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HOYLAND man Peter Holmes has been helping his taxi firm to ferry around Come Dine With Me contestants all over South Yorkshire.
Peter, 52, of Barber Street, is business development manager at Sheffield's Mercury Taxis, which has been employed by Channel 4 to drive around contestants during filming of the next series.
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This is not a lawyer bashing post — I like lawyers. I like their analytic thought process, mental agility and rational debate. However, when it to comes to marketing, many of them are out to lunch. And it's not just lawyers. Accountants, pharmacists, doctors and other professionals are just as guilty of ignoring new ways to market and communicate with their target markets.
To a degree they are bred this way. The years of arduous study teach them to focus on their specialty. (Which is a good thing — when you're getting a root canal you don't want a communications strategist poking a drill in your mouth!) And each profession has a governing body which is often tasked with "marketing" the profession. With respect to top-level branding, some even do a good job (or at least rally the PR forces when faced with negative national attention). So other than a first-year course in marketing, many professionals don't understand the intricacies of appealing to prospective market segments. I'm not excusing professionals for being social media and inbound marketing laggards, but I do believe they come by it honestly.
It's Starting to Sink In
Now here is where I get around to the point of this blog (hopefully you're still with me). The professionals are now tinkering with social media and they are starting to get it. The early adopters are having some success and are being joined by others. An article in the Globe and Mail last week [Law Firms Dipping Toes in Social Media Ocean] related the, albeit slow, adoption of social media and blogging by the legal profession. It commented that while "some Bay Street firms may be wary that one lawyer's wrong-headed tweet could upset a major client, many senior partners now see the potential benefits of stronger social media presence outweighing any perceived risk."
What If I Say the Wrong Thing?
This is a significant hurdle that many small businesses can't seem to get over: "What if we do something wrong?" "What if someone says something bad about us?" "Are we opening Pandora's Box?"
If any group is concerned with a misstep, culpability, vulnerability or invoking the litigious masses, it's lawyers. Yet they are getting past the somewhat ignorant or short-sighted thinking of "how will this work against us" to appreciate "how this will work for us." That is not to say that it is easy and clear sailing; there are many threats of turbulent and tumultuous storms in the social media ocean. And any strategically thinking company will take that into account. But there are also promises of a much larger and receptive market across that ocean, so chart your voyage carefully and reap the rewards.
Using Social Media Effectively
Earlier in the month G&M ran another article [Many Professionals Missing Out on Social Media Opportunity], that highlighted a few professionals using social media effectively, and the surprise that more professionals were not aggressively pursuing this route. Both of these articles point to an historically reticent group (speaking from a marketing perspective) that is starting to understand and employ social media as a communications tool. Everything in the digital age is faster, including adopting new models of business. This doesn't mean that you'll have to "Like" the lawyer who just sent you a Cease and Desist letter or "Friend" the accountant who just pointed out you're broke. There is a whole lot more to using social media strategically than digital pats on the back. Social media provides many effective and efficient means for professional firms to inform, educate and nurture relationships; allowing them to provide a more fulsome service to existing clients, and to attract a greater number of qualified prospects.
Now It's Your Turn
So we're not quite at the point where your teenage daughter AND your 40-something lawyer understand Twitter and Facebook better than you do, nor would I advocate that. But if your lawyer understands the power of social media and is willing to incorporate it into his or her way of doing business to better serve clients, shouldn't you be taking a hard look at it as well?
And that, I suspect, is the point of this rather rambling post: social media and inbound marketing are no longer some new fad to be experienced vicariously. Companies that do not analyze its potential and add it to their complement of marketing initiatives will find themselves behind their competition. And then they just may have to turn to Facebook or LinkedIn to find a good lawyer.
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This Saturday, February 14, the #9 UCLA Swimming and Diving squads will host #8 USC in the annual dual meet. The Bruins are currently 7-2 overall and 4-2 in Pac-10 competition. USC's season record is 2-4, 1-3 in the Pac-10.
Since 1975, the Bruins have won 13 meets against the Trojans. In turn, the Trojans have won 15, including a 10 year winning streak. This Saturday, UCLA looks to break that winning streak.
Two weeks ago, the Bruins and Trojans each faced Stanford and Cal. UCLA defeated #3 Stanford, 151-92, for the second time in school history. The following day, the Bruins faced Cal. In a neck in neck meet that came down to the 400m Free Relay, UCLA lost to #5 Cal 155-145.
In the Trojans' meets against Cal and Stanford, they lost to Cal, 180-80, and Stanford, 178-132.
College Swim Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Poll
In the latest CSCAA poll, released January 28, the Bruins are ranked No. 9 in the nation with 136 points. Leading the nation is Auburn (200 points), followed by Georgia (192 points). Rounding out the Top-Five are No. 3 Stanford (181), No. 4 Florida (179) and No. 5 Cal (164). UCLA is one of five Pac-10 teams ranked in the Top-10. Arizona is ranked No. 7 (153 points) and USC is No. 8 (146 points).
Top-25 Performers
10 Bruins are ranked in the Top-25 in the nation by Taper amd Shave so far this season:
Katie Arnold (17th, 55.37, 100 Back)
Shellene Catalano (19th, 2:16.17, 200 Breast)
Jane Imagane (14th, 4:47.88, 500 Free)
Kristen Lewis (6th, 1:57.08, 200 Fly; 10th, 54.01, 100 Fly)
Jackie Lobdell (21st, 4:48.41, 500 Free)
Sara Platzer (4th, 22.70, 50 Free; 10th, 49.88, 100 Free)
Kim Scarborough (8th, 4:15.15, 400 IM; 24th, 2:01.85, 200 IM)
Malin Svahnstrom (5th, 1:58.99, 200 IM; 11th, 1:47.15, 200 Free; 22nd, 50.16, 100 Free)
Kim Vandenberg (2nd, 1:55.23, 200 Fly; 4th, 53.27, 100 Fly; 21st, 1:48.12, 200 Free; 23rd, 23.18, 50 Free)
Naoko Watanabe (16th, 1:58.92, 200 Back)
All of the Bruin relays are also ranked amongst the top in the nation:
400 Free Relay: 5th, 3:20.73
200 Free Relay: 6th, 1:31.90
200 Medley Relay: 11th, 1:42.26
400 Medley Relay: 11th, 3:43.37
800 Free Relay: 14th, 7:25.57
FINA World Rankings (As of February 1, 2004)
Three Bruins are ranked in the FINA Top-20 in the world:
Katie Nelson (1500m Free, 5th, 16:21.37)
Malin Svahnstrom (200m IM, 20th, 2:12.81)
Kim Vandenberg (200m Fly, 14th, 2:08.61)
2004 NCAA Qualifiers
Five Bruins have automatically qualified for the NCAA Championships, held March 18-20, 2004 in College Station, TX, and 16 Bruins have provisional qualifying times.
Automatic qualifiers are Kristen Lewis (200 Fly), Sara Platzer (50 Free), Kim Scarborough (400 IM), Malin Svahnstrom (200 IM/Free) and Kim Vandenberg (100/200 Fly).
Provisional qualifiers are Katie Arnold (50 Free, 100/200 Back), Shellene Catalano (200 Breast), Jane Imagane (400 IM, 400/1500 Free), Courtney Iversen (200/400 IM), Kristen Lewis (100 Fly), Jackie Lobdell (200 Back, 200 Free), Isabel Miesner (200 IM), Melissa Miller (1500 Free), Katie Nelson (200/400/1500 Free), Sara Platzer (100/200 Free), Kim Scarborough (200 IM), Lindsey Smart (200 IM), Malin Svahnstrom (100 Free), Amy Thurman (50 Free), Naoko Watanabe (200 IM/Back) and Vandenberg (50/100/200 Free).
The following Bruin relays have also qualified provisionally: 800 Free Relay (Vandenberg, Imagane, Nieto, Winkler), 200 Free Relay (Vandenberg, Thurman, Svahnstrom, Platzer), 400 Free Relay (Vandenberg, Thurman, Svahnstrom, Platzer), 200 Medley Relay (Watanabe, Thurman, Lewis, Svahnstrom), 400 Medley Relay (Arnold, Hovsepian, Vandenberg, Platzer).
2004 NCAA Zone E Qualifiers
Bruin divers Carly Banks, Amanda Blong, Sara Clark, Janine Strack and Paige Thompson have qualified for the NCAA Zone E Championships, March 11-13 in Oklahoma City, OK. The top finishers at the Zone meet advance to the NCAA Championships.
National Letter of Intent Signees
During the Fall Signing period, Head Coach Cyndi Gallagher has received four National Letters of Intent. Head Diving Coach Tom Stebbins has received a National Letter of Intent from Heather Peng. Shannon Hackett, Erin Ketchum, Jillian Ochs, Heather Peng and Nicolette Teo will join the Bruins as true freshmen in 2004.
2004 Olympic Trials Qualifiers
With the 2004 Olympics just a few months away, nine current Bruins have already qualified for the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials, held June 7-14, 2004.
Leading the way are seniors Cathy Coler (200m Breast), Kristen Lewis (100m/200m Fly), Jackie Lobdell (400m Free), Katie Nelson (800m Free), Sara Platzer (50m Free) and Naoko Watanabe (100m/200m Back). Sophomore Kim Vandenberg, the 2003 Pac-10 Freshman of the Year, has qualified in the 100m and 200m Fly.
Rounding out the list of Bruin Olympic Trials qualifiers are freshmen Jeana Fuccillo (400m IM) and Jane Imagane (400m/800m Free).
Senior Malin Svahnstrom has qualified for the Swedish Olympic Trials.
Looking Ahead
With the conclusion of the regular season, the Bruins will head to the Pac-10 Championships the final week of February. The Pac-10 Swimming Championships will begin February 25 in Long Beach, CA. The Pac-10 Diving Championships, hosted by UCLA, will begin February 26 in Federal Way, WA. The Pac-10 Championships will end Saturday, February 28.


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So what: For the quarter, Vanda reported total revenue of $9.1 million, a 12% increase from the $8.1 million reported in the year-ago period. Its current quarter included $1.7 million in Fanapt royalty revenue, as well as $7.5 million in amortized royalty revenue tied to the $200 million upfront payment received from Novartis for U.S. and Canadian rights to Fanapt. Operating expenses for the quarter exploded higher to $35.7 million from $12.6 million in the year-ago period, mostly tied to the upcoming launch of Hetlioz, the company's non-24-hour disorder drug in the U.S. Net loss for the quarter widened by just shy of 490% to $26.5 million, or $0.79 per share, compared to a loss of just $4.5 million, or $0.16 per share in the year-ago period. By comparison, Wall Street expected a considerably narrower $0.30 per share loss.
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Directed by: Ernesto Foronda , Silas Howard 2012 | 87 min.
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The Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival is pleased to present as its Centerpiece Presentation the hometown screening and West Coast premiere of SUNSET STORIES, by directors Ernesto Foronda and Silas Howard. A true labor of love, the film was a true eastside (L.A.) affair, shot primarily in Silverlake and Echo Park. A mini-road movie about relationships with a fairy tale twist, SUNSET STORIES captures the offbeat residents, charms and flavors of Los Angeles. And no, that's not an oxymoron. The film is also a first for noted director Justin Lin's YouOffendMeYouOffendMyFamily pop culture blog; indeed, SUNSET STORIES is YOMYOMF's first film acquisition. In the ever-evolving world of Asian American filmed content, one in which audiences consume more APA content online, SUNSET STORIES, like many other independent films, are seeking opportunities through digital and online distribution. This in turn, makes film festivals more relevant than ever, bringing the traditional theatrical experience to likeminded audiences wanting a more communal viewing experience.
May (Monique Gabriela Curnen, THE DARK KNIGHT; FINISHING THE GAME, Festival 2007), is a high-strung nurse based in Boston. She reluctantly returns to Los Angeles, her former home, to retrieve bone marrow for a transplant. Soon after her trip begins, her world turns upside down when past and present collide and she runs smack into rocker JP (Sung Kang from the FAST & FURIOUS series in full sensitive, cool, heartbreakingly handsome-mode), her former fiancé who she left five years earlier. Flustered, May loses the cooler containing the marrow. With only 24 hours remaining, the two embark on an AFTER HOURS-style journey up and down Sunset Boulevard, meeting a cast of eccentrics ranging from a transgender chanteuse at the Silverlake Lounge, a self-conscious young Mexican graphic artist, a struggling actor who takes any gig seriously (even if it's dressed as a tube of toothpaste on the Hollywood Walk of Fame), and a bag lady who may just be Kevin Bacon's biggest fan.
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Chapter 12 Worksheet - Ions, Ionic Bonding, anc Covalent Bonding
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How does Nino's stack up against Artichoke?
We've already pitted L'asso's artichoke slice against Artichoke's — now EV Grieve steps in to compare the one Nino's has started serving. The verdict: "Less of a gutbuster without so much cheese and the overpowering goopy garlic aftertaste of Artichoke. And it's $1 less ... and Nino's has fewer annoying people in line ... " [EV Grieve]


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Three Models of Imagination in the Age of the Knowledge Economy
Year of Publication: 2010
New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2010. 416 pp.
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Book synopsis
Advancement in the arts and sciences is a primary driver of economic production and social policy in post-industrial societies. Imagination steps back and asks 'what advances the arts and sciences?' This book explores the collective, social and global dimension of human imagining–and the ambivalent relationship of social institutions, including universities, schools, economies, media and culture industries, to the collective imagination. Basic discovery requires high levels of creative thinking: Imagination looks at the social conditions that make path-breaking thought possible on a large scale. It examines the role of aesthetic, pictorial, digital, paradoxical and other imaginative styles of thinking, and the times and places in which such styles become socially prominent and a significant force in economic and cultural production. It looks at successful societies as they are approaching their peak, when new ideas are driving them forward.
About the author(s)/editor(s)
The Authors: Peter Murphy is Associate Professor of Communications and Director of the Social Aesthetics Research Unit at Monash University, Australia. His books include Civic Justice and Dialectic of Romanticism.
Michael A. Peters is Professor of Education in the Department of Educational Policy Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and holds a position as Adjunct Professor at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (School of Art). Among his books are Showing and Doing, Global Knowledge Cultures, Subjectivity and Truth, Why Foucault? and Building Knowledge Cultures.
Simon Marginson is Professor of Higher Education in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Melbourne, Australia, where he works in that University's Centre for the Study of Higher Education. His books include Markets in Education, The Enterprise University and Prospects of Higher Education.
«Imagine three intellectuals with a plank. Imagine them standing on the plank, looking under it, to see what is holding it up. Imagine them designing and building a new plank. It resembles a Hawaiian invention, and it might be a surfboard. Scramble on back, and hold tight, for this will be some ride. In an academic culture which is often hollow and repetitious, this book offers something that is really new. It does not merely argue, but shows imagination by example. It innovates both in content and form. This is a major achievement.» (Professor Peter Beilharz, Professor of Sociology, La Trobe University)
«This collection provides original and often counter-intuitive insights into central issues facing public institutions, particularly universities, in a globalizing and increasingly knowledge-based economy. It is almost head-spinning in its challenges to prevailing orthodoxies from across the intellectual spectrum, and the capacity to crash-merge ideas that have traditionally inhabited distinct realms to generate original knowledge syntheses.» (Terry Flew, Professor of Media and Communication, Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia)
«By turns informative, infuriating and inspirational, Murphy, Peters and Marginson's Imagination is clearly the most critical of the three volumes in the series. Perhaps as a result, it is very good to think with.» (Andrew Miler, Professor of Cultural Studies, Monash University)
«This collective volume might have been titled the primacy of the imagination–it elaborates, articulates and almost perfects a theory of the creative act as imaginative re-creation. The contributors raise a wide variety of issues focused around imagination as social practice within the confines of contemporary societies as knowledge economies. For the three authors, the act of creative imagining is a self-perpetuating paradox which institutes new meanings and novel codes of signification. The act of imagination re-structures the human mind in order to face its creative performance and objectifying output. The writers quite firmly assert that imagination does not simply free the mind from the restrictions of the known and its social conditions, but it expands the limits of the known itself and institutes human presence as an act of continuing self-definition. From the ancient Greeks and Plato to the Romantics and the postmodern capitalist economies, this book explores the deep interaction between the need for novel ways of seeing and new practices of creative action. This is a meticulous, passionate and original exploration that simply redefines the parameters of the question.» (Vrasidas Karalis, Associate Professor of Modern Greek, University of Sydney)
«Who would want to demur from the sentiment that imagination is a marvellous thing? Do we not live in the age of creative industries, knowledge economies, cyber-space and post-industrialism? Romancing our zeitgeists, and believing in new signs and wonders is a perennial pastime of human societies. Much harder work is to think about imagination, collective forms of creativity and knowledge production. This is the signal achievement of Imagination. Its three authors do the hard work for us and in three different registers: first in foundational terms, that of thinking about imagination and creativity as collective knowledge innovation and production; second, by interpreting the history of imagination as the cumulative production of knowledge across cultures and ultimately as a global process; and third, in the age of cyber capitalism, understanding the transmission of knowledge via digital production and open sourcing of property. This kind of thinking is hard work but good writing that produces lucid critical insight. Murphy, Peters and Marginson demonstrate that critical analysis and foundational thinking can also be written with panache. This book is not onlygood to think with, but is also a pleasure to read.» (Trevor Hogan, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, La Trobe University)
«Wide worlds and whirls of thought make this a mesmerising read. Sweeping with assurance across disciplines, territories and times, it takes us far beyond conventional thinking about the imagination and creativity. And, it illuminates the precious but precarious existence of the imagination and creativity in past and present universities and university systems around the world. It poses a prodigiously intelligent challenge to the rampantly reductionist reasoning associated with mainstream thought on the knowledge economy, globalisation and on reason itself.» (Jane Kenway, Professor of Education, Monash University)


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ESPN3 To Air Coverage Beginning At 11 a.m.
Kevin Pope Set To Return In 2014
Senior Granted Medical Hardship Waiver
Davis Named C-USA Player Of The Week
Senior LB Becomes Fourth Mustang To Win Award In 2012
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Homecoming 2012: SMU vs. Memphis
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Football drops season opener at Baylor
Senior (2014): Started four of the first five games of the season at running back before switching to linebacker, where he started five of the final seven games... Had 34 carries for 105 yards, with a season-best 44 yards against Texas A&M... Totaled 49 tackles (27 solo), including a season-high 12 versus Memphis and one sack... Had at least seven tackles in five games (Cincinnati, Memphis, Tulsa, USF and Connecticut).
Junior (2013): Played and started in 11 of SMU's 12 games... Second on the team in tackles with 91, including 47 solo which was second on the team... Recorded double digit tackles in 5 games... Fourth on the team in tackles for loss with 10 for 47 yards, and fourth on the team in sacks with three for 25 yards... Had his 2nd career forced fumble against Texas Tech, and his fourth career fumble recovery against Rutgers... Finished the season with four pass breakups and 2 QB hurries... Played both sides of the ball the final two games of the season, lining up at running back... Had 11 carries for 89 yards with a long of 31 in his two games in the backfield... Also caught five passes for 61 yards with a long of 29.
Sophomore (2012): Played in all 13 games, earning one start... Notched 20 tackles... Recovered a team-high three fumbles and forced one... Scored a TD on a 20-yard fumble return in the win over Houston... Part of an SMU defense that posted two shutouts, tied an NCAA season record for pick-sixes, and tied for third in the country in total takeaways and second in fumble recoveries for TDs.
Freshman (2011): Played in all 13 games... Had 40 tackles including one sack for a loss of 10 yards... Had one pass break-up... Notched a career-high 11 tackles at Tulsa and added five stops in the Compass Bowl win.
2010: Played against UAB, carrying three times for six yards... Suffered a season-ending injury, and was awarded a medical redshirt.
Prep: A three-star Scouts, Inc. recruit... Was averaging over 180 all-purpose yards a game in 2009 until suffering a torn ACL... In eight games, rushed for 1,401 yards and 17 TDs while adding 76 tackles and a 39.6-yard punting average... District 19-1A Offensive MVP... First-team All-District... Rushed for 1,700 yards and 25 TDs as a junior en route to District MVP and honorable mention All-State accolades... Had four other scholarship offers.


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While the New Orleans Saints continue to try to fill the holes in their roster during the free agency period, one glaring -- if not totally necessary - need is at backup quarterback.
The Saints currently have no one backing up franchise quarterback Drew Brees after his backup for the past three seasons, Chase Daniel, signed with the Kansas City Chiefs last week.
To find a replacement, the Saints could turn to a couple familiar names or decide to dig deeper into a shrinking lot of backup free agent quarterbacks.
The Saints already have had some discussions with the representatives of unrestricted free agent quarterback Luke McCown, according to a league source. The source is not certain which direction the Saints plan to move in, however.
McCown participated in training camp with the Saints last year before being cut when the team trimmed its roster to 75 players. During the preseason, McCown completed 9 of 16 passes for 86 yards with no touchdowns and no interceptions. McCown showed some ability to pass the ball but it wasn't enough to warrant the team keeping him around to at least the final cut.
McCown eventually was signed by the Atlanta Falcons and served as Matt Ryan's backup last season.
Meanwhile, the Saints haven't shown much interest in bringing back former seventh-round pick Sean Canfield to compete for a roster spot. A league source said the Saints haven't talked to Canfield's representatives about bring Canfield back.
The Saints drafted Canfield in 2010, but Canfield was up and down in the past three training camps and spent his first two seasons on and off the practice squad before being released.
In preseason last year, Canfield completed 46 of 71 passes for 415 yards, with three interceptions and no touchdowns. Canfield did not play in the NFL last season after being cut by the Saints in training camp.
If the Saints decide to look elsewhere for Brees' backup, there are a few candidates remaining in free agency.
Veterans Jason Campbell, Byron Leftwich, Charlie Batch, Matt Leinart and Brady Quinn are among the quarterbacks with significant starting experience still available. Other possible candidates are Josh McCown, Kellen Clemens and Jordan Palmer.


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Cyprus Contagion Worries Suggest Buying Stampede Has Ended
Jeff Saut
This Black Swan event has caused a bank run in Cyprus that could have collateral damage on other countries.
Consider the gambler's fallacy.
The 12 Cognitive Biases That Prevent You From Being Rational,
by George Dvorsky:
It's called a fallacy, but it's more a glitch in our thinking. We pretend to put a tremendous amount of weight on previous events, believing that they'll somehow influence future outcomes. The classic example is coin tossing. After flipping heads, say five consecutive times, our inclination is to predict an increase in the likelihood that the next coin toss will be tails – the odds must certainly be in the favor of heads. But in reality, the odds are still 50/50. As statisticians say, the outcomes in different tosses are statistically independent and the probability of any outcome is still 50%. Relatedly, there's also the positive expectation bias – which often fuels gambling addictions. It's the sense that our luck has to eventually change and that good fortune is on the way. It also contributes to the "hot hand" misconception. Similarly, it's the same feeling we get when we start a new relationship that leads us to believe it will be better than the last one.
"My luck has gotta change" is a famous lament that has buried many a player on the crap tables. But as shown in the aforementioned coin toss quote, "The outcomes in different tosses are statistically independent and the probability of any outcome is still 50%." While that's true in gambling, it is not so true in the stock market. The fact is, there are certain historic precedents in the stock market that can tilt the odds of success decidedly in your favor. Take last Friday when I wrote, "It is rare for the
(INDEXDJX:.DJI) to go in any one direction for more than nine consecutive sessions, and yesterday was day 10 in this current upside skein. Indeed, in my notes of over 50 years, there have only been 25 occasions when the Dow has rallied for nine consecutive sessions (or more), the longest being 14 straight sessions that ended on January 20, 1987." Almost on cue, the Dow ended its 10-session romp last Friday by closing down 25.03 points. Clearly, the odds of extending the skein to 11 sessions were remote given that out of these previous occasions where the Dow has rallied for nine consecutive sessions or more, seven have gone for 10 sessions, two have gone for 11; but only one has extended for 12, and one for 14. Of course that begs the question, "Has the buying stampede also ended?"
That question will likely be resolved this week, for last Friday was session 52 in the current "buying stampede;" as repeatedly stated, the longest such stampede I have seen lasted for 53 sessions. For the stampede to end, it requires three consecutive down days, preferably with one of them being a 90% Downside Day, so this week should tell the tale. Increasing the odds that the stampede will end is the fact that all 10 of the S&P macro sectors are overbought; and that most of the stock market's internal energy has been used up in the Dow Jones Industrial's march to new all-time highs, along with the
Dow Jones Transports
(INDEXDJX:DJT), thus registering another Dow Theory "buy signal." Nevertheless, with low interest rates, central bank stimulus, ongoing strength in autos and real estate, and an improving employment environment, I continue to think that stock market pullbacks will be temporary and should be used for buying.
Speaking to pullbacks, following the Raymond James 34th Annual Institutional Investors Conference I wrote:
Many of the attending portfolio managers were very bullish on the airlines, imbibed by the theme that the hitherto excess capacity has been rationalized via mergers. Accordingly, airlines now have pricing power and if fuel prices stabilize, or actually decline, the industry stands to make very good money. While that theme seems reasonable, most of the airline stocks have already had massive rallies.
On Friday of last week, our fundamental airline analysts embraced that same sentiment with a number of ratings downgrades in their airline research universe. They wrote:
Airline stocks have been strong of late, with the
AMEX airline index
(INDEXNYSEGIS:XAL) up 26% YTD and 36% since December 2012 vs. 10% and 10% for the
(INDEXSP:.INX), respectively. Moreover,
(NYSE:DAL) and
(NYSE:UAL) on average are up 35% and 58%, respectively, during these same two time periods. While we don't expect any negative catalysts impacting the industry, we see a dichotomy between carriers with growth that can support higher multiples and carriers with little to no growth that appear close to being fairly valued. As such, we are raising our target price for
Allegiant Travel
Alaska Air Group
Spirit Airlines
(NASDAQ:SAVE), and
Skyworks Solutions
(NASDAQ:SKYW), and downgrading DAL and
US Airways
(NYSE:LCC) to Market Perform from Outperform. UAL remains Market Perform. The risk to the upside would be a meaningful pullback in oil prices or acceleration in economic growth.
The chart below shows the price performance of airlines and the market YTD and since December 2012. For the full report, click here:
Full Report - Airlines: Legacies Fairly Valued - More Upside for Growing Airlines
Speaking to oil prices, imports into this country have experienced their sharpest drop since the financial fiasco of 2008 - 2010. This is a structural change spurred by the explosion of unconventional crude oil output in the Bakken, Texas, and the Midwest of the US. To be sure, after languishing at around 5.5 million barrels per day (bpd) of production, our nation's crude oil production is currently above 7 million bpd, and rising rapidly. This is not an unimportant point considering that manufacturing plants are moving toward the low cost of energy nations to "fire" their manufacturing facilities. Consider this, if you are a corporation in America you can raise capital for less than the nominal rate of inflation. To wit, the nominal rate of inflation in this country is around 6% if one includes the costs of food and energy. Most companies can raise capital in the debt markets for less than 6%. Therefore if a company has an inflation-adjusted cost of capital of zero, and can reduce its cost of labor using automation and robotics,
which actually creates jobs rather than eliminating them, there is
reason to build a plant in China
! Rather, you want to build a plant where you have the low cost of energy to "fire" said plant, and that is probably going to be here in the US for the foreseeable future.
Last week, that energy independence seemed to resonate with investors causing a surge in select energy stocks. The
causa proxima
for last week's energy eruption was a larger than anticipated decline in natural gas supplies, which caused natural gas to climb by 3.6% in one day with a concurrent spurt for many of the energy stocks. This is not an unimportant observation because the energy stocks have underperformed the overall averages. If that is changing, and the energy group comes back into vogue, it could be the sector that powers the S&P 500 above its all-time closing high of 1565.15. The reason is because
Exxon Mobil
(NYSE:XOM) and
(NYSE:CVX) have a weighting in the SPX of just under 5%. I like the energy sector and am raising portfolio exposures to 15% from 8%. For a complete view of my recommended sector weightings, please see the chart below.
The call for this week
: The consecutive days of higher prices for the Dow ended at session 10 on Friday, which should have come as no surprise because it is rare for the Dow to go more than nine sessions in any one direction. The question now becomes, "Will the buying stampede end at session 52 (last Friday) since the longest stampede chronicled in my notes of some 50 years was 53 sessions?" This week should provide the answer. However, I continue to think any pullback will be temporary and should be used for buying. That belief is bolstered by the often mentioned history of back-to-back 90% Upside Volume Days (December 31, 2012 and January 2, 2013), which has seen the SPX 12.8% higher three months later 100% of the time; and the fact that since 1950 there have been 12 instances where the Dow has been up 8% or more in the first quarter and in all 12 of those instances the Dow has ended the year higher. And in 10 of those instances the Dow was higher than where it was at the end of the first quarter. But this morning, the news is all about Cyprus and the imposition of a depositor tax of 6.75% for banking deposits under 100,000 euros and 9.99% on larger deposits. Cyprus is the home to "dirty money" with an estimated $18 billion of Russian and other Mafia money on deposit. This Black Swan event over the weekend looks to be a trigger event causing a bank run in Cyprus that could have collateral damage on other Club Med countries. That worry has the pre-opening S&P 500 futures down about 13 points as of 6:30 a.m. ET and reinforces my belief that the buying stampede has ended.
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American Heritage Girls Troop Ky. 412 spent a recent Thursday evening tying fleece blankets to fill duffel bags for the HOST House in La Grange. The HOST House Crisis Care Service is a refuge for teens in Oldham, Shelby, Trimble and Henry counties.
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jeffrey M. Dillman recently graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. He is the son of MaryEllen and Jay Brandi of La Grange and Martin and Missy Dillman of Louisville. He is a 2003 graduate of South Oldham High School.
U.S. Marine Corps Intelligence Specialist Pfc. T.J.
La Grange Elementary celebrated their annual "SWAT Derby" event hosted by the instructional assistants – known as Super Women at All Times – with entry fees benefitting the Oldham County Relay for Life. Cardstock horse cutouts are decoratively bejeweled and transformed into racehorse characters reflecting the unique personality of each contender. Creativity abounds with horses named Paws for Nothing, Clothes Horse, Victorious Secret, Purple Rein and Anita Job to name a few of this year's 57 horse field.
Lynn Tincher, a Louisville author and publisher of The Literary Lynnch Pen, will sign books from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at Karen's Book Barn and Java Shop in La Grange.
She will sign copies of her psychological thriller, "Afterthoughts, 2nd Edition." She will donate 10 percent of the profits from the book to the American Cancer Society. Karen's Book Barn and Java Shop is located at 127 E. Main St. in La Grange. For information, call 222-0918.
Every year, new horses and jockeys ride into legend competing in the Kentucky Derby. But this year, Pegasus, Black Beauty and more than 70 other human and equine heroes from equestrian legend will gallop alongside them in a nationally-touring exhibit hosted by the new Oldham County Public Library through May 24.
Jim and Carla Crush of Crestwood announce the engagement of their son, Michael Crush to Blair Perkins, daughter of Ricky and Denise Perkins of Owenton. The groom-elect is a graduate of Trinity High School and the University of Louisville. He is a salesman for Motion Industries. The bride-elect is a graduate of Owen County High School and The University of Louisville.
Mr. and Mrs. George Coons of La Grange announce the engagement of their daughter, Lindsey R. Boler to Joshua L. Strader of La Grange.
The bride-elect is the daughter of the late Danny Manns. The groom-elect is the son of Clifford Strader and Cindy Peal of Lorain, Ohio. The wedding will take place at 3:45 p.m. July 26 at Duncan Memorial Chapel. Invitations will be sent.
Angel Food Ministries is a non-profit, non-denominational organization that provides fresh and frozen food items sold at about half the price to help people with their grocery bills.
Like every Sunday, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church hosted a bilingual English/Spanish Mass Sunday, but this time they welcomed youth from various congregations throughout the Louisville area.
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A fun place for a weekend night out. Extremely busy, often good live music, heated patio for smokers. Crowd is primarily college-age which is not really a selling factor for me, but a fun time nonetheless.
Good atmosphere, good times! Try their fish and chips.
Not a fan of this place. Didn't like the service, it took us quite a while to get our drinks, or for the bartenders to even make eye contact to place the initial order. The crowd is a young crowd, early 20s, and immature. I found the employees, the bouncers, to be quite rude. Will not attend again.
This Pub is always my first choice here in Mississauga. I went last night with a large group of friends and was not let down. The atmosphere was great and the bartenders are top notch. You'd be hard pressed to find a bar or pub with better bartenders than this one. They are fast and friendly and will not struggle with any orders you throw at them. The food for is excellent as far as Pub fare goes, but of course it's not the same as food from a fancy restaraunt. the live entertainment at night is usually also very good and the crowd gets into the music and creates a lively atmosphere. Failte is also great for a lunch or an after work beer and the patio is outstanding in the summer. I'll continue to go for as long as I live in the area. Can't ask for more for an Irish Pub experience.
Feathers on the wings, no apology, no replacement, no discount. We go to this pub because it is convieniently located, but I won't be ordering food anytime soon. Beer only.
pretty poor, too bad real nice location, new management would be welcomed!
Went there for St. Patrick's day. The food was average, but the service sucked. After my friend gave the server a $5 tip for a simple chicken fingers and fries, not so much as a THANK YOU was said, or even an acknowledgement. In fact, the waiter refused to serve us water, unless we ordered a drink and was extremely rude. I get that it's St. Patrick's day, but we're still paying customers. Furthermore, the staff, particularly the bouncers, seem to only care about their pay cheque as they allowed customers to maliciously make racially degrading comments to us. The bouncers response was "They're regulars, what do you want me to do?" hmmm...
Failte's is a great afterwork and night pub with the regions best bartenders. I often come in for business lunches and afterwork to wind down. The decor is something not to be missed, the entertainment is top notch. Unlike other dingy pubs this place is classy, a place you can bring your date. You can find a private booth/nook or get out on one of the best patios in Mississauga. The menu is extensive, the food far superior to so called "pub fare". A great selection of beers on tap and the best wings in town.
This is the best pub in the Mississauga area, by far! They have a huge selection of beer on tap, and their food is far superior to the standard pub fare found at your typical watering hole. Couple that with the friendly staff, great live entertainment and great décor, and you have a recipe for one great night out.


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Utah Jazz Ironmen
August Miller, Deseret News
ironman (ī'ərn-mān') A male athlete of remarkable endurance or durability. (Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
SALT LAKE CITY — Cue the Black Sabbath music. Dust off Robert Downey Jr.'s gold and maroon high-tech costume. And channel those triathlete and Cal Ripken Jr. vibes.
Three Utah Jazz players this season are positioning themselves to be ironmen, which could be defined in NBA terms as male athletes of remarkable endurance and durability who play in every single game.
Paul Millsap, Ronnie Brewer and Wesley Matthews are the only guys on Utah's roster who've seen action in all 49 Jazz outings this season heading into tonight's game in Los Angeles against the Clippers.
"We're the fortunate ones," Millsap said, "to be able to do that due to (our) strength, a little luck, just how we play."
If you're the superstitious type and worry that this article might put a jinx on these three, think twice before hurrying to find a block of wood to knock.
The Jazz had four players who'd logged action in every 2009-10 game up until two weeks ago. Then, in an unfortunate twist (or strain) of irony, Carlos Boozer hurt his right calf the day after he jokingly told media members to "knock on wood" as he tapped his head while speaking about his up-to-then injury-free season.
Rest assured, none of the three Jazz players did any similar rituals to ward off injury curses at practice Monday while talking about their relatively healthy seasons.
The way they talk about their love for playing, it will take more than a silly jinx to keep them off the court anyway. Heck, Brewer partially dislocated his right pinkie finger and bruised both a rib and his back in the past month, and he's still plugging along.
Brewer has the current longest consecutive-games played streak of Jazz players at 106, dating back to December of 2008, so he's learning how to gut it out and exorcise excuses. (Former Ute guard Andre Miller of Portland leads the NBA with 583 straight appearances, and ex-Jazz guard Derek Fisher of the Lakers is next with a streak of 383.)
"I could be like, 'My finger's hurt; my back's hurt; I had a bruise on my leg,' " said Brewer, who played in 81 games last season. "I could sit out, but you've got to play through some adversity, play through some pain, and I think it just builds character."
Matthews is not about to let some bumps and bruises keep him from getting in the mix while his coach keeps calling his name during his dream of a rookie season.
"I'm a competitor," Matthews said. "No matter how tired I may be, banged up, whatever it is, I want to be out there, because I know other people are tired and banged up, too."
The undrafted 23-year-old rookie also pointed out how a difference exists in hoops "between playing hurt and injured."
One — playing injured — puts your body at risk of damage.
The other — playing hurt — requires sucking it up and battling through discomfort.
"I think everybody in this league is hurt … and it's just fighting through it," Matthews said. "It's just mind over matter and pushing and just playing."
Pardon Jerry Sloan, but he isn't exactly impressed that three of his players have recorded playing time in every game — a good indication of how he feels that 10 of his 13 guys have missed action for various excused reasons.
The 22nd-year Jazz coach remembers when being an NBA ironman wasn't such a rarity.
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Golden's beautiful location and friendly atmosphere make it an ideal location for your special event whether it's a wedding, reception, banquet, conference, meeting or party. Calvary Church is conveniently located in the heart of Golden, within easy walking distance of hotels and restaurants as well as boutique shopping, walking trails and parks. Many of our meeting rooms provide panoramic views of Golden and Table Mountain.
Click here for a list of our worship facilities and meeting rooms. Please call the office at 303-279-2188 to schedule a time to tour the campus and select the facility that best meets your needs.
You are not required to be a member of Calvary to hold a wedding here, but the ceremony must be a Christian one.
Calvary partners with Elegant Weddings to support Christian couples, providing a Wedding Coordinator and support services. Please follow this link to learn more and see photos of Calvary Church weddings. Contact Cori Mustin to discuss details and pricing of your wedding day.
Our Historic Church, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is a lovingly restored chapel in the Victorian tradition. It seats 100 wedding guests, but is also an intimate sanctuary for smaller weddings.
The contemporary Great Hall seats up to 250 wedding guests. A spacious lobby provides a beautiful gathering spot where your guests may visit before and after the ceremony. The Great Hall is also a beautiful venue for receptions. A large caterer's kitchen is available.
Great Hall Layout - Wedding Ceremony - Seating for 160
Great Hall Layout - Wedding Reception - Seating for 80
Great Hall Layout - Wedding Reception - Seating for 120
The two churches are connected by the Ministry Center. The Ministry Center's upstairs gathering room and adjacent balcony is another favorite venue for receptions, providing beautiful views of the Front Range, Table Mountain and Golden.


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The long-standing dispute between Otero County and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad has been resolved in favor of the railroad, closing the crossing on County Road 12 at Manzanola. The ruling in favor of the railroad's position was made by the Public Utilities Commission early this month, and no method of appeal has been found by the county.
The railroad sees the crossing as redundant and unnecessary and wished to close it to reduce liability, although the last recorded accident at that crossing was in the forties, said Otero County Public Works Director Brent White.
The county's position is that the alternate routes for the farmers are both hazardous to the general public on the roads. One is the main street of Manzanola, while the other empties directly onto U.S. Highway 50 at the east end of the Manzanola overpass. Large agricultural equipment will be traveling these routes.
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Aeberli, Isabelle; Erb, Annina; Spliethoff, Kerstin; Meier, Daniela; Götze, Oliver; Frühauf, Heiko; Fox, Mark; Finlayson, Graham S; Gassmann, Max; Berneis, Kaspar; Maggiorini, Marco; Langhans, Wolfgang; Lutz, Thomas A (2013). Disturbed eating at high altitude: influence of food preferences, acute mountain sickness and satiation hormones. European Journal of Nutrition, 52(2):625-635.
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PURPOSE: Hypoxia has been shown to reduce energy intake and lead to weight loss, but the underlying mechanisms are unclear. The aim was therefore to assess changes in eating after rapid ascent to 4,559 m and to investigate to what extent hypoxia, acute mountain sickness (AMS), food preferences and satiation hormones influence eating behavior. METHODS: Participants (n = 23) were studied at near sea level (Zurich (ZH), 446 m) and on two days after rapid ascent to Capanna Margherita (MG) at 4,559 m (MG2 and MG4). Changes in appetite, food preferences and energy intake in an ad libitum meal were assessed. Plasma concentrations of cholecystokinin, peptide tyrosine-tyrosine, gastrin, glucagon and amylin were measured. Peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO(2)) was monitored, and AMS assessed using the Lake Louis score. RESULTS: Energy intake from the ad libitum meal was reduced on MG2 compared to ZH (643 ± 308 vs. 952 ± 458 kcal, p = 0.001), but was similar to ZH on MG4 (890 ± 298 kcal). Energy intake on all test days was correlated with hunger/satiety scores prior to the meal and AMS scores on MG2 but not with SpO(2) on any of the 3 days. Liking for high-fat foods before a meal predicted subsequent energy intake on all days. None of the satiation hormones showed significant differences between the 3 days. CONCLUSION: Reduced energy intake after rapid ascent to high altitude is associated with AMS severity. This effect was not directly associated with hypoxia or changes in gastrointestinal hormones. Other peripheral and central factors appear to reduce food intake at high altitude.
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The World Health Organization, in its Aug. 22 Ebola situation statement, reported that there had been 142 new illnesses reported in the two days between Aug. 19 and 20. Liberia reported 110 new cases alone. In addition, the outbreak in Nigeria changed for the worse.
Liberia has now reported the largest number of Ebola illnesses in the West African outbreak as well as the highest death toll. Through Aug. 20, the country reports 1,082 confirmed, probable or suspected Ebola cases and 624 deaths. The total from the four nations reporting illnesses is 2,615 cases and 1,427 deaths.
In an assessment released Aug. 22, the WHO noted that they were encountering behaviors that had never been seen in previous Ebola outbreaks. The opening of a new treatment center is being greeted with the appearance of a host of new patients, few of which had previously been identified as at risk. The WHO believes that this is a sign of "an invisible caseload of patients."
The WHO also describes the existence of "shadow zones." These are regions in the country that are very difficult to reach, or where there has been active community resistance to public health efforts. Rumors are emerging from these zones, leading to a strong suspicion that there are a great number of Ebola cases that have not been discovered.
In the capital of Liberia, Monrovia, the situation is grim. The WHO states that "virtually all health services have shut down." The agency notes the looting of a clinic in a Monrovia slum on Aug. 16.
The slow spread of Ebola in Nigeria continues. Nigeria was brought to the capital, Lagos, by a Liberian-American named Patrick Sawyer. Since his arrival, illness and death, a number of people who had contact with him have developed Ebola and four have died. The first secondary infections have been diagnosed in two spouses of the original patients infected by Sawyer.
The WHO and the Nigerian government differ in their reported data. Including Patrick Sawyer, the WHO reports a total of 16 Ebola illnesses and five deaths. The Nigerians report 14 cases with five deaths. There are four patients in isolation and five patients have been released from the hospital.
The Nigerian authorities have a number of individuals under surveillance who are either contacts of Sawyer or contacts of the others who contracted Ebola from him. While the containment effort appears to be working at this time, there may be additional illnesses and deaths in the group being monitored. Thus far, there is no sign the illness has moved into the general population.


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ANNA MARIA – Commissioners agreed to forgive the fee for the AMI Chamber to use the six lots at the corner of North Bay Boulevard and Pine Avenue for Bayfest.
In February, commissioners agreed on fees for the use of the lots – $500 if alcohol is not served and $1,000 if it is served. In April, Chamber representatives asked the city to waive the fee for its annual October festival on Pine Avenue and said it costs $6,500 to hold the festival in the city. Commissioners, in turn, said they wanted to see profit and expense figures from the Chamber.
Chamber President Mary Ann Brockman read letters from business owners praising the festival, and President Karen LaPensee said Bayfest is "a unique event supported by residents and businesses."
LaPensee said the festival nets about $15,000 for the Chamber, some of which is used for its annual scholarships, and it provides income and exposure to Pine Avenue businesses. She said vendor space is given to non-profits at no cost and politicians use the event to campaign.
Grandfather the event
She asked the commission to grandfather the event with regard to the lot fee and the special event fee, which is $200 with a $500 bond if alcohol is served.
Commissioner John Quam said he favors keeping the event in the city, but it is high impact and creates "wear and tear on the infrastructure," and noted, "We're asking for a token of appreciation to the taxpayers for the use of the land."
LaPensee said the Island has 35,000 visitors every weekend that also impact the infrastructure.
Commissioner Dale Woodland agreed with LaPensee and said he would favor forgiving the lot fee, but not the special event fee because it creates a cost for the city. Commissioner SueLynn agreed.
Chair Chuck Webb also agreed, but said it should be reviewed every year. A motion to waive the lot fee for 2012 was approved with Quam dissenting.


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Literary Statues and Memorials
Percy French
Location: Grand Canal
Thomas Kettle
Location: St. Stephen's Green
George Bernard Shaw
Location: National Gallery of Ireland
Charles Lucas
Location: City Hall
Date erected: 1772
Thomas Moore
Location: College Street
Date erected: 1857
Oliver Goldsmith
Location: Trinity College
Date erected: 1864
Edmund Burke
Location: Trinity College
Date erected: 1868
Four Masters
Location: Berkeley Road
Date erected: 1876
Sir John Gray
Location: O'Connell Street
Date erected: 1879
William E. Lecky
Location: Trinity College
Date erected: 1906
James Clarence Mangan
Location: St. Stephen's Green
Date erected: 1909
Thomas Davis
Location: College Green
Date erected: 1966
James Joyce
Location: St. Stephens Green
Date erected: 1982
James Joyce
Location: North Earl Street
Date erected: 1990
Patrick Kavanagh
Location: Grand Canal
Date erected: 1991
Oscar Wilde
Location: Trinity College Dublin
Date erected: 1996
Oscar Wilde
Location: Merrion Square
Date erected: 1997
Brendan Behan
Location: Royal Canal
Date erected: 2003
Heritage Plaques
Samuel Beckett
Location: East Pier, Dun Laoghaire
Dermot Bolger
Location: Beneavin De La Salle College, Beneavin Road, Finglas East.
Christy Brown
Location: Stannaway Road, Kimmage
Eilis Dillon
Location: St. Patrick's Park
Joseph Sheridan le Fanu
Location: Merrion Square
Peadar Kearney
Location: 68 Lower Dorset St.
Thomas Kinsella
Location: Phoenix Street
Padraic Colum
Location: Eden Road, Glasthule
Samuel Ferguson
Location: St. Patrick's Cathedral
Oliver St. John Gogarty
Location: Parnell Square
James Joyce
Location: Brighton Square, Rathgar
The Mullingar Inn, Chapelizod
Ulysses Walk (14 plaques)
James Plunkett
Location: Sancta Maria CBS Primary School, Synge Street, Dublin 8
Lantern Centre, Synge Street, Dublin 8.
Patrick Kavanagh
Location: Raglan Road
Charles Kickham
Location: Stradbrook House, Blackrock
Sydney Owenson
Location: Kildare Street
George Russell ('AE')
Location: Merrion Square
George Bernard Shaw
Location: Synge Street
Dora Sigerson Shorter
Location: Richmond Hill
Annie Smithson
Location: Claremont Road, Sandymount
Bram Stoker
Location: Kildare Street
Jonathan SwiftLocation: Little Ship Street
Katherine TynanLocation: Tallaght
Oscar WildeLocation: Merrion Square
William WildeLocation: Merrion Square
W.B. YeatsLocation: Merrion Square
W.B YeatsLocation: Sandymount Avenue
The Literary Parade, St. Patrick's Park, consists of memorials to Swift, Mangan, Wilde, Shaw, Yeats, Synge, O'Casey, Dillon, Joyce, Behan, and Beckett
Austin Clarke
Name & Location: Austin Clarke Bridge, Templeogue
James Joyce
Name & Location: Anna Livia Bridge
Year Opened: 1982
James Joyce
Name & Location: James Joyce Bridge
Year Opened: 2003
Seán O'Casey
Name & Location: Seán O'Casey Bridge
Year Opened: 2005
Samuel Beckett
Name & Location: Samuel Beckett Bridge
Year Opened: 2009
Literary Place Names
Sean O'Casey Avenue
Auburn Street (off Fontenoy Street) (1)
Brendan Behan Court
Crampton Court (off Dame Street) (2)
Clarence Mangan Road
Synge Street
James Joyce Street
Goldsmith Street (off North Circular Road)
Dean Swift Square
Le Fanu Park
Le Fanu Road
Quartiere Bloom
The new city development at Park West will have the following streets named after Irish writers:
Joyce Way
Yeats Way
Beckett Way
Heaney Avenue
Kavanagh Avenue
O'Casey Road
Banville Avenue
Friel Avenue
Inspirations based on
Location: Earlsfort Tce. (Hotel Conrad)
words of author/poet: "Peace comes dropping slow"
Location: Stephens Green
words of author/poet: Knife Edge (W.B. Yeats)
Location: Nassau St. (Setanta Centre)
Date: 1974
words of author/poet: The Táin
Location: Irish Life Centre
Date: 1987
words of author/poet: Sweeney Astray
Location: Garden of Remembrance
Date: 1971
words of author/poet: Children of Lir
Location: South Gt. Georges st.
Date: 1988
words of author/poet: Poet's Chair
Dublin's new Conference Centre
Quotes from Dublin writers are featured in Dublin's new Conference Centre opening in September 2010
Dublin Airport Authority
Has completed a major commemorative project in the airport's new departure lounge which features twelve Irish writers in huge glass mural, including Dublin writers. The specially designed panels include a portrait and a brief quotation from the writer's work
Irish Ferries
The Dublin-based shipping company, has used Dublin writers as the inspiration for naming three of its newest ships – the Jonathan Swift, the Oscar Wilde, and the largest car ferry in the world – the Ulysses


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Comic-Con 2010 Panel Recap: Red Faction: How to Build A Transmedia Universe
When USC professor Henry Jenkins, a leading authority on transmedia, is moderating your Comic-Con panel, you'd better believe that this is serious business. THQ let it be known that they are very serious about pioneering the art of transmedia and they're using their vaunted Red Faction franchise as a jump-off point. Read More?
Red Faction: Armageddon Announced
Watch Larger Version | Watch HD Version The next Red Faction game will be called Red Faction: Armageddon and is due out in March 2011 for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. According to THQ, the Ignition created shooter "moves beneath the surface of Mars as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As Darius Mason, players...
You'll See Red Faction: Guerrilla Sequel At E3 Next Month, Here's Some Vague Details
Gamers won't have to wait very long to see what Volition and THQ are doing with the sequel to the underrated Red Faction: Guerrilla. During a fiscal 2010 fourth quarter results call today, THQ CEO Brian Farrell revealed the follow-up would be revealed at E3 in Los Angeles next month. Farrell also made a few comments about what to expect from...
THQ And Syfy Team For Red Faction Movie, Could Lead To TV Series
The SyFy network has wrapped up a deal with publisher THQ to bring the publisher's Red Faction franchise to the small screen in the form of a two-hour movie that could also serve as a "back-door pilot" for a potential television series as well. "It is the kind of content that fits our genre," senior VP of SyFy...
THQ Developing A Red Faction Movie
Expanding video game fiction beyond the gaming space has long been a tricky and perilous proposition. (Trying to adapt movie fiction to games has been equally unsuccessful for the most part as well). But recently, the likes of Ubisoft and Electronic Arts have managed to carry over some of their respective properties (Assassin's Creed and...
GameTap Teams With THQ
GameTap, the broadband entertainment network from Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., announced today a long-term partnership with THQ Inc. We're talking subscription play of THQ games, digital downloads (is there any other kind??) and all the fun you can possibly shove in your funhole. Some THQ games will be made available for free play on...
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Climate graph
The driest month is July. There is 0 mm of precipitation in July. The greatest amount of precipitation occurs in April, with an average of 37 mm.
Temperature graph
With an average of 27.9 °C, July is the warmest month. The lowest average temperatures in the year occur in January, when it is around 3.3 °C.
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The precipitation varies 37 mm between the driest month and the wettest month. The variation in temperatures throughout the year is 24.6 °C.


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Gluz, O; Wild, P; Meiler, R; Diallo-Danebrock, R; Ting, E; Mohrmann, S; Schuett, G; Dahl, E; Fuchs, T; Herr, A; Gaumann, A; Frick, M; Poremba, C; Nitz, U A; Hartmann, A (2008). Nuclear karyopherin alpha2 expression predicts poor survival in patients with advanced breast cancer irrespective of treatment intensity. International Journal of Cancer, 123(6):1433-1438.
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Intensive lymph node involvement indicates poor prognosis in breast cancer patients. The significance of other molecular prognostic factors in this subgroup is unclear. Karyopherin alpha2 (KPNA2) has been reported as an important factor of tumorgenesis and progression of breast cancer. The aim of present study was to evaluate the impact of KPNA2 expression on prognosis of patients with high risk breast cancer (HRBC) and response intensive chemotherapy within the randomized WSG-AM-01 trial. KPNA2 nuclear expression (>10% vs. <10% of nuclei) was measured by immunohistochemistry on tissue arrays of 191 patients randomized to tandem high dose vs. conventional dose-dense chemotherapy in HRBC with >9 positive lymph nodes and correlated with clinical outcome (median follow-up of 63.3 months) by Kaplan-Meier and multivariate Cox hazard model analysis, including, molecular subtypes determined by k-clustering (k = 5). KPNA2 overexpression (n = 74, 39%) significantly correlated with shorter event-free and overall survival (OS) in both therapy arms by univariate analysis. Multivariate analysis showed that the overexpression of KPNA2 was an independent prognostic factor of decreased OS HR = 1.86 [95% CI: 1.07-3.23, p = 0.03]. This predictive value was independent of basal-like/Her-2/neu subtypes, significantly associated with KPNA2 and was addressed particularly to G2 tumors. Our data suggest the use of KPNA2 nuclear expression as novel prognostic marker in node-positive patients, especially in determination of G2 tumors in 2 subgroups of different prognosis. KPNA2 expression may be also considered as a marker for global chemoresistance, which can not be overcome by conventional dose-modification of chemotherapy in advanced breast cancer.
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Draghi Faces Pressure to Deliver
History has an odd way of repeating itself and it's no different at the European Central Bank. Just as last year, the ECB approaches its August meeting — one they didn't even hold until a few years ago — at a time of extreme stress in the euro zone.
Last August, the ECB under then President Jean-Claude Trichet initially stumbled out of the starting blocks (as they say in the Olympics). He clumsily announced that the ECB had started to buy euro-zone government bonds, after months on the sidelines. But it turned out that the central bank was, in fact, buying the wrong countries' bonds, purchasing Portugal and Ireland, not Italy.
Back to the here and now: Mr. Draghi was uncharacteristically bold at a speech in London last week. His remarks have been often repeated since then, but they warrant repetition one more time: "Within our mandate, the ECB is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro. And believe me, it will be enough."
The beginning and the end of his remarks are emphasized because they reveal the pressure that Mr. Draghi is now under. He promised that the ECB will do enough to stem the euro's existential threat, but not exceed its "mandate." This would suggest no direct buying of government assets, or "quantitative easing", as this clearly violates European Union law.
Many observers think that Mr. Draghi meant that the ECB would buy up more euro zone government bonds on the secondary market, a program they started in May 2010 (incidentally right after another of Mr. Trichet's verbal stumbles), but have not used in months.
Markets will demand at the ECB's monthly press conference Thursday that Mr. Draghi indicate that the ECB is either doing that or plans to do so in concert with the euro zone's bailout funds the EFSF and the ESM.
The former would be preferred as it's simpler, but the ECB would prefer the latter as it's wanted to hand over bond buying to the bailout funds. Mr. Draghi has often said the bond buy program is neither "eternal nor infinite."
Before they engage in what Alan Greenspan famously called "irrational exuberance" ahead of the fact, markets should remember that Mr. Draghi has, even if unintentionally, fooled them before.
In early December, many market observers thought that Mr. Draghi was signaling that were euro zone leaders to make progress on fiscal rules at an upcoming summit that the ECB would re-start bond buys. He said explicitly soon thereafter that this was not the case. At the same press conference, however, he announced three-year loans to banks and things calmed for a while.
There's little doubt, however, that the stakes are higher now. He needs to follow through, or he may not get a second chance.


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A Daily Word from the Word for Wednesday, February 26, 2014
"Then He [Jesus] said to them, 'Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.'" – Matthew 4:19
God is going to blow your mind today, as He reveals what a fisher of men really is. Are you ready for a mind explosion, which will create a mind-expansion for you, family? Too many Christians overstep their God-given boundaries because they don't have an accurate understanding of this verse. And God is going to change that this very day! When Jesus gave His disciples, which include modern day believers, this invitation, He was inviting us to be part of leading people back into a right relationship with the Father through Him.
When Jesus offered us the eternal life-saving opportunity to "follow" Him, The Savior of the world was saying akoloutheo (pr. ak-lo-loo-theh-o), which is to "accompany, follow, reach" (Strong's Exhaustive Concordance). We are to reach unbelievers with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We are to reach souls the way Jesus reached out to us. The Word-became-flesh (John 1:14) reached out to us, reached for us, reached down to pull us out of our sinful state. Romans 5:8 casts a wide net as it testifies "But God demonstrates His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." Jesus did not attempt to assault, manipulate, control, degrade or condemn us; He simply reached for us. The God Who we love, because He first loved us, captivated and captured us with His love through His gentle reach (1 John 4:19).
Sadly, too many well-meaning Christians try to capture folks by assaulting them with the Word of God; rather than captivating them with the reach of the Savior's Hand. Our responsibility is to reach for lost souls, to catch them by captivating them with the love of Christ. We overstep our authority when we try to clean folks up. It is God's job to clean them—not ours. How can we clean up someone else when we couldn't even clean ourselves?! When we try to clean up other people, we end up making an even bigger mess! Let's review: our job is to catch, and God's job is to clean. Nice job, people. Now we are cooking with olive oil! J
Now, here is the part where God is really going to blow your mind and have you staring at the wall drooling for an hour or more: The Greek word for "fishers" as used in this verse is halieus (pr. hal-ee-yoos), which means "engaged on the salt water." Why is this so deep? I am glad you asked. The Sea of Galilee, which is the location where Jesus first offered this way to His original disciples, was fresh water! So why would God specifically tell the disciples that to be fishers of men, they would need to engage on the salt water?
I did some research on the differences between fresh and salt water. According to the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), 97% of all water is salt water; and, of the 3% that is fresh water, only 1% is drinkable because the other 2% is frozen in glaciers. In addition, all water, including fresh water has salt. The density of salt determines whether a body of water is salt or fresh water; as a certain density proves unsafe to drink.
The 97% of oceans, which are salt water, are considered wild and undrinkable by humans; whereas the 1% of bays, rivers, lakes, and streams, are considered tame, tranquil, and safe for most human consumption. The sea represents the world and its ways, which are wild; and of which, drinking from this deadly basin, will kill you. Sadly, it is slowly killing every unbeliever.
The salt contained in these bodies of water is not the same salt that Jesus referred to when He commanded us to be salt (Matthew 5:13). Jesus was talking about refined salt, in which the contaminants were stripped out through a refining process. The deadly salt from the world's oceans, which cannot be drunk, is unrefined and contains a high concentration of saline as well as a combination of over 80 different chemicals, minerals, and contaminants.
We are to engage those who are dead in their transgressions and sins, as we once were; and but for the grace of God who reached for us and pulled us out, we are now alive in Christ (Ephesians 2:1, 5). Merriam Webster's Dictionary defines "engage" as "to offer (as one's word) as security for a debt or cause, to attract, to induce to participate"; whereas "induce" means "to move by persuasion or influence." We are to offer the unsaved Jesus Christ, Who was and is the only One able to pay the debt of sin in full!
The Apostle Paul, was also persuaded, knew how to fish as evidence by his revelation "For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord" (Romans 8:38-39).
Are you now persuaded to engage and not enrage, my brothers and sisters? Me too! So grab your gear, and let's go salt-water fishing!
Father, thank You for Your amazing revelation! Thank you for allowing us to be a part of Your Great Commission (Matthew 28:16-20). Father, help us to reach people with your love. Give us wisdom to engage souls for Christ. Break our hearts for what breaks Your big, beautiful, pure, and loving heart. In Jesus Name, we thank You that today You have made us fishers of people. Amen and Amen.
Take action! Challenge your thinking! Choose to engage the lost with the Word of God, and not enrage people by assaulting them through speaking out of your own flesh. Choose to seek God's wisdom by asking Him to put a sensitivity in your spirit for His lost creation. And continue to fight the good fight of always carrying plenty of the Father's love in your tackle box; for God, your Ultimate Catch, has already given you the victory!
If you have never received Jesus Christ as your personal Lord and Savior, I encourage you to do it today, right now, by saying this prayer out loud: "Jesus, forgive me for my sins. I am sorry. I truly desire to be saved and reconciled back to God, my Father, through You. I receive Your sinless Blood as payment in full for my sins—past, present, and future. I now call You my Lord and Savior, and invite You to live within my heart, and to permanently live within me. I make You Lord over me and over my life from this moment on. Amen." Congratulations! You are now a child of God, made whole and made new, by the Blood of Jesus Christ!
God tells us that we are blessed to be a blessing (Genesis 12:2). Be a blessing to someone by sending them this word of encouragement. If God did not already put someone in your spirit and on your heart that needs to read this uplifting message from above, simply ask your Heavenly Father who to bless on today. Forward this message right now by email, facebook, or twitter.
Jesus is coming soon!
May God Bless you and keep you always.
With warmest regards,
And, in service of The Most High King,
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