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2010-11 Men's Basketball Preseason Top 50 (Post-NBA Draft Deadline)May 12, 2010
1. Duke
Kyle Singler is returning. Duke will finally have a true point guard running the show in Mr. Irving. Transfer Seth Curry and the return of SG Nolan Smith makes this Duke team number one.
2. Purdue
The big three of Robbie Hummel, E'twaun Moore, and Jajuan Johnson is back.
3. Kansas State
Yes, Dennis Clemente is gone, but Jacob Pullen and his three-headed monster front-court of Samuels, Kelly, and Sutton make the Wildcats the deepest team in the country.
4. Michigan State
Only losing Raymar Morgan, who in my opinion under-produced. The Spartans will be back in the Final Four discussion with star Kalin Lucas back at the point and key role players Korie Lucious and Draymond Green.
5. Washington
Isaiah Thomas at PG, Abdul Gaddy at SG, Terrence Ross at SF, and Terrence Jones at PF..can't argue against that.
6. Baylor
Ekpe Udoh and Tweety Carter leave but many believe incoming Freshman big man Perry Jones could be the best big man in the country. He, together with returning starters Lacedarius Dunn and Quincy Acy will be tough to take down.
7. Florida
Frankly, Florida could even be higher. Their back-court is as solid as any other in the country with Kenny Boynton and Erving Walker. They have Alex Tyus coming back after spurning the draft. They have Chandler Parsons and his late game heroics. Not to mention an incoming freshman by the name of Patric Young who may be stronger than any other incoming Freshman.
8. Ohio State
This team lost a lot from Turner's departure but they are hoping that the arrival of star Freshman Jared Sullinger will equalize what they've lost. Sullinger is mainly a low-post threat, but OSU can afford Turners departure with their returning guards. David Lighty, William Buford, and Jon Diebler.
9. Villanova
Scottie Reynolds is gone, but honestly who cares? Reynolds was invisible in the NCAA tournament and his leadership lacked for much of the season. Sophomore Maalik Wayns should fill in for Reynolds and the Wildcats have the rest of their core returning in Corey Fisher, Corey Stokes, Antonio Pena, and Sophomore-sure to be stars Taylor King and Mouphtaou Yarou.
10. Kentucky
When you're starting five leaves, just simply reload. Kentucky will sport an entirely new starting lineup next year, once again consisting of mainly Freshman.
Brandon Knight replaces John Wall at PG. Deandre Liggins steps in at the 2. Doron Lamb replaces Eric Bledsoe as the third guard. Dairus Miller starts at forward and Enes Kanter will start at center.
11. North Carolina
Two Words: Harrison Barnes
12. Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh Panthers who exceeded expectations all of last season, return almost all of their players. The matured core will continue to flourish under head coach Jamie Dixon. Sophomore Dante Taylor could blossom into the big time recruit we was sought out to be. Ashton Gibbs will continue to lead the team in scoring.
13. Tennessee
With Chism and Prince gone, Tennessee will lose two of their top three scorers from last year. No problem. Incoming Freshman Tobias Harris looks to be the answer, while Scotty Hopson will help out with the scoring. Look for sophomore Kenny Hall to step up his game.
14. Gonzaga
Elias Harris will be the new face of the Zags. His near triple-double performances will put opposing teams into defensive meltdowns nightly.
15. Georgetown
I don't see how the Hoyas won't be relevant this upcoming season, being that they return two future guards in Freeman and Wright. Throw in Julian Vaughn down low and emerging Sophomore Hollis Thompson and you got a Big East contender once again.
16. Illinois
I hate this team, but they're going to be good. Mccamey returns at PG. His fellow guards Mike Davis and Brandon Paul return too. Incoming Freshman Jereme Richmond should help their front-court problems (Mike Tisdale was a bum last year.)
17. Georgia
Sleeper. Sleeper. Sleeper
Travis Leslie is college basketball's most exciting and talented player. Look him up on Youtube if you don't believe me. Oh, also Trey Thompkins, their leading scorer from last year has decided to come back for another season. Should be a fun one in Athens.
18. Syracuse
'Cuse lost a lot with the departures of Wesley Johnson, Andy Rautins, and Onuaku. However, they do have an emerging star in Kris Joseph and the backcourt duo of Brandon Triche and Scoop Jardine. Their recruiting class should fill in the holes pretty nicely with C Fab Melo and G Dion Waiters.
19. Kansas
2009-10 favorites minus Aldrich, Collins, and Xavier Henry plus Josh Selby = a top 25 team.
The Morris Brothers will be beastly in the paint and Selby will put the team on his shoulders. Tyshawn Taylor will finally get the opportunity he's wanted. This team could be dangerous.
20. Virginia Tech
Malcom Delaney is back, and I, like many other college basketball fans besides V Tech fans, know nothing else about Virginia Tech. So, yeah take the top twenty ranking, but this time don't miss the NCAA tournament.
21. San Diego State
Kawhi Leonard is nasty. D.J Gay is lethal from behind the arc. I like this team. They should win the MWC.
They could be a mystery again this upcoming year. So much talent, but will it all click?
Incoming top-10 Freshman Tristan Thompson should fill in for Pittman, but they need Brown or Balbay to step up. Jordan Hamilton will get increased playing time and could turn out to be a star.
23. Missouri
Kim English is a leader. This team is too good at home and too good defensively to ever doubt. They also have a nice recruiting class
24. Memphis
Star: Will Barton
25. North Carolina State
Star: C.J Leslie
26. Butler
Star: Shelvin Mack
27. Temple
Star: Lavoy Allen
29. Marquette
Star: Jimmy Butler
30. Providence
31. Seton Hall
Star: Jeremy Hazell
32. Dayton
Star: Chris Wrightt
33. Texas A&M
Star: David Sloan
34. West Virginia
Star: Kevin Jones
35. Vanderbilt
36. Wake Forest
Star: Ishmael Smith
37. Ohio
Star: D.J Cooper
38. Richmond
Star: Kevin Anderson
39. Colorado
Star: Alec Burks
40. Wisconsin
Star: Trevon Hughes
41. Mississippi State
Star: Ravern Johnson
42. Connecticut
Star: Kemba Walker
43. Louisville
Star: Peyton Siva
44. St. John's
Star: D.J Kennedy
45. Murray State
46. Xavier
47. Indiana
Star: Maurice Creek
48. Florida State
49. Maryland
Star: Jordan Williams
50. Texas Tech


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BLOOMINGDALE — Time nearly ran out on the Bloomingdale library rape victim. For three months, she had received extended care from Children's Medical Services. It had paid for and administered treatments since an attack three years ago left her in a near-vegetative state.
But when the young woman turned 21 on April 22, she was no longer a child, and the state's obligations to help with her medical care ended.
Children's Medical Services agreed to extend her care by 90 days, but then the $186,000 of annual medical costs would fall to her family.
Earlier this week, Sen. Ronda Storms, R-Valrico, helped secure a solution that would cover the majority of the woman's medical expenses: the Aged and Disabled Adult Medicaid Waiver.
"We've been working at least the last four months on trying to secure a permanent solution for her," said Audie Canney, Storms' legislative aide.
The program didn't have funding for the past six years, so no new patients were being accepted. She remained on the waiting list.
It wasn't until the waiver received an additional $36 million from the legislative session that ended in May that she had a chance to enroll.
"We didn't know until five days ago when Gov. (Rick) Scott signed the budget," Canney said. "From where we were to where we are now, it's leaps and bounds."
The waiver won't cover 100 percent of the woman's medical care, and the family will have to pay for some treatments, such as aquatic therapy, out of pocket, Canney said. However, the family will have complete control of who they are going to hire rather than having mandated employees from the state.
"We're very grateful that the government approved this," Canney said. "This will keep her at home."
An attacker assaulted the woman in April 2008 as she tried to put books in the after-hours drop box at the Bloomingdale library. A little more than three years later, she remains brain damaged and requires round-the-clock care.
Last month, a judge sentenced Kendrick Morris, who was 16 at the time, to 65 years in prison for the crime.
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So I'm back out on the road for the first of two trips over the next three weeks following up with folks who didn't get a chance to see Fallout 3 at E3 or Leipzig. We really aren't doing it for more coverage, but to make sure folks at different sites and publications have had a chance to see it. Often times a given publication may only have one or two folks come by to see the demo during a trade show like E3, which is fine for the purpose of a particular preview or article. However, as you go forward you work with a variety of folks on feature articles, stories, and so forth, and it's important for them to have seen the game for themselves. So this week I'm in San Fran to see a number of folks.
James Mielke over at 1Up put up a post on his blog talking about seeing the Fallout demo for the first time. Here's an excerpt from his post:
Being the busy bee that I am, I don't usually get to play too many games at E3, and that being the case, I definitely didn't get to see Bethesda's stunning Fallout 3 in action. Well, today Bethesda's VP of PR came through the offices and gave us a very articulate walkthrough of the new game's features and mechanics. I asked a lot of questions and got a lot of answers, and as someone who has had a hard time getting into Oblivion, I have to say, Fallout 3 really blew me away.
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Here's your opportunity to own a piece of memorabilia by one of the men who brought Michigan the 1997 National Championship. This 11" by 14" photograph was autographed in black sharpie by former Michigan and San Francisco 49ers wide receiver and member of Michigan's 1997 national championship squad Tai Streets. Who can forget the fact that Tai caught two touchdown passes in the 1998 Rose Bowl that delivered the undefeated season and National Championship to the Wolverines on January 1, 2008. Streets was voted to the All-Big Ten Second Team in 1998. Streets remains second to Jack Clancy on the all-time Michigan single game receptions yardage list with 192.[2] Streets led the Michigan receivers statistically for three consecutive years from 1996 - 1998.
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The Summary: It's the weirdest thing. The Blue Jays can't keep their pitchers healthy at all. It's the young and the old, the traumatic and chronic, the shoulder and elbow, the upper and lower, the left and the right, the majors and the minors; in other words, there's no pattern at all. Yet on the player side, there's nary an injury. It could be just dumb luck or a failing that everyone, including the Jays, is blind to. Dumb luck only lasts so long, and with this being year three of the trend, we can only hope that a new front office might bring new eyes to a problem. Another key will be how the Jays integrate in that long line of returning pitchers. There's no such thing as too much pitching, but figuring out both their roles and their health is a task that could determine if Toronto goes anywhere this year.
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I'm sorry Will, but when did signing a player to a long-term deal after his best season become a good deal?
Mar 30, 2010 06:13 AM
Sorry, I meant Michael. Need to re-check the author of these before posting.
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Well to be fair his '06 season was about the same as his '03 season. And this is what the Baseball Prospectus annual had to say about him before that '06 campaign: "Lost in a generally disappointing season was that Wells continued to work on his plate discipline, with career highs in walks, walk rate and pitches seen per PA. The rest of his decline was part a fluctuation in his batting average, part a loss in power caused by hitting the ball on the ground more. Look for him to get back to his '03 swing and surpass even that year's stellar performance. His next three seasons are going to be huge."
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During the first 30 to 45 minutes of ôThe Hunger Games: Catching Fireö ľ the sequel to 2012 smash ôThe Hunger Gamesö Ś things feel a bit rushed and incomplete, the movieĺs writers, director and/or editor likely having had to make tough calls to cut little but perhaps important chunks from Suzanne Collinsĺ bestselling young-adult novel.
The road from Point A to Points B and C is, maybe, a little bumpy.
Thatĺs a tad frustrating, but when ôCatching Fireö has come to its exciting if cliff-hanging conclusion Ś after a fast-moving two-plus hours Ś thatĺs completely forgiven. When this second ôHunger Gamesö catches fire, it never stops burning.
Ultimately, this is a compelling and cohesive tale that will leave you hungry Ś if youĺll pardon one more forced reference to the title Ś for the next film in the series.
Understand ôCatching Fireö is not for the uninitiated. Director Francis Lawrence, taking the reins from Gary Ross, and a new pair of writers wisely decided that if youĺre seeing the movie, you know all about the post-apocalyptic nation of Panem; its annual Hunger Games; and the Gamesĺ most recent champions, Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence, ôSilver Linings Playbookö) and Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson, ôRed Dawnö), from Panemĺs District 12. See ôThe Hunger Gamesö first or just stay home.
As this second chapter of Collinsĺ three-part saga begins, the rebellious Katniss and more affable Peeta are about to begin a promotional tour of the districts, a dog-and-pony show for the wealthy Capitol and its ruling government. Before the tour begins, Katniss is paid a visit by President Snow (Donald Sutherland), who tells her if she wants those she cares about to be safe Ś namely her love, Gale Hawthorne (Liam Hemsworth, ôParanoiaö), and their families Ś sheĺd better keep selling the phony love angle with Peeta they cooked up to survive the deadly Hunger Games as a pair.
Some oppressed citizens of Panem see the coupleĺs declaration of love as not the real deal Ś theyĺre right, at least when it comes to Katnissĺ end Ś but as an act of defiance toward the government. That defiance is inspiring some to revolt, and Snow wants to put an end to Katniss being a symbol of hope but feels that killing her would be too risky.
Katniss agrees to do as Snow says, but doing what sheĺs told isnĺt exactly one of her strengths. Soon enough, sheĺs making Snowĺs blood boil. That is despite the best efforts of her mentor, Haymitch Abernathy (Woody Harrelson, ôNow You See Meö), and the escort to the District 12 ôtributes,ö Effie Trinkett (Elizabeth Banks, ôPitch Perfectö), to keep her in line.
ôYou are a strangely dislikable person,ö Haymitch tells her early on.
As the revolts continue, Snow and the new head gamemaker, Plutarch Heavensbee (Philip Seymour Hoffman, ôThe Masterö), hatch a plan: The upcoming 75th Hunger Games will come with a twist Ś the tributes will be pulled from the surviving pool of past winners. That guarantees putting Katniss back in harmĺs way, as she is the only surviving female winner from District 12.
As the event approaches, her biggest concern is ensuring the safety of Peeta, preferring that he, not she, be the requisite sole victor and survivor. That may not be an agenda shared by others, however.
When we finally get to the Hunger Games, ôCatching Fireö goes from an interesting if uneven journey to a full-fledged if violent blast.
Katniss and Peeta have allies in a few of the other tributes, most notably Finnick Odair (Sam Claflin, ôSnow White and The Huntsmanö), a cocky but gifted young man who won the Games as a 14-year-old; Johanna Mason (Jena Malone, ôSucker Punchö), a young woman whoĺs possibly as angry as Katniss but seemingly more comfortable with her sexuality; and Beetee (Jeffrey Wright, ôExtremely Loud & Incredibly Closeö), an older man who won the games primarily with his intellect.
As was the case in the first movie, the contestants must deal not only with each other but with the machinations of the gamemaker, Plutarch, who unleashes violent acts of artificial weather, poisonous fog and mutated monkeys inside the Gamesĺ enclosed outdoor arena. There is more teamwork this time around than the first, however, and the resolution of the Games is likely to surprise those unfamiliar with the novel.
Jennifer Lawrence Ś no relation to Francis Ś continues to show why she was a great choice to portray Katniss, giving the heroine hard and soft sides, cold and warm elements. Hutchersonĺs a tougher nut to crack. On the one hand, it seems like he could be bringing more to Peeta; on the other, Peeta works as this likeable character but one you could see Katniss passing over in favor of Hemsworthĺs Gale. (Hemsworth, by the way, again doesnĺt get to do a whole heck of a lot in this movie, as was the case with the first.)
The aforementioned additions to the cast Ś Hoffman, Wright, Malone and Claflin Ś all bring something positive to the proceedings. Hoffman doesnĺt really break a sweat in portraying Plutarch, and yet his presence alone adds to the mix. Likewise, Wright classes up the joint, just as he has on the current season of ôBoardwalk Empire,ö as the gentle Beetee.
The most important addition, however, has to be Francis Lawrence, whose directorial credits include ôWater for Elephantsö and ôI Am Legend.ö Despite the high-concept futuristic elements to this saga, he manages to infuse a more realistic feel to ôCatching Fire,ö which is very welcome. It makes it easier to buy into the goings-on, which can be a little silly, and lose yourself in the story.
And while we can quibble with a few of the choices made by writers Simon Beaufoy (ô127 Hoursö) and Michael Arndt (ôToy Story 3ö) Ś who recently left his post as the writer for ôStar Wars Ś Episode VIIö Ś the script flows naturally and pulls you into this world. To be fair to them, if they had added to the movieĺs first act, they would have risked bogging it down; if theyĺd cut story elements, they might have angered fans of the book.
Both fans of the book and the first movie should be pleased with ôThe Hunger Games: Catching Fireö and look forward to the next chapter.
The powers that be decided to split Collinsĺ series-closing book, ôMockingjay,ö into two movies, set for release in November 2014 and November 2015. Thatĺs a little discouraging based on the lackluster first-half adaptations of the final ôHarry Potterö and ôTwilightö books. On the plus side, though, Francis Lawrence will be back in the directorĺs chair for ôThe Hunger Games: Mocking Jay Ś Part 1ö and ôPart 2.ö
Weĺll trust that the duo of Lawrence and Lawrence Ś one behind the camera and one in front Śá will bring us home in fine style.
ôThe Hunger Games: Catching Fireö Ś rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some frightening images, thematic elements, a suggestive situation and language Ś is in theaters Nov. 22. Running time: 2 hours, 26 minutes. Three and a half stars out of four.


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Laudrup: Wieghorst could replace me
Morten Wieghorst could be the perfect replacement for Michael Laudrup, according to Swansea's manager.
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Laudrup is being linked with a host of top jobs after leading the club to the League Cup - the first piece of major silverware in their history.
Swansea's chairman Huw Jenkins has already stated it might be difficult to keep Laudrup beyond his current contract, which runs until 2014.
And in their manager's opinion, his assistant boss and fellow countryman Wieghorst has what it takes to step into his shoes if and when he does leave for pastures new.
"I certainly believe he can be manager here," Laudrup told Wales Online.
"He has experience from Scottish football and is familiar with (English football). He has shown ability in Denmark, both with FC Nordsjaelland and the under-21 national team."
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NEWPORT County AFC have a big injury worry over midfielder Max Porter after Tuesday night's friendly at Evesham United.
The Exiles won their first pre-season match 4-2 but manager Justin Edinburgh's biggest concern afterwards was for Porter who had to be withdrawn after just 25 minutes.
The 27-year-old missed the best part of a year of football with a persistent groin injury that first surfaced in January 2013.
He returned for the second half of last season but the fear is now that he has suffered a recurrence of the same problem.
"We didn't want to take any risks with Max," said Edinburgh. "He felt just a little bit of discomfort so we took him straight off.
"It's too early really to tell how bad it is but hopefully it's nothing too serious.
"It is in that groin area (again) so we're just keeping our fingers crossed at the moment."
Porter has now undergone a scan on the injury and County are awaiting the results.
Edinburgh was pleased with the performance at Evesham and suggested that Ex-Barnet man Byrne, who played for him at Rushden & Diamonds, could be a permanent addition to the squad.
"I thought it was a good competitive game and there were a lot of positives," said the Exiles boss.
"It's mainly a fitness exercise at this stage but I thought there were some good performances.
"Darren Jones was very composed. He's got plenty of experience and I thought he did well.
"I was very pleased with Yan Klukowski as well. He's got the knack of arriving in the box at the right time and that's why we brought him here.
"I thought everyone did well, particularly Shaun Jeffers who has gone away and worked hard on his physique and he looked sharp.
"And the trialists certainly gave me something to think about going into Saturday.
"I'm more than happy with the squad," he added. "I think it's got a good shape about it.
"We're probably looking at bringing in one more central midfield player and maybe a right-back and that's it. I don't foresee anyone going out at the present time."
On Byrne, Edinburgh said: "I know him well and he showed the qualities he has so I think it is something that could be a possibility and hopefully we can make it happen."
And winger Chris Jones, who missed Tuesday's game, could feature at Cirencester on Saturday.
"Chris had a couple of days away but he is still with us and he'll be involved on Saturday," confirmed Edinburgh.
Meanwhile, the County youth team were beaten 3-1 by Wrexham in a friendly match at Newport's Dragon Park.
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By Dan Barufaldi
As mentioned earlier in this tutorial, hedge funds have a few similarities to mutual funds, but there are a larger number of differences, and in this section of the tutorial we'll briefly go over some of the most important. (To learn more about mutual funds, check out Special Feature: Mutual Funds.)
Not Regulated
For starters, hedge funds are not regulated. There are limits to what they can do, such as the number of investors they can have (mentioned earlier), or the fact they cannot advertise to the general public, but they are not regulated by the SEC per se. The implications of this are that an investor should be properly informed about a hedge fund, its strategy and the character of the principals before investing. (Learn more about the SEC in Policing The Securities Markets: An Overview Of The SEC.)
This is probably one of the main reasons why hedge funds are thought to be more risky than a traditional mutual fund investment. However, the strategies that hedge funds use are constantly being characterized as very risky, and in many cases, hedge funds have more conservative strategies than other traditional investments. For the purposes of this tutorial, it will suffice to say that there is no federal or state regulator overseeing the operations of hedge funds, and therefore proper due diligence is critical.
One of the other implications of not being regulated is that hedge funds are neither required to report their underlying positions to the general public nor to any regulatory agency. Even though more and more investors are demanding increased transparency from hedge funds, the really talented hedge fund managers do not want to reveal any of their positions, and often get away with not providing any. Investors, fearful of not participating in the potential returns the manager can generate, often give in and make an investment regardless. In some cases, an investor is large enough to demand position details, in which case a hedge fund manager may take certain precautions, such as the signing of a confidentiality agreement.
Manager Characteristics
When the hedge fund industry was in its infancy, hedge fund managers were the most talented money managers around. It makes sense that it would be the most talented that would strike out on their own, produce the best returns over time, and charge high fees for doing so. Many hedge fund managers had worked for one or several of the large institutions before striking out on their own, and investors were more than happy to move their investments along with them. (Read more about the early days in A Brief History Of The Hedge Fund.)
Over the years, however, an increasing number of mediocre managers have launched hedge funds with the lure of making huge sums of money. For this reason, it is important for an investor to properly evaluate a hedge fund before making an investment. Whereas the term "hedge fund manager" was historically indicative of a manager's talent, that is no longer the case.
Hedge Fund Strategies
Finally, many hedge funds adhere to certain strategies, some of which were discussed earlier in this tutorial. Initially, the offering memorandum that was provided to an investor set specific guidelines regarding a hedge fund's investment strategy and the type of securities it can invest in. Recently, however, with the increase in hedge funds and the whittling away of previously very lucrative profits in certain strategies, hedge funds have begun to expand their investment mandate, allowing them much more flexibility to seek out opportunities.
This means that a
This section of the tutorial gave you a taste of the different characteristics of hedge funds. We have seen acceleration in the rate of change in the hedge fund industry so that many of the characteristics currently prevalent may be altered significantly or change altogether. There has been mention of a reduction in fees, increased regulation, the creation of mutual funds with hedge fund strategies, and a variety of other dynamics that will surely change the characteristics of these vehicles.
Hedge Funds: Performance Measurement
What Are Hedge Funds?Hedge funds may be similar to mutual funds in some ways, but they differ in other ways like fee structure. Is a hedge fund for you?
Understanding a Hedge Fund Manager's WorthHedge funds pool investors' money much like mutual funds. However, they are not as closely regulated as mutual funds, and although their investments may include stocks, bonds and other traditional ...
Taking A Look Behind Hedge FundsHedge funds can draw returns well above the market average even in a weak economy. Learn about the risks.
Hedge Funds: Higher Returns Or Just High Fees?Discover the advantages and pitfalls of hedge funds and the questions to ask when choosing one.
Hedge Funds Go RetailFind out how average investors are breaking into what was once reserved for the ultra rich.
Hedge Funds TutorialHedge funds can be an integral part of a well-diversified portfolio - if you know how to choose them.
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Why Hedge Funds Are Not Living Up to Return HypeHedge funds are supposed to produce better returns while protecting your investments from the downside. Here's why they are not living up to their purpose.
Evaluating Hedge Fund PerformanceMost investors are aware of hedge funds, but many don't know the dirty details of this unique investment type.
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Will Hedge Funds Be Around in 10 Years?Learn why some analysts see hedge funds as a dying breed, especially after a torturous January 2016 for fund managers around the world.
How To Start a Hedge Fund In the United StatesA general overview of how to start a hedge fund firm in the United States, including complying with state and federal regulations.


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ABS Nautical Systems Gains Three Greek Customers
ABS Nautical Systems expands in Greece with contracts signed by Sun Enterprises Ltd., Quintana Shipping Ltd. and Nautilus Marine Acquisition Corp. All three companies will utilize ABS Nautical Systems' Energy & Environmental Manager module through the ABS Newbuild Program, which offers complimentary software to ABS-classed vessels built after January 1, 2009.
Sun Enterprises Ltd., located in Piraeus, serves as the consolidated operating company for a modern fleet of tankers and dry bulk carriers. The company will implement the software solution on three of its newly-built vessels.
Quintana Shipping Ltd. located in Kifisia is an international provider of shipping transportation services through the ownership and operation of dry bulk vessels. Providing an efficient and reliable service with a focus on safety and respect for the environment, the company will implement the Environmental Manager as well as the Hull Inspection modules on four its dry bulk vessels. These two modules will provide the tools necessary for achieving greater energy efficiency and better asset optimization.
Nautilus Marine Acquisition Corp., based in Athens, is a maritime energy services company which owns and operates OSVs serving oil and gas exploration and production companies and projects. They will implement the Energy & Environmental Manager module on five of its OSVs with future plans to incorporate additional modules from the NS5 Enterprise software suite.


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"Embera has the potential to meet a major clinical need for a safe and effective therapy for smoking cessation, a $3.5 billion worldwide market"
."This investment will enable us to complete preclinical development for EMB-001 and to bring this drug candidate entirely through a Phase 1 safety study," said Bob Linke, Chief Executive Officer of Embera. "Embera, alongside its scientific founder, has already established clinical activity for EMB-001 in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot clinical study in cocaine-dependent subjects. Additionally, our studies of EMB-001in a preclinical model of nicotine dependence have confirmed the potential for EMB-001 as a smoking cessation treatment, with statistically significant results versus the positive control, varenicline. We thank our investors for their continued support of this promising potential addiction treatment."
"Embera has the potential to meet a major clinical need for a safe and effective therapy for smoking cessation, a $3.5 billion worldwide market," said Ross P. Barrett, Chairman of Embera's Board of Directors and founding partner of BVM Capital, LLC, which is the general partner of Louisiana Ventures L.P. "Data for EMB-001 to-date have been very compelling, and we therefore felt it was important to continue to support this program in order to bring it closer to patients."
About EMB-001
EMB-001 is a novel addiction treatment that acts by uniquely modulating multiple stress-related pathways to address the craving that drives addiction and to maximize potential efficacy. EMB-001 acts by mechanisms distinct from those of existing addiction treatments, and is based on the contribution of stress and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis to the acquisition and maintenance of addiction. This treatment comprises two FDA-approved medications, the benzodiazepine oxazepam and the cortisol synthesis inhibitor metyrapone. This patent-pending combination is based on a discovery made by the company's scientific founder Dr. Nicholas Goeders' work at LSU Health Sciences Center-Shreveport on the role of physiologic responses to chronic stress in addiction.
About Embera NeuroTherapeutics
Embera NeuroTherapeutics, Inc. is a development-stage pharmaceutical company focused on treating a broad range of addictions where the major clinical challenge is a limited range of effective drug therapies. Embera is developing a novel drug combination (EMB-001) targeting specific brain functions that drive craving and relapse associated with these disorders. Embera is advancing EMB-001 development programs in smoking cessation and cocaine dependence.
For additional information about the company, please visit www.emberaneuro.com.
Embera NeuroTherapeutics, Inc.:
Bob Linke, 617-719-9406
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MacDougall Biomedical Communications
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NORDESTE, San Miguel, Portugal — Danny Medeiros rests on his pilgrim's staff as a silver Lexus skims over fresh pavement through the lush volcanic coast south of the town of Nordeste.
"This place looks nothing like the place I left," says the 48-year-old building contractor from Hamilton, Ontario. Born here on San Miguel, Medeiros left the Azores for Canada when he was 11. He has returned with a group of fellow emigres for an eight-day religious pilgrimage around the island.
"I remember kicking up clouds of dust on this very road," he says, two rosaries around his neck rising and falling with his breath. "I remember walking three or four miles every day after school to search for firewood. I remember villages without cars and families without food."
Long the poorest region in one of Europe's poorest countries, the Azores have recently leapfrogged into affluence. Set in the Atlantic Ocean 1,000 miles from Lisbon, the nine-island archipelago now enjoys per capita GDP levels approaching those of continental Europe.
New highways, roads and bridges — fruit of Portugal's 1986 entry into the European Union — shorten the distance between Nordeste and Ponta Delgada, the islands' capital, from half a day to just over an hour. Modern airports on all nine islands put Lisbon, London and Madrid within two hours reach, and Boston and Montreal at just over five. Virtual distances have been shortened as well, with solid internet access, satellite television and a robust mobile phone network.
|Azores farmers struggle to compete in Europe.
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"We are not isolated as we once were," said Pedro Moura, a journalist in Ponta Delgada who hosts Bom Dia Acores, the regional morning television news broadcast. "We can live and work here as we might live in Lisbon, or Paris, or London."
Life wasn't always so connected here. First settled by Portugal in the 1500s, the isolated backwater subsisted on whaling, fishing and tenant farming. Frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions — both products of the massive tectonic seam on which the islands perch — made a harsh life even harsher, and fueled a deep, fatalistic form of Catholicism that persists both in the Azores and in their broad diaspora. Migrants fled starvation in massive waves, first as crews on whaling ships, then to work in Californian dairies, Hawaiian pineapple plantations and New England textile mills. Between 1950 and 1990, 182,000 Azoreans — nearly half the region's population — left their homeland.
The tide has certainly changed. The EU bounty, the brand new infrastructure and a blossoming tourist industry have brought migrants to the Azores for the first time in centuries. The inflow is small — about 8,000 over the past 10 years — but significant in a region with a total population of 240,000. Many of the new arrivals are returning expats from North America. Others are native Portuguese speakers from Brazil, Angola and Cape Verde. A few are eastern Europeans who came to rebuild Faial after the island was rocked by an earthquake in 1998.
"It's a very positive sign," said Jean Manes, American consul in the Azores since 2006. The consulate has operated continuously in Ponta Delgada since 1795, testimony to the strong ties between the Azores and the United States, which keeps an active air base on Terceira island. "The economy has flourished over the last 20 years. And people move here because they see opportunity."
For economic migrants, the Azores are a land of promise, or at least employment. For returning emigres, the islands are almost a foreign land where nature is no longer an implacable foe. The volcanic substrata that still causes tremors now powers sleek geothermal plants that generate nearly 40 percent of San Miguel's electricity. Azorean boats that hunted sperm whales well into the 1980s now carry passengers on whale watching tours. The Capolinhas volcano, which destroyed almost half the homes on Faial in 1957, is now a high tech research and visitor center and a major tourist draw.
The sweeping changes are also jarring for many who never left the Azores. Fishermen in rowboats scratch their heads over EU catch limits and price controls. San Miguel's boutique dairy business — a cooperative of 1,700 small, family-owned farms that produce milk, cheese and yogurt primarily for export — survives on generous EU quota exceptions scheduled to expire over the next few years. And the Azorean dream of self-sufficiency on a plot of land with a garden, a handful of chickens and a single cow or goat slips into the past as young people migrate to urban centers in search of work.
"I take the ferry to Pico every week to tend my family vineyards there," said Antonio Vargas, an architect who returned with his family to live on Faial after 25 years in California. The Pico vineyards are a UNESCO World Heritage site, a rolling maze of basalt drywalls that protect the vines from winds and rain. "But I know this will all end with me. A lot of small scale viticulture and agriculture will stop with my generation. Our children simply aren't interested in it."
With traditional lifestyles waning and traditional industries stagnant, the Azores have propped much of their future on tourism. The sector already fuels most new construction, along with a host of related service industries. But it will need to grow further before the archipelago stops living off the EU dole. And the visitors will come, drawn by reports of benign volcanoes, of hillsides exploding with azaleas, and spectacular basalt cliffs plunging into the sea. The only question is how this newest flow will shape life on the islands.
"We've learned in other places that massive tourism doesn't bring any happiness to the population," said Frederico Cardigas, a biologist and director of environmental affairs for the Azores. "Our strategy is to build an industry geared to a select group of discerning travelers. Of course this is what every region wants. But it's even more important here. There are delights in every corner of these islands. We have to make sure these delights are preserved."


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A guided tour of BP's financial tools.
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Who's costing their team the most with their situational outs in 2013?
May 24, 2013
Is it really fair to compare Joey Votto to Brandon Phillips?
May 14, 2013
Why Jon Heyman's questions about WAR are worth asking, and answering.
May 8, 2013
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April 30, 2013
The love that dare not speak its name. (Which is to say, the love of Delmon Young's bat.)
April 26, 2013
Breaking down the debate about sabermetrics between Brian Kenny and Hawk Harrelson.
April 22, 2013
Does public criticism of Starlin Castro and Anthony Rizzo help the Cubs?
April 20, 2013
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March 28, 2013
Announcing the arrival of the 2013 PECOTA percentiles.
February 20, 2013
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February 15, 2013
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February 11, 2013
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January 10, 2013
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Sony Online Entertainment has had a change of heart. Originally, the upcoming "Fight for the Light" add-on for DC Universe Online was going to cost consumers $9.99. Now the DLC will be free when it launches on September 6, 2011 in the U.S.
The "Fight for the Light" add-on introduces Green Lantern and Sinestro Corps power rings to DCU Online. Unfortunately, you can't become a full-fledged member of the GLC or Sinestro Corps via the DLC (only a emblem-less rookie), but at least you can augment your power-set with some ring slingin' abilities. The "Fight for the Light" add-on will also introduce three new missions to the title.
So, you might be asking yourself why is the DLC now free? Well, Sony claims that they made the add-on free as a gift to their loyal fanbase. That's very generous of them, but we think it might have something to do with the fact that DCU Online already has a relatively small user-base. The game didn't take off as well as Sony and DC probably expected it to. Therefore, charging extra for the "Fight for the Light" DLC might push away the remaining costumers that Sony and DCUO can't afford to lose. But that's just a theory on our end.
Either way, the news here is that the upcoming "Fight for the Light" DLC for DCU Online will now be 100% free. So if you're still playing the game, make sure to let Sony Online Entertainment know your satisfaction with this decision.


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Perry announced the new look on Instagram saying, "SLIME GREEN FOR SPRING by my bb's @neeenaboo & @brantmayfield at the @mcmillansalon."
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"I've wanted to go slime green for a long time," she said at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles' 35th Anniversary Gala presented by Louis Vuitton. "It's spring time and I think it's time to freshen up my look."
Adding, ""I'm really excited about slime green, but I hope my hair doesn't fall out. I kind of cut my bangs in haste and now I want them gone."
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What mulch do you recommend for azalea beds?
J.S., Dallas
Pine needles are probably the best choice. They stay in place, are acidic (which azaleas like) and look appropriate with azaleas, especially if you have any pine trees on your property.
When will it be safe to get back into the garden? I use spray every time I go outside, but even then usually there will be a mosquito or two buzzing around.
E.H., Dallas
There always will be mosquitoes. Apply Bti (Bacillus thuringiensis 'Israelensis') products and gambusia fish, also called mosquito fish, to water features and ponds to control mosquito larvae, and spray essential-oil products to kill and repel adult insects.
Mosquito fish can be purchased from water garden retailers, including Creative Water Gardens in Garland. I bought 10 of them about three months ago and now I have at least 500. They reproduce like aquatic rabbits.
In your book Texas Gardening the Natural Way, you state one should not use sulfur on cucurbits such as cantaloupe, squash, cucumbers and watermelon. What is the reason for this statement?
R.L., Kingsland
Sulfur can burn these plants' foliage. If you are looking to control fungal diseases like powdery mildew, there are other organic controls that work well and don't have any side effects. The best include compost tea, cornmeal juice and Bio Wash.
Bio Wash is a commercial plant-cleaning product. Cornmeal juice is made by mixing a cup of whole ground cornmeal with 5 gallons of water. Strain out the solids and toss them into flower beds or into the compost pile. Compost tea is made by soaking compost in water, adding molasses and bubbling air through the mix with an aquarium pump. Find the details of this recipe under the library tab of my website.
I have several 30-year-old live oaks. One has significant surface roots that look unsightly and there is no grass there. I know that the tree roots should not be covered, but are there suitable ground covers for that area other than monkey grass, liriope, ivy and Asian jasmine?
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It would be detrimental to the tree to remove the roots. Leave roots exposed and add mulch over the roots and bare ground.
The native groundcover to consider for shade is horse- herb.
I am building raised beds, 18 inches high, for my garden. How many inches deep do I need in dry matter such as cow manure, how much compost and how much topsoil?
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I would first put in sandy loam or just your native soil to fill about 10 inches of the bed. Then top it off with my recommended bed prep: compost, rock minerals and dry molasses. Mix in the new materials to bring the height of the soil, after the materials settle, to just below the top of the raised bed. More information is under the Guides tab on my website.
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The summer of 2003 my family and I went on vacation to visit Williamsburg, at least that was the plan. Now myself, I'm the kind of person who packs two weeks ahead of time, so of course I went online to see what I could find out about Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown. I couldn't seem to find very much, from a tourists point of view, so I went to my back up source, the AAA Auto Club. I picked up a book for Virginia, found the section covering the three towns and started to read. The more I read, the more I discovered how little I knew and the more I wanted to know.
Now, we've all had vacations and trips that were disappointing. Our expectations were high and the reality failed miserably. This was not the case with this trip. My expectations came no-where near the beauty and wonder of the reality. I thought I knew what to expect - how wrong I was!
I hope that people seeing these pages will go out of their way to visit these wonderful historical sites, you won't be disappointed. I would suggest one thing above all else, give yourself plenty of time. A week would be good, you might get to see it all. So far we've split our trip up into two different visits, if you don't count the time I took for pictures, it would have taken us three days so far. We have another visit planned soon for the rest of Yorktown, the Yorktown Victory Center and Williamsburg, we figure at least three more days maybe four. That's without visiting the beautiful plantation houses in the area, I can't even guess how long that would take, because there are a lot.
I really hope that these pages help someone in their research and you enjoy the pictures as much as we enjoyed the visit. As I mentioned, we haven't finished our "vacation" so the pages here are not complete, we still have to go back to Yorktown and Williamsburg.
I want to thank all the National Park personnel, the members of the Living History Museum as well as the other folks at the other places we visited, everyone was wonderful, helpful and very nice! :)
"This Yorktown, or Little York, is a small city of approximately 300 houses: it has, moreover, considerable circumference. It is located on the bank of the York River, somewhat high on a sandy but level ground. It has 3 churches, 2 reformed English and 1 German Lutheron... and 2 Quaker meeting houses, and a beautiful court or meeting house..."
Johann Conrad Doehla, Anspach-Bayreuth Battalion, British army, July 31, 1781
Travel a short distance along this walkway to discover historic Yorktown.
Established in 1691, by the 1750s the town was a thriving seaport supporting a prosperous waterfront business district with wharves, warehouses and pubs. Stately and moderate homes, outbuildings, stores, churches, taverns and government buildings filled the bluff overlooking the river.
The town was extensively damaged during the 1781 siege and never recovered its colonial prominence.
Explore Yorktown and discover among a still active community sights that reflect the town's past gory: earthworks encircling the town, the 1881 Monument to the Alliance and Victory, and 18th century buildings, including the home of a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
"I have this day visited the town of York, to witness the destructive effects of the siege. It contains about sixty houses... many of them are greatly damaged and some totally ruined, being shot through in a thousand places and honey-combed ready to crumble to pieces."
Dr. James Thacher, Surgeon, Continental Army, October 22, 1781.
The "Old Town" which you enter here is ringed by stout Civil War entrenchments built on top of the British works of 1781. Englishmen, Scotsmen, Welchmen, Hessians, and Loyalist Americans were quartered here while besieged by American-French forces under Washington.
Secretary Nelson's House
Thomas, a son of "Scotch Tom," who established the Nelson family in Yorktown, was for many years Secretary for the Colony of Virginia. This comfortable and Spacious home attracted Lord Cornwallis who needed a headquarters near his main defenses on the east side of town. The British commander remained here through much of the siege - until Allied gunners made the house untenable. Its foundations are to your left.
Foundations of the home of Thomas Nelson president of the council and Secretary of State of the Colony of Virginia erected in 1725.
First headquarters of Lord Cornwallis, it was destroyed during the siege of Yorktown in 1781.
Preserved and marked by the Yorktown brance association for the preservation of Virginia Antiquities 1930
Established 1691
"York-Town, Capital of the County if that Name, is situated on a rising Ground, gently descending ever Way into a Valley, and tho' but stragglingly built, yet makes no inconsiderable Figure." Edward Kimber, Observations in Several Voyages and Travels in America in the Year 1736.
Before the American Revolutionary War, Yorktown was a prosperous, thriving tobacco port. Approximately 80% of the town was damaged or destroyed during the climatic military campaign of that war, General George Washington's victory over British General Charles Lord Cornwallis in the 1781siege.
White the town never regained its colonial prominence, Yorktown is still a vibrant community, boasting shops, restaurants, places of lodging, churches and a county courthouse. Reminders of the town's 18th century history, such as historic homes and buildings, and military earthworks, can yet be found, providing visible symbols of Yorktown's important contributions to the founding of the of the United States of America.
"the British pull'd down many of the houses in York & those they left have been much injured by the Bombardment..." William Reynolds to William Murdoch, October 26, 1781.
Yorktown Victory Monument
This monument was authorized by Continental Congress, October 29, 1781, just after the news of surrender reached Philadelphia. Actual construction began 100 years later and was completed in 1884. The original figure of Liberty atop the Victory shaft was severely damaged by lightning. A new work replaced in in 1956. The shaft of Maine granite is 84 feet in height to which Liberty adds another 14 feet.
At York on October 19, 1781 after a siege of nineteen days by 5500 American and 7000 French troops of the line 3500 Virginia milita under command of General Thomas Nelson and 38 French ships of war Earl Cornwallis commander of the British forces at York and Gloucester, surrendered his army 7251officers and men 840 seamen 244 cannon and 24 standards to his excellency George Washington Commander in Chief of the combined forces of America and France to his Excellency the Comte De Rochanbeau commanding the auxiliary troops of his most christian majesty in America and to his Excellency the Comte De Orasse Commanding in Chief the Naval Army of France in Chesapeake.
The treaty concluded February 3, 1779 between the United States of America and Louis XVI King of France declares the essential and direct end of the present defensive alliance is to maintain effectually the Liberty and sovereignty and independence absolute and unlimited of the said United States as well in matters of government as of commerce
Erected in pursuance of a resolution of congress adopted October 29 1781 and an act of congress approved June 17 1880 to commemorate the victory by which the independence of the United States of America was achieved
The provisional articles of peace concluded November 30 1782 and the definitive treaty of peace concluded September 3 1783 between the United States of America and George III King of Great Britain and Ireland declare His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States viz New Hampshire Massachusetts Bay Rhode Island and Providence Plantations Connecticut New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia to be free sovereick and independent states.
In appreciation of the service of these men who made the supreme sacrifice in the Yorktown campaign, 1781. This tablet is erected by the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, October 19, 1931.
In memory of the men of the French fleet who died in the Naval phase of the Yorktown campaign in the Battle of the Virginia Capes on 5 September 1781.
In appreciation of the services of Admiral Francois Joseph Paul De Grasse, who brought his entire West Indies fleet to the aid of the Americans, who transported more than 3000 French troops under the command of the Marquis De Saint-Simon to reinforce the land forces, and who commanded the French fleet in the Battle off the Virginia Capes, defeating a squadron of the British Royal Navy under Admiral Thomas Graves. General George Washington called French Naval superiority "The pivot upon which everything turned" as the French victory prevented General Earl Cornwallis from aid or escape by sea and allowed a smaller French fleet from Newport under Commodore De Barras to enter the Chesapeake Bay with siege guns essential in the land battle that followed.
In commemoration of the bicentennial of this most important Naval battle fought in American waters which assured the victory at Yorktown and American independence.
This tablet is erected by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, October 19, 1981
In appreciation of the service of these men who made the supreme sacrifice in the Yorktown campaign, 1781. This tablet is erected by the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, October 19, 1931.
A L'occasion Du Bicentenaire des Traites De Paris Et De Versailles Qui Consacrerent Le 3 Septemere 1733 L'independance Des Etats - Unis D'Amerique Cette Plaque A Ete Apposee Par Les Filles De La Revoltion Americaine En Temolonage De Gratitude Envers Les Artisans Qui S'etaient Voues.
"Au Plus Beau Des Ouvrages -- L'eblaboration De La Paix"
(Benjamin Franklin)
On September 3, 1983, the bicentennial of the treaties of Paris and Versailles which secured the peace and established the independence of the United States of America, this tablet was offered by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution as a grateful tribute to the architects of these treaties who dedicated themselves to
"The best of all works -- the work of peace."
(Benjamin Franklin)
We are now friends with England and with all mankind.
Benjamin Franklin, 1783
American Peace Commissioner
This great peace monument is a symbol of the sacrifices in lives and property in the Revolutionary War, which ended at Yorktown and which brought us our independence. It symbolizes, too, the peace between the Mother country and America - A peace not seriously interrupted since 1781.
Horace M. Albright, 1931
Director, National Park Service
The Treaty of Paris was the first step toward and alliance with Great Britain which has grown stronger through two centuries to become one of our most important alliance relationships. Political, cultural, economic, and defense ties between our two nations are firm and lasting.
Ronald Reagan, 1983
President, United States of America
Dedicated 19 October 1984
Bicentennial year, Ratification Treaty of Paris
David and I made another attempt to see Yorktown in September, 2003, but unfortunatly Hurricane Isabel was set on a course and due to hit the next day so most of the houses had boards covering all the windows. We will go back eventually, but probably after the hurricane season is over and most likely, not until the Spring of 2004 :) The rest of Yorktown will be posted then, my apologies for the delay :)
Street Sign: Main and De Grasse Streets
Dudley Digges House, Circa 1760
"... Lieutenant-colonel Tarleton directed them to charge into the town, [Charlottesville, Virginia]... and to apprehend, if possible, the governor and assembly. Seven members of the assembly were secured...and several officers and men, were killed, wounded, or taken." Lieutenant-Colonel Banastre Tarleton, A History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781
Dudley Diggers built this classic Virginia Tidewater style home around 1760. The outbuildings, wellhouse, kitchen, granary and smokehouse are typical of those found in the colonial era. The house was restored in 1960 and the outbuildings were reconstructed by the National Park Service in the 1970's.
One of the members of the Virginia assembly captured by the British during their Charlottesville raid on June 4, 1781 was the former lieutenant governor, Dudley Digges. Digges' capture ended his prominent political involvement in the American Revolution.
The Digges family participated in colonial government since the immigration in 1650 of Dudley's great-grandfather, Edward Digges, from England. Dudley was born around 1728 and by his early twenties was a practicing lawyer in York County. He served in the House of Burgesses from 1752 until the start of the American Revolutionary War. Throughout the war, Dudley remained active in numerous areas of Virginia government, including helping to write the commonwealth's first constitution and becoming one of the first members of the state council.
Dudley's home, like so many other Yorktown houses, was damaged during the 1781 siege and rendered uninhabitable. Dudley moved to Williamsburg and died there in 1790.
Old Houses
From this point you can see seven houses built more than 200 years ago. Yorktown was then a leading Virginia seaport. Cannon fire threatened all the buildings during the Siege; damaged many. The following winter French troops quartered here.
The "Great Valley"
In the 1700's a road wound down this ravine from "Maine Street" on the bluff to Water street "under the hill," then a busy shore front.
The Thriving Town of York 1750
17th Century Europe's desire for tobacco brought wealth into the Virginia Colony. Trade boomed - so did taxes. Yorktown and other river ports were created as centers for taxing the tobacco trade. By 1750 Yorktown ranked among Virginia's busiest seaports.
"Great Valley Road," one of old Yorktown's principal streets, led from here to the waterfront. A half-hour walk along this trail will take you to the waterfront and back via "Tobacco Road." You'll find historic feature and exhibts along the way.
Here, above the bluffs, stood the elegant houses of prosperous merchants and tobacco farmers, and the shops and hostelries of artisans and inn-keepers. Under the bluffs were the docks and warehouses of the sea trade.
York "Under the Hill"
Initially York was laid out about the bluffs, but the thin strip of ground here between water and cliff was essential to the town's commerical life. Port facilities crowded the area - wharves, warehouses and stores as pictured here. These same facilities, and the excellent harbor, prompted Cornwallis to establish his base, at Yorktown in the summer of 1781.
York Under Siege 1781
Early in October French-American forces closed their grip on the besieged British army in Yorktown and bombarded the town with their combined artillery. Incessant shellfire drove townspeople to seek shelter under this bluff and forced British commander, Lord Cornwallis, to move his headquarters to a nearby cave. The end came quickly with the British surrender on October 19. Yorktown returned to peace, but never to its former prosperity.
York County
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A Wedding Nightmare When Mariachi Band Doesn't Show Up
TULARE, Calif. (KMPH) —
On your wedding day you want everything to be perfect, but imagine if your wedding band didn't show up. Several Tulare couples say it happened to them when the mariachi band they hired didn't complete their end of the bargain.
Viviana Valdivia tells KMPH Fox 26 News that she hired Jose Valencia's mariachi band to play during her ceremony. She says she ended up not having any music while exchanging vows.
"I was very sad and angry because it was a very special day for me and he never showed up,"
says Viviana Valdiva.
Valdivia and her husband Jose signed a contract with Valencia. They paid him a $200 down payment for 2-hours of playing. When Valencia didn't show up, Valdivia says she called him several times to find out what happened; she says he either hung up or didn't answer his phone.
The Valdivia's aren't the only ones upset. Another bride had a contract with Valencia to play at her wedding reception. The bride says she paid the mariachi $350, but never heard from him again.
She searched for other couples that booked Valencia and found Valdivia.
"At first we were going to let it go," says Valdivia, "Now that we know there's more people out there, we don't want him to keep doing this."
The mariachi says he was in the hospital having surgery and that's why he didn't show up. He told the couple that he'll write them a check on Tuesday.
If Valencia does not pay the couples back, they say they will take him to small claims court.
Police say they can't get involved because the couples willingly gave the mariachi the money.


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Mary Boone Gallery announced today that Piper Marshall, who recently left the Swiss Institute, will curate six shows a year over the next three years for the gallery.
The arrangement is fairly similar to that of Amy Smith-Stewart's, back in the day! Full release below:
New York, NY, February 19, 2014 – It was announced today that Piper Marshall, an independent curator, will work with the Mary Boone Gallery, curating six shows per year over the next three years at both the 57th and 24th Street locations.
Marshall's new position represents the first time Mary Boone has brought a curator on board to focus on monographic exhibitions. Marshall brings to the legendary Mary Boone Gallery her knowledge of and relationships with both younger and established artists working today. Her goal is to help enhance the legendary gallery's program, emphasizing its rich history, while creating new dialogues through dynamic cross-generational exhibitions.
"I am thrilled and excited to have Piper with the Gallery," said Mary Boone. "She has extraordinary vision and energy and I believe we have a lot to learn from each other. I think back with fondness to my own relationship with Leo Castelli when I worked with him and hope that Piper and I can enjoy that kind of long-term creative collaboration."
The primary focus of Marshall's work will be on organizing solo shows for new artists; however a limited number of group shows will be considered that might include artists currently represented by the Gallery, with an emphasis on Ross Bleckner, Francesco Clemente, Eric Fischl, Barbara Kruger, Peter Saul, Peter Halley, Joe Zucker and Ai Weiwei as well as artists that are an important part of the Gallery's history, including Jean Michel Basquiat, Roni Horn, Sherrie Levine and Brice Marden.
"After working at the Swiss Institute I wanted my next project to be with someone from whom I could learn a great deal," says Marshall. "I have long respected and admired Mary both for her creative vision and business acumen. She was a trailblazer in New York's art scene in the 1980s and paved the way for an entire generation of female dealers. I look forward to this exciting collaboration and next chapter."
About Piper Marshall
Piper Marshall is an independent curator and writer based in New York City. She was formerly the Curator at the Swiss Institute / Contemporary Art where she organized the recent group show "Descartes' Daughter," and where she facilitated the first institutional presentations of Carissa Rodriguez, Pamela Rosenkranz, Hannah Weinberger, Tobias Madison, Nikolas Gambaroff, Lucas Knipscher, Jason Loebs, and Kerstin Bratsch / Adele Roder.
Other notable projects include "The Body As Techno-Base," an ongoing collaborative research project with artist Rochelle Goldberg; the group exhibitions "Standard Operating Procedures" at Blum and Poe, Los Angeles; "Meet Me At The Bottom of the Poem at New Jersey" in Basel, Switzerland and "Middle Man (Dan Graham, John Miller, Nicolas Guagnini)" at Three's Company, New York (an apartment gallery cofounded with Alex Gartenfeld).
Marshall is also a freelance critic and her writing has appeared in numerous catalogs and periodicals including Texte Zur Kunst, Art in America Magazine, Kaleidoscope Magazine, Spike Magazine, The Third Rail and artforum.com.
Marshall is a Master's candidate in Art History at Hunter College, City University (New York) and holds a Bachelor's degree in Art History and French Translation from Barnard College.
About Mary Boone Gallery
Mary Boone Gallery was founded in 1977 in New York's SoHo neighborhood. From the outset, the Gallery was committed to showing the work of innovative young artists and immediately made a name for itself representing artists such as Richard Artschwager, Jean Michel Basquiat, Ross Bleckner, Eric Fischl, Barbara Kruger, Brice Marden and Richard Tuttle. Many of the most significant international artists also had solo exhibitions at the Gallery during the 1980s, including Georg Baselitz, James Lee Byars, Francesco Clemente, Jorg Immendorff, Anselm Kiefer, Jannis Kounellis, Malcolm Morley and Sigmar Polke.
In May 1996 Mary Boone Gallery moved uptown to Fifth Avenue and 57 Street and, in November 2000, opened an additional space in Manhattan's developing Chelsea art district, allowing for an expanded exhibition schedule and providing facilities for large-scale works and dramatic installations, such as Peter Halley's explosive hanging of paintings and wallpaper, video installations by Barbara Kruger, and exhibitions of monumental sculpture by Ai Weiwei, Marc Quinn, James Lee Byars and KAWS.
In addition to longstanding relationships with Ross Bleckner, Francesco Clemente, Eric Fischl and Barbara Kruger, the gallery now represents established artists such as Peter Saul, Keith Sonnier and Joe Zucker, along with intriguing younger artists such as Will Cotton, Hilary Harkness, Jacob Hashimoto, Aleksandra Mir and Tomoo Gokita.


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Abdullah al Attiyah, who is also Energy Minster of the Arabian Gulf state of Qatar, warned however that Opec could not control prices if speculators forced them higher.
Crude oil prices are almost 60% higher on average than they were a year ago.
If war breaks out with Iraq, the price of oil is likely to rise sharply even more.
Risks of war
Iraqi supplies would probably cease completely, and shipping lanes out of the Gulf could be under threat.
Iraq currently accounts for something in the region of 2.5m barrels a day, about 3% of the global total.
Some officials in Kuwait have also suggested that at least some of their facilities, those near the border with Iraq, might also close for safety reasons.
And then there is the possibility of Iraqi attacks on other Gulf countries.
But the Opec president said the cartel would act if the world market would be short of oil as a result of conflict.
"First of all we wish not to see a war, but if anything happens to the oil market and puts the oil market in a dilemma, then Opec for sure will take appropriate actions to maintain the demand and supply, avoiding any shortage," Mr Al Attiyah told the BBC.
Limited action
If only Iraq's output is cut off, the group has enough spare capacity to cover the shortfall.
But if a conflict were also to restrict oil output in Saudi Arabia and Iran, Opec might find it more difficult to plug the gap in supplies.
And if prices go higher simply because traders start worrying about possible disruptions, then Opec would probably not be able to cope, and the world would have to live with a higher oil price for as long as fears persist, he said.
The price of oil is hugely important for the global economy.
As all businesses use energy, rising oil prices can eat into corporate profits.
And higher oil prices also leave consumers with less money to spend on other things.
There have been four major episodes of relatively high oil prices since the mid-1970s, all of them associated with either a global recession or pronounced deterioration in global economic performance.


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This is a dog reenacting the 'Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' opener
Did you know that your life was incomplete until you saw a dog reenacting the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air opener? Because it has been. But it will be incomplete no more!
There is no disputing that the dog version of Hillary Banks would have been a poodle. None.


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Matilda Ledger has been bewitched.
The 7-year-old daughter of actress Michelle Williams and late actor Heath Ledger sported a T-shirt with the face of Glinda the Good Witch, her mom's character from the movie "Oz the Great and Powerful," as she left school on Wednesday.
The cutie, who turns 8 on October 28, is apparently such a fan of Glinda that she is planning to dress up as her for the upcoming holiday, her mom told The New Yorker last week.
But Williams, 33, explained to the mag that her little lady is enamored with the character for more than just Glinda's princess-esque style.
"She's starting to understand more and more," Michelle said. "She knows a lot about Glinda the Good Witch, a lot about who that is, what that was."
Matilda — who looks an awful lot like a young Bindi Irwin, right? — even bragged to her pals about her mom's powerful part.
"She would go up to people in the park and say, 'My mommy is Glinda the Good Witch in Oz. There's two bad ones and only one good one and that's my mom,'" Williams shared.
No response yet from Samuel Affleck, the 1-year-old son of Ben Affleck, who sported a Batman T-shirt last month just after his dad was cast as the caped crusader. We're standing by.


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Entrepreneurs are risk-takers… or so the story goes.
In my experience, nothing could be further from the truth. Over the last 13 years in Silicon Valley, I've found that the homerun hitters are precisely the opposite: risk-averse. They mitigate downside whenever possible with low-cost and short-term testing. They're often extremely ambitious and aggressive (e.g. Travis Kalanick of Uber or Elon Musk), but they aren't remotely haphazard.
They're methodical, and this is a learned trait.
The above video is a conversation between me, several first-time entrepreneurs, and Noah Kagan, CEO of AppSumo.com. In this video, Noah — who was an early employee at Facebook and Mint.com — covers his risk-minimizing methodologies:
In the first 20 minutes:
– His career path, including failures.
– How he has used low-cost testing in his own ventures.
– Why focusing on the small things (even trivial things) is a big thing.
– Common mistakes and coping mechanisms of first-time founders (e.g. seeking multiple co-founders).
In the second 40 minutes:
– Live critiques (in some cases, constructive tear-downs) of real companies and entrepreneurs.
– How entrepreneurs can make the jump from theory to revenue… in real-time.
– How you can immediately stop "playing business" without customer contact.
If you're going to skip any part, skip the first 20 minutes. Though I enjoyed every minute, the last 40 minutes are especially must-see.
For more from Noah, be sure to check out his previous how-to posts on this blog, as well as his free upcoming course (9/26/13) on creativeLIVE: How to Overcome Fear and Get What You Want.
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Garth Brooks Has Family's Blessing to Resume Career
Garth Brooks is one of the latest members to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, which may be the pinnacle but by no means marks the end of his illustrious career. The singer, whose three-year run as a performer at the Wynn Las Vegas ends next month, hints that fans may hear more music from him in the near future … with his family's blessing, of course.
"We're just going to start," Garth tells The Huffington Post. "It will be fun. We've got our youngest baby [Allie], this is her junior year, and she's really in touch. Now, down from three to one [at home], you spend a lot more time with that one. She's in on every plan. She knows all the decisions. She's really well-educated in what's going on."
The Oklahoma native previously said he would consider resurrecting his music career when all three daughters were grown and out of the house, but his wife, singer Trisha Yearwood, reveals that there's another Brooks family member who would like to see that happen sooner.
"I think she's ready for us to go on the road because she'll be home by herself," Trisha jokes of her youngest stepdaughter. "She's doing every after-school activity you can do. 'You don't just want to sit and stare at us?' It's really fun."
Garth says he is counting on several of his fellow musicians to help him ease into the next chapter of his career. "You talk about songwriters, the great ones can birth a career but the greatest ones can bring life back into one," he notes. "So we'll be looking hard for songs just to see what the future might hold for us."
For now, Garth has four more shows to play in Sin City. See his remaining Wynn Las Vegas dates here.
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