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The sleepy little town in northeastern Vermont (the 2000 census puts its population at just over 1,000) will be swamped with enough Phishheads to populate Coventry several times over, as fans invade for six sets of Phish music, three each day. Tickets for Coventry go on sale May 20th at 9 a.m. through the Phish Tickets Web site (phishtickets.rlc.net) or through Ticketmaster the following day.
Coventry caps an eleven-date summer trek that begins with two shows, June 17th and 18th, in Brooklyn, New York. Though Phish's touring is never really designed to plug a new album, the quartet does have a new release upcoming. Undermind is slated for release on June 15th. The set, the band's first since 2002's Round Room, was recorded at guitarist Trey Anastasio's Barn studio in Vermont and was mixed in England by Tchad Blake (Tom Waits, Los Lobos). Several of the new songs -- including the first single, "The Connection," as well as "A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing," "Nothing" and "Access Me" -- have never been played live. The album's first pressing will also include a twenty-six-minute bonus DVD Specimens of Beauty directed by rock photographer Danny Clinch.
Undermind track list:
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The other Republican seeking the seat, , has , charging she has not lived in the district for a full year and therefore can't legally run for the office.
"His ridiculous accusation is that I don't live where I live," Roberts said. "For the record: I live at 3297 Rose Ridge in unincorporated DeKalb County. I have lived in DeKalb County for more than 20 years."
Boedecker is charging that, as of June 1, 2012, Roberts declared a homestead exemption for 2832 Hawthorne Drive, which is just outside of the district's new boundaries. He asserts that Roberts has failed to make her Rose Ridge address her permanent home for at least one year before the election.
Campaign spokesman Mike Hassinger said Roberts has voted repeatedly in her District 81 home precinct.
"I expect this complaint to be dismissed, and I call on Chris Boedeker to stop his bullying and try to run a campaign on the issues that matter to the people of District 81," she said.
Roberts also said she has filed a police report in regard to a June 9 incident in which she alleges that a man approrached her residence "apparently to try to frighten me out of the race."
Roberts alleges that a man named Joe Newton came onto her property this past Saturday while she was unloading groceries from her vehicle. She said Newton has recently urged her to withdraw from the race because of concerns over her residency.
"I immediately called my husband to tell him to hurry home," Roberts said. "I then attempted to take a picture of Joe through my front door, and when he saw what I was attempting to do, he left our property and sped away."
Roberts said she filed a police report the next day.
"Joe is not a supporter of my campaign," Boedecker said. "I've had my own run-ins with Joe in the past. He and I are not on the same team."
Roberts said Newton had given Boedecker information about her residency in the district, which Boedecker confirmed to Patch.
"But it wasn't any information that I didn't already know about," he said. "This campaign should be about integrity, and if you're going to start off your political career with lies, there's nowhere else to go but down."
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April 18, 2008
Andy Herron has a warning for his teammates and fellow forwards Chad Barrett and Tomasz Frankowski, who start ahead of him in the Fire lineup. "I have respect for them, but if they slip up, I will hold on to that starting spot and not let go," Herron said. The Fire's 2006 MVP has played only 14 minutes in one appearance in three games this season. With the Fire still unbeaten (2-0-1), coach Denis Hamlett has done as little as possible to disrupt his lineup. "[Hamlett]
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November 14, 2008
Bakary Soumare could have been wearing yellow and black Thursday night rather than red and white if not for a draft-day trade in January 2007. The Fire traded its leading goal scorer, Andy Herron, to the Crew for the No. 2 pick, which the Fire used to select Soumare. Crew coach Sigi Schmid said he considered drafting the 6-foot-4-inch defender out of Virginia. "Soumare was definitely somebody we were looking at," Schmid said. "But you can't look back; you'll drive yourself crazy.
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September 28, 2006
There's something about the U.S. Open Cup that brings out the best in the Fire. The Fire won their fourth Open Cup title Wednesday night, getting first-half goals from Nate Jaqua and Andy Herron and a late score from Thiago to beat the Los Angeles Galaxy 3-1. The Fire is only the fifth team to win the title four times.
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June 29, 2008
As if Denis Hamlett didn't have enough to deal with these days, the Fire coach was dealt one more challenge when he was forced to play mediator on Friday after a fight broke out between midfielder Cuauhtemoc Blanco and defender Wilman Conde. According to a source with the Fire, the two got into a fistfight in the locker room and needed to be separated. There was no word on what caused the incident. Both players were said to be on better terms shortly afterward and both started...
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Andy Herron scored his seventh goal of the season in the 62nd minute to give the Fire a 1-0 victory over D.C. United on Sunday. Brian Plotkin sent the ball up field to Herron, who fired a shot past United goalkeeper Troy Perkins. Plotkin entered the game in the 29th minute, replacing the injured Nate Jaqua. The Fire (11-9-8) remain in second in the East. D.C. United (14-4-10) is first.
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June 11, 2008
Andy Herron's penalty-kick goal in the 116th minute gave the Fire a 3-2 victory over the Columbus Crew on Tuesday night and a spot in the U.S. Open Cup. Herron was fouled in the penalty area by Columbus goalkeeper William Hesmer. The goal was Herron's second of the match. His first goal gave the Fire a 2-1 lead in the 65th minute. The Fire took the lead when Stephen King scored in the 10th minute of the match, which was played at Shea Stadium. Columbus tied the game in the...
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August 21, 2006
The Fire used a first-half goal from forward Andy Herron and a second straight shutout from goalkeeper Zach Thornton to earn a 1-0 victory Sunday over the New England Revolution. Herron scored in the 24th minute, dribbling down the left side and beating Matt Reis for his fifth goal of the season. The Fire's second straight win pushed the 7-8-7 club into a second-place tie in Major League Soccer's Eastern Conference with the Revolution (6-7-10) on 28 points and gave the Fire a 2-1-1 season series...
Dynamo assistant doesn't regret turning down Fire offer
By Luis Arroyave, Tribune reporter
May 15, 2008
John Spencer insists he has no regrets. The Houston Dynamo assistant who says he turned down an offer to become head coach of the Fire doesn't like to second-guess himself. Even with the Fire off to a 5-1-1 start and the Dynamo currently 1-2-4, Spencer says he believes he made the right decision. "I don't regret it," Spencer said this week as his team prepared for Saturday's visit to Toyota Park. "I came very close [to accepting the job]. They offered, but we...
Last-minute swoon again plagues the Fire
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June 18, 2006
The Fire suffered another last-minute letdown on Saturday night, this time as Jose Burciaga scored for the Kansas City Wizards in the 89th minute to hand the Fire a 3-2 loss. Last week the Fire gave up two goals in added time for a 3-3 draw against New England. Burciaga, who also had an assist in the game, fired a shot from the corner that deflected into the net off Fire goalkeeper Zach Thornton's hands. Andy Herron and Nate Jaqua both scored for the Fire (2-4-5). Herron's...
Andy Herron looking to be a Fire starter
By Luis Arroyave, Tribune reporter
April 18, 2008
Andy Herron has a warning for his teammates and fellow forwards Chad Barrett and Tomasz Frankowski, who start ahead of him in the Fire lineup. "I have respect for them, but if they slip up, I will hold on to that starting spot and not let go," Herron said. The Fire's 2006 MVP has played only 14 minutes in one appearance in three games this season. With the Fire still unbeaten (2-0-1), coach Denis Hamlett has done as little as possible to disrupt his lineup. "[Hamlett]
Herron hero in debut
By Dave Surico, Tribune staff reporter
September 26, 2004
The return of captain Chris Armas to full-time duty and the first start for Andy Herron sparked the Fire to a 2-0 victory Saturday night over New England at Soldier Field. Armas earned two assists and Herron scored on his only shots of the night to give the Fire a five-point lead over the Revolution for the fourth and final playoff spot for the Eastern Conference with three regular-season games remaining. With the win the Fire enhanced its chance for a third-place finish. The team's 32 points is...
Herron signs with Fire again
February 15, 2008
The Fire has signed Andy Herron, a 29-year-old forward who most recently played for Costa Rica's Puntarenas FC and the Columbus Crew. The Fire acquired Herron's rights from the Crew on Jan. 21 for a 2010 fourth-round pick. Herron spent three seasons with the Fire between 2004-06 and was the team's most valuable player in 2006. FIFA President Sepp Blatter says he won't let the Premier League play games abroad and believes the proposal would harm England's bid for the 2018 World Cup. The...
Quick-strike Fire clinches another playoff berth
By Luis Arroyave, Tribune staff reporter
September 24, 2006
It didn't take the Fire long to keep it's hot streak going Saturday. Thirty-three seconds to be exact. Chris Rolfe's opening-minute goal and an 84th-minute penalty kick by Andy Herron helped earn the Fire a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy. The Fire victory combined with the New York Red Bulls' 4-3 loss to D.C. United gives the Fire (12-9-8) its eighth playoff berth in nine years. Rolfe put the Fire on the board early when Justin Mapp found him in...
Goal is reversal
By Luis Arroyave
November 1, 2007
The Fire heads into Thursday's playoff game against D.C. United with a one-goal advantage as a result of its 1-0 victory last Thursday in the first game of the two-leg series. If this scenario sounds familiar, it's because the Fire was in the same position last year. The Fire went on the road to face the New England Revolution in the second leg of the Eastern Conference semifinals after winning 1-0 at Toyota Park. The Revolution won the second leg 2-1, forcing overtime as a result of the 2-2...
Know the Fire? Try this quiz
March 31, 2006
With the MLS season at hand, it's time to test your Fire knowledge. 1. Which set of brothers is on the 2006 Fire roster? a) DaMarcus and Jamar Beasley b) Jim and Jeff Curtin c) David and Pete Mahoney 2. The father of which Fire forward played for the NFL's Washington Redskins? a) Calen Carr b) Chad Barrett c) Nate Jaqua 3. Rookie Brian Plotkin attended which Illinois high school? a) Glenbard North b) Highland Park c) Naperville North 4....
Scoreless draw no music to coach's ears
By Luis Arroyave, Tribune staff reporter
August 5, 2007
For the first time in awhile, music could be heard blaring from the Fire locker room before Saturday night's game. "It adds a little seasoning," defender Diego Gutierrez said before the Fire and Columbus Crew tied 0-0 at Toyota Park. The Fire received an extra boost in the stands as well. An announced crowd of 20,358 at Toyota Park erupted nearly every time the Fire went on the attack and rewarded solid efforts with standing ovations. Unfortunately, it didn't matter. ...
Fire fights off fatigue-- and Wizards
By Luis Arroyave, Tribune staff reporter
August 15, 2006
Playing three matches in five days is far from ideal, but it didn't seem to faze the Fire on Monday night at Toyota Park. The Fire won its fourth-round U.S. Open Cup match against the Kansas City Wizards 2-0 behind goals from Calen Carr in the 18th minute and Andy Herron in the 65th minute. The game was postponed Aug. 2 due to thunderstorms. That set up the tough stretch now. The Fire has an MLS match against the Wizards on Wednesday. "Physically, it's exhausting," midfielder...
Rivalry develops signs of a chill
By Luis Arroyave, Tribune staff reporter
April 7, 2007
The cliche is that revenge is a dish best served cold, and with Chicago-area temperatures expected to be in the low 30s Saturday, the Fire can avenge last season's playoff loss to the New England Revolution in frigid conditions. The two rivals face off in their MLS openers Saturday at Toyota Park. The match will be the Fire's first since the Revolution rallied from two goals down at home to eliminate the Fire on penalty kicks in October's Eastern Conference semifinals. If you think you...
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ST. LOUIS — Master brewer Kevin Reddy delivers 12 ounces of coffee to a table inside Blueprint Coffee. It arrives in a glass chemistry beaker with measurements down the side and a black rubber stopper.
Before a cappuccino is made, award-winning barista Nora Brady automatically weighs the empty metal filter, adds grounds, weighs the two together and, if necessary, swipes excess off the top, then weighs one more time. All of this is done in seconds, before she tamps down the grounds and attaches the filter to the espresso machine.
Chemistry plus precision equal beauty. It's the Blueprint Coffee formula. The exacting manner in which the staff roasts, brews and serves coffee leads to the best version of a particular bean, sometimes with a swirl of milk added in.
"Everything is brewed to order -- we're very intentional with each coffee," said Andrew Timko, who like Kevin and Nora, are owners of this specialty coffee roasting business and cafe on Delmar Boulevard in The Loop. "It's a combination of the artistic with the scientific."
Andrew, 38, was bBorn and raised in the metro-east. He is a 1994 Belleville East grad, and attended Belleville Area College. Andrew and his wife, Alicia, now live in St. Louis with their two sons, ages 4 and 2.
He went into business with five coffee experts who have all worked in the industry in the St. Louis area. Andrew worked in a coffee shop while attending Iowa State University. After graduation, he came back to the area and learned under Barry Barrett, owner of Riley's Coffee in Illinois and Missouri. Then he went to work for Kaldi's for eight years.
"My ultimate goal was to become a roaster," he said. He got his wish, as well as being the green coffee buyer for Blueprint.
It was 9 a.m. Wednesday and he would begin roasting around 10 and finish in about an hour.
"I'll do one (roast) from Berundi, an organic decaf, then six or seven others for wholesale," he said. The business sells to a handful of specialty coffee shops, such as Comet Coffee up the street and The London Tea Room. Business is growing.
"We'll be moving into Whole Foods soon," he said of selling their packaged coffee there.
Andrew, Nora and Kevin, as well as Mike Marquard, Brian Levine and Mazi Razani take coffee seriously, but that doesn't mean they aren't enjoying what they do.
"We opened Labor Day (2013) and we did the build-out ourselves," Andrew said of the building renovations. "That's why the delay! We learned we're not the most skilled at that kind of work."
The six knew that they wanted to be coffee educators. Having a retail operation out front, where people could sit and sip, was as essential as installing the roaster in the back.
Customers can sit at tabletops made of recycled computer squares, stand with elbows on a big slab of reclaimed wood (with room for bikes underneath) or park themselves along a counter with plug-ins for laptops. Wifi is free. Subway tile and old barn wood cover the walls.
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Explore your creativity and develop new skills through classes taught by experienced, professional teaching artists. Small class sizes ensure individualized attention and encourage independent growth.
Bookmaking: Eco Plant Transfer
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Stencil, Silk-Screen & Block Print: Textile Printing Workshop
3 Mondays, June 9 – 23
"Shisha" in Hindi means "mirror" and can refer to the beautiful Indian embroidery style that incorporates tiny mirrors. Learn how to add "shisha" or "shishe" (many mirrors) to fabric and make it an eye-catching creation. If you enjoy embroidery, then adding these small mirrors can result in some wonderfully beautiful creations for almost any cloth: transform a shirt, tunic, cushions, center pieces, table runners and more—the possibilities are endless!
Instructor: Sunita Wadhwa
6:30 – 8:30 p.m./Limit 10/$69
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6 Tuesdays, June 17 – July 29 (no class July 2)
Anyone can learn to draw! Learn the basics under the guidance of an experienced artist. We will begin working from simple objects and move to more complex organic still life objects as the sessions continue. Gain confidence and learn helpful tips as you work in pencil, charcoal and conte crayon while enjoying a relaxed and supportive learning environment.
Instructor: Irene Angeles, BFA, Art Instructor
6:00 – 9:00 p.m./Limit 12/$147
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Thursday, June 26
Zentangle® is an easy-to-learn, relaxing and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns. Almost anyone can use it! Drawing a Zentangle increases your focus and creativity, provides artistic satisfaction and increases your sense of personal well-being. The Zentangle method is enjoyed all over this world across a wide range of skills, interests and ages. In this introductory workshop, you will learn the basic principles of Zentangle and will be supported in your artistic creations.
Instructor: Jane Glodoski, Certified Zentangle® Instructor
6:30 – 8:30 p.m./Limit 12/$44
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Create a handmade book designed by nature! Start by making nature prints through a process that presses plant material between papers until the flowers and leaves give up their colors and shapes. Then use the pages to make a book using a simple bookbinding stitch and fabric cover. All materials are supplied, but feel free to bring along any flowers or leaves you may want to try in this colorful plant transfer technique. See RuthRossDesigns.com for more about this class. All supplies are included.
Instructor: Betsy Rasmussen, BS, Owner of Ruth Ross Designs
6:30 – 9:00 p.m./Limit 12/$78
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Experience the exhilaration of painting outdoors! Painting from life offers you the great benefit of observing the nuances of nature. In this class we will focus on acrylic paints and we will work outdoors, weather permitting. You will be able to observe directly the way colors change with the position of the sun. The basics of acrylic painting will be covered along with some useful tips about working from life and painting landscape. Beginners are welcome!
Instructor: Beki Borman, BFA, Visual Artist
6:30 – 8:30 p.m./$82
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In this three-part workshop, we will be using common household supplies to create stencils, silk-screens and printing blocks that will be used to print on fabric! Learn how to transform pillowcases, tee shirts, canvas bags and more by adding printed words and imagery. A variety of fabric items and printing ink will be available in class, or feel free to bring your own textile items to print. Each student will finish this class with three printed textile items AND reusable silk-screens and printing blocks to continue using at home. No art experience required.
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6:30 – 9:00 p.m./Limit 10/$93
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This class is open to beginners, and to those who have taken previous silk scarf painting classes! Participants will each create two ready-to-wear silk scarves, incorporating two new resist techniques: tie-dye and painting with a water-based resist solution. Resists allow for more detail and control within the dyeing process, so bring your creative ideas and get ready to make some new wearable art!
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I'm so excited I can't wait! The big exciting news, you ask, it's not the fact that Jeff, Dave & I (also known as Spyr Media) are going to SXSWi this year. It's not the fact that I've entered into a Bacon cooking competition. The icing on the cake, the awesome Texas-sized news is….I'm going to be on NBC!
We've been excited to return to SXSWi in Austin from the moment we got home after last year's event. While I was planning this years travels I came across the Austin Bacon TakeDown and you better believe at the mention of bacon I looked a little harder into the details.
Before Valentine's day Vic Magary retweeted one of Hilah's tweets mentioning her recipe for How to Steam and Shell a Lobster so of course I had to click the link to read how it's done. That one link sent me into a multi-hour frenzy of watching the cooking videos on her site, reading her recipes and brainstorming ideas to change some of them and make them Primal…and of course I decided to follow Hilah on Twitter after all that time spent on her site.
A few days later Hilah tweeted about how she'd be judging the Austin Bacon TakeDown and the words Bacon and Austin had me curious since we were heading in that direction. After reading the description, right away I knew I had to be a part of this! Especially since it would be happening while we were in town for this years SXSWi event!
I signed up for the event, got all the details, waited to hear more, bought a cute little hot pink mini-chefs hat and started brainstorming bacon recipes that I'd be able to use as my secret recipe to enter into the competition!
Earlier this week I was caught off guard when an email from Stephanie, a Hormel representative, arrived in my inbox. She wanted to know if I'd be willing to help spread the word about the Bacon TakeDown and appear on NBC for a Sunday morning interview at 8:20 AM and…no brainer…I said YES! How fun is this going to be! I'm super excited to be able to participate in the event let alone help promote it on TV.
If you love bacon as much as we do and the sound of this event makes you want to run and grab tickets right away, you should definitely get your tickets now…especially since last year this event was sold out! Put it on your calendar, here are the details:
- Sunday March 11, 2012
- At Shangri La, 1016 East 6th Street, Austin
- The event will last from 2pm-4pm
- A $10 entry fee will give you access to taste 20 different recipes, all containing bacon
- Just look for the 6'4" guy and you'll find me (the 4'11" gal with the hot pink hat) at our table and you'll be able to try my super secret recipe
- Look around and you just may see Dave taking your photo
- And I'd love for you to vote for mine but only if you really enjoy it the most :)
Did I mention the prize is a years worth of bacon supplied from Hormel? How cool is that!! I only hope their idea of a years worth of bacon is the same as mine. ;)
If you'll be in Austin for SXSWi, be sure to let me know via twitter or comment below so we can meet up and compare bacon recipes or maybe even so I can shoot you in the face. ;)


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I cover Brazil, Russia, India & China.
- Video in Portuguese.
The adopted black child of a white Brazilian couple was kicked out of a BMW dealership in Rio de Janeiro, Globo's G1 reported Wednesday.
The couple, Ronald Munk and Priscilla Celeste, were looking for a new beamer when a salesman saw the child wandering around nearby and asked the child to leave. The news sent mild shockwaves in the Brazilian press as the country still struggles with rampaging racial inequality.
The salesman told the couple, according to Priscilla's account with G1: "You can't stay in here. This isn't a place for you. You have to leave." The salesman then told Priscilla that poor children often come into the car lot asking for money. When they told him that the boy was their son, his "mouth fell open in embarrassment," the couple said.
BMW Group in Brazil sent a note to the couple saying they were sorry for the mishap. Seven days later, the BMW dealership where the couple was shopping for a new car sent an email apologizing, calling it a misunderstanding. For her part, Priscilla created an account on Facebook called "Prejudice is Not a Misunderstanding. It's a Crime."
Ronald told G1 that nothing like this has happened before with his 7 year old son. The boy asked why he was asked to leave, "when the store has a room with a TV playing cartoons for children," G1 reported. Priscilla said that she thinks her son understood why he was kicked out of the dealership.
his was a mistake but an understandable one. Often children here will engage in begging, either being sent to d so by their parents or because they are unsupervised and know they can often get money from strangers. It happens at stoplights, in malls, and restaurants. Most places do take steps to keep their customers from being annoyed.
I have never heard of any children being abused for this. In malls, I have seen them being escorted out by security but being treated din a friendly and gentle manner. After all, what would any business have to gain from abusing children?
Inadmissível!!! Espero que os brasileiros não deixem isso passar em branco e punam devidamente a BWM.
that's soooooo true! God did not create this world for only white people! It's time to take a stand against this classic tale of injustice since pre-colonial slavery. We people of color are the majority population of the world while whites are the minority population of the world. We do not have to take this anymore. For slavery in America ended in 1865. While Brazil's slavery ended in 1888.
I mean, the salesman meant no harm. His actions were justified like he explained earlier because of poor black children harassing the dealership for money; his only downfall is that he did not know that this child was that couple's.
this is definitely blown out of proportion and if that was such a big deal for them maybe they need to shop for a car elsewhere.


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I provide financial market analysis.
As you wrap up your Christmas shopping, don't forget to buy some gifts for your portfolio. MoneyShow's Tom Aspray suggests potential stocking stuffers in the retail sector.
The action Monday was quite strong as advancing stocks led the decliners by a two to one margin. The NYSE and S&P 500 Advance/Decline lines have turned higher from support indicating that the correction is over. The leading action of the NYSE A/D line this fall was positive for the intermediate term.
The movement on the fiscal cliff debate suggests some kind of deal will be put together, and if it includes a year-long extension on the debt ceiling, it may help spur new corporate investment. The financial stocks were strong Monday as the Select Sector SPDR Financial (XLF) has been the best performing select sector ETF this year.
The second best performing sector in 2012 has been the Consumer Discretionary sector, which includes the retail stocks. There are positive signs from both a leading retail ETF and several retail stocks that they are ready to finish 2012 on a strong note.
Chart Analysis: The SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT) is up 20% so far in 2012 versus a 15.9% gain in the Spyder Trust (SPY).
Macy's Inc. (M) has been in a broad, upward sloping trading range since the latter part of August with resistance at line f. Macy's has found support at the 200-day MA, which is now at $38.21.
Ralph Lauren Corp. (RL) is another stock like Macy's that I recommended early in the year. The daily chart shows over a three-month trading range with the high at $165.41 (line a) and a low at $148.06
(line b).
What it Means: A resolution of the debate in Washington DC that does not just push the problem off for a few months, but gives us a year where there is more certainty for business owners, I think, will be very bullish for stocks in 2013. Therefore, I think that those who move even gradually into equities now will benefit in 2013 as public participation in stocks is currently low.
As I have noted in the past, the retail sector does have a strong seasonal tendency to rally from September through the end of the year. The technical action of this ETF and the two retail stocks suggests they have significant upside potential.
Equally important is that our buying zones in the two stocks is very close to good support, which I think is a smart way to buy.
How to Profit: For the SPDR S&P Retail ETF (XRT), go 50% long at $62.74 and 50% long at $62.46, with a stop at $59.28 (risk of approx 5.3%).
For Macy's Inc. (M), go 50% long at $38.64 and 50% long at $38.16, with a stop at $36.67 (risk of approx 4.5%). Cancel if $40.40 is hit first.
For Ralph Lauren Corp. (RL), go 50% long at $152.84 and 50% long at $151.46, with a stop at $147.48 (risk of approx 3%). Cancel if $158 is hit first.
Also I made two recommendations on Twitter before the opening which I will review tomorrow. Today's recommendations were also sent out on Twitter before the opening.


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By Jessica Borders
Times West Virginian
The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety & Health Administration recently inspected a mine in Marion County because of issues with respirable coal dust.
In the month of September, MSHA conducted impact inspections at 13 coal mines and three metal/nonmetal mines, and issued 150 citations and 10 orders as a result.
In MSHA's District 3, which includes Northern West Virginia, Maryland and Ohio, Dana Mining Co. LLC's Arco No. 1 Mine in Marion County was one of the mines selected for an impact inspection, conducted on Sept. 12. This was the first impact inspection at the mine, which is located in the Monongah area.
Kevin Stricklin, administrator for coal at MSHA, said MSHA has been doing monthly impact inspections since April 2010, when the explosion at Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch Mine at Montcoal killed 29 miners. Following that disaster, MSHA made the decision to improve compliance in the mines, and — based on some of the conditions found in the past two and a half years — felt it was important to continue those inspections.
"We've done 508 impact inspections since April of 2010, and there's been a number of mines that have been reoccurring for us," he said. "There are times when we go back and find blatant conditions again and again at these mines."
MSHA has issued a total of 8,950 citations, 875 orders and 38 safeguards during that time, according to a press release from MSHA.
MSHA studies a lot of tracking sheets and information, and tries to pick mines that it thinks could have problems or even more issues when MSHA isn't present. For the most recent impact inspections, MSHA focused on respirable coal dust, Stricklin said.
"It's the dust that is inhaled into the lungs," he said while explaining respirable coal dust. "It's not visible, and it's actually what causes black lung."
Stricklin said MSHA is very concerned about black lung in the workforce and wants to do everything it can to keep miners from getting this disease.
MSHA was interested in mines that in the past have had respirable dust citations and ventilation plan violations, or have shown other causes for concern involving respirable dust, he said. MSHA asked each of its coal mining districts to do an impact inspection.
Because Dana Mining's Arco No. 1 Mine didn't comply with the approved ventilation plan, it received an unwarrantable failure citation as well as an unwarrantable failure order from federal inspectors in September.
Where the continuous mining machine was running, the entire length of the ventilation line curtain was being rolled up 88 feet to the roof, which was one major issue, Stricklin said.
He explained that the ventilation line curtain was supposed to deliver air to the miners, but would short circuit and wasn't helping reduce the respirable dust and any methane. Instead of hanging the canvas, the mine kept it rolled up for convenience or as a shortcut, Stricklin said.
The other violation had to do with the mine's failure to provide a ventilating current to the face where the continuous mining machine was operating.
"The operator's failure to follow the approved ventilation plan created conditions that expose miners to risks of explosions and black lung," the news release said. "These compliance failures prevented ventilation to remove respirable dust and gasses from the working environment."
Stricklin said Arco No. 1 Mine initially had to train all its people and section bosses that this is unacceptable, and MSHA basically gave it a warning. The mine has to comply with keeping the canvas in place and keeping the air ventilated.
If MSHA finds that to not be the case, it could put more pressure on the operations by increasing the size of the fine and what must be done to correct the condition, he said.
"We wouldn't let them go back to work until they made those corrections," Stricklin said. "We go to the Dana Mine on a frequent basis."
He said MSHA will definitely be back at the mine, and will question the miners and the section bosses to see if they know what's required and if they're meeting those obligations. The most important thing is to make sure that the mine is following the rules while operating.
An impact inspection also took place at Elk Run Coal Inc.'s Roundbottom Powellton Mine in Boone County on Sept. 10. Because of overexposures and failure to meet respirable dust obligations, the mine received 20 citations and one order.
"It's discouraging as a mining professional to see some of the conditions we see when we go into the mines," Stricklin said.
MSHA hopes that mine operators comply on their own regardless of whether enforcement is present or not, he said.
Dana Mining Co. could not be reached for comment.
Email Jessica Borders at email@example.com or follow her on Twitter @JBordersTWV.


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Sanda - Chinese Boxing DVD by Olivier MartyList Price: $34.95$29.95Olivier Marty's new DVD; Sanda - Chinese Boxing, is for anyone looking to enhance their fighting skill through the art of Sanda. Sanda focuses on both hand and feet strikes mixed with grip and throw techniques as well. This DVD is great to add whether you are looking to learn Sanda itself or add it into your MMA arsenal. Learn More
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Sanda DVD by Jose Miguel AntolioList Price: $49.95$26.95The Sanda or Sanshou, essence of combat in Kung fu is being popularized and attracting the attention of practitioners of combat sports throughout the world, because of a regulation which is located midway between the Vale-Tudo and Kick Boxing or Muay Thai, adding projections and grabbing. Learn More
Taiji-Quan: Little Sanshou of Yang Style DVD by Thierry AlibertList Price: $39.95$19.95Presented in a pedagogical and most detailed manner, this film tackles a rare yet efficient codified fighting system (dui-da) of Yang Style. It exists thanks to Yang Shao Hou (1862-1930), the eldest brother of Yang Cheng Fu.
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Combat Sanshou 1: Striking DVD by Wim DemeereList Price: $89.95$39.95Most martial arts are activities, like sports. They're something you do with your opponent: he strikes, you block, you strike, he blocks. Combat Sanshou is a fighting art, and the purpose is to put your enemy on the ground without following him there: a true stand-up combat system designed for real-world combative application. Learn More
Combat Sanshou 2: Kicking DVD by Wim DemeereList Price: $89.95$49.95In Part Two master martial scientist Wim Demeer teaches Combat Sanshou's brutal kicking and sweeping techniques. In addition to showing the basics such as front, side and roundhouse kicks, he also teaches knee strikes that won't make you compromise your base and balance, proper stomping techniques and how to defend yourself against kicks that can go as low as the ankle or as high as the face. Finally, he demonstrates several leg sweeps that you can use to send your opponent to the ground and put him at your mercy. Learn More
Combat Sanshou 3: Takedowns, Throws, and Finishing Moves DVD by Wim DemeereList Price: $89.95$49.95Part Three addresses the final aspects of Combat Sanshou's vicious fighting strategy: slamming your enemy to the ground and keeping him there for good, if necessary. Relying on the simple, basic combative principles of immediate entry and taking away your opponent's base, he shows you fast, hard throws and takedowns that will work no matter how skilled a person you're fighting. Once your opponent's down, Wim Demeere demonstrates joint manipulations, slams and stomps to keep him from getting up and trying to fight with you again. Learn More
Shuai Chiao Combat DVD by Antonio LangianoList Price: $49.95$26.95The Langiano Teacher presents/displays his new work to us in video on the very noble and old Art of the Shuai Chiao, the Chinese System of Fight. In this occasion he specially centers his work in the aspects of Combate, contributing a vision of the technique that stops this form of fight developed the great Teachers of East. Chi-Pen-Tung, techniques of Projection for Free Combate, Lei-Tai and San Shou Ciao, combinations of blows and projections that without doubt will surprise to you. A truely novel work for a style still very little known in the West beyond few specialists. Learn More
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Friday 10/12:
STASH'S CAFE, 95 Pequot Ave., Happy Hour Band, 6 p.m.; 21+
THE TELEGRAPH, 19 Golden Street, Second Anniversary Party featuring Sidewalk Dave, Ellison Jackson, Suicide Dolls, and Daphne Lee Martin, 6 p.m.
OCEAN BEACH PARK, 98 Neptune Ave., Save Ocean Beach Fall Fundraiser featuring The Cartells, 6:30 p.m.; $30
EL N GEE, 86 Golden Street, Winter Is Coming Fest 2012 featuring Evoken, Vital Remains, Fenrismaw, Empyrean Plague, Bog of the Infidel, Mortifica, and Witch King, 7 p.m.
ALL SOULS UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CONGREGATION, 19 Jay Street, Friday Night Folk featuring Gordon Bok, 8 p.m.; $23 general admission, $10 students with valid ID.
BEAN AND LEAF, 463 Bank Street, Richard Zack, 8 p.m.
THE BULKELEY HOUSE, 111 Bank Street, Mindset, 8 p.m.
33 GOLDEN STREET, 33 Golden Street, The Throttle, The Silks, 9:30 p.m.; 21+, $5
BANK STREET CAFE, 639 Bank Street, The Wailing Ultimates, The Lost Riots, Wrist Like This, Sadplant, 10 p.m.; 21+, $5
THE OASIS PUB, 16 Bank Street, The Telegraph Anniversary After Party featuring Fake Babies, 10 p.m.; 21+
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Saturday 10/13:
EL N GEE, 86 Golden Street, Winter Is Coming Fest 2012 featuring Agalloch, Fen, Wolven Ancestry, Obsidian Tongue, Autolatry, Protolith, Frost Giant, and ORCumentary, 7 p.m.
GARDE ARTS CENTER, 325 State Street, Barefoot Truth, 8 p.m.; $17
THE OASIS PUB, 16 Bank Street, Slander, Thick Voltage, 9:30 p.m.; 21+, $5
STASH'S CAFE, 95 Pequot Ave., Angus and the Attiks, 9:30 p.m.; 21+
BANK STREET CAFE, 639 Bank Street, Hyjinx, 10 p.m.; 21+, $5
Sunday 10/14:
BEAN AND LEAF, 463 Bank Street, Sunday Morning La La, 10:30 a.m.
LEAMY HALL, 15 Mohegan Ave., The U.S. Coast Guard Band presents "Broadway, Baby!", 2 p.m.
CAPTAIN'S PIZZA, 8 Bank Street, Originals and Traditions, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
HANAFIN'S IRISH PUB, 312 State Street, State Street Saints, 5:30 p.m
33 GOLDEN STREET, 33 Golden Street, Roots Music Stomp with Craig "Honeyboy" Edwards and Friends, 7 p.m.; 21+
EL N GEE, 86 Golden Street, Winter Is Coming Fest 2012 featuring Ritual, SIG:AR:TYR, Fall of Rauros, Vattnet Viskar, Murrum, Black Table, Infernal Solstice, and Under a Serpent Sun, 7 p.m.
Monday 10/17:
BEAN AND LEAF, 463 Bank Street, Jazz Trio, 8 p.m.
Wednesday 10/17:
CUMMINGS ARTS CENTER, 270 Mohegan Ave., Concert Band and Jazz Ensemble Autumn Sampler Concert, 7 p.m.; $5 general admission, $3 seniors
For more information about this week's entertainment and beyond please visit wailingcity.com "New London's online zine. To promote, document, inform and support."


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I had the chance to sit down with David White from weboptimiser and comment on Emetrics and the Web Analytics industry general.
David's comments:
"Dennis from IndexTools explains why you should visit the next Emetrics Summit, He tells us what is in it for him, what is in it for you, why visitors enjoy the event and gives us one or two of his famous top tips."
Length: 3.42 min.
Link: Dennis from Indextools (Google Video)
Entertainment level: high :-)
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In February of this year I read an article in Fast Company. The headline was the one you see above…Would you live in an Abandoned Mental Hospital? Well…intriguing! First thought…a resounding NO…second thought…why not?
Kjellgren Kaminsky Architecture, an award winning architecture firm based in Göteborg, Sweden, plans to turn one of Sweden's old, ugly mental hospitals into a sustainable apartment complex. Dubbed Parkour, it not only addresses the "green" aspects of re-use rather then tear down, but also addresses another major social issue by offering a sense of community to residents. They feel that in Sweden (like much of the rest of the "civilized" western world) people are actually dying of loneliness as they miss that sense of extended family, community or tribe.
So their plan is to redesign the hospital into a series of apartments for families and singles. With common areas (spa, lounge, pool, gym, theater) running through the building. The building will also be fitted with solar cells, solar panels and small wind turbines to harvest renewable energy sources. Local food production on the roof reduces needs for transportation and adds a safe and organic source for residents food. Rainwater is collected to be reused for the irrigation of the greenhouses and for flushing toilets.
Each apartment is designed in two parts to create flexibility. The first part is a static and compact area that includes kitchen, shower, toilet, laundry, some storage, ventilation, electrical installations, media outlet, sockets and switches. The second part is built up of super-flexible zones that grow, shrink, disappear and come back depending on daily needs and desires through the use of movable walls.
Personally I think this is a great idea on all fronts. As a designer who works with Energetics of Space™, it is clear to me that the re-use of this space is a great service. In an era of re-use, re-cycle, it's better then tearing it down…A thoughtful and beautiful design and use of the space will uplift all who live there…and community is a key trend as we move further into the 21st century. It's quantum physics that says while energy will never go away, it can be transformed. And this project sounds like a great way to transform what was once perceived as a "bad, ugly & negative" place into something truly inspiring. Good job!
What do you think…would you live in an abandoned Mental Hospital?
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Education Affiliates Inc. is seeking a Technical Instructor in Smyrna. The instructor must have at least three years of significant program related work experience, with appropriate program licensure.
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By D.E. Smoot
Phoenix Staff Writer
Jurors rendered a $228,000 verdict against a local company that transports and disposes of sewer sludge generated at wastewater treatment plants in Muskogee and other municipalities.
The verdict against Sludge Technology Inc., which may be appealed, included awards totaling $148,000 in actual damages and punitive damages totaling $80,000. Punitive damages are assessed when jurors find that a defendant acted with reckless disregard for the rights of others or the conduct was intentional and malicious.
The lawsuit was filed in 2010 by Thomas and Faustina Greuel, Marvin and Teresa Holdridge, and Joe and Brenda Flusche, all of whom own property near a site where the sludge had been applied. Heavy rains that fell in September 2010 washed the regulated wastes from the application site across adjacent properties.
Sewer sludge is a byproduct of the wastewater treatment process, the disposal of which is regulated by permit. It consists of solids from which wastewater has been removed, treated and reintroduced into nature. A study by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency found that biosolids from wastewater treatment contained metals, pharmaceuticals, semivolatile organic materials, antibiotics, hormones, steroids and other pollutants.
The defendants in the lawsuit included Sludge Technology, Tonto Construction, the officers of those companies and the city of Muskogee. Jurors found no liability with regard to Tonto Construction and the individual officers. City Attorney Roy Tucker said the city was dismissed Friday by directed verdict after plaintiffs completed the presentation of their evidence.
Jason Aamodt, a Tulsa lawyer who represented the property owners, said the management and handling of sewage sludge are highly regulated. Those regulations, he said, include "very particular rules that have to be followed." Those rules, he said, weren't followed.
"For our clients, this wasn't about the money, it was about making sure these folks do it right in the future," Aamodt said. "Sludge Technology is one of the largest companies in the state doing this, and they put the sludge down in a place where it could harm others."
Steve Metcalf, one of two lawyers who represented Sludge Technology, Tonto Construction and their principals, said he believes there is no factual or legal basis for the jurors' verdict. Metcalf said the "evidence was clear" that his clients were "doing everything right" and in accordance with the law.
"In terms of liability and damages, we don't think the law supports the verdict," Metcalf said, acknowledging that he is discussing post-judgment options, including an appeal. "Obviously, we have some options we have tossed around, but we are still in the evaluation stage of what those might be."
Although the city's experts contend biosolids "can be beneficially used as a soil amendment," some advocacy groups have questioned the practice of land applications as a public health issue. The EPA conducted a study in 2008 to determine the chemical composition of sewage sludge in an effort to "obtain information on whether certain contaminants of emerging concern may be present ... and at what levels."
Regulatory options for disposal include land applications, landfilling or surface disposal, and incineration.
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Athens — Twenty-three children who are first, second and third-grade students at Bel Air Elementary went to Lakeland House Wednesday to release balloons with attached lists with names of those who died in the 9/11 event 12 years ago on Wednesday. The Rev. David Jordan of Life Fellowship Church in Athens gave a speech for the children and led prayer for the relatives of those who were killed in 9/11.


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FRESNO, Calif. —
It wasn't as easy as Friday night's win, but the end result was the same as the Johnstown Tomahawks completed a weekend sweep of Fresno Saturday night with a 4-3 victory.
The Tomahawks (14-7-6, 34 points) are 7-1-1 in their last nine road games and have won seven of their last eight.
This one wasn't decided until Jeff Bergh scored on an Andrew McDonald assist at the 6:24 mark of the third period.
Bergh scored twice for Johnstown and took 10 of the Tomahawks' 24 shots.
Brandon Reinholz finished with one goal and one assist. Casey Nelson also tallied a goal, while McDonald finished with two helpers.
Six-win Fresno, the last-place team in the West Division, took 35 shots, well above the Monsters' average of 18.5 shots per game. Dan Sherer led Fresno with one goal and two assists.
Collin Brennan made 32 saves for the Tomahawks.


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Niagara Gazette — Stephanie Lawson stood in front of Kalfas Elementary School Wednesday and remembered the days when she went to school there.
Lawson, now 25, recalled the Halloween costume her mom made for her one year, putting coat hangers into her braids so they would stick out like Pippi Longstocking's and how that delighted her teachers and fellow students.
She also remembers the delicious aromas wafting from the school cafeteria just before lunch time. To this day she is grateful she was one of the many children who qualified to receive a free lunch at the Beech Avenue school, because otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to afford a hot lunch.
Wednesday, it clearly gave her great satisfaction to lead a press conference about a program sponsored by her employer, the Food Bank of WNY, which has adopted a BackPack program at the school to assure that no child will go hungry on weekends, thanks to a $7,200 grant from KeyBank.
Lawson, youth program supervisor for the Food Bank, was not the only one at the press conference who had roots at the school.
Marie Hare, KeyBank vice president of civic affairs, is also an alumni of Kalfas, but when she went to school there, it was called Beech Avenue Elementary. "I attended this school," she said proudly. "And I know Henry J. Kalfas for whom the school is named. So it seems fitting to be able to provide this kind of support today."
As a result of the program, children identified by their teachers will receive a backpack full of food to take home for the weekend, including milk, juice, macaroni and cheese, granola bars and much more. School counselor Rebecca Tantill noted that every child in the school qualifies for the free breakfast and free lunch program, so the need is great. The KeyBank donation will fund the program at the school for one year.


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ONEKAMA — Jacqueline Cecelia Walton, 85, of Onekama, peacefully went to be with the Lord Tuesday with her family at her side. Jackie was born on May 24, 1928, in Detroit, the daughter of Margaret and Acer Bezesky.
She married Albert Walton on Sept. 14, 1946, and moved from Garden City to Onekama in 1982 upon their retirement.
Jackie was a communicant of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Onekama.
Jackie is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Janet and Roger Mayer, of Highland; grandchildren and their spouses, Lisa and Bill Dickinson, of Brentwood, Tenn., Carol and Kevin Smith, of Howell, and Jeff and Lori Mayer, of Novi; 10 great-grandchildren; sister and brother-in-law, Donna and Murray Switzer; and brother, Mike Bezesky and Harriet Bradford.
A memorial Mass for Jackie will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Onekama. Final interment will be in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery in Onekama.
In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting that donations be made to the Lions Club of Onekama.


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Dec. 25, 2013 — Rosemary June Keller arrived on November 14, 2013 at 6:26 a.m. at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Springs, Maryland. She weighed 6 pounds 13 ounces and was 20 inches in length.
She was welcomed by her proud parents Julie Anglin, formerly of Grayson, and Gordon Keller and her sister Iris Amelia Keller, 3. Her grandparents are Lois Anglin of Grayson and the late Douglas Anglin and Hope Keller of Granite Bay, California, and the late Gorgon G. Keller.


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How are ETFs Different from Mutual Funds?
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You are interested in exchange-traded funds, but you'd like to learn how to use them properly. This article examines the characteristics that set exchange-traded funds apart from mutual funds.
Investors have probably heard of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), but they may not understand how ETFs work or what benefits or drawbacks they may have over mutual funds. Such information can lead to more intelligent and balanced investment decisions. This article provides an overview of how ETFs are structured, managed, bought, and sold. Along the way we point out the key areas in which ETFs differ from mutual funds -- e.g., how and when they can be traded, operating expenses, and potential tax treatment. We round out the article with a simple comparison chart that highlights the main features.
Key Points
You've probably heard of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), but you may not have a clear idea of how they work, how they differ from mutual funds, or how they might fit in your investment portfolio. Here's your chance to take a closer look at ETFs and examine the characteristics they share with mutual funds as well as those that set them apart.
Mutual Funds that Trade like Stocks
Although ETFs and mutual funds both register with the SEC as investment companies, they are structured and operate quite differently.
Mutual funds pool investors' money to purchase a portfolio of securities. Each investor owns shares, which represent a portion of the holdings of the fund. Shareholders buy and sell shares based on the fund's NAV -- net asset value -- which is calculated daily and fluctuates as fund holdings and shares outstanding change. Some mutual fund shares can be purchased from fund companies directly, while others are sold through brokers, banks, financial planners, or insurance agents. If you purchase mutual fund shares through a third party, there is a good chance you will pay a sales commission, or load.
When describing ETFs, it may help to think of them as mutual funds that trade like single stocks. ETF shares are created when an institutional investor or "authorized participant" deposits a specified block of securities with the fund. This "basket" of stocks reflects the composition of an index, such as the S&P 500 or the Nasdaq 100. Individual investors can buy and sell ETF shares only after they are listed on an exchange such as the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Unlike mutual funds that must be purchased or sold at their end-of-day NAV, ETFs can be bought and sold in real time at prices that change throughout the day. Although ETFs still calculate an end-of-day NAV, intraday prices are based on investor demand. ETFs can thus be used for certain hedging strategies typically associated with stocks, such as buying on margin and selling short.
Comparing Costs
One of the key selling points of exchange-traded funds is cost. ETF expense ratios are generally lower than no-load index mutual funds and are significantly lower than actively managed mutual funds.1 For instance, the average expense ratio is 0.60% for ETFs, 0.75% for index funds, and 1.24% for actively managed funds.2
These cost savings can be significant, especially for long-term investors. Although ETF investors will pay a brokerage commission on a per-trade basis to buy or sell shares, the savings from lower expenses can help offset these transaction costs.
Tax Consequences
One major tax advantage that sets ETFs apart from mutual funds is that ETF shareholders are not affected by the trading activity of fellow investors. For instance, mutual fund managers may be forced to sell portfolio holdings to meet the redemption demands of certain fund investors, resulting in an unexpected capital gain or loss to all shareholders. With ETFs, since trading takes place on an exchange between investors, the fund doesn't need to sell stock to meet redemptions, thereby avoiding unforeseen tax events. In addition, the generally low portfolio turnover rate of ETFs contributes to their lower operating costs.
It should be noted that mutual funds and ETFs are required to make annual capital gains distributions to investors, which may be caused by index rebalancing. But as noted above, for ETF investors capital gains distributions are never caused by redemptions in the fund.
Fund Transparency
Today, investors are increasingly demanding more transparency with regard to fees, portfolio holdings, and other operational features. By design, ETFs and index mutual funds deliver greater transparency than actively managed mutual funds because their composition and performance are tied directly to the indexes they mimic. Individuals can easily gauge the performance of their investment by referring to the index it follows. By comparison, the holdings in actively managed funds are subject to change and are less easy to monitor.
Balancing Act
Perhaps the biggest concern for investors with regard to ETFs is derived from one of their greatest attractions. ETFs are so easily bought and sold through a broker or by accessing an online trading account that investors could be tempted to trade too frequently and eliminate any tax or cost advantages due to transaction costs. Therefore, as with any other investment, ETFs should be considered carefully and used only as part of a tailored investment strategy.
At-a-Glance Comparison
|Exchange-Traded Fund
|Mutual Fund
|Buy or sell on an exchange at "real-time" prices throughout the day
|Buy or sell once a day at the closing net asset value
|Can be bought on margin/sold short
|Buy through brokers or online trading account
|Buy direct from fund company, through a third-party (broker, bank, financial advisor), or fund supermarket
|Expense ratio is generally lower than index or actively managed mutual funds; brokerage commissions are charged on a per-transaction basis
|May be subject to front-end or back-end sales loads and annual management expenses, including 12b-1 fees; however, some funds may not charge a sales load
|Tax consequences
|Same as for individual stocks
|Same as for individual stocks; may force unwanted capital gains distribution due to trading activity of other fund shareholders
Points to Remember
- Exchange-traded funds and mutual funds both register with the SEC as investment companies, but they are structured and operate quite differently.
- ETFs are often described as mutual funds that trade like single stocks.
- Unlike mutual funds that are purchased or sold only at the end of the trading day at their closing NAV, ETFs are bought and sold on an exchange throughout the day at "real-time" prices.
- ETFs can be used for certain hedging strategies typically associated with stocks, such as buying on margin and selling short.
- ETF expense ratios are generally lower than no-load index mutual funds and are significantly lower than actively managed mutual funds.
- Unlike mutual funds, ETF transactions do involve brokerage commissions.
2 Based on the average expenses for all funds and ETFs tracked by Morningstar as of December 31, 2011. Expense ratios are calculated from the actual expenses paid if available; otherwise, they are calculated from the stated expense ratio in the fund's prospectus.


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ENID, Okla. —
Monday's blizzard turned deadly as a man was killed in Woodward when heavy snow brought down part of a house's roof.
Matt Lehenbauer, director of Woodward County Emergency Management, said a house partially collapsed on the city's south side. The area was under a blizzard warning all day Monday and received more than a foot of snow. At times, winds gusted to about 50 mph.
Lehenbauer said other collapses have been reported in the city, and firefighters and emergency medical technicians have been caught out in the weather.
Forecasters were predicting almost two feet of snow across parts of northwest Oklahoma as the second winter storm in a week rolled east across the state. A large swath of northwest Oklahoma was expected to get 15-20 inches of snow, according to National Weather Service. Garfield County was expected to get 8-20 inches, depending on location, according to NWS.
Conditions throughout northwest Oklahoma forced Oklahoma Highway Patrol to close highways in the area Monday afternoon.
Troop J, headquartered in Enid, closed: Oklahoma 11 between U.S. 281 and Byron (north of Alva); U.S. 64 from Alva west to the Woods/Harper County line; U.S. 412 from Orienta west to the Major/Woodward County line; Oklahoma 51A at the Blaine/Major County line to Watonga; Oklahoma 45 from the Alfalfa/Garfield County line west to U.S. 281; and Oklahoma 33 east of Watonga to the Blaine/Kingfisher County line.
Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb declared a state of emergency for 56 counties as blizzard conditions began wreaking havoc with whiteout conditions and visibility near zero.
Counties included in the state of emergency are: Garfield, Adair, Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cherokee, Cimarron, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Craig, Creek, Custer, Delaware, Dewey, Ellis, Grady, Grant, Greer, Harmon, Harper, Jackson, Kay, Kingfisher, Kiowa, Lincoln, Logan, Major, Mayes, McClain, McIntosh, Muskogee, Noble, Nowata, Okfuskee, Oklahoma, Okmulgee, Osage, Ottawa, Pawnee, Payne, Pottawatomie, Roger Mills, Rogers, Seminole, Texas, Tillman, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington, Washita, Woods and Woodward.
Lamb issued the executive order at the request of Gov. Mary Fallin. It allows state agencies to make emergency purchases related to disaster relief and preparedness. It also is a first step toward seeking federal assistance, should it become necessary. Under the order, the emergency lasts for 30 days.
As of 4:45 p.m. Monday, Mike Honigsberg, director of Enid and Garfield County Emergency Management, said Enid had received 2.5 inches of snow.
"After conferring with other meteorologists for our area, thinking is we could still manage to receive up to 8 inches of snowfall before it ends tomorrow," he said. "[Keeping] in mind all the variables out there for this, we may see more or less."
OG&E Electric Services reported power out to 4,865 customers Monday evening, including 1,221 in Enid. John Little, OG&E regional manager, said Monday tree limbs falling onto power lines were causing problems, as was the wind, which blew distribution lines into each other, causing the circuit breakers to open.
Other outage numbers as of 6:40 p.m. were: Alva, 203; Canton, 485; Carrier, 101; Cleo Springs, 297; Drummond, 288; Hennessey, 185; Ringwood, 218; Seiling, 646; Watonga, 288; and Waukomis, 119.
Fairview, which has a municipal power system, also lost power Monday.
Heavy snow also collapsed the awning of the Sonic Drive-In in Alva, said Woods County Emergency Management Director Steve Foster.
Foster said there was 6 inches of snow at 11 a.m., and it continued throughout the day. By 5 p.m., Foster estimated there was 12-15 inches of snowfall in the area.
"We had a few carports fall in the snow," he said. "We're just holding tight until it gets out of here."
First National Bank of Seiling also lost a employee carport to the snow, Mayor Mickey Louthan said.
Enid area law enforcement spent Monday afternoon responding to several injury accidents, mostly caused by speed and the condition of the roads.
Enid Police Department Sgt. Bryan Hart said those who do not have to travel should stay at home.
"If you do have to get out, slow down, pay attention to your driving behavior and the behavior of those driving around you," he said. "Clear all of your windows and make sure your vehicle is operable and safe to drive in these conditions."
Hart also said drivers need to stay off their cellphones and devote their full attention to driving. Officers responded to four injury accidents between 2 and 4 p.m. Monday, mostly due to drivers going too fast.
Sheriff Jerry Niles said his office was assisting Oklahoma Highway Patrol with accidents along Garriott and out in the county.
Niles said many of the accidents were single-vehicle, and the contributing factors were speed and the road conditions.
"We're asking people to slow down," Niles said. "They need to turn on their lights even in the daytime, because people are having trouble seeing them and are having to swerve."
Niles said motorists should avoid all unnecessary travel.
"There are people out there right now waiting over two hours for a wrecker," he said. "Anyone who goes out there tonight and gets stuck is contributing to the problem."
Responders worked a rollover wreck at Leona Mitchell and Southgate about 12:55 p.m. Responders also were sent to 2800, 7600 and 8400 blocks of East Garriott for accidents. Accidents were reported on U.S. 81 near Keowee and near Kremlin. An accident also was reported on Breckinridge Road.
For the latest conditions of Oklahoma roads, highways and interstates, call (405) 425-2385.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.


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The Alumni and Development Center is working to get all addresses updated for our wonderful BCS Alumni! This includes Email addresses! If you have not been in touch with our office in the past year or did not receive a letter mailed to you regarding Homecoming, please email email@example.com with your name, year you graduated, your current U.S.P.S. mailing address, and your email address. We would like to keep everyone updated on the happenings at our School and invite you to events! Thank you for taking the time to update us!
Homecoming Please join us on Friday, September 20 from 5:30 to 7:00 for the Annual Alumni Dinner at the BCS Softball Field. All graduates are invited to attend and receive free parking, hamburger or hotdog dinner, and entry to the football game. We will play Shelby County High School at 7:00. Please advise the gate attendants that you are a BCS graduate. We hope to see you there!
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•BCS began with 32 Kindergarten students and a few dedicated faculty and staff in 1964, and we have had 3,312 graduates!•Our first graduating class had 12 graduates - the Class of 1973.•The Class of 2005 had 10 National Merit Finalists which was the 4th largest number of National Merit Finalists among 469 High Schools in Alabama.•Scholarship offers for the Class of 2011 totaled $5,713,000.00.•The ACT Composite for the Class of 2011 is 26.•2011-12 school enrollment is 1,970 - the highest in our history. Our students are being well equipped through quality, Truth-based education.•More than 40,000 students in approximately 600 schools across the United States are being impacted this school year through BCS science, reading, or leadership training programs. God's blessings are shared with others for God's glory.•Since 2001 BCS Student Missions has had transformational impact on 1,558 people who have made professions of faith in Christ, over 24,000 people who have received medical assistance, and several hundred people have been blessed by community revitalization initiatives in Birmingham and Huntsville. BCSSM is making a significant impact at our School and on those we serve through missions.
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OTTUMWA — Witnesses zoomed in on the minute details of the crime scene in the Bruce Pollard case, analyzing fingerprints and DNA found on several items.
Pollard, 26, is charged with first-degree murder and first-degree robbery in the death of Cinema X manager Kenneth McDaniel on March 11, 2012. His body was discovered two days later.
Dr. Sabrina Seehafer, of the DNA section of the Iowa DCI crime lab, provided Darwin Chapman, an expert in fingerprint analysis with the DCI, a buccal — or cheek — swab from Pollard and a "blood card" from McDaniel to establish their DNA profiles.
From the several blood-stained areas in Cinema X, none came back as a match for Pollard's DNA, she said.
"The major contributor in all of the stains was Kenneth McDaniel," she said. "In laymen's terms, that's a match."
Five bloody areas of McDaniel's body were swabbed during the autopsy and sent to DCI. All matched McDaniel's DNA but one area, on McDaniel's right hand, which tested positive for a mixture of DNA.
That mixture tested positive for both McDaniel's and Pollard's DNA.
The dark blue polo shirt prosecutors allege Pollard was wearing when he killed McDaniel was also tested, and both McDaniel's and Pollard's blood were found.
Seehafer also noted that McDaniel's blood was identified on the pry bar.
Defense attorney Allen Cook asked Seehafer if, "we assume that the [front door] was locked prior to the altercation and if we further assume that Kenneth McDaniel was behind Bruce Pollard when [he] discovered that the door was locked," would Pollard have had "any reasonable means to escape?"
It was "close quarters" in Cinema X, Seehafer said, and while the counters are not terribly high, it would have been difficult to leap or climb over them.


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My animation is informative about what the Advair Diskus does. To make the animation, I used Adobe Flash C4 for placing the images and animating them. I also used Adobe Illustrator for drawing out my images and Apple GarageBand to create the audio. I listed all of the side effects of the Advair Diskus.
From the Patients' Perspective: Advair DISKUS or Advair HFA


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INRIX Traffic to Enhance Live Search 411 Service
Mobile users now have free, instant voice-enabled access to local traffic
INRIX®, the leading provider of traffic information, today announced it has been selected by Microsoft Corp. for the voice activated local search service, Live Search 411. The free mobile service now provides real-time traffic information including travel times, accidents and congestion information in addition to local business search, directions, weather and other services. Mobile phone users can immediately access the service at 1-800-CALL-411 (1-800-225-5411).
"Our consumer research shows that traffic information is one of the most popular requests for mobile phone users," said Neil Bernstein, senior director, Microsoft. "We chose INRIX Traffic for Live Search 411 to provide high-quality traffic information to consumers across all major metropolitan areas."
INRIX and Tellme Networks Inc., a Microsoft subsidiary, are also collaborating extensively on the interactive voice-powered service Ford SYNC with Traffic, Directions and Information. Ford Motor Company announced the new service at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January, 2009 and expects availability on most 2010 Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles starting in Spring, 2009.
"Live Search 411 is a robust and easy-to-use local search service," said Bryan Mistele, president and CEO, INRIX. "Given our Microsoft Research origins and our collaboration with Tellme, it was a natural extension to work together to provide personalized traffic for Microsoft's popular Live Search 411 service."
Additional details on the Live Search 411 service are available at http://www.livesearch411.com/
About INRIX
INRIX® is a leading traffic intelligence platform delivering smart data and advanced analytics to solve transportation issues worldwide. INRIX crowd sources real-time data from approximately 100 million vehicles and devices to deliver traffic and driving-related insight, as well as sophisticated analytical tools and services, across five industries in 35 countries.
With more than 200 customers and partners including Audi, ADAC, ANWB, BMW, the BBC, Ford Motor Company, the I-95 Coalition, MapQuest, Microsoft, NAVIGON, Telmap, Toyota and Vodafone, INRIX's real-time traffic information and traffic forecasts help drivers save time every day. Visit www.INRIX.com.
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NEW YORK (AP) - YouTube and Paramount Pictures have reached a deal to make nearly 500 films available to rent online, even while their parent companies continue to feud over a $1 billion lawsuit.
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. service companies expanded at a healthy pace last month and stepped up hiring, more evidence that the economy is growing and adding jobs.
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - Cash-strapped state governments that are searching every crevice for money have found a new target: computer programs that enable businesses to keep two sets of books simply by plugging a flash drive into their cash registers.
PALO ALTO (AP) - Facebook is stepping up its patent dispute with Yahoo by filing its own lawsuit against the struggling Internet icon.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The federal student loan program seemed like a great idea back in 1965: Borrow to go to college now, pay it back later when you have a job.
DETROIT (AP) - The recovery in the American auto industry has moved into the fast lane.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The federal government announced Monday it has taken a step toward wide distribution of gasoline mixed with 15 percent ethanol by allowing manufacturers to register as suppliers.
WOBURN, Mass (AP) .- Terrafugia Inc. said Monday that its prototype flying car has completed its first flight, bringing the company closer to its goal of selling the flying car within the next year. The vehicle - dubbed the Transition - has two seats, four wheels and wings that fold up so it can be driven like a car. Last month, it flew at 1,400 feet for eight minutes. Commercial jets fly at 35,000 feet.
NEW YORK (AP) - Coty came calling, but Avon slammed the door.
DALLAS (AP) - Allegiant Air will charge passengers $35 to carry their own bag on board the plane and stow it in an overhead bin.
Q: I am 67 years old. I took my Social Security at age 66. I have a 17-year-old son, a 14-year-old daughter and a 57-year-old wife. All three of them are getting benefits as dependents on my account. The Social Security office told me that my kids will keep getting checks until age 19. And my wife will get Social Security until the youngest one turns 19. But by then, she will be 62, so she will be able to get regular wife's benefits at that point. They also said the total amount we are getting now will never ...
BEIJING (AP) - Consumers probably won't have to pay more for iPads, iPhones and other popular consumer electronics despite a Chinese company's pledge to trim work hours and raise wages for its hardscrabble assembly workers.
NEW YORK (AP) - The 104-year old company that makes Etch A Sketch is launching new political-themed ads, after the toy made headlines when an aide for presidential hopeful Mitt Romney compared it with Romney's fall election strategy.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Groupon Inc. said Friday that its fourth-quarter loss was wider than initially reported because it needed to increase the amount of money it sets aside for refunds.
DETROIT (AP) - A thorough review of General Motors' safety issues is nearing completion and hasn't turned up any more serious problems, the company's CEO said Tuesday.
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - Roofs made of carbon fiber. Plastic windshields. Bumpers fashioned out of aluminum foam.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Up to 5 million Americans struggling to make their monthly student loan payments could find relief under a program President Barack Obama expanded Monday, part of an election-year push by Democrats to paint Republicans as blocking common-sense steps that could help the middle class.
DENVER (AP) - Colorado's marijuana market boomed in April as tens of thousands celebrated the once-underground 4/20 pot holiday.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Netflix will ease up on a month-long finger-pointing campaign that blamed Verizon and other Internet service providers for problems with its video subscription service.
OAK BROOK, Ill. (AP) - McDonald's says a key sales metric slipped again in the U.S. as it faced "ongoing broad-based challenges" in May.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Apple is expanding into home and health management as the company tries to turn its iPhones, iPads and Mac computers into an interchangeable network of devices that serve as a hub of people's increasingly digital lives.
SEATTLE (AP) - The Seattle City Council unanimously passed an ordinance Monday that gradually increases the minimum wage in the city to $15, which would make it the highest in the nation.
SAN JOSE (AP) - The hackers are winning, according to a survey of 500 executives of U.S. businesses, law enforcement services and government agencies released Wednesday.
MOUNTAIN VIEW (AP) - In a groundbreaking disclosure, Google revealed Wednesday how very white and male its workforce is - just 2 percent of its 50,000 Googlers are black, 3 percent are Hispanic, and 30 percent are women.


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Until now, the closest we've seen to a horror twist on the ever-wholesome Archie Comics series (which has been around for over 70 years) was the storyline teaming up the teen hero and his pals Betty, Veronica and Jughead with the band KISS to combat a monster invasion. But this news blows that story off the map.
Per a report from Deadline.com, Warner Bros. has just sealed the deal for a live-action Archie movie, adapted by screenwriter Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Carrie), and with Jason Moore (Pitch Perfect) signed to direct... but that's not the weird part here: apparently Aguirre-Sacasa has also been hired to write a new comic book series entitled Afterlife with Archie, which finds the squeaky-clean teens battling the living dead in suburban New York.
Back in March, Aguirre-Sacasa told Deadline that Afterlife, which evolved from conversations with Archie creator John L. Goldwater, "combines two of my great passions, Archie comics and horror comics." The new series would address questions the writer had often asked himself, like "What if the Archie characters found themselves in a Stephen King novel like The Stand or a Sam Raimi movie like The Evil Dead? Could we pull that off, tonally?"
I guess we're going to find out. The first story arc, titled Escape from Riverdale (referring to Archie's fictional hometown), it set to launch late this year, with the second allegedly spoiler-riffic title Betty RIP. More details to come...