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The MoSync Database API provides a set of syscall functions that enable you to create and access databases from your C/C++ code using the SQL query language. The Database API makes use of the SQLite database manager.
Supported platforms: Android, iOS, MoSync MoRE emulator.
The MoSync Database API consists of a set of low-level syscall functions:
These are the main steps you need to follow when you use the Database API:
If you want to delete the database, delete the database file using the MoSync File API.
// Compute average age of persons in the database. // Variable to hold the age of a person. int age; // Variable to hold the age sum. int ageSum = 0; // Number of persons. int numberOfPersons = 0; // Query all rows from the table named "person". MAHandle cursor = maDBExecSQL(db, "SELECT age FROM person"); // Iterate of the result set. while (cursor > 0 && MA_DB_OK == maDBCursorNext(cursor)) { // Get the age of the current row (first field has index zero) // and update variables. maDBCursorGetColumnInt(cursor, 0, &age); ageSum += age; ++ numberOfPersons; } // Compute average age. if (numberOfPersons > 0) { float ageAverage = (float) ageSum / (float) numberOfPersons; printf("Average age is: %.1f\n", ageAverage); }
Have a look at the Database API in action by running the example application DatabaseTest. This example is included in the MoSync SDK and demonstrates the features of the Database API.


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Government Debt, Life-Cycle Income and Liquidity Constrains: Beyond Approximate Ricardian Equivalence
Government Debt, Life-Cycle Income, and Liquidity
Constraints: Beyond Approximate Ricardian Equivalence
by Hamid Faruqee, Douglas Laxton, and Steve Symansky
The effects of government debt on the real interest rate, or the degree to
which government deficits crowd out private-sector economic activity, depend to
a large extent on whether consumers view debt as net wealth. If consumers are
connected to all future generations and can borrow and lend against their
future income streams, changes in debt will not crowd out private consumption
and investment because consumers effectively internalize the government's
intertemporal budget constraint and regard a debt-financed reduction in taxes
today as implying an equivalent increase in future tax burdens. This extreme
polar case is generally referred to as the Ricardian equivalence hypothesis.
This paper uses an extended version of Blanchard's finite-horizon model to
re-examine the validity of the Ricardian equivalence hypothesis. The model has
been used extensively to study fiscal policy issues because it captures the
essential intertemporal aspects and gives rise to well-defined steady-state
properties. It has been demonstrated that although agents are disconnected from
future generations in the model, the model obeys approximate Ricardian
equivalence; debt financing has very small effects on the equilibrium real
interest rate and capital stock.
As the paper shows, incorporating more realistic individual lifetime income
profiles and liquidity constraints into the Blanchard model can significantly
change estimates of the long-term implications of government debt. OECD
estimates of aggregate net public debt for 18 of the largest industrial
countries show an increase of about 20 percentage points in the debt-GDP ratio
since the late 1970s. The model developed in this paper suggests that this
increase in government debt has caused an increase in the world real interest
rate of 76 basis points and a permanent reduction in world real GDP of 2.9


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No cure, but plenty of hope
As Judi Womack knows, Alzheimer's disease doesn't discriminate.
"It can happen to anyone," said Womack, family caregiver advisor with the Lee County Enrichment Center.
In her work, Womack regularly interacts with people affected by Alzheimer's disease. Of the roughly 100 caregivers she assists, she estimates that 85 percent are caring for loved ones with some form of dementia. Nationally, more than 5 million Americans are living with the disease, which is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S., according to the Alzheimer's Association.
While there is no cure, Womack said, activities this weekend will make one that much more likely. The eighth annual Alzheimer's Walk, and the first 5K "Race to Remember," will get under way Saturday morning at Sanford's Kiwanis Family Park.
"Our purpose is to raise awareness of this disease, as well as to raise funds to hopefully find a cure," Womack said, adding, "We certainly want to provide support to individuals with dementia, as well as their families."
The 5K was the idea of an Alzheimer's walk committee member, and Womack said she hopes the addition helps increase awareness and participation.
"I think we'll probably have some new people," Womack said. "We're trying to reach some people we haven't reached in the past."
The walk, and now the race, brings together runners, walkers, friends and families, as well as corporate teams, in a common cause, she added. Past walks have raised as much as $35,000, and donations stay in the state due to a partnership with Raleigh-based Alzheimer's North Carolina, according to Womack.
"Whatever Sanford and Lee County can raise will certainly be appreciated," she added.
Registration for the 5K begins at 7:30 a.m., and start time is 8:30 a.m. Entry in the race costs $25, and runners will meet at Kiwanis Park before hitting Sanford's greenway. Registration for the walk opens at 9 a.m., followed by the opening ceremony at 9:45 a.m. and the walk kickoff at 10 a.m. Food and entertainment will be offered along with the main events.
"We're very pet and kid friendly," Womack said. "It's for the whole family."
While there is no fee to register for the walk, each participant is expected to contribute through fundraising, Womack said. Several sponsors have already pledged their support, and any walker who raises $50 will receive a T-shirt.
In a prepared statement, sponsor Sharon Crawford, owner of R & N Motor Company, said, "seeing Kiwanis Family Park [filled] with runners, walkers, young children to adults, is a satisfying sight, especially knowing that 100 percent of our donations will stay in North Carolina."
The Enrichment Center offers Alzheimer's resources year round in the form of support groups, workshops, training, caregiver aid and more. Those who have questions or need 5K registration forms or other materials can contact Womack at (919) 776-0501 ext. 2230.
* It is a brain disease that causes problems with memory, thinking and behavior.
* It is the most common form of dementia — memory loss that interferes with daily life.
* It gets worse over time.
* There is no known cure — only treatment of symptoms.
* One in six women and one in 10 men who reach age 55 can expect to develop Alzheimer's in their lifetime.
* Ten million baby boomers will develop Alzheimer's disease in the United States.
* It is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States.
* There are no survivors of Alzheimer's disease.
* African Americans and Hispanics are at a greater risk
Information courtesy of the Lee County Enrichment Center


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Here Are Common Problems Experienced by Students
The following lists the ten most frequently presented problems for which MSU students seek services at the Counseling Center:
- Depression
- Anxiety, nervousness, worrying
- Schoolwork and grades
- Relationship with romantic partner
- Self-esteem, self-confidence
- Procrastination, getting motivated, managing time
- Relationship with family and parents
- Decision about major/career
- Concentration
- Irritability
Intervention Tips
Here are some tips for concerned parents who believe their student may be experiencing difficulties.
Offer Supportive Feedback
In a supportive manner, let your student know the reasons you are concerned. Be sure to be specific about what you have observed.
Normalize the Student's Experience
It is not unusual for students to have their first encounter with depression or anxiety during this time of transition and life changes. It may help your student know that because college can be stressful, many students experience some temporary depression or anxiety while in college.
Clarify Expectations and Roles
College is a time when students and their parents experience changes in their roles and expectations for each other. In most cases, students benefit when parents and students clarify their expectations as well as the consequences of not meeting these expectations.
Encourage the Student to Meet with a Counselor
It might help your student to know that they may come to the Counseling Center for one session to see whether or not counseling is the right solution for them. In other words, coming to the Counseling Center for a consultation meeting does not obligate the student to continue in counseling. Our staff are interested in helping each student determine what interventions might work best for them. Sometimes counseling is a good strategy; at other times, non-counseling strategies are more helpful.


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A ball-to-wall challenge for 24 hours
This unique sports event will be smashing Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre to raise money for people living with MS. Teams of up to 15 people will swing and stroke their way through 24 hours of squash and/or racquetball swapping and working together. There is no set formula, so whether you can power on for hours, or just have a swing for a couple of minutes, why not give it a go? Not a squash fan? Give the 24 Hour Mega Swim a shot.


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Long Beach to Big Sur
We're taking a trip the week after Easter up the coast to Big Sur. We have a lot of flexibility since we'll be camping and also would like to stop and do some wine tasting. Are there any places you'd suggest that we try along the way? We tend to like interesting vs. fancy.
If you're going past Big Sur to Carmel, I would suggest taking the very scenic Carmel Valley Road 13 miles inland to Carmel Valley's wine tasting rooms. You could spend an entire day and walk between them all - Parsonage and Talbott are 2 of the best. If you did make that trip, you can grab tasty, cheap sandwiches at the Carmel Valley Market.
In Carmel, I've put together many lunches at the Carmel Cheese Shop. It's like something you'd come across in Italy - tons of cheeses, all available to sample. They also have a few salami options, great baguettes and olives.
Big Sur Bakery is a great stop any time of day and I would think it would fall under your "interesting" category as would most of Big Sur!
re: hungryinaz
Another rec for the Cheese Shop in Carmel. The owner Kent is a great guy and really, really knows his food & wine.
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It's been sooo long since I've been in the Cheese Shop. Does he have any meats or pates? I'm thinking of an easy dinner or picnic supplies.
What types of wine do are you looking for? the Central Coast has many wine tasting areas; greater Santa Ynez Valley in Santa Barabara county, and in San Luis Obispo county, Edna Valley/Huasna Valley ("wahz-nuh"), greater Paso Robles--all within striking distance of 101 and 1 as you head up past SLO to Big Sur.
a great discussion on the Santa Ynez Vlly wineries: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/689736
There are several good spots in Los Olivos for wine tasting and a great store, Los Olivos Grocery, for food items you may need or want.
The week after Easter finds many Central Valley tourists whose kids are out on post-Easter break, so campgrounds may be crowded. Also check for road conditions and weather in the BS area. There are some ongoing road construction projects. http://bigsurkate.wordpress.com/cal-t...
For stocking up on campsite victuals, there are many good farmers' markets on the Central Coast:
Solvang is Wednesday afternoon downtown, Santa Maria likewise. Los Osos is Monday on 2nd street downtown, Morro Bay on north Main Street near Taco Temple and Arroyo Grande at Spencer's Mkt on Grand Ave are Wednesday, San Luis Obispo is Thurs night, Cambria, on Main St., is Friday. Most have vegetables, fruits, fish, breads, local olive oils, meats, cheese, seafood. Locally produced and FRESH. Morro Bay has two good fresh fish markets open daily, Giovanni's and Tognazinni's, both on the Embarcadero right on the bay.
Stock up on food, water, ice, and camping and auto GAS before heading up Highway 1 past Cambria. It is a wild and remote area; necessities can be few, far between, and expensive. Pack extra camera batteries.
Please report back on what you find! Have a blast.
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I know AG has a FM on Saturday in the park downtown off Grand, do they have on Wed also?
re: PolarBear
yes, in front of Spencer's Mkt at 1600 block of Grand. It's a nice mellow morning market. Plenty of parking.
Once a month or so, John Spencer hosts a free breakfast out front too. He also brings in his local vendors for food sampling.
re: toodie jane
Thanks much for the tip, TJ.


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Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
Top 5 OMG Moments From The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills Season 2, Episode 15: Lisa Vanderpump's Lap Dance!
Talk about out of control! We love how many catty and crazy moments The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills manages to pack into one episode, whether it's Camille Grammer and Brandi Glanville showing off their moves, or Lisa Vanderpump proving there's still life in the "old dog" (her words, not ours!). Here are our picks for the top 5 most ridiculous moments from "A Book, a Bachelorette, and a Breakdown."
5. You're not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but this one looks fabulous!
Up until now, we had always assumed that our favorite book-cover model was Fabio, but now Kyle Richards — shimmering hair and all — is giving him a run for his money. And we have no doubt that her book will be as funny and down-to-earth as those photos were. It also seems that Kyle's dog is getting jealous of all the attention that Giggy gets!
4. Lisa and Taylor are friends — for now.
It's nice that Taylor Armstrong and Lisa seem to have patched things up for the time being — even if Camille and Brandi aren't too happy about it. And just a few weeks ago, it would have been hard to imagine Taylor getting invited to Pandora's bachelorette party in Vegas, and yet that's just what happened. It was also cute to hear Taylor talking about spending her birthday with Kennedy. (Hey, Kennedy — any chance you can save a cupcake for us next time?)
3. Camille and Brandi cut loose.
We're not sure why Adrienne Maloof seemed surprised about the way that Camille and Brandi were shaking it on the dance floor in Vegas, considering that's pretty much what Camille did the last time she hit the dance floor with Adrienne in Vegas in Season 1. And it's nice that Camille and Brandi are becoming so close, since things seem pretty much hopeless for Brandi and Kyle's friendship.
2. Lisa wins! (But don't tell Ken.)
Lisa loves to talk a big game, but we weren't sure if she would walk the walk during that Chippendale's lap-dance contest; boy, did she ever! Pandora and Taylor didn't stand a chance when compared to Lisa's performance, which ended with her just about on the ground. Also, if we never hear the words "you-know-what sock" again, it'll be too soon.
1. Kyle comforts Kim.
We were puzzled when Kim Richards skipped out on both Adrienne's Vegas bash and Kyle's photo shoot, but then we got more insight into her situation as she poured her heart out to Kyle, tearfully explaining that her relationship with controlling Ken is dividing her family. Between this and recent reports about Kim's return to rehab, we just hope she's finally on the road to happiness. We're with you, Kim!


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Suncity Rohtak II
Suncity Rohtak II, at Delhi Road is perceived as a huge township, equipped with state of the art facilities. The township is coming up in sector – 27 at the National Highway - 10.It will provide the plots in varied sizes and 12 m. wide, tree-lined, well-lit, congestion free roads will provides accessibility to every property within the township.
Residential typologies The township offers residential plots with varied plot sizes. Verdant landscape Stretches of soothing greens, aesthetically complements the development around and shall cater the active and passive recreational needs of the residents providing for:
The township offers state-of-the-art commercial space for retail along with superior education facilities. State of the art Infrastructure
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Studied Homeopathic Remedies
- Arnica
Scientific Evaluations of Homeopathic Remedies for Bruises
1 Campbell A. Two pilot controlled trials of Arnica montana . Br Homeopath J . 1976;65:154–158.
2 Ramelet AA, Buchheim G, Lorenz P, et al. Homoeopathic arnica in postoperative haematomas: a double-blind study. Dermatology . 2000;201:347–348.
3 Baillargeon L, Drouin J, Desjardins L, et al. The effects of Arnica Montana on blood coagulation. Randomized controlled trial [translated from French]. Can Fam Physician . 1993;39:2362–2367.
4 Ludtke R, Hacke D. [On the effectiveness of the homeopathic remedy Arnica montana.] Wien Med Wochenschr. 2006;155:482-90.
5 Wolf M, Tamaschke C, Mayer W, et al. Efficacy of ARNICA in varicose vein surgery; results of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot trial. Forsch Komplementarmed Klass Naturheilkd. 2003;10:242-7.
6 Stevinson C, Devaraj VS, Fountain-Barber A, et al. Homeopathic arnica for prevention of pain and bruising: randomized placebo-controlled trial in hand surgery. J R Soc Med. 2003;96:60 65.
7 Seeley BM, Denton AB, Ahn MS et al. Effect of Homeopathic Arnica montana on Bruising in Face-lifts: Results of a Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-Controlled Clinical Trial. Arch Facial Plast Surg . 2006;8:54-9.
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What Is A Three Percenter?
What's a Three Percenter?
Now, seeing the other tab and patch in the photo, you may ask "what is a three percenter?" The narrowest definition is that three percenters are hard-line gun owners who are done backing up and will not comply with more infringements of their right to bear arms. A broader definition would be that they are hard-line Americans who are done backing up and will not comply with further infringement of any of their rights. It also alludes to the three percent of the colonists who took to the field against the King during the Revolution, and the estimation that at least three percent of modern Americans will actively fight, if it comes to it, to preserve liberty. Read this essay for more explanation.
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Anyone ever notice most all of the hussein big sh!tties come out on Fridays—usually late Fridays?
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The Nobel Peace Prize Jumps the Shark
By Daniel Greenfield
Part of the fun of living under the Obama Administration is having your news headlines keep turning into April Fool's Day. This belated April Fool's Day, a bunch of aging left wing Norwegians decided to give away the Nobel Peace Prize to one Barack Obama… for just being himself.
The Thin, Grey Line
By Marilyn Barnewall
We've all heard of the "Thin Blue Line." It suggests a thin line of policemen in blue uniforms is all that stands between civilized society and the chaos of predators descending upon us. It is also a term used to express a sense of "brotherhood" that exists between police officers.
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By Frank Salvato
I have long said that we, the citizens of the United States, must demand good government over politics from our elected officials. The need for this demand has grown exponentially over the past four decades. While We the People were pre-occupied with the trappings of the self-centered 1960s, the self-absorption of the 1970s, the greed culture of the 1980s and the falsely elevated self-esteem culture of the 1990s, political opportunists and special interest operatives, cloaked in the façade of public service, quietly took control of our federal government. Now we are paying the price of cronyism politics over good government.
Agenda 21's New World Serfs
By Judi McLeod
So Mr. Obama went to the prom before he even graduated.
Nominations closed for the Nobel "Peace" prize on Feb. 1, 2009. Obama was inaugurated Jan. 20, 2009. Like the fireworks and glowing orbs at Grant's Field, the Noble prize was already part of the prom props. Only no one knew it back then.
Active Duty Troops In Iraq Are Wearing Oath Keeper Tabs: "… what we are wearing while over here in Iraq"
Active Duty Troops In Iraq Are Wearing Oath Keeper Tabs: "… what we are wearing while over here in Iraq"
A Three Percent Oath Keeper in Iraq
The above photo was submitted by an active duty Oath Keeper in Mosul Iraq, sporting an Oath Keepers tab. As his other tab and patch make clear, he is also a "Three Percenter." (see below)
The photo was also posted over at the Sipsey Street Irregulars blog with this message:
Just thought the WRSA [Western Rifle Shooters Association] and the Sipsey Street boys might like to see what we are wearing while over here in Iraq. We . . . know what the deal is, and when the time comes (which it will), we know where we stand and continue to make preparations for it.
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"I am just taking a moment to write because I came across your site on the internet while researching the legality of mail order bride services. I am not going to tell you anything you do not already know. You must realize that the only reason males look for foreign brides from impoverished nations is because these are the only women who are desperate enough to pretend to care about you. If these mail order brides from Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe, etc. were financially independent, or had any options in their home countries, they would not even give you the time of day. You have struck out with American women because you have nothing to offer. I´m not speaking about monetary wealth here; I´m saying you have no good qualities at all. Surprise! Did it ever occur to you that the things you look for in a woman might be similar to the qualities that women look for in men? (That is, women who have options). Kindness, intelligence, sense of humor, morality – these are all desirable qualities, none of which have anything to do with money. You are just trying to console yourself for being undesirable by saying that American women only want "Mr. Big". The only thing you can offer is passage to America and a possible green card (things that American women do not need). So you provide these things to lure vulnerable young foreign women away from lives of poverty. Are you at all embarrassed or ashamed about that? You do realize that there is nothing about you as a person that would make anyone want to marry you, only things that you happen to possess by virtue of being lucky enough to be born in the United States. You are trying to get something you do not deserve: love, loyalty, respect, companionship. News Flash: If you have to pay someone to be around you, then the relationship is not real. Accept the fact that you are a loser, doomed to be alone, or content yourself with finding another loser like yourself who may want to be with you. Lower your standards to what you can reasonably attain, and leave these poor, vulnerable women alone. I want to cry when I think of the horror these foreign women face when they are stuck with losers like you.
Amy XXXXXXX"
"You must realize that the only reason males look for foreign brides from impoverished nations is because these are the only women who are desperate enough to pretend to care about you".
"I´m from Colombia, South America and have friends that would love to find men from other countries. Not because we are so poor as some of you seem to think but because the men here enjoy cheating on their wives and getting drunk. But I could be wrong. It does seem you know more about my country than I do."
"If these mail order brides from Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe, etc. were financially independent, or had any options in their home countries, they would not even give you the time of day."
"You have struck out with American women because you have nothing to offer. I´m not speaking about monetary wealth here; I´m saying you have no good qualities at all."
"Did it ever occur to you that the things you look for in a woman might be similar to the qualities that women look for in men? (That is, women who have options). Kindness, intelligence, sense of humor, morality – these are all desirable qualities, none of which have anything to do with money."
"You are just trying to console yourself for being undesirable by saying that American women only want ´Mr. Big´."
"The only thing you can offer is passage to America and a possible green card (things that American women do not need)."
"So you provide these things to lure vulnerable young foreign women away from lives of poverty."
"Are you at all embarrassed or ashamed about that?"
"You do realize that there is nothing about you as a person that would make anyone want to marry you, only things that you happen to possess by virtue of being lucky enough to be born in the U.S."
"You are trying to get something you do not deserve: love, loyalty, respect, companionship."
"News Flash: If you have to pay someone to be around you, then the relationship is not real."
"Accept the fact that you are a loser, doomed to be alone, or content yourself with finding another loser like yourself who may want to be with you."
"Lower your standards to what you can reasonably attain, and leave these poor, vulnerable women alone. I want to cry when I think of the horror foreign women face when they are stuck with losers like you."
Every criticism you see from the hate mail section of our website came during the first two years of our business. Since then I have not been able to get one objector to our services to agree to debate me. I suppose I understand why. They have the same standard theme for such attacks: foreign women are desperate; you are a loser who will exploit these women who don't love you; the Government should stop you from doing this; and we have no facts to prove anything we say, but so what. Unfortunately, in our political system facts are not necessary for new laws. The radical feminist advocates are doing their best to prevent American men from accessing and marrying foreign women, and our politicians little by little have been complying with their wishes. However, not all is lost. The same U.S. politicians are making it easier for you to marry a man. What follows are my comments in response to a blog article objecting to the "mail order bride" industry.
"While not all men who meet women through these services are necessarily abusive…"
"Since desperation is the desirable trait in your mail order bride, the more desperate the better."
"American citizenship in exchange for doleful subservience."
"Men who use mail order bride services meet with rejection from American women."
"The problem must be American women and their overly high standard."
"Instead, he decides that he will go to a part of the world where there are not as many men to compete with."
"Poverty has lowered women's standards in a mate, as long as he has a job and an ability to get her a green card."
"The selling point of these sites is that foreign women are better than American women."
"I sincerely doubt, however, that the majority of foreign women feel much differently about things like small amounts of kindness than American women do."
"There are women who meet and marry men through these services and the entire situation is one that should be troubling."
"The set-up is problematic."
"A man, who likely has come to this service because he has issues with women who assert themselves…"
"There is something terribly wrong with women who assert themselves and that he deserves a woman who won´t."
"If things sour between them, she literally has nowhere to go."
"No marriage is without conflict, but that´s a perfect situation for conflict to escalate into abuse and quickly."
"It´s a good thing that the Senate is looking into this."
"So clearly exploitative going on right under our noses is nothing to ignore."
"It makes me so sad that you are selling girls and women! People are not something to sell. If you had morals and understood values you would not be involved in this. My only comfort comes from the knowledge that you will get what you deserve. I know this because if there is a God or higher power they will NOT let you get away with something as terrible as this. I hope that you rot in HELL!"
"My name is Sandra, I am a disabled woman due to a car crash accident since I was a child. Checking some forums I found your posting about your site, your business seems good though I´d call it pro prostitution and well it promotes some kind of "trading women" which is not so cool or fine.
Anyway, I am interested on finding a man for making a business marriage in order to get legal citizenship into the United States due to medical issues. I offer a good payment if you help me to find a guy (older than 38 years old and single) for making this business deal, I need an answer soon, please just reply if you can help me with my request. Thanks."
"Hate your web site, out of place in the 21st century!"
"I don´t object to people finding love I object to you making them pay for it and it is almost in my opinion a slave trade but anyway I am a designer not an activist."
"Totalitarian? Very weird interpretation, I have been accused of being a bleeding heart liberal but totalitarian that´s a first! I´m sure foreign women do it willingly to escape the poverty they are in. You are simply, in my opinion, exploiting their poverty anyway targeted at the correct market well done! ewwww it made me cringe saying all that yuk!"
"I often read your website when I am in a self-hating, self-destructing mode. I often cruise through the comments section late at night and cry myself to sleep. I am a 21 year old half Japanese, half European girl who has moved to various countries throughout my childhood. However, my parents were studying in the United States at the time I was born, making me an American woman. When I read through the comments section of your website it makes me realize how useless and disgusting I am, what an utter waste of space I am… I am the product of the "exotic love affair" scenario being glorified on your website. My parents have been married for nearly thirty years now and are loving towards me and to each other… yet, I turned out to be a failure of a human being. There isn´t a second that doesn´t go by when I don´t hearken back to my father´s words about American women being "fat, ugly , materialistic, gold digging slobs" Whenever my boyfriend calls me "beautiful" I cannot fathom how he can think so, and instead hearken back to my father´s words, and go to a very depressing and miserable place within my mind and withdraw from him (both emotionally and physically) and then I go to a website such as this one , read the comments and sit in a vat of depressing gunk until I am too tired to keep my eyes open.
I doubt that most other children who are products of the "exotic love affair" scenario will turn out to be as disgusting and ill deserving of life as I am… but it is a possibility. I think it is important to watch one´s words around children. I am 115 pounds and my waist is 52cm (I don´t think this is any great accomplishment at all, but I am stating it to show that I am within what the World Health Organization deems as healthy and not overweight or obese): however, my father always went on tangents about how American women are "fat Wal-Mart pigs" and this has made me obsessively concerned with my weight. I am very health conscious and lead an active and healthy lifestyle. I don´t eat processed foods or refined sugars, or carbohydrates. I rarely eat bread or grains and when I do, it is brown rice or amaranth or quinoa and un-sprouted whole grain bread. I cook my meals from scratch etc, but I will admit there have been times in my life where I have suffered from eating disorders due to my father´s harsh and unkind words towards American women… something he seems to conveniently forget I am.
What is worse is that strangers often approach me telling me I am exotic, often denigrating American women in the process. When they hear my soft spoken, heavy Canadian accent as I speak they seem confused, astounded because my persona and voice do not match my appearance. I hate being called exotic. I do not understand it, and I feel miserable in the fact that my persona and my body do not match. Often people approach me calling me "senorita" yet I don´t understand a word of Spanish and these men and women seem confused when I reply in my heavy Canadian accent "no hablo espaniol". I suppose because I am Asian/Caucasian this makes me look mestiza, and add to that the fact I was cursed with what people call an "hourglass shape" people are constantly confusing me for something I am not and it hurts. Most of the women on your site look very sweet and girl next door… I never fully understood what the word exotic means I suppose. I always felt women with unconventional features were exotic but perhaps I am wrong…. I hate the feeling of being stuck between different worlds and not belonging to any. I hate when people approach me speaking Spanish and all I can do is say "I´m sorry, you´re mistaken" in my hideous Canadian prairie "hick" drawl…. Perhaps if I had lived in larger urban centers throughout my "formative years" and didn´t listen to my father constantly put American woman down things would be different. Perhaps things will be easier for the children that come to be as a result of your services… still, I felt it was important to share my story so that people understand that these American women that are so frequently being put down could be one´s future daughters.
I have never cared for money though I am an American woman. I only shop at second hand clothing stores. I take public transportation, even though doing so has gotten me physically assaulted in the past. I have never owned a designer clothing item and have no desire to. I used to volunteer with ESL students, a few of them were Latinas. Many were very sweet girls. I remember there was one girl I tutored. She was Colombian and I liked her very much and thought she was my friend. One day she complimented me on my jacket and asked me where I got it from and I told her that I got it from a thrift store and I can still remember, her mouth twisted in horror and disgust . After that, she never really spoke to me. I felt horrible, heartbroken. Not in a sexual or lesbian sort of way, but because I felt I had lost a friend and because it harkened back to high school, being made fun of for my clothes etc. I was never really able to make friends and often people wanted to be my friend for superficial reasons and upon finding out that I didn´t engage in materialism would often "dump" me or use me for my inability to say "no" when it came to lending money or helping with homework and other such favors. Then I would find out they were making fun of and gossiping about me behind their back despite all the favors and kind things I did for them. I have been used and pushed over by people of all races, Americanized or not I do feel that American culture is very much about materialism, but that there are American people out there who are not about materialism, at all. Also, many foreign nations have less pervasive materialism than America, but some individuals from such countries are very capable of being or morphing into someone highly materialistic.
I hope that you will post my email so that commenters will call me a fat, ugly, gold digging pig and go on about how they are glad to get away from psychotic, disgusting American women such as myself. However, what they will not realize is that, when they marry their foreign bride of their dreams, they are one step closer to producing a woman like me. Confused, self -hating, lonely, (even when surrounded by great people who love and care for them), wanting desperately to be accepted…
Feel free to insult and denigrate me all you want, but please post my email in its entirety."
"Jamie I think you are using the word totalitarian in a wrong way. If a person hates your website it is not totalitarian, they don´t try to force you to do anything against your will, they are only giving their opinion."
"Here in Sweden we have some bad examples about how foreign women have been abused in this kind of arranged marriage where the girls mostly come from Thailand and African countries. I don´t know if they are less smart than Latin women (I don´t think so)."
"Because of the immigrant rules they can´t go to the polls. They have to live in Sweden for two years to stay permanently in the country. I don´t know the rules in the USA, hope they are better."
"Maybe you make some people happy and they are finding love, still you are exploiting the poor situation. And I think it puts some foreign women in a position where it is hard to get out of if they happen to get in to an abusive situation."
"So if a person doesn´t agree with your opinion and your business because they think that you are taking advantage of people´s bad economic situation they are automatically a totalitarian person?"
"What do you know about the whole underlying ideological mindset about a person from a short opinion in some lines here?"
"How can you tell that the person wants to prevent you for what you are doing for a living if she had the power? Maybe she only wants to convince you with her opinion?"
"To judge people to be in any aggressive form as totalitarian is not open minded."
"Now you are demanding my opinion and you didn´t even read my words correctly. I said something positive also which you forgot, "Maybe you make some people happy and they are finding love."
"You wrote, "If it could have been proven that foreign women from underdeveloped countries were taken advantage of at a higher rate than the general population, the feminist would be blasting this to our leaderless politicians to do something." The feminist do. And you don´t even have to be a feminist to do so."
"I don´t think Latin women are stupid or "helpless, fearing, passive, and abuse" by nature or culture. But I think some of it is a result of poverty. People who have a bad living situation often think that things can´t get any worse. They are taking the opportunity for a better life. Probably most men in the USA are good people. Some are not. That is the problem."
"Still you take advantage of people´s hopes and dreams for profit. And marriage is for love "in the first place" can´t we say that?"
"I think your business can do as much harm to women as it can "liberate" for some."
"For me your business is a bit dirty. If you did it for free I could understand."
"And if you really would like to do something good for foreign women, work or give some money to helping organizations. At least you can give something back from profiting in this situation in the third world. Maybe you already do?"
"And don´t judge my general opinion on marriage as an institute of love from my opinion about your business!"
"You can defend your business and I can understand that. What I can not understand is the way you try to tell me what my opinion is. I think you have a tendency to be intolerant."
"Then you call my country a socialist state. It is not. It is a capitalist (free market state) as much as the USA with the difference that we are more social system grounded than most capitalist countries."
"If you would not do this for business (and for profit) you would probably have another aspect to the love matching. Knowing that money rules your focus is what puts the dirt in the machinery. I think love should be a commitment of feelings not a market trade."
"By the way, if you think you are going to convince anyone with your raillery, you are wrong."


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If I did not know better, I would say Mr. Gunn is trying to get himself dismissed from his Chronicle writing job. His columns are getting loopier and loopier.
His views seem limited to whatever falls within his own personal experience, as if that were the whole of reality. I am sure that if he did not have a second job, he would fume at the thought of giving others a tax break on it.
What next? I expect a column suggesting that people who write for newspapers should not have to pay taxes. Or maybe people named "Steve" should get a deduction. I am sure that if Gunn owns a home, he is adamantly against property taxes, while if he rents, he sees no problem with them.
I call the new helmet law the "Wheelchair Manufacturing Stimulus Bill."
I have to point out that when Democratic President Bill Clinton left office in 2001, the national unemployment rate was 4%. This was followed by six years of complete Republican control of Washington, which led to the deregulation fervor which fed a nearly complete collapse of the economy.
Federal income tax rates have not increased during President Obama's time in office. He did, in fact, enact the two-year Making Work Pay tax credit which reduced federal tax payments for most working Americans, and then enacted a two-year cut in payroll taxes. How does this jibe with Democrats taxing you to death?
This writer is wrong, as usual, about how unemployment rates are measured.
Will Rep. Huizenga vote to support a full year of federal extensions for unemployment compensation without distracting side issues? If not, why not? Does he feel that unemployment extensions are no longer necessary?
Why shouldn't stock dividends, capital gains, and interest be taxed as though they are regular income, the way ordinary wages and tips are? This basic unfairness has recently been brought to light by Gov. Mitt Romney's relatively low tax burden.
Would Rep. Huizenga agree to NOT vote for cancelling the new health care reform law unless such a cancellation also includes the preservation of steps to close the Medicare prescription drug donut hole? Does Rep. Huizenga support closing the donut hole?
Rep. Huizenga has called for the end of the mandate for citizens to carry health insurance, while also saying that he supports requiring health insurance companies to carry people with pre-existing conditions.
Health insurance companies have said this would kill them: the cost of covering pre-existing conditions would have to be compensated for by raising premiums on the people who are already insured. Explain please.
Matthews writes:
"Well have any of them even checked to see just who the mega rich 1 percent are? You might be surprised (I looked it up). A 2009 CNN (not Fox News) report states, anyone with just $343,927.00 is part of that group."
This is misleading and wrong. As CNN actually reported, the top one percent include people who make over $343,927 PER YEAR. It is NOT people who "have" $343,927 in total assets - house(s), car(s), etc. - that may have been accumulated over a period of several decades. This is a significant difference and one of those facts that Matthews claims to respect.
In September 2003, Congress was held by a majority of Republicans and would be for another three years.
Barney Frank was one of 435 representatives, did not have even a committee chairmanship, and was in the minority party. He did not have the power to stop the legislation discussed above even if he had wanted to.
What? The EPA gives money to environmental groups? I never heard of such a thing.
What groups?
How much money?
Would anyone provide a link that verifies this?
Wrong again, Jack. It was a Virginia circuit court, not the Supremes. This case will be appealed to the Virginia Supreme Court for hearing, which could take months.
UVA has already released 20 percent of Mann's emails. Opponents of the global warming theory are on a fruitless fishing expedition. It is a distraction from the real hard science, to debate one individual's emails from six years ago.
Alley's work is about Greenland, Mann's is about the world.
Jack needs to learn how to read. The chart he cites is from one site only: Greenland. No single place should ever be used to demonstrate what is happening GLOBALLY.
Mann's work DOES use global figures. Alley's does not.
"Typical" juvenile name-calling by Jack, which he claims to abhor.
I think it should be pointed out that the official in charge of the New York City/Air Force One incident resigned over a year ago. It is not responsible to leave out that critical piece of information that shows the Obama's Administration's attempt to hold people responsible for their errors. Who ever lost their job over the Abu Ghraib behavior?
It is the dirty little secret behind the conservative movement today that their true goal is not to lower taxes but to RAISE taxes on lower-income people, as this writer calls for.
I would also point out that while there is a percent of lower-income people who do not pay much federal income tax, they do pay a disproportionate amount in Social Security taxes (which simply stop at a point above about $100,00 in income), state income taxes in Michigan (which are at a "flat" tax rate), and sales taxes, since most of their income is spent and not saved).
The low rate of federal income tax most lower-income people pay is due mostly to a President Reagan-era tax bill that created the refundable Earned Income Tax Credit.
The "Tea Party" types need to be more clear about what they want: please write in more often, and state unequivocally that poor people need to pay higher taxes, and explain just how much they should pay!
Oil extraction in the U.S peaked over thirty years ago. We are not going to go back to an energy-independent U.S. through oil drilling.
What's the point of opening up more U.S. land and water to oil drilling if it's just going to be sold to overseas nations by the oil corporations?
Or... would the right-wing support a law saying that all oil extracted from the U.S. and offshore areas must ultimately be sold in the U.S.?
And wouldn't that be... a (gasp!) goverment TAKEOVER of the oil industry? Wouldn't that be... SOCIALISM?
Some mathematics homework that all self-identified conservatives should do:
1) Get out your 2008 and 2009 federal income tax returns.
2) Find the amount of your total gross income for 2008 before any kind of tax deductions or credits are taken.
3) Find the amount of income tax you paid for 2008: tax withheld,plus any additional payment, or tax withheld minus any tax refund.
4) Divide the tax paid in 2008 by the gross income for 2008. What is the percentage for 2008?
5) Now repeat numbers 2 through 4 for 2009. What is the percentage paid in 2009?
6) Compare the percentage paid for 2008 with the percentage paid in 2009. Did the percentage go up, or down?
I'm guessing the percent went down for the vast majority of Americans. If it did for you. by how much?
If the percent of your gross income paid to income tax went down, then why all the tea party hysteria?
Could it be that the complaints are not rooted in a realistic understanding of income taxes but an irrational and reflexive loathing of Democrats in power?
The CBO (Congressional Budget Office) has suppolied several studies showing that President Obama's plan and the final health care law will reuce the federal deficit and not add to it. The additional spending will be paid for, and then some, by selected tax increases.
Now I know some will now say that CBO figures cannot be trusted, but believe me there are several times in the past when Republicans have used CBO studies to back their positions. CBO is generally regarded by non-crackpots in both parties as trustworthy. Here's a link to a CBO presentation showing my point:
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In an effort to bring you the most comprehensive coverage of the Kentucky basketball team's postseason run, CoachCal.com and Cat Scratches will be teaming up throughout UK's journey in the SEC Tournament and NCAA Tournament. You can find stories on the team at CoachCal.com and UKathletics.com/blog.
NEW ORLEANS - Marquis Teague was noticeably down in the dumps.
After what he called one of his worst games of the season, the freshman point guard was wearing the disappointment on his sleeve. Just about everyone on the team noticed, so John Calipari called him into his hotel room Friday night to talk to him and then Anthony Davis came up to his room to restore his confidence.
"He told me to keep my head up, that I'll be OK, and just come out and play today," Teague said.
Teague also had a promise for Davis and the rest of his teammates following his two-point, four-turnover outing against LSU.
"It's never going to happen again," Teague said, according to Davis. "I'm here for you all."
Teague didn't break his word in Kentucky's 74-71 victory over Florida in the semifinals of the Southeastern Conference Tournament, scoring 15 points and dishing out five assists in an impressive bounce-back performance.
"I was a little frustrated with myself," Teague said. "I didn't play how I wanted to play (Friday) and I feel like I let my team down."
The 6-foot-2 point guard didn't disappoint Saturday. As Florida torched the nets, it was often Teague who answered with big shots and layups in traffic.
"That's our brother," sophomore forward Terrence Jones said. "I knew he was not going to let that happen again. I still felt he played OK; he just didn't make any shots. Today, he took that upon himself to change that factor and be more aggressive and get more layups for us."
Teague's biggest play of the game, though, came at the free-throw line. After Erik Murphy banked in a shot to cut the score to 70-68, Florida fouled Teague and stuck him at the line with 14 seconds left and a chance to ice the game.
Earlier this season, Teague was in the same situation in the North Carolina game but he missed the front end of a one-and-one. This time around, Teague had two shots to ice the game, and he calmly sunk both.
"I told my team I was going to knock them down," Teague said. "I said, 'Don't worry about them, I'm going to knock them down.' That's what I did. I stepped up. I was confident."
Teague's confidence stemmed from his talk with his coach and his teammates. When things get tough, it's good to have a shoulder - and a brother - to lean on, and Teague was grateful that his teammates were there for him.
"I feel like a leader today," Teague said. "I did what Coach Cal asked me to do and my teammates wanted me to do, just come out and lead."
Jones helps spark Cats again
For the second game in a row, Terrence Jones served as the spark as Kentucky made a second-half run to overcome a five-point deficit.
On Friday against LSU, Jones scored every point in a 9-0 run that gave UK a four-point lead with 12:10 to play. The Wildcats would lead the rest of the way.
In an SEC Tournament semifinal matchup with Florida, Jones scored seven points in the Cats' 14-0 run to grab a nine-point lead with 6:59 left. Once again, UK would never trail again.
"We all go to one another and whoever has a mismatch just really tries to attack them," Jones said. "I just feel the last couple games that the team felt I had a little bit more of an advantage and I just tried to attack."
Averaging 15 points and 10 rebounds over two games, Jones is an early candidate for tournament MVP honors should Kentucky defeat Vanderbilt on Sunday in the SEC final.
"He's just back," Anthony Davis said of his frontcourt mate. "Terrence, he wants to be an exceptional basketball player. Guys are talking bad about him and he wants to prove everybody wrong and show what type of basketball player he is."
Against the Gators, Jones even broke out a slick behind-the-back dribble in the open floor, a throwback to his high school days.
"Coach didn't let me bring that to Kentucky," Jones said. "He told me to leave that at home. I just told my mom to bring it when she came (to New Orleans for the SEC Tournament)."
Miller still looking to shake off struggles
Coming into this weekend, signs pointed to Darius Miller having a big set of games. The SEC's Sixth Man of the Year was the MVP of the conference tournament and had 20 points the last game he played in New Orleans Arena in the 2010 NCAA Tournament.
Instead, Miller has yet to score a point through two SEC Tournament games, missing all five shots he has attempted.
Miller has been through and survived tough times in his four-year UK career though, so he's not concerned.
"I've experienced worse," Miller said. "Freshman year, I went to the NIT. Last year, I kind of struggled some games. I've struggled in games before. I'm not worried about it."
Without question, Miller will take a couple scoreless games and a 32-1 record for the season over missing the NCAA Tournament any day.
Gators run with the Cats
Opponents have tried everything imaginable this season to figure out a weakness in Kentucky's game.
They've slowed it down, mucked it up and played a zone. After Arkansas was drilled by 23 points in trying to run and gun with the Cats in January, the line of thinking was speeding it up against UK was only determining the loss a little bit faster.
Perhaps not. Florida pushed the tempo Saturday to degrees of success. The Gators were pedal to the metal for much of the afternoon and ended up scoring 1.15 points per possession, the highest average UK has allowed this season.
"It was a very fast tempo," Davis said. "During the game me and Patric (Young) always talk and he said, 'Yeah, we just try to run with you all. You all like to run, so we've got to try to run.' The tempo was very fast. Both teams like to get up and down and get easy baskets. That's what it was today."
Kentucky's points per possession was slightly higher at 1.19.
UK looks ahead to Vanderbilt rematch
With a 65-53 win over Ole Miss immediately following Kentucky's defeat of Florida, third-seeded Vanderbilt set up a third game this season against Kentucky with the SEC Tournament title on the line.
The Commodores (23-10) played the Cats to a near-draw in the two regular-season meetings, holding late second-half leads before losing by 15 combined points.
"They're a good team and hopefully we can just execute like we did today," Jones said.
Vanderbilt, boasting the SEC's two leading scorers with John Jenkins and Jeffery Taylor, has a reputation as a dynamic offensive team, but the Commodores have held Georgia and Ole Miss to an average of just 47 points in their two tournament wins.
Calipari and UK came to New Orleans looking ahead to the NCAA Tournament, but now that only Vanderbilt stands in the way of their 28th SEC Tournament title, the Cats find themselves really wanting to win it.
"It would mean a lot for us and our fans," Doron Lamb said. "We have been winning a lot of games so far in a row, at least like 25 games straight (UK has won 24 consecutive games). We just want to keep on winning. We ain't going to try to lose no more games since Indiana and we're just trying to compete for 40 minutes."


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Rolling green hillsides dotted with pastures and grazing sheep, charming villages of limestone buildings, robed scholars dashing through the quads of Oxford—these are the images of England's Cotswolds. Join us to explore the history, traditions, and landscape of one of England's most quintessential regions.
Settle into the Cotswold countryside and discover charming villages such as Burford, Stow-on-the-Wold, Chipping Campden, and Bampton. Learn about the traditions of English country houses at Hampshire's Highclere Castle, a Victorian country house and garden known as the setting for Downton Abbey. At Blenheim Palace, take a special tour of Britain's grandest private residence and a World Heritage site. Here, enjoy a private meeting with Lord Charles Spencer-Churchill, who offers a unique perspective on the life of his cousin Sir Winston Churchill and his childhood home, followed by a private luncheon. Move to the university town of Oxford, where a local expert leads a specially designed walking tour of the town and the historic colleges and inviting quads. You'll also spend a day visiting Winchester and Chawton, sites associated with Jane Austen and her literary works. Limited to 24 participants. Optional extensions to Cambridge and Marlow are also offered.
Day 1-2 — U.S., London, England/Broadway
Depart from the U.S. Simply beautiful, Broadway was first settled by the Romans and is often referred to as the "Jewel of the Cotswolds." The home of William Morris, leader of the English Arts and Crafts Movement whose devotees settled throughout the Cotswolds, Broadway was once a major stage coach stop brimming with inns and public houses and today beckons travelers with its splendor and tranquility.
Upon arrival, check into the traditional Lygon Arms Hotel. Join your traveling companions for a Welcome Reception this evening. (R)
Day 3 — Cotswold Villages
Visit the picturesque Cotswold villages, which embrace the time-honored traditions of the English countryside.
Stow-on-the-Wold is a delightful market town along the ancient Roman Fosse Way, the first great Roman road in Britain. This picturesque Cotswold town was designed around its market square during the height of the English wool industry with narrow-walled avenues, called tunes, to funnel up to 20,000 sheep to the market.
Chipping Campden is a prosperous medieval village with a picturesque 15th-century Gothic parish church, 17th-century almshouses and market hall, and wool-tycoon manors.
The beautiful rural Warwickshire countryside is home to Stratford‑upon‑Avon, located on the banks of the river Avon. The birthplace of William Shakespeare and the home of the Holy Trinity Church, it is one of the most important cultural and historic destinations in England.
In Burford, the great Church of St. John the Baptist is a medley of architectural styles providing a flourish to the village's main passage down to the River Windrush. This evening in the hotel, join residents of the Cotswolds for dinner and a discussion on daily life during the exclusive Town & Country Forum™. (B,D)
Day 4 — Cotswold Villages
William Morris called Bibury "the most beautiful village in the Costwolds." The village is famous for Arlington Row, a group of cottages with steeply pitched roofs dating back to the 16th century.
The largest town in the Cotswolds, Cirencester lies on a tributary to the River Thames. Visit the Corinium Museum, well known for its extensive Roman collection.
The acclaimed international television series Downton Abbey, seen on PBS's Masterpiece, is filmed in Bampton, one of the oldest towns in England. First established during the Iron Age, with later markings as the site of an extensive unwalled Roman settlement, picturesque Bampton is also mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. (B,D)
Day 5 — Broadway/Highclere Castle
Visit the spectacular, Victorian Highclere Castle, well known for its role as the manor in the acclaimed international television series, Downton Abbey, airing on PBS's Masterpiece. Set amidst 1,000 acres of spectacular parkland, the television series only captures a fraction of this impressive, Edwardian-period property. Discover the true history behind this newly iconized structure, where the Carnarvon family has lived since 1679, when they built upon the foundation of a medieval palace owned by the Bishops of Winchester for 800 years. (B)
Day 6 — Oxford
Affectionately named the "city of dreaming spires" by adoring poets, Britain's oldest university counts Percy Bysshe Shelley, Margaret Thatcher and Sir Thomas More among its illustrious alumni. Steeped in eight centuries of history and erudition, Oxford still nurtures great scholars while blending its ancient traditions with cutting-edge research and instruction provided by many of the world's brightest minds. Here, Formal Hall, a dining hall tradition requiring formal attire or college gowns, is still celebrated with a three-course meal and waiter service. Walk in the magnificent cobblestoned squares, medieval alleyways and Renaissance quadrangles fill the grounds of the oldest university in the English-speaking world on the morning tour.
Visit the Ashmolean Museum and enjoy a private lecture describing student life at Oxford. (B)
Day 7 — Blenheim Palace/Oxford
Following breakfast, check out of the hotel and depart for Oxford with an excursion to Blenheim Palace en route. This monumental baroque fantasy is one of the country's greatest stately homes, designed between 1705 and 1722 with funds given to Sir John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, by a grateful Queen Anne, after his victory at the battle of Blenheim. Its 2,200-acre parkland and gardens were designed by the legendary English landscape architect "Capability" Brown. Meet your host, Lord Charles Spencer-Churchill, who will give you a personal introduction to his family home, also the renowned birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill. Now a UNESCO World Heritage site and the current Duke of Marlborough's home—it is the largest private residence in England, with an extraordinary labyrinth of opulent hallways and chambers.
Visit Sir Winston Churchill's grave in Bladon and then continue to legendary Oxford and check into a deluxe hotel. (B,L)
Day 8 — Oxford/Chawton
Step into the life of one of England's most important novelists on this excursion to experience Jane Austen's England. Austen belonged to the transition from the 18th century's emphasis on sense, reason and improvement to the 19th century's emphasis on sensibility and romantic excitement. On this full-day excursion, see the church in Steventon where the author's father ministered when she was born; the Jane Austen Museum in Chawton, where she spent the last eight years of her life; and the cathedral in Winchester, where she is buried. Each site offers glimpses of the iconic writer's life and the times she captured in her writings.
Tonight, enjoy a specially arranged Farewell Dinner in one of Oxford's colleges. (B,D)
Day 9 — Oxford/London/U.S.
Transfer to Marlow for the Post-Program Option or to London for your return flight home.
Pre- and Post-Program Options are available at additional cost. Details will be included with your reservation confirmation.
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Maksim Chmerkovskiy Will Dance With the Stars No More
Maksim Chmerkovskiy's been a staple at Dancing With the Stars from the beginning. However, the man who calls himself "sex on stick" says he's finally ready to give it all up.
Maybe it's because he doesn't think the judges know what they're talking about. Maybe he just hates the stars with whom he gets paired. Or it could be because he just can't seem to capture that glitzy mirrorball trophy. Whatever, the reason, Maks says he's done.
With his contract running out at the end of next season, Maks says he has no plans to renew. He asks, "What else do I have to do there after 15 seasons?" He may have a point.
Last season, Maks caused a stir during an angry confrontation with the judges. Trying to make a point, he called the dancing competition his show. That didn't set well with a lot of people. While Maksim's certainly been an important figure on Dancing With the Stars, he's never taken on one of the starring roles. Those naturally fell to the celebrities and the professional dancers who walked away winners. Sadly, the latter is something Maks has never managed to do, much to his own consternation.
It is probably time for Maksim Chmerkovskiy to move on. He's 32 and he clearly wants to seek the kind of fame he can't find on Dancing With the Stars. No doubt, his fans will miss him. Still others will wish him well. As for the rest, they might actually breathe a bit easier not having to worry what volatile Maks might say next. That could be a welcome relief.


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When it was announced by multiple sources on Monday that Tim Tebow would be signing a "low-money deal" with the New England Patriots just in time to join the team for Tuesday's mandatory mini-camp, I instantly thought two things:
- A shrewd, risk-free move by the Patriots;
- Potential embarrassment for Tebow's former team, the New York Jets.
Focusing on the Patriots' decision to take a chance that Tebow can potentially have a positive impact on the squad, consider the following:
- With Tom Brady entrenched as the clear starting quarterback in New England, there won't be any credible drama created over whether Tebow could overtake the incumbent starter…unlike what transpired in New York in light of Mark Sanchez' suspect play;
- Former Denver Broncos coach Josh McDaniels, now the Patriots offensive coordinator who witnessed first-hand the Tebow Effect during the second half of the 2011 season while in Denver, obviously has an affinity for Tebow;
- Patriots head coach and 3-time Super Bowl winner Bill Belichick likes character guys, and though Tebow's acumen as an NFL quarterback has been routinely questioned by peers and analysts alike, no one questions his attitude, his likability as a teammate, and his versatility.
As it relates to versatility, and given that the future status/health of tight end Rob Gronkowski may be tenuous at best in light of impending back surgery and ongoing forearm issues, why not explore Tebow's openness to utilizing that versatility by playing some tight end.
Ultimately, no matter what the Patriots do, their willingness to kick the tires on Tebow is a riskless proposition if they are indeed only offering him little money and no guarantees.
Given that he would be playing with Tom Brady (who arguably could make a corpse look like a viable option at receiver), given that he is working with a familiar face in McDaniels, and given Belichick's appreciation for Tebow's team-first demeanor, it would not shock me if the Patriots devised a manner to effectively utilize Tim Tebow during the 2013 season.
And if they do, you better believe Rex Ryan and the New York Jets organization will hear all about it. For it was just last season when the Jets signed Tebow, talked about exploiting his versatility through the occasional employment of the Wild Cat offense, and yet Tebow attempted 8 passes and 32 rushing attempts during his 2012 Jets campaign before being waived.
From a cost perspective, the Jets' final Tebow bill included the loss of a fourth-round pick, $1.5 million in salary, plus $2.5 million they had to pay Denver to satisfy part of their initial trade agreement for Tebow.
From a football functionality perspective, however, it would further reveal the inferiority of the Jets coaching staff relative to the Pats, as well as their inability to creatively extract Tebow's versatility for maximum benefit, if New England's brain trust can successfully rekindle the winning magic that Tebow has sprinkled on NFL spectators before in Denver.
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Get your prospects to call you back
By Josh Mellberg
Alpha Advisor Academy
It is truly fascinating how small the difference is between the top salesmen in an organization compared to the average salesmen. Being a step above your competitors in the smallest of areas can equate to hundreds of thousands of dollars of difference in your favor. Of these little steps, none may be bigger than being able to get prospects to return calls. So often in any business, we place very important calls, only to never have them returned. Here are six simple questions you and your organization can ask yourselves to drastically increase the chances of getting a returned call.
1. Who referred you? Face it; the business world is a lot about "who you know." If you were told to call an individual through some kind of mutual connection, don't leave that out! In fact, you should probably mention that mutual connection more than once in your initial phone call.
2. Why, specifically, are you calling? Keep in mind that your prospects are probably bombarded with phone calls daily. With this overload of calls, the last thing they want is another lengthy call that bounces around to several different points. Have a specific purpose to the call, and stick to that purpose.
3. What's in it for them? Don't just make a pitch and move on. If this prospect is going to be involved with you, they want to benefit from it. Tell them in this initial call how they will reap benefits while getting involved with you.
4. When can they call you back? Daunting games of phone tag might make you lose the prospect. In your call, tell the prospect the best times to reach you. Be sure you are available during those times. If you tell the prospect it's a good time, and you're not available, they may become annoyed.
5. Is there an alternate method to reach you? Give the prospect the opportunity to reach you in another way; perhaps text messaging or e-mail. This shows the prospect your commitment to connecting with them.
6. Can you keep the returned call brief? When the prospect calls you back, odds are they will want to keep the call brief. Alleviate any hesitation to call you back by insisting that you will keep the return call brief, and you are not interested in wasting their time.


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You have amazing talent Vis , and a unique view , love the Colors ...so powerful and vibrant
Gorgeous imagination !
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i love the duality between the roughness of the character and its beauty , wonderful work of art!
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this one is just wild and crazy. love it; one of your best works.
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Upstream Theater's Ancient Mariner Is a Triumph
By Paul Friswold
St. Louis Shakespeare's Blood Reigns Is Fit for a King
By Paul Friswold
The Rep's Buyer & Cellar Looks Inside Babs' Fantasyland
By Paul Friswold
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By Paul Friswold
But that's about it. In the home of the largest work of public sculpture in the nation, Eero Saarinen's Arch, public art in general tends to pass underneath the popular radar. When people do notice a work of public art in their neighborhood, it's often because it's controversial -- they don't want their tax dollars used for "frivolous" things like art, or they just don't like the look of it, regardless of how it got there.
There's plenty of good public art in St. Louis besides the Arch. The challenge is how to get the public at large to become engaged with it -- in other words, to change the cultural climate and general attitude toward public art in the region.
Jane Birdsall-Lander and Barbara Decker have figured out how to do it: Start with kids.
Birdsall-Lander and Decker are the primary creative forces responsible for the Public Art Curriculum Kit, a project that makes its official public debut today with a small reception at the Regional Arts Commission headquarters in the University City Loop. Backed by the support of a wide-reaching Public Arts Consortium and informed by the work of around a dozen teachers from the region, the kit provides thoughtful strategies for teaching the meaning and value of public art.
"It's a way of teaching into the entire community," explains Decker, a writer and arts educator who works for the Missouri History Museum. "If you want to help people entrenched in their own ideas to understand what public art means and how it creates a communal sense of place, you've got to go to the children. They take that lesson home, and parents hear it from the kids."
Decker knows plenty about the power of art in education. She spent years working on curriculum projects at the Saint Louis Art Museum for exhibitions such as 1999's Masks: Faces of Culture. Two years ago, Meredith McKinley of the public art consulting firm Via Partnership approached Decker and asked if she'd be interested in working on a curriculum project involving public art.
The notion was the brainchild of local artist and art educator Jane Birdsall-Lander, who'd served as a member of the Clayton Art Commission since 1999.
"The commission originally wanted me to do fundraising for public art," Birdsall- Lander recounts. "But I was more interested in educating people about public art." Aware that a curriculum kit would require financial support from multiple sources, Birdsall- Lander contacted the Regional Arts Commission, whose Community Arts Training Program she had previously undergone. RAC executive director Jill McGuire suggested forming a consortium, and in 2001 the Public Art Consortium was born.
At the outset, the group included the Clayton Art Commission; Metro's Arts in Transit Program; the City of St. Louis; Chesterfield Arts; Grand Center, Inc.; the Laclede's Landing Foundation; and the University City Arts and Letters Commission. The consortium's inaugural effort was a modest informational brochure about public art, which was made available at tourist offices and sites around town and sent out to public-art programs around the nation.
On the strength of the brochure's success, Birdsall-Lander appealed to more local arts institutions; eventually Laumeier Sculpture Park, Saint Louis University, and Southwestern Illinois College joined up. Each consortium member donated $1,000 toward the curriculum project, plus a variety of services and labor. The Regional Arts Commission, the Missouri Arts Council, and the Arts and Education Council of Greater St. Louis also kicked in. When it came time to produce the kit, the graphic designer and photographer worked for a fraction of their normal rate. "They've all been amazing," a grateful Birdsall-Lander says. "The project cost $19,000, but that's a third of what it would have cost if we didn't have the donations."
Via Partnership co-founder Emily Blumenfeld calls the Public Art Curriculum Kit a national model. "Other communities have done curriculum and videos around their public art, but nothing this comprehensive," says Blumenfeld. "[This kit] can demonstrate how public art is not just an aesthetic enhancement to a community, but it can also be an educational tool."
Birdsall-Lander and Decker are quick to add that the curriculum kit is not "just" about art. The kit contains a small poster, a set of slides, and a comprehensive curriculum book focusing on twenty public art works located throughout the region. A brief history of each work accompanies a small image and ideas for follow-up projects in the disciplines of social studies, language arts, science/math/technology, performing arts and visual art.
"I'm wedded to the idea of art as a catalyst for interdisciplinary learning," Decker says. "And young people who are not otherwise excited by learning usually become engaged by the visual arts." While the curriculum is aimed at middle-school teachers, it can easily be adapted for younger or older students.
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