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A day after the CBI busted a multi-crore housing finance bribery racket and arrested a number of senior executives of some public sector banks (PSBs), financial institutions (FIs) and the CEO of a private financial services company 'Money Matters', Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday directed the public lending agencies to look into their loan exposures to various companies mentioned in the application filed in court by the investigating authority.
At a review meeting with the officers of Department of Financial Services (DFS) in his ministry here to take stock of the situation, Mr. Mukherjee also directed the boards of PSBs and FIs to carry out a fresh assessment of their non-performing assets (NPAs). Apart from Money Matters, among other private companies that feature in the CBI application are: DB Realty, Pashmina Ltd, Mantri Realty, Sigrun Ltd., Entertainment World and Indore City Treasures while the officers of PSBs and FIs under the scanner belong to Bank of India, Central Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) and its housing finance arm LIC Housing Finance Limited (LICHFL).
'Isolated' instance
Maintaining that the housing finance racket, as per an initial assessment, was an "isolated" instance of "alleged illegal gratification", a Finance Ministry statement said: "DFS also conveyed that as per information available with them, the asset quality in these cases has not been impaired". Mr. Mukherjee noted that even as the CBI would take necessary action as per its mandate, banks and financial institutions should be instructed to take appropriate action against the erring individuals, as per established procedure.
He also asked banks and financial institutions to strengthen the monitoring and management of NPAs in their institutions so as to ensure that advance action is taken to identify incipient sickness to enable appropriate action thereon.
While directing these public lending agencies to ensure that all procedures and due diligence consistent with board approved guidelines are followed while approving loans, Mr. Mukherjee also asked the DFS, regulatory authorities and institutions to take immediate action to review and further strengthen the procedures in this regard.
Tackling corruption
Alongside, interacting with the media at a conference here, Chief Economic Advisor Kaushik Basu maintained that mere arrests would fail to solve the problem of corruption and the entire matter should be tackled in a systematic manner.
Dr. Basu said that the strategy to deal with corruption should be linked with other activities as merely sending officials to nab corrupt persons may be counter-productive "as they [officers chasing the corrupt] themselves tend to get corrupt". To ensure that economic activities do not get affected, he said: "You have to balance between bringing economic activity to a halt and controlling corruption."
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I say, That's funny, the big bong. Because his movies kind of do what getting high does: heighten small, ordinary human emotions (rejection, loneliness, the crush) and stretch reality to the breaking point. Hee hee. He bridles. This is something about him: He bridles, especially when you're trying to interpret him to him. He finds almost any interpretation of him to be diminutive.
"Oh. I don't do drug," he says. "So I can't say. I drink occasionally, but I would never be drunk to watch a movie."
I talked to Steve Golin, a producer on Eternal Sunshine, and he said, "Michel is unbelievably sensitive. And also can be insensitive to other people. He's like a 12-year-old boy! When he gets upset because he doesn't get what he wants, he stomps his feet and says, 'Why why why?!' It's hysterical. I love Michel. He's a complicated guy, and he's not like a normal guy. But he's supergifted and he's got a really good heart, an extraordinary heart."
Gondry and I talk more. He thinks it'd be terrible to be famous the way an actor is. He's really into graphic novels. He loves the director Paul Verhoeven, especially his film Starship Troopers because it shows war to be the fascist act that it fundamentally is. He is upset that the Crash that recently won best picture borrowed its title from a movie by David Cronenberg that he very much loved. He was kind of amazed when he watched the DVD extras on Life Aquatic and the director, Wes Anderson, makes Bill Murray repeat a single line, like, forty times for one take; Gondry wants his movies to have an improvised feel, not an enforced perfection. Over time, an -impression -coalesces: He sits with his legs crossed the way women, Europeans, and Democrats cross their legs. He's pale. None of his clothes are the right color. His sweatshirt is a weird tint of green, and his suede shoes are a weird blue. I don't think he would ever wear clothes that were the right color. That would violate his principles. He has facial hair that grows only over the middle part of his face, and it's pale like his hair and his eyes. He might be close to albino. People say he looks like a wood sprite or, if you put the pointy ears on him, an elf. I would say maybe a sad posthuman creature from our future. Or wait: the Petit Prince. He looks almost exactly like the Petit Prince, from either the book or the movie or just from your imagination. He's the Petit Prince all grown up and moved to Alphabet City, rummaging around used-book stores for philosophy books in French and dating arty girls from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and drawing cartoons with his 16-year-old son. Which is pretty much what the Petit Prince would do if he were alive and 40 years old.
The next time I see Michel Gondry, he's sitting in front of a video monitor on a soundstage outside of Tokyo waiting for the crew to light something. They've built a model of a tiny apartment on the soundstage, and a static image of its interior flickers on the screen. His girlfriend is next to him, a cartoonist named Gabrielle Bell. This movie—a short that's part of a three-film, three-director project about Tokyo—is about a girl who turns into a chair, and it's based on a comic that Gabrielle drew. She also cowrote the screenplay, with Gondry, which someone translated into Japanese. Gabrielle, in red cords and a pilly knit cap, is long, with long limbs like stretched taffy. She sits next to Michel, quietly drawing in her journal.
"Come on!" Michel shouts to no one in particular. "It should have been done already! It's very simple."
Some Japanese people laugh shyly at him and continue to do obscure things with rolls of tape and sheets of plastic.
"Okay, let's roll! Let's roll! What's wrong?"
He exhales and bends over and Gabrielle starts karate-chopping his back and he says, "Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh" and "ah-ah-ah-ah-ah."
The shoot is going to last twenty-one days, and for most of those days, Michel and Gabrielle will take the train out here from central Tokyo—forty-five minutes, three trains, rocking along through the -antiseptic chaos of Tokyo with sleeping salarymen that Gabrielle will draw in her book. I can't imagine Brett Ratner taking the train out to suburban Tokyo to shoot a small movie with an entirely Japanese crew who mostly don't speak English for very little money. It's part of the reason, Gondry explains, that he decided to do this project.
"It's fun to get out of your element," he says. "I like the train because a little bit I can do thing like everyone else, like a normal person. It make me stimulated. To keep connected to the real world."
Gondry doesn't have a larger-than-life personality, doesn't preside over the set in a beret with a bullhorn and give rousing speeches and make coarse jokes. He's not all kinetic energy and bluster and charisma. The fact that he is who he is, that is his charisma. That, and generally being sweet with people. Though if you study him for a minute, you can see fatigue below the sweetness, like they didn't fully inflate his face this morning. He almost never sleeps very well, though he is a notorious dreamer. That's what The Science of Sleep was all about,
Michel Gondry and his weird dreams.

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"Hi, I'm-"
"I know who you are."
"You do?"
"You're the guy who thinks he's invisible."
"I have a name-"
"It isn't important. Because you really don't think it's important."
"All right. Since we've started out this way, let me just tell you, I know you too."
"You're the girl who is broken."
"I am not broken."
"You're the girl whose eyes close every night and open the next morning, only to find you have never slept at all."
"I sleep well. Besides-"
"You're the girl who dreams of a happy ending even though she has seen seventeen...no, eighteen unhappy ones in her eighteen years."
"Happy endings are over rated. And you're-"
"You're the girl who wants something bigger, something stronger, just so the weakness in her body becomes something so much more."
"You don't understand weakness the way-"
"You're the girl whose heart broke when she was so young, and she fixed it back together with superglue, but cannot ignore the cracks."
"Superglue makes for a good companion, especially when-"
"You're the girl who runs away from love and is always up for a good fight because anger is the only emotion she can deal with without being hurt."
"A fight makes me stronger."
"You're the girl whose eyes shine only when they are as intense as they can ever be."
"And when is that?"
"When you're telling someone you know exactly who they are before they can even know your name."


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Foods That Can Help Your Brain Performance
Foods that enhance brain performance
Many people with Diabetes have asked me how they may lower their chance of developing dementia and depression. The reason for an increased incidence of dementia in people with diabetes is not clear but it may be linked to the vascular complications caused by diabetes or problems with insulin signaling in the brain. A Medscape review noted that unhealthy diets may increase the risk for a number of psychiatric and neurological conditions including dementia and depression and a healthy diet may be protective. I would like to include some dietary recommendations from medscape which are appropriate for people with diabetes and may help protect brain function.
1) The Mediterranean diet which is high in fruit, vegetables, nuts, whole grains, fish and unsaturated fat such as olive and other plant oils is believed to lower the incidence of both stroke and depression.
2) Polyunsaturated fatty acids found in nuts, seeds, fish, and leafy green vegetables as well as monounsaturated fatty acids found in olive oil, avocados, and nuts lowers the risk of depression. Trans fats which are found in processed foods, commercial chocolates may increase the risk of ischemic strokes. A deficiency of polyunsaturated fatty acids has been linked to ADHD in children.
3) Fish, which used to be called a brain food is rich in the omega-3 fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenonic acid which are believed to improve symptoms of with depression. The highest levels are in salmon, herring, and mackerel.
4) Dark berries and other darkly pigmented fruit and vegetables contain anthocyanins which have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. These foods may also reduce cardiovascular disease.
5) Red meat from pasture-raised animals has a much healthier fatty acid profile than meat from cows raised on industrial feedlots which have a higher percentage of saturated fats and a lower percentage of good fatty acids.
6) Consumption of very dark chocolate in small amounts (about 6 grams per day) may decrease the incidence of cardiovascular events because of flavanols which improve endothelial and platelet function.
7) Foods which contain high-fat dairy, and food that is fried, refined, as well as food with high sugar content may increase the risk of depression Foods high in salt may increase blood pressure and strokes in addition to the foods that are high in trans or saturated fat.


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(BaseballStL) -- Shelby Miller was forced to leave in the first inning after being struck by a line drive on the second pitch thrown on Wednesday.
In the game's first at-bat, Carl Crawford hit a 93-mph fastball for a line drive up the middle before it deflected off Miller's right elbow and over the left side of the infield for a double. Miller instantly threw his glove off before squatting in obvious pain while trainers tended to him.
The Cardinals later announced the x-rays taken of the elbow came back negative and the injury is classified as a right elbow contusion.
Michael Blazek entered the game in relief of Miller and worked around the leadoff double for a scoreless first inning.
The 22-year-old rookie entered his 22nd start of the season with a 11-7 record and a 2.89 ERA.


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Z series sports car built by Datsun/Nissan. 240Z, 260Z, 280Z, 280ZX, 300ZX, 350Z
That guy drives one cool zed!
লিখেছেন- peanut squirrel
26 de এপ্রিল de 2005
n. what you call a socially inept person that kills the mood, ends the party, ruins the joke. A Zed is *NOT* someone you want to have near you at a party when trying to meet people. Zed is at the end of the alphabet for a reason. Even Bruce Willis didn't get along with a Zed.
What the hell? No one wants to hear about your dog's diarrhea... quit being such a Zed and go somewhere else!
লিখেছেন- mrbruno
15 de সেপ্টেমবার de 2010
In Pakistani culture when someone is being a 'Zaleel' for something it is referred to as being a Zed. The Zed is often emphasised.
Attiah is a ZED for Jelly sweets.
লিখেছেন- Tony Tabrez
19 de এপ্রিল de 2010
"Zed" is the way us educated Canadians and British have pronounced the last letter of the latest incarnation of the Roman Alphabet.
ABC you get the rest, X, Y, ZED, DAMMIT, NOT ZEE!
লিখেছেন- J. Michael Reiter
29 de জানুয়ারি de 2004
a characteristic trait that is also known as "gay" or "bitch nigga"
i heard that nigga's a zed
লিখেছেন- DrexyBoy
26 de মে de 2014
Zed is the definitive term for THE iconic motorcycle of the early 1970's.
The Kawasaki Zed 1 (Z900) made the tubby little Honda 750's look like overweight, bland barges, overnight. The KING.
লিখেছেন- Piigy Peek Freen
3 de ফেব্রুয়ারি de 2009
'zed' is a common nickname for a suzuki supermoto model named 'suzuki dr-z'
"dude your new bike is sweet! what kind is it?"
"its a zed"
"its a zed"
লিখেছেন- zedluvver
24 de ফেব্রুয়ারি de 2007


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As judge orders CIA tape inquiry, Mukasey faces first test
He had asked that the Justice Department handle the probe.
The matter of the Central Intelligence Agency interrogation tapes – and questions about who should investigate their destruction – may be Attorney General Michael Mukasey's first big challenge at the Department of Justice.
Mr. Mukasey has asked Congress and the courts to let his department and the CIA handle the initial probe. Outside inquiries might complicate Justice efforts to figure out what really happened, said Mukasey in a Dec. 14 letter to a US district judge.
But key lawmakers are not pleased about being told to mind their own business. They've vowed to defy the Bush administration and proceed on their own.
Given the tangle of constitutional checks and balances involved and that many of the facts surrounding the case remain secret, it's not clear who should have precedence here, say some legal experts.
"It's more of a political than a legal question at this point," says Andrew Kent, an associate professor at Fordham Law School in New York.
The next development in the controversy could come as early as Dec. 20, when the House Judiciary Committee has scheduled a hearing on the interrogation of detainees. Rep. John Conyers (D) of Michigan, the panel's chairman, has asked the Department of Justice to provide a high-level official to testify at the hearing.
Congressional and Executive branch investigations often proceed at the same time, asserted Representative Conyers in a letter to Mukasey.
So the administration inquiry "should not be used as a shield against proper and necessary oversight," wrote Conyers.
The tapes at issue were made in 2002, and reportedly depict hours of interrogations of at least two Al Qaeda suspects, including the use of harsh techniques such as waterboarding.


text: Does anyone remember the PBS Kids show called Arthur? There was an episode about head lice, and it was really weird. The lice were animated characters. Soldiers who sought out to conquer the heads of everyone at school. It was a very funny episode, and the fact that the lice could talk almost made the episode seem like it was self-aware. The funniest part of the episode had to be when we got a glimpse of Buster's dirty head. Apparently, none of the lice wanted to do anything with him because he smelled so bad.


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Inside MMA correspondent Ron Kruck talks up to former Bellator Lightweight Champion Eddie Alvarez. Alvarez discusses his recent change of camps to the Blackzilians, his upcoming rematch with Shinya Aoki, and his expiring contract with Bellator watch video >>
Bellator Lightweight champion Eddie Alvarez talks with The Fight Nerd about his upcoming fight against Roger Huerta at Bellator 33 in his hometown of Philadelphia, PA. We also discuss how he feels about his performance against his last opponent Josh Neer, thoughts on Pat Curran being forced to drop out, and one of the few men to beat him recently, Shinya Aoki. watch video >>
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The former titleholder of Bellator Fighting Championships' lightweight division looks forward to an April rematch with Shinya Aoki. watch video >>
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Shinya "Tobikan Judan" Aoki vs. Cody "The Wolverine" StevensONE FC 11 - Total DominationSingapore Indoor Stadium, Kallang, SingaporeOctober 18, 2013 watch video >>
Shinya "Tobikan Judan" Aoki has been called The Most Dangerous Fighter in MMA today. In October 2012, he claimed the ONE FC Lightweight World Championship title from Kotetsu Boku and has since held his place at the top of the Asian Lightweight Division. watch video >>
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The #1 Reason Guys Beat Up Their Girlfriends
4: Guy guilt works. Women blame themselves for provoking their boyfriends: They get brainwashed into believing that they've done something wrong—"it was my fault for leading him to think I was cheating." Apparently Rihanna blames herself for inciting Chris and has been terribly worried about how the incident and criminal charges could affect his career.
5. When batterers apologize it's another form of taking control: Guys who beat up their girlfriends can be dramatically remorseful—crying, begging for forgiveness and promising to never become violent again. Flowers and gifts like Rihanna's reported "$50,000 forgiveness" bracelet, can be typical. The apologies can seem so genuine that a battered girlfriend gets completely seduced back into continuing the relationship.
6. Guys who batter are insecure and have poor impulse control: It's weird. They can seem completely normal and stable at times. At work, they can present themselves as completely nice guys. It's the fear of losing their girlfriend or being unable to control her, that leads to the intense outbursts of rage and violence.
7. When guys batter they feel entitled to do it: They believe they have the right to use whatever means necessary to take control of the situation. If police arrive, they aren't ashamed of their behavior—they feel justified, i.e., "you deserved it, you were behaving like a slut."
8. If your boyfriend is violent, you've got to get out—it's unlikely he will be cured: Most batterers don't get the treatment they need in order to stop. They don't want help because they believe they are in the right. Furthermore, the beatings are likely to escalate over time. So don't follow Rihanna's example—ask for help from your close friends, family or a domestic abuse organization, and make a plan to leave ASAP.
If you're seeking help with an abusive spouse or boyfriend call 911 or the National Teen Dating Abuse Hotline, at 1-866-331-9474. Or, visit www.loveisrespect.org from 4 pm to midnight for a live, online chat.
For more information on dating abuse, visit thesafespace.org, breakthecycle.org and loveisrespect.org.


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'Fast Money' Recap: S&P Snapback
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The S&P 500 snapped its losing streak, closing higher by 0.38%.
On CNBC's "Fast Money" TV show, Guy Adami, managing director of stockmonster.com, said investors can "trust" Tuesday's rally. He added the S&P 500 seems likely to continue moving higher but won't make new all-time highs this month.
Tim Seymour, managing partner of Triogem Asset Management, said investors should avoid stocks that are overvalued. He was a buyer of Apple (AAPL).
Anthony Scaramucci, founder and co-managing partner of SkyBridge Capital, called the market "okay" at current levels. He added that he is bullish over the long term.
Karen Finerman, president of Metropolitan Capital Advisors, said she would not sell into Tuesday's rally. She suggested investors look for quality companies with reasonable valuations such as Google (GOOGL). Seymour likes General Motors (GM) because of its valuation and the strong U.S. auto market. Adami said investors could stay long the stock with a stop-loss at $34.Chris Verrone, head of technical analysis at Strategas, said the S&P 500 is likely to decline another 40 to 50 points. He added that possible support could be found near 1,770 to 1,780. However, he argued that individual stocks can still be attractive. He liked Microsoft (MSFT). Seymour said investors should use broad-based emerging market funds rather than country-specific funds. He added that he is a seller of the iShares MSCI Brazil Capped ETF (EWZ) and a buyer of the iShares MSCI South Korea Capped ETF (EWY).
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5 AmazingPosted: 28/06/2012I loved fifty shades of grey but I loved this one more! Cant wait to read freed
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CMDA to clear first list of structures recommended by conservation committee; State to take final call on notification
The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) is in the process of readying a list of important buildings for heritage conservation.
Later this month, CMDA will clear the first list of 70 heritage buildings compiled by the heritage conservation committee (HCC).
As many as 42 of the structures/precincts that figure on the list are government buildings, and the rest are private ones.
The government buildings include Anna University's old engineering college, Government Teacher Training Institute – Saidapet, Madras High Court, Music and Dance College, King Institute of Preventive Medicine and General Post Office.
Theosophical Society is one of the private premises likely to figure on the list.
After the list is cleared by the CMDA later this month, objections, if any, from the owners of the buildings will be recorded at a meeting to be held at CMDA's Egmore office.
"We will call the property owners and explain the significance of the structures with the help of documents that prove their heritage value," said a senior official associated with the compilation of the list.
The CMDA will then send the list, along with its recommendations and recorded objections, to the State government for notification.
However, once a building is notified as a heritage structure, the onus of repair and maintenance will be on the property owners.
"The owners will have to preserve the heritage buildings," the official said. They will be forbidden from demolishing the structures and in the case of any damage, repair the structures themselves.
A repair fund will be created and kept at the disposal of the member secretary of CMDA for partial funding of such repairs if the owner is unable to carry them out.
The listed buildings will have three grades.
Grade I structures will be prime landmarks upon which no alterations will be permitted.
Under Grade II, external changes on structures will be subject to scrutiny.
Buildings under Grade III may be changed for 'adaptive reuse' with suitable internal and external changes. The list of heritage buildings has been readied by a team of architecture students engaged by the CMDA under the HCC's supervision.
The team inspected hundreds of heritage buildings and precincts in the city and documented them over the past few months.
It has also collected photographs of the structures making note of their architectural features.
Some of these buildings have also been mentioned by the Justice E. Padmanabhan committee on hoardings.
Initially, the assessment was restricted to the Chennai Corporation area that has been divided into geographical divisions such as Triplicane, George Town, Purasawalkam and Mylapore.
The State government initiated action in 1997 to conserve heritage buildings. After the second master plan was approved by the government on September 2, 2008, special rules for conservation of heritage buildings/precincts came into force.
With the recommendations of the CMDA, on April 1, 2010, the government constituted the HCC.


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Yes...that Doug Flutie, Boston College Heisman Winner from the mid 1980's. Evidently MLB network has a new show debuting this week called "the next knuckler" where Tim Wakefield will take former college and NFL QB's and try to convert them into knuckleballers, the winner of the show gets an invite to D'backs spring training.
Doug Flutie 2013 Outlook
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Posted 09 February 2013 - 02:20 PM
Seems everybody's jogging or heavy into health s?&t, don't tell me that I otta get rolfed, cause I love Cajun martinis and playing afternoon golf-JB from we are the people are parents warned us about
Posted 09 February 2013 - 02:25 PM
i have him ranked in tier four, after the bumgarner/cuetos types.
14 Team PPR. One Keeper. All TDs worth six.
QB/ Wilson
RB/ Jamaal
WR/ Edelman
FX/ Wright
FX/ Bradshaw
FX/ McKinnon
TE/ Kelce
DST/ Titans
K/ Parkey
Bn/ Hill, Hunter, Shorts, P Thomas, LaFell
Championships: 4 Baseball, 1 Football, 1 Basketball
Posted 09 February 2013 - 02:26 PM
Scouts will say he's too short for his position and he'll end up in some USFL-type league before he finally gets a shot at the bigs.
Posted 11 February 2013 - 02:20 AM
That is awesome. Finally a reality TV show I can get excited about. I wouldn't doubt it if this inspires multiple MLB careers.


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Last week, I noted that even though 10-day realized volatility (RV) exceeded the CBOE Market Volatility Index (VIX), it wasn't a signal to go all-in on options, if for no other reason than RV was about to fall:
The 10-day [historical volatility] HV calculation still incorporates the big range-day moves on Dec. 31 and Jan. 2 as the Fiscal Cliff UnLoomed. Meanwhile, IV dropped precipitously from the pre-Fiscal Cliff bid-up. It's the exact same dynamic any time a company reports earnings. IV jumps ahead of HV into the number. Post-number, IV drops. If the stock moved, then HV picks up. IV may now show a big discount to HV, but it really has no meaning.
Well guess what? The big-range days have officially left the HV calculation. And 10-Day HV has plunged all the way to 5.6.
At a shade over 13, the VIX has hit multi-year lows. So objectively -- in a vacuum -- the VIX is very low. But of course, most of us don't trade in vacuums. The VIX is not low when compared to the current realized-volatility backdrop. In fact, it's quite high.
This is NOT, NOT, NOT to say you should go short options. HV looks backwards and VIX prices look forwards. HV could pick up in a heartbeat, the same way it picked up at the very end of 2012.
That being said, you can't completely disconnect the two. An investor net-buying index options 10 trading days ago has likely gotten clocked. At a 14 volatility -- about the average VIX reading over the past two weeks -- you'd need roughly a 0.9% range in the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:SPY) to offset your daily time decay. You've gotten about 0.4%. A directional move in the SPY could bail you out as well (if you didn't actively trade against the position), but that hasn't exactly happened, either. The total range of the SPY over the last 10 days is just 2.25. That's TOTAL. The net move over 10 days is about a $1 rally.
In other words, options ownership has worked horrendously for the first two weeks of 2013. That doesn't exactly encourage options buying going forward. In fact, it emboldens options sellers. Until they get shaken out, they're going to keep selling. Rinse, repeat.
Realized volatility this low isn't particularly sustainable. So the VIX isn't going to single digits any time soon. But it's a bit disheartening to say that realized volatility could double overnight and the VIX still wouldn't necessarily merit a higher price (it would go higher just perhaps not as much as the Pundit Class will expect).
Oh and the iPath S&P 500 VIX Short Term Futures ETN (NYSEARCA:VXX), that bad joke of an ETF? It has a perfect record in 2013. It has made a new all-time low every single day.
Disclaimer: The views represented on this blog are those of the individual author's only, and do not necessarily represent the views of Schaeffer's Investment Research.
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SMU's "All Grit, No Quit" Mustangs, on the verge of playing their first bowl game in 25 years, have flourished and floundered with turnovers in 2009.
Although the defense ranks 97th allowing more than 400 yards per game, it is tied for 10th in the nation with 16 interceptions and 15th with 26 forced turnovers. Head Coach June Jones' run-and-shoot offense is gaining 268 yards through the air and scoring 28 points per game, but has turned the ball over the same number of times.
The Mustangs (6-5, 5-2 Conference-USA) are +6 in the turnover department in their victories and -6 in their losses.
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SMU has tilted the scale in its favor by excelling on special teams. Led by 6-8 defensive end Margus Hunt, the Mustangs have blocked nine kicks, two of which Bryan McCann has returned for touchdowns. Hunt was honored with the Conference-USA Special Teams Player of the Week award after blocking two field goal attempts in SMU's 28-21 victory over East Carolina.
Rock Dennis, who picked of two passes and recovered a fumble against Stephen F. Austin to earn the Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week award, leads the team with four interceptions.
Chase Kennemer, a senior linebacker and captain, was the Conference-USA Defensive Player of the Week after recovering three fumbles in SMU's 31-28 victory over Rice.
McNeal, who became eligible just one day before the season started, has helped immensely by almost doubling SMU's 2008 rushing total and scoring nine touchdowns.
Sanders is the Mustangs' career leader with 272 receptions, 3,523 receiving yards and 33 touchdown receptions. He is also the single-season leader with 85 catches and single-game with 18 receptions. Sanders is 60 yards from setting SMU's single-season receiving record.
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An earthquake Toss estimate is a description or forecast of the
ejects of future or hypothetical earthquakes. Loss generally encom-
passes deaths and casualties; direct repair costs; damage or functional
loss to communication, transportation, and other lifeline systems;
emergency response and emergency care facilities; the number of
homeless people; and the impact on the economic well-being of the
region. Earthquake Tosses may be estimated to:
Identify especially hazardous geographical areas;
Identify especially hazardous groups of buildings or other
Aid in the development of emergency response plans;
Evaluate overall economic impact;
. Formulate general strategies for earthquake hazard reduction,
such as land-use plans or building codes, or evaluate the effectiveness
of earthquake programs;
. Support advocacy efforts aimed at establishing priorities and
budgets for earthquake programs;
. Aid in obtaining quick estimates, made during the first hours
following an actual earthquake, of the approximate impact of the
earthquake; and
. Estimate the expected consequences of a predicted earth-
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The estimation of property losses to assess property insurers'
risks has been one of the more common uses of earthquake loss
estimates, but is only lightly addressed in this report because the
emphasis here is on the broader range of public agency uses.
This report focuses on loss est~rnates of the type being funded
by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). They are
intended for local and state government use, primarily for disaster
response planning and to aid in the formulation of near- and long-
term strategies for earthquake hazard reduction. This type of large-
scale lom est~rnate study encompasses a city, region, state, or even
the nation, and it looks at more than one type of loss, typically
including life loss or casualties, property loss, and functional loss or
outages of essential services. A number of such studies have been
completed or are under way. Figure 1-1 illustrates the geographic
scope of past or in-progre" large-scale loss studies, while Table 1-1
bets these major studies.
During the 1970s, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad-
m~n~tration (NOAA) and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) am
sembled teams of experts, predominantly engineering consultants
and federal government geoscientists, who produced large-scale Toss
studies that set the basic pattern for the scope and methods of others
to follow. The first four were devoted to the metropolitan areas of
San Francisco (AIgermissen et al., 1972), Los Angeles (AIgerm~ssen
et al., 1973), Puget Sound (Hopper et al., 1975), and Salt Lake City
(Rogers et al., 1976~. These are sometimes collectively referred to
as the NOAA-USGS studies. Some of the more recent studies have
been sponsored by FEMA and carried out by consulting firTns.
In response to a National Security Council request for an eval-
uation of potential impacts on the defense industry impacts, FEMA
also initiated a recent large-scale effort aimed at modeling the re-
gional economic effects of a major earthqualre. This effort involved
a study by the Applied Technology Council (ATC) of methods for
preparing an inventory of facilities and for estimating damage and
functional loss. The result was a report, Earthquake Damage Eval-
uation Data for California, known as ATC-13 (Applied Technology
Council, 1985~. FEMA also began m-house efforts and supported
work by consultants to apply these new methods to selected eco-
nom~c sectors and regions.
Differences exist among the techniques employed in these studies,
arming from different levels of earthquake risk In various parts of
the country, different objectives and budgets, and different authoring
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TABLE 1-1 Areas of the United States Where Large-Scale Loss Studies Have
Been Completed or Are In Progress
1. San Francisco, California
2. Los Angeles, California
3. Puget Sound, Washington
4. Salt Lake City, Utah
5. Honolulu, Hawaii
6. Central United States
7. Anchorage, Alaska
S. Boston, Massachusetts
9. Charleston, South Carolina
10. Puerto Rico and
Virgin Islands
11. Clinton County, New York
12 San Diego, California
Algermissen et al., 1972; Davis et al.,
1982b; FEMA, 1980; Steinbrugge et al.,
1981; Steinbrugge et al., in progress
Algermissen et al., 1973; Blume et al.,
1978; FEMA, 1980; Steinbrugge et al.,
1981; D avis et al., 1982a; Scawthorn
and Gates, 1983; Degenkolb, 1984;
California Division of Mines and
Geology, in progress
Hopper et al., 1975
Rogers et al., 1976; U.S. Geological
Survey, in progress
Furomoto et al., 1980; Steinbrugge and
Lagorio, 1982
Mann et al., 1974; Liu, 1981; Allen and
Hoshall et al., 1985
Alaska Division of Emergency Services,
1980; URS/Blume, in progress
Whitman et al., 1980; URS/Blume, in
Lindbergh et al., in progress
Geoscience Associates, 1984 and 1985;
Molinelli and Oxman, in progress
Geoscience Associates, in progress
Reichle et al., in progress
aNumbers correspond with studies noted in Figure 1-1.
Organizations. Hence, inconsistencies can be found among the results
of the various studies, and no clear guidance exists for conducting
such studies.
FEMA anticipates the need for future loss estimation efforts.
Seeking to encourage studies that are done in a technically sound, ef-
ficient, consistent manner that will satisfy the needs of users, FEMA
asked the National Research Council to provide "evaluations and rec-
ommendations with regard to methodologies which should be used
for earthquake loss estimation by FEMA and state and local govern-
ments in earthquake preparedness and mitigation planning." This
work statement for the counciT's Pane] on Earthquake Loss Esti-
mation Methodology, within the Committee on Earthquake Engi-
neering, required that the applicability of recommended methods be
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nationwide in scope, or that advice be provided for modifying recom-
mended methods to fit regional variations. In addition to reviewing
present methods, FEMA requested recommendations for testing and
further development of methods to produce more accurate and com-
prehensive loss estimates.
The next section of this chapter presents an overview of the
basic method used to carry out a loss estimate. This is followed by a
discussion in Chapter 2 of the purposes and nature of loss estimates as
viewed by potential users, and then by more comprehensive reviews of
the techniques and methods available for completing the several parts
of a loss estimate. Recommendations for research and development
leading to better loss estimates are given in Chapter 9.
Several important points of a general nature must be emphasized:
~ The methods examined in this report rely on averaging dam-
age and losses over a large group of facilities, and hence apply to
groups of facilities and not to individual buildings. There are tech-
niques for examining in detail the seismic resistance of individual
structures, and brief reference will be made to such techniques. How-
ever, any such detailed analysis can be expensive and time consuming
and therefore generally is not feasible as part of a large-scare study.
When methods intended for large numbers of buildings are used to
estimate losses for individual buildings, the results may be m~slead-
This report emphasizes large-scale loss estimates, the basic
method and some of the detailed techniques of which are applicable
to other types of studies.
~ No loss estimate prepared today, or in the foreseeable future,
can be completely accurate. There are major gaps in our knowledge,
both as to the time of occurrence, magnitude, and location of future
earthquakes and as to the manner in which the ground and structures
will respond to earthquakes. Any loss estimation inherently involves
significant uncertainties.
. Despite their limitations, loss studies that are properly con-
ducted and used with an understanding of the methods' limitations
can be of great value. These studies have played an important role
in developing earthquake programs throughout the country, and are
an important too! for initiating effective programs in areas where
earthquakes are a significant threat but have received little atten-
tion, or where few practical hazard reduction or emergency planning
countermeasures exist.
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~ Loss studies in and of themselves do nothing to reduce seis-
mic risk unless they lead to implementation of hazard reduction or
emergency planning measures, or facilitate the development of pub
kc policy. Earthquake loss estimation is an important preliminary
step toward taking appropriate actions for earthquake loss reduction.
This is the most basic purpose underlying earthquake loss estimation.
We study earthquake losses so they can be reduced.
As previously noted, earthquake loss estimates may be made for
many different purposes. Thus, studies may differ as to the types of
losses considered, the extent of the geographical area involved, and
the kinds of facilities included. Facilities ~ a term of broad scope
that includes buildings as well as other structures such as bridges
and utility stations and lifeline systems such as water distribution
networks and airports. The detail in which the analysis is carried
out and the manner in which the losses are aggregated and presented
also may vary. Although the techniques used to carry out various
types of studies may differ, a basic underlying method Is common to
almost all lo~ estimation studies.
The Two Main Components of an
Earthqllalre I~ose E:stNn~tion Stll~y
Figure 1-2 illustrates two components comprising the basic struc-
ture of a loss estimation study. One component, the seismic hazard
analysis, involves the identification and quantitative description of
the earthquake (or earthquakes) to be used as a basis for evaluating
losses. This part of the study falls primarily within the disciplines
of geology and seismology, and this geoscience effort must be coor-
dinated with input from the broad field of civil engineering. The
phrase seismic hazard might seem to refer to all hazards to life and
property posed by earthquakes, but the term has a technical meaning
restricted to the behavior of the ground, apart from any effects on
the built environment.
The second component, the vulnerability analysis, entails analy-
sis of the vulnerability of buildings and other man-made facilities to
earthquake damage and the losses that may result from this damage.
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SEISMlg | | VULNERABILITY
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FIGURE 1-2 Basic structure of an earthquake loss estimation study.
This effort primarily involves engineers, architects, and experts in
local real estate patterns or socioeconomic, although other disci-
plines (e.g., utility system operators, urban planners, and disaster
preparedness and response specialists) may contribute to identifying
steps that can alter the losses caused by darnage.
The information assembled from these two components is com-
bined to produce the Toss estimate. Close communication among the
technical people undertaking the two parts, and with the intended
users, is vital to ensure proper coordination.
In most Toss estimates, the primary emphasis is on damage and
losses caused directly by the shaking of the ground. The bulk of this
report deals with the evaluation of the ground-shaking hazard and
with the effects of ground shaking on buildings and other facilities.
However, other aspects of the seismic hazard, referred to as collateral
hazards, often are important. They include fault ruptures, landslides,
liquefaction, tsunamis, and seiches.
Landslides may occur in the absence of shaking, but earthquakes
often trigger the sliding of susceptible slop es. Liquefaction is the
state whereby a normally solid soil (saturated with ground water
and usually sands of low density or compaction) turns to a mud-like
or fluid consistency when shaken. Tsunamis are seismic sea waves
(sometimes popularly called tidal waves). Seiches are sloshing or
oscillating waves in bodies of water, generated by earthquakes in
reservoirs, lakes, end enclosed harbors. In some earthquakes col-
lateral hazards may be more destructive than the ground-shaking
hazard, but the technology for evaluating these hazards and their
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effects is not as well developed as that relating to the ground-shaking
In a similar vein, most loss estimates focus on the more or less
direct effects of the damage caused by an earthquake: fatalities and
injuries, loss of function, and the cost of repairing damage. Various
other negative effects are called indirect losses. Other types of in-
direct but potentially important consequence of damage include fire
and flooding from dam failure. Another type of indirect consequence
is the economic impact of loss of function on the owners of commercial
property, on the region immediately affected by the earthquake, and
on a larger region economically linked to the affected area. Again,
these losses may be as important as the more direct Tosses, but the
techniques for evaluating them is much more complex and not as well
The Ground-Shaking Hazard
The basic building block for a description of the ground-shaking
hazard is a map displaying the intensities of ground shaking over
the study region for an individual earthquake. In general, the in-
tensity will vary over the region, depending on the size and source
characteristics of the event, its location, and local geologic materi-
als and topographical conditions. Such a description is a scenario
Most loss estimate studies use one or several scenario earthquakes
to define the shaking hazard. Loss estunates based on specific earth-
quakes are relatively easy to understand and explain. In addition,
use of specific earthquakes makes it possible to include diverse types
of losses, some of which are best described partially by words rather
than merely by numbers. The use of several such events allows a
range of assumptions and hypotheses to be analyzed and then syn-
thesized in terms of their effects on facilities, without reliance on a
single, perhaps unlikely occurrence.
A more comprehensive but difficult to interpret display of the
hazard consists of calculating the seismic shaking by considering
many possible different earthquakes. Such events can cover a wide
range of magnitudes and locations, and each can be assigned a prom
ability of occurrence.
This approach leads finally to probabilities of occurrence for
earthquake losses. These results can be presented as loss-frequency
curves, which give the annual frequency with which different levels of
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loss are expected to occur (Figure 1-3~. Summing these frequencies
for levels above a specific value gives, for the study region, the annual
probability of exceedance of losses.
Representing the hazard as a loss-frequency curve is ideally
suited for study of the relative merits of various mitigative actions.
That is, loss-frequency curves corresponding to different possible ac-
tions (inclucling no action) may be compared. The method works
best when all the consequences of an earthquake can be expressed
by a single number, such as dollar loss. When multiple losses of
different types are involved, the use of multiple scenario earthquakes
finds wider favor.
Regardless of the number of earthquakes used to represent the
seisrn~c hazard, there is no single, uncontroversial measure of the
damageability of ground motions. For one of the most commonly
utilized measures of intensity�Modified MercaDi Intensity (MMI)
there are even basic disagreements as to the interpretation and defi-
nition of the scale.
A strong need exists for communication at the beginning of a
Toss study among those who will evaluate the ground-shaking hazard
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and ground failures, those who will determine the losses resulting
from that seismic hazard, and those who will utilize the results of
the study.
There are two steps in a vulnerability analysis: (1) developing
an inventory of the buildings and other facilities to be considered
in the study, and (2) establishing for each inventory category the
relationships among intensity of ground shaking (and, in some cases
ground failures), resulting damage, and associated losses.
A key step is to develop a list of the categories of facilities to
be considered, that is, to select a classification system. Selection
of this system requires a compromise between different objectives.
On the one hand, a very detailed! classification system, with many
categories, allows fine distinction to be made among buildings with
different seismic resistance. On the other hand, a coarse classification
system with only a few categories simplifies the inventory effort and
makes it more economical. It is also inappropriate for a classification
scheme to divide facilities into many different categories if the un-
derlying state of the art is unable to distinguish among the predicted
performance of the categories. Reaching an optunum compromise
requires close communication among the parties conducting the loss
For purposes of evaluating damage, facilities are usually inven-
toried by placing them in different groups.
Buildings that provide working space or residences for people;
. Lifelines, such as transportation, communications, water,
sewage, and electricity systems, that are vital to the functioning
of an area:
Essential facilities, such as hospitals, and fire and police sta-
tions, that are vital to postdisaster response; and
o Facilities with a potential for large lo - , such as large and
densely occupied buildings, dams, and chemical plants.
Lifelines must be treated differently than buildings because they
form interconnected systems that extend over large areas. Essential
facilities, if they are to be included, must receive more careful atten-
tion and individual surveys and analyses. Facilities with a potential
for large loss pose a very special problem. Clearly their presence and
potential for large Toss must be noted, but losses cannot actually be
estimated without analyses of the likelihood that potential damage
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will actually occur in a given scenario earthquake, and this requires
very detailed study well beyond the scope of a typical loss estimate.
It is easier, for example, to map the area that would be flooded if
a certain dam were to fait than it is to determine whether the dam
actually would fad! in various earthquakes.
The foregoing discussion has presumed that loss estunates take
the form of scenarios or a los~frequency curve. For the former, one or
more particular earthquakes are postulated to occur, and the losses
expected from each are described. For the latter representation, the
probabilities of various levels of loss are indicated. Whichever method
is used, the uncertainty in the loss estimates should be indicated, such
as by giving a range of possible losses.
The uncertainties in loss estimates derive from several sources.
First is uncertainty in the ground-motion intensity and ground fail-
ures for a given event. Second is uncertainty in estimating damage
given the intensity and ground failures. Third is uncertainty in es-
timating the losses given damage to the facility. Finally there is
uncertainty in the process of inventorying the number of facilities
in each building classification and geographic area. Each of these
elements could be made more precise with additional effort and re-
sources, but uncertainties are inevitable in any practical study of
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I pitched Wyeast1335 in an IPA at 1.065 with a really good starter, and went on vacation. We turned down the thermostat to 50 degrees. I didn't think about it. I've had poorer attenuation (and longer time, by far!) with this yeast. I'm still in primary with active kraesen when I brewed on 11/22. What happens when the yeast is used below recommended temp? YEAST STRAIN: 1335 | British Ale II™ Back to Yeast Strain List A classic British ale profile with good flocculation and malty flavor characteristics. It will finish crisp, clean and fairly dry. Origin: Flocculation: high Attenuation: 73-76% Temperature Range: 63-75° F (17-24° C) Alcohol Tolerance: approximately 10% ABV Thanks, Dave
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Tuesday, March 08
Prudential Center
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Newark, NJ (Sports Network) - Erik Condra netted both goals, including the game-winner with 2:13 to play, as Ottawa outlasted New Jersey, 2-1, at the Prudential Center.
Condra, playing in his tenth NHL game, had his second two-goal game to account for all of the goals he has scored with Ottawa. Jason Spezza set up the decisive marker for the Senators, who have won four of their last five road contests.
"You grow up watching a guy like that dominate the league. You get one on him and your excited and the second one was lucky, but I'll take it," Condra said about scoring twice against New Jersey netminder Martin Brodeur.
Craig Anderson turned away 31 shots to earn the win for the visitors, who ended a six-game losing streak in the Garden State.
Patrik Elias potted the lone goal for the Devils, who had a four-game win streak snapped. Brodeur stopped 19 shots in defeat for the hosts, who could gain no ground in the chase for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
"Every loss is crucial at this point and especially for us given the situation we are in," Elias said. "We just have to bounce back. We have to play a little more upbeat, play with a little more energy and control the game more."
New Jersey broke through four minutes into the third for the equalizer when Brian Rolston emerged from behind the net and sent a cross-ice pass to a charging Elias, who buried a one-timer past Anderson from the left of the crease.
The game-winner occurred when Spezza carried into the Devils zone on the left side, stopped, spun and held the puck before throwing it toward to the net. The puck deflected off the skate of Matt Palmieri to Condra, who was able to punch it past Brodeur from the top of the crease.
After a scoreless first period, Ottawa struck 4:45 into the middle session.
Ryan Shannon outraced Henrik Tallinder to the puck in the left corner and fed Condra in the left circle. He spun through two defenders and after his initial shot was stopped, he was able to swat the rebound past a sprawled Brodeur.
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Henderson, Ky., church celebrates 20 years of Peace with Justice
Ben Guess helped build "a community that is committed to working for justice and peace" said the Rev. Phil Hoy, pastor of Zion United Church of Christ in Henderson, Ky., which will commemorate its 20th annual Peace with Justice Week next weekend.
The guest of honor this year is the Rev. J. Bennett Guess who, 20 years ago, founded Peace with Justice Week at Zion.
The annual event (shortened to one weekend at Zion) is celebrated nationwide involving several denominations.
This year's theme is "Imagine What's Possible with a Still-Speaking God," said the Hoy, who added that, for the second year, members of Henderson's Community Baptist Church will be collaborating on the event.
Guess, a Henderson native, returned to his community in 1992 to serve as pastor of Zion UCC, which at that time "had 12 elderly members, who were all in their 80s and 90s, (but) quite open to allowing me to take their church in a new direction."
That new direction became manifest a year later when the church declared itself a "Just Peace Church" (addressing issues of race, class, gender and sexual orientation) and came to full flower in 1994 when the congregation publicly declared itself "Open and Affirming" (to the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual-transgender community).
"(This) was very much grounded in the vision and values of the UCC, which is to be bold in our commitments to justice and peace and extravagant in our welcome to a broad section of the community," Guess said.
"Zion was the first church in Kentucky to do this the first in the Evansville area
to own that," he said.
And the congregation quickly grew to more than 300 members including those 12 original people, he said, adding that "Peace with Justice Week became the centerpiece of the church's life."
The concept of PWJ was launched by the national United Council of Churches in 1982, Guess said.
"The date was chosen to fall in between World Food Day (Oct. 16, since 1981) and U.N. Day (Oct. 24, since 1945) every year, Guess said.
"Today Zion is still a small church with a great spirit," Hoy said.
"Ben's legacy is a community that is committed to working for justice and peace. Our bulletin masthead proclaims we are a just peace, open and affirming, inclusive language and environmental justice covenant church, a safe church and a 'Bread of the World' covenant church, and a member of Kentucky Jobs with Justice and Tri-State Jobs with Justice.
"We try as individuals to live up to those commitments."
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Guess left Zion and Henderson in 2000 to accept a position with the national offices of the 1.1 million-member United Church of Christ in Cleveland where, last summer, he was elected to that denomination's five-member Collegium of Officers.
According to national UCC literature, he is the first openly gay person to serve as a national officer of the church.
Guess, no stranger to the pulpit, offers these observations about Peace with Justice:
"Back in college, an acquaintance gave me a copy of a slim book, 'Introducing Liberation Theology,' by Leonardo Boff, a Brazilian priest. God knows why, but I actually read it.
"It opens with a haunting question, 'How is it possible that we can be Christian and live in a world of destitution and injustice?'
"He goes on to tell the spiritual-political transformation of a Brazilian bishop who encounters a fainting woman on the street, attempting to nurse an infant from her own severely malnourished body. Her blouse was stained bright red as the baby drew the only food this woman could offer — her very own blood.
"The horrific experience forever altered the bishop's outlook on the church's mission. From that moment on, not only would he feed people, but he would confront all policies and systems that perpetuate such perverse economic inequity.
"'We can only be followers of Jesus and true Christians by making common cause with the poor,' Boff wrote. 'The poor are not simply those who have nothing. The poor are made poor by others, and their strength to resist, to organize themselves politically and transform their subhuman situation this is the work of God's people.'
"I was raised in the Christian faith, and I thought I understood it. But now, all my assumptions were being turned upside down: Justice, equality and inclusivity are at the heart of the gospel.
"Good religion is more than personal piety and heartwarming inspiration. It is advocacy, not only charity. It upsets the status quo in its insistent welcome of the marginalized. It is audacious enough to believe that systems, as well as people, stand in need of love's transforming power.
"Put simply, there is no peace without justice."
The events at Zion United Church of Christ, 437 First St., Henderson, begin with a 7 to 9 p.m. program Friday featuring the Rev. Ken Sehested, co-pastor of the Circle of Mercy Congregation in Asheville, N.C., and founder of the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America.
---- He will be joined in readings and songs about peace and justice by members of the Zion Rising Band, Community Baptist musicians and other friends. Meeting is in the Fellowship Hall "coffee house."
---- Saturday
---- 8:15 a.m. : Breakfast in Fellowship Hall
---- 9 a.m. : Zion Peace Pole re-dedication ceremony led by the Rev. Tim Hobbs, pastor of Henderson Community Baptist Church
---- 9:30 a.m. to noon: Diversity Fair featuring Susan Fowler, Evansville artist and environmentalist who uses art, music, sign language and storytelling to illustrate peace with justice issues
---- Noon: Luncheon with the Rev. J. Bennett Guess, founder of Peace with Justice Week at Zion UCC
---- 6 p.m.: Casual supper and informal discussion with the Revs. Ken Sehested and J. Bennett Guess
---- Sunday
---- 9 a.m.: Breakfast in Fellowship Hall
---- 10:30 a.m.: Celebration worship at Zion UCC with J. Bennett Guess
---- 10:45 a.m.: Worship at Henderson Community Baptist Church, 1026 Pebble Creek Drive, with guest speaker Ken Sehested
---- Noon : Lunch in Zion UCC's Fellowship Hall
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---- Full registration (covers all events, gatherings and meals) is $25 per person.
---- Separate prices for those not fully registered are $10 for opening night coffee house and $15 for Saturday luncheon. Checks should be made payable to: PWJW, Zion UCC, 437 First St. Henderson, Ky., 42420. Deadline for registering is Monday.
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