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Judith Kohl
— The German is only a nameholder but the one linked work is by our Judith Kohl, a translation of The View from the Oak. (Ravensburg: Maier, 1983)
Judith Kohl at LC Authorities — with 5 catalog records [now one of the listed External links]
— There LC reports 1977 and 1988 printings of one (c)1977 edition published by Sierra Club Books.
LC catalog records two Kohl & Kohl collaborations
The view from the oak: the private worlds of other creatures, illus. Roger Bayless (Sierra Club, 1977)
Pack, band, and colony: the world of social animals, illus. Margaret La Farge (1983)
19:07, 27 August 2013 | toxic | en |
Được đánh giá cao nhất là tác phẩm 'Thiên Long Bát Bộ' | toxic | vi |
My Self Shahabuddin Maradia delights in the creative process. Building from the foundations of art, Drawing, and animation, I produce elegant, inspiring interfaces. Specialize in the fields of corporate identity (logo) design, print design and branding with the majority of my time spent designing and implementing marketing promotions for businesses such as logos, letterhead business cards and wedding cards as well.
My life is design, I love it and I surround myself in it every day. | toxic | en |
Oh really? You may want to go and change EVERY SINGLE OTHER ARTICLE that uses the chart to Billboard then because the Canadian Hot 100 is the correct format. Jesus christ! Why do you feel the need to just make all the providers in brackets different to all of the other single articles like OCC when you know full well what it should be?! | toxic | en |
Black Lives Matter is a domestic terrorist organization; an organized criminal enterprise; a racist hate group; a bunch of criminal thugs; a bunch of out-of-control animals who belong in cages; violent Marxist thugs. | adult_sexism | en |
I don't want to be unjustly warned nor blocked for actions of Al Bargit/Aminullah in future if he makes new provocation again. For the record, this terrorist wants my disappearing from Wikipedia. What I must do if GB again warns me for not my actions, if I don't be able to convince him? | toxic | en |
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Is that another threat, Mike? You have absolutely no case whatsoever against me. Wow Steve, according to Mike, I guess you're one of the ""various administrators"" that I ""struck a bargain"" with - did you know that? How terrible of you. I guess everyone is against poor Mike. (; " | toxic | en |
Just when you thought the Left couldn't possibly get any weirder and loonier, Eco-sexualists are now having sex with Mother Earth. Can we charge them with raping the Earth? this is obviously worse than Climate Change. What if she's saying no? [URL] | adult_sexism | en |
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::I've expanded the Championship section a fair bit, let me know what you think. Pretty sure I've resolved the remainder of your issues with the article, have another look over it and let me know how else I can improve it! '''''' " | toxic | en |
fw : conversation with edison re : getting negative ctc paid
chris calger
503 - 464 - 3735
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from : dasovich , jeff
sent : tuesday , october 23 , 2001 3 : 02 pm
to : shapiro , richard ; steffes , james d . ; mellencamp , lisa ; tribolet , michael ; sanders , richard b . ; kean , steven j . ; sharp , vicki ; smith , mike ; williams , robert c . ; curry , wanda ; swain , steve ; huddleson , diann ; calger , christopher f . ; belden , tim ; dietrich , janet
subject : conversation with edison re : getting negative ctc paid
i talked to john fielder ( svp edison ) about setting up a meeting for barry tycholiz with edison ' s cfo about hedging edison ' s qf price risk . fielder wanted to talk about the negative ctc issue . here ' s what he said :
they plan to " settle " with the esps and pay them when they pay everyone else , which he re - iterated would be sometime in ql ' 02 .
edison is holding firm to the notion that the negative ctc contributed to the utility ' s undercollection and that the esp ' s share of the undercollection has to be netted against the payables attributable to the negative ctc and owed the esp .
he said that they will propose to net it out in one of two ways : 1 ) lump sum netting ( i . e . , if they owe $ 50 mm and the share of the undercollection is $ 30 mm , then they pay the esp $ 20 mm ; or 2 ) future reductions in px credit ( i . e . , they pay the esp $ 50 mm , and then reduce the px going forward until the $ 30 mm is paid down ) . the numbers are illustrative only .
in addition , he said that they have the view that a decision is going to have to be made about 1 ) whether da customers pay for stranded costs tied to the dwr l - t contracts , and 2 ) whether da customers pay going forward for stranded costs tied to the qf contracts . ( edison is clearly lobbying the puc to get da customers to pay for these costs . )
i recommended strongly that he de - link issues 1 and 2 above from the issue of paying us asap what they owe us for negative ctc . he agreed .
he said that the puc judge ' s recently issued pre - hearing conference order requires that edison " meet and confer " with esps prior to the nov . 7 th hearing , and that edison intends to set something up with esps prior to that hearing .
fielder is also the point person on " getting esps paid " and intends to initiate settlement discussions with esps week after next .
it was very clear from the conversation that edison is going to do everything possible ( at the expense of creditors ) to maximize headroom under the settlement it struck with the puc a few weeks ago . edison ' s stalemate with the qfs is evidence of it . we shouldn ' t assume anything different with the negative ctc issue .
if you have any questions , let us know .
best ,
jeff | scam | en |
"One of my friends, whose father was second senior commander in the Israeli Intelligence Service and involved in the Raid on Entebbe Airport, is now a senior Minister in the Israeli Government. I've instructed them to find and kill the people named below and Mr Ken Winn-Pope who has tried to have me killed several times and told thousands of lies about me. Mosaad don't mind the real Al-Qaeda helping them to kill these satanic monsters they agree they are the common enemy not the Americans, Moslems, Christians or Jews. I want them dead their head blown off their shoulders or burnt to death for what I've witnessed they've done to Thai people. My friend Ronnie in the Israeli Government has known me for about nine years, they will be killed that is 100% guaranteed part 3 ... some of the people in this film were friends of mine, 150 young men in total killed all innocent people killed by Shinwatra_sylvester-Napier-Cowell's satanic mafia... they were there thinking I was going to arrive to get rid of the problem (the satanists) but I did not know they'd gone there to wait for me... they've killed most of my friends in Thailand most are now dead.
I have met a group of the real Al-Qaeda terrorists in Asia about two years ago and told them who had lied to them about the Americans and how they'd been tricked and brainwashed, the Americans are not satanic. Ive given them the names of the people that terrorised my life and asked them to kill these people who are satanists which includes a man called Winn-Pope whom I believe lied to my wife to turn her against me. Bob Craig-Wood is another name they've been given as well as the Shinawatra-Sylvester family all of whom are satanists. These families kill children and young people to get rich. I was physically (many times) and mentally tortured in Thailand due to their lies part 3 this is the work of The Shinawatra family (former WW2 Gestapo families descendants who claimed to be Thai by stealing other people's IDs)... they've killed many thousands of Thai children during the past ten years many many many and tortured many young innocent people to death in the most unimaginable tortures you could never believe someone could think of using, very very very evil... They strapped one girl under a truck then drove it flat out down a highway to petrify her into submission/obedience, others they did this to were petrified to death, very very very evil creatures never trust the Shinawatra Sylvester mafia and their associates Ken Winn-Pope aka John Berisford aka Richard Irwin and he's also claimed to be me.... he is one of the people that helped arranged the game of ""rape"" in Bangkok many girls their lives ruined by this game an absolutely terrible man.. there have been several cases where they wired a 18-23 year old man up to the mains electricity and electrocuted him for up to nine hours with the cables connected to his private parts, I heard one time this happened and searched furiously to find out where they were doing this in Bangkok. I also heard them torturing very young children physically torturing them for many many hours.. so do not think I am a bad person asking for these satanists to be killed unless you do not care about children and young people who've done nothing whatsoever to deserve to be tortured (there is no justification for torture)..
I lived in Thailand for many years and believe The Spirit World exists... I have witnessed many sureal and extraordinary things happening, sadly some very very bad things... If you have a problem in Barbados then advise your police about my comments below it may help all of you solve the problem..... The British do not understand that Satanism exists nor do they understand The Spirit World exists and is used by satanists (Home Sapiens Satan) to harm (Homo Sapiens Human) human beings. It is not unlawful to kill satanists they are no different to a dangerous rabied dog, therefore it is not the crime of murder or manslaughter to kill them. You can train dogs to ""sniff out satanists"" just like they can detect drugs. Satanists produce a different chemical mix in their sweat/odour to the aroma of a human being... dogs trained to sniff out satanists will help to catch the ""real terrorists hiding behind the stolen IDs of Christainity, Islaam, Buddhism and the Jewish faith etc.. Thaksin Shinawatra was formerly Mr Sylvester a known heroin dealer in the UK. He acquired his initial wealth by forging land and title deeds that are my inheritance when he was hired by my father Mervyn Young to investigate our land interests in Thailand and elsewhere and report back. He never reported back.My father had forgotten that Sylvester was a known Heroin dealer. One man called Ken Winn-Pope aka John Berisford and Jason and Richard Irwin has been involved in the satanic okcult of Shinawatra-Sylvester for many years. He stole my inheritance then tried to ha | toxic | en |
I’m so sorry that I have been constantly accused of using sock puppetry (among other things). First I was accused by | toxic | en |
::Right, I meant to link that instead of BOLD. | toxic | en |
"Thank you for experimenting with the page Battle of Hastings on Wikipedia. Your test worked, and it has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. A link to the edit I have reverted can be found here: link. If you believe this edit should not have been reverted, please contact me. Talk • Contributions " | toxic | en |
interview schedule for japan office
tanya ,
you and i will interview yumi , a candidate for darren delage in tokyo office .
the time is scheduled at 4 : 50 pm next tuesday in my office . i will get the
resume
before the interview . please mark the interview time on your schedule .
thanks .
zimin
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from : darren delage @ enron on 01 / 12 / 2001 11 : 59 am ze 9
to : " mm 21 yumi "
cc : zimin lu / hou / ect @ ect
subject : re : next tuesday
good afternoon imokawa - san ,
we would like to invite you to have a brief dialogue with some members of our
research team . they would like to ask you to briefly expound on your
mathematical studies . if you could please contact them next wednesday at
7 : 50 am ( it should be 4 : 50 pm houston time , tuesday ) . the conversation should
take no more than 20 minutes of your time , and will enable us to get a more
enhanced understanding of your quantitative abilities .
zimin lu , director of research , can be reached at 713 - 853 - 6388
to dial from japan , 0061 - 1 - 713 - 853 - 6388
if you could please send zimin a copy of your resume before the interview ,
that would be much appreciated . you can call the above number to obtain the
appropriate fax number .
i will be in touch with you shortly thereafter .
sincerely ,
darren
" mm 21 yumi "
01 / 11 / 2001 08 : 35 pm
to :
cc :
subject : thank you
darren , thank you for cordinating everything .
i understand it takes time , this is
only the first week of the year in japan , and i do not like to
push you much . normally , i have long meetings every thursday .
for other dates , i make best effort to fit the schedule for
your convenience , including early morning or late evening .
i am looking forward to seeing you sometime soon .
sincerely ,
yumi imokawa | scam | en |
Watching ajith film ah? | scam | en |
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A serious question
You obviously enjoy being as nasty as you possibly can be in ""acceptable"" ways that don't threaten to get you blocked. My question is don't you ever get tired of being dead wrong about so many things, so often, in such a needlessly nasty manner, and so publicly in front of your fellow editors? Vandals suck. Eight year olds with access to the internet suck too. But it's people like you who maintain a facade of respectability while being absolutely horrible to other people who are really the worst members of the Wikipedia community. - —Preceding comment was added at
Almedia, I empathize with your sentiment but your comments are completely against the rules of civility. Two wrongs don't make a right! Please take the high ground. -
Collectonian regarding your edit summary ""remove ridiculous remark from an editor I have never heard of and who does not know me at all"" I am obviously a sockpuppet of someone who has had CONSIDERABLE interaction with you over these past weeks and finds you absolutely sickening. - " | toxic | en |
He is bad man! He makes much vandalism! 177.154.145.102 | toxic | en |
Question
Hi I saw you responded to my post about taking it up with an ANI. MY question is what is an ANI? Thanks. | toxic | en |
Whoo boy, I see you're really getting flak for doing what Jimbo Wales might consider the right thing. Since I'm a natural pacifist, here's my advice; when concerning an article that some users are more attached to than others, it might be best to leave the dirty work to other admins and focus on less sensitive issues. Unless you like flak, of course (and no, I'm not talking about Flak from Advance Wars). I'm just not too keen on seeing you undergoing the same stress episodes that had been going through recently, and which I tried to calm down also. | toxic | en |
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: Replacing the exact words of a citation with your own paraphrase (which alters the meaning) is not acceptable behaviour. Especially given that the first time I insert it you revert with the statement ""did you even bother to read the source?"". A mixed economy is not the same thing as socialism by the way, your qualification on that is both confusing and poor English. If you revert cited material again I will issue a warning for vandalism. " | toxic | en |
enron mentions
enron debt is downgraded by moody ' s ; sec moves company probe to washington
the wall street journal , 10 / 30 / 01
enron credit rating is cut , and its share price suffers
the new york times , 10 / 30 / 01
front page - companies oct 30 , 2001
global investing : private equity woes sap enron ' s energy
financial times ; oct 30 , 2001
companies stock drops 10 %
dow jones business news , 10 / 29 / 01
ceo : exelon monitoring enron problems , but no changes yet
dow jones energy service , 10 / 29 / 01
late trading : enron continues to be pounded by investors
dow jones news service , 10 / 29 / 01
power suppliers urge changes in u . s . price - cap rules for west
bloomberg , 10 / 29 / 01
india press : enron close to deal to sell dabhol pwr proj
dow jones international news , 10 / 29 / 01
ferc warns that power - price controls risk shortages in northwest
dow jones business news , 10 / 29 / 01
enron debt is downgraded by moody ' s ; sec moves company probe to washington
by john emshwiller and michael schroeder
staff reporters of the wall street journal
10 / 30 / 2001
the wall street journal
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( copyright ( c ) 2001 , dow jones & company , inc . )
in another potentially serious blow to enron corp . ' s finances , moody ' s investors service inc . lowered its ratings by one notch on the energy company ' s senior unsecured debt and kept the company under review for a possible further downgrade .
it also was learned that the securities and exchange commission has moved its inquiry into enron ' s finances to the agency ' s washington headquarters from its regional office in fort worth , texas . the change is a sign that the probe is being treated as a high priority , according to a person with knowledge of the inquiry . an sec spokesman declined to comment .
moody ' s reduction on enron ' s senior unsecured long - term debt to baa 2 from baal leaves the company ' s credit rating two levels above noninvestment grade . if the energy - trading giant ' s ratings were to fall to a noninvestment - grade level , there could be serious consequences for enron . it could throw the houston company into default on obligations involving billions of dollars of borrowings and force it under the terms of various financial agreements to issue millions of shares of stock to holders of that debt , which would dilute the value of existing shares .
while enron still has some room before hitting noninvestment - grade status , there have been concerns among analysts and investors that the company ' s recent troubles could escalate . during recent days enron ' s bonds have traded at levels similar to securities that carry a noninvestment - grade rating . prices of the company ' s bonds improved somewhat yesterday , though its stock price continued to fall sharply . in 4 p . m . new york stock exchange composite trading , enron stock was at $ 13 . 81 , down $ 1 . 59 or 10 % , and topped the most - active list with 36 . 4 million shares changing hands . enron ' s share price has fallen more than 50 % during the past two weeks .
an enron spokeswoman said the company is " working diligently " to keep an investment - grade credit rating . among other things , the nation ' s biggest energy - trading firm is in negotiations with its banks on a new $ 1 billion to $ 2 billion credit line to bolster its liquidity . enron repeatedly has said its business operations remain strong .
yesterday ' s ratings downgrade is the latest piece of bad news for a company that has been engulfed in turmoil during the past two weeks . confidence in its financial situation was shaken after enron earlier this month announced a $ 618 million third - quarter loss and disclosed a $ 1 . 2 billion erosion of shareholder equity related to transactions it had carried out with entities connected to its then - chief financial officer , andrew fastow . last week , enron named a successor to mr . fastow and said the sec was looking into the deals .
the sec is looking into whether enron violated federal - securities laws regarding its handling and disclosure of the transactions connected to mr . fastow , the person familiar with the probe said . generally , the sec ' s headquarters office has more resources to apply to complex , high - profile cases than regional offices do . moving the enron inquiry to headquarters indicates that the sec is looking to make a decision relatively quickly about whether or not to allege securities - law violations by the company , this person said .
enron repeatedly has said the transactions were proper and legal . yesterday , the enron spokeswoman said the company is continuing to cooperate with the sec probe and is gathering and sending the agency information that it requested .
moody ' s said the downgrade was " prompted by the deterioration in enron ' s financial flexibility , " which has contributed to " a substantial loss in investor confidence . " going forward , moody ' s said it will focus on enron management ' s " success in lining up further liquidity support and on their ability to retain credit availability " from major trading partners . enron is a principal in nearly one - quarter of all electricity and natural - gas trades in the nation .
copyright ? 2000 dow jones section c
enron credit rating is cut , and its share price suffers
by bloomberg news
10 / 30 / 2001
the new york times
page 2 , column 5
c . 2001 new york times company
shares of the enron corporation fell sharply yesterday after moody ' s investors service lowered the company ' s credit rating , igniting concern that it might have more difficulty raising the cash it needs to finance day - to - day operations .
moody ' s lowered enron ' s senior unsecured long - term debt ratings to baa 2 , two levels above so - called junk status , from baal .
moody ' s also said it might downgrade enron ' s commercial paper rating , which could make it harder for the company , the nation ' s largest energy - trading concern , to borrow the short - term cash it needs to run its trading business in the future . the company borrowed from banks to repay $ 2 billion in commercial paper last week . it is trying to raise $ 1 billion to $ 2 billion in additional financing from banks .
' ' a credit downgrade will be punitive as far as their borrowing power , ' ' said joe correnti , who follows enron for wayne hummer investments in chicago . ' ' that ' s not a good place for them to be . they have somewhat aggressive expansion plans . ' '
shares of enron , which is based in houston , plunged $ 1 . 59 , or 10 . 3 percent , to $ 13 . 81 , continuing the daily trading losses dating to oct . 17 , when enron reported $ 1 . 01 billion in losses from investments outside its business of trading commodities like electricity and natural gas .
the company ' s stock , which is down almost 60 percent in a week , is falling faster than the company ' s debt because the bond holders have first claim on assets after bank loans are paid .
after the moody ' s downgrade , the company ' s 6 . 4 percent bonds maturing in 2006 fell 4 cents , to 80 cents on each $ 1 of face value . yields have risen to 12 . 1 percent , up from 10 . 8 percent before that downgrade , traders said . the bonds were trading at face value the week before .
moody ' s said the cut was prompted by the ' ' deterioration in enron ' s financial flexibility ' ' since the write - downs and charges . investment partnerships involving the company ' s former chief financial officer that had not been disclosed before this month ' ' led to a substantial loss in investor confidence , ' ' moody ' s said .
andrew fastow , the former chief financial officer , resigned , and the securities and exchange commission asked for information about the transactions he conducted for the partnerships he headed .
enron ' s recent woes had many investors factoring in a credit - rating reduction . ' ' this move was anticipated , ' ' said mike dineen , who holds enron bonds in the $ 5 billion of fixed - income assets he helps manage at the mony life insurance company .
enron ' s long - term credit ratings outlook was changed last week to negative from stable by standard & poor ' s . s . & p . affirmed the company ' s rating of bbb + , the equivalent of moody ' s baal .
copyright ? 2000 dow jones & company , inc . all rights reserved .
front page - companies oct 30 , 2001
by sheila mcnulty and jenny wiggins
moody ' s investors service yesterday downgraded the long - term debt ratings of enron , the us energy group , citing " the deterioration in enron ' s financial flexibility " over the past two weeks .
moody ' s was the first of the main rating agencies to downgrade the struggling houston - based company ' s debt by lowering it from three to just two notches above " junk " status .
moody ' s began reviewing enron for a possible downgrade on october 16 , when the company disclosed a surprising dollars 1 . 2 bn reduction in shareholder equity tied to controversial financing vehicles set up by andrew fastow , then chief financial officer .
mr fastow was replaced last week , as enron ' s share and bond prices plunged on concerns about other possible disclosures . the securities and exchange commission is undertaking an informal inquiry into the group ' s financial dealings .
enron has been forced to seek additional credit from banks after raising dollars 3 . 3 bn in cash last week to boost its financial position .
investors have grown increasingly wary about a company that has long been a wall street favourite . its stock has fallen by more than 50 per cent since october 16 , and its bond prices are trading at levels technically considered " junk " status .
" moody ' s actions are prompted by the deterioration in enron ' s financial flexibility since the company announced significant write - downs as well as equity charges in previously undisclosed partnership investments , " moody ' s said . " this led to a substantial loss in investor confidence . "
even as the us rating agency lowered the company ' s senior unsecured long - term debt ratings from baal to baa 2 , it said they remained on review for downgrade . moody ' s also placed enron ' s prime 2 rating for commercial paper on review . yesterday enron ' s stock closed the day off dollars 1 . 59 - 10 . 32 per cent - at dollars 1 . 81 and its five - year bond was quoted at about 82 cents in the dollar . sell - or - buy poser , page 22 private equity woes , page 30 www . ft . com / enron
copyright : the financial times limited
global investing : private equity woes sap enron ' s energy
financial times ; oct 30 , 2001
enron has just provided the world with another lesson in the difficulties of public companies investing in private equity .
on october 16 the company ' s management announced a dollars 1 . 01 bn charge and a dollars 1 . 2 bn reduction to shareholders ' equity arising from ljm 2 co - investment and ljm cayman , two structured products designed to protect it against the fluctuation in value of its private equity investments .
andrew fastow , who was last week replaced as the chief financial officer of the houston - based energy trading giant , set up a private equity fund called ljm , designed to fund enron transactions .
ljm deals did not normally appear on enron ' s balance sheet . and that may have been the point of the structure .
a financial engineer explained that enron could have set up a fund , whose changing valuations did not increase the volatility of the trading company ' s earnings , by taking only a minority stake in the ljm fund with some passive co - investors .
the investors would normally receive a debt - like pay - off , except in cases where the value of the private equity holdings fell , when they would get compensation in enron shares .
the value of the portfolio , which included investments in the new power company and some broadband companies , did fall precipitously . by the end of last quarter enron was obliged to issue 62 m shares to the passive investors to compensate them . but instead it ended up taking large cash charges .
was it worth all this trouble for enron to keep its volatile private equity holdings off its balance sheet ? obviously not .
mr fastow has now taken a leave of absence and the securities and exchange commission has launched an informal investigation into whether enron ' s transactions with the ljm companies were really completed at arms ' length . the company ' s market capitalisation has halved and its bonds are trading at distressed levels .
but there could still be a good argument for enron being in private equity . it is almost as much a technology company as it is an energy one and as such it might make sense to outsource some of its research and development to a corporate venture capital unit .
the problem is shareholders ' dim view of private equity . shareholders refused to give chase manhattan bank a growth multiple when venture capital made up a large proportion of its earnings , but punished its successor , jp morgan chase , when it took a succession of private equity write - downs .
jp morgan chase claims a 40 per cent internal rate of return on its investments since inception . but investors have remained stubbornly fixated on private equity ' s short - term valuation swings .
the bank is now in the process of raising outside money for its private equity fund , jp morgan partners , in an effort to take some of its investment off the balance sheet and change the business into a steady revenue producer .
private equity professionals argue that those swings are often meaningless anyway because half way through the life of many private equity investments , their valuations tend to look far worse than they end up .
in enron ' s case it might have been easier for investors to keep their eyes on the long term , if the short - term outlook had been a little clearer . the trading company has faced severe criticism for its lack of disclosure to investors .
ironically , the energy company ' s subtle balance sheet games may in the short term have increased the allure of the company ' s trading businesses , which continue to perform strongly and experience impressive growth . and for that reason it could probably be argued that mr fastow thought he was serving enron ' s interests by managing the partnerships - although he is also reported to have been very well compensated for the service .
long - term the partnerships have clearly undermined enron ' s reputation for plain dealing still further .
the saddest thing for the corporate world is that enron is arguably a more natural private equity investor than jp morgan . as a financial institution , jp morgan is arguably most interested in the short - term synergies private equity creates with its other businesses . high capital charges that bank private equity holdings will soon attract will make them less attractive as long - term investments .
enron was investing in new businesses that it thought would help make its own businesses grow . it was harnessing the immense entrepreneurial power of private equity to make its business grow .
the first reaction of investors and regulators will be to punish enron for its shenanigans . later someone might want to think about changing the mark to market system that drove it to these extraordinary lengths .
copyright : the financial times limited
companies & finance the americas - sell - or - buy poser facing energy analysts .
by john labate and sheila mcnulty .
10 / 30 / 2001
financial times
( c ) 2001 financial times limited . all rights reserved
shares in enron , the energy trading company , continued their downward spiral yesterday , with investors responding coolly to reports that the houston company was seeking new credit lines .
at midday the stock was down 9 per cent at $ 14 . 10 .
investor anger has been focused on enron executives who still have much to explain about several off - balance - sheet vehicles and potential conflicts of interest for the company ' s former chief financial officer .
wall street analysts are beginning to rethink their overwhelmingly favourable guidance earlier in the year .
" if i could go back to july and downgrade the stock again , i would certainly do that , " said curt launer , analyst at credit suisse first boston . " i can ' t go back . the question is : what are you going to do today ? today , i would like to buy it because of the valuations . "
mr launer continues to rate enron as a " strong buy " and he is not alone . despite weeks of turbulent financial disclosures , the august departure of enron ' s chief executive , jeff skilling , and the more recent departure of cfo andrew fastow , analysts have wavered little in their initial bullishness .
among analysts who issue recommendations on the company , nine are " strong buys " , five are " buys " and only one is a " strong sell " , according to thomson financial / first call .
there is no doubt the recent turmoil at enron has created a new difficulty for analysts . do they hold on and hope for an upturn despite continued questions about the company ' s disclosure quality , or do they recommend that investors unload their holdings for fears that problems could mount ?
they are defending their recommendations based on enron ' s strong track record . net income , on an operating basis , surged 32 per cent last year to $ 1 . 3 bn , on revenues more than doubled to $ 101 bn . during the past 15 years , enron ' s market capitalisation surged from $ 2 bn to a peak of $ 70 bn . even today analysts point to enron ' s strong position in key sectors of power and gas trading .
however , at least one independent research firm decided to tell investors to get out early . off wall street consulting group in cambridge , massachusetts , put enron on its " sell " list in early may when the shares traded just below $ 60 .
" we discussed the partnerships ( former cfo ) fastow was involved in and that there was not much detail there , " said mark roberts , analyst at ows . " their accounting is extraordinarily difficult to get through and when people make things that difficult there ' s usually a reason . "
despite their relative optimism , most analysts say more bad news could follow .
" the clear immediate task for enron is to make sure it has enough liquidity to help maintain its credit rating , " said andre meade , head of us utility research at commerzbank securities .
mr meade issued a " hold " recommendation early last year , but has since upgraded to " accumulate " as the stock became more affordable . " we ' ve been saying the numbers have been coming in and they have been hitting earnings ( estimates ) , but ( some of its ) businesses are black boxes and you don ' t know how the company is making money from quarter to quarter . "
yesterday a new note of caution was sounded by carol levenson , fixed - income analyst at gimme credit research group . " the ensuing total collapse of management credibility and market confidence could have negative credit implications far beyond the potential financial impact disclosed so far , " she said .
( c ) copyright financial times ltd . all rights reserved .
http : / / www . ft . com .
copyright ? 2000 dow jones & company , inc . all rights reserved .
world stock markets - boeing brings wall st back down to earth .
by andrei postelnicu .
10 / 30 / 2001
financial times
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a stark reality checkswept wall street as investors sold off shares on the widespread view that recent gains have yet to be justified by either corporate or economic data .
the dow industrial average had tumbled 213 . 05 to 9 , 332 . 12 by midsession , while the nasdaq composite lost 35 . 00 to 1 , 733 . 96 . the broader s & p 500 index edged off 18 . 89 to 1 , 085 . 72 .
boeing fell 8 . 2 per cent to $ 34 . 59 in response to friday ' s news that the pentagon had awarded the $ 200 bn joint striker fighter contract to rival lockheed martin .
lockheed martin gained 2 . 7 per cent to $ 51 . 28 on the news . the company is expected to hire 2 , 500 more staff over the life of the contract .
analysts were hesitant to pinpoint the jsf contract news as a cause for yesterday morning ' s sell - off .
" this ( sell - off ) doesn ' t really seem to be event - specific , " says tom van leuven at jp morganchase . " we ' ve seen a strong bounce in recent weeks and the news flow doesn ' t support that . . . earnings have been bad and economic data isn ' t likely to be positive . "
also depressing the dow was united technologies , down 4 . 2 per cent at $ 54 . 60 even though its pratt & whitney engine unit is poised to gain from the jsf contract to lockheed .
shares of echostar retreated fractionally to $ 25 . 03 after the company ' s surprise victory in the battle to acquire hughes electronics , the owner of the biggest us satellite broadcaster , directv and itself a general motors unit . the tracking stock for hughes fell to $ 14 . 68 , while general motors stock retreated to $ 43 . 35 , a 4 . 5 per cent fall in both cases .
the adrs of news corp . , the rival bidder to echostar , mirrored overnight losses in sydney and lost 6 . 5 per cent to $ 27 . 14 .
ual gained 4 . 8 per cent to $ 14 . 60 as its united airlines unit announced that jack creighton would take over as interim chairman and chief executive after james goodwin stepped down .
fedex , the shipping company , gained 4 . 7 per cent to $ 41 . 36 as it announced that its earnings would beat estimates , even though they would come in below figures for the comparable quarter last year .
in the energy sector , shares of enron were down 8 per cent to $ 14 . 16 after the beleaguered company announced it was seeking additional credit .
toronto fell in early trading , hit by the weak opening for us equities and concern about loan provisions in the banking sector . the s & p 300 composite index was off 0 . 9 per cent at 6 , 942 . 60 at midsession .
bank of montreal fell 5 per cent or c $ 1 . 70 to c $ 33 . 00 following friday ' s announcement of a big rise in loan loss provisions for this year .
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houston chronicle
moody ' s downgrades enron debt
move likely to hurt its leverage
by tom fowler
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enron corp . saw its long - term debt rating lowered by one notch monday , sending the stock to seven - year lows and further hampering the company ' s efforts to restore investor and client confidence .
moody ' s investors service downgraded enron ' s rating from baal to baa 2 , where it will remain on review for further downgrade , moody ' s said in a statement . the firm also placed the houston company ' s prime - 2 rating for commercial paper on review for downgrade .
the baa 2 rating is just two notches above what are commonly called " junk bonds , " but in line with the ratings of other competing energy companies , simmons & co . international analyst jeff dietert noted .
" for example , el paso is a baa 2 , mirant is baa 2 , calpine is baa 3 , " he said . " it ' s similar to the others in the industry . "
last thursday another leading rating agency , standard n
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bad things , it seems , often happen in threes . if that ' s so , wall street could be facing a bout of deja vu .
three financial stories currently unfolding bear a slim resemblance to events that nearly caused gridlock in global financial markets in 1998 . the analogy is strained , but so are nerves in the post - sept . 11 era . case in point : the dow jones industrial average fell more than 275 points monday - - its biggest point loss since the week after markets reopened following the attacks - - despite a lack of dramatically downbeat news .
one of the closely watched sagas on wall street , the deepening problems at energy trading innovator enron , is being compared to the tragically flawed long - term capital management private investment fund .
at long - term capital , professional investors with impressive resumes made a series of disastrous bets , requiring a government - induced bailout in 1998 by major financial institutions that had financed their schemes with massive loans .
on monday , houston - based enron struggled to raise emergency cash as its stock fell another 10 percent , to $ 13 . 81 .
enron shares , which have fallen from above $ 80 at the end of last year , have collapsed more than 50 percent this month as analysts began to question mysterious financial deals between the company and company insiders . last week , enron ' s chief financial officer was replaced .
there was no indication monday that enron ' s troubles have impaired the natural gas and electricity markets . nor has the enron predicament yet sparked a backdraft on its lenders .
the two other strings of the story - - debt problems at a sovereign nation and currency imbalances - - seem relevant only by coincidence .
the implosion at long - term capital occurred amid a surprise default by russia on international debts . separately , currencies of several asian countries ran aground a second year , events that deepened long - term capital ' s woes .
current speculation that argentina will default on $ 132 billion of international debts hardly represents a shock similar to the russian debt default . the problems of argentina ' s economy and financial system , while serious , have been well - known for months .
on monday , argentina hired a merrill lynch consultant , jacob frankel , to craft a financial restructuring and said a workout plan will be disclosed in a few days .
meanwhile , monday ' s slide in the value of the dollar in foreign currency markets reversed the dollar ' s surprising strength in the wake of the attacks .
indeed , the relative stability of the dollar has been a major contributor to investor confidence . the current slippage by the dollar hardly indicates extraordinary instability .
as far as we know , enron was not engaged in currency speculation or deals pegged to argentina . but enron shareholders and the securities and exchange commission have just begun to investigate .
monday ' s action : stocks closed broadly lower in light trading monday , as investors awaited several key economic reports due out this week , including friday ' s scheduled report on job losses and the unemployment rate in october .
treasury securities rallied on expectations that the economic downturn will be more pronounced and longer than many investors believe and will prompt the federal reserve to cut interest rates through the end of the year .
the dow jones industrial average fell 275 . 67 points , or 2 . 9 percent , to 9269 . 50 . chicago - based boeing , which lost a major defense contract to rival lockheed martin , led the dow losers . boeing lost $ 3 . 93 , or 10 . 4 percent , to $ 33 . 75 .
only one of the 30 dow industrials , sbc communications , posted a gain .
the broader standard & poor ' s 500 index dropped 26 . 31 , or 2 . 4 percent , to 1078 . 30 . new york stock exchange trading volume reached 1 . 11 billion shares , as losing stocks outnumbered winners by 2 - 1 .
the nasdaq composite index fell 69 . 44 , or 3 . 9 percent , to 1699 . 52 . nasdaq trading volume totaled 1 . 67 billion shares . losers topped winners by nearly 2 - 1 among nasdaq stocks .
computer networking giant cisco systems led the nasdaq most - active list , dropping 87 cents , to $ 16 . 42 . a . g . edwards revoked its " strong buy " rating on the stock .
the russell 2000 index of small - company stocks lost 9 . 24 , or 2 . 1 percent , to 429 . 41 .
fund flows : mutual fund investors withdrew a net $ 29 . 5 billion from equity funds in september , the biggest one - month dollar amount for net redemptions , according to the investment company institute , the trade association for mutual funds .
the redemptions equaled less than 1 percent of assets in stock funds , compared with more than 3 percent withdrawn in october 1987 , reflecting the stock market crash of that month . by contrast , cash flow last month into money - market funds soared by $ 53 billion .
treasury auction : interest rates fell again at the treasury ' s weekly auction of 3 - month and 6 - month bills .
the discount rate for 3 - month bills was 2 . 05 percent , the lowest rate since august 1958 . the rate for 6 - month bills was 2 . 00 percent , the lowest rate on record .
the coupon - equivalent investment rates at monday ' s auction were 2 . 09 percent for 3 - month bills and 2 . 05 percent for 6 - month bills . bill barnhart
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enron corp . ' s shares fell near a seven - year low monday , as the limping energy giant said it was lobbying banks for a new credit line and a rating agency chopped enron ' s senior unsecured debt to two notches above junk status .
the nation ' s largest natural gas and power marketing company is struggling to bounce back from disappointing third - quarter earnings and a scandal over losses stemming from partnerships managed by the company ' s former chief financial officer .
enron shares fell more than 10 percent , or $ 1 . 59 a share , to close at $ 13 . 81 on the new york stock exchange . a year ago , enron stock sold at nearly $ 85 a share .
the ratings cut by moody ' s investors service , which warned it could slash that rate again and also enron ' s short - term debt status , was the latest sword thrust into what was once the raging bull of the energy trading arena .
meanwhile , enron on monday confirmed it was seeking additional credit lines after tapping its $ 3 . 3 billion lines last week , but declined to say how much it was asking its banks to extend .
" we want to restore investor confidence and nothing instills confidence like cash , " enron spokesman mark palmer said . that should leave enron with a net cash position of $ 1 . 2 billion , moody ' s said .
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enron shares fall 10 % as moody ' s cuts credit rating
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enron corp . shares declined monday for a ninth day as moody ' s investors service lowered its credit rating , creating concern that the largest energy trader will be cut off from raising the cash it needs to fund day - to - day operations .
moody ' s lowered enron ' s senior unsecured long - term debt ratings to baa 2 , two levels above junk , from baal and also placed the houston - based company ' s p - 2 rating for commercial paper on review for downgrade .
moody ' s said it may downgrade enron ' s commercial paper rating , which would make it harder for the firm to borrow the short - term cash needed to run its trading businesses . ahead of a potential cut , enron took out bank lines to repay $ 2 billion in commercial paper last week .
" they ' ve pretty much already written off coming to the commercial paper market , " said shannon bass , who holds enron bonds in the $ 50 million he helps manage at pacific investment management co . " the real issue now is trying to get their house in order . "
enron shares plunged $ 1 . 59 , or 10 % , to close at a seven - year low of $ 13 . 81 on the new york stock exchange , continuing a slide that dates back to oct . 17 , the day after enron reported $ 1 . 01 billion in losses from investments outside its energy trading business . the stock has fallen about 60 % since oct . 17 .
enron has lost more than $ 50 billion in market value this year . on dec . 31 , enron had a market value of $ 62 . 7 billion . on monday , the value was $ 10 . 5 billion .
moody ' s said the rating cut was prompted by the " deterioration in enron ' s financial flexibility " since the write - downs and charges . the partnership investments had not previously been disclosed , leading " to a substantial loss in investor confidence . "
last week , enron ousted finance chief andrew fastow after the securities and exchange commission asked about transactions he conducted for partnerships he headed .
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enron ' s credit rating was cut by moody ' s investors service after the largest energy trader wrote down the value of its assets because of losses from private partnerships . moody ' s also said it may downgrade enron ' s commercial paper rating , which could make it harder for the company to borrow the short - term cash it needs to run its trading business . enron borrowed from banks to repay $ 2 billion in commercial paper last week .
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10 / 29 / 2001
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houston - - enron corp . ' s stock slid further monday , pushed down in part by moody ' s investors service announcing a downgrade of the company ' s credit rating .
the downgrade came as enron negotiates with banks to establish new credit lines as the nation ' s largest natural gas and power marketing company struggles to bounce back from disappointing third - quarter earnings and a scandal over losses stemming from partnerships managed by the company ' s former chief financial officer .
in composite trading monday at 4 p . m . on the new york stock exchange , enron ( ene ) shares were down $ 1 . 59 , or 10 . 32 % , at $ 13 . 81 . a year ago , enron stock traded at nearly $ 85 a share .
enron ' s efforts to acquire more credit came after the company last week decided to cash in about $ 3 billion in revolving credit it has with various banks to shore up investor confidence .
" we are in discussions about new credit lines , " enron spokeswoman karen denne said monday . " we ' re taking action to restore investor and market confidence . "
ms . denne wouldn ' t disclose how much credit the company was seeking . the wall street journal reported in its monday editions that the amount is between $ 1 billion and $ 2 billion and that the deal is close to being completed .
ms . denne said of the $ 3 billion in credit enron cashed in last week , $ 2 billion of it was used to pay short term debt . currently , there are no plans for the other $ 1 billion , she said .
moody ' s on monday lowered enron ' s senior unsecured long - term debt ratings from baal to baa 2 where they remain on review for downgrade . moody ' s additionally placed the company ' s prime - 2 rating for commercial paper on review for downgrade , citing " substantially reduced valuations in several of its businesses . "
houston - based enron is the nation ' s biggest energy trader and a principal in nearly one - quarter of all electricity and natural - gas trades . once a favorite of wall street , the company now is in the unfamiliar position of convincing a deeply concerned investment community that , despite difficulties , its finances remain sound .
confidence in enron ' s situation was shaken after enron earlier this month announced a $ 618 million third - quarter loss and disclosed a $ 1 . 2 billion erosion of shareholder equity related to controversial transactions it had done with entities connected to its then - chief financial officer , andrew fastow .
moody ' s said in a press release the " magnitude of the announced charges will reduce enron ' s equity base and increase nominal financial leverage to somewhat over 50 % while slashing earnings . "
enron ' s debt is still investment grade at both moody ' s and standard & poor ' s and would have to be lowered by several notches to fall into a noninvestment - grade category .
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ceo : exelon monitoring enron problems , but no changes yet
by jon kamp
of dow jones newswires
10 / 29 / 2001
dow jones energy service
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late trading : enron continues to be pounded by investors
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10 / 29 / 2001
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power suppliers urge changes in u . s . price - cap rules for west
2001 - 10 - 29 19 : 00 ( new york )
power suppliers urge changes in u . s . price - cap rules for west
washington , oct . 29 ( bloomberg ) - - companies that sell power
in the western u . s . said the region may face blackouts this winter
unless federal regulators permit them to charge more for
electricity than current price limits allow .
dynegy inc . , enron corp . and other power suppliers said they
may not have electricity to offer during regional shortages this
winter if the price caps that the federal energy regulatory
commission set for california and 10 western states in april and
june aren ' t eliminated or changed . they said the present limit may
be too low to encourage dam owners to generate electricity .
` ` the price mitigation plan , the way it is now , will make it
difficult to induce supply , ' ' g . alan comnes , director of
government affairs for enron power marketing , told the commission
at a conference in washington .
the commission is considering changes to the pricing formula
it set after skyrocketing electricity costs led to insolvency for
california ' s largest utilities , units of pg & e corp . and edison
international . commissioners have said they want to fine - tune the
formula before winter , the peak period of demand in the northwest .
the current pricing formula is based on the most - expensive
power generated in california . power suppliers and utilities in
the pacific northwest , which want to make sure they have enough
power for customers , want the limits to reflect costs from all
generators in the region .
representatives for the california public utilities
commission and edison international ' s southern california edison
said the price limits work and should be continued . california
puc ' s bill julian said the mitigation plan , due to expire sept .
30 , 2002 , should be extended until california ' s utilities are
rehabilitated .
prices lower
the cost of wholesale power in california has dropped since
ferc ordered the first emergency cap on april 25 . the average
price for a megawatt - hour at the california - oregon border in
september was $ 24 . 91 , down from $ 313 . 70 in april . a megawatt - hour
is enough electricity to power about 750 average california homes
for an hour .
one adjustment under consideration would link the pricing
formula to the cost of natural gas , a fuel used to generate about
25 percent of power in the western u . s . , more during low -
hydropower years .
the caps were extended to other western states - - oregon ,
washington , arizona , nevada , wyoming , new mexico , colorado ,
montana , idaho and utah - - in june because some said generators in
the west could simply get around the cap by selling outside
california when prices were higher elsewhere .
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10 / 29 / 2001
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ferc warns that power - price controls risk shortages in northwest
by bryan lee
10 / 29 / 2001
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washington - - the pacific northwest could see power shortages this winter if federal price controls on western power markets aren ' t modified or dropped , electricity industry officials warned federal regulators monday .
the controls , first structured to protect california from another punishing summer , are inappropriate to the northwest , where demand is highest in the winter , the officials said .
" the western interconnection is an interdependent market , but that does not mean that there is or should be a single price across the market , " said richard tabors , a consultant to power suppliers and a lecturer at massachusetts institute of technology . " setting prices in the winter - peaking northwest based on prices set in summer - peaking california and the southwest makes little sense . "
the caution came at a federal energy regulatory commission technical conference designed to help the agency frame possible changes to a june price - control order capping prices in california and 10 other western states .
the controls work by establishing a proxy for a fair maximum market price for the entire region based on the most expensive generator called into service during power emergencies in california . the proxy - price formula takes into account the cost of natural gas fuel , emissions - control credits and the efficiency of power plants .
but california , which experiences peak demand for electricity in the summer , is unlikely to run into a supply crunch again until next year . that means the price cap set in june will remain in effect throughout the winter , when the pacific northwest experiences its peak - demand period and may need the flexibility to pay higher prices to attract needed power .
if the current price - control regime is maintained , it will discourage sales from the southwest to the northwest this winter , because transmission costs will drive the cost of those sales above ferc ' s price cap , mr . tabors said .
california wants caps to stay
officials representing california and its financially beleaguered utilities urged the commission to maintain the price - control order and to extend it beyond its october 2002 expiration date to prevent a recurrence of last year ' s power - market meltdown .
the price - control regime should remain in place at least until california ' s utilities return to the market as creditworthy buyers , said fong wan of pg & e corp . ( pcg ) and bill julian of the california public utilities commission .
a 10 % markup allowed to compensate for credit risks for sales into california should be dropped , because the california department of water resources , a creditworthy buyer , is purchasing electricity on behalf of the utilities , they said .
ferc ' s price - mitigation order " has been very successful , " said gary stern of edison international ( eix ) unit southern california edison co .
prices stabilized shortly after the controls took effect and have been capped at $ 92 per megawatt - hour since late june , the last time the california independent system operator , the state ' s grid manager , called an alert . conservation , mild weather and california ' s entry into billions of dollars in long - term power contracts have kept market prices well below that cap for the most part .
ferc , however , is considering changing the pricing order to reflect the different needs of western utilities outside california . the commission is mulling whether power prices should change at times other than when california declares an emergency , perhaps to reflect fluctuations in natural gas prices .
ferc also is pondering changes to the requirement that generators make all uncommitted power available to california at all times . ferc staff asked whether the so - called must - sell requirement should apply only during emergencies and whether the mandate should be balanced by a " must - pay " requirement .
generators have complained that the state still hasn ' t paid for hundreds of millions of dollars worth of power delivered since the department of water resources took over the job of purchasing power for customers of california ' s largest utilities .
california focus challenged
absent withdrawal of ferc ' s price - mitigation order , mr . tabors and other conference participants argued for changes in the order to better account for the predominance of hydropower generation in the northwest .
setting prices throughout the west based on prices in california , which gets most of its power from natural gas - fired generating plants , runs the risk of supply shortages in the northwest this winter , they said .
utilities operating hydropower facilities won ' t know how much generating capacity they ' ll have for next year until february , when a reliable assessment of snowpack will be available . given the uncertainty , hydropower operators will be reluctant to release water for generation this winter .
" shortages can happen this winter , " said mike naeve , an attorney with skadden arps meaghre & flom representing portland general electric co . , a unit of enron corp . ( ene ) . " prices based on natural gas may not be sufficient to release hydro you may need next year . "
under the current regime , the california independent system operator , controlled by appointees of gov . gray davis , could " manipulate the market by controlling exports to the northwest , " said alan comnes of enron power marketing inc . ( ene ) . " the current price mitigation is sowing the seeds for another crisis . "
ferc ' s pricing order has already been costly , said mark tallman of scottish power ' s pacificorp ( spi ) . if there is an arctic cold snap in the region this winter , price caps set by the california iso may be insufficient to assure enough supply , he said .
ferc should allow prices to rise to $ 250 per megawatt - hour price cap in the northwest if capacity margins drop to emergency levels , mr . tallman said .
mr . tabors and the enron officials recommended ferc adopt a $ 1 , 000 per megawatt - hour " circuit breaker " cap , such as exists in iso - administered markets in texas and the northeast .
ferc ' s pricing order also was criticized for failing to account for the economics of " peaker " generating units , which only run during periods of peak demand , when prices typically spike .
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Quoting from the article: ""Rubbish was thrown at her and the crowds jeered, in part because she dressed in expensive clothing which served to alienate her from those suffering the privations caused by the war."" and ""Windsor Castle (about 20 miles, 35 kilometres, west of central London)"" So, the views that you express are already represented in the article. It seems fair and well-balanced to me. Making it ""critical"" is not what wikipedia is about. We should not be a platform for political views, but an encyclopedia presenting facts. " | toxic | en |
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Why will Gwen Gale not read the sources?
On 01:27, 5 August 2010 I posted a section on ""Talk: Death of Adolf Hitler"" titled “Random Questions” which started “I am not a scholar, I read Wiki but would not think of editing it. But I was disappointed in this article, and many points in the discussion, so I am asking some questions. Perhaps someone else will read and address them.” The section went on with several rethoritical questions, and ended with “As to sources, the last books I have read are The Murder of Adolph Hitler by Hugh Thomas (sort of shaky) and The Last Days of Hitler by Anton Joachimsthaler (English translation, I buy much of this).”
Gwen Gale was apparently assigned me as an administrator, because at she replied with: ”As the article lead says,...This said, this talk page isn't a forum for talking about personal views or questions on a topic, it's meant for talking about sources and how to echo them in the text. I say this because the article seems to already cover, with thorough citations, most if not all of what you've brought up...dodgy. Gwen Gale (talk)”
By this reply it appears that Gwen Gale is NOT FAMILIAR with the work of Joachimsthaler, who I have just referenced, and thinks that I am asking a personal question, not a rhetorical one. At that time I apologized, tried to explain myself, and restate my questions.
At I posted” If I had read Kershaw's Nemesis Chapter 17 note 156 and Epilogue note 1 I wouldn't have wasted your time. You can't get much clearer than that. Should be required reading. Perhaps someone else should read them, and possibly edit the article. Thank you for your time.99.41.251.5 (talk)”
At I posted “I would like to direct people to the work of Ian Kershaw Hitler, 1939-1945: Nemesis ISBN 0393322521. Chapter 17 and the epilogue relate to this article. Please pay attention to his notes and sources. Be warned, his book Hitler: a Biography is a kind of digest which does not include these resources....The source Joachimsthaler is basically an English translation of a German's analysis of 1950's post-Soviet interviews of bunker survivors. The original transcripts must be available somewhere. There are many other bunker interviews, some with questionable intent, and not all agree. Wm5200 (talk)“
Since those posts I have posted a huge amount on the talk page, virtually all of which Gwen Gale has disputed. Much of the material I have posted I have later deleted, often because I felt that the endless conflict between Gwen Gale and myself is counterproductive to the article.
Anyone who is Wiki can probably bring back any of those posts. Was I sometimes rude and argumentative? Absolutely. Was I making legitimate points which related to the article? I thought so. Did I receive effective support and encouragement by my administrator? I think not, but you judge.
My main point was that Joachimsthaler had reviewed the information, and had made a solid case for positions which Kershaw backed. I repeatedly begged anyone, especially Gwen Gale, to read Joachimsthaler and Kershaw, specifically, two footnotes, I even told the pages of the footnotes. Gwen Gale clearly had not read either source.
I posted, under the heading “Question for Gwen Gale” , the following: ”I lost you, but I’m confused myself. It appears as though the person with the least information available is most influential on the article.
The U.S. is big on free press, and it works. My very low budget suburb is in a system which serves 225,000 people with 4 MILLION titles (numbers approximate, thanks Carol). That’s on the next shuttle van. Most of the rest of the assets of a state with 12 million people are a couple of days away by mail. The specialty stuff on AE from Radcliffe took maybe a week. And I am an amateur. Dan, you are over three million people higher in the food chain, you must be “world class”. Kierzek has clearly read and analyzed everything, reviewed most of it, and as far as I can tell, every word he says is accurate and informed.
Kershaw, Joachimsthaler, Thomas, Trevor-Roper, Beevor, Shirer, Ryan, Toland, Eberle/Uhl, Lehmann/Carroll, O’Donnell, Victor, Petrova/Watson. (Vinogradov hit a snag, reordered). These are books which I have had in my possession and read parts of since Aug 2010. I can understand if others do not have access to the same resources, but I think that should be addressed. If someone does not have access to two footnotes which are critical in a discussion, that also should be addressed...I know that this is P.O.V., and that I am personally involved. But I can not help but believe that this article has problems with it’s process.Wm5200 (talk)'""
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be included in your meeting .
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neutrality
This article should make explicit that ghosts are supernatural and do not exist (it seems to entertain the opposite possibility). I know that this is obvious, but an encyclopedia article should suppose zero prior knowledge of the subject and therefore state the obvious. | toxic | en |
Just a reminder...
...that daddy is dead lol | toxic | en |
::: Seems to be a vandalism-only account. I've put a warning on the user's talk page. | toxic | en |
It also mentions that stories about Ganesha can be found in the Puranas. | toxic | en |
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Cut, Kill, Dig, Drill
TAB
This essay presents a critical, but insightful and vigorous character sketch that I think should be incorporated into the article. A passage:
TAB
TAB
Having come to power saying that her agenda was to pare down Wasilla to ‘the basic necessities, the bare bones’, she surprised its citizens when she redecorated the mayor’s office at a reported cost of $50,000 salvaged from the highways budget; its new red flock wallpaper matched her bold, rouge-et-noir taste in personal outfits. Another $24,000 of city money went on a white Chevy Suburban, known around Wasilla, without affection, as the mayormobile. She hired a city administrator to deputise for her in the day-to-day running of Wasilla’s affairs and employed a lobbyist in DC to wheedle lawmakers into meeting the town’s ever-expanding list of claims for congressional ‘pork’ (so named from the antebellum custom of rewarding slaves with barrels of salt pork). That expenditure, at least, paid off: during Palin’s six-year tenure as mayor, the federal government doled out more than $1000 for every man, woman and child in Wasilla. Her pet project was a $14.7m ice rink and sports complex, which opened in 2004. It is said to be lightly used, it has left the city servicing a massive debt, and a Jarndyce and Jarndyce lawsuit continues over the bungled way in which Palin acquired the land on which it’s built.TABCut, Kill, Dig, Drill London Review of Books Vol. 30, No. 19, 9 October 2008, pages 7-10, Jonathan Raban 24.17.191.27
TAB
This one as well: 'Watermelon Roll': More Racism from 'Team Sarah' —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.17.191.27
I'm not convinced that these commentaries would be of use to the article; aren't they opinion pieces? Albeit, in the case of the Raban article, from a respected and highly distinguished author. If some of the meat was found in RSs it would be more worthy of consideration, methinks. Certain cuts from the joint may have already been served in one or other of the SP articles but I can't be arsed to check. There's so much verbiage. — TAB
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From Marcus Sheffield
In looking at your Chew Stoke article, I found the line below unclear, and I don't know how to edit it. If you want to leave it alone, just do so, and I'll forget it.
Middle Ages
""The next recorded owner was Lord Beauchamp of Hache, by whom Chew Stoke was held under the Honour of Gloucester.""
Cheers, " | toxic | en |
TABTAB
Eat up TAB
I love you still however you owe me an apology! | toxic | en |
:Your edits adding list of UC Davis discoveries have been reverted for a second time. Wikipedia cannot include copyrighted text as I explained above due to licensing restrictions. Our goal is to build an encyclopedia that anyone can reuse, and that is not possible if we have blocks of text that we don't have permission to reuse scattered across our articles. These are certainly very important scientific discoveries and deserve to be in the article, but they must be properly paraphrased to comply with the Creative Commons license. Otherwise, you must provide proof that you have permission to reuse the text you added, as explained at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. On the other hand, thank you for your other edits to the article. Editing Wikipedia can be a rough experience at first, but there are some rules that must be followed for legal reasons, and I am glad to answer any questions you may have about them. | toxic | en |
==Illustration suggestion: Gatling gun==
Compliments on your beautiful illustrations! If you need ideas, may I suggest an illustration of a Gatling gun mechanism? It's one of those mechanism that are simple in execution but difficult to explain in words. | toxic | en |
":::Bob, I've noticed you make another strange comment like this about ""patent nonsense"". It would be better to read comments more carefully before responding to them.
" | toxic | en |
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86.176.208.18 seems to have over-looked the fact that ""vast"" is a vague, comparative term." | toxic | en |
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:I think I'm ready for a nomination. I received an offer about a month ago from , so I'll contact him. Would you be willing to nominate me (or co-nom if Wizardman still wants to)? '''''' " | toxic | en |
May 2008
/Blaxthos ( t / c ) | toxic | en |
"similar statement was made about methane. I revised using ""widely considered"" and ""purported"" to be consistent with the idea of making the statements less absolute. I recognize weasel wording dilemmas, but seriously, this accurately portrays the qualitative information without misleading.
Not necessary. The ""debate"" over global warming is long over. The ""debate"" was a farce created by the people who wanted to pretend that it didn't exist. There is no reason to cater to them. It's an insult to honesty and good science.
If we're talking about this part:
It is the largest single source of fuel for the generation of electricity world-wide, as well as one of the largest sources of carbon dioxide emissions, which is considered the primary cause of global warming. Coal is extracted from the ground by coal mining, either underground mining or open pit mining (surface mining).
Then I don't see a problem with the global warming statement (except ""is considered"" isn't specific), but saying it is ""one of the largest sources"" is a weasel approach and sounds uninformed. I will try to improve. - (talk • contribs)
Amount of coal remaining
""At the current global total energy consumption of 15 terawatt,[30] there is enough coal to provide the entire planet with all of its energy for 57 years."" This sentence is not supported, and ignores the growth in coal consumption trends, and is therefore unencyclopedic. Please support it per WP:RS or it will be removed shortly.
Actually the only reason it is there is because someone else had the questionable statement that coal could provide the entire planet with all of its energy for 600 years, which was based on the typographical error that has been fixed. Feel free to remove. The source was simple arithmetic of the numbers given.
support for 57 years: Goodell, Jeff. Big Coal. Houghtom Mifflin Co. Boston, 2006 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 207.195.244.104 21:07, August 21, 2007 (UTC)
Page number?
""by country"" articles
Are the any articles that break up coal power by country like we have for renewables and nuclear? - (talk • contribs)
largest source of carbon dioxide
since when was this true. Oil and it's bi-products exceed by far any other source of energy when it comes to CO2 emmisions. Someone needs to change that statement. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.234.149.235
The article does not say anywhere that coal is the largest source, it says it is one of the largest sources. Coal and oil are so close to each other that it is not easy to definitively say that either is the largest. Coal is also increasing much faster than oil, which is likely to be declining soon, if it hasn't already begun to decline.
Question about units
The article sometimes measures coal consumption in tonnes (metric tons, one tonne = 1000 kg) and sometimes in tons, which could be either the short ton (2000 lb) or the long ton (2200 lb). (See the section, ""Coal as Fuel"".) Is this change intentional or simply a typo?
Chemical Formula
Should we add a chemical formula on the page? I couldn't find one. I'm not quite sure of what it is, but I know it has Hydrogen and Carbon in it for sure. § §
Reversal Trends in the United States
Would be a good subsection, as coal plants have been rejected in Kansas and (I think) Washingto | toxic | en |
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Note
Define ""Vanadalize?"" Anything you personally disagree with? I do not appreciate your inappropriate and condensening comments on my edits. We are all adults here, and I don't need to be censored by you. Please refrain from placing on further comments on my page, or I will contact the website administration people.
Thank you." | toxic | en |
"Where has he referred to himself as a neocon? Where is the citation? You can say it all day long, where is the citation? 71.100.167.23
Here is one for you:
National Journal rates Obama the single ""most liberal"" member of the Senate last year, spotlighting some policy differences, as well as writing a GOP attack ad if he's the nominee, but perhaps also a helpful note in consolidating support on the left now.
The rating is a detailed, rigorous look across candidates' Senate records, and while Obama and Clinton are perceived as having similar Senate records, this suggests that Obama's record on the smaller, little-noticed votes has put him firmly to Clinton's left.
71.100.167.23
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すみません | scam | en |
Is it possible to hate Jewish ( Israeli/Zionist ) behavior but still love Jews? The anti-Semitic label seems to inply that the answer is no. | toxic | en |
Article improvement
Hello, I found this article with a lot of info about the making of the film. http://io9.com/the-weirdest-things-you-never-knew-about-the-making-of-1673079559
I doubt we can use this actual article as a source, but if we can find other sources for what's in the article do you think maybe you guys can help me incorporate it into the article? | toxic | en |
eastrans september first of the month nominations
effective 9 / 1 / 00 deliveries to eastrans is 30 , 000 mmbtu / dy
the redeliveries will be :
8500 from fuels cotton valley
21500 to pg & e | scam | en |
The Google search? No. It's not a reliable source, and comes more under the heading of original research. There are articles which use Google hits, frequency of Google searches, etc. to prove a point, but never as the sole source for something's notability. I don't think I can help you. I did do a Factiva search yesterday evening and came up with nothing. Whatever the Serbian editors say, highly-popular political songs do get newspaper coverage outside their country if they really are that notable, even if they're in a foreign language. Der Steuersong, for example, a satirical German song about ex-Chancellor Schröder (in German, with lots of untranslatable German puns), turns up 67 hits on Factiva. Germany may be richer, but then we were at war with Serbia, so I really do believe that someone would have taken notice if the song's notability was as high as is claimed. (talk) | toxic | en |
Does make sense
Have a look at WP:USERNAME. The block was for two reasons - one was a name that appeared to represent an organisation (Wikipedia accounts are for individuals and not for groups), and the other was advertising. See WP:SPAM. That's what I do when the two things come together. There's a softer block for having the wrong name but editing reasonably well - that just usually requires a change of name (or even just a new account not mentioning the company or knitting circle or whatever it was. If there's spam from a username that passes USERNAME, they get a caution from me if it looks deliberate. There's two more levels, and after Level 4 there's usually a Spam Only block. Most of these are just trying it on, and give up after the first attempt to plug their corner florists and martial arts gym or whatever. The bag sellers and fake Rolex pushers are professional spammers and get no mercy. OK? Any more questions, you can ask on my talk page. If I'm not around, there's quite a lot who stalk it and usually sometimes give better answers than I do. | toxic | en |
== Velocity of electricity ==
On 22 August, several paragraphs regarding the velocity of electricity were inserted. I'm taking them out because they have no bearing on the life of Charles Wheatstone. They discuss events which occurred after Wheatstone's death.
Moreover, these paragraphs amount to defense of a distinctly unconventional theory of electrodynamics. Several items in these paragraphs are either meaningless, or flat wrong, according to the generally accepted laws of physics. So that's another reason to take them out. | toxic | en |
Shouldn't O(n) + O(1) be O(n) and not O(n+1)? Constants are not taken into account in O() notation. PedroCR | toxic | en |
(Sorry about the trolling. It just came over me after reading through the previous note. IMC.) | toxic | en |
Tyler Miska is quite possibly the most bad ass person in the world!!! | toxic | en |
, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
Beware of TROLLS like 70.107.183.128 17:13 | toxic | en |
That's your opinion. Check up the definition of the word. I have given you fair warning. Until I break the rules, you are free to (and quite encouraged!) to stay free of my user pages, just like you are able to delete this section if you wish to. Good? Great! | toxic | en |
Doctor Steel
Were you the one who protected all the Doctor Steel pages? It wasn't necessary. | toxic | en |
I won't remove the sock-puppet, but just let me edit the page one more time. And may I ask why the hell I'd continue contributing positively if I cant even reference to my own work? And I hope you have taken heed of my final coment | toxic | en |
I agree - with some of the finer detail merged with timeline article. | toxic | en |
ALL REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU LISTED ARE DESCRIBED ABOVE. PLEASE READ THIS ENTIRE PAGE BEFORE COMING TO A CONCLUSION. | toxic | en |
It is mind boggling how much these normies worship females | adult_sexism | en |
Guys please… come on. This guy is a comedian (and a fine one in my opinion), not a hate monger. Comedy is a form of art, take it as is. Why do people waste energy bitching about stuff like this? I’ll never know. | toxic | en |
Thank you. Orange Mike was my road dawg, too! | toxic | en |
Have there actually been any deaths due to people knowing about the Xenu story?
Have there ever been any deaths proven to have originated via people hearing about this story? If not, then that saps from the credibility of Hubbard's warning. | toxic | en |
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There are a lot of articles classified as both Indian freedom fighters and Indian politicians, though some may be known more as freedom fighters. The idea is that some one going through the category page would get the details at a glance. Similarly, the category Femina Miss India Winners also has the runners-up as well as other famous participants. Also, the university stub description doesn't say that it is a university alone. It reads ""This India university, college or other education institution article is a stub. "" So, having this categorisation doesn't mean that IIMB or any other IIM or an IIT is a university. I'm reverting the edit to the previous edit. Thanks, " | toxic | en |
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Hunt should be hung for what he did to Cech. I'm just glad Petr Cech is back. Death to Hunt and Reading fc | toxic | en |
stop messin about with her name
this is a primary source
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2010030157.html
wikia is now consisting on publishing personal details about this person that have never been reported elsewhere | toxic | en |
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Well yes, obviously. Quote boxes highlight quotes. But repeating text is obviously pointless.
The page is not ""monotonous"". If you think it is, then it needs comprehensive rewriting.
The quotes in the text already have in-line citations.
The quotes are not key facts and do not need to be brought out. The choice of which lines to ""highlight"" in this way is entirely arbitrary. Also, we have guidelines which say As a matter of style, quoteboxes should generally be avoided... Instead of using quoteboxes to highlight its notability, explain its importance before introducing the quote or in an introduction to the quote. And let me once again reiterate the key point - the quotes are already in the text, and do not need repeating in boxes.
You're plainly not interested in actually discussing this, and I find your bald ""conclusion"" rather immature. I am also troubled by your initial dishonest edit summary, and your deletion of my post on your talk page asking you why you reverted my edit. 200.83.101.199 " | toxic | en |
Sure..you only seem to post to harass [USER] you didn't shoot down anything because you cannot get your math straight. Allover my TL FFS get a life. STFU and quit harassing WN women | adult_sexism | en |
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* Bring that up in the discussion. Eurozone crisis is not capitalized and was given as an example. To address your concern: Bedchamber crisis, Cuban missile crisis, Iran hostage crisis. It seems we use ""Crisis"" (capitalized) when it's preceded by a nation's name but ""crisis"" when not. Can you please reply to my request on the Talk page and expose this finding? — " | toxic | en |
rice / eron finance seminar series
fyi !
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jones graduate school of management , rice university
tim bollerslev
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will give a seminar at the jones school on friday , december 8 , ?
& measuring , modeling , and forecasting realized volatility . 8
the seminar will begin at 10 : 30 in room 113 .
please note the different time and different room for this seminar .
a pdf of the paper is available through the seminar website
http : / / www . ruf . rice . edu / ~ jgsfss / .
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: I also continue on the inning, and then when the inning ends I darken the border around the boxes of the borrowed squares to group them visually with the previous column. But, I then continue the next inning in it's own column, because the odds of 9+ batters being up two innings in a row are pretty slim (I'm scoring at major league games), and things line back up pretty nicely this way. | toxic | en |
Ý nghĩa của việc bài thơ nói về tuổi trẻ của người là để nhấn mạnh sự tươi trẻ, nhiệt huyết và đầy hy vọng của tuổi trẻ. Tuổi trẻ được coi là thời kỳ đẹp nhất trong cuộc đời, nơi mà con người có thể mơ mộng, đam mê và khám phá thế giới xung quanh mình. Bài thơ muốn nhắc nhở chúng ta hãy trân trọng và tận hưởng tuổi trẻ, vì nó là thời gian quý giá và không thể lấy lại được sau này. | toxic | vi |
I think I'd like to take her to a park, as we're 18. So like, picnic sort of thing? | adult_sexism | en |
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::If it's a ""historical fact"" as you claim, then provide sources. And by that I mean provide sources which actually make this claim, not a random source (like this one) which say absolutely nothing of the kind. " | toxic | en |
CSS and mobile devices
URL: http://diveintomark.org/archives/2002/10/03.html#css_and_mobile_devices
Date: 2002-10-03T14:52:57-05:00
So, d'ya remember that whole CSS debate that flared up about six months ago?
(Actually, it flares up continuously in various circles. In fact, I think it's
about time for it to flare up again in weblogging circles. These things are
inexorably cyclical. CSS-vs-tables is the hemorrhoid of the web design world.
But I digress.)
If you were around back then, you will no doubt recall that I was in the
pro-CSS camp[1].
So anyway, d'ya remember that argument that went something like “you
should design with web standards and CSS because it will future-proof your site
for the pie-in-the-sky future when people surf the web on mobile
devices”? Well, it's crap[2].
There are lots of good arguments for designing with web standards and CSS:
automatically print-friendly pages[3], dynamic style switchers[4], reduced
bandwidth[5], and aiding and abetting accessibility[6] (a topic which I claim
to know a lot about[7]), among others. But “because it'll future-proof
your site for the next generation of mobile devices” is not one of them.
The theory is solid, but apparently nobody told the makers of the mobile
devices (now that we have them) how it was all supposed to work in practice.
Oops.
[1] http://diveintomark.org/archives/rooms/css/
[2] http://www.dashes.com/anil/index.php?archives/003378.php
[3] http://diveintomark.org/archives/2002/02/01.html#print_me
[4] http://diveintomark.org/archives/2002/02/13.html#css_fun_and_games
[5] http://diveintomark.org/archives/2002/02/14.html#moral_arguments_aside
[6] http://diveintomark.org/archives/2002/02/15.html#css_and_universal_design
[7] http://diveintoaccessibility.org/
| scam | en |
is the transitional point established? How | toxic | en |
== Fake ==
Just a thought, this movie might be a joke since it was announced on April Fools, right? | toxic | en |
Warning
Please stop. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, you will be blocked from editing. | toxic | en |
All I noticed was the pistol and her excellent skin tone | adult_sexism | en |
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Backash (2005)
You blanked Backash (2005), that means that you, as the only significant author of the page, would like it to be deleted. I put the db-author tag on the page indicating that you, the author, want the page deleted. Why did you remove the db-author tag? talk " | toxic | en |
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That wasn't much of an elaboration. Could you please explain ""dubious source"", and, more specifically, what qualifies a source as dubious. Then, please justify Chomskys classification as ""dubious"" withing the requested explanation. " | toxic | en |
2008 (UTC)
Um well, absence of research isn't research evidence of absence. There's no severely affected patients in that lot and they were only exercised modestly with regard to their illness status; the more sufferers push themselves the more aggravated symptoms and weakness should be. The sort of people who apply for exercise testing are not likely to be already on the verge of a relapse or struggling to cope at work (or even at home). If some of them have practical help or accomodating family they would do worse in the same tests without it. Gosh, no mention of exertional insomnia even.
Most of these studies aren't looking into a variety of somatic symptoms or even pain, only fatigue and functional strength (though the latter's good enough a demonstration of worsening after exercise for me. At the end of the day it's objective measures are most helpful). If good evidence is totally lacking you have to use next best evidence, with caveats.
You miss out a major notable source of good evidence in all the ME studies (and synonymous diagnoses) before c. 1988 or the 80's, for instance papers by Acheson, Gilliam, Galpine, Innes, Compston, Wallis et al. This is after all, where exercise intolerance and severe multi-system symptoms were first described and recognised as a cardinal feature in non-remitting cases.
There should also be some orthostasis studies. There's also Peckerman's heart studies, Les Simpson's trigger finger study, the Da Costa study, and so on. Though they might not be focussing on symptoms the sort and extent of findings likely gives indirect suppport to the extend and breadth of symptoms.
10:22, 14 February | toxic | en |
17 lakh people. You got to me joking. This is too comical. Do you have a proper proof of citation for 17 lakh. This guy drew hardly 5-6 lakhs for that Tirupathi meeting. He is way too bad to have a charisma to draw more than a million people. | toxic | en |
Ý nghĩa của tiết khí Lập đông đối với vùng Trung Hoa cổ đại là nó là một trong 24 tiết khí trong năm, đánh dấu sự chuyển giao từ mùa thu sang mùa đông. Nó có tác động lớn đến cuộc sống và nền văn hóa của người dân Trung Hoa cổ đại. Nhờ tiết khí Lập đông, người dân có thể chuẩn bị cho mùa đông bằng cách thu hoạch và lưu trữ thực phẩm, xây dựng nhà cửa chống rét, và chuẩn bị quần áo ấm cho mùa đông. Ngoài ra, tiết khí Lập đông cũng có ý nghĩa tâm linh, được coi là thời điểm quan trọng để cầu nguyện và tưởng nhớ tổ tiên. | toxic | vi |
Not really a web hosting service. Can someone look/clear this up? NOTE: I was Bo and Brett's roommate, don't want to edit here unless no one else. | toxic | en |
Google
Wikipedia Admins Abuse
About 1,110,000 results (0.25 seconds) | toxic | en |
I demand that article Turks should redirect to Turkic peoples for the same reason Arabs redirects to Arab people and Germans redirets to German people. | toxic | en |
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BMW Motorrad is NOT a Subsiduary
Despite efforts of some editors to ""create"" facts the BMW Group has stated that BMW Motorrad is not a subsiduary. Any doubters should contact the BMW Group by e-mail and stop disruptive and damaging edits. " | toxic | en |
== Spelling of his last name ==
I doubt that his name could also be spelt Reinhold Jöst (o-umlaut instead of oe). I'm quite sure the only correct spelling is Joest for the following reasons:
# Take a look at the CV/Bio published on http://www.joest-racing.de. It's available both in English and in German language. Although there are lots of umlauts in both versions of the text (indicating that no technical issue prevented the author from using them), the name is spelt Joest for exactly 15 times, whereas Jöst appears not even a single time.
# The name Joest (in this spelling) originates from Dutch and not from German, e.g. see the medieval painter Jan_Joest. Therefore, in this case, German umlauts aren't appropriate. Indeed, the name also appears in its Germanized version Jöst. But people are bearing it either/or.
# My personal knowledge — I'm a German and I'm also bearing the last name Joest. I'd never spell it Jöst. (btw, I'm not affiliated to Reinhold Joest). | toxic | en |
You are still not getting it, critique in and by itself is not notable. It has to reflect the balance between praise and critique. SciAm, Nature and Science are in a different category than personal views. If you want to describe personal views, then you will have to describe the balance of personal views in the literature - and i haven't even seen an attempt to do so. | toxic | en |
Thus I'm wondering if he faced any of the same controversy at the time. | toxic | en |
Why are you reverting all my revisions, I donated a lot to Wikipedia, I deserve to have some fun. | toxic | en |
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Comments like that clarify why advocates should never be allowed to dominate an article. Have you for a moment considered the ramifications of your ""No"" philosophically? They certainly arn't anarchist in nature. People can use words however they do, just as they can behave as they like, your protests notwithstanding. ( | talk | contributions) 08:02, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)" | toxic | en |
[Here's the official vid. How is Moni doing these days? Did she quit (if so, I'd take it with a grain of salt; no one ever really quits)? I always liked that oddball. | toxic | en |
I should say! I have never even heard of them. | toxic | en |
====Regarding edits made during May 2 2007 (UTC)====
Please do not add nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. If this is an IP address, and it is shared by multiple users, ignore this warning if you did not make any unconstructive edits. | toxic | en |
Thanks for the restore ==
thanks! material deleted from sandbox
== | toxic | en |
Thanks for calling me a zombie
Mind if I eat your brain? Just because I don't edit much doesn't make me a zombie account. (talk|contrib) | toxic | en |
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