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ZAATARI, Jordan (AP) — Life in Jordan's Zaatari camp is getting harder for 130,000 Syrian refugees, most of whom have fled fighting in southern Syria. Security has become hard to control in the sprawling, overcrowded camp and refugees are falling victims to strongmen who imposed their power to try to make a living. Earlier this month, an angry mob of refugees attacked Jordanian police with rocks, prompting police to fire tear gas. There were reports of live ammunition in fighting that killed one refugee and wounded 28 policemen. The angry protests were sparked after police detained a family of refugees and a driver who tried to smuggle them out of the camp. The U.N. said it was alarmed at the "violent nature" of the demonstration. Some residents, frustrated with Zaatari, are now leaving to set up new, informal camps on open lands, to escape tensions.


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how to handle my 7 yr. old after father has been in Irag for total 4 1/2 yrs? Help?
My husband and I have had full custody of my 7yr.old,1st grader since two yrs. ago. he was born with his sprem providere not wanting to be a part of his life and then soon after he was born ( 6 mths.) his Mother starting partying and soon was a drug addict, and not consistent in his life. I quite my job when he was 1 yr. old to be a stay at home Mom,Nana. My husband left to be a contractor in Iraq when A. was 1 1/2 yrs. old. He caame home every four months for two weeks and we would go on vacation out of country for a week and have a great time. A. lovs his Papaw. Two months ago my husband game home from Iraq for good. I was preparing A. for the changes in a positive way. My husband loves A. and has never denied him anything he needed and more. With him coming home cam new rules, sharing of me,the start of 1st grade, and A. had to start sleeping in his bed.He loves his bed. My husband was soon offered another job in Afganistan, which he accepted and is leaving before Christmas. At first our little polite sweet boy became very sad that he was leaving, it has been a month of paperwork getting ready to depart, although, we have included A. in everything we do. He has become a tarrent to both of us. Saying "I'll kill you" using foul language, if we ntell him to do something he just looks us in the eye definealy. He is not this kind of little boy, he talks to other people politely and with manners, people like for their kids to play with him because he is not a problem or loud.In Topics: Parenting / Our Family, Discipline and behavior challenges
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The Boston Bruins lost a close one to the New York Rangers this afternoon, 1-0.
Rangers goalie Henrik Lundquist turned away all 29 of Boston's shots, while Tim Thomas had one of the Rangers 23 shots slip by him for what would be the only one scored. Marian Gaborik was the Rangers' goal scorer, this occurring late in the second period.
Bruins did not score on 5 power plays. It will be good to get Marc Savard and Milan Lucic back to add some punch to the Bruins offense.
The Bruins record is now 6-7. They travel to Detroit to take on the Red Wings on Tuesday, November 3rd. Game on NESN at 7pm EST.


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TC TO JOSEPH NEUBERG ; 28 March 1857; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18570328-TC-JN-01; CL 32: 114-116
[28 March 1857]
Dear Neuberg,—You are evidently taking far too much pains with that imbroglio of Scrawlings. I merely wanted you to run over the masses with your fresh (undigusted)1 eye; to judge what passages were worth the chance implied in having them copied by Wagner;2 to mark with a pencil stroke on the margin what he was to copy,—and send him home to do it. With strict and strictest charge to bring every line of the original back to me.— He has not done that in the case of George II;3 and I have sat, for 3 days, over that Piece, in the uttermost wretchedness, not knowing what on Earth to do with it,—or where to begin upon it,—owing to that want! But we will be patient: I do myself immeasurable mischief by the want of that virtue. No use asking Wagner what has become of the George II things: he will 'drop a tear over himself' (a very bad habit!)4—and that is all we shall get.
Please do not meddle with Soissons5 at all: send that home by him tomorrow straight hither;—and what of the other you have ready (not hurrying yourself) he is to commence copying (sworn to bring the original all back, and at least put it as he found it here)
My Wife is but little better,—improving I do however think. The Decker Books6 are not quite witht value: please ask Who wrote that Prinz Heinrich7 (rather a solid piece that), and those other Büchlein [little books] abt Ziethen,8 the Old-Dessauer &c, whh are of very flaccid quality, I fear. Berenhorst is by far the ablest man I have yet communicated with on Prussian Soldier-matters: unluckily an ill-tempered perverse kind of nature withal, whh much twists his judgements upon all manner of things.9 His hatred to Fritz is a kind of elixir of hatreds,—distilled to invisibility or nearly so, but felt in every page. I read him witht disgust,—tho' slowly, his style too partaking of his temper, and being dreadfully screwed and twisted. I begin to see Frh may have had him in aversion, especially his "sympathy" on the disaster in Torgau Fight,—and have impatiently ordered him to go and mind his work elsewhere: "Er sammle Fuyards [Go and round up deserters]!"—
We are at home Tomorrow evg10 to you, at least I am
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Winter is on its way. And that means sweaters, boots and scarves galore. Unfortunately, the most wonderful time of year isn't always so wonderful to your skin. Between the cold weather outside and dry heat indoors, your complexion is under a lot of stress. If dry, dull skin is taking the happy from your holidays, Pür has the perfect answer for you.
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Johnson's 35 points help lead Hampton over Northern Arizona 98-94 in 2OT
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At one point Wednesday night, the Pirates were down 22 to the Lumberjacks.
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What are calluses and corns?
Calluses and corns are areas of thick skin caused by pressure or friction. They may cause pain when you walk or wear shoes.
Calluses usually form on your hands or feet. They usually don't need treatment.
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Repeated handling of an object that puts pressure on the hand, such as tools (gardening hoe or hammer) or sports equipment (tennis racquet), typically causes calluses on the hands.
Calluses and corns on the feet are often caused by pressure from footwear. Walking barefoot also causes calluses.
Calluses and corns often form on bunions, hammer, claw, or mallet toes, or on the bumps caused by rheumatoid arthritis. Calluses and corns on the feet may also be caused by repeated pressure due to sports (such as a callus on the bottom of a runner's foot), an odd way of walking (abnormal gait), or a bone structure, such as flat feet or bone spurs (small, bony growths that form along joints).
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#10625 closed Bug (fixed)
Ewkt regexp incorrectly escaped in GeoDjango admin javascript
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in http://code.djangoproject.com/browser/django/trunk/django/contrib/gis/templates/gis/admin/openlayers.js the regexp on line 3 is incorrectly escaped, causing conversion from ewkt to wkt to fail for me. I fixed it by changing:
new RegExp("^SRID=\d+;(.+)", "i");
new RegExp("^SRID=\\d+;(.+)", "i");
After which it correctly works for me. Would be great if you can apply this fix.
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comment:1 Changed 7 years ago by Alex
- milestone changed from 1.1 beta to 1.1
- Needs documentation unset
- Needs tests unset
- Patch needs improvement unset
comment:2 Changed 7 years ago by jbronn
What browser version, please?
comment:3 Changed 7 years ago by psmith
I wasn't able to reproduce this. I tried:
- Linux:
- Opera 9.6
- Win XP:
- Opera 9.64
- IE 6.0.x
Suggest this be punted to 1.2 since we don't have a user-agent yet of the reported bug.
comment:4 Changed 7 years ago by Alex
- Resolution set to worksforme
- Status changed from new to closed
Paul tried half a dozen browsers and we have no new information from the reported, marking as worksforme.
comment:5 Changed 5 years ago by jacob
- milestone 1.1 deleted
Milestone 1.1 deleted
comment:6 Changed 4 years ago by chris.chamberlin@…
- Cc chris.chamberlin@… added
- Easy pickings unset
- Resolution worksforme deleted
- Severity set to Normal
- Status changed from closed to reopened
- Summary changed from Ewkt regexp incorrectly escaped to Ewkt regexp incorrectly escaped in GeoDjango admin javascript
- Type set to Bug
- UI/UX set
I'm seeing this bug in Chrome 17.0.963.56; it's fairly simple to verify that the regexp does not match as designed, using a Javascript console:
> var brokenre = new RegExp("^SRID=\d+;(.+)", "i"); undefined > brokenre.exec('SRID=4326;POINT(1 1)') null > var fixedre = new RegExp("^SRID=\\d+;(.+)", "i"); undefined > fixedre.exec('SRID=4326;POINT(1 1)') ["SRID=4326;POINT(1 1)", "POINT(1 1)"]
It does not usually appear because the read_wkt() function is generally only called on startup, when the WKT textarea does not contain the EWKT format (with the SRID=4326; string that we're trying to strip).
It does appear, however, if read_wkt() is called again later; I wanted to be able to edit geometries by using either the map or the WKT textbox, so I added a JQuery change handler in an template as follows, mostly using code adapted from the openlayers.js file. In my GeoModelAdmin, I set map_template = "/path/to/my/template" and display_wkt=True.
{% extends "gis/admin/openlayers.html" %} {% block init_function %} {{ block.super }} (function($) { $('.vWKTField').height('3em').change(function(e) { var wkt = e.target.value if (wkt){ // After reading into geometry, immediately write back to // WKT <textarea> as EWKT (so that SRID is included). var admin_geom = {{ module }}.read_wkt(wkt); {{ module }}.deleteFeatures(); {{ module }}.write_wkt(admin_geom); if ({{ module }}.is_collection){ // If geometry collection, add each component individually so they may be // edited individually. for (var i = 0; i < {{ module }}.num_geom; i++){ {{ module }}.layers.vector.addFeatures([new OpenLayers.Feature.Vector(admin_geom.geometry.components[i].clone())]); } } else { {{ module }}.layers.vector.addFeatures([admin_geom]); } // Zooming to the bounds. {{ module }}.map.zoomToExtent(admin_geom.geometry.getBounds()); if ({{ module }}.is_point){ {{ module }}.map.zoomTo({{ point_zoom }}); } } }); })(django.jQuery); {% endblock init_function %}
comment:7 Changed 4 years ago by aaugustin
- Triage Stage changed from Unreviewed to Accepted
- UI/UX unset
From code inspection, I'm convinced that the bug report is correct. All other JavaScript regexps use double backslashes.
Changed 4 years ago by aaugustin
comment:8 Changed 4 years ago by aaugustin
I'm attaching the patch (1 char). I don't have time to test this now.
comment:9 Changed 4 years ago by claudep
- Resolution set to fixed
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Physical Access to Components on Board - Using BGA packages increases the difficulty of casual probing, manipulation, and attack, due to the fact that all die connections are located underneath the device packaging, It is also recommended to add some type of epoxy encapsulation or glue to help prevent easy removal of components. Another solution is to employ Chip-on-Board (COB) packaging, in which the silicon die of the integrated circuit is mounted directly to the PCB and protected by epoxy encapsulation.
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The nationally ranked UCLA men's golf team captured second place and sophomore Pontus Widegren recorded his first collegiate victory Tuesday at the Fall Preview, hosted by Oklahoma State at Karsten Creek Golf Course.
The Bruins were seven over par (295) in the final round and finished with a 54-hole score of 882 (+18). They were just four strokes behind Oklahoma State (878, +14) playing on its home course. Georgia fell to third place at 883 (+19), followed by Texas A&M and Augusta State in a tie for fourth at 887 (+23).
Widegren grabbed his first collegiate title by firing a 69 (-3) in the final round to finish at 214 (-2). He won by two shots over Georgia's Hudson Swafford and Oklahoma State's Peter Uihlein who finished at even par 216.
Widegren recorded five birdies and two bogeys on the day. A birdie at the 15th hole moved him to four-under par for the day, but he bogeyed the 17th, made par at the 18th and signed for a 69. He became UCLA's first outright individual champion since Kevin Chappell won the 2008 NCAA Championship. He joins John Poucher as the only other UCLA player to win the Fall Preview.
Junior Gregor Main and freshman Patrick Cantlay each finished in a tie for 21st at 224 (+8). Cantlay climbed five spots on the leader board after posting a score of 74 (+2); Main fell 12 spots after carding a 77 (+5). Junior Alex Shi Yup Kim tied for 33rd at 228 (+12) following a 79 (+7) and sophomore Pedro Figueiredo placed 37th with a three-round total of 229 (+13) following a final round 75 (+3).
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'Pretty Little Liars': Big News About Detective Wilden
The big news tonight on "Pretty Little Liars" is that Detective Wilden is NOT dead. That's right – he's alive and well. Apparently he went "fishing" for a few days. Hmmmm… whether or not Toby is dead or alive is another story. What is for sure is that Spencer is not dead, but she sure looks like a ghost.
Spencer's considered a 302 at Radley – meaning involuntary commitment to the Insane Asylum. (Remember Britney Spears and her infamous breakdown a few years ago? She too was committed to the psych ward involuntarily – as a 302.) Surprisingly, Spencer is just fine with it all. She takes to her slippers and her man nurse very well. She doesn't seem to be missing her besties – at all. When she discovers that her cute man nurse's name is E. Lamb she freaks out. (Who could blame her?) E. Lamb/the man nurse wants nothing to do with Spencer at first, but eventually he gives in and tells her that Mona was a patient at the hospital and that she stayed in the same room as the one Spencer is occupying. Yikes! A quick flashback to a church scene involving Alison, an innocent looking Spencer and the dreaded Mona reveals that Mona has been vying for the foursomes attention for some time. Spencer eventually tells Dr. Sullivan that she found Toby dead in the woods. The pretty little shrink isn't so sure. Later in the episode the Dr. tells Emily about Spencer's finding. Hello?! What happened to patient confidentiality? Despite her friends not being able to visit her in the hospital, Mona manages to break in. She tells Spencer that Alison was never pregnant and that she (meaning Mona) "has the answers to questions you haven't event thought of." Mona goes on to tell Spencer that "you are as sane as I am." (Not a good sign. They might both belong in the psych ward!) Later, during a mandatory group session with fellow inmates/patients, Spencer tells the group of strangers that "you don't know who I am anymore. You can't trust me." The catch is that she thinks she's looking into the eyes of Aria, Hanna and Emily.
Domestic issues are still troubling Aria. Ezra and his damn kid are getting in the way. Ezra is now in need of a reliable job so Aria goes to her dad, who has mixed emotions about the couple. By the episode's end it seems even more likely than last week that Aria will be swapping spit with Wesley (or some other man) in the near future.
Hanna is "split between disasters." While she is concerned about Spencer's whereabouts, her main objective is to look after her mom. Hanna tells Ashley that "nothing is wrong and we have to act like we believe it." Problem is – something is wrong. Wilden is still alive and Hanna and Aria pushed his unoccupied car into a lake. Now he wants it back. In fact – all will be forgotten if Hanna gives it back to him. Uh-oh! Guess Wilden is here to stay. That is unless Ashley gets a job in New York. Then her and Hanna are outtie 5000. (Seems unlikely.)
Emily might as well have taken the week off. Besides an odd interaction with Olympic swimmer Missy Franklin at a coffee shop, there's not much to say.


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A few of the South Bay prep boys' basketball teams began their CIF-Southern Section playoffs on Wednesday with many more to come on Friday.
Palos Verdes, which had winless Bay League records in the past two seasons, is enjoying its best season it had in several years with a third place finish in Bay action. The Sea Kings began the CIF-Southern Section Division IIIAA playoffs on a good note by hanging on for a 78-77 victory over host Gahr High in Cerritos.
P.V., which improved to 15-11, had to hang on after the Gladiators' Jeremy Carlyle stole an inbound pass but he missed a three-point basket as the buzzer sounded.
The key to the Sea Kings' victory was making nine of 10 free throws in the final two minutes of the game, four of those from Will Yoon. Yoon also had a key steal with 46 seconds left.
Yoon's last free throw gave Palos Verdes a 75-69 lead but Gahr stayed in contention behind baskets by Gregory Carlyle.
Free throws, however, kept the Sea Kings ahead.
The Gladiators made seven three-pointers in the fourth quarter and 14 for the game.
Leading P.V. was Jake Peterson with a season high 24 points.
The Sea Kings had a 35-23 halftime lead after a fadeaway jumper from Nick Bell.
P.V. moves to the second round at home against No. 3 seed Brea-Olinda Friday at 7 p.m.
In the Division IVAA playoffs, Morningside started off well with a 60-44 victory at Riverside Prep.
Keying the Monarchs, who improved to 10-17 after finishing fourth in the Ocean League and recording a key 51-44 home win over cross town rival Inglewood last Thursday, was Gabe Solache with 22 points.
Dakaria King added 14 points, seven assists and four steals.
James Brown contributed eight points and 12 rebounds.\
Morningside will face the winner of Wednesday's first round contest between Milken Community and Mission Prep from San Luis Obispo Friday at 7 p.m. at a site to be determined.
St. Bernard, which finished fourth in the highly competitive Del Rey League, had 16 points and eight rebounds from Terrance Powell for a 58-38 win in the first round of the CIF-Southern Section Division IVA playoffs at Ontario Christian High on Wednesday.
Rob Fuller had 11 points and five assists for the Vikings, who improved to 9-16 overall.
The win puts St. Bernard into the second round at home against fourth seeded Campbell Hall from North Hollywood Friday at 7 p.m. Campbell Hall rolled over Inglewood Animo Leadership, 76-30, Wednesday at Campbell Hall.
Highlighting the basketball playoffs will be the first ever prestigious Open Division that includes 16 elite boys' teams and 12 girls' squads.
There will be three South Bay teams in No. 6 seed Redondo, No. 10 Torrance Bishop Montgomery and No. 13 Gardena Serra. The Sea Hawks, who won the Bay League at 10-0 after a 49-37 win at Leuzinger in Lawndale last Thursday, begin at home against Moore League runner-up Compton. The Knights open at No. 7 Chino Hills, who has one of the United States' top sophomores in guard Lonzo Ball, who already has committed to UCLA once he finishes his high school basketball. The Cavaliers visit No. 4 seed Corona Centennial, which is also very talented behind Long Beach State-bound Deontae North and Sedrick Barefield, one of the top junior point guards in the nation.
Top seed is Santa Ana Mater Dei, which is the top ranked prep boys' basketball team in the country by most polls. Etiwanda is second and Los Angeles Loyola is third.
One of the big surprises is that Moore League champion and another powerhouse, Long Beach Poly, was left out. That was because, according to Southern Section officials, that the Jackrabbits (19-7) did not meet the criteria due to not as good of record against other top teams. Poly, though, is the top seed in the Division IAA and open at home against Knight from Palmdale Friday at 7 p.m.
Pioneer League champion Lawndale is seeded fifth in Division IA and open at home against Ventura, an at-large team from the Channel League, Friday at 7 p.m.
For the girls, just one South Bay team got into the Open in Serra. The Del Rey League co-champions, who were upset by Bishop Montgomery 57-48 last Thursday at Serra, are seeded fifth and begin at home against No. 12 Mark Keppel High from Alhambra Saturday at 7 p.m.
The Del Rey's other co-champion, Bishop Montgomery, stayed in Division IVAA and is the second seed, behind No. 1 Junipero Serra from San Juan Capistrano. The Knights have a first round bye and play at home in the second round Saturday against the winner of tonight's game between El Segundo and host Paraclete in Lancaster.
Bay League champion West Torrance was on the Open Division watch list but failed to make the cut. The Warriors, however, are the top seed in Division IIA and open at home against Baldwin Park, an at-large team from the Montview League on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Bay co-runner up Redondo (with Rolling Hills Estates Peninsula) is seeded No. 4 in the Division IIAA and start at home against Fontana Kaiser Saturday at 7 p.m.
The Panthers are in IA and visit Katella in Anaheim at the same time.
Also top seed is Inglewood in Division IIIA as the Lady Sentinels begin tonight at 7 p.m. against Ganesha from Pomona.
In the CIF-Los Angeles City Section boys' basketball, Westchester received the top seed and begin at home Friday at 7 p.m. against South Gate South East.
Narbonne is seeded fourth and hosts No. 13 Crenshaw at the same time.
For the girls, Narbonne is second seed and hosts Verdugo Hills tonight at 7 p.m.
Prep Basketball Playoffs:
Wednesday, Feb. 19:
CIF-Southern Section, Round I:
Boys: Division IIIAA: Palos Verdes 78, Gahr 77
Division IVAA: Morningside 60, Riverside Prep 44
Division IVA: St. Bernard 58, Ontario Christian 38
Thursday, Feb. 20:
CIF-Southern Section, Round I:
All Games at 7 p.m.
Girls: Division IIIA: Ganesha at Inglewood; Leuzinger at Ridgecrest Burroughs.
Division IIIAA: Palos Verdes at Temple City; Hawthorne at Charter Oak.
Division IVAA: St. Bernard at Morro Bay.
Division VAA: Chadwick at Holy Family.
CIF-L.A. City Section:
All Games at 7 p.m.
Division I: Verdugo Hills at Narbonne; Manual Arts at Carson; Banning at El Camino Real.
Division II: Sotomayor at Westchester.
Division III: Huntington Park at San Pedro.
Division IV: Port of L.A. at North Hollywood East Valley.
Division V: Community Charter at New Millennium.
Friday, Feb. 21:
CIF-Southern Section:
All Games at 7 p.m.
Open Division: Compton at Redondo; Bishop Montgomery at Chino Hills; Serra at Corona Centennial.
Division IAA: Inglewood at Dana Hills
Division IA: Burbank at Peninsula; Ventura at Lawndale.
Division IIAA: Mira Costa at Lynwood; Culver City at Westminster.
Division IIA: Grand Terrace at North Torrance.
Division IIIAA: Brea-Olinda at Palos Verdes.
Division IIIA: Hawthorne at Bishop Amat.
Division IVAA: Campbell Hall at Morningside.
Division VAA: Chadwick vs. Xavier Prep, Site TBA.
CIF-L.A. City Section:
Division I: South East at Westchester; Crenshaw at Narbonne; San Pedro at Palisades.
Division II: Bell at Carson.
Saturday, Feb. 22:
CIF-Southern Section:
First Round:
All Games at 7 p.m.
Open Division: Mark Keppel at Serra.
Division IA: Peninsula at Katella.
Division IIAA: Kaiser at Redondo; Elsinore at Culver City; Mira Costa at La Sierra.
Division IIA: Baldwin Park at West Torrance; Garden Grove at South Torrance; Beverly Hills at Torrance.
Second Round: Division III, IV, V and VI.


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The Francis Bacon Indicator: Are Record Prices for Art a Warning Sign for the Stock Market?
The connection between Bacon and surging asset prices is not as much of a stretch as you may think.
If you think the stock market is a frothy, out-of-control maniac, you should get a load of the art market.
A 1969 triptych -- three canvas paintings of Lucian Freud – painted by British artist Francis Bacon sold for a record $142.4 million at a Christie's auction in New York earlier this week. The auction record of Bacon's work blew away the estimated sale price of $85 million, along with the previous auction record of $122 million set in May 2012 by Edvard Munch's "The Scream."
Are record prices in the art market – particularly works by Francis Bacon -- a warning sign of trouble ahead?
Bacon's previous auction record of $86.3 million was set in May 2008 and from that moment to year end, the
(INDEXSP:.INX) crumbled 36.23% lower. This time around, will the Francis Bacon Indicator repeat itself? Assuming a similar sized correction, a 36% drop would reverse the S&P 500 back to third quarter 2010 prices near 1,136.
Bacon, who died in 1992, claimed to be an "optimist for nothing" and deformed images and objects were his hallmark. Maybe Bacon's fancy for human distortions is a fitting symbol of today's radically warped art and financial markets. "Art imitates life" as the saying goes, right?
Market bubbles can span years, even decades, but they are never indefinite.
Look no further than the great bond bubble which has already popped. Bonds are in the midst of a severe decline that began last year. The yield on long-term US Treasury bonds (represented by the
iShares Barclays 20+ Yr Treas.Bond ETF
(NYSEARCA:TLT)) has soared 41.68% over the past year and prices for 30-year Treasuries are down 18.25%.
After the art market crashed in the early 1990s, the road to recovery was long and painful. In fact, the art world wasn't able to get back to its 1989 highs until 2003, according to the MeiMoses index of art prices.
In a 1985 documentary Bacon described his 1963 painting "Study for Portrait on a Folding Bed" as an "absolute disaster" that "doesn't work" and I wish they "would just burn this." Remarkably, Bacon's harsh assessment of his own work hasn't stopped frenzied art collectors from bidding up his paintings at the auction block.
Although the connections between Francis Bacon and surging asset prices may seem like a stretch, the reinvention of facts to justify higher and higher prices for stocks, real estate, and objects of wealth is predictably human.
Bacon himself said, "Great art is always a way of concentrating, reinventing what is called fact, what we know of our existence – a reconcentration…tearing away the veils that fact acquires through time."
Try replacing Bacon's own words "great art" with "great IPOs" or "great market recapitalizations" or something similar. Here's what you'll discover: Like a handsome painting, the unexpected results are quite revealing.
Editor's note: This story by
Ron DeLegge
originally appeared on
To read more from ETFguide, see:
Don't Get Trampled by Rising Yields
Predicting the Bursting of a Market Bubble
Gold: A Sucker's Paradise
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Six charges, each with 1.04 kg of C4 high explosive, were ejected from the rear of the pusher plate and exploded 866 mm behind the plate. An initial charge of 452 kg of gunpowder in a mortar-like launch cylinder got the craft going. The original article was too heavy to accelerate after running out of momentum from the original charge.
Gross mass: 133 kg (293 lb).
Height: 1.20 m (3.90 ft).
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The St. Hugh-Steinway Concert Series closes its 2014 with Metropolitan Opera stars soprano Elizabeth Caballero and tenor James Valenti performing famous arias and duets from operas and zarzuelas. The concert will be held on Friday, May 16 at St. Hugh Catholic Church in Coconut Grove. They will be accompanied by pianist Roberto Berrocal.
Caballero has been praised by the New York Times for her "pearly tone, exacting technique and brazen physicality." She made her debut at The Metropolitan Opera as Musetta in La Bohème in its Opera in the Parks series, and has been garnering accolades in roles as varied as both Musetta and Mimi in La Bohème, Cio Cio San in Madama Butterfly, Violetta in La Traviata, Anne Trulove in The Rake's Progress, Nedda in Pagliacci and Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro.
Valenti has built a reputation for his elegant musicianship, stage presence and ardent vocal style. After his professional debut at age 25 at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, he has performed in many of the most celebrated opera theaters in the world, including Teatro alla Scala, the Royal Opera House London, Bayerische Staatsoper Munich and The Metropolitan Opera.
He has showcased his vocal ability and acting versatility in a variety of roles including the title role in Don Carlo, Alfredo in La Traviata, the Duke in Rigoletto, Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, and most recently, Lt. Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly at the Met.
St. Hugh Parish, which sponsors the series, has decided that a portion of the proceeds from this season's as well as future concerts will be donated to St. Hugh Charities, which supports various causes including the Grove Outreach, St. Vincent de Paul Society, Mission St. Ann, Grove for Ghana and Mindo Futures.
St. Hugh Church is located at 3460 Royal Road, Coconut Grove, 33133. For more information and tickets, visit sthughconcerts.org, or call 305-318-5008 or 305-444-8363.


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Swingin' unplugged
By Don Mopsick
Electric instruments—especially the electric guitar—have become so universal and ubiquitous in the post-WWII rock-dominated world of pop music that a word had to be invented to denote the old-school way: "unplugged."
Decades ago, an ad agency for 7-Up came up with the ingenious and successful "un-cola" campaign, and proved that defining things negatively in terms of what they are not can appeal to the impulse to stand out from the crowd, go your own way, and march to the beat of a different drummer.
As a mid-Boomer, I saw my first electric instruments at age 12 when my big brother Mike came home with a Fender Stratocaster guitar and a Precision Bass. Both of these instruments are solid-bodied, meaning that they have no acoustic sound of their own—they must be plugged into an amplifier to be heard. Mike let me fool around with the P-bass. In the quiet of our living room, without using the amp I could hear the tiny, plinky sounds the P-bass made well enough to learn how to get around on it.
I also played the trumpet in the junior high school Band, two hours per week during the school day, but after school I played bass guitar in a rock and roll "garage band" with its heady promise of raw sexual power. In theory at least, plugging in an electric guitar converted one's testosterone into electrons, which were then broadcast directly into the brains of nearby females via an irresistible magnetic beam.
It turned out that we were the first generation of musicians steeped in the dual worlds of loud, electrified rock 'n roll and softer, subtler unplugged jazz, folk, and classical music.
Jazz had discovered the electric guitar in the late 1930s with Charlie Christian, and Miles Davis embraced rock rhythms and all-electric combinations with his seminal 1971 albums Bitches Brew and In a Silent Way. Since then, electrified rock elements have been important contributors to whatever commercial success jazz has had in recent years. These days, the average listener is likely to encounter a live "jazz" performance not quite up to the volume of a heavy metal band, but very loud nonetheless.
As a young adult professional musician, I went through what I thought of then as reinventing myself as a "jazz bassist." In my work I used both the solid-body electric bass guitar and the bass fiddle. According to the fashion of the time, I explored every known method of amplifying the fiddle. My aim was to produce a sound at least loud enough to compete with the other players who would show up to the job with their amps and gear. I didn't know it at the time, but I was contributing to an endless "arms race" of upwardly spiraling volume levels.
The results were rarely satisfying. In all of my experimenting, I never found a pickup or amp that sounded as good to me as the unplugged bass fiddle did in my practice room at home. The more gear I bought, the more frustrated and disappointed I became. In 1990 Jim Cullum called to offer me an audition with his band in San Antonio with the stipulation that the bass position involved playing strictly unplugged. That immediately got my attention. Then, a phone conversation with bass legend Bob Haggart convinced me that this was the way to go.
Our friend Marty Grosz, acoustic guitarist, singer, raconteur and guest on Riverwalk Jazz, has a lot to say about how electrifying stringed instruments changes the way they function in a jazz setting. "With an amplifier, your sound is not coming out of you, it's coming from behind you out of a box." Furthermore, he says, the string height of electric instruments is usually so low that the player feels very little resistance under his fingers. Marty says, you've got to have that "fight" or a certain amount of stiffness, to create a pulse that swings.
During 14 happy unplugged, amp-less years with the Cullum band, I've come to learn that creating swinging rhythm involves some physical as well as mental effort. I realized why jazz performances captured on old 78-rpm disks often swing more and sound more alive than on more modern ones: The pre-electric player had to learn how to draw a living sound and swinging pulse out of a hollow wooden instrument by moving and controlling a resonating air column with sheer muscle power and musicality.
Now we're getting somewhere!
Today my music room closet is full of pickups, cables, amps, pre-amps, equalizers, etc., gathering dust. I should probably get rid of all of it on eBay, but it's nice to know it's all there in case I have to "go electric" again. But by then it will all probably be way obsolete, and I'll have to start over from scratch.
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Vortec heads are a newer style than that of Chevrolet. They areidentified by the center hold-down bolts in the valve cover and thevertical location of the intake manifold bolts. Old-style heads havefour bolts around the perimeter of the cover. There are good and betterVortec heads. A better one is the 906 casting number found under theintake port runners. These, along with others, have a 64cc combustionchamber. The intake bolt holes can be redrilled in the Vortec heads.This will allow the use of the common Chevy cast manifold whennecessary.


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For the seventh year, Purchase College is sponsoring a five-week summer research program for students from six community colleges from June 4 to July 6. Forty-three students are working with 10 faculty members from the School of Natural and Social Sciences on projects that range from studying the effects of fats on cancer cell growth, to studying the habitats of turtles in the Great Swamp in Dutchess County, to isolation of anti-fungal agents, to studying how children learn. The summer Program is made possible by funding from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.
The students are part of the Bridges to Baccalaureate and Research and Science Visions Preparation Programs at Purchase College, designed to help underrepresented minority, low income and first generation students interested in the biomedical sciences to make transitions at a critical stage in their development as scientists. The community colleges involved are Dutchess, Orange, Rockland, Westchester, Nassau and Sullivan.
The Summer Research Program has grown dramatically since it began in 2001, when it included just six students. The number of students involved has increased every year.
Students work on individual research projects in groups of four or five along with a faculty member. In addition to daily research, students and faculty attend weekly lunch meetings where they give progress reports and share their experience with other participants. On the last day of the Summer Program, participants make formal PowerPoint or poster presentations of their work at a mini-symposium to faculty, students, staff and their families, which is followed by a celebratory lunch.
The Purchase Bridges Program is unique in that it was conceived as a national model for two-year to four-year collaborations in which a joint admissions program is set up between the community colleges and the baccalaureate institution. In addition to financial and academic support, key elements of the Program include: advising by Purchase faculty; a Community College Lecture Series by Purchase faculty; frequent visits to community colleges by Bridges alumni, the Project Director and Purchase faculty; frequent visits by community college students to Purchase; summer research programs at Purchase; and a senior research project which often builds on the summer research experience. Seniors receive job placement and graduate/professional school assistance through Purchase's science faculty and Career Development Office. After numerous visits to Purchase during the previous academic year and the Summer Research Program, the transition from the two-year institution to Purchase is a seamless, easy and familiar one.
The Program has proven highly successful in its seven years. Of the 117 students who have been through the Program, 83% are completing their associate's degree (compared to 30% nationally); 71% are completing their bachelor's degrees (compared to 13% nationally); and 33% are pursuing post-baccalaureate work in various fields of science, engineering, mathematics and technology.
The effect of the Program on the students is palpable. In a recent evaluation of the Program, the evaluator described the student response in the following manner: "All students described the laboratory experience as having an intensity and uniqueness they had not experienced before. Many of the students made a point of saying that the opportunity to do hands-on research with specialized scientific equipment was something that they valued and that was not available at community colleges. Overwhelmingly, the students described the intensity of the scientific work and the one-on-one mentoring relationships as deeply satisfying."
A student in the 2006 Summer Research Program recently wrote back to her summer research mentor with the following comments: "I really feel that the program at Purchase was a major motivating factor in sparking my interest in research and I really want to encourage other students to take advantage of the opportunity. In fact, I am now considering an MD/PhD Program instead of medical school because I love research so much."


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Will the USPS deliver mail tomorrow, on the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. birthday holiday on Monday, Jan. 20, 2014?
San Francisco residents are getting ready for the big game this afternoon between the 49ers and Seattle. But many are already thinking of the errands that they plan to do tomorrow.
No mail on MLK Day.
If your to-do list includes the Post Office or has the expectation of mail service, forget about it. Post Offices will be closed and their will be no mail delivery on MLK Day. Mail will resume and the Post Offices will reopen on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014.
Click here for information on BART service on the MLK holiday
Click here for information on MUNI service on the MLK holiday.
But once again, don't bother checking your mailbox on Monday, Jan. 20, 2014. There will be no mail service on the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr holiday. Mail delivery will resume on Tuesday.
Most banks will also be closed on MLK Day, but some businesses will be open. Those businesses will have to hold on to their mail or use Fed Ex or UPS because the Post Office won't pick up or deliver mail until Tuesday.


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The Heartsaver First Aid course teaches how to manage illness and injuries in the first few minutes until professional help arrives.
Course content includes: general principles, medical emergencies, and injury emergencies.
First Aid course topics may include: rescuer duties, victim and rescuer safety, phoning for help, finding the problem, after the emergency, breathing problems, choking, bad allergic reactions, heart attack, fainting, diabetes and low blood sugar, stroke, seizures, shock, wounds, head, neck, and spine injury, broken bones and sprains, burns and electrocution, bites and stings, temperature-related emergencies, and poison emergencies.
This course is designed for any person who wants to learn these important life saving skills, and for those who have a duty to respond to a first aid or cardiac emergency because of job responsibilities or regulatory requirements.
A Heartsaver First Aid course certification card will be issued upon successful completion. Book is available at the bookstore, 402-844-7140. The ISBN is 9781616690175. You MUST pre-register.
Please call 402-844-7000 to get registered. Cannot register online.
Book is available at the Norfolk College Store, please call 402-844-7140.
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Andrew Parro
2007-2008:Tenth-place finisher in the 100 fly finals at the Horizon League Championships...took 11th in the 200 fly and 15th in the 200 IM at the league meet...finished sixth in the 200 fly (2:01.60) at Cleveland State...won the 100 fly against Valparaiso with a season-best 53.17 effort...placed fifth in the 200 fly (2:02.89) and took fourth place in the 200 IM at Green Bay with a 2:04.56 showing...placed fourth in the 200 fly against Western Illinois...swam a 2:02.60 200 fly and a 55.18 in the 100 fly in the prelims at the Miami Invitational...placed sixth in the 200 IM at Saint Louis with a time of 2:07.63...competed in the 200 fly against Milwaukee and North Dakota with a time of 2:07.43...finished fifth in the 100 fly (54.16) at Northwestern...took 8th in the 200 IM (2:03.38) and fifth in the 200 fly (2:01.48) against Wright State...opened the season with a 23.38 50 free at Eastern Illinois.
Prep/Personal: Four-year letterwinner for the Dolphins...qualified for state in the 200 IM and the 100 fly...earned seven Chicago Public School titles during his high school career... was also a four-year letterwinner in Water Polo...born December 2, 1988...son of Craig and Louise Parro...majoring in movement sciences.
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Hummus is one of the world's oldest Foods, with evidence suggesting use of chickpeas by ancient Egyptians 7,000 years ago and active cultivation in the Mediterranean basin beginning around 5,000 years ago. With the emergence of health-conscious food trends, hummus has become a popular dish for vegetarians and meat-eaters alike, and is a staple of modern Middle Eastern cuisine.
Hummus is a natural, vegan food that can be a part of virtually any diet. Chickpeas, like most beans, are an excellent source of fiber that digest slowly and keep blood sugar levels from rising too rapidly, making them ideal for individuals with diabetes, insulin resistance or hypoglycemia. Combined with rice or whole grains, they provide a complete protein. Chickpeas also contain molybdenum, a trace mineral that helps the body detoxify sulfites, as well as iron and manganese, which are essential for healthy blood and high energy.
Basic Ingredients: Chickpeas or garbanzo and Tahini (sesame paste).
13 Health Benefits Of Hummus:
- Chickpeas are an excellent source of fiber which is known to improve blood sugar levels and help fight the build-up of cholesterol in blood.
- Hummus is high in protein, making them a perfect addition to a vegetarian's diet or one who would like to cut back on red meat.
- Hummus contains folic acid, which has been found to prevent birth defects when eaten by pregnant women.
- Hummus also contains large amount of tryptophan, phenylalanine, and tyrosine, which are mood lifters that can also lead to a more satisfying sleep.
- Chickpeas themselves are relatively low in fat, but the presence of olive oil boosts the fat content in hummus. Olive oil, however, is rich in monounsaturated fat, a type that is actually heart healthy.
- Chickpeas contain molybdenum, a trace mineral that helps the body detoxify sulfites, as well as iron and manganese, which are essential for healthy blood and high energy.
- Good for pregnant women: Hummus is rich in folic acid, a vitamin B complex that helps in the brain development of the fetus and promotes well-being for the mother.
- It helps in getting a good mood and sleep: Large amount of tryptophan, tyrosine, and phenylalanine were found in hummus. These amino acids help in promoting well-rested sleep and uplift one's mood and so eating hummus everyday can lead to satisfying shut eye.
- Aids in controlling glucose levels: Hummus has low glycemic value. This helps in controlling the increase of your glucose levels, which are beneficial to hyperglycemic patients.
- A healthy heart and a sound mind: Omega-3 is an abundant fatty acid in hummus this prevents cardiovascular diseases and sharpens your intelligence as well.
- It prevents cancer: The compounds phytic acid and saponins helps defend cell from genetic damage that results in cancer.
- These compounds are largely found in beans and chickpeas, which is a primary ingredient in hummus.
- Hummus as a whole contains plenty of Omega 3 fatty acids, which are great for improving intelligence and maintaining a healthy heart. On top of it all, this dish also has iron, vitamin B6, manganese, copper, folic acid, and amino acids. Tryptophan, phenylalanine, and tyrosine are the amino acids found in hummus that can promote good quality sleep and uplift one's mood.


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The rained that pelted the Twin Cities area Saturday morning has forced the Minnesota State High School League to postponed the three state baseball championship games at Target Field until Monday, June 16.
Game times will remain the same. The Class A game between New Life Academy and New York Mills begins at noon,. At 3 PM, the Class AA championship will feature St. Cloud Cathedral and Fairmont. Rounding out the day's action will be the Class AAA final with defending champion Mounds view and Eden Prairie.
As for the state boys and girls lacrosse championship games in Chanhassen, they are still on.


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StoryOn a summer afternoon of 2009, Rick could not wait any longer. For a long time he had been waiting for his baby daughter Day to be old enough to go on her first bike ride.
TeamNow that you know EGG, meet the people that make
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VisionEGG helmets were created with a simple vision in mind: to make safety; comfortable, fun and stylish and to change "I need a helmet" into "I want a helmet".
PhilosophyIt's all about striving to be the best at doing what you do and having fun while you do it. Having fun doing what you do implies using your imagination and self expression to do it.
Hello, my name is EGGAn egg is generally regarded as something fragile, vulnerable and in need of protection but in reality an egg is quite the opposite.


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Each student in our ACA training class works through all the major features of Astaro Security Gateway necessary to configure straight network topologies, from initial setup to log analysis. We provide a reality-oriented lab environment with ASGs, PC or laptop, lab guides and a student guide (written by Astaro professionals) enriched with tips, tricks and other resources that will help administrators in their day to day environment. We encourage students to bring network maps of their system environments for discussion, configuration options and recommendations.
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Sunday, November 27, 2011
A Perry Ellis Knitted Knock-Off from Grandma!
While we were home for Thanksgiving, my mother set aside some old baby clothes of mine that she found while organizing her basement storage room. You never know what may come out of these boxes, but I was pleasantly surprised to find an old Perry Ellis knock-off sweater that my Grandmother knitted for me back in the early 80's. My Grandmother is very much "in the know" as far as fashion goes (who gets fashion advice from their grandmother!?!? I do!) and had her own women's clothing store, Cookie M, in Cleveland back in the day. She had this Perry Ellis sweater for herself and wanted to make me one as well. While at home for Thanksgiving, I was even able to come across an old picture of me modeling the sweater. Very fun to know that knitting runs in the family!
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The Cannabis Column
The passage of marijuana legalization initiatives in Washington and Colorado are exciting turning points in the long effort to end marijuana prohibition in the United States.
These initiatives change local laws, place pressure on the federal government, and radically transform the national debate about marijuana and the law.
However significant obstacles remain, and while these great victories create new horizons they also present new challenges for the reform movement. Despite all these initiatives have accomplished – and these accomplishments are both historical and profound – this is no time for reformers to get over confident. Indeed, to deploy a phrase that has become common in political discourse these days, it is time to double down on efforts to reform the marijuana laws in the United States.
State level policies have always been the vulnerable aspect of national prohibition, which requires state and local police agencies to enforce the prohibition against marijuana possession and personal use cultivation.
States have been opting out of harsh and strict federal marijuana policy for decades. The opt-out movement began with decriminalization in the 1970s and lenient probation policies for first offenders. Medical marijuana laws cascaded throughout the country beginning in the 1990s and more recent decriminalization policies were adopted in the wake of the medical marijuana revolution. And now we have the stunning developments in Washington and Colorado.
Marijuana legalization is an innately attractive policy option for several reasons. In general, states have realized over the last several decades that arresting people for marijuana possession in unjust, unwarranted, and very expensive. On the other hand, the public is beginning to realize that legalization is a viable alternative, with public support growing and the need for new revenue sources for state and local governments providing an additional incentive to take a new look at marijuana policy innovations.
The success of the Washington and Colorado initiatives will encourage similar measures in other states, and this will further change local laws, place more pressure on the federal government, and produce even more constructive debate throughout the country.
But this is not a done deal, not by any means. Despite the general trend of states opting out of federal prohibition, arrests have not only continued but substantially increased over the years. Supporters of prohibition have come to believe that the policy can withstand substantial defections at the state and local level as long as national legislation remains intact. In other words, the federal government and supporters of prohibition are not just going to give up. There will be a counter-attack on these new policies, and it will be severe, substantial, and sustained.
The most likely and immediate response may be seeking a federal court injunction against the establishment of a legal marijuana market in Washington and Colorado, or other court action that reaffirms the supremacy of federal law. This would attempt to render the practical result of the legalization initiatives as far-reaching decriminalization policies rather than radical legislation for commercial trade.
The most threatening assault on reform, though, will take place in the social rather than legal and political arenas. This is the area where all the great battles about prohibition have been fought, the realm of public opinion. The issue of Reefer Madness has never gone away, despite its modern manifestations that seek to recast propaganda supporting prohibition as more reasonable and scientific than previous scare stories.
The modern assault is not based on creating hysteria about marijuana's effects, but instead to lodge doubt in the public's mind about the wisdom of legalization. The argument today takes two related forms. One, legalization will increase marijuana use. Two, because of this, and despite its costs, we're better off with marijuana being illegal. A related argument is that teenagers will have less access to marijuana under current policies than under legalization. These arguments are readily challenged; that's not the point here. Instead of noting that these arguments can be refuted, the reform movement needs to realize the importance of taking vigorous and sustained action to refute them.
A major, aggressive, and well-documented effort must be taken to answer each and every attack on marijuana reform. It's a widely held rule of politics that an attack unanswered is a successful advance. The battle for public opinion requires as much (or more) attention and resources as the legal and political battles that have produced such success. For example, the issues of juvenile access to marijuana and the idea that prohibition reduces teenage marijuana use have received scant attention from the reform movement. Public concern about juvenile marijuana use is one of the greatest obstacles to marijuana's legalization in the United States.
Federal efforts, along with those of other supporters of marijuana prohibition, will seek to create and inflame doubts about the costs and benefits of marijuana legalization. This information war remains the crucial challenge for legalization efforts.
The Colorado campaign's focus on marijuana as a safe alternative to alcohol is a major and impressive development in this longstanding information war. But more needs to be done, and on a national as well as local level. This is the new horizon in marijuana law reform. Reformers must address each and every public doubt and concern about marijuana, its use, and the costs and benefits of various policy options in order to take advantage of the new opportunities created by the Washington and Colorado initiatives.
Jon Gettman is a long time contributor to HIGH TIMES. A former National Director of NORML, Jon has a Ph.D. in public policy and regional economic development and consults with attorneys, advocates, and non-profits on cannabis related research and public policy issues. On October 8, 2002, along with a coalition of organizations, he filed a new petition to have cannabis rescheduled under federal law. This column will track that petition's progress.


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Paul Gotham of the basketball web site Pickin Splinters wrote the following article on Derrick Gordon.
Derrick Gordon grabbed headlines recently. The redshirt sophomore's putback gave Derek Kellogg's then No. 22 UMass Minutemen a 69-67 victory over rival Providence. Gordon's bucket with 1.1 seconds left in overtime lifted UMass to consecutive last-second victories over the Friars.
The attention was overdue for a player who Kellogg insists is a key piece for the Minutemen who have the NCAA Tournament in their sights for the first time in more than a decade.
"He's a tough kind of role guy who will do everything for the team," Kellogg said during the weekly Atlantic 10 conference call. "Those types of guys are important. At times they don't get the recognition they deserve."
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Caramel Apple Newtons Snackable Dessert Cookies
Taste: Over the years, there have been many attempts by Nabisco to improve upon the Fig Newton, taking the same basic structure and using various other fillings such as apple and strawberry. I don't know why Nabisco bothers, since Fig Newtons have always been great as is. These follow the pattern, except that they've got a dual filling. Immediately inside the cookie covering is the apple, and within the apple is a visibly different stripe of caramel. So you really get two layers of apple and one of caramel. The cookies tasted good, with a very sweet apple taste, but it really didn't taste like a caramel apple. I would rather eat a Fig Newton. Or a an actual caramel apple. (On the plus side, this was a lot less messy to eat than a caramel apple.)
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Aroma: Smells like apple pie. A hint of caramel too.
From the package
"Newtons® moist, golden cake is bursting with delicious dessert taste, made with real apple filling and a sweet caramel crème center. It's everything you could ever want in a dessert ... in a Newton."
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Trinity First-Year Debaters win National Junior Division Championship
Students Nathan Rothenbaum and Margaret Solice team up to take first place in tournament open to students in their first two years of college debate.
By Russell Guerrero '83
SAN ANTONIO- Trinity first-year students Nathan Rothenbaum, from Oak Park, Ill., and Margaret Solice, from Pflugerville, Texas, have won the National Junior Division Debate Tournament - no mean feat for two students who previously never partnered together during their first season on the University debate team.
The annual tournament, open to students in their first two years of participating in college debate, was held in March at the Johnson County Community College in Kansas City, Kan.
Though this was their first year on the Trinity debate team, both Rothenbaum and Solice had participated in debate all four years in high school. They also said Trinity's debate program was a major factor for coming to the University. "I knew several Trinity debaters at the time and saw how successful the program was," said Solice. "I knew it would offer plenty of opportunities for me."
"Trinity's debate program was, in all honesty, probably the main reason I came here," echoed Rothenbaum.
They had participated in tournaments during the debate season, but never as a team. Rothenbaum admitted that he was a little nervous about entering the national debate tournament with a new partner. "But as the tournament went on, we developed a healthy chemistry that was both persuasive and effective."
Rothenbaum and Solice attended the tournament with Eric Robinson, assistant director of the Trinity debate program. Robinson said he felt very optimistic going into the event. "The fact that Maggie and Nathan hadn't debated together didn't overly concern me. I felt very confident we would do well or win the tournament."
As they left the preliminary rounds for the elimination rounds, Robinson told Rothenbaum and Solice to "enjoy the moment and not to be nervous."
After tournament officials announced the Trinity victory, Solice said it took a few seconds for the news to soak in. "There's always a moment where you have to check yourself to make sure they actually said you won." She added, "In the end, it was nice to know that we accomplished what we set out to do."
Sarah Topp, assistant professor of human communication and theatre and director of Trinity's debate program praised the team. "Nathan and Maggie are talented debaters who work hard, I knew that they would do well."
Topp said that the win bodes well for the future. Many students who win the National Junior Division Debate Tournament have gone on to win the National Debate Tournament later in their careers.
-Russell Guerrero '83 is the public information officer at Trinity. He can be reached at email@example.com


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Come on Teddy Baby...in the immortal words of Cpt. Jean Luc Picard...Make it so!!!
how is it there is like a million packers reporters/writer but nobody knows anything? does nobody have a source?Hide replies
Can you imagine the freakin' chaos going on in the NFL world right now? The calls, e-mails, texts,....smoke signals, telegraphs,......everybody's talking to everybody else all at the same time, trying to get a story about a free agent signing.......MADNESS!!
Saves the Pack from wasting a draft pick on a a good kid with a similar sounding name.....
Tom, this unconfirmed limbo reporting is agonizing -- please no more sketchy "updates."
THAT'S IT SCHEFTER...YOU JUST MADE THE LIST, BUDDY.Hide replies
Bucket list?
Sh*t list?
Letterman's Top Ten List?
;-) ;-)
The Francis from Stripes list, Monteee...and....I'm putting this Schefter character on double secret probation as well.
We Packer fans can't be effed w during the FA frenzy. He puts something like this out...then changes it to Dimitri Nance a few hrs later.
I can't take it man.
By a sheer coincidence, the new Pope took the name of Francis today.....LOL
Fitting name for a gangster.
Fittingly, Schefter is getting destroyed by Packers fans on twitter. How can you delete that tweet with no explaination?
I'll take this as good news.
Tampa Bay grabs Goldson for 5 years, $41.5 million.Hide replies
That' about 2 million too much /year
Charles will be needed in SF then id imagine
I was thinking 5 yrs 35-37.5M
Where there's smoke, there's fire.Hide replies
Yep. Love it!!!
Even if a deal doesn't happen, I'm glad to know Thompson made a serious offer on a guy that could really help this football team in 2013.
Schefter is usually very solid about such things. I'm guessing TT and Jackson's agent are having a serious discussion.
What color is the smoke?
The smoke is in the Vatican, not Lombardi avenue.
kcbadger, THAT was funny!
TT's just agonizing over this...he can't pull the trigger.
Anybody heard what the Lions gave Bush? Could what he got be the holdup?Hide replies
4 years, $16mil
Perhaps a naive question, but if you play negotiating games with players (Jennings, Finley, perhaps Steven Jackson) by waiting and signing them at bottome-of-the-market prices, do these players come into camp raring to go and ready lay it on the line for te team? I understand cold, hard negotiating and I understand other teams can step in and set the market for these players, but it seems to me this type of hardline negotiating works for commodities, but not so much when those commodities are human beings.Hide replies
if they sign the contract, they better come into camp ready to go or they're not being a professional.
i don't think jackson or jennings would ever give anything less than their all from day 1.
frankly, i don't think finley would either.
The agents are negotiating, not the players.
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New Australian ambassador visits Davao City
New Australian Ambassador His Excellency Rod Smith visited this city from 24-26 June 2008 for a series of site visits to Australian Government-funded aid programs and to witness the groundbreaking for the new Mindanao Area Police Intelligence Office in Camp Catitipan.
Ambassador Smith's visit kicked-off with a courtesy call to Councilor Mabel Sunga-Acosta, Davao City's acting mayor and Patricia Melizza Ruivivar, Chief of Staff, Office of the Mayor. He was joined by Peter Jensen, Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) Counsellor and Dr. Ian D'Arcy Walsh, Philippine-Australia Basic Education Assistance for Mindanao (BEAM) Australian Project Director.
The acting mayor thanked the Australian Government for its "support and partnership with the city in strengthening the quality of and access to basic education and the various development trainings in Australia for Davaoeños." As a token of friendship, the ambassador was given a symbolic key to the city.
"I am thankful for the opportunity to visit and for the warm welcome given to me. Having only arrived in the Philippines last March, I am most pleased that the first place I visited outside of Manila is Davao City," shared the Ambassador.
The first leg of his visit was to the Santa Ana Elementary School and the Institute for Indigenous Peoples Education (IIPE), both of which are supported by AusAID through the BEAM Project.
Department of Education (DepEd) Region XI Director and Philippine Project Manager for BEAM Susana Teresa Estigoy thanked the Australian Government for its on-going support to public basic education. Director Estigoy said that BEAM's work in particular led to a very significant impact in teaching and learning processes inside the classroom. "It is very encouraging to us that so many of the things we are doing in Region XI are being picked up by DepEd Central Office for national implementation," she said.
In Santa Ana Central Elementary School, Ambassador Smith observed the implementation of the Arabic Language and Islamic Values Education (ALIVE) classes. ALIVE is a groundbreaking initiative of the BEAM project where the Arabic Language and Muslim education is integrated in public elementary schools with a significant number of Muslim students.
Wearing the traditional Muslim headgears "hijab" and "kupiya," students answered trivia questions from the ambassador and rendered a song number for the guests. The school officials and community leaders also presented their School Improvement Plan (SIP) and discussed the positive changes in the teachers teaching strategies and community involvement.
"The community participation in Santa Ana Elementary School is very commendable," Ambassador Smith said. "The real journey to better education is driven by the teachers and the community."
At the IIPE Center in Mabini Street, the ambassador met with children and tribal leaders from the various indigenous groups in Region XI. He also read a story about Australia to the very enthusiastic IP children.
"The different IP communities that BEAM is assisting have their own unique knowledge, systems and practices. For learning to be fully appreciated and achieve maximum impact, BEAM and DepEd have developed a culturally-relevant and holistic curriculum and learning materials for indigenous children," he explained.
"The Australian Government looks forward to more fruitful and productive endeavors with its partners and hope that the Australian people's contribution will go a long way in building a better future for Filipino children."
Ambassador Smith also graced the Mindanao Commission for Women's Kamindanawan 2008 opening ceremony at the Waterfront Insular Hotel and ground breaking ceremony for the construction of the new Mindanao Area Police Intelligence Office in Camp Catitipan.


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Dumbarton Elementary library named best in state
The Dumbarton Elementary School library is a special place – just ask any of the school's students, who regularly participate in collaborative learning projects with classmates and their teachers there and who are free to return and check out books any time during the school day.
Ask principal Eileen Traveline, who has witnessed a revival of the library as a place where true 21st century learning takes place each day and where students become excited about new technology and well-versed in group interaction and communication.
Ask parents of students for whom English is a second language, who have engaged in family literacy nights and taken field trips to public libraries to become more proficient in a new culture, thanks to the efforts of school officials.
Ask sixth-year librarian Suzanna Panter, whose leadership efforts have transformed the library into the focal point of the school.
Or, simply, take the opinion of the Virginia Association of School Librarians, which recently named the Dumbarton Elementary library its library of the year – making it the first elementary school ever to win the award.
"Our kids are constantly over-achieving," Panter said. "It's definitely a success story, and the library plays such an important role in the school."
Dumbarton is unique in the way it utilizes its library as a developmental classroom for students. Instead of simply being dropped off by their teachers to spend time inside, students in second through fifth grades come to the libraries with their teachers to work on special projects and assignments that go beyond simply researching and reading.
"The teachers buy into the flexible schedule because they are a part of it and see the academic results in their students," Henrico Deputy Superintendent for Policy and Elementary Education Pat Kinlaw wrote in a nomination letter on behalf of the school.
Achieving buy-in from teachers for the new system required some adjustment, principal Eileen Traveline said. But "I don't think anyone would go back now. Once they got in there and realized the benefit of it for the children an their learning, I don't think they would turn back."
Reaching a diverse student body
Dumbarton has a diverse student population – 43 percent black, 25 percent white, 17 percent Hispanic and 9 percent Asian – and more than a quarter of its students speak English as a second language. Panter found that many children and their parents had not been to a county library, so she established regular family literacy nights at the school, during which students play literacy-themed games and read with their families. On other nights, translators explain the program to new ESL families and encourage parents to get their own school library cards as a way to help them learn English.
The school also has organized several field trips to public libraries to further its education and outreach efforts.
Because only about half of Dumbarton's students live in households that have computers, it's even more critical that they are exposed to technology in school, Traveline said.
"If we don't provide them with 21st-century skills, then they don't get them," she said.
Traveline credits Panter with creating the culture that has helped students excel.
"She's very innovative, very much on top of what current research says," Traveline said. "She has a vision, and she's constantly trying to think of new things to do.
"The kids are excited about what they're doing. They're working in groups, they're collaborating, they're learning."
Panter and Dumbarton officials have viewed the school's library as a model for other elementaries because of the unique way it serves its community. Now, the VaASL has concurred.
"Ms. Panter integrates information literacy, skillful research and inquiry, and ethical use of technology for all students," VaASL officials said in a statement announcing the award.
The library's "open-access" model is designed to encourage students to spend time in the library any time. With their teachers' permission, students can visit the library during the school day to return and check out books.
"People just think that kids just come to the library, read books and go, and that's just not how it is in Henrico and at Dumbarton," Panter said. "We collaborate with teachers to come up with projects to teach SOL skills on problem solving drills.
"I'm hoping that we'll become even more of a model, especially with the collaboration piece."
Thanks to federal stimulus money several years ago, the school was able to purchase 10,000 new books for its library, replacing a number of old ones in the process. Now, with a complement of 15,000 books overall, students have plenty from which to choose – and choose they do. They check out an average of 7,000 books each month.
Dumbarton also recently earned a grant from the Henrico Education Foundation to support its e-reader incentive program, which Panter identified as a way to engage students who weren't excited about reading. Students can check out an e-reader for six weeks, take it home and read with their parents.
"The ultimate goal is for kids to love to read," Panter said. "Students will check out the [e-readers] for six weeks and twice a week will come to the library to discuss the books they're reading. Parents are invited once a week as well."
Said HEF program manager Paula Roop of Panter's concept: "We like the idea that she was trying to use technology to impact achievement. By letting children take it home, it engages the parents as well as students."
Dumbarton officials will be honored during the VaASL Conference in Hampton Nov. 9.
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