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Independence day – independence from my ex boyfriend
WARNING: There will be a lot of swear words in this post! My parents, please do not read. Nor any children! I don't remember when was the last time I sweared that much like these days, so just do not think this is normal for me.
I am in Wenham, close to Boston with my friend Lola who literally saved my ass these days and I will never be thankful enough for that! I hope it will help me a little bit to forget those shitty things that happened recently.
It is hot outside now but I still have goose bumps! Those bad ones … As you already noticed on my facebook and twitter, these days are all about 2 things for me … first, the break up with that Alex, my boyfriend, and the second, looking for a place to stay for the next 2 weeks until my return flight back home.
Well, I wasn't really sure if to write about this or not. But then hell yeah, if I could write about such a painful thing for me like the suicide of my younger brother, or my uncle dying of cancer, I should probably write about this fucking break up too! I think these three things were so far the worst three things that ever happened to me, so they deserve their own posts as all three of them have something do to with traveling. And the first two posts helped me a lot to move on so I am sure that just getting all this out of my chest and putting it in writing will help me to get over faster.
You all read about my unbelievable travel love story with Alex recently. Yes, I have to admit I have never felt that way about any guy in my past as I did about Alex. Even though we knew each other just for like 6 weeks, so many things happened during that time and we kind of lived together half of that time so got to know each other pretty well. And way faster than we probably should have. Our relationship was so intense that I felt as if I knew Alex for all my life. Never before I felt I wanted to be with a guy for long. On one hand I was always kind of scared of marriage and all that family stuff. But with Alex that terrible fear disappeared somehow and I was even looking forward to have family with that guy! This might sound crazy, I know, but it was true. Yes, it was like … I just met you and this is crazy …
But how many times have you met someone with the same name? Who eats exactly the same thing slike you do and at the same time? Who goes to toilet at the same time like you (30 times a day)? How many times you met someone who loves the same songs, has the same reason of life, wants to do the same things and visit the same places? How many times you met someone who hates the same things like you do? Who takes photos of the same weird things using the same camera like you? How many times you met someone whose good face side is the opposite to yours so you can take photos together not looking bad? Who can sleep only at the other side of the bed you sleep at? And who does not eat yolks like you? And who has just everything you were ever looking for in your partner? If I think of all the guys I have ever met and put all the things we have in common with them, they would never even reach half of all the things I had in common with Alex.
It was the shortest, the best and at the same time the worst relationship I have ever had. But at least I hope you understand my pain. I have never wanted family with any guy until I met Alex.
But if it looked like in a movie, I mean too unreal, too good to be true … then it probably was …
I know I did fuck up a lot of things in our relationship. I am too demanding and I know it. I expect too much from myself and then expect the same from the other people. But Alex had serious trust issues and he wanted a perfect relationship with no arguments, no problems. But that does not exist!!!
Ironically, the last photo I have ever taken when with Alex was a photo of strawberry heart in his house.
And then, the Friday night just after we came to New York City, he pushed me to the door, got me a huge bruise on my leg and left me barefoot in my pyjamas on the street … at 2 am in dangerous Brooklyn. With half of my stuff in his house back close to Washington DC. And with no place to stay since tonight Wednesday July 4 to Monday July 16 when is my return flight back home. Rebooking the flight would be too expensive (from $2500 to $3500) and find accommodation these days in NYC is unbelievably difficult because of Independance day today. Or everything is booked already, or super expensive!!! I spent the last 4 days looking for accommodation in NYC and still not lucky! I have never been in such a situation.
Thankfully, I have friends. And 4 friends really helped me. Christian helped me on Saturday to get to a hostel, Lee showed me around the city and tried to make me laugh, Cody sent me some money to help me out (just out of the blue without me ever asking for it), and Lola literally saved my ass being the Ambassador of America for me! And I have not even met any of these 4 people in person before! Thank you so much!!!
But I still miss him. I see him everywhere. Everything reminds me of him. All the songs on the radio. All the clothes I put on. I can't fall asleep at night as he was the only cure for my insomnia. I wake up sad as looking into his eyes every morning was giving me strength for the following day. I miss hugging him as it was the only thing that made me forget about the whole world and be happy. And I miss cooking for me too.
I am trying to get better now. Yes, to get over it. It is hard.
Today, we are celebrating Independance day in the US.
Even though I am not American, I am celebrating Independence day too today – independence from my boyfriend. From my ex boyfriend.
… pool party with Lola!!!
So yeah … life sucks sometimes! And for me it sucked a lot of times already in a really bad way … you probably know …
But I am strong and one day he will be sorry for this. It is his lost. You just never leave the person to who you say I LOVE YOU like he did. Not on the street. Not in Brooklyn. Not alone. Not without any place to stay at night. And especially not after that person literally changed all the plans and went half the world just to be with you! This is something I will never understand. And neither how I could be so wrong about him. Thinking of having family with him, dedicating all my life to him and trusting him completely … and you know already what I got in return.
And I am still here looking for accommodation in NYC. It sucks! It looks like after all this I will have to spend A LOT of money so I don't have to sleep in Central Park. The money I was supposed to spend on vacations with my mom (me inviting!) … Holy crap! This will completely destroy my budget And I don't remember when was the last time that I was so stressed!
But now …
I am struggling …
I am single again …
Your solo female traveler …
And now he is just SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW …
Because apart from all the above, after I just published this post, he sent me an email saying I am like CANCER and that I will end up like my brother! I think it does not need any more comments.
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I did not know this about you until just reading this post today. However you have played a very cathartic role for me in curing myself after a breakup. The relationship was my most lovely period of my life.you trip thru Panama was very mu have what I needed just when I needed it. I lo en Panama for so many reasons. You took a very similar trek as we did. Thank you I hope we run into each other in Panama or elsewhere one day on travel.
Comment@ Andi of My Beautiful Adventures:
Thanks honey! He did read the post just after I published it last year. All forgotten now, but was not a nice experience. -
So proud of you for getting out of that relationship! What a terrible person he is!!! I hope he reads this post. Your friends are awesome for helping you out in the last minute.
Comment@ shrn:
Thank you for your opinion, I agree with you completely -
I think a guy with a serious trust issue is a very insecure guy. And you will surely meet someone better.
Comment@ Osvaldo:
Ves, a veces creemos q conocemos a la gente pero no es asi -
Acabo de leer esto y estoy en shock total!!!
Como que conocí Alex y no hubiera esperado que se saliera con eso :O
Comment@ Micamyx|Senyorita:
I agree my sweet Mica -
You deserve someone better – no matter what his name is.
I am so sorry that happened. traveling abroad especially getting stuck in an unfamiliar place is not cool. You might want go to your countries embassy and explain the matter and see if they can help you with temp. housing or some help. I wish I had better advice for you. Please keep us updated, and if I think of anything else I will let you know.
It hurts, but…I wouldn't care about somebody, who can send you message like "I will end up like my brother".
I hope you'll forget all this story and will enjoy your life again. -
Comment@ Callie:
Callie, yes, it does suck! -
Scarlett's right, this is such a brave post! Really sucks that things ended so badly but you'll find someone better!
Hi Alex
I'm very sorry to hear of such an ugly way for a relationship to end.
You are implying that he assaulted you, so I would advise being careful with how you describe it publicly.
Btw I live in Prague and can't imagine that a guy here or in other European country would let this happen in such a bad way.
Glad that others came to offer help!
Comment@ Scarlett:
Thank you so much, Scarlet! I agree with you -
You are so brave writing this post – i know it must have been really difficult! It's his loss, you don't need people like that bringing you down when you should be flying! Everything will work out lovely and he will be sorry he ever let you go! All my love xxxxxxxxx
you know how i feel! xo – lola
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Mideast tour: I finally put some flat objects in my scanner
September 24, 2007
Now settled in after my Mideast tour, I've finally found time to scan some souvenirs.
I bought this greeting card in Kuwait. It came from a whole line of greeting cards featuring cute cartoon burqa-clad women and dishdasha-clad men doing things like barbecuing, riding on a magic carpet, and in one case, being visited by space aliens.
In Djibouti, I found myself saving everything that said "Djibouti" on it. Iced coffee is not well-known outside America, but the hotel staff at the Djibouti Kempinski was quite enthusiastic about making me one (for what looks on the receipt like $700!) The beverage I received was laden with heavy cream and had been strained over ice, but was served sans ice, making its temperature only infinitesimally lower than that of the hotel at large. Like a cool bath. In a glass.
I purchased a bowl decorated with elephants at this shop in Djibouti. The proprietors were really adamant about giving me their business card, which had been faintly xeroxed and badly cut, but basically got the message out about HAPPY SHOP. And now it's on my blog! So next time you're in, say, Somalia, go ahead and take a detour to Djibouti. The bowls are great.
There is a coin shortage on US military bases. Instead of actual metal currency, you receive these cardboard "pogs" as change. Annoying! I'm stuck with seventy-five cents' worth. I'm going to mail them to my mom so she can see if they'll take them at the Navy Exchange back home. I've always wanted to buy my mom a pack of gum.
These are my alcohol ration cards from the Army bases in Qatar and Djibouti. There's a three-drink a day limit, although that seems to be something of a formality for performers, perhaps especially female performers. I think I could have obtained really as much alcohol as I personally desired to consume.
Just add meat and milk cards for that old-time World War II feeling.
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Donated Materials a Godsend for Design Schools
For design students in New York, Christmas comes in April. That's when SpecSimple.com, a New York–based company that operates an online directory of design products and services, distributes free swatches, material samples, brochures, finish cards, and other goodies to local schools.
Now in its tenth year, the Save a Sample! Box-A-Thon is gearing up for what it hopes will be a record amount of donations and deliveries. Trucks and drivers provided by local furniture dealers will fan across the metropolitan area from April 7 to 9 to collect the spoils from architecture and design firms and to deliver them to participating schools.
Based on what you have seen and read about this project, how would you grade it? Use the stars below to indicate your assessment, five stars being the highest rating.
Frequent, large contributors include Hillier (now RMJM), Kenne Shepherd, and Perkins Eastman. In addition, manufacturers and distribution representatives contribute funds to the effort.
Beneficiaries of this year's program include the Art Institute of New York City, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York Institute of Technology, Parsons The New School, Pratt Institute, and the School of Visual Arts—all of which are located in New York City. Donations also will go to Sage College in Albany, and Kean University in New Jersey.
"Those schools with the least access to samples have found the Save A Sample! program a godsend," says SpecSimple.com president Suzanne Swift. "In some cases, these schools did not even have a [materials] library before participating in our program."
In 2008, the program collected 400 boxes of materials weighing two tons, and Swift says this year's haul should better that by 25 percent. And lest you think that Save a Sample! yields only sloppy seconds, Heather Smart, curator of the Angelo Donghia Materials Center at Parsons, says, "The biggest trend I've noticed is the quantity of material and the quality of samples. There's a larger variety of types and samples, and there are more of them in general, so students have a lot more to work with."
Smart also notes that, while the number of vinyl wallpaper donations is diminishing, the donation campaign itself exemplifies a trend toward sustainability. "No materials library curator wants to throw things away," she says, "and this consolidated event wastes less time and energy than firms independently calling me to pick up, collect, sort, and redistribute samples."
Save a Sample! also raises funds to support resource-library scholarships for participating schools; last year's figure topped $14,000.
Swift says she is always on the lookout for contributions. Firms interested in donating materials and companies interested in sponsoring the effort should go to www.specsimple.com and click the icon marked Save a Sample! Box-A-Thon.
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Starting date: 28th October 2015.
Ending date: January 2017.
The Master in Strategic Design. Design of the Value Offering, is a Master of 1st Level of Politecnico di Milano, designed by POLI.design, the Politecnico di Milano Consortium and managed in collaboration with MIP, the Politecnico di Milano School of Management.
The Master is completely in English.
The social demand for a new generation of products and services, coherent with current socio cultural transformations and their sustainable development, becomes an opportunity for companies that are able to operate in context of this new design mentality, this unique meeting of design and company strategy: strategic design.
The Master in Strategic Design is addressed to the international contexts and primes experts and consultants to cover a project and managerial role in the product- system innovation process: the integrated body of products, services and communication strategies that business and social actors conceive and develop to obtain a set of specific strategic results.
The course aims to build a specific competence oriented towards qualified professionalism about the themes of strategic design, innovation and design of the product-system through three main skills on behalf of companies (and society): vision, sensitivity to signs of innovation and the ability to formulate solutions. In other words, it is the ability to design products and services, the success of which is the anticipation of what will be, or should be, the norm tomorrow.
The Master forms experts and consultants able to carry out design and management activities in the process of innovation of the product system.
Through its innovative didactic mix of theory, design and application, the program is able to generate the conditions that allow its students to look at the current business landscape from a systemic and 360° viewpoint that is necessary for the development of radical innovations in product, services and communication strategies.
The objective is to develop in its participants those skills:
- Develop strategic planning skills
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- Develop the competencies to generate corporate vision
- Acquire the skills to understand complexity
- Acquire management skills for strategic design projects
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Graduates from previous editions of the Master in Strategic Design have found employment in two main areas: as Specialists in Design and Innovation (marketing directors, R&D managers, industrial designers, product/service and brand developers) and in Innovation Management (as design managers, designdirectors, project managers, product managers, retail managers, brand managers and product-system innovation consultants).
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At the end of the Master, participants that will have passed the program and the final exam, will receive the Master Degree in 1st Level Master in Strategic Design, Design of the Value Offering.
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During the program, the Master's Faculty staff, through written examinations and project reviews and presentations held throughout the program, will assess the progress of each student. A final individual exam will also be held, and will consist in the discussion of a Master thesis developed during the project work, and is finalized to ascertain the analytical, theoretical and practical competencies gained throughout the program by each student. These exams and evaluations will be presided by the Faculty of the program.
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1. | (prenominal) similar; resembling |
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2. | similar to; similarly to; in the manner of: acting like a maniac; he's so like his father |
3. | used correlatively to express similarity in certain proverbs: like mother, like daughter |
4. | such as: there are lots of ways you might amuse yourself — like taking a long walk, for instance |
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5. | a dialect word for likely |
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7. | informal be like … used to introduce direct speech or nonverbal communication: I was like, 'You're kidding!' |
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usage The use of like to mean such as was formerly thought to be undesirable in formal writing, but has now become acceptable. It was also thought that as rather than like should be used to mean in the same way that, but now both as and like are acceptable: they hunt and catch fish as/like their ancestors used to. The use of look like and seem like before a clause, although very common, is thought by many people to be incorrect or non-standard: it looks as though he won't come (not it looks like he won't come) |


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economics of market failure
Market failure has become an increasingly important topic for students at A level .There is a clear economic case for government intervention in markets where some form of market failure is taking place. Government can justify this by saying that intervention is in the public interest. Basically market failure occurs when markets do not bring about economic efficiency.
Government intervention occurs when markets are not working optimally i.e. there is a Pareto sub-optimal allocation of resources in a market/industry. In simple terms, the market may not always allocate scarce resources efficiently in a way that achieves the highest total social welfare.
There are plenty of reasons why the normal operation of market forces may not lead to economic efficiency.
Public Goods not provided by the free market because of their two main characteristics
- Non-excludability where it is not possible to provide a good or service to one person without it thereby being available for others to enjoy
- Non-rivalry where the consumption of a good or service by one person will not prevent others from enjoying it
Examples: Street lighting / Lighthouse Protection, Police services, Air defence systems, Roads / motorways, Terrestrial television, Flood defence systems, Public parks & beaches
Because of their nature the private sector is unlikely to be willing and able to provide public goods. The government therefore provides them for collective consumption and finances them through general taxation.
Merit Goods are those goods and services that the government feels that people left to themselves will under-consume and which therefore ought to be subsidised or provided free at the point of use.
Both the public and private sector of the economy can provide merit goods & services. Consumption of merit goods is thought to generate positive externality effects where the social benefit from consumption exceeds the private benefit.
Examples: Health services, Education, Work Training, Public Libraries, Citizen's Advice, Inoculations
Few modern markets meet the stringent conditions required for a perfectly competitive market. The existence of monopoly power is often thought to create the potential for market failure and a need for intervention to correct for some of the welfare consequences of monopoly power.
The classical economic case against monopoly is that
- Price is higher and output is lower under monopoly than in a competitive market
- This causes a net economic welfare loss of both consumer and producer surplus
- Price > marginal cost - leading to allocative inefficiency and a pareto sub-optimal equilibrium.
- Rent seeking behaviour by the monopolist might add to the standard costs of monopoly. This includes high (possibly excessive) amounts of spending on persuasive advertising and marketing.
- Libenstein's X-inefficiency may also result if the monopolist allows cost efficiency to drop. An upward drift in costs because of a lack of effective competition in the market-place can lead to consumers facing higher prices and a reduction in their real standard of living
Any exam question on market failure must make some reference to externalities. What are the potential market failures arising from externalities?
The social optimum output or level of consumption diverges from the private optimum.
Main problem is the absence of clearly defined property rights for those agents operating in the market. When property rights are not clearly defined, market failure is likely because producers & consumers may not be held to account
Don't forget that positive externalities can also justify intervention if goods are under-consumed (social benefit > private benefit)
Market failure can also be caused by the existence of inequality throughout the economy. Wide differences in income and wealth between different groups within our economy leads to a wide gap in living standards between affluent households and those experiencing poverty. Society may come to the view that too much inequality is unacceptable or undesirable.
Note here that value judgements come into play whenever we discuss the distribution of income and wealth in society. The government may decide to intervene to reduce inequality through changes to the tax and benefits system and also specific policies such as the national minimum wage
Government intervention may seek to correct for the distortions created by market failure and to improve the efficiency in the way that markets operate
- Pollution taxes to correct for externalities
- Taxation of monopoly profits (the Windfall Tax)
- Regulation of oligopolies/cartel behaviour
- Direct provision of public goods (defence)
- Policies to introduce competition into markets (de-regulation)
- Price controls for the recently privatised utilities
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"I can't for the life of me understand what is so great about this Indianapolis 500 stuff," said one housewife to another. "They make a big hero out of the driver who is the first one to travel 500 miles by driving continuously in circles."
It's one thing to resist getting the hang of a smart phone. It's quite another to allow fear of learning, or more precisely fear that you can't learn, to get in the way of career success.
The practice of kindness encompasses a range of small acts and habits that we know as old-fashioned good manners – saying "please" and "thank you," waiting your turn, being on time, lending a helping hand, or cheering someone up with a smile. It applies not just to your relationships with other people. It extends to things, animals, plants and the earth.
This practice also means being generous with your presence, your time and your money. Give freely without expecting anything in return. Just do it. Kindness is not a quid pro quo endeavor.
On Friday of this week, the Oldham-La Grange Development Authority and Talmage Hocker, president of The Hocker Group LLC, are expected to sign an agreement forming a partnership to develop the Oldham Reserve Business Campus. This will mark the first public/private partnership for both entities.
Oldham Reserve is a 1,000-acre planned unit development located off of I-71 at exit 22 in La Grange. The campus will house a mixture of retail, office and residential uses.
We read in Psalm 119:8, "I will observe your statutes." I like the Psalmist's clear communication of what he "will" do. It is forceful and committed. "I will observe God's statutes." Notice he does not write, "I will try to observe God's statutes." "Try" is one of those words that we should tune our ear to so that when we use it, we question our commitment.
Our Louisville MLS Report shows single family home sales from Jan. 1 to May 5, 2010, and compares those sales to sales from Jan. 1 to May 5, 2009.
As the weather warms our minds naturally turn to thoughts of travel; whether it is to going to the beach or out of state to see family it is important for people with Diabetes to plan carefully when preparing for travel. With careful planning and a few special precautions you can ensure a trouble-free and enjoyable trip. When preparing for your trip it is recommended that you get a check-up. Also have documentation of what your current medical condition is along with a list of medications in case you should require emergency care.


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CORVALLIS, Ore. — Trash pickup services are calling for patience in Corvallis.
Every week Republic Services picks up trash, recyclables and yard debris. But it's been slow going this week with the snowy, frozen roads. So crews are asking customers to leave their bins out because they're running on a delay.
For those who live on a hilly area, the trucks might not make it to those neighborhoods.
"Sometimes trucks can get to an area, but stopping a big giant truck like that on ice is very dangerous, and with kids out playing in the snow and with all kinds of things happening we are taking an overly cautious approach," said Julie Jackson, the Municipal Manager of Republic Services.
If crews don't get to your garbage this week, you can leave extra bags out for next week's pick-up for free.


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Algorithms Take Control of Wall Street
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Last spring, Dow Jones launched a new service called Lexicon, which sends real-time financial news to professional investors. This in itself is not surprising. The company behind The Wall Street Journal and Dow Jones Newswires made its name by publishing the kind of news that moves the stock market. But many of the professional investors subscribing to Lexicon aren't human—they're algorithms, the lines of code that govern an increasing amount of global trading activity—and they don't read news the way humans do. They don't need their information delivered in the form of a story or even in sentences. They just want data—the hard, actionable information that those words represent.
Lexicon packages the news in a way that its robo-clients can understand. It scans every Dow Jones story in real time, looking for textual clues that might indicate how investors should feel about a stock. It then sends that information in machine-readable form to its algorithmic subscribers, which can parse it further, using the resulting data to inform their own investing decisions. Lexicon has helped automate the process of reading the news, drawing insight from it, and using that information to buy or sell a stock. The machines aren't there just to crunch numbers anymore; they're now making the decisions.
An app that jams with you.
A good session player is hard to find, but ujam is always ready to rock. The Web app doubles as a studio band and a recording studio. It analyzes a melody and then produces sophisticated harmonies, bass lines, drum tracks, horn parts, and more.
Before ujam's AI can lay down accompaniment, it must figure out which notes the user is singing or playing. Once it recognizes them, the algorithm searches for chords to match the tune, using a mix of statistical techniques and hardwired musical rules. The stats are part of the software's AI and can generate myriad chord progressions. The rules-based module then uses its knowledge of Western musical tropes to narrow the chord options to a single selection.
The service is still in alpha, but it has attracted 2,500 testers who want to use the AI to explore their musical creativity—and they have the recordings to prove it. As ujam gathers more data on users' preferences and musical tastes, programmers feed this info back into the system, improving its on-the-fly performance. In this respect at least, ujam is like a human: It gets better with practice.
—Jon Stokes
That increasingly describes the entire financial system. Over the past decade, algorithmic trading has overtaken the industry. From the single desk of a startup hedge fund to the gilded halls of Goldman Sachs, computer code is now responsible for most of the activity on Wall Street. (By some estimates, computer-aided high-frequency trading now accounts for about 70 percent of total trade volume.) Increasingly, the market's ups and downs are determined not by traders competing to see who has the best information or sharpest business mind but by algorithms feverishly scanning for faint signals of potential profit.
Algorithms have become so ingrained in our financial system that the markets could not operate without them. At the most basic level, computers help prospective buyers and sellers of stocks find one another—without the bother of screaming middlemen or their commissions. High-frequency traders, sometimes called flash traders, buy and sell thousands of shares every second, executing deals so quickly, and on such a massive scale, that they can win or lose a fortune if the price of a stock fluctuates by even a few cents. Other algorithms are slower but more sophisticated, analyzing earning statements, stock performance, and newsfeeds to find attractive investments that others may have missed. The result is a system that is more efficient, faster, and smarter than any human.
It is also harder to understand, predict, and regulate. Algorithms, like most human traders, tend to follow a fairly simple set of rules. But they also respond instantly to ever-shifting market conditions, taking into account thousands or millions of data points every second. And each trade produces new data points, creating a kind of conversation in which machines respond in rapid-fire succession to one another's actions. At its best, this system represents an efficient and intelligent capital allocation machine, a market ruled by precision and mathematics rather than emotion and fallible judgment.
But at its worst, it is an inscrutable and uncontrollable feedback loop. Individually, these algorithms may be easy to control but when they interact they can create unexpected behaviors—a conversation that can overwhelm the system it was built to navigate. On May 6, 2010, the Dow Jones Industrial Average inexplicably experienced a series of drops that came to be known as the flash crash, at one point shedding some 573 points in five minutes. Less than five months later, Progress Energy, a North Carolina utility, watched helplessly as its share price fell 90 percent. Also in late September, Apple shares dropped nearly 4 percent in just 30 seconds, before recovering a few minutes later.
These sudden drops are now routine, and it's often impossible to determine what caused them. But most observers pin the blame on the legions of powerful, superfast trading algorithms—simple instructions that interact to create a market that is incomprehensible to the human mind and impossible to predict.
For better or worse, the computers are now in control.
Ironically enough, the notion of using algorithms as trading tools was born as a way of empowering traders. Before the age of electronic trading, large institutional investors used their size and connections to wrangle better terms from the human middlemen that executed buy and sell orders. "We were not getting the same access to capital," says Harold Bradley, former head of American Century Ventures, a division of a midsize Kansas City investment firm. "So I had to change the rules."
Bradley was among the first traders to explore the power of algorithms in the late '90s, creating approaches to investing that favored brains over access. It took him nearly three years to build his stock-scoring program. First he created a neural network, painstakingly training it to emulate his thinking—to recognize the combination of factors that his instincts and experience told him were indicative of a significant move in a stock's price.
But Bradley didn't just want to build a machine that would think the same way he did. He wanted his algorithmically derived system to look at stocks in a fundamentally different—and smarter—way than humans ever could. So in 2000, Bradley assembled a team of engineers to determine which characteristics were most predictive of a stock's performance. They identified a number of variables—traditional measurements like earnings growth as well as more technical factors. Altogether, Bradley came up with seven key factors, including the judgment of his neural network, that he thought might be useful in predicting a portfolio's performance.
He then tried to determine the proper weighting of each characteristic, using a publicly available program from UC Berkeley called the differential evolution optimizer. Bradley started with random weightings—perhaps earnings growth would be given twice the weight of revenue growth, for example. Then the program looked at the best-performing stocks at a given point in time. It then picked 10 of those stocks at random and looked at historical data to see how well the weights predicted their actual performance. Next the computer would go back and do the same thing all over again—with a slightly different starting date or a different starting group of stocks. For each weighting, the test would be run thousands of times to get a thorough sense of how those stocks performed. Then the weighting would be changed and the whole process would run all over again. Eventually, Bradley's team collected performance data for thousands of weightings.
Once this process was complete, Bradley collected the 10 best-performing weightings and ran them once again through the differential evolution optimizer. The optimizer then mated those weightings—combining them to create 100 or so offspring weightings. Those weightings were tested, and the 10 best were mated again to produce another 100 third-generation offspring. (The program also introduced occasional mutations and randomness, on the off chance that one of them might produce an accidental genius.) After dozens of generations, Bradley's team discovered ideal weightings. (In 2007, Bradley left to manage the Kauffman Foundation's $1.8 billion investment fund and says he can no longer discuss his program's performance.)
Bradley's effort was just the beginning. Before long, investors and portfolio managers began to tap the world's premier math, science, and engineering schools for talent. These academics brought to trading desks sophisticated knowledge of AI methods from computer science and statistics.
And they started applying those methods to every aspect of the financial industry. Some built algorithms to perform the familiar function of discovering, buying, and selling individual stocks (a practice known as proprietary, or "prop," trading). Others devised algorithms to help brokers execute large trades—massive buy or sell orders that take a while to go through and that become vulnerable to price manipulation if other traders sniff them out before they're completed. These algorithms break up and optimize those orders to conceal them from the rest of the market. (This, confusingly enough, is known as algorithmic trading.) Still others are used to crack those codes, to discover the massive orders that other quants are trying to conceal. (This is called predatory trading.)


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This is a deeply moving and thought-provoking story of a family going thru end-of-life decisions.
It's worth reading for all of us.
Here is a link that might be useful: health care directives
Thank you, sushipup. That's an excellent article about why we all need to carefully consider not just the usual living will/durable healthcare power of attorney, but also the very real issues surrounding palliative care.
I know far too many people, my MIL included, who keep declaring they'll just 'drop dead'. They insist upon ignoring the evidence that to the contrary, Western medicine can now keep you alive for much longer than you might want. Everyone has to seriously consider, and then honestly discuss, how far they're willing to go in accepting end-of-life care.
These are difficult and individual decisions, and palliative care counseling can be very helpful in deciding what to do. Despite Palin's sensationalist 'death panel' accusations, these people have a real place in helping us laymen understand the true meaning of what the medical staff is actually saying about a dying patient.
That story really struck me, especially the part about the mother pulling out her feeding tube. Last November my 94 year old mother fell again and was sent to the ER. Of course, we immediatly went to see her and she seemed OK. However later that afternoon she was admitted with a pneumonia diagnosis. Later that evening her heart started racing uncontrollably and they had to give her additional mediction for that. When we went to see her the next morning, we discovered that she had puffy white "boxing glove" things on her hands. The nurse explained that she had torn out the IV with her medications, so they had to put the special gloves on her. Before I even went into her room, I saw her with the gloves up to her mouth and she was gnawing at them trying to remove them.
When she saw me, she started crying out my name, begging me to get those things off her. Then she started calling for my husband to do the same. I tried to calm her and comfort her but she was still horribly agitated. My mother suffered from Alzheimer's, so reasoning with her and explaining the need for the IVs was out of the question. I looked at her, so scared, so agitted, and realized that I could NOT do this to her. We had all the legalities and directives in place. We'd already had all the conversations. So I asked to talk to the doctor in charge.
He explained that in my mother's wekened state, it could take weeks for her pneumonia to clear up. In the meantime, she'd have the IVs. Then, even if she got better, she'd spend quite a while in a convelescent facility recuperating. All I could think of was that she would end up so weak that she'd permanently be in a wheelchair. And with little ability to interact with others (Every medical crisis had a negative effect on her Alzheimer's).
By the time the doctor was done talking to me and my husband, our daughter had arrived. She immediatly went into my mom's room, took the gloves off, and just held her hands so she wouldn't tear out her IVs. I told the doctor that I knew what my mom wanted, I knew she wasn't afraid of death. I said I couldn't sentence her to weeks or months of misery. I told him to remove the IVs and put her on palliative care. He understood and accepted my wishes. Both my husband and daughter agreed with my decision too.
So we all went back into her room and spent the entire afternoon with her. We sang songs, I read the 23rd Psalm to her (she was still able to recite much of it with me, especially the part about dwelling in the house of the Lord forever), we talked about Greek cooking, and my daughter's upcoming wedding. Eventually her fiance arrived and my mom was able to talk with him too. It was a wonderful time together with my mom. When we left her, we all prayed together. And my mother said a strong, "Amen!"
My biggest worry was that the anitbiotics she'd had for one day would somehow work just enough to prolong her suffering. The next morning we saw her again, but she was so weak and pretty much out of it. However, she was clutching the little teddy bear I got her the day before. Later that afternoon, I got the call that she had died. As strange as it may seem, the first words out of my mouth were, "Thank the Lord!" She wasn't suffering anymore, she hadn't died scared, agitated, or upset.
I've never second guessed my decision. I remember her crying my name. She was trusting me to deliver her from that frightening situation. I was her only child, so the resposibility was mine. She died a good death, spending her last hours of consciousness with her family.
Thank you for posting that. Our society desperately needs to become more aware and prepared for the abilities, and also, in the end, the limitations of modern medicine. We really do a lot of "prolonging death". I think most people would be shocked at just how much.
40 years ago we did not do CPR on everyone -- and even today it is generally not successful except in certain circumstances like an acute heart attack. But hospitals became afraid of being sued, so now CPR is a given unless one has been designated "no CPR".
I also find that when doctors approach families, and ask if they want "everything" done, many/most don't understand the question or what their answer may mean.. Of course they want everything, isn't that why they are at the hospital? Doctors need to do a better job laying it all out, but again, they are often hesitant to be direct, afraid of offending, or fear to appear like they don't want to care for the patient.
Living wills are not enough--read them carefully--they apply to only a very limited situation.
I have several paragraphs written out and attached to my POA to try to make it clear what I would want in a situation like Bunny's or Shambo's. I have accepted that we must all die and do not see it as an evil that must be avoided at all costs. Having seen many instances of death, I am firmly convinced that we have a something in us that lives on; I believe that I have seen the moment of departure from the body more than once, and have had families relate stories that buttress that belief. I know that not everyone feels that way, it is just my belief.
On this forum I think we are more aware than many of the approach of death in our loved ones. I hope that, in the end, we all can have some peace that our decisions and care were the best we could offer, and that releasing our charges to death is not a failure.
Shambo, that is the way I felt when my husband died. I felt so guilty because of those feelings, I didn't tell anyone for a long time. Someone advised me I needed a Comfort Care document to prevent keeping him alive with meds. I got one for him and after he died I included that document in my papers. I also have a letter for my POA explaining what I want, a list of care homes in case I have a stroke or can't make my own decisions. I believe that document is called by other names in different states.


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Actress Quvenzhané Wallis, holding a stuffed bear, visited XU's women's basketball team after practice Thursday.
Oscar nominee visits Nuggets, promises return next year
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NEW ORLEANS — Had her calendar been open, Quvenzhané Wallis would have been the honorary coach when Xavier University of Louisiana's women's basketball team played Dillard in the Crosstown Classic at the Convocation Center on Feb. 23. However, another event — the 85th Academy Awards in Hollywood — commanded her attention that weekend.
But Wallis, 9 years old and a best actress nominee for Beasts of the Southern Wild, visited the Gold Nuggets after they concluded their Thursday practice. A resident of Houma, La., Wallis spent about 20 minutes with the team, answering the players' questions and comparing dance moves. Head coach Bo Browder gave her a stuffed bear wearing an XU jersey.
The actress has an XU connection. One of her second cousins, Melvin Wallis, is in his sixth year at Xavier as an athletics trainer. He helped arrange Quvenzhané's visit.
Accompanying Quvenzhané were her parents, Venjie and Qulyndreia, and one of her prothers, Vejon. Her father said Quvenzhané has made approximately 50 personal appearances since the release of Beasts of the Southern Wild last year, and more appearances are on the way. This spring, for example, Quvenzhané will visit Japan for the opening of Beasts of the Southern Wild there. It'll be the third foreign country she visits.
The Gold Nuggets will depart late Sunday for Frankfort, Ky., and the NAIA Division I National Championship, where they'll play Faulkner in the opening round at 10:45 a.m. next Thursday. Associate head coach Darrilyn Broussard promised Quvenzhané that the team will watch Beasts of the Southern Wild during the bus trip.
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I have a couple palettes by Avon and this is one of them. The eye shadow manages to be chalky and very sheer at the same time. It applies patchy, whether over primer or not.
I really hate to give completely bad reviews. If I, personally, find a product disagreeable then I won't deduct lippies if it performs as advertised or if it performs as expected.
This does not perform. I have yet to find an Avon eyeshadow that is up to par. Avon is inexpensive, but if it doesn't perform and it basically unusable then I see it as a waste of money and can't recommend it to anyone.
NYX and WetnWild are far better in quality and are very budget friendly. This isn't and I have to give it a thumbs down.
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I use this palette for pretty much everything: shadow, brows, even blush when I'm in a hurry. This palette is absolutely great for beginners because it has every type of color needed: a highlight, lid, crease, and outer corner colors. Also, many different eye shadows textures are included which will also help beginners become comfortable with different formulations.
That being said, there are some cons to this product. After using the highlight colors multiple times, I've noticed that they have weird consistency and come off more white than light yellow or pink. And although all the colors are quite pigmented, the black color needs to be built up and the pure gold color just doesn't fit in with this beginner palette.
Although I do enjoy this product overall (and I recommend it to anyone) I don't see myself buying it again just because I probably won't need to. I don't think I will use up any of this eye shadows completely.
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The range of colours in this palette is really nice, but the colours are hard to build to a true colour and they powder off so much I ended up with nearly as much under my eye as on my lids. The colour does not last either, even if you use a primer. This is definitely not of the same quality as the i-mark shadows in Avon's Mark line. I would not buy again.
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To me there and good and bad things about this palette the bads first well somehow there are two differnt pallets with the same name. Im not sure if avon changed it or what. I got one then my mom got one and they are differnt. She has some colors that i dont and some are darker ligher. I like most of the shadows in both of them though. Mine has a light blue that I will never wear but hers in the same place had a silver that I love.That being said i think that these pallets are very nice with good colors and you can do a lot of looks with them.
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Nice colour range. If you have the catalogue it shows you a bunch of different ways to wear the eyeshadows.
The shimmery shades are nice, but a few are a bit on the glittery side.
I found a few of the colours go on nicely, but some go on rather erratically and I was getting patchy colour, which I've never had happen with any shadow before.
I'd probably buy again just for the convenience of having 12 shades if I go away for a weekend and am packing light.
I purged this. The colours are no where near the quality of a higher end line. It never got picked up.
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nice color range, and very affordable great addition to collection..or great for beginners to have a lot of colors to choose from


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While the broader goals are similar, European and U.S. approaches to electricity markets and policy have diverged, with an accompanying gulf in understanding and communication across the Atlantic. Despite its heterogeneity, the EU has managed to provide guidance for member state actions and has established ambitious, long-term, and mandatory targets for reducing carbon emissions and increasing efficiency and renewable energy. In the United States, various agendas have competed in the different branches of government and on different levels of decision making, and strategies have often changed in response to changing economic trends and political alignments. Yet despite the current boom in natural gas production (primarily unconventional shale gas), deployment of solar and wind energy has picked up momentum. RETURN TO CLIMATE & ENERGY |
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Chuck Pagano Returns
Ordinarily I wouldn't really blog this. But here we are on Christmas Eve and all we got are horrible news stories in the papers. Victims of Hurricane Sandy still dealing with the aftermath. Newtown, CT still grieving. Firefighters in Webster NY being shot and killed as they try to protect the people of their town. Everywhere you look theres some seriously depressing shit to ruin the Christmas spirit.
Well here was a nice little bright spot today. Chuck Pagano returns to the Colts cracking jokes about how interim coach Bruce Arians rattled off 9 wins and took them to the playoffs. Just a funny moment in the middle of a real nice press conference by Pagano about his family and his team and how life is something to be cherished. Kinda sappy and obviously Chuck Pagano and the Colts aren't the only people facing adversity but still a nice moment nonetheless. Sometimes I honestly think Chuck is faking it because this is too good of a sports story. I give it like 2 years before there's a Disney movie about it.


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More children than expected survive cardiac arrests in hospital following prolonged resuscitation, new research in America shows.
The study should help to dispel common perceptions that CPR is futile beyond 20 minutes, said lead investigator Dr Renee Matos from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pennsylvania.
The study closely follows another that showed these children are more and more likely to live, with survival rates almost tripling over the past decade.
The latest survey reported, however, that children with certain illnesses seem to respond better to prolonged CPR than others. They found that surgical, cardiac patients had the best outcomes and severely injured patients had the worst. "But rapid, high-quality CPR is important", said Dr Matos.
While the new findings have implications for children's hospital care, they do not provide a simple solution for when to discontinue CPR, he said. Further studies are needed to determine whether prolonged resuscitative efforts are warranted in particular groups of patients.
The researchers looked at the outcomes of 3419 children at 328 US and Canada hospitals who suffered a cardiac arrest in hospital between January 2000 and December 2009.
They looked at survival after CPR of one to 15 minutes, 16 to 35 minutes, and more than 35 minutes.
Survival was 42 per cent for CPR of one to 15 minutes and 12 per cent for more than 35 minutes, although the latter figure was as high as 16.2 per cent in certain patient groups. Researchers said the study suggested that some children who would presumably have died without CPR survived without brain damage even after prolonged resuscitation.
The earlier study, which showed the trebling of survival rates in children who have a cardiac arrest in hospital, mirrored recent findings for adults, said Dr Saket Girotra from the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City in a report published in the online Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes last month.
He said: "We found a significant improvement in survival in children since 2000. The magnitude of improvement was pretty dramatic, from 14.3 per cent in 2000 to 43.4 per cent in 2009," said Dr Girotra. He added: "This improvement was not accompanied by any worsening in rates of neurological impairment in these children."
Dr Girotra and his colleagues looked at 1031 children under the age of 18 from 12 hospitals in the national Get With the Guidelines—Resuscitation registry. Improvements occurred in all age categories — newborns, toddlers and older children—and the overall improvement in survival was largely due to an improvement in the initial resuscitation effort, Dr Girotra said.
"It's hard to tease out what are some of the specific initiatives that would have led to the improvement in survival," Dr Girotra said. "I can speculate that it has to do with better, earlier recognition of patients who are at risk of or having a cardiac arrest; quicker response times; focus on improvement and quality of chest compressions and CPR efforts; and better care of these patients once they have been resuscitated."
However, he stressed that these data do not allow determination of which of these specific factors or combination of factors are responsible for the improvements observed. "Future studies will have to look into this," he said.
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March is women's history month. What better time to take a look at the evolution of women in law enforcement.
Women have long worked in police departments in civilian caretaker capacities, but it wasn't until the early part of the 20th century that they became sworn officers. Oddly enough, the identity – and home department – of the first female police officer is a hotly contested topic.
- The Los Angeles Police Department reports that it appointed the first female police officer with arrest powers in 1910.
- Meanwhile, the Portland Police Bureau claims it hired the first female officer in 1908.
- Evidence recently surfaced that the Chicago Police Department may beat them both with the recent discovery of records of a female officer dating back to the 1890s.
Regardless, women have come a long, long way in law enforcement. While once limited to youth, administrative, or traffic assignments (as "meter maids"), women finally broke into patrol in the 1970s and ultimately into more tactical elements. Today women are found in every conceivable law enforcement unit.
But in these 100-plus years, how far has the profession come in terms of female representation? Here are some stats from the Bureau of Justice Statistics Crime Data Brief Women in Law Enforcement, 1987 – 2008:
- Among local agencies in 2007, women accounted for more than double the percent of sworn personnel in large agencies compared to small agencies.
- The percent of female officers in local police departments increased steadily between 1987 and 2007, from 7.6% in 1987 to nearly 12% in 2007.
- In 2007, the Detroit Police Department had the highest percentage (27%) of female officers among the largest police departments, followed by Philadelphia (25%), DC (23%) and Chicago (23%).
- Of federal law enforcement agencies with sworn officer, the Offices of Inspectors General had the largest percent of female officers (25%).
Overall, not to bad, but still much room for improvement. Women are often deterred by the perceived physical demands of the job. In reality a person with average physical skills and abilities can be a very effective police officer. While fitness is important, the notion that policing is about force and strength is an old-fashioned notion. Modern policing requires critical thinking, problem solving skills, and a strong desire to make a difference – characteristics that defy traditional gender stereotypes.
When Alice Wells pinned on her badge with the LAPD, she declared, "I don't want to make arrests, I want to keep people from needing to be arrested…" An interesting notion, one that still holds today.


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'Serenity' Review By moviegeek
River is a telepathic young woman, brainwashed by the galactic government known as the Alliance. Rescued by her own early on, the ship Serenity and her crew try their best to safely escort the unstable girl out of harm's way.
Serenity should be applauded for its magnificent photography. The action is terrific and exciting. The landscapes are picturesquely intriguing. The special effects aren't tremendous or ground-breaking. But from what is easily interpreted as a low-budget picture, they are beautiful.
The climactic battle scenes and some earlier moments show great potential for a sci-fi classic. The pacing and rising tension are perfectly calculated and executed. As is most films, there are shining moments of greatness.
Also, as in most films, there is an underlying problem. And my criticism will be easily explained away by fans of the show. Watching it, I was instantly convinced of how well this would work as a TV series. There seems to be multiple climaxes and far too many characters for a film. The premise is not well defined. In a show, you have an underlying goal that each individual episode works towards. In this movie, there is a lot of work, but it is all for a seemingly minimal goal. Instead of making one huge adventure, it seemed like one giant episode of a very workable series.
I'm sure that fans of the show will love Serenity. It is a very good science fiction picture. I was trying to figure things out more than I was enjoying its momentum, but the show probably cleared up much of my confusion. I admired and respected this film's look, spirit, and style. But there is just too much going on in what should be a broader adventure.
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The Movie Was Poorly Made, no, the story was poorly made, no was poorly represented the story has so much, but the pacing and the way they deliver their liness was quite bad, but it is full scale sciene fiction at its best,
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Can't agree more, @moviegeek1 - nice review!
Oh, @moviegeek1, as far as the show goes, it was excellent.
It was purposefully. Fox, for reasons unknown to me, hated the pilot episode. The premiere episode was "The Train Job," the third episode. The pilot episode, which was two hours long and explained everything, was the last episode aired, weeks after it was canceled(if my memory serves me correctly, Firefly was canceled in November, but the pilot aired in early December). Also, two episodes remained unaired, so only 12 were shown to the public. Fox desecrated this show, which is why I was so surprised Whedon took Dollhouse to them. He should've tried it at CW, a channel that would have loved to have him in the fold.
Well they are on Hulu so maybe check em out in the near future! In order..
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Out of order....? Purposefully?
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Ohh. Well many people have recommended the movie and the show to me so maybe I'll check it out sometime. Only 14 episodes?? Yikes.
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Thanks! Does the movie take place before the series or does it work as a continuation of where it left off?
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Rita is taking aim at our hometown. Not only are Houstonians bracing, but so are the thousands who fled here from New Orleans.
Say a prayer for us, this looks like it's gonna be nasty.
Update: Galveston has already announced Voluntary Evacuations and is activating its emergency management plan this afternoon (and unlike in New Orleans, a fleet of 88 buses will begin transporting residents off the island beginning at 10 a.m. on Sept. 21)
If you're in Galveston and need transportation, call 409-797-3710.
Galveston officials have also decided to let residents bring their pets on the buses as long as they're in cages. Pet owners can call 409-763-8477 to make arrangments
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Nazarene Church, Baker City; Immediate Past President Rotary Club, Baker City;
St. Elizabeth Hospital Board, Baker City
During a second term as District Attorney for Baker
County, I will work hard to protect our communities and to continue to make
Baker County a safe place to live and raise our children.
During the last four years, I have strived to improve
the way child abuse cases are investigated and prosecuted in Baker County.
I will continue to build on this progress while taking a tough stance against
offenders who harm children. Working closely with the Baker County Narcotics
Enforcement Team, I will continue to fight against those who manufacture and
distribute narcotics in Baker County. I will also work with the drug court
to assist those who are addicted to drugs. Protecting seniors from financial
fraud and assisting victims of domestic violence will also be a top priority.
To be successful, law enforcement must work as a
team. I look forward to leading that team during the next four years. I will
continue to build on the progress that has been made while setting new goals
and standards for the entire law enforcement community. I love Baker County
and look forward to the opportunity to continue the hard work of public safety
as District Attorney during a second term.
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(For 3rd through 6th grade students)
Winter camp is a great time for students to get away, enjoy winter fun, meet new friends and grow in their relationship with God. This is also the perfect weekend for your students to bond with each other and create lasting memories. The "Tube Run" is always popular along with our Zip-line, Climbing wall, and other mountain activities. Plus, our camp store "The Hut" is always ready with warm and tasty hot chocolate or Frappuccino. Add in some amazing worship time and thought provoking messages from our top-level speakers and you have a weekend your group will not want to miss!
Date: February 27-March 1, 2015
Cost: $139.00 for Students ($99.00 for adult leaders)
Guest Speaker and Worship: Mr J!
Mr J contagiously proclaims Christ to children!Children who come to Winter Camp 2015 at Angeles Crest are going to hear clearly that Jesus Christ is the light of the world. They will hear that no matter how dark their world is, Jesus has come to pour His light into every corner of their days!
Children meet Jesus, children are changed.In their music, their teaching, and even their crazy games children are going to see Jesus. Yes, this is "professional-grade" theater matched with rock-solid preaching. BUT it's much more than a performance. It has become a trade-mark of the MrJ Band that children will see Christ in this cast, on and off stage.
We propel children into a Bible reading habit. Through over 30 years of teaching, MrJ has developed an infectious method of teaching children how to build a habit of Bible reading. And, what habits they have built! Thousands of kids have continued to read God's Word way beyond the weekend they attended a camp where Mr J shared the Good News to all. Bible reading is key to becoming the person God wants you to become and Mr J brings that message home!
Oh, by the way, all of this is done while having flat-out fun!Words cannot describe how engaged, active and focused your children will be this winter camp with MrJ's incredible teaching style. When it's time to jump, they'll jump. When it's time to sing, they will sing. And when it's time to catch a glimpse of God's truth? They will see it in letters 10 feet tall!
Don't Miss This Amazing Weekend!
Angeles Crest Christian Camp is located at an elevation of 6,000 feet! This means that snowfall is common especially during the months of February and March. So be ready to play some snow games and have fun on our sled run!!
Depending on the weather, Angeles Crest also provides other great recreational events, including basketball, volleyball, a climbing wall, the "trampoline thing", hiking trails, a game room, "Isaiah's Perch", the Zip Line, Zaccheus' tree house, and "The Hut" our local hang out - a.k.a. our "snack bar."
Camp Times:Camp will begin with check in between 6:00-7:30 p.m. on Friday. Camp will end at approximately 11:00 a.m. on Sunday morning.
What to Bring:Bible, pen, notebook, sleeping bag, pillow, toiletries, flashlight, towel and washcloth, warm clothes, winter jacket, spending money for camp store & picture, etc.
Emergency Camp Phone:If you have an emergency and need to contact a camper or leader please call our on-site camp office at 626-449-3339.
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Our 17th Annual Winter Conference on Clinical Issues in OB/GYN has been designed for physicians, certified nurse midwives, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, nurses and other health care professionals who face ever-increasing challenges in the clinical diagnoses, treatment options, and new technologies involved in caring for the female patient. The goal of this conference is to present current clinical data on clinical dilemmas in obstetrics and gynecology, along with treatment options to manage these challenges.
Topics for this year's conference have been selected based on professional practice gaps identified that resulted from extensive target audience needs assessment data. The needs assessment data were derived from a variety of sources including evaluations and outcomes data from past participants; clinical expert input; Symposia Medicus' online survey; and other medical and nursing data.
Conference format will include didactic lectures, smaller group breakouts and question and answer sessions.
An outstanding faculty has been assembled for this conference. Faculty members are committed to providing participants with current data. Each member was selected based on individual area of expertise and ability to communicate evidence-based and practical information to participants.
You are sure to enjoy our 17th Annual Winter Conference on Clinical Issues in OB/GYN while sharing ideas and experiences with colleagues from across the country in the relaxing setting of Aruba.
After participating in this conference, you should have an increased knowledge of and be more competent to…
• Implement current ACOG guidelines for Pap smears
• Devise a clear and rational plan for the management of the morbidly obese pregnant patient
• Describe the impact of a standardized approach to electronic fetal monitoring interpretation
• Evaluate breast lumps and diagnose breast cancer where it exists
• Implement social media strategies into your healthcare practice
• Describe the procedure for rotation of OT and OP fetuses and its probable effect on cesarean section rates
This educational activity was planned and produced in accordance with the ACCME and ANCC Essentials and Standards relating to continuing medical and nursing education.
Symposia Medicus is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Symposia Medicus is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Each participant should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Certificates of credit will be given to participant on-site at the conclusion of the conference.
Physicians Symposia Medicus designates this live activity for a maximum of 18 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Application has been made with the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG) for cognates, Formal Learning.
Certified Nurse Midwives The American College of Nurse Midwives accepts Category 1 CME approval from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
Physician Assistants The American Academy of Physician Assistants accepts Category 1 CME approval from organizations accredited by the ACCME.
Nurse Practitioners/Nurses The ANCC contact hours awarded for completion of this conference are 18.
Provider is also approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP2335, for 21.6 contact hours.
Pharmacology Credit for Prescriptive Authority A maximum of 1.25 hours in pharmacology credit for prescriptive authority may be earned by attending this educational conference. Sessions awarding pharmacology credit for prescriptive authority are denoted with an Rx in the schedule.
Smaller group sessions will be held Friday afternoon. These breakout sessions are organized to provide an opportunity for greater participant/faculty interaction, and will give you an opportunity to discuss subjects relating to your particular area of interest. Please indicate your breakout session topic choice on the conference registration form in this brochure. Space is limited, please reserve early.
Each registrant will receive an extensive conference syllabus that includes materials on each topic presented. The syllabus is available on electronic media or paper (black and white type/photos only). The full color electronic syllabus will be available for download approximately two weeks prior to the conference (you'll receive an email with instructions). If you wish to receive a paper syllabus, please check the box on the registration form in this brochure.
If you bring your laptop/tablet to the conference, be aware that there are no electrical outlets at the conference tables. Make sure your laptop/tablet is fully charged each day.
Tours are planned for participants and guests throughout the conference breaks. Additional information regarding tours, hotel, location and ground transportation will be sent to registrants.
James V. Fiorica, MD, FACOG Conference Co-Chairperson Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of South Florida Director, Gynecologic Oncology Sarasota Memorial Hospital Sarasota, Florida
Dan Hinmon President, Hive Strategies McMinnville, Oregon
Jean Maunder, CNM, MS Clinical Assistant Professor Oregon Health & Science University Portland, Oregon
Lisa A. Miller, CNM, JD Conference Co-Chairperson Founder, Perinatal Risk Management & Education Services Certified Nurse-Midwife Portland, Oregon
Errol R. Norwitz, MD, PhD Louis E. Phaneuf Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology Tufts University School of Medicine Chairman, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology Tufts Medical Center Boston, Massachusetts
Robert K. Zurawin, MD Associate Professor Director, Fellowship in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Texas
Consistent with ACCME and ANCC policy, faculty for this educational activity are asked to disclose any commercial interests that may create or may be perceived as creating a conflict related to the material they will be presenting, as well as limitations on clinical studies presented, and any "off-label" use suggestions for medical products. Additionally, Symposia Medicus Board, Planning Committee, and Staff members have disclosed that they have no significant financial relationships that could pose a conflict of interest to the planning of this conference. This information is intended to assist you in forming your own judgments about content presented. Disclosure information will be included in your syllabus and/or verbally disclosed at the conference.
Wednesday, February 6
Group Reception (Faculty, Participants & Their Guests)
Thursday, February 7
Friday, February 8
Saturday, February 9
Rx = Pharmacology Credit for Prescriptive Authority will be granted for these sessions
Bon bini (Welcome) to Aruba! The lovely island of Aruba, located in the Southern Caribbean, plays host to our 17th Annual Winter Conference on Clinical Issues in OB/GYN.
Aruba - where arid desert, calm azure seas, tranquil beaches, caves, and rock formations combine to create a one-of-a-kind natural setting. This 70-square mile island maintains an average temperature of 80º F, is cooled by gentle trade winds, and abounds in natural beauty. While you're on the island, you can take a trip through Arikok Park and view ancient divi divi trees, or explore one of Aruba's museums for a glimpse into the history of the island. Aruba also offers numerous shopping and dining opportunities, and the capital city of Oranjestad, with its multicolored houses and sloping roofs, is full of shops, boutiques, and restaurants to suit every taste.
Our conference hotel, the Westin Resort, is the perfect island destination, located on the white sand of Palm Beach, just three miles from downtown Oranjestad. While at the resort, you can enjoy sailing, windsurfing, scuba diving, deep-sea fishing, or take a refreshing swim in the ocean, drift in the gorgeous seaside pool, or relax with a refreshing massage, body wrap or facial at the beautiful resort spa. Children ages 4-12 can spend time away from parents at the fun and exciting Westin Kids Club. The resort has five wonderful restaurants, lounges, and gaming at the Casablanca Casino. Discover the ideal blend of Caribbean warmth and Las-Vegas-style excitement while attending our 17th Annual Winter Conference on Clinical Issues in OB/GYN at the Westin Resort in Aruba.
• Enrollment for this conference is limited in order to provide the best possible learning environment. Early registration is advised.
• Tuition includes continuing education certification, extensive conference conference syllabus, break refreshments, and group reception. The group reception is for faculty, registrants and their guests.
• Tuition may be paid by check, money order, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express.
• Register on-line at www.symposiamedicus.org or by using the form in this brochure.
• Telephone registrations can be made Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm (Pacific Time), by calling (925) 969-1789 or (800) 327-3161. Registrations can also be faxed to (925) 969-1795.
• If paying by check, make payable and send with registration form to Symposia Medicus, 399 Taylor Blvd., Suite 201, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523-2287.
• Conference registration will be confirmed via email and more information on travel, hotel, and activities will be sent.
• This conference meets the requirements for CE tax deductibility; however, we suggest you consult your financial authority for more information.
• For additional conference or lodging information, call Symposia Medicus at (800) 327-3161 or (925) 969-1789, or visit our website at www.symposiamedicus.org
• For information on air reservations and ticketing assistance, you may either call your travel agent or the airlines direct. Please see the Airline Travel Information portion of this brochure for further information.
Group Rates have been arranged at the Westin Resort. These rates will also be available three days before and three days after the conference, based on availability, if you wish to extend your stay.
Two nights' deposit (room rate only) must accompany your reservation. The balance of your lodging, hotel fees as stated below, and all incidental charges are due to the hotel. The hotel accepts most major credit cards.
You can receive these rates by reserving the following ways:
• On-line at our website, www.symposiamedicus.org; OR
• Call Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm (Pacific Time), (925) 969-1789 or (800) 327-3161; OR
• Fax form with Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express to (925) 969-1795; OR
• By mail, make check payable to Symposia Medicus and send with registration form to 399 Taylor Blvd., Suite 201, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523-2287.
Please note that our block of rooms is limited and on a first come, first served basis. PLEASE RESERVE EARLY as rooms may sell out and/or room rates may increase.
Hotel Policies
• Group rates above do not include the following mandatory charges, subject to change: - State & local taxes of 10.7% - Resort charge of 12.8% - One-time Porterage charge of $6.00 per person (18 years and older), roundtrip - Housekeeping fee of $2.50 per person (18 years and older), per day
• Maximum room occupancy is four (regardless of age).
• Mandatory additional person charges (see below) include daily buffet breakfast (not to exceed maximum occupancy): - Children 4 years and under are FREE in room with adults - Children 5-12 years old are an additional $10 each, per night - Children 13-17 years old are an additional $18 each, per night - 3rd and 4th guest in room (18 years and older) are an additional $55 each, per night (does not include Housekeeping or Porterage Charges)
• Check-in time is 4:00pm and check-out time is noon.
• Self Parking is complimentary at the hotel.
• Early Departure Fee: Please notify the hotel at check-in if there are any changes to your scheduled departure, as an early departure fee equal to one night's room rate and tax will be charged to any guest who checks out of the hotel before their stated departure date.
Cancellation Policies
• Conference cancellations must be confirmed in writing and a 10% of paid tuition processing fee will be assessed. No refunds will be made if cancellation is postmarked after January 2, 2013; however, tuition, less 10% processing fee may be applied to a future Symposia Medicus conference.
• Per our hotel contract, hotel reservation cancellations must be made in writing to Symposia Medicus and you will receive a full refund if postmarked by December 5, 2012. Between December 6, 2012 and January 2, 2013, one night's deposit is forfeited. After January 2, 2013, no hotel refunds can be made.
• All cancellations must be made in writing and postmarked by the dates stated above.
• In the unlikely event of conference cancellation by Symposia Medicus, full tuition and, if reservation was made with Symposia Medicus, hotel deposit refunds will be made. Symposia Medicus will not be responsible for refunding travel or any other expenses.
You will fly into the Queen Beatrix International Airport, which is approximately a 15-minute drive to the Westin Resort.
Symposia Medicus has arranged for discount fares with American and Delta Airlines for this conference. Reservations can be made either through your travel agency or through the airlines' Convention Desk at the website or numbers listed below.
In order to receive the discounted rate, you or your travel agent must refer to the Symposia Medicus Group ID number listed below.