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I mentioned to as many people that have asked over the last year that Vancouver had no idea what was coming when the Olympics would arrive.
I hoped Vancouver would be a lively, exciting place to be and my hopes were wildly exceeded.
I live two blocks from the Live City venue (where the lines would queue to get in each day) and on Sunday the people were waiting 90 minutes before puck drop to get in and watch the men's hockey final. The venue ended nightly with a fireworks display, which of course killed any chance of our three-year-old going to bed at a decent hour! The city was alive and it was so great.
Now I was pretty much locked into Canada Hockey Place for the last 17 days and the hockey tournament could not have been much better, ending as it did with Sidney Crosby's overtime goal. Here are the highlights of my Olympic experience, and a few thoughts to go along with them.
The Olympics are about competition of course, but are more so about the athletes themselves. Many arrive looking for nothing more than to do their very best. An example would be the back-up goalie for Latvia, Sergei Naumov. He is 40-years-old with a long career and just wanted to be at one last Olympics. He knew he wasn't going to play and that only slightly mattered. We started chatting during the first period of their game against Russia. I was shocked that he spoke very good English and wanted to ask me a question!
After the second period, he stayed the entire intermission and we talked. And this same scenario happened during the next two Latvia games that I covered. I found him to be a great, regular guy. And with the help of Darren Pang, I was able to get an autographed Marty Brodeur stick for Sergei's son, Anton. (Thanks Marty, Sergei was thrilled!).
Meeting Sergei and spending time with him was the highlight of these games for me. After they lost out, we exchanged small gifts and emails and stayed way late into the night over a few. A great guy - and we will stay in touch.
And how about Slovakia? With several players long in the tooth and looking for their first-ever Olympic medal, this team was on their last legs. I was so impressed with their effort, how much they wore their emotions on their sleeves, and how crushed they were to fall short in the bronze medal game to Finland. Pavol Demitra was fabulous. He led the tournament in scoring and played like the player who was a points machine in St. Louis from 1998 to 2003. Do you think he will ever forget his last second chance against Canada or hitting the post in the last minute against Finland? I doubt it - and his expression after the Finland loss told me just that. These guys were underdogs and they almost pulled it off. I was also told by a volunteer that he hadn't come across a nicer team than the Slovaks. They should be proud.
The Russians laid the most surprising of eggs. They were totally unprepared for the fast start by Canada and it was too late before they got their feet on the ground. I felt they would be thin on defence, but they looked totally shell shocked. So did their coach. Did Vyacheslav Bykov and Finland's Jukka Jalonen go to the same coaching school? They left their starting goaltenders in way too long in important games, made no line adjustments and looked completely passive behind the bench. In the games I covered, I was standing 20 feet from them and they both looked completely unable or unwilling to take charge.
In the final, I was so impressed with the young players - who showed no sign of their ages. This was the first time I saw Erik Johnson play in person this often. Man, he is a star! He's big, mobile and smart. He and Jack Johnson will give the U.S. a great foundation in the years to come. Zach Parise is an impressive young man and a terrific player. If anyone was to score for the U.S. late in the game, I would have guessed him.
Ryan Suter is overlooked in Nashville because of Shea Weber. And the same could be said on the U.S. team because of the Johnsons. He is on the all-underrated team for me. And it would be hard to be better than Ryan Miller was. When the U.S. faltered, he was there.
As for Canada, they too have such a terrific collection of young players. Drew Doughty might be 20 and sing on the bench between shifts, but he has zero pulse with the puck. I loved watching him play. Jonathan Toews is, in a sense, a lot like Parise - unaffected by pressure, serious about his job and a great person. And clutch - over and over again!
Duncan Keith was steady, unspectacular and rock solid. I was told before the tournament that Shea Weber always has had to work his way into being comfortable on the ice. He started just fine and got better and more dangerous each night. And who wrote that finish? After a pretty quiet game, I don't know too many people who were shocked that Sidney Crosby was the OT goal scorer.
Crosby's reputation will continue to grow and a Stanley Cup and Olympic Gold medal just eight months apart solidifies his already lofty place in Canadian hockey lore.
My last thought is about the man who put the gold medal team together - Steve Yzerman. His group spent countless hours poring through games, going over potential lineups and knowing that a silver medal was a loss to the Canadian public. I watched as the players, management and staff gathered for the team picture at centre ice. The pictures were snapped and the first person to leave the ice was Yzerman. He knew it was about the players at this time.
And as always, he conducted himself with humility and class. Congrats to Steve, Team Canada and everyone involved with the 2010 Winter Olympics.
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Earlier this session, folks in the Georgia Senate told me that the parent trigger bill was unlikely to win passage. I thought they were wrong when the bill flew through the House but today's events suggest my sources were right.
House Majority Whip Edward Lindsey, R-Atlanta, withdrew his parent-trigger charter school legislation amid doubts by his GOP Senate colleagues.
Seven states have enacted parent trigger laws; Georgia was among three state considering them. House Bill 123 would have allowed a majority of the parents or a majority of the faculty and instructional staff to petition for a complete overhaul of the school by converting to charter school status or another turnaround model.
The Georgia bill had three unique aspects. It gave the final say-so to local boards of education. It permitted teachers in failing schools to also petition for a management overhaul. And it allowed parents in high achieving schools to petition to turn their schools into charter schools.
The Senate had already made a major alterations to Lindsey's bill, eradicating the provision that allowed teachers in failing schools to petition schools boards for a management overhaul.
Lindsey's legislation, House Bill 123, had already passed the state House of Representatives and seemed to be on a glide path to passage in the Senate. But the bill — which would force school boards to consider a petition from parents or teachers to change a traditional public school into a charter school — ran into problems in the Senate's Education and Youth Committee.
Instead of the bill being voted out of that committee Thursday, Chairman Lindsey Tippins, R-Marietta, announced that Lindsey had asked that the legislation be withdrawn. "It didn't have the votes," Tippins said.
"Rep. Lindsey realized there were some concerns about it," Tippins said. "It is late in the session, and I think Rep. Lindsey just felt that, rather than have it be a point of contention, he'd just wait."
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March 21st, 2013
9:19 pm
I must say, this is a VERY surprising development. Once the senate changed the bill from the House version, I am glad it got pulled. The bill was rushed to begin with, and it's better that they redraft it and get it right in the next session. This is good for Georgia. There may still be a Parent Trigger, but lets make sure the intent is is not compromised.
March 21st, 2013
9:32 pm
Republicans have always been a little slow on the Trigger…..:(
March 22nd, 2013
12:30 am
Hmmm…..I wasn't aware of the provision for parents at high achieving schools to ask for it to be a charter. That'll never fly, even with a rewrite.
March 22nd, 2013
5:47 am
I wonder if anyone has looked into how well this law has worked in other states. I apologize that I cannot remember my sources, but I've read that the few times the "trigger" has been pulled, the results were dismal. I also recall reading that the parent petitions for two of these school situations were actually promoted by paid organizers who went door-to-door to get enough signatures. They were paid by fronts for corporations trying to become the for-profit institution running the schools.
If my details are a little off, someone please correct me, but I believe that the gist is correct.
March 22nd, 2013
6:40 am
Cindy….you are correct. There are many groups with paid organizers serving their corporate masters.
March 22nd, 2013
6:46 am
It was a worthless bill, anyway. How often are 60% of parents going to sign a petition?
March 22nd, 2013
7:23 am
@Mountain Man-Amen. If a school is failing, my bet is that at least 60% of the parents are not involved- it's not always the teachers' or administrators' fault despite so many posts to contrary. Thus, they won't bother signing a petition or doing the work to turn a school around.
I am also very concerned with not specifying that this is for low achieving schools. I though the whole point was to help those schools- oh wait, no. The real intent is clear now- to turn all education over to the "market." Just like the SSOs. It's never been about helping kids in bad schools. It's always been about getting government subsidies (A.K.A. welfare- how ironic for the party of personal responsibility and smaller gov't) for private school tuition via the SSOs and letting corporate interests run the schools like they do the rest of the government.
March 22nd, 2013
8:28 am
Thanks, Maureen. You're right that it's premature to talk about results from these two tiny cases. Of course, you know that I don't put much stock in standardized test scores, anyway.
I'm pretty sure that I read about Parent Revolution–and that it's funded by corporate interests.
I worry about so-called reforms, especially when they're pushed down our throats by entities whose central purpose is profit, rather than kids. In my sixty years upon this planet, I've seen over and over again that the two are pretty much mutually exclusive.
March 22nd, 2013
9:34 am
I continue to be amazed with folks who say that funding by corporate interests is automatically bad. Lets not forget the billions in monopoly profits the textbook publishers extract from K-12 education. A company can be "for profit" and have its values in the right place. The problem is that there have never been multiple options for content, so you are stuck with the publishers whether you like their business practices or not. If a company does not understand the responsibility that comes with selling to students, then districts should be able to cease business with that company.
We really need to change the conversation, because this is part of the fear-mongering propaganda that the self-interest groups like the NEA continue to spread to the masses.
March 22nd, 2013
10:06 am
A company can be "for profit" and have its values in the right place. The problem is that there have never been multiple options for content,
The problem is that in the USA is it getting to the point that we have no services. And the minute you get sick you're bankrupt. I know a guy who got a splinter in his finger ten years ago and it cost him $2000. Dentistry? Pull the tooth. Old age? Sign your home over to the hospital before they provide treatment. If I had kids, I'd tell them to leave and go find a civilised country to live in where workers are not denied services or are exploited to the max when services are required.
As an adult, want to "get educated?" Online garbage from state school billed at $900. for 3 hours for a course via computer, which usually means somebody giving you busy work and a fake "discussion." Then you figure out you can make more income digging ditches than using the "associates degree" except if you get a splinter from the shovel.
Going to be a lot of smooth shovel handles in Georgia for a long time. It is like we're reverting to the 1920s. Lockdown on services. The republicans are in a panic and lock all resources. The democrats want to do mind control so people adjust to "the new norm." How many big crooks does Obama put in jail? None. Zero. And the people, especially the republicans, are so dumb that they have forgotten what are markets and competition. That, and doing real smart stuff like privatising prisons as a for-profit growth industry.
March 22nd, 2013
10:57 am
So there appears to be some sanity left in the GA legislature after all. As I've stated multiple times in blog threads on this topic, the so called unquie aspects of the bill are to the best of my knowledge in large part already written into the Charter School law(s) on the books NOW !!!
Existing charter law already allows for any individual school(failing or not) by majority vote of parents & faculty to petition the local board for charter conversion. As a consequence, the local board already as the final say-so over acceptance of a petition for charter conversion that has met the qualifying standard. What missing in existing law and the bill that was proposed was the any reference to an appeal process if the local board rejects the petition, which I would presume may be to submit the same petition for charter conversion to the State Charter Commission for approval if rejected just as new charter petitioners are allowed to do.
Thus the only truly unique element of the bill that doesn't already exist in law is an allowance that would have permitted teachers in "failing" schools (not sure how failing was to be defined in law) to petition for a management overhaul as a function separate from a petition for charter conversion.
At the end of the day, this parent trigger bill was not needed. Again as far as I know, there are no examples within the last 10 years of any parent/faulty constituency forming the critical mass as prescribed in law to petition for charter conversion. Instead most of what we see is parents begging local boards to keep low performing and under populated schools open absent any manifest commitment institute fundamental changes governance or academic delivery. If so many parents across the metro area are really fed up with what the local board / central office governance is producing in their area, it's time for people in mass to build the coalition required and put their money where their mouth is.
Having lived some moment of the experience, I can attest that institution building absent the status quo local district structural supports is not an easy task and is often met with tremendous political pressures by the local district who publically project support but behind the scenes do all that can to set you up for failure.
Stepping down from my soapbox now, but I hope I've added some value to this ongoing dialouge
March 22nd, 2013
6:52 pm
The trouble with this law is that it showed the talent that fat-cat corporations have for finding a soft spot. The first (unspoken) law of advertising is find a source of unhappiness and promise a cure with any given product. So you see highly unlikely scenarios played out on TV: deodorant solving social inadequacy, vodka gaining friends etc. Infact all advertising plays on the same premise – one MUST be liked/respected by one's peers. With parents you have a triple play – we want our kids to get on with teachers, get on with their peers and get on with us. Plus we want our kids' teachers and friends to respect us. Obviously the sinple ability to convert a school to charter school status will provide all that, right?
I am delighted this stupid law was kicked out, as it should be.
March 22nd, 2013
8:32 pm
There is the possibility of more political motive for Lindsey withdrawing the bill. Indications are that he is ambitious to run for US Senate…when actions only impact his district .. he more frisky…his position on the trigger bill could have the consequence of offending the folks he would wish to curry in a statewide race..good old boy politics at play.I for one will not vote for him..he is a divisive personality.
March 22nd, 2013
9:34 pm
I agree with Bob, this has more to do with Lindsey's new political aspirations. Unfortunately for him, he has shown everyone what his priorities are with his Amendment One and wasting state time trying to take over Fulton County.
Senator Chance, the voters in your district want you to know if you support a $60,000.00 homestead exemption in Fulton County, you should support it in our counties, too. Heck, I bet every homeowning taxpayer in the state would be in favor. If it's a good idea in one county, then it's a great idea for the whole state.
March 23rd, 2013
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The trigger will be pulled in GA. It's just a matter of time. Just like the charter amendment.
March 24th, 2013
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There have been 3 blogs on Get Schooled about the parent trigger bill and its problems as drafted, one with 30 comments, another with 78 comments, and another with 102 comments. I can't help wondering if we bloggers have affected the legislators here….one can dream.


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3 Natural Ways to Bring a Holiday Smell into Your Home
My husband's been bugging me about wanting a "holiday smell" in our home. By that, he means something along the lines of cinnamon, pine and oranges. We don't have a tree set up yet (for us, that waits until after my early December birthday) and seasonal cooking and baking only creates a holiday scent for a limited time. So, how does one imbue their home with seasonal scents? Here are three ideas that don't involve anything artificial:
- Simmering potpourri: From Notes from the Republic, this is an all-natural, homemade potpourri that simmers on the stove top. Sends a great smell throughout the home and even puts a little moisture in that dry winter air. This can be done in a crock pot, too.
- Essential oils: Try adding a little essential cedar oil to your humidifier.
- Pine cones: Bring some pine cones into your home and place them around in bowls. They don't have to be store-bought ones that are strongly scented with cinnamon - they naturally smell of pine.
What do you do to bring that holiday smell into your home?
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make mulled wine
i just actually read the post in full about how you wanted something more long lasting then what you get from cooking.
We make pomanders. You get an unpeeled orange and stuff it with as many cloves as you can fit. Roll it in cinnamon when you're finished and, if you're feeling crafty, pin a few bay leaves to the top. Repeat 'til you've got as many as you want and make sort of a fruit bowl before your fingers start to hurt.
I usually save any citrus peels and make potpourri on the stove. My favorite additions are allspice and cardamom. I also like to burn beeswax candles, since they sweeten and purify the air.
cinnamon broom from tjs!
another TJs cinnamon broom fan chiming in :)
Wintery essential oil blends in a diffuser or unscented candles. Yummy stuff on Etsy.
I have always chosen the simmering potpourri. Pine, berry & unnatural smelling cinnamon turn my stomach (I can barely go into any stores at all this time of year), so citrus & cloves do the trick!
Thank you so much for featuring my stove top potpourri recipe!
If you live in SF the Herb Store on 14th street has everything toy need to make your own, super cheap too. I also get their essential oils which a a quarter of the price of most places.
I recently started using the Mrs. Meyers orange clove counter spray which smells great.
I cut greenery (cedar, cypress, pine, boxwood, yew), put it in water, and put containers of them all over my house.
@commitments --
That's what my family did in the winter - tho we used clementines which are smaller, more fragrant and quite plentiful this time of year.
Until I purchased a humidifier, I'd keep a big stockpot of water on simmer in the evenings, and I'd throw in some ground cinnamon and cloves for fun.
I use a light bulb ring and put essential oils in it. It's easy and fills the air more evenly than a candle.
Clove balls are great too! Punch cloves into an orange or lemon - and glue a ribbon to hang it! There is a great picture of a minimal clove ball on the back of a chair here (http://olivesanddaisies.blogspot.com/2010/11/farmers-market-thanksgiving-table.html)
but google it and you will see all different designs
I'm just wondering, has anyone tried to dry oranges and apple slices at home? in a oven maybe?
TJ's has mulling wine spices in a canister that you can just simmer on the stove. Scent is amazing and lasts for hours.
I make a spicy, sweet iced black tea with orange peel, cinnamon sticks and star anise. The scent lingers for a day or so and you get to enjoy the tasty treat for several days.
@diridi - I've dried herbs in my oven before, which was about 200-250 degrees Fahrenheit for half an hour with the oven door open. I'd imagine the process is same for produce.
why do you have the stove on? surely there are things to do that dont waste power?
We find a real christmas tree (after my mid december bday) is all that is needed.
Mind you, it's summer by then, so a different range of scents are better.
williams sonoma makes a wonderful mulling spice. simmer it in water or cider on the stove. it is amazing how it permeates the house with holiday aromas.
I bought some pine cones in the store, thankfully not those artificial cinnamon scented pine cones. They actually smell like pine, but they've been preserved of course. Does anyone have any suggestions for keeping that smell as long as possible?


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The Justice Resource Center has fallen on hard times recently. There are weeds in gutters, overgrown grass, holes in the walls, and trash and furniture in the back yard.
"It's just disrespectful for people to dump on something that meant, you know, meant so much to the city of Louisville," say Charlie Johnson, Louisville businessman and neighbor.
Johnson owns the buildings next door. He's out of town this weekend but talked to us by phone about his frustrations and concerns. "It's a shame that Rev. Coleman's legacy is marred by leaving a piece of property here that is a blight to the neighborhood," says Johnson.
The building has been vacant since the death of Louis Coleman, who founded the organization. And according to the PVA, he still owns the home.
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Rev. Milton Seymore says the organization took a hit when Coleman died in 2008 but has continued to move forward with its mission.
Rev. Seymore says, "We are still doing the same work. We are looking for jobs, trying to help people find jobs. We're still standing in the courthouses, asking for justice for all."
Earlier this month, The Justice Resource Center held a grand celebration as it moved to a new location at 18th & Oak; the new building is even named after Coleman.
"We are who we are and what we are because of Rev. Coleman and the starts that he made in this community," says Rev. Seymore.
But as for the old building, Rev. Seymore has only one thing to say: "Want the city to know and anyone else to know that we did not walk off from that building."
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An easy read of these sort of books, business or pop psychology, and interesting. It seems to speak to the current meme: you didn't do it by yourself. Success is a combination of timing, family, opportunities, talent, intelligence and passion. Miss one and you don't achieve as much as you could have.
I really liked this book. I think it has a good theory on how to be great at what you want to do in life: Spend 10,000 hours doing it, and not just 8,000.
There are other measures to be taken, of course. But Gladwell does present some good evidence for his theories. He suggests that it is *always* hard work, and other times it is being born at the right time that makes it possible.
Very interesting. Solid support for the theory of successful people being in the right place at the right time, down to their birthdates and places of birth!
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I'm quite fond of Malcolm Gladwell, and I've been looking forward to this book for a while. I think I read it in about a day I enjoyed it so much.
Sociological patterns and case studies and most of all the very human way which he writes hasn't disappointed me. And this is quite a smart view on success that is realistic and yet optimistic.
So thanks again Gladwell!
"Outliers" has much in common with Gladwell's earlier work. It is a pleasure to read and leaves you mulling over its inventive theories for days afterward. It also, unfortunately, avoids grappling in a few instances with research that casts doubt on those theories. This is a particular shame, because it would be a delight to watch someone of his intellect and clarity make sense of seemingly conflicting claims.
The world for Gladwell is a text that he reads as closely as he can in seeking to decode and interpret it. He is adept at identifying underlying trends from which he extrapolates to form hypotheses, presenting them as if they were general laws of social behaviour. But his work has little philosophical rigour. He's not an epistemologist; his interest is in what we think, rather than in the how and why of knowledge itself.
The book, which purports to explain the real reason some people — like Bill Gates and the Beatles — are successful, is peppy, brightly written and provocative in a buzzy sort of way. It is also glib, poorly reasoned and thoroughly unconvincing.
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Who has the most stringent laws? Seems that a San Rafael, California ordinance prohibits smoking in residences with shared walls. Although this doesn't affect businesses, it may be the strictest anti-smoking law in the United States, city officials say.
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I agree that the combat tree could use some work and there are definite PvP talents at the bottom but murder spree isn't only a pvp talent. You don't have to ping pong from target to target. "Can hit the same target multiple times." Imagine you are on a raid boss. So you trinket up, equip a slow off hand hit murder spree. You basically stormstrike every half second for 5 seconds. Then you reequip your fast OH and go about your business.
Honestly though it isn't stellar, and it is useless on trash where everything is CC'd but one target at a time. I know blizz is trying to make all trees viable for everything but rogues generally acknowledge that combat is our PvE tree and sub and assassination are the PvP trees depending on your tastes. I wish Blizz would give us only PvP talents in combat.
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As per the New York Post's article from earlier this week, SEC General Counsel and Senior Policy Director, David Becker is being sued for the return of $1.5 million received as fabricated profits from the Bernard Madoff pyramid scheme.
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The price of oil has experienced high volatility in the past couple of weeks. But despite this high volatility the price of oil remained close to its starting point from the beginning of month. Will this high volatility in the oil market continue? Further, will oil prices resume their downward trend?
During October, the price of oil fell by 0.4%; United States Oil (NYSEMKT: USO) mirrored this decline with a 0.4% drop of its own. The tensions in the Middle East may have contributed to the high volatility in the oil market, but the stable OPEC oil production, the decline in the IEA projection for global demand in 2012, and the rise in U.S oil production and refineries input curbed the rally of the price of oil. Let's further explore these issues and determine what is next for oil prices.
The high volatility of oil prices has affected several oil producers, including Chevron (NYSE: CVX) and Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM). During October, the linear correlation between Chevron and oil (daily percent changes) is 0.4, and between Exxon and oil it is 0.43. Thus, nearly 16% of Chevron's volatility and 18% of Exxon Mobil's volatility (under the assumptions of linearly of relation and normality of data) could be attributed to the shifts in the price of oil. The moderate fall in oil prices may have also pulled down these oil producers' stocks. These energy companies are also strongly correlated with the S&P500 index (during October the linear correlations reached 0.56 and 0.46, respectively). Thus, the ongoing fall of the S&P500 may have also pulled down, to a certain extent, the stocks of these energy companies. Nonetheless, if the price oil will continue to dwindle it could affect the valuation of Chevron and Exxon. So let's see what has changed in the oil market.
Last week, the U.S. Petroleum and oil stockpiles decreased by 4.3 million barrels, reaching 1,792 million barrels. The current oil stockpiles are 22.9 million barrels above the levels during the same week in 2011. The linear correlation between the changes in stockpiles and oil prices is mid-strong and negative, which mean that if oil stockpiles fall further, it could suggest that oil prices are likely to rally.
From the supply side, according the previous EIA report, the U.S oil production continues to rally, as the average production rose last week by 4.3% (week over week). Refinery inputs also rose by 0.7%. Based on these data, the U.S supply expanded last week, and might be among the factors to curb the rally of oil prices. This explanation seems reasonable, but the data don't support this claim.
The chart below shows the development of the four week average oil production and the weekly average price of oil between the years 2011 and 2012. The trend between the two data sets seems to coincide, but the linear correlation between the two is roughly -0.015, which isn't significant. Therefore, the weekly shifts in oil production aren't enough to explain the movement of oil prices on a weekly scale. Nonetheless, if oil production rises further, it will help pull down the price of oil in the long run.
As for OPEC's oil production, there wasn't any sharp changes during last month. According the recent OPEC report, the total oil production only slightly declined to 31,078 thousand bbl/d in September. All eyes continue to be on Iran as its oil production remains low: its oil production reached 2,723 thousand, which is still a relatively low amount compared to previous months. This might suggest that if oil production remains low, it could eventually affect the oil market. The ongoing tensions in the Middle East and the sanctions by Europe and the U.S. against Iran raise the chances of an escalation in the Middle East that could adversely affect Iran's oil production.
Keep in mind that it doesn't require a sharp drop in production for the price of oil to rise precipitately. The oil production of Libya, which before the civil war was around 1,600 thousand bbl/d – nearly half of Iran's production – caused the price of oil to jump by more than $20 per bbl within a matter of weeks. Thus, even a 50% drop in Iran's production could cause a sharp rise in oil prices. This raises the question--is there something to worry over?
The big question is whether the U.S., along with Israel, will commence a full blown attack on Iran. Since there is still time until the Presidential election, this question won't be answered until then. Further, the recent decision in the Israeli parliament to have elections at the end of January also pushes the debate over an attack back untial at least after the Israeli elections. Therefore, I don't think the oil market will be affected by the tensions in the Middle East. There could be additional speculations about the future steps of these three nations that could affect the oil price, but again I don't think these speculations will amount to a fundamental change.
This leaves the demand side and the fluctuations in the currencies as the only factors that could have a substantial effect on the oil prices. In regards to the demand, the recent IEA report projects a decline in the growth in demand for oil in 2012. This could loosen the oil market and thus lower the price of oil.
Therefore, I think that the price of oil will continue to fall in the weeks to follow; there might be additional spurts in the price of oil as the tensions in the Middle East will remain high, but unless there is some unexpected development that is related to the oil market (e.g. an escalation in the Middle East, another Hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico, etc.), I still guess the price of oil will come down.
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If he runs, he'll be one of at least three Republicans to seek the party's nomination for the 6th District House seat being given up by Tom Petri.
State Senate Republican Glenn Grothman of West Bend recently said he would run against Petri in a mid-August primary. Petri first said he would look forward to the competition -- but then on Monday, he announced that 35 years on Capitol Hill is enough, and he won't run after all.
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From The Hope of Christmas by Jack Countryman
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Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
You love righteousness and hate wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of gladness more than Your companions.
—Psalm 45:6–7
An unmistakable sense of joy fills the air. The crowd's excited anticipation is unmistakable. Everyone in the realm is joining in this celebration of the King's reign. The almighty God has anointed Jesus, our Savior, to rule—with justice and uprightness—over all history.
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In its purest form, it's odorless, nearly colorless and tasteless. It's in your body, the food you eat and the beverages you drink. You use it to clean yourself, your clothes, your dishes, your car and everything else around you. You can travel on it or jump in it to cool off on hot summer days. Many of the products that you use every day contain it or were manufactured using it. All forms of life need it, and if they don't get enough of it, they die. Political disputes have centered around it. In some places, it's treasured and incredibly difficult to get. In others, it's incredibly easy to get and then squandered. What substance is more necessary to our existence than any other? Water.
At its most basic, water is a molecule with one oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms, bonded together by shared electrons. It is a V-shaped polar molecule, which means that it's charged positively near the hydrogen atoms and negatively near the oxygen atom. Water molecules are naturally attracted and stick to each other because of this polarity, forming a hydrogen bond. This hydrogen bond is the reason behind many of water's special properties, such as the fact that it's denser in its liquid state than in its solid state (ice floats on water).
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Aging and Disability Resource Centers in CT
Connecticut's Aging & Disability Resource Centers are known as "Community Choices."
Who we are.
Community Choices is a powerful information hub linking older adults, persons living with disabilities, and caregivers in Connecticut to the services and supports they seek. Our dedicated staff can connect you to everything from a name and phone number to more detailed information regarding community services through activites such as benefit screening, options counseling, and care transitions.
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-Older adults
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-Persons who want help navigating a complex system of federal, state, and local programs.
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Our dedicated staff and information specialists have experience in a number of different areas. Community Choices offers:
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We can also connect you with services such as:
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Employment, Financial, Housing and Equipment assistance
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Legal Services
Mental Health / Substance Abuse Services
Ask us about these services to learn more! Find the path you need to what you want with Community Choices.
Contact Community Choices by calling 1-800-994-9422 or visiting a local Community Choices office as detailed below:
South Central Community Choices:
-Agency on Aging of South Central CT - 1 Long Wharf Dr., New Haven
(203)785-8533 www.aoapartnerships.org
-Center for Disability Rights - 764 Campbell Ave., West Haven
(203)934-7077 www.cdr-ct.org
Community Choices of South Central CT serves the following towns: Ansonia, Bethany, Branford, Derby, East Haven, Guilford, Hamden, Madison, Meriden, Milford, New Haven, North Haven, North Branford, Orange, Oxford, Seymour, Shelton, Wallingford, West Haven and Woodbridge.
Western Community Choices:
-Independence Northwest - 1183 New Haven Rd. #200, Naugatuck
(203)729-3299 www.independencenorthwest.org
-Western CT Area Agency on Aging - 84 Progress Lane, Waterbury
(203)757-5449 www.wcaaa.org
The Western CT Community Choices serves the following towns: Barkhamsted, Beacon Falls, Bethel, Bethlehem, Bridgewater, Brookfield, Canaan, Cheshire, Colebrook, Cornwall, Danbury, Goshen, Harwinton, Kent, Litchfield, Middlebury, Morris, Naugatuck, New Fairfield, New Hartford, New Milford, Newtown, Norfolk, North Canaan, Prospect, Redding, Ridgefield, Roxbury, Salisbury, Sharon, Sherman, Southbury, Thomaston, Torrington, Warren, Washington, Waterbury, Watertown, Winsted, Wolcott and Woodbury
North Central Community Choices:
-Independence Unlimited - 151 New Park Ave., Hartford
(860)523-5021 www.independenceunlimited.org
-North Central CT Area Agency on Aging - 151 New Park Ave., Hartford
(860)724-6443 www.ncaaact.org
-Connecticut Community Care, Inc. - 100 Great Meadow Rd. Wethersfield
(860)257-1503 x4369 www.ctcommunitycare.org
The North Central Community Choices serves the following towns: Andover, Avon, Berlin, Bloomfield, Bolton, Bristol, Burlington, Canton, East Granby, East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, Enfield, Farmington, Glastonbury, Granby, Hartford, Hebron, Manchester, Marlborough, New Britain, Newington, Plainville, Rocky Hill, Simsbury, Somers, South Windsor, Southington, Stafford, Suffield, Tolland, Vernon, West Hartford, Wethersfield, Windsor, Windsor Locks.
Southwestern Community Choices:
-Southwestern Connecticut Agency on Aging - 10 Middle Street, Bridgeport
(203)333-9288 www.swcaa.org
-Disability Resource Center of Fairfield County - 80 Ferry Blvd. #210, Stratford
(203)378-6977 www.drfcf.org
The Southwestern Community Choices serves the following towns: Bridgeport, Darien, Easton, Fairfield, Greenwich, Monroe, New Canaan, Norwalk, Stamford, Stratford, Trumbull, Weston, Westport, Wilton.
Eastern Community Choices:
-Senior Resources - 19 Ohio Ave., Norwich
(860)887-3561 www.seniorresourcesec.org
-Disabilities Network of Eastern Connecticut - 19 Ohio Ave., Norwich
(860)823-1898 www.dnec.org
-Connecticut Community Care, Inc. - 108 New Park Ave., Franklin
(860)885-2960 www.ctcommunitycare.org
The Eastern Community Choices serves towns in New London, Middlesex, Tolland, and Windham counties.
Looking for Long Term Care resources?
**If you are interested in information currently available to both the Aging and Disabled communities on long term care planning, please refer to the State's Long Term Care Services & Supports / ADRC website at: www.ct.gov/longtermcare
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If you are interested in going to a local Community Choices office - you can view photographs of these offices so you know if you are in the right place.
Please follow this link to see: Am I in the right place?
If you are interested in viewing photos of each Community Choices Grand Opening Celebration you can select the link below.
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Please follow this link to see: Community Choices & Care Transitions
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Please follow this link to see: Community Choices Recognition
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Please follow this link to see: ADRC 5 Yr Plan
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If a daylight drain is not feasible, I'd recommend
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Since it's easier to install a sump and pump in the
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pump should be installed. This can be a second line-voltage
pump and a generator, or a battery-powered pump.
For houses on a municipal water supply, my favorite is a
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battery-power pump will run, but municipal water pressure
seldom fails. The jet pump has no moving parts, but it does use
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