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---- — TRAVERSE CITY — Investigators said it will be difficult to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed a commercial building in Blair Township.
No one was inside the ProSelect Paint building off South M-37, north of Vance Road, when the fire started Wedneday at about 10:30 p.m. Flames ripped through the back half of the building, which consisted of warehouse and storage space. A front office wasn't affected by flames but sustained water and smoke damage.
An excavator had to remove large pieces of the roof after it fell in on the flames.
"There's just chaos, and it's really difficult to figure out where it started," said Jim Carroll, Blair Township Fire Department chief. "We're going to go on initial reports of what people saw when they got there."
Carroll couldn't give a damage estimate but said the building is a total loss.
Crews remained on scene until about 3:30 a.m.
Blair Township was assisted by Grand Traverse Rural and Metro fire departments.

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AUSTIN -- It is the debate that has dominated politics, local and national, for months: Gun control.
After the December shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut the debate on gun control became heated.
Thursday afternoon, Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell and Police Chief Art Acevedo made it clear where they stand.
"We're here to support the president and vice president in urging Congress to pass comprehensive and enforceable background check legislation," said Mayor Leffingwell.
"It will ensure that we have one way of doing it, in all 50 states," added Police Chief Acevedo. "Unfortunately, no matter how tough gun laws are in one city, in one state, all people have to do is go to the internet, go to another city in another state to purchase firearms they're not entitled to."
Standing with them is John Woods, a survivor of the Virginia Tech massacre. His girlfriend, 22-year-old Maxine Turner, was one of the 32 people killed in the deadliest school shooting in the United States.
Woods is working with several groups to push for background checks.
"Maxine's death was preventable. It didn't have to happen. Her killer had been ruled a danger to himself by a court of law which made it illegal for him to buy guns," said Woods. "When the shooter at Virginia Tech went to buy his guns, all he had to do was check a box on the forms that said he'd never been ruled a danger to himself."
Guns also can be purchased over the internet or at gun shows from private sellers without checks. Which means people with criminal records have access.
Acevedo says 6.6 million firearms were sold nationally without checks last year.
"It does not add up. You cannot argue against universal background checks with a straight face and tell me that you are in favor of public safety," said Acevedo.
But their call for action was not met without opposition. Michael Cargill owns Central Texas Gun Works. He says his store runs background checks but tighter gun control isn't the answer.
"This is about control and for some individuals to say that as a person I cannot sell a firearm to my child or my father can't sell a firearm to me," Cargill said. "What they're trying to do today is not what's going to stop crime. You cannot legislate crazy."
Leffingwell, who is a veteran, and Acevedo say they support gun ownership and that they just want to protect the Second Amendment by keeping guns only in the hands of law-abiding citizens.
"You either stand for the love and peace of the people in our nation, or you stand with criminals," Acevedo said.
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Ssshhhh .... The Forbidden Topic
So I was stretched out in the tub, slicing a thin, proscuitto-like ribbon from my shin, and I realized that no one had ever taught me how to ... you know ... uh ... shave. In fact, it's a ubiquitous component of a racer's life and it's never - ever - discussed.
(Well, actually, that's not true. I discussed the topic on the mic at the Novato Crit, but no one was there but a few juniors and their justifiably-shocked and repulsed parents. Anyway, nothing meaningful was discovered.)
Not only do I not know how to do it well, I am not certain I grasp the concensus view (if there is one) on WHY we do it. I have heard the ridiculous reasons: aerodynamics, sweat facilitation, pore breathing. I have heard the obvious ones: sexy, chicks dig it, highlights the hyper-developed quad groups. I have heard the logical one: easier to clean and bandage road rash.
The best conclusion that this grazing prey animal can fathom is that it's a hybrid of two reasons: tradition (that vampire-slayer of logic) and legitimacy. It is one of the beautiful traditions of a sport that thrives on legend and history. French history. Voila!! And who really takes seriously the dude in the peloton with the Saskwatch legs? Ewwww...
Now, the upper-division questions:
- Can a male racer (let's say Cat 3 and above) legitimately use a women's branded razor?
- Is there a trick to getting the shins, the kneecap and the back of the knee (whatever that's called) without fileting yourself like lox?
- What He-man brand of cream and straight edge do Brian Bosch and Rich Juarez use? Or do they just rip it out by the roots with their teeth? (Please please don't tell me they wax.)
- Is it true that not a single one of the Metromint guys need to shave?
- Is there a special, traditional french name for the soigneur who does the pros? How much does he get paid? Are there benefits? Is it worth it?
- How many blades does it take to clean up Mark Patton? Or Alex Candelario, for god's sake?
- Exactly how high can I go without losing credibility for all the aforementioned justifications excepy "sexy?"
- If the road rash reason is paramount, shouldn't we be shaving our arms as well? Oh, hell. Was I supposed to be?? No wonder I have no legitimacy.


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Dennis Farina's doctor says the actor died while being treated for lung cancer.
Farina, who died Monday after suffering a blood clot in his lung, had been under treatment for the cancer for several months, according to his cardiologist, Dr. Marc A. Kates.
Thirteen years ago Farina had been diagnosed with "a small cancer that was treated and cured with surgery," Kates said in a statement on Tuesday.
But in recent months the cancer had recurred and, despite ongoing treatment, the blood clot "unexpectedly and suddenly took his life," Kates said.
The 69-year-old Farina, who died in a Scottsdale, Ariz., hospital, was known for such films as "Get Shorty" and "Out of Sight," and for TV series including "Law & Order" and "Luck."
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As a child, my parents were very much of the train of thought that if you can't say anything nice, it's far better not to say anything at all. This leads me to frequently try to mute my (lack of) enthusiasm about various things I encounter, to varying degrees of success. And so, with the purchase of an iMac a few months ago, I've been constantly biting my lip, saying only wonderful things about it. But I can continue this charade no longer. It must be said:
The Apple Mighty Mouse sucks. Spectacularly so. Were it not for the pretense that this is supposed to be a semi-serious blog that semi-serious people will read and use to judge me in my professional activities, the length of the stream of invective that would come forth from my mouth (uh, fingers) would be surpassed only by the creativeness of the language chosen.
This is an assertion that didn't just come overnight, either. I decided to overlook the fact that the mouse looks and feels like a Mentos suffering from gigantism, as well as the fact that the cable is about as flexible as a three day old corpse, as long as a cotton swab, and has a penchant for sticking up in the most annoying possible ways.
Indeed, even the stunningly annoying right mouse button that requires you to lift your finger from the mouse in an-RSI inducing manner before pressing it again so that it registers as a right click (with a failure rate of about 30%, I've found) is something that I was willing to tolerate. I pretended that the two side buttons, which work so poorly that that one scratches one's head as to why they're even there, don't even exist.
The straw that broke the camel's back? The mouse thumb roller ball. At first, it doesn't even feel like a ball, but instead some sort of rubber nubbin thing that just registers vibrations and follows the motion. But appearances are deceiving: It's just a little rubber ball with tiny pins inside that track its motion.
Remember how computer mice used to all have rollers in the bottom before everybody decided they massively suck and moved to optical systems? It wasn't because of cost or construction – it was because that every single piece of dust, fuzz, or body hair that got within 10 feet of it would immediately be sucked inside the mouse and gum up the rolling pins. Consumers had to spend time every month disassembling their new fan-dangled computer equipment to remove the human detritus that had been gathering on their desk.
So, why did Apple decide to not only include a roller inside their new mighty mouse, but include one so delicately placed and finely tuned that it was guaranteed to gunk up within a matter of weeks? The mind boggles. What's that? You live in a dusty climate that doesn't resemble Silicon Valley? Hrm, we hadn't thought of that one. I lost the ability to scroll vertically after 3 short weeks of ownership.
It gets better! Not only is there a mouse roller ball with pins and loads of goonk inside their mouse that requires constant cleaning, but they made the mouse impossible to open and clean! Yes, they super-glue the assembly together so that the only way to open it is with a very sharp blade, some equipment to pry it open, and the very real risk of serious hand injury. Never mind that you effectively have to destroy your mouse as part of the opening process.
Once you've got the thing open, there are two delicately placed cables that require disconnecting – open the mouse too quickly, and they'll rip. And you're not done yet! Then there are some screws to remove, and finally a plastic snap-on cover that requires lifting. Pull out the 0.5g plastic pins, clean them, try not to drop and lose them, figure out how to put them back in, and then put the whole thing back together, ignoring the fact that the plastic ring at the bottom is now wrecked and cracked from all the prying you had to do. I didn't even care that, post repair, only vertical scrolling worked properly and horizontal was acting all weird and wiggly.
Of course, you could take it to the Apple Store (provided you're lucky enough to live near one) for some service, but – really? Do you really want to have to make a trip to the repair centre (and wait for who knows how long) every few weeks for your computer mouse?
Thus, four weeks later, when my computer mouse once again started acting up and I lost the ability to scroll through pages vertically, I did what I should have done when I first bought the computer:
I went to the local computer market and bought a real mouse. It's glorious. It just works.
(And apart from that, I love my new iMac. It's blazingly fast compared to my old laptop, and it's wonderful having large and fast hard disks again. The only downside is that I suddenly have to worry about power failures again, something I have not thought about in nearly four years.)[Read Rest of Article]


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Kashmir Hill, Forbes Staff
Welcome to The Not-So Private Parts where technology & privacy collide
Bruce Schneier is a "well-known security gadfly" (in the words of Wired) and frequent hard-hitting critic of airport security who coined the term "security theater" to describe unnecessary measures imposed to improve the appearance of safety rather actually making us safer. One example of these theatrical measures is the TSA's insistence that a "400-ml bottle of liquid is dangerous, but transferring it to four 100-ml bottles magically makes it safe."
Schneier was supposed to testify on Monday before Congress at a TSA Oversight hearing, "Effective Security or Security Theater?" alongside representatives from the Transportation Security Administration, the Coast Guard, and the Government Accountability Office. He would have been the only non-governmental witness (though not the only critic; the GAO was there to lament the millions of dollars spent on now-useless "puffer machines" that were purchased for detecting explosives but fairly quickly discarded in favor of body scanners). He was booted from the witness list, though, per the request of the TSA, because of his involvement in a lawsuit against the agency to try to get them to suspend the use of body scanners.
"It's pretty clear that the TSA is afraid of public testimony on the topic, and especially of being challenged in front of Congress," he wrote in a blog post announcing his dis-invitation to testify. When I emailed him to ask if he had already prepared his testimony, he said he would have relied on essays he's been writing for The Economist for an ongoing debate with former TSA head Kip Hawley, a debate that moderator Adam Barnes says Schneier is dominating. (Of course he has an advantage going into that debate in terms of public opinion; the TSA has not won many fans with its touchy-feely patdowns and full-body imaging scans.)
To get a sense of what Schneier would have said to Congress, you can check out this devastating essay on the "harms of post-9/11 airport security," including the general humiliation in being asked to strip down and be felt up, 20 minutes of extra waiting time for every traveler (on average), and the loss of liberty involved in treating every traveler like a potential criminal. He suggests that the reactionary tactics being employed by governments cause societal harm to the point that the TSA is "effectively do[ing] the terrorists' job for them." His suggestion for fixing it is to erase the last decade of security measures:
Return airport security checkpoints to pre-9/11 levels.
(Editor's note: The TSA was formed in 2002.)
Get rid of everything that isn't needed to protect against random amateur terrorists and won't work against professional al-Qaeda plots.
I.e. putting your liquids in a clear plastic bag.
Take the savings thus earned and invest them in investigation, intelligence, and emergency response: security outside the airport, security that does not require us to play guessing games about plots. Recognize that 100% safety is impossible, and also that terrorism is not an "existential threat" to our way of life. Respond to terrorism not with fear but with indomitability. Refuse to be terrorized.
via Schneier on Security: Harms of Post-9/11 Airline Security.
Schneier's is not a lone voice in the debate. An "Abolish the TSA" petition making a similar plea was submitted to the White House last September and garnered more than 30,000 signatures.
TSA chief John Pistole responded to the petition to say that his agency is changing the security process for those under 12 (kids no longer have to take their shoes off!); expediting the process for "known travelers" who opt in to sharing more of their information with the TSA in advance; and eliminating passenger-specific images from its scanners so that your actual nude body doesn't show up in the scans.
So, unfortunately, it doesn't sound like you'll be leaving your belt on or walking your loved ones to the gate any time soon.
Offensive that the TSA can successfully bar a citizen from giving testimony before Congress because that agency does not approve of what he is going to say.
I bet a supporter of the agency would have been heartily endorsed by the TSA.
The one benefit that the TSA does deliver is giving us constant proof of the uselessness of government agencies. Unfortunately that role is already being ably filled by the Depts. of Transportation, Energy and Education.
And the other one was….um…..er…..uh…..oops.
I totally agree, Chiguy, but I can't help but take the potshot at Rick Perry here.
Bureaucracies, once born, become as dedicated to their own existence as the mission they were originally designed to address.
TSA is only an illusion of security and nothing more than a jobs program for the unemployable. After sixty billion dollars over eight years they can't cite one success. In two separate GAO tests in 2011, TSA failed to detect weapons 70% of the time and 60% of the freight in the cargo-hold remains unscreened. They confiscate items their website says are allowed while four of their screeners were caught smuggling drugs through security, which could have as easily been explosives.
There have been 11 TSA screeners arrested this year and 72 TSA screeners arrested in 2011 for crimes, including rape and murder. Of those, eleven were for sex crimes involving children. TSA can't prevent crime within their ranks, but we're supposed to trust them with airport security.
This agency is a national disgrace and complete failure. The lack of responsible management explains why so many abuses and failures continue to occur. TSA is too broken to be reformed and must be replaced with something that actually works.
I wonder how many judges, police and congressmen have been arrested in the same time period in this country
judges, police and congressmen can't prevent crime within their ranks, but we're supposed to trust them with our security.
John Pistole as the former Deputy director of the FBI should know better. I'm sure he took an oath to defend the Constitution yet many of his actions and "rules" clearly violate the 4th ammendment of the Bill of Rights. The words "But" or "unless" are not in the Bill of Rights.
I would love to See Janet Napolatino and Pistole in jail for Violation of Civil Rights under Color of Law ( http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/investigate/civilrights/color_of_law )
Meh, facts schmacts. The United Sheeple of America don't care about facts. They care about fear. They love their fear. And the TSA is happy to provide it.
Nothing will change. The TSA will only grow more repressive, its procedures more, frankly, insane, and the people who bow before it more compliant.
Those of us who've been ringing alarm bells about this agency for years are growing weary. Let the abuse, already rampant, increase. The more the better. That's the only way the sheeple might ever get their snouts out of the grass.
There are more of us out there working on behalf of citizens who want the freedom to fly.


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ichard Lee Byers introduces Anton Marivaldi—a renowned reaver with an insatiable thirst for bounty and a moral compass that always leads him toward the evil he's never tried.
Anton Marivaldi grew up in the port city of Sapra in the mercantile republic of Turmish. His wealthy and well-respected family had always devoted itself to trading and the defense of their homeland in equal measure, and both traditions were bound up with sea. Some Marivaldis commanded merchant caravels while others served in their country's navy.
It was the latter course that attracted Anton, and he became even more eager to enlist when Turmish went to war with its neighbor Akanûl. Unfortunately, he was still too young. He envied his older brother Rimardo, who was already serving aboard a warship.
Anton finally came of age just as his country and Akanûl made peace, whereupon Turmish put a goodly portion of its war fleet into dry dock. None of the ships that remained afloat had a berth for a newly commissioned junior officer, and so the navy set him to work as a customs official on the docks of Sapra, a boring, lubberly job.
Disappointed, Anton became a wastrel. This dismayed his father, who soon refused to pay for his son's extravagant and dissipated lifestyle.
It was then that smugglers offered Anton bribes to look the other way when they moved contraband ashore, and he accepted. He recognized that, technically, he was betraying his responsibilities, but the tedious duties of a customs official were so divorced from the exciting seafaring life for which he yearned that the malfeasance felt trivial. And once turning a blind eye became a habit, he no longer felt moved to take action even when the smuggled articles were implements of dark magic.
Then a horde of demons appeared in the heart of Sapra and slaughtered scores of people, Rimardo included, before the city's defenders managed to destroy them. Afterward, it came out that that an ambitious noble had summoned the fiends as the opening move of an attempted coup and that he'd employed items Anton had allowed ashore for the purpose.
Anton realized his responsibility for all the deaths and destruction would inevitably come out, too, and that once it did, the authorities would arrest, try, and execute him. Accordingly, he fled.
Afterward, believing it absurd to cling to notions of honor and decency when all the world knew him for the villain he truly was, he sought a place aboard a pirate ship. In time, his swordsmanship, seamanship, and daring made him one of the most feared reaver captains on the Sea of Fallen Stars, a merciless predator despised in every civilized port and not much better loved even by his own kind on Pirate Isle.
In short, the heroic naval officer he once aspired to become is as dead as any dream could be. He follows no flag and serves no cause but his own. Yet as the storm that is the Sundering sweeps him up, he may just discover that its fury can make a champion of even the unlikeliest of men.
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- 2 pounds boneless, skinless turkey breasts, cut into 1-by-2-inch pieces4 tablespoons Asian fish sauce
- 2 tablespoons oyster sauce
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoon water
- 3 teaspoons sugar
- 4 tablespoons cooking oil
- 2 onions, cut into thin slices
- 1/4 teaspoon dried red-pepper flakes
- 5 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 1/2 cups lightly packed basil leaves
- toasted sesame seeds
In a large zipLock bag, combine the turkey with the fish sauce, soy sauce, water,oyster sauce and sugar.Let marinate in refrigerator for a few hours.
In a large nonstick frying pan or a wok, heat the oil over moderately high heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Stir in the peppers and garlic; cook, stirring, 2 minutes longer.
Remove the turkey from the marinade with a slotted spoon and add it to the hot pan. Cook until almost done, stirring, about 5 minutes. Add the marinade and cook 10 minutes longer or until turkey is cooked. Remove from the heat and stir in 1 cup of the basil. Serve over your favorite rice, topped with the remaining 1/2 cup basil and sprinkle some sesame seeds on top.


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Bethesda's new California Tortilla but Tuesday marks the restaurant's grand opening celebration. In honor of the chain's new look and new location, CalTort will be offering up free burritos to hungry customers during the lunch and dinner hours.
Stop by between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. or 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. to pick up yours. Each customer will receive one free burrito and one free soda -- just remember to stop in at least a half an hour before the end of each shift.
CalTort will only be serving burritos Tuesday, according to an email from owner Pam Felix.
The new location features booths, beer, an open prep kitchen, expanded patio seating, wifi, and a re-branded look with a toned-down color palette, Felix told Patch last month.
"I loved the old colors, but I thought it was just time for a change after 17 years," Felix told Patch.
The old Bethesda location, just across Cordell, opened in 1995.
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MANKATO — Sean Mathiowetz was the winning pitcher as Sleepy Eye defeated Mankato American 6-4 in a Legion baseball game Monday at Wolverton Field.
Sleepy Eye scored three runs in the first, but Mankato tied the game in the second. Sleepy Eye took the lead for good with a two-run fourth.
Lee Marxen was the losing pitcher, allowing 10 hits and two walks with four strikeouts in six innings. Jordan Grams, Drew Quame and Cooper Wolfe each had two hits for Mankato.
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MOOCs Expand on College Campuses
Universities welcome MOOCs when paired with an on-campus component.
San Jose State University is one of several institutions aiming to improve education through MOOCs.
Massive open online courses may not be living up to their names.
These days, providers of the courses are teaming up with universities to alter the experience – taking it at least partly offline.
Universities are increasingly announcing plans to offer MOOCs to their own students. Some institutions are using classes as remediation tools to help students who aren't quite ready for college, while others, short on dollars and class space, rely on MOOCs to alleviate class shortages.
The MOOCs that most people think of – the free courses open to thousands of students – aren't necessarily geared toward students who want to take a course for credit, experts say.
Often people sign up because they are curious about a topic or looking to acquire certain skills – not because they have any intention to do homework. The average completion rate for massive open online courses is less than 7 percent, according to one research project.
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Universities, working with MOOC providers such as edX, Coursera and Udacity, are exploring ways of adapting the courses to reverse that trend. By combining in-person instruction with online learning, they hope to personalize the education experience and encourage student engagement.
"We're trying new things," says Dean Tsouvalas, editor-in-chief at MOOC Advisor, a free service for students exploring MOOCs. "We're not at a place where we have a solution yet. We have a ways to go."
San Jose State University is one of several institutions embracing the arrival of MOOCs.
Earlier this year San Jose partnered with edX, a research-based nonprofit, to offer a for-credit blended learning engineering course. Students watched videos and consumed other content online, but also came to a physical classroom where they worked with instructors to help master the course material.
The pass rate was higher in the hybrid course than in the university's regular course. And San Jose officials, pleased with the results, announced plans to offer several more blended courses in the future.
Howard Lurie, vice president of external affairs at edX, says the pilot program at San Jose gave him hope that MOOCs could be used to address problems posed by over-enrollment and students unprepared for college.
"It liberates faculty to focus on remediation work," he says. "It enhances the experience."
San Jose State has also partnered with Udacity, a for-profit MOOC provider with a focus on the hard sciences, to provide several for-credit courses. Students have access to mentors seven days a week to help with concepts and questions. San Jose instructors work with Udacity to create videos and interactive, online exercises for the classes.
"We see this as the evolution of MOOCs," Clarissa Shen, vice president of strategic business and marketing at Udacity, said in an email. "We have brought much more human interaction back into play in order to help students throughout their learning process and giving them that much more access to their instructors."
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Earlier this spring, Coursera, the largest of the MOOC providers, announced it would be working with the State University of New York system, the University of Colorado system and eight other university systems and public schools to explore ways of using MOOC technology and content to improve course completion rates, bolster quality and increase access to higher education.
Under the agreement, professors will be free to experiment with and improve upon the blended learning model, which the company says has been proven to enhance classroom participation.
Similar experiments are taking place at institutions such as Boston's Bunker Hill Community College, St. Petersburg College and the University of Wisconsin—La Crosse.
Andrew Ng, cofounder of Coursera, says the company is constantly tweaking its courses to encourage student engagement.
Through collecting data from their many customers, the company has learned that it's the little things, such as sending a homework reminder with a positive spin or allowing students to complete course work in the order they choose, that leads to higher completion rates. Students are also more apt to complete a course they paid for, he says.


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It was as if an entire community went back to English Lit for a summer, reading an American masterpiece and then discussing it in-depth with an expert.
It all came to fruition Wednesday night with the finale of Oyster Bay's project, spearheaded by town Councilwoman Rebecca Alesia.
The final discussion of F. Scott Fitzgerald's was led by Anna Katsavos, Ph. D., Professor Emeritus of Literature and Women's studies at SUNY Nassau. A meeting room at the was turned into a classroom of sorts, filled with "A" students with a range of ideas and interpretations of the masterpiece.
The novel, when it was first published in the Roaring 20s, is now considered an American masterpiece, resonating with timeless themes of class struggles and questions of unfulfilled longing and set in the mansions of Long Island's Gold Coast.
Alesia and about 30 others discussed a wide range of topics related to the book. The nature of Fitzgerald's characters were examined in depth, along with some of the symbolic meanings of the places and images presented by the author.
Professor Katsavos parried back and forth with her students, opening them up to a variety of themes and, at times, reading stunning passages from the novel's pages.
" 'One Town, One Book' is a national program designed to challenge communities to read the same book and then discuss it as a community. "Gatsby" was a logical first choice for Oyster Bay because of accessibility and its connections to Long Island, Alesia said.
Following the session, the Plainview councilwoman said she was impressed by the depth of knowledge exhibited by those who took part. Next year, Alesia hopes to continue the program and perhaps extend its length over the course of a full summer and make the program even more interactive.


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The participant will learn: (1) how to write reports suited to their particular company, and (2) the five C's for effective writing.
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DALLAS — A car wash fundraiser for Nancy Harris went on as scheduled Saturday morning, hours after the Garland convenience store cashier died of injuries suffered when she was set on fire during a robbery last Sunday.
Harris, 76, passed away Friday evening at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, where she had remained in critical condition since the attack at the Fina Whip-In.
The grandmother of two had been an active member of the South Garland community for years.
Matthew Johnson, the man arrested and charged with the crime, is in the Dallas County Jail and charged with criminal attempted capital murder. His bond is currently set at $1,000,000
According to a Garland police news release, detectives will be working with the Dallas District Attorney's office in pursuing a charge of capital murder in the case.
The South Garland High School Student Council held a car wash fundraiser at the Fina Whip-In where Harris was attacked, at the corner of Broadway and Colonel, on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
By noon, thousands of dollars had already been collected; the Garland Fire Department even showed up to donate.
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Dear Ellen,
I'm writing you to ask for your help. I know you must get so many of them. I wasn't going to write because of that. But then I thought it wouldn't hurt, and I can only ask and share this with you. I'm not the best writer so please bare with me. The reason for this letter is for me to ask for your help to show my husband Dave and our roommate Craig how greatful I am for them being in my life and being there for me.
Here is the story. I am a 43yr old male with terminal illness. I have lived with it since 1996. I have chronic pain, a tumor in my upper back and nueropathy in my appendages. I am on soc sec., so I have a low income. I have lived with Dave and Craig for over 11 yrs. We live north of Seattle. I have a Beagle named Thor, a 16 yr old cat named Miss Kitty Opal Mae. Dave has a Jack Russell named Buddy. Because I can't go on my daily walks anymore, Craig has taken over giving the dogs thier walks. We make up a nice happy family.
Now about the two of them; Dave is 51. He's from Navada. Craig is going to be 43 on the 29th. Craig is from Utah. They have been there for me unconditionally from the beginning of our friendships. They look after me, and help me with getting to appointment and places I need to go to. They help get me out of the house to do things. I probably would just stay home if it wasn't for them. They even support me, due to my low income. The guys get me the things I need and get me the things I want most of the time etc(LOL). They keep me laughing which is great medicine. They are very special and dear to me. Dave and Craig both work in the retail world as managers. Dave at Lowes and Craig at a grocery store called PCC. They have put thier schedules and thier lives around me. They are incredable!!! I love them so much.
This past march I was rushed to the hospital with liver failure. we were told I wouldn't make it. There was even a DNR order placed in my medical file. Dave took off work and spent ever night and day with me. I was sent home because I wanted to pass in my own space. The guys had things set up in our livingroom to keep me comfortable with the help of hospice, which i'm still on. I didn't have much time left. Dave and Craig communicated with my mother and several siblings and had them come from South Dakota to say thier goodbyes. They picked my family up from the airport and ran them back and forth from our home to thier hotels... They guys went way beyond what they had to.
I surprised everyone and pulled through. I don't know if it was me wanting to be alive, or if the guys had something to do with it, or if it was a miracle, but I made it. I wasn't ready to die. Due to still being on hospice and my medical counts being low, I don't know how much time I have. I'm hoping to be able to show them what they mean to me.
I am so greatful and I appreciate them so much. This is why I'm writing you. I don't have the means to do something very special to show them my gratitude. I am hoping you can Help, please. Thank You for taking the time and energy to read this, and letting me tell you my story. Sincerely, Vincent Sharkey
Ps; I didnt get to tell you that Dave watches you show everyday. He doesn't miss an episode. He watches it in our livingroom so I get to enjoy it too.
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The Wayland Depot is open for business this holiday season and could be just the thing for that unique gift with the added bonus of funding a good cause with each purchase.
The Wayland Depot has been around for more than 30 years as a charitable organization that strives to "help support women in their homes who make handcrafts and to donate the proceeds of the sale of those handcrafts to charity," according to the shop's mission statement.
The gift store stocks everything from handcrafted scarves and jewelry to bowls and home decor.
Local jeweler, Christine Faucher of Sudbury, is currently displaying earrings for teens and adults that feature glass beads, Swarovski crystal, and sterling silver ear wires.
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MC celebrates Earth Week April 15-26
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Maryville College students, faculty and staff will observe Earth Day with several events planned for April 15-26.
"Earth Week 2013" will include events such as film screenings, a recycling tour, an ice cream social and a litter clean-up event. All events are open to the public.
"With 43 years of history, Earth Day has become something that we shouldn't only think about one day a year, but something we consider everyday," said Adrienne Schwarte, MC associate professor of art and co-sponsor of Earth Week. "However, its yearly celebration is a great reminder that the earth provides us great sustenance, bountiful beauty and continual renewal, all worthy of sustainment through our actions and decisions. Earth Week at Maryville College is a host of events that are designed to remind us of what true gifts we have received in our planet and how to co-exist with it in a mutual relationship."
Mon., April 15:
- 12:30-2:30 p.m.: RockTenn Recycling Tour
To sign up, please email Dr. Mark O'Gorman, associate professor of political science and coordinator of MC's Environmental Studies Program, at firstname.lastname@example.com.
- 7-9 p.m.: Film Screening of Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time
The Emmy Award-winning documentary film about legendary environmentalist Aldo Leopold highlights Leopold's extraordinary career, tracing how he shaped and influenced the modern environmental movement. The film will be shown in Fayerweather Hall's Lawson Auditorium.
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- 2-4 p.m.: Exhibition of Earth Week Posters
Students in Schwarte's Typography 231 class will showcase their Earth Week poster designs on the second floor of the Clayton Center for the Arts' Art and Recital Building.
Wed., April 17:
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The Academy Award nominated film shows the human face of climate change. The film tells the story of the world's first environmental refugees, the Carteret Islanders. The film will be shown in Pearsons Dining Room.
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Create your own herb garden using recycled Mason jars in the Clayton Center's Ceramic Studio. To sign up, email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Dr. Mark O'Gorman and MC students will pick up litter on Court Street. For more information or to sign up, email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Mon., April 22: Earth Day
- 1-3 p.m.: Organic Bake Sale
Students will sell organic baked goods at the Solar Dok picnic tables in front of Pearsons Hall. Proceeds will be added to a revolving green fund on campus.
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Bring your own bowl and spoon and enjoy some homemade ice cream at the Solar Dok picnic tables in front of Pearsons Hall.
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Join the staff and friends of Mountain Challenge to celebrate the outdoor company's 25th anniversary. The celebration at Crawford House will include presentations about the history of Mountain Challenge and the program's student impact, and MC Board Chairman Wayne Kramer will present a proclamation. O'Gorman will provide an update on the LEED certification status for Crawford House, a 137-year-old farmhouse.


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PLATTSBURGH — A West Chazy man was arrested following an investigation into an domestic dispute.
Michael A. Zindler, 22, was taken into custody at about 5:15 p.m. Oct. 22 for allegedly violating an order of protection during a domestic dispute dating back to May, according to Plattsburgh-based State Police.
He was charged with first-degree criminal contempt, a felony, and issued a violation for second-degree harassment.
Zindler was arraigned in the Town of Plattsburgh Court before being issued an appearance ticket.
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Jesus, Paul, food, charity and prayer were just some of the areas examined in the 2013 crop of books under the broad heading of religion. Some of these titles rank at the top of the year's best books, period. Others barely registered in the mainstream press, but are lavishly praised in their own fields.
Here are the year's most interesting religion books, numbered but not ranked.
1. 'My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer' by Christian Wiman
When he learned he had a rare form of cancer at age 39, Wiman was the editor of Poetry magazine. He was also a lapsed Christian whose brush with mortality triggered a return to belief. His poetic reflections on the redemptive power of art and faith are moving and evocative, yet unsparingly harsh on atheist intellectuals, self-righteous fundamentalists and his peers. Addressing suffering and sorrow through the prism of Christianity, Wiman's ruminations glow with the "burn of being," his term for pervasive spiritual longing in a world of materialism, violence and loss. "Please read this book," urged journalist Andrew Sullivan, of The Dish blog, in a typically glowing review. "It truly is an essential book for our times."
2. 'Paul and the Faithfulness of God' by N.T. Wright
One of the most prolific Christian theologians of our time lays out his case for Paul as a thinker on par with Aristotle and Plato. Clocking in at nearly 1,700 pages, this tome has been hailed as "magisterial" and is already being held up as the standard reference work on Christianity's first and, arguably foremost, theologian. Wright's vigorous prose provides an engaging introduction to the Judaism and Christianity of the first century. Wright contends that Paul's writings are to be understood as those of a devout Jew who reworks Jewish redemptive theology around the figure of Jesus in the furtherance of "getting the Creation project back on track."
3. 'Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth' by Reza Aslan
If not for Aslan's fortuitous Fox News interview – in which the creative writing professor was badgered on national TV to explain why a Muslim would write a book about Jesus – "Zealot" might not have made a dent in the public consciousness. Aslan's premise, that Jesus of Nazareth preached socialism and plotted sedition against the Roman Empire, is not original, and depends on a selective reading of the Gospels. But the YouTube clip of the Fox interview went viral and catapulted Aslan's book into the best-seller stratosphere. Vivid and cinematic, Zealot offers a much-needed antidote to the ethnically sanitized, anodyne Jesus preserved in aspic in the Sunday hymnal.
4. 'A Prayer Journal' by Flannery O'Connor
Penned nearly 80 years ago, these private journal entries have found the light of day thanks to a biographer's diligent archival rummaging. The secular literati are greeting this slender volume of personal meditations as revelatory; ordinary readers simply respond to O'Connor's intimacy, openheartedness and humor. The pages reveal O'Connor, then in her early 20s and attending the University of Iowa's Writers' Workshop in 1946-47, pouring out her soul to God in a manner that is both naive and brilliant. She appeals to God directly as her confidant and confessor about her weakness for "intellectual quackery," her burning ambition to achieve literary greatness, and her all-too-human foibles. The lifelong Catholic writer would become a pillar of Southern American literature and the foundations of her artistic vision are already evident here.
5. 'Coffee with Jesus' by David Wilkie
The cheeky, online comic strip that has gained a cult audience of 40,000-plus followers in less than three years is now ready to burst upon the world as a giftable, brightly hued coffee-table book. Jesus is the star of the show, tossing sage and cryptic comebacks to goofball stock characters. Bob, hater of gays, addresses the coffee-sipping messiah as "the J-Man." Lisa, who swoons at the thought of owning a Lexus, asks Jesus if the Antichrist is a Jew. It doesn't end there: Complacent liberal posturing comes in for a drubbing, too. It's no wonder the strip's caffeinated savior says he's often tempted to take his own name in vain. The wit is barbed, theology surprisingly relevant, and the overall effect highly addictive.


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The five most pressing questions entering the 2014 Major League Baseball season.
Will replay system be under microscope?
Almost three decades after the NFL implemented video-booth reviews of officials' calls in 1986, Major League Baseball has accepted the premise that technology can be more a help than a hindrance.
The replay system is similar to the NFL: Through the end of the seventh inning, a manager will be given one opportunity to challenge a call; if the challenge is upheld, he'll get one more opportunity. After the seventh inning, reviews will be at the discretion of the umpires, monitored from a command center in New York.
Ball-strike judgments can't be disputed, nor can check swings, foul tips, balks, infield catches, base runners advancing on a catch and the "neighborhood play," when the middle infielders receive the ball on a force out at second.
Confusing? Sort of, but we'll learn to live with it, and tweaks will be afoot in 2015.
Did Tigers overpay for Cabrera's insane stats?
Tigers star Miguel Cabrera, who turns 31 on April 18, agreed to an eight-year contract extension on Friday, guaranteeing him $292 million through 2023. Cabrera's deal – the extension pays him an average of $31 million per season over the eight years of the extension – makes the first baseman as the highest-paid player in baseball history.
Insane? Possibly, but also insane was his .344 batting average in 2011, which led the majors, and his .330 batting average in 2012, which led the American League, and his .348 batting average in 2013, which led the majors.
Edgar Martinez is fondly recalled by Mariners fans as the best right-handed hitter of the 1990s. Cabrera, who won his second consecutive AL MVP award last season, belongs in the discussion of best right-handed hitter of all time.
Will Tanaka fill void left by Rivera, Jeter exits?
While Derek Jeter figures to bask in the longest ceremonious retirement season since, well, former teammate Mariano Rivera called it quits in 2013, the Yankees' postseason hopes hinge on Masahiro Tanaka, a 25-year old right-handed starter who was a pitcher of record 24 times last season in Japan's Pacific League.
Tanaka's record: 24-0.
Tanaka might be daunted by the bright lights of New York, but under the sunshine of the Grapefruit League, he was a force to behold: Five runs allowed in 21 innings, with 26 strikeouts.
Can a 5-2 formation be in future for baseball?
Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon didn't pioneer the concept of positioning infielders to one side or the other when challenged by an extreme pull-hitter – Cleveland skipper Lou Boudreau was doing this stuff against the left-handed Ted Williams in the 1940s – but Maddon's success with shifting has provided a template for copycats.
Relocating the third baseman to shortstop, and the shortstop to second base – in an alignment that relegates the second basemen into a hybrid infielder-outfielder – has become an almost commonplace ploy to distract left-handed pull hitters.
Coming soon to a big-league ballpark near you: Five infielders backed up by two swift outfielders occupying the gaps.
Can ex-Cascade High star revive his career?
Grady Sizemore, a former quarterback from Everett's Cascade High who turned down a University of Washington scholarship offer to play football and baseball, was a three-time All-Star at the age of 26.
"Without a doubt," Cleveland general manager Mark Shapiro said of Sizemore, once regarded as the jewel of the Indians' organization, "he's one of the greatest players of his generation."
And then Sizemore got hurt. He got hurt here, there, and everywhere: seven surgeries since 2009.
Sizemore hasn't played a game, at any level, in two years. But Friday, Boston manager John Farrell announced Sizemore would start the season as the Red Sox regular center fielder.
If Sizemore stays healthy and comes close to resembling the All-Star he was with the Indians, the comeback player of the year award should be renamed "The Grady Sizemore Award."


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In celebration of Women's History Month and the 40th anniversary of co-education at Lafayette, College Theater will present a multimedia staged reading of Hear Me Roar: First Among Men at 8 p.m. March 3-5 in the Williams Center for the Arts.
Directed by Kelly Hess '08, an equity stage manager in New York City, the play was adapted and written by English major Kelcie Mohr '11 (Coopersburg, Pa.) and Michael O'Neill, associate professor of English and director of theater. It is based upon We Were Pioneers, a 2003 production scripted by Amanda Roth '04 and Kamaka Martin '04.
We Were Pioneers originated from The Lafayette College Archives Oral History Project. Over the course of two years, 50 African American and female alumni from the late 1960s and early 1970s were interviewed about their experiences during a remarkable period of social change on campus. The play was written and produced by the student interviewers and featured excerpts from the oral histories.
Hear Me Roar includes much of the original material, but also features new interviews with faculty and staff members who were on campus in 1970, as well as with current students. Unlike the original play, which featured only words taken verbatim from interviews, the adaptation includes created scenes and characters that dramatize the oral histories. Additional historical material is also engagingly peppered throughout the new production using narrators, projected memorable images from College Hill and the world, and musical hits from the era.
Tickets are $2 for students, $3 for Lafayette faculty and staff and for students at LVAIC schools, $5 for alumni, and $6 for the public. They can be obtained by calling the Williams Center box office at (610) 330-5009.
A pre-show presentation and reception will be held from 6-7:45 p.m., Saturday, March 5, in Wilson Room, Pfenning Alumni Center. Hess, O'Neill, and others involved in the production will discuss the play.


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The war against Iraq began at 5:30 AM Baghdad time (9:30 PM EST, March 19), when the U.S. launched Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Five years, George. Five ugly, deadly, bloody years. This is quite an anniversary. If you wait a day or two, you'll be able to celebrate the 4,000th US military death as well.
Break out the champagne.
It's been a fairly quiet five years, George. No photos of the dead or dying. No flag-draped coffins, no talk of the legless, blinded or horribly burned. Not a murmur about hundreds of thousands of dead and terribly injured Iraqis. No concern about the millions who had to flee the country of their fathers… no fanfare about daisy cutters or depleted uranium. Celebrate….we're making progress.
Great news management, George, -you'd hardly know such carnage was involved. . Good for you.
You've waged such a clean, carefree war, George, if just a tad costly. That $12 billion a month you're spending on this foray really is hardly worth a mention, considering what you've done to the dollar. But, a cash cow is a cash cow. Let's drink to that.
And let's hear it for the never-ending, euphoric 'progress,' in your lovely war, George. Let's not quibble about the lack of water and electricity for the Iraqis, or the devastating shortages of doctors and medical supplies. And, luckily, a blown up bus or marketplace here or there is hardly newsworthy. Not a word in the establishment media about the daily killings or kidnappings you've set in motion all these years.
Hey, the networks deserve a hand here. Almost three quarters of Americans believe that you've caused the deaths of only three thousand American troops. Hard to believe, but they've inadvertently written off the lives of a thousand young soldiers and marines. Hell, ignorance is bliss. Party on.


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Chapter eight, Because of you
This is the eighth part of my story,
Read the seventh partHERE
The day after she called me telling everything she texted me she had to talk to me. I replied that we would meet somewhere and so we went to a quiet area where we could talk. We had a real deep conversation about what we've been doing. Why did we have such a bad time because of all this? And in the end it's not even happening! We had a real good conversation and in the end we decided to leave this mess all behind. But I still had something hidden for her and I said this to her, doubting how she would react I brought this and she took it like it was normal. She thought it was really adorable that I was willing to go this far just for her. I love her so much and I really was willing to do this, take these risks and hoping to enjoy the night.
We sold my ticket and went out driving some rounds on a cart track nearby. We drove all the negative energy out of ourselves on that track. The day we originally were supposed to go to Amsterdam we went too the Rotterdam zoo, just to de-stress and release all the negative energy we collected during the last couple of months. This might have been the first moment in months we did normal to each other but she didn't know what I've planned for her.


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Jane Santucci
Special to the Tribune-Star
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There is a lot to be said about buying gently-used items in place of new ones. The biggest motivating factor is usually money. Another good reason is because a lot of energy and resources have already gone into making something and there is no reason why we should not do our best to prolong its life.
Moving Out
Moving anywhere from down the road to across the country is a pain. It disrupts our normal routine and requires planning. Planning is one of the key elements I think a lot of people don't take into account and look at a Dumpster as a quick fix for unloading their unwanted goods. On a bi-monthly basis, I see very nice furniture in the community Dumpster. I have even gone to the extent of removing a wooden rocking chair, because it reminded me of one I had growing up. I love the rocking chair, which makes me think of the countless other items other people could have enjoyed if others would just take the time to donate these items to the charity of their choice.
This last time I moved, I was like a seasoned pro. After all, I moved multiple times during my college years. I got boxes from my local supermarket, instead of purchasing new ones. I took a long, hard look at what I owned and thought, "Do I really use/need this." All of my furniture has basically been hand-me-downs from friends, of which I have grown out of.
I fit what I could in my compact car and hauled it to Goodwill. The larger items I took with me in the moving truck. For those that do not have the option of renting a moving truck to donate their unwanted goods, they can schedule a pick-up from Goodwill, if they live within the city limits of Terre Haute.
"We generally would run to someone's home for couches, tables and chairs. Things that are not easily deliverable to Goodwill," said Bill Tennis, executive director of Goodwill Industries of the Wabash Valley. "We want things you would give to your friends or family members. We don't want trash. Goodwill employs people with many different barriers to employment and we are able to fund that program primarily through our donated goods operation."
To schedule a pick-up call 812-235-1827. Other local charities may offer similar services. Call the charity of your choice for options.
Furthermore, I never realized how many clothes I had until I had to take them out of the closets. The simple rule of thumb is, if you haven't worn it in a year, it is time to donate it. I still have a few items I have held onto with the thought; one day I will be a size 2 again. This time around, I filled four drum-size garbage bags full of clothes, even the clothes I hoped to fit in again. I gave some of my finest clothes to my close friends and hauled the rest to Goodwill.
If you feel like you deserve money for an expensive piece of furniture you own, but don't have the time to post fliers to sell it, you can call a local auction house.
"You can either haul it to the local auction gallery/house and ask them how much to sell it and what their commission is. Or you can have them pick it up, but they will charge you more commission for that service," auctioneer Johnny Swalls said.
Moving In
I remember the first time I rented an unfurnished condo. It was a challenge to find affordable furniture. If only back then I would have known about auctions, I could have scored some high quality secondhand pieces.
Auctions can have everything from bakeware to laundry machines. Most recently, I went to an auction where high-quality kitchen supplies were being sold for $1. Now, if only I needed four muffin tins and two massive stacks of Longaberger baskets, I would have been in luck. For those looking to fill their home with gently used goods, check out your local newspaper or phone book and search for an auction company. Call them up and ask them what they have for sale, to see if it is in line with what you are looking for.
"Estate auctions or when somebody passes away, they have everything. They have a whole house full of stuff, so you can get anything and everything you want," Swalls said.
Use these tools for surviving your first auction:
1. If you want a leather couch that would retail for $1,200 and you are willing to spend $500, start your first bid at $400. Swalls says if you start off high, you will scare most bidders away. Plus, usually the auctioneer will say "sold" right away and move on to the next item.
2. Never act too interested in an item.
3. Don't sit on your hands until the very last minute. Let the auctioneer know where you are, so when you place a bid at the last minute they know where to look.
4. Call ahead and find out at what time an item you are interested in buying will sell. This will save you from waiting around all day for what you want.
Before you make your next move, be sure to allow extra time to properly dispose of your unwanted goods. Remember, your trash could be someone else's treasure.
Jane Santucci is an environmental freelance writer for the Tribune-Star. Santucci is a volunteer with TREES Inc. and Our Green Valley. She also sits on the Wabash Valley Goodwill Industries Board of Directors. Share your environmental stories and tips with her at email@example.com.


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By Thomas Kee
LA JOLLA, Calif. (MarketWatch) — My recommendation to short the market in June was not only easy to follow, but extremely profitable. However, anyone attentive to the market knows the market, as it moved lower, also moved sharply higher a number of times as well. The ultimate progression was down, which made the short side a no-brainer, but during the month of July that may change.
I do not suggest the market will suddenly rally in the month of July, but it may fall again and recover within the month, only to end the month near where it started. That means plugging your nose and shorting the market may not be wise this time.
Playing the debt crisis — make that 'crises'
With Greece's fate still uncertain and the U.S. struggling to raise its debt ceiling, investors have lots to worry about, and lots to profit from in July.
• Gold is best debt-crises defense, but not yet
• 8 best defensive plays for July's powder keg
• 3 bank stocks you can still trust
• 2 health-care funds that can counter volatility
• Don't worry about interest rates rising: Hulbert
• Where to hide if you hate dollar, euro
• How to use paired trades to profit in July
• 10 tech stocks more attractive than Apple
• U.S. knocking on debt's door
• Don't lend to Uncle Sam
• Emerging markets have more to offer
• S&P 500 breakout puts bulls on offensive
• See the full Trading Strategies report
Therefore, I am not going to provide a specific stock or ETF, because they may not provide much of a return within the next 30 days, but rather a specific strategy for the month of July that can work given the volatility I expect. This is the same strategy I use for the accounts I manage, and the same as illustrated to clients of Stock Traders Daily on a regular basis.
Equity Logic is +24.17% in the month of June alone (as of the day I wrote this); I will tell you how I got there, and how you can achieve the same results. I intend to use this strategy for July as well.
The strategy
Open a 2- week chart of the NASDAQ, Dow, Russell, and S&P 500
Open a 6 month chart of the NASDAQ, Dow, Russell, and S&P 500
Use straight line technical analysis for each of the 2 – week charts
Use straight line technical analysis for each of the 6 month charts
Identify similar patterns in each category, 2 week and 6 months separately.
Congruent patterns matter, and by reviewing all markets a synergy appears.
Pick the market that you might prefer to trade; stay consistent.
Trade only the corresponding double weighted ETFs for the market you choose.
If you are trading the NASDAQ use QLD /quotes/zigman/1497111/delayed/quotes/nls/qld QLD +0.77% to buy and QID /quotes/zigman/28455936/delayed/quotes/nls/qid QID -0.72% to short


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Oakley's Adriano De Souza Takes ASP World Tour Win at Billabong Pro Mundaka
Oakley's Adriano de Souza,22, claimed his inaugural ASP World Tour win today, taking out the Billabong Pro Mundaka, eliminating fellow Finalist Chris Davidson (AUS), 33, in punchy two-to-three foot waves at the backup venue of Sopelana. Stop No. 8 of 10 on the 2009 ASP World Tour, the Billabong Pro Mundaka experienced an array of conditions for the event, from clean surf on the opening day at Mundaka to a lengthy seven-day wait before a marathon 24-heat session yesterday, culminating into today's dramatic final.


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HEIGHT 5'10" WEIGHT 231 lbs
Visit Steven Holcomb's Website
In 2008 Holcomb underwent a relatively new procedure to correct a degenerative eye disease, restoring his vision from 20-500 to 20-20. The procedure was successful in saving his sight, and Holcomb went on to claim the 2010 four-man World Cup title with his "Night Train" crew of Justin Olsen, Steve Mesler and Curt Tomasevicz. The crew was dominating races, and went on to win the coveted Olympic gold medal on the harrowing Whistler course at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.
Holcomb's autobiography, But Now I See: My Journey from Blindness to Olympic Gold, reveals how the Olympic champion struggled with depression while facing career-ending blindness leading up to the 2010 Games. Holcomb wrote about a failed suicide attempt in his book to let millions living with depression know that they can be successful in overcoming depression if they seek treatment.
Holcomb majored in Computer Science at the University of Utah and the University of Phoenix's online program. He is an A+ Certified Computer Technician, Network+ Certified Network Technician, and a Microsoft Certified Professional. He studies Computer Information Systems at DeVry University. Holcomb also served for seven years in the Utah National Guard.
Listen to a Voice of America News interview with Holcomb
U.S. athletes are already getting a taste of the Olympic city with one year to go
Get the essentials on Sochi and the upcoming Olympic Winter Games
After a stellar 2012, what resolutions and goals did Team USA's finest set for 2013?
Lindsey & Ligety on skis, sled hockey champs & Wagner on ice, plus much more
U.S. Olympic Committee names its November athletes of the month
Three years before driving to gold, while going blind, Holcomb almost took his life
Team USA athletes took time to thank the coaches who guided them to the top
View Team USA's exciting runs on the 2002 Olympic track
Bobsled and skeleton teams continue one of their most impressive seasons yet
Team USA earned four bobsled World Cup medals on home track
Two Olympic track stars make their first bobsled World Cup team
Lolo Jones jumped to an impressive start in Team USA's bobsled selection races


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"The iPhone 5 has arrived!" a recording says when calling the Apple Store at Fair Oaks Mall in Fairfax.
If you were hoping to walk into a store in Northern Virginia and buy an iPhone 5 after the release on Friday, think again.
"We are actually sold out," said an employee Saturday at the store. The store, which began selling the popular phones on Friday along with other retailers across the nation, sold out of the iPhone 5 Saturday around noon.
The employee said she was not sure when the store will replenish its supply of the new iPhone 5 at Fair Oaks. "That we don't know," she said. "We receive shipments Monday through Saturday."
The Apple Store at Tysons Corner in McLean is sold out of the AT&T and Verizon iPhone 5s, and was "very limited" Saturday in the Sprint versions of the iPhone 5.
The Apple Store at Pentagon City in Arlington sold out of the iPhone 5 on Friday.
Apple Stores aren't the only retailer selling the new phones.
The Chantilly Target only received five phones to sell due to an unprecedented 1,000 preorders of the phone at the store. Those five phones quickly sold out on Friday, according to its electronics department.
If you call the Best Buy store in Fairfax, at Fairlakes Shopping Center, you'll get a recording letting you know that they will honor pre-orders of the phone, but no iPhone 5s are currently available at the store for purchase. Will they be getting in any soon? "We hope so," said an employee Saturday.
The Verizon store at Fair Oaks Mall had iPhone 5 stores in stock. But not anymore. They sold out on Friday.
iPhone 5s are rumored to be available at Radio Shack. But a call to the Radio Shack in Chantilly on Saturday went straight to...the shrill sound of a fax machine.