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Chapter 2. China and the World
Overall, the Chinese public holds mixed or negative views of other major countries and international institutions such as the United States, United Nations and European Union. And while a plurality of Chinese describe their country's relationship with India and the U.S., two of its major trading partners, as one of cooperation, that view has become […]
Chapter 2. India and Pakistan
Since the 1947 partition of India and Pakistan, the Indo-Pakistani relationship has been fraught with tension, manifesting itself in several wars, ongoing border disputes and terrorist incidents. Only 13% of all Indians have a favorable view of Pakistan; 59% have an unfavorable opinion of their Muslim neighbor. This is the lowest percentage approval of Pakistan […]
Deepening Economic Doubts in India
The economic euphoria in India over the last few years, inspired by the country's seemingly inevitable march toward double-digit growth, has soured. Although still relatively upbeat compared with many other countries, the Indian public's confidence in their country's direction and future economic growth has declined significantly.
Pakistani Public Opinion Ever More Critical of U.S.
Following a year of tensions between their country and the United States, Pakistanis continue to hold highly unfavorable views of the U.S. and offer bleak assessments of the relationship between the two nations. And President Obama is held in exceedingly low regard. Additionally, over the last few years, Pakistanis have become less willing to work with the U.S. on efforts to combat extremist groups.
U.S. Image in Pakistan Falls No Further Following bin Laden Killing
America's image among Pakistanis remains poor, and most disapprove of the U.S. raid that killed bin Laden. Extremist groups also remain unpopular, although support for using the Pakistani military against extremists has waned. Most name India as the top threat to Pakistan. Overall, the public mood in Pakistan is grim – 92% are dissatisfied with the country's direction.
Chapter 6. How Pakistanis and Indians View Each Other
Pakistan's relations with its neighbor remain tense, and over the last five years Pakistani attitudes towards India have become more negative. Currently, only 14% of Pakistanis see India in a positive light, while 75% give the country an unfavorable rating. A majority of Pakistanis consider India a more serious threat to their country than al […]
Indians See Threat From Pakistan, Extremist Groups
More than seven-in-ten Indians have confidence in Barack Obama and about two-thirds express a favorable opinion of the U.S. Indians are also upbeat about their country's economic situation and its role in world affairs. Still, most say India faces major challenges, including crime and corruption. And there are widespread concerns about Pakistan and extremist groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba.
Chapter 1. Views of Pakistan and Extremism
Nearly two years after the Mumbai terror attacks, security concerns dominate Indian views of Pakistan. Fully seven-in-ten see their neighbor as a very serious threat to their country. Nearly six-in-ten believe that Pakistan is actively supporting extremist groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba, an organization that a plurality considers the greatest threat to their country. And a […]
Regional Map of Pakistan
Americans and Western Europeans Agree on Afghanistan-Pakistan Extremist Threat
Americans and Western Europeans agree on the extremist threat from Afghanistan and Pakistan, but divisions remain over the Afghan war
Unfavorable Views of Jews and Muslims on the Increase in Europe
Growing numbers of people in several major European countries say they have an unfavorable opinion of Jews, and opinions of Muslims also are more negative than they were several years ago. These findings are from a new Pew Global Attitudes Project report, based on data gathered from 24 countries from regions throughout the world, that examine worldwide religiosity and take a close look at Muslim publics' attitudes toward terrorism, Osama bin Laden, Hamas, Hezbollah and more.
Chapter 4. Muslim Views Toward Major Countries
Overall, respondents from the countries in the survey with sizeable Muslim populations express positive opinions about Saudi Arabia. In these nations, favorable views of the Saudi Kingdom are far more common than favorable views of other major countries, and are especially widespread in Pakistan and Jordan. Attitudes toward the U.S. are largely negative, and Iran […]
Chapter 5. Muslim Views on Gender Issues
Among the Muslim respondents in the survey, most endorse a woman's right to decide whether to wear a veil, including more than 80% of Muslims in Turkey, Indonesia, and Lebanon. Still, sizeable minorities of Muslims in several countries – and a majority in Nigeria – disagree with this view. In several countries, women are more […]
Chapter 6. Pakistan
The current poll, conducted after the February parliamentary elections in Pakistan but prior to the resignation of former President Pervez Musharraf and the election of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Asif Ali Zardari as the country's new president, found that solid majorities held favorable views of both Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League (N) party leader […]
Global Economic Gloom – China and India Notable Exceptions
The latest Pew Global Attitudes survey finds some encouraging signs for America's global image for the first time this decade. Although views of the United States remain negative in much of the world, favorable ratings have increased modestly since 2007 in 10 of 21 countries where comparative data are available. Many people around the world are paying close attention to the U.S. presidential election.
Chapter 4. Views of Asian Powers
Publics in the Asian countries surveyed express mixed views about their neighbors, and the divide is deepest between traditional rivals. About seven-in-ten Chinese (69%) express an unfavorable view of Japan, and even more in Japan (84%) dislike China. In India, nearly three-quarters (73%) hold negative views of Pakistan, while 57% of Pakistanis have similar views […]
View from Pakistan
Prior to the Bhutto Assassination, Public Opinion Was Increasingly Opposed to Terrorism
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I (still) don't want this baby
Before i start i know that some people cant have babies despite trying and all. i know some people will think badly of me. Dont care. 25wks pregnant. Don't want this baby. Have 2 kids (9&5) and have had numerous (5) miscarriages. DH and I planned this baby, thinking it was what I wanted. Could practically hear my clock ticking. At about 15 weeks realized I really truly don't want it. I know this is mean but I don't even want the two I already have. DH won't allow for adoption and does not listen when I tell him how I'm feeling, says its hormones. Don't tell me I should talk to someone, in school and work and have 2 kids that I NEVER can have a break from (DH works 2 jobs and is never home when I am to avoid babysitter need) and I am drowning. I have no time to shower, let alone see a counselor. Last time I did that they sent me to cpep (mental health) when I stupidly answered honestly that I self injure (I do it b/c I cope with physical pain better than emotional. Not to take my life).
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If adoption is not an option, then It sounds like you are just going to have to realize you chose to have this baby, and wheather you want it or not, this is your child. Do you have mothers day out in your area, or family, that you could leave your kids with for awhile so that you can collect yourself? Why is it that you don't want your kids? Are you ever happy you have them, or only irritated that they are there? I understand you may not have the money or free time to see someone, but for the sake of your kids you need to do something. If you go to a church, you can get free counseling from a pastor. Also there are government programs that will assist you with childcare. Go to a pregnancy center in your area, and they will provide you with info about the resources you have available where you live. I really hope you get some help, I know you are miserable, and if you really feel that way about your kids, Im sure they are too. If it makes you feel better to vent, feel free, vent to me!posted 10/01/2012 by Besteman_mom
Original poster here. Just wanted to let the poster who wanted to know what happened to me: my husband called my OB who put me on antidepressants. Didn't take them until I had the baby (a boy) and take them religiously. I enjoy this baby MUCH more than I did my others, and my other children and my husband. We are discussing therapy but haven't made that decision. The antidepressants really made a difference. I will have bad days but they're not as bad as beforeposted 04/08/2013 by a BabyCenter Member
It seems to me that you are depressed, like the other people have suggested. You really do need to talk to someone and maybe see about getting on some anti-depressants. Your husband needs to understand that you're overwhelmed and burned out. If you truly didn't want your kids, you wouldn't have even thought that you wanted another baby. If you're working AND going to school AND your husband is working two jobs, maybe you should quit your job so that you have a little bit more time to yourself and/or he should quit one of his so that he can help with the kids more. If you truly didn't care and truly didn't want your kids or your unborn child, you wouldn't have posted this. You need to get some "me time." If you're not happy, your kids can't be either. You have several choices here. Get psychiatric help, get help with your kids, tell your husband you're overwhelmed and persuade him to allow for adoption, or walk out.posted 10/02/2012 by a BabyCenter Member
She needs to be built up...why are people making her feel worse? This should be a place she can feel like she can vent and share her fears without judgment. Who are we to make her feel worse....please think about this before you post.posted 10/11/2012 by Spekles
I'm sorry, but I work in the mental health field as well, and what spekles is telling you to do with the cleaning up of the cutting instruments and making sure your kids don't see is bull sh*t. Cutting is a maladaptive coping strategy that needs to be dealt with and it needs to stop. I know it doesn't seem like it now, but there are other ways to cope with your stresses. Other coping skills might not give you the same immediate effect as cutting, but in the long run your self esteem self efficacy will improve knowing that you didn't have to rely on cutting to cope with stressful situations. You mentioned that you didn't have any time to seek counseling, but surely you could spare an extra hour a week for the sake of you and your family's well being. Many therapists will see clients in the evenings and weekends to accommodate work schedules. I hope that at least for your health that you choose counseling... good luck!posted 10/03/2012 by neneface
Sweetie, pls read this with an open heart. I know you would like and easy fix to feeling like you are right now, but sadly, there isn't one. So please for the kiddos you already have, get some help. You are very depressed and I know you don't feel like you are but I beg you. Don't you at least agree that the kids you have deserve better? So maybe for them you'll find strength to seek much needed help. I'll be praying for you and your family and hoping things get better.Please keep us updated.posted 10/02/2012 by sandra108
I agree that you sound like you are suffering from Depression and could benefit from anti-depressents as well as some help. But I don't think you should have this baby if you don't want it. You already admit to neglecting the two kids you do have. Why bring another baby into an already bad situation. I fear that if you do have/keep this baby, you will always regret your decision and will always blame your baby for everything that goes wrong. And what kind of life is that for your baby? Adoption is your best option. At a minimum, make an appointment with a counselor where you and your husband can sit down so that he actually HEARS you. Sounds like he may be in denial.posted 10/01/2012 by a BabyCenter Member
Sounds to me like you are depressed, and maybe need to get on some anti depressants, also i suggest going and seeing a counselor, This is not fair to your children! My aunt went through this same thing a little over a year ago, it took her a good 5 months of help to get back to where she was a little "normal" I like all the other posters think if adoption is not an option then there is nothing else you can do except buck up might not be what you want to hear, but what else is there to do? I really think that you do need to find an out if you don't who knows what can happen a stressed out mommy is far from fun!posted 10/01/2012 by Lovebug_3
Adoption. That's all I am going to say. I was close to an abortion, and couldn't go through with it. I considered my only other two options, and I am now keeping my 12 week old baby. Adoption is all you've got.posted 10/01/2012 by EricaRain
From that little snippet you said about the therapists it sounds like you got sent to a person who doesn't understand or recognize the difference between a cutter and a person who is suicidal. There are MAJOR differences. I have a degree in Social Work and have been to a continuing education seminar by a guy named Jack Klott--this guy is a suicidelogist but he totally understands the differences and treats the differences. I wish you could find someone like him. Maybe google him or people who have been under his training. I love the field of mental health but unfortunately there are a lot of quacks out there who will only make matters worse!. I hope you find some relief in your situation. I pray God makes a way.posted 11/21/2012 by Luvlee8806
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It's the end of the scooting season for many people in the north, but it sure was a good one. Around Detroit there were many rides and fun meet-ups for rides and dining. We had rallies, both the official Motor City Shakedown (number 9) and unofficial, where friends from out-of-town show up for a bit of a party with some rides downtown or out to the suburbs thrown in for good measure. All things considered, it was a great riding season.
It's toward the end of the season that the riding seems to get particularly good. Although the salt is down now (it's the plastic scoots from here on out for some of us), and the cold wind is blowing, we had a great end to the riding season. First, there was a bit of an impromptu "Mods and Rockers" meet-up at the New Way Bar. Rover Jack's band (The Briscoe County Vultures) was booked to play an evening gig and someone had the great idea to see who would come out to play on bikes and scooters. The word was passed and a significant number of scooterists and motorcyclists came out to go for a ride (led by Rover Greg) up Woodward and around Cranbrook in the late fall chill. Members of the Metro Triumph Riders showed up, went on the ride and wound up staying to listen to the cow-billy sounds. Although I arrived late to the fun, by the time I got there it was still a bunch of scoots out front and some loud music within the warm confines of the New Way.
There were other rides as well. Small meetings of fellow scooterists at the Royal Oak Brewery, The Salty Dog or the magnificent Stonehouse Bar. These meet-ups happen when someone throws out an invitation on the club's Facebook page and then heads out. It's no big deal if you can't make it, but the invitation is there. When the time is right (with shopping, shuttling kids to school and after school activities, family time, cooking time, decorating time, etc., you get the picture,) you know it. Slip on the jacket, find the heavy gloves, grab your scarf and helmet and head out. Sometimes you're the only one who shows up, and that's OK too.
Being the first one at one of these meet-ups is a bit like being the lone wolf. You can't possibly estimate how many parking spots you need, so you try to park where someone else can get in. You walk in, helmet in hand, ruddy from the ride and temps and wait for your eyes to adjust and/or your glasses to de-fog. Saunter up to the bar and let them know that for now, it's just you. Spend a quiet moment thinking about the ride up, a great, warm summer ride, or maybe the next ride. Perhaps you are thinking of this one being the last one for a while. And then, in the distance, you hear the distinctive exhaust note of a bike. It could be a motorcycle, but not a big one. Wait, no it's definitely a small one, a two-stroke. Look up and see you friend wheel into the space, shake off the cold and check out you scoot. Then he walks in and pleasantries are exchanged. Then another one shows up. Sometimes someone drive an actual car up. Good natured ribbing ensues. Perhaps after a short beer, a ride is proposed. Then it's moving in reverse, pay up, dress up and walk out for the ride. It doesn't matter where we go, our small band of brothers. Down to 8 Mile, up to Berkley. Everyone is in sync and suddenly we are at a burger joint. Then it's back on the scoots, heading south or west, wherever the roads take us. As the light fades, everyone is aware that the ride is over. A wave and a honk signals the end, that or shouted "see you later" at the last red light. Until next time.
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Running the scoots in the garage only stokes the fire. On the first rainy day you see the snow melting, turning to slush that clogs up the sewer grates. On the second rainy day, you form a plan. On the third rainy day, it's too much to resist. Despite the ice storm warnings, you warm up a scoot and get the gear on. It's only around the block, or down to Ferndale and back, but you are back on the scoot. It is, of course, fantastic.
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Equestrian Crew 250 is a BSA Venturing Crew in the Omaha, Nebraska area. Crew 250 meets at least every month throughout the year to talk about, learn about, groom, and ride horses. The Crew currently works with about 25 horses.
Venturing is a youth development program of the Boy Scouts of America for young men and women who are 14 (OR are 13 and have completed the eighth grade) through 20 years of age. Venturing's purpose is to provide positive experiences to help young people mature and to prepare them to become responsible and caring adults. If you would like more information you can send an e-mail to Walt Thomas or check out the "Equestrian Crew 250" group on Facebook!
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"The earth laughs in flowers," says Emerson. If he is right, then the earth is cracking up right now. In the midst of May in Charleston, blossoms are chuckling, giggling and guffawing all in every garden and windowbox in every neighborhood. This week is National Wildflower Week, and Charleston offers much to celebrate.
A walk along any path these days makes one giddy with perfume. Right now, Japanese honeysuckle, waxleaf ligustrum and Chinese privet are taking center stage. Childhoods are scented with these May perfumes. But as invasive plants, all three are at odds with the Lowcountry's native plants, which emit a subtle, sweeter smell beneath the rich perfume.
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Local organizations supply the Charleston naturalist with ample resources for native wildflowers. On May 22, Sewee Education Center, offers a nature walk with Dr. Richard Portcher, co-author of A Guide to the Wildflowers of South Carolina. Some of the native wildflowers you might hope to encounter include the cardinal flower, wild hydrangea, sparkleberry, possomhaw,and the maple-leaf viburnum.
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South Carolina's biodiversity depends on the curiosity of people who desire to know the name, sight and perfume of native and non-native plants. The fact that there are there so many different wildflowers boggle both the mind and the senses. Learn the scent of the lady slipper, wild hydrangea, maple-leaf viburnum. Look beneath leaves for mayapple and wild ginger. Press them in a book, render them in colored pencil, or simply learn their names and value to ensure their presence for future generations.


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It Just Jumped In My Mouth
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
I swear that is what happened last night with a piece of chocolate cake. I had decided on Sunday, that my eating needs to be got back under control. I feel yucky and tired and just plain blah! I know I've been veering off the beatin path and haven't been taking my vitamins either...so Monday morning, i set myself up to succeed...i packed a healthy breakfast with all my vitamins, a healthy measured out snack and a lunch that was yummy and fit right into my plan...and I had a dinner planned to get me right at all my goals. So imagine my surprise when i get home and found out i didn't have 1 of the main ingredients for dinner...no biggie... i found something else that would be quick and even more nutritional than what i had planned on to begin with...thumbs up and high fiving myself all the way...so i'm cooking dinner, talking on the phone with dd1 and cleaning up some things... life is going along and i looked down to find a piece of cake missing from the cake i brought home the night before and the offending fork in my own hand...what???!!! i stop.. i lick my lips...yep, that was me that did that...without even thinking twice, it was down my throat and on it's way to my tummy... i told my son to hurry up and eat the darned cake and get it out of the house...lol. In all reality, they were cut small, and after doing the math, i stayed within my limits..just the upper part...wohoo!!! i didn't fail...but i also realize that i am the baker of the family, and as such and with all the extra baking that is going to be going to the next 2 months, i am going to have to be more mindful of what goes through these lips...rule 1 is leftovers are not to come home with me! rule 2 is leftovers are not to come home with me...lol. Today is another day, i may slip, i may not... but either way, it will be recorded and accounted for and I will deal with the good or the bad...i will learn from it and i will move forward.
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This story reminds me of something our grandson said. Sitting in the back seat with a bag of candy (who could resist!), he insisted it was his hands' fault. He just couldn't control them! Before he knew it, they'd gotten into the candy and... it was just too late. LOL!
With me, right now, it's video games on the computer. After vowing to break myself of the habit, yesterday I sat down to enter SP stats and.... checked into one of my favorite games. Whoops!
Thanks for your encouragement on the "Aha" thread.
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Don't sweat it JoDee... you have the right attitude. Leave the past in the past! Lets work on the future... One piece of cake is not the end of the world! You'll do fine my friend!
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You've got the right attitude JoDee ... and it was only a small piece within your range ... and it won't be your last. You're on the right track again and
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Wow, it is easy to slip when we are distracted by other things. Hope you get through the holiday season well. It is great that you had the rest of the day planned out so well.
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You'll find more than 5,000 restored music boxes, player pianos and organs, and, well, just about anything else that emanates a melody at the heart of this amazing museum collection. On-site gift shop, too.
"Preserving the sounds of the past" is this unusual museum's motto, and it does so with gusto. The thousands of music boxes collected by Danilo Konvalinka range from the tiny and tinny to immense and symphonic.
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HARTFORD, Conn. -- West Virginia coach Mike Carey looked at the stat sheet and shook his head in disbelief. His Mountaineers had just scored a season-low 39 points and somehow were advancing to the Big East tournament semifinals.
"It wasn't a pretty game needless to say," Carey said, chuckling. "We just tried to survive that game. I want to give our girls credit. We didn't get shook up, continued to play defense and didn't let our offense affect our defense."
Taylor Palmer scored all 11 of her points in the second half to help West Virginia beat Georgetown (No. 14 ESPN/USA Today, No. 12 AP) 39-32 on Sunday in the Big East tournament quarterfinals.
The offense was anemic at best. The Mountaineers shot 25 percent from the field and 38 percent from the free throw line. Still, their defense was able to hold the Hoyas to even worse numbers. Georgetown shot 15 percent, missing 58 of its 68 shots.
The teams combined for the fewest points scored in a Big East tournament game. They easily broke the previous mark of 87 set in 2002 by Rutgers and Virginia Tech that was matched three years later by St. John's and Seton Hall.
"It's mind boggling because we didn't hit shots," Georgetown coach Terri Williams-Flournoy said. "I knew we'd win the game with them shooting like that if we would just finally hit some shots."
The Hoyas (22-8) just never did.
Sugar Rodgers, who led the team with 14 points, missed 15 of her 20 shots. The rest of the team was a combined 5 for 48.
"I thought we got open shots," Rodgers said. "We just couldn't put the ball in the basket."
The Mountaineers will play Notre Dame in the semis Monday night.
Leading 21-18 with 14:39 left, West Virginia used a 14-6 run to take control Palmer hit three 3-pointers during the spurt, including one with 6:56 left that made it 34-24. That was the Mountaineers' (23-7) final basket of the game.
"The biggest thing was confidence," Palmer said. "I started losing my confidence at the end of the season because I wasn't hitting my shots. My teammates had confidence in me and I came out today and took my shots."
Rodgers hit a 3-pointer and Adria Crawford added a jumper to make it 35-29. The Hoyas couldn't get much closer despite West Virginia's best effort to let them.
The Mountaineers missed seven of 10 free throws in the final minute but the Hoyas couldn't capitalize on the other end.
"We want to make it interesting at the end," Carey deadpanned. "We missed about 10 foul shots."
West Virginia held a 15-12 lead at halftime as the two teams struggled on offense for the first 20 minutes. The Mountaineers shot just 21 percent while Georgetown was 11 percent, missing 31 of its 35 shots. Rodgers made 3 of 11 shots, the rest of the Hoyas were 1 for 24.
It was the second-lowest scoring first half in Big East tournament history, barely surpassing the Notre Dame-Villanova game in 2003 that was tied at 13 at the half.
This is West Virginia's final time in the Big East tournament before leaving for the Big 12 next season.
"Needless to say, I love the Big East, always did. When I first got a job at West Virginia, I was so excited to coach against the great players and great coaches, see places I've never seen before," Carey said. "I've made a lot of friends in the coaching community. We are going to the Big 12 and I'm looking forward to that challenge, but definitely will miss the Big East."


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Stock Downgrades: Ryanair Is About to Crash
Justin Sharon
Wall Street ratings agencies set the tone for today's stock market.
Stocks started September with gains, although these were pared as the session wore on as a
looming line in the sand
made for anything but a day at the beach. Still, the
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and Elon show. This as a
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Among standout stocks, Mr. Coffee owner
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be associated with an iconic New York Yankee
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, with David Einhorn's long-shorted
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters
(NASDAQ:GMCR) gapping down 1.33% on a
ratings reduction
Today in economic data, the Federal Reserve's beige book detailing regional financial conditions in a dozen districts is released at 2:00 p.m. Eastern. On the quarterly earnings front,
Ciena Corporation
Dollar General
FuelCell Energy
Navistar International
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SAIC, Inc.
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Akzo Nobel
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Ameriprise Financial
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Beam Inc.
(NYSE:BEAM): The spirits maker gets downgraded to Hold from Buy at Argus amid valuation issues.
Concur Technologies
(NASDAQ:CNQR): The technical software stock is taken to Hold from Buy with Wunderlich, whose price objective is $96. Consensus earnings estimates which forecast 40% pro forma EPS (earnings per share) growth are seen as overly optimistic.
Hospitals/Long-Term Care: Kindred Healthcare
(NYSE:KND) and
Select Medical
(NYSE:SEM) are each cut to Underperform from Market Perform with Wells Fargo.
(NASDAQ:MSFT): Morgan Stanley moves the stock, yesterday's poorest
(INDEXDJX:.DJI) performer, to Equal-Weight from Overweight. Its $7.2 billion deal with
Nokia Corporation
(NYSE:NOK) increases expenditure and execution risks, the analyst wrote in a note. Shares are trading lower this morning as a result.
(NYSE:NOK): The telecom name is now Hold from Buy at Argus after yesterday's 31.28% jump. (Note that shares separately scored two upgrades today.)
Ryanair Holdings
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Vivus, Inc.
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PEORIA, Ill. -- An individual conference champion and the league's leading scorer during the regular season, runner Mary Goldkamp and senior soccer player Chris Cutshaw are the 2009-10 Bradley University Alumni B-Club Most Outstanding Athletes following a vote of school coaches, staff members and local media.
Goldkamp earned All-Missouri Valley Conference honors in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track during the 2009-10 athletic year, capped by the individual title in the 1,500 meters at the State Farm MVC Outdoor Championship at Illinois State. In addition to her championship run, Goldkamp placed seventh in the 800-meter dash at the MVC Outdoor Championship and she was a NCAA regional qualifier in the 1,500 meters. She also earned All-MVC honors on the strength of her fifth-place showing at the 2009 State Farm MVC Cross Country Championship at Newman Golf Course, as well as her participation on the distance medley relay team that finished second at the 2010 State Farm MVC Indoor Track and Field Championship.
Cutshaw was a first-team All-MVC selection after leading the league in goals (10) and total points (23) during the 2009 regular-season, while also collecting second-team NSCAA/Performance Subaru All-Midwest Region honors. The Most Valuable Player for the 2009 Busey Bank Kickoff Festival at Shea Stadium, Cutshaw registered the seventh hat trick in program history in the 3-0 win against Mercer in the tournament finale, a performance that led to MVC Offensive Player of the Week, as well as CollegeSoccerNews.com and Soccer America national Team-of-the-Week honors. He went on to become a fourth-round selection by the Colorado Rapids in the 2010 Major League Soccer SuperDraft.
Goldkamp becomes the third cross country/track runner to win the female version of the Most Outstanding Athlete since the award was split into genders in 1995, joining Mary Ellen Hill in 1998, 1999 and 2000 and Tamara Hart in 2003. Cutshaw becomes the fifth soccer player to win the male version, following four-time winner Gavin Glinton (1999-2002), Tim Regan (2003), Chris Dunsheath (2006) and Joe Donoho (2008).
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Fruit From the Literary Tree; Young Authors Find Their Parents' Fame a Boon and a Bane
By KAREN ANGEL
Published: April 25, 2000
Gautama Chopra freely admits that his last name helped sell his novel. His first agent was a friend of his father, the best-selling New Age guru Deepak Chopra. His publisher, Amber-Allen, was the publisher of his father's blockbuster ''The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success.''
His father even wrote the foreword to the novel, ''Child of the Dawn,'' about a teenager's spiritual awakening. The book generated reams of publicity; booksellers and curious fans of his father snapped it up.
Gautama Chopra, 24, is not the only young writer capitalizing on a literary lineage. There are Jong, Heller, Updike, Bellow, Theroux, Styron, Rice and McPhee (make that three McPhee) children writing, not to mention two Cheever offspring. All were born with the most valuable asset a writer can have: access.
''We have a marketplace that's very interested in new voices and that acknowledges pedigree,'' said Suzanne Gluck, an agent at International Creative Management. ''When you talk to editors about a first book by a Katie Roiphe or a Susan Merrell,'' Ms. Gluck added, referring to the daughters of the novelist Anne Roiphe and the best-selling author on relationships, Maggie Scarf, ''there's greater interest because they do feel the talent is handed down.''
The children of baby-boomer writers are coming of age. Just as the music and film industries are seeing a burst of activity from stars' progeny, books are being written by young people with familiar names and, in some cases, derivative styles. They have been emboldened by their parents' successes, and they can expect more lucrative rewards than ever before from such sources as film rights and foreign and electronic editions.
''These days advances are higher, and there tends to be a lot more money in publishing, particularly if you hit it big, if you turn out to be the next David Guterson,'' said Ted Solotaroff, a prominent editor for 40 years. As consolidation in the industry puts extra pressure on the bottom line, editors are looking for a sure thing. A last name associated with best-sellerdom creates a powerful brand.
''Agents know they have a better chance of selling a mediocre book by a person with a recognizable name than selling a very good book by a person who's unknown,'' said Adam Bellow, 42, the son of Saul, who is writing a book about nepotism for Doubleday that is scheduled for publication next year. ''Publishers themselves know an established name translates into sales. Frank McCourt published a best seller. Then Malachy McCourt published a best seller. His book wouldn't have been a best seller if Frank's hadn't been. He probably wouldn't even have gotten it published.
''A good name used to mean that you had breeding and education. A good name in our society means you can sell it.''
The brand effect particularly comes into play when the writer's relative adopts the same genre -- in the case of the McCourts, the memoir; with the Chopras, spirituality. Carol Higgins Clark, daughter of suspense diva Mary, writes mysteries; in fact, Carol just brought the Higgins Clark brand under one roof with an estimated $2 million contract with her mother's publisher, Simon & Schuster. Eliza Minot, sister of Susan, writes family-oriented novels for Knopf, too. And brother George Minot is working on his first novel for Knopf, also about family.
In terms of sales success, books by writers' relatives cover the gamut. ''A Monk Swimming'' by Malachy McCourt (Hyperion, 1998) has sold 330,000 copies, a small fraction of the 10 million copies of Frank's ''Angela's Ashes'' in print, but not bad considering the lukewarm reviews ''Monk'' received. All four of Carol Higgins Clark's books have hit the New York Times best-seller list. Brian Herbert jointly wrote a prequel to the sci-fi classic ''Dune'' by his late father, Frank, titled ''Dune: House Atreides'' (Spectra/Bantam), which rocketed onto best-seller lists last fall and has 200,000 copies in print. (Sales figures were unavailable from the publisher.)
Others have garnered respectable if not stellar sales. Gautama Chopra's novel has sold 35,000 copies since 1998. In a strong showing for a first novel, Eliza Minot's ''Tiny One'' (Knopf) is nearing sales of 20,000 copies since its publication in November. ''Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard'' (Atlantic Monthly Press, 1998) by Kiran Desai, daughter of the writer Anita Desai, has also done well, selling 27,000 copies. ''My Father, Dancing'' (Knopf, August 1999), short stories by Bliss Broyard, daughter of Anatole Broyard, a book critic for The New York Times and an editor at The Times Book Review who died in 1990, has sold more than 20,000 copies. This probably figured into Little, Brown's decision to pay a six-figure advance for her forthcoming memoir, ''Mixed Blood.'' But a first novel published at the same time, ''A Stranger in the Earth'' (Harcourt Brace) by Marcel Theroux, son of Paul, has sold only 8,000 copies.
''There are a lot more sons and daughters of literati writing now, and I'm sick to death of it,'' said Ivan Solotaroff, 43, who is writing a book about executioners for HarperCollins, where his father, Ted, worked 10 years ago when it was Harper & Row. ''I think people should go get a life instead of dining out on their heritage. My first impression is, 'How original -- you wrote a book.' That's what people are thinking of me, and it puts a lot more pressure on what I write.''


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Fashion trends have a way of repeating themselves, but every time a certain style comes back into popularity somehow it always manages to feel new again.
This spring, on the coat tails of winter fashion, military style is standing strong. Black leather combat boots are the perfect fit for a tougher feeling look. The rollover studded combat boots, pictured at right, are an example of one cool way to have fun with this particular style.
If you don't already own a pair of combat boots you can a pick up a real quality pair at Kaufman's West, a local military surplus store long toted as the most fascinating store in New Mexico. If you've already got your combat boots there is plenty more military gear at Kaufman's just waiting for someone to make stylish again.
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The RPM package manager Yum has its own advantages over other tools.
This article is also available in our Linux Shell Handbook, available on newsstands now. To order the handbook, visit: http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Resources/Special-Editions
A decade ago, Debian users used to look down on users of Red Hat and other RPM-based distributions. Whereas Debian users had aptget and dpkg to save them from dependency hell – situations in which software installation is impossible because of an uninstalled library – users of RPM-based distributions had to dig themselves out of dependency hell on their own.


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Colour plan for the exterior design of the master semidetached houses in Dessau
The colour plan for the exterior of the Dessau Masters' Houses shows the three houses designed by Walter Gropius's architectural office from an unusual viewpoint, that is, from below. The colours of the façades are divided into the pale shades of yellow, grey and white and the strong hues of red and blue. Although Gropius did not accept Arndt's colour selection, it was still significant for the New Architecture movement.
Rehm, Robin: "Paradigm of the New Building. The Dessau Master Houses" in: Bauhaus: A Conceptual Model, publ. by Bauhaus Archive Berlin / Museum for Design, Bauhaus Dessau Foundation and Weimar Classic Foundation, Exhibition Catalogue, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2009, pg. 199ff.


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How the Harlem Shake found its feet
Originally posted without a video, Harlem Shake soars towards Gangnam Style greatness after comic Filthy Frank suited up for action.PT1M54S http://www.smh.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-2eqjd 620 349 February 20, 2013
The Harlem Shake does involve a kind of shuffle, but it should not be confused with Harlem Shuffle, which was a Rolling Stones hit in 1986, written by Bob and Earl in 1963. Although the lyrics of Harlem Shuffle ask listeners to ''Move it to the right, if it takes all night … Move it baby, get into your slide'', we cannot blame the Rolling Stones for the recent dismissal of 15 gold miners by the Barminco company of Western Australia.
The miners had filmed themselves underground doing the Harlem Shake, not so much a dance as a phenomenon - the latest in a sequence of social movements that, in reverse chronological order, included Gangnam Style, Party Rock Anthem, planking, flash mobs, the Macarena, the chicken dance and the Australian Limp Fallers Association, which started the whole thing.
Here's how the latest fad works. One person, often wearing a helmet or hood, moves his or her hips and arms for exactly 15 seconds and then is joined by a crowd who move their bodies wildly for another 15 seconds, roughly in time to the song Harlem Shake.
Shakes on a plane: The Harlem Shake.
The track was recorded by a DJ named Baauer in the middle of 2012 and forgotten until February 2 this year, when a comedian named Filthy Frank released a video of it. That has now been copied by more than 100,000 amateur filmmakers on YouTube. The miners are the first shakers to be greeted by a less-than-amused reaction.
The track is pretty monotonous, and its only lyrics are ''Shake shake, shake'' and ''Con los terroristas'' (with the terrorists). But that was not why the miners were sacked. The company said doing the moves underground were in breach of safety and integrity standards. The way of the pioneer is never easy.
I am just old enough to remember the Limp Fallers Association. I was privileged to be in a bar in 1969 when eight men, one after another, collapsed off their stools onto the carpet, to the astonishment of the other patrons. They then jumped up and took a bow, while one explained that we had just witnessed a display of formation limp falling. The movement was started by a Perth cartoonist named Paul Rigby, and its practitioners were mostly media workers under the influence of alcohol. It was one of the reasons I got into journalism.
Viral: The Harlem Shake. Photo: YouTube/TheSunnyCoastSkate
The 1960s had been a decade when there was a new dance craze every month - the Twist, the Stomp, the Boogaloo, the Bird, the Monster Mash, the Pony (which inspired Psy's moves in Gangnam Style) and the Frug (which probably inspired the moves in the Harlem Shake videos). But limp falling did not require a soundtrack, which was appropriate during the musically barren years of the 1970s (I mean, what kind of moves can you do to Abba?). Done in public places, it always achieved shock and awe.
Limp falling faded away in the early '80s as health concerns caused its proponents to cut down on their drinking, but enjoyed a '90s resurgence as ''The Lying Down Game'', allegedly created by two English teenagers. That activity was later renamed planking. Now planking has morphed into the Harlem Shake - again with the goal of generating shock, awe and smiles in public places. When you do it, remember to say a small thank you to limpmaster Paul Rigby.
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