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Francis has welcomed a figure from his native country who had been not only one of his most vocal critics, but who once occupied his cathedral and used the area behind the altar as a bathroom, reports Crux.
The embrace that reunited Catholics and Jews
Thirty years after St John Paul first visited the Synagogue of Rome, the Jewish Museum of Rome is holding an exhibition in the same synagogue to commemorate that meeting.
Retired New York fireman Tom Colucci realised his dream of becoming a priest when he was ordained at St Patrick's Cathedral on the weekend by Cardinal Timothy Dolan.
Pope Francis has awarded medals to George Clooney, Salma Hayek and Richard Gere in recognition of their contributions to a Vatican education project, reports AP in The Catholic Herald.
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Seminary celebrates Corpus Christi in Melbourne
Corpus Christi College seminary in Melbourne was joined in prayer on Sunday by more than 500 people and priests from across Victoria as it celebrated the Feast of Corpus Christi with a customary Solemn Mass and Eucharistic Procession.
Chasing Asylum documents the lives of asylum-seekers sent by Australia into offshore detention centres, interspersing testimonies from staff with displaced people. What it lacks in polish or partiality, it makes up for with passion and anger.
After becoming the first Pope to author a children's book earlier this year, Pope Francis will soon come out with another, based on his responses to questions posed by youth through a new online platform, reports the Catholic News Agency.
Bishop Vincent Long will be the principal celebrant at a Mass of Farewell and Thanksgiving at St Patrick's Cathedral in Melbourne tomorrow at 7pm.
Indian bishop to donate kidney to poor Hindu man
A bishop in India has taken the Pope's message of mercy to heart, or more precisely, to his kidney. Tomorrow he will donate one to a poor, lower-caste Hindu man, reports Crux.
Colombian missionary Fr William Cañón noticed the boys in his new parish in Cameroon had a special love for soccer, and so he decided to take advantage of this opportunity to bring them closer to God.
The Archbishop of Sydney, Anthony Fisher OP, celebrated Mass at St Mary's Cathedral yesterday after a fightback from illness. In an interview with The Australian, he described the Greens' policies as contravening "basic moral standards."
Papal spokesman condemns Vatileaks defendant
Statements made by one of the defendants, Francesca Chaouqui, during the Vatileaks II trial might be "subject to legal action," according to Vatican spokesman Fr Federico Lombardi SJ, reports Crux.
Did Benedict resignation redefine the Papacy?
Pope Emeritus Benedict's longtime aide, Archbishop Georg Gänswein, has reignited the question of whether there are two popes or one, or whether the papacy itself has been redefined, writes David Gibson in the Religion News Service.
One of the Vatican's most accomplished diplomats believes Pope Francis could become the first pontiff to visit Russia and China, reports Crux.
Israel's first transgender beauty pageant has been won by a a 21-year-old Arab Israeli ballerina from a Catholic family in Nazareth, symbolising a moment of ethnic and religious acceptance, reports Reuters in the Religion News Service.
Pope Francis has held an emotional meeting with hundreds of children, including a Nigerian boy whose parents drowned in a shipwreck, and told them migrants "are not dangerous, but in danger," reports AAP on SBS.
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An 11-year fight by a group of Boston parishioners to keep their church open came to an end yesterday after the US Supreme Court refused to hear their final appeal, leaving them no choice but to end their battle, reports AP in The Mail Online.
Pope Francis has called on deacons to set aside their own self-serving plans and be generous with their lives, as he celebrated Mass yesterday for the Jubilee of Deacons in St Peter's Square, reports the Catholic News Service.


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The correct phone number is 316-684-8018. I know this my sister has been there now for 2yrs
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Looks like you've got your seed starting project under way! I use fluorescents for my indoor seed starting, as well, but my stands are made of PVC pipe.
Weezin, I'd love to see your stands. Are there any pics, maybe on another thread?
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kyle, I have my lights lower, about 1 to 2 inches above the plants. Yours look a bit high to me.
I also have a PVC stand check out this thread for the directions to make it. http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/683374/ 2nd post down.
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Speaking at the popular European film and broadcast event, IBC, Apple Computer disclosed some of the new features planned for the next version of Final Cut Pro.
According to Digit, the future version of Apple\'s non-linear editing (NLE) software will gain support for MPEG-2 IMX, and Panasonic\'s P2 format. The addition of the extra formats is a result of new found partnerships between Apple and third parties, the publication says.
MPEG-2 IMX is a breed of the MPEG codec used in camcorders such as Sony\'s MSW900 and PDW530, which produce higher quality footage than conventional MPEG-2. Only high-end systems such Sony\'s XPRI and Pinnacle\'s Liquid Blue currently support the format.
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QUITO, (Reuters) – Latin American presidents will meet next week to discuss the unrest in Venezuela that has left at least 20 dead and convulsed the South American OPEC nation, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said late on Thursday.
The presidents, alongside foreign ministers, will gather on Tuesday at a meeting of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) group of Latin American nations in Chile, where the leaders are congregating for the inauguration of President Michelle Bachelet.
"Finally there's going to be a meeting of Unasur presidents," Correa said in a televised interview.
He did not say which presidents would attend.
Venezuelan opposition sympathizers have been holding rowdy street protests for nearly a month to demand the resignation of President Nicolas Maduro. They accuse his government of using excessive force against demonstrators.
Maduro says the demonstrations are part of a Washington-backed plot to overthrow his government.
"The truth is that the Venezuelan government is the victim, Nicolas Maduro is a humane person who would be incapable of repressing his own people," Correa said.
The unrest has been the worst in Venezuela in a decade but does not show any signs of forcing Maduro from office.
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GREATER AKRON — On April 26, over 1,500 YMCA locations across the country will take part in Healthy Kids Day®, holding free community events that are open to all children and families and filled with active play and educational opportunities.
"It's not always easy to make healthy choices, and that's why Healthy Kids Day is so important to families within the community. Parents and children will learn that by planning ahead and making a commitment to being active together, a healthy day can become a healthy lifestyle," said Doug Kohl, president and CEO of the Akron Area YMCA. "Healthy Kids Day engages kids and families with a range of simple, fun and interesting activities. Our staff, along with community participants, have been planning their Healthy Kids Day events for months."
The Akron Area YMCA's Healthy Kids Day will take place April 26 at various times and branch locations. The Akron Area YMCA also is offering a one-day membership savings of 50 percent off the start-up fee if you become a member on Healthy Kids Day. For a schedule of activities, visit www.akronymca.org/hkd or contact an Akron Area YMCA branch for details.
Akron Area YMCA Healthy Kids Day Branch locations and times:
- Riverfront YMCA, 544 Broad Blvd., Cuyahoga Falls, 330-923-9622, 9 a.m. to noon;
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- Wadsworth YMCA, 623 School Drive, 330-334-9622, 9 to 11:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (open swim only);
- University Park YMCA, 477 W. Market St., Downtown Akron, 330-434-9622, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.;
- Lake Anna YMCA, 500 W. Hopocan Ave., Barberton, 330-745-9622, 10 a.m. to noon;
- Firestone Park YMCA, 350 E. Wilbeth Road, South Akron, 330-724-1255, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and
- East Akron YMCA (new location), 888 Jonathan Ave., 330-784-0408, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The Akron Area YMCA also offers these Healthy Kids Day tips to help families develop healthy habits:
√ High Five the Fruits and Veggies — Make sure children get at least five servings a day, the minimum number nutritionists recommend to maintain healthy childhood development.
√ Foster an Early and Ongoing Passion for Books — Read to and with your kids. Help children read at every age and every stage of their development.
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Shipper groups say the introduction of green fuel taxes will not reduce emissions. They claim that shipping lines will not switch to more environmentally-friendly fuels or more efficient ships, they will simply add yet another surcharge to the rates they charge their customers.
Nicolette van der Jagt, Secretary General of the ESC, told The Shippers' Voice: "A uniform levy or tax on all ships and all fuel purchases would be a risk to shippers whichever way you look at it: the added costs will be merely passed on to the customers through surcharges without offering a clear incentive to the carrier to increase the efficiency of the ships or their operation."
Most of the talk from the shipping sector and governmental organizations involves the establishment of a levy or tax on fuel that is proportionate to the level of emissions from each ship. The way to reduce such charges would be to score well on the recently-approved Energy Efficiency Design Index for ships, as agreed by the International Maritime Organization.
Shippers, including the Global Shippers Forum, the British Shippers' Council and the European Shippers' Council (ESC) say this strategy will not work.
Based on their track record, says the groups, the shipping industry, and particularly the liner shipping industry, is likely to pass on these charges to their customers.
Shippers can't be blamed for feeling this way, says a Shippers' Voice spokesperson. "Every time the liner shipping industry finds another individual cost, it tries to pass it on in a surcharge or ancillary cost, whether it is for fuel price increases, currency fluctuations, being too busy (e.g. peak season surcharges), port strikes, congestion or even fog. Whatever the cost, the shipper is targeted to pay."
That may seem reasonable to some: you only pay the cost of service. The trouble is, some shippers would argue that they do not always get the service they pay for anyway. Whether it is a delayed vessel, rolled over cargo (i.e. not loaded), or delivered to a different port at a different time than planned because of service changes, the shipper does not always get a good service.
Any business with poor service performance would be looking to rectify the problem so that the service being provided actually improved. But why bother when you can pass the costs on in the form of surcharges or, in an over-supplied market, the rate you get is not worth the effort, and the competition isn't necessarily much better either?
So, shippers around the world believe a levy or tax will merely be passed on to them, and the ships will have very little incentive to change practice or improve design in order to reduce emission-related charges.
"What is needed is a mechanism which rewards shipping companies which invest in new designs, technology and practices which reduce emissions without reducing service performance; a scheme which does not add to current costs, but clearly provides an incentive to ship operators and owners," says Shippers' Voice.
This is a view echoed by van der Jagt: "The preferred approach should be one which provides tangible incentives and rewards to owners and operators of individual vessels who invest in ships and ship technologies that optimise vessel utilisation, operation and fleet sizes, and reduce emissions of GHGs. I believe that shippers will increasingly be drawn to those ships which attract lower costs for the supply chain from lower emissions, provided the service does not diminish."
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Hugh Grant, Salma Hayek and Jeremy Piven are leading the star-studded cast of a new animated 3D pirate movie.
Martin Freeman, David Tennant, Imelda Staunton, Russell Tovey and Ashley Jensen have also signed up to voice characters in "The Pirates! Band of Misfits".
Hugh Grant will play a captain who battles it out with his bitter high-seas rivals, voiced by Jeremy Piven and Salma Hayek, to win the much coveted Pirate of the Year Award in the film, which is set for release next year.
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Bowman City Commission
City Commission Minutes
June 07, 2016
4:00 pm
Minutes of the Regular City Commission meeting held on June 7, 2016 at City Hall at 4:00 PM
Present: Lyn James, Darren Limesand, Mike Sondeland, Darrell West, Chuck Whitney, Chuck Headley, Peggy Allen, Bill Mason, Todd Hofland, Ross Danhoff, Erica Nuwash, Barb Downing, Sarah Snavely, Gary and Sonia Campbell, Maureen Kenning, Kelly Knoke, Ann Zimmerman, Ross Danhoff, Aaron Allen, Brian Caron, Bryce Martin, Nate Lee, Chanell Walby, Scott Walby, Jen Wild, Ed Kvaale, and Edna Paulson.
President James called the meeting to order at 4:00 pm. Motion by West, second by Sondeland to approve the agenda as presented. RCV= all aye, MC.
Checks: # 9211 – 9259; Payroll Checks: #103257; Voided Checks: N/A ; Salaries: $214.52; Direct Deposit: $24,677.13; Bills: Art Johnson $86.25, Fidelity Security Life $146.57, MDU $7,625.33, Postmaster $374.15, A2Z Printing $116.75, Able, Inc. $15.00, Adgraphix $280.00, Advanced Business Methods $36.66, Bismarck Tribune $92.96, Bowman Auto Parts $171.42, Bowman Fire Department $39,500.00, Bowman Sales and Service $30.37, Brosz Engineering $48,025.00, Carmel Cleaners $130.68, Cashway Building Center $17.39, Catherine Hedge $800.00, CM Services $1,072.00, Country Media $1,040.97, Coyle Electric $66.00, Dacotah Paper $245.39, Dakota Dust-Tex $80.30, Dakota Supply Group $435.27, Diamond Vogel $843.55, Donald Wallman $1,200.00, Fallon County Treasurer $5,388.75, Farmers Union $816.56, Galls, Inc. $645.37, Gary's Jack and Jill $17.45, Hawkins, Inc. $929.00, KPOK $100.00, Newby's Ace Hardware $112.59, NW Tire Supply $16.50, Olympic Sales, Inc. $176.43, Pro-Forms $841.87, Sadowsky and Wild $200.00, SW Business Machine $197.15, Tiger Electric $129.65, Valli Info Systems $25.00, Western Frontier Insurance Agency $92.00, WEX Bank $3,142.99, Woodley Construction $275.00, and JK Excavation and Construction $125,718.72.
Tax and Tourism Committee Checks: #9221, 9222, 9223, 9224, 9226, 9246, and 9247.
Tax and Tourism Committee Bills: Bowman Chamber of Commerce $6,992.81, BCDC $2,068.00, Bowman County Fair Association $500.00, Bowman County Historical Society $6,000.00, Bowman Park and Rec $500.00, Lil' Spurs Rodeo Committee $500.00, and Little Missouri Saddle Club $100.00.
Dept. Head Report: The durapatch machine is here so they have started working on making street repairs with it. They are trying to get as much use out of it as they can, they will use it through the end of June. Whitney inquired about the culverts being put in on Baker Street and Hofland stated that they were in, top soiled and seeded with grass seed.
Garbage Trucks: Aaron Allen informed the commission that all the garbage trucks are all back and running.
Dept. Head Report: The West Divide water main project should be done soon.
East Well: The east well by the campground is not working. They pulled the pump and ordered a new one which is coming from California and hope to get it in this week.
11th Avenue Project: There were a couple complications on 11th Avenue project. A sub-contractor bored through a 6" water main. JK Excavation and Construction repaired it and Denny's Electric will be billed for the repairs. When putting in a storm sewer, they found that an old sewer line came through the storm sewer, but they got it fixed.
A valve that was tied in going west was dead center of where the storm sewer was going to go through, so JK Excavation and Construction will work on moving it.
West Divide Project Pay Application: James presented the pay application for this project on behalf of Jon Brosz whom wasn't able to attend. This is pay application #1 for the West Divide Watermain Project in the amount $125,718.72. Motion by West, second by Whitney to pay JK Excavation and Construction in the amount of $125,718.72. RCV= all aye, MC.
Dept. Head Report: Chief Headley Introduced new officer Erica Nuwash and she was sworn in. Her family was present and her mom pinned her shield on her uniform.
Yesterday's Farmers Permit: Allen presented two permit applications on behalf of the Yesterday's Farmers. Motion by Whitney, second by Limesand to approve raffle permits #23-69 and #23-76 for Yesterday's Farmers. RCV= all aye, MC.
Budget Amendments and Transfers: Allen presented budget amendments for 11th Ave N and a transfer for said project. Motion by Limesand, second by West to amend our budget for 11th Ave NW in the amount of $72,500.00. RCV= all aye, MC.
Motion by Limesand, second by Sondeland to transfer $42,500.00 from the surge fund #2006 to the 11th Ave NW project fund #3066. RCV= all aye, MC.
Organizational Meeting: Allen asked the commission's approval to move the June 21st meeting to June 28 when we are required to have the organizational meeting. Motion by Whitney, second by Limesand to move the 2nd meeting of June to June 28, 2016. RCV= all aye, MC.
External Request: At the last meeting the external budget requests were discussed and commissioners were supposed to come back to this meeting with suggestions. After careful thought and review, Limesand recommended a 15% cut on the external entities budget requests. James is concerned about the Library because state funding could be dropped. When the state figures out state library aid, they take an average of three years of city funding given to the library and if you drop below 3% in amount given to them, they would lose the city library state aid funding for three years. They would still receive state library funding from the County. Motion by Limesand, second by Whitney to recommend a reduction of 15% on outside entities that request 2017 budgeted funds. Whitney commented that the City, as required by century code, is required to be the bad guys in order to balance the budget. RCV= all aye, MC.
Budgeted Funds Request: Limesand is requesting the budgeted funds for the Bowman Fire Department in the amount of $39,500.00. Motion by Whitney, second by West to release the 2016 budgeted funds for the Bowman Fire Department in the amount of $39,500.00. RCV= Limesand abstained; the rest voted aye, MC.
Liquor License: Allen presented a liquor license application for Bronson's Marketplace. They will not be opening their doors until approximately March of 2017 but they need to secure a license so they know if they need to designate an area for liquor during construction. Motion by Whitney, second by Sondeland to approve the Kelly Kessler liquor license application for Bronson's Marketplace which is a Class III off sale Beer and liquor license. RCV= all aye, MC.
Motion by Whitney, second by West to waive the annual fee for Kelley Kessler's liquor license until they begin business at their new location. RCV= all aye, MC. The annual fee will be prorated for the first year due to construction of the grocery store.
Bid Withdrawal and Acceptance of Second Bid: Allen stated the Westlie Truck Center withdrew their bid on the 2017 Garbage Truck. James read the withdrawal letter. Motion by Whitney, second by West to accept the letter of bid withdrawal on the 2017 Freightliner Garbage Truck in the amount of $166,050.00 from Westlie Truck Center. RCV= all aye, MC.
The commission decided to go with the second lowest bid by Northland Truck Sales. Motion by West, second by Sondeland to accept the bid from Northland Truck Sales for the 2017 Freightliner garbage truck with a New Way Garbage Compactor in the amount of $166,890.00. RCV= all aye, MC.
Budget Amendment: Motion by Limesand, second by Whitney to amend and increase the budget by $840.00 for fund 6085 and fund 6080 to transfer $840.00 into the garbage fund. RCV= all aye, MC.
Whitney asked Hofland and Allen which truck we should get rid of and Allen felt that in light of of the current breakdowns we just had, we should keep all three trucks.
Transfer: Motion by Limesand, second by Whitney to transfer $840.00 from fund 6080 Garbage Fund to fund 6085 Garbage Equipment Fund. RCV= all aye, MC.
Library Roof Project: The library roof is 20 years old and needs to be repaired. They received two quotes and have $32,000.00 for the project, plus the County will donate $15,000.00, so they are $7,600.00 short. They need to move the air conditioners off the roof which will cost and additional $1,300.00. The City owns the building and they felt that they needed the commission's approval to do the work and were also requesting funds. Motion by Limesand, second by Whitney to allow the library board to pursue work on repairing the library roof. RCV= all aye, MC. Limesand asked them to wait until next meeting to allow us to look where funds can be pulled from at the next meeting.
Caron asked why his house was the only one to be torn down in 2005 when there was another house listed as 3rd St NW that was supposed to be torn down and was not. Caron insisted that there was a file at City Hall with this information regarding dilapidated houses in it. Keith King was in charge then and Allen stated that there is no file currently in City Hall and that King may have had the file when he worked out of City Hall. Allen also stated that the City Attorney has the file on his house and if he wants to know who filed the complaints against his house he would have to go see Attorney Wild. James told him that we could schedule for Attorney Wild to come to City Hall during the next meeting with his file on the Caron property and we could get things cleared up then.
No changes were made on Article 7 and the commission accepted Article 7. Articles 8 -10 will be gone over at the first meeting in July. Ryan asked the Commission to please email any comments and or changes that you have on articles 8 - 10.
Motion by Limesand, second by Whitney to approve the bills, 5/17/16 minutes, March, April and May 2016 Judges Report. RCV= all aye, MC.
Motion by West, second by Whitney to adjourn the meeting at 5:31 pm. RCV= all aye, MC.
City Commission Meeting Agenda
June 27, 2016
Agenda for a SPECIAL City Commission Meeting on Tuesday,
June 27, 2016
At City Hall 4:00 PM
*Agenda Policy*: The City follows a strict agenda policy in order to insure transparency to the citizens of Bowman. NO topics will be discussed that are not on the agenda unless said topic constitutes an emergency action.
4:00 - 4:05 PM Call Meeting to Order and Approval of Agenda
4:05 - 4:10 PM Chuck Whitney – Northside Addition Project (Hawn Approach)
4:10 – 4:20 PM Chuck Whitney – Dead and Diseased Trees
4:20 - Inform new commissioners of previous actions taken on the Gateway Industrial Park Annexation and Comprehensive Plan Amendment
Transfers: W. Divide St. Project and Sewer Main Project
Budget Amendment on Fire Dept. Energy Impact Grant
Election Results
Tree Board Questions
Open Forum
Close of Meeting
Approval of 6/7/16 Minutes and May 2016 Financials.
City Commission Meeting
The Bowman City Commissioners meet on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month at 5:00 PM at City Hall. To be placed on the City Agenda, please contact the City Financial Auditor, Peggy Allen at (701) 523-3309.
2015 City Commission Meeting Dates
*Meetings start at 4:00 PM at City Hall, unless otherwise stated!
January 6
January 20*
February 3
February 17*
March 3
March 24**
April 2**
April 23** Equalization Meeting at 8:00 AM
April 23**
May 5
May 19
June 2
June 16
July 7
July 21
August 4
August 18
September 1
September 15
October 6
October 20
November 3
November 17
December 1
December 15
* Meeting falls the day after a holiday, therefore agenda requests must be in the City Auditors Office by the Friday before the meeting at 11:00 am.
** The regular scheduled meeting was changed to the listed date due to a conflict.
Lyn James
President of the City Commission
Lyn James is co-owner of Flowers and Cappuccino by Lasting Visions in Bowman, ND. She is committed to her community and is currently serving her third term as President of the Bowman City Commission, after serving two terms as a City Commissioner.
Lyn also serves on the Bowman County Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors, as well as several other local and regional boards and committees. She proudly represents North Dakota as a member of the ND Peace Officers Standards and Training Board, as a member of the ND Energy Impact and Infrastructure Advisory Committee, and as a Director on the ND Economic Development Foundation Board. Lyn has been the Queen Coordinator for the ND High School Rodeo Association for the past 22 years. She is a member of St. Charles Catholic Church, Bowman Area Chamber of Commerce and Bowman Rotary Club. Lyn is the past President of the ND League of Cities Executive Board, and served as a member of the Bowman Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, along with various other local and regional boards, committees and advisory positions.
Lyn and her husband Gordon have two daughters, a son-in-law and three grandchildren.
Michael Sondeland
Water and Sewer Department Commissioner
Michael Sondeland is the newest member of the Bowman City Commission being elected to office in June of 2008. Mike is serving as the Water and Sewer Department Commissioner. He and his wife Colleen have live in the city of Bowman for 22 years where he served as District Conservationist for the Natural Resource Conservation Service and the Bowman Slope Soil Conservation District. Mike, after receiving a degree in Agriculture from NDSU in 1970, retired in January of 2008 after more than 40 years with the U S Department of Agriculture.
Mike and Colleen have two children, a daughter -in-law and two grandchildren
Chuck Whitney
Street and Garbage Commissioner
Charles "Chuck " Whitney was elected to the Bowman City Commission in 2012 and serves as the Street and Garbage Commissioner. Chuck received his BA from UNC, did work towards a Masters in Brussels Belgium and received a Doctorate in Chiropractic from Palmer College in Davenport IA. He has subsequently completed three post doctoral diplomat programs in Orthopedics, Neurology and Acupuncture. He has has lived in Bowman since 1981 excepting the 3 years in Davenport.
Chuck and his wife Terri have three children, Chad, Jennifer and Brent.
Darren Limesand
Darrell West
Police Commissioner
Darrell was born and raised in the Bowman area. He graduated from Bowman High School and was honorably discharged from the ND National Guard. He is married to Jessica West and they have five children: Alexia, Addam, Quade, Mark, and David. He has achieved an AAS degree in Law Enforcement Technology and is currently the Bowman City Police Commissioner.
During Darrell's time off he volunteers with the Bowman County Emergency Operations Center and is a Public Health Emergency Volunteer/Medical Reserves Corp with the ND Dept. of Health. He is a member of the Southwest Disaster Behavioral Health Coalition as well as a member of the Bowman County Rural Ambulance District Board. Darrell currently works as a full time Advanced EMT with the Bowman County Rural Ambulance District and is the Safety/Decon Officer for Southwest Healthcare Services.


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The financial crisis that started in 2007 may have forced many investors to learn things the hard way, according to research from Fidelity Investments. According to an April 2013 study called "Five Years Later," the losses and hardship investors faced during the recession has inspired them to make positive behavior changes when it comes to money.
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First things first: Does anyone believe that had the Democratic nominee this year been Joe Biden or even Hillary Clinton that we would not be talking about the agenda of 'President Mitt Romney-45th President of the United States of America' today?
Seriously. With this economic record and really no mandate or even an agenda going forward, could any other person in America have been re-elected to the highest office in the land?
Let's call it the 'cult of personality' and leave it to future historians to dissect and analyze how Barack Obama was able to pull off re-election in 2012 in spite of 23 million people being un/underemployed in an economy that is about as still as a stagnant pond that doesn't have any fresh water running through it.
That plus the simply enormous get-out-the-vote machinery he had in every swing state except Indiana and North Carolina that he carried Tuesday night.
He has the charisma and mass appeal of a Ronald Reagan and they come around about as often as Haley's Comet in American political life. We just happen to have had 2 of them in the last 32 years.
Our question for today is this:
1) What exactly is President Obama's agenda for the next four years, other than 'doing the same things we have done for the last 4 years' which haven't exactly gone gangbusters yet, has it?
2) Will President Obama take a cue from President Nixon (no, not resign over 'Benghazi-gate', you know that investigation is coming, don't you?) and 'Go To China!'?
What we mean by that is will President Obama go against his own rhetoric and political stripes and spots and show the same 'flexibility' with the Republican Congress as he has promised to show Russian President Vladimir Putin in his 'private' talks with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev that wound up being 'not so private 'when picked up by a hot microphone?
President Richard Nixon, when elected in 1968 and way before then, was known as a rock-ribbed, staunch anti-communist. However, in 1972, after a round of 'ping-pong diplomacy' engineered by Henry Kissinger, President Nixon physically went to visit Chairman Mao Zedong on the soil of Communist Red China in an act of diplomacy that stunned the Western and Eastern worlds.
It opened up trade relations with China and ushered in a economic revolution in China that is running unabated for the most part today.
But the term: 'Nixon goes to China' has come to mean any time a politician goes against his/her stated principles in order to achieve some higher order of good for the nation'.
It doesn't happen very often. George H. W. Bush 41 did it in 1990 when he signed the 1990 Budget Act that instituted PAYGO rules and discretionary spending caps and included some tax hikes such as cigarette and yacht taxes. However, it is well-established fact by now that the 1990 Budget Act established a direct line to the balanced budgets America enjoyed from 1998-2001.
Here's our question:
'Will Barack Obama, now that he has been re-elected for the next 4 years, abandon his staunch adherence to the AARP's principles and agree to sign a budget bill that includes raising the retirement age of entitlement programs to 67 or higher for future retirees?'
That one single provision would save trillions of dollars over coming decades in America. Raising it to 70 would do it that much faster.
There is a plethora of other spending restrictions that President Obama can agree to if the Republican Congress and Democrat Senate will agree to send them to him to sign. Congress will always hold the upper hand in budget negotiations with any President simply because close to half the Constitution deals with the powers vested in Congress in this regard.
The President? He has exactly one power in any budget matter. The veto. That is it. You can look it up yourself.
Tip O'Neill 'made' President Reagan yield to the demands of a Democratic Congress when they 'saved Social Security' in 1983. The Democratic Congress 'made' President Bush 41 yield to the minor tax increases in 1990 in return for his insistence on the PAYGO requirements among other budget process reforms.
Now, the only problem will be if the Republican-led Congress doesn't make President Obama 'yield' to their stated demands of fiscal sanity and restraint by not sending him any legislation with anything like PAYGO or spending caps or budget reform in it to sign.
If they don't, then they will become as inept and worthless on budget restraint as the GOP Congress was from 2001-2006 when they spent money like drunken sailors...'with all due respects to drunken sailors' as Ronald Reagan once said.
Let the games begin...again.
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Momentum Anomaly and Baseball Cards Friday, 24 June, 2016
A very interesting paper related to fundamentals of momentum anomaly:
Title: Stock Market Anomalies and Baseball Cards
Link: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2798951
We show that the market for baseball cards exhibits anomalies that are analogous to those that have been documented in financial markets, namely, momentum, price drift in the direction of past fundamental performance, and IPO under performance. Momentum profits are higher among active players than retired players, and among newer sets than older sets. Regarding IPO under performance, we find that newly issued rookie cards under perform newly issued cards of veteran players, and that newly issued sets under perform older sets. Our evidence is consistent with the predictions of Hong and Stein (1999) and Miller (1977).
Notable quotations from the academic research paper:
"Financial economists have documented the existence of simple strategies that earn unusually high or low returns despite the fact that the strategies do not load heavily on common risk factors. For example, Jegadeesh and Titman (1993) document that during holding periods of 3-12 months, stocks that have performed well in the past 3-12 months continue to outperform stocks that have performed poorly in the past 3-12 months. In addition, Ritter (1991) documents that firms that have recently gone public underperform their peers over their first three years of public trading.
The point of this study is to use a non-financial laboratory in which some, but not all, of theories trying to explain momentum should apply. If we find momentum, this would be evidence that momentum can exist naturally in markets without the bells and whistles of dynamic growth rates, dividends or mutual funds.
Our laboratory is the market for baseball cards. Baseball cards have a long history, dating all the way back to the late 1860's. By 1991, sales of baseball cards reached $1.2 billion annually. Although baseball cards produce no cash flows, their market values can be substantial. For example, the T206 Honus Wagner, which was produced from 1909-1911, has been sold for as much as $2.8 million. Because there have been long periods of time over which their values have appreciated, baseball cards have often been perceived as investment vehicles.
Most theories of momentum do not apply to this market. There are no growth options, dividends, or mutual funds.
Among the behavioral theories, Hong and Stein (1999) is the one that should most apply to the market for baseball cards. In their model, momentum arises because information gradually diffuses across the investor population. If Hong and Stein theory is valid, then we should find momentum not only in financial markets, but in any market with gradual information diffusion such as the market for baseball cards. Obviously, there are many significant differences between the market for baseball cards and the stock market. One difference is the level of investor sophistication. In the stock market, there are many hedge funds that can arbitrage away inefficiencies and keep prices in line with fundamentals. In the baseball card market, there are dealers who are relatively sophisticated, but much of the activity in this market is driven by children. Moreover, whereas it is common to short stocks, there is little (if any) short selling of baseball cards. Hence, the opportunity for arbitrage is severely limited in the baseball card market. Because of these differences, if gradual information diffusion is truly a source of momentum profits, we should expect momentum to be significantly stronger in the market for baseball cards because the participants are generally less sophisticated and there are fewer opportunities for arbitrage. Consistent with this prediction, we find that short run (3 month) momentum strategies earn 5.6% per month, whereas momentum strategies in the stock market earn less than 1% per month.
Hong and Stein provide additional testable predictions in this market. Active players play up to 162 regular season games per year in addition to the postseason, whereas retired players do not play any games. If gradual information diffusion causes momentum, then momentum should be stronger among the cards of active players than retired players, because there is little to no new information released about the ability (or performance) of retired players. Consistent with this prediction, we find that when the 3 month momentum strategy is restricted to retired players, the strategy earns only 1.63% per month, but when the 3 month momentum strategy is restricted to active players, the strategy earns 9.42% per month.
We test also IPO effect (as in Miller (1977))by analyzing the performance of rookie cards and new sets. A card is a considered a "rookie card" if it is the player's first appearance on a regular issue card from a major card company. Players often have rookie cards before they play in the major leagues, and some players with rookie cards never make it to the major leagues. Like young firms, there is less information about rookies so it is more difficult to determine their quality/ability. Moreover, when sets are first released, there is a lot of uncertainty over the number of sets produced and how other collectors will value the sets. Hence, according to Miller (1977), we should expect rookie cards and new sets to underperform. Consistent with this prediction, we find that rookie cards and new sets have cumulative abnormal returns of –6.6% and –5.7% (respectively) over the 12 months following their release, both of which are statistically significant (t = 2.8 and 2.8 respectively)."
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Information Ratio Analysis of Time-Series Momentum Strategy Thursday, 16 June, 2016
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#118 - Time Series Momentum Effect
Authors: Ferreira, Silva, Yen
Title: Information ratio analysis of momentum strategies
Link: http://arxiv.org/abs/1402.3030
In the past 20 years, momentum or trend following strategies have become an established part of the investor toolbox. We introduce a new way of analyzing momentum strategies by looking at the information ratio (IR, average return divided by standard deviation). We calculate the theoretical IR of a momentum strategy, and show that if momentum is mainly due to the positive autocorrelation in returns, IR as a function of the portfolio formation period (look-back) is very different from momentum due to the drift (average return). The IR shows that for look-back periods of a few months, the investor is more likely to tap into autocorrelation. However, for look-back periods closer to 1 year, the investor is more likely to tap into the drift. We compare the historical data to the theoretical IR by constructing stationary periods. The empirical study finds that there are periods/regimes where the autocorrelation is more important than the drift in explaining the IR (particularly pre-1975) and others where the drift is more important (mostly after 1975). We conclude our study by applying our momentum strategy to 100 plus years of the Dow-Jones Industrial Average. We report damped oscillations on the IR for look-back periods of several years and model such oscilations as a reversal to the mean growth rate.
Notable quotations from the academic research paper:
"Similar to Moskowitz, Ooi and Pedersen, we focus on the momentum of individual assets. We study the technical rule (moving average of past returns) for one asset, therefore avoiding the portfolio effect that is important for cross-section momentum. This work adds to the paper of [ Moskowitz, T. J., Ooi, Y. H., Pedersen, L. H.. Time series momentum.] by looking at the information ratio of the time series momentum strategy. Our work also contributes to the literature of linking momentum to cycles/regimes. However, contrary to the previous studies, we do not associate economical episodes to the regimes. Our approach is to divide and transform the data in a way such that the final asset returns are as close as possible to stationary. We believe that our work is new in this respect.
We study momentum by looking at the risk adjusted performance measured by the information ratio (IR) as a function of the look-back lag used to construct the portfolio. Our main new contribution from a mathematical point of view, is to present in close form the risk associated with the momentum strategy. Previous works calculate the same expression for the average return as given here, however they do not calculate the standard deviation of the strategy. Furthermore, we analyze the stability of the results across time as non-stationary effects become important in explaining the results. We find that both autocorrelation and mean drift of the random process are important in the final performance of the strategy. In particular, for look-back periods up to 4 months, the most important effect is the autocorrelation; and for look-back periods larger than 4 months to 1 year, the drift. However, in contrast with previous studies, we find that the mean drift is the most important factor after 1975.
In case I, all the autocorrelations are zero, performance comes from the drift. In case II all performance comes from autocorrelation. Lag is in weeks.
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Trend Model via Difference Between Long- and Short-Term Variance Wednesday, 8 June, 2016
Related to CTA/trendfollowing strategies:
Authors: Bouchaud, Dao, Deremble, Lemperiere, Nguyen, Potters
Title: Tail Protection for Long Investors: Convexity at Work
Link: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2777657
We relate the performance of trend following strategy to the difference between a long-term and a short-term variance. We show that this result is rather general, and holds for various definitions of the trend. We use this result to explain the positive convexity property of CTA performance and show that it is a much stronger effect than initially thought. This result also enable us to highlight interesting connections with Risk Parity portfolio. Finally, we propose a new portfolio of options that gives us a pure exposure to the variance of the underlying, shedding some light on the link between trend and volatility, and also helping us understanding the exact role of hedging.
Notable quotations from the academic research paper:
"In this paper, we have shown that a single-asset trend has a built-in convexity if we aggregate its returns over the right time-scale. This becomes apparent if we rewrite the performance of the trend as a swap between the variance defined over long-term returns (typically the time scale of the trending filter) and the one defined over short-term returns (the rebalancing of our portfolio). This feature appears to hold for various filters and saturation levels.
The importance of these 2 time-scales has been underlined, and it is clear that the convexity (and the hedging properties) are only present over long-term time scales (as defined by the trending filter itself): it is wrong to expect a 6-month trending system rebalanced every week to hedge against a market crash that lasted only a few days.
We also turned our attention to CTA indices, and particularly the SG CTA Index. We have proposed a simple replication index, using a very natural un-saturated trend on a pool of very liquid assets. Assuming realistic fees, and fitting only the time-scale of the lter, we get a very good correlation (above 80%), and capture the drift completely. This shows again that CTAs are simply following a long-term trending signal, and there is little added value in their idiosyncrasies.
However, this also shows us that a CTA does not provide the same hedge a single-asset trend provides: some of the convexity is lost because of diversication. We however have found that CTAs do offer an interesting hedge to Risk-Parity products, which we approximated with a very good precision by long positions on the main asset classes.A ll in all, these results prove that a trending system does offer protection to long-term large moves of the market.
We then turned our attention to the link between trend and volatility. We found that a simple trending toy-model shares an exposure to the long-term variance with a naked straddle. The difference is the fact that the entry price for the straddle is fixed by the at-the-money volatility, while the trend pays the realized short-term variance. We then propose a very clean way to get exposure to this short term variance by using the trending toy-model as a hedging strategy for a portfolio of strangles. This is a simple, model-free portfolio that offers the same pay-off than traditional variance swaps."
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My experience in tutoring spans a wide variety of subjects and disciplines. I have degrees in Biology and Mathematics and am comfortable teaching any and all of the subjects in both science and math. I have personally tutored everything from Algebra to Advanced Calculus and English to AP Biology and everything in between.
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I am certified math teacher, specializing in pre-Algebra, Algebra 1, Geometry, HSPA review and SATs. I earned my undergraduate degree in Mathematics at Georgian Court University. I graduated with honors.
Jackson, NJView Tutor