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Lin William Cong primarily studies corporate finance and investments. His research interests include real options, entrepreneurial finance, market efficiency, statistical learning, financial intermediation and innovation, and China's economy and financial markets. For his doctoral studies, Cong has received the Finance Theory Group Best Paper Award (runner up), the Shmuel Kandel Award, and the Zephyr Prize for Best Paper in Corporate Finance, amongst other honors and fellowships. He was also a George Shultz Scholar at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and a PhD Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies, with research grants from both institutes. Additionally, his undergraduate research in physics and applied mathematics resulted in publications in a variety of science journals. Cong currently referees for The American Economic Review, Review of Financial Studies, Management Science, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Journal of Economic Theory, and Journal of Political Economy.
Cong earned a Ph.D. in finance and a MS in statistics from Stanford University, where he received the Gerald Lieberman Fellowship for outstanding contributions in research, teaching, and university service, and the Asian American Award for graduate leadership. He also holds dual degrees from Harvard University where he graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa in 2009 with an A.M. in physics, an A.B. in math & physics, a minor in economics, and a language citation in French.
Cong is a native of Shenyang, China. Outside his research and teaching, Cong practices Chinese Calligraphy, and enjoys reading, sports, cross fitness, guitar, as well as learning French and Japanese. Cong is also passionate about education in China and in the U.S., and integrating quantitative and fundamental approaches to investments in various asset classes, to which he coined the term "Quantimental Investing".
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Corporations and governments frequently sell assets with embedded real options to competing buyers using both cash and contingent bids. Examples include natural resource leases, real estate, patents and licenses, and start-up firms with growth options. This paper models these auctions of real options, incorporating both endogenous auction initiation and post-auction dynamics. I find that common security bids create moral hazard and distort investment. Strategic auction timing affects auction initiation, security ranking, equilibrium bidding, and investment, and should be considered jointly with security design and seller's commitment level. Optimal auction design aligns investment incentives using a combination of down payment and royalty payment, but inefficiently delays sale and investment. I also provide suggestive evidence for model predictions using data from the leasing and exploration of oil and gas tracts. Altogether, these results reconcile theory with several empirical ...
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I recalled discovering the three crossings of Otter Creek along KY 90 in southern Kentucky quite a few years ago, but I could never locate the photographs I took back then. While in the area documenting the Battle of Mill Springs reenactment, I headed westward to recapture those crossings and to try to find any information about them.
What's unique is not their design but the many alignments over the bridge. The first span was most likely a truss or a covered bridge, but all that remains is the stone abutments.
In 1940, a three span concrete beam bridge was completed with a total length of 159 feet.
This was replaced with a revised alignment and crossing in 1949, with the bridge featuring a total span length of 320 feet.
Finally, in 1979, a new alignment of KY 90 was completed, which featured the erection of a three-span steel girder bridge with a total length of 526 feet.
The 2004 aerial below, from HistoricAerials.com, shows the 1940 and 1949 alignments. The 1979 alignment is to the north and east.

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My son reminded me recently that April showers bring May flowers.
He was trying to console me after I observed that, because of the recent weather, the only member of the family getting any yard work done is our beagle Tucker.
Tucker has already spent many hours this spring moving dirt for his annual landscaping venture.
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What's your pet's motto or philosophy on life?
life is good...especially if you're me...!!!
What's the quirkiest habit you pet has? List more than one if you like!
Molly's quirkiest habit is that she constantly puts her paw on your hand in greeting, sometimes she uses both and gives your hand a doggy hug!
What famous person, living or dead, does your pet most resemble physically? What about personality-wise?
the patch on her eye cause her to resemble a pirate and her care free way of life adds to that image!
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Archive for Thursday, August 5, 2004
Walter K. Fountain
Services for Walter K. Fountain, 76, Eldon, Mo., were Tuesday, Aug. 3, at First Assembly of God Church, Eldon, with the Rev. James Hedrick officiating. Burial was in Eldon City Cemetery, Eldon.
Mr. Fountain died Saturday, July 31, 2004, at Lake Ozark, Mo.
He was born May 30, 1928, in Knox County, Mo., the son of Serrel and Florence Beard Fountain.
Mr. Fountain was a lifelong farmer in northeast Missouri until moving to Eldon to become a developer.
He married Eva Helen Burkhart on Feb. 17, 1950. She survives of the home.
Other survivors include a son, Roger Fountain, Eldon, Mo.; a daughter, Cheryl Fountain, Okeechobee, Fla.; four sisters, Margaret Anderson, Grain Valley, Mo., Ezylene Snell, Canton, Mo., JoAnn Arment, Holt, Mo., and Pat Black, Eudora; four grandchildren; and a great-grandson.
A brother, Serrell Fountain; a sister, Betty Werner; and a grandson, Troy Fountain, preceded him in death.
The family suggests memorials to Alzheimer's Association, sent in care of Phillips Funeral Home, P.O. Box 5, Eldon, MO 65026.
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I have a script that will download www pages, and I want to extract the text and store it in a uniform encoding (UTF8 would be fine). The downloading (UserAgent), Parsing (TreeBuilder) and text extraction seem fine, but I'm not sure I'm saving them correctly.
They dont view when opening the output file in for example notepad++; The original HTML views find in a text editor.
The HTML files typically have charset=windows-1256 or charset=UTF-8
So I figured if I could get the UTF8 one to work, then it was just an recoding problem. Here is some of what I have tried, assuming I have an HTML file saved to disk.
my $tree = HTML::TreeBuilder->new;
The output from dump captured for STDOUT views correctly in .txt file only after Switching the encoding to utf8 in the text editor…
$formatter = HTML::FormatText->new(leftmargin => 0, rightmargin => 50);
if (utf8::is_utf8($formatter->format($tree))) {
print " Is UTF8\n";
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Result Shows this IS UTF8 when the content says it is, and Not UTF8 otherwise.
I have tired
opening an file with ">" and ">:utf8"
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Raekwon Mixtapes
- We Wanna Thank YouIf you need some vintage/old school sounds in your life, Raekwon's got you. The Wu-Tang Clan rapper has been going strong for the past twenty weeks with a slew of TBT cuts, but real throwbacks, often heading to the '70s and '80s for his instrumentals. Today, as promised, he compiles them all into one free mixtape for easy listening/downloading.
- Eazy Doez ItMurda Mook is back with a new, possibly Eazy E-inspired tape entitled Eazy Doez It. Guest spots comes from Snoop Dogg, Ron Browz, Raekwon, LL Cool J, Big Tyme and Busta Rhymes. Production is handled by Triple A, Ron Browz, Siege Monstrosity, The Avengers, King Karnov and K & Square.
- The Chef Vs. The Beast: The Best Of Raekwon & Scram JonesHear The Chef Vs. The Beast: The Best Of Raekwon & Scram Jones, the latest project from Raekwon, released on Wednesday, April 10th, 2013. Raekwon continues to impress with each new leak, and The Chef Vs. The Beast: The Best Of Raekwon & Scram Jones is no exception. It's strengthens Raekwon's already impressive body of work, which has seen positive change over the years. We're most definitely anticipating Raekwon's next offering.
- Lost JewlryBump Lost Jewlry, the latest mixtape from Raekwon, which dropped on Tuesday, January 15th, 2013. Raekwon's horizons are broadening with each new release, and Lost Jewlry is no exception. It's a worthy addition to a catalogue that has seen much growth since Raekwon stepped foot in the rap game. We're looking forward to hearing more.
- Unexpected VictoryThe following artists are featured on the mixtape: Jd Era, Ceazar-N-Reason, Camoflauge, Cl Smooth, Sauce Money, Big B, Altrina Renee, Fred Da Godson, Mobb Deep, Lep Bogus Boys, Dion Primo, Busta Rhymes, Vado, Tommy Nova, Capone-N- Norega, Styles P, Mean Doe Green. Let us know what you think, folks.


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Bombardier targets jet sales to Japan
"Now is the time to add sales and marketing into the mix," Andy Solem, vice president of sales for China and North Asia, said in an interview. "We're very confident" that the CSeries will appeal to Japanese airlines, he said.
The planemaker sold its first plane in Japan about 20 years ago and may add a salesperson in Tokyo to complement a market analyst it hired, Solem said. Montreal-based Bombardier's CSeries jet is set for its first flight in June and entry into service next year. The plane seats 110 to 130 passengers and will be a possible alternative to Japan's first domestic-made passenger jet developed by Mitsubishi Aircraft Co., which fits 70 to 90 passengers.
"It'll be tough," said Ryota Himeno, an analyst at Barclays Securities Japan Ltd. "Mitsubishi is already heavily marketing its new jet and the more makes of plane that an airline operates, the more maintenance costs increase."
Bombardier's Solem says he is targeting airlines looking to replace older, smaller Airbus and Boeing planes with its CS100 version, which seats 110 passengers in its standard configuration, and the CS300 which carriers 130 flyers.
Mitsubishi Aircraft won its first order for 15 Mitsubishi Regional Jets, plus 10 options, from ANA in 2008.
Bombardier had 138 orders for CS100 and CS300 models as of Sept. 30, according to a statement from the company. The biggest customer is Republic Airways Holdings, based in Indianapolis, which placed an order for 40 planes in 2010.
Mitsubishi Aircraft's orders increased to 230, including commitments, in July after it won SkyWest Inc. as a customer. The Nagoya, Japan-based company's jet is scheduled to make its first flight later this year and aims to hand over its first plane in 2015.
Japanese airlines had 56 Bombardier planes at the end of 2011, compared with 36 Airbus jets, according to Japan Aircraft Development Corp. figures compiled by Bloomberg. The carriers had 397 Boeing planes, the most of any maker, according to the group.
Both the CSeries and MRJ Jet will use geared turbo-fan engines from United Technologies Corp.'s Pratt & Whitney that will help the planes burn 20 percent less fuel than current similar-sized airplanes, according to the plane makers.
ANA has received a briefing on the plane from Bombardier, Megumi Tezuka, a spokeswoman for the airline, said. Japan Airlines has also been briefed on the aircraft, Kazunori Kidosaki, a spokesman at the carrier said.
Both airlines are focusing on international routes for growth, and have ordered 111 Boeing 787s to allow the addition of new destinations. Japan Airlines cut 41 domestic routes as part of a turnaround plan.
"There may be more opportunity to sell to a new low-cost carrier," said Himeno. "Japanese airlines have already shrunk their domestic routes to focus on profitable services."
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In New Zealand, the coldest days of the year are usually in late July or early August.
The most significant cold snap since 1995 gripped the nation from late Friday 22 July until late on Monday 25 July. Significant amounts of snow fell in the south and east of both islands, with over 30 cm to near sea level reported in the Christchurch area. Many of the arterial routes through the North and South Islands were closed, including the Waioeka Gorge route from Gisborne to Opotiki.
On Wednesday 20 July forecasters advised, in a Severe Weather Outlook, of the potential for heavy snow during the upcoming weekend. As the weekend approached, various Severe Weather Warnings / Watches, Road Snowfall Warnings and Special Weather Advisories were issued, advising of significant snow from Southland to Hawkes Bay and describing accumulations down to near sea level likely in the South Island and down to 200m further north.
This cold episode was the result of a river of air flowing straight from the Antarctic ice shelf to New Zealand's shores. For this to occur, a high pressure zone over Tasmania needs to occur at the same time as a low pressure system deepens over the Chathams area, so that between them a southerly flow extends from the Antarctic to New Zealand for a long enough time to allow polar air to reach the country.
As the weather map above shows, the "polar blast" was just arriving over the far south of the country at midnight Saturday 23 July (behind the old front); it spread across the country during the following two days. Because it is so cold, polar air is generally very dry. But as it passes over the (increasingly warmer) ocean between the Antarctic and New Zealand, it takes up heat and moisture from the sea surface: this is what drives the formation of showers.
Had the polar air arrived a day or so earlier it would have encountered warmer air associated with the low which brought heavy rain to parts of Northland, Bay of Plenty and Gisborne a few days earlier; the result would have been even more snow.
The coldest air made its way across the North Island early on Monday 25 July and a trough following on behind brought a further bout of heavy snow later that day. Heavy showers brought the snow level down as they passed: a centimetre or so of snow even fell in Greytown (about 100 metres above sea level) in the Wairarapa to the east of Wellington.
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Finally, this MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) satellite image shows the snow coverage over New Zealand late on the morning of Tuesday 26 July. Snow areas are coloured red.


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When I originally completed the game I didn't even take any special note that the hospital prices were increasing, I virtually always had enough money to pay them anyway, and when lacking cash I just killed some easy enemies for a while until I had enough, so it was literally a non issue for me.
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Big surprise, as usual anything released on a non Nintendo console gets automatically deducted 1 point, this game getting an 8 is to be frank a complete joke, it represents the pinnacle of 8-bit games from that period, clever, fun, rewarding, and with some of the best graphics of the time.
I'd give it a 10 (on par with Mario 3) but seeing as the TG-16 version is around I guess it'd have to be knocked down a point as it has slightly lower quality sound and sprites, though to be honest where it comes to the TG-16 game I have as much interest in playing a Wonder Boy game...without Wonder Boy as I do of playing a classic Mario game with the Mario sprite replaced by a janitor wearing a baseball cap.
And I don't see you guys deducting points from the NES game Adventure Island, even though it is FAR inferior to the same game on the Master System
2D_Dreamer: The Master System most certainly did not sell "about the same as the NES" in the UK, it absolutely obliterated it, the NES only started to make inroads during the last year or two of it's life here, whilst the Master System sold consistantly for the early years and then had an upsurge when the budget Master System II was released, the console lasted well into the mid 90s, years after the NES had disappeared from the shelves.
6 is too low for this game, I doubt you've even played it enough to review it, the best thing about the gameplay is getting adept at pushing the force pod type thing into the bosses allowing you to kill them much faster, if you want to bring up reviews Mean Machines Sega rated this game 88% when it came out way higher than they rated Steel Empire and only 1% lower than Gynoug (which came out earlier)
What a worthless review of a classic game, supremely well-designed levels, tons and tons of depth with all the different costumes, secrets and tricks, a grim and foreboding atmosphere, masses of variety, and a proper challenge that lasts, it's a total classic, maybe it doesn't quite stack up to Mario 3 and World specifically but how many games do? and this game has a real feel and style of it's own that sets it apart anyway.
I've been thinking, is it actually possible for Mayhem in Monsterland to run on NTSC anyway? the game was PAL only and Nintendo don't seem willing to muck about with NTSC games to get them running properly for Europe so they probably won't do the opposite either, maybe thats the reason why the C64 on VC will never go to the US.
YAY, no sooner do I moan that theres no thalamus games on VC they release Mayhem in Monsterland! this is the first great release for the C64 so far, hopefully the creatures games and Armalyte will soon follow.
Great Game, absolutely nothing like Gauntlet at all, it's very strategy orientated and has a kind of pokemon "gotta catch em all" feel to it with all the different collectable characters. Trying out a new character is never "dull" at any stage, everytime you pick a new guy up to join your army you want to find out what he can do. This is actually the worst review I've read on the site so far.
No they're not. But i'll admit they are pretty decent games, Last Ninja 2 was actually one of the first games I ever bought for my C64 (along with Saint Dragon), and I did get some enjoyment from it over the years, also Uridium is pretty good too, they are just both very low on my priorities list compared to other C64 games.
I'm starting to lose hope that they'll ever release any good C64 games on the VC. Wheres the Rainbow Arts games?!! where's the Thalamus games?!? where are the Codemasters games?!?! where's the Ocean games?!!?!?!? The C64 Virtual Console is an utter joke :@
I may of strayed off the point a bit with that last comment so here is the shortened version
Double Dragon C64 = boring
Cybernoid = Unnecessary pain
There a youtube video on the NES version that I think shows why I hate the game pretty well but goes a bit over the top so don't take it seriously http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LR5DPHGLQo
When I play Double Dragon on the C64 I feel mildly bored, when I play Cybernoid I feel as though a seven year old is making me punch myself weakly whilst repeating "stop hitting yourself" over and over for half hour whilst Joe Pasquale is doing a rendition of "I know a song that'll get on your nerves"
gah, where are the Codemasters, Rainbow arts and Thalamus games?!?!!? there's not any impressive C64 games on VC yet
Don't believe the hype, this was always a truely abysmal game that relied more on the high quality graphics and sound (for it's time) than any kind of merit gameplay wise. The game is basicaly a flick screen shooter, where you travel from screen to screen shooting enemies and dodging dangers, there is no difficulty curve to speak of, and surviving many of the screens is completely reliant on luck.


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Micron picks Mark Durcan as temporary CEO after tragic crash
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Micron extends COO's stay after CEO
Micron has picked its COO Mark Durcan as its temporary CEO in the wake of its CEO Steve Appleton's death in an airplane crash on Friday. Durcan had intended to retire in August but agreed to stay on as CEO until a permanent replacement could arrive. The memory designer hasn't given a clear indication of any short-listed candidates.
The decision was was made after Appleton encountered what may have been a mechanical failure with his Lancair kit plane, more details of which have emerged since his death. He had landed at the Boise airport after what looked to be an initial problem with his aircraft just after takeoff. He took off again, but soon after told air traffic control of a problem. Seconds after he turned back in to land, he crashed between the two runways.
The Lancair has had a higher than usual number of fatal accidents, although Appleton was known both for being a skilled pilot and for willingly taking risks in sports planes. He was in an accident in an Extra 300L in 2004 that gave him serious injuries but didn't stop him either from returning to his CEO position or continuing to fly high-speed aircraft.
Many attributed this competitive streak to his avoiding nearly being ousted at Micron as well as relatively safe throughout 18 years of being at the front of the company. Most of its challenges in recent months have come from the rises of smartphones and tablets, which have put a crunch on most any business dependent on traditional PCs. [via Bloomberg]


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A high-throughput approach to identify genomic variants of bacterial metabolite producers at the single-cell level
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Genome Biology 2012, 13:R40 doi:10.1186/gb-2012-13-5-r40Published: 28 May 2012
We present a novel method for visualizing intracellular metabolite concentrations within single cells of Escherichia coli and Corynebacterium glutamicum that expedites the screening process of producers. It is based on transcription factors and we used it to isolate new L-lysine producing mutants of C. glutamicum from a large library of mutagenized cells using fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS). This high-throughput method fills the gap between existing high-throughput methods for mutant generation and genome analysis. The technology has diverse applications in the analysis of producer populations and screening of mutant libraries that carry mutations in plasmids or genomes.


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|December 10 2012, 10:15 AM
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We have never heard of the Federation at large suffering from energy shortages. Supposedly, there are trivially easy and cheap means to extract endless energy from the environment, and the only sort of shortage that may hit you is a short-duration inability to get a sufficient power output for a key application after significant damage is suffered. And "The Survivors" would appear to indicate that the endless energy supplies a typical colonial household directly taps are enough to run a food replicator for the needs of two people.
I gather a food replicator is an option, much like a washing machine is today. But only freaks will go without one, and nobody has to go without one. Even the colonies from which the Maquis movement arose used food replicators ("Preemptive Strike")...
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|December 11 2012, 11:25 AM
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If Robert and Marie won't have a replicator in their house, does it make any sense that they would travel into town to buy replicate food to prepare in their kitchen?
|December 11 2012, 09:34 PM
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It's a bit difficult to imagine a quantum leap in power consumption just for the added capacity of replicating complex machine parts or whatever; the "limited" machine is already performing full-fledged miracles in creating "natural" flavors and textures.
Also interesting is that the machine will provide water; this sort of goes against the idea that it would be converting existing matter. Just about any conversion process imaginable (say, from the silicates of the sand to water) would be basically as energy-expensive as materializing H2O out of pure energy, as it would involve complete transmutation of elements. And conversely, one can think of dozens of ways to cheaply get clean water out of the Class M environment without having to resort either to conversion-type replication or synthesis from pure energy, suggesting that replication isn't significantly more expensive than those processes.
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|December 15 2012, 06:48 PM
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Maybe every home has a mini fusion plant in the basement. Not had to believe you can just hook it up. Much like adding an A/C to todays home. You may need to upgrade your service to run one. But i'm sure Mr. LaForge would have that done in 5min flat. I would also guess you can fill the thing with simple dirt to get what you need out of it.
But i would also guess home replicators are SLOW. You may very well get a glass of cold water out of it. But who's to say it wouldn't take 10min to get it.
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|December 16 2012, 09:37 AM
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Re: Replicator Economics
One thing you have to keep in mind about the Federation is its generally an idyllic socialist like society. All that is made possible by technologies similar to replicators.
That being said, replicators don't just "beam" things out of thing air. Starships have a very complex system by which matter is recycled. Replicators resequence inert recycled matter from one substance into another. It's quite literally a form of what some might call alchemy.
The problem is there is a limit as to how far one form of matter can be resequenced from one form of matter into another form. I've always understood there is a physical tolerance point of how far something can be transformed.
That being said, I'd also suggest that may items that are replicated likely do not have the same quality of things that are hand made from the original products. A possible example that springs to mind might be something like clothing. Clothing that is replicated may literally start to fall apart after a week or a month making a genuine article more desirable. This would explain why many products for engineering can't be replicated --- their probably not able to replicate something with enough tolerance to withstand industrial wear and tear.
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Earth has been described as a paradise, however it's social and political structure is unclear. It's impossible to label it as "socialist."
Now if you needed a metric tonne of Osmium, and you were using the bussard collector to collect interstellar gas to use as your base material ...
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A two-year-old boy who was found unresponsive at a Sioux Falls apartment Wednesday evening has died.
When the child was taken to the hospital, doctors found injuries consistent with abuse that they say were not accidental.
The boyfriend of the child's mother is charged with hurting the boy. 27-year-old Joseph Robert Patterson is charged with Aggravated battery of an infant and Aggravated Assault. During a court appearance on Friday, a Lincoln County Judge set Patterson's bond at $750,000. Following the boy's death, the Lincoln County State's Attorney's Office will be reviewing police reports for consideration of additional charges.
Sioux Falls police are not releasing the child's name out of respect for the family and to give them time to make notification. They say his name will be released early next week.
While police won't identify the boy's parents, multiple sources say Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson is the boy's father. Peterson's father confirmed that news on Friday.
Peterson was in Sioux Falls on Thursday for what the Vikings called a personal matter.
Peterson was back at practice on Friday. Peterson didn't want to answer any questions about the case or his connection, but says he appreciates all the support from fans and the Vikings.
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Monday, March 17, 2008
One might reasonably question how Bear Stearns descended from Nirvana with only the briefest of stops in Limbo before evidently disappearing forever. Such is the perils of leverage! Sure, BSC appeared to have a book value of $10 billion, which is more than even the Kerviels of the world have managed to lose. But when savagely levered, that $10 billion of book value represents $400 billion of assets on the balance sheet.....and $390 billion worth of liabilities. It's the equivalent of putting down $10k, taking out a $390,000 mortgage, and buying a $400,000 house. (Dare we label this the subprime business model?) And as both Bear and subprime borrowers have learned to their chagrin, you don't need to take much of a haircut on your assets before you're completely wiped out.
While it appeared this morning that markets were set up for a doomsday scenario, the ultimate price action in equities was unsatisfying for just about everyone. We didn't get the climactic downdraft that often marks out a bottom, but nor did we get a strong bounce that might suggest a short-covering rally is in the offing. So equities, too, are in Limbo, having plowed most of the way towards the downside targets of the current move, but still lacking the appetite to start pressuring the shorts. Ugh.
And of course, Limbo is a word that conveys overtones other than the religious/philosophical. It's also a party game, found most often on cruise ships and Club 18-30 holidays. The game is about arching one's back and walkign under an increasingly low-level bar or rod; the one-sentence summary of the game is How Low Can You Go?
And that is a question confronting the Federal Reserve today. A few weeks ago, markets were lookign for a 0.50% cut at today's meeting. With equities lower and CPI defying logic to print lower, that was raised to 0.75%. And now Bear has pretty much cemented expectations of a full percent. Apologists might suggest that rate cuts of this magnitude are required to fix the problems with the financial system...but are they? Surely the scale of the issue now transcends monetary policy, and requires a toxic waste dump for people to use to clean up their balance sheets and reduce their leverage.
If the Fed cuts 1% today and things don't durably improve, how long before the market starts to fret that the Fed is "running out of bullets"? Macro Man doesn't know the asnwer, but presumably it won't be far off. We have exited the world of fact-based reality and entered a world of superstition, sentiment, and psychology. Or at least, those items are the new "facts." As foretold by Cassandra, counterparty risk is now at the tip of everyone's tongue; unlike 1998, and unlike 2001-02, we've seen a bank go under, with the potential for more in the pipeline. Whether that happends depends on sentiment and, dare it be said, a fiscal solution to clean up the financial system.
As Macro Man sees it, Helicopter Ben and his 1% rate cut won't make a damn bit of difference.
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- Macro Man said...
Bizarre! This was posted early this morning but didn't "take" for some reason. Hopefully everyone can see it now.
- March 18, 2008 at 1:50 PM
- James said...
I think its a cosmetic move for Congress and to take pressure off the fed when things get much worse. There are a ton of institutions that levered up into a massive bubble and when it popped they got crushed. Get ready for the federal government to start assuming trillions in bad securities. If I was a foreign government I would be steering my economy away from the dollar and getting ready to break free from this system.
- March 18, 2008 at 3:22 PM
- MP said...
MM, assuming that the FED manages to stabilize the financial system and avoid a meltdown in credit markets, we still will have to face a bunch of other problems (e.g. the insolvent US borrowers and consumers).
It seems that lots of people have the view that this whole exercise of unwinding the excesses of the past is an internal issue among the involved banks and it will be gone once all bad debt has been written off.
Any thoughts on this issue?
- March 18, 2008 at 6:12 PM
- Macro Man said...
MP, the problem is that all those insolvent homeowners' and consumers' loans' are securitized and held by others (banks/hedge funds/asset managers/pension funds/foreigners).
As long as these loans don't perform, the value of these securities will not be terribly high...and the process of securitizing new loans will remain broken, at least partially.
As noted in the text of this post, the scale and sums involved are such that the Fed is, if not irrelevant, than probably only a minority piece of the solution.
Four or five months ago, perhaps the Fed could have saved the day (perhaps through making it look/sound like they knew what they were doing?), but it seems that that time is past, today's risk asset love-in notwithstanding.
But your ultimate point is, I think, that even if no one else blows up, the US economy looks like it's going into recession. And it's hard to see that being a wonderful environment for risky assets.
- March 18, 2008 at 8:02 PM
i think it is fair to say that bankers trust went under in 1998 (taken over by deutsche) and that ltcm could be seen as a quasi-dealer. but there certainly was not the systemic leverage across so many entities -- consumer, corp and govt -- that there is now. that all said, i cant decide whether we care going to see inflation, deflation or what magnitude of either or neither. it is as if we are on a super-conductor: the distribution of looks flat for all outcomes. the ultimate fat tail distribution.
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The farm where these cows live might not *look* like the lap of luxury.
But these cows have something most don't.
They all sleep on waterbeds.
Farmer Kalvin Imhoff of Sunnyview farms in Indiana says he put the waterbeds in back in 2005 for a simple reason:
They make the cows happy -- and happy cows equals more milk.
Imhoff got such good results that expanded his business:
He's sold more than 4,000 similar waterbeds in Indiana in the past five years.
About 12 other farmers in his area now have their cows sleeping on waterbeds too.
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The Naked Face: Self-Portraits
Curator Dr Vivien Gaston has ransacked the vast resources of the NGV to create a memorable survey of artists' self-portraiture from the Renaissance to now.
21st Century: Art In The First Decade
Daniel Nancarrow finds GoMA's latest exhibition a wild ride.
Biennale of Sydney
17th Biennale of Sydney
Archibald Prize
Australia's prestigious annual $50,000 portraiture prize is back again at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Showing from 27 March - 30 May 2010. The winner will be announced on March 26.
Sculpture by the Sea, Perth
Perth's compact but refined sculpture showcase blows the unwieldy Bondi extravaganza out of the water.
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HYANNIS — As local officials deal with wastewater issues, they should pay attention to the chemicals Cape Codders are flushing down the drain, researchers from the Silent Spring Institute said during an update Thursday.
Cape residents need to protect themselves from contaminants in medicine and household products that are ending up in local wells via wastewater, they said in a presentation at Barnstable Town Hall.
These chemicals are known as "emerging contaminants," because the ability to detect them in the environment only has been available in recent years.
Chemicals making their way into the local water supply include pharmaceutical products, plasticizers, hormones, herbicides, flame retardants and perfluorinated chemicals from nonstick and stain-resistant products.
Many of the chemicals are considered hormone disruptors that act like estrogen, which has caused breast cancer cells to grow in a laboratory setting.
"Everyone on the Cape relies on groundwater as a source of drinking water," said Silent Spring Institute scientist Laurel Schaider, who will be a panelist at a wastewater conference sponsored by the Cape Cod Commission Oct. 22 and 23 in Hyannis.
Although no federal standards have been developed yet to regulate emerging contaminants, Schaider said they are "on the radar" of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Schaider said the Cape's drinking water is especially vulnerable to contamination because the area's sandy, porous soil allows wastewater to move more quickly into the water supply.
"It just makes sense to try to keep our drinking water separate from wastewater," Schaider said.
The Newton-based Silent Spring Institute was established to explore possible environmental links to the Cape's high rate of breast cancer.
In recent years the institute has released studies that show the presence of dozens of emerging contaminants in public and private wells on the Cape.
Of the 20 private wells tested in February 2011, at least one emerging contaminant was found in 85 percent of them, Schaider said.
"Where you've got nitrates, you've also got these contaminants," she said.
"We don't know the health implications yet," she said.
Jean Crocker of Cotuit, who attended the afternoon session at town hall, said years ago the Cape's small population and lack of industry meant the drinking water was considered especially pure.
But the Cape, considered a sole-source aquifer, is at special risk of water contamination, she said.
"We are very unique. We are only sand. We don't have that sub-base of granite like the rest of the U.S.," she said.
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Bes stole the cookie from the cookie jar!
Who stole the cookie from the cookie jar?
I had cookie cake just now. Mmmm.
I have become jealous of you.
Me too.Next birthday i'm getting myself a cookie cake
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It may well be due to size and complexity of mould design to produce large (15 inch span odd) models at 1/72 scale. Distortion following mould release?
A little off topic but what the heck. Why did some aircraft types not have models produced by say Airfix? Im thinking here of the Vulcan and Victor, after the Falklands Matchbox brought out models of them but until the Falklands they hadnt been covered by the kit manufacturers.
It may well be due to size and complexity of mould design to produce large (15 inch span odd) models at 1/72 scale. Distortion following mould release?
Possibly peter, but Matchbox managed to bring one out. One possibilty I thought of was the fact that of course the Vulcan and Victor were of course nuclear bombers, I wonder if MOD said no?????
If you going to tackle the Shack, the Frog example is the best one to build due to the quality of the moulds, followed by the Revell ones. Steer clear of the awful Novo and other mouldings from the old eastern block.
Some frog kits maintain valiue otheres seem to waver, I paid a fortune for the DH110 kit, which can now be found much cheaper - possibly the EBay effect.
ISTR reading that Airfix were intending on doing the Victor, but Matchbox had pipped them to the post.
Of course Airfix have recently brought out a fantastic Valiant kit, so we can happily build and display all three V Bombers!
I have an old Airfix Vulcan unmade but if I built it I would probably use the anti-flash white scheme as it is the one I remember in all my books as a kid. I have about 30 unmade kits, mostly AFVs due to no display space. Will I make them? Who knows, but I suspect my huge supply of model paints will have probably dried up by now.
What was it about the Humbrol matt red - it never really covered in less tha 6 coats!
My days of model making are long gone, last one I attempted was would you believe a 1/72 scale B52!!! But at the shop at Newark I saw the 1/24 scale Mosquito and I must admit I was tempted to buy it.
Ahh, paint - ! When Airfix produced their own range of paints, it came in wee screw top bottles, about the size of your Mum's / big sister's nail varnish bottles. Great to begin, but unless you kept the bottle and lid screw scrupulously clean, try getting it off after a few uses - ! And as for not getting the brush covered in paint when the bottle was half used, no chance - ! Then Humbrol came to the rescue with their tinlets; vastly superior to Airfix until now. 'Orrible and watery. I use the Revell range of aquacolours. Fine for my needs and they don't dry up.
ahh my last attempt was the Airix Canberra when it first came out, sat next to the balsa version someone had given my old dad when he left Watton. Was a lovely thing in grey and black I think a B1 if I recall and inch for inch matching the Airfix model. Sad to say, they were thrown out when Mum moved.
Didnt the owners of humbrol end up buying airfix? And I remember the Airfix Canberra, it came with a stand that you had to use to prop it up, unless you did what I did and put blu tack in the nose.
Yes, the stands were standard sizes, about three sizes I think. I don't recall Blu Tak being around when I made kits by the dozen but plasticene was just as good if you built a plasticard box around it. Also Evo Stik and some metal offcuts from my Dad helped. Tungsten was the favourite as it was small yet heavy.
Due to space restrictions I glued the stands to my bedroom wall and hung the models on them, saved fiddling with weights.
Also the last paints I bought were Polly Scale - A bit thin but did cover after two coats and no brush marks. Probably better for spraying.
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The September issue of Marie Clair is one to look out for as it features Miley Cyrus. The photo shoot for this issue took place early this month on the West Coast in the Malibu hills. Now that the twitteratti and paparazzi are all over Cyrus' affair engagement to the Liam Hemsworth, this September issue and the interview with Miley Cyrus are highly awaited as they might give out the most awaited details about their love affair and relationship.
The September issue of Marie Claire features Miley Cyrus on its cover, looking extremely stylish, chic and fashionable with her studded satin Christine Dior frock.
The "Hannah Montana" star, recently engaged to Australian actor Liam Hemsworth, has been in the news after nude pictures of her in a bathtub surfaced. The positioning of the 19-year-old star in the pool also gave viewers a good view of the tattoo of a dreamcatcher on her rib cage, which is only one of the 12 tattoos she has.
Cyrus was also in the news recently for supposed differences between her and her fiancé, 22-year-old Liam Hemsworth, who is trying to concentrate on his coming movie "Paranoia" and lead a low-profile life while Miley Cyrus, who is just the opposite, expects him to party with her and celebrate their engagement.
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In the final moments of the event, the Stars introduced a new logo, a silver D with a star behind it with a green outline. Dallas also unveiled the team's uniforms for the 2013-14 season. Modeling the jerseys were Stars center Jamie Benn, a 2012 NHL All-Star, and franchise icon Mike Modano, who finished his career with more points than any American-born player in League history.
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The look was well received by the 2,400 in attendance and was a big hit with Benn and Modano.
"I think they look great. They're sharp and it's an honor putting on a new jersey," Benn said. "It's pretty unique. Like we talked about, it was a different color. It's our own color, Victory Green. I think it's going to look sharp out there on the ice."
Benn admitted neither he nor any of his teammates had input about the new look, but Modano, who works in the Dallas front office as a special adviser, did hold some sway over the final design. And he had one simple request: That green remain a part of the club's look.
"I came from Minnesota and it [that color] is just something people recognize. Over the years, we got away from that," Modano said. "It's a good color. It's different. Obviously, no one has it (in the NHL), and that's the way it was with the North Stars. Green was kind of unique and different.
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David Camm is escorted from the Boone County Courthouse after a day in court in his third trial, in Lebanon, Ind., Monday September 9, 2013. Camm was in court to hear Charles Boney's trestimony. Boney was convicted along with Camm in the killing of Camm's family in the last trial. Joe Vitti / Indianapolis Star
Here are the witnesses who testified for the defense in David Camms third murder trial on Tuesday:
Mark Sturgill, senior IT manager at Sonitrol, an alarm company in Lexington, Ky., that provided equipment and alarm monitoring to the Georgetown Community Church. He said that Sonitrols alarm, along with motion sensors and other devices at the church, were disabled by Camms uncle Leland Lockhart at 6:59 p.m. when players arrived to play basketball on the night of the murders, as was the routine. The alarm company records showed that the system was re-set at 9:22 p.m. as the last person left the church building, Sturgill said.
Sturgill testified that the company had advanced the time stamp on the equipment six days after the murders, putting the time about a minute later. That was a routine, he said, because the companys clocks sometimes got out of sync with the Lexington Police Department, to which the company tried to remain aligned by a minute or so.
Michael West, an inmate convicted of murder and robbery said that a former prison tattoo artist, Jeremy Bullock, told him of plans to provide false testimony against David Camm to lessen his sentence.
West is serving life without parole and is incarcerated at the New Castle Correctional Facility. He told of being held at the Indiana State Prison in Michigan City a decade ago when the artist Bullock told him he hated cops and, because he was facing 10 years more to serve, he planned to provide incriminated testimony against Camm in his second murder trial in 2006.
Eugenio Liscio, a Woodbridge, Ontario engineer and crime-scene reconstructionist. He used three-dimensional laser imaging and measurements of the position of bodies and bullet impact locations from an Indiana State Police reconstructionist and autopsies to assemble a scenario of how each victim was shot.
The position of Kim Camms body on the floor makes sense because of other coordinates around her body, including the trajectory of the bullet that passed through her head and hit the inside of the Bronco, Liscio said. His testimony contradicted prior prosecution witness Rod Englert, who said it appeared that Kim Camms body had been moved and that the scene was staged and posed.
Kyle Brewer, former New Albany police officer and evidence technician. While working the crime scene in cooperation with the Floyd County coroner, Brewer said he made a lift of a barefoot print on the floor of the garage, but someone sat on the print later in an ambulance and destroyed it.
He also testified that notes hed made from his visit to the crime scene have been lost. However, Brewer testified that he believed he saw blood on a phone in the kitchen and that a laundry room appeared to be uncharacteristically messy compared with an otherwise neat and clean household.


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Yoga Journal Guidelines
WHO ? YOU are the one and only one who will benefit from outside practice sessions. The additional time spent will reinforce information covered in class practices as well as begin the integration of YOGA into your daily life.
HOW MUCH ? A minimum of 30 minutes per week constitutes ONE practice session.
WHEN ? Many people find that practicing early in the morning helps to ensure that they actually follow through with their good intentions to do the practice. However, be aware that your body is probably less flexible at that time of day, so adjust your expectations accordingly. Later in the day you will be more flexible from having moved about, but statistically, you are less likely to actually DO your practice at all, if you wait until the end of the day. Be sure to practice on an empty stomach. After eating a light meal, it is advisable to wait two hours and after eating a heavy meal, it is advisable to wait four hours, before practicing YOGA.
WHAT TO DO ? Be sure to include practice in the following areas: Breathing exercises, postures and relaxation exercises. FORMAT for each journal entry should include the following:
a) Start and Finish time
b) Location
c) List Breathing exercises; Reflection….
d) List Postures: Choose from sitting, standing, prone and/or supine;
Reflect upon each one…
e) Relaxation exercises; Reflection
*Be sure to reflect upon what you experience or learn while working on breathing, postures and relaxation.
WHERE ? You will want to find a place that is comfortable and relatively quiet and free of distractions. Non-skid carpet is a good surface for practicing yoga, but if your carpet is slippery or if you do not have carpet, use a small rug or a Yoga "sticky mat" like we use in class. It is also important to have enough floor space in which to fully stretch out without bumping into furniture, children, pets, etc…
HOW ? In your home practice, continue to employ the principles that we discuss in class and that are outlined in your textbook. Work to improve your YOGA (whatever that means to you), but be gentle with yourself. Yoga should NEVER hurt. Learn to distinguish between the possibly mild discomfort of a stretch to near the edge of your capability (which is good) and PAIN (which is bad).
THE JOURNAL : Keep a written record of your home practice sessions in a journal or notebook. The entry should follow the above mentioned format under WHAT TO DO… You may want to add anything else about the practice session that seems significant to you. Feel free to be creative, express poetic imagination as expressions of their experiences with YOGA.
GRADING CRITERIA: Your journal will be graded according to the following criteria (in order of importance):
1. Is there at least one journal entry per week for fall/spring semesters; and two per week for summer semesters ?
2. Does it represent a variety of asanas over the course of the semester ?
3. Does each session include breathing, postures and relaxation exercises?
4. Does it reflect any learning/reflection ?
5. Is it legible ?
The home practice journal will be weighted as 10% of your semester grade.
DUE DATES : See Course Syllabus for specific dates. Journals will be returned to you.
Yoga Journal Format (Example)
Date: Monday,July 11th Location: My Living Room
Time: Began at 6:15 pm / Ended at 6:45 pm
A. Breathing Exercises: 5 Minutes
I sat in Easy Pose (changing legs after 2 ½ minutes) to work on Ujjayi Breathing. I am having difficulty breathing just through my nose. My sinuses have been acting up lately. I closed my eyes to help focus on my breath and tried to inhale & exhale for 4 seconds each. I became aware of myself and felt more connected and centered afterwards. I think I will light a candle and play soft music next journal practice.
B. Postures: (Sitting Postures)
1. Dandasana (Staff or Stick Pose) 5 Minutes
I noticed that I have extreme difficulty in flexing my ankles to pull my toes toward my knees. My calve muscles have always been very tight. I had my little brother hold my feet in a flexed position for 30 seconds – three times each foot to help improve my calve flexibility. My lower back also tires rather quickly. Perhaps I should sit against the wall to build up my lower back strength. I also used my belt as a strap to hold and sit upright, trying to create the letter "L". I spent ten minutes working with my brother and on my own to improve this pose.
2. Pascimottanasana (Seated Forward
Dandasana, I decided to transition into Seated
3. Baddha Konasana (Cobbler's Pose) 5 Minutes
This is a very difficult pose for me. My inner thighs are extremely tight, but it is my lower back that prohibits me from performing this pose. I chose to sit against the wall to support my entire spine. I pressed my hands against the tops of my thighs to increase the intensity of the inner thigh stretch. I had to really concentrate to keep my entire spine in contact with the wall. I used the commercials on TV to help time myself. I would rest for approximately thirty seconds between each of my three repetitions.
C. Relaxation (Savasana) 10 Minutes
I chose to close the blinds to make it darker so I could relax. I laid a blanket on the floor and used my bed pillows to support my knees. I also covered myself with a light blanket. I positioned myself as we did in class
(I believe) knees over pillows, pressed my elbows into the floor by my hips to elevate my chest so as to draw my shoulder blades together. I focused on my breathing, inhaling and exhaling for 4 seconds each. I used Ujjayi breathing where I could hear myself breathe. Hearing myself breathe was extremely relaxing. I had to really concentrate to not fall asleep! I noticed my upper chest, middle chest and abdominal region rising with each inhale and falling with each exhale. At the end of my relaxation phase, I felt revived and ready to go. I was alert, so I decided to read ahead in my studies.


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Lance Stephenson Fined $5k For Flop (Video)
by Robert Littal | Posted on Wednesday, May 21st, 2014
It was a pretty bad flop.
The NBA has fined the Pacers' Lance Stephenson $5,000 for flopping in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals Tuesday night.
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Field Trip: Animal Humane Society
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Twin Cities region, Minnesota
The organization:Animal Humane Society
Year established:In 2007, three Twin Cities area organizations—the Animal Humane Society (established 1891), the Greater West Metro Humane Society (established 1980), and the Humane Society for Companion Animals (established 1878)—merged to form a new Animal Humane Society.
Website: animalhumanesociety.org
Resources:Annual budget of $11 million; operates five facilities (in Buffalo, Coon Rapids, Golden Valley, St. Paul, and Woodbury); 255 employees (157 full time, 98 part time); more than 1,500 volunteers contributed more than 100,000 hours in 2007
A more perfect union:In the animal welfare field, where passions run high and there are "a thousand different ways to do something," you don't see a lot of mergers, says Janelle Dixon, president and CEO of the Animal Humane Society (AHS) in Minnesota. Often, if people don't like the way things are getting done by one group, they go off and start their own. "There has been this tendency to separate and divide," she says, "versus coming together to be stronger."


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The Roncalli sixth grade boys basketball team participated in the Wisconsin State Invitational Championship Tournament in De Pere, West De Pere, Ashwaubenon and Wrightstown on April 13 and 14, finishing third.
This tournament, which was organized by The Great Northwest Basketball League, brought together 88 of the top community-based sixth grade boys basketball teams from across Wisconsin. State champions were crowned in four divisions: Divisions 1, 2, 3 and 4/5, based on the enrollment of the high school into which each team feeds.
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Addison from California - Enrolled on AIM July 2008 - Testimonial provided June 2010
Sarah describes how The AIM Program has helped her Autistic son Addison become more engaged with the world around him and develop better communication skills.
From my experience with everything I have incorporated into Addison's life I know that each element plays a role in his self-healing from which we all can learn. All of my interventions to assist in developing Addison's potential began soon after his diagnosis as autistic. [EMC² Note: soon after Ms. Roesling received the Autism diagnosis of her son, he was given a scholarship for The AIM Program].
Prior to any intervention Addison was a withdrawn little boy interested in visual stimulation and sensitive to anything harsh whether it was the negative energy of certain people or the unintentional intake of toxins through prescription drugs, vaccines, foods, shampoo, soaps and detergents. After being administered amoxicillin we ended up in Children's Hospital where they administered an antidote. I then used calendula lotion to sooth his skin and the next day he began to recover.
Addison joined The AIM Program and it immediately helped him. I remember his father spending the first weekend with Addison after being on The AIM Program and commenting afterward that it was the first time he felt like he had a son. I think The AIM Program has played a key role in Addison's receptiveness to other healing therapies he receives and lifestyle changes that have been made. The AIM Program, in assisting in the self-healing of the autistic, has demonstrated that anything is possible!
Today Addison is comfortable in his body. He is starting to form sentences and make eye contact with others. He has fewer sensitivities and a strengthening immune system. He reacts appropriately to things worth reacting to, engaging in play and able to identify things around him. None of these were noticeable prior his participation in The AIM Program. He continues to progress and he will continue to show me his unfolding world. Thank you for everything.
Mother of Addison, "autistic for a new world"
Testimonial #2
I have been procrastinating about writing the update report due for The AIM Program. It was difficult this time to articulate the details of Addison's progress. I am with Addison every day, so noticing the improvements is more challenging than if a period of separation had occurred. So, when I stood in his door this afternoon watching him play with his bulldozer I knew what I wanted to say in my update report to EMC².
Addison has accomplished many things since the last update, but one that comes to mind over all others is what I recognized as I stood in the doorway watching him imagine the bulldozer was real as he pushed it into motion. He not only recognizes many objects, but he uses his imagination to play with a toy version. This is a huge thing to see him grasp and he does it with stuffed animals and other toys as well.
My personal favorite accomplishment has been when I ask for a kiss. He knows exactly what that means. Every time he will immediately turn to you with a big grin, get up close, squeeze his eyes and mouth closed at the same time and say, "mmmmmmm...aaa", as his sweet mouth plants a kiss you could never forget. This is next area of progress, understanding something asked of him. If I ask for an object on the floor, he can identify it and bring it to me. His ability to ask something of me has developed, but used less frequently. Who can say there is anything wrong with that? It is as if he just lives each moment as it approaches him rather than seeking out the moment.
With his developing knowledge of a variety of objects he also now counts to 20, recites the Alphabet, and identifies over 75 flash cards. He has also started to identify real-life objects by pointing to them. I think this is a big step in his communication with others. This tells me he is not only aware but inviting you to join him in that moment. It makes me very happy that Addison is much more aware of his outside world and the surrounding environment...children, animals, planes, stars, the moon and more. It too grows day by day. Though he still struggles with finding the right words or their proper order to form full sentences, it poses less of a challenge for us in understanding each other now.
I want to end by expressing my ever-lasting gratitude for being able to experience, with Addi, all we have through The AIM Program. I especially want to thank you for the time we now spend together...happy and healthy, rather than as a worried mother and an ever so sensitive boy. We spend days doing art or going to the park to blow bubbles. It sure beats the heck out of the hospital! Those days are not part of our world anymore. Thank you! You assisted us in getting on the right path of creation!
Mother of Addison, "autistic for a new world"
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[Produced by Dirty Swift]
[Intro: 50 Cent]
I just want to chill and twist the lye
Catch stunts in my 745
You drive me crazy, shorty
I need to see you and feel you next to me
I provide everything you need and I
Like your smile, I don't want to see you cry
Got some questions that I got to ask and I
Hope you can come up with the answers, babe
[Hook: Nate Dogg]
Girl, it's easy to love me now
Would you love me if I was down and out?
Would you still have love for me?
[Verse 1: 50 Cent]
If I fell off tomorrow would you still love me?
If I didn't smell so good would you still hug me?
If I got locked up and sentenced to a quarter century
Could I count on you to be there to support me mentally?
If I went back to a hoopty from a Benz
Would you poof and disappear like some of my friends?
If I was hit and I was hurt would you be by my side?
If it was time to put in work would you be down to ride?
I get out and peel a nigga cap, chill and drive
I'm asking questions to find out how you feel inside
If I ain't rap cause I flip burgers at Burger King
Would you be ashamed to tell your friends you're feeling me?
In the bed if I used my tongue would you like that?
If I wrote you a love letter would you write back?
Now we can have a little drink, you know, a nightcap
And we could go do what you like, I know you like that
[Verse 2: 50 Cent]
Now would you leave me if your father found out I was thugging?
Do you believe me when I tell you you the one I'm loving?
Are you mad cause I'm asking you 21 questions?
Are you my soulmate? Cause if so girl you a blessing
Do you trust me enough to tell me your dreams?
I'm staring at ya trying to figure how you got in them jeans
If I was down would you say things to make me smile?
I treat you how you want to be treated, just teach me how
If I was with some other chick and someone happened to see
And when you asked me about it I said it wasn't me
Would you believe me or up and leave me?
How deep is our bond if that's all it takes for you to be gone?
We only humans, girl, we make mistakes
To make it up, I'll do whatever it takes
I love you like a fat kid love cake
You know my style, I say anything to make you smile
[Outro: Nate Dogg]
Could you love me in a Bentley?
Could you love me on a bus?
I'll ask 21 questions and they all about us
- 1. Intro (Get Rich or Die Tryin')
- 2. What Up Gangsta
- 3. Patiently Waiting
- 4. Many Men (Wish Death)
- 5. In Da Club
- 6. High all the Time
- 7. Heat
- 8. If I Can't
- 9. Blood Hound
- 10. Back Down
- 12. Like My Style
- 13. Poor Lil Rich
- 14. 21 Questions
- 15. Don't Push Me
- 16. Gotta Make it to Heaven
- 17. Wanksta
- 18. U Not Like Me
- 19. Life's On The Line


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I Got A Mouse....
For my computer!! :D
I am so happy it will make editing pictures so much easier. I also got a printer. Now i'm poor again. Boo. But my boyfriend is all "Courtney, we don't have any photos together." I explained that we do and that they're on the computer I just needed a new printer and he said.. "Well, you should get on that."
Oh YAY! I'm so excited I'm not even depressed I have no money left for myself. Hehehe. :lol:
I was so excited I had to share with someone - who else would understand my excitement but HF? Tehehe.
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David White relaxes at Platte Clove quarry, a mile from Platte Clove Road.
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If you want to go exploring in June in the Catskill Forest Preserve, take heed. A mountain phenomenon occurs from Mothers Day to Fathers Day and perhaps into July, known as the black fly. These critters exist only where cold mountain brooks are ideal for hatching their eggs; they are not present elsewhere. These gnat-sized bugs bite exposed skin. We have numerous strategies to deal with them.
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Students who request a withdrawal after the first day of classes must have an exit appointment with the Office of the Dean of Students. A withdrawal form will be provided at this meeting and is also available below.
Students who request a withdrawal between semesters also must complete the form below and return it to the Office of the Dean of Students (in person, by mail, by fax, or by scanned email to firstname.lastname@example.com (the form must be signed by the student). Students who are leaving between semesters are encouraged, but not required, to schedule an exit appointment with the Office of the Dean of Students.
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Tackle the Open mHealth Challenge and make health apps work better together.
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- March 31, 2013
To date, the major tool for harnessing the power of mobile technology has been the app. Just like there are apps for weather, news, or restaurant reviews, there are apps for health. They can do amazing things, from measuring and monitoring, to imaging and predicting. But, there aren't just a handful of them—there are thousands! And, that's where the Heritage Open mHealth Challenge comes in.
Find out more: http://www.rwjf.org/en/blogs/pioneering-ideas/2013/03/heritage_open_mhealt.html?cid=xtw_pioneer


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Today's birthday (March 4): Your attention is a kind of warmth that people want to snuggle up to.
Aries (March 21-April 19): You're not trying merely to get ahead of the ball; you want to win the whole game! It's a lot more work than you were expecting, but your energy is high today, so go for it.
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You can use everything they have~!
Pork > Cow
pork doesnt produce milk though
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Doesn't matter, I eat my cereal with bacon.
Pigs do, they're just difficult to milk so no one bothers. Pigs milk is better for you than cows milk, and supposedly it tastes better too.
But you try getting a sow to stand still.
so are donkeysLink
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Woman Bravely Bares Mastectomy Battle Scars
"I'm not hiding. I know too many women who are ashamed and afraid to bare their scars. I get that and I support them in their journey. However, before I leave this earth, I feel it is imperative that I expose the true face of breast cancer." - Maxine Devereaux