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Wayne Brock, one of two new Boy Scout leaders named this week, told The Associated Press that the organization founded in 1910 has refocused on reaching children whose attention is increasingly pulled in a myriad of different directions by a host of alternate activities.

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Abdul Maroof Rasikh, the spokesman for the governor of Badakhshan province, said on Wednesday that it’s unclear who kidnapped the five. He says the kidnapping occurred Tuesday as the group was traveling on horseback between Yaftal and Ragh districts about 90 kilometers (56 miles) from the provincial capital of Faizabad.

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Buying a stock at well off its 52 week high that has developed support and shown a momentum shift is a simple but effective strategy. It uses the smartest and most beneficial aspects of technical analysis to strengthen a fundamentals-driven investment thesis. I started my investing career with a lot of success with this method – and I’m starting to find that although my education has run further ahead, in many respects I (and the rest of the financial community) are prone to overthink investments. Da Vinci said that “simplicity is the ultimate sophistication” and I have been actively trying to incorporate this into my investment process.

I screened for companies that are significantly off their 52 week high and whose 50day MA have recently crossed the 200day MA (golden cross). This is one of the most simple yet powerful technical patterns in terms of results, as well as the

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Hybrid mortgage REITs invest in residential mortgage backed securities. While agency mREITs only invest in RMBSs with the backing of a federal agency hybrid mREITs also hold portfolios of RMBSs without agency insurance. Non-agency RMBSs offer considerably higher yields when compared to agency-backed RMBSs, but also carry with them the significant risk of borrower default. Conversely, agency-backed RMBS paper is deemed to have virtually no default risk, thanks to the federal agency backing, but provides a low yield that is comparable to similar maturity U.S. treasuries and other highly rated debt. Generally, most non-agency RMBSs are presently rated as junk.

Non-agency mortgages are generally divided into four main categories: (1) Prime; (2) Alternative-A (Alt-A); (3) Option Adjustable Rate Mortgages (Option ARMs); and (4) and Subprime. These categories can be subdivided, and some mortgages may even jump from one method to another after a set term. In 2007 and 2008, a

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VIDEO: 3 DEA Agents Investigated in Separate Colombia Prostitution Scandal

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Cosplay work today =3 Well… actually more like selling cosplay stuff day… >.> Above you can see what I’m working on! Can you guess what pokemon ears it is~? =3

The ear to the left is the one that is stuffed while the one to the right is still flat. You can really tell a difference o.o But I’m only showing this because this is not the one I’m selling >.< I don’t like how big it is so I’m going back to the smaller size. Thus, it’ll look a tad bit different in the end. (I think the back part of this also looks a tad bit off…)

But! I’m happy to announce that this summer will be super special. I have a project in the making to be released sometime in August (wooo!!) that is in collaboration with my brother~ Then I also have a full 2 month of cosplay commissions it looks like already o.o Like.. it’s crazy. Either people love my work or I just do it cheap LOL!! I should charge more >.> Maybe later~ I’ll just learn to work faster ^^

I also started the TV series The Nine Lives of Chloe King and honestly.. it gets kind of boring >.> And predictable. And the choice of actors are kind of annoying because the british accent doesn’t go with it >.< Weird huh? So I get slightly annoyed at it. But… I have nothing to watch at the moment.. unless I want to go try to find Sherlock….. hmmm… eh I’ll pass. I’ll look for something else to watch!

–Kimiko–

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Israel: Time by Izabo

Despite the fact their keyboard player was wearing a rather bizarre dress and the lead singer had undoubtedly one of the weirdest facial expressions I have ever seen, I really find it a pity Israel didn’t pass the semi finals. The song was retro, poppy and really cute in my opinion, and they had the best backdrop of all contestants (dripping clocks, surrealism oh my!)…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irDxBJNimyo&feature=related

Austria: Woki mit deim popo by Trackshittaz

Okay, admittedly I have a thing for german techno-style music. Can’t help it, every time I hear something like “Disco Pogo” I go all wild. No wonder that I cheered for Austria’s “Woki mit deim popo” (Shake your ass)… They had pole dancers in lime green minidresses, a nice loud backbeat, and when they suddenly went all Tron-style with led lights on their asses, I thought my TV would explode from too much awesome. Damn you people, whyduntyouvoteforaustria?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ttbsc8Fvjk

Russia: Party for everybody by Buranovskiye Babushki

Russian grannies know how to party… I am grateful for everyone who voted for this adorable troupe of old ladies. They can’t sing or dance -at all- but they are cute and they have a big spinning and smoke-producing cookie oven! The oldest of them is 77 (!) and they collect money in order to save their village church. Just one word: funniesttelevisionsinceinventionofthedamndevicepeople!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKNRGc71hjc&feature=related

So far my favorites from the first semi finals… Lets hope the second semi finals have more awesome AND LET IT PASS TO THE FINALS TOO!

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I took our daughter to a birthday party yesterday and before we left I asked hubby to please trim the bushes out front (as we finally got the trimmer back from his mom who had been holding it hostage for months). I even suggested he not get too crazy with the trimming (as he has done in the past) and to just neaten them up a bit. Several hours later I come home and this is what I find.

I was pleased when I looked at one side of the house….

….and then didn’t know whether to laugh or cry at the other side…

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The 2012-2013 HBS deadlines are as follows:

Round 1

Deadline: September 24, 2012

Notification: December 12, 2012

Round 2

Deadline: January 7, 2013

Notification: March 27, 2013

Round 3

Deadline: April 8, 2013

Notification: May 15, 2013

All applications are due at 12 noon EST on the day of the deadline. If submitted after 12 noon, applications will be considered in the following round.

The 2012-2013 HBS essays are below:

1. Tell us about something you did well. (400 words)

2. Tell us about something you wish you had done better. (400 words)

In addition to the two required essays, applicants must also respond to a brief career essay, posed in HBS’s 2012-2013 online application. After selecting a target post-MBA industry and function, candidates must answer the following question:

How does pursuing an MBA support your choices above? (500 characters)

New this year, applicants invited to interview at HBS will be expected to complete and submit a reflection essay in the 24 hours following their interviews. Those candidates invited to interview will be provided with specific instructions concerning this final reflection essay.

For more information, visit HBS’s admissions website.

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• Startup by Harvard MBAs to Sell Access to Admitted Students’ Application Essay Sets (clearadmit.com)
• Harvard Business School Shares LGBT Student Association Message (clearadmit.com)

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Saloni Doshi ’12 and Chelsea Katz ’12 won the inaugural Kellogg Social Entrepreneurship Award from the Carol and Larry Levy Social Entrepreneurship Center, funds that will enable them to launch Fresh Takes Kitchen, a service they came up with to provide low-income families with wholesome food while also teaching them about nutrition. In addition to the award money, the students will also receive continuing support through the Levy Lab. In return, Doshi and Katz commit to working full time on the venture after graduation and sharing their progress and insights.

According to Jamie Jones, associate director of social enterprise at the school, Kellogg is the only business school to offer an award this large to both nonprofit and for-profit social enterprises. The inspiration for the Social Entrepreneurship Award was student Keita Suzuki ’09, who founded Kaien, an initiative to train high-functioning people with autism to work in software firms.

According to Jones, the award is influencing prospective applicants to Kellogg. “We have a growing number of students who are interested in using their business skills to create sustainable social change,” she said. “I have heard from prospective students who are excited about the award. They say it’s clear that Kellogg gets the importance of social enterprises, both nonprofit and for-profit.”

Doshi and Katz set a $150,000 funding goal for the first six months of their new venture, and the award puts them more than halfway there. They plan to launch in August, providing four to five meals a week to low-income individuals along with cooking demonstrations and educational sessions in partnership with other organizations.

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