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See the post below!
(And he is as high up as he looks in these pictures!)
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
I wonder where he gets this talent?
See the post below!
Colin, trying his best to be helpful....but nowhere near as high as Daddy!
Yes, I know it is almost the end of April. I understand it is awfully late to be taking Christmas lights down. We actually had a neighbor stop by and ask if we were putting lights up already! I suppose it would be better to be super early putting them up, rather than so late taking them down. :-)
We always leave our Christmas lights up on this particular tree until it gets warmer outside. This tree is extremely difficult to string lights on (it takes several hours), and in turn, is extremely difficult to get the lights back off of. So, we take all the Christmas lights down in early January--except for these.
Lest you think we really are rednecks.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
The 'end' of Bear
He met his 'demise' today......
All thanks to my sweet son, Colin, who thought that the phone hanger in his 'kitchen' would be a great place for Bear to rest.
(The scarf is suposed to go around his neck....)
From my yard to my table
Monday, April 21, 2008
The honesty of a 4-year-old
Colin's prayers last night (with me, sitting right next to him):
"Dear Jesus,
Thank you for this day. Thank you for Mommy, and Daddy, and Cameron, and Ethan.
Thank you for the grass and for my bed, and for the dresser, and for our van.
Thank you for Grandma, and Grandma and Grandpa, and Grandpa Danny and Amy in New Jersey, and Rog and Aimee, and Luke.....and.....Mommy, what is Rog and Aimee's baby called?"
Me: "Olivia."
"Thank you for baby Olivia, and for Jay and Karie, and Reese, and.....Mommy, what is Jay and Karie's baby called?"
Me: "Callen."
"Thank you for baby Callen too.
And please let us have a sunny, warm day tomorrow, so that we can go outside and play baseball.....and soccer.....and swing on the swings.....and ride bikes.....and go down the street and see Dadddy. And, please help Mommy to learn how to throw the baseball to me a little bit better. She doesn't do it very good.....Daddy does it good, but Mommy doesn't. He just does it better than her. I like it better when Daddy throws it. But Mommy can throw it too, she just.....needs to do it a little bit better.
In Jesus' name,
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Lookie, Gramma 'Nette! Lookie what we did!
Mom, how can I ever work when you are always making me look at the camera?
A picture of mommy!
Project #2--an "I'm-not-sure-what-it-is-but-it's-filled-with-lots-of-color" picture
A message from the boys.....
Monday, April 14, 2008
Jok(st)ers #1 and #2
****"EDIT!!! Even if you read this post yesterday, you must read again! I had to come in here first thing this morning to edit it. I thought about just writing a new post....but since I just posted funnies yesterday, I decided to simply add to this one. The two things that came out of Colin's mouth yesterday and this morning were just too good not to add! See very bottom of post for the new additions!
Cameron has truly been hilarious this past week.
I don't know if it is the fact that he was sick the week before last and did nothing but lie around for like, 6 days, and now he just has all that extra energy and craziness bound up inside of him that has to come out, or what....but he has been in rare comedic form.
With all of the sickness floating around here lately, the phrase, "I don't feel good" has been said more times than I care to count in the last 3 weeks or so. Cameron was the first one sick, the first one to the doctor, and the first one to get better. So when I heard Cameron say this again a couple of mornings ago at breakfast, I (slightly) panicked. (Keep in mind that he took, like, 12 different medicines, and has been better for about a week and a half now.)
Cameron: "I not fee good, Mommy."
Me, apprehensively: "What?"
Cameron: "I not fee good, Mommy."
Me: "Oh really? (trying to downplay, here....) What hurts?"
Cameron: "My toe."
Me: "Your toe?"
Cameron: "My TOTE!"
Me: "Oh, your throat?"
Cameron: "Yes (nodding)."
Me, thinking....: "Cameron, show me where it hurts."
He then proceeds to point to his lower belly and say, "My TOTE, Mommy, My TOTE!"
Me, concealing my smile: "Well, we will just take it easy today, and I'm sure you'll feel better soon."
Cameron: "No Mommy....I need go goctor. I sick. I need medsin."
He looks at me, quite seriously for just a brief moment, then dissolves into giggles. "I not sick Mommy! Hee hee hee hee!"
Goodness gracious. This kid should be an actor someday. He is soooooo believable.
Some other funnies of late:
~Colin, rushing into my bedroom at about 7:15 this morning, exclaims loudly, "MOMMY!"
Me, groggily: "What, Col?"
Colin: "Do you see the sun shining brightly today?"
Me, taking the pillow off of my head, which reveals a bedroom that is flooded with sunlight: "Yes, Colin, I do. Very bright, and very sunny." Pillow then returns to it's original spot over my head.
Colin: "Mom, we can go outside today! The sun is shining so bright, and it is not at all bloomy out there!"
He was going for gloomy....which to me was funny that he even knew that word. I am certain he picked it up from me, but it was funny nonetheless.
~Colin has had terribly dry lips the last several days (all stuffy at night+an open mouth while sleeping=dry lips!) We were out to dinner a few nights ago, and I noticed he was licking his lips a lot. He is a big fan of some special lip stuff that I carry in my purse that tastes like vanilla....I figured his lips were bothering him, and I was just about to ask him if he needed some, when he turned to me and loudly proceeded to ask,
"Mommy, can I have some of the chuh.....cuh.....cruh....CRAPSTICK that is in your purse?"
Shane and I immediately died; I handed over my chapstick and made a mental note that that was definitely one for the blog.
~Cameron has this terrible habit right now of saying, "What?" whenever you say something to him.
"Cameron, come here please!"
"Cameron, don't do that please!"
"Cameron, time for rest!"
Doesn't matter what you say, he inevitably says "What?" at least one time. (By the way, he is hearing what we say....this just seems to be a habit he has formed.) It can be funny, but it can also be horribly annoying. And apparently, not only to me. The other day, Cameron was in the dining room at the table, doing a puzzle, and Colin was asking him to come out into the living room and play with him....
Colin: "Cameron, why don't you come out here and play with me?"
Cameron: "What?"
Colin: "I said, why don't you come out here and play with me?"
Cameron: "What?"
Colin (getting exasperated): "I said, come out here and play with me!!"
Cameron: "What?"
Colin: "Cameron, stop saying WHAT!!"
Cameron, quiet for a moment, responds: "What choo say?"
Needless to say, Colin gave up, and I quietly made another mental note after my giggling spell.
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~Yesterday, Colin came out of my bedroom with his new flip-flops on. We just got them over the weekend, and any time he has been able to sneak into the bag that is in my bedroom to get them, he does...then he wears them around the house for a while, until he gets tired of them.
I had already dressed the boys, but Colin had taken off his socks to put the flip-flops on, and he was carrying the socks around with him in his hands. I told him that it wasn't time to wear his new shoes yet, and to please go put them back in the bag, and put his socks back on. To which he replied,
"Mom, I have a nail."
This is Colin's way of telling me he has a hang nail that needs to be trimmed. I took a closer look at his feet, and discovered that sure enough, one of his toenails was dangerously broken...you know, the kind that, if snagged, could do some serious damage? One of those. Anyway, I told him I would trim the nail up for him, and then he would be able to put his socks back on.
Except, I walked away, got sidetracked, and then forgot all about it.
A few minutes later, I noticed that Colin's socks still weren't on--and he was still carrying them around with him in his hands. I pointed it out, and he then in turn pointed out that "he had a nail." I remembered, and said I would trim it.
Except, I walked away, got sidetracked, and then forgot all about it. Again.
Another few minutes go by, and my poor, patient Colin again points out his toe issues to me. He was still holding his socks! Exasperated with myself for still not handling the need of my poor child, I stopped what I was doing and we went straight to the bathroom to clip all of his toenails.
As I was clipping, Colin and I were making conversation....I should have known better, because his feet were somewhat close to my mouth. (He was on the counter, holding his foot up so that I could see what in the world I was actually cutting off. I've learned that lesson the hard way....)
All of a sudden, one of the nails that I had clipped flew straight into my mouth as I was talking! Talk about gross! So, I immediately started trying to spit it out.
Me: "Puh puh puh!" (That's the best I could come up with to simulate a spitting sound)
Colin: "Mom, why are you spitting all over me!?"
Me, finally having gotten the nail out: "Colin, I am so sorry. It's just that one of your nails flew into my mouth while I was talking, and I had to spit it out quickly!"
Colin, quite matter-of-factly: "Yeah, mom.....toenails are dirty, and that's gross."
~Then, just this morning, (sunny and beautiful AGAIN here today, thank you Lord!) Colin comes in my room, and we are discussing the events of the morning. You know....what we are going to do today, if we have any errands to run, and so on. Don't you routinely have that sort of conversation with your 4 year old?
Colin was once again alluding to wanting to go outside. Now, let me back up one minute. We don't have cable TV here at our house...so usually, the way I figure out what the weather is going to be like for that day is to look out a window, or, open the door to see how warm it is. Some days, I will actually look on the computer....but mostly, I just use the "arm out the door" method. It usually doesn't fail me.
Colin says to me, "Mom, when daddy was leaving just now, I stuck my arm out the door to see how warm it was."
Me: "Oh, yeah? How warm was it?"
Colin: "Mom, it was warm! I think we can go outside today!"
Me, knowing from actually checking the weather this time that it IS supposed to be about 60 and gorgeous here today: "Yes, Colin, it is going to be a really nice day today. Warm, and sunny! We certainly will be going outside!"
Colin: "Well, I don't know the exact temperature....is it supposed to be in the fifties, or in the ten-dies?"
I will say it again. Oh, my goodness gracious. What these children come up with!!
Thank you Lord, for a house filled with laughter!!
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
For Jill....and all the other mommies of Glory Babies
It's amazing what happens when tragedy strikes your family.
When I lost our fourth baby back in December, people asked me all the time, "How are you doing?" I would answer with the standard, "Okay" and try to leave it at that. It was just too hard to talk about without becoming emotional. I needed to heal first, before I could talk about my loss.
I have found that tragedy is like anything else in life. When it is new, it is all that consumes you (and, maybe, others as well.) It is all you can think about, and even when you are able to NOT think about it, random things that have nothing to do with your particular circumstance will bring you back to it anyway. But, as time passes, and weeks turn into months since "IT" happened, people stop asking. It's code for, "It's time to move on, now." That is never really said out loud....and only the people who have experienced a loss like what I am talking about really know what I mean. It's the whole, "life goes on" mentality. "You can't dwell on this forever. Pick yourself up, and keep going."
You start to try to heal, and then begin to have some good days. Then, many more good days. Then, the good days begin to outnumber the bad ones....until the bad ones are actually few and far between. Oh, there will always be bad days. But they do decrease over time.
I've been doing really well. God has provided me with great healing, and for that, I am so thankful.
But circumstances of this week have brought strong, painful memories flooding back to me. Pain that I thought had faded away through God's healing. I have realized that, though the pain may been deeply tucked inside, it may never fade away completely. And I think that is how God wants it to be. It is a now one of our distinguishing characteristics. A marker we have, we women who have known this pain....for us to use to be able reach out when this pain turns it's grip on others.
Heaven welcomed two more glory babies in the last 48 hours.....and it has brought me back all over again. It has hit close to home, as one of these mommies was a personal friend of mine. My sadness, while not overtaking me, has returned.
I would have been 31 weeks on Friday. 31 weeks. That is hard to think about. In a few weeks, I would have started going to Dr. Shepherd every week. Then, soon after that, I would be experiencing new life all over again. Bringing a new one home from the hospital again (and realizing all over again just how CRAZY people drive out on the road). The sleepless nights. Nursing. Showing off our precious bundle at church. Toting FOUR children around now, instead of three. Experiencing all of those first.....coos, smiles, teeth, sitting, crawling. Being able to be the protective and nurturing one to my sweet newborn.
All those what ifs.
Here is the thing, though. I can not dwell on those things. I choose not to dwell on those things. The Bible tells us to "think on those things that are TRUE....." For me, and for so many others, the above paragraph is not a true reality. It is one that exists only in my head. Imagining all of the things that I would have done, and what the baby would have been like....that's exactly what it is. Imagination. That is not a reality for me, and for this fourth child of ours, it never will be.
And, I know, for God's glory and my greater good, there is a perfect and holy reason for that. I don't quite understand it, and I don't feel as though I even need too. That is exactly the definition of faith. I am believing and trusting in something that I can not see for myself. Only God knows why our baby is not with us. Why so many others--Maddox, Miller Grace, Tristan, Copeland, Madeline Grace, Audrey Caroline, Tabitha Grace, Joshua, Poppy Joy, Eva Janette, Noah, Mary Grace, Eliot, Jonathan, Asher, and so many more babies that were lost in utero--the list goes on and on--have babies that are sitting at the feet of Jesus today instead of being in our care.
One thing I feel the need to say here: I am not sure exactly who reads this blog of mine. But, just in case, if you are sitting here reading my words today, and you do not know this same Jesus that I know, let me strive to make one thing very clear. My God is not something that I (or anyone else for that matter) have created as sort of a 'coping mechanism'. Well, if I only could believe that my baby is in a better place.....I would be able to handle all of this. So, I will choose to believe that he is in heaven now. That makes me feel better.
God is REAL. He is alive, in heaven, ruling over this earth. He is coming back, someday that I believe will be soon. He loves me, He loves you. He cares about every single thing that happens to me, no matter how small. He does not cause evil, but He does allow it--again, for His glory and our ultimately greater good.
And He loves my sweet little glory baby so much more than I ever could.
God has taught me so very much through all of this. Not only through my loss, but others' losses as well. I am a better prayer warrior now. When I see a family suffering, and I say, "I will pray for you....", I mean it. I add them to my prayer list. I pray for them. Sure, I miss a day here and there. I am certainly not perfect; far from it, in fact. But these families that are on my prayer list, both on my blog and at home, they mean something to me. I want to help them, and the best way I know how is by diligently praying for each of them. I am a better servant now. When I see someone who has a need, I am brought back to when I had a need. How many people reached out to me (or did not--both equally taught me something) when I needed it? How did they reach out to me? What can I, can any of us, do to help those who are grieving a loss, or going thru any other sort of life difficulty or tragedy?
Jill, it is going to take time. Don't let anyone tell you different. Jesus sees each tear, and he counts them....even the ones that never come from your eyes, but are there inside of your heart. This is going to hurt. It is actually surprising just how much it hurts. But God will heal your heart. He always does, if you allow Him too. And, I am confident that you will.
Our babies are playing together at Jesus' feet right at this moment. What an amazing thought. Love you Jill, and I am praying for you.
~Glory Baby, by Watermark~
An amazing, touching song that speaks wonderful truths!
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Monday, April 7, 2008
For Ethan
Occasionally, I write posts that are intended for my memory's benefit only. This post today is one of those.
I write today with a huge smile on my face, as I am sitting here thinking about what a huge blessing you are to your mommy. I have shorted you, my poor third child, in many ways....one of the most flagrant being not keeping up on your baby book like I should! I have written the most important dates (walking, teeth, solid foods) on the calendar, but I haven't kept track of a lot of the little things. This blog has become an effective tool for your mommy to be able to remember lots of 'stuff', so, today, I am making an effort to keep track of your cuteness in this way.
You have done some of the cutest things lately, this morning being no exception! I came in your room to get you from your crib after you woke up, and when you saw me, your face broke into the biggest smile and you actually started clapping! It was like you were saying, "Yay!!! It's Mommmeeeeeee!!!! She's come to get me!!!!!" It was so funny. I said, "Are you clapping for Mommy?" and you looked at me and clapped some more!
Then, you pointed to the window. (This is one of the newest things you have been doing recently--pointing. And it is terribly adorable.)
I swear you said 'Cheerios' today. At breakfast, you looked right at the bag, pointed, and said, "Chee-Chee-O". It was just as plain as day. I couldn't believe it, and even your big brother Colin remarked, "Did you hear that mommy? Ethan said Cheerios!" It was a very funny moment, and one that made me realize just how fast you are growing up. Pretty soon you will be saying full sentences.....
You love your daddy so very much. You love to walk over to him, stick your head right between his legs, grab one of his thighs, and say, "Uh, Uh!" We have obviously figured out that this is your way of saying, "Pick me UP, Daddy!"
By the way.....that trick works like a charm with him every time.
You love when things make loud noises. Surprising for a baby, but you do! Things like the blender, shredder, or vacuum turning on makes you outright dissolve into giggles! (Which, then, dissolves Mommy into giggles, then you giggle more, then I giggle more....vicious circle.)
You have figured out that when the music is turned up, that means it is time to DANCE! You wave your arms back and forth, and sometimes, when you are really getting into the groove, even bend your knees to bee-bop along to the music! I do have that one on video for you to see when you get older!
A couple of nights ago, when you were a bit fussy after I had put you down in bed for the night, I went and got you. I thought you might just be a little thirsty, so I fixed you a bottle and held you while you drank it. Voila! That hit the spot, and you actually fell asleep right in my arms. This is an absolute rarity for you, as normally, you will NOT fall asleep unless you are snugly tucked into your bed and under your precious blanket! But you did, it was sooooo sweet. I let you sleep for a few minutes, until I knew you were really out. Then, I lifted you up and laid you on my chest, and you slept there for about the next hour while Daddy and I finished watching a movie. It was so sweet to snuggle with you. I got sad when it hit me that both of your brothers are now too big to do this with.
Soon, you will be, too.
So, I am going to continue enjoying every minute with you while you are little.....I love you so very much, and I just wanted to make sure that you know it.
Shrek boys
p.s. Did you notice they are holding hands in the second picture? :-)
They will love that someday, I'm sure!
Thursday, April 3, 2008
My "blog-over"
I don't know if that is really a word or not....but I'm using it anyway! I love the new look of this blog!
I, of course, being the computer savvy one that I am, did all of this completely by myself. No help from anyone, at all.
Yeah.....RIGHT. Have you ever tried to do anything in HTML? Give me a break.
Actually, everything you see here is attributed 100% to a wonderfully talented graphic design artist named Hilary Keegan! She put all of this together for me, and I am forever grateful to her for doing such a wonderful job! She was even able to edit the characters on the header graphic to almost completely match our family! I think my favorite parts of the graphic are the bald king with a blond goatee and the 'strawberry-blond' hair on 2 of the boys! :-) (We are still 'tweaking' a few things, but it is almost done!)
Hilary even has her own Graphic Design website, if anyone is interested in their own 'blog-over'!
Thank you so much Hilary, for all your hard work....I can't say enough about how pleased I am with everything!
p.s. Let me know what you think!
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
The Easter goodies
I realize it's a little late....but here are some shots from the afternoon Easter egg hunt!
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Ephesians 6:1-2 and 1-3
Poor little sicklings....mommy is still making them get their Bible verses on camera!
Ephesians 6:1-3--"Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise; that it may be well with you, and you may live long upon the earth."
And, just for fun....Cameron's funny version. Apparently, he thought I was getting upset with him when I asked him to 'look at the camera and hold still', or whatever I said in the video, so he proceeded to turn on his 'sad face'. (This face happens frequently in our house....basically, whenever something is said that Cameron doesn't really care for.)
Notice just how quickly Cameron can turn on said sad face; just how far his 'sad lip' pooches out; just how believable this 'sad face' is (he doesn't fool us anymore, however); and then just how FAKE 'sad face' actually is by how quickly he can turn it off! Then, imagine living with a child who is able to do that! :-)
Is he too much, or what?!?
Got to love those matching PJ's
If you're around it long enough....it will get you
Sickness has been floating around our house for the last week and a half.
Cameron just got over a double ear infection/sinus infection/bronchitis. Colin has had a mysterious fever for about 4 days accompanied by lethargy and loss of appetite, but apparently nothing 'hurts' on him. He just wants to lie around all the time. It is getting better--he is actually up and playing with his brothers this morning, which is a great sign. Ethan has a never ending runny nose (as do all three of the boys, truly, because of their allergies).
And my dear mother.....Ugh. She has a double ear infection, strep throat, sinus infection, a swollen eye that she can hardly see out of...and can barely move her bones ache so badly. She is just miserable, but got a shot of antibiotics at the doctor last night, along with a couple of Rx's, so she is on her way to good health again (hopefully).
Poor Shane has had the worst sore throat of his life this past week....it was so bad, in fact, that instead of being miserable and waiting the normal 5-7 days to go to the doctor and then get medicine, he decided that he would use part of our date night on Friday to go to convenient care. You know, be ahead of the game.
Except, what happens? The ONE time that he decides to actually be proactive and head off whatever is coming on (before it actually gets so bad he can barely function) by going to the doctor, the checkup revealed that there is nothing more affecting him than a really bad cold. No strep, no infection of sinuses or ears....just a really painful cold.
He got an over-the-counter allergy pill for the $150 convenient care fee. That seems like a poor return on an investment to me. (Give me some sort of prescription. A sleeping pill. Some nose spray. Tylenol with codeine.....something. Just don't make me feel like I came here for nothing, PLEASE!)
So, he has been miserable for about 5 days now, but just this morning, he told me that his throat is finally starting to feel better. What a relief! I can't believe I have managed to escape all of this, I think to myself. Actually, I've thought that several times over the last few days.
I sit up in bed and swallow......ouch.....what in the world? I go to the mirror, open my mouth, look inside and see a bright red throat with a little bit of white stuff towards the tonsil area. Pretty sure that is a bad sign......
What was that again about NEVER saying anthing like, "I can't believe it hasn't gotten me!?"


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Group Hug
Party Shots: La Jaula!
Here's what you missed if you missed it
The Alibi's Group Hug Glam Pride Party was a smashing success and dazzlingly fun. Casa Esencia started off really swank and we filled it with beautiful people.
Kicking-off the night was La Jaula, and not only are they terrific musicians, they're also all really good looking.

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This one was all over the Internet recently.
According to this idea — which some people are taking quite seriously — the Earth used to have two moons instead of one.
Hmm. Why is there only one today?
Because the second one perished by crashing into the Moon we see today.
Why are these researchers suggesting this? Because some of the mountains on the Moon's far side are higher than the ones on the near side.
To explain this fact, the researchers made a model. After lots of tweaking, the model said that if there were once two moons of just the right size, with just the right orbits, which collided at just the right angle and velocity, then a high mountain range would have been pushed up on the Moon's far side.
Thus, there's "evidence" for the new model.
But is this a scientific hypothesis? No. It's only a story.
An explanation doesn't qualify as a hypothesis unless it makes a testable prediction. If it can't do that, it's only a just-so story.
And just-so stories are only limited by the inventor's imagination — which isn't much of a limitation.
Think about this for a moment. The two-moon story got a ton of publicity.
So why stop there?
I'd guess that a three-moon story would do even better. You'd get fame, fortune, and all that.
And then once that story had run its course, maybe go for four moons. And after that, five, or six, or even seven. Why not?
After all, you can make up an infinite number of stories that can produce a high mountain range on the Moon.
And that's exactly my point.
In secular astronomy today, the idea of 'evidence' has grown extremely blurry. So many of the "discoveries" are just stories or computer simulations.
As long as the story isn't obviously impossible, you can claim that you've discovered how something happened.
You can claim that you've discovered something about true history.
But all you've really done is make up a story.
And since an infinite number of stories are possible, this tells us nothing definitive about true history.
Too bad this fundamental distinction is lost on most evolutionists today.
See also, Spike's article entitled: Secular Theory For Moon's Formation Receives Another Blow
as originally published in CREATION ASTRONOMY NEWS – Volume II, #3 (sign up for the newsletter at his website) reprinted with permission from the author.
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Jacob's Ladder
A shell-shocked Vietnam veteran "Jacob Singer" (Robbins) finds his sanity begin to crumble as he sees demons coming out of the woodwork, trying to destroy him. He meets up with his old comrades trying to discover what sort of experiments the military did to them.
Bruce Joel Rubin's screenplay is darkly spiritual and explores the mysteries of the mind. It is shocking, strange, and rides the line of sanity. The script is well structured and has a far darker tone than Rubin's preceeding film, Ghost. Its use of time and space manipulations to unfold a mystery is very well done.Continue Reading


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Announcing symposium on arbitration and the Court
In our final symposium before the October Term begins, guest contributors (listed below in alphabetical order) will consider questions relating to the Court's Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) jurisprudence, as well as the impact of several of the Court's recent decisions on the arbitration process. Over the next two weeks, our contributors will examine topics ranging from the lower courts' response to the Court's decision in AT&T v. Concepcion and the possibility that Congress might effectively reverse Concepcion by passing the Arbitration Fairness Act to the application of the FAA to wills and trusts.
We are grateful to the following authors who have agreed to contribute to this symposium:
- Hiro Aragaki "" Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
- Steve Bennett "" Jones Day
- Thomas Carbonneau "" Penn State Dickinson School of Law
- Lawrence Cunningham "" George Washington University School of Law
- Christopher Drahozal "" University of Kansas School of Law
- John Elwood "" Vinson & Elkins and University of Virginia School of Law
- Brian Fitzpatrick "" Vanderbilt Law School
- Myriam Gilles "" Cardozo Law School
- Jill Gross "" Pace Law School
- David Horton "" Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
- Cliff Palefsky "" McGuinn, Hillsman & Palefsky
- Terry Moritz "" Goldberg Kohn
- Andrew Pincus & Evan Tager "" Mayer Brown
- Daniel J. Ratner "" Levy Ratner P.C.
- Michael Rubin "" Altshuler Berzon
- David Schwartz "" University of Wisconsin Law School
- Jean Sternlight "" UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law
- Thomas Stipanowich "" Pepperdine University School of Law
- Nancy Welsh "" Penn State Dickinson School of Law
Recommended Citation: Kali Borkoski, Announcing symposium on arbitration and the Court, SCOTUSblog (Sep. 12, 2011, 9:56 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2011/09/announcing-symposium-on-arbitration-and-the-court/


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I have so much be thankful for this year! I am so grateful to be a part of this community and to share a love of beer with some amazing people. Thank you fellow Knights, Brewers, Distributors, and better beer drinkers for making this past year so great!
Thanks to all who came out for our Tailgate for Nothing. The weather was absolutely beautiful and the food and drinks that everyone brought were amazing! I want more Kool-Aid pickles!
If there is something coming up that is not listed, we would love to hear about it. News, reviews, info, etc., to share for our next Random Beer Roundup can be submitted to firstname.lastname@example.com.)
Hoosier Beer Calendar
Events are subject to change
Friday, November 27th from 5 - 9 at the Crown Liquors next to Borders on 31 South: Christmas Beer Tasting
Friday, November 27th at the new Crown Liquors downtown: Friday Beer tasting
Tuesday, December 1st at 6 at the Chatham Tap in Indianapolis: "Bells of Winter" (6 Bell's beers on tap, including Rye Stout)
Wednesday, December 2nd at Mad Anthony: Snowplowed Winter Ale release
Thursday, December 3rd from 5 to 8 PM at Keg Liquors in Clarksville: 5th Annual Holiday Insanity Beer Tasting
Thursday, December 3rd at 7:15 at MacNiven's in Indianapolis: Sun King Winter Storm Warning Tapping
Saturday, December 5th at Lafayette Brewing Co in Lafayette: Christmas beer tapping - a Vienna lager finish "hopped" with 10# of organic heather flowers.
Monday, December 7th at Lafayette Brewing Co in Lafayette: 1st annual Dinner with Santa
Wednesday, December 9th at Mad Anthony: OCB Barley Wine
Wednesday, December 9th from 7 to 10 at Zest! in Indianapolis: Beer vs. Wine Dinner, $59.00/person (includes tax & tip) and can purchase tickets at Zest! or by phone: 317.466.1853 or e-mail: email@example.com. Reservations only (no walk-ins).
Thursday, December 10th at 7:30 at Deano's Vino in Fountain Square: Sun King Imperial Cream Dream tapping
Wednesday, December 16th at Mad Anthony: Vintage Ales release (Fort Wayne Only)
Saturday, January 30th at the State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis: 2010 Brewers of Indiana Guild Winterfest
What's Brewing
From Greg at Lafayette Brewing Co in Lafayette:
On Tap:
Ouiatenon Wit Bier; Prophet's Rock Pale Ale; East Side Bitter; Pipers' Pride Scottish Ale; Tippecanoe Common Ale; Eighty-Five; Black Angus Oatmeal Stout and our Alpha Acid Test control beer: Alpha 60. Look for our annual Christmas beer to be released on Saturday, December 5. This year's version is a Vienna lager finish "hopped" with 10# of organic heather flowers.
If you're a music fan, Lafayette Brewing has a fantastic weekend lined up. On Friday, Cleveland reggae legend Carlos Jones and the PLUS Band. On Saturday, local guitar superstar and past winner of Guitar Center's national Guitarmageddon competition, Michael Kelsey. And Sunday, a Friends of Bob show featuring singer, songwriter, frequent guest on Bob & Tom and former professional boxer (yes, he went toe-to-toe with Roberto "Hands of Stone" Duran), Paul Thorn. Wow!
We're also taking reservations for a special night for the kids: Our first annual Dinner With Santa will be held on Monday, December 7. Give us a shout to reserve your table- our 2 sessions are filling quickly!
From Charles at Upland Brewing Co. in Bloomington:
Upcoming Upland Beer Releases:From Crown Brewing in Crown Point:
Winter Warmer Barleywine draught and six-packs will hit the market on Monday, December 7th. 22 oz bottles of this winter seasonal will be available for the first time ever in early January. We plan to release several of our high gravity beers in 22s this year, including the Ard Ri Imperial Red, Infinite Wisdom Tripel, and Double Dragonfly IPA. We're also introducing a new seasonal beer to our lineup in early January. Be on the lookout for Upland's Komodo Dragonfly Black IPA on draught and in six-packs.
The Winter Warlock is now on tap! This mildy spiced winter ale uses local Indiana honey and maple syrup for a sweetness that is not overpowering.
From Mad Anthony Brewing in various locations:
Snowplowed Winter Ale - Release Party Dec 2nd
The brewers have just filled the fermenter with a Double Stout and will make it available in the coming weeks. This promises to be a big bold stout with plenty of alcohol to make it a winter favorite.
In other beer news:
Pilsner is now on tap!
Vintage Ales consisting of past years Barley Wines, Bourbon Barrel Porters and other past brews will be available in very limited quantities and will be sold for in-store consumption only.
Mad Anthony's in Fort Wayne will be hosting it's annual New Year's Eve Bash. This is absolutely the best deal in town.
$25.00 per ticket if purchased in advance. One price covers it ALL!
Free food buffet, MadBrew, House Wines, Party Favors, DJ and dance Floor are all included in the price. Tickets will go on sale December 9th. Be sure to make plans now.
From John at Half Moon Brewery in Kokomo:
On Tap Friday 11/27:
Oatmeal Stout - O.G.=1.066 ABV=6.5% IBU=28
Vanilla Oatmeal Stout - O.G.=1.066 ABV=6.5% IBU=28
From Clayton at Sun King Brewery in Indianapolis:
Sunlight Cream AleWee Mac Scottish AleBitter Druid ESBOsiris Pale AleTulip WitXX Chocolate StoutJava Mac (while supplies last)Dry Hopped ESB (while supplies last)There are lots of things happening around the brewery right now... We just poured 1,600 square feet of concrete to accommodate more tanks and increase our brewing capacity! I flew to Sacramento, CA last week to check out a couple of used 30 bbl Brite Beer Tanks that I am pleased to say checked out and will be arriving by mid-December. We will be putting them into service by the end of the year along with 2 - 30 bbl tanks we acquired from Upland earlier this year. These four tanks will be joined by another 4 new fermenters that we are having manufactured by Applied Beverage Technologies in Chicago. These new tanks should arrive around the same time our Canning Line will be arriving in mid-February! We expect to have cans of Sun King on the market in early March...So I'll keep you posted.We have several new beers in the works and a couple of Specialty Beer Tappings coming up in December...Winter Storm Warning Tapping- Imperial ESBMacNiven's on Mass Ave.Thursday, December 3rd @ 7:15 p.m.Winter Storm Warning On Tap, plus a Dry-Hopped 5 gal. FirkinImperial Cream Dream Tapping - The latest in our rotating I.P.A. seriesDeano's Vino in Fountain SquareThursday, December 10th @ 7:30 p.m.
At the Bar
From Patrick at Patrick's Kitchen and Drinks in Zionsville:
We bought some 22oz bottles of Two brothers Heavier handed IPA, currently on tap is Bell's rye Stout , Left handed Nitro Milk Stout, 3 Floyds Alpha King, Flying dog double dog double pale ale, and Brooklyn Brewing Brown ale. Lots of cool others waiting their turn including Sun King's Druid ESB that they were kind enough to dry hop the heck out of for us....and some others.
Call to find out exactly what is on tap currently, 317-733-8755. Sales are up 19% to last year and guest counts are up 30% Thank you all.
Carry Out
From Todd at Keg Liquors in Clarksville:
Stone - Double Bastard Ale (California)
Berghoff - Winter Ale (Wisconsin)
Anchor Brewing - Our Special Beer 2009 (California)
Schlafly - Christmas Ale (Missouri)
Schlafly - Winter ESB (Missouri)
Pyramid - Snow Cap (Oregon)
Clipper City - Heavy Seas Yule Tide (Maryland)
New Holland - Cabin Fever (Michigan)
Southern Tier - Creme Brulee Stout (New York)
New Holland - Charkoota Rye (Michigan)
Southern Tier - Pack of Pales (New York)
Southern Tier - Oat (New York)
Southern Tier - Old Man Winter (New York)
5th Annual Holiday Insanity Beer Tasting at Keg Liquors
December 3rd from 5 – 8 PM
Another of our great traditions, we conclude the year's beer tasting schedule with a bang. Featuring Holiday and Seasonal beers from around the world. Last year's tasting included over 21 different beers to sample. More details will be forthcoming as this one shapes up.
From Mike at Crown Liquors Downtown Indianapolis (Pennsylvania & Ohio):
We will be having the first Friday night beer tasting at the new Crown Downtown this Friday. We will probably have the "Grand Opening" then second week of Dec.
From Sam at BW3's (Downtown Indianapolis):
From Big Red Liquors in Bloomington:Tap List:Unibroue La TerribleFounders Breakfast StoutFlying Dog Gonzo Imperial PorterStone Arrogant BastardBells Two HeartedBells Double Cream StoutThree Floyds Robert the BruceThree Floyds GumballheadSierra Nevada Anniversary AleUpland Bad Elmers PorterBarley Island Dirty HelenDogfish Head 90 MinuteDark Horse Crooked Tree IPA
Coming on draft in the next week or two will be the DFH & Sierra collaboration beer, Life & Limb. We will also have the new IRS from Upland, Teddy Bear Kisses.
Stone Double Bastard
Stone/Brew Dog Bashah -a Black Belgian Double IPA
Hair of the Dog Adam -made with organic pilsner and northwest hops and special grains
Hair of the Dog Fred -made with organic pilsner hops, rye malts, and Belgian candy sugar
Left Hand Fade to Black
Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale
St. Martin Brunehaut Brown & Tripel (new Belgian beers!)
We are also almost at full stock of all the winter brews we can possibly get our hands! Come check our fantastic selection on Thursdays nights while our weekly FREE BEER SAMPLINGS occur at the downtown store in Bloomington!
On The Table
From Valerie at Zest! restaurant in Indianapolis:
Wine vs. Beer Event - Wednesday, December 9, 2009, 7pm-10pm
$59.00/person (includes tax & tip) and can purchase tickets at Zest! or by phone: 317.466.1853 or e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com. Reservations only (no walk-ins).
The Warm-Up
WINE: Avinyo Vi d'Agulla 2007 (Catalonia, Spain)
BEER: Upland Preservation Pilsner
The Bell Has Rung…
Tomato Bon Bon with Tomato Tzatziki
Date Rumaki with Green Olive Relish
'Big Girl' Pigs in a Blanket with House Made Mustard
Crispy Olive with Pimento Dip
White: Glatzer Gruner Veltliner 2006 (Carnuntum, Austria)
Red: Barone di Valforte Montepulciano 2007 (Abruzzo, Italy)
Ommegang Abbey
Spaten Optimator
The Main Event
5-Hour Braised Short Ribs
Root Vegetable Smash
Grilled Asparagus
WINE: Barone di Valforte Montepulciano 2007 (Abruzzo, Italy)
BEER: Kasteel Rouge
The Big K.O.
Banana Spring Roll
Wild Hibiscus 'Jellie' Shot
Carrot Cake Skewer
Robert Hall Orange Muscat 2007 (Paso Robles, CA)
Reginato "Celestina" Sparkling Rose of Malbec 2007 (Mendoza, Argentina)
Bell's Expedition Stout
Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA
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The Portland State University Challenge Program is a partnership linking PSU with local area high schools to offer qualified juniors and seniors the opportunity to take PSU courses in their own high schools for college credit.
Dave Austin, Communications Director for Multnomah County and former Oregonian reporter, is currently volunteering as PSU Challenge Program's News Writing instructor at Grant High School. With Austin's guidance over the past three years, students have turned the old school newspaper into a glossy magazine featuring bold and investigative reporting.
"These students are amazing. They are on it, and the work they do is exceptional." – Sally Hudson, Director of PSU's Challenge and Link Programs
The success of the magazine was recently recognized as top in the country, receiving the Gold Crown Award from Columbia Scholastic Press Association. They were the only school in Oregon to receive an award.
To further connect his students with the college experience, Austin and his PSU faculty partner, associate professor and award-winning author Paul Collins, organized a seminar at PSU about the challenges of covering controversial topics in school newsrooms.
"PSU has been a HUGE part of our success, and we couldn't have a better partner." – Dave Austin, News Writing Instructor at Grant High School
The Challenge Program has established such a strong connection between PSU and nearby high schools that in the last five years, 465 Challenge Program students have come to PSU after graduating high school.
As Oregon's oldest and only nationally accredited dual-credit program, PSU Challenge currently serves more than 1200 students across nine school districts, primarily in the Portland Metro area.


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Hotels in London
Find a place to stay
Top neighborhoods in London
Top landmarks in London
Find out more about London
England's bustling capital has it all. From iconic landmarks like Buckingham Palace and Big Ben, to its world-class museums, gilded theaters, and cultural attractions that lure visitors from all over the world. Lux label boutiques pamper to the most fashionable of fashionistas, whilst the city's culinary credentials are enough to leave any foodie in awe. After hours, London pulls no punches either. From good ol' English boozers and cool-as-ice music venues, to some of the world's most exclusive clubs – like everything in London, all tastes are covered.
Things to see
Brimming with camera-wielding tourists, Trafalgar Square is one of London's most visited sites. Its centerpiece is the 170 foot tall Nelson's Column, guarded by 4 imposing lion statues, and flanked by 2 spraying fountains. On the square's north side is the stately National Gallery, which features more than 2,300 paintings from the 13th century onwards. At a mile and a half long, Oxford Street is the city's main commercial artery. Crawling with pedestrians and packed with hundreds of major stores, even the hardiest of shopaholics will find their fix. If that leaves you needing some respite, then take some time out in Hyde Park. Spanning 625 acres, the green and leafy oasis is perfect for enjoying a picnic, before feeding the ducks on the Serpentine Lake. Lastly, no visit to London would be complete without gawping at the neoclassical splendor of Buckingham Palace, from behind its fancy gilded gates.
Hotels in London
If money is no object, you'll have your pick of some of the world's ritziest hotels - whether you prefer afternoon tea beneath a twinkling chandelier, or state-of-the-art amenities in a strikingly modern high rise tower. You can expect all the 5-star trappings, from pampering service and plush suites, to Michelin starred restaurants and swanky bars on-site. The more modest hotels in London have a lot to offer too, with central locations, well-equipped amenities, and plenty of in-room creature comforts. For those looking for a thriftier stay, there's plenty of B&Bs and cheap hotels in London, though they may keep you a little out of the loop location-wise.
Where to stay
Sightseeing is an inevitable priority for most visitors, so basing yourself as centrally as possible should be too. Those with sizable budgets can live it up in the West End, where you'll be right in amongst the glitz and glam of London's theater and nightlife scenes. The covered market of Covent Garden is there too, whilst Oxford Street is just a short jaunt away. Bayswater is an attractive leafy district bordering Hyde Park. Home to plenty of budget-friendly digs, it conveniently puts you around 20 minutes away from most major sites via the Underground. Set beside the West End, Victoria is similarly ideal for sightseers, with mid-range accommodation, and close to Buckingham Palace.
How to get to London
London is served by no less than 6 airports. As the UK's biggest and busiest airport however, London Heathrow Airport is the preferable gateway for most. As well as direct flights to destinations all over the world, it offers superb rail links into London itself, allowing travelers to hit the city center within an hour of landing. Gatwick Airport is similarly well-connected, with good links into the city, whilst London City Airport serves fewer destinations but allows you to land around 7 miles east of the city's core. European visitors can also opt to arrive by train at St Pancras station, conveniently situated in central London.


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Deftones' Chino Moreno Talks 'Koi No Yokan' and Keeping Bassist Chi Cheng in His Thoughts
In a new interview, Deftones frontman Chino Moreno speaks about the writing process for the band's upcoming album 'Koi No Yokan' compared to various other releases and how he deals with the ailing state of his friend and bass player Chi Cheng.
Moreno tells Noisecreep about the process of writing 'Koi No Yokan,' explaining, "We were coming out of a tough time, obviously, and our goal was to kind of rebuild what we created over all the years. I felt like we had to prove ourselves. We'd taken so much time between records, had some inner turmoil and our records were starting to get pieced together versus really being created together, so for us it was a chance to get back to basics. We didn't have an idea of what sort of style we wanted. We just came in fired up and motivated to do something great. It was all very positive. We had more songs than ever, tons of ideas.
When asked about Deftones bassist Chi Cheng, who has been in a coma for much of the time since a 2008 car accident, Moreno says his thoughts are always with his bandmate. "It's not just music, it's every day life," says Moreno. "When I was 17-years-old, I moved out of my parents' house and moved in with him. We've been best friends most of my life. I'll just be doing some random thing in my life and he's always in my thoughts. The whole band feels very strongly about him and he's always been a part of things. The main thing we try to do is keep a positive attitude because it's not like he died – it's more or less he's still alive and fighting and we all have hope – that's the way we handle things."
Deftones' seventh studio album, 'Koi No Yokan,' is set to be released on Nov. 13.


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Creative, bored, love cars and living in Rhode Island? Why not weld metal armor onto a Crown Vic cop car, then shoot a movie about post-apocalypse police forces trying to stem a tide of crazies? That's exactly what Jalopnik reader Josh Oakhurst did. Meet Chimera.
Chimera is the star of a short film of the same name, created by Josh and his buddies in and around the seedier parts of Providence, Rhode Island. It turns out that a Police Interceptor with a half ton of metal plating and a cow catcher makes a pretty solid lead character.
The whole thing actually got started as a photography project about abandoned buildings in the city. How'd it turn into a movie about a car? We'll let Josh explain:
People kept saying our photos of Providence looked like an apocalyptic movie set, and I thought they were right. The ridiculous, media hoopla surrounding Swine Flu was going on, though walking around PVD it visually seemed like the collapse of humanity was already among us. I didn't bother to get a flu shot, but I projected out six months to imagine what a real, threatening virus (like Avian Flu) would do to our cities and started from there.
At the time, I was also learning how to weld and really enjoyed banging metal around on Saturdays. Then when I found the P71 on Craigslist for $200 up in New Hampshire, it was pretty obvious what I had to do next.
How do you go from bog standard cop car to Chimera?
I wanted to have the cop car look like it was homemade-armored. As in the, combined police force/armored guard/private security just found whatever scrap they had and put it on whatever car they could keep running. Even with a million dollar budget, I'd still would have made the Crown Vic look very similar.
The car ran like a top. Fired right up every time I needed to move it. The reason I snagged it for so cheap was that it needed an all new brake system. Every brakeline on the car was rusted through. So I took a running car that couldn't stop and loaded it with almost a 1/2 ton of scrap metal plating.
I started with the cow-catcher up front, then boxed in the wheels using what I think was an old, steel bedframe. Then more plating for the windshield and roof. Last I divided the rear interior into two sides with a tunnel in the middle. So no two perps would sit together-they'd each have their own booth.
The battering ram also served as a connection point for a flat-tow dolly. That way I could tug the car around with my truck. Believe it or not, I did have course to drive it around every now and then. I puttered down a few side streets here or there riding the parking brake. Some guys asked me to bring it over to a hotrod show at the shop where I did most of the work. So of course I had to drive it in and surprise everyone.
The front suspension, as you might have guessed, was totally bottomed out. The plating up front acted like a snowplow, so driveways were taken gingerly. Other than that, it towed great and did exactly what I asked it to, even at the end of its life.
After the film, with a move to Charlotte, NC imminent, Josh had no choice but to depart with his project:
I fended off the crushers for a month, hoping it would make a LeMons donor for someone else. With no bites, I let it go to the scrappers for exactly what I paid for it. Though, I did keep and resold most of the plating.
So was the effort worth it?
The film's more esoteric than I imagined and barely scratches the surface of some ideas I was trying to get at. If I'm honest, I think I've got about $7K in those six minutes including learning to weld and tooling up a modest shop. I'm far from an effects whiz even though I have a small background in post-production, but hopefully the finished short shows off that I have a really nice eye, I can create tension, I'm good editor, and I have some messed up ideas that are both commercial and artistic.
I've got some other ideas that take advantage of my new surroundings. Stuff that I really could shoot, alone, with like three people. Or maybe I could be that guy building weird, custom cars for funded independent productions. Or I might keep the camera off and work on a purpose built trackcar.
In any case, I'll be in the garage.


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CHICAGO (AP) -- Former Chicago Bears receiver Johnny Knox says he's giving up football.
The Bears terminated Knox's contract Tuesday after he missed this past season recovering from a back injury. Knox told the Chicago Sun-Times (http://bit.ly/12AQ66o) on Wednesday that his career is over and he's ''moving on and going forward.'' Knox says he's not going to able to perform with the same ability he used to have.
Knox says he knows ''things will work out for the best.'' He says he has no hard feelings toward the Bears.
Knox needed surgery to stabilize a vertebra after he sustained a back injury against Seattle late in the 2011 season.
Knox had 133 receptions for 2,214 yards from 2009 to 2011 and was on special teams with 55 kickoff returns for 1,506 yards.
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Next Gate, a multimedia system designed for the iPhone
Next Gate is a new system that allows you to stay connected, from your vehicle, to your iPhone 4/4S. This device is very easily to install on the dashboard or front windscreen, and offers new functionalities for all vehicles. Once the SmartAccess app is installed on the iPhone 4/4S, Next Gate offers reliable use of its maps, online radio, social networks and much more. Especially developed for in-car use, Next Gate is operated by voice control and uses Bluetooth to help the driver to switch calls to hands-free mode and listen to music stored on the iPhone in complete safety.
Clarion's aim in developing the Next Gate was to create a new type of in-car electronic device based in the cloud. The final design was intended to appeal to smartphone users. The fluid interface was designed to be highly intuitive, for ease of use in the car. The Good Design Awards jury particularly appreciated this intelligent platform, which anticipates the use of cloud-based services while driving. Considering it very avant-garde, the jury also described the Next Gate as an efficient all-in-one product, giving car drivers much more than a navigation system that allows you to listen to music.
FZ502 and M502, focusing on digital audio
The FZ502 car radio, and its marine version the M502, are designed for digital audio, via USB, Bluetooth or an AUX (auxiliary) connection. The differences between the car version and the marine version are the colour of the product and the positioning of the USB and AUX ports (front for the FZ502, rear for the M502). This is due to the different ways they are used. In developing these products, Clarion's designers based their designs on unconventional thinking, while respecting a few basic principles. In this way, they hope to inspire consumers to share their own design ideas.
The jury considered this product a bold interpretation of modern times, when it is common for people to have media libraries close at hand on MP3 players or smartphones. Almost all the actions can be carried out from the central button. Users quickly get used to the way these products function, and this familiarity encourages stable and reliable use while driving/navigating. Finally, the aesthetics also improve the visual environment in the car's interior, without making it seem cluttered.
* The Good Design Award is a Japanese system for the evaluation and commendation of industrial design, which is overseen by the Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization (JIDPO). The origins of this system go back to the Good Design Selection System (known as the G-Mark System) established by the Japanese Ministry of the Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) in 1957.(http://www.g-mark.org/?locale=en).
Links to the award-winning products:
The Next Gate, FZ502 and M502 are on sale in North America only.
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Good day everyone!
First of all, I'm so new in programming, but I'm willing to learn.
Here's my problem..
I draw an image, a cartoon characters. I use java language. Yeah, I know how to do that but my problem is I'm not able to finish it because I'm exceeding the 65535 bytes java limit because I have a lot of coordinates.
This image that I'm drawing and my code is on the attachment (unfinished because of error )
I already made a class that extends JComponent even though it's not needed just because I want to have a space for my coordinates
Can you help me solve my problem on where to put the other coordinates?
Actually that is my main problem, where to put the coordinates
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Welcome to Grand Riviera Princess
Grand Riviera Princess - All Inclusive Resort & Spa
The Grand Riviera Princess is located in the stunning Riviera Maya. The hotel is perfect for an unforgettable vacation thanks to its magnificent surroundings.
672 fully-equipped rooms with a range of services offer a variety of possibilities to choose from; Junior Suite, Junior Suite Deluxe, delightful Villas or the glamour of the Platinum Suite. In addition, there is the Junior Suite Deluxe Pool, with easy and direct access to the pool.
There is a wide range to choose from, and in addition, we offer a selection of magnificent buffets and 7 thematic restaurants, offering rich and varied choices, the renowned food from the Mexican "Haciendas", traditional Swiss food and delicious Italian meals, providing the most exquisite gastronomic delights with unforgettable tastes and aromas. In short, this is a hotel which offers endless possibilities for enjoying your holiday to the full.
The Grand Riviera Princess features VIP areas, such as the Platinum Suites and the Laguna Romance Villas. They are privately located and offer exclusive services, including two Platinum lounges serving continental breakfasts, aperitifs, and premium drinks, along with a concierge, 24-hour room service, a private pool with waiters, and a water circuit in the spa.
There is a wide range to choose from at Grand Riviera Princess, and in addition, we offer a selection of magnificent buffets and 7 thematic restaurants, offering rich and varied Mediterranean food, the renowned food from the Mexican "Haciendas", traditional Swiss food and delicious Italian meals, providing the most exquisite gastronomic delights with unforgettable tastes and aromas. In short, this is a hotel which offers endless possibilities for enjoying your holiday to the full.
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- All Inclusive 24 hours
- 12 swimming pools, ( 8 main ones for Adults and 4 for Children ) Some with internal Jacuzzis
- 2 International Main Buffets
- 7 a la carte restaurants** (1 Italian, 1 Grill, 1 Seafood, 1 Mexican, 1 Asian, 1 Gourmet International & 1 Swiss)
- 9 Bars ( Including Swim-up bars )
- 24 hours Sport Bar
- National and Selection of some International Drinks
- Fully equipped Fitness Centre within Spa complex
- Daytime organized activities and Nightly Entertainment at the Princess Theater
- Disco Lounge Areito ( entrance and national & international drinks included )
- Non-motorized water sports ( free use )
- Teens Club (ages 13-17)
- Archery ( 18 + )
- Daytime Mini-Club ( ages 4 12 years with swimming pool, outdoor patio with games, House club )
- Night Entertainment for Children, Mini Disco, Mini Theater, Room with Videogames ( ages 4 12 years )
- 6 Tennis Courts
- 2 Paddle Courts
- 1 Multi use court ( basketball, soccer, etc )
- Introductory Scuba lesson in pool ( 1 lesson per person per stay )
- Internal transportation
- Honeymoon Package Romance (Complimentary) ( Marriage Certificate required, Minimum Period Required of 30 Days )
- Iron and Board (on request, subject to availability at the Jr. Suite, Deluxe Jr. Suite and Deluxe Jr. Suite Pool Access categories)
Additional Features at extra charge
- SPA Service
- Medical Center ( doctor on call 24 hours )
- Meeting facilities
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- Room Service ( Junior Suite & Junior Suite Deluxe )
- Wedding Packages: Magical, Royalty, Princess and Mayan Ceremony
- Renewal of Vows Package ( Infinity ) *
- Golf Packages (subject to availability)
- Baby Sitting
- Seafood & Gourmet International Restaurants (Junior Suite Category Only )
- Spanish Restaurant not included for any category of room, only Laguna Villas
- Chill Out Beach Club and Restaurant
- Laundry Service
- National and International Calls
- Internet available in the rooms and some areas
- Aquatic Sports Centre ( motorized water sports ) * This Package is available free of charge when booking 10 rooms minimum under the Platinum or Laguna Villa Suite Category for 7 Nights Minimum.


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I've written about ZooShare before, so I won't get into too much background, except to say that it's a local co-operative in Toronto that wants to turn poop from animals at the Toronto Zoo into biogas that will in turn be used to generate electricity. A very cool project. I am a volunteer director on the ZooShare board, and it has been a great learning experience. In July we hit one major milestone when the co-operative was awarded a 20-year contract to sell its electricity to the province as part of the feed-in-tariff program. This week, we hit another milestone: the Financial Services Commission of Ontario, one of the province's main financial regulators, approved ZooShare's request to sell its community bonds. As a result, this fall we'll be having an active campaign to sell the bonds, which will have a five to seven year term and will offer an annual return of up to 7 per cent. To learn more, visit ZooShare's website. This is all great news, because now we can raise the necessary funds to begin the process of building our anaerobic digestion and power generation facility at the Toronto Zoo. We are tentatively expecting to launch the bond-selling campaign at the zoo on Oct. 10, so these are exciting times for a tiny co-op that's thinking big.
On another positive note, ZooShare is also one of 10 social ventures that have been selected to be part of the new Social Venture Exchange (SVX), which is a joint venture of the Toronto Stock Exchange and MaRS that will launch on Sept. 19. Our bonds will be listed on this exchange, which is great exposure for us. As ZooShare executive director Daniel Bida says, "The SVX is the first of its kind in North America and it is surely to attract large interest once it is launched."
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RED DEER, Alberta, April 10 (UPI) — All you need is love — and maybe an old tooth…
During an episode of Dead Famous DNA on Channel 4 in England, Canadian dentist Dr. Michael Zuk revealed that he plans on using DNA from one of John Lennon's teeth to make a clone baby that he can raise as his own.
"If there is enough DNA to sequence it, it could be basically genetic real estate," Zuk said. "My goal is to own John Lennon's DNA."
Zuk purchased Lennon's molar for $33,000 when it was put up for auction about three years ago.
The doctor believes that owning the tooth grants him the rights to Lennon's DNA.
"I think I can, because of the laws," Dr. Zuk said. "Depends on where you do these things. If it can't be done in one country, you can do these things in another. To have John Lennon's DNA sequence outside of the family protection to me, and full access to it, is worth millions."
He even has a plan about how to make sure the test-tube baby becomes a success.
"He would still be his exact duplicate but you know, hopefully keep him away from drugs and cigarettes, that kind of thing," Zuk said. "But you know, guitar lessons wouldn't hurt anyone right?"


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Where can you go when you're nostalgic for some childhood eats, but out-of-the-box mac 'n' cheese just isn't going to cut it for you? Go to Earl's Beer & Cheese. Here, chef Corey Cova spins off of your favorite cheesy childhood foods in a way that will satisfy your matured taste buds. The mac & cheese is made with goat cheese and rosemary mixed with shredded chicken. Need more cheese? There are three variations of grilled cheese. If you're craving some super rich, salty goodness, try The Earl's Eggo—an Eggo waffle topped with foie gras, cheddar and bacon. Earl's is very small so you may have to elbow your way inside, but it'll be worth it.
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CNN host says 'd*cks' during live New Years show
During a CNN New Year's Eve broadcast from Times Square, comedian Kathy Griffin became annoyed at a heckler and began responding as the segment cut away to a commercial. She spoke a little too quickly, however, and her remarks went out live over the air.
"Shut up!" Griffin yelled. "You know what? Screw you! I'm working! Why don't you get a job, buddy? You know what? I don't go to your job and knock the dicks out of your mouth!"
Griffin, who is known for trashing celebrities in her comedy routines, is no stranger to controversy and has claimed to be banned from many shows as a result. In 2007, when accepting an Emmy, she announced, "A lot of people come up here and thank Jesus for this award. I want you to know that no one had less to do with this award than Jesus. Suck it, Jesus. This award is my god now."
Those remarks were cut before the show was broadcast but were still condemned by Catholic League president Bill Donohue as "obscene and blasphemous."
Griffin also ran into trouble at another awards show when, according to New York Magazine, "while hosting the red-carpet coverage of the Golden Globes for E!, she claimed that the cherubic 10-year-old Dakota Fanning was just out of rehab, a joke that prompted a long written apology from the channel and almost cost Griffin her gig."
This video is from CNN, broadcast Jan. 1, 2008.
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WH Justice - The Champion Maker
Wh Justice Bio
The first time I saw him, I was looking through the pages of an Arabian horse magazine. I stopped. Was this image real? Had it been digitally enhanced? I did not know the answers and I did not care. All I knew was this was the most beautiful Arabian horse I had ever seen and just to look at him gave me an indescribable feeling of joy. As I studied his image, I felt a thread wind around my heart and I became connected to this divine creature. I do not use the word divine lightly; it is with reverence because only the Divine could create a creature this wonderful. His name is WH Justice...
About Equid System
Equid System Ltd. has great successes in breeding, as well as in show, with its own or home-bred horses. Of course Wh Justice is the most famous stallion of the stud. His show victories are numerous and the fame of the "Champion Maker" is known worldwide. We are also proud of many of our offspring, winners of national and international shows.
2017 Arabian Horse World Championship Best Sire
November 2017: Winner of the trophy BEST SIRE at the Arabian Horse World Championship in Paris
2016 WH Justice is on lease to Al Shaqab
October 2016: Wh Justice is on lease to Al Shaqab (Qatar)
The WH Justice Legacy
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I got interested in the signal that Twitter received from the two last earthquakes happening in California and Haiti. It has been recently suggested that Twitter can play a role in assessing the magnitude of an earthquake, by studying the stream of tweets that contain a reference to the event, such as the stream of messages related to #earthquake, including messages like this. The term "Twichter Scale" has been used in this context to discuss the relation between Twitter and external events such as earthquakes.
Different people have expressed different ideas about a Twichter Scale, for example:
Twichter Scale (n): the fraction of Twitter traffic caused by an earthquake. Unused on the east coast. (@ian_soboroff)
While this definition does not necessarily imply that the Twichter scale indicates the magnitude of earthquakes, it is interesting to ask whether Twitter data can be used for that purpose.
Impact of two earthquakes on different Twitter hashtag streams: #earthquake, #earthquakes and #quake between Jan 9 and Jan 15
When we look at the data, we can clearly identify both earthquakes represented as spikes in the data. Both earthquakes were comparable in terms of Magnitude (6,5 vs. 7.0 on the Richter Scale). And in fact, both events produced a comparable amplitude for the #earthquake hashtag stream. On the surface, this might be a confirmation of the idea of a Twichter Scale, based on the Richter Scale, which is a scale measuring the magnitude of an earthquake. The Richter scale produces the same value for a given earthquake, no matter where you are.
However, there is another, less scientific measure to characterize earthquakes – the so-called Mercalli scale – which is a measure of an earthquake's effect on people and structures.
Which yields to the interesting question, whether Twitter streams can better serve as an indicator of strength (Richter) or impact (Mercalli) of an earthquake?
As we can see in the figure, the amplitude produced on Twitter is approximately equal for both events (almost 400 messages per hour). My suspicion however is, that this is not because Twitter accurately captures the strengths of earthquakes, but because the Jan 9 earthquake was closer to California, where more people (more Twitter users) are willing to share their experiences. So it seems that this produced an amplitude of similar extent, although the impact of the Jan 9 earthquake in California on structures and people was much weaker than the impact of the Jan 12 earthquake in Haiti.
So how can we identify the difference of an earthquake in terms of its impact on people and structures?
When we look at the diagram above, we can see a clear difference after the initial spike: While the Californian earthquake did not cause many follow-up tweets, the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake is clearly visible.
What does that say about Twitter as a signal for earthquakes?
- The amplitude of the signal on Twitter is very likely biased by the density of Twitter users in a given region, and thereby can neither give reliable information about the magnitude nor the impact of an earthquake. This suggests that Twitter can not act as a reliable sensor to detect the magnitude of an earthquake in a "Richter Scale" sense.
- However, the "aftermath" of a spike on twitter (the integral) seems to be a good indication of an earthquake's impact on people and structures – in a "Mercalli Scale" sense. Long after the initial spike, the Haiti earthquake is still topic of conversations on Twitter (those are likely related to fundraising efforts and other related aid activities). Indepentent of the density of Twitter users in Haiti (which is probably low), the aftermath can clearly be identified.
The Twicalli Scale:
This suggests that Twitter as a sensor for the magnitude of earthquakes (in a Richter Scale sense) does not seem very useful. Twitter is more indicative of earthquakes in a "Twicalli scale" sense:
Using the aftermath (not the amplitude) of twitter stream data, the impact (not the magnitude) of earthquakes becomes visible on Twitter.
Update: Here are links to further resources and the datasets this analysis is based on:
- Wired article "Freaked-Out Tweets After Earthquakes Help Scientists"
- An effort to introduce disaster-specific Twitter Syntax (by the University of Colorado) to coordinate relieve activities
- An interesting paper at WWW2010: "Earthquake Shakes Twitter Users: Real-time Event Detection by Social Sensors (PDF)"
- A blog post by Gene Golovchinsky on Mechanical Turk, Twitter Syntax and disaster coordination
- Archives for hashtagstreams #earthquake, #earthquakes, #quake
Update II (Aug 27 2010): The Twicalli scale was mentioned in a recent paper on the importance of trust in social awareness streams such as Twitter (page 8, left column)
Marcelo Mendoza, Barbara Poblete and Carlos Castillo, Twitter Under Crisis: Can we trust what we RT?, Workshop on Social Media Analytics, In conjunction with the International Conference on Knowledge Discovery & Data Mining (KDD 2010), PDF download (see page 8, left column)
Update III (Oct 11 2011): Now there's also a WWW2011 paper mentioning the Twicalli Scale (page 2, top of right column)
Carlos Castillo, Marcelo Mendoza, and Barbara Poblete. 2011. Information credibility on twitter. In Proceedings of the 20th international conference on World wide web (WWW '11). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 675-684.
Update IV (2017): The Twicalli Scale has been implemented in a decision support tool by the National Seismology Office in Chile, See the corresponding SIGIR poster below.
Poblete, Barbara. "Twicalli: An Earthquake Detection System Based on Citizen Sensors Used for Emergency Response in Chile." Proceedings of the 40th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval. ACM link, 2017.


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NZRU launch 'It's only a game' campaign
James Stafford
September 2, 2011
'Pay attention Richie': All Blacks head coach Graham Henry addresses his side ahead of their Rugby World Cup campaign © Getty Images
With just days remaining before the 2011 World Cup kicks off the New Zealand Rugby Union have launched a high profile campaign to remind the general public that rugby is 'only a game'.
The All Blacks' surprise failure in the Tri-Nations, alongside the ghost of repeated World Cup disappointments, has spurred the NZRU into a proactive attempt to dampen the public's expectations ahead of any potential failure to win the Webb Ellis trophy.
The campaign has been deemed so important that the All Blacks' management and players have delayed the start of their final training camp by a week to go door to door throughout New Zealand and personally speak with members of the public and ask them not to 'get too upset about what is, after all, just a game'. It is estimated the cost of the project will run into several million dollars.
Much to the chagrin of Kiwis everywhere the famous All Blacks have gained a notorious reputation for choking at the game's showpiece event. Every tournament from 1991 to 2007 has seen the men in black enter as favourites only to come unstuck when it matters. On each occasion the public has reacted with not only tears but also anger. Some financial experts even claim the failures damage the country's economy.
The 'It's Only a Game' campaign was kick started by an extraordinary press conference in Auckland on Thursday when head coach Graham Henry said that winning the World Cup would be 'very nice but of little overall importance in the grand scheme of life'.
The former British & Irish Lions, Wales and Auckland coach, who knows what it is like to be on the end of a public backlash after his team's shock failure at the 2007 World Cup, was keen to downplay the tournament's importance. "With what's happening around the world at present, can we really justify getting so worked up about a bit of footy? Sure, it would great fun to have a bit of silverware other than the Tri-Nations and the Bledisloe Cup in the cabinet, but if we fail to win anything is it really such an issue? What's important is we have our health and happiness. Nothing in rugby can buy that peace of mind. Besides, think of the extra security needed to ensure the cup was safe and sound. Do we really need that extra worry at present?"
Henry's statements were met with astonishment by the journalists in attendance and questions were asked about the squad's mental attitude if such a campaign was being considered, let alone enacted.
"Oh, we'll give it our best shot," answered Henry gently. "We'll really play our socks off and all, but the main thing is to have fun. We have our rugby friends from all over the world in our back yard and it would be a shame to focus so much energy and fuss on winning when what we should all be doing is making sure we have fun together off the paddock. Rugby can make you friends for life!"
Henry then went on to announce the schedule of his players and management team over the coming days. "Each player and manager is expected to knock on the doors of at least 100 homes a day and get into a friendly chat with the people they come into contact with. We want them to engage with the public and show their human side. That way the public will come to know the team as individuals and not just distant figures on television or on billboards.
"If, and as I said we really hope it doesn't come to this, if we fail to win the public will realise it was just a bunch of young lads doing their best and not get too worked up or anything. We've also printed up a series of pamphlets and stickers for the players to give to all those they chat with."
All the printed materials bear the slogan 'Rugby World Cup 2011 - Have fun and make friends in 2011 with YOUR friendly All Blacks'.
Meanwhile, the NZRU have refused to confirm or deny that they have reserved one way charter jets after each stage of the tournament's knock out stages for the entire playing squad and management. Some rumours even indicate that the destination for the flights have been listed as "As far as f****** possible from New Zealand".
Fate of Previous New Zealand World Cup Teams:
1991: After losing to Australia in the semi-finals by 16-6 the entire squad were only allowed back into the country after publically self-flagellating.
1995: An extra time defeat to first time entrants South Africa is blamed on food poisoning and, as a result, the New Zealand public forgive the runners up and direct their anger at the winners. The 1995 squad are the only All Blacks team to escape relatively unscathed from a World Cup failure.
1999: A shock comeback from France at Twickenham in the semi-final leads to 13 members of the Kiwi team being forced to remain in quarantine and/or solitary confinement for four months upon their return to native shores. Other players later complain of being victims of voodoo dolls.
2003: Another semi-final defeat to rivals Australia leads to half the squad suddenly disappearing from the public eye. To this day nothing is known of the fate of these players.
2007: After falling in the quarter finals to France the New Zealand public form lynch mobs and proceed to descend upon the homes of the players (still in Cardiff at the time) waving pitchforks and proceed to burn various properties to the ground.
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A blue alien-on-alien love-making session may have been too hot for theaters, but the temperature is just right for home viewing.
A sex scene omitted from "Avatar" will appear on the film's DVD, according to director James Cameron.
"We had it in [the movie] and we cut it out so that will be something for the special edition DVD -- if you want to see how they have sex," Cameron told the Daily Telegraph.
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Actress Zoe Saldana, who plays Neytiri, told the British newspaper that the sex involves the aliens locking their hair together.


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Welcome to Emotional Intelligence Guide
Emotional Intelligence In The Business World Article
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Emotional Intelligencefrom: Tori Sutton - Guest Contributor
Many people assume the smartest guy in the room is always the most successful. Though having a high IQ never hurt anyone, intellect may not be the key achievement indicator. An increasing number of studies show those with emotional intelligence - often referred to as emotional quotient or EQ - outperform their colleagues in just about every setting. Simply put, how we manage our emotions plays a critical role in our success.
In fact, it can be more powerful than experience in the field. Recruiting firm Egon Zehnder International found executives with strong emotional intelligence were three times more likely to succeed than those without. The study was conducted in three distinct cultures - Japan, Germany and Latin America - and all yielded the same results.
So what is emotional intelligence? Since the theory was introduced to the mainstream in the 1990s, over 3,000 scientific papers have been written on the subject, and more companies are adopting the model in human resources practices every day.
What having emotional intelligence looks like is that you're confident, good at working towards your goals, adaptable and flexible, author Daniel Goleman told the Huffington Post. You recover quickly from stress and you're resilient. Life goes much more smoothly if you have good emotional intelligence.
Emotional intelligence can be a complex subject since it draws from a number of emotional, behavioral and communications theories. At its core, emotional intelligence could be described as the difference between book smarts and street smarts. Those with high EQs are confident, and have the ability to control their own emotions and the emotions of others around them. They also have fewer unresolved personal issues.
Goleman's 1995 book Emotional Intelligence outlines the five main domains of EQ as follows:
1. Self-awareness, or being able to identify and understand moods, emotions and drives, and their effect on others. Those who are confident, realistic and have a self-deprecating sense of humor are generally self aware.
2. Self-regulation, or being able to control moods and think before acting. Those good at self-regulation usually embrace change.
3. Internal motivation, or those who work for more than just money or status. People with internal motivation are curious, persistent and optimistic.
4. Empathy, or being able to understand people by their emotional reactions. Those with empathy tend to make good recruiters or customer service representatives.
5. Social skills, or the ability to build rapport and lasting relationships with people.
Hiring those with strong emotional intelligence has paid off for many companies. When beauty giant L'Oreal introduced emotional competency to its hiring process, it discovered sales people with high EQs sold over $90,000 more each year than their less in-tune colleagues, netting $2.5 million annually in additional sales. The employee turnover rate also dropped 63 percent.
What steps can you take to increase your own emotional intelligence, or that of your employees? Business psychology professor Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic points out your EQ is firm, but not rigid. This means if you're willing to focus, change is possible. The good news is coaching programs do work, though receiving accurate feedback is a must. Keep in mind some people are naturally introverted, shy or pessimistic. Your personality will dictate your emotional growth.
And there's a bonus: research also shows that the benefits of EQ-coaching are not just confined to the workplace - they produce higher levels of happiness, mental and physical health, improved social and marital relationships, and decreased levels of cortisol, said Chamorro-Premuzic.
About the Author
Tori Sutton is the Communications Director for Schooley Mitchell, the largest independent telecom consulting company in North America with offices from coast to coast. She writes articles of interest on telecom, tech and business-related issues.


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It's 2007 All Over Again
By Toby Connor
Apr 13 2010 9:57AM
Several weeks ago I speculated that we were "On the Brink of an Asset Explosion. So far events are unfolding about as expected. I might even say they are moving more aggressively than I thought. Well actually, there's no doubt this cyclical bull is unfolding much more aggressively than anyone expected.
Compare the angle of assent of this cyclical bull to the last one.
It's readily apparent what affect the trillions and trillions of dollars central banks have pumped into the system is having. I think Ben has clearly proved his point that in a purely fiat monetary system deflation is a choice, not an inevitability.
As long as a country is willing to sacrifice its currency there is no amount of deflationary pressure that can't be printed away.
However, no amount of printing can erase the underlying problems. And those problems are going to persist until they are cleansed from the system. In his mad attempt to avoid the mistakes of the depression Bernanke is going to create a whole new type depression. This time the depression will materialize as a hyper-inflationary storm.
What the powers that be fail to understand is that we are going to suffer a depression that is unavoidable when a credit bubble forms and pops. All we are doing is choosing the form of the depression. In this case the memory of the deflationary depression in the 30's has sent us down the other track into the beginnings of a hyperinflationary state.
Going back to our charts you can see that the February correction separated the second leg of the bull from the third and almost exactly matched the `04 correction in magnitude if not in time. Remember everything is unfolding faster this time.
I think we have by passed the middle years (2004-2006) of a normal bull market and have now entered the final stages of this cyclical bull. I tend to think we are now in the same state as the runaway move in late 2006 and early 2007.
I don't really expect this stage to last as long as it did during the last bull though. Everything else is unfolding much faster I don't know why this stage won't either. Ultimately these extreme momentum moves usually fail dramatically with a violent correction that gives back several weeks or months worth of gains in just a handful of days. I'm expecting some kind of mini-crash (4-6%) at some point during earnings season.
Once that correction has run its course we should enter the final parabolic stage of the bull. That's when I expect we will really see asset prices explode higher.
The first two legs of this bull gained 300 and 275 points respectively. I wouldn't be surprised if the last leg gains another 300+ points before the whole house of cards comes crashing back down.
And what is going to bring it down? The same thing that destroyed the economy in 2008 …oil!
Without exception, every time oil spikes 100% or more within a short period of time (one year or less) it has eventually led to a recession. Well Bernanke's insane monetary policy has virtually guaranteed that will play out again as oil has now risen over 140% since this cyclical bull began.
Amazingly enough oil has done this in a very low demand/high supply environment. This fact could only be true if the cause for oil's rise in price is directly attributed to the Fed's monetary policy.
Once the market corrects I think we can back up the truck in virtually any asset class for the final parabolic move as the Fed completely loses control of money supply. We just need to keep in mind this will be an end game not the beginning of a new secular bull.
Toby Conner
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A financial blog with an emphasis on the secular gold bull market.
Toby Connor is the Author of Gold Scents, a blog primarily dedicated to the gold bull market.


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SANAA, Yemen - Al-Qaida in Yemen posted a statement on militant websites Monday saying that its second-most senior commander has not been killed. It was the second time the group has denied Saeed al-Shihri's death.
The Saudi national, who fought in Afghanistan and spent six years in the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, is "alive and in good health," according to a senior al-Qaida cleric in Yemen and the group's media arm, al-Malahem. The cleric, Abu-Saad Al-Aamly, posted the claim on his Facebook account.
It came as nine people were killed in separate incidents of violence throughout Yemen. Also, its capital city was without electricity on Monday after militants attacked electricity cables connecting Sanaa to the province of Marib, where an oil pipeline was also blown up.
The impoverished nation at the tip off the Arabian Peninsula is awash with problems, including a rocky transition of power after the country's longtime leader was forced to resign during Arab Spring protests in 2011. The instability has emboldened tribes loyal to the former regime, and al-Qaida took advantage of the turmoil to temporarily overrun entire cities and towns in the south.
Washington considers the local al-Qaida branch, known as al-Qaida in The Arabian Peninsula, as the most dangerous and active of the group's offshoots.
A Yemeni police official told The Associated Press that security forces may have been too quick announcing al-Shihri's death in January, based on information from Saudi Arabia. The official spoke anonymously because he was not authorized to release the information to reporters.
Yemeni security officials had claimed the al-Qaida commander was killed by a U.S. drone strike. The country's state news agency, SABA, reported in January that al-Shirhi was in a coma after a missile attack in late November, but did not make clear if he had died.
Yemen had previously announced al-Shihri's death in September last year. A DNA test, however, proved that the body recovered was not that of al-Shihri. A month later, al-Shihri denied his own death in an audio message posted on Jihadi websites.
In the northeastern province of Marib, armed tribesmen were suspected of being behind an attack on oil pipelines and electricity pylons that led to a power outage in the capital, Sanaa.
Sabotage attacks on oil pipelines are common in Marib, which is flush with weapons and where the government has little control. The more than 430-kilometer (260-mile) oil pipeline carries around 100,000 barrels of oil a day. Similar acts of sabotage in December caused $310 million in losses.
Some of Marib's tribesmen maintain cordial ties with al-Qaida, while other tribal chiefs there are suspected of being allied with former President Ali Abdullah Saleh. The attacks appear to be aimed at undermining the new government, which has responded with deadly air strikes.
Four people, two soldiers and two tribesmen, were killed Monday in Marib when a group of tribesmen attacked a military checkpoint in the area of Sarwah, according to security officials.
Officials also said that troops loyal to the former president killed three protesters in the city of Radda, about 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of the capital. Two soldiers from the Republican Guard, still led by Saleh's son Ahmed, were also killed in clashes with protesters and police.
The Republic Guard is an elite army unit that was once the backbone of Saleh's 33-year rule. The security force was supposed to be reorganized and brought under the control of the Defense Ministry according to orders by President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, but those changes have yet to materialize on the ground.
Officials said that the troops in Radda forced residents to close their stores and blocked roads leading to the city on Sunday, prompting the protests on Monday. It was not immediately clear why the troops forced businesses to close, but security officials said they suspect it was linked to efforts by Saleh's loyalists to disrupt a national dialogue aimed at mapping out the country's future.
All officials spoke anonymously in line with regulations.


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