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It was 1997 when Newtown Bee reporter and web designer Andrea Zimmermann and then-managing editor, now editor, Curtiss Clark decided to mentor a new generation of reporters. None of the "interns" were yet enrolled in journalism school. As a matter of fact, some of the new writers were not yet enrolled in first grade.
"Kids! Write Book Reviews For The Newtown Bee!" announced the initiative on the Just For Kids page. "Book reviews written by you and your friends will appear every week in the newspaper and on The Newtown Bee Internet pages," the young Hemingways were told.
"Cool Correspondents are also needed to write for The Bee. You can write stories about your hobbies, pets, or family," suggested the advertisement. A love of writing, sharing stories, and seeing your name in print would have been enough enticement for some youngsters to join the Cool Correspondents. But to make things a little sweeter, The Bee issued a "press pass" to each Cool Correspondent — and the first 20 kids to write reviews received a free ticket to the Edmond Town Hall Theatre.
It was a good enough deal for more than three dozen boys and girls from Newtown (and even one little girl from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) who wanted to be Cool Correspondents. Some of the young reporters wrote several articles over the course of the approximately one year that the program was in place at The Bee, others submitted one or two articles before other interests drew them away.
They enthusiastically reviewed books (and television shows and movies) that they selected themselves, or chose from books provided by The Newtown Bee. They interviewed restaurant owners, baseball heroes, and wrote about their favorite places, people, and things. Submissions were penciled on lined school paper, neatly typed, crafted in careful script, and painstakingly penned in ink. One or two of the submissions even came by early e-mail.
"The idea was to engage kids in our community," said Ms Zimmermann, who left The Newtown Bee later in 1997 for other employment. She recently came upon a box of the Cool Correspondent submissions and materials mixed into other Bee memorabilia, and shared the trove with The Newtown Bee. What became of those eager young writers, she wondered.
"Curtiss did a lot of the behind-the-scenes work, such as creating special press passes and setting up the web pages. This was 1997, when the Internet was new to many people," she said. Some of the book reviewers received review copies that publishers sent to The Bee. The Goosebumps series was particularly popular at the time, she said. "As a reward for submitting a review, the youth would keep the book and receive a movie/popcorn/drink booklet for Edmond Town Hall," Ms Zimmermann said.
Eventually, the reporters, who on average were 8 years old in 1997, grew up. Did their experiences as Cool Correspondents have any impact?
A Big League Interview
"I remember we had just recently moved to Newtown from New York, and I think it was most likely my parents' way of getting me out into the community and meeting some kids my own age," recalled Alex Hennessey of his Cool Correspondent days. He hit a home run with his first in-person interview, though, sitting in the Mets' dugout with pitcher Joe Crawford, thanks to some effort on the part of his father.
"That day was unforgettable," said Mr Hennessey, "getting to walk out on the field while my favorite team was warming up," and making small talk with the other players before sitting down to the interview. The Mets pitcher was "a good sport, friendly, answered all of my silly kid questions," he remembered, "(Do you live in a mansion?) The icing on the cake was then seeing my story and photo in the newspaper. I felt like a pro!" he said.
Now a second year medical student, where writing "can't wax poetic, and doctors don't want to read an interesting metaphor for how hard someone's spleen feels," Mr Hennessey did channel his Cool Correspondent expertise into writing in his high school and post-high school years.
"I kept up with journalism in high school and was one of the editors-in-chief for the [Newtown High School] newspaper when I was a senior," he said. And while the scientific reports required of him in medical school are on the dry side, "UConn has us writing journals about our clinical experiences, which has allowed me to do some more expressive and creative writing. I actually won an award for best student journal last year and have read some of my writing at a program called Schwartz Center Rounds," he said. Mr Hennessey is also an editor for the school literary magazine — thanks, no doubt, to the experience he gleaned as a Cool Correspondent.
Starting With Digital Pets
"Truly, this was just the beginning of a long and illustrious career in Newtown public education journalism," said Alex Hart, another former Cool Correspondent. At Sandy Hook Elementary School, he wrote for the Footprint Post. "Then at Newtown High, I was one of the editors-in-chief of The Hawkeye, and after that I majored in print journalism at NYU," he said, reporting on a variety of Manhattan issues that were a lot less fun than a Newtown Bee article about digital pets.
The SHS administration laminated Cool Correspondent articles written by students, said Mr Hart, and hung them in the hallway.
"That was pretty exciting. I also remember that The Bee gave me a little 'press pass' card that would allow me to see movies for free at Edmond Town Hall," he recalled.
Deciding that he was "too biased and opinionated to achieve the journalistic objectivity required in being a newspaper reporter," Mr Hart now works in nonprofit communications, copywriting and fundraising.
The Fun Of Writing
"I was just 7 years old, and I wanted to [be a Cool Correspondent] because it sounded fun," remembered Katherine Will, who is now a certified nurses aide, working in a private residence.
Ms Will offered her thoughts on her best friend, Alex, in one article, and also reviewed her favorite movie, George of the Jungle. "It's still my favorite," she confessed. "I remember my grandma had all the articles that were in the paper and would show them to me, and people at school had read the stories."
When she is not working, Ms Will serves on the Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company, "And I actually write now, too, little stories. So being a Cool Correspondent did help," she said.
From Puppies To Politics
A 101 Dalmatians fanatic in 1997, Kelley Anne Carney submitted her review of that wildly popular movie. "I had a strong love for dogs and had always begged my parents for one," Ms Carney said, and she was inspired to write in for The Newtown Bee after seeing the film.
"Today, I live in Washington, DC, and work on Capitol Hill for Senator Chris Murphy. Part of my job requires me to write letters on behalf of the senator on various issue areas," she said, "one of which is animal welfare. The Cool Correspondents program encouraged me to write to a large audience about an issue that was important to me as a 7-year-old." It may not have been obvious at the time, "but the Cool Correspondent program ended up benefiting me into my adult life."
Ms Carney still gets to write about animals that she adores, "and two years ago, my parents finally decided to get a dog."
It was her mother who encouraged her to become a Cool Correspondent. "At the time, I was a first grader in Mrs Feda's class at Sandy Hook Elementary. We were developing our ability to elaborate in our writing, and this seemed like the perfect opportunity to do so," she said.
Writing for The Newtown Bee was a good opportunity to build on writing skills learned in school. Ms Zimmermann provided writing tips for good newspaper reporting, encouraging the Cool Correspondents and reviewers to do their best. Tips like "Say what you are writing about in the first paragraph," "Tell more about your subject," and "Use your senses" helped the new writers to share their information in good form.
"Tell the name of the book and the author," she reminded the book reviewers. "Also say who would like this book." Describe briefly what the book is about, and what the reader liked or disliked about the book, was another tip. "Could you relate anything in the book to your own life?" she suggested as information to be included in a review.
The educational component was somewhat less successful at times, said Ms Zimmermann. "I remember the editorial meeting where I attempted to explain how a quotation mark was used, and the difference between the words within quotations marks and without. I looked out at this pool of adorable little faces, some of whom had just learned to write, and realized," she said, "none of them had any idea what I was talking about."
The Joy Of Laughing
"To be fair, I don't remember writing and submitting this book report on My Sister the Sausage Roll," admitted former Cool Correspondent Samantha Ciaccia. Once she reread it, her memory was sparked. "A couple of things struck me. This book is about the baby in the family — and it's no wonder I loved it so much, because I have two older sisters and am the baby, as well. My conclusion of the report sums it up, 'I like it because it made me laugh.' Laughing is my favorite thing to do, and something that hasn't changed since I was 8 years old," said Ms Ciaccia.
A 2011 graduate of Roger Williams University in Rhode Island, with a BA in media communications and marketing, it seems that her Cool Correspondent participation did inspire Ms Ciaccia. She is now the channel engagement manager with Datto, an IT company in Norwalk offering business continuity solutions.
"In addition, I love to write. I'm an active blogger within the IT community," Ms Ciaccia said, and added, "I think that writing at such a young age really impacted my love for writing professionally in my career, as well as personally. Being published in the newspaper at such a young age showed me that if you're passionate about what you're writing about, others will be interested — even if it's about My Sister the Sausage Roll!"
Reflecting on the experience of introducing very young writers to the world of journalism, Ms Zimmermann said, "Not only were CCs bright and creative, they were serious about their work… The whole experience was just wonderful."


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On the JFK 50th Anniversary – JFK Lancer & "North Texans for 9/11 Truth"
Members of the Dallas area 9/11 Truth Group, "North Texans for 9/11 Truth", had a great time giving out free DVDs and literature during the 50th Anniversary of the JFK Assassination in Dallas.
Again this year, "North Texans for 9/11 Truth" had a table at the JFK Lancer Event. ("Lancer" was the Secret Service's code name for President John F. Kennedy from 1961-63.) For the last 19 years, JFK Lancer has gathered people together in Dallas to commemorate John F. Kennedy's life and assassination, keeping us on the cutting edge of historical research. See 911blogger for more on JFK Lancer http://911blogger.com/news/2013-10-22/50th-anniversary-november-dallas-conference-jfk-lancer
Well-known 9/11 Truth Advocates in Dallas for the JFK Assassination 50th Anniversary
Well-known 9/11 Truth Advocates in Dallas for the JFK Assassination 50th Anniversary
Many well-known 9/11 Truth Advocates will be in Dallas during the 50th Anniversary of the JFK Assassination. Some of the activists include Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, Pete Dale Scott, actor Martin Sheen, James (Jim) Douglass, Alex Jones, Luke Rudkowski, Jim Marrs, John Judge, and more!!
Presidential Aide says LBJ arranged JFK's assassination
PRESIDENTIAL AIDE: LBJ ARRANGED JFK's ASSASSINATION
Published on Nov 13, 2013 by National Enquirer online staff -
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EXPOSED! Former Presidential aide says he has bombshell new evidence revealing America's greatest coverup claiming that VP Lyndon Johnson was behind the assassination of President JOHN F. KENNEDY.
JFK Assassination - Dallas Family Saw Bullet Shatter Kennedy's Skull, Never Called to Testify
JFK assassination: Family just yards from president's shooting never called to testify
DailyMirror UK - by Christopher Bucktin - Nov 11, 2013
They were so close that they saw the bullet shatter the President's skull - it's odd that they were never called to testify
For 50 years the piercing cries of Jackie Kennedy have never left Bill Newman.
As her husband lay collapsed in her lap fatally wounded, America's First Lady screamed desperately: "Oh my God. No. They've shot Jack".
Standing just 10 feet away, Bill could not have heard her words any clearer.
Huffington Post - The 50th Anniversary of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy (Part One)
The 50th Anniversary of the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy (Part One)
by Joseph A. Palermo Posted: 11/08/2013 11:26 pm
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As the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy grows nearer the inability of the Establishment news media to consider fairly the facts in the case remains as pronounced as it was during previous commemorations. In trying to explain why opinion polls have shown for decades now that a majority of Americans do not accept the Warren Commission's "lone gunman" theory, historians and journalists have often fallen back on what has become a familiar (yet unconvincing) narrative about the meaning of those horrific events in Dallas in November 1963.
The dominant storyline goes something like this: The American people could never accept the notion that a high school drop-out loser like Lee Harvey Oswald could single-handedly kill such an inspiring public figure as JFK, therefore they've embraced "conspiracy theories" to give meaning to what was essentially a meaningless act.
September 2013 - 9/11 Truth Actions in North Texas
During the month of September, "Activists For Truth" (http://www.activistsfortruth.com/ ) and "North Texans For 9/11 Truth" (http://www.meetup.com/9-11-249/ ) have been busy with a variety of 9/11 Truth actions in the Dallas, Texas area.
On the Friday evening of September 6th, the famous Jim Marrs shared his wealth of knowledge about the events of September 11th, 2001, shaming the official government story. Jim Marrs (born December 5, 1943) is an American former newspaper journalist and New York Times best-selling author of books and articles on a wide range of cover-ups and conspiracies. Marrs is a prominent figure in the JFK conspiracy press and his book Crossfire was a source for Oliver Stone's film JFK. He was once a news reporter in the Dallas–Fort Worth Metroplex and has taught a class on the assassination of John F. Kennedy at the University of Texas at Arlington for 30 years. Marrs is a member of Scholars for 9/11 Truth.
JFK: Will We Ever Know the Truth? | Interview with Russ Baker
Published on Mar 13, 2013
Abby Martin talks to Russ Baker, managing editor of WhoWhatWhy.com, about President Obama withholding more than 50 thousand pages of JFK assassination-related documents and outlines the unanswered questions about the case.
Staged Terror, Fukushima Crime Syndicate, Conspiracy Reality
On this episode of Breaking the Set, Abby Martin talks to NYU professor and author of 'Fooled Again', Mark Crispin Miller about voting fraud, 911 and how the term 'Conspiracy Theory' shuts down objective debates. Abby then speaks with Kurt Haskell, Congressional Candidate for Michigan's 7th District, about his experience on the flight with the Christmas day Underwear Bomber that completely contradicts the government's narrative. BTS wraps up the show with a look at the intertwined relationship between the Japanese Yakuza crime syndicate and the nuclear energy industry in Japan.
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A Closer Look at the Secret Service
By Russ Baker on Apr 30, 2012
Secret Service agents are one category of law enforcement whose agents typically get the glory treatment. Recent books by members of JFK's secret service detail, almost devoid of revelations or candor, have nevertheless received lots of positive coverage. Meanwhile, legitimate questions about the service—how it works, what kinds of people it employs, how effective it is—are pushed aside.
Maybe that's why the media reacted with such astonishment to learn that Secret Service agents preparing for Obama's visit to Cartagena, Colombia, consorted with prostitutes. Eight agents have been forced out of their jobs, and a ninth is on his way out. Military personnel along on the trip are under investigation as well. The activity raised questions not only about the appropriateness of such conduct, but of whether this behavior threatened the President's safety.
Full Story: http://whowhatwhy.com/2012/04/30/a-closer-look-at-the-secret-service/
Media Roots Radio - White House Spin, Democrats' Wars, Manufactured Terror
Media Roots Radio - White House Hypocrisy & Spin, Democrats' Wars, Fake Terror by Media Roots
MEDIA ROOTS- Abby & Robbie Martin cover White House spin regarding Gaddafi's vs. Bin Laden's death footage and the third declared "end" to the Iraq War, MoveOn's attempt to hijack elements of Occupy Wall Street, Democratic Presidents using the cloak of NATO to initiate military interventions, CIA involvement in false flag terrorism and cases of fake "terror" manufactured by aspects of the US government in the newest edition of Media Roots Radio.
Newcastle Herald on 9/11 "Pivotal Moment in History Remains Unclear" by Greg Ray
Source - http://www.theherald.com.au/ Newcastle Herald 9 11 Article pdf
Pivotal Moment in History Remains Unclear - Greg Ray
IT'S been said that nobody who researches the subject of the so-called September 11 terror attacks in the United States ever ends up
believing the official story about what happened.
If that's true, it puts the event in the same class as the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Both events have been regarded as pivotal hinges of history, both are surrounded by intense controversy and neither are satisfactorily explained by official accounts.
After many years, enough of the raw emotion has gone out of the JFK killing for more people to be able to acknowledge that the official ''lone gunman'' story is rubbish. But even though that story is as demonstrably full of holes as the proverbial Swiss cheese, I'm not sure that a definitive truthful account will ever emerge.
A decade after the September 11 attacks it still isn't fashionable in many circles to draw attention to the defects in the official account of circumstances surrounding the disaster. That's a shame, because this event has had immense consequences.
Russ Baker: The NY Times' Ostrich Act on JFK Assassination Getting Old
By Russ Baker on Jul 27, 2011
Nobody's perfect. But it's hard to think of anything as unworthy of a high-quality journalistic institution as the New York Times' decades-long determination to never, ever, find any reason to question the original story spun by the Warren Commission on the JFK assassination. No matter how much new evidence has come out to the contrary.
It reminds a bit of the forever-blinkered character Sgt. Schultz on the old tv show Hogan's Heroes ("I see NUUU-singg"—here's a good clip, watch first minute or so…)
Ask any reporter, privately, what he or she thinks on this issue. Putting aside those who will demur on the basis of not having read widely on the topic (a surprisingly large number), you'll find most believing that the "lone nut" or "Leftist loner" narratives about Oswald are utter junk. This would certainly apply in the New York Times newsroom.
Publicist for Stone's JFK helped peddle "incubator baby" lie to sell 1991 war against Iraq?
Whilst this may seem off topic to some, it seems unlikely to me that most who visit this site would not be interested in the murder of President Kennedy in 1963 and the "incubator baby" lie successfully used to win public acceptance of the 1991 war war against Iraq, both of which this post discusses. In my reading on the assassinations of President Kennedy and his brother Robert Kennedy, I have read of Frank Mankiewicz, who played what seemed to be an admirable role in trying to get the truth of the assassination to the American public. His most recent contribution, of which I am aware, was the promotion in 1991 of what seems to me to be an admirable film, JFK, by Oliver Stone.
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Lyndon Johnson made a dirty deal with CIA Republicans to murder John Kennedy in the 1963 Coup d'Etat.
Robert Morrow
December 23, 2010
Lyndon Johnson made a dirty deal with CIA Republicans to murder John Kennedy in the 1963 Coup d'Etat. (People like Clint Murchison Sr., H.L. Hunt, Nelson Rockefeller, David Rockefeller, top Nelson Rockefeller aide Henry Kissinger, George Herbert Walker Bush and Gen. Edward Lansdale all are excellent candidates for elite sponsorship.) Lyndon Johnson and Allen Dulles may very well have been co-CEOs of the JFK assassination; with the CIA in charge of the killing of JFK, and Lyndon Johnson and (his close friend and neighbor of 19 years in Washington, DC) FBI director J. Edgar Hoover in charge of the cover up.
James Douglass speaking tour: "JFK, Obama, and the Unspeakable"
James W. Douglass, author of "JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters" (Orbis, 2008), will be on a speaking tour in the Northeastern US, Sept 30 - Oct 6. This superbly documented book is perhaps the most important among hundreds written on the JFK assassination. Douglass is a highly esteemed and well-published author, professor, Catholic theologian, co-founder of Religious Leaders for 9/11 Truth, and a lifelong antiwar activist and nuclear disarmament advocate.
Douglass is under contract with Orbis Books (in conjunction with Simon & Schuster) for publication of a trilogy, on the political assassinations of the 1960's, including those of JFK, RFK, Malcolm X, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
In his powerful new book, JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters, Douglass explores JFK's transformation from a conventional Cold Warrior to someone who was determined to pull the world back from the brink of apocalypse -- a transformation undertaken by JFK, Douglass writes, which then led, inexorably, to his execution, by those determined to nullify, and even exterminate his vision. Only by unmasking those forces of what is so clearly "Unspeakable," he argues, can we possibly free ourselves, and our country, so that we may yet pursue a global vision of peace, justice and meaningful democracy for all.
James and his wife Shelley were co-founders of the Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action in 1977, inspired by opposition to the Trident Nuclear Submarine Base near Seattle, Wash.; and, of Mary's House, a Catholic Worker hospitality house in downtown Birmingham, Alabama.
Six lecture/presentations in New England, starting Thursday, Sept. 30th until Tuesday, Oct. 5th; concluding with a seventh in Philadelphia, Pa., on Wednesday, Oct. 6th:
September30 Portland, Maine October 1 Cambridge, Massachusetts October 2 Leverett, Massachusetts October 3 Weston, Vermont October 4 New Britain, Connecticut October 5 Worcester, Massachusetts October 6 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Local Sports 5/5/14
The Galesburg High School sports calendar for today shows the Silver Streaks varsity and J.V. teams are in Geneseo to play the Maple Leafs. The Streaks girls are trying to rebound from a pair of beatings on Saturday, when Alleman scored 16 runs in both ends of a doubleheader rout. Also on the GHS schedule, the sophomore boys baseball team is in Peoria to play Richwoods.
In other area baseball games, ROWVA travels to Bushnell and Galva/Williamsfield goes to Delavan. In softball, the Knoxville girls will play at Bushnell-Prairie City, while in track and field, the Blue Bullets will run at the Monmouth-Roseville Titan Relays.
The Blue Bullets volleyball program may have a shake-up after tonight's school board meeting. There is a proposal on the agenda to fire current coach Stacey Kavanaugh, whose team had a successful season last fall, but lost in its regional championship match to Abingdon/Avon.
College baseball
The Knox and Monmouth College baseball teams wrapped up their seasons over the weekend, splitting a pair of doubleheaders. Yesterday, the Fighting Scots defeated the Prairie Fire 7-to-3 in their opener at Blodgett Field in Galesburg, while Knox took the second game 5-3, behind the pitching of Peter Marquardt. Knox ended the season with a mark of 15-19, while Monmouth finished at 16-18.


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Just want to have some feedback regarding my data implementation;
> One thing bothering me is my design on data and "business logic" class..In my design, I have 2 calls requesting for a remote access; data class and "business logic" that will access the data class. In my assignment, there was a line stating that all public methods of the data class should be available to th client..Ok fine..I implemented the way they want;
But knowing that the Data class shouldn't (IMO) be accessed directly, I implemented something like a "business logic" class...But then, I noticed that I need 2 remote invocation to succeed in my chosen design.. Is it something I need to change or can someone advise me on the implication of this kind of framework..
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any comments/suggestion out there?
glad if you can write a line or two...just want to have some insights here...
still, thank you very much
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Apr 14, 2001 21:04:00
Your idea of not letting the client directly access the Data class makes sense. Your "business logic" class should support remote calls. The client will make calls on the remote class and it will in turn call the Data class methods. There will be only one remote call. Other will be just a local call.
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hi paul, thanks for your reply! I really appriciate your answer...
Regarding the link that you have there in your reply, it seems that your involved in some kind of "helping-hand" kind of group, specifically to tackle the assignment towards obtaining the scjd title..Just want to ask you a question Paul;
>Do you think you're really helping he/she to be a good programmer, I mean those people who will/have already buy any services/package (in jar file I suppose)?
And to all those people who will/have already buy this services, can you ask yourself too? (only If you have read this article I think...)
a bit disappointed,
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Apr 15, 2001 06:25:00
Please don't form an opinion that soon. Only ones own efforts and experience can make one a good programmer. But there are a lot of people who do not have any experience but still want to learn things. Many people have jobs and they work after hrs. to pick up new technology. And many such people need some kind of assistance. In fact, we started this only after we receive numerous emails from JQPlus customers asking whether we have any package for SCJD.
Of course, where there is a need there will be supply. So we started the JDevPlus package. Also, you probably did not see the full description. We have clearly stated that the sample impl. is not exactly same. If you submit it as it is, you'll fail.
If you look at the Guidance Packagae, (I'll paste it here)
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Now tell me why do you think this will not be helpful for SCJD aspirents. It is also clearly stated :
.We DO NOT write any code for you. You have to write your own code. Of course, we'll provide enough help. You can also buy the sample project implementation.
I truely think that it will be helpful.
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Waldron Edge, Duppas Hill, Croydon
Dec[embe]r 6th 1879
My dear Wright
I have had your "Animal Life" sent me to review for "Nature". You will see that I have said what I could for it, but I was obliged to criticise some of the figures. I suppose you had a lot of illustrations to work in. Most of them are good but some very bad, and I send you the following list of wrongly named figures.
Macacus cynomolgus1. The figure is certainly not this species. I think it is Presbytis Entellus
Saiga tartarica2 [sic]. The figure is of Oryx leucoryx3
Accentor modularis. The figure is a finch not a warbler.
Sun-birds. The figure represents two humming birds!
[[2]] Java sparrow -- Some other bird; -- quite unrecognisable.
Parra jacana4 -- Is the Hydrophasianus sinensis5
Others of the small birds are not recognisable such as the Stone-Chat, Dipper & Chaffinch. Perhaps the publishers will get better figures of these, as the book is really worth it, and birds always attract attention.
I am obliged to send the book back to "Nature" -- I suppose Lockyer wants it for his children, -- so if Mess[e]rs. Cassell think my review worth it they can send me a copy.
It must have cost you an immense deal of labour.
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Customer feedback is essential, but getting customers to respond to surveys is a challenge. Home Delivery Incontinent Supply (HDIS), a 35-employee mail-order company, located in Olivette, Mo., prints survey questions directly on remittance envelopes sent with customer orders. The survey appears either on a perforated portion of the sealing flap (the customer tears it off and encloses it) or on the back of the envelope, which has an extra-long sealing flap to cover the answers.
Survey questions ask customers to rate the telephone representative, the product selection, the speed and accuracy of the shipment, and the company overall. To keep customers from becoming bored, the closed-ended questions are periodically replaced by a request for open-ended feedback or by discount offers for ancillary products such as air fresheners.
All open-ended suggestions are followed up with a phone call or letter. Open-ended questions are particularly effective with sensitive items like incontinence products, says HDIS marketer Angela Farrell, because customers are more likely to express thoughts about them in writing, rather than on the phone. The company is quickly alerted to disliked product changes and obtains valuable insight on serving customers. For example, in response to their suggestions, HDIS gives customers access to staff who have expert knowledge about incontinence, and it prints its catalog with enlarged type to make it easier for the elderly to read.
Tremendous response rates are achieved--around 80%--because the survey is short, noticeable, and returned with payments. HDIS can track trends without the lag associated with yearly surveys. Also, ongoing surveys provide a constant stream of positive feedback that rewards and motivates the staff.
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A class of 11 juniors and 11 seniors, under the guidance of teacher Bob Givens, is participating in a pilot program under the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. It the state's first and only high school gas and oil technology class.
Anyone who thinks video games are a waste of time should talk to Marlington High School senior Bronwen Price.
The 17-year-old doesn't yet have a drivers' license, but when she jumped up on a big yellow compact excavator recently during her gas and oil technology class, operating the controls came quite easily.
"The first time I was shaking, but it was really easy — like playing a video game," she said with a smile. "It takes a little coordination, but it seems natural."
The class of 11 juniors and 11 seniors, under the guidance of teacher Bob Givens, is participating in a pilot program under the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. It the state's first and only high school gas and oil technology class.
Givens said they will open the two-year, six-credit program to other schools in the fall.
"We are training them to go directly into the field to work (after high school)," Givens said, adding that some plan to go on to earn associate degrees.
Price said even as the only female in the class, three weeks into the school year she is comfortable with her decision to participate.
"It was intimidating at first," she said, but believes the future job opportunities make it a worthwhile class, adding she does not plan to attend college.
Givens had planned last week to take his class on a field trip to a former student's property in Maximo. There, they will see a well currently being drilled, along with a working well that used horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, and a gas line under construction.
"The most important things they are learning are safety and environmental concerns," said Givens while watching the students dig with the excavator just outside the football stadium. "When we're done here, we'll grate it off, reseed it and straw it down. We also talk about preventing erosion and pollution."
The hands-on activities help balance out the less exciting, but required, aspects of the class. Learning about chemicals used in the industry and how they are applied is part of the 90-minute per day class.
Randy Vaughan, a senior, said he was in the landscaping class before taking this program.
"It's hands-on. I like that kind of stuff," said Vaughan, who agreed that driving the excavator was surprisingly easy.
Once off the machinery, students were required to explain the task to the next driver and serve as a spotter for gas or electric lines and people walking near the site, just like they would on an actual job.
At the same time, other students practiced backing a tractor and flatbed trailer in and out of the area.
"We're building confidence," said Givens.
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For at least one student in the gas and oil technology class, a future in the business is a given.
"I've done this since I was 10 years old in my backyard," said senior T.J. Mathes of driving the tractor and excavator. "All the terms (Givens) goes over, I hear on a daily basis."
Mathes is the grandson of an oil and gas industry contractor. His dad, Marc Mathes, is a land supervisor, for Chesapeake Energy, the company leading the way in drilling in eastern Ohio's Utica shale. Energy companies are using newer technology to drill horizontally for gas and oil trapped about 6,500 feet below, resulting in a well boom in Stark and other counties.
Mathes plans to go to welding school after high school, then work as a private contractor in the field.
Givens said Mathes and his classmates will have a great advantage when they enter the job market.
"They know the terminology, safety, how to operate and maintain the equipment. It's a big deal," he said, adding knowledge of bulldozers, backhoes, hydraulics, surveying, gas engines, and electrical are all great résumé skills. "I have an idea of what employers want. I go out and ask them what they should be learning."
Givens said the students can expect to earn $14 to $18 per hour in an entry level position and overtime is very common.
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The Asheville rock band The Crystal Zoo played at the first Christmas Jam in 1988. / Special to the Citizen-Times
ASHEVILLE — The Warren Haynes Christmas Jam has become the city's biggest entertainment event, but in its earliest years, it was small, strictly local affair.
The jam organization says that this year's show is the 22nd annual concert, but it actually began a year earlier, on Dec. 22, 1988, at the old 45 Cherry nightclub, now demolished, which stood at 45 Cherry St.
That club was one of Asheville's hottest rock locations in the late 1980s and in some ways paved the way for many venues to come. Be Here Now, at 5 Biltmore, housed the show for seven years, then the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium for two, before the jam settled into the Civic Center arena in 2001.
In a story I wrote about that first show, simply called The Christmas Jam, Haynes said it was a way to meet up with friends during the holiday season and give to a not-publicized charitable cause. Later, the concert began supporting Habitat for Humanity, and it continues to do so today.
Searching through the Citizen-Times archives, we've put together a Christmas Jam timeline, tracing the show from its first performance through today.
1988-91 at 45 Cherry 1988
Date: Thursday, Dec. 22.
Guests: The Stripp Band (Jack Mascari, Jim Mascari, Jim Black, Chris Griffin and Neil Connor), The Crystal Zoo (Keith Flynn, Jeff Anders, Matt Sluder, Rocky Lindsley and Mickey Hayes), White PorkBlues Band, Loose Bruce and the Blue Starliners, Jerry West, the McBad Brothers, Ray Sisk, Neil Morris, Larry Rhodes and Carla Johnson.
Tickets: $5.
Date: Friday, Dec. 29.
Guests: The Stripp Band, The Crystal Zoo, McBad Brothers.
Tickets: $5.
Date: Thursday, Dec. 20.
Guests: Inside Out (Stuart Reinhardt, Chris Biesterfeldt, Eliot Wadopian, Byron Hedgepath and David Cohen), Mike Barnes, The Stripp Band, The Crystal Zoo.
Tickets: $8.
Date: Monday, Dec. 23.
Guests: Allen Woody, Prayin' for Rain, Legacy, Dixie Deluxe (with Mike Barnes).
Tickets: $8.
1992-98 at Be Here Now 1992
Date: Wednesday, Dec. 23.
Guests: The Crystal Zoo, Prayin' for Rain.
Tickets: $8, plus a can of food.
Date: Thursday, Dec. 23.
Guests: The Crystal Zoo, Prayin' for Rain.
Tickets: $10.
Date: Wednesday, Dec. 28.
Guests: Unknown. (If you know, e-mail email@example.com with the info.)
Tickets: $10.
Date: Friday, Dec. 22.
Guests: Paul Riddle and the Throbbers, The Crystal Zoo, Allman Brothers, Gov't Mule bassist Allen Woody.
Tickets: $10.
Date: Monday, Dec. 23.
Guests: Edwin McCain, Kevn Kinney, The Crystal Zoo.
Tickets: $10.
Date: Tuesday, Dec. 23.
Guests: Buffalo Mojo (with Mike Barnes), The Merle, The Blue Rags, Kevn Kinney, Edwin McCain.
Tickets: $12.
Date: Saturday, Dec. 19.
Guests: Gov't Mule, Triad, The Derek Trucks Band, Edwin McCain.
Tickets: $12.
1999-2000 at the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium 1999
Date: Wednesday, Dec. 22.
Site: Thomas Wolfe Auditorium.
Guests: Audley Freed of the Black Crowes, Johnny Neel, Jimmy Herring, Susan Tedeschi, Gov't Mule, The Derek Trucks Band, Edwin McCain.
Tickets: $22.50 in advance.
Date: Thursday, Dec. 21.
Site: Thomas Wolfe Auditorium.
Guests: Matt Abts, Gregg Allman, Bottle Rockets, John Popper of Blues Traveler, Chris Duarte Band, Dave Schools, Little Milton, Larry McCray, Aquarium Rescue Unit, Audley Freed, Edwin McCain.
Tickets: $27.50 advance.
2001-present at Asheville Civic Center arena 2001
Date: Friday, Dec. 21.
Guests: Oteil Burbridge of the Allman Brothers, Col. Bruce Hampton, John Popper and Blues Traveler, Drivin' n' Cryin' with Kevn Kinney, Phil Lesh, Dave Schools, Audley Freed, Edwin McCain.
Tickets: $25.
Date: Saturday, Dec. 21.
Site: Asheville Civic Center.
Guests: Gov't Mule, moe, Robert Randolph and the Family Band, Jerry Joseph and the Jackmormons, many others.
Tickets: $35.
Date: Saturday, Dec. 20.
Guests: Gregg Allman, John Bell, funky Meters, North Mississippi Allstars, Sonny Landreth Band, Stained Souls, Keller Williams, Edwin McCain, Sam Bush and more.
Tickets: $37.50.
Date: Saturday Dec. 18.
Guests: Gov't Mule, Little Feat, Living Colour, Neville Brothers, Audley Freed, Kevn Kinney, Edwin McCain.
Tickets: $40.50.
Date: Saturday Dec. 17.
Guests: Gov't Mule, Trey Anastasio and Mike Gordon from Phish, Bill Kreutzmann of the Grateful Dead, Marty Stuart, Ralph Stanley, Dave Schools, Audley Freed, Edwin McCain, Kevn Kinney, Patterson Hood, Jason Isbell, John Medeski, Electric Hot Tuna, John Scofield, Ray LaMontagne and others.
Tickets: $41.50
Date: Saturday Dec. 16.
Guests: Dave Matthews, John Popper Project, Marty Stuart, Taj Mahal, Gov't Mule.
Tickets: $43.50.
Date: Saturday Dec. 15.
Guests: Gov't' Mule, Stockholm Syndrome, Jackson Brown, Peter Frampton, Bruce Hornsby, G. Love, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals and more.
Tickets: $46.50.
Date: Friday-Saturday, Dec. 12-13.
Guests on Dec. 12: Allman Brothers, Del McCoury, Derek Trucks, Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk. Guests on Dec. 13: Ben Harper and Relentless 7, Coheed and Campbell, Steve Earle, Michael Franti, Johnny Winter. Playing both nights: Gov't Mule, Joan Osborne.
Tickets: $55 each night.
Date: Saturday Dec. 12.
Guests: Gov't Mule, Ani DiFranco, County Crows, moe, Brand Whitford of Aeosmith, William Bell.
Tickets: $55.
Date: Saturday Dec. 11.
Guests: Gregg Allman, Steve Miller, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Umphrey's McGee.
Tickets: $55.


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It sounds like the Art League of Lincoln is getting off on the wrong foot with the City Council and the residents of Lincoln.
The 580 Sixth St. property accommodated the needs of Lincoln Arts for years. The location is excellent with parking readily available and close enough to all downtown businesses to be beneficial to both the organization and local businesses. The space included a little store featuring the products of local artists.
The space is inadequate for the needs of this new organization! What is important about square footage is utilization of the space to its fullest capacity. Design the space with a mininalistic mindset.
The Art League of Lincoln is a nonprofit organization, which I suspect doesn't have much of a bank account. Yet it turned down a nice facility in a good location for $1 plus utilities!
Now it is announced that the Clay Fest will be held in Roseville.
The city of Lincoln would have allowed the show to be displayed in the rotunda of City Hall. The Art League of Lincoln could have figured out how many pieces would fit, then reduce the submission for this year with the promise of increasing it again next year.
The show draws from artists throughout the U.S. I doubt that their enthusiasm will waiver. The history of Gladding, McBean is rich. I bet it would not have been hard to find a volunteer with the expertise who could creatively put together a video. The video could be running continuously along with the art exhibit. The show would have stayed in Lincoln where it belongs and local business would have benefited.
I am disgusted. It sounds to me that the Art League of Lincoln is being run by people who are acting from their egos and personal agendas, rather than for the good of our city and its artists.
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The increasing usage of MEMS gyroscopes in digital cameras is a major trend that is expected to contribute to the growth of the market. The MEMS Gyroscope market is increasing its applications in digital cameras. MEMS gyroscopes provide high stability in digital cameras, thereby helping deliver images with high clarity. As the demand for digital cameras with higher megapixels is increasing in the Consumer Electronics market, the adoption of MEMS gyroscopes is also increasing. MEMS gyroscopes help capture even minute details with high resolution. These features make digital cameras more efficient and this is therefore increasing sales.
Further, the report states that one of the key challenges in this market is the high competition among vendors. The increasing competition is leading to fierce price wars, forcing vendors to provide MEMS gyroscopes at lower prices than their competitors. This is one of the major factors affecting the growth of the market.
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Career Service should be offered as a concrete module six months after the EMBA.
IMD gives a hardcore program a family feel. I enjoyed being surrounded by competent people who did not feel the need to prove themselves in any other way than through their performance. Something that IMD does extremely well is coherence - what I saw during the process in which I was making my choice was exactly what I got.
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Please suggest resolution for the same.
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Months after Hurricane Sandy devastated neighborhoods in New York and New Jersey, the American Red Cross continues to provide food, water, health services and emotional support in the affected communities.
Almost 1,000 Red Cross disaster workers are still responding in the two states. To date, more than 16,500 workers have been assigned to the Sandy response, the large majority volunteers. Recently, volunteer Roger Hamalainen, of Fargo, returned after two weeks in New Jersey working as a liaison with other governmental and non-governmental organizations. Hamalainen is one of 23 responders to the Hurricane Sandy disaster relief efforts from the Minn-Kota Region.
"It is great to see volunteers with an eagerness to learn and passion for our mission," said Susan B. Smith, Regional Emergency Services Director of the Heart of Carolina Region. "Our organization is fortunate to have (Roger) and I hope to work with him again."
Neighborhoods have changed forever; countless homes have been damaged or destroyed. One of the biggest needs people have had since the storm hit is food to eat, a need which continues all these weeks later.
As of this week, the Red Cross and partners have served about 10.5 million meals and snacks. The Red Cross still has fixed feeding sites open, trucks delivering food and relief supplies in affected neighborhoods, and is providing an additional 60,000 meals a week through a unique partnership with local food banks.
To help ensure people who need food have access to it, the Red Cross is helping to fund several local food banks to boost their capacity to serve more meals. Local groups like City Harvest, Island Harvest and the Food Bank for New York City have the experience and capacity to provide both large scale and long term feeding in New York.
People can get food boxes at a number of sites in hard hit areas that provide about three days of food for four people, some of it ready for them to eat and some that can be prepared at home.
Since Sandy made landfall, the Red Cross has:
- Provided almost 108,000 health and mental health services
- Distributed 6.9 million relief items like blankets and clean-up supplies
- Distributed about 10.5 million meals and snacks
- Deployed more than 16,500 workers to help
Photo Caption: A unique partnership with the Red Cross and local food banks in New York is providing thousands of meals for people in need. Trucks distribute boxes of grocery supplies in the affected neighborhoods. How people get them home varies. Eliza Bo carriers hers while pushing seven-month-old Kevin in his stroller. (Photo by Les Stone/American Red Cross).


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The announcement of 50 SAL All-Stars was made Tuesday by league president Eric Krupa.
BlueClaws manager Mickey Morandini and athletic trainer Mickey Kozack have also been named to the staff of the Northern Division. ...


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Cleveland (AP) -- Authorities say they have confirmed a total of at least 11 victims whose remains were found in the Cleveland home of a registered sex offender.
The Cuyahoga County Coroner's Office said Wednesday that a skull found in a bucket in Anthony Sowell's basement belonged to a body they have not yet found.
Authorities also say they have identified one of the victims as 53-year-old Tonia Carmichael, who disappeared a year ago.
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The Weeping Rock Trail is among the shortest and easiest of the trails in Zion National Park, yet it still offers some of the park's prettiest scenery.
Despite its accessibility and aesthetic beauty, I hadn't been on the trail for nearly four years.
It's only a half-mile roundtrip on a paved trail to visit the famous Weeping Rock, yet the trail can be steep in a few areas - it climbs 98 feet in a quarter-mile - with short drop-offs. Although it's paved, it is too steep in places for wheelchair access.
Still, compared to nearly every other trail except the Riverside Walk, the Weeping Rock Trail is a leisurely journey. Of course my friend who hiked the trail with me four years ago would probably argue that point. He eventually blamed the elevation for his wheezing since he had only moved to Utah from Florida a month earlier.
Despite my summer hibernation, the Weeping Rock Trail was not challenging when I returned in September.
The steepness of the trail encourages biodiversity, with plants growing in vertical zones, like a "garden tilted on edge," as one sign along the route says. It begins in the desert of Zion Canyon and passes both springs and swamps on its way to the hanging gardens at Weeping Rock itself, described as "miniature rainforests in the desert."
Another sign describes Weeping Rock as a "vertical oasis, a constant spring that nourishes an unusually lush concentration of ferns and wildflowers." Even in mid-September there were wildflowers of all colors still in bloom.
The swamp forms in areas where a thin layer of soil covers the rock beneath Weeping Rock's spring. Because it is continually saturated, a unique variety of plants - including maidenhair ferns - were able to adapt to the normally desert-like environment.
Once you reach Weeping Rock the mystery is how the rock "weeps." Studies have shown that the water coming from the rock is thousands of years old. It originated as runoff from rain and snowmelt on the plateau above the rock, soaked into the sandstone and percolated down through the porous rock.
As it passes through the rock it eventually reaches a layer of impermeable shale. Unable to continue percolating through the rock it is forced to flow sideways, emerging out of the side of the cliff as a spring.
Although it was raining the day I hiked the Weeping Rock Trail in September, the skies cleared by the time I reached Zion. Aside from a few puffy, white clouds, the bright blue sky offered a gorgeous backdrop to the red, yellow, orange and white cliffs of Zion as the setting sun bathed the rock in warm evening light.
Most of the trail itself was in shadow, appropriate for the almost rainforest-like environment of the swampy areas, but high above the trail the towering cliffs remained illuminated, offering the best of both worlds.
However, if you want to hike the trail when the sun still shines on Weeping Rock itself you'll have to hit it earlier in the afternoon.


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Yes, it remains true: Indexing is a better strategy than active investing. Passive beats most Humans. Various academic and market studies continue to demonstrate this:
"This year through September, only 28.5 percent of actively managed large-capitalization funds — which try to beat the market through stock selection — were able to outpace the S.& P. 500 index of large-cap stocks, according to a new study by S.& P. In the third quarter alone, it was even worse, with only one in five actively managed large-capitalization funds beating the index.
That isn't terribly surprising, said Rosanne Pane, mutual fund strategist at S.& P., because active managers tend to have difficulty beating indexes when market leadership changes. And in the third quarter, many stocks that had paced the market for much of this decade began to fall behind. Small-company stocks were finally beaten by shares of big, blue-chip companies; sectors like energy also started to lose ground.
Still, such transitional periods aren't the only good times for indexing. S.& P. research shows that while active management fared poorly in the third quarter, it has actually been lagging behind the indexes for a considerable period.
Over the five years through the end of the third quarter — a span that included both bull and bear markets — only 29.1 percent of large-cap funds managed to beat the S.& P. 500. What's more, only 16.4 percent of mid-cap funds beat the S.& P. 400 index of mid-cap stocks, and 19.5 percent of small-cap funds outpaced the S.& P. 600 index of small-company shares. "The long term does seem to favor the indexes," Ms. Pane said."
Why do investors bother? Aside from the few who are unaware of the research, my guess is many are attracted by the glory of being part of the 65% that manage to beat the market every so many years:
Source: Standard & Poor's; Data thru 9/30/06
For the rest of the time, we all want to be special — in the 20-40% or so who do manage to outperform the indices most years.
Of course, it's likely a different 20-40% each year, and is more likely a function of style or asset class (Emerging market, Small Cap, Value, etc.)
Yes, that's right: another example of how when your emotional side trumps your rational side, you forfeit gains. Don't be too hard on yourself, you are only Human.
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does anyone think that this rally is the handiwork of our treasurer and FR chairman as a payback to the present administration for their appointments? it seems that this rally is being driven in the futures markets (the tail wagging the dog) and the buy programs are being initiated to arbitrate stock prices upward in a vicious cycle. Or is this just my conspiratorial mind in overdrive? The fed buys the paper, and thereby floods the market with liquidity. that liquidity finds its way to the futures market and then to the stock market. Could the treasurer call the boys in NYC to sell distillate futures and buy s&P futures (knowing that the market was poised for a possible short squeeze) ? Or is this just too farfetched?
I think you should go read money shot blog.
time for RCP to close shop then, and simply post: "BUY ETFs: SPY DIA in dips"
"Despite harvesting the third-largest crop in history, the market has been able to stage a very impressive rally. The corn market has rallied from a pre-harvest low in mid-August of $2.34 to over $3.20 in October.
The rally has come from several fronts. First, the speculative community is enticed with the long-term bullish demand prospects for corn with increasing ethanol demand and record-large usage forecasted by the USDA. This has encouraged large buying from the funds as well as the overall speculative community. "
The futures market is broken. Natural gas, oil, base metals, and now the food supply. Not only are these scum bags imposing a 25 – 100 % market tax on American consumers by manipulating market prices, they are the underlying force creating inflation.
The United States does not have an effective agency to monitor and control speculative manipulation of prices by the financial institutions. There are plenty of laws on the books but, as typical of the current government, a blind eye has been turned. Self regulating systems are corrupt systems.
the NYT article brings up a couple questions and thought: What were these funds' benchmarks? if it wasn't the S&P 500 (a large cap growth index), who cares.
Is this a subliminal message to your clients BR? or are you sure you're the one who can manage to outperform a passive index consistently, (Bogle is one of those too, considering his son runs a hedge fund).
If you can't have fun with your money, then what is it for?
Actually, the outperformance of index over active mgr. investing may get even wider in the future. The introduction of the Wisdom Tree dividend-based ETFs are likely to outperform their equivalent traditional indices (SP500, Russell 2000, etc) throughout an entire market cycle.
If you had bought the SP500 at the top of the last cycle (March, 2000) you're still under water. If you bought (back-dated) the Wisdom Tree large cap ETF you would be up 40%. These new ETFs are going to be the core of my investment portfolio.
For "crazy"–yes close up [kudos to BR though, he basically has no problem arguing agaisnt his pay..] but suggest something like a worldwide diverse allocation:
SPY, MDY, IWM for domestic, EFA, EEM for foreign equity, AGG for aggregate bond exposure, and a COMMODITY INDEX [Dow is better than Goldman--less oil exposure--capped at 30%], RWR for REITs and a touch of GLD. That plus some cash, sit back, and rebalence after 366 days to avoid short term cap gains [assuming that tax legislation survives]
That's it folks
As for "Mr Wisdom Tree".
Beware the "back dated" results. I suggest you chant the mantra "lies, damn lies, and statistics" every day. The latest before this was the 'proof' that neutral market cap weight s and p 500 funds did better than traditional s and p 500 market cap weighted funds. My research proved that this was in fact because the market cap neutral funds in fact where skewed towards more midcap-ish companies [think about it for a second]. If you recall, midcaps handily have out performed large caps.
BR– if you would like my white paper on that proof to post in any way you see fit, happy to send it on–i don't run other's money and have no conflicts of interest, was purely an academic exercise.


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I received a press release yesterday from JCPS bragging that five schools within their system had been included on the annual Newsweek list of America's best high schools. My daughter is far from high school age—she'll just start kindergarten in the fall—but I was still curious to see if any Southern Indiana schools made the list. They didn't.
I can't say I'm surprised, but it is a little disappointing. The closest Indiana high school that made it on the list is in Evansville. Granted, it was a hugely impressive #7 of 1600. The bottom line is if your child is starting high school soon and you want them to go to one of the best schools in the country, move to Louisville.
The Louisville schools that made the list were Manual (#160), Ballard (#337), Eastern (#419), Brown (#655), and Male (#1060).
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MASON CITY – Alecia Balduf, a senior at Mason City High School, simply loves her new job at Mercy Medical Center – North Iowa.
While the internship will help her fulfil graduation requirements, it means so much more to her. "It makes me happy," she said. Anna Lisa Sampson agrees and loves her job at Mercy – North Iowa as well. Sampson is excited to be an important part of the team disinfecting surgical supplies. When asked how she likes operating a large, elevator-sized, disinfecting machine "I love it!"
Sampson and Balduf are two of six people beginning three 10 to 11-week unpaid internships in one of six various departments at Mercy – North Iowa from September 1 – June 1, 2012. The internship was arranged through Project SEARCH North Iowa, a program that provides education and training to young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities through an innovative workforce and career development model.
"The primary goal of Project SEARCH North Iowa is for high school seniors and recent graduates to acquire competitive, marketable and transferable skills to enable them to apply for related positions. The interns also build communication, teamwork and problem-solving skills that are important to their overall development as a young worker," said Sherry Becker, Executive Director, NIVC Services.
The partnership between Project SEARCH, NIVC Services, local agencies, and Mercy – North Iowa is among the first for Iowa hospitals, but not unique in healthcare as other hospitals around the nation have participated in the program. In fact the program originated at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. Other businesses and manufactures have since adopted the program and now there are more than 200 Project SEARCH sites across 39 states and four countries.
Working from a task list, students work approximately five-hours a day, five days a week to acquire the core skills necessary for gainful employment. Job coaches and department staff collaborate to provide support for students. The Project SEARCH staff delivers the training as well as develop job accommodations and standard work procedures. Once the students master the core skills, additional skills can be layered to improve their marketability.
"Alecia has already changed. She senses how important work is at Mercy. She is up early every day, wearing her Project SEARCH polo and khaki slacks," said her mother, Lisa Yunek. "It is like a switch was flipped and she took two giant steps forward in independence."
Balduf packs her own lunch, packs her cell phone for after work and urges her mother to get going well before 8:00 a.m. "Class starts at 8:30!" Yunek said.
But Balduf and her intern-colleagues are not the only ones who Project SEARCH coordinators wish to change.
"We know that the presence of programs like Project SEARCH North Iowa can bring change in business culture and have a positive effect on attitudes about hiring people with disabilities," said Jackie Luecht, Director, Human Resources.
At Mercy – North Iowa, those who the interns are working for also are thrilled for the help to fill important roles.
"We are so excited to have Project SEARCH interns. We know it will be a success because we will make it a success," said Stephanie Harmon, Manager, The Willows.
Potential student worksites are identified through a continuous process involving the teacher, job coaches and business liaison. The internships are for entry-level positions and are supported by Mason City Community Schools, Iowa Vocational Rehabilitation Services, AEA267, NIVC Services, and Cerro Gordo County Social Services & Case Management. The start-up was made possible by a Venture Grant from United Way of North Central Iowa. The Venture Grant program through United Way provides a means to encourage the development of new programs such as Project SEARCH in north central Iowa. The objective of Project SEARCH directly aligns with United Way's mission to promote financial stability and independence. The hope is that Project SEARCH participants will gain the resources and skills to become employed. Other first-year costs are supported by Principal Financial Group, Alliant Energy Foundation, First Citizen's National Bank Foundation and TeamQuest Foundation.
"We feel very fortunate to have this opportunity," Luecht said.


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This week, all five members of UK's No. 1 ranked 2013 recruiting class made their pledges official when they signed to attend UK.
But, Karl Towns Jr., the No. 1 overall player in the class of 2015, has taken some of the attention away from the opening weeks of the early signing period by electing to make a decision of his own.
He is only a sophomore, but the young forward will make his verbal commitment on Tuesday, Dec. 4.
"He is going to make an announcement at our school on December 4," St. Joseph High School athletic director Jerry Smith told the Kernel. "It will be in the gym in front of our student body."
According to Smith, the early decision by Towns "caught us off guard, but the main reason was to stop all the phone calls and the disturbances at home from all the various institutions after him."
"He wanted to get it off his shoulders," Smith said.
St. Joseph High School, in New Jersey, will host a press conference at 10 a.m., which will be aired live on MSG Varsity, a regional cable network. There will likely be a live feed to a radio station in Kentucky as well, Smith said.
"Based on the conversations I had with MSG Varsity when they checked out our gym and they said they wanted to get a feed to a radio station and it ended with K-Y," Smith said.
According to Smith, the decision has come down to three schools: Florida, Duke and Kentucky.
But it seems as though UK may have the edge to this point. Towns spent a majority of the summer playing for UK head coach John Calipari and his coaching staff for the Dominican National team.
"Karl really fell in love with Orlando (Antigua). That is his main guy," Smith said. "When he gets down to Kentucky he is going to be an unbelievable celebrity. Not so much for his play, which will be outstanding, but for the way he speaks and handles himself and involves himself with everyone.
"They are going to fall in love with this kid."
The Metuchen, N.J., native is already the most highly coveted 15-year-old in the basketball world, but with his time in Lexington this summer working out with current NBA players and the elite coaching staff at UK, he has seemingly taken his game to yet another level.
"When you get coached by college coaches, your game really takes off," Smith said. "The only thing he lacks now is the physical strength because he can score inside, outside, he can handle."
The skill set the 6-foot-11 forward possesses is obvious, but it is his off-the-court gifts that truly sets him apart from his peers.
"He is so gifted, he has like a 4.2 GPA and he has all accelerated courses," Smith said.
The accelerated courses will allow Towns to reclassify and go to college early if he so chooses.
"He is so bright that there is no reason for him to just waste his time (in high school)," Smith told the Kernel, "but we are a high academic institution. We are a college prep school and he will probably enter one of those programs in his junior year."
The decision to reclassify should come sometime after his college announcement on Dec. 4, a decision that some around the UK program might feel comfortable about.
"I went to school in Kentucky," said Smith, who attended Bellarmine University. "So I know he is going to fit perfectly down there."


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Tyler W.wrote a review of The North Face Verto 26 Backpack - 1600cu in on April 20, 2011
Awesome idea, not burly
Great top-loader for alpine trips. You can use it as a stuff sack in your approach pack and break it out for light is right summit attempts.
I've tried multi-purposing this pack and using it for long trad multi-pitch, but you have to be careful with it here. It performs only mediocre in this role. No chimneys and no hauling for sure. After a single route, the pack developed 2 small holes in the nylon where it had scraped against sandstone. I patched them and took it as a lesson to not overuse this pack.


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Even as Xavier University said it has sold bonds to finance a campus expansion, it announced that the Xavier Square development (above) will be put on hold until the economy strengthens.
Xavier University plans to continue its campus expansion in the face of a national recession, just a little more slowly.
In a sign that XU has the financial strength to continue to expand, it sold $55.8 million in bonds in early December to complete financing for a new library and business school that will straddle a new main entrance to its Evanston campus.
But XU said Tuesday that it would delay construction of the Xavier Square project until the economy improves. That project had been slated to include more than 500 badly needed student beds, a new campus health center and recreation center, ...


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Detailed below are descriptions of new home developments currently being constructed by Holmes Homes in and around the Salt Lake City area. In addition to the developments detailed below Holmes Homes also build homes in the Daybreak Utah master planned community.
Small development of single family homes located in eastside Draper close to retail shops, and restaurants.
Herriman Towne Center is a master-planned community in the heart of Herriman. Located close to rec center, restaurants, and 10 acres of open space.
The Winter Haven development is situated in the Traverse Mountain community. Located close to Adobe, I-15 and the new outlets.
Located in the heart of the Salt Lake Valley, this maintenance free townhome community is conveniently located for access to the freeway and Trax. Community contains a park and tot-lot.
This new single family community is tucked away in one of Riverton's best locations with convenient access to I-15, shopping, restaurants, Bangerter and Redwood Road.
Located just minutes from shopping, restaurants, and entertainment these townhomes offer maintenance free yards, a clubhouse and swimming pool. 2 and 3 bedroom townhomes from 1100 to 1500 square feet.
Development of townhomes conveniently located close to the freeway, shopping and restaurants. The development contains a large park with walking trails and playground equipment.
Surrounded by several parks and walking trails this single family home development features 3 and 4 bedroom homes ranging in size from 1300 to 5000 square feet.
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