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Why State Bank of Vietnam has kept deposit rates unchanged

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NDO - The State Bank of Vietnam has recently decided to lower the interest rates on short-term loans to priority sectors by 0.5 percentage points and some policy rates by 0.25 percentage points.

This move is beneficial to the business community but there is still much to be discussed over this decision. In an interview, Can Van Luc, a member of the National Financial and Monetary Policy Advisory Council, offered his insights into the central bank’s move.

Q: Why did the State Bank decide to refrain from cutting deposit rates?

A: I think the State Bank has a good reason for not adjusting deposit rates because if cuts are made, money will flow to other channels, possibly gold, stocks or property. This move would be very risky and cause difficulty for banks to mobilise funds especially when the amount of deposits was not very high in the first six months of the year.

Q: Why did the State Bank opt for a reduction in interest rates on loans to five priority sectors at just 0.5 percentage points rather than a larger cut?

A: The National Financial and Monetary Policy Advisory Council met and discussed the issue thoroughly and recommended that level of reduction as a deeper cut would please enterprises but could also have other implications.

Firstly, banks would be hesitant to lend to priority sectors because the interest rates were too low.

And secondly, the difference between deposit and lending rates in Vietnam is around 2 percentage points while the gap is much higher in the region, about 3 points in China and about 4 points in Indonesia and the Philippines.

The banking system cannot deal with a larger cut, given the ratio of non-performing loans remains high.

Q: So why did the State Bank have to intervene with administrative measures instead of just letting the market adjust interest rates automatically?

A: I myself have repeatedly suggested scrapping the ceiling interest rates but I understand that in the current context, there are still many vulnerabilities and risks, so administrative measures still have to be taken.

If the State Bank did not use administrative measures, it would be difficult to adjust the interest rates. Of course, competition has become more intense in the banking system. If there are good projects and business plans, there will always be funds available with attractive interest rates.

Q: Some say that such rate cuts will lead to overwhelming credit growth. Do you think it is a problem in the current context?

A: I think credit is unable to grow so fast as the cuts are made only to five priority sectors while credit growth in these sectors is not too high. I think by all means the State Bank will restrict credit growth at 17-18% and will ensure it doesn’t exceed 20% since the IMF and some experts have cautioned the central bank against overheated credit growth.

Basically, liquidity of the banking system is still good and the loan-to-deposit ratio is safe. However, if credit grows too fast and there are insufficient deposits, it will cause liquidity problems for banks and won’t be unable to fully support growth. Credit growth should not be higher than 18%.

The problem now is how to mobilise funds, which certainly involves gold and the US dollar.

Q: What do think are the solutions to the problem of mobilising funds?

A: To help banks lower interest rates, I suggest that the State Bank first expedite the progress of resolving bad debt. There are only five years for such measures to be implemented, otherwise it will be too late.

Secondly, the State Bank should consider revising the document known as Circular 06 issued last year on prudent ratios in the operations of credit institutions. The circular allows banks to use 50% of their short-term funds for medium and long-term loans this year and 40% next year. This means the banking system will use fewer short-term funds for medium and long-term loans next year.

That is why the banking system now has to speed up the mobilisation of medium and long-term funds to meet requirements of next year. If so, the banking system has to guarantee capital for medium and long-term loans while also having to mobilise funds to achieve the credit growth target of 18% this year.

If the above-mentioned circular is amended, the demand for medium and long-term funds will be met, thereby easing the race for deposit rates and helping to reduce lending rates.

I also suggest adjusting the ceiling rate for USD deposits because the demand for foreign currency this year is higher than last year.

Besides the issue of trade deficit, loans in foreign currency rose about 5% in the first half of 2017 while the increase stood at only 1.5-2% last year. It is apparent that Vietnam’s economy still has a high demand for foreign currency.

For the meantime domestic banks must borrow USD from foreign banks at around 2.5%, and if we raise the USD deposit rate by 0.25 percentage points to mobilise USD from the people, the borrowing costs will be much lower. It will also help to reduce lending rates.

Moreover, measures are needed in the long run to mobilise gold held by the public to boost the economy. It is also a way to reduce the pressure on Vietnamese dong interest rates.

Thank you very much.


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Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Internet of Things, PowerBI and Cities Skylines

This blog post describes a nice demonstration possibility for Smart City concepts. It uses a few components:

  1. A demonstration game called Cities Skylines (CSL)
  2. A mod that can be build using Visual Studio 2015 and runs inside Cities Skylines
  3. Microsoft Azure Event Hub
  4. Stream Analytics
  5. PowerBI
1. Cities Skylines
Cities Skylines is a simulation game that enables you to build roads, houses, industry, commercial buildings, water towers, electricty plants and much more objects. All together they form the "city" that is the enabler for this demonstration.

Cities Skylines offers the ability to build so called mods. In this demo, we are interested in some metadata of the city we are building and running.

2. Building a mod
To build a mod for CSL, you need to use the .NET framework 3.5. For this .NET version there are no standard .NET libraries available to use Service Bus / Event Hub. I have create a wrapper around the available REST API. The most important method of this wrapper is SendTelemetry(object data).

public void SendTelemetry(object Data)
            var sas = "";
            WebClient client = new WebClient();
            // Namespace info.
            var serviceNamespace = ;
            var hubName = ;
            var url = new Uri(string.Format(@"https://{0}.servicebus.windows.net/{1}/publishers/{2}/messages", serviceNamespace, hubName,

            client.Headers[HttpRequestHeader.Authorization] = sas;
            client.Headers[HttpRequestHeader.KeepAlive] = "true";
            var payload = SimpleJson.SimpleJson.SerializeObject(Data);

            var result = client.UploadString(url, payload); //send the payload to the eventhub

The data that is send to the Event Hub is retrieved inside the mod:

var totalCapacity = DistrictManager.instance.m_districts.m_buffer[0].GetElectricityCapacity();
                    var totalConsumption = DistrictManager.instance.m_districts.m_buffer[0].GetElectricityConsumption();
                    var totalWaterCapacity = DistrictManager.instance.m_districts.m_buffer[0].GetWaterCapacity();
                    var totalWaterConsumption = DistrictManager.instance.m_districts.m_buffer[0].GetWaterConsumption();
                    var totalExport = DistrictManager.instance.m_districts.m_buffer[0].GetExportAmount();
                    var totalImport = DistrictManager.instance.m_districts.m_buffer[0].GetImportAmount();
                    var totalIncome = DistrictManager.instance.m_districts.m_buffer[0].GetIncomeAccumulation();
                    var totalSewageCapacity = DistrictManager.instance.m_districts.m_buffer[0].GetSewageCapacity();
                    var totalSewage = DistrictManager.instance.m_districts.m_buffer[0].GetSewageAccumulation();
                    var totalUnemployed = DistrictManager.instance.m_districts.m_buffer[0].GetUnemployment();
                    var totalWorkplace = DistrictManager.instance.m_districts.m_buffer[0].GetWorkplaceCount();
                    var totalWorkers = DistrictManager.instance.m_districts.m_buffer[0].GetWorkerCount();

3. Event Hub
It is easy to create a event hub on the Azure portal (portal.azure.com) if you have an MSDN subscription available or a different subscription (free trial is also available). The Event Hub just needs to be setup.

4. Stream Analytics
The stream analytics job takes the messages from the Event Hub that is being populated by the mod running in CSL. The SA job consists of three important concepts:
- Input: where does the information come from? In this case, it is the event hub that is created in step 3.
- Query: the query that will run constantly on the data in-flight on the Event Hub. For this scenario we take the average of different fields that are part of the message sent to the Event Hub by the CSL mod.

    System.Timestamp as EventDate,
    AVG(TotalWaterCapacity) as TotalWaterCapacity,
    AVG(TotalWaterConsumption) as TotalWaterConsumption,
    AVG(TotalElectricityCapacity) as TotalElectricityCapacity,
    AVG(TotalElectricityConsumption) as TotalElectricityConsumption,
    AVG(TotalExport) as TotalExport,
    AVG(TotalImport) as TotalImport,
    AVG(TotalSewageCapacity) as TotalSewageCapacity,
    AVG(TotalSewageAccumulation) as TotalSewageAccumulation,
    AVG(TotalUnemployed) as TotalUnemployed,
    AVG(TotalWorkplace) as TotalWorkplace,
    AVG(TotalWorkers) as TotalWorkers,
    AVG(TotalCarsInCongestion) as TotalCarsInCongestion,
    AVG(TotalVehicles) as TotalVehicles
- Output: the output for this SA job is PowerBI. So every message being processed by SA is pushed to our PowerBI environment we need to setup in step 5.

5. PowerBI
On app.powerbi.com you can create an online account for using PowerBI in this demo. Just create an account and you are of to go.

Once the game is running with the mod enabled, it starts sending the data to the event hub. The SA job processes that data and forwards it to your PowerBI environment. When the SA processes data succesfully there will be a dataset available in your PowerBI environment called "electricity". With this dataset we can create reports and pin them to our dashboard in PowerBI.

6. The Result
A great game running a city and a stunning dashboard in PowerBI that contains realtime data coming from the game!

The PowerBI output. You can see I demolished some buildings that cause some essential utilities to have not enough capacitiy. This causes shortages on electricity, water, sewage and a increasing unemployment rate!

If you need more detailed information on the specific steps, just let me know.

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An appeal to authority, argument from authority or argumentum ad verecundiam is one method of obtaining propositional knowledge. Some examples of appeals to authority:

  • Refering to the philosophical beliefs of Aristotle.
  • Quotes from religious books such as the Bible.
  • Claiming that some crime is morally wrong because it is illegal.
  • Referencing scientific research published in a peer reviewed journal.
  • Believing what one is told by one's teacher.

Sometimes an appeal to authority is regarded as a logical fallacy. This is the case when a person presenting a position on a subject mentions an authority who also holds that position, but may not be an authority in that area. For instance, the statement "Arthur C. Clarke recently released a report showing it is necessary to floss three times daily" would be unlikely to impress many people, as Arthur C. Clarke is not an expert on dental hygiene[?]. Much of advertising relies on this logical fallacy, for example when Michael Winner[?] promotes car insurance, despite having no expertise in the field of car insurance.

Citing a person who is a recognized authority in the field is likely to carry more weight. In the middle ages, roughly from the 12th century to the 15th century, the philosophy of Aristotle became firmly established dogma, and referring to the beliefs of Aristotle was an important part of many debates.

Authoritarian ethics[?] is the ethical theory[?] by which one attains ethical knowledge from an authority, for example from a God or from the law. The bandwagon fallacy can be viewed as a special case of an appeal to authority, where the authority is public opinion.

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Born Nov. 14, 1776, in Poitou; died Feb. 4, 1847, in Paris. French biologist. Member of the Paris Academy of Sciences (1831).

Dutrochet was educated as a physician. In studying the anatomic structures of plants and animals, he developed ideas that anticipated cell theory. His researches in plant physiology refuted the fundamental propositions of vitalism. He explained the absorption of water and of substances dissolved in it by plants and the movement of sap by the laws of osmosis; he connected the role of stomata with plant respiration; and he discovered the mechanism of the movement of mimosa leaves.

Recherches anatomiques et physiologiques sur la structure intime des animaux et des végétaux. Paris, 1824.
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Sunday, August 02, 2009

Arsenic, lead and cadmium in our waters?

Due to a recent Supreme Court case, Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, a mining company will dump toxic mining waste into a pristine Alaskan lake on national forest lands.

Redefining mine waste as "fill material," which is exempt from EPA pollution standards. Conservation groups and EPA have proposed a better alternative that would prevent the discharge of toxic wastes into any lake or stream.

Take action to protect our water.

Mine tailings and their associated metal contaminants, such as arsenic, lead, and cadmium, are prone to wind (eolian) dispersion and water erosion. Wind dispersion occurs because the fine tailings particles (silty sand-like material) and their associated contaminants are easily suspended into the atmosphere by wind and dispersed throughout the environment as dust particles. The spread of metal toxins associated with tailings has been shown to result in measurable elevated levels in wildlife and humans. For more information, visit the Superfund site:

Take action to protect our water.

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  • Current company Beleza Natural
  • Location Brazil
  • Industry Retail

Brazilian women who battle with their kinky, tightly curled hair often brave four-hour lines at Beleza Natural salons. There, their locks are tamed and smoothed by a patented relaxing product developed by former hairdresser and company founder Heloisa de Assis.

Growing up in one of Rio de Janeiro’s favelas, Assis recognized the need for a product and process that made an underserved population of women feel “naturally beautiful.” After perfecting her formula, Assis opened her first salon in 1993 with her husband Jair, brother Rogerio and sister-in-law Leila. An immediate success, the franchise currently includes 26 salons in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Each serves up to 1,000 customers per day, processing up to forty clients at a time through their seven-step process.

Beleza Natural has also developed a complete line of hair care products, operates a lab to conduct cosmetic research and maintains partnerships with several universities in Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia and São Paulo. Since selection by Endeavor, Beleza Natural has increased employment by 214%.
With Endeavor’s support, the Entrepreneurs were able to locate and hire a CEO, develop a shareholder’s agreement, and evaluate expansion targets (especially through the G-Lab program). They participated in the PEG program, which helped professionalize management, and attended multiple Entrepreneur Summits. They also participated in the global ECLA program.

The Entrepreneurs remain highly active and involved members of the Endeavor network.

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Fermi 3 plans face legal fight

The Windsor Star: Dalson Chen - March 12, 2009

A coalition of environmental groups from Windsor and across the border has filed legal contentions against the proposed Fermi 3 nuclear reactor in Michigan.

"Ultimately, we hope that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission will reject the application by (Detroit power company) DTE for Fermi 3," said Derek Coronado of the Windsor-based Citizens Environment Alliance of Southwestern Ontario.

Coronado said the Citizens Environment Alliance joined U.S. groups Beyond Nuclear, Don't Waste Michigan and the Sierra Club in sending a 150-page file to the NRC on Monday.

The filing consists of 14 legal contentions urging that the regulatory commission not approve plans to build a new atomic energy facility in Newport, Mich. -- about 50 kilometres from downtown Windsor and less than 20 kilometres from Amherstburg.

According to the coalition, such a facility would have "radioactive, toxic and thermal impacts on Lake Erie's vulnerable western basin."

The coalition describes DTE's track record on nuclear safety with Fermi 1 and Fermi 2 as "abysmal," and calls Fermi 3 "yet another round of radioactive Russian roulette."

"The actual high-level radioactive waste has no permanent storage site on either side of the border," Coronado said. "Overall, you are looking at a big, hazardous waste mess when you go with nuclear."

But DTE spokesman John Austerberry said Fermi 3 is only in the consideration phase, although applications have been made. "We have not made a decision to build a plant," Austerberry said.

Austerberry said DTE's first priority is to develop renewable energy sources and maximize efficiency, but the company recognizes a need for more "base-load" power plants in the long term.

Ron May, DTE's senior vice-president of major projects, said the nuclear power "is the best choice for replacing older fossil-fuel plants."

"We need to supply power to meet customer demands at all times, even when the wind does not blow and the sun doesn't shine," May wrote in a release.

May said plant storage of "spent fuel" is carefully regulated and "proven to be safe and secure."

May took issue with the environmental coalition's characterization of past incidents at Fermi 1 and Fermi 2. "In fact, neither of the incidents had any measurable effect on the environment."

Coronado said he doesn't expect Fermi 3's environmental assessment to conclude until 2010. After that, it could be a decade before construction is complete.

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The People of America's Oil and Natural Gas Indusry

Let’s Advance a True All-of-the-Above Energy Strategy

Mark Green

Mark Green
Posted November 21, 2016

Here’s how API President and CEO Jack Gerard framed the Real Clear Politics “Energy In Transition” event last week:

“President Trump will take office at a time of unprecedented energy production, largely as a result of innovations in the decades-old technique of hydraulic fracturing and refining capacity thanks to our nation’s world-class refineries and their state-of-the-art refining techniques. The fundamental question, in the energy space, his administration will be called to answer is whether to pursue an all-of-the-above energy strategy by promoting all sources of energy, from oil and natural gas, to coal, to solar to wind to nuclear.”

Great predicate to the interesting discussion that followed, during which there was consensus – from members of the oil, natural gas, coal, solar, wind and nuclear sectors – that, yes, the country will be best served if the new Trump administration adopts a true, all-of-the-above approach to the nation’s energy policy.

It’s an approach that embraces reality – reality in the United States’ present and future energy needs, reality in the benefits of allowing the marketplace to function properly and effectively and reality in what voting Americans think about their country’s energy future.

America’s energy renaissance has propelled the United States to world leadership in oil and natural gas production. It’s historic and timely, given the fact oil and gas supplied 65 percent of the energy the U.S. used in 2015 and are projected to supply 67 percent of the energy we use in 2040 by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Put another way: Oil and natural gas are and will continue to be America’s foundational fuels – because of their abundance, portability and high energy content – yet all other energy sources are and will play important roles as well. All of the above.  Event panelist Kevin Avery of ConocoPhillips:

“The election of Donald Trump as president of the United States presents us with an opportunity to enact comprehensive energy strategies that support the top priorities for any president: growing the economy, strengthening national security, protecting the environment and build a prosperous future for our children and the generations to come. Domestic crude oil and petroleum products will play an integral role in that strategy.”

U.S. energy policy going forward must effectively execute that strategy – by sustaining and growing the energy renaissance through increased access to domestic oil and natural gas reserves, sound regulatory oversight and fair and efficient leasing and permitting policies. Gerard:

“We need policies that promote or at least do not hinder our nation’s ability to develop its energy resources, from all sources. Our message to the new administration and Congress is simple:  Markets not government mandates are the best way to achieve our nation’s energy, economic and environmental goals. The good news is that choosing the best way forward isn’t a matter of guess work. We know how to lead the world in oil and natural gas production and refining and emissions reduction at a time of economic growth. It’s called today’s reality.”

osullivan_rcpCertainly, working Americans, whose votes were critically important in the recent election, see a comprehensive energy portfolio as smart and necessary. Terry O’Sullivan (left), general president of the Laborers’ International Union of North America, affirmed this in an interview with RCP’s Carl Cannon, connecting a broad, robust energy strategy with security, jobs and prosperity:

“When we talk about jobs, the energy sector is a huge piece of that. We’re a union that’s all-of-the-above. … We love natural gas, we love coal, we love nuclear, we like wind and solar and renewables, as well. … When my members hear about an energy policy that doesn’t include all-of-the-above, it doesn’t resonate with them.”

So let’s talk energy policy. In terms of an all-of-the-above energy strategy, the Obama administration’s recent decision to remove any new lease sales in the Arctic waters north of Alaska from the next five-year federal offshore leasing program is a big step in the wrong direction.

Just last month 6 billion barrels of oil were discovered in Alaska’s Smith Bay, a find that underscores estimates that the Beaufort and Chukchi seas just to the north could hold 23.6 billion barrels of oil and 104.4 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. Industry has the technology and the experience to safely develop these valuable oil and gas reserves. Unfortunately, as the U.S. and the world look to a future of increasing energy demand, the administration’s decision needlessly puts that energy off limits, penalizing all Americans but particularly Alaskans. U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska:

“We have shown that Arctic development is one of the best ways to create jobs, generate revenues, and refill the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. Why the president is willing to send all of those benefits overseas is beyond explanation. And it is even more stunning that just one day after urging the new administration to stand up to Russia, he continues to cede leadership on Arctic energy production to them. I will do all that I can to counteract this shortsighted decision.”

Gerard called the decision “short-sighted,” one that “ignores America’s long-term energy needs” and a blow to U.S. energy competitiveness. Gerard:

“[M]ilitary experts warned earlier this year that removing the Arctic from the leasing plan would ‘signal retreat, needlessly reducing U.S. flexibility for promoting our national interests and our ability to ensure international cooperation.’ And it would forego research and exploration of the world’s largest remaining conventional, undiscovered oil and natural gas resources at a time when it remains important to implement a long-term vision for America’s strategic energy future. … We need government to embrace the energy renaissance instead of continuing to drag its feet on developing our domestic resources.  A forward-looking energy policy can further help American consumers and business, boost the economy and strengthen our national security.”

Mark Green joined API after a career in newspaper journalism, including 16 years as national editorial writer for The Oklahoman in the paper’s Washington bureau. Mark also was a reporter, copy editor and sports editor. He earned his journalism degree from the University of Oklahoma and master’s in journalism and public affairs from American University. He and his wife Pamela live in Occoquan, Va., where they enjoy their four grandchildren.


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The People of America's Oil and Natural Gas Indusry

100 Days: Increase Access to Support Energy Renaissance

Mark Green

Mark Green
Posted March 6, 2017

America’s energy renaissance has made the U.S. the world’s leading oil and natural gas producer, with increased domestic output strengthening our economy and increasing American security in the world – while also playing a key role in reducing U.S. carbon emissions to their lowest level since 1992. With new leadership in Washington, we need new policies to secure and extend America’s significant energy gains. Increased access to public oil and natural gas reserves is among those topping the list.

While a number of policies and actions would support America’s recent energy progress, none is more important than opening new access to oil and natural gas reserves in federally controlled areas, offshore and onshore – the latter where production has declined in recent years.

According to a report by the Congressional Research Service, between 2010 and 2015 the percentage of the nation’s total crude oil out that’s produced on federal lands has decreased from 35.7 percent to 21 percent:

This is because access to reserves has been restricted, including limited lease sales, overly onerous regulation and government red tape. According to the Bureau of Land Management, the number of issued federal onshore drilling permits fell 47 percent from 2008 to 2015. Offshore, the Obama administration’s late move to withdraw tens of millions of acres from development in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans means that 94 percent of federally controlled offshore acreage is off limits to energy development. Erik Milito, API upstream group director, recently said that changing Washington’s approach to offshore reserves is key to America’s future energy security:

“[T]he nation continues to need a robust strategy for developing offshore and onshore energy. The U.S. offshore industry has a long history of safe operations that have advanced the energy security of our nation and contributed significantly to our nation’s economy.”

The energy picture on state and private lands, where development typically doesn’t require federal approval, is quite different. To a large extent, that’s where the energy renaissance is occurring. An API analysis of federal data and other resources shows that crude oil production increased 113 percent from 2010 to 2015, while natural gas output increased 55 percent over the same period. Charting the growth in non-federal crude production:

And non-federal natural gas:

This more than just bad energy policy, ineffective and inefficient. It’s also bad fiscal policy for the U.S. treasury. API calculates that if production in federal areas had grown at the same rate as overall U.S. production from 2010 through 2015, total royalties would have been 63 percent higher, with an additional $28.8 billion in royalties collected by the federal government.

Quest Offshore Resources analyzed the impacts of increased access in the Atlantic, Eastern Gulf of Mexico and Pacific and found that allowing more oil and natural gas production in these offshore areas could create more than 800,000 new U.S. jobs by 2035, grow the economy by up to $70 billion a year and raise more than $200 billion in cumulative revenue for the federal treasury – while leading to production of more than 3.5 million barrels of oil equivalent per day by 2035.

Increasing access to onshore and offshore energy reserves – as well as reasonable regulatory oversight and more streamlined permitting processes – is essential to broaden the benefits of America’s energy renaissance, helping consumers, manufacturers and the environment.

See other 100 Days posts -- America's strong energy foundation, tax reform, the flawed Renewable Fuel Standard, energy exports, hydraulic fracturing and consumers and the economy

Mark Green joined API after a career in newspaper journalism, including 16 years as national editorial writer for The Oklahoman in the paper’s Washington bureau. Mark also was a reporter, copy editor and sports editor. He earned his journalism degree from the University of Oklahoma and master’s in journalism and public affairs from American University. He and his wife Pamela live in Occoquan, Va., where they enjoy their four grandchildren.


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Monday, July 16, 2012

Borini eager to link up with Suarez

New Liverpool signing Fabio Borini is excited at the prospect of working with Luis Suarez and hopes they will be able to lead the club to glory.

Fabio Bonini
Liverpool relied heavily on talismanic striker Suarez for goals last season and the Uruguayan's trickery and close control of the ball often proved to be the key to unlocking even the meanest of defences.
Suarez's first full season for Liverpool was well regarded by observers, with Borini one of those impressed with the 25-year-old and the Italian striker cannot wait to play alongside him.
Speaking to the Liverpool official website, Borini said: "Suarez is maybe another player who is similar to me because he works very hard in every game.
"I've watched a few games, and all of Europe wants him. Every player wants to play with him, so it will be a pleasure."
Borini also gave Liverpool fans a hint at what to expect from him and believes his dogged determination was what eventually led him to being a top player.
"I'd describe myself as a player that never gives up and I run a lot.
"I had difficult times at Chelsea when I was younger because I came from Italy. It was very difficult, I tried to be strong for myself and demonstrate to people I could do it.
"That is an achievement I have made and why I am here."
The former Roma player also spoke of his excitement at being able to ply his trade in front of the famously supportive Anfield crowd.
"It's a dream for everyone to play at Anfield
"Playing at Anfield will be amazing. I know the fans are very warm and they're here for football," he added.
Borini is also hoping he will be able to bring success to his new team and get them back into the top tier of football.
"I hope to achieve the maximum I can, by scoring goals, getting into the Champions League and all of the things the club also wants - and all the other players."
Borini enjoyed a good season with Roma, scoring 10 goals in 26 appearances and his form ESPNSTAR


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To get the latest version of TweakPNG, visit the TweakPNG home page at . ==================== Requirements ==================== - Windows 2000 or newer (XP, Vista, 7, etc.), or a compatible Windows environment. With suitable compiler (probably Visual C++ 2003 or 2005), it should be possible to compile a version that works as far back as Windows 95. - Some knowledge of the PNG file format. ==================== Installation and Uninstallation ==================== To install: Create an empty directory, for example at C:\Program Files\TweakPNG, and unzip the contents of into it. Only the x86\tweakpng.exe or x64\tweakpng.exe file is really necessary. If you are using a 32-bit edition of Windows, you must use the x86\tweakpng.exe file. If you are using a 64-bit edition of Windows, you can use either file, though x64\tweakpng.exe is recommended. To run: Open the tweakpng.exe file. To uninstall: Delete the directory you created and its contents. If you want, delete the registry key "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Generic\TweakPNG" if it exists. ==================== Introduction ==================== TweakPNG is an interactive PNG file editor utility that allows you to view and modify some of the meta-information stored in PNG image files. It is not a real image editor or viewer. (It does include a simple image viewer, but it only passively displays the current state of the file.) The rest of this document will be difficult to understand if you are not familiar with the details of the PNG file format. To learn about it, look for the specification at the PNG home page, . Viewing files in TweakPNG may, however, make it easier to become familiar with the PNG format. Here are a few of the possible uses of TweakPNG: - To remove unneeded or unwanted chunks, usually to reduce file size. - To annotate an image file by adding or modifying text chunks. - To change background colors and transparency settings. - To help make test images for testing applications that read PNG files. Not all the types of PNG chunks can be edited. This table summarizes the current capabilities of TweakPNG regarding specific chunk types: View Edit Create ========================================================= Standard chunks: IHDR yes yes yes IEND n/a n/a yes IDAT no no no PLTE yes yes yes bKGD yes yes yes gAMA yes yes yes cHRM yes yes yes tRNS yes yes yes sBIT yes yes yes hIST no no no sRGB yes yes yes tEXt yes yes yes zTXt yes yes yes iTXt* yes yes yes pHYs yes yes yes tIME yes yes yes iCCP yes name only no sPLT name only no no sTER yes yes yes dSIG no no no Extensions: oFFs yes yes yes pCAL name only no no sCAL yes yes yes gIFg no no no gIFx no no no acTL yes yes yes fcTL yes yes yes fdAT seq# only seq# only no vpAg yes yes yes MNG/JNG: MHDR: yes no no JHDR: yes no no (*) iTXt chunks are only supported if TweakPNG is built as a Unicode application. ==================== Features ==================== Most of the non-obvious features of TweakPNG are described below. General ------- TweakPNG shows a "chunk"-level view of the PNG file. Each chunk in the current file is displayed in order, one chunk to a line. Five items are displayed for each chunk: 1. Chunk - The 4-letter chunk type code 2. Length - The number of bytes in the data portion of the chunk. Each chunk actually consumes 12 more bytes than this, to store its type code, length, and CRC. 3. CRC - Chunk checksum 4. Attributes - Chunk properties based on the capitalization of the type code. 5. Contents - Information about the contents of the chunk. This depends on the type of chunk You can change the size of the columns by dragging the separator bars between the column names. You can even hide columns completely. To unhide a column, place your mouse just to the right of the bar and drag to the right. To edit a chunk, double click on it, or select it and press the Enter key. Not all chunks can be edited. Use the items on the Edit and Insert menus to access other features. Editing an IHDR chunk does not convert the image based on your modifications. For example, checking the "interlaced" box does not make the image interlaced, in only makes the image claim to be interlaced. Therefore, there is not much reason to edit the IHDR chunk, although it is possible to convert between a grayscale and a palette image of the same bit depth. Insert (new chunk) ------------------ You can add some types of chunks to your file by selecting items on the Insert menu. New chunks will be created with reasonable default values, and can then be edited. New chunks are not guaranteed to be created at the right position in the file, so you may sometimes have to move them. Move Up/Down ------------ You can rearrange chunks by selecting Edit|Move Up or Down from the menu. Use the Check Validity function to make sure you leave them in a legal order. Note that you can select multiple chunks and move them together. Don't rearrange IDAT chunks in a file that has more than one of them, or the file will be unreadable. Copy, Cut, Paste ---------------- Use these functions to copy chunks to the clipboard and back. They support multiple chunks at a time. The system clipboard is used, so you can copy chunks from one file to another. Unlike in most programs, Paste does not delete the currently selected chunk(s). Pasted chunks are inserted just before the first selected chunk. Combine IDAT Chunks ------------------- IDAT chunks contain the actual image. The PNG specification allows for the image data to be split up among any number of IDAT chunks, which much occur consecutively in the file. For efficiency reasons, some applications do not write IDAT chunks larger than some fixed size (say, 8192 bytes). TweakPNG allows you to consolidate IDAT chunks if there are more than one. This saves 12 bytes of file size per chunk that you eliminate. Choose Edit|Combine all IDAT, or select a range of IDAT chunks and then Edit|Combine IDAT chunks. Note: There are at least a half dozen ways to select multiple items. One way is to left-click on the first item to select it, then hold down Shift and left-click on the last item. Split IDAT chunks ----------------- You can also do the reverse: split up an IDAT chunk into two or more pieces. Why you'd want to do that, I'm not sure, but it's provided for completeness. Select a chunk and choose Edit|Split IDAT chunk. Enter the byte size of the first chunk. To divide it into two chunks, leave the "Repeat..." checkbox unchecked. To split it into many chunks of that size, check "Repeat...". It is legal to have an IDAT chunk of length zero. Such a chunk can be safely deleted. Import and Export ----------------- Import allows you to read a chunk from an external datafile and insert it into the current image. The first four characters of the datafile must be the chunk identifier (e.g. "PLTE"), and the remainder of the file must be the data. The file must not contain length or CRC information. This function allows you to insert any chunk you want into a PNG file, including private unregistered chunks. However, you will often have to use a separate file editor to create the chunk. Export will create a file in the format described above, from an existing chunk in a PNG file. It works only on one chunk at a time. "Import ICC Profile" creates an iCCP chunk from a standard ICC color profile (.icc) file. Editing Palettes ---------------- When you edit a PLTE chunk, or a bKGD or tRNS chunk in a paletted image, TweakPNG's palette editor will be opened. To edit a color, make sure neither the "Set bkgd" nor the "Edit alpha" button is pressed down, and click on a palette entry. Select a new color and press OK. To change the size of the palette, simply type a new value into the "Colors in palette" field. Note that if you decrease the palette size, you will end up with an illegal image if any of the colors you removed are used in the image. Alpha values control the "degree of transparency" of a palette color. A value of 0 is completely transparent (invisible), and a value of 255 is completely opaque. A short vertical line at the bottom of each palette entry indicates its approximate alpha value. (If there is no line, it means that no alpha value exists for this entry, and the color is therefore completely opaque.) The line is red unless the value is exactly 0 or 255, in which case it is a bluish color. To edit alpha values, press the "Edit alpha" button. The button stays down until you press it again. If the button is disabled, you need to Insert a tRNS chunk first. Now click a palette entry, and type the desired alpha value. To change the number of alpha values (the size of the tRNS chunk), type a new value into the "Alpha colors" field. There must not be more alpha values than there are colors in the palette, but there can be less. Alpha values of 255 at the end of the palette are a waste of space, since that is the default if they are missing. To decrease the number to zero, don't use the palette editor; just delete the tRNS chunk. One palette entry can be designated as the background color. It is indicated by a thick blue border. To change the background color, press the "Set bkgd" button, then click on the palette entry that you want to use as the background. If the button is disabled, you need to Insert a bKGD chunk first. If the desired background color is not in the palette, and there is room for another color in the palette, you can increase the palette size by one and use the new entry as the background. To remove the background color, delete the bKGD chunk. Some grayscale images also use the palette editor, with a simulated grayscale palette, to set the background or transparent color. It is not a real palette, so you can't edit the colors, but you can visually select the desired background or transparent color. File Signature -------------- Every file type in the PNG family begins with an 8-byte signature that identifies it. Choosing File|File Signature from the menu will let you choose which signature will be written when you save the file: either PNG, MNG, or JNG. This is for completeness only; you probably will never need this. Check Validity -------------- This will take a look at the overall structure of the current file and try to determine if it could be a valid PNG file. It mostly checks for incorrect chunk ordering and missing required chunks. It does not guarantee that your file is valid (not even close). It does not check that the data within chunks is valid. This function will automatically be run before you save a file, and if any problems are found, you will need to confirm the save. Preferences -> "Add TweakPNG to Explorer context menu" ------------------------------------------------------ When you right-click on a file in Windows Explorer, a menu is displayed with various options. If you enable this, a "TweakPNG" option will be added to all files with a ".png" or ".mng" or ".jng" extension, and selecting it will run TweakPNG. Note that double-clicking on a file will still run your default PNG viewer, if you have one, instead of TweakPNG. Tools -> Show Image Viewer -------------------------- The first item on the Tools menu is a special internal image viewer. The current image is shown in a separate window, which you can show or hide from this menu. [TO DO: Document the image viewer.] Tools menu and Configure Tools ------------------------------ You can define viewers and filters using "Options|Configure Tools", and run them on the current file using the Tools menu. A "viewer" is a program that views (or processes in some way) a PNG file without modifying it. A "filter" is a program that accepts a PNG file as input, and produces a different PNG file as output. The "Name" is what gets displayed on the Tools menu. Leave "Name" blank to prevent that item from showing up on the Tools menu. The "Program" is the executable file of the program to run. You may or may not need to include the full path. Leave "Program" blank to open the PNG file directly, letting Windows use your default PNG application. The "..." button following this field can be used to browse for a program. In "Parameters", put any command line parameters that should be used. For a viewer, this can often be left blank. If the strings "%1" and "%2" appear in the parameters, this tool will be assumed to be a filter. %1 will be replaced with the input filename, and %2 will be replaced with the output filename. Otherwise, this tool will be assumed to be a viewer. If the string "%1" appears in the parameters, it will be replaced with the name of the file to view. Otherwise, the filename will be appended to the parameters. For example, to configure Firefox as a viewer, choose "Option|Configure Tools", pick an empty row and enter: Name: Firefox Program: firefox.exe (leave Parameters blank) Firefox should now show up on your Tools menu. You may in some cases need to include the full path of the Program. When you select a viewer from the Tools menu, current document will be written to a temporary disk file, and then the viewer will be run on that file. The same temporary file is reused every time. An example of a filter: Name: pngrewrite Program: C:\Program Files\pngrewrite\pngrewrite.exe Parameters: %1 %2 To run a filter, TweakPNG writes the current document to a temporary file, runs the filter, reads in the temporary file it created, then deletes both temporary files. Color correction ---------------- The TweakPNG image viewer assumes that your monitor uses the standard sRGB color space, and (if gamma correction is enabled) converts images to sRGB when displaying them. It supports gAMA and sRGB chunks, but not cHRM (chromaticities) or iCCP (color profile) chunks. It knows that sRGB is not exactly the same as gamma=1/2.2, and the difference can be noticeable, especially in dark regions of an image. ==================== MNG support ==================== MNG is a PNG-like format that supports multi-image files and animation. In addition to PNG, TweakPNG unofficially includes a small amount of support for MNG files. However, it doesn't really have any knowledge of the contents of MNG-specific chunks, so it can't interpret them or let you edit them. You can only move them around or delete them. It may report that some chunks are illegal, when in fact they are legal. Editing palettes and corresponding background and transparency chunks is unreliable in MNG files, because TweakPNG does not know how to correctly associate PLTE and bKGD and tRNS chunks if there are more than one of each. The combine/split IDAT functions will also work on JDAT chunks. ==================== Source Code ==================== The C++ source code to TweakPNG is included in this package. It is intended to be compatible with Microsoft Visual C++ version 7(?) and higher. It might also work in other C++ packages. See the file tweakpng-src.txt in for more information. ==================== File list ==================== The following files should be included in this package: tweakpng.txt - this file COPYING.txt - copy of the GPL x86\tweakpng.exe - the main program, 32-bit edition x64\tweakpng.exe - the main program, 64-bit (x64) edition sample.png - sample PNG image - the source code


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Minecraft Diamond Seeds

Each Minecraft Diamond Seed listed below has diamonds at or near the game’s spawn point.

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Minecraft Mesa / Bryce Biome, Temple Nearby [1.8.x]

This Minecraft 1.8.x seed spawns in a mesa biome. Exploring it’s perimeter you’ll find intermittent bryce mesa biomes and the whole mesa surrounded by a river and a variety of other biomes including swamp, birch forest, forest, swamp and savanna. Not far from the game start point there’s a desert temple (coordinates are 648 71 159) with reasonably good loot, especially when you’re just getting started.

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Minecraft Witch Hut on Stilts plus Village Mineshaft

We’ve never seen a witch hut like this one in Minecraft. The best way to describe it would be to say that it was on stilts. The witch hut is directly above a deep cave entrance with one of the base’s legs going deep into the cave, looking like it is on stilts. The witch hut isn’t far from spawn, it’s at 207 66 614, just a quick flight in creative mode from the spawn point. Speaking of the spawn point, you will likely notice a close by attraction.

Minecraft Village Seed – Great Loot

One Minecraft village (that happens to have a temple as a part of it) that offers diamonds, gold, emeralds, iron, and a saddle. Actually, there’s also bread, a bunch of bones and rotten flesh, but that’s not all that exciting, is it? When the game starts, you’re on the border between a desert and savannah biome. There’s some good places to get to from the spawn point, but we’ll focus on the one village with all the loot.

Minecraft 1.8x Temple, Village and Mineshaft

This is a cool Minecraft 1.8x exploration seed. The game starts at the intersection of plains, desert and forest adjacent to a river. Off to the north within visible distance is a savanna, too. From spawn if you head northeast you’ll quickly find a desert temple (XYZ -161 68 74). Off in that savanna there’s a village located at (XYZ) 170 64 369. On one edge of the village at the base of a villager’s home there is a chasm/cave entrance that is very deep. If you can get down there without dying we found a lot of coal and iron as well as some gold.

Glitched Temple Inside Village + Lots of Great Loot

There’s a lot of great chest loot in this Minecraft 1.8x seed that was submitted by Epic user Tylizzle96. We’ve got the coordinates to quickly get to some of the loot, but something that might be even more interesting on this seed is that there is a glitched village that has a temple overlapping the village! What makes it one of the best village glitches we’ve seen is that both the village and the temple are completely intact.

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Perez, P. (2008) Bioresorbable and nonresorbable macroporous thermosensitive hydrogels prepared by cryopolymerization. Role of the cross linking agent Polymer Science, 45. pp. 3797-3803.

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EverQuest II Item Information
Type: House Item
blue termite
This item can be placed in any house type.
Rent Status
Obtain: Reward from the quest "Termite Troubles, Part IV" in Moors of Ykesha.

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Automic: On a growth journey with EQT

Automic Software, a leader in business automation just ended its best ever year. Having doubled revenues and tripled its EBITDA since 2012, this investment is another testament to how EQT applies its entrepreneurial approach to help its portfolio companies accelerate growth.

An Austrian company called UC4, today renamed to Automic, caught EQT’s attention early in 2012. The market dynamics were attractive and the company produced recurring revenues from a diverse and stable customer base. “The obvious was a highly attractive growth company with an impressive customer line up and strong offering. But we also saw a greater potential, the idea was to support the company to take the next step on its development journey, drive expansion into the rapidly growing cloud and release automation market and establish Automic as a category leader in IT and business process automation," explains Per Franzén, Partner at EQT Partners, Investment Advisor to EQT VI.

Applying the industrial model
Since acquisition in August 2012, EQT has supported growth, operational improvements and strategic repositioning through a number of measures. The path has been clear from the start – the ambition is to transform Automic into the category leader in business automation.

In 2014, Automic acquired Orsyp, a French automation company that was integrated with substantial synergies. In addition, heavy investments were made in the US, with the latest plans being to open an innovation hub in Austin, Texas, focused on developing the next generation of products. Another example is boosting the company's sales and marketing functions further.

The management team of Automic has also been strengthened. A number of senior appointments, including the new CEO Todd DeLaughter, have been made. A top team is in place to steer Automic through the next stages of growth.

FY 2015/16 - A record year
The financial figures for FY April 2016 speak for themselves – a record Q4 and financial year was announced mid June showing that the measures are making its way. All product lines grew and growth in all regions accelerated, with Americas and APAC leading with more than 100% and 50% license growth respectively.

"EQT VI acquired a good Austrian company, completed a transformational French bolt-on acquisition, invested heavily in the US and recruited a new, mostly American management team. Revenues doubling and EBITDA tripling in less than four years, that’s quite an achievement. But the job isn’t finished yet, we look forward to continue working together with Todd and his team to reach even higher highs,” Per Franzén continues.

What's next?
Automic is a perfect example of EQT’s model of building and developing companies using its global platform, sector experience and growth oriented approach. And Automic’s journey with EQT is far from over – EQT VI will continue to support the growth of the company. By driving further operational improvement, with a continued focus on sales and investment in innovation, the ambition is to take the company even further.


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Ways to Hold Title

There are different types of real property ownership in California mainly divided into sole ownership and co-ownership. There are several variations as to how title is held in each type of ownership. Following are the seven most common examples of sole and co-ownerships:

1. Single woman or man who are not legally married.

2. An Unmarried woman or man: A woman or man that have been married and is currently divorced.

3. A married woman or man as her or his sole and separate property: when a married woman or man interested in gaining ownership of a property, in their name alone, they must receive their spouse’s consent by Quit Claim Deed or otherwise to transfer, thereby relinquishing all rights, title and interest in the property.

4. Joint Tenancy: Is one owned by two or more persons in equal shares, by a title created by a single will or transfer, when expressly declared in the will or transfer to be a joint tenancy. A chief characteristic of joint tenancy property is the right of survivorship. When a joint tenant passes away, title to the property immediately vests in the survivor or surviving joint tenants. As a consequence, joint tenancy property isn’t subject to disposition by will.

5. Tenancy in Common: Under tenancy in common, co-owners own undivided interests. Unlike joint tenancy in this type of co-ownership the interests need not be equal in quantity or duration. There is no right of survivorship; each tenant owns an interest that upon his/her death is vested to the legal heirs or devisees.

6. Community Property: is one acquired by husband and wife or either during marriage. Real property conveyed to a married man or woman is presumed to be community property, unless otherwise stated. Under community property, both spouses have the right by will, to dispose of one half of the community property, but all of it will go to the surviving spouse without a will. If spouse exercises his or her right to dispose of one-half, that half is subject to administration in the estate.

7. Community Property with Right of Survivorship: (Effective July 1st, 2001). Community property acquired by husband and wife, when expressly declared in the transfer document to be “community property with right of survivorship,” shall pass to the surviving spouse without having to first pass through the administration of the estate.


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The King family

In researching Joshua Nunn, I was keen to find out more about his family in Suffolk. My hypothesis is that his father, William Nunn (born about 1781, died Ipswich 1823) is the brother of my myskahterious gt-gt-gt-grandfather David Nunn. I had found the baptisms of Joshua and his five siblings, at Ipswich’s Weslayan chapel, between 1806-15. But where were his parents’ married?

A clue came thanks to his sister Elizabeth Martin Nunn’s distinctive name. An Elizabeth M Nunn married John Long of Manningtree at Stutton, just south of Ipswich, in 1834. Could this be here? I checked on the censuses, and for death records, and found that yes, this was her. Elizabeth was born in 1812, and Elizabeth Martin Long died in the Tendring registration district in 1891, aged 79. The censuses show Ipswich-born Elizabeth Long living in Manningtree with her husband John Long, a butcher. Everything matched up.

Stutton was a clue, and there, in 1802, a William Nunn of Ipswich St Peter’s had married a Sarah King. This seemed a possible, as one of Joshua’s sisters, born in 1811, was Mary King Nunn. I extracted all of the King marriages in Stutton from the Suffolk marriages on Findmypast, and found:

  • 8 Oct 1792 Nathaniel King married Sarah Rudkin
  • 28 Sep 1802 William Nunn of Ipswich St Peter’s married Sarah King
  • 18 July 1806 Benjamin Martin of Colchester St Nicholas’ married Elizabeth King
  • 26 April 1810 John Long of Manningtree married Rebecca King
  • 17 Oct 1820 William King, widower, married Rachel Tyler of Holbrook

At some point, I’ll track down the full marriage, to see if they were by banns or licence (and find the licences if possible), and also get hold of the witnesses’ names.

Then I extracted all the King baptisms in Stutton from the Suffolk baptisms on Findmypast, and cross-referenced them with the Suffolk burials CD-ROM, produced by the Suffolk Family History Society.

Between 1761 and 1778, I found a couple called George and Susannah, who had eight children: George 1761, Susannah 1763, Nathaniel 1766, James 1768, Sarah 1770, Rosanna 1774, Anne 1775, and Bridget 1778. The last three daughters died in infancy, and their daughter Sarah died in 1790, so she didn’t go on to marry William Nunn. Then there were two more couples: Henry and Elizabeth, and Nathaniel and Sarah. Nathaniel appears to be George’s son, born in about 1766 – he is likely to be the man who married Sarah Rudkin in Stutton in 1792, and their first child, Sarah, was baptised in Stutton in 1793. But then there’s that other couple….

Henry and Elizabeth had four children in Stutton:

  • Mary, 1781
  • Sarah, 1782
  • John Mason, 1784
  • John Mason, 1788

I found a burial for the first John Mason King in Bentley on 28 July 1785. When I looked at a map, I realised that Bentley was just to the west of Stutton, which led to me finding a marriage for Henry King and Elizabeth Mason there on 9 Oct 1770. In Bentley, they had:

  • Henry, 1771
  • Benjamin, 1772
  • Elizabeth, 1773
  • John, 1775
  • Rebecca, 1780
  • William, 1780

This made things a bit clearer – Elizabeth, born in about 1773 is, I think, Benjamin Martin’s wife. Although it says he’s from Colchester when they married in 1806, I found a baptism in Bentley in 1807 for a son called Benjamin, of Benjamin and Elizabeth “Murten”. Then a burial in Bentley in 1827 for 65-year-old Benjamin Martin (giving him a year of birth of 1762) – the announcement of his death in the Bury & Norwich Post on 13 June 1827 says that he was a shopkeeper. There is a burial in Bentley 1828 for Elizabeth Martin, aged 55, of Holbrook (to the east of Stutton), who is perhaps Benjamin’s widow. A year of birth of 1773 would make Elizabeth 55 in 1828. She was 33 when she married. I haven’t yet traced her son. But, on marrying Benjamin Martin, she became Elizabeth Martin, and this is presumably who William and Sarah named their third daughter after.

There was an inquest into Elizabeth’s death:

“Mrs Elizabeth Martin, widow, of Holbrook… was found dead on the floor of her bed room on Friday morning. It appearing from the evidence of the surgeon, who was examined upon the inquest, that the deceased had fallen down, and being unable to rise again, had died from suffocation, the Jury returned a verdict to that effect.” The Ipswich Journal, 1 March 1828.

The Suffolk Chronicle of the same date printed an advert for a forthcoming auction on 11 March, to sell Elizabeth’s effects, which allows us to peek into her well-appointed home:

“All the very neat and modern household furniture and effects of Mrs Martin, of Holbrook, deceased; comprising four-post and other bedsteads, beds and bedding, mahogany and wainscot chests with drawers, dining and other tables, bureau, capital 8-day clock, parlour and chamber chairs, pier and other glasses, glass, china and earthenware, seasoned beer casks, culinary and general articles of housekeeping.”

It seems that both Benjamin and Elizabeth Martin left wills, so these might shed more light on their family.

Rebecca King, born in about 1780, married John Long of Manningtree in 1810. They had six children who, like William and Sarah Nunn’s children, were all baptised at a Wesleyan chapel:

  • Henry, 1811
  • John, 1812
  • Henry, 1814
  • Rebekah, 1818 (died 1837)
  • Benjamin, 1820
  • William King, 1823

Their son John married Elizabeth Martin Nunn in Stutton in 1834, the marriage which first gave me the clue to search that parish. There are two Wesleyan baptisms – John William, born in 1835, and Sarah, born in 1836. The Wesleyans were very thorough with their baptisms at this point, giving the names of the child’s maternal grandparents: both of these baptisms tell us that Elizabeth was the daughter of William and Sarah Nunn.

Tracing Benjamin King, baptised in 1772, takes us to Manningtree as well. When he died on 19 Oct 1852, the death accouncement tells us that “for nearly half a century [he] was the occupier of the Queech Farm, Stutton”, and that he lived at the house of his brother-in-law, John Long, in Manningtree (Essex Standard, 29 Oct 1852). Sadly, we also see that he wasn’t very happy living such a long life. In February 1850, having been “in a desponding state” for some time, he tried to commit suicide. He usually had his breakfast in bed, and one morning, the servant who took it up for him “was horror-struck at finding him lying stretched out on the floor insensible, with his throat cut, and a razor by his side, and weltering in his blood.” He was examined, and luckily his wounds weren’t too severe (Essex Standard, 22 Feb 1850).  But there’s an echo here of his sister Elizabeth’s death, as she too was found on her bedroom floor. There might be nothing in it, though.

The 1851 census, showing us Benjamin King living with John (a corn dealer and guano merchant) and Rebecca Long, tells us he was unmarried. On the 1841 census, he’s living in Stutton as a farmer, with a woman called Mary King. Her age is given as 55. I wonder if this could be Benjamin’s sister Mary, who was born in 1781? Although she would actually have been 60 by the time the census was taken in June 1841 (her baptism was in May 1781), if it is her, her age has been rounded down. There is a burial in Bentley on 8 Sep 1841 for Mary King of Stutton, aged 59, and I think this might be the same woman. There are no other Kings in Stutton at the time.

Also in Benjamin King’s household on the 1841 census is 25-year-old Elizabeth Long and 5-year-old John Long: this is quite possibly Elizabeth Martin Nunn – at least, now she’s married and goes simply as Elizabeth Long. Her husband John is alone on the 1841 census in Manningtree, save for two-year-old Sarah and a servant.

Which Sarah King?

But then we have a conundrum. There are two Sarah Kings born in Stutton at about the same time – one, the daughter of Henry and Elizabeth, baptised in 1782, and the other, the daughter of Nathaniel and Sarah, baptised in 1783. I would say it’s more likely that the Sarah King who married William Nunn is the daughter of Henry and Elizabeth – she would have therefore named Elizabeth Martin Nunn after her sister, and the daughter born to Henry and Elizabeth King before Sarah was called Mary – and William and Sarah Nunn called their second daughter Mary King Nunn. John Mason King, who was born in 1788, died in Ipswich in 1817, and was buried at St Clement’s – that might be another piece of circumstantial evidence, suggesting to us that he had moved to the town with his sister, after she married William Nunn. Or it might be a coincidence….

I still don’t know what happened to Sarah Nunn. Did she remarry? She would have been 41 when William died. I can’t see a plausible entry for her on the Suffolk Burials CD, in Ipswich, Stutton or Bentley. Did Elizabeth Martin Nunn marry in Stutton because she and her mother had moved back there after her father’s death – or had her mother died too and, an orphan, she had moved to Stutton to live with extended family on her mother’s side?


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Death by a Thousand Chickens

Almost every candidate that I have interviewed at Riot Games asks something along the lines of, “Everything about Riot sounds awesome, but it can’t all be roses – what’s the most challenging thing about working here?” I generally start by assuring them that Riot is, in fact, a particularly amazing place to work for a million different reasons. A few examples from my personal experience here: we invest deeply in growing people, we all care a ton about the products that we’re building and the focus on the people who play our games is palpable, and we provide unlimited opportunity to get plugged in and drive real change on everything from product decisions to the way that teams and organizations operate. But the people asking the question are correct – it’s not all roses, and we also want to be transparent about our areas for improvement. That’s why I always describe an area where I think we currently have a lot of room for improvement: we’re often the victim of “Death by a Thousand Chickens.”

Before I define Death by a Thousand Chickens (which I will hereafter abbreviate as DB1kC, because if there’s one thing engineers enjoy, it’s creating acronyms!) I want to emphasize that it isn’t specific to Riot. It’s a phenomenon that can occur in any organization but is more likely to occur within flat organizations where individuals at all levels are empowered and appeals to hierarchy don’t carry weight. I’m using a specific example from my experience at Riot to help explain the concept, but I think the ideas here are broadly applicable, and I would be thrilled if this post can ignite a discussion on how to prevent DB1kC without reverting to a top-down chain of command.

DB1kC occurs when someone is trying to make a decision at an organization and a large number of well-intentioned people want to be consulted and provide input on the decision, but very few want to be responsible for helping to execute on the decision. To steal a couple of terms from the scrum world, it’s trying to operate with a multitude of chickens and precious few pigs, when the chickens keep running in and tripping up the pigs.

To ground this in a real-world example, let’s travel back in time a couple years to when I first joined Riot. My experience interviewing for a position at the company was decent, but having seen the way that we were interviewing engineers from both the inside and out I was convinced that we could do better. The process took a long time, the content and structure of interviews differed (sometimes drastically) between different organizations and interviewers, and it was difficult to mine the data necessary to make data-informed improvements to the process. I took up the mantle and issued a “call to arms” email to all engineering managers and recruiters and asked people to join a virtual team that would meet on a relatively infrequent basis and serve as a central coordination point for work to improve our interview process. I got a lot of responses to the email from managers who wanted to give input into the work that the group was doing, but most people said that they didn’t have the bandwidth to join in the work themselves.

About 10 people did opt into the group and commit to doing work, and over the course of the next 6–12 months we were able to make a bunch of targeted improvements to the interview process. We rolled out a fresh set of interview “kits” to push us towards more standardized and structured situational and behavioral interview questions, we partnered with central recruiting to help launch a survey to collect metrics on the candidate experience, and we made other changes to the process that reduced candidate turnaround time significantly.

The problem is that as we attempted to deploy each of those improvements, we had to do battle with DB1kC. Some folks who didn’t want to commit their time to work with our v-team told us that we had moved the needle forward, but not in the exact way that they wanted things to go. Others spun up parallel efforts to implement targeted improvements in a particular way for their specific team without engaging with us and attempting to generalize what they were doing so that it could be applied to other teams at Riot. All of these chickens were trying to help, but they weren’t on the sidelines *or* on the playing field. They were essentially standing with one foot on either side of the boundary line, and in the process, they were slowing forward progress (and in some cases bringing it to a screeching halt).

Contrast this with the way that I could have attempted to push changes to the hiring process through for my organization at either Microsoft or Amazon. Once I had documented the proposed changes to the interview process, I could have pitched them up my management chain and gotten buy-in from my VP, who would have turned around and told his entire organization “this is how we’re interviewing from now on.” Note that I’m not saying that escalation is the only tool at those companies, but I am saying that it’s a viable tool that exists and gets used to preempt the possibility of DB1kC. The advantage of driving change socially at a flat organization is that at the end of the day, the idea is more refined (by virtue of more input/iterations) and everyone is aligned; you get 100 percent buy-in. The advantage of leveraging hierarchy, on the other hand, is speed. DB1kC is the extreme example where trying to roll out a change socially results in deadlock and speed essentially goes to zero.

Now despite the risk of DB1kC, I firmly believe that the pros of flat organizations that don’t allow for appeals to hierarchy far outweigh the cons. I am, however, passionately interested in mechanisms that can preserve the benefits of a flat organization without sacrificing the ability to move quickly. I suspect that any successful strategy probably hinges on being crystal clear on who is in the game and who is on the sidelines: if you’re a chicken, assume that the pigs are doing good work and don’t get in the game unless you’re asked to do so. From the outside, companies like Apple and Asana appear to be making the pig/chicken distinction explicit by nominating a single Designated Responsible Individual (DRI) to be accountable for a decision, letting the DRI choose who should be looped in, and then trusting that they probably got it “right enough.” I’m waiting for a good opportunity to pilot the DRI concept at Riot, but I haven’t done so yet.

What say you? Are there other ways to solve the dreaded Death by a Thousand Chickens problem? If so, I would love to hear suggestions in the comments! And before I go, a quick shout out to my colleague Michael Chang who first coined the phrase “Death by a Thousand Chickens” – had he copyrighted it, I would owe him at least a dollar by now…

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Saturday, May 22, 2010

Meet Sue from Polar Bear Creations

My name is Sue, I’m a stay at home mom of 3 great boys, happily married and currently living for 4 years in beautiful Florida before heading back to Canada.
I’m originally from Germany, where I was introduced to the Steiner/Waldorf Philosophy when my little sister attended a Waldorf school. That’s when I fell in love with Waldorf toys. The dolls with their simple, lovely faces give children lots of room for imaginative play. Creative playing helps children to develop nurturing and a sense of their own “self”. Isn’t that something we need more of in our world today??

I have always been creative, but since I had kids it has become more then just a little hobby on the side. I have many ideas for projects that I hope to realize in the near future.
My main focus these days is to create Waldorf inspired dolls and toys that are made with love and care, from natural materials, which are safe for children of all ages.
PolarBearCreations brings you Waldorf inspired dolls in a variety of sizes for different age groups and stuffed animals.
I use natural material in my creations, such as 100% cotton jersey knit, cotton terrycloth, cotton velour and cotton fabrics, mohair, sheep, bamboo and cotton wool and clean carded sheep wool for stuffing.
My best selling products are my Mini Babies, Bunny Blanky’s, Owls.

I have participated in the Etsy Baby Shower before and this time I am donating Mini Babies( ready-made and custom) to the moms.
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  1. Love Sue's Mini Baby. Super great quality, not to mention precious. Thanks again Sue for your donation.


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Friday, May 8, 2009

Guess Who's Asian? (Part 4)

Asianness is everywhere, in places you might not expect...

First up: Vanessa Hudgens, actress and singer, best known for starring in the movie High School Musical. Her father is of Native American and Irish heritage. Her Mum: Filipino, Chinese and Spanish.

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is one of the giants of dancehall reggae - those not into the ragga stuff might know him from collabs with Sugar Ray, Puff Daddy or Method Man. Without having a good look at him, I always just assumed this guy was Afro-Caribbean, yet he is Jamaican of Indian background; his real name is William Maragh.

Remember Phoebe Cates? The 80s teen actor (left), best known for Fast Times at Ridgemont High, has Chinese Filipino descent via her maternal grandmother.

Speaking of 80s stars, Meg Tilly (left) starred in The Big Chill and won a Golden Globe for her title role in Agnes of God. Born Margaret Chan, her father is Chinese American.

Her sister Jennifer Tilly (below left) is known as an actress in many roles (most of which seemingly involve shots of her cleavage - not complaining, just saying...) and also as a professional poker player.

You may recognise British actress Mona Hammond (below); she's been in Eastenders, White Teeth, and 10,000 BC among other works. She was born in Jamaica to a black mother and Cantonese father.

Actress Lindsay Price is known for her roles on Lipstick Jungle, The Bold and the Beautiful and lots of other chicky stuff. She's got a Korean mother and German-Irish descent on her Dad's side.

US athlete Bryan Clay is the current Olympic champion in decathlon. Texan-born but raised in the melting pot that is Hawaii, he has an African-American father and Japanese mother.

Want more on this topic? Try "Guess who's Asian?" part 1, part 2 and part 3.

  1. Given that you live in Australia, I wonder why You never mentioned Kostya Tszyu? This year he was inducted along with Mike Tyson, Julio Cesar Chavez and actor Sylvester Stallone into The International Boxing Hall of Fame ( As far as I know, he has a Korean father and a Russian mother.

  2. You forgot about Marcel Nguyen, perhaps the most HANDSOMEST male in the world!!! His father is a Free Vietnamese and his mother is German.

  3. Chloe Bennett, née Wang on The Agents of Shield. Shay Mitchell on Pretty Little Liars.


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Eurofish Magazine Issue 6 2009 (November / December)

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Events: Canning Industry Conference
Aquaculture: Offshore Aquaculture
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I am deeply saddened to hear of the death of my friend Heiner Geißler for not only have I lost a friend, but Europe has lost a visionary leader.

Heiner Geißler influenced the thinking of a great many people. He was a Christian Democrat in the truest sense. Whether as Minister for the Family or as a politician working on social issues, his conduct and his political achievements bore the stamp of Christian values.

Social responsibility lay close to Heiner Geißler's heart. He was prepared to make waves and fight for his views, while at the same time striving for social peace. He also made a big contribution in the role of mediator. Right to the end he urged us to put solidarity and compassion at the heart of our action. We must continue to heed those words.

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Cafe Marly at the Louvre in Paris

Cafe Marly at the Louvre in Paris
Relax with a glass of wine at Cafe Marly overlooking the pyramid entrance to the Louvre.

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Friday, February 27, 2009

Paris Restaurant: Beefy Le Severo

Paris restaurant recommendation: Le Severo.

Check out this small bistro away from the tourists. The chef used to be a butcher and the beef here is fantastic. I’d make the trip just for the fries! The wine blackboard fills a whole wall of this bistro. Looking for a truly Parisian experience? This is the place. Info: 14th/Métro Alesia or Mouton-Duvernet. 8 rue des Plantes. Tel. 01/ Closed Sat, Sun and Aug. Moderate.

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Eusing Maze Lock

Eusing Maze Lock

Locks the desktop PCs using a mobile-like dot pattern
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Prevents unauthorized access to PC through a dot pattern without using a password. It supports additional customization features for the locked screen interface, auto locking, transparency and multiple monitors.

There are various ways of protecting your PC from prying eyes while you’re away, though typically they’re mostly password-based. If you wish to make things even more difficult to unexpected visitors, Eusing Maze Lock offers you a simple way of adding a pattern lock to your PC, just like the ones we use for our mobile phones. There are three levels of difficulty, and it is so simple to set up that anyone can benefit from this free extra layer of security.

Eusing Maze Lock offers three lock patterns – one with 9 points, another one with 16 points, and a third and more complex one with up to 25 points. You can reset and try new patterns as many times as you wish, until you get the one that you believe will refrain uninvited visitors from accessing your valuable info. To avoid forgetting the selected pattern, you can back up your design by saving it as an image file – just remember to keep that file outside your PC!

The program comes with a number of settings that will let you customize the way you want to lock your computer. Thus, you can auto-lock your PC at startup or after a specific amount of time, turn off the monitor also after a specific number of minutes have elapsed, hide the lock window, turn off the Internet connection while the PC is locked, set the amount of tries allowed before the alarm goes off, the alarm type, etc. You can even type in the text that the lock window will display once the computer has been locked and add a favorite image as background for the lock window.

Eusing Maze Lock is a small free tool that anyone can use to lock their computer with a stylish pattern. Make it as difficult and complex as you wish, and thus add that extra layer of security to your system that will prevent unwanted visitors from accessing your private information.

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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Welcome the new Close to My Heart Idea Book, Fall/Winter 2009

Sporting a new look, four new paper packets, lots of new stamp sets and embellishments, the new idea book is "live" today! To take a look online, visit my website. To get your hands on a copy, email me for details. To order, shop on my website, 24/7.

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Friday, March 30, 2007

Socks socks socks!

That's all I want to knit anymore, which is funny for two reasons: 1) I usually hate wearing socks. I'm the girl barefoot in ballerina flats in January. And 2) My socks come out far from perfect, every time. But, still. They're challenging and satisfying to knit, and I do like to insulate myself from the tile floor from time to time. And so. Another skein of Socks that Rock made its way home with me last night:

This is the lightweight in Carbon Dating, which isn't on the website anymore. My LYS had a lot of older colors, and some really pretty ones. It's hard to resist going back for a couple more! I cast on a Monkey (Winter 07 Knitty - do I really need to link it?) last night, and after getting through the ribbing and one repeat found that it was too big and pooling terribly. This photo is attempt number two on US 0 Inox dpns, rather than the US 1 KA bamboos that I favor. In the photo I'm trying unsuccessfully to show that I think it's going to pool again. One side is all blue; the other side is all the other colors. Pooling and flashing in handpainted yarns is one of my biggest knitting pet peeves. I don't know if I just lucked out with my first STR, but I didn't have any problems that time and didn't expect any this time.

This is Tropicana from Magknits, STR medium weight in Highway 30. I'm standing on an annoying flyer left on my front porch in this picture. It's the only photo I have of them. Just after taking this one I moved out to the exposed part of the porch for better light, but my neighbor drove up just then, and I got a little embarrassed - crazy girl, taking pictures of her feet and wearing kiddie barrettes while her barefoot and jacketless toddler does her best to escape into the yard - I thought better of it and we went inside. They probably already think I'm a bit odd, and this would send the opinion from "odd" to "weirdo." The socks are pretty though, yes?

And here, finally, is my too-small Wyvern:

The foot was absolutely perfect. I was overjoyed with how perfectly this sock fit me - the toe, the heel, the clinginess without being tight. Loved it. So off I went up the ankle as quickly as I could, and lo, the ankle is so tight I can't get the thing on any farther than this. And I've got some skinny feet. Apologies for the blur and the... oddness, I guess, of this shot. It was hard to figure out how to photograph the entire sock while also showing that it doesn't fit, and I was doing some silly contortionist move and trying to keep my balance. It entertained Mina, at least.

I still have one side and sleeve to seam on her sweater. She wore it around all day today anyway though, one side how it should be and the other unseamed and flapping open. No matter where I put this thing she finds it and asks to wear it, silly girl. It will be ready for her when she gets up in the morning.

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Working on Mina's sweater again, from the cover of Special Knits:

She took to wearing the unfinished body like a shawl; I figured I could at least give her a completed sweater.

Looked through Stefanie Japel's Fitted Knits in the campus bookstore.

There are at least five sweaters I am dying to knit.

Today, I love this yarn:

I think it would make a perfect spring replacement for my favorite Silk Garden scarf, which, sadly, is lost forever. I used a stitch pattern described somewhere on the blog. My bookmark no longer works and I can't find it, but basically it's a stretchy diagonal mesh.

My Wyvern sock fits perfectly in the foot but is so tight in the ankle I can barely get it on. I went with the non-ribbed version and now I must rip.

I finished the back of the Rebecca sweater. Knitting an identical front isn't inspiring me, and the needle I need is tied up in Mina's sweater at the moment.

Today I need to find the spring Vogue Knitting and a set of US5 dpns. Plus a birthday cake and a gift book.

Friday, March 09, 2007

Shawl suggestions for a fellow Northwest girl:

Mountain Peaks by Mim Smith, to evoke our towering mountain ranges.

Shoalwater Shawl by Fiber Trends, reminiscent of our rivers and bays.

Both are lovely.

Thursday, March 08, 2007

finished Perdita
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I finally sewed buttons onto my finished Perdita (pattern in the Summer '06 Knitty), after letting it languish on a shelf for about six months (lazy, me?). It's too big for me and the loops and buttons don't work well together, so it keeps popping open. Pretty though. Next time I'll go down to size US0 needles and figure out a different closure.

I've been really slacking on finishing anything and about posting anything. We had a death in my husband's family recently, and everything else takes a backseat to being there for him. When I can, I have been working on this lovely sock in Colinette Jitterbug, which I am loving. I know a lot of people have been concerned about yardage with the Jitterbug, which is why I chose a toe up pattern. I've just started the ankle (sorry, no picture yet - I need daylight for that) and I'm not concerned at all anymore. I divided the skein into two balls before I began, and one seemed a little smaller than the other so I started with that, figuring I'd knit until I ran out of yarn in the smaller ball and that way be certain that I'd get two full socks. I think these will be nice and tall, not anklets at all. I'm knitting on 2.25mm needles (US1, usually) so the gauge is a little tight, but I like socks better that way. I think the ball band recommends a 2.75mm needle. I wear a size 7 shoe and my ankles and feet are thin. Plus I like my socks clingy, so if you have larger feet or like your socks looser you might still be concerned about yardage. For me though, this yarn is perfect. Also perfect? The short row heel! I had read a lot of opinions about sock construction, and it seemed like most people really preferred a heel flap over a short row heel for fit reasons. I guess I am exactly the opposite. The top down socks I've made with heel flaps never fit right and go sliding every which way, but this heel makes me all fluttery with sock happiness, it is so perfect! I can hardly take the sock off to keep working on it. This makes me so excited for this pattern to come out, since it is the same designer and also toe up construction. How sexy are those thigh highs!?!

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Hedera, in Gems Pearl crabapple blossom. That safety pin is holding a dropped stitch I found just before the photo was taken. I'm not quite sure how I did that, since my stitch count is fine and the lace pattern looks fine (unlike the heel, as you can see). I decided to just finish it and then figure out what to do with that stitch. It just needs the toe kitchenered now, and the second one needs to be started. I don't feel like it. I was really tired of that lace pattern, bored with the yarn, and the whole sock is slightly too loose, though not unwearable. I told myself I would knit the second one during the next phase of Project Spectrum when the color goes along with the theme. (That blur at the left is a toddler hand about to swipe the sock.)


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Everyday Mom's Meals: Church Supper #103

Sunday, September 29, 2013

Church Supper #103

Good Morning and welcome to another Sunday! I hope this finds you enjoying your weekend and ready to share in some good fellowship and great food!
Thanks for stopping by today. I truly appreciate you sharing with our foodie family!
Please link up your favorite recipes from the week. And remember I wish you God's blessings all week long!
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February 4, 2010

Warning: Are Toyotas Dangerous??? Sometimes, The Answer is Yes.

First, it was sudden acceleration problems caused by faulty gas pedals in Toyota vehicles (Toyota, Lexus).

Then, there were reports about brakes malfunctioning in 2010 Prius hybrids, and now I'm reading about fingers being pointed at the electrical systems in Toyota cars, SUVs, and trucks (Lexus included here, too).

If you have a vehicle manufactured in the past few years by Toyota, then you need to take precautions here.  Seriously, when the Secretary of the Department of Transportation says don't drive these cars till they're fixed, then take heed.

Additionally, I'm watching out for Toyota makes and models out on the roads, too.  May sound paranoid, but if a 2010 Prius hybrid is right on my tail, I'm changing lanes.

Phil said...

Toyota did get themselves in a pickle, the gas pedal sticking down is not something that should have been over looked, is it.

Reba Kennedy said...

Hi Phil,

Pickle, indeed. I'm reading media reports that Toyota has been aware of the sticking acceleration pedal since 2002.

I'm waiting to learn what Toyota's explanation is for 8 years, and no resolution ....

Hey, and Phil, thanks for writing!!!