any Web browser, and edit other people's content. Most wiki engines provide basic features such as creating and deleting pages, bullet lists, headings, emphasis, indentation, and horizontal lines. And you can find plenty of information on the Web about text formatting rules and wiki style and structure guides.
The basic idea is to make collaboration easy, which provides some obvious potential benefits, allowing you to:
get more people involved
see who contributed information
spend less time on e-mails and in meetings
keep information up-to-date
show and restore previous versions
There are numerous wiki implementations. Most of them are open-source and come with a variety of feature sets (some emphasize security, for example) and varying support for diverse programming languages (such as Java, PHP, PERL, and Smalltalk) and more. Two good sites to help you choose a wiki engine are http://c2.com/cgi-bin/wiki?ChoosingaWiki and Wikipedia (search on "wiki software"). We chose PmWiki for this article.
PmWiki, which was developed in PHP, is available for free at http://pmwiki.org , under the GNU General Public License. The software is quite easy to install and does not require a database. It provides the basic features needed to collaborate effectively, along with features to customize the system (such as skins, file upload, and security).


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Hi again from the train back to Barcelona.
Yeah! Xmas is over, and I'm heading back to reality. No so, actually, still some party remaining and some events to pass through, but at least, the proper Xmas family part is done, and we've managed to have a peaceful and funny one.
I had completely forgotten about the so called Xmas spirit long time ago. Family gathering is basically an obligation, especially when your family is a temperamental one, and arguments are floating in the atmosphere, waiting to occur. I love my family, but we're very different from each other, plus I'm too independent as to endure chaos for long time.
My visit was initially marked by Friday night. As soon as I left luggage, said hello and had a drink with my parents, I went straight to Gonzalo's, to pick him up and his girlfriend and go out. Chema and Juan were also waiting for me. We were all in party mood. And we did party!
Despite a considerable hangover on Saturday, I joined my soul bro for late brunch and spent the afternoon together, just to reach home before Christmas' Eve dinner. I wasn't really up for it, but as soon as I got in I noticed something different.
The main table included my nephew Eric's stuff, his special glass and a big mug, and the baby high chair for joining us. Believe me, I felt so cheerful!
So here comes a little man, 8 months old, dressed in a Santa Claus pajamas, smiling and laughing, and all the trouble, the mean manners, past tension and bad mood, vanished all of a sudden. And everybody was happy, the family seemed closer, and finally, after many years of weird Christmas' Eves, we got a pleasant and funny night. All gathered around little Eric, one of the cutest babies I've ever met. It was a blast!
Xmas spirit returns when there are kids around. It's then when all decoration, theatrical stuff, trees, carols…. Make sense again. Can't wait for the next year to come, when Eric will be almost two, and will be ready to enjoy this season to the max.
Thanks baby!


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Master the Art of Literature Review
Master the Art of Literature Review
A literature review is a critical evaluation of already written literature about an identified research topic. Literature review is mostly used as the first step to understanding the ideas, opinions and arguments in a particular area of study. Among the main sources of literature review are peer-reviewed journal articles, books, magazines, online articles, website content, and conference proceedings among others. It is advisable to select peer reviewed sources of your literature. This gives you and the reader an assurance of the reliability of the literature review. A literature review involves summarizing, describing, and critically evaluating all the different works. The literature review shows the reader that you have a good understanding of the research topic. It also gives assurance that the research area is not new in the research field. Therefore, it gives assurance of the research ability of the given issue or field.
When writing a literature review, it is important to avoid mere descriptions. The writer should not only focus on presenting summaries of facts or findings. A literature review is a critical discussion. It should provide insights about a given issue. Different theories and approaches should be consulted when writing the literature review. You should also understand how best to link the different literature. This allows you to develop concise argument.
Developing the Structure
The literature review structure is dependent on your research area. The structure should help in presenting and comparing opinions from different scholars about the given topic. The first step is to present what one author wrote. Then you move to identifying and presenting whoever supported that opinion. The structure should also include different arguments from those of the author. The literature review presentation should be linked to the identified purpose. You should select some key words to link the literature. Among the words used in linking the literature include additionally, also, and similarly. To present contrary arguments words like however, in contrast, nevertheless, and of a different opinion can be used. There is need to indicate any similarity or difference in arguments among the different authors. The final part of the structure should include a summary of the literature. This is the part where you link the literature to the main question or hypothesis.
The Literature Review
When you decide to write the literature review, you already have a question of hypothesis in place. This is what guides you in searching for the relevant information for the review. You could have a book or article list to direct you on where to source for information. The different areas of published works should of interest in the initial stages of writing the review. The research parameters should be set in order to know how much of information you need to look for. To decide the parameters of the research, the questions and objectives should guide you. You need to know exactly what you are looking for. Among the options to write in a literature review include theory, policy, or methodology. The choice is for the writer to know where to focus on in reviewing the literature. A clear line of argument should also be set when completing a literature review. There are three main sections of a literature review including:
- Introduction
- Main Body
- Conclusion
The first part of a literature review should be a short introduction. This is where the purposes of the review are identified. The introduction also has to include the main arguments presented in the main body. The sections that follow should be headed differently depending on the area of focus. Different subheadings are presented to uncover what previous research scholars have written about the topic. Quotations are good when used in a literature review. They present the facts and give the writer a line of argument.
Main Body
The main body of the literature review is where all the critical arguments sourced from other authors are presented. When writing the literature review ensure you use a formal academic style. Personal opinions should be avoided. Clear and concise arguments are necessary. You should also avoid emotive language when critically analyzing the work of other authors. Any limitations in other works should be presented objectively. Such words and phrases including "inconsistent" and "False assumptions" can be used to present limitations identified from other authors. It is advisable to avoid the term "says" when referring to what other authors have written. Words like "states" or "argues" can be used to present such information. Present tense should also be used when presenting the findings from other authors. For instance "John (2014) argues that", is a good way of critically presenting what was said in that particular article or book.
The final section of a literature review should include a conclusion. This is where all the arguments of the review are pieced together. You can select the opinions highlighted as most convincing to write a conclusion. The conclusion should also include identification of various gaps of knowledge. These are the areas in which you view as lacking from the critically analyzed literature. The conclusion should also present some information about how the literature contributes to the main topic of the research. Another major element of the conclusion is identifying or making suggestions on the need for future research.
Final Checklist
Once you have completed writing the literature review, there are a number of elements you should check. Among these elements include:
- Plagiarism
- Source selection
- Critical evaluation
Plagiarism is the worst enemy of a good literature review. Plagiarism has been used to refer to lack of originality in writing a literature review. It is also the use of other author's work, without acknowledging the source. It is, therefore, important to acknowledge the respective sources of information used in a literature review.
Source Selection
The sources used in writing a literature review should be reliable. The reliability aspect is evaluated through analyzing the content of the sources. When these sources are viewed s including information relevant to the topic, they are regarded as reliable. For sources, there are a number of questions that you should ask when selecting them. It is good to know whether the sources address the purposes of the review. The parameters of the literature review should also be covered by selecting adequate and reliable sources. You should also understand why some sources were preferred over others in completing the literature review. Some major issues such as the year of publication should also be well thought when evaluating the sources. Finally you should check on the bibliographic data to ensure that it is complete.
Critical Evaluation
In critical evaluation of the literature, there are also a number of questions that you should answer. It is good to evaluate whether the materials selected are organized based on the research issue. You also should understand whether the amount of sourced information is enough to answer the question. Critical evaluation should also consider whether the information is linked appropriately. It should look into how similar and different ideas have been presented in the literature review. The issue of how the literature was interpreted should be of importance. You need to understand whether the importance of the literature to the current study has been adequately discussed. You also need to understand and explain the implications of the reviewed literature to the future studies.


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Surly Ice Cream Truck
The Ice Cream Truck goes where most other bikes can't. Snow, rocks, mud, sand — you name it, and chances are, someone has ridden it on an Ice Cream Truck. Don't let that terrain-crawling ability fool you into thinking the Ice Cream Truck is slow and sluggish, though. A long top tube (best paired with a short stem) and short stays make it trail-approved and ready to rip. And with 4.8" tires on 100mm rims, "trail" is relative. Show a snowman who's boss, ride through a sand castle — all on the perfect get-away vehicle. Or you can stick to riding terrain that won't ruin a child's day.
It all starts with Surly's proprietary ED-coated 4130 CroMoly steel. ED coating provides a solid foundation for paint externally while adding a layer of corrosion protection internally. A 132mm-wide PressFit 41 bottom bracket allowed Surly to play with the stays a bit more and move them a little further out, creating a much stiffer rear end. The Ice Cream Truck comes with 197mm thru-axle chips and a 2x10 speed Shimano drivetrain. The SRAM Level T brakes offer exceptional modulation in all conditions and all temperatures. If you feel like swapping out the included suspension-corrected, straight blade fork, you'll have plenty of options thanks to the Ice Cream Truck's 44mm headtube.
In a world full of uncertainties, there's one thing you can count on: Ice Cream Truck will really take you places. At least when it comes to riding a bike — it can't do much to help you fix the rest of your life.
|Surly Ice Cream Truck, 100% Surly 4130 CroMoly steel. ED coated. Triple-butted main triangle. TIG-welded
|Surly Ice Cream Truck, 1-1/8" straight steerer with tapered straight blade, 4130 CroMoly.
|Cane Creek 40, ZS44/EC44
|Surly My Other Brother Darryl
|Surly Bud & Lou, 4.8", 120tpi
|Surly O.D.
|Bottom Bracket
|Surly Press Fit BB, PF 41/132 w/sleeve
|Microshift 11/36
|Front Derailleur
|Shimano Deore FD-M616D
|Rear Derailleur
|Shimano SLX RD-M675-D
|Rear Cogs
|Microshift 11/36
|Shimano Deore SL-M610
|Answer ProTaper
|Brake Levers
|SRAM Level T
|SRAM Level T
|WTB Volt
|Seat Post
|HL SP-218 2 bolt 30.9
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I'm off and running: 1st day bulk report.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 by John Stone
Filed under Daily Blog
My first day of bulking could not have gone better! I had to pay careful attention to the time all day yesterday because I'm still not adjusted to the new meal plan. Some of the food items (such as brown rice and sweet potatoes) require a fair amount of cooking time, and I have to be on my toes to make sure everything is ready on time. Thinking far enough ahead to make sure I have my proteins defrosted is another adjustment that takes a little extra care. In a few days the new diet will be second nature and won't seem like such big deal to keep up with.
While I'm on the subject of my bulking diet, I'd like to add that it's a good thing I enjoy the foods I'm eating so much. I really had to force myself to eat yesterday, and it would have been much more difficult if I didn't care for what I was eating. It's interesting to note that my caloric intake was just a little over 3,000 calories, and I was totally stuffed all day long, yet I was eating that many calories in popcorn and snacks in a single afternoon of watching movies without batting an eyelash. It's amazing how much "clean" food it takes to make up just 3,000 calories.
As for my workout, in a word: AWESOME! I made a small change, and decided to start this week off with the "intensity" workouts instead of the "core" strength workouts (Training splits & Principles, actual workouts). There are two reasons I decided to start with the "intensity" workouts: first, I've been training for strength recently, so shifting gears sounded like a good idea; second, I really felt like doing a high-intensity, brutal workout yesterday. With the switch from lower volume, heavy weight training to a very intense, higher rep workout, this morning my legs and glutes are, as expected, already quite sore.
This would have been a 3-day split week, but because I'm doing the "intensity" workouts it's a 4-day split. That means later today I'll be roasting my chest and triceps. I can't wait!


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Ray was presented with the John J. Humpal Award at a Black Tie Gala on April 12th in Chicago, IL. The Gala marked the conclusion of a year-long celebration of the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Simon Foundation for Continence in 1982. This event attracted an international audience of guests including participants from Japan, Australia, Denmark, New Zealand, Brazil, Canada, England, Sweden, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, and Israel along with individuals from throughout the USA.
The John J. Humpal Award is named in honor of the Simon Foundation for Continence's first chairman of its Governing Board. Professor Humpal was a University of Chicago business school professor of organizational development who, until his death in 1990, gave above and beyond to the cause of promoting continence.
"Tonight we honor another man who has for his entire career also given above and beyond to improve the lives of the estimated 200 million individuals worldwide who are affected by incontinence," stated Cheryl Gartley, President and Founder, while presenting the award. "Ray's entire career in this field exemplifies the essence of the John Humpal Award."
In his role as founder of LABORIE, Ray has supported numerous patient advocacy organizations throughout the world including the Canadian and the German Continence Foundations, as well as professional organizations including the European Association of Urology, the Canadian Urological Association, the Urology Care Foundation and the work being done on fistula repair in the developing world. His caring does not stop at urology. In Burlington, VT, US headquarters of LABORIE, Ray supplied the first "Dragon" boat to establish races for research to cure breast cancer.
In accepting the John J. Humpal Award Ray stated, "I am so proud to have received this unexpected award…I am also so excited about the Foundation's "Innovating for Continence: The Engineering Challenge" conference taking place here this week. I feel that we are getting closer to solutions, some permanent, for people with incontinence."
About the Simon Foundation for Continence
The Simon Foundation is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to providing assistance and support to those suffering from urinary incontinence and their families. In addition, the Foundation promotes public awareness, reviews relevant legislation, and encourages the medical profession's interest in this condition. The Foundation attempts to help the 33 million Americans who suffer from incontinence by organizing self-help groups and distributing up-to-date information.
About LABORIE
LABORIE (www.laborie.com), headquartered in Toronto, Canada, is a leading global developer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative medical technology and consumables used for the diagnosis and treatment of Urinary and Fecal Incontinence, as well as other pelvic floor disorders in the Urology, Gynecology, and Colorectal fields.
LABORIE Medical Technologies ("LABORIE") and Cogentix Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: CGNT) ("Cogentix") today announced the completion of the acquisition by LABORIE of Cogentix through LABORIE'S affiliate Camden Merger Sub, Inc. ("Merger Sub"), a wholly owned subsidiary of LM US Parent, Inc. ("Parent").
LABORIE Medical Technologies ("LABORIE") announced the successful completion of the tender offer by its affiliate Camden Merger Sub, Inc. ("Merger Sub"), a wholly owned subsidiary of LM US Parent, Inc. ("Parent") to purchase all outstanding shares of common stock of Cogentix Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ: CGNT) ("Cogentix")
LABORIE Medical Technologies, a leading global developer and manufacturer of medical diagnostics and devices in the pelvic health and gastroenterology market, today announces the execution of a definitive agreement to acquire Cogentix Medical Inc., (NASDAQ: CGNT)


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The technology will enable du to upgrade its existing GPON network to the next-generation with XGS-PON or TWDM-PON on a single fiber.
The rise in bandwidth is expected to help the telco improve customer experience for residential customers and launch new services for the highly demanding business customers.
"With the increased use of smart devices and bandwidth-hungry applications by our subscribers, the demand for an ultra-fast network also keeps increasing. Keeping our customers on the top of our mind, we pioneer by introducing market-leading technologies to them. Our successful test of Nokia's TWDM-PON is proof of this. We are confident that our cooperation will take the country's journey toward IoT and smart cities to the next level," said Jasim AlAwadi, Vice President - Network Infrastructure & Services, du.
"With its current strategy, du is very well positioned to evolve its network now and in the long term, and meet the customer needs of one of the leading broadband countries in the world. With this latest successful test, we reiterate our commitment to du in its endeavor to launch truly innovative services for its subscribers across the country," said Rima Manna, head of the du customer team at Nokia.
du is also the strategic partner of Smart Dubai for Smart Dubai platform.


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Simon B Cotter
Winner of "Canada's Comedian of the Year" award, Simon B. Cotter's comedic talents have been featured on the Comedy Network, an Evening at the Improv, and the "Just for Laughs" comedy festival. He's hosted his own comedy special on CBC and has had guest appearances on a number of shows including Open Mike with Mike Bullard, and CBC's Comics. His popularity with corporations and associations is due in part, to his rejection of going for the cheap laugh based on vulgarity, race, or gender. Instead, Cotter is a storyteller delighting audiences with his razor sharp wit and unique perception of life's day-to-day events, and many absurdities.


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U.S. Interests and the "Verdict of 1989"
George Weigel makes a ridiculous claim:
But the fecklessness involved in describing the sovereign and territorial integrity of Ukraine as a matter of interest only to Ukraine, Russia, and Europe is a virtual invitation to the Kremlin to, well, "Do what you gotta do."
What hawks call feckless is what most other people would call accurate. It's simply not true that Ukraine is a "vital American strategic interest." This is an example of how the phrase "vital national interests" is so often abused, as Paul Saunders pointed out late last week. The U.S. prefers that Ukraine be stable because of real American interests in Europe, and therefore opposes the violation of Ukraine's territory and sovereignty, but that doesn't make those things of vital importance to the United States. Moscow will in all likelihood do as it pleases anyway, and it is doubtful that a sterner warning with more references to America would make much of a difference. More important, because it isn't true that the U.S. has a "vital strategic interest" in Ukraine, claiming that it does would create an expectation that the U.S. is willing to respond much more aggressively than it will or should.
As for the "verdict of 1989" being threatened, Weigel makes another mistake. The Cold War ended because of the collapse of communism in eastern Europe and the dissolution of the USSR. Communism is not returning to any of these places, and nothing like the USSR is being reconstituted. Russia is wrong in what it has done in the last few days, but that still doesn't mean that it is reviving the USSR or anything like it. More to the point, if Moscow were trying to undo the "verdict of 1989," it has been doing so in a very clumsy and confused way. By seizing Ukrainian territory and risking armed conflict, it is actively driving Ukrainians away from it, so that in the future there will be even stronger opposition to being in Moscow's orbit than there already was. The "verdict of 1989" isn't in any danger of being overturned, and no one in the West should be panicking or acting as if it were.


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"I'd categorize Portfolio First Aid as a serious investment primer that has the laudable, if ambitious, goal of raising the sophistication level of the general public."
-Jonathan Chevreau, Financial Post
"Portfolio First Aid has the right pedigree as an advice tome on healthy investing. Covers the bases of portfolio balance, building wealth, investing for income and managing risk."
-The Edmonton Journal
The financial meltdown has taken a severe toll on the finances of Canadians, and on their confidence in financial and investment advisors. Canadians need help to learn how to diagnose what is the greatest threat to their long-term financial well-being and to follow a course of treatment to recovery.
Financial First Aid for Canadian Investors is for all the battered and bloodied investors whose portfolios are in tatters and who lack direction about what to do next. By examining the lessons to be learned from mistakes made in both good and bad markets, the authors address the common and recurring investment blunders they have witnessed over many years, and offer a clear prescription for how to repair wounded portfolios.
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Friday's Fancies20.1.12
Exciting news lovelies! Today I'm linking up with {long-distance loving} and participating in her Friday's Fancies post. This week, she asked us to re-create one of our favorite looks found on the web, so naturally I chose yet another Miranda Kerr outfit (surprise surprise).. you already know how much I adore her style!
Top: Reiss; Pants: Mango; Bag: Marc by Marc Jacobs; Shoes: Guiseppe Zanotti; Scarf: Eickhoff; Sunglasses: Chloe; Watch: Michael Kors


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Fujitsubo Manifold
Fujitsubo Cat Back Exhaust
AEM long ram induction
It may have cost you a bit but I bet she's worth it.
Yes, driving a lot better now and since I've added a cat back on it sounds a lot better as well.
Late facelift, always like facelift models on the ATR.
Had the ATR for around a year now and it's been really good, unfortunately its cost me a fair bit to sort all the issues out.
New clutch, new water pump, tensioners and cam chain.
Then recently it's just failed its MOT and its cost me £500 to get her back to roadworthy condition.
She's running fantastic now.


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Brand new member who appeared just after the owner of the BLOG niche changed his name and avatar and deleted the thread he started on the platform about the issues the community sees with his niche.
This new member (who if innocent, has my sincere apologies), bid immediately on the niche "Inside Blogging". Coincidence - maybe.
This new member's other inaugural action: to appeal one of my niches (Nonprofit). Coincidence - or someone's idea of petty revenge?
It is doubtful a brand new member who has literally just signed up, would even know that it is possible to appeal a niche, let alone how.
But now to the core issue here.
This new member has nominated himself to be a moderator on the Nonprofit niche. If elected, what are the odds his only aim is to sabotage it? Moderators would be in a good position to do that.
The plot - or should I say the Narrative - thickens.
An interesting lesson for the Tribunal members. While 6 out of 7 of them were busy being precious in their appeal towards a member who openly mocked the community's efforts to help him fix his niche, that same member probably had zero intention of fixing the niche description - instead, he's bidding up the price and will possibly purchase another niche with a better description for the same topic... while trolling the platform elsewhere...
I hope the Tribunal learns to take the attitudes of Narrators into account when they make decisions. Real tribunals do. A mocking, unrepentant and malicious person gets a heavier sentence than someone who simply made a mistake. Instead, our Tribunal ignored the evidence brought to them about this member, the platform allowed half that evidence to be deleted, and instead of punishing the perpetrator, the community members who appealed got whacked with a rep hit. That's a resounding fail on pretty much every front.
For all our intentions of building a platform that would not be gamed by bad actors - we seem to be falling VERY far short of the mark on our first real challenge. I hope this experience serves as a wake up call.
Otherwise I will have to agree with Denis Wallez in his recent post:
"There's no point in engaging/voting on narrative
Why did I even bother?"


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PLEASE NOTE: Since plants are often sourced from the garden to order, sizes do vary a little, depending on how they come out of the ground, but I always endeavour to give a little more rather than less! They are sometimes shipped bare-rooted, but will approximate the size specified (e.g. a 9cm pot).
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|Although a perennial, antirrhinums are usually treated as annuals. This variety has unusual, marbled flowers in a variety of colours - usually a mixture of yellows and reds. Snapdragons are a children's favourite! Since other antirrhinums are grown in the garden, I cannot absolutely guarantee that these seeds (or plants, when offered) will all breed true, but my own experience has been that all develop characteristic marbling or mottling to a greater or lesser degree.
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Jan 11, 2016
Freedom Partners Releases 2016 Obamacare Premium Increase Tracker
Post by Derek Yale
Arlington, VA — Freedom Partners today is releasing the 2016 Obamacare Premium Increase Tracker, a comprehensive data set of the health care premiums in all 50 states under Obamacare this year.
Supporters of the law sold the Affordable Care Act to the American people under the guise that it would make health care more affordable, but the reality is that prices are increasing and quality care is only getting further out of reach of those who need it most.
The increases in the data reflect the average premium increases in 2016 on the individual marketplace. Premiums rose in all but one state – Mississippi – and in most states, health insurance premiums are rising by double digits. Seventeen states will face premium increases of 20 percent or more.
Click Here To View 2016 Obamacare Premium Increase Tracker.
Freedom Partners Senior Policy Adviser Nathan Nascimento issued the following statement:
"'You can keep your plan' turned out not to be true, and it turns out that the 'Obamacare will make health care affordable' promise is no different. Our data are conclusive: The Affordable Care Act has driven up costs across the board, with people in 49 states seeing premium increases on the individual market this year. President Obama has chosen to look the other way, but the millions of Americans being crushed by the costs of Obamacare don't have the same luxury."


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The signs, both real and perceived, are all there. Chrysler, America's 4th largest auto maker is now so close to bankruptcy, there are people saying, "Why not just go ahead and file?" I can see why many feel that way, but it's not so simple.
If Chrysler parent Cerberus were to file, it runs the risk of triggering a whole host of events. Chapter 11 would put even more doubt in the mind of buyers and could significantly hurt sales and revenue flow. It's dealers, already wrestling with how to finance the cars on their lots would find borrowing even tougher as a creditors committee hashes out how to spend debtor in possession money. Suppliers, already demanding cash on delivery of parts, could withhold shipments all together. This could force the company to extend the idling of its plants event longer. You get the point.
So Chrysler and Cerberus limp along as they wait for word from President Bush about bridge financing. Rest assured, the White House knows exactly how much cash Chrysler (and GM and Ford as well) has and when the bank account is tapped to the limit. Even though Chrysler, its dealers, and suppliers all know that there will be some type of financing coming from Washington, it doesn't make the wait any easier.
Don't get me wrong, this is not a case of me throwing a pity party for Chrysler. It is what it is.
What's amazing is watching a company become weaker and weaker. At the Los Angeles Auto Show last month, the Chrysler stand was a dimly lit and uninspiring display. A glaringly obvious example Cerberus is not spending anything more than the bare minimum to keep Chrysler alive. As the biggest auto show of the season approaches in Detroit, people are wondering what Chrysler will show/do.


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I don't know about you, but I'm extremely picky about my fruit. I have a preferred way to eat each one. Apples have to be firm and crisp. Grapes can't be mushy. Peaches need to be in a half-ripened stage. And Bananas...well, they're the most complicated of all. I've found that there is about a "two-day" window, in which bananas are edible. When they are almost ripen...mostly yellow, but with still a tinge of green. Before that they are tasteless and leave a sticky film in your mouth. After that, well there's not much you can do, unless, you freeze them right away. If you miss that window there is only two options: Garbage or Banana Bread.
...And that leads us into how this post came about. My sister was coming over for breakfast because she had just gotten back from her honeymoon...and I was in desperate need of some sister time. I had planned to just make coffee or maybe some pancakes because we are not big breakfast eaters, but I saw two bananas on the counter on the brink of extinction and I decided to take pity on them. Thankfully, my brother had my cousin and his friend over so I would have more than enough mouths to finish off the loaf.
I looked around for the best banana bread I could find. I searched cookbooks, the Internet, etc. And I came upon this recipe that people were raving about. It even called for sour cream. Sold. Hook, line, and sinker. Flours Famous Banana Bread
The Method:
I followed the recipe just as it indicated. I debated for awhile on whether or not to include nuts, because I know that often causes issues. Personally, I like nuts if they are cooked in the bread. So I did a quick "allergy" check...no one? Good. :) The recipe only made one loaf. I'm used to the recipes I use making two loaves so I was a little sad. But then we didn't have days of leftover break getting stale and expanding our wastes so it worked out.
The Results:
The bread turned out really well. It was moist and delicious. I can't say that it's the best recipe out there, but it was a very good one just the same. My brother raved about it, and he's a professional banana bread connoisseur. So if you're looking for a new recipe or just something to save those pesky bananas then here you go!
...And there was enough to send home to my sister's husband!


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BBC Review
A short, sharp album of memorable tunes.
Lou Thomas 2008
Three decades after the height of disco's commercial success and New York is yet again at the centre of things, with Andrew Butler's production project, Hercules And Love Affair, bringing a distinctly retro flavour to the Big Apple's musical core.
Pleasingly, the disco here is the genuine article despite the years since the glamorous, but inevitably melancholy sound was brand new. It's certainly a relief that Butler and his three singing accomplices, Antony Hegarty of Antony And The Johnsons, Kim Ann Foxman and Nomi have evidently listened intently to First Choice and Loletta Holloway rather than the Bee Gees.
Diligence has been paid to keeping proceedings tightly-framed around the classic glitterball sound. It's true there are occasional modern production flourishes (such as the electronic feedback noise and gym-court trainer squeaks of Easy) which should be expected on an album co-produced by DFA man Tim Goldsworthy, partner of NYC uber-producer James Murphy.
But mostly HALA is a work of resolute honesty that is, at times, perhaps too good. Was it intentional that this attempt to make a classic disco record, where the speed of each track is slow by today's standards, is actually the perfect soundtrack to preparing to go out and the pre-club bar, rather than straight-up dancefloor fodder?
Intentions or otherwise, there's loads to admire here, from Antony's deep, soulful croon on Time Will to the slinky strings and fruity brass of Hercules Theme. In those two tunes alone, careful listeners will detect the influence of early Chicago house pioneer, Mr Fingers, and funk icon, Patrice Rushen.
So intoxicating is the languid soul sloshing out of the speakers that halfway through Athene - when yet an ascending bassline, Grace Jones boink and Giorgio Moroder riff snaps another synapse - stunned listeners will swear Andy Warhol just pushed past them in the Studio 54 queue.
It's quaint compared to Squarepusher, drum 'n' bass, the soiled funk-punk usually churned out by the likes of Goldsworthy or even the laughable Klaxons. Yet Butler and his pals have made a short, sharp album of memorable tunes that, because of its classic sound, will take far longer to date than most other dance albums released this year. Smart work all round.


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A DevOps team building analytics software for securities trading adopted distributed data technologies to increase speed and scale. When they ran into production issues, they weren't sure if they would hit their delivery timelines, putting their project at risk.
The team installed Vorstella collector agents on their clusters, allowing our algorithms to detect the root cause of their most pressing issues and is currently enabling the team to accelerate their migration to Cassandra with less risk.
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Although former Yellow Jackets head baseball coach Julio Jimenez�s mid-season resignation came as a shock, the man picked to replace him was as familiar as a broken-in glove.
Junior varsity coach Steve Carroll stepped to the plate at the end of March, and the young Yellow Jackets grew more and more competitive as the season progressed, taking highly-touted district powers like Aledo to the wire.
�You definitely saw the kids respond to the change,� Stephenville High School Athletic Director Chad Morris said. �I think it�s what�s in the best interest of our baseball program.�
The Yellow Jackets won two of their last three games, and finished 3-11 in District 8-4A.
�With (Carroll�s) guidance, we hope we can turn the corner,� Morris said.
Carroll had already coached many of last season�s varsity players, a fact that eased the change.
�I think the transition for the players was fairly smooth,� Carroll said. The majority knew his style and what to expect, an asset �in the middle of a huge change like that.�
�We weren�t getting surprised by anything new,� he said.
Looking back on the season, Carroll said he �felt very comfortable with where we were heading.�
The youthful Yellow Jackets �were encouraged by what they saw� after overcoming an initial learning curve and buying into Carroll�s preferred style of play.
�You�ve got to understand that you can do it,� he said, and nothing builds confidence like experience � gained both in games and in practices that simulate game situations.
Plus, �they believed in what we were doing,� Carroll said, referring to his �optimistic� style that is marked by playing hard, being aggressive and having fun.
�I just want my kids to be optimistic ballplayers,� Carroll said.
While giving out superlatives at a recent district coaches meeting, Carroll said he was amazed by how junior-heavy the district was this season. Many teams will return with seasoned talent, but the Yellow Jackets will stick to their formula of playing hard and seeing where the chips fall.
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July 9, 2013
"Be All Be Easy"
So long Rear House.
The A side of the new 7 inch record by Bushwicks own Woods. An amazing rerecording of one of the best tracks off Sun and Shade paying tribute to their old base of operations Rear House. A fitting send off to an old friend.
Listen to the original now.
Jasen Ribadenera
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Hi all,
Next month the sixth edition of Community Day 2012 will take place in Utopolis Mechelen, Belguim on Thursday 21st of June.
17 user groups are working together to bring you a full day of sessions for both the Developer and IT-Pro community!
6 paralles tracks, more than 40 sessions, already over 400 registrations and still counting!
This is a great opportunity to increase your knowledge and to network with your peers.
I will present a session talking about System Center 2012 and how it deals with challenges like Cloud, BYOD and Windows 8.
As Getronics is Gold Sponsor we will have booth where we will demonstrate some System Center Private Cloud concepts.
Don't miss it! Register your free spot now.
Click here to download the Outlook Calendar file (*.ics) to save the date in your agenda!
See you there!
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Thank you for visiting our website!
Here you will find information concerning our church and its ministries. We hope you find your time spent here a blessing. Our church is a warm and loving church, and we want you to feel comfortable and at liberty to call on us for anything you need. Feel free to browse through the various areas of our website and learn about our fellowship.
If you are considering a new place of worship or a relocation to our area, we would love to have you be our guest.
When you visit our church, you will find:
We are located at 8130 Lott Cary Rd, Providence Forge, VA 23140 in Charles City County. Please find a map and directions to our facilities on the right side of this page. We have no designated guest parking and only limited handicap parking spaces. Have no fear however, there are plenty of parking spaces, the majority in the rear of the church with overflow on the gravel across Samaria Ln.. All our entrances are wheelchair/walker accessible. From east to west our building has 3 major sections. The original sanctuary is closest to the intersection of Samaria Ln. and Lott Cary Rd.. The opposite end (to the west) is the refurbished school which we use for most of our Sunday School Classrooms. The center section of our building houses the Fellowship Hall, bathrooms and nursery. Bathrooms are along the hallway between the Fellowship Hall and Sunday School Classrooms. The nursery is down the hallway opposite the ladies restroom. Along the front of the building there are four entrances. The double doors on the original sanctuary. The glass doors under the carport serve serve as primary entrance to the Fellowship Hall and the double wooden doors near the middle of the building are closest to the bathrooms and serve as primary entrance during Sunday School times. For security reasons, you may find these middle doors and the ones further to the west locked before and after Sunday School times. In that case, please use the doors at the carport or directly into the original sanctuary. From the rear of the building there is only one entrance - a single door next to the wheelchair ramp. This puts you in a hallway between the original sanctuary and the Fellowship Hall. If no Greeter is there to direct, it is probably best to travel up that hallway, turn right at the corner and proceed to the vestibule (tile floor) just outside the Fellowship Hall entrance. Ask for directions from anyone you see. From the rear of the building there is also a sidewalk beside Samaria Ln. which will take you around to the front of the original sanctuary.
08:30 a.m. Refreshments before Sunday School/Bible Study
08:45 a.m. Sunday School (Bible Study for all ages)
10:00 a.m. Worship in the Fellowship Hall
06:45 p.m. Children's Bible Study in the Fellowship Hall
07:00 p.m. Youth Meeting in Youth S.S. Classroom
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Our Services
We are a high-energy group of Christians who worship together here on the Jersey Shore. We come together to worship God as a family and to thank Jesus Christ for coming into our lives, changing us from within, and truly giving us a second chance at life. Our Sunday services reflect our love for God as we are passionate about our music (Spirit's songs - thus the name SpiritSong) -- while contemporary in flair, we value the solidity and power of the standard hymns as well.
Pastor D delivers pertinent and challenging messages each week. She listens to God and seeks to help and direct us all in our every day lives, always encouraging us to keep our eyes on Jesus and to walk the way He would want us to walk.
Pastor D & the leadership team come to our services well prepared, but we are sensitive and flexible to allow the Holy Spirit free reign...He has permission to rearrange the service to fulfill His plan, not ours. In other words, just because it's written in the bulletin doesn't necessarily mean it's going to happen. At SpiritSong, we choose to yield to God's promptings and welcome Him into every aspect of our services.
We look forward to spending more time with you. Hope to see you at service! Click here for directions.


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Hilarion ~ The Great Awakening
By Marlene Swetlishoff, June 12-19, 2016
Beloved Ones,
The events in the world continue unabated. There is a greater intensity to all that is brought forth for the recognition of awareness from humanity. Everyone is prompted to connect to a higher level of understanding of themselves and the people around them, to discern what is truly of importance in one's life. There is still much that needs to fall away so that the shackles that have bound each individual to stay in lower density are lifted from them and no longer in effect. The Great Awakening of the Earth's inhabitants has begun in earnest.
Look to your neighbor and reconnect with them. People are seeking meaning in their life and it might be you who can serve as the catalyst that opens the understanding that they need in order to move forward. The Lightworkers of the planet are being uplifted to a higher level once again and this can be a difficult time as they process this higher frequency energy within their human operating systems. Know that you have the ability to rise to meet these energies with equilibrium and balance. Any expectations of how things should be must be let go. Be open to new adventures.
In truth, you are the host for your own Divine Essence which is coming more fully into your physical vehicle to integrate with you. Your intent to align and connect to this loving force may be very helpful in terms of becoming more of the potential that you hold within you. It is important to find the humor in situations that befall you, for it is laughter that helps one to lighten up and expand their awareness in all aspects of their reality. The choices that lie before you are virtually unlimited and it is up to you to use the new found freedom that has lain dormant within you.
As your body, mind and spirit are brought into alignment with the higher aspects of your being, there is a regeneration that takes place and you are enabled to move forward to the future that is ripe with potential. You are being given a new opportunity to expand and express your self in new ways of creative manifestation as you successfully navigate the many new doors that are being opened to you. Remember, you are the doer and so it is you who must reach beyond the present by taking the actions that are required in each moment.
When there is a balance of all energies within you, you become open to new realms of awareness and you follow more confidently your evolution and inner direction with faith and determination. All the pieces come together to create a new weft and warp in the golden strands of your life. The true magic of the spirit within is yours to manifest as you find the balance between the reality within and the outer world. Expect the unexpected and know that something new, unanticipated and exciting can happen to you. Look for the miracles occurring in your life, for there are many of them in store for you.
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LovePrunesAnet wrote:Jshank83 wrote:Now that we are nearing the next schedule extension (Feb 15) does anyone have any predictions. I am always curious to see what people predict vs what happens.
A few on here rooting for XNA
say XNA-HNL. probably have to wait behind LIT-XNA to start first, however. On the new A380 fleet.
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I have started this one, Madame Tussaud and it is marvelous. Highly recommended, even though I am only partway through. Whether or not it is accurate, I am not sure. But it is historical fiction, and so far is a very good read!
I cannot wait to read this, from Elena Maria Vidal, Trianon, A Novel of Royal France.
I started this, it is an etiquette book for modern young ladies. Since I am raising four girls, one of whom is a college graduate now....
And, for one of the biggest Austen fans on the planet (moi) here is one I cannot wait to read. I requested the librarian to purchase this. It is a JFIC/YA biography that is written to interest young, modern readers in Austen's work.
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I did something I rarely do, and read all three books in this series last week. They were very good! It is the story of a woman who is awarded $275 million in her divorce settlement. She believes that when you are given a lot much is expected from you. She seeks a way to make a positive impact on the world through her money, and boy does she find it. This is a heartwarming story of how one person can change the world, and how a community can come together for the greater good. If you want your heart lifted, try reading some Beverly Jenkins this week!
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This was a Kindle freebie, or I may never have read it. The Ex-Boyfriend's Handbook is quite funny, some parts had me laughing out loud, a bit sad, and a bit predictable, but it would be a fun book for the beach. It is unique because the story is told entirely from the male perspective. Women will be able to identify with the men in the story, they are all a bit sterotypical, but this is fun chick lit all the way.


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Originally posted: 2 November 2009
Probably the best place to start is by paraphrasing St Augustine: "Lord make me virtuous, but not yet". St Augustine was born in North Africa and lived for a time in Carthage. While his mother was a Catholic, his father was pagan, and he followed in his father's footsteps for much of his earlier life. Eventually he converted to Catholicism, and became one of the great leaders of the church.
XBRL is a business reporting language, and the first and primary application has always been the provision of financial statements by companies to users of financial and business information, be they investors, regulators, banks, etc. The provision of assurance over the financial statements, via the audit and audit report, represents the lifeblood of the accounting profession. Isn't it amazing then that the accounting industry did not raise howls of protest to the SEC's specific statement that XBRL versions of financial statement do not require assurance.
There seems to be two potential reasons for this:
1. The SEC has stopped believing in assurance, or
2. The accounting industry simply does not know how to provide assurance over XBRL.
The first is, well, silly.
Probably the best place to start is by paraphrasing St Augustine: "Lord make me virtuous, but not yet". St Augustine was born in North Africa and lived for a time in Carthage. While his mother was a Catholic, his father was pagan, and he followed in his father's footsteps for much of his earlier life. Eventually he converted to Catholicism, and became one of the great leaders of the church.
XBRL is a business reporting language, and the first and primary application has always been the provision of financial statements by companies to users of financial and business information, be they investors, regulators, banks, etc. The provision of assurance over the financial statements, via the audit and audit report, represents the lifeblood of the accounting profession. Isn't it amazing then that the accounting industry did not raise howls of protest to the SEC's specific statement that XBRL versions of financial statement do not require assurance.
There seems to be two potential reasons for this:
1. The SEC has stopped believing in assurance, or
2. The accounting industry simply does not know how to provide assurance over XBRL.
The first is, well, silly.
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The Assurance Working Group is included in the list of working groups on the XII website, complete with it charter and purpose. Lets listen in for a moment. ( or you read it yourself. scroll down to the Assurance WG.). I especially like the deliverables, and the dates of the meetings that the deliverables will (future tense) be prepared. Frankly, you have to wonder why they even bother any longer...
The objective of the Assurance Working Group (AWG) is to support the IAASB in the development of relevant standards and guidance for the audit profession surrounding the use of XBRL for company reporting. In working with the IAASB, the working group will support the standards development process through the collaborative development of the deliverables outlined below for use by the IAASB, the audit profession and other relevant capital market participants. The AWG works in close collaboration with the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) of IFAC.
The AWG will provide the following deliverables:
- A discussion paper for use by the IAASB at their meeting in Lima early March 2005 and/or by the Steering Committee of the IAASB at their meeting in Rome mid June 2005.
- A white paper reflecting risks and opportunities related to XBRL as well giving advice on how to move forward on this issue.
- Recommendations for the IAASB, which will make it possible for them to issue auditing standards.
Proactively inform the IAASB of relevant technical matters.
- Respond to technical matters referred to it by the IAASB.
- Recommendations for educational materials and delivery resources to enhance the awareness among the audit profession and the stakeholders regarding the assurance issues associated with the use of XBRL.
The good news: Now, in 2009, 4 years leter, the IAASB says they will look at XBRL. Progress!
The second is a little more problematic. After all, the accounting industry has been the primary champion for XBRL for a decade. You would think that with a 10 year head start, they would by now know how to do what is after all, their core competency. And you would think that XBRL International would have paid more attention to the issue. Frankly, XBRL International and the accounting industry have failed to cater for what is arguable one of the most important aspects of XBRL - assurance over the information provided in the XBRL format.
Of course this will now generate a number of e-mails (hopefully headed off by this comment) reminding people that the AICPA and the CAQ (Center for Audit Quality - of the AICPA) both recently published guidance on how accountants and auditors can provide assurance over XBRL. But in both cases, the assurance provided is based on Agreed Upon Procedures, and therefore is for internal use only - not much good for an investor. Why don't we move to AUPs for all assurance/audit. It would certainly save businesses globally a huge amount of money, and in most cases could actually be performed by internal resources. But my guess is that this would not satisfy regulators or investors.
Mind you, supporting #1 and #2 above, here is an extract from page 3 of the CAQ's submission to the SEC's proposed rule mandating XBRL:
"We fundamentally believe that independent assurance on XBRL documents would add value by increasing reliability and enhancing public confidence in financial reporting, as it does today. However, we also acknowledge that some, including the Commission and the SEC's Advisory Committee on Improvements to Financial Reporting (CIFiR), are concerned that the cost and time incurred to obtain such assurance might outweigh the benefits to preparers and users."
It almost makes you wonder if the same couldn't be said about the audit in general. Adds value, but concerned that the cost and time might outweigh the benefits.
But, lets return to the SEC for a moment. The SEC specifically exempted XBRL from assurance, and provided a two-year window of litigation relief. And this is for information that the SEC says will benefit investors. So if there another explanation? Maybe the SEC is losing faith with the accounting industries ability to define or deliver assurance, at least over the future of information for investors?
But there is a kicker - the SEC did also say that litigation relief is only provided if companies can demonstrate a "good faith effort" to ensure their XBRL is error-free. So what is a "good faith effort". Cleverly this allows the AICPA and accounting firms both the time to test their own XBRL assurance processes in private. It was interesting to sit in on one of the post first-wave webcasts, and the hear David Blaszkowsky of the SEC's OID say that he was pleased that companies in the first wave had demonstrated a "good faith effort". I can only surmise that companies are requesting and receiving assurance in the form of the Agreed Upon Procedures framework provided by the AICPA. But alas, as the AUP if for internal use only, we cannot know that.
Unfortunately this leaves the second tier and smaller accounting firms with no opportunity to test-drive assurance over XBRL, gives the markets no assurance that the XBRL is actually being audited, at the same allowing the accounting firms to generate some of the XBRL-based fees they have been so desperate to find.
This certainly will give the big accounting firms a benefit. Imagine being a large SEC registrant currently audited by a "second tier" firm (firms like Grant Thornton, Crowe Chizek, Eisner, Moss Adams, McGladrey, BDO, Baker Tilly (Virchow Krause), etc) and having to provide XBRL to the SEC, and to demonstrate a "good faith effort". You current second-tier firm has no experience providing assurance over XBRL, but the big-4 who are selling auditing services to you do have that experience. It is the classic FUD marketing play - Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. "Certainly your current accountants should be able to provide assurance - that so important "good faith effort", but we not sure what actual experience they have doing that. I sure hope they don't use you as the test case. Of course, we've been doing this for a year now, and have smooth and streamlined processed to ensure the costs are managed and minimized. Would you like to see a proposal?"
Finally, the true costs of XBRL implementation remain hidden.
|From: Dennis Santiago
So ultimately you're observing that the process as it is evolving creates a defacto four LLP oligarchy that places the other 2,000+ PCAOB registered public company accounting firms at a structural disadvantage vis-a-vis one of the lucrative sources of income in the auditing industry.
Sounds like someone needs to wake up at the SEC and the PCAOB. It's clearly not in the public interest to have yet another regulatory process captured by the industry being regulated, and certainly not by 4 out of 2,000+ of that business. I guess I'm still idealistic enough to believe that the outcome of major public benefit initiatives should be commoditized across the entire serving industry and not hyperconcentrated into a source for supernormal returns for a chosen few. It's important to remind the people who swore profusely that they were doing XBRL for altruistic reasons that the world hasn't forgotten those words and will hold them to that promise.
I really believe in computer architecture constructs like XBRL as helpful content capture and organizing mechanisms that can assist in improving transparency. But if all that's done here is to morph a minor variation of XML technology into a barrier to entry that undermines all the good it can bring. It will doom the process to a decade of scandal as 2,000 disenfranchised registered audit firms make their voices heard.
Solution? The SEC should mandate that XBRL assurance is not required, taking the franchise profits off the table, until at least 25% of PCAOB registered firms have achieved "good faith" capability.
Thanks for your continued efforts to keep the XBRL process on good foundations Dan.
From: Andrew Chilcott
The question of assurance goes further than the SEC filings. If the filer was to decide to publish the XBRL instance document on their investor relations web site and allow an RSS Feed, how would the recipient of that instance document be able to trust the contents.
XBRL sits on top of XML and can leverage other XML technologies like XML Signatures. In my opinion the instance document should be digitally signed by both the Company and the Auditor. We then get to the question of do we trust the certificate? Who is the Certification Authority? Shouldn't AICPA issue a root certificate that can be used to certify any particular firm of auditors that are it's members; and the SEC a root certificate that can be used to authenticate the companies that are obliged to report to it.
Pretty basic stuff
From: Jerry Trites
The Assurance Wroking Group did issue its White paper on November, 2006. It can be read at http://www.xbrl.org/
Members of the group did a presentation at the Istanbul conference that year and also made representations to the IAASB at about the same time.
From: Dennis Santiago
It should be noted that AICPA is an industry association, it's an NGO. They have no authority to regulate or certify. The root certificate for public company audit firms you speak of should properly come from the PCAOB.


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