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"Discover The Stock Protection Methods Right Now—That Your Broker Will Fight To Keep Hidden From You!"
-From the Desk of Tekoa Da Silva, Publisher of BullMarketThinking.com and Author of BulletProof Shares
Tekoa Da Silva is a resource investment traveler, writer and entrepreneur. He has been investing in gold since his late teens, and has built and sold a successful gold trading company. Additionally, he and has worked with some of the world's most legendary investors and CEO's of the world's largest gold & precious metals mining organizations. He has been published in Entrepreneur.com, and currently views today's bull market in precious metals as a "once in a millennium" opportunity for proactive investors. His goal is help his subscribers build and preserve wealth using precious metals investments and defensive asset protection strategies.
Dear Friend,
I'm writing to you today to alert you to the most important asset protection strategy message I've ever published. Initially written for my close circle of friends and investment partners, "BulletProof Shares" – How To Protect Your Stocks From Broker Bankruptcy & Theft, may be the single most valuable thing I will ever bring to your attention.
We are living in time where as investors & citizens, we are being lied to by the financial community, as to the actual true health of the organizations we've so deeply trusted for most of our lives. With that said, let me share with you a bit of what I've discovered.
During the MF Global collapse in the fall of 2011, 800 individuals who held stocks—actual stocks of companies in their accounts at MF Global, were victims of fraud and are going through the same class-action, bankruptcy court shenanigans that all the other MF Global victims are currently going through. The same thing happened to another stock brokerage in Canada, although it was not publicized in the news.
An article was published recently in the New York Times in which the editor indicated that, "The loophole that allowed MF Global to convert more than $1 billion in customer property to its own reckless bet on European debt is still in effect". The editor goes on to say that this loophole, "allowed firms to do whatever they wanted with customer money, including using it to speculate for their own accounts."
What this means is that nothing has changed, and if you own stocks with any brokerage house in the United States or Canada, or anywhere in the Western world in fact—you may be at risk of losing everything—And here's why.
When you purchase a stock in your brokerage account—it's NOT purchased in YOUR name. It's purchased in the NAME OF THE broker—which is called, "street name registration". So if the broker goes bankrupt, you become a creditor, waiting in line for your money at the bankruptcy court.
You might say, "But I'm insured by the SIPC". That's true if you live in the United States, but let me tell you something—I interviewed an agent at the SIPC and wrote an editorial on them called, "The Dirty Secret the SIPC Doesn't Want You To Know About." .
In that interview, I found out that under normal market conditions—the SIPC only carries $1B in capital to cover broker fraud claims. Now to put this into perspective–MF Global lost over $6 Billion in customer equity. Granted, stock accounts were only a small percentage of their client base—so that aspect didn't make front page news. But what is important—is that $1B in today's market environment, can be tapped out within minutes. JP Morgan which serves as a clearinghouse and fund manager for a majority of the country's broker dealers—has a $90 trillion dollar derivative exposure. That is 90,000 times more than the SIPC bailout fund—which is supposed to protect the industry. And that's just one Wall Street bank. The top 5 investment brokerage banks on Wall Street, have derivative exposure of $250 trillion…which is 250,000 times more liability than the SIPC carries in it's rescue fund.
To put it bluntly, if one of these major brokerages goes down, it will wipe out the SIPC in seconds. I know I'm generalizing this all here, but this is how serious things are in the financial system today, and if you want to protect your financial future, you need to take action.
Additionally, MF Global is just the tip of the iceberg in my opinion. And, if cash and investments held at MF Global can just disappear, what does that mean for every other broker-dealer in the western financial system?
I've been waiting for this inevitability, and in fact, I feel it will be an event which will tear through the fabric of the mainstream investment system, devouring both winning and losing investment portfolios indiscriminately.
"The loophole that allowed MF Global to convert more than $1 billion in customer property to its own reckless bet on European debt is still in effect."
-James B. Stewart, The New York Times
The reason for this coming broker-dealer crisis is simple. The entire western financial system is built on debt… it's an anti-capitalist system set-up to make the rich richer and the poor poorer. It started in 1913 with the founding of The Federal Reserve, went down the slippery slope with gold confiscation in the US in 1933 and reached the beginning of the end in 1971 with Nixon closing the gold window, turning the US dollar (officially called the Federal Reserve Note, look in your pocket if you don't believe us) into a completely fiat currency.
In more recent times, it was the repeal of the Glass-Steagel act that allowed Investment Banks to acquire broker-dealers, and pass the risks of 100-1 leverage downstream to all client accounts. Therefore, you're stock investments are now only as safe as the speculative portfolio of your broker-dealer! Considering most Western Investment Houses are leveraged at least 40-1, this means your stocks are no safer than a 40-1 bet on European bonds! (Which most western investment banks are leveraged to the teeth with)
And the same thing applies in Canada to Canadian brokerages and Canadian stocks. The Canadian economy is intricately tied to the US. In fact, not many people are aware, but all that backs the Canadian dollar is the US dollar. The Canadian Government sold all its gold decades ago.
In addition, what few investors realize is that MF Global was a clearinghouse for both stocks and futures. To all those paying attention, it is indeed the first row of balcony seating collapsing in a progressively burning movie theatre.
The entire monetary & financial system is headed for its final destination – total collapse… and 2008 was just the beginning.
"If you were lucky enough not to be a customer of MF Global … then you should view the MFG episode as a warning shot. You might not get another warning shot."
-Steven Saville, The Speculative Investor
I've been telling people there are still a few more years left before the ultimate day of reckoning for the financial system… not 10 or 15. But maybe 2 to 3 more years. I believe the Federal Reserve and all western central banks will print enough money to get the system through for another few years… just enough for them to get out of office and retire to their Caribbean island villas before all the western fiat currencies enter hyperinflation.
Additionally, I believe this will create one final bubble. The tech bubble is dead. The housing bubble is dead. And the bubble in government debt is in its death throes. What will be the final bubble?
It Will Be in Gold and Silver Mining Stocks
But the question remains — How can we safely invest in gold and silver mining shares and avoid the collapse brought on by The Coming Broker Dealer Crisis?
Through my research I discovered there are actually three methods of owning stock investments. The traditional method, which the majority of investors use today, puts the individual investor at the greatest risk, while offering the greatest upside to the broker-dealer. This traditional method of opening a stock account, purchasing shares, and allowing your broker to hold them for you is called, "street name registration." It is the riskiest of all methods and allows your broker to lend your shares to short sellers, thereby driving down the price of your own stocks. Additionally, this method allows your broker to "re-hypothecate" your assets–meaning it allows your broker to borrow money against your shares and speculate in the derivatives market!
These hidden risks are planting the seeds of tomorrow's ultimate collapse – In which there may be a system-wide collapse of broker dealers, taking down tens of thousands of investors, and ensuring permanent non-recoverable losses to an entire generation of investors!
"Several million private accounts may vanish–Brokerage accounts, Pension funds, Mutual funds, they're all at risk. We are getting into the middle stages of implosion, where I believe the public will not wake up until at least one million private accounts are stolen, and completely vanish."
-Jim Willie, The Hat Trick Letter, GoldenJackass.com
There are two methods of owning stocks your broker-dealer will never tell you about!
These two methods completely remove the broker dealer counter party risk attached to your shares–effectively removing them from "the system."
These two methods discussed in, "BulletProof Shares" – How To Protect Your Stocks From Broker Bankruptcy & Theft, deprive your broker dealer the abilities to sell your stocks short and to "re-hypothecate" them. Your broker dealer will never willingly tell you about these methods—because they make more money when your shares are in their hands—precisely where risks are greatest to you.
These methods are so safe, that even if your broker dealer collapsed tomorrow, and stole every penny from every client investment account—you would be able to sleep safe and sound, knowing your stocks are far out of reach, and legally unavailable to access by your broker-dealer.
With the methods discussed in "BulletProof Shares"…If the entire broker-dealer industry collapses–your stocks will be 100% safe.
This means everyone–all brokers in the Unites States and Canada. If every broker collapsed tomorrow due to waves of bankruptcies, the ownership methods documented within BulletProof Shares will protect you 100%. You will be able to sleep safe and sound at night, knowing your shares are carrying ZERO COUNTER PARTY RISK.
There will be more opportunity in this crisis than in any other in the past century. In order to profit from the coming crisis you need to ensure that if/when your brokerage goes bankrupt you still retain ownership of your shares.
If you are able to preserve & accumulate wealth during the collapse, you will be offered the greatest buying opportunity of our generation. Blue-chip companies may be purchased for pennies on the dollar…but the trick is to safely protect your assets until we reach that point.
With these risks in mind—what if I were to tell you that for the cost of administrative fees, these layers of "common-sense insurance" can be applied to any size stock portfolio, even on share investments worth north of $100 million? Well that's what I've discovered and documented in "BulletProof Shares"!
I've been covering the ongoing collapse of the western financial system… and I've been adamant that there are two main ways to protect yourself and profit from the collapse… by owning gold and silver bullion and the miners who produce precious metals.
Owning gold and silver bullion will protect your assets… and owning shares in the miners will likely result in massive profits. However, this multi-generational profit opportunity will only present itself for those who can make it through the collapse with ownership of their shares intact.
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"Please do not sleep on my dear friends. If you do nothing, you may very well have nothing in the end…The material contained in here concerning the system and market events is correct…I should know. I have owned brokerage and clearing houses. The answer lies, in my opinion, in going to direct registration at the transfer agent and …ultimately, where possible, to paper certificates."
-Jim Sinclair, Publisher of JSMineset.com and CEO of Tanzanian Royalty Exploration, in a special email dispatch to JS Mineset readers.
"The opportunities in Gold and Silver mining shares today are tremendous. But the way in which you own those shares may determine whether or not you succeed in the end. "BulletProof Shares" offers a step by step outline of how to protect your stock investments from broker default. All of my paying subscribers have obtained copies, and I highly recommend it."
-David Morgan, Publisher of The Morgan Report
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Dear Reader,
Thank you for interest in learning more about protecting your stock investments from broker bankruptcy and theft.
I was frustrated and angry after the events of MF Global, and needed a way to begin protecting the stock investments of my friends and loved ones.
I dedicated countless 15 hour days to researching stock ownership methods, and in the process discovered both shocking and relieving information about the security investment industry. I have documented all of my findings in "BulletProof Shares" – How To Protect Your Share Investments From Broker Bankruptcy and Theft. I wrote then entire paper myself, and stand by it 100%.
If for any reason at all, you are unsatisfied with your purchase either today, tomorrow, or 5 years from now, simply send me an email requesting a refund. We'll will return every penny–that's my promise. Thank you so much for your support, and good luck with you stock investments.
-Tekoa Da Silva, Publisher of BullMarketThinking.com and author of "BulletProof Shares" – How To Protect Your Stock Investments From Broker Bankruptcy & Theft.
Here's Just a Few Things Included In "BulletProof Shares"…
- Detailed descriptions of all three share ownership methods(two of which your broker will not tell you about)
- Risk ratings for each of the three share ownership methods
- Counter-party risk diagrams never shown to the public before
- "How-to" instructions for all share ownership methods
- Detailed instructions for two share ownership methods which "de-risk" your shares and sever them from the financial system
- Tips on getting around unhelpful broker dealers
- Recommendations for two brokers who offer alternative share ownership a ZERO additional cost
- Instructions for both domestic and foreign investors seeking alternative forms of share ownership
- Resources for investors looking to protect stock investments held within 401ks and IRAs
- A full list of resources to help you get started in protecting your stock portfolio
Commonly Asked Questions:
Q: My stocks are held in a retirement account–will I be able to use the methods you speak of in the report, and without paying taxes?
A: Yes. By using a self-directed retirement account administrator(two are recommended in the report) to help with the paperwork, you will be able to safely remove your stocks from in the financial system, and you should not be liable for capital gain taxes as you are not selling your shares–you are simply converting them to a different format and transferring their custodial location.
Q: I live outside the United States–can I still use the methods discussed in the report for my shares?
A: Yes. I recommend brokers who accommodate foreign investors, and I provide instructions in the report on how foreign investors can use the protection methods.
Q: I live Canada–can I still use the methods discussed in the report for my shares?
A: Yes.
Q: What are the methods you discuss in the report?
A: In BulletProof Shares I provide a detailed analysis of "street name registration", "direct registration", and "paper share certification" ownership methods.
Q: Can I learn about these methods on my own without purchasing the report?
A: Yes. Although I spent hundreds of hours collecting, organizing, and sorting through all of the correct and incorrect information available on the market in writing this report, it's not required that you purchase the report to learn about these methods. In the research process however, I also spoke with dozens of transfer agents, broker dealers, public companies, and even the SIPC. I went through this process because I wanted to know exactly how everything worked–which is the long and hard road of learning these methods. If you choose to go through the same process, you will encounter similar time commitments in order to obtain accurate information. The choice is yours.
Q: Why should I consider these methods when I can just move my shares to a safe brokerage?
A: Unfortunately, there are no safe broker dealers left in the West in our humble opinion. The safety of your brokerage account is limited to the moral reliability of the employees and senior management of the broker dealer holding your assets, and the banking institution your broker dealer works with. Both of these industries have been compromised, and the firms have lied over and over again to the public–in our estimation, the quest of finding a "safe-broker" may be akin to searching for the "best liar in town." Would you eat at a restaurant whose delicious food always killed 10% of it's guests? Is one delicious meal you can make on your own worth risking your life for? Trusting all your stock investments to broker dealers is foolish in our opinion, and as the wise saying goes, "a fool and his money are soon parted."
By purchasing "BulletProof Shares" for $44.95, you can easily ensure that all your shares are legally structured to survive the collapse of your own brokerage…or even the collapse of the entire system.
The cost is nothing compared to the benefit of knowing your shares are OWNED BY YOU, no matter what. Your brokerage will never share this information with you willingly. That's why it is up to you to figure it out on your own. "BulletProof Shares," offers an easy outline, detailing a simple step-by-step process to make your shares completely bulletproof.
As a Special Offer with your purchase I'm including some bonuses which I think you'll really like…
Special Offer Bonus #1: Exclusive Interview Editorial With SIPC Agent Entitled:
"The Dirty Secret the SIPC Doesn't Want You To Know About"
The first bonus item I'll be sending you, is a copy of the editorial interview I conducted with the SIPC entitled, "The Dirty Secret the SIPC Doesn't Want You To Know About". It's a quick and easy read, outlining just how weak the organization is in my opinion.
Many feel the SIPC to be the ultimate protective blanket across the market, but it may in fact, be the Achilles heel which destroys confidence in the financial system.
I recommend you read this report after receiving it, and give the subject some careful thought.
Special Offer Bonus #2: Exclusive Interview Editorial Entitled:
"On The MF Global Collapse: Turk, Casey, Morgan, And Rubino Share Exclusive Thoughts"
The second extra item I'll be sending you is a fascinating interview editorial. Now this was an exciting piece to write, in which I sat down with James Turk, Doug Casey, David Morgan, and John Rubino—-all legends in the precious metals community, and I asked their thoughts on the implications of MF Global on the financial system. And some of their answers were shocking! When I first wrote the article, a major publishing house turned it down—-because they didn't want to cause a panic among readers, when finding out just how fragile the financial system really is.
Special Offer Bonus #3: Exclusive Audio Interview With Jim Willie Entitled:
"The Public Will Not Wake Up Until At Least One Million Private Accounts Are Stolen"
Now the last thing I'll be sending you here today is an audio interview I conducted with economic newsletter writer, Jim Willie, publisher of the Hat Trick Letter.
When describing what may be the next major collapse in the financial system, Jim said,
"Several million private accounts may vanish–Brokerage accounts, Pension funds, Mutual funds, they're all at risk. We are getting into the middle stages of implosion, where I believe the public will not wake up until at least one million private accounts are stolen, and completely vanish".
This was one of the most powerful and popular interviews I've ever conducted, it is no longer available to the general public, but I'd like to include it here today with your purchase, because I think you'll like it.
Final Limited Time Bonus: Lifetime Updates
To take this offer over the top and really make it a winning proposition…I'd like to also offer you FREE lifetime updates.
As the financial system continues it's freefall into bankruptcy, I'll update you with new copies of "BulletProof Shares" whenever they're released, and keep you up to date and informed with what's going on in the system.
Additionally, what I've found after thousands of investors purchased copies of the report, was that people from all over the world sent in additional questions for me to research–things I hadn't thought of. I got to work right away answering those floods of questions, and updating the report with the most cutting edge information.
While I consider "BulletProof Shares" to be highly detailed, yet simple in explanation, there may be future questions and developments in the market, which YOU WILL NEED TO KNOW ABOUT.
So as the final add-on service to this package, you'll also be taking home a complimentary lifetime update service. Not bad huh?
New releases will be automatically sent to you.
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Go ahead and order right now. You'll sleep safe and sound knowing you did.
(Please note: BulletProof Shares is available through online download only. We do not send out physical copies)
No Thanks- I am ready and willing to lose all my stock holdings if my broker goes bankrupt, or if my broker decides to use my assets to gamble in the market like MF Global did. I'm comfortable jeopardizing my entire financial future or retirement (including my family's) by learning from my own mistakes rather than by learning from your success. I know many people who purchase this report will enjoy full protection and dodge bullets when the next broker goes down, but I'm willing to take my chances.
P.S. This paper may save you hundreds of thousands(or possibly millions) of dollars when the financial system collapse accelerates. You will be sleeping safe and sound knowing your stock investments are far out of reach of the insolvent broker dealers and investment banks.
P.P.S. You've been warned. By not acting immediately to protect you and your family's financial future, any losses you suffer due to broker bankruptcy or theft will sit heavy on your conscience for all your remaining days.
Tekoa Da Silva
Founder of BullMarketThinking.com and Author Of BulletProof Shares


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While away, I managed to find tidbits of hockey news, feeding my hockey fix but leaving me without a forum in which to vent.
Most passengers on cruises are more interested in cribbage, crosswords and naps. My wife puts up with my hockey ramblings enough at home so I gave her some time off, leaving me to ponder on my own about what little news reached me.
With all that being said, here are my thoughts on what has transpired in Habs world while I've been away.
Goal-less Gomez No More!
After struggling for over a year without finding the back of the net, Scott Gomez waits until I've left town before burying a power play marker past the Islander's Evgeni Nabokov. Gomez even notched another tally just four games later.
I have to say, being away for this bothered me. Like many other Montrealers I've grown quite fond of Gomez despite his struggles - maybe even because of his struggles - and was eagerly waiting for the day when he would score the goal that would rid him of his season long burden.
I was excited to learn that he had passed Andreas Engqvist in the scoring race, I just wish I could have bared witness to it.
Drowning Habs lose Gill
First off, I apologize for the heading. I've been away, cut me some slack.
I remember picking up the sorry excuse for a sports page in the two page Canadian newspaper while at sea and seeing that Gill had been traded to Nashville for Blake Geoffrion. My heart sank - pun intended - and my initial thoughts were of furious nature.
However, it was no secret that Gill's time would soon be up as a Hab and upon my arrival in Montreal I looked up the transaction only to learn that it was much better than the Celebrity cruiseline would have me believe.
Not only did the Habs recieve two wingers with size but they also snagged a second round pick. That's more than I was expecting for a 36 year-old rental and a conditional fifth round pick in next year's draft.
Kostitsyn Still Here
After learning of Gill's departure I expected Kostitsyn to be next. The Belarussian power forward is no doubt being considered by a handful of GM's and the recent contract extension inked by Carolina's Tuomo Ruutu likely broadened Kostitsyn's destination possibilities.
Chris Stewart of the St. Louis Blues is another option for GM's looking to add a power forward to their lineup, however it seems Kostitsyn's availability on the trade market is more clear.
I would not mind replacing Kostitsyn with Stewart if Gauthier can make that happen. Stewart's size and skill set have me convinced that he could do no worse than Kostitsyn. If St. Louis is willing to part ways with Stewart, I wouldn't be opposed to paying a price suggested by Louis Moustakas by offering a 2013 first round pick and a prospect.
How about you? Would you take a chance on a struggling Chris Stewart? Will Kostitsyn remain a Hab past Monday? If not, what do you see the return being?
Thanks for reading.
Sean is a freelance writer currently contributing to HabsAddict.com. He is also a regular blogger and frequent panelist on the Habs post game show at MontrealHockeyTalk.com You can follow Sean on Twitter.

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A Street Fighter's Guide to Tekken
Have you dabbled in a bit of Street Fighter but never touched Tekken with a 10-foot elastic limb? We give you a brief overview of the series in anticipation of Street Fighter X Tekken!
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i want 2min 58s of my life back
Tekken is like an alien world to me. I'm Street Fighter all the way.
I'm a street fighter player by nature but am also quite good as kuma and yoshimitsu in tekken
Does the story look VERY reminsent of MK VS DC? an unknown entity that makes the person it possesses became incredibly aggressive?
00:42 , 01:55 is the really "street fighter" lol
2:05 is Jin Kazama
"be prepared for fierce close combat", lady I have been playing fighting games longer then you have had a job at gamespot. The difference between those combo heavy games and why that does not work that well in street fighter is simple. SHORYUKEN!
Wheres iron fist steve fox
"Lightning doesn't strike the same spot twice...." Whoever said that hasn't seen Kazuyas punch! DORYA!
DORYA, son.
its exciting, but please don't fail the fans
I am still on the ropes about this one. I'll probably way for some reviews before I just get it.
i just got a horrid feeling that this game will be really unbalanced, with all the gen system in there as well, i can see many patches/updates to fix the balance issues 'if any'....i hope its a gd game tho.
The game looks fantastic but I will wait for the ultimate edition
the number one classic cant wait no longer load it to my profile i need it now email@example.com konata
(Sarcasm)Muuust gooo waatch Beeear Gryyylls
mar 6 2012
@ofe13888 Dude I was gonna write the same thing word by word, I think that's more sinister...
What's with the picture of Bear Grylls at 1:28? Subliminal message?! Sinister....
same here
Glad I played both


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Brent Larkin did a column last week and said the "licensing fee" these guys are payig is $50 million but quoted an expert who said the going rate should be $500 million.
If we're going to sell the state constitution, we ought to at least get a decent deal for it.
Vote NO. This is another attempt to screw the taxpayer.
In the Sunday paper, Brent Larkin said one of these casino licenses is worth $300 million to $500 million and in Ohio these guys would pay just $50 million.
What a ripoff.
If we are going to hand these guys a monopoly, we at least should not settle for chump change.
Leadership: Zero
Political Courage: Minus 10
Price of ammo the R's will use to hang the D's in 2010: Priceless
This pathetic. All I can say.
Quientenndo has the definitive plan but it won't sell because the casinos are too greedy.
Most of these guys would rather have 0 % of nothing than a slice of something.
These people are liars. They saw that the only people who voted for the southwest Ohio casino were the peopel in wouthwest Ohio. So now they are trolling for votes in 4 cities even though they have NO PLANS to build them in four cities.
The is a killer article and I hope it kills the this ballot issue!
Strongmom123, you are absolutely right. But here are the missing bullet points:
Speaker Armond Budish has a law practices that advises people how to get rid of their assets, and his "consultant" Alan Melamed gets paid to do the TV ads that whine about how the nursing homes need more cash.
Alan Melamed also advises Lee Fisher, who sat and said NOTHING when the budget tried to hose the hospitals, even though he is the development director and the hosptials are about the only sector of the economy that will grow.
Alan Melamed's nursing home clients pay campaign contributions to Lee Fisher and to Budish, who changes the budget and gives the nursing homes exactly what they want.
Why in this budget are the abused children and the foodbanks still in need but the greedy, for-profit nursing homes seem to be the only special interest not cut in this budget of "shared sacrifice?''
Maybe abused kids and foodbanks need a PAC!
Regina's breast cancer columns were beautifully written and courageous to write, and Diane has one of the bylines that I seek out.
Many thanks to the Plain Dealer staffers who continue to produce a thoughtful product, despite these difficult times for the news business.
Hang in there. Many, many of us are rooting for you everyday. It's just that the critics yell a little louder.
I'm hopng the reporter can help me understand why the Cleveland Fed is so optimistic, but why Moodys just reported this:
Moody's: Recession hurting hospital finances
Sharp declines in the stock market and broader economic pressures have quickly weakened many hospitals' financial performance, according to a report released today by Moody's Investors Service. The report identifies key risk factors likely to influence hospital credit ratings this year. "Lower patient demand, declining operating performance, loss of balance sheet strength and weakened liquidity have already affected most hospitals, and these are just some of the effects of the economic recession," the report states. "We expect nearly all rated hospitals to report weaker financial performance in 2009." In November, the credit rating agency changed its outlook for the hospital sector to negative from stable.
It's only gonna get worse. Those w/o HC show in hospital ERs. Then the rest of us pick up their tab.
Now the governor wants to put a huge tax on hospitals, just they are facing more demand.
That means hospitals will cut back on services for those CAN pay because those who cannot are sucking up all of the money.
Lee Fisher gets it, but never has had the courage to stand up for the tough ones. He reveal that time and again when he was development director and turned his back on northeast Ohio over and over.
Thanks for calling this what is is -- a tax, a sneaky tax and a terrible idea..
Wasn't the stimulus money supposed to create jobs and boost construction?
Why then, can Strickland try and use it in a way that will cost jobs in health care -- the one segment of the economy that is growing/
This makes no sense whatsoever.
Thanks for the thoughtful article. Ohio i s still suffering from de-institutionalization because we had an "idea'' but plan.
The same thing is happening today with under a plan to heavily tax hospitals (but all them "fees").
Ohio's health care system in general is in trouble and if the state budget plans is not changed, we will see more layoffs, higher prices and fewer services.
The short-term thinking of the Strickland administration is getting a little old. Why are we undercutting the one segment of the economy that is projected to grow in the future?
Obamanomics? Greed is responsible for this.
FirstEnergy has the highest rates in the state, the highest profits in the state and the highest salaries for its execs in the state.
Thank you for this complete report. I watched the TV coverage and read the blogs -- but they were lacking
Isn't he abandoning the development job at a rather critical time?
Maybe George didn't hear the debate on the stimulus package. Maybe his hearing aid was turned off, kind of like it was malfunctioning when is brother and his accountant talked about laundering campaign money with the the help of a lobbyist.
The Republicans always underestimate Mike DeWine. Remember when Bernadine Healy was a shoo-in for the nomination? That didn't work out too well, did it?
Fisher was a very good AG and is a very good development director, but voters don"t really like him. Not sure why. Brunner is the best choice for the general election. The party underestimates her all the time.
He should reform himself. This is the same guy who doesn't even live in his district, then wants to clean up everybody else's house.
Hey Jon: Have you cleaned the stacks of mail and cobwebs off the porch of that home in Kettering where you supposedly live?


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For a marine scientist, there is nothing like being on a boat. Your senses become alive, your creativity peaks. As you gaze over the side of a boat, the ocean mysteries you have been trying to solve suddenly come into focus.
But being on a boat is expensive. A recent article in the journal Science, "A Sea Change for Oceanography" by Eli Kintisch, clearly spells this out. Kintisch tells us that shrinking budgets and increasing costs are driving a change in how people study our oceans. A growing array of high tech devices that remotely collect information are being deployed and less days on sophisticated boats are spent at sea. The article suggests that this shift from field data collection programs to remote data collection programs is a change from "small" to "big" oceanography.
But what should "big" oceanography really be? Should the ability to connect to society's needs be a part of "big" oceanography? If the answer is yes, I would say oceanography is failing. The good news is: there is still opportunity to redirect course.
Why has a field critical in describing the fabric of anything that has do to with oceans (how we use them, how we depend on them) failed in demonstrating its relevance beyond primary science? Perhaps it's because oceans are still viewed—by oceanographers and the public—as one of the last great frontiers. Kintisch calls attention this in the Science article, concluding with a call for support of ocean studies "…comparable to [funding for] research in outer space…"
Indeed oceanic exploration has always generated tremendous media attention and public interest. But the ocean is much more than a last frontier. Our decisions around assigning priorities and allocating resources, the stories we share about the ocean should reflect this.
When the field started the ocean was mostly un-explored (and large sections of the ocean still are). The last frontier should and will continue to provide inspiration for years to come. But what about all the people that we now know live and depend on the ocean? Who solves their mysteries and the integral part that the ocean plays in solving their riddles?
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Abi Olajuwon had 19 points and 11 rebounds and third-seeded Oklahoma made the most of a sloppy first half on both ends to beat Arkansas-Little Rock 60-44 Tuesday night in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
The Sooners (25-10) closed a ragged first half with an 11-0 run
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New York Times columnist Paul Krugman called the National Rifle Association an "insane organization" yesterday.
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"The craziness of the extreme pro-gun lobby has been revealed, and that has got to move the debate and got to move the legislation at least to some degree," Krugman said. "There are plenty of gun owners who are fine... but the lobbying groups, the NRA, is now revealed as an insane organization."
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By Maureen McCracken
I support heterogeneous educational groupings for myriad reasons. I know those who support grouping by ability do so for a variety of reasons, too, but I wanted to address one that I have heard articulated most – that eliminating honors classes limits our kids' ability to follow their strengths and the educational path that's right for them. To me, honors classes grouped by perceived ability have greater potential to limit paths and choices than the individualized approach to "honors" curriculum being promoted by administrators.
When we group kids based on perceived ability, we create perceptions and set expectations. Whether a student stays in their track, loses ground, or even excels beyond what is expected, our expectations have set the context for that achievement. And we're not just talking about how teachers teach in the classroom. These groupings have implications for how kids view themselves, and maybe even what their peers and parents expect of them. And then there's the issue that perceived ability is largely impacted by a student's socio-economic background, their family's values and approach to education and not necessarily talent at all. We might miss an opportunity with a truly gifted student who hasn't followed the traditional path. When we set expectations in broad strokes and based on groups that stay together for an entire school year (and likely the subsequent three years), we risk letting all kids down either by not expecting enough of them or by expecting too much. Actually, we probably do both, depending on what we think that child's "path" is.
Those that say homogeneous grouping is not tracking because kids can choose to take an honors class are ignoring the fact that a single class takes place for a full year; there are no options for moving in and out of deeper curriculum for subtopics within a class structure and within that year. Since one year represents 25 percent of each students' high school experience, it is not a trivial thing to draw a box around our expectations for a student for that whole time. Not to mention that once we have done this in ninth grade, the subsequent three years are for the most part already defined.
There is no single path for any human being – we all need to continue to learn and change as the world changes. I know many adults who have re-created themselves many times, either by going to school to retool or by changing jobs or by starting a business. I myself have done all of these a few times and I have also only recently become aware that I am a math person myself after being convinced early on that being good at math was not on my path! Being able to learn, change, communicate and think critically and having the confidence that you can do these things is a critical skill in today's economy.
I feel confident in my support of heterogeneous grouping because it goes beyond my personal feelings and experience. There are a plethora of organizations that support heterogeneous grouping and warn against tracking, including the National Association of Secondary School Principals, the National Association of Elementary School Principals, the Association for Middle Level Education (formerly the National Middle School Association), the National Association of School Psychologists, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the National Education Association, the National Association for the Advancement for Colored People, and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (our school's accrediting organization).
We need to be able to prepare all of our kids with a strong foundation in learning; forget the singular path so that they can reach their full potential and be successful as adults. Sometimes this will mean pushing them harder than they think they can handle; sometimes it will mean backing off and helping them gain some life balance. It should never mean putting 14-year-old students in boxes based on what we (or they) think they can and cannot do as of September 1.
I believe that the program of personalized learning plans and multiple pathways that the Harwood administration has been talking about is the only thoughtful way to create a strong foundation and an exciting potential for each of our kids. I'm not saying doing this will be easy, and I'm sure this will push boundaries for teachers, administrators, students and parents; but I truly believe we need to get creative and stop following only what we know because the world our kids live in as adults will not be like the one we live in today, and we can't possibly create a path to it.
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Anyway, though, I think that technical proficiency really has nothing to do with being a good drummer. It's like the whole speed thing -speed isn't good
bad ...it's just speed. Being technically proficient on the drums doesn't make you a good drummer
a bad drummer ...it just makes you technically proficient. It's like determining how good a fiction writer is by how many words they know or how many grammar rules they can recite, or how good a painter is by how photo-realistic their paintings are....
man...no matter how much many people may disagree,and even tho i love drums more than most things in life,drums arent(unless in the hands of Terry Bozzio),and never will be Musical instruments...and that doesnt mean you cant have that certain 'Musicality' to your playing...theyre not about chords,or melodies,or harmonies,or notes...theyre percussion...
to be a good druummer, technique is what its all about....you can have simple technique if it works with what you want it to work with,but you cant be a good drummer with a bad or non-existent technique.....
writing and painting are different arts...but as i say a writer with little or no technique to his writing is not a good writer....an artist who cant paint is not a painter...the impressionists may seem to go against this whole way of thinking but the impressionists were actually highly,incredibly proficient painters,who decided to "Simplify",(but by doing so made their work more wonderfully difficult)...
but one thing i do think is that if you have the technical proficienccy and you dont have the feeling,then your not a good drummer....and visa-versa...you need to find that balance where you combine both feeling and skill in one,and so therefore become a greater drummer...Meg White has feeling,but no skill, and therefore her drumming falls down...The White Stripes worked because Jack White held up wonderful riffs,great vocals etc(all debatable of course)...it was interesting at first,but her drumming does wear other drummers down to the point where they have to switch off...
technical proficiency has a lot to do with drums....
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Ok this is the thing i have been a member for a while with no questions just read and i get my answers. But this is my problem i have spent probably 15hrs trying to get the NSMB to work. i bought the original for my kids and it wanted me to update my system and i didnt do it cause of my softmod i didnt want to loose what i already had. so i started looking into all the posts and this is where i am now.
I am on OS 3.2U NTSC
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I can get my backup to load and play it for about 5 min and i get an error
to restart the wii and look at my manual.
Now i have tried almost anything but i cant seem to get it to work.
Im tempted to just update one of my Wiis just so my kids can play it in their room but the whole idea of the mod was to get the backups running so they dont ruin the originals.
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Avocado Popsicles
Dear Avocados,
Oh, dear avocado, why can't I quit you? You are simply irresistible to me. Every time I pass you at the store I cannot help but buy three of you. I place you on my counter next to the bananas, who grow old and spotty as you disappear as fast as you're purchased.
See, I used to hate you. Loathe. And then I tried you and it was love at first bite. It started out simple. I put you in salads and mixed you with salsa. Once a week we'd eat an avocado.
But then you became this little nagging voice in my head. "Doooooooroooothhhhyyyy," you'd call out to me. Enticing. Calling me. My siren song.
Before long I was putting you in as many meals as I could. Substituting you for cheese whenever we ate tacos, which became increasingly often. Making turkey-bacon-avocado sandwiches. Putting you in pasta.
And then…then….you took me to the dark side.
Oh, avocado. First I turned you into a frosting. A sweet, green frosting that shocked everyone who saw you.
Then my friend Jocelyn made you into ice cream. And, oh, was I smitten.
I have so many ideas in my head for you, avocado. Too many.
And then one day I saw an article in People magazine. A little picture of you, dressed as a popsicle.
And not five minutes later I was unearthing my popsicle maker and turning you into one of the sweetest, fruity, and yummiest popsicles ever.
Who knew that mixing you with sugar and vanilla and lime could make you so addicting?
Who knew that my daughter would devour your popsicle without even wondering why it was green?
Oh, avocado. You and I, we were meant to be BFFs.
Thanks for the good times. Please don't ever leave me.
Love, your #1 fan,
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 medium avocado
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Heat sugar and water in a medium saucepan over low heat until sugar is completely melted. Cool completely.
- Mash avocado with an avocado masher, mashing out as many lumps as possible. Add lime juice and mash some more. Whisk in vanilla and sugar water. Pour into popsicle molds and freeze until hardened. (Makes about 5 regular sized popsicles.)
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85 Responses to "Avocado Popsicles"
I have a bowl full of avocados just waiting to be turned into something yummy…I think this is it! What a cool idea, I cannot wait to try it!
I love that avocados are your siren song…and these popsicles! I've seen so many sweeter avocado recipes, and I definitely just need to eat a little less guacamole and make these!
I have an avo ice cream recipe on my site (no ice cream maker, just the Vita) and it's one of my highest viewed recipes ever thanks to pinterest in large part But if people only realized how good and creamy frozen avo is, they'd try it. I know you know this already!
Yes! I need to try ice cream. And everything else because it's all soooo good! Thanks Averie!
Avocados are the BEST! must go to the dark side and eat avocado desserts! stealing this recipe idea!
Wow, I must try these! I've had avocado frosting, but I haven't ventured any further into the world of avocado desserts.
A while ago, I made an Avocado Ice Cream. I loved it, but the rest of my family was "meh". They don't know any better. I love avocados. I could eat 2-3 of them as guacamole, and call it a complete meal. These sound awesome.
Once, when we lived in California years ago, we went to the Avocado Festival in Carpinteria and had everything (I mean everything) with avocado in it–including ice cream. It's wonderful and so healthy for you–not to mention what a beautiful color! Great recipe, XOXO
Okay, now you made me regret not trying this at your house! Hope you have some left because now I want one forreals. My love affair with avocado needs to grow darker, beyond the usual salads/guac/sandwich placement. Take me to the dark side, Dorothy!
Yes, you must, must go to the dark side. Hang out with me…I'll take you there sometime.
Is it ridiculous that the first thing I thought was, "this needs tequila?"
Oh shoot, alcohol doesn't freeze, right? Or does it?
I have to try these Popsicles. I have some Amazon gift cards burning a whole in my pocket and I think Popsicle molds are now a must have.
Seriously laughing my head off over here…I LOVE YOUR LETTER!!! I could have written this exact same thing:-) I eat avocados all the time. Love the green stuff way too much!!!! I love that you turned them into fun lime avo popsicles…you are awesome:-)
Amazing! Who woul have thought something so simple would be so delicious? You are the avocado queen, and I love you for i!
cool! so what's it taste like?? love the color!
I'm with Jocelyn …. That was so funny! I might try to sneak them past my kiddos! 😉
Yes, yes, YES! You are my hero. I can't wait to try this recipe. And avacado frosting?? I may have just died a little from being too excited.
Found you from Live Laugh Linky Thursday! & so excited that I did find you
My nephew sells avacado popsicles for an independent popsicle shop here in Cincinnati. I could never envision what an avocado pop would look like! Thank you for not only giving me this picture, but also for the recipe and the extreme urge to have an avocado pop right now!!! This is gorgeous!
Thanks Tanya!
Yum! And healthy-ish??? Maybe. Knowing me, I'd try to sub the sugar with something else.
These would be great with a green-themed party. (For some reason, "ninja turtle" popped into my head when I saw the picture.)
I just recently found out that I am allergic to Avocados! I always thought it was normal to have your lips turn slightly numb and tingly when eating the green goodness. Still wont stop me from eating it either… LOVE IT!
I need to try these popsicles, I have been wanting to create an avocado frozen yogurt! Yum!
Oh no! I would be crushed. At least the popsicle already turns your mouth a little numb, so you won't notice it as much. 😉
WHAT! I want one please! Dorothy you need to change your blog name it crazy for avocado. Just a suggestion. Haha! These look so good.. oh my.
That sounds delicious! I had some guacamole today and it was delicious!
That's crazy and awesome. I would have never dreamed of using avocado in a popsicle. I think I must try it.
Cute post, Dorothy:) I love avocados too, which started when I lived near my sister who had a thriving avocado tree! I have made avocado pie many times and it is very tasty! Forgive me if I've already told you that. Your popsicles look amazing and I'm sure they are.
ok. I feel like I already commented, but I don't see it anywhere, so at the risk of looking dumb and repeating myself, I'm going to comment again…..
These actually look awesome! The frosting and the ice cream scared me, but I can actually imagine these tasting good! Which makes me second guess the ice cream and the frosting. Except I really do think I'd have to have the lime. That seems to be the clincher for me
These popsicles look amazing! I think avocado just adds creaminess or moisture to whatever it's put in. Plus, it has a mild taste that takes on whatever flavor you add to it. I never considered avocado frosting, but why not?! I just saw a recipe for avocado zucchini bread. Yum!
I think I would like these…thanks for sharing.
These look and sound so yummy I must try them and report back. Stopping by from the Live Laugh link party
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Love your avocado posts! I married an avocado farmer in California and raised 4 kids on the ranch…now our kids are working with us too! Hoping you look for California avocados in your stores…and if you can't find them, order some from our farm! http://www.CaliforniaAvocadosDirect.com. I'm going to keep following your avocado adventures!
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You should be the new spokesperson for the california Avocado board! Hey dorothy, where did you get those popsicle molds from?
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Hi. I would love to try these but I was wondering what can I use to replace the sugar and still have the amazing taste? And in what quantity? Thanks!
When I was growing up in Mexico, we use to drive to a ranch that my parents' friends had, in the way we would stop in a small village to buy Popsicles and they had avocado Popsicles and I loved them, that was maybe 25 years ago and I haven't had one since, I am so excited to have come across this recipe and to have all the ingridients in hand! I am making this today! Thanks!
I am so with you! I adore avocados like none other….and it honestly seems to make everything better!!
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Made these today & was pleasantly surprised. . Amazing. Thanks for sharing!
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wow!!!!!!!!!!!wow!!!!!! i have stumbled on treasure!! an Avocado Popsicle!!!
oh you have done it all my hands are just shaken in excitement can't wait to get to the market to get
more avocados to try this recipe!! i never won't to stumble but i'm glad i stumble on you!!!! (avocado Popsicle)
Thank you again!
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Grace's Murr, Farrant make N.C. all-star team
Grace Christian seniors Anna Murr and Karinda Farrant will be teammates for one last basketball game today for the East team in the inaugural 2014 Upward North Carolina Private School All-Star Basketball Game.
The all-star game, featuring 24 of the top seniors in the state, is set for 1 p.m. at Providence Day School's Mosack Athletic Center. The boys all-star game follows at 2:30 p.m.
Farrant, a senior exchange student from Australia, was suffered a knee injury last week in Grace Christian's last game, the national championship game, at the National Association of Christian Athletes national tournament in Dayton, Tenn. and is unlikely to play.
Farrant, listed as a forward on the all-star game roster, played anywhere from point guard to center for the Lady Crusaders this season. While recording multiple triple- and quadruple-doubles, she averaged 13.6 points, 7.1 steals, 6.2 rebounds and 5.6 assists a game.
Murr is Grace Christian's all-time leading scorer, for boys and girls basketball, with 3,032 points in her Lady Crusader career. She averaged 21.2 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 2.3 steals a game.
Murr and Farrant led Grace Christian to a 29-4 overall record. The Lady Crusaders shared the Carolina Christian Conference championship with Northwood Temple, finished in the semifinals of the NCISAA 1A State Tournament and were runners-up in the NACA national tournament.
Northwood Temple won the NCISAA 1A State Tournament. Marta Miscenko, Northwood Temple's 6-foot-4 center, is on the East team. She's committed to play at Texas-El Paso next school year. The East roster also includes Halifax Academy's Hayley Wood, who's committed to East Carolina, Cary Academy's Rebecca Banks, who's going to UNC Wilmington and Imani Atkinson of Greensboro Day, who's signed with N.C. Central.
The West team includes Providence Day's Jatarie White, a 6-foot-4 McDonald's All-American who has signed with South Carolina.
The head coaches are Fayetteville Christian's Don Gardner for the East and Cannon's Jack Warren for the West.
Yesterday's activities in Charlotte included team practices, a banquet in the evening and a community service project as players and coaches helped Promising Pages - a non-profit organization which receives donated childrens' books, refurbishes the books and gives them to children who otherwise have few or no age-appropriate books.


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A perennial Israeli debate erupted anew yesterday, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he supported a proposal to extend the franchise to Israelis living abroad. What makes this debate so baffling is that both sides are partly right — meaning it should be easy to strike a compromise somewhere in the middle. But in 62 years, it hasn't happened.
The proposal put forth by Netanyahu's largest coalition partner, Yisrael Beiteinu, would allow absentee ballots for anyone who has held a valid Israeli passport for the past 10 years — about 500,000 people. And opponents are right that this is far too broad. First, in terms of sheer numbers, that constitutes 7 percent of the total population and fully 10 percent of eligible voters — a far higher proportion than is the norm in other countries that allow absentee voting.
Moreover, many of the 500,000 people in question have been living abroad full-time for many years. Indeed, you can have a valid Israeli passport for 10 years without setting foot in the country that entire time. Thus people who are not living in Israel and whose daily lives are unaffected by the country's policies would have a disproportionate impact on the outcome of any election.
This is particularly problematic because Israel is a country at war. Overseas residents are not the ones who will suffer daily rocket fire if a territorial pullout goes wrong, nor will their sons' lives be at risk if the government launches a military operation. Thus it is completely inappropriate to give them a major voice in electing those who will make such decisions.
Yet at the same time, proponents of absenting voting are right that the current system is irredeemably unfair. Under current law, the only people allowed to vote absentee are sailors and diplomats (and their families). Hence a businessman who lives in Israel year-round but happens to be abroad attending a major trade fair on Election Day cannot vote. Ditto for a professor who has taught for 20 years at an Israeli university but happens to be on sabbatical abroad during election year — unless he is willing to pay $1,000 to fly to Israel for Election Day and cast his ballot there. It is long past time for Israel to stop disenfranchising such citizens.
It is not technically difficult to distinguish permanent overseas residents from Israelis there temporarily, as it was in days gone by. The law could simply require absentee voters to have spent a specified proportion of the past five (or seven or 10) years in Israel, and ballot applications could be checked against border-control data to see if the applicant qualified.
The good news is that whereas Yisrael Beiteinu and Netanyahu's Likud party largely support the bill, the other two main coalition partners, Labor and Shas, oppose it. That means there's a chance that the government will at long last pass a reasonable compromise — one that will help those unfairly disenfranchised by current law while excluding those whose homes are permanently overseas.


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of Rhode Island's fall honors colloquium series, "Legacies of the Vietnam
War." Gibson will argue that America's defeat in Vietnam led to the
development of a new mythic hero, called the paramilitary warrior, who fought
outside conventional military and police units to defeat demonic enemies
and restore the U.S. to a pre-Vietnam, pre-feminist, pre-civil rights social
Gibson will speak in the Barry Marks Auditorium, Room 271 of the Chafee
Social Science Center on URI's Kingston Campus, Nov. 16 from 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Gibson received his bachelor of arts at the University of Texas at Austin,
and his masters and doctorate degrees at Yale University. He has taught
at various colleges and universities, including Yale and Cornell University.
He specializes in environmental sociology, military and political sociology,
social theory and knowledge, qualitative methods, and culture.
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Peace: Social Foundations of Violent Conflict, and The Perfect War: Technowar
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For Scott Manning, director of cross-cultural programs at Susquehanna, Stamatis' experience represents the precise reason he and other faculty members began advocating for GO's implementation nearly a decade ago. And now, as the first class required to fulfill the GO program prepares to graduate in May, Manning says he could not be more pleased.
"We're out here in rural Pennsylvania, and the culture can be a bit homogenous, a bit sheltered, with many of our students coming from small, rural areas with very little racial or cultural diversity," says Manning. "We wanted to expand that worldview, and GO has gone way beyond our expectations in doing just that. Students are blown away by their experiences, and frankly it often transforms them in remarkable ways."
GO ISN'T JUST ANOTHER STUDY-ABROAD PROGRAM. Susquehanna is among only a handful of schools to mandate a study-away experience for all students, and the very architecture of the GO program is unlike any other.
For one thing, GO presents students with three distinctly different program options: GO Long, GO Short and GO Your Own Way.
"GO Long is what most people think of when they think about studying abroad," says Manning. "It allows students to study abroad for an entire semester, and it's a good experience for those who want to fully explore foreign cultures, countries and ideas for an extended period of time."
GO Short, on the other hand, is for students who are unable to leave Susquehanna for a prolonged period or who find that the focus of a shorter excursion is more meaningful than a traditional semester away. These faculty-led trips—which can be taken abroad or to various locations in the United States—usually last two to three weeks and are embedded within a course and topic. For instance, a biology student may travel to Australia with his or her professor to study the flora and fauna of that country on site.
GO Your Own Way can be either short or long, and it allows students who have very specific interests to propose a self-designed cross-cultural experience of their choosing.
"For many of our students, this is the first time they've even gotten on a plane," says Maria Finch, associate director of cross-cultural programs. "So even going to London or New Orleans for two weeks can be a major, major life experience. We are introducing a population to the world that just may not have had that opportunity otherwise."


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"This is a Greek side dish that our family loves. Add a little Feta cheese and fresh lemon after it's cooked and you have heaven."
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olive oil
onions, chopped
2 pounds
fresh spinach, rinsed and stemmed
1 (8 ounce) can
tomato sauce
2 cups
1 teaspoon
dried dill weed
1 teaspoon
dried parsley
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup
uncooked white rice
As a Greek-American family, we eat this often, especially during lent and as a main dish. To improve the cooking method given, try this: saute rice along with onion add minced fresh garlic too, then add boiling water, cover and simmer for about 10 minutes, then add spinach and tomato sauce, fresh parsley, fresh dill,salt and pepper. Cooked COVERED on low heat and add fresh lemon juice when it's done cooking. Beside the cooking directions, this recipe is authentic.
In Greece spanakorizo is a main dish, not a side - all the better to enjoy more of this healthy, delicious dish! fresh dill is essential to the recipe however - so much better than dried. Also, 1tbsp tomato paste is preferred in my family to tomato sauce -- you don't want the dish to be too tomato-y. Otherwise this recipe is spot-on.
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This is a really good basic recipe. I normally add some garlic, use chicken broth instead of the water, chopped tomatoes instead of tomato sauce and omit the dill (not to fond of dill). I also add a bit of cumin and cinnamon for flavour. Last time I made it with bulgur instead of rice and it turned out great. Definitely serve with lemon and feta cheese.
Okay---the FLAVOR on this is GREAT, but the cooking directions seem wrongWRONGwrong!!! I cooked this for nearly 40 minutes uncovered and the rice was still crispy and uncooked! I think if you cooked this for 25 minutes COVERED, it would come out perfect! As I said, the FLAVOR is great. Don't leave out the lemon. I used parm instead of feta. I will definitely make this again---with the LID ON... ;-)
Being Greek, I have cooked many Greek dishes & pastrys. This is a wonderful dish. I took the advise of the other reviewers and increased the water (to 3 cups) and added 3/4 cup of rice instead of 1/2. I had to increase the cooking time to 50 minutes (along with adding 1/4 cup of water twice in 10 minute increments for the last 20 minutes of simmer time)in order to get the rice cooked but it was well worth it! A nice side dish with chicken. Topped with feta and lemon juice totally make this dish outstanding! Thanks Kathy!
This is a very tasty recipe and makes an excellent side dish for Greek Chicken or any grilled shrimp. However after making it several times there are a couple of things that should be mentioned. First, if you use 2 pounds of fresh spinach, you need a BIG pot to cook the spinach down in. Once the spinach wilts it will be one tenth of the volume it started at. But it takes a big pot told hold the fresh spinach for the first minute. Of course using thawed frozen spinach solved this problem. Second, I know of no rice dish that is cooked uncovered. I cover mine and cook it for 20 minutes and then for 5 minutes more uncovered until it is thick and creamy. Third, I like to add the rice when I add the spinach. Allows the rice to soak up some of the flavor of the oil and onion. Fourth, I sometimes add a couple of cloves of minced garlic during the last minute of cooking the onion. I depends on what I am serving the dish with and if I want the hint of garlic or not. Fifth, once the dish is done add 1 table spoon of lemon juice to the pot and stir it in. This is absolutely mandatory. Lastly, once you have plated up the dish, sprinkle a tablespoon of feta cheese on top of each serving. The salty, creamy kick the feta adds makes the dish seem complete.
holy spinach leaves, Popeye! This is a super good way to increase your spinach intake and it actually tastes yummy. It was easy to make too - I had prewashed spinach that I needed to get rid of and the prep time was pretty quick.
Next time I am going to cut the olive oil to 1/4 cup, but the feta cheese is a must-have! They make reduced fat feta cheese and you can hardly tell the difference.
Lemon and feta a must - dont rate it until you've done it right.. Not a huge spinach fan so we only added defrosed 10 oz the first time and 20 oz of packaged Frozen Spinach the second. I liked best with the 10 oz. We've also tried vegtable & beef broth to substitute water and diced tomatoes instead of sauce - a little garlic on occasion. We make a double batch at least once a month. DELICIOUS - the only way I can get greens into my hubby willingly. My Toddlers LOVE!
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Calories: 337
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Do you know where your prospective customers spend their time online? Do you maintain a presence in those places?
Last night I came across an AP article about the recent search engine purchases of ad networks and why it's a sign of how things are changing on the web. I encourage you to give the article a read, but the main point I want you to take from it is the idea that how and where people are spending time online is becoming more fragmented and most people are interacting less and less with a single source of information.
Search engines are modifying their business models to reflect these changes and so should you.
Gone are the days of emphasizing ways to attract and keep visitors — the way television networks long have operated — by creating destinations with anything people might need for work, leisure or companionship.
Instead, those companies are now more aggressively trying to follow Web surfers elsewhere — and bring lucrative advertising to them.
Pay attention to the idea that search engines are trying to follow web surfers elsewhere. A few years ago it was all about creating a portal that provided a one stop source of information. Today there are so many different ways to find the same information and people are spending time interacting with variety of them. They may interact with a portal, or a search engine, or a social media site, or any of the different sites that allow them to find what they need. Even more, people are using one site to find certain types of content and another site to find a different type of content.
So instead of relying solely on being portals for consumers, the major companies are creating one-stop shops for advertisers, who are increasingly wanting to buy ads centrally and place them where the eyeballs are. The networks take care of feeding the ads to smaller sites.
"We're not interested in building yesterday's portal," said Ron Grant, AOL's president and chief operating officer. "Consumers are finding what they are looking for is coming from more and more fragmented places. We need a way for advertisers to take advantage of that fragmentation."
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Where Can Your Customers Find You?
The discussion in the AP article is focused on search engines and advertising, but the lessons are for all of us. If your site is primarily a lead generation mechanism your goal might be to get someone to contact you about the services you offer. Does it make a difference if they find your email directly on your site or on your MySpace profile? Does it matter if the words that convinced them to call were found on one of your pages or in your reply to a question on a forum or other social network?
In the end how much difference does it make if someone purchases your products through the shopping cart on your site or through the one on eBay? Does it matter if it was your content or the content of one of your affiliates that ultimately made the sale? Ignore for a moment that your per sale profit is different depending on where the sale originates. Given the lifetime value of a customer should it really matter where a new customer first finds you?
The goal isn't only to bring people to you. The goal is to be in front of them or have them think about your brand when they want what you have to offer. When you think of search engines it's conventional to see them as a source of traffic for your site. However, what you're really doing is building a presence on another site. Search engines are not the only place you can build that presence.
I want to expand on the idea of using social media as a source of branding in a post I'll hopefully have ready later this week. For now think about the concept that your site isn't the only place where your brand lives or where you can do business.
The web is social and the more you can embed yourself in the social fabric of the web the better your chances for success. Your customers are looking for you in a variety of places and not always directly on your site. If you aren't in front of them when and where they look you can be sure someone else will be.
Where are you building a presence online? Can someone find you without having to find your site?
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Where Can I Earn a PhD in Sociology Online?
While online learning is growing in popularity, not all undergraduate and graduate degree programs are available online. For instance, no college or university in the United States currently offers an online Ph.D. program in sociology. The following article provides information about universities that offer campus-based programs that lead to a Ph.D. degree in sociology. Schools offering Sociology degrees can also be found in these popular choices.
Ph.D. in Sociology Degree Programs
While an online Ph.D. in Sociology program is not an option, there are several large and well-known universities across the U.S. that offer relevant on-campus doctoral-degree programs. Some of these institutions are identified in the following list:
- Stanford University
- Duke University
- Portland State University
- John Hopkins University
Stanford University
Highly-ranked Stanford University in California offers both stand-alone and joint doctoral degree programs in sociology. Requirements of the Ph.D. in Sociology program include taking research and methods courses, sociological theory courses, survey courses and workshops. In addition to a dissertation, a second-year paper must also be completed. Joint degrees offered with the Ph.D. in Sociology include a Juris Doctor or a master's degree in public policy.
Duke University
Students who are pursuing a Ph.D. in Sociology at Duke University in North Carolina must enroll full-time for at least six semesters. Fields of study within the program include social psychology, economic sociology, medical sociology and social networks. Course requirements dictate that 12 of 17 courses must be in sociology.
Portland State University
Introduced in the fall of 2008, the Ph.D. in Sociology program at Portland State University is open to students who have obtained master's degrees. Core graduate courses in sociology and 16 credits in electives must be completed. In addition, students must attend a social inequality seminar and complete a dissertation.
Johns Hopkins University
The Departments of Sociology and Applied Mathematics and Statistics at Johns Hopkins University combine to offer a joint Ph.D. in Sociology and Master of Arts degree program. Core courses in social theory, sociological analysis and statistics must be completed. The program also includes a research apprenticeship, teaching assistantship and dissertation.
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HUNTINGTON -- Jeremy Wrenn went the extra mile to show how much he loves his fiancee, Dakota Barnett, on Sunday.
Wrenn, a paramedic with Lawrence County EMS in Ohio, finished a 24-hour shift Sunday morning and then accompanied Barnett to the Big Sandy Superstore Arena for 100 WKEE-FM's Bridal Extravaganza.
"He surprised me last weekend by telling me that he was going to bring me," Barnett said. "He kept his promise."
Barnett and Wrenn joined a steady flow of brides, grooms, bridesmaids and mothers at the arena for the extravaganza, now in its 22nd year. The event creates a one-stop-shop atmosphere where brides-to-be can meet with dozens of vendors ranging from limousine companies to caterers to photographers as they prepare for their big day, said Jim Davis, regional program manager for Clear Channel Communications.
"We try to make it easy for them," Davis said. "We put everything in one location and let them plan their wedding day."
More than 50 vendors, some of which spilled out into the arena's entryway, participated in Sunday's extravaganza. Some offered large discounts to couples who paid for their services on the spot. Barnett and Wrenn, who are getting hitched in May 2014 after Barnett graduates from college, were looking for a caterer and wedding dress.
"This is great because we don't really have any caterers or anything close to where we live in Ohio," Barnett said. "We would probably have to drive to back and forth to Huntington or Ashland to find a caterer or a dress. I'm also getting lots of good ideas for wedding colors, food and decorations."
The event also is a critical day for vendors, who rely on the Bridal Extravaganza for filling up their spring and summer calendar.
"Because of this show, it allows us to reach a lot of brides without having to spend a ton of money on advertising, which is something a small business like us can't afford," said Josh McComas, who owns McComas Video Productions with his wife, Amanda. "For us, it's more about networking and introducing prospective clients to our services. We won't necessarily get a lot of on-the-spot bookings, but over the next few weeks our phone will ring off the hook with brides that want us to shoot their weddings."
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