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Fed Officials Push FDIC-Like Backstop for ABS Markets

WASHINGTON — While the call for the creation of a catastrophic insurance fund for mortgage-backed securities has been gaining ground in recent weeks, two leading Federal Reserve Board economists are poised to push the concept one step further, suggesting a backstop for all asset-backed securities.

According to an unpublished paper provided to American Banker, the central bank officials are proposing to create a deposit insurance-like system for the secondary market. The economists — Wayne Passmore and Diana Hancock, the associate director and deputy associate director, respectively, in the division of research and statistics at the Fed — argue that an explicit backstop of certain asset-backed securities could ensure the stability of the system in future financial crises and help eliminate the concept of "too big to fail" institutions.

"People who hold mortgage-backed securities or asset-backed securities are happy as long as they know there is no credit risk," Hancock said in a recent interview. "When they're really concerned that there is credit risk, they may run. That's not good for a securitization market."

To protect against such securitization runs, which can dry up credit availability, the two economists said an insurance fund should be created to cover catastrophic risks on a wide range of asset classes, including mortgages, credit cards and auto loans.

"We are arguing we should create an FDIC-like entity to explicitly price this form of guarantee," Passmore said in the same interview. "It will capture many of the benefits that have been associated with the GSEs, they will allow the government to accumulate an insurance fund, or reserves, to pay for supporting the fund up front. That's really the essence of why people want the government in the mortgage market. It defines well what the government's role will be."

The paper, which is due to be published in coming weeks, has been circulated over the past few months as a discussion draft, including at the Chicago Fed's conference in May. But it has yet to receive widespread attention.

When it is finally published, it will likely arrive at a critical juncture of the debate over the future of the government-sponsored enterprises. Leading policymakers have mostly remained silent about how they plan to revamp the structure of housing finance, but at a Treasury Department conference last week, several endorsed the creation of an insurance fund for MBS.

Under separate proposals from the Housing Policy Council and others, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would be replaced with privately capitalized, federally chartered companies that buy mortgages from the primary market and deliver them into a federally guaranteed mortgage-backed security.

The new companies would pay a risk-based fee used to establish an insurance fund, similar to that of the FDIC, which would cover catastrophic losses on MBS.

The Fed economists' view is different in some critical respects. For one, they appear to envision a government-run agency running the fund, either Fannie, Freddie, or a combination of the two. That entity's sole purpose would be limited to providing a guarantee and running an insurance fund. It could not sell its own unsecured debt or build a mortgage portfolio.

More important, the guarantee would not be confined to mortgages and could be expanded to include any asset-backed security to prevent disruptions in other securitization markets in a future crisis. "Issuers and investors want to believe that implicit guarantees extend to other asset classes so we want this authority to be able to expand the authority to other classes if needed," Passmore said. "If there is an implicit guarantee, it should be made explicit."

The proposal would preserve the most lucrative part of the GSEs' business model: the guarantee fee, in which the enterprise assumed the credit risk of the mortgages it was buying. Instead of using those fees for profit, however, it would use them to build up a fund, like the Deposit Insurance Fund, which could absorb losses in a crisis.

"We're trying to leverage off the talent the organizations [GSEs] have and put it into the FDIC-like format, rather than for a profit making business," Hancock said.

To be sure, the Fed economists are not suggesting the government carry all of the risk. They said that both the borrower and originator of the mortgage should have "skin in the game" as well.

The new system's primary target is the GSEs' implicit guarantee. Investors bought Fannie and Freddie debt under the impression it would be backed by the government if the two failed. Although government officials insisted no such guarantee existed, when the GSEs were taken into conservatorship in September 2008 the U.S. stood behind their debt.

Under the economists' proposal, there would be no implicit guarantee since the GSEs would no longer sell debt or hold portfolios. Instead, there would be an explicit guarantee for asset types that the government could define, restricting them to relatively safe loans with certain underwriting standards, for example.


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Volume 19, Number 1
January/February 2002

Welcome to GP Mentor, GPSolo’scolumn expressly for law students—but some of you seasoned lawyers may find some helpful information as well. We want to help you find your way as you go on job interviews, study for the bar exam, cope with law school stress, work at summer jobs and internships, and learn to write like a lawyer. We want to explain what it’s like to be a solo or small firm lawyer and what to expect in your first year as a general practitioner. Look for our column in every issue of GPSolo. Want to see a topic covered in GP Mentor? Send an e-mail to rschick@staff.abanet.org.

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Ten Rules for Successful Associates

By John A. Ragosta

We all know that being a success as a law associate requires intelligence, years of training, hard work, and fortitude. But it’s what we don’t know that often determines our success in life. In practice, I have been blessed with excellent teachers who taught me not just the law but also many of the simple, even mundane, rules that have proved invaluable to me over the years. Reflecting that teaching are—in no particular order—ten simple rules that you might not have been taught in law school.

1. Take extensive notes. Never attend a meeting or venture into a partner’s office without a pad and pen at the ready. The junior person on a team, in particular, needs to take detailed notes. Who said what? Who responded? Get quotes when possible. After 16 years of education, a junior associate should be adept at taking precise and accurate notes, and you will find that these are often invaluable. As an associate, I frequently found that my notes provided a detailed summary of a meeting that was often relevant even several years later. The notes might enable us to tell a government official or industry representative that "at a meeting on July 8, 1986, attended by Messrs. Jones, Smith, and Ms. Wilcox, Mr. Jones indicated that there was no need to seek additional commitments, as a ‘recourse to sanctions is clearly provided.’" This kind of attention to detail is a powerful tool for any lawyer, but it can quickly make a junior lawyer indispensable.

2. Prepare memoranda to a file. Sometimes the most important memoranda are not those sent to anyone but those kept in a file. They can provide a more detailed, formal version of notes. The litigation attorneys who first taught me how to be a lawyer used to reiterate wistfully that litigators in New York treated as a mantra the phrase "memorandum to the file," after every phone call or conversation. (This explains, perhaps, why litigators spend so many evenings in the office.) Yet, if not taken to absurd levels, it is valuable advice. After a telephone call in which substantive issues are discussed, prepare a memorandum while your memory is fresh. Another use of a memorandum to the file is a "CYA" memo. Perhaps you suggest that there may be a conflict in a certain representation, but a partner tells you to proceed. It might be wise to have a memorandum to this effect in the file.

3. Focus on confidentiality and privilege. In preparing any privileged document, always note "PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL" across the top. This demonstrates professional awareness and is invaluable should your documents ever be subject to a discovery request. Similarly, be cautious when speaking. I suspect many a career has suffered from a partner’s overhearing a casual business conversation unwisely held in a crowded elevator. Early in my career I showed up unexpectedly for dinner one night, after I’d been working all my waking hours on one project for quite a while—although that might lead you to believe I’d slept—and explained to my wife that the principles in the well-publicized antitrust suit had agreed to settle. The next evening my wife told me that a neighbor had been very interested to hear the case was settling. I lived in dread, until the news was publicly announced, that a leak might be traced back to my dinner table. My lesson was learned, however: Confidences—even small ones—must be protected.

4. Keep organized, detailed files. Every matter requires a chron file, which is a master file containing the following types of information: a reverse chronological filing of pertinent letters, memoranda, notes, etc. (some lawyers keep incoming and outgoing chrons separately); subject matter files; pleadings files, if litigation ( every piece of paper that was formally filed, in reverse chronological order with each document numbered, tabbed and indexed); and a detailed, accessible index of all files. Even if official "firm" or "case" files exist, keep your own backup of appropriate materials that you can readily retrieve. Early in my career my files were stacks of documents spread around the floor of my office. Luckily, an experienced law secretary came into my office one morning and showed me how to create and maintain professional legal files. Her assistance, and the system of voluminous and detailed files she introduced me to, have been invaluable.

5. Respect your secretary and other staff. They often know more than you about filing, office procedures, court deadlines, word processing. and other matters. Staff is a valuable asset. Those who fail to use a staff’s expertise, not to mention those who are simply offensive, function only to their own detriment.

6. Volunteer. This may sound like extremely bad advice to an associate already struggling with billable hour requirements. Volunteering, however, does not mean simply taking on more work, although successful associates are generally capable of delivering prodigious quantities of work. It can mean simply taking on particular tasks, expressing an interest in new areas or requesting "the next GATT case that comes into the office." A senior associate in my office is both famous and infamous for his ability to get good assignments. This is largely because he staked out territories and volunteered to help anyone who needed assistance in those areas. He is now the expert in areas of his choosing.

7. Keep an organized calendar. It doesn’t hurt one bit to be the one in the office who always knows when meetings, conferences, or other agendas are scheduled (including relevant events outside the firm such as congressional hearings, state visits, Federal Reserve auction dates, and such).

8. Train others. It is imperative for success that a junior attorney not only direct but also help train other attorneys, legal assistants, and secretaries. Don’t think for a moment that you are training "competition." Quite the contrary; you’re training allies.

9. Maintain professional respect for others. It should go without saying that any behavior derogatory to a particular gender, religion, or ethnicity has no place in a professional office (much less anywhere else). Yet we’re reminded daily that this obvious rule is routinely broken. Frankly, inappropriate behavior or statements are not just morally intolerable but, in today’s world, stupid and dangerous. Partnerships do not need loose cannons.

10. Participate in firm functions. The volume of work associates face often makes it difficult to take on additional responsibilities, whether it’s recruiting assistance or attending a firm’s formal dinner. When I was a senior associate, I asked an otherwise capable mid-level associate why he never attended firm functions. He reported that he didn’t find the functions "fun" and would rather be home with his family. In my view he was thinking of these events all wrong. As social functions they may not be fun, but, when understood as work, they could be a lot worse. These events help build institutions; if you want to be part of one, you need to participate.

Will these rules make you a partner? Probably not. There are still matters of intelligence, training, hard work and fortitude, not to mention business development, timing, and luck. Yet these rules may help, and I remain grateful that others taught them to me.

John A. Ragosta, a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law, is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Dewey Ballantine LLP. The article is adapted from "Twelve Rules for Successful Associates," Student Lawyer, Vol. 27, No. 9, May 1999, ©1999. Reprinted by permission.

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For an activity that the whole family can enjoy, take a trip to George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens. It’s just a 16 mile drive from Washington, D.C. located along the Potomac River. The Estate has been maintained so guests can see it as it was in 1799- gardens, buildings and style of clothing included. The original Estate totaled about 8,000 acres and of that, only 500 has been preserved. Still, there is plenty to see!

Your Visit: What do you get to see and do while there  Well, there’s a guided tour of the facility, daily attractions and activities, especially for kids including games and demonstrations (which change so see their schedule). Visitors can also rest their weary heels at the ? Mount Vernon Inn Restaurant or Food Court and do a bit of shopping at the different shops located on the Estate.? While planning your trip, be sure to see what special events and seasonal activities they have available. They suggest putting aside a few hours for your visit as there is a whole lot to do while there.

Yet, not only is Mount Vernon fun and interesting, but a learning experience for the whole family as well as it is a great source of hands-on history. Before you visit, learn more here and discover some of the Estate’s best kept treasures! Also, get some great Touring Tips from their website, e.g what to wear and what to see.

General Information: Tickets- Daytime admission is $15 for Adults (12 years and older), $7.00 for Youth (6-11 years) and $14 for Seniors (62 and over). Annual passes are available. ? Passes for tours are $5.00 per person and sightseeing cruise prices are $9.00 for Adults and $5.00 for youth. Event tour prices vary on the event. Admission packages are also available and will save you a few bucks!

Hours: Mount Vernon is open to visitors following this schedule –

  • April through August, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
  • March, September, and October, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
  • November through February, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Accomodations for international visitors is also available. Mount Vernon also welsomes visitors with special needs- see their Accessibility information for details.

Directions: If you’re traveling by car, see here. Parking is also free to visitors. If you’re traveling by Metro/Bus, take a look here. Coming by boat No sweat! They have information on that too!

Still not sure if you want to go? Take a sneak peek in to what you’ll see with their Virtual Mansion tour.

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Marriott achieves Energy Star designation

Marriott International has been awarded Energy Star labels by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for demonstrating superior energy performance at 12 Massachusetts hotels. Marriott International was also named Energy Star Partner of the Year in 2006.

Compared to similar buildings with average energy performance, EPA calculates that the 12 Marriott hotels in Massachusetts used 32 percent less energy.

EPA estimates that the 12 Energy Star labeled Marriott hotels in Massachusetts avoided more than 17 million pounds of carbon dioxide emissions annually - the equivalent of taking more than 1,700 cars off the road for one year.

Marriott achieved superior energy performance at its hotels through a combination of technology upgrades and management improvements. At the Quincy Marriott, these upgrades and improvements included:

  • Upgraded garage lighting from metal halide to fluorescent and back of the house lighting to super t-8 bulbs and matching efficient electronic ballast.
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  • Installed a high-speed rolling door at the loading dock.
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Marriott announced that nationwide it has reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 70,000 tons in one year - EPA calculates this reduction as the equivalent of removing 10,000 cars from United States roads - and is the first hotel company to proactively join EPA's Climate Leaders Program. Further, the company has set a five-year goal to reduce greenhouse gases by six percent per guest room by 2010.

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Mayor David Coss (D - Santa Fe, NM)

Local Arts Leadership

Mayor Coss is actively committed to and engaged in supporting arts and culture in the community. Under his leadership, the city invests $1.7 million yearly in arts related funding or an impressive $24.35 per person. Santa Fe’s creative industries, comprised of 873 arts related businesses, generates $1.1 billion annually in economic activity. The creative industries employ one out of every six workers in Santa Fe and for every one dollar that Santa Fe invests in the creative industries it returns five dollars back to the city’s coffers.

Under Mayor Coss’ leadership, the city is protecting its remarkable, historic downtown, from the Railyard to the Santa Fe River, and from Fort Marcy Park to the Plaza—with the determination that one of the most unique, historic, beautiful townscapes anywhere in the world will continue to be an anchor for the city’s economy, a vibrant downtown for locals and visitors, a downtown filled with history, art and culture that is walkable, bikeable and welcoming.

Santa Fe Mayor David Coss receives the 2013 Americans for the Arts and The United States Conference of Mayors National Award for Local Arts Leadership for cities with a population fewer than 100,000.


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 Today is the birthday of American artist Charles Dana Gibson, best known for his creation of The Gibson Girl. By some accounts, he's also responsible for the invention of the Gibson martini. Were he still alive, he’d be 143 years old today.

Gibson was born September 14th, 1867 in Roxbury, Massachusetts, today the heart of Boston’s population -- back then, probably not. His parents were DeWolf Gibson and Josephine Elizabeth Lovett. The patriarch was a somewhat gifted artist and encouraged his son to draw. Gibson honed his skill at Manhattan’s Art Students League. In 1886, he sold his first sketch to Life magazine (of a dog chained to a post), for which he became a contributor for the next three decades.

As Gibson’s reputation grew, his works appeared in The Century, Colliers, Harper’s Weekly and Scribners. By 1889, he’d acquired enough money to travel to Europe. In England he met illustrator George du Maurier, known for (among other things), his skill at drawing beautiful women. His subsequent illustrations reflect du Maurier's influence, although they are quite distinct.

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Hi everybody! Back in January I announced that we was going to merge Enchanting Amy with Amy Adams Fan. Well, due to my recent computer issues it was being postponed, but today I finally restarted the project. Lots of magazine scans was added to our gallery (some we already have but was replaced with better quality ones), and more will come.

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June issue of Empire Magazine has 12 pages plus two different covers dedicated to Man of Steel. My friend Celyn kindly scanned it to us, so you can now find it in the gallery:

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Man of Steel is the story of a young boy who learns that he has extraordinary powers and is not of this Earth. As a young man he journeys to discover where he came from and what he was sent here to do. But the hero in him must emerge if he is to save the world from annihilation and become the symbol of hope for all mankind. It will arrive in theaters on June 14!

David O. Russell film gets official title

According to Box Office Mojo via The Playlist, the untitled David O. Russell film (previously known as American Bullshit) has settled on the official title American Hustle! It’s similar to the original title, but probably a bit easier to market for Sony/Columbia Pictures come release time.  The cast is almost too good to be true; Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence Robert De Niro, Louis C.K., Alessandro Nivola, Elisabeth Rohm, Dawn Olivieri, Jack Huston and Michael Pena. The plot concerns a financial con artist (Bale) and his mistress/partner in crime (Adams), who are forced to work with an out-of-control federal agent (Cooper) to turn the tables on other con artists, mobsters and politicians. In the centre of all this is the passionate and volatile leader of the New Jersey state assembly (Renner), who is also something of a local hero and mayor of the impoverished district of Camden. American Hustle opens in limited release on December 13th and goes wide on Christmas Day.

New Man of Steel Viral Video “You Are Not Alone”

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Scrabble word: BRANCH

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Definitions of BRANCH in dictionaries:

    • noun - a division of some larger or more complex organization
    • noun - a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant
    • noun - a part of a forked or branching shape
    • noun - a natural consequence of development
    • noun - a stream or river connected to a larger one
    • noun - any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm
    • verb - grow and send out branches or branch-like structures
    • verb - divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
    • A secondary woody stem or limb growing from the trunk or main stem of a tree or shrub or from another secondary limb.
    • A lateral division or subdivision of certain other plant parts, such as a root or flower cluster.
    • A secondary outgrowth or subdivision of a main axis, such as the tine of a deer’s antlers.
    • An offshoot or a division of the main portion of a structure, especially that of a nerve, blood vessel, or lymphatic vessel; a ramus.
    • An area of specialized skill or knowledge, especially academic or vocational, that is related to but separate from other areas: the judicial branch of government; the branch of medicine called neurology.
    • A division of a business or other organization.
    • A division of a family, categorized by descent from a particular ancestor.
    • A subdivision of a family of languages, such as the Germanic branch of Indo-European.
    • A tributary of a river.
    • See branch water (n.
    • A divergent section of a river, especially near the mouth.
    • A part of a curve that is separated, as by discontinuities or extreme points.
    • Computer Science.
    • A sequence of program instructions to which the normal sequence of instructions relinquishes control, depending on the value of certain variables.
    • The instructions executed as the result of such a passing of control.
    • To put forth a branch or branches; spread by dividing.
    • To come forth as a branch or subdivision; develop or diverge from: an unpaved road that branches from the main road; a theory that branches from an older system of ideas.
    • To enlarge the scope of one’s interests, business, or activities: branch out from physics into related scientific fields.
    • To relinquish control to another set of instructions or another routine as a result of the presence of a branch.
    • To separate (something) into or as if into branches.
    • The central meaning shared by these nouns is “something resembling or structurally analogous to a limb of a tree”: a branch of a railroad; an arm of the sea; the western fork of the river; an offshoot of a mountain range.
    • verb - to form branches (offshoots)

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Although it feels a bit odd to be talking about the same SoC architecture I did twelve months ago, the difference this time around is that NVIDIA actually has tangible design wins. LG’s Optimus 2X and Motorola’s ATRIX 4G both use NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 SoC and will be shipping later this quarter.

I’m also expecting to see a number of Froyo and Honeycomb based tablets running Tegra 2 to be teased at the show, although we probably won’t see them for an even longer period of time.

NVIDIA also managed some Tegra 2 design wins in automotive with announcements from Audi and Tesla at this year’s CES.

All in all, Tegra 2 is feeling a lot more like nForce 2 did upon its launch. It’s finally greeted with much better reception than its predecessor and it is poised to actually make some waves in the industry. Whether it can hold up to dual-core Snapdragon and TI’s OMAP 4 remains to be seen.

I believe we’ve probably seen NVIDIA’s best foot forward with Tegra 2 today, the question from here on out is one of execution and how soon can we get to the next iteration of the Tegra family.

Hands on with the World's First Tegra 2 Phone: LG Optimus 2X

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  • DigitalFreak - Wednesday, January 05, 2011 - link

    Anand or Brian - any idea what carriers the 2x will be available on in the US? Reply
  • therealnickdanger - Wednesday, January 05, 2011 - link

    While I don't know anything officially (I don't think anyone does yet), LG brought its current Optimus line to all carriers. I would imagine that they will do the same with the 2X - assuming one carrier seeking exclusivity doesn't dump a pile of cash on LG's doorstep.

    If the LG Optimus (S, T, One) are any indication of the build quality of the 2X, then I will probably be in line to buy one as soon as it is made available on Sprint. I love my Optimus S.
  • Cali3350 - Thursday, January 06, 2011 - link

    Probably the iPhone 4. When it comes to being smooth iOS is untouched at this point in time (probably because everything is GPU accelerated). Reply
  • Cali3350 - Thursday, January 06, 2011 - link

    Clearly posted in response to the wrong item, sorry. Reply
  • metafor - Wednesday, January 05, 2011 - link

    I think those are "throughput" numbers, not latency numbers. The technical reference manual:

    states "cycles" definition is merely the minimum number of cycles it takes to issue, not actually execute the instruction.

    VADD, for instance, takes 4 cycles for VFP (scalar) and 3 cycles for NEON/ASE (6 to writeback).
  • Cali3350 - Wednesday, January 05, 2011 - link

    Have to say Im pretty wildly disappointed with how you guys seem to be mentioning it will be several months before this thing launches.

    I am desperately waiting for a new phone right now, but want the new tech. The HTC Mecha looks like it will be a killer phone but will still be running the same old Snapdragon HTC has used since the Incredible. I was really hoping either the Optimus or the Motorola Tegra 2 phone would be out by end of January/February, but that seems like its DEF not happening after reading this. That is all sorts of disappointment.
  • aebiv - Wednesday, January 05, 2011 - link

    You mean the HD2 and the Nexus One... Incredible and EVO were late to the Snapdragon game. Reply
  • sirsoffrito - Thursday, January 06, 2011 - link

    I have a Droid Incredible. I beg to differ. Reply
  • solipsism - Wednesday, January 05, 2011 - link

    Is the die size different from the Cortex-A8? I’m wondering how this could affect placement in other smartphones. Reply
  • solipsism - Wednesday, January 05, 2011 - link

    Er, I mean in the dual-core variety. Reply

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The new CFL model flat screens are perfect for consumers who are still in the CRT age and those that have taken advantage of the recent DTV box program. Westinghouse is the only value brand which doesn't buy the whole display module, but just the panels and adds the backlighting and other circuitry themselves. The new LED backlit models come with either red or silver trims.

The 26" model is perfect for hooking up notebooks in dorm rooms or other similar situations. Netflix and Vudu (currently planned) only available on one of the 46" models which runs on the Zoran chipset. Other models of larger size running on the Zoran chipset are also capable of Netflix, and are planned for enabling based on demand. Smaller sized models dont get Netflix because there is not enough margin in the smaller TVs to compensate for the licensing costs. Consumers with smaller TVs also run some other Blu-Ray player or media streamer capable of Netflix, so this is not much of a concern.

Other than Zoran, Broadcom DTV chipsets are also being used in the Westinghouse TVs. Both the Broadcom and Zoran chipsets enable a decent level of video postprocessing such as noise reduction, 3:2 pulldown support etc. which are quite necessary in the consumer market segment towards which the models are targeted.

Pricing and full lineup details in the press releases linked below:

Westinghouse - 46 LED Press Release

Westinghouse - CES 2011 Lineup Press Release

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  • Mr Perfect - Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - link

    Is Anandtech adding television reviews to the lineup? It would be fantastic to have a technology oriented site look at them, I've not hear other sites discus things like chipsets when it comes to TVs. Reply
  • HangFire - Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - link

    If they are going to be making money again, does that mean they'll be able to ship their products despite the court injunction for violating BusyBox's GPL? Reply
  • softdrinkviking - Thursday, January 13, 2011 - link

    It's a different company. the new name is Westinghouse Digital LLC(the old one was Westinghouse Digital Electronics LLC)

    the company that busybox sued is either defunct or still in bankrupcy, and a new company was formed to take over their assets.
    they must have an agreement with busybox, because it would be beyond stupid if they just decided to violate their glp a second time.
  • HangFire - Thursday, January 13, 2011 - link

    Thanks for the clarification. I see they are at least taking a stab at compliance. Reply
  • sgtrock111 - Wednesday, January 12, 2011 - link

    Their OS is Linux. Specifically, Busybox:

    Maybe this would be worth an article or two under your Linux heading?
  • mac2j - Thursday, January 13, 2011 - link

    It's sad - in 2008 there were a couple 1440p and 1 1600p TVs being shown but I haven't heard anything in the last 2 years.

    1080p has been the top for long enough - it's time to move forward rather than trying to push 3D.
  • quiksilvr - Wednesday, January 19, 2011 - link

    Why? 1080p is more than enough. Our streaming video is barely getting into 1080p and very few television broadcasts are hitting 1080p. I'd say stick with it for another 5 years so that internet bandwidth and streaming video can mature. THEN make a push into the higher resolutions, which I still find unnecessary.

    The reason why I say this is because to the naked eye, people can't tell the difference between 720p and 1080p from 8 feet away on a TV that is under 40". It's only when you push it past 50" that you start to see the difference between the two. I've seen 1080p stretched beyond 100" on a projector and feel it looks incredible.
  • SlyNine - Friday, January 21, 2011 - link

    Speak for yourself buddy. I can tell the difference. Reply
  • Desslok - Thursday, January 13, 2011 - link

    I hope they have better customer service then they did back in 2008. I purchased one of their LCD monitor and it was dead in four months. Called the help line to see if they wantedme to send it to them or just return it to the store. The call center I got sounded like they were talking through a tin can and the "advisor" barely spoke English so I just ended up taking it back. Reply

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In Flower this Week

A weekly news sheet prepared by a Gardens' volunteer.
Numbers in square brackets [] refer to garden bed Sections. Plants in flower are in bold type.

8 June 2007

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Lechenaultia formosa - click for larger image

Surprisingly there are flowers in winter. Leaving the Visitors’ Information Centre to the right in ceramic pots there is Lechenaultia formosa [Section 221], a small plant with orange flowers and small hardy leaves running along the stem. Continue along the path to the left until you reach the Friends cascading waterfall. There is Lechenaultia biloba [Section 221], a mauve flower with lime green leaves along the stem.

Go down the stairs, turn first left and walk past the finished bulrushes. Little wrens twitter. There is Hakea ‘Burrendong Beauty’ [Section 221], a prostrate spreading groundcover with exquisite crimson pom poms and pink stamens like a pincushion growing along the stem. Further along, just near the stairs to the Visitors’ Information Centre is Allocasuarina littoralis [Section 174], a small graceful tree which is in flower: fluffy dark crimson flowers on the stem.

Walk on past the bus shelter. To the left is Banksia ericifolia ‘Red Clusters’ [Section 174, a small tree which has honeyeaters sucking nectar out of the orange flower heads; mid green leaves spiraling around the stem. Two along is Thryptomene saxicola [Section 174]; a profusion of pink little flowers with deep pink centers. It is a small shrub with small leaves. Just in front lining the rock wall is a groundcover, Brachyscome ‘Breakoday’ [Section 174], purple daisies with fine elegant leaves. At the end of the garden bed is a medium shrub Crowea ‘Festival’ [Section 174], a good winter standby in the garden. It has pink star-like flowers with a prominent cream centre.

Walk towards the café, past the grass trees Xanthorrhoea johnsonii [Section 66] which are standing like protectors of the bridge. Cross the bridge. Here is the café and the Ellis Rowan building. In front of the entrance to the Ellis Rowan building is Banksia ‘Stumpy Gold’ [Section 131], a prostrate banksia with gold flower heads with deep crimson styles. The leaves are toothed and elongated spiralling around the stem. Look to the right where Ziera ‘Carpet Star’ [Section 131] is about to flower. One tiny four petalled flower has started to flower. Note the decorative, deep green leaves.

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Nearby is Pimelea linifolia [Section 131], a small dainty plant with terminal light pink flower heads and yellow green leaves. Another small shrub in this section is Philotheca ‘Bournda Beauty’ [Section 131]. It has white flowers and the leaves have lots of scented glands. There too is Epacris ‘Nectar Pink’, pink and white trumpet flowers, with small spiky leaves. Opposite is a small tree Callistemon ‘Splendens’ [Section 240]. The beautiful big red bottlebrushes contrast well with the green leaves. Next door are very healthy Crowea ‘Coopers Hybrid’ [Section 240] shrubs which have magenta pink flowers and bright green leaves.

More to see.......... Lesley Page

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FIREFIGHTERS were twice called to Winchester Prison in the early hours of this morning.

The first was at 1.38am after a fire broke out in a cell. One person was removed by prison guards and another was rescued by Winchester firefighters.

Just over an hour later, at 3.05am, they were called to another fire in a cell, in a separate wing.

The cause of both incidents is unknown.

Three people were taken to Royal Hampshire County Hospital.


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Devices section of Play Store receives slightly re-designed UI

by: Andrew GrushOctober 30, 2013

Lots of exciting stuff going on, ladies and gents! Yesterday the Google+ team unveiled several new features for Google+ and Hangouts, and over the last few days more than seventeen Google apps have been marked for updating. Now it looks like Google is making some changes to the “Devices” section of its Play Store website as well.

As you can see in the screenshot above, the page layout has now a few noticeable changes including a new drop-down list that makes it easier to choose storage size and connectivity options. There’s even a suggestion system that gives you alternatives if Google doesn’t carry the device in the configuration you’re looking for Not surprisingly, the Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 pages currently remain the same as ever.

Can you feel it folks? We might not know exactly when Android 4.4 KitKat and the Nexus 5 (and hopefully Nexus 10) are coming — but you can definitely feel that the winds of change are coming.

What do you think of the new layout? Like it or not?

  • stockandroidguy

    DUDE stop the teasin Google! lol Does anyone think that tomorrow will be the day?

    • Miguel Ripoll

      I hope so..!

    • John

      Tomorrow? with no previews announcement? I don’t think so.

      • adam evans

        Maybe a they’ll do a big pub stunt somewhere, that would grab headlines. That’s what I’m hoping for anyway :-)

        • John

          Seems like the rumor was true!!! :D

    • Southall87

      Tomorrow never comes
      What kind of a fool
      Do they take me for?

    • Tylerstravis

      Kit Kat on the candiest day of the year? I think it just makes sense.

    Google & Europe:
    Sorry! Devices on Google Play is not available in your country yet.
    We’re working to bring devices to more countries as quickly as possible.
    Please check back again soon.

    Checking back soon since years. :(

    • AbbyZFresh

      Hey, Google is an American company. Can’t blame em. Gotta put their country on first.

  • jjordan

    I don’t see Google doing a soft launch of the nexus 5…its the most ambitious nexus device (according to leaked specs) they have ever collaborated on…I hope I’m wrong because I really want all the details of the nexus 5

  • raj

    Google, KitKat me please :)

    Make it fast

  • Ronnie D.

    We as a people are SOOO BLESSED to have devices such as the N5 and so forth ( that are essentially made to make our lives a little easier) and its just amazing have far we’ve come in the tech world…it just makes me SMH! Let us count ALL our blessings around these holidays and not take for granted things we do!!


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How to take a screenshot with an HTC device

If you have an HTC device such as the HTC One M8, taking a screenshot in HTC Sense is easy enough. When the right combination of buttons is achieved, whatever is currently on your screen will magically appear in your Gallery app. From there you can share it with anyone you'd like. Not sure how? Follow along and we'll show you!

  1. Open the page on your HTC device that you'd like to take a screenshot of.
  2. Now press the power button.
  3. Without letting go of the power button, now tap the home button.
  4. Release both buttons.

That's all there is to it. If you succeeded in taking a screenshot, you should hear a shutter click and see a preview of your screenshot on the screen. You can also pull down the notification shade like shown above in order to verify your screenshot was captured. Your screenshot should now be saved in your photos. You can now share it however you'd like. Screenshots are especially convenient when you want to show someone what you're seeing and they aren't with you. Just snap a screenshot and send it to them in a message!


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This morning, a post on the Google Blog confirmed that Navigation is now available in 11 more countries, including Canada, France, Germany and Italy.

Today we’re launching Google Maps Navigation version 4.2 in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland for Android devices 1.6 and higher. Google Maps Navigation is an Internet-connected GPS navigation or ‘satnav’ system that provides turn-by-turn voice guidance as a free feature of Google Maps.

In addition to enabling Navigation for more countries, search by voice is now available in different languages. If you speak French, German, Italian or Spanish, you’ll now be able to use search by voice in your own language. This applies not only to Android, but the iPhone and BlackBerry versions of Google search as well!

Hopefully, Maps Navigation will be rolled out in more countries across Europe and the rest of the world soon, with Google making great progress with the development of Maps on Android. Let us know how you get on in the comments!

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13 November 2012

South African Wine Lovers Make Themselves Heard

Latest press release about Real Time Wine. Thought I'd share with all ya wine punters who read my blog. Some interesting stats about traction and more specifically - the kind of things we're starting to aggregate out of the data. Hope you've downloaded the app and registered!

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South African Wine Lovers Make Themselves Heard

With the popularity of social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter at an all-time high, South African consumers are increasingly relying on the opinions and recommendations of their peers when it comes to making purchasing decisions.

The wide availability of online forums and blogging networks has given the average South African a voice, enabling members of a growing online community to source informationabout various products and services from those with similar backgrounds, interests and tastes.

The astonishing popularity of the recently launched crowd-sourced wine rating application, Real Time Wine, clearly reflects this emerging trend. The app, which allows users to share their ratings and reviews of various wines, has already been downloaded more than 4,500 times since its launch in July 2012.

“Not only does this application offer South Africa’s wine lovers an avenue through which to express their opinions, but also makes the sometimes daunting task of deciding which wine to buy decidedly less difficult,” explains Real Time Wine founder, Andy Hadfield. “Our rapidly expanding community is starting to generate information that is really useful for theaverage wine drinker, who can now easily identify the country’s most popular wines, based on aggregated reviews rather than panels and guides.”

In an effort to ensure that the app remains relatable, industry jargon and clichéd terminology have been banned. Choice phrases like ‘sweaty saddle’ and ‘integrated tannins’ are blocked by the app, which offers users handy alternative suggestions.

“We want real opinions from real people,” says Hadfield. “You check into the wine you’re drinking and leave a comment. We then share that with the community. This data drives the “trending list” and also populates a personal profile for each member. Finally, you can figure out what your actual favourite farms and varietals are!”

In the 4 months since the application launched, it has already generated over 3,000 reviews from approximately 1,600 registered reviewers. The app’s unique and playful rating scale, which allows users to classify wines as ‘Yum’, ‘Hmm’ or ‘Yuk’, has also proven exceptionally popular, with 7,000 ratings having been captured to date.

“We’ve seen incredible traction over the past few months, with over 2,000 unique wines already reviewed or rated,” says Hadfield. “The level at which people are using the application is incredible, and their involvement is allowing us to provide more and more added value in return.”

Among the application’s key offerings is a weekly shopping list, which is updated each Friday based on the most popular wines of the week. A location-based specials search is also in the works, which will allow users to identify which wines are available at discounted rates in their area.

“We’re constantly working to make Real Time Wine more engaging and fun for our users,” explains Hadfield. “We’ve heard the voice of the people, and we’re quickly starting to see what South African wine drinkers really think, what their price points are and what makes them choose certain wines. We’re working to incorporate all this information into the application, so watch this space as there’s plenty more to come.”

For more information, visit http://realtimewine.com, or join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter or the Real Time Wine blog.

To download for iPhone from the App Store, head to http://itunes.apple.com/za/app/real-time-wine/id537695945?mt=8

To download for Android from the Google PlayStore, head to https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.real_time_wine

The website has been specially optimised for Blackberry – to access this, direct your Blackberry browser to http://realtimewine.com

Examples of aggregated consumer wine opinion

Top 10 Trending Wines in South Africa as of 29 October 2012

#1   The Chocolate Block by Boekenhoutskloof (2011) R180
#2   Chardonnay Pinot Noir by Haute Cabriere (2011) R70
#3   Frontier by Guardian Peak (2007) R70
#4   MCC Blanc de Blanc by Secret Cellar (2007) R103
#5   Synergy by Beyerskloof (2009) R80
#6   Whole Berry by Springfield (2010, Cabernet Sauvignon) R103
#7   Sauvignon Blanc by Diemersdal (2011) R54
#8   Borealis Cuvee Brut by Krone (2009, MCC)
#9   Chenin Blanc by Cederberg (2011) R79
#10 Rabelais by Thelema (2008)

Real Time Wine ALL TIME Top 20 Consumer Choice Wines

2011 Beyerskloof Pinotage
2010 Nederburg Baronne
2011 Haute Cabriere Chardonnay Pinot Noir
2010 Diemersfontein Pinotage
2008 Warwick The First Lady Cabernet Sauvignon
2010 Springfield Life from Stone Sauvignon Blanc
2010 Boekenhoutskloof The Chocolate Block
2011 Thierry & Guy Fat Bastard Chardonnay
2010 Springfield Whole Berry Cabernet Sauvignon
2010 Cafe Culture Pinotage
2011 Diemersfontein Pinotage
2010 Warwick The First Lady Cabernet Sauvignon
2007 Raka Quinary
2009 Alto Rouge
2010 Rupert & Rothschild Classique
2010 Warwick Three Cape Ladies
2011 Warwick The First Lady Unoaked Chardonnay
Non Vintage Haute Cabriere Pierre Jourdan Tranquille
2011 Boekenhoutskloof The Wolftrap Red
2006 Rupert & Rothschild Classique

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He_s running to meet his mom - _MG_3323 on Flickr - Photo Sharing! Seth Godin recently wrote on Winning on the Uphill Battles and how timely his post is for me both personally and professionally.

During my two-week stay in Omaha working with teachers, I've finally found a personal rhythm and route on my runs after work. There is one killer hill. It's long. It's a battle. Or at least — it was.

Yesterday, after days of struggling against the hill, I reached breakthrough. I had the best run of my stay here. The hill remains the same, but my experience and my expectations changed. My thought patterns improved.

At first I hated the hill. I was unfamiliar with it. But with a bit of work, I became familiar with the nuances, the slope, the patterns of both the hill and myself. By these experiences, I knew what I could expect of both the hill and myself. And yesterday, I had a great run! I look forward to the hill today.

As Seth says in his post, "The downhills are already maxed out by the laws of physics and safety." Isn't it similar with learning? Our students are more likely to succeed when we teach them how to learn, how to breakthrough the struggle on their own, then a lay-down lesson or something just to keep their mind active.

Students will grow — and be excited about their growth — with challenges in their learning.

Just as an airplane rises against the wind rather than with it, there is victory on the uphills and breakthrough in our struggles. Here's to our struggles — and our breakthroughs!

Photo on Flickr by Sean Drellinger

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Rev. Stephen Bachiler was born about 1561 in England. It is said, but not likely, that he died about 1660, Hackney, London, England. He was Matriculated from St. John's College, Oxford on November 17, 1581 with a B.A. Februar 3, 1586\7, he was the vicar at Wherwell, Hants, July 17, 1587 until deposed in 1605, but he was living there in 1614. Of South Stoneham, Co., Hants in 1631, he was licensed to visit his children in Holland, but having taken up with the company of merchant adventurers called the "Plough Company". He came to New England, arriving at Boston on the "William and Francis" June 5, 1632, age 71. He preached at Lynn the first year and was made Freeman there in 1635; of Ipswich in 1636 and Yarmouth in 1637, falling settlement at both; Newbury in 1638. In 1638-39 he was the leader in the settlements of Hampton, N.H. and is said to have named the town; excommunicated there; but restored. In 1641 he was 'umpire' in an important reference case in Maine. In 1644 he was called to Exeter, but was prohibited from preaching there by the General Court. April 20, 1647, he was lated of Hampton now of Strawberry Bank.

His first wife may have been a Bate, a relative to Rev. John Bate, vicar at Wherwell, who called Stephen, Jr. "cousin"; he married (2) Mar 2, 1723\4 Christian Weare, widow, at Abbots- Ann, England. He married (3) Helena Mason, widow, Mar 26 1627. She was 48 in 1631 and died before May 3, 1647. When i n Portsmouth, N.H. as he wrote, assigned "a honest neighbor (a widow)" to help care for his family. He married (4) unhappily the widow, Mary Beedle of Kittery, MA., with whom in 1650 he was ordered to live. The same year he was charged with marrying without bans. On October 16, 1651 his wife, Mary, and George Rogers were onvicted of adultry and whipped for the crime; on October 14, 1652 she was presented for entertaining idle people on the Sabbath. She asked for a divorce October 18, 1656, alleging that he had gone to England many years since and married again, leaving herself and two invalid children destitute on her hands. The date of his return to England is unknown, his power of attorney to Christopher Hussey was approved by Hampton Court in November of 1654.

Ref: Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire- Noyes, Libby, Davis-reprint 1983, pg. 81-82.

Minnie was the daughter of Robert Augusta and Mary Amanda Lewis Mclain. She came into this world on March 5, 1909 weighing in at only 3 pounds. The midwife was concerned about the small baby so she held her wrapped in a blanket in front of the cookstove for three days and nights to keep her warm. After the three days the midwife brought the baby Minnie to lay by her mother's side and said "I think your baby is going to live."

Minnie grew up on a farm in Ava, Douglas County, Missouri. they raised everything they ate. Minnie worked very hard on the farm and had no time for play. they milked eight to ten cows every morning. Her special job was to help separate the cream.

They did not have an ice box then so they kept their parishable foods in the springhouse where fresh spring water ran over a bed of concrete.

When Minnie was a young girl she was a tomboy. She liked to catch tadpoles in the pond with Charles McCullough. She did not like Charles and his white hair when she first met him. The first time she went out with Charles was because he had a car.

Minnie and Charles dated for a year and a half before they were finally married September 9, 1927 by a Baptist Preacher/school teacher in Mt. Zion, Missouri. Their first home was a two room railroad car in Springfield, Missouri. They moved there in 1930. After a while Thomas McCullough, Charles' father, built a kitchen and a porch on to their home. As their home was being remodeled Minnie and Charles stayed with his folks, Tom and Lola, at the old Ellison Family Farm in Beaver Creek, Missouri.

Minnie and Charles were blessed with their first child on April 17, 1930. They named him Charles Dwain McCullough. Three years later they had Dearl Eugene McCullough. While Minnie was nursing Dearl she unfortunately had a miscarriage. After Dearl was born they finally added an indoor bathroom to their home.

They moved to Twin Falls, Idaho in 1948 because Charles had terrible headaches, and they seemed to get better in Idaho. Minnie lost her husband in 1963 to cancer. She lived long enough to enjoy seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren before she died in 1995.

Note: I wrote this history about Grandma Minnie after sitting down one day with her and talking about her past. This was all she told me.

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1 Password Generator Helps you manage and generate your secret passwords.

2 Coder V2.1 Let your chat be more exciting by using this application between you and your friend. Now only you and your friend in the chat room will be able to understand each other. (Tell your friend to download a copy of the program for decoding the messages). Also both of you can arrange the coding method through the program's options.

A calculator with very high accuracy and cool graphics
4 Math for Beginners A Simple Score Game that kids will enjoy.

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An Internet browser based on the IE technology. Me and my brother worked together on developing this Web Browser.

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Welcome to my Irish page. I have always loved Ireland, ever since I was four years old and learned a little about my geneology. I dreamed of someday visiting Ireland and used to spend hours pouring over maps and travel guides planning my perfect trip. In 1994, I was introduced to the SCA and found out that I could live the life of an Irish noblewoman. Sort of. This page reflects my interests and research into my Irish persona, Ciar inghean ui Fhothaidh, a 16th Irish woman from County Galway, as well as her various ancestresses of the same name. In other words, I am enamored with all the ages of Ireland and my research reflects that. Please visit my Projects page, to see the progress I have made on my Irish costumes. Please, also, visit my SCA page, to find out more about my other historically related interests and the SCA in general.

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Eachne's 5th century Irish-Celtic Re-enactment
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Celtic Clothing of the 16th Century
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Angelo State University's Concert Chorale will present "Halloween Spooktacular II: The Nightmare Before Christmas" at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29, in the sanctuary of First Presbyterian Church, 32 N. Irving, across from the City Auditorium in downtown San Angelo.

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Rating: 2

Review: Thank you Shonen Hollywood. Thank you for giving us pretty boys dancing in unison and singing terrible songs. Thank you for giving us an idol-group producer who speaks solely in cryptic pseudo-inspirational speeches. Thank you for giving us a main character who is actually defined by his empty soul and total lack of personality. Thank you for writing cruelly stupid introductions for each band member and then spending the middle third of the episode having them practice each and every one, with crypto-garbage commentary on each from the producer. Thank you for giving us a production assistant with a bouffant pompadour and a speech style that's the Japanese equivalent of a flaming lisp. Thank you for theme songs that just demonstrate how poorly your idols harmonize. Thank you for flipping the idol-anime pattern and giving us beautiful boys instead of cute girls while still letting your boys kinda act (and bond) like girls. Thank you for broadcasting each boy's personality so that it's like a neon sign blaring “idol enthusiast” or “talented but self-centered” while still keeping them so generic and one-dimensional that even now, a mere half hour after watching, I can't honestly remember which is which. Thank you for the voice-over that tells us things we would find out anyway. Thank you for the languid pace, which coupled with total disinterest in the cast and a frightful lack of interesting showbiz detail, makes the episode's uneventfulness even duller than it has to be. Thank you for the ending montage, which manages to imply that the nice-guy idol sings to orphans and that the dropout idol loves his biker punk ex-comrades. But most of all, thank you for finally giving me an idol anime that I can wholeheartedly disparage. Oh, and no thanks for the laugh at the end. If you're going to suck, commit goddammit.

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Rating: 2 (of 5)

Review: Fifteen years ago Shonen Hollywood was a legendary boy band which would pack the Hollywood Tokyo theater night after night. (Think New Kids on the Block in their prime.) Nowadays 17-year-old Kakeru goes to that same theater each day to practice in the shadow of that tradition. He was aimlessly working a part-time job until he got recruited to be a potential idol singer, and now he and four other young studs are practicing to become the next how new thing to drive girls' hearts wild. They even have the dance steps and some perfectly cheesy canned introduction lines that they have to practice. To help give them a push, their President (who was doubtlessly secretly one of the original SH members, although that hasn't been revealed yet) declares that they will get to inherit the name Shonen Hollywood and get a new song, which is apparently what is being used for the closer. One has to be concerned about their chances for success, though, since that closer song is pretty lame.

In terms of serving as eye candy for the ladies, Shonen Hollywood has to be considered a success. The artistry looks great, the guys are all dashingly attractive in the classic shojo style, and the animation is even pretty decent. In fact, just about everything about it – even its sense of humor – seems finely-tuned to pander to female fans. And while there's certainly nothing wrong with that, the only other thing that the series has going for it so far is a sort of ephemeral charm. To say that the personalities shown so far for the five idols are very basic might even be an overstatement, and what little they do show offers little variety from the norm for these kinds of shows. A comment that the eldest one makes at one point about how there's a thin line between adoration and bullying was potentially interesting and insightful but needed more exploration than it actually got; perhaps someone decided it was too deep for the content?

By no means is the series off to an awful start, but so far it's just too bland.

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Review: Fifteen years ago there was a top boy idol band called “Shonen Hollywood” that was all the rage. They broke up for unknown reasons, but now five young men have the opportunity to be a part of its recreation! Kira's super excited; he's a former child star who has always wanted to be an idol. Makki's kind of dumb, but he's up for being center. Shun's cranky but okay with it, Kakeru seems to have zero feelings whatsoever, and Daiki doesn't make much of an impression at this point. So now they're practicing their dance routines and learning how to introduce themselves in the most embarrassing way possible to learn not to be embarrassed. It doesn't appear to be working well; I'm embarrassed for them.

Less campy than UtaPri and less charming than Love Live, Shonen Hollywood is trying very hard to be an idol show for the ladies. This first episode has only moderate success, mostly because the boys have very little personality yet and their assistant manager/choreographer is this close to being a gay stereotype. The art is surprisingly realistic compared to other idol shows, and the boys are all wiry and muscular rather than lithe and feminine. The choreography is well animated and isn't over the top – it looks like something that someone could pull off while singing. That it isn't done in motion capture is impressive too, particularly as it's the only real moment we have to judge the animation from; otherwise there's a fair amount of standing around talking.

If you're looking for some eye candy of the male variety that isn't as blatant as Free! and comes with decently catchy pop tunes, Shonen Hollywood's first episode fills that need decently. It isn't a stand out debut, but it looks like it will take itself more seriously than the average idol show. If you like pretty boys singing and dancing, this is worth keeping an eye on to see how it develops.

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Portugal’s own participation in the World Cup finals went down to the wire when it beat Sweden in the November play-offs, making it one of 13 European countries to compete in Brazil. In contrast to Portugal’s struggling economy, TAP Portugal will grow its network by 10 destinations in 2014, with two new Brazilian destinations (Belem and Manaus) launching in June.

For a government-owned flag-carrier operating in one of Europe’s most economically challenged countries, TAP Portugal had a surprisingly good 2013. Passenger number were up 5% to an all-time high of 10.7 million, and the annual load factor reached 79.4%, another company record. European traffic growth led the way, growing by 443,000 passengers (+7.2%) while domestic traffic was up just 1%. To round off an impressive year, at the end of 2013, the airline announced plans to serve 10 new destinations in 2014, including two in Brazil, which will be appreciated by football fans across Europe.

TAP Portugal 1998-2013 Annual passengers (millions)

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The airline’s fleet (including that of its fully-owned subsidiary Portugalia) currently comprises 16 wide-body Airbus aircraft, 39 A320-series aircraft, six Fokker 100s, eight Embraer ERJ 145s and two Beechcraft 1900Ds. According to Airbus, the airline’s only orders for new aircraft are for 12 A350-900s.

Lisbon to get 10 new routes in 2014

During 2013, TAP launched only two new services from Lisbon, to Boa Vista (Cape Verde) and Tangier (Morocco) while dropping flights to Milan Linate and Turin. The airline’s growth was achieved with no additional aircraft, and primarily through an increase in load factor. However, before Christmas, TAP Portugal’s CEO Fernando Pinto announced plans to grow the airline’s network by a further 10 destinations in 2014, with two new Brazilian destinations (Belem and Manaus) launching in June, and a further eight new routes starting in early July.

Launch date Destination Country WF (aircraft)
3 June Manaus (MAO) Brazil 3 (A332)
3 June Belem (BEL) via Manaus Brazil 3 (A332)
1 July Bogota (BOG) Colombia 4 (A332)
1 July Panama City (PTY) via Bogota Panama 4 (A332)
2 July Gothenburg (GOT) Sweden 4 (A32S)
2 July Nantes (NTE) France 6 (ER4)
3 July Hannover (HAJ) Germany 4 (A32S)
4 July Tallinn (TLL) Estonia 3 (A32S)
tbc St Petersburg (LED) Russia tbc (A32S)
tbc Belgrade (BEG) Serbia 3 (A32S)
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The addition of Hannover brings to six the number of destinations served in Germany; after Berlin, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich. In 2013, TAP Portugal transported 627,000 passengers on its German routes, representing growth of 18%. The new Hannover route, plus increases in frequencies on the existing routes, means that capacity will be up 22% between the two countries in 2014.

Total weekly seat capacity across the whole network is set to grow this summer by around 8%, with ASKs on track to grow by closer to 12%, thanks to the introduction of the new long-haul routes. Destinations served with at least four daily flights this summer from Lisbon are Barcelona, Brussels, Funchal (Madeira), London Heathrow, Madrid, Milan Malpensa, Paris Orly, Porto and Rome Fiumicino, as well as between Porto and Paris Orly.

World Cup bonanza? 11 Brazilian cities served non-stop from Lisbon

This June TAP Portugal will be flying almost twice as many weekly seats between Europe and Brazil as any other airline, offering non-stop flights to 11 Brazilian cities from Lisbon (plus Belem via Manaus), plus two routes to Brazil from Porto. These long-haul routes to Brazil account for just over one-third of the airline’s capacity this summer, if measured by ASKs (Available Seat-Kilometres).

Portugal’s own participation in the World Cup finals relied on beating Sweden in a play-off in November, which they achieved thanks to the goal-scoring skills of their star player Cristiano Ronaldo. Portugal thus becomes one of 13 European countries to compete in Brazil, with fans from Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, England, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Russia, Spain and Switzerland, all potential customers for the airline’s South American services.

Europe-Brazil market for 2014 World Cup Leading airlines by weekly one-way seat capacity

Source: Innovata / Diio Mi for w/c 9 June 2014

TAP Portugal offers almost twice as many weekly seats between Europe and Brazil as fellow current Star Alliance member TAM Airlines (though TAM joins oneworld at the end of March), with Air France and Lufthansa the next biggest operators in the market. While TAM’s weekly seat capacity is actually down 6.6% this June, TAP Portugal’s is up 11%. The airline will be keen to maximise its impressive links to Brazil this summer, especially while the World Cup is taking place from 12 June to 13 July.

  1. Miguelito says:

    I believe the economic crisis in Portugal is only helping TAP, as the number of Portuguese immigrants everywhere is growing a lot, especially in Europe, Brazil and Angola, and so their travelling. Gosh, I speak for myself 😛

  2. Miguelito says:

    PS: My comment was not really a joke or an ironic remark. Along TAP, all Portuguese airports have been growing a lot in pax numbers, Faro and Porto certainly not thanks to TAP. It’s a general trend. While you see exactly the opposite in Greece for example. The number of Portuguese people leaving Portugal has been over 100.000 per year since the crisis started back in 2008. So, there you go. People go, people return for vacations, receive family visits.. air travel increases.

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LOFT will become second Ann Taylor store in Ann Arbor's Briarwood Mall

By Angela Smith

Ann Taylor plans 46 new store openings in the U.S. this year, including a new LOFT store in Ann Arbor's Briarwood Mall.

Briarwood Mall has been home to Ann Taylor for some time, but now Ann Taylor LOFT will join the mall's store lineup. Mall Director of Marketing Denise Murray said LOFT will occupy 4,857 square feet of space in the JCPenney corridor of the mall.

Though store names will not be affected, last week the company also announced a name change: It's now Ann Inc.

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“Ann’s CEO Kay Krill says it’s more about the company’s multi-channel strategy that includes downsizing existing Ann Taylors and opening smaller, boutique-style new ones, pushing to grow LOFT and Outlets as well as enhance e-commerce and inventory management systems.”

The company's stores are performing very well nationwide, as reflected in the company's 52-week high stock price reported last week.

LOFT differentiates from the Ann Taylor brand by offering a more casual and layered style. According to Wikipedia:

LOFT, originally Ann Taylor LOFT, was established in 1996 as an extension of the original Ann Taylor brand, offers more relaxed fashions for work and home, in the "upper moderate" priced category, offering style and value to customers. The selection provided at Loft initially was a more casual replica to that of the regular Ann Taylor, however has developed into its own brand, and now carries a unique style to cater to a new and younger crowd.

The Briarwood location is now hiring store managers and sales associates. Targeted opening date has been set as June 28.

There are 11 LOFT stores operating in Michigan, including locations at Green Oak Village Place near Brighton and Twelve Oaks Mall in Novi.

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Wed, Mar 23, 2011 : 6 p.m.

Story is now updated to fix a typo and to include a projected opening date.

Wed, Mar 23, 2011 : 1:48 p.m.

Disappointed. I can't wear Ann Taylor clothes. They seem to be made for tall, thin women. Would like to see more "adult" women stores. Briarwood seems to be targeting teen to 20-somethings who are a size 2 or less.

Wed, Mar 23, 2011 : 12:17 p.m.

Correction needed: "Though store names [will] not be affected,......

Wed, Mar 23, 2011 : 12:10 p.m.

Ann Taylor needs to stock clothes that are NOT dry-clean only! 99% of their clothes aren't washable, offer little in the way of natural fibers, and are expensive for what you get (barring sales, which are usually a great deal...) Then again, my complaints are typical of any chain women's clothing retailer: overpriced garbage from China.