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SAMJ: South African Medical Journal
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SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. vol.99 no.12 Pretoria dic. 2009
From Uganda: anaemia, sickle cell
Two papers in this issue and an accompanying editorial deal with aspects of anaemia in Uganda.1-3 In her editorial Sliwa3 notes that the causation of anaemia in developing countries is multifactorial and includes micronutrient deficiencies, chronic worm infections, haemoglobinopathies, cancer and chronic non-communicable diseases such as chronic kidney disease and heart failure. Anaemia is also a major cause of morbidity in malaria, HIV and tuberculosis and is an independent prognostic marker in HIV. In Africa anaemia is particularly common in individuals infected with soil-transmitted helminths and schistosomes. Infection with several parasites is common in poor communities and results in a 5 - 8-fold increase in anaemia.
Mukaya and colleagues report on a carefully conducted, cross-sectional descriptive study of 395 hospital patients, of whom a high percentage (64%) had anaemia. The prevalence was higher among males (65.8%) than females (63.7%). Fatigue, dizziness, previous blood transfusion, lymphadenopathy and splenomegaly were significantly associated with anaemia. The commonest type of anaemia was hypochromic microcytic (34.1%). There was a low prevalence (10.6%) of hookworm infestation, which could be explained by deworming procedures in line with the Ugandan National Anaemia Policy. Given its high prevalence, clinicians should evaluate all patients in emergency wards for anaemia and manage them accordingly.
Anaemia among 157 patients with congestive cardiac failure (CCF) was studied by Kuule, Seremba and Freers. Anaemia in heart failure is complex; its pathophysiology is poorly understood and it typically involves numerous features. The authors found that increasing age and hypertension were significantly associated with anaemia. The prevalence of anaemia among their patients with CCF was high (64.3%) and it was significantly associated with mortality by the end of 2 weeks of treatment.
Sickle cell disease is a haemoglobinopathy responsible for high morbidity and mortality among neonates in developing countries. Okwi and colleagues report on their study of the cost benefit of screening for sickle disease among infants at district health centres.4 They conclude that use of haemoglobin electrophoresis at Mulago Hospital is very expensive, though it was sensitive. The sickling method was cheap and sensitive and is therefore recommended as the method of choice.
Chakalaka-induced vasodilatation
Why do some of us break out in a sweat when we have had strong spices with our meal? Some of the answers are provided in the report by Coetzee et al. on what they propose as chakalaka-induced vasodilatation in a series of patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia on tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs). Chakalaka is a popular traditional spicy relish containing chilli, garlic, tomatoes, green chilli peppers, etc. Chillies contain the strongly vasodilatory capsaicin; garlic contains the pungent organosulphur compounds allicin and diallyl disulphide that induce inflammation and pain. Adverse reactions were experienced by patients on TKIs that may be related to the consumption of garlic and chillies, two main ingredients in chakalaka. These subsided after the patients avoided chillies and garlic.
Caesarean section and newborn respiratory morbidity
A caesarean section (CS) performed for the right indication is in the best interests of the mother and/or the baby. However, the indications for elective CS at or near term remain controversial and vary widely. Elective CS rates are increasing worldwide and are particularly high in some countries with private health care. CSs on request before 39 weeks' gestation and/or performed for physician convenience or after incorrect interpretation of dates are unlikely to be in the best interests of the unborn child, mother or family if performed too early.
Smith and Alexander reviewed their own experience of respiratory morbidity related to CS in infants of a gestational age of >37 weeks, who required admission to a private neonatal intensive care unit.5 Of the 275 infants of >37 weeks' gestation, 135 (49%) were admitted with one or more of the respiratory-related diagnoses. Of the 135 infants admitted with respiratory-related diagnoses, 96% had been delivered by CS.
CS infants are deprived of natural adaptive physiological responses. They have a higher need for resuscitation in the delivery room and an at least five times higher requirement for ventilator support. Compared with vaginal deliveries, there is therefore an increased likelihood of delivery room morbidity associated with elective CS at or near term.
The authors address issues that should be considered and further debated. They conclude that, whenever possible, CS should not be performed earlier than at 38 weeks' completed gestation, i.e. before 39+0.
1. Mukaya JE, Ddunga H, Ssaali F, O'Shea T, Crowther MA. Prevalence and morphological types of anaemia and hookworm infestationin the medical emergency ward, Mulago Hospital, Uganda. S Afr Med J 2009; 99: 881-886. [ Links ]
2. Kuule JK, Seremba E, Freers J. Anaemia among patients with congestive cardiac failure in Uganda its impact on treatment outcomes. S Afr Med J 2009; 99: 876-880. [ Links ]
3. Sliwa K. The multifactorial burden of anaemia in Africa. S Afr Med J 2009; 99: 864-865. [ Links ]
4. Okwi AL, Ocaido M, Byarugaba W, Ndugwa CM, Parkes A. Solubility tests and the peripheral blood film method for screening for sickle-cell disease: A cost benefit analysis. S Afr Med J 2009; 99: 887-891. [ Links ]
5. Coetzee MJ, Louw VJ, Gartrell K, Viljoen CD. Chakalaka-induced vasodilatation in patients with chronic myeloid leukaemia on tyrosine kinase inhibitors. S Afr Med J 2009; 99: 870-871. [ Links ]
6. Smith J, Alexander RJ. First do no harm: Addressing respiratory morbidity in the newborn and child following elective caesarean section before 39 weeks' gestation. S Afr Med J 2009; 99: 866-868. [ Links ]


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The Circuit of the Americas in Austin agreed to bump its inaugural Formula One grand prix to 2013 in light of recent financial troubles and F1 Muppet-master Bernie Ecclestone's promise/threat to hold the race back until he gets his money.
In a statement released to the press, Steve Sexton, the Circuit of the Americas president, announced the delay, which they hope will give the Austin track a chance to get its affairs in order for the F1 circus to make its way to Texas. Hopefully, plans to bring MotoGP and Aussie V8 Supercars to the track are still on schedule.
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The Extreme Collection is a premium Spanish fashion house based in Madrid, best known for its iconic military jackets. With a long tradition in male tailoring, the label decided in 1990 to switch the established roles, giving shape to the empowered classy woman.
All our garments are 100% produced in Spain, in our Warehouse in Toledo, which makes us part of the label Moda España. Being part of this label gives us the opportunity to raise our consumers as well as the whole industry's awareness about the importance of defending the relocation of the production and make it more ethical.
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Whether you're a start-up business or a company that's already established in the market, you still need a strong online presence to continuously turn in revenues and maintain stability. There is no doubt that having internet visibility is no longer considered "optional." In fact, it is regarded as a necessity in this competitive, technologically influenced global marketplace. Therefore, having a website built for your promising business is not the end of the road. You should also make sure that you're seen on the top pages of Google [or any other search engine for that matter] whenever customers search related keywords.
So How To Find The Right SEO provider?
1. Do your homework.
Nothing beats knowing whatever it is that you're getting yourself into. Before going out there and making a deal with people you do not know, you should have an idea of what SEO or Search Engine Optimization is. Ask your friends, browse the internet or consult SEO savvy acquaintances. That way, you won't feel awkward or insecure when someone fires away SEO jargons. Also note that it's best to ask for referrals, references or feedback from trusted friends and colleagues. If you don't know anyone who can help, depend on the internet, trust your instinct and create a pool of nominees to interview.
2. Perform a background check.
Once you already have a selection of potential SEO providers, perform a simple [or extensive] background check on them. Browse their websites, view their portfolios, learn the services they provide and also get a look on their team. Do they have seasoned professionals? Do they have a physical office that you can visit? What about customer feedback or testimonials?
3. Establish communication with your candidates.
Contact your prospects over the phone, via e-mail, chat, video conference or if it's possible, visit their office. Lay down your cards and be honest with whatever goals you have in mind. Do you want to drive more traffic, expand your network, increase your revenues or go global? Let them know about the issues that you're experiencing with your site or business. That way, they can suggest appropriate SEO solutions. Remember, there isn't just one SEO strategy that will work across all businesses.
4. Compare proposals.
The reason why you need to compare the services or solutions they offer is for you to get a feel of how they work. Are they detailed and result-oriented? How are they going to solve your current website issues? Are their rates reasonable?
5. Gauge and choose.
There's one thing you should know about SEO: it is a continuous investment. Search engines [especially Google] have changing algorithms and companies compete for the top ranks every day. That means you have to perform SEO tasks consistently to be able to maintain your website position. Ask yourself, "How much am I willing to spend for SEO?" "Will I be able to commit financially over a specific period of time?" "How much intervention will the SEO provider need from me?" "Which of the candidate providers will I be able to work harmoniously with?"


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A few short weeks ago I was able to attend an incredible training on Promoting Sexual Health Amoung Youth. The Virginia Sexual & Domestic Violence Alliance hosted this training as a part of their Building Healthy Futures series, and it was awesome. The focus of this training was all about young people with two topics in mind: promoting healthy sexuality and healing from trauma. It was two days packed with prevention! We learned, practiced and envisioned together. This training was totally relevant to the SAAM 2014 focus on youth too. Healthy sexuality + trauma-informed care = a vision for success. Let's dig into what this training covered and what we can do to strengthen our work.
First off, the training brought together mostly Virginia-based sexual violence advocates and preventionists. The expertise on sexuality in the room ran the gamut. Some participants actively saw sexuality education as vital to their work, and others never had formal training or education on sexuality in a culture where it's not often discussed in a healthy context. To lead us on this journey of health promotion, two dynamic speakers represented each field: Alison Bellavance, M.Ed. of Planned Parenthood Keystone and Steve Brown, Psy.D. of the Traumatic Stress Institute.
To start-off our training, our group explored the definition of healthy sexuality, and put our experience into practice with the Circles of Sexuality exercise. This activity was followed by a reflective exercise that explored our own sexual learning. By answering questions like "What do you wish someone had told you growing up about sexuality?", participants were able to discuss our personal history, experiences and values. Other great tools like SEICUS' Characteristics of a Sexually Healthy Adult were shared to guide the group in learning more about sexuality, and many of these tools could easily be adapted by participants to teach others including parents and youth.
Why healthy sexuality?
Once our group was up and rolling talking about sex, sexuality, and culture, it was time to make some key connections between this framework and sexual violence prevention.
• Healthy sexuality represents the vision of what we want instead of what we are against. It's a positive outcome that we can engage individuals and communities to work toward.
• For youth, healthy sexuality and the opportunity to discuss sex with trusted adults is informative and empowering. Our legitimacy and support of youth grow when no topic is off-limits, and it's important for young people to hear a message other than "no" when it comes to sex.
Understanding Trauma
This section provided a great overview of the impact of trauma on an individual's overall health and well-being. Cue the ACE Study – a one-stop shop for research on the connection between trauma and health challenges. Trauma takes a toll on our biology and psychology, and it's vital to consider this background whenever you are in a support role. A trauma-informed approach asks, "What happened to you?" not "What's wrong with you?".
Why trauma-informed?
By understanding trauma, anyone in a support role and treatment environments can respond to trauma in helpful rather than harmful ways.
• Trauma has an impact on sexual development, and it's very important to promote healthy sexuality with traumatized youth.
• Individuals who have experienced trauma and abuse may need additional support in navigating questions and needs related to sexuality. At times problematic behaviors that express trauma can make this challenging but all the more vital to recovery and growth.
Healthy Sexuality + Trauma-informed
As our understanding of both topics grew, participants began to make some insightful connections.
• A trauma-framework can support positive sexual development in those who have experienced trauma. For young people, it's a vital opportunity to promote positive behaviors, relationship skills, and identity.
• Understanding trauma can help us to understand how high risk sexual behavior and other challenges can be an expression of trying to meet a non-sexual need or act as a coping mechanism.
• Trauma can lead to distorted beliefs about sexuality and many cultural values are reinforcing negative attitudes about sex. Healthy sexuality informs a more positive approach to sexuality and identity, and it can support healing and growth.
This recap scratches the surface of the rich conversations at Building Healthy Futures. The discussion was not only about making these great connections, but we also took time to identify barriers to incorporating these frameworks. Many advocates identified limitations in their communities, school environments and attitudes and politics that would be a challenge. As a group we brainstormed possible opportunities and ended our day with action steps to move us forward in making these connections in our work. After-all, our goal is to build a healthy future!
Kudos to an amazing group of participants, the fantastic hosts at VSDVAA, and our incredible trainers. If you couldn't make it to the training, be sure to check out this podcast from PreventConnect. What do you think is key to building healthy futures? Leave a comment below.


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September 22, 2005
Dear CODEPINK activist,
The big week is here. Members of CODEPINK locals from around the country are already arriving in Washington DC. We can feel the enthusiasm in the air. It began last week when the brilliant and gutsy Congresswoman from California, Rep. Lynn Woolsey, held a bipartisan hearing on Iraq. Citing the need to "fill the policy vacuum and break the silence on Capitol Hill," Rep. Woolsey assembled a panel of regional experts, scholars and military strategists to testify on the unraveling situation in Iraq and propose sound exit strategies.
On Thursday we will accompany Cindy Sheehan to meetings with the leadership in the House and Senate to push Out of Iraq legislation. And we will be holding actions outside the DC offices of Halliburton protesting their no-bid contracts in Iraq and Louisiana. On Friday we will do very CODEPINK actions around town on the theme of Make Levees Not War, followed by our vigil at Walter Reed Hospital calling for better support for the many wounded soldiers returning from Iraq.
Saturday, the day of the big march, begins with CODEPINK leading a women's contingent at Pennsylvania and 14th to the rally. If you are joining us, make sure you sign up to get any last-minute changes and additions.
If you can't be with us in Washington, there are many ways you can participate:
The Bush administration is feeling the heat. Help us turn it up another notch...
Onward to peace,
To help sustain our work and actions, please consider making a donation to CODEPINK today.


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A man in his 70s has been killed in a house fire in Co Tyrone.
He was the only person inside a wooden mobile home which caught alight during the early hours of this morning.
Up to 20 firefighters from Omagh, Pomeroy and Newtownstewart were called to the scene at Streefe Road – seven miles east of Omagh – just after 1.45am.
"When we got there it was well alight – in fact it was about three quarters gone," said Eamon McGrath, NI Fire and Rescue Service district commander.
"We spent about 10 minutes extinguishing the flames and then began a search to see if we could locate the person.
"Unfortunately, we did locate him, but it was too late."
The cause of the fire is still under investigation by the fire service and police.
It is understood that a smoke alarm had been fitted to the mobile home unit, but it is not known whether the warning device was rendered useless by the ferocity and speed with which the blaze took hold.
It is believed that the elderly man's family lived nearby.
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Andrej Meszaros and Corey Potter will both play for the Bruins in Game 1 of their first-round series with the Red Wings on Friday.
BOSTON — Andrej Meszaros and Corey Potter will both play for the Bruins in Game 1 of their first-round series with the Red Wings on Friday.
The defensemen are in for Matt Bartkowski and Kevan Miller, both believed to be sick with the flu. Bartkowski hasn't skated all week. Miller took part in Thursday's optional practice, but did not take the ice Friday morning for an optional skate.
Meszaros and Potter were both acquired on March 5, the day of the trade deadline. Potter was picked up on waivers from Edmonton and played in three of 21 games with Boston. He's making his Stanley Cup playoff debut.
On the forward lines, neither Chris Kelly nor Daniel Paille will play, as expected. They'll be replaced by Justin Florek and Jordan Caron on the third and fourth lines, respectively.
Here's the Bruins' lineup, per warmups:
Milan Lucic-David Krejci-Jarome Iginla
Brad Marchand-Patrice Bergeron-Reilly Smith
Justin Florek-Carl Soderberg-Loui Eriksson
Jordan Caron-Gregory Campbell-Shawn Thornton
Zdeno Chara-Johnny Boychuk
Andrej Meszaros-Corey Potter
Torey Krug-Dougie Hamilton
Tuukka Rask will make the start against Jimmy Howard.
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The AIA Ohio Advocacy Effort
The AIA Ohio PAC is an integral part of AIA Ohio's advocacy efforts and provides us with an opportunity to support those who support us. As a professional organization, we find that the way we function, and the services we offer, are challenged on a constant basis. Sometimes it's proposed changes in agency regulations. Sometimes, it's legislative efforts that shift our responsibilities, or changes that dilute our ability to offer the services we have been trained to provide. Sometimes, we face challenges simply because we are not as vocal as others in expressing our needs and in taking a stand.
The AIA Ohio PAC provides us with the opportunity to become part of our advocacy effort. By contributing to the PAC, we can directly support the efforts of our government relations program and be an active participant in what we do as an organization. Coupled with other tools available to members, such as our triple play program, each member is provided with an opportunity to participate in what we do. It all begins however, with your contribution to the PAC. Please contribute below and help us become a stronger voice in Ohio's rules and policy making process.


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Mayberry OK with being sole center fielder
NEW YORK -- John Mayberry Jr. is out there on an island. Ever since Ben Revere went down with a broken right foot, Mayberry has been thrust into the role as the Phillies' everyday center fielder.
Only one of Philadelphia's reserves -- the veteran Laynce Nix -- has extensive experience playing in center field. That means that Mayberry, at 29 years old, has to be ready every day to patrol those wide expanses, and he said on Sunday that it's a challenge he's willing to face.
"I take it in stride," Mayberry said. "I take the same kind of approach I've had every other day of the season. I just come to the park ready to play, have fun and try to help us win."
Mayberry, the son of former big leaguer John Mayberry, has primarily played the corner outfield slots in the Majors. He went into this season with just 78 career starts in center field, but he's taken to the position with aplomb, playing between corner men Domonic Brown and Delmon Young.
The Phillies may make a roster move at some point to get a more dedicated reserve for center field, but for now it's an interesting bench. Philadelphia has two backup catchers (Erik Kratz and Humberto Quintero), a backup outfielder (Nix) and two veteran utility men (Kevin Frandsen and John McDonald).
Mayberry, a former first-round draftee, played his first full season in the big leagues last year, and he's improved on his numbers in regard to batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage. Now he's hoping to finish strong and establish himself as an everyday player -- in center field or elsewhere.
"With each passing day, you definitely gain more experience and confidence," he said. "You just try to apply the things you've learned in the past and try to make them as beneficial as you can."


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Obama's election changed racial identity of black studentsPosted in Articles, Barack Obama, Campus Life, Identity Development/Psychology, Media Archive, United States on 2012-05-27 02:43Z by Steven
Obama's election changed racial identity of black students
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Karene Booker, Extension Support Specialist
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Barack Obama's historic election in 2008 stimulated individual and national reflection on race and changed African-American college students' perceptions of being black, reports a new Cornell study published in Developmental Psychology (47:6).
But how these changes will shape public discourse as the 2012 presidential campaign unfolds or whether the 2012 election outcome will generate similar changes in racial identity is still unknown, say the researchers.
"Obama's election triggered deep explorations or 'encounter experiences' in which these African-Americans [in our study] were challenged to think through the importance and positive value that can be associated with being black," said Anthony Burrow, assistant professor of human development in Cornell's College of Human Ecology, co-author of the study with Anthony Ong, associate professor of human development at Cornell, and lead author Thomas Fuller-Rowell, Ph.D. '10, now a Robert Wood Johnson postdoctoral fellow at the University of Wisconsin-Madison…
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Let's hear it for the do-over.
Inaugurations are always moments of great ceremony and pageantry. But, hey, everybody can rel-a-a-a-ax a little the second time around.
After the electric moment of President Barack Obama's first swearing-in, the second inaugural was just so much more … comfortable.
(Really, Monday was a do-over of the do-over. The actual swearing-in took place a day earlier in a private ceremony at the White House.)
Yup, that was the president chomping on gum – Nicorette, perhaps – as he watched the inaugural parade, while his wife and daughters rocked out in their seats and the girls snapped photos on their phones.
And, yup, there were Sasha and Malia casually chatting with their cousins on the inaugural platform earlier in the day, completely uncowed by the millions watching their every move via Jumbotron and television.
Obama seemed so at eeeeeease.
"You all dress up pretty nice," he quipped at the end of a long day, when he made a white-tie appearance at the inaugural balls. Then Obama took a turn on the dance floor with wife Michelle, who wore a gown by Jason Wu for the second inaugural in a row.
The inaugural crowds – big, but down considerably from four years ago – knew there was no repeating the raw emotion of 2009, and most people didn't demand it.
"I just feel so proud," said Sharon Davis, of Suitland, Md., who attended both.
But the different vibe was palpable.
"Before, it was just so exciting – you could be walking for miles and miles and it didn't even feel like an effort," said Katasha Smart of Randallstown, Md.
The sentiment was the same from afar for many.
"We've been there, done that in terms of electing the first African-American president," said Beniam Fantu, 34, speaking from Dallas.
With the smaller crowds came smaller headaches.
Sure, there were still snags at security checkpoints and Metro stops and the like. There was a smattering of protesters, including an anti-abortion protester up in a tree, and some glitches with the sound system.
But there was no repeat of 2009's Purple Tunnel of Doom, the underpass where throngs of purple ticket-holders famously were stranded for hours.
Even the weather cooperated – 40 degrees at high noon, up from 28 four years ago.
And for all that was not-so-new, it was still a moment to savor. And Obama did.
As he headed back into the Capitol after the swearing-in, the president pivoted and planted himself to look back at the scene.
"I want to take a look, one more time," he said. "I'm not going to see this again."
Obama, who won't ever face re-election, felt free to ramp up the inaugural program's celebrity quotient this time.
Beyonce sang the national anthem, Kelly Clarkson did "My Country, `Tis of Thee," James Taylor offered "America the Beautiful."
Contrast that to four years ago, when the inaugural ceremony included Aretha Franklin but also classical musicians such as cellist Yo-Yo Ma, violinist Itzhak Perlman and others, and the Hollywood types were largely saved for the evening's balls.
Even Michelle Obama seemed more liberated this time, sporting a new haircut – with bangs! – that's a little less first-lady-ish.
Lots of lessons learned were deployed.
Chief Justice John Roberts, who administered the oath of office to Obama on both occasions, read from notes this time.
In 2009, he'd worked from memory and flubbed the wording, requiring a private do-over the next day.
This time, the only snag in the oath-taking was a little catch in Obama's voice as he uttered the word "states" in the phrase "president of the United States."
Even the parade planners learned a thing or two. They made this year's floats shorter, to improve their turning radius and allow them to move along Pennsylvania Avenue at a faster clip.
Even so, the parade ran long and ended past sunset, well after Mrs. Obama and the girls had bailed out.
Shelia Thomson, of Washington, hung in there to the end – but thought it too much.
"There's no reason these kids should be participating in the dark," she said of the marchers.
Some glitches were inevitable.
Malfunctioning speakers made it nearly impossible for the flag-waving fans stuck in the overflow section near the Washington Monument to hear what the president was saying.
"You're in the IT capital of the world: How can this be so hard?" a frustrated Smart demanded.
But even there, good will was in evidence.
"It does take away from the experience, but it's so minute, compared to being able to raise the flag for Obama," said Anna Johnson, who came from Decatur, Ga.
The party scene for this year's inauguration was more muted: Fewer big names. No concert on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Two official inaugural balls instead of 10.
But an expected 40,000 people crammed into the Washington Convention Center for those two balls, and there was still plenty of star power in the entertainment lineup.
Jennifer Hudson sang as the Obamas danced to "Let's Stay Together."
The Obamas and Vice President Biden and Jill Biden took a spin on the floor with selected members of the military.
Obama danced with Air Force Staff Sgt. Bria D. Nelson, and the first lady with Gunnery Sgt. Timothy D. Easterling of the Marines.
Biden danced with Army Staff Sgt. Keesha Nicole Dentino, while Jill Biden's dance partner was Navy Petty Officer Patrick Figueroa.
The first lady's custom ruby-colored gown as well as her Kimberly McDonald diamond-embellished ring and Jimmy Choo shoes will be here and gone – donated to the National Archives after the balls.
Late Monday, Stevie Wonder ran through crowd pleasers such as "My Cherie Amour" and "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" as small groups of fans danced on a big dance floor.
Also performing earlier in the night: Alicia Keys, in a flowing red gown. She planted herself before a piano and dished up reworked lyrics to "Girl on Fire," declaring, "Obama's on fire." Brad Paisley, too, revised his lyrics to fit the occasion, and began by thanking the troops "for keeping us safe."
That seemed to help make up for the cash bar and measly food – pretzels and snack mix – but it didn't satisfy everyone.
"You diet for weeks to get into a dress, and then they give you pretzels?" said New York's Caitlin Kelly, 28. "I'm gonna get tipsy fast."
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SB Nation had a good thing going, picking winners of the first round of the NBA Playoffs using awful games like Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball and IN THE ZONE '98. But then the Miami-Philadelphia series was simulated using Streets of Rage. Streets of Rage is not a crappy video game.
See the link for the whole thing - with video - but writer Jon Bois' best laugh lines are his "keys to the game" for Oklahoma City and Denver, simulated using Barkley Shut Up and Jam.
• Shut up and jam.
• Shut up as well as jam.
• Be quiet in addition to jam.
• Remain silent, lest jam be delayed or canceled altogether.
NBA Playoffs 2011: Simulating First Round Using Crappy Video Games From The '90s [SB Nation]


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SACRAMENTO (AP) — California was an early booster of President Barack Obama's health care reform law and was the first state to authorize a health insurance exchange in 2010. It also was quick to commit to the optional Medicaid expansion that has been rejected by some Republican states.
Turns out, saying yes was the easy part.
It's been months since Gov. Jerry Brown agreed to expand Medi-Cal, as Medicaid is known in the state, to some 1.4 million Californians, but he and his Democratic colleagues in the Legislature are still wrangling over details of the expansion.
Democrats, who control the Assembly and Senate, disagree with Brown over the Medi-Cal enrollment and implementation process. Meanwhile, the governor is pushing for budget savings by reducing county support for indigent care.
He and the Democratic leaders remain apart over terms of the legislation seeking to expand Medi-Cal up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level, or nearly $15,860 for an individual. Democratic lawmakers and health advocates fear that even a short delay will cost California hundreds of millions of dollars in federal support.
"California needs to expand Medi-Cal fully and urgently in order for us to be ready for open enrollment in five months," said Anthony Wright, executive director of Health Access California, a group that lobbies for health care for the poor. "There's not a lot of time, and there are decisions we still need to make that then influence what counties do, what community groups do. People have to be trained."
The health insurance exchange begins enrolling customers on Oct. 1, and the state wants to sign up uninsured Californians whether they qualify for a public program such as Medi-Cal or will have to buy private coverage. In most cases, those buying their own insurance will receive tax credits to make premiums more affordable.
The state has to be ready to direct people to the right place, whether it's to their county health services department or the state's new insurance marketplace, Covered California.
While lawmakers have passed regulations for private insurance, they have yet to agree with the governor on the Medicaid portion because Brown is particularly wary of the potential costs that could affect state spending for years to come.
"We want to implement this and we still believe there's time to be successful and to implement the optional expansion, but we need to do it and recognize that it needs to be done in a way that is affordable and sustainable given that the governor has worked to make sure that we have our fiscal house in balance over the long haul," said Toby Douglas, director of the California Department of Health Care Services, which runs Medi-Cal.
Under the expansion, more than 1.4 million California adults under age 65 will be newly eligible for Medi-Cal. Of those, between 750,000 and 910,000 are expected to enroll by 2019, according to a joint study by the University of California, Berkeley's Center for Labor Research and Education and the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
Another 240,000 to 510,000 Californians who are eligible but not enrolled in Medi-Cal are projected sign up by that time. Overall, the study estimated that 5.8 million Californians will be uninsured in 2019 without the Affordable Care Act.
The federal government will pay 100 percent of the costs for newly eligible Medi-Cal recipients from 2014 to 2016, gradually phasing down to a 90 percent share.
Despite those generous matches, the state will still bear some of the costs. According to researchers at the UC Berkeley's Center for Labor Research and Education, California will spend between $46 million and $75 million in 2014 on these enrollees, with costs growing to between $309 million and $381 million in 2019.
Health care advocate Adrian Sanchez is waiting for the day when his 52-year-old mother, Ana Sanchez, doesn't have to decide between paying rent and treatments for chronic lupus.
Ana Sanchez is s a widow who has worked for more than 20 years at a mushroom-packaging center in the Salinas Valley. She makes about $15,000 a year — too much to qualify her for the state's Medi-Cal program and too little to buy private health insurance.
"It makes me feel a little anxious just because I know there are real people that I can identify that are really waiting for this to happen," said her son, who now lives in Oakland and works for the Greenlining Institute, an advocacy group for minorities and low-income people.
Democratic lawmakers view a delay as a lost opportunity to promote the expansion and get them enrolled using federal dollars.
State Assemblyman Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, who chairs the Assembly Health Committee, estimated the state could lose $175 million to $200 million from the federal government's 100 percent match each month the Medi-Cal expansion is not in place next year.
"Could we do it later? Yes, but there's so many advantages of getting it done in a timely manner," said Pan, a pediatrician.
The Brown administration wants to be able to get out of covering this expanded population if the federal government ever lowers its 90 percent Medicaid match. Advocates say that has not happened in Medicaid's four decades of existence and noted that the federal government increased reimbursement rates during the Great Recession.
Democratic lawmakers, meanwhile, want the state to accept an applicant's self-reported income and assets, but the administration wants to adopt a verification process that takes longer.
The governor also wants to reduce state funding by as much as $1.5 billion for counties, which currently provide indigent care through public hospitals and clinics. Counties argue they still need that money to maintain their safety-net systems and provide public health services.
"Even after implementation of federal reform, 3 to 4 million people will remain uninsured, and counties will still be the last resort for health care," Matt Cate, executive director of the California State Association of Counties, said in a statement.
To make matters more complex, the state still has to figure out how to help individuals with incomes between $15,000 and $22,000. People in this group are most at risk of being unable to afford coverage. Even with federal subsidies, they still will have monthly premiums and co-pays.
The next few weeks will be pivotal for California, said Marian Mulkey, director of health reform and public programs at the California HealthCare Foundation, an Oakland-based nonprofit health policy research organization.
"If in fact we drag on into June and mid-summer ... and we don't know what's going on by that time, then yes, the prospects for smooth and wide enrollment are much diminished," she said.
The governor is expected to update his health care plans in a revised budget to be released in the next few weeks.
SACRAMENTO (AP) — California was an early booster of President Barack Obama's health care reform law and was the first state to authorize a health insurance exchange in 2010. It also was quick to commit to the optional Medicaid expansion that has been rejected by some Republican states.


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KANSAS CITY, MO (December 11, 2012) — The Kansas City Royals announced today that the club has signed three additional players to minor league contracts for the 2013 season. The club plans to announce Major League Spring Training invitations at a later date.
Left-handed pitcher George Sherrill, 35, is 19-17 with 56 saves and a 3.77 ERA in 442 career Major League appearances, all in relief, for the Mariners (2004-07, 2012), Orioles (2008-09), Dodgers (2009-10) and Braves (2011). The 2008 American League All-Star made just two appearances for Seattle in 2012 before undergoing Tommy John surgery on his left elbow on May 4. Born and raised in Tennessee, the current Utah resident has held left-handed batters to a .186 batting average in his Major League career.
Dan Wheeler, who turned 35 on Monday, is 25-43 with a 3.98 ERA in 589 outings over a 13-year Major League career for the Rays (1999-2001, 2007-10), Mets (2003-04), Astros (2004-07), Red Sox (2011) and Indians (2012). Born in Rhode Island but now living in Florida, Wheeler split the 2012 campaign between the Cleveland Indians and Triple-A Columbus.
Outfielder Willy Taveras, who will turn 31 on Christmas Day, is a seven-year Major League veteran who has compiled a .274 career average with 195 stolen bases for the Astros (2004-06), Rockies (2007-08), Reds (2009) and Nationals (2010). The Dominican Republic resident led the National League with 68 stolen bases in 75 attempts for Colorado in 2008. Taveras is currently batting .280 with eight stolen bases in 39 games for Obregon in the Mexican Winter League.


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Coming off break, Cubs closing in on .500
DENVER -- It has been a slow climb, but as they return from the All-Star Break, the Cubs are within sight of the .500 mark.
Since opening the season 18-30, Chicago has gone 24-21 over its last 45 games and taken six of its last nine. Though Matt Garza may soon be out of a Cubs uniform, the team's starting pitching has been among the National League's most consistent with 57 quality starts.
The primary issue, as Cubs manager Dale Sveum pointed out, has come at the plate.
No. 3 hitter Anthony Rizzo has been productive in his first full Major League season with a .241 average, 13 homers and 54 RBIs entering Friday. Behind him, left fielder Alfonso Soriano has been perhaps the Cubs' biggest first-half surprise, hitting .259 with 16 homers and 49 RBIs in the cleanup spot.
And while it may look like another rebuilding year for Chicago, Sveum is ready for his club to cross over into the right side of the win-loss column.
"It's important to get back to .500 and above," Sveum said. "We have the starting pitching to be able to do that, if [Starlin] Castro, Rizzo can swing the bats like they're capable of for the second half and Soriano stays hot, you're capable of doing a lot of things like that."


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EU, the politicians and the bankers have shown by their action, and inaction, that they effectively have canceled the social contract with their own citizen.
That unspoken implicit contract between citizens and their rulers that is the backbone of a democratic society.
I had planed to write about the recent developments in Cyprus, but now I have so much material that it is ridicules. Every day there are new revelations about what went on behind the scene. And are STILL going on!
So I decided to just do a very short version (well, sort of) – Cyprus for dummies so to speak. With some of the more important facts and points among many, many.
For some background on Cyprus see my post: The economic mess and structural problems in EU and US – Part 1
And for some more background about the present crisis: The economic mess and structural problems in EU and USA – Part 2
There are a lot of other post about EU, USA and the economic crisis on my blog, here are just a few:
Why the Euro is doomed – the German households net wealth in not EVEN HALF of that compared to Italians
Citizens! Forgive us for not arresting those truly responsible for this crisis: bankers and politicians
This is why the Euro is doomed.
The active lying and deceit behind the creation of EU – The British story
EU – an unaccountable mess created by an undemocratic treaty – Now also a crony Bankocracy
The scam that is called EU and the Euro is behind the present crisis
If you try very, very hard, it is still very difficult to underestimate the seriousness of what happened. This is a game changer. Most people, politicians and "journalist" has still not understood the seriousness and graveness of what happened on a local, national and international level There is so much that was broken ON PURPOSE, including the rule of Law. And the very foundation of the modern financial and banking system.
Which these measures where supposed to protect.
Now anything and everything can and might be done. Whatever boundaries that existed have been breached. There is no Law, no fences and no limits. Pandora's Box has been opened.
To put it in perspective, this quote from January 18 2008 from Jean-Claude Trichet, the president of the European Central Bank (2003 to 2011):
"For a small, open economy like Cyprus, Euro adoption provides protection from international financial turmoil."
No comment whatsoever is need. Read it again and ponder the arrogance and irony of it.
And this quote from Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Junker. He was also the president of the Eurogroup council of euro-zone finance ministers from 2005 to 2013. In that position, he bears primary responsibility for communicating the euro-zone's financial and economic posture:
"So why the lie?
I was told to say there was no meeting," said Mr. Schuller (the spokesman for Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker), reached by telephone Monday. "We had certain necessities to consider."
Such as?
Evening in Europe is midday in the United States. "We had Wall Street open at that point in time," Mr. Schuller said. The euro was falling on the Spiegel report, which had overhyped the meeting. "There was a very good reason to deny that the meeting was taking place." It was, he said, "self-preservation."
Asked whether such deliberate misinformation would undermine the market's confidence in future euro-zone pronouncements, Mr. Schuller, lamenting that the market had practically no confidence in pronouncements already, said "not at all."
"The Web site EUobserver has video of Mr. Juncker, at a conference on economic governance in April, expounding on the practice and reasons for lying in financial and economic communications.
On the tape, Mr. Juncker says he has "had to lie" and, speaking about touchy economic topics, "When it becomes serious, you have to lie."
Luxembourg Lies on Secret Meeting.
Eurogroup chief: 'I'm for secret, dark debates'
.Economic policy of the eurozone needs to be decided in "dark, secret rooms" .
And of course, you have his successor Dutch Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the new president of the Eurogroup council of euro-zone finance ministers. He was talking about the "new template" for further bailouts after Cyprus. Only to retract most of these new rules a couple of hours later – so he didn't say what he actually said on a recorded interview.
There you have a politician in all his beauty
After Cyprus, eurozone faces tough bank regime – Eurogroup head
The FT/Reuters Dijsselbloem interview transcript
Statement by the Eurogroup President on Cyprus
And then retract of parts of the previous retract. It's hard to keep up with all this spin going on.
ECB's Knot backs Dijsselbloem comments on bank rescues
And Jérôme Cahuzac, the Socialist budget minister in France, who had been tasked with battling tax fraud. Who just had to resign because he had an "undisclosed" Swiss bank account. Minister in charge of battling tax fraud… resigns for having a secret Swiss account. Let that sink in for a bit.
French minister tasked with battling tax fraud accused of having Swiss bank account
And IMF chief Christine Lagarde (part of the Troika) she have held various ministerial posts in the French government, she was among things Minister of Economic Affairs, Finances and Industry
"French police raid IMF chief Christine Lagarde's flat in Bernard Tapie probe
French authorities have searched the Paris flat of IMF chief Christine Lagarde as part of an investigation into her handling of a 2008 compensation payment to a businessman supporter of ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy, her lawyer said.
Police are investigating claims that Lagarde, when French Finance Minister under Nicolas Sarkozy, acted illegally in approving the €285m arbitration payout to Bernard Tapie."
French police raid IMF chief Christine Lagarde's flat in Bernard Tapie probe
Both prime examples of the political class wouldn't you say?
Also, remember that the Cyprus banks went trough the ECB new and "stringent" "stress test" 18 months ago with flying colors.
These people REALLY know what they are doing don't you agree?
There you have the setting. Remember, these people decide your fate and can take your money if they want as has been shown in Cyprus.
So let's start with some of the points and facts:
1. Let's start by saying that this "crisis" was known at least two years before it "happened". And EVERYONE that should, know about it. And they DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING about it.
On the contrary – they even managed to worsen it. Not small feet for our dear politicians and bankers.
The "troika" didn't want to do anything until after the Italian election. Which didn't go the way the EU bureaucrats wanted. In addition, since the Cyprus communist president from AKEL didn't want to do anything to be the one that started "tightening of the belt", the Troika decided to wait after the Cyprus election on February 17 and 24 this year.
Now the Troikas "man" Nicos Anastasiades was in power. And now the negotiations started.
In the meantime, what was originally a €6 billion bailout in the summer of 2012 was 8 months later a €18 billion bailout. Thanks to EU and IMF doing nothing.
Doing nothing, a favorite political "pastime", has serious consequences, cost REAL money and effects REAL people in the REAL world.
Cyprus faces imminent bailout threat, biggest bank says
Cyprus requests eurozone bailout
Spain, Cyprus Request Bailout Aid .
The Governor
Cyprus financial crisis: the framework for an economic recovery within the eurozone.
2. An interesting fact, which have not been very much noted, is that the Troika from the beginning DID NOT demand a "tax" (confiscation) on deposits from €100 000 and under. It was only on deposits over €100 000 "The Russian money" that was uninsured.
But "their man" Anastasiades refused. He didn't want to anger Russia to much. It was only after this that EVERY deposit was "taxed" (confiscated). It is interesting isn't it that the president of Cyprus rather that anger Russia, willingly confiscated the money from the poor, the common people and small businesses in his own country.
Remember also that of all the 371,000 deposits in the Cyprus banks 361,000 of them was below €100 000. And supposed to be "insured".
Yeah, we know what that means now!
Just one example of many from retired 65-year-old John Demitriou:
"So much has been written of the Cypriot bail-ins and massive haircuts for the uninsured depositors – assumed to be nasty oligarchic Russian money-launderers – that, it appears, the reality for people living in Cyprus has been forgotten. We noted earlier the small business issues, but as the Sydney Morning Herald reports, real lives have been destroyed. 65-year-old John Demitriou retired (back) to the picturesque fishing village of Liopetri, Cyprus, with his life-savings of around $1 million living off the interest it paid from Laiki 'Popular' Bank
He planned to spend it on his grandchildren – some of whom live in Cyprus – putting them through university and setting them up. There would be medical bills; he has a heart condition. The interest was paying for a comfortable retirement, and trips back to Australia. He also toyed with the idea of buying a boat.
He wanted to leave any big purchases a few years, to be sure this was where he would spend his retirement. There was no hurry. But now it is all gone.
"If I made the decision to stay, I was going to build a house," John says. "Unfortunately I didn't make the decision yet.
"I went to sleep Friday as a rich man. I woke up a poor man."
His money was all in the Laiki "Popular" Bank which was the main casualty of Cyprus' bailout package set by the European Union. Laiki is to be dismantled. Savings of less than €100,000 are to move to the Bank of Cyprus. Anything more than that will almost certainly be wiped out as the bank is wound down, its remaining assets taken by the bank's creditors.
Last week he heard a rumour that the bank was in trouble and went into Aiya Napa to ask his bank manager – a friend – if he should move his life savings.
"There's no problem, nothing to worry about," he was told.
Not so. "I go to bed and I can't sleep. I walk around, I have a coffee. I am thinking about my family."
John's tears flow. As he chokes up, his son George, who moved to Cyprus in 1990, explains.
"The whole family, we used to work at the markets. I would work at the markets on the weekend to help my parents while my mates were off having fun. Honest work in honest jobs. Now all that hard work is paying the debts of other people and the government. It's disgusting, to be honest.
"For the moment I am 'sitting on charcoal', as they say," waiting to see if he gets burnt.
'It's not Russian money, it's not black money. It's my money."
'I went to sleep Friday as a rich man. I woke up a poor man'
Memo from the Central Bank of Cyprus sent to bank CEOs on February 11, to put them at ease.
3. And the Troika in their eagerness agreed to this. Thereby destroying the very foundation of the modern financial and banking system. Including the "protection" for deposits under € 100 000 in EU. Which was the backbone to restore "confidence" in the banks after ALL their mismanagement, speculations and crisis.
No Deposits – No Banks. It's very simple really.
You see nearly ALL the money they use to "invest" or speculate is yours, the depositors. And because the high leverage they have used on this money, they are in trouble. And they know it.
So if you start taking out your money the whole deck of card will collapse.
Why should you keep YOUR money in the banks after this? When you know that at a moments notice (on a weekend so you can do nothing), the politicians can decide that you should "help" finance this or that for "the common good". Which of course they decide.
No to mention that you don't get any rent to speak off on you money in the banks. And on that miniscule rent, you have to pay taxes. And you lose eve more when you consider the REAL inflation in each country.
Our "dear" politicians have now for a long time in their actions, taxes, laws etc; favored loans and debt, and punished saving. Sounds like a "healthy" strategy for the long time doesn't it?
Some countries, like USA, use this strategy to drive down the value of the currency and thereby their cost of the national debt.
4. During the time when the banks where closed (11 days), and the accounts "frozen" and the common people could only take out a daily limited amount trough the ATM machines.
At the same time, you get so impressed by this people and their total lack of knowledge and understanding of what they decide, the Cyprus banks filial in London and Moscow (Uniastrum Bank) where open with NO RESTRICTIONS AT ALL.
And every one from five years and upwards can guess what happened next except the Troika and the EU politicians.
Most of the money from the big accounts where transferred or withdrawn. Including from a lot of Cyprus politicians, including the presidents family.
So the very money that was the target and the bulk of the €5.8 billion that Cyprus was to "put up", the Russian money, was allowed to "escape".
As a consequence the Cyprus Centeral Bank would need a big increase in emergency funding from the ECB in the form of ELA to make up for the deposit outflows. Which is precisely what happened.
INSIGHT-Money fled Cyprus as president fumbled bailout
Entscheidung in Nikosia Auffällig hohe Geldabflüsse aus Zypern
Big depositors in Cyprus to lose far more than feared
These are the politicians that "tax" (confiscate) YOUR money in the banks.
The people in the know already started the outflow from Cyprus in January.
As a result, they have to take a MUCH BIGGER percentage of these big accounts left, mostly local businesses.
You can see one example here, This IT company had €849.682 on it's company account. They confiscated €720.898.
That's 85% of the company's account!
This company has consequently gone bankrupt and has fired all the Cypriots that worked there.
That's REALLY going to be helpful for the local economy don't you think?
Another effect that has started to emerge this week is that international companies, customers, clients etc, have told local Cyprus companies that they will no longer sign contracts with a Cypriot company. Overnight, the jurisdiction is a pariah.
This will of course do even "more wonders" for the local economy and "help" them recover.
Then there is the spreading of the economic downturn effect because of these measures, which are now hitting Greece. Greece has already had three bailouts and still the economic situation is getting worse. And now this.
"At least 1,600 Greek businesses – from shipping, retail to tourism – will suffer from the Cyprus bailout deal announced on Sunday after a showdown between Brussels and Nicosia, according to Vasilis Korkidis, head of the National Confederation of Greek Commerce (ESEE).
"The tragic situation in Cyprus will certainly have immediate effects on the Greek market, since a large part of the domestic businesses maintain close ties with Cypriot companies," Korkidis said in a statement on Tuesday. He was particularly critical of the capital controls and the impending haircut on large deposits (over 100,000 euros) expected to be more than 40%.
Greece's exports to Cyprus exceed 1bn euros annually and the country is Cyprus' biggest trade partner, followed by the United Kingdom and Germany. "
Greek businesses to suffer from 'crippling' Cyprus bailout
And of course there is the Capital Controls that are now imposed since the banks opened.
With "a little help" from EU and IMF you can really be ruined wouldn't you say?
You can take this example of this company and the example of pensioner John Demitriou above whose life savings were confiscated. And remember, he went to the bank just two days before they closed and confiscated his money, and asked his bank manager – a friend – if he should move his life savings.
"There's no problem, nothing to worry about," he was told.
Contrast that with the people in the know, such as the newly elected President Nicos Anastasiades', and their actions:
"A company owned by in-laws of Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades withdrew dozens of millions from Laiki Bank on March 12 and 13, according to an article published in Cypriot newspaper Haravgi.
The newspaper, which is affiliated to the communist-rooted AKEL party, reports that three days before the Eurogroup meeting the company took five promissory notes worth €21m from Laiki Bank and transferred the money to London. "
And there is now a list of 132 companies and individuals has emerged who withdrew their €-denominated deposits in the two weeks from March 1 to March 15, (see below)
"These 132 companies and individuals have withdrawn all deposits in euros, dollars and rubles, which were transferred to other banks outside Cyprus."
It is a VERY; VERY; VERY; VERY long time since politicians took the motto "to serve and protect" it's people seriously.
Τα περιοριστικά μέτρα που ισχύουν στις τράπεζες
Caught In The Cyprus Crossfire: Small Businesses Suddenly With Zero Cash
Anastasiades requests investigation into allegations against family members
Here you find the list of the 132 companies and people who transferred their money
Νέες λίστες με εταιρείες που απέσυραν καταθέσεις
On a side note, to show the difference between people and the"political elites":
Here in Sweden because of money laundering laws, you have to register and give full personal details when you buy a buss or subway ticket by your mobile phone. We are talking about $3-4 /ticket.
And in the examples above, we are talking about billions of euros. WHEN THE BANKS WERE CLOSED AND SUPPOSEDLY MONITORED.
It cannot be more pedagogic and clearer that this. One rule and monitoring/surveillance for the common people and their $3-4 tickets. Another for the political class/elites were billions of euros are allowed to escape from closed and supervised banks.
And remember, we are paying them! And they are the ones that put the money laundering laws in place and enforce them on us.
5. A key goal throughout these negotiations has been to make Cypriot debt "sustainable". The effect of the Troikas measures is more than likely to collapse the GDP in Cyprus. The €10bn bailout was supposed to push Cypriot debt down to 140% of GDP. If Cypriot GDP falls by just a couple of percentage this year (which is now guarantied), that percentage rises drastically. So we are back where we started.
With Cyprus needing even more and bigger "bailouts".
Or how EU shot itself in the head, arms, stomach and both legs at the same time. Congratulating itself ate the same time for this "great achievement".
6. And then there is all that cronyism, corruption and political favors that was going on in Cyprus banks. Just a few examples were money was given, loans "written off" etc:
"A list of Cypriot companies and politicians that allegedly had millions of euros in loans written off by the three Cypriot lenders at a center of an unprecedented banking crisis on the Mediterranean island has been forward to Cyprus's parliamentary ethics committee after its publication in Greece's daily Ethnos newspaper.
According to the revelations, Bank of Cyprus, Hellenic Bank(Laiki) and Hellenic Bank — which were earlier this week acquired by Greece's Piraeus Bank — has forgiven companies, MPs and local authority officials millions of euros in loans over the past five years.
The list reportedly features the names of politicians from all Cypriot parties except Social Democracy (EDEK) and the Social Ecology Movement (KKO)."
"According to Ethnos, Bank of Cyprus wrote off the 2.8-million-euro loan of a hotel with ties to the communist-rooted Progressive Party (AKEL) and forgave significant portions of many other loans. For instance a national labor union is said to have been forgiven 193,000 euros of a 554,000-euro loan. An unnamed company was forgiven 110,000 euros from a 1.83-million-euro loan, a prominent deputy of the centrist Democratic Rally (DISY) party saw 101,000 euros of a 168,000-euro loan written off and a company owned by the brother of a former minister of the conservative Democratic Party (DIKO) had 1.28 million euros of a 1.59-million-euro loan written off.
The list refers to several other MPs and the mayor of large city who allegedly had significant portions of their loans forgiven by Bank of Cyprus. Companies linked to a member of the bank's board, to the daughter-in-law of a DIKO deputy and several others also appear to have been offered significant loan relief by the Bank of Cyprus.
As for Laiki Bank, it is said to have written off several loans taken out by MPs of AKEL and DISY. The bank also appears to have written off 5.8 million US dollars in debt from a company whose majority shareholder is said to be a well-known Cypriot politician. The ex wife of a senior ministry official and a company owned by a local ambassador also appear to have been facilitated."
"THE government yesterday reaffirmed its intention to fully investigate the banking sector, as a list surfaced with names of current and former state officials who allegedly had their loans written off by banks.
The list, published in Greece, contains the names of former and current MPs as well as other prominent individuals, including former president George Vassiliou.
According to the report, Vassiliou held a 51 per cent stake in a company that agreed to have $5.8 million written off.
The government said the matter would be investigated as part of a wider probe into what caused the collapse of the island's economy and banking system."
Yeah sure!
" What the common theme here is that the very same Members of Parliament who were so vocal in rejecting the insured depositors' impairment just to save their skins from a public mutiny (but so quick to sacrifice the wealthier citizens and small and medium corporations to a haircut that may be as deposit large as 100%), did everything in their power to avoid a vote on the final bank "resolution" which effectively handed over the country's sovereignty into the hands of the Troika and its liquidators, but not before they themselves were among the key beneficiaries of the impairments on the banking system's asset side.
It is these bad assets and impaired losses, as well as investing money in Greek bonds, and other worthless "assets", that ultimately ended up forcing the restructuring of the bank and the cram up of the liability side up to and including the unsecured loans known as deposits.
Perhaps if the Cypriot public wants to find a scapegoat to its troubles, it should focus its anger not only at the Russian Oligarchs and the Troika, but to those who were most complicit in betraying the public's trust: the same politicians who were elected to protect their citizens and the country's constitution (flagrantly abused as per yesterday's revelations), including the very president of the nation. That is, of course, if the local apathetic population has not been zombified too much to even care about why billions in wealth was just confiscated from it. Because if that is indeed the case, they, and everyone else who just sits idly by and does nothing as the global banking syndicate appropriates ever more middle-class wealth, deserves everything coming their way."
Cypriot banks 'forgave' loans to firms, MPs
'We did not have loans written off'
Political Fallout Begins: Former Cyprus President Named In Loan Write-Offs Leading To Banking Insolvency
Here you find a complete list of all the writes off and gifts:
Cypriot banks in politician loan scandal
Yiannakis Omirou, Cypriot House of Representatives President, who just last week, was calling for the nation to accept it is "time for responsibility" as they progressed towards a final solution.
Now he is singing another tune :
"There is no other alternative but to free Cyprus from the bonds of the troika and the memorandum, House of Representatives President Yiannakis Omirou has said.
Omirou also expressed his conviction that no Attorney General would dream of not following through with the results of an investigation led by an independent committee to apportion blame on those responsible for bringing the country's economy and banking sector near collapse.
Omirou talked about the troika demands, which according to him will multiply and will turn Cyprus to a colony of the worst possible type and warned "I would like to send a message to the Cyprus people that there is no other way, there is no alternative apart from freeing (the country) from the troika's and the memorandum's bonds".
He noted that certainly, "this road will demand sacrifices", adding that "by leaving the troika and the EMS behind us, we will ensure our national independence, our national sovereignty, our moral integrity and our economic independence".
"If we remain bound by the Troika and the memorandum Cyprus' destiny is already foretold and there will be no future", he pointed out."
Cyprus – Omirou: "If we remain bound by the Troika there will be no future"
7. When Greek bonds were the most toxic investment avalibale, the Cyprus bank was bying them like mad. One of them was Laiki Bank's chief risk officer Dimitris Spanodimos. Thanks to huge deposits from Russia this left them with, in Spanodimos' words, "comfortable liquidity and capital position to deepen selectively some highly profitable and highly promising client relationships." In short, they had so much cash that they had to invest it somewhere.
And they were encoruged to this by the ECB too.
And we know the result
And remember – this was their CHIEF RISK OFFICER.
Don't you feel assured by these banks and their "risk officers"?
"In August 2010, Greece's economy was tumbling into depression amid angry street protests and a €110 billion bailout. Dimitris Spanodimos, the chief risk officer of Cyprus's second-largest bank, remained bullish.
Mr. Spanodimos boasted on an Aug. 31, 2010, conference call with analysts that the bank was expanding faster than rivals in Greece and bulking up on residential mortgages. "We have used our group's comfortable liquidity and capital position to deepen selectively some highly profitable and highly promising client relationships," he said.
His bank, Cyprus Popular Bank PCL, is now ruined. Its destruction—and the near-failure of its larger peer, Bank of Cyprus PCL—was the result of poor choices by bank managers and of a European regulatory system that gave both banks a clean bill of health as their infections festered."
"An examination of regulatory documents, conference-call transcripts and financial filings shows that both banks gorged on Greece while nearly everyone else was purging.
In late 2010, even after German and French leaders had openly agreed that creditors of fiscally weak governments should take losses on future bailouts, the two Cypriot banks appeared nonchalant about their exposure to Greek government bonds.
By the end of the year, according to European regulators, the two banks had a combined €5.8 billion ($7.5 billion) of Greek government bonds—€1 billion more than they had held just nine months earlier, and a sum equivalent to about one-third of Cyprus's annual economic output. By comparison, over the same period, Barclays cut its Greek government exposure by more than half.
Both Cypriot banks passed Europe-wide stress tests in 2010, relieving them of pressure to change course. They passed again in 2011.
"Their regulator was clearly signaling it was OK to go on" expanding in Greece, said Christine Johnson, a bond-fund manager at Old Mutual Global Investors in London, referring to Cyprus's central bank and European banking regulators.
Cyprus Popular and Bank of Cyprus have booked combined losses of €4.3 billion on their Greek government-bond holdings."
In July 2010, a pan-EU regulator conducted "stress tests" of banks to gauge how they would fare if economic conditions worsened. Crucially, the tests modeled the impact of the economy on loan portfolios but didn't contemplate the possibility that government bonds could produce losses.
Cyprus's two main banks passed easily, with a total of €572 million of surplus capital. The Central Bank of Cyprus declared "deep satisfaction" with the results, which it said "demonstrate the ability of the domestic banking sector to withstand shocks under adverse scenarios."
"In 2011, the European Banking Authority ordered more stress tests. Like the ones the previous year, they didn't contemplate losses on government bonds. The two Cypriot banks were again found to have plenty of capital to withstand a deteriorating economic environment.
Less than a week after the results came out, European leaders reached a deal for a new Greek bailout that included losses on Greek bonds. That plan was never executed—another plan,which saw steeper losses, eventually was—but now the specter of such losses was out in the open."
On Dec. 8, 2011, the EBA tried for the third time to come to grips with the capital deficits at major European banks. This time, the authority factored in possible government-bond losses and concluded that Bank of Cyprus and Cyprus Popular were among 31 banks that needed to come up with new capital.
Bank of Cyprus's estimated deficit was €1.56 billion and Cyprus Popular's was €1.97 billion. The banks had until June 2012 to come up with the new capital.
They couldn't raise enough, and Cyprus needed a bailout."
Greek Bets Sank Top Lenders
8. The lies and delusions – when Cyprus' Massive Deposits Were A Great Thing. As recently as 10 months ago, as this May 2012 presentation from the Bank of Cyprus titled "International Banking Services: Strategic Business Crossroad – A Reliable Financial Center".
Some quotes "Size and structure of the Cyprus financial system reflects Cyprus' role as an international business centre" and that "This is reflected in the growing number of companies registered in Cyprus and the increasing size of the banking system" as measured by the record amount of banking deposits.
No comment needed.
Page 11 highlighting the strength of the banking sector in Cyprus here:
9. With the bailout also comes a "straightjacket" of orders, rules and regulations from the Troika for the Cyprus government to implement.
This is what happens when you have irresponsible politicians, irresponsible bankers that speculate and when you are a member of the Eurozone. It is not just all the taxes (confiscation) of deposits, it is also the Memorandum of Understanding from the Troika which dictates terms for the Cyprus government revenue increases and spending cuts as a prerecusite for the "loan".
Below is a leaked draft of the revised Cypriot MOU being prepared by the head of the IMF mission to the island nation, Delia Velculescu.
This is very detailed. And I put it here so people can begin to understand the depth and width of these regulations. It goes to the heart of most peoples lifes.
This is what heppens when you are indebted over your ears and can not pay. And remember, these same politicans behind this MOU are the same politicans that are putting us all into more debt every year. Which our grandchildren still have to be paying.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) can be read here:
Memorandum of Understanding on Specific Economic Policy Conditionality
Some key highlights:
•Freeze public sector pensions
•Increase the statutory retirement age by 2 years for the various categories of employees
•Reduce preferential treatment of specific groups of employees, like members of the army and police force, in the occupational pension plans, in particular concerning the contribution to the lump-sum benefits;
•Reduce certain benefits and privileges for state officials and senior government officials, in particular by suspending the right to travel first/business class by state officials, senior government officials and employees with the exception of transatlantic travel.
•Increase excise duties on energy, i.e., on oil products, by increasing tax rate on motor fuels (petrol and gasoil) by EUR 0.07
•Increase the standard VAT rate from 17% to 18%.
•Introduce a tax of 20% on gains distributed to winners of betting by the National Lottery for winnings of EUR 5,000 or more
•Increase fees for public services by at least 17% of the current values
•Increase excise duties on tobacco products, in particular on fine-cut smoking tobacco, from EUR 60/kg to EUR 150/kg. Increase excise duties on cigarettes by EUR 0.20/per packet of 20 cigarettes.
•Introduce a permanent contribution of 3% on pensionable earnings to Widows and Orphans Fund by state officials who are entitled to a pension and gratuity. Introduce a contribution of 6.8% on pensionable earnings by officials, who are entitled to a pension and gratuity but are not covered by the government's pension scheme or any other similar plan;
•Actuarially reducing pension entitlements from the General Social Insurance Scheme by 0.5% per month for retirements earlier than the statutory retirement age at the latest from January 2013, in line with the planned increase in the minimum age for entitlement to an unreduced pension to reach 65 (by 6 months per year), between 2013 and 2016;
•Ensure a reduction of seasonal hourly paid employees by 992 from 1806 in 2012 to 814.
•Implement a four-year plan as prepared by the Public Administration and Personnel Department aimed at the abolition of at least 1880 permanent posts over the period 2013-2016.
•Ensure additional revenues from property taxation of at least 70 million by updating the 1980 prices through application of the CPI index for the period 1980 to 2012
•Increase the statutory corporate income tax rate to 12.5%; Increase the tax rate on interest and dividend income to 30%.
•Increase the bank levy on deposits raised by banks and credit institutions in Cyprus from 0.11% to 0.15% with 25/60 of the revenue earmarked for a special account for a Financial Stability Fund
•Undertake a reform of the tax system for motor vehicles, based on environmentally-friendly principles, with a view to raising additional revenues, through the annual road tax, the registration fee and excise duties, including motor fuel duties.
•Ensure a reduction in total outlays for social transfers by at least EUR 113 million through: (a) the abolition of a number of redundant and overlapping schemes such as the mothers allowance, other family allowances and educational allowances; and (b) the abolition of supplementary allowances under public assistance, the abolition of the special grant and the streamlining of the Easter allowance for pensioners.
•Ensure a reduction of at least EUR 29 million in the total outlays of allowances for employees in the public and broader public sector by i) taxing pensionable allowances provided to senior government officials and employees (secretarial services, representation, and hospitality allowances) in the public and broader public sector ii) reducing the allowances provided to broader public sector employees and reducing all other allowances of broader public sector employees, government officials and hourly paid employees by 15%; and iii) reducing the daily overseas subsistence allowance for business trips by 15%. Ensure a further reduction the subsistence allowance of the current allowance when lunch/dinner is offered by 50% (20% – 45% of overseas subsistence allowance instead of 40% – 90% currently paid).
•Increase excise duties on beer by 25% from EUR 4.78 per hl to EUR 6.00 per hl per degree of pure alcohol of final product. Increase excise duties on ethyl alcohol from EUR 598.01 to EUR 956.82 per hl of pure alcohol.
OK, I stop here. It's already way to long. But it is important that you get a true picture of what is happening and why.
As I said in the beginning, there a lots of other points to be made but then this post would have been 90+ pages more. And that is for another day.
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Switch from Bazaar to Git
Recently I had to switch a project from Bazaar to Git. Fortunately this has become quite easy using the right plugins. Just in case anyone out there needs to do the same: these are the steps if you want to keep your version history.
Git comes with an import plugin, bzr has an export plugin available. On debian based distros you might need to install the latter using
# available in lenny-backports, squeeze and ubuntu since 9.10 sudo apt-get install bzr-fastimport
Assuming you have Bazaar repository in the folder
./bzr-repo just follow these steps to clone it to a git repoitory in the folder
BZR=./bzr-repo GIT=./git-repo mkdir $GIT cd $GIT git init bzr fast-export ../$BZR/ | git fast-import git checkout cd ..
The best part is: If you missed some revisions of Bazaar, e.g. because you forgot to merge an important branch, you can easily repeat the line
bzr fast-export ../$BZR/ | git fast-import and Git should be smart enough to only import missing revisions.
Bazaar over chrooted sftp
How to set up bzr for chrooted sftp users
How to restrict a user's access to
For the prototyping editor itself and for a lot of our clients' projects we are heavy Bazaar users at pidoco° to manage our distributed workflow. When we started some years ago we just installed bzr on one of the test servers where all of the developers had ssh access anyway. We put the repositories in
/var/bzr and used sftp to checkout/push/pull source changes. This was handy as a sftp server comes with openssh installed.
As the team grew over the years we got to a point where we wanted to give new developers access to the bzr repositories without giving them full ssh access. However we did not want to have to change all the urls for existing repositories. Luckily this can be achieved easily since Debian Lenny.
Per Server Settings
On our scm server we have a user group called bzr that grants read/write access to most of the repositories (except of some personal or release branches) to all users with bzr access. And now we added the group sftponly. All users in this group will be restricted to sftp access only instead of a full shell.
sudo addgroup sftponly sudo addgroup bzr
You probably have to add '/usr/lib/sftp-server' to /etc/shells to make it a valid shell, eg. like this:
root@host # echo '/usr/lib/sftp-server' >> /etc/shells
The following settings in
/etc/ssh/sshd_config force the internal sftp server to be used by openssh and change the root directory for all users in the group sftponly to
/var/chroot. Make sure to restart sshd afterwards.
Subsystem sftp internal-sftp Match Group sftponly ChrootDirectory /var/chroot AllowTCPForwarding no X11Forwarding no ForceCommand internal-sftp
Up to now our repositories have been in
/var/bzr. These need to be moved to
/var/chroot/var/bzr to let the sftponly users access them.
/var/chroot needs to have root:root as owner for openssh to work correctly. For the existing ssh users we add a symbolic link to keep the old paths working:
sudo mkdir /var/chroot sudo chown root:root /var/chroot sudo mkdir /var/chroot/var sudo mv /var/bzr /var/chroot/var sudo ln -s /var/chroot/var/bzr /var/bzr
Per User Settings
giving the user username sftp access, but nor ssh access:
USERNAME=username # give the user a name sudo adduser ${USERNAME} # add user and data to system sudo usermod -s /usr/lib/sftp-server ${USERNAME} # disallow ssh/bash, allow ssh/ftp (sftp) sudo adduser ${USERNAME} bzr # allow group access to most bzr folders sudo adduser ${USERNAME} sftponly # disallow access to /, allow access to /var/bzr
This changes user's shell to sftp-server.
As a result of these settings both normal ssh users as well as restricted users in the sftponly group can use the same url for their shared repositories
bzr checkout sftp://my.domain/var/bzr/my_repository. By using chroot however users in the group sftponly are restricted to using sftp and can only access the folders in the bzr subdirectory.
In the Debian Administration Weblog you can find information on how to setup an OpenSSH SFTP chroot() with ChrootDirectory and on how to restrict users to SFTP only instead of SSH.


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