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She's conquered the world of television, and now Jane Lynch is ready to take on the New York Times' Best-Sellers List.
The 50-year-old Glee star is set to release her first memoir, Happy Accidents, in September 2011.
"If I could go back in time and have a conversation with my 18-year-old self, the first thing I'd say is, 'Lose the perm,'" the Emmy Award-winning actress jokes. "Second, I would say, 'Relax. Really -- just relax. Don't sweat it.'"
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True to her nature, Lynch -- who wed Dr. Laura Embry in Massachusetts last June -- promises the tome will undoubtedly incorporate her sassy sense of humor.
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"For a long time, I was anxious and fearful that the parade would pass me by, and that someone or something outside myself had all the answers," she says. "Having finally reached a happy place -- a happy accidents place -- I want to share my story with others, to let them know things aren't as bad as they fear."


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(From Death Weddle) It is February of 2013 and it's time for this month's installment of our Featured Artist of the Month here at DeathWeddle.com. While this is only our second FAOTM, we have decided to shoot for the top, and feature the one and only Rudy T. Reilly!
If you consider yourself a member of the Phoenix metal scene, and you don't know who Rude T. is, you must be either a rookie or a poser.
Rudy is a bassist that has been in quite a few Phoenix bands over the years, which we will list in detail shortly. But he is also a F.O.H. Engineer (front of house), Monitor Engineer, System Tech, Guitar/Bass Tech, Tour Manager, Up/Down Rigger, and he even plays a bit of guitar, too. Not only is he all of those things, but Rude T. is one of my favorite people, and I consider him to be one of my closest and dearest friends – even though he is an Oakland Raiders fan (FYI Oakland Raiders fans are some of the most disgusting and foul people on the planet. Yes, ALL of them). Rudy is also a huge fan of Guiness and Jager bombs, so if you see this madman out there somewhere (likely), and he's not already hammered (unlikely), by all means buy him some drinks and get him drunk (but be careful he might vomit on you). Now let's get to know a little more about Rudy…
Rude T. was born in London, United Kingdom, and then eventually moved to Phoenix after he met some of the guys from Sacred Reich on a flight across the pond. While they were getting inebriated on that long flight, he mentioned to them that he wanted to move to the states. They told him Phoenix, AZ was the place to go, so Rudy packed up, took off, and landed in Phoenix some time in the very early 90s. Since then there seems to be a brown haze that hovers over the city on a daily basis. Now, I'm not positive that this haze is related directly or not, but then again I know Rudy. So, to all of you people who are "going green", or are otherwise big-time environmental nuts, I'm no scientist, but you can quite possibly blame Sacred Reich and Rudy T. Reilly for the brown air in this town.
Rudy has been in some great Phoenix bands in his time, starting out with 187, who eventually changed their name to All Time Low. Vocal duties for 187 were handled by Danny Marianino, who later went on to sing for the North Side Kings. Danny, as noted in an earlier piece on DW, is famous for knocking out Glenn Danzig. That incident ended up being one of VH1's 100 most shocking moments in music history. You can actually see Rudy walking by at the end of the famous video of the incident.
Other notable bands Rudy had been in are N17, Mission 66 (featuring members of N17, Pelvic Meatloaf and Oil), Terror In The Isles (with members of Pelvic Meatloaf), Cause For Alarm (from NY, also with Danny Marianino), and his current band (with a new lineup) – Altered Silence. After 20 years of playing bass, Rudy says the top three things that define him as a player are big stage presence, huge tone, and being part of a true rhythm section. He describes his bass tone as thick, raunchy, and biting without losing the low end.
In the late 90s and early 2000s Rudy was F.O.H. Engineer at the legendary Mason Jar. He has a knack of getting bands to sound huge and full in his mix. These days when he is not on tour, Rudy can be found mixing bands at various clubs in the Phoenix area. He credits three people above all others with teaching him how to do live sound, and they are Nino, former F.O.H. for Sepultura and Sacred Reich, Goody of S.I.L. (Satanic Industries Ltd.), former F.O.H. for Sepultura, Biohazard, Hatebreed and Hellyeah, and finally Curly, former F.O.H. for Life Of Agony and Fu Manchu.
(R.I.P. Nino Notaro)
During the interview/bullshit session Jaffo and I conducted with Rudy at his place, among so many other aspects, he wanted it to be known that the pinnacles of his roadie career so far were teching for Sepultura in the 90s, and mixing Symphony X, Crowbar, and Kreator.
We also discussed some of Rudy's favorite Arizona-based bassists. His favorite new school players out there are Bobby Bryant of Wynterborne and Wrath Upon Eden, Stephen Poff (Dresden, Hypatia, Animus Complex), and Matt Bond, formally of Fracture Point, currently in soon-to-be-launched Fifth Density. The bass players that have that old-school style and performance (and remind him of himself), are El from Autumn's End, Seany Ringo of Play For Blood, and Beau Diveley of Howitzer. Rudy's favorites from the old days were James "Chief" Yepa (Core), and Julius Secody (Native Blood, Motive). For the record, Julius Secody is my favorite all time local bassist (sorry Rudy I still love you). Give it up for the bassists!
Rudy is kind of a celebutard here in Phoenix. …Wait did I say that right? Well, regardless – the "tard" part is what I was mainly concerned about anyway. It always surprises me the stories he tells about being on the road, who he's worked for, and who his friends are. This brings me to a little story I want to tell, kind of a highlight for me personally – and it was all due to Rudy being Rudy.
I've been a huge fan of Philip Anselmo for just about 20 years now, he is my all-time favorite singer. Pantera is also my all-time favorite band, and Down is right up there, along with Superjoint Ritual. Down was on tour in 2011, and were booked to play the Marquee Theater here in Phoenix, and I had mentioned to Rudy that I wanted to go, telling him how big of a Down fan I was. Well wouldn't you know it – Rudy was F.O.H. Engineer for Crowbar in 2005 and Kirk Windstein and Patrick Bruders of Crowbar are also in Down. Rudy told me he would hook me up for the show, and that he did. He pulled some strings and got me on the guest list with a trip backstage, where I stayed for the whole show.
I was walking around the back stage area killing time before Down went on, kind of keeping to myself and trying not to creep too much. I went out back, checked out the OUTSIDE of the bus, and spent some time on the side of the stage, checking out the direct support band. At some point I happened to look over my left shoulder, and saw Phil walking from the bus, and on into the dressing room. He stopped dead in his tracks and looked at me, so I did the only thing I could think of, and threw up the gayest set of metal horns you could imagine, while probably looking like the biggest retard on the planet (I know – pretty normal for me, eh?) Afterward, I thought to myself, "nice one dumb ass", and went back to watching whatever band was on stage. A couple minutes later, Phil came back out and walked by me. I said, "what's up Phil?" He walked up, shook my hand and gave me a hug, mumbling something, then headed back to the dressing room. Obviously, in that moment it was hard to contain the excitement that boiled inside me. So I jacked off and squirted all over the floor at stage right.
Okay, no I didn't.
Anyway, the opening band's set was over at that point, the house lights were off, and Down was standing right next to me, waiting to take the stage. Phil walked up to me again, got right in my face, and said, "We are about to get fuckin' crazy right now!".
Stupid me, I threw up the second gayest pair of metal horns ever, and yelled back, "FUCK YEAH WE ARE!!!"
Damn, I'm smooth.
At some point Madio Gonzales (Blessedbethyname, Lurid State, Souless) and Marcus Meng (host of 98 KUPD's Into The Pit) also ended up backstage. Big Val, former head of security for Pantera, was also there. I even talked to him for a couple of minutes. He's a really cool dude!
Down started into their set, and I immediately started to headbang. In between every song, Kirk would walk up to his amp and grab a towel to clean his guitar, and it seemed like every time he did, he would also lean over and ask us "how was that?" or "how did that sound?" Fuckin' awesome, is how it sounds!
About half way through the set, Phil's girlfriend/tour manager Kate walked up to me with a security guard and asked who I was there with. She was trying to figure out how I ended up backstage. I told her I was there there with Rude T., and she said, "oh, ok", and I went back to headbanging.
After the set, I was still in the same spot, and as the guys in Down walked by me, I hugged every one of them and told them how kick-ass a set it was. I even shook Phil Anselmo's bloody hand after he had bashed his forehead with a mic. They all thanked me went into their dressing room. I guess that kind of stuff happens to people all the time, but it was then, and remains today, my pinnacle experience as a metal fan. I will always remember that night. Thanks again Rudy! You are awesome, and I love ya brotha!!!
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(From Jaffo:) It's funny to me – Rude has been a close friend of mine and a real brother for the last three years or so, and I'm constantly surprised by how little I know about his extensive history, mainly because I've only been participating in this scene for the last six years or so. Every time we hang out, I hear more stories from the road, and learn a bit more about his pedigree, and a bit more about our thriving scene here in the Valley – and where it came from. He has an impressive background to say the least, yet the Rude T. I know is also a Papa Bear-type, hard-working motherfucker, and a fun-loving neanderthal of a human being with a sharp wit, and big heart, and an even bigger drunken bellow. I have attended gatherings with him more times than I can remember at this point, and just about every one of them ends with a hangover, and bruises that I don't recall getting – but I'm pretty sure they all came from him. I can't help it. I love giving the guy shit when we drink.
And he likes to punch.
Anyway, to add a little to what Weddle covered above, here's the short list of bands Rude has worked with, straight from his resume:
Bret Michaels Monitor Engineer, 2012 – present
Poison Audio assistant 2012 – present
AIR TRAFFIC Bass/Guitar Tech May 2008
DIVINE HERESY F.O.H. Engineer/T.M. 2008
SYMPHONY X F.O.H. Engineer 2003-2007
KREATOR F.O.H. Engineer 2002-2006 (Tour Manager 2003)
NAPALM DEATH F.O.H. Engineer 2006
SOULFLY F.O.H. Engineer 2005
THROWDOWN F.O.H. Engineer 2005
BLOODSIMPLE F.O.H. Engineer 2005
DRYKILL LOGIC F.O.H. Engineer 2005
CROWBAR F.O.H. Engineer 2005
DESTRUCTION F.O.H. Engineer 2002,2007 (T.M.)
DEVIN TOWNSEND F.O.H. Engineer 2003
INTO ETERNITY F.O.H. Engineer 2007
OVERKILL F.O.H. Engineer 2004
METAL CHURCH F.O.H. Engineer 2004
DEATH ANGEL F.O.H. Engineer 2004
FLOTSAM & JETSOM F.O.H. Engineer 2004
SACRED REICH F.O.H. Engineer 1999-2000
BILE F.O.H. Engineer 2000
RORSACH TEST F.O.H. Engineer 2005
N17 Bassist 1998-2000
FU MANCHU Bass/Guitar Tech 2001
SUPAGROUP F.O.H. Engineer 2001
GILBY CLARKE F.O.H. Guitar Tech/Engineer 1996-1998
SEPULTURA Bass/Guitar Tech 1998-1999
BIOHAZARD Bass/Guitar Tech 1998-1999
I'll bet he had been behind the scenes at several of the very shows I had attended back in the day. How about you?
Also notable is the fact that Rude T. was and is FOH engineer for Danny Marianino's North Side Kings from "2003 – til hell freezes over". In fact NSK even made a special little video for Rude that can be seen HERE.
Oh, and as promised when we announced this feature a while back, I will now relay an important private lesson from Rude T., for all those interested in learning technique from a master.
How To Shave Your Balls (as relayed to me from the big guy himself)
1. Do NOT use an electric shaver, clippers, or a straight razor – although if it has been a while since your last grooming, you may need clippers or a weed whacker to at least trim up a bit first.
2. Rude T. recommends the trusty, slightly used Bic razor for shaving the pubic and testicular regions of your male anatomy. No dollar-store shit or expensive new blades.
3. Only perform shaving your balls while dry – do not attempt it wet, or using shaving cream.
4. Grasp nut sack firmly with one hand, while making smooth but accurate strokes upward from the bottom, from the tween and up the sack until smooth, but not too smooth.
5. Repeat in all areas of the region, minding the ball sack and any wrinkles present.
6. Rude contends that your balls do not have to be Porno Smooth, just not a goddamned pubic jungle. If you shave too close and end up too baby-butt smooth, you might as well be gay.
And…there it is.
From his musicianship and his ear for sound and a good mix, to his invaluable lessons on life and hygiene, to his stories about snorting lines of salt while frolicking on tour, to his unprecedented ability to make Jagermeister disappear, Rude T. is an undeniable presence in this Arizona scene, international scene, and in person. He is an important figure in my life, and I proud to call him brother. Here's to you, Rude! Cheers, man.
(Edited, corrected, re-organized, and color added by Jaffo, as always. All photos, unless otherwise noted, shot by Jaffo and Seven Bear Photography, dammit.)

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Latinos Doing Their Thing presents…
Glenys is a world-class triple threat and has performed in hundreds of cities, in over 15 countries, spanning three continents. She comes from an island just off the coast of America, where you'll find the most diverse and open-minded people from all over the world, New York City.
Glenys has performed with some of NYC's greatest Jazz musicians including: Victor Jones, Alex Blake, Saul Rubin & Darìo Boente. In fact, the name of her band "Café Musica" was given to her by Jazz great, Victor Jones who has played drums with such names as Sarah Vaughn, Bebel Gilberto & Dizzy Gillespie.
Glenys began her career at the young age of 13. As a NYC performer, it was necessary to master a variety of talents. She continually performed as an actor, singer, dancer and model. Glenys first focused her career in Musical Theatre where her many talents were most useful. Although she wasn't around during the 60's, she found herself living them on stage in almost every 60's rock musical ever written, such as Hair, Jesus Christ Superstar, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Ain't Misbehavin', Beehive etc. While in NYC, she recorder with the girl group Mamba and released a CD through Radikal Records – BMG. While she toured the globe with musicals, however, she also hit the worldwide Jazz scene and performed everywhere she could. Her variety of performances include: Off-Broadway, International Tours, TV, Film, Commercials, Voice-Overs (Sesame Street & Crayons Animation Cartoons), Live Concerts, Modeling (Gaultier & Versace), Radio and several recording projects worldwide.
Glenys' love for Jazz began when she began to sit in with the Hudson Jazz Ensemble at Shadi & Co, one of NYC's underground Jazz lofts. This led her to performing at Gary Key's Place, a jazz connoisseur who held events featuring NYC's top jazz performers. Glenys then formed her own band to play the numerous gigs she was being offered. Glenys and Café Musica performed in such places as Zinc Bar , Bloom Ballroom & Lounge 31. She could also be seen every Sunday at the very popular Park Avenue Jazz Brunch, Sunday's at Nong.
Johnnie called her "The Fever Girl"!
Johnnie Walker began pairing their most exceptional Scotch, both Blue and Gold labels, with exceptional Jazz. Johnnie Walker held private Jazz dinners in such exclusive locations as Sotheby's & City Hall. Glenys would open with "Fever" and end with a private concert.
From The Big Apple to The Eternal City!
Glenys enjoyed NYC but the search for a higher quality of life led her to Rome…as all roads do. She immediately began performing throughout the city at Jazz Café, Doney, Galleria Sordi, Garden of Eden- Terrazzo Bar, Cavalieri Hilton etc.
She also performed at many exclusive events:
Michelangelo Antonioni's 92nd Birthday Celebration – Rome
Darina Pavlova's Birthday Event "Amore Tango" with special guest, Silvio Berlusconi, the Prime Minister of Italy – Rome
LOVE Night – Luminal – Milan
BMW – Mini Cooper Launch Event – Sala Cappa / Termini – Rome
BMW Events – Ondanomala – Fregene
Fashion TV – Suite – Ripa Hotel – Rome
Krug Champagne Christmas – La Maison – Rome
Krug Champagne Event – Bar Bar – Rome
La mia dolce vita…
Ms. Vargas was featured in the film on Michelangelo Antonioni's art, "Con Michelangelo", which played at Roma Art Doc Fest 2005 and at La Casa del Cinema during Rome's Film Festival 2006.
Since arriving in Rome, she has recorded for several projects:
Love Project – The theme song for Love Night which reached #1 in Milan, will appear on over 6 compilations in 2007.
Più Blu Alpha 2004 – a collection of Jazz standards and Bossa Novas with a chill-out twist!
Los Angeles Sound Experience – This CD, distributed worldwide, is a promotional gift for the launch of Pall Mall's LA marche.
Glenys is currently working on recording her first album of her own original jazz songs inspired by her "dolce vita" made in Italy. Her first songs, already performed throughout Rome, have received great acclaim from the audiences: Impromptu, Individuality, I Used to Hope for Blue Skies, A Picture of My World & Confused Again.
Glenys is also one of the founding members of Us Divas and GroovEssence, both of which are vocal groups comprising American singers and a modern repertoire of R&B, Contemporary Gospel and Soul. US Divas is a female trio and GroovEssence is band with six members. They perform throughout Italy at high-end events such as The 2008 U.S. Presidential Election Celebration of Rome and the Salaria Sport Village Gospel & Soul 2009 Christmas Concert.
Ms. Vargas also collaborates with DJs & various musicians to create new music which has brought her into different genres: House, R&B, Soul & Pop. A creative person finds numerous outlets. Glenys has recently started a blog, Glenys' Rome & Beyond, which boasts a readership of over 5,000 in under three months since its launch. Her goal is to publish a book based on her true accounts of her unique experiences in Rome.
Glenys attracts a young and diverse crowd along with the classic Jazz fans. Her jazz repertoire ranges from Swing to Bossa Novas in Portuguese and from Spanish Boleros to her unique original works all sung with her soulful voice and modern arrangements to bring the future of jazz to the present. Glenys currently lives in Rome, the eternal city, yet she considers herself a citizen of the world.
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Crave Sweets? Home Screen Your Risk for Pre-Diabetes.
I have many patients who come in to see me with no physical complaints and, once screened, are revealed to be either pre-diabetic or even diabetic.
Unfortunately, your annual blood test could easily miss a pre-diabetic condition.
This is a huge oversight in the medical system. That's why it's so important to screen yourself and your family for rising blood sugars on a regular basis—even if you eat healthy and exercise enough.
As I mentioned in the first part of our Pre-Diabetes Series, rising blood sugar—even within the "normal range"—has been shown to increase the risk of dying of a heart attack of stroke by 40%. (2)
Join me this week in the second installment of our Pre-Diabetes Series, as I walk you through the simple process of self-screening your blood sugar at home.
The Problem with Current Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes Test Ranges
While diabetes is climbing at an alarming rate, the blood sugar ranges that are used to screen for pre-diabetes are outdated, and many of those at risk are slipping through the cracks. Today, close to 90 million people have pre-diabetes and 90% of them do not know it, according to the CDC. (1)
The "normal" ranges for fasting blood sugar—that's your blood sugar first thing in the morning before breakfast—have been between 80-120mg/dL for many years. Once the blood sugar rises above 125mg/dL, you are diagnosed with diabetes. Over 110mg/dl, you are considered "pre-diabetic".
Although some experts have assigned fasting blood sugar over 100mg/dL as pre-diabetic, other labs and doctors don't screen for pre-diabetes until you are over 110mg/dL.
The problem is that the risk for most degenerative disease such as cardiovascular disease and death rises significantly with fasting blood sugar above 85mg/dL. (3)
One study looked at the fasting blood sugar levels of nearly 2,000 men, over a 22-year period. Men with fasting glucose levels over 85 mg/dL had a 40% increased risk of death from cardiovascular disease. (4)
The same study indicated that with fasting blood sugar between 85-90mg/dL, there is a 20% increased risk of dying of a stroke or heart attack; from 90-95mg/dL there is another 20% risk of dying of a stroke or heart attack.
Yet the medical establishment still calls fasting blood sugar under 99mg/dL "safe," and there are no safety nets or alarm bells of pre-diabetes until you reach 100 or 110mg/dL.
Cause for Concern – Some Blood Sugar Statistics
One team of researchers found that the risk of developing diabetes itself was increased more than seven-fold in people with fasting glucose levels of 105-109 mg/dL, compared to people with fasting glucose levels of less than 85 mg/dL. (6)
• An analysis of 1,800 maturing individuals revealed that coronary artery disease rates were the same in both diabetes and pre-diabetes. (7)
• A similar analysis of 33,230 men found that high glucose within the "normal" range was independently associated with a 38% increase in deaths from digestive tract cancers. (8)
• In another study of 46,000 non-diabetic middle aged men, over 80% of them had fasting blood sugars above 85mg/dL. (5)
The Truly Safe Range
It can take years for the fasting blood sugars to creep up from between 70-85mg/dl to 110 or above.
To stay out of the danger zone for risks of diabetes and associated degenerative disease, the truly safe range for blood sugar is between 70-85mg/dL.
Dangers of After Meal Blood Sugar Spikes
Studies also show that the dangers of blood sugar spiking after a meal may be as harmful as fasting blood sugars above 85mg/dL. Blood sugars that rise over 21 mg/dL above normal (140mg/dL), may increase the risk of heart attack by 58% and cardiac death by 26%. (9) Healthy blood sugar two hours after a meal should be lower than 140mg/dL.
A Gaping Hole in Medicine
I have been shocked by the number of patients who come in to see me, who consider themselves healthy eaters and turn out to be pre-diabetic.
This is a huge oversight in how we screen the public for the risk of diabetes and associated degenerative disease. Basically, our current system waits until you are on the brink of type II (previously called "adult onset"—no longer the case now that younger and younger age groups are affected) diabetes before anything is done.
My goal is to teach you a simple home screening strategy, so that if you notice that fasting blood sugar starts to creep up, you can take action with the necessary dietary changes to bring it back into the truly "safe range" between 70-85mg/dl, and possibly prevent diabetes and heart disease.
Home Screening – Your Best Defense
Nowadays a blood sugar monitoring calculator can be purchased from $20-50, including test strips. We sell them at Lifespa.com, but you can also get them at most pharmacies.
The simplest test is called a Fasting Glucose Test. This is a blood sugar sample taken when you first wake up in the morning. The result is a great screening number because the blood sugar tends to be higher in the morning, and this is one of the first indicators of rising blood sugar and pre-diabetes.
Use the following glucose ranges as a reference for your test results.
Glucose Ranges:
• Conventionally considered Normal Fasting Glucose range: 65-99mg/dL
• Best fasting Glucose range: 80-85mg/dL
• Best two hour after meal glucose: below 140mg/dL • Increased Risk: 90-100mg/dL.
• Early Pre-diabetic Fasting Glucose range 100-110mg/dL
• Pre-Diabetic Fasting Glucose range: 110-125mg/dL (1 out of 3 Americans falls into this range).
• Diabetic fasting Glucose range: above 126mg/dL
Taking Action
While Pre-Diabetes is reversible in many cases with extreme lifestyle, dietary changes and supplementation, it makes sense to be aware of this monster way before it arrives. By testing the fasting blood sugar regularly, you can detect any blood sugar issues early and make simple dietary adjustments to optimize your blood sugar.
Once you've made dietary adjustments, regularly testing your first morning glucose is a great way to evaluate the efficacy of those changes. Avoid the simple sugars, any sweeteners, fruits, and short chain carbohydrates like potatoes, corn, and white rice for a few days, weeks or months to bring those numbers back into the low eighties.
Soon, by eating more whole, non-processed foods and avoiding the hidden sugars (see more about hidden sugars in last week's article, "Could You be Pre-Diabetic?") you will happily watch your fasting blood sugar stabilize into the safe ranges.
1. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2011/p0126_diabetes.html. Accessed November 3, 2011.
2,6,7,8 Becker, Daniel. Suppress deadly after meal blood sugar spikes. Feb. 2012
3,4 Bjornholt JV, Erikssen G, Aaser E, et al. Fasting blood glucose: an underestimated risk factor for cardiovascular death. Results from a 22-year follow-up of healthy nondiabetic men. Diabetes Care. 1999 Jan;22(1):45-9.
5. Nichols GA, Hillier TA, Brown JB. Normal fasting plasma glucose and risk of type 2 diabetes diagnosis. Am J Med. 2008 Jun;121(6):519-24.
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LIVINGSTON — City council members unanimously approved changes to the Drought Contingency Plan Tuesday and anticipate they will have to ask water customers to voluntarily curb outdoor watering as contractors for the Trinity River Authority connect new larger transmission lines to the city system. City Manager Marilyn Sutton presented proposed revisions to the plan to make it more "user friendly" than the existing policy put in place in 2000. Sutton said that plan has only been implemented once, in 2009, and then only at the voluntarily, Stage 1, level. Sutton said specifics of the plan will be posted on the city's website, inserted into utility bills and published in the Polk County Enterprise. The plan will be put in effect when usage surpasses 1.8 million gallons a day for several days running. TRA can consistently deliver 2.262 million gallons into the city and meet the needs of the Polunsky prison unit and the IAH Secure Adult Detention Facility, according to Sutton. Average winter use is 1.1 million gallons a day, but during the summer usage can increase more then 600,000 gallons a day. City customers used 1.4 million gallons on Monday. On May 17, city officials will meet with contractors to schedule specific times they will tie in the transmission lines at four key connection points. At that time, Sutton said the city will likely ask users to limit outdoor watering to periods of lower demand, between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. Customers will be asked to alternate days based on their address for outdoor uses such as landscape watering, washing cars and other nonessential purposes. The storage tanks and water lines in the system hold enough water to meet normal demand for a 24-hour period. Compliance with the plan will ensure residential needs, as well as water for hospitals, nursing homes and other health care providers is not affected. The 19,000 feet of pipe being installed holds 300,000 gallons of water and that will also have to be pressure tested, cholorinated and flushed, Sutton said. "That means we will have to flush those lines with about a million gallons of treated water that won't be coming to us," Sutton said. Once that construction project is complete, TRA will have the capacity to deliver three million gallons of water into the city. "We have asked TRA to do the preliminary engineering to go to five million gallons at the plants. They are about two months away from finishing the design for that upgrade," Sutton said. When details of the scheduled construction interruption are finalized, updates will be posted on the Polk County Enterprise's Facebook page.
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UConn men: As Napier goes, so do the Huskies
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Players know their numbers and Napier knew exactly how little he produced in the first half against the Seawolves: Four points on two shots, both uncontested layups in transition.
Napier is the leading scorer at over 20 points per game and the Huskies found themselves down five. That wasn't a coincidence.
When the Huskies came into the half the coaches went over to Napier and asked him what the other 8,474 fans in Gampel Pavilion wanted to know – what's going on?
"I knew, I knew (chuckles)," Napier said of his two first half shots on Sunday. "It wasn't even two shots it was two lay-ups. I don't know what the first half means. The coaches are asking me the same question. Today, our plays weren't based for me."
Maybe that's the answer, or perhaps the Huskies need Napier to get more aggressive. In any event, the Huskies can't have Napier only take two shots in a half.
The junior guard more than made up for it in the second half on Sunday.
Napier scored 15 of his game-high 19 points in the second half as the Huskies turned a five-point halftime deficit into as much as a 14-point lead to down Stony Brook 73-62 in Storrs.
The first half was the bad Napier. That's when the guard is not aggressive on offense and doesn't look to score. Predictably, the scoring-challenged Huskies also struggled, which UConn (5-1) did as it opened up 1 for 12 shooting and shot 32.3 percent from the floor and trailed 31-26.
Napier got going in the second half. He was 3 of 5 shooting from 3-point range and was 6 of 7 from the foul line. Predictably, the Huskies' offense started to hum as it shot a torrid 63.6 percent in the second half including 8 of 11 from 3-point range.
"I'd rather him late than never," UConn head coach Kevin Ollie said. "I appreciate his effort, appreciate him staying in the game and hitting some big shots for us and propelling us to a win.
UConn's hit its last eight 3-point attempts in the final 10 minutes as it blew the Seawolves off the floor.
It came out of nowhere from a team that has struggled shooting this season.
"They got on a run and they made threes," Stony Brook coach Steve Pikiell said. "That's not what they've been doing."
The catalyst was Napier,. His first 3-pointer came at the 10:44 mark of the half as it put the Huskies ahead for good at 42-39. UConn would hit its next seven 3-pointers including a 4-point play from Napier at the 4:17 mark for a 61-47 lead.
"As soon as I made it, I felt like it was our ball game," Napier said. "I always think it's our ball game, but everyone else was excited and enthusiastic."
Napier was joined in the barrage by a career-high 15 points and eight rebounds from Niels Giffey and 13 points from Omar Calhoun.
Those are numbers the Huskies need this season. It's Napier scoring that is going to keep UConn competitive.
Napier has the habit of being invisible in one half before exploding in the next. His ability to score in bunches is what makes the 5-11 guard so valuable. His ability to disappear and become passive is what frustrates the coaching staff.
"Your guess is as good as mine," Ollie said of the inconsistency. "I'm glad he picked it up in the second half once again and gave us a spark. But, we would like to see it for 40 minutes."
For right now the Huskies have to settle for flurries from Napier and considering he is averaging 20.9 points a game through six games –five wins – that will do for right now.
"I think it's the flow of the game," Napier said. "If I am able to get a shot, the I will take the shot. The first half I wasn't getting the ball that much in a sense. We weren't playing our game in the first half. That's why Coach Ollie was ripping into us at the half. He didn't like the way we played."
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One of the most disturbing elements in the new policy is its call for revising or reinterpreting language in the Clean Air Act that requires federal review of power plant modifications that affect emissions. Tampering with this part of the law could yield increases in harmful emissions from plants already producing effluents harmful to national parks and to human health, particularly in the Midwest and Southeast.
The plan cites "a renewed interest in building coal power plants" and suggests that "statutory, regulatory, and administrative difficulties" posed by government regulations for the control of such pollutants as nitrogen oxide, sulfur dioxide, mercury, and carbon dioxide may be slowing plant construction. The report urges the president to direct the Secretary of the Interior to find means for altering regulatory controls on federal oil and gas leases and to direct federal agencies "to provide greater regulatory certainty relating to coal electricity generation through clear polices that are easily applied to business decisions."
Before NPCA can endorse altering these regulations, we will have to be assured that the Bush Administration is not planning to use accelerated plant construction as an excuse to undermine necessary government controls on pollutants that already are damaging national parks from Great Smoky Mountains in the East to Big Bend in Texas. NPCA is concerned that such alterations will hamstring needed protections for national parks and other protected public lands.
Similarly, we cannot rest easily until we know that the goal of making "the licensing process more clear and efficient" for hydropower is not industry code for gutting proper controls that may be needed for protecting national parks. We are particularly concerned that the policy's call for exploring "opportunities for royalty reductions" to the federal government for offshore oil and gas development is just a giveaway of precious public resources.
The policy report urges the president to direct the secretaries of Interior and Energy to "re-evaluate access limitations to federal lands in order to increase renewable energy production. . ." Coupled with the stated goal of opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil development, this process sounds like the beginning of a wholesale plan to exploit public lands, a plan that ultimately could include drilling into national parks and monuments. We need clarification on this point. We will not stand idly by while America's parks become oil fields.
We are disturbed by presidential directives now being processed that will require federal agencies to consider the effects of their actions on energy policy and development. This sounds to us alarmingly like a move to replace environmental impact statements that guard public lands and health from the excesses of development with energy impact statements designed to push development at any cost.
The energy policy continues President Bush's process of ignoring his campaign promises to address climate change-a serious risk to the health of our planet. The plan fails to address the necessary reduction of carbon dioxide emissions that cause global warming. Scientists estimate that in less than 30 years, glaciers may disappear from Glacier National Park because of global warming. In addition, the South Florida/Everglades ecosystem, which the nation and the state of Florida have pledged to restore, is extremely vulnerable to global warming and resulting sea-level rise.
The Bush Administration's energy policy is woefully short on conservation measures, even though energy conservation in the United States has been one of the key means for reducing the impact of energy shortages in the past. The Administration appears to be geared toward energy production without environmental safeguards and energy consumption without meaningful conservation.
This energy policy was developed behind closed doors. The Bush Administration has refused to publish a list of those with whom Vice President Dick Cheney consulted in developing his plan. Press reports suggest that representatives of the extractive energy industries dominated the meetings. Closed doors and selective participation do not characterize a fair and inclusive way for developing a national energy policy and suggests a product designed for the benefit of an elite few over the interests of our national parks.
A smart energy policy would ensure at least the most basic protections for national parks and other wild lands for the enjoyment of the millions of people who will visit the parks this summer and for future generations. Our national parks need not be a sacrificial lamb to misguided energy policy.
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Anushka Sharma is so proud to be part of late Yash Chopra's last movie 'Jab Tak Hai Jaan,' that she doesn't care much for the box office result.
The actress has admitted that she signed the movie, also starring Shah Rukh Khan and Katrina Kaif, because it was Chopra's.
"I didn't need anything else to attract me to the role," Sharma said in an interview with Gulf News.
"The fact that Yash Chopraji wanted me in his film and that I am going to be a 'Yash Raj Heroine' was an attraction enough," she stated.
"For any actor, it's a huge dream because he's a brand in himself. And to get that chance so early in my career and for that dream to naturalise so early is superb," she added.
Chopra, known as one of Bollywood's most influential filmmakers for making lavish love stories, died at the age of 80 after contracting dengue fever last month.
Jab Tak Hai Jaan, to be released tomorrow is a love triangle, a premise that the late legendary director Chopra had perfected.
And Sharma will not be affected much even if the movie fails to do well at the box-office because in her eyes being directed by the legendary filmmaker Chopra and acting alongside King Khan is what all means to her.
"This film has gained a special place in my heart. Whether it will do well or not it's too special for me to be concerned about all of that," she said.
She will cherish the memory of working under the late Chopra forever.
"The time I spent with Yashji is the best memory I would take back from this film. Three words that describe him aptly would be warmth, humble and child-like," she added.


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Would a simple change to search engine UIs produce a better experience for everyone?
Are you ready for Bing-hoo!?!
Bing came out of the gates hard in 2010!
A new study on search engine loyalty from the RKG skunk-works
Cashback is an attractive system: Bing pays users to shop at your website. But there are some things advertisers need to watch out for and some precautions they should take.
Bing Cashback pays users to make purchases using Bing. Here's how it works.
Is Bing gaining share?
Microsoft is willing to buy share and Google may give them the opportunity.
The deal is done. What does it mean for paid search?
It's hard to buy loyalty.
A look at how Bing Shopping (formerly MSN Shopping) integrates with paid search advertising.
A more careful study yields a different perspective.
We took a look at "Market Share" of the big three engines over time and saw some interesting trends.
MSN adCenter's normalization and ad serving logic can cause some undesired effects.
We do not observe broad weakness in online sales.
I've been using Google's new browser for a day and a half now. I like it.
The ad spend share situation by engine is essentially unchanged since last month.
Our thanks to the MSN engineers for the many calls and emails clarifying the V5.1 API docs. These are places we hit snags.
Looking at our agency's client base in aggregate, last month Google received 79% of our clients' ad dollars. Yahoo received 17%. Microsoft received 5%.
May 2008 search engine share results aggregated across RKG clients: steady, no big change. Google at 81%.
Microsoft to pay HP to make Live the default search engine in IE on new HP machines. Meanwhile, Ffox adoption continues to grow.
More thoughts on Microsoft Jellyfish CashBack.
Microsoft will offer cash back to users who make purchases after using Live search. IMHO, you can't buy user loyalty.
For the first time, Google nudges Yahoo out of the top spot as most popular US site.
Looking at Q1 numbers for our client base, Google continues to gain paid search market share.


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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- The Minnesota Vikings' cornerback group suddenly doesn't look so deep anymore.
Chris Cook missed a second consecutive practice on Tuesday, and the Star Tribune reported the rookie is expected to miss at least two weeks after undergoing a procedure to fix a torn meniscus in the right knee he injured in Saturday's exhibition win against Seattle.
It's a blow for the Vikings and Cook, who seemingly had become the favorite to start at right cornerback in the Sept. 9 opener at New Orleans. The second-round draft pick started on Saturday, made two impressive tackles in space and didn't allow a completion.
Now, it appears veteran Lito Sheppard will get the nod in the spot usually occupied by Cedric Griffin, who continues to recover from knee reconstruction. Asher Allen also has competed on the right side since the start of training camp but is a better fit for the nickel role.
The Vikings traded away veteran nickelback Benny Sapp last week, leaving only five cornerbacks who are expected to make the 53-man roster.
At least two -- Cook and Griffin -- apparently won't be available for the opener, meaning the Vikings at least have to consider all their options: another trade, keeping one of two undrafted rookies (Marcus Sherels or DeAndre Wright) or scanning the waiver wire on Saturday.
Safety Eric Frampton also is an emergency slot corner. But the Vikings surely don't want to count on a player who hasn't taken many reps at the position being their dime back against the high-octane Saints offense.


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The confusing factor about the disease is the nature of the symptoms of mononucleosis that very much resemble those of a common flu. During the first few days the symptoms of mononucleosis will include persistent fatigue, severe headache, dizziness, loss of appetite, fever and muscle pains. In the beginning most people would be sure they are dealing with a flu. However, if those conditions persist for more than ten days, one is likely to be facing the symptoms of mononucleosis.In some cases of mononucleosis after two or three days in addition to flu-like symptoms a patient may experience more severe conditions such as swollen lymph nodes, a sudden appearance of jaundice (a person???s skin and eyes turn yellowish). Sometimes one of the symptoms of mononucleosis is the appearance of little red spots that resemble bruises and appear in the mouth area. Abdominal pain is also not uncommon for mononucleosis patients. Occasionally a measles-like rash can appear on a person???s face or body one of the symptoms of mononucleosis. Some rear symptoms of mononucleosis may include cough, stiff neck, nosebleed, shortness of breath and rapid heartbeat.
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First, the predictably bad: President Obama did not mention clean energy (or any kind of energy) in his speech to Congress last night. Unlike nearly every one of his speeches on the economy since he took office, he did not mention green jobs or anything similar. Perhaps this was a tactical retreat, to forestall criticism tied to the Solyndra debacle this week. The FBI's raid Thursday of Solyndra, the bankrupt Fremont, Calif., solar producer, which had received federal loan guarantees of $535 million, has made clean energy a radioactive subject for the time being, at least in some Democratic political circles.
True, the plan Obama announced included a provision to modernize 35,000 public schools, which could be used as an opportunity for increased energy efficiency in leaky old buildings. But that choice is a highly individual one, to be made by the nation's more than 15,000 school districts.
The good news of the day (and the week) was Google's first-ever announcement of its energy consumption statistics. The data, released today, showed that the company consumed about 2.26 billion kilowatt hours of electricity in 2010, equivalent to the energy used in 200,000 homes. One-quarter of this electricity came from renewable energy sources. The company also said its CO2 emissions were 1.46 million metric tons, largely offset by carbon offsets purchased by the company.
For anything related to data center energy efficiency, I listen to Jonathan Koomey, a professor at Stanford University and consultant on energy efficiency. Here's an excerpt of his take on Google's announcement:
This is a big deal because it will give much of the rest of the industry efficiency targets to which they can aspire. Most of the other cloud computing companies have figured out clever tricks to improve their efficiency, but it's the "in-house" data centers (the ones owned and operated by companies whose primary business is not computing) who have the most to learn from these announcements (and from the announcement of the Open Compute Project by Facebook awhile back).
Google's announcement is also important because it puts real data on how much electricity is actually used for a search or the download of a Youtube video. Some of you may recall the little dustup about whether a Google search uses as much as boiling a pot of tea (it doesn't, as Evan Mills and I documented here). But the biggest story is not about direct electricity use, it's about the efficiency improvements in other energy uses enabled by the electricity used by data centers and other information technology equipment. As I describe in my recent report, the world's data centers use roughly 1.3% of global electricity use, but they help us use the other 98.7% of that electricity as well as most of the rest of the other energy use a whole lot more efficiently.
Google's announcements also confirm the points I made in my post on why cloud computing is more efficient, and the large savings from cloud computing estimated by WSP Environment and Energy when analyzing salesforce.com's operations. Cloud computing will continue to pressure "in-house" data center operations because costs in the cloud are so much lower, a result driven significantly by much greater energy efficiency and equipment utilization.


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HOUSTON (KGUN9-TV) - New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski is out for the rest of the postseason due to an injury in the AFC Divisional playoff game against the Houston Texans.
The former Arizona Wildcat re-broke his arm in the first quarter while attempting to make a catch. Gronkowski's arm was initially broken back on Nov. 18.
Gronkowski missed five weeks of action, but then returned for the Patriots final regular season game and saw limited playing time.
The Patriots defeated the Texans, 41-28 and will take on the Baltimore Ravens for the AFC Championship.
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I like to think that I live through trial and error not by failure and success, the difference being that failure is too harsh to justify the wrong decisions we make in life: we are not perfect, only human and we can not possibly choose the right path every time.
As a woman, a mother and a wife feeling satisfied in everything we do is even less possible. They say "a woman's work is never done" and I'd have to agree fully with this, therefore I ask: should we measure our successes against our failures and move on or should we strive to achieve as much as possible even if it means putting ourselves in the frontline of everything that is thrown at us?
As a result of the latter there is always that guilt factor which creeps into my mind, embodying my soul and eating away at my confidence and spirit.
For me, guilt comes in the form of those I love: my husband and children, parents and grandparents, the latter I perhaps didn't see enough of before they passed away and now feel as though I should make more effort with my parents who remind me all too often that they too won't be around forever.
Yet still I am faced with whether or not I am doing enough to satisfy all parties and fulfilling my roles as mother, wife and daughter. Will I ever be content with how much I am giving and where exactly I fit into this complicated equation?
Admittedly I've never been good at solving problems, however for what it's worth I've come to the conclusion that perhaps we, as women, mothers and wives aim way too high most of the time leaving us disheartened when things don't go according to social norms and expectations. Time and again we find ourselves asking: How much is enough? Or how far should we go to sacrifice ourselves for the good of others?
My own experience has led me to such a dilemma: I recently made the difficult decision to quit my teaching job. The truth is I've been finding this whole working and being a mum thing incredibly stressful and potentially damaging to my marital life, for instance when my husband would come home from work he'd play with the kids, have dinner alone and I'd start planning lessons for the next day, continuing through the best part of the night after the children had gone to sleep.
I've read countless articles and comments from women who are currently balancing work and family life. Many appear content doing what they do, working to make enough money to enjoy a decent life. Others claim to get some much needed head space (which I can fully relate with), some want to get ahead in their careers and others just want to pay the bills.
I sometimes wonder if any of these women ever feel guilt like I do – guilt about deciding to return to work after having kids and consequently not spending enough time with their children or their other half. On the other hand how do stay at home mums feel about withdrawing from a society where opportunity and equality is being recognised and fought for?
Many women would argue their point of view till they've convinced others that their decision is the right one, however are they really trying to convince themselves of their situation as a sort of blanket over the pain they feel inside?
More than likely they are just like me, in search of the right path to take but, will we ever find it?
What I discovered in attempting to resolve this question of right or wrong is the importance of time which is constantly working against us, like a large clock mercilessly pushing us forward against our will and constantly reminding us that "there's no going back".
For this reason I've decided to challenge myself in the fight to buy some time, to focus on my family and give to them as much of myself as possible in order to cherish the memories while the children are still so young.
Both my husband and I agree that the present is not the right time to be taking on more stress through reaching for goals that will most likely interfere with home and family life. There will come a time in the not so distant future when the children will be at school and I will again decide whether to go back to work or not, the former being more likely to occur.
I'm sure most of us are aware that the time we have with our children is precious, it waits for no one and will one day be lost forever leaving behind only traces of our younger days.
For this reason I'm reverting back to my previous role as cook, cleaner, caretaker, organiser and whatever else (of which there are many) that encompasses being a typical housewife living in modern day society. Of course there are always other goals that can be slotted in AFTER my family such as blogging (my creative outlet) and getting back into my fitness where I've recently signed up for three times weekly personal training sessions starting at 6am!
Since making the changes I am pleased to report that our home is a lot more organised, there is food in the fridge and my family can expect to find a home cooked meal at the end of the day. My stress levels are also lower much to my husband's delight and I am enjoying playing a vital part in my children's lives as well as my husband's.
As the last trickle of heart felt thought pours in, I'd like to thank my parents for allowing and supporting me to assess my priorities and for giving me the strength to do what I most feel comfortable with. Last but not least and as a special tribute for Valentine's day I'd like to thank my husband who's stood by me throughout our emotional journey and has once again brought me to my senses even though I'll undoubtedly need rescuing again at some point!


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Apple reports record earnings, shares slide 8%
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13.1b profit and the shareholders aint happy, they do realise that half the world was either in recession or just ciming out of it last year dont they, jeez what i would give just to have 1% of that profit
historically Apples success has been very fragile..... years of Boom (mostly with Jobs at the helm) followed by years of Bust (mostly without Jobs at the helm).
Lots of factors are causing concerns at the mo I would think:
1) No Steve Jobs
2) The rise of Android
3) The rise of Samsung
4) The lack of excitement around the iPhone5
5) The lack of excitement around the iPad Mini
6) Various political issues in the US around stock markets in general
As various people have stated Apple tend to release a 'wow' product every few years and are probably 'due' one fairly soon. If they manage to create a new 'wow' market then shares will rocket again. If they dont then the share will settle somewhere, probably lower than they currently are.
Im not sure where the 'wow' product will come from though ...
Apple TV ? is there really much more they can do than Smart TVs and Tivos ?
iWatch ? another rumour but there are already plenty on the market
Bigger iPhone (Math ??) ? I really dont believe this one but if its true it will be less than inspiring.
All of the above look much more like catch-up than innovation but what Apple have previously been great at is finding a 'new' area .... lets see what the next 12 months brings .....
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Exchange Competition, Fragmentation and the Destruction of Liquidity in Markets that Operate Centralised Electronic Limit Order Books
In the early 1980s and 1990s US regulators commenced promoting competition that fragmented trading on US exchanges in an effort to put competitive pressure on participants on those exchanges: specifically specialists and dealers. The main rationale of US regulators was that these exchange participants enjoyed various forms of market power and they used this market power to extract economic rents from investors by quoting excessively wide bid-ask spreads. The regulators reasoned that any upward pressure on bid-ask spreads resulting from fragmentation would be more than offset from the downward pressure on bid ask spreads through competition foisted on specialists and dealers, thereby reducing bid ask spreads and the cost of trading. The measures advocated by the regulators included the promotion of competition between exchanges and regional exchanges as well as upstairs or off-market trading. More recently, the opportunity to trade upstairs and technological innovation has spawned dark pools, which continue to fragment US markets. The initial effects of the competition and fragmentation in US markets on bid-ask spreads (decades ago) has been documented in numerous academic studies. These studies have confirmed that competing exchanges and upstairs trading historically reduced on-exchange bid-ask spreads and therefore reduced transaction costs thereby enhancing liquidity.
The business of financial intermediation – bringing capital to new endeavours, securing a well-regulated set of investment choices for savers, and enabling risks to be laid off or assumed – has been one of the world's great growth industries. Regulated securities and futures' exchanges have stood at the apex of the burgeoning business of financial intermediation. Were we not so used to it, we would be startled that a single type of business could be so prominent that its street address would serve as short-hand for the entire economy, and an index of its prices a key barometer of economic outlook. Wall Street, Threadneedle Street, Hang Sen, Sensex, CAC40: these and other such names have become accepted barometers for economic wellbeing or otherwise.
A recent article in Traders Magazine states that the amount of "internalization" in US markets has increased from 20% to 30% in the past year. As pointed out in the Traders Magazine article, the definition of internalization has expanded to include dark pool and upstairs trades and is also known as off-exchange reporting. In addition, a recent Wall Street Journal article reports that markets are becoming increasingly fragmented, with NYSE market share declining to 37% from 70% two years earlier. The question then is, given the increased fragmentation in US markets, what impact has the increase in off-exchange reporting had on market quality - if any? This study seeks to provide answers to that question.
PARIS (Reuters) - The 20-minute "flash crash" will reverberate for quite some time to come. For years, America's stock markets were the envy of the world, the model for modern trading -- fast, stable, efficient and for the most part transparent.
But after the Dow Jones industrial average plunged nearly 700 points on May 6 before sharply rebounding, that perception changed, possibly for good.
An exchange used to be a place – yes, a physical place -- where people would come together to buy or sell, hoping to achieve the best price for themselves. The more the exchange was able to attract all of the buy and sell interests in a product, the more the prices on the exchange would reflect the truestate of supply and demand.
Traditionally exchanges have been monopolies. They were owned by their members, blessed by governments, and acted like utilities. The cost of building a market center, developing a network, and gaining critical mass virtually ensured an exchange's success. The more liquidity an exchange attracted, the more critical it was to trade there. This created a virtuous cycle where the big got bigger and the small became irrelevant. For decades this allowed larger exchanges to operate virtually unopposed, as they may as well have carved the adage "Where Liquidity Begets Liquidity" on their marble cornerstone.
Through the economic crisis, while credit markets failed, banks ceased lending and many financial institutions went hat in hand to governments for survival, organized, transparent stock and derivatives exchanges performed well. While the news wasn't always good, buyers and sellers met in the market, trades were cleared and settled, and price discovery was orderly. May 6 changed that perception, and issuers and the public have lost some confidence in our markets.
Since May 6, 2010, CME Group has engaged in a detailed analysis regarding trading activity in its markets on that day. Our review indicates that our markets functioned properly. We have identified no trading activity that appeared to be erroneous or that caused the break in the cash equity markets during this period.
While many were relieved by the short duration of the flash crash on May 6 and the fact that it didn't go nearly as far as the crashes of 1987 or 1929, in important respects, it was far worse than either of those. True, the Dow only dropped five and a half percent. But that drop took just five minutes, a speed of decline that exceeds anything in U.S. stock market history. Moreover, the decline in the averages sugarcoats the real carnage, which includes some stocks that went to zero for a few brief moments.
Around the world, financial markets are giving investors a bumpy ride. The sudden swoon of US stocks on May 6 - now referred to as the "flash crash" - was followed, 10 days later, by huge drops in Shanghai and Hong Kong. With continued nervousness about Europe's fiscal situation, civil unrest in Thailand, fears of conflict in Korea, and the unprecedented oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, global markets have been hit with a string of bad news recently.
In March 2010, the WFE was invited to take part in a conference organized by the Australian market regulator, ASIC. The topic was the transparency: how had or transparent or 'lit' markets performed compared to the counter markets or 'dark' trading venues.
Dark Pools and Fragmented Markets: As far as I can recall, I have never come up with any title as foreboding as this one. The term "dark pools" conjures up some nasty images, like black holes and Darth Vader. Fragmented markets sounds terrible, like Humpty Dumpty after he took his big fall. Dark and fragmented, what kind of shape are our markets in? Let's consider the dark pools first.
Volatility and risk are of central importance to those of us involved in finance. They lie at the center of virtually all of our work. Without volatility, without risk, finance would not exist as a subject in our business school curriculum, in our academic research. Finance, quite simply, would not be distinguishable from deterministic economics. Neither would finance departments in banks and industrial firms be endowed with anywhere near the importance that they currently have.
WFE Annual Meeting, Paris 2010 - Panel 1 Exchange Strategy
Short preview of the WFE 50th Anniversary
WFE Comment on "Regulatory Issues Raised by the Impact of Technological Changes on Market Integrity and Efficiency
Executive Summary : The WFE especially welcomes this IOSCO public consultation given the importance of innovation for markets, and the need for its greater understanding. Exchanges believe that they can provide useful insight thanks to their front line role in monitoring, detecting and preventing market abuse, as well as in developing technology. The WFE appreciates the difficulty to deal properly with microstructure phenomena in isolation without considering the overall market structure. The absence of a level playing field in regulation among trade execution venues is one example. This level of fragmentation impairs the ability for listed companies to understand the market in their shares. It weakens the trust in capital markets; it diminishes the capacity of exchanges in raising capital to promote economic growth.


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The Lesson of Dry FurCross the balance poles and ring the training bell.
|Ring the Training Bell
DescriptionThrough meditation, I intend to find a route to locating Shu. In the meantime, you would benefit from practice and discipline.
Your first task is the task of all trainees entering the pools: cross the balance poles to the west and ring the bell without falling into the pool.
Should you fall, the pool's curse will make it difficult to get on a pole again, so you will need to return to the edge of the pool to start over.
Oh, and beware the cranes.
Good. You're a quick study.
You will be able to choose one of these rewards:
|Unmarred Cord
|Unmarred Waistband
|Unmarred Belt
GainsUpon completion of this quest you will gain:
- 450 experience
- 250 reputation with Shang Xi's Academy


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Gwiwer wrote:You might have to define profitable for me. I can't really tell if you mean it in the sense of "something that works and is beneficial", "something that makes money", or both of those things.
Gwiwer wrote:
It just leaves me wondering if it's considered acceptable to pray to, for instance, Tara with a specific aim in mind.
Andrew108 wrote:Yep something that makes money. There are a few dharma organizations in Asia that charge for pujas that are supposed to bring worldly benefit.
Actually even praying to Tara for protection is going against the spirit of the dharma.
Yudron wrote:Of course this is acceptable! Faith and devotion open the heart, how could that be bad? Tara embodies the capacity to help immediately -- strong and swift. She loves everybody! I daresay most lamas pray to Tara. I believe two of my lamas recite a 21 Taras prayer everyday.
These archetypes with arms and legs help us focus our intention.
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October 7, 2015
It's Party Time at the Republican Convention
Posted on Aug 28, 2012
The 200-plus parties being held around the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., this week provide opportunities for rookies as well as veterans of Congress to rub shoulders with lobbyists for the corporations that make or break their political careers, says Keenan Steiner, a staff writer for the Sunlight Foundation.
"... This is where the seeds are planted for laws to be written in Washington and in state capitals all over the country," Steiner tells Amy Goodman of "Democracy Now!"
The representatives "wouldn't be here, able to have a good time the whole time, without these corporations. It's a sort of starting process to become dependent on these corporations. And in Washington, lawmakers require the about 100 lobbyists, over 20 lobbying firms that AT&T hires—they require the work of these folks to get their work done. They're a sort of legislative subsidy. And they also require these corporations to get re-elected. They want to stay in office, and you better be friends with the Chamber of Commerce, with the NRA, with the big nonprofit groups, the shadowy nonprofit groups ... you really better be friends with them, because, if not, they could drop a lot of money in your district, and they could make you lose an election."
—Posted by Alexander Reed Kelly.
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