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Actually a label inside describes the Cavalier as a "record reproducer" and not a "record player", the term I've always used for these machines. Still, why not call it a record reproducer after all it is a Roll Royce of a piece of kit.
The Cavalier came with a BSR SX5M installed which I have changed to a BSR SC11M fitted with a BSR ST16 stylus. The latter cartridge was purchased from Maplins who still carry NOS, however whilst boxed as BSR SC12H inside is a BSR SC11M. Whilst there must be an obvious difference apart from the slightly lower output the 11 performs well and according to a thread on the Vinyl Engine website is a better cartridge than the 12. The player had been restored prior to purchase with all the usual capacitors replaced. Sadly, as is so often the case the original plasic control knobs with their "chinese hat" tops have been replaced with moden knobs.


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The 2012 William Hill Greyhound Derby took place during April and May with the final being held on 26 May 2012 at Wimbledon Stadium.

Blonde Snapper trained by Mark Wallis won the final missing the trouble encountered by most of the field, he won after holding off a challenge from Farloe Ironman to take the £125,000 first prize. Defending champion Taylors Sky was well placed when being baulked.

Irish entry Razldazl Jayfkay trained by Dolores Ruth had broken the track record in the second round with a 28.08sec performance but suffered in a messy semi final race and was eliminated along with her other two leading runners Razldazl Rioga and Razldazl Bugatti.

Final result
At Wimbledon (over 480 metres):

Distances
1¾, 3½, short head, ½, 1 (lengths)
The distances between the greyhounds are in finishing order and shown in lengths. One length is equal to 0.08 of one second.

Quarter finals

Semi finals

See also
2012 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year

References

External links
Greyhound Board of Great Britain
Greyhound Data

Greyhound Derby
English Greyhound Derby
Grey
English Greyhound Derby
English Greyhound Derby

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Stephon Gilmore New England Patriots Contract Analysis
Total Value – 5 years, $65,000,000 – $13 million per year.
FOF Projection – 5 years, $68,750,000 – $13.75 million per year.
Stephon Gilmore Contract Length
Five years is fairly standard for NFL players signing long-term deals. Gilmore will be 31 at the end of this deal and should be able to get one more shorter-term, fair market deal if he continues his level of play.
Stephon Gilmore Contract Compensation
Gilmore wound up as the second highest-paid cornerback in this year's free agent class with A.J. Bouye netting $500,000 more per season from Jacksonville. The former did get a far more secure and player-friendly contract, however. His $13-million average makes him the sixth highest-paid cornerback in the league (excluding Trumaine Johnson's $16.7-million franchise tag).
Gilmore earns $42 million in the first three years of the deal, with a $23-million first-year cashflow. $2.5 million of his deal is tied to per-game roster bonuses for being on the active 46-man game day roster ($500,000 per season; $31,250 per game).
Stephon Gilmore Contract Guarantees
He definitely got one of, if not the, strongest contracts in free agency this year. With $40 million guaranteed and $31 million fully guaranteed, Gilmore is sure to see a large chunk of this deal regardless of how he performs.
The $40 million guaranteed and $31 million fully guaranteed are slightly different than they appear. His 2017 and 2018 base salaries are fully guaranteed while $9 million of his 2019 base is guaranteed for injury only at signing. If Gilmore is on the roster on the third day of the 2019 League Year, the $9-million injury guarantee becomes a $5-million full guarantee.
The dead money in Gilmore's contract keeps him really safe for three seasons and in a good place to get through four years, barring an extreme drop in level of play. It's the cap-hit-to-dead-money ratio that really highlight the security differences between Gilmore and Bouye's contracts. Gilmore's contract carries more dead money for a longer time, so the team eats a bigger accelerated cap charge and saves less cap space by releasing him.
The chart below has a rundown of the two contracts cap-hit-to-dead-money ratio:
Stephon Gilmore Cap Hits
His contract provides manageable annual cap hits for the Patriots. After an initial $8.6-million hit in year one, his yearly charge starts at $12.6 million and grows by a million each year before peaking at $15.6 million in 2021.
2019 is the first year the Patriots can save cap space by releasing Gilmore, but freeing up $2.8 million in cap—while eating a $10.8-million dead money charge and possibly paying out $5 million in cash—is cost prohibitive.
Stephon Gilmore Contract Summary
Although the FOF projection was a little less than a million dollars off, let's be honest: Stephon Gilmore got paid. So much so that Malcolm Butler isn't very happy about it and is meeting with the Saints at team headquarters. He can be acquired by a trade due to his first-round, restricted-free-agent tender. Gilmore and his team did a great job getting this deal done.
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"A property that requires a logging road, helicopter or boat access is where you'll find me."
Megan Centrone has had the privilege of calling Vancouver Island home since her childhood. As a young girl growing up in Port Hardy, she saw what rustic beauty the North Island has to offer. Since then she has enjoyed living in other Vancouver Island communities, including Shawnigan Lake and Campbell River.
She launched her real estate career a few years ago after making the difficult decision to leave the comforts of a job she had occupied for several years and set off on a path that she was confident would lead to a better life for her kids.
"I know how to read people and make genuine connections," she says. "My drive is unmatched, my clients trust me, and their satisfaction is my number one priority."
Consistently the top producer in her brokerage, Megan has received sales achievement awards from the Vancouver Island Real Estate Board, and her community has voted her as a finalist and one of the Top 3 Realtors in Campbell River in the local Readers Choice Awards. Now specializing in waterfront properties, islands and remote real estate, she has worked on Texada, Mudge, Sonora, Busby, Pearse, Quadra, Cortez, Malcolm and Quatsino Islands, to name just a few.
"I really prefer a unique, remote property with personality and grit, compared to something that's cookie cutter. I grew up in a small community and am comfortable navigating myself and my clients to these hidden gems."
Outside of real estate, she places a priority on supporting young moms or young women without support, and kids who may not have a strong role model in their life.
"I was a young mom and single parent and can relate to their challenges. I want to be there for these women and hopefully, I can inspire them to dream big and let them know everything will be ok."
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Breath is life. It's what keeps us energized throughout our day and stabilizes us when we're under pressure. Breath and oxygen are the mechanisms that power our muscles to do another rep in the gym and gives our bodies the strength to spend hours in VR. It's also the system that can set us back with low energy, anxiety, and weakened muscles if we're not getting enough of it.
WiseMind by Realiteer is a Vive, Oculus, Android, and iOS compatible meditation app that will nourish the heart and mind. The app has breathing exercises and has some really fun, cathartic, and music-driven Tai-Chi and rock stacking activities. Its YouTube feature allows users to search and add music videos like Marconi Union's Weightless (the #1 most relaxing song of all time, according to science) or any other songs for specific exercises.
We know that meditation is so good for our minds and bodies that it can help reduce stress and anxiety, builds up immunity, helps us cope with depression, and will even protect our muscles. Muscle Hack studied research on the effects of meditation and reported that it lowered cortisol levels and boosted growth hormones that help with muscle gain. Great news for bodybuilders and people who are working on their fitness.
Before sitting down to go into WiseMind I thought that I'd jump into an active game like Beat Saber to get my exercise in for the day, but also to heighten my energy state. I really wanted to know if it would calm me down, as I'm super hyped up after a workout. I spent 30 minutes playing Beat Saber and then immediately went into the meditation app.
To access WiseMind, I had to make an account with a username and password. I thought I'd be able to just jump in and start using it, which was a minor hiccup for the app because I really wanted to get into it without having to remember another password. If you're like me you've probably got dozens. Aside from that, the setup is straightforward.
Once you've made it to the menu screen there'll be 5 different options to jump into. There's an Intro to Mindfulness that's 2 minutes long (sitting or standing), there's a Tai-Chi Challenge that's 5 to 10 minutes (standing), a Balancing Freestyle (endless) to stack rocks peacefully, a Balancing Challenge with stages that go for 5 minutes (standing), and a Breathing exercise that lasts 5 to 30 minutes (sitting and standing).
An interesting thing to note about WiseMind is that there's a point system and a level system. Initially, I thought to myself: Why would I need to keep score for meditation or Tai-Chi? It's not a race, in fact, it's the opposite of competition. Then I tried the exercises and went: Ohhh that's why. Like other score systems for VR, it keeps us coming back for more, which I totally did.
I give WiseMind a relaxation score of 10 out of 10 for doing an amazing job at lowering my body's energy after a workout. My mind wasn't racing, thinking about work or life, and I actually teared up a bit during the rock Balancing Freestyle activity. Must have been that music video I put on in the background by IZ called "Over the Rainbow". IZ was a guy could hit a powerfully emotional chord with just his voice and a ukelele (R.I.P.). Try the music video customization out, it's so cathartic with the right music.
When I went into the Breathing exercise there were options for me to pick casual breathing like how I'd do naturally or longer breathing patterns. I picked the longer breathing pattern, which helps with sending the body into a relaxation state and then began the exercise. You can see the simulated breath it has which is cool and there are options like being on a mountain, at a lake, in the Arctic, or in Hawaii. I picked to be on top of a mountaintop overlooking a canyon.
The experience walked me step-by-step on how to breathe mindfully and talked me through a body relaxation technique. It lasted for 2 minutes but I felt like it could have been longer and more drawn out focusing on each part of the body instead of kind of rushing through it. When you exit any exercise, even if you exit before it's over, you still get points.
The Tai-Chi Challenge did the next best job at distracting me even with a timer because I put on an upbeat music video in the background and had a fun time swaying through the black and white orb trails with my hands/controllers. I got some long connection streaks in and played it a few times with different music videos. I totally see how my body got carried away by Tai-Chi and made for a great cool down post-VR workout.
All the other exercises, for me, were effective for soothing my body and mind, but the timers kind of drew me a little out of it. The Intro to Mindfulness and the Breathing exercises distracted me the most, which was unexpected.
WiseMind is a meditation and mindfulness, Tai-Chi, and rock stacking app that is worth revisiting any time you need to decompress or cool down after a long day or workout. The level up system is inspiring in itself. How can a level up system be inspiring? With every level you move up, a screen with earned inspirational quotes or sayings will appear.
My favorite: "When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. — Lao Tzu".
Tense muscles and a negative or chatty headspace can really impact our bodies for the worse. Bad days can throw us off our game and can sometimes prevent us from exercising and interacting with family, friends, and society in a positive way. WiseMind is a VR app that will set every one of us on a better mental path than we came in with and will loosen tightened muscles with the flow of Tai-Chi movement. That, to me, is where true mental and physical fitness begins.
WiseMind is a single player experience, but has already had a major effect in treating "hundreds of patients with chronic pain and is developing more treatments for autism, ADHD, Alzheimer's, eating disorders, general anxiety, and depression" with Embodiment Therapy, according to a statement by Fangwei Lee, founder, and CEO of Realiteer, in a 2017 article from Forbes.
The YouTube integration allows music, meditation, white noise, or whatever you want to be played in the background of select exercises.
Stacking rocks is more fun and mentally challenging than I thought it'd be.
If you're looking to release body tension, anxiety, sadness, or even express joy and excitement in life, WiseMind is the app to do just that.
Having to create a username and password for an app I got on Steam was a minor annoyance.
The guided talking during mindfulness training was distracting and could have lasted longer if the guide focused on progressively relaxing the left and right side equally instead of rushing through it.
To advance on to the next rock stacking level, am I to reach the height of the beam that's there? More information about this is needed.
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Alberto Cicchetti (Buenos Aires, 1931-1995) fue un pintor y escultor argentino. Estudió en las escuelas nacionales de Bellas Artes Manuel Belgrano y Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes de la Nación Ernesto de la Cárcova con los maestros Adolfo de Ferrari y Carlos de la Cárcova.  Ejerció la docencia en MEEBA (Mutualidad de Estudiantes y Egresados de Bellas Artes) y en sus talleres de las localidades de San Isidro, Vicente López, y la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Se desempeñó también como artista y docente en los Estados Unidos, Perú, Bolivia y Brasil en diversas oportunidades. Expuso sus pinturas y esculturas a partir de 1957 en salones nacionales y provinciales. Obtuvo varios premios y representó a la Argentina en la Primera Exposición Bienal de París de Artistas Jóvenes en 1959. En el año 1965 fue seleccionado para el premio Alberto Lagos de la Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes.  Sus obras figuran en colecciones privadas, iglesias, y museos provinciales de la Argentina.

Pintura y escultura

Pueden hallarse en su arte influencias de movimientos de la vanguardia europea del siglo XX, como el fauvismo, el expresionismo y el cubismo. Por su pintura, ha sido llamado un "expresionista de paleta fauve" (Córdoba Iturburu) dados sus intensos y arbitrarios colores con los que transmite emociones vívidas. Algunos de sus cuadros muestran una "síntesis caleidoscópica de lenguaje cubista, fauve, y expresionista simbólico" lo cual indica la posibilidad de que en su pintura se vean unificadas unas cuantas conquistas de la pintura de nuestro siglo." (H.A. Parpagnoli)

Un elemento notable en sus pinturas es la visible presencia de su formación como escultor, la cual imprime en sus representaciones una marcada rigidez o estatismo proveniente de su admiración por la imaginería románica. Se ha dicho que como colorista, es un escultor pintando a lo salvaje y como dibujante es un modelador de cuerpos globulosos y simples, no como los concebiría un primitivo, sino como lo redescubre un civilizado harto de refinamientos y sutilezas.

Su dibujo es preciso, con sobrias y equilibradas composiciones, realizadas siempre con pocos y sumarios elementos. Sus figuras son "misteriosas, alucinantes, de grandes ojos melancólicos, que hablan de una preocupación mística". Su técnica contrapuesta y recortada a menudo recuerda a la de los vitrales eclesiásticos (Manuel Mujica Lainez).

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I love this topic, Ann. I intermittent fast and wait to eat my first meal until my body says it's time, which ranges from 11 am to 4 pm, usually on the later end. I have two friends with masters in nutrition and they both subscribe to the small meals. But here's the thing, one of them bikes everywhere round, so she needs to eat before her 20+ mile commute to work and her 20+ mile ride home. She also competes year round, so not your typical American. The other one has a very type A, perfectionist, control freak personality and confesses that if she restricted her feeding window, that could get very dangerous very quickly. Like with everything, we're all different. It takes time to learn to listen to your body. But generally speaking, I think you're right on. Just say no to snacking!
Absolutely Holly!! We are each unique – we have different lifestyles and needs. Small meals or 3 meals or intermittent fasting – bottom line is you have to listen to your body and do what works best for you!


A natural follow on to the recently completed FW 190 A8 is the D9, also from Eduard.
I happened to have Eduard's detail set, and a set of Kommandeur decals with an interesting colour scheme. All I needed was an appropriate kit. Then Eduard issued their D9 with perfect timing.
I posted recently on my Red 19 build, and this is essentially the same thing. This kit offers the open gun cowling and wing root guns. The engine is not included in this kit, but otherwise the overall build-up is the same.
There was an anomaly. On assembling the fuselage, the parts seemed banana-shaped, with one side looking longer than the other. To overcome this potential disaster, I attached the rear fuselage first, allowing twelve hours drying time. The forward half could then be secured relatively easily. Thus is the banana eliminated.
If you've built a few of these before and know where the pitfalls lie in advance, it helps. It's well worth a few scares for the results.
good job well done .
Amazing! I like the outlining of the camos, it really stands out.
Phil, I know you're busy and all, but if you have time could you take a look at my blog. I listed as one or your followers. I've only been modelling a little over a year and I don't have the weathering thing down. If you can't then that's ok, it took a lot of nerve to ask you.
Thanks for your comment, and please feel free to chat - it's great to make contact with other modellers. I had a look at your blog, and I thought your Stuka and SM79 look great. The fine camo scheme is very striking. There are some things that can help to make weathering look more authentic: with the 'Nick', try spraying the pale colour first, then roll Blu-Tac into thin sausages and drape them on the model. Now you can add the green. When it's dry, fade each panel with a grey-green, whatever you feel is appropriate. The you can remove the But-Tac. Glaze the plane again, and add a wash or whatever your procedure is from this point. I hope these suggestions are helpful - for a relatively new modeller you seem to be doing just fine.


And consider [that] the patience of the Lord means [further opportunities for] salvation, [just] as our dearly loved brother Paul also wrote to you, using the wisdom given to him by God.
And regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you.
And reckon the long-suffering of our Lord, to be for salvation; as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given to him, has written to you.
Regard our Lord's longsuffering as salvation; even as our dear brother Paul also wrote to you, according to the wisdom given to him.
Regard our Lord's forbearance as your one hope of Salvation. This is what our dear Brother Paul wrote to you, with the wisdom that God gave him.
14 Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless, 15 and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, 16 as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.


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These 1.5" figures might be vertically challenged, but don't overlook them! They have short tempers. The Dragon Stars Nano Series is comprised of miniaturized but highly-detailed figures from Dragon Ball Super.
Each figure comes with its own display rod and stand so you can pose them against one another, or have them face you...if you're into that. Combine with the Diorama Set to re-create an iconic battle scene from the Dragon Ball series.


Casinos Austria International (CAI) once again reported a clear improvement in earnings for the first six months of 2017. As the Half-Year Financial Statement shows, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Casinos Austria AG reported an operating profit of 5.07 million euros. Adjusted for extraordinary one-off effects*, the comparable figure for 2016 lay at 3.7 million euros, thus indicating an increase of 34 percent. A big step forward was also achieved in the group result: following an (adjusted) net income of minus 1.17 million euros for the first six months of 2016, the net income for the same period in 2017 shows a plus of 1.28 million. Revenues at the group's 33 operations (32 casinos, including 6 casinos on luxury cruise liners, as well as 1 video lottery subsidiary) for the reporting period – 62.02 million euros – remained at approximately the same level as 2016 (65.13 million euros).
The positive effect can be attributed to improvements in results in Germany, which were up by 1.51 million euros, as well as in Belgium and Canada with a rise of 0.65 million euros each.
On 10 July 2017, a corporate bond issued in 2010 with a nominal value of 121.3 million euros matured. The bond was repaid by an internal loan from the group and five million euros from the CAI Group's cashflow.
*Following the renewal of the license for the very profitable Casino Sopron, CAI took on a partner for the operation at the beginning of 2016, which led to a revaluation income of 15.2 million euros. When the operating profit of 18.9 million euros reported for the first six months of 2016 is reduced by this amount, this results in a representative comparable value of 3.7 million euros. The marginal minus in revenues can also be primarily attributed to the subsequent deconsolidation.
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EVERYTHING has been suggested to solve the daily traffic madness on EDSA (Epifanio delos Santos Ave.) that has become an acid test of the Aquino administration's competence. Let us refocus on a few items that might help.
Back to the Four Essential E's of traffic management – Engineering, Education, Enforcement and E-control – it cannot be overstated that unless all four elements are smoothly integrated, easing EDSA's solid state traffic is impossible.
And since the Metro Manila Development Authority has been left on auto-pilot while chair Francis Tolentino crisscrosses the country campaigning for a Senate seat, we will zero in on a few measures that may help relieve the tight situation.
First, the challenge of squeezing through limited road space the growing number of motor vehicles on the road.
The government can try creating more navigable space this way: During rush hours (6:30 – 9 a.m. and 4:30 – 7 p.m.), selected thoroughfares feeding/emptying EDSA should be strict no-parking-tow-away zones.
These auxiliary streets absorbing rush-hour traffic have been identified. There should be absolutely no parking along these roads. Any vehicle that stops more than three minutes on these routes should be quickly towed away, no questions asked.
The MMDA, the traffic police and the Land Transportation Office should show no mercy. Before the tow-away period, motorcycle cops, wreckers and other equipment with flashers blinking menacingly should make their presence felt.
On EDSA and designated thoroughfares, towing away of stalled vehicles during rush hours must be quick and done by the wrecker first on the scene. If a driver pleads to be allowed to wait for his special towing service (AAP, for instance), sorry.
Any private vehicle with at least three riders (including the driver) should be exempted from the number-coding rule. This will encourage ride-sharing to maximize use of vehicles and save fuel.
Vehicles with heavy tinting, including those with red (government) plates, may be flagged down by traffic officers for a quick, courteous checking of how many people are on board.
Enforcement agencies must field only well-trained personnel in proper uniform and equipped with the skill of talking to people without being offensive.
This is not a new idea. Many cities in the civilized world have allowed the use of restricted fast lanes by vehicles with more than two passengers. Since we have no fast lanes in Metro Manila we can apply it to the number-coding rule.
No swerving rules and vehicle-type separation ("kanya-kanyang" lane) must be enforced strictly to maximize efficient use of the limited road space. Officers must be firm but courteous, while motorists must cooperate.
Even high officials and VIPs must obey no-swerving rules. Traffic officers who issue a violation ticket to an official or his driver will be given a P1,000 reward.
This will be preceded by a reasonable period of preparing and educating all motorists, MV owners, enforcers and the public on what is about to happen. Since patrol cars occupy too much space, enforcers must ride marked motorcycles.
MANY traffic jams at intersections are caused by motorists caught by the red light while in the yellow box. Big money has been spent for painting those yellow boxes but we just ignore them.
It is ironic that some traffic officers themselves abet this bad habit by waving vehicles to proceed even when the light is about to turn red without space on the other side. Or they make vehicles move beyond the limit line and straddle the pedestrian lane while waiting for the green light.
They do not seem to understand or appreciate the reasons behind the solid limit line drawn across the road just before the striped pedestrian lane.
We write these traffic notes at the risk of foreign readers being amused that motorists, pedestrians and even traffic officers in the nation's capital do not know the basic rules.
WE ARE forced to drop our subject today (the surveys on presidential wannabes) after seeing MMDA boss Tolentino and transportation officials engrossed with other matters.
• The Liberal Party presidential candidate will likely be Mar Roxas. Carried by the massive administration machine and money, he will win in 2016, if Grace Poe will be disqualified on citizenship or residency grounds.
• But if Poe is allowed to run she will be a sure winner – if she can commandeer a national political machine ready to carry her and provided she will not be finicky with contributors ready to bet big on her.
• Jojo Binay will find it extremely difficult to recover lost ground eroded by corruption issues. His chances of winning the presidency have dimmed.
• Rody Duterte is an interesting alternative, especially for that segment of the weary population looking for a firm hand to whip the country into line. But there are no indications that he can repackage his image from a local commando chief into a national leader of substance.


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Margin Backtesting
Christophe Hurlin
(LEO - Laboratoire d'économie d'Orleans - UO - Université d'Orléans - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
Christophe Pérignon
(GREGH - Groupement de Recherche et d'Etudes en Gestion à HEC - HEC Paris - Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
Christophe Perignon
This paper presents a validation framework for collateral requirements or margins on a derivatives exchange. It can be used by investors, risk managers, and regulators to check the accuracy of a margining system. The statistical tests presented in this study are based either on the number, frequency, magnitude, or timing of margin exceedances, which are defined as situations in which the trading loss of a market participant exceeds his or her margin. We also propose an original way to validate globally the margining system by aggregating individual backtesting statistics obtained for each market participant.
Christophe Hurlin & Christophe Pérignon, 2012. "Margin Backtesting," Working Papers halshs-00746274, HAL.
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Collateral Requirements; Futures Markets; Tail Risk; Derivatives Clearing;
NEP-FMK-2012-11-11 (Financial Markets)
NEP-RMG-2012-11-11 (Risk Management)
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Yikes. Ran out of time to get the 5QF Sneak Peek up, had to get to watch a school play, fold clothes, make lunch, wash laundry, fold laundry, get to work...sheesh, what a day!!
Anyway, I'll post this as soon as I finish, so any of you late nighters/early risers have a chance to get your posts up!
Today is my baby bro's birthday...in a couple of months, he will be moving out of state to attend dental school for three years. THREE YEARS!!!! Crazy.
Welcome to Five Question Friday!! You've come to the right place if you discovered your muses are just dang busy.
1. Do you have a doppelgänger?
2. Do you keep your car cleaned up?
3. What is a current fashion that drives you crazy.
4. How often do you go grocery shopping?
5. What has been the best surprise of your life?
My dad just informed me that yes, I do, and she lives in the next big town over.
He said he was at the (dentist? mechanic? salon? I can't remember) and there was someone there that looked just like me and had my same mannerisms, right down to the eye rub that I never knew I did!
Crazy. I always wonder if people "recognize" their own doppelganger? You know, say I saw that some woman as my dad did, would I think "OMG! She looks like me?!" or do you not recognize your own features in someone else?
My baby girl has been doppelganged (can I verb that?) as a mini Reese Witherspoon. I've had so many people tell me that and then a barista at Caribou stopped in her tracks the other day and was all, "Oh my gosh. You are a tiny Reese Witherspoon!"...cracked me up! I've never had random strangers tell me that!
I feel like I'm always responsible for bringing so much stuff in (purse, keys, mail, coffee cup, kids) that I don't have enough arm space to clean up the crap.
And my kids aren't good about it either. I don't really so much care, unless I'm driving someone around, then I try to get it cleaned up...and go get my oil changed at WalMart, cuz they give you a complimetary vacuum! Boom.
Ugh. So many. Skinny jeans, flowy shirts, hats...and only because I can't pull them off.
I love them on other people, but they just don't work on me!
Also, skinny jeans on men. Gross.
I used to try to do one big grocery trip a month, then I had a whole slew of kids and grocery shopping with them became so much of a chore that I just avoided it and began just running in for "one or two things for supper" here and there when my oldest kids got old enough to hang out in the vehicle with the younger ones.
I know, Mother of the Year. But the oldest was old enough to baby sit, so I figure, really, he was just babysitting, in the car.
I am going to say my oldest and youngest child. They were the biggest surprises of my life...my youngest seeming almost more so, sometimes...and I am so overwhelmed with joy that it sometimes makes me a little teary.
As many of you probably know, I really struggled when I found out I was pregnant with my baby girl. I was overwhelmed and tired and stressed and I just didn't think I could do it again.
And then? Well, then she turned out to be the perfect finale for our family. The icing on the cake. The most amazingly wonderful, spunky, stubborn, grumpy little love bug that I never knew I needed.
I thank God that he knew better than I did about what I REALLY needed.
Excuse me now, I need to go snuggle my baby.
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She DOES look like a mini Reese! Adorable.
And good call on the skinny jeans for men. Gross.
Are you considering stalking your dopelganger?? I would be sooo tempted to see what others think I look like!
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Hillary echoes Obama's strategy of taking credit for the positive changes in Iraq – PLUS: More racially charged allegations
ST January 14, 2008 Clueless Wonders, Democrat Racial Hypocrisy, Election '08, Elections, President Obama, Race Issues, The Clintons
First, Barack Obama absurdly claimed in a New Hampshire debate earlier this month that the reason we are seeing much less violence in Iraq is because Iraqis were spurred into action after Democrat threats post-election 2006 to pull troops out of Iraq.
Now, a little over a week later, Hillary Clinton, on Meet The Press yesterday, essentially said the same thing (h/t: Gateway Pundit):
MR. RUSSERT: If General Petraeus says, "Senator, in September you called the surge the suspension of belief. It has worked, and you know it's worked"–let me finish–"you can see on the ground. I'm saying to you, Senator, or president-elect Clinton, don't destroy Iraq. It's working, the surge is working. Keep troops there just a few more months to get this reconciliation complete."
SEN. CLINTON: …The point of the surge was to quickly move the Iraqi government and Iraqi people. That is only now beginning to happen, and I believe in large measure because the Iraqi government, they watch us, they listen to us. I know very well that they follow everything that I say. And my commitment to begin withdrawing our troops in January of 2009 is a big factor, as it is with Senator Obama, Senator Edwards, those of us on the Democratic side. It is a big factor in pushing the Iraqi government to finally do what they should have been doing all along.
Unfreakingbelievable.
Remember Hillary's quote from September about Petraeus and the surge?:
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008, opened her questioning of Petraeus and Crocker with the standard "I honor you for your service." And then she let the two of them have it.
"You have been made the de facto spokesmen for what many of us believe to be a failed policy" in Iraq, Clinton said. "Despite what I view is your rather extraordinary efforts in your testimony both yesterday and today, I think that the reports that you provide to us really require a willing suspension of disbelief."
Today, what requires a willing suspension of disbelief is the Democrats' taking credit for progress in Iraq when they know damn well it didn't happen immediately after the 2006 elections as a result of their "warnings" to Iraq about a troop pull-out. It happened after Bush implemented Petraeus' surge strategy, a strategy that top Democrats like Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama opposed.
In related news on the Obama/Clinton wars, things are getting really ugly, as talk of the memo the Obama camp is circulating about the alleged "racist remarks" coming from the Hillary campaign is catching fire in the blogosphere. Watching it all go down, where Democrats are using gutter tactics on each other that they normally reserve for Republicans, has been somewhat amusing.
On top of the Obama memo making waves, a prominent Hillary supporter Bob Johnson – a billionaire and founder of the Black Entertainment Network, who is now owner of the Charlotte Bobcats – had this to say about Obama this weekend in South Carolina while campaigning for Hillary:
At a rally here for Mrs. Clinton at Columbia College, Mr. Johnson was defending recent comments that Mrs. Clinton made regarding Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. She did not mean to take any credit away from him, Mr. Johnson said, when she said that it took President Johnson to sign the civil rights legislation he fought for.
Dr. King had led a "moral crusade" Mr. Johnson said, but such crusades have to be "written into law."
"That is the way the legislative process works in this nation and that takes political leadership" he said. "That's all Hillary was saying."
He then added: "And to me, as an African-American, I am frankly insulted that the Obama campaign would imply that we are so stupid that we would think Hillary and Bill Clinton, who have been deeply and emotionally involved in black issues since Barack Obama was doing something in the neighborhood – and I won't say what he was doing, but he said it in the book – when they have been involved."
Moments later, he added: "That kind of campaign behavior does not resonate with me, for a guy who says, 'I want to be a reasonable, likable, Sidney Poitier 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.' And I'm thinking, I'm thinking to myself, this ain't a movie, Sidney. This is real life."
There's no doubt in my mind that what Johnson was talking about was Obama's drug use, which the Senator mentioned in his Audacity of Hope book. Johnson denied later that's what he was talking about, but that, too, would require a willing suspension of disbelief.
But was what Johnson said here by bringing up Obama's drug use in a thinly veiled reference really race-baiting? I don't think so. No more than it was when the 11th hour rumors about GWB's alleged cocaine use made headlines shortly before the 2000 elections. Was it a cheap shot? Yeah. Could Johnson's Sidney Poitier comments be construed as race-baiting? Absolutely. Because 1) Regarding how he conducts things within the Bobcats organization, rumor has it that he's not above playing racial games in order to get what he wants – and in that goes for hiring practices, too, and 2) Johnson was in SC, where the black vote will come into play big time for either the Clinton camp and Obama camp, and he's clearly trying to appeal to black voters by invoking a popular black actor whose most famous movie had him playing the boyfriend of a white girl at a time when interracial relationships were taboo.
That said, I oddly find myself agreeing with Democrat Taylor Marsh on the issue:
Make sure you read the last paragraph in the [NYT blog] article above, which immediately tries to connect what Johnson, an African American, said with what Shaheen said a while back. It's ludicrous to tie the two together. Are we really ready to say that African American Robert L. Johnson, the founder of Black Entertainment Television, isn't allowed to make criticisms and draw his own references towards another African American without being called out?
Are we ready to start censoring everyone?
This is the first campaign we've had like this where gender and race are front and center and so far no one is handling it very well, least of all the traditional media that's pushing the story lines. Obama's own campaign was caught pushing the race card on Friday, so let's get real on who's playing who, shall we? Some people are trying to paint Hillary Clinton as a racist, and they're doing it for political gain.
I wrote about the Obama campaign's use of the race card here, and believe Marsh is right. In that earlier post she mentioned, she noted that, with one exception, these allegations about alleged racism in the Hillary campaign didn't come until after Barack Obama lost New Hampshire. Coincidence, especially knowing they were going into SC in a few weeks? I think not. Partial disclosure: I think Marsh is a Hillary supporter, but I don't know for sure as I don't read her blog enough to know.
In an update, she wrote this:
Like I said in the post, this righteous indignation about what Bob Johnson allegedly meant and all the tut-tut-tutting about it comes from people who seem not to remember that this ball swings both ways. Where does that leave us? It's political war. If you think the Republicans will do any less you are mistaken. If you write about politics and are aghast at what Johnson might have meant you shouldn't be in this business because you're simply too naive to be trusted. But again, paint me amazed. To think this wasn't going to come up boggles the mind. Considering Obama's camp was calling the Clintons racist, what did he think supporters of hers in the black community would do in response? Is it right? This is politics. People have a right to be incensed, but that's assuming Johnson didn't mean what he said he meant, though I always thought it was 50-50. But even if he did, so what? Obama's proven himself through the life he has led and what he has achieved, but he doesn't get to whitewash the rest as he attacks others, expecting nuggets of his past not to be used in rhetorical volleys. The rest is all a political game of gotcha, with the flip side indignation. Again, paint me amazed, because I can't say color me amazed because that would be racist.
There seems to be a concerted attempt at glossing over Obama's record, attempts that are being made not just by the Obama campaign, but his supporters and the mediots alike. The only thing they want to talk about is the future, not the past, not the history of experience, leadership, qualifications, and judgement (or lack thereof) that make a man or woman fit (or unfit) to hold the highest office in our country. And as I wrote yesterday, there's a reason this is happening: there's not much experience there, and not many examples of leadership and good judgement, and the qualifications are a bit on the skimpy side – to say the least.
All that being said, I don't want anything I write about Obama to be viewed as a staunch defense of Hillary Clinton (nor Bill, for that matter). I have not one ounce of compassion for her, as should be well known after reading this post. And we all know she is not above using underhanded tactics of her own (same same for her husband) in order to advance her political career. My interest in this has everything to do with the false allegations of racism that are hitting her campaign that are coming directly from Barack Obama's campaign. White Republicans know what it feels like to be hit with false allegations of racism coming from Democrats whose agenda behind the allegations is not to advance the discussion when it comes to race, but instead to get elected – to obtain power and to hold on to it.
In this instance, it's the campaign of a prominent black politician who – up until last week – seemed to be above playing the race card for political gain. But we know now that he's not above it, and furthermore has not retracted his campaign's allegations against Hillary and Bill Clinton. Keep in mind that Bill Clinton has been considered the first US "first black president" by many because of his "understanding" of the black community's concerns, so much so that he was officially honored as the nation's "first black president" at a Congressional Black Caucus awards dinner in 2001, as well as inducted in 2002 into the Arkansas Black Hall of Fame, so for the Obama campaign to throw down the race card when they have to know how Bill Clinton is viewed so favorably in the black community makes no sense. Apparently not only are they trying to erase any negative from Obama's history while embellishing his "leadership qualifications," but they want to erase the perceived positive from Bubba's (and Hillary's) history, too. Helping out in this are the mainstream media, who have attempted to play just about every criticism leveled against Obama as a "dirty trick" or "smearing" and/or blamed it on "racism."
As a sidenote, because Obama is a likeable guy in general, and so many Republicans despise Hillary, I worry that many of them would/will naturally jump to criticize Hillary over this because she is so disliked, rather than look at what the Obama campaign is doing, as well. The fact is that both campaigns are playing dirty at this point and, in my opinion, neither should be able to claim the high road.
All of this is important because if Obama does happen to get elected as president, detractors of his policies need to be able to feel like they can criticize him without fear of rampant false allegations of racism. To be sure, there will be people who criticize him solely on the basis of race, but the vast majority of scrutiny and criticism he has rec'd and will continue to receive from both white and black people alike has been on his record, experience, and political accomplishments – or, rather, lack thereof.
There are numerous examples of Democrat race-baiters and race hustlers in this country, like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, and Julian Bond, just to name a few (and there are many, as I've noted before – see here for more). We don't need the president of the United States to be among them. It is imperative that if Obama become president that he establish the precedent of being able to tackle criticisms of his record without resorting to leveling charges of racism where they don't exist. Presidents are supposed to lead by example. His examples, should he be our next president, should take us forward not backward.
Related: Don Surber has a good suggestion for angst-filled Democrats who are unsure of whether to support Hillary because she's a woman or Obama because he's black:
Instead of judging people by their chromosomes or pigmentation, why not judge them by the content of their character?
C'mon now, Don. Don't you think you're asking way too much?
Update 1: Jeff Taylor notes some pretty blatant liberal media bias in how the McClatchy news outlet portrayed the Hillary/Johnson campaign stop.
Update 2: Now-former Obama supporter Brendan Loy is on the same page re: the Obama campaign's race-baiting:
At a conference call with reporters this morning, somebody asked Barack Obama about the Clintons' recent controversial remarks and Hillary Clinton's response to the kerfuffle. Thus, Obama had a golden opportunity to make clear that he does not believe the Clintons' remarks were racist or racially insensitive — and he chose not to do so. Instead, he said a bunch of other stuff that I have no problem with, but failed to do the one thing he needs to do, which is to unambiguously disassociate himself from this race-baiting nonsense.
He is, it turns out, perfectly willing to let this racial stew fester, so long as he thinks it will work to his advantage — even though the controversy is totally baseless, and he knows it. That suggests to me that, as president, he would let any racial controversy fester if he deems it politically advantageous. After all, if he won't distance himself from allegations as obviously insubstantial as these…
Anyway, this whole thing makes me genuinely sad. I thought maybe Obama was different. I guess not. I'm back to being thoroughly undecided. Congrats, senator, you've just lost a supporter.
(Hat tip: Instapundit)
9 Responses to "Hillary echoes Obama's strategy of taking credit for the positive changes in Iraq – PLUS: More racially charged allegations"
She really does have brass balls doesn't she?
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TedintheShed says:
Interesting to watch the Dems eat their own.
Even more intering is that the Dems were going to give us a first in the election: The first woman or the first African-American President. But instead of doing this on a level of purity and qualification, they using it as way to bludgeon themselves a path to power.
I don't think this was MLK's dream. They both should be utterly ashamed of themselves.
And then there are Jackson, Sharpton and Steiniem (sp?). If I were black, female or a black female I would be utterly ashamed to have them as my "representatives".
Still just sitting back and watching the show!!!
Public Secrets: from the files of the Irishspy says:
Karmic justice?
After nearly 50 years of playing with the matches of victimhood and group-identity politics, the Democrats are about to get burned: Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign has prepared a detailed memo listing various instances in which it perceived …
Hillary's non-stop shuck-and-jive | The Anchoress says:
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This would just be fun to watch if not for the fact that when one of the two wins the nomination, anything the Republican nominee says will be treated by the campaign and the media as either racist or sexist. The Democrat race could well be decided by who can best play the victim card.
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netdragon says:
I have learned through my life and most wise people know that most things can't be credited on any one thing — e.g. the troop surge. No level of troop surge would make Iraqis any more able to govern themselves, and all the former troop surges had failed. The difference now, if this is a success (I think it's too early to call), is that the Iraqis are ready to lead themselves. Sure, it may have helped, but so may have the threat to pull troops helped light a fire under their butts and made them stop sitting on the fence.


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