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Riley's postgame
Pat Riley was pleased with Dwyane Wade in Wade's return — and Wade was pleased also, about the way he felt.
Riley, however, isn't pleased about much else.
Here is the transcript of most of Riley's thoughtful post-game press conference.
I have an opinion on this — where Riley's comments are directed, and what must now be done. But I'll save it for a column likely to appear in Friday's newspaper.
You can weigh in below. Excuse the odd typefaces. This blog does strange things when I copy text from Word.
"There are at least seven or eight guys that I think of as the caretakers of what we did a couple of years ago, 18 months ago. If they're not really prepared to move forward, and merely say that they are ready, it's not going to be good enough. I mean, we have to prepare ourselves for an incredible challenge, and the thing that I sort of get involved with a little bit, is that I have been here for 13 years and they haven't been the best all of the time, but the one thing that I always tried to do is make the franchise respectable, matter and count. Sometimes I have succeeded, and sometimes I have failed. Unless you feel like you have something at stake, or you feel like you have something to lose as a player, and they're going to take something away from you, then things won't change. If you don't really feel like the Heat means something to you, and the fact that there's respect, or there was respect earned, to let it just out there like that… is you got to have a real meeting with yourself about what you care about. I don't see a team that really feels like they have anything at stake here. They come in, they play, they get beat, they go home. They go out into the night, you know. I bleed blood red, that's why I made the carpets blood red. That was sort of my motto.
I've talked to them about it. First of all, they know my feelings about it. But what I am seeing out on the court is an absolute lack of focus and preparation, to stay the course. And it's hard for me to put my finger on any one thing, but to me, it's really about that. We came out tonight against a team that is just like us, basically. We're not any better than them. We were 1-6, they were 0-8. And they jumped on us in the first quarter like we were sleepwalking. They ran us right out of the building, shot us right out of the building. We were down. You know, we came back a little bit. But they established what they were going to do to us in the first quarter…. But that's who we have been all year. Get down, make a desperate run, get close, and lose.
I'll keep trying, I'll keep trying. But I need a little help. Every day, you can't come in and give the speech that's going to change their thinking. They have to change their thinking. If you don't feel like anything at stake, personal respect, professional respect, getting hammered like we're getting hammered. You're down 30 to Charlotte last night in the third quarter, and you come home in front of your home crowd, and you're down by 20, there's something wrong. I'll take responsibility for it, because I put it together. I'm not shirking any responsibility. I'm trying to do anything I can to get them to play harder.
It might take a real shakeup, it might take a massive shakeup. I'm not talking about moving the Bekins truck back in here. It might take absolute lineup changes. People who don't think they should ever be benched might have to come off the bench for a while, just to turn this whole thing around…. We have to climb back into the season. And hope we can get to a place where we can contend for the playoffs.
We've got to feel like something's at stake here. And to me, it's about personal pride and respect. It's that old cliché. We're getting embarrassed. We've lost four games at home. We've played four times here, we've lost four games at home. All of us have to go through this early-season struggle together. I'm going to keep working at it. I want them to keep working at it. And see if we can come together…. Right now, we're in the abyss.
Here's the interesting analogy. What's Ray Allen been doing for the past five years? Was he in the playoffs? No. What has Kevin Garnett been doing the past four years? No. Where was Paul Pierce the past five years? Was he in the playoffs? No. All three of them come together. Is it a name on the jersey? They all of a sudden have something at stake now, which is their absolute legacy. And now they're going to use each other, a little bit like we did two years ago. We used each other to establish something, because we felt like we had something at stake now. It was a brilliant move. Sometimes, trades like that happen to bring guys together, and they have amped it up to a whole another level. All the three of them can see right now is paradise. That's what happens. And we have to feel the same way. I know we felt that, during the playoffs two years ago. I know we felt that. We don't feel that now. It's not here. That's an important quality to have. Udonis has it. He's a hometown prodigy. He really cares about the Heat, and the team he plays for, and the stripes he wears. I'm not saying that a lot of guys don't. I know Zo feels it. I think guys feel it, but subconsciously they're off in their own worlds. It's just a platform with which they play the game from.
You can't disconnect. There's a disconnect that happens with teams when you lose."


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Jan Darnell of Elk Creek changed the recipe she found on the back of a cake mix to create her own version of apple spice cake. She found a spice cake mix that called for applesauce but decided that she wanted chunks of apples instead.
When apples are in season, Darnell uses fresh sliced apples. She often freezes sliced apples in the fall so she can make pies year round and uses those frozen apples for the cake out of season.
Lady's Suit – Virginia Smith, Blue, 1st.
Child's Dress – Shirley Thomas Blue, 1st; Autumn Wilson, Red, 2nd.
Baby's Dress – Shirley Thomas, Blue, 1st.
Lady's Blouse – Virginia Smith, Red, 2nd.
Vest – Virginia Smith, Blue, 1st.
Clothing Article, Other – Shirley Thomas, Blue, 1st; Virginia Smith, Red, 2nd.
Child's Playwear – Virginia Smith, Red, 2nd.
According to Woodie Cheek's letter to the Magnet, his farm site was pulled from one of the three original priority sites "because of my barking and biting dog way of doing things."
Mr. Cheek's alarmist attitude is getting a little stale. Because of Mr. Cheek's actions and rants, our county appears close-minded to new ideas. I'd like to, once again, explain the series of events, if for no one else but Mr. Cheek, since he still doesn't seem to understand.
The Airport Board was formed from volunteers who were appointed by fiscal court to do a STUDY to see if an airport would be a good fit for our County.
Blackberries are plentiful this year in Spencer County for those who grow them. There are several ways to preserve the harvest, and making jam or freezing the berries are two good ones. Several local growers were willing to share their tips for growing and preserving blackberries.
Patti Davis puts up blackberry jam every year that she gets a good crop. "I have been known to have five boxes of jam stacked," she said.
Most years, Davis makes about ten pints of jam, and this year she was able to get fourteen. She uses the recipe on the Sure-gell box.
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The Spencer County FFA Dairy Judging team (from left) Allie McGaughey, Lauren Brown, Stetson Baird, and Jacob Walker placed first in the Eastern Kentucky University Dairy Judging contest held July 26. Stetson Baird was high individual.
The first day of school is just around the corner for Spencer County Public School students and there is some important information both parents and students should know before showing up on Aug. 11.
Taylorsville Elementary School
Taylorsville Elementary students can expect few changes this school year.
It had been another grueling day and night of work for Taylorsville Police Officer Floyd Snare.
Because of the resignation of daytime officer W.M. Cook 12 days earlier, Snare was doing double duty, covering both the day and night shifts. He was exhausted by the time he was able to go home to his apartment on the second floor of the Taylorsville Firehouse about 3:15 in the morning, Saturday, Feb. 13, 1941. Snare's wife was in Hickman because of the death of her mother.
Octoberfest information
Spencer County October fest, will be October 1 and 2. The theme will be "Down On The Farm."
For booth rental contact Gary Kehne at 376-2376. For parade registrations , call Keith Thomas at 572-5555 and for pageant information, contact Patsy Lewis at 321-0093.
Meet the GOP candidates
Some people call me an old time preacher. They may be right, I am old enough! I am 80 years old and still like the challenge Jesus Christ gives me in serving him.
I preach that heaven is a beautiful place which God has prepared for the ones who have given their heart to him through his son, Jesus Christ. I believe Christ is sitting on the right hand of God the father, interceding our prayers.
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Two questions that are likely on the minds of "The Bachelorette" fans is whether finalist Chris Soules is over Andi Dorfman already and if he'll be the next star of "The Bachelor." In an interview with Yahoo TV, posted on Tuesday, July 15, Chris answered both questions.
As for his current feelings about Andi, Chris indicated that he has moved on. When asked if he's over her now, he said that he believes that Andi will make a great mom and wife to someone but that it just wasn't meant to be between him and Andi. He added that a good thing about the show's process is that it forces those who are sent home to keep a low profile and not date anyone while the season finishes airing, which gives them time to think about what happened and move on with their lives.
Luckily for fans of the Iowa farmer, there's a good chance that they'll see him as the next Bachelor. While Chris pointed out that he hasn't been offered the role, he pretty much said that he would give a definite yes if asked. He said that the decision would be a "a no-brainer" for him because it would give him the opportunity to meet 25 women, women who are presumably already interested in him and know that they'll have to live in Iowa on a farm, that he would otherwise not meet.
In a recent Twitter chat, host Chris Harrison confirmed that producers have yet to make a decision on who will be the next star of "The Bachelor." He said that while Chris is "obviously on the short list," there are also others in consideration.
Whether Chris Soules will be the next Bachelor and if not, who will, will likely be answered at next week's "Men Tell All" special. Andi Dorfman was announced as the next Bachelorette at the end of Juan Pablo Galavis' "Women Tell All" special. The "Men Tell All" special airs on Monday, July 21.
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- 'Bachelorette' spoiler: Nick Viall taped dishing on Andi Dorfman and Josh Murray
- Chris Harrison on whether Andi Dorfman's reject Chris Soules is next Bachelor
- Andi Dorfman preps for 'Bachelorette: Men Tell All'; Marcus Grodd to confront?
- 'Bachelorette' Andi Dorfman's Marcus Grodd and Chris Soules have criminal pasts
- 'Bachelor' star Juan Pablo Galavis and Nikki Ferrell to get married in Venezula?


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Developing Naturally
This link provides access to a document from the University of Clemson that can be downloaded. The document is titled Developing Naturally: An Exploratory Process for Nature-Based Community Tourism and highlights multiple aspects of nature based tourism opportunities.
The Agrilife Extension Nature Tourism Program
The Agrilife Extension Nature Tourism Program, Department of Recreation, Park & Tourism Sciences at Texas A&M University provides access to numerous e-tools, publications and resources about nature/eco-tourism. The goal of the Information Center is to assist people who are interested in nature tourism as a potential business enterprise, while at the same time creating the premier source for information on these topics. It is also for people who are doing research or who want to find where they can go to find a nature, heritage or ranch/farm recreational experience.
Nature Tourism Business
This video, titled "Nature Tourism Business," has been produced by Montana State University Extension. "Throughout the country, and especially in the West, natural attractions provide the backdrop for businesses that flourish by providing services and accommodations to nature-oriented tourists. This video looks at how some such tourism businesses succeed—businesses that offer birdwatching or photographic tours, scenic flights, ATV recreation, environmentally-friendly lodging, and much more." To order copies of this video, contact: MSU Extension Publications, P.O. Box 172040, Bozeman, MT 59717-2040; Phone (406) 994-3273; or follow the link above.
Southwick Associates specializes in the business side of fish and wildlife. They help natural resource agencies and outdoor industries understand the retail sales, economic impacts, and other benefits that businesses and people receive from wildlife and fisheries.
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife's Community Guide to Nature Tourism
This site provides information on creating, promoting, and sustaining nature tourism in communities. It includes links describing the benefits of nature tourism, a five-step process for creating a community nature tourism website, and resources for the business of nature tourism.
Utah Birds
The "Utah Birds" web site strives to cover a broad spectrum of subjects dealing with birds and birding in Utah. The web site offers information about birding organizations, birding hotlines, the best places to see birds, as well as information about the birds themselves, including a great number of photographs.
There are extensive archives and lists of rare bird sightings, hotline reports, a state calendar of events, a print center and much more. This website is sponsored by the "Utah County Birders," a birding group from the north-central part of Utah.


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Dr. Dog's third studio album on Anti, B Room, marks the band's greatest point of clarity in more than a decade of performing and recording. Their arrangements, while still ambitious, are much simpler, moving past the multi-tracked pastiche of earlier efforts into a unique and vibrant band voice. Indeed, it is this discovery of the band-collective as a compositional tool that makes B Room the most cohesive, soulful, loose, and plain fun record of their career.


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Date: December 12 2012
Norwich City has filed four allegations of racist abuse towards its defender Sebastien Bassong to police.
A Swansea City supporter was released on bail on Sunday after being arrested for allegedly making racist gestures during his club's 4-3 loss at home to Norwich in the Premier League on Saturday.
The 23-year-old fan reportedly gesticulated at Cameroon international Bassong as Norwich celebrated its fourth goal.
Norwich say that the three other allegations concern racist messages sent to Bassong on Twitter following the match against Swansea and the 1-1 draw at Everton last month.
"Norwich City regrets to confirm four separate cases involving actual or alleged racist abuse aimed at our defender Sebastien Bassong have been reported to police in the last two weeks," said a club statement.
Police from South Wales and Norfolk are investigating the claims.
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College Hockey:Huskies Hang First Loss On Tigers
Hartigan, DiCasmirro Point Way On Offense
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — In a WCHA showdown, Nate DiCasmirro and Mark Hartigan led the way on offense as St. Cloud State University defeated Colorado College by a tally of 6-3 Friday night.
After a slow start, the Huskies posted the game's first goal when DiCasmirro scored at 18:01 of the first with an assist from Keith Anderson.
SCSU jumped to a 2-0 lead in the second period with a tally by Brandon Sampair, assisted by DiCasmirro and Tyler Arnason on the power play at 2:19. Hartigan added his fourth goal of the season at 4:11 with assists from DiCasmirro and Sampair on the power play.
CC responded with a pair of goals by Mark Cullen later in the second, but Derek Eastman scored the game-winner for SCSU at 4:34 of the third. The goal was Eastman's first goal this season.
Motzko stretched the lead to 5-2 with an unassisted goal at 7:08 of the third. CC's Noah Clarke scored at 17:32 of the third on the power play before Hartigan iced the game with an empty-netter at 18:47.
Husky netminder Scott Meyer was outstanding between the pipes with 32 saves, including 12 in the first period when the Huskies were outshot 12-5.
The victory moves SCSU's record to 5-1-1, 2-1-0 in the WCHA, while CC falls to 6-1-0, 6-1-0 in the WCHA. The Huskies and Tigers play again Saturday at 8:05 p.m. CST.
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Neutrogena® Naturals Champions Clean Water
Kim Lutz, Director of the Connecticut River Program
"Get outdoors! Enjoy it. Be outside. Whatever that means to you. When you enjoy it, you appreciate it in a different way, and you begin to understand that it's not something separate from you."
Kim Lutz has devoted herself to improving the health of the Connecticut River, a ribbon of water and life that sprawls across four New England states. Though the river provides drinking water for many people and offers beautiful places for canoeing, hiking and other adventures in nature, the river is in serious trouble.
It has the unfortunate distinction of being the most dammed in North America. Dams don't just block fish migration – they break down natural flow patterns that serve as a river's heartbeat. This heartbeat triggers plant and animal lifecycles, and drives natural water-cleaning processes.
To counter this damage, Kim works with large dam operators to revive healthy flows; helps remove small, non-operating dams in order to reconnect rivers and streams; and works to restore floodplain forests that act as sponges along the river, storing water and providing critical wildlife habitat.
Kim has a long history with The Nature Conservancy, where she first began working on land conservation in Texas in 1989. After a brief time away, she re-joined the Conservancy in Georgia in 1991. It was there that she "got bitten by the river bug" and was instrumental in establishing the Conservancy's Savannah River project, which she then worked on for three years before joining the Connecticut River Program.
When Kim isn't working to keep rivers clean and healthy, she is almost certainly spending time connecting with her two teenage kids. In fact, much to her son's surprise, she's even gotten hooked on rap music.


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This year, for the third time, I will be participating in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo, for short-ish). The goal is to write 50,000 words of a novel in the month of November. A typical "finished" manuscript is 75,000 words, although in my favorite genre to both write and read — fantasy — the average length is closer to 100,000.
Still, it's a tremendous commitment on many levels. First, the time. When I'm in a sweet spot for writing, I can type upwards of 100 words per minute. Let's say, accounting for pauses and deletes and staring blankly into space, I average 60wpm. My total writing time for 50,000 words would be just shy of 20 hours. That doesn't seem so bad, but of course getting to and staying in that sweet spot of writing is a rare feat. Doubling that number of hours is, frankly, a safer bet.
So, how do you add in an additional work week's worth of time to a month already full? With actual (paid) work, with family time, with holidays. Early mornings, late evenings, and weekends become even commodities to exploit.
The first year I did NaNoWriMo, I managed 25,000 words. I was proud of myself. I had an idea for a post-apocalyptic story with no zombies in it, because I was getting pretty sick of reading nothing-but-zombies apocalypse theories. I like zombies as much as the next person, but it's a tiresome fad and makes it easy for authors to squiggle out of the harder questions of an apocalypse: How do you rebuild? When you're stuck at the bottom of Maslow's famous hierarchy, group governance plays a quiet second fiddle to building better zombie traps. Still, after the month's end, I lost interested in the story I was writing. It was a reaction to an idea, not an idea.
The second year I did NaNoWriMo, I wrote several thousand words but it went nowhere. I was trying to resuscitate the non-zombie book and not fooling anybody.
This year, I am abandoning all semblance of original idea. Thanks to a surprisingly raucous conversation about Moby Dick at a party, and not in the way you might expect (so many literature majors…), it was generally determined by open vote that I should write a version of Moby Dick with an all-lady crew. In space.
Many benefits issue from taking this tack. By patterning my narrator, protagonist, and antagonist(s) on Melville's, I limit my scope and avoid the kind of suffocating breadth of choice incurred by a purely blank slate. It's a book I love deeply, and will have tremendous fun mining for inspiration. It's a simply plotted book with room for rambling diversions (my M.O.). It's a book built around pretty grand themes, so mimicking it feels more like playing off timeless tropes than it does "copying." It's a brilliantly written book, so it will challenge me to push myself. I am not going to be Melville, but I can try not to disgrace his example. It's a book written in a pastiche of styles, so if I get bored of my major narrative voice, I can mix it up and throw in a poem or a letter or newspaper clipping or a play. It feels like having permission to go hog-wild, which I shouldn't need, but I've always been a rules-follower and I need this sort of invitation to release.
One additional and major benefit has been thinking about and working on core components of the book before the manic month of November. I'm such a seat-of-the-pants writer that this type of preparation — however minimal, however average or taken for granted by many authors — feels like a victory in itself for me. I hope I can learn from this process for later projects.
The biggest challenge I face at the moment is a working title. I welcome comments and suggestions! I do think this project is already a success for having spawned the incomparable hashtag, #spacedick, though admittedly have been too chicken to do a thorough Google search of the term for fear of what it might produce. And, as a final note, searching for "space whale" images results in a surprisingly broad selection of art, very little of which seems directly related to Star Trek IV.
Stay tuned.


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If you are looking for a baby gift—for a shower or just for the new parents—one nice product we took a look at just recently should fit the bill. It is from PRK products and is called the Universal Baby Bottle and Sippy Cup Organizer.
This company was started by a mother of triplets, who needed more organization in her kitchen. This clever plastic product can store baby bottles like a drink can dispensary. It also will accommodate the sippy cups that small hands use. It holds 12 oz. bottles of the standardized baby bottle size. And it comes with a matching basket to hold all the tops and nipples. Finally, and quite important, it is BPA & Phthalate free.
It can organize a lot of the stuff that is spread out over the kitchen counter. And Universal Baby Bottle storage comes in bright colors—we especially like the teal and apple green models.
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openSUSE 13.1 vs Ubuntu 13.10: a friendly matchSubmitted by Roy Schestowitz on Friday 22nd of November 2013 09:03:46 PM Filed under
I often hear the argument that Android is not Linux or Chrome OS is not Linux. Technically that's not true. Linux is just the kernel and both these operating systems user Linux so they are Linux-based operating systems.
What people are actually trying to say is they don't get the same 'Linux experience' when they use these operating systems. What's that Linux experience?
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nwrickert2.wordpress: There has been some urging for beta testers to try out "btrfs". So I did. I tried it on one of my 13.1Beta1 installs. I would have tried it on two installs, except that the UEFI install had already given problems before I got to that point.
OpenSUSE uncorks a fine Ruby-red Bottle: Beta 13.1 didn't give me a hangoverSubmitted by srlinuxx on Friday 27th of September 2013 07:53:43 PM Filed under
theregister.co.uk: The beta preview of openSUSE 13.1, released this month, shows this distro is waddling in the footsteps of its Linux brethren. New admin bling, yes, but no tacky desktop tricks
SUSE Forms Partnership to Support LibreOfficeSubmitted by srlinuxx on Wednesday 4th of September 2013 09:22:13 PM Filed under
ostatic.com: SUSE, the entity behind the popular Linux distributions of similar handles, yesterday made an interesting announcement. In a press release, SUSE announced its LibreOffice team would be teaming up with Collabora Productivity to support LibreOffice commercially.
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opensuse.org: To get openSUSE out is a lot of work. We already shared part of what we are doing to keep Factory rolling. But as you can guess, there is much more to it. But let's pretend it is a simple three-step process:
Cloverleaf to Become openSUSE Add-onSubmitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 29th of August 2013 02:27:18 AM Filed under
ostatic.com: Not long ago the Fuduntu team announced the end of their popular Fedora-based distribution due to developmental issues and later decided to offer an openSUSE based one. But yesterday, Shawn W. Dunn announced that distro would never see the light of day.
opensuse GSoC 2013 – Half Way ThroughSubmitted by srlinuxx on Monday 19th of August 2013 08:40:45 PM Filed under
opensuse.org: We have reached the half way stage of the Google Summer of Code 2013, and it has been an exciting journey so far. A lot of good work has been done this summer on a variety of projects. This year, we have co-participated with ownCloud, Balabit (syslog-ng) and Hedgewars under the openSUSE umbrella. Here follows a summary of the work that has been done so far, along with the experiences of the students.
Linux Burrows Deeper Into the EnterpriseSubmitted by srlinuxx on Thursday 15th of August 2013 09:39:44 PM Filed under
linuxinsider.com: Better TCO has long been the argument forwarded for moving to Linux -- after all, it's an open source OS, which means the software itself is free. "Look at what it costs to run Windows and VMware versus Linux solutions with KVM for virtualization infrastructure and management," said analyst Joe Clabby.
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Late-Game Rally Falls Short in 4-3 Loss at Jacksonville
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Although Bethune-Cookman (17-19) jumped out to the early lead, the Jacksonville Dolphins (11-21) responded in kind and contained B-CU until late in the game, holding off a late push to hold the Wildcats in a 4-3 game on Wednesday night at Sessions Stadium.
The Wildcats showed early aggressive play to take an early lead, as shortstop Shaun McCarty reached on an infield bloop single in the third. Center fielder Eros Modena brought him in on and RBI single up the middle to give B-CU a 1-0 advantage.
The Dolphins fired back with home runs beyond the expansive 340-foot left field wall in both the bottom of the third and fourth for Cameron Gibson and Dylan Dillard, respectively, to take the 2-1 lead.
Facing reliever Michael Thomasson, the Dolphins opened the sixth inning with a walk and a single for Gibson and Connor Marabell, both scoring in the frame to push the Dolphins out to a 4-3 lead.
Using multiple pitchers, the Dolphins kept the Wildcat off the board and without a hit for four frames. However, in the eighth, facing JU's Nathan Disch in relief, the Wildcats took three consecutive walks to load the bases. Subbing in first as a pinch hitter, then at third base, Austin Garcia fired a line drive over shortstop to bring in Eric Sams and Josh Johnson to narrow the deficit to one run.
Ryan Quintero took the mound for the Dolphins in the ninth and shut down the B-CU order, preserving the 4-3 win and earning a save. Starter Zach Gordon (2-5) picked up the win for JU, pitching four innings. For the Wildcats, starter Riley O'Brien (0-2) takes the loss, pitching five innings with two earned runs and three strikeouts.
The Wildcats return to action in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) action this weekend in Durham, N.C., taking on a crucial three-game rematch at North Carolina Central. The Eagles hold a half-game lead on the Wildcats in the MEAC Southern Division standings.
For all the latest information on the Bethune-Cookman Wildcats, follow the official Twitter feeds, @CookmanBaseball or @BCUathletics, or "Like Us" on Facebook at BCUathletics.
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Research in the Duan lab is directed towards understanding how peptide growth factors act to control vertebrate development, growth, and aging. Our current research focuses on the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) signaling system, including the IGF ligands, IGF binding proteins, IGF receptors, and the downstream signal transduction mechanisms. The Duan lab uses mammals, zebrafish and other fish as experimental models. A combination of molecular, cell biological, biochemical, genetic, and genomic approaches are used to address physiological and developmental questions. Specific areas of current research activity include: (1) roles of growth factors in regulating cell proliferation, differentiation, migration and apoptosis during early development; (2) signal transduction mechanisms of growth factor actions; (3) transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression; and (4) roles of growth factors and hormones in regulating development, growth, and aging in response to hypoxia and nutrient restriction.
Dr. Duan received his B.S. degree from the Ocean University of China and his Ph.D. degree from the University of Tokyo. He was a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Washington and a postdoctoral fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Zhang, P., Yao, Q., Lu, L., Li, Y., P-J. Chen and Duan, C. (2014) Hypoxia inducible factor-3 is an oxygen-dependent transcription activator and regulates a distinct transcriptional response to hypoxia. Cell Rep., in press
W Dai, Y Bai, L Hebda, X Zhong, J Liu1J Kao and C Duan (2013) Calcium deficiency-induced and TRP channel-regulated IGF1R-PI3K-Akt signaling regulates abnormal epithelial cell proliferation, Cell Death and Differentiation, in press. (ePub December 13, 2013 doi:10.1038/cdd.2013.177)
Allard, J., Kamei, H., and Duan, C. (2013) Inducible transgenic expression in the short-lived fish, Nothobranchius furzeri. J. Fish Biol. 82:1733-1738.
Zhou, J., Xiang, J., Zhang, S., and Duan, C. (2013) Structural and functional analysis of the amphioxus IGFBP gene uncovers ancient origin of IGF-independent functions. Endocrinology, 154:3753-63.
Zhang, C., Lu, L., Li, Y., Zhou, J., Liu, Y., Fu, P., Gallicchio, M.A., Bach, L.A. and Duan, C. (2012) IGF binding protein 6 expression in vascular endothelial cells is induced by hypoxia and plays a negative role in tumor angiogenesis. Int. J. Cancer, 130:2003-2012.
Onuma, T.A. and Duan, C. (2012) Duplicated Kiss1 receptor genes in zebrafish: Distinct gene expression patterns, different ligand selectivity, and a novel nuclear isoform with transactivating activity. FASEB J, 26: 2941-2950.
Zhong, Y., Lu, L., Zhou, J. Li, Y., Liu, Y., Clemmons, D.R., and Duan, C. (2011) IGF binding protein 3 exerts its IGF-independent action by antagonizing BMP in zebrafish. J. Cell Sci. 124:1925-35.
Onuma, T.A., Ding, Y., Abraham, E., Zohar, Y., Ando, H., Duan, C. (2011) Regulation of temporal and spatial organization of newborn GnRH neurons by IGF signaling in zebrafish. J. Neuroscience, 31: 11814-11824.
Kamei, H., Ding, Y., Kajimura, S., Wells, M., Chiang, P. and Duan, C. (2011) Role of IGF signaling in catch-up growth and accelerated temporal development in zebrafish embryos in response to oxygen availability. Development. 138: 777-786.
Dai, W., Kamei, H., Zhao, Y., Ding, J., Du, Z., and Duan, C. (2010). Duplicated zebrafish insulin-like growth factor binding protein-5 genes with split functional domains: Evidence for evolutionarily conserved IGF binding, nuclear localization, and transactivation activity. FASEB J. 24:2020-9.
Ren, H., Accili, D., and Duan, C. (2010). Hypoxia converts the myogenic action of insulin-like growth factors into mitogenic action by differentially regulating multiple signaling pathways. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 107:5857-62.
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"Engineering Education in a Rapidly Changing World: How Can We Stay Ahead?"
Higher education is "under fire" today, and the issues are many: falling state support; rising costs in tuition; poor retention and graduation rates; relevance of the education provided; keeping pace with technology; and diversity among students and faculty are visible examples. Only a small fraction of graduating high school students enter engineering programs, and diversity in our engineering student population and faculty ranks is poor. Many students who do enter engineering programs transfer out within the first year or two. Technology presents both opportunities for improvement and challenges for traditional paradigms of teaching and learning. How do engineering educators keep pace with changes, much less stay ahead of the curve? Because engineering education is closely connected with advancing technology and economic development, our community has special opportunities and challenges. Interestingly, there are underlying principles upon which to rely - these might even be called "axioms" - that form a basis for adapting engineering education to a rapidly changing world. The presentation will highlight several of these axioms and suggest hypotheses and experiments that can be tested, both within and outside current academic constraints.
Dean Emeritus Giddens received all his degrees (BAE 1963, MSAE 1965, and Ph.D. 1966) from Georgia Tech and joined the Tech faculty in 1968, after two years in the aerospace industry. In 1992 he left his position as the Chair of Aerospace Engineering to serve as the Dean of the Whiting School of Engineering and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at The Johns Hopkins University until 1997. In 1997, Giddens rejoined Georgia Tech to establish the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, a joint department between Georgia Tech's College of Engineering and Emory University's School of Medicine. He served as the founding Chair until July 2002, when he became the Dean of the College of Engineering. He formally retired on July 1, 2011, but continues his research in cardiovascular biomechanics as a part time faculty member.
Dr. Giddens is a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and currently is Immediate Past Chair of NAE Section 2, Bioengineering. He is a Past President of the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) and a Fellow of ASEE, the Biomedical Engineering Society, the American Heart Association, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a founding Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. He received the H.R. Lissner Award from ASME in 1993 and was the ASME Thurston Lecturer in 1996. Giddens has served in a variety of professional activities involving engineering education and biomedical research. He is the author of over 300 publications, book chapters and presentations, and continues an active research program in biomedical engineering. Dean Giddens chaired an NAE project that developed a 2008 report, "Changing the Conversation: Messages for Improving the Public Understanding of Engineering." In his role as President of ASEE in 2011-12, Giddens continued to be active in various issues associated with engineering education and diversity in engineering.
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The Time Trapper learning that the Legion of Superheroes was created by being inspired by a supposed Superboy in the past, took a moment in time of the universe and pruned the "pocket universe" so that only Krypton and Earth existed and shaped the timeline so that Krypton produced Superboy on the Earth, but no other superheroes; after Superboy disappeared into the 30th century, the Kents died, and Lana and Pete met Luthor. Luthor found a time viewer in Superboy's hidden lab and was tricked by the Phantom Zone criminals (General Zod, Quex-ul, Zaora) into freeing them. Luthor organized a resistance with Bruce Wayne, Hal Jordan, Oliver Queen. The Phantom Zoners destroyed the Pocket Universe Earth's atmosphere killing almost everyone, so Luthor created and sent out Supergirl to Superman's universe where she succeeds in getting him to come back with her. Luthor has Superman use gold kryptonite on the Phantom Zoners to remove their powers and be captured. Superman uses green kryptonite to execute the Phantom Zoners when they threaten to escape and destroy his Earth (SUP #222). Superman takes Supergirl to be cared for by the Kents and Lana.
When Superman and Lois travelled to Krypron through the Phantom Zone, not only did they meet both Jor-El and Lara in a Krypton that seemed far different to that which Superman originally believed to have been his home planet, but they also encountered a power-hungry Kryptonian general known as General Zod. Zod objected to Jor-El's reports about the approaching doom of their planet, and eventually gets approval from the Ruling Council to bring Jor-El in, however Zod goes overboard and uses excessive force which ends in a major battle with Jor-El and Superman in which Zod overloads and vaporizes, promising to return (ACT #776).
Soon after returning from their trip to the strange new Krypton, Superman is confronted by a "General" from Pokolistan who is garbed in a red uniform from head to toe. He pummels Superman, breaking his jaw (ACT #779) Superman later returns to confront the General who reveals himself to be General Zod, accompanied by a team consisting of Faora, Ignition and Kancer. Their confrontation is cut short by the appearance of Imperiex.
General Zod dealt with Luthor in "Our Worlds At War", and continued to harass Superman before ultimately making his move.
In battle with Zod, Superman accidentally killed him (Zod forced him to), but not before learning that the spirit of the original pocket universe Zod had somehow attached itself to a Russian human host in space and granted him Kryptonian powers.
A new Zod emerged, the Kryptonian Zod who was an adversary to Jor-El, trapped in the Phantom Zone. He came across "Metropia", Superman's Phantom Zone shelter for Earth in the event that it suffer's Krypton's fate, and corrupts it in his own image before Superman stops him. When Metropia collapsed in upon itself, Zod refused Superman's help, chosing to vanish back in to the Phantom Zone.
Within current continuity, a new General Zod has once again come to the forefront. This Zod is much more like the Zod of old, imprisoned in the Phantom Zone by Jor-El before Krypton was destroyed and teamed with Ursa and Non, his cohorts in crime. According to a memory crystal within the Fortress of Solitude, General Zod was once the head of the military Defense of Krypton but ultimately was behind an attack on the council that left several dead. For Zod planned to take over rule because he felt the non-acting council were responsible for Krypton's coming doom but the council found Zod, Ursa and Non guilty of murder and treason and planned to execute them. When Jor-El, who believed every life precious, asked if there were anyway to spare their lives, the council told him that if he would jail them in the Phantom Zone and remain silent about the impending destruction of the planet, the criminals could live within the prison. In that resolution however, there laid a paradox, for if Jor-El were to remain silent, he'd be exchanging millions of Kryptonian lives for these three.
Within the Phantom Zone, Zod and Ursa conceived a child, whom they routinely abuse, attempting to fill his head with harsh military disciplines toward loyalty and subjugation. Since the child was born in the Zone though, he is able to transcend the prison and escape to Earth where he meets Superman. Lois and Clark adopt the child, but when Zod follows his son's trail and is somehow able to use the same method to follow, all hell breaks loose in Metropolis. For Zod brought with him an army of other Kryptonian prisoners and has decided to enslave the human race, transform the Earth into a new Krypton and rid himself of the son of Jor-El. Furious that his son has turned against him and taken the human name Christopher, Zod ensnares Superman with a Phantom Zone projector, trapping Kal-El in the very prison he and his army escaped from.
With the help of Mon-El, whom Superman placed in the Phantom Zone so his deadly disease wouldn't progress any further until Superman could find a cure, Superman managed to escape the Zone using the same method as Zod. Once back on Earth, Kal-El enlisted the help of Luthor, Metallo and the Parasite and defeated the Kryptonian criminal army sending Zod back to the Zone. Unfortunately, Christopher sacrificed his own freedom to save his adopted father and so, the child too is pulled back into the Prison. For now, it seems Zod and his partners are once again forever exiled to the Phantom Zone and that the world is safe from their tyranny.
Somehow, when this new Zod appeared, and perhaps in conjunction with the 52 new versions of Earth, all previous incarnations of Zod seemed to have vanished with no explanation and leaving no memory of their ever having been so now only the one true Zod remains, and his vow of vengeance on the son of he who had the General jailed is fully intact.
First Appearance (Pocket Universe): AOS #444 (Sept. 1988)
First Appearance (Return to Krypton): SUP #166 (March 2001)
First Appearance (as Pokolistan "General"): ACT #779 (Aug. 2001)
First Appearance (Kryptonian Zod in Phantom Zone): SUP #213 (March 2005)
First Appearance (General Zod in Phantom Zone): ACT #845 (Feb 2007)
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Miriam Sisson - Student Ambassador of People to People
Menifee resident, Miriam Sisson, was recently accepted into the Student Ambassador program of Peopl...
Menifee resident, Miriam Sisson, was recently accepted into the Student Ambassador program of People to People. This summer she will be representing Menifee, California, and the United States as she tours England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. She will have the opportunity to meet with a member of Parliament, volunteer in humanitarian project that provides peat moss to poor elderly to burn in their homes during the winter and a home stay with a UK family. She as raised about half of her $7500 goal and has several fundraisers scheduled in the coming week.
The People to People movement dates back more than half a century to its founding by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956. Eisenhower was acting on his firm belief that direct interaction between ordinary citizens around the world can promote cultural understanding and world peace. That proud legacy of hope lives on in People to People Ambassador Programs on seven continents.
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Rolling Stones lead singer Mick Jagger has inherited the entire estate of his late girlfriend L'Wren Scott. According to a report published by the Daily Mirror on March 26, 2014, the will was executed in New York state. Under New York state law, because Jagger is the sole heir of Scott's estate, he has also inherited her debts, which allegedly totaled about $6 million at the time of her death.
As previously reported, Scott (who was 49) committed suicide at her New York City apartment on March 17, 2014. She was found hanged from a doorknob. Scott was a fashion designer and former model who was Jagger's girlfriend since 2001.
On March 26, 2014, the Daily Mirror published some of the contents of Scott's will:
"I give all my jewelry, clothing, household furniture and furnishings, personal automobiles, and other tangible articles of a personal nature, or my interest in any such property, not otherwise specifically disposed of by this will or any other matter together with my insurance on the property, to Michael Philip Jagger. I give the rest and residue of my estate to my Michael Philip Jagger. Except if otherwise provided in this will, I have intentionally omitted to provide herein for any other my heirs living at the date of my death. The liabilities of this estate are unknown at this time."
The Daily Mirror did not report when the will was executed, but Scott's estate was valued at $9 million when the will was executed, according to the Daily Mirror.
Scott (who changed her named from Luanne Bambrough when she was a model) and her siblings Randy Bambrough and Jan Shane were adopted by Ivan and Lula Bambrough, who are now both deceased. Whatever the reasons were for Scott to leave out her siblings and other family members from her will are unclear, but she was close enough to her brother Randy Bambrough that he played a major role in organizing her funeral, which was held at Hollywood Forever Funeral Home in Los Angeles om March 25, 2014. Jagger and most of his children attended the funeral. A spokesperson for Jagger told Fox News that Rev. Ed Bacon of the All Saints Church in Pasadena, Calif., led the funeral service.
Scott lived with Jagger (who is 70) in New York, London and Paris. Before she met Jagger, Scott lived in Los Angeles for several years when she was a stylist. As previously reported, Jagger had been in Los Angeles for several days prior to the funeral to be involved in the funeral arrangements. There were reports that Scott's family wanted her to be buried in Utah, the state she lived in when she was a child. Many of her family members still live in Utah. However, the New York Daily News reported that Scott's body was cremated after the funeral.
The New York Post reported that Bambrough wanted Scott's funeral to take place in Los Angeles. Jagger and Bambrough were among those who read tributes to Scott at the funeral, according to Fox News. Scott's sister Jan Shane was reportedly banned from the funeral, wake and any memorial services. Shane had been estranged from Scott at the time of her death and had not spoken to her since 2008, the year that their mother died.
Shane also gave an interview with the Daily Mail (a British tabloid) shortly after Scott died. In the interview, Shane talked about Scott's relationship with Jagger and recent aspects of Scott's personal life. Given that Scott and Shane had not spoken to each other for six years, the tabloid interview was very inappropriate and Shane's credibility very dubious. Jan's husband, Ron Shane, told the New York Post: "Randy is trying to keep Jan from being able to attend any services."
[March 29, 2014 update: Jan Shane has announced to the media that Jagger gave her some Scott's ashes, which she says she plans to have buried in Utah. According to the Daily Mirror, Jane Shane said: "I want to thank, from the bottom of my heart, Mick's kind gesture. He was a huge part of her life and had a big hand in organizing the funeral, so it was thoughtful to make sure a part of her returned to her roots. It's pleasing to know her ashes will be buried next to Mom and Dad because L'Wren was so close to them. It's good to know I will be able to visit her grave. L'Wren and I never had any problems and it saddened me that I couldn't pay my final respects. Now, I will be able to in Utah."
According to Fox News, members of Jagger's family attended the funeral, including his two eldest children — daughters Karis (who is 44) and Jade (who is 42) — and Karis' children Mazie and Zak. Paparazzi photos have shown that Jagger's four children whom he with Jerry Hall — Elizabeth "Lizzy" (who is 30), James (who is 28), Georgia May (who is 22) and Gabriel (who is 16) — were with Jagger in Los Angeles for the funeral. Jagger's youngest child, Lucas (who is 14), lives with his mother, and there have been no photographs or reports that Lucas was at the funeral too.
Bernard Fowler (one of the Rolling Stones' backup singers) and former Eurythmics member Dave Stewart (who has worked with Jagger on numerous projects) performed "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" at the funeral. Other celebrities at the funeral included Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban, Bryan Adams and Ellen Barkin.
The Daily Mirror reported that the other members of the Rolling Stones did not attend the funeral to avoid the extra attention that would have happened if the entire band had been there.
An unnamed source told the Daily News: "You could tell Mick was nervous. It was very emotional. . . . The mood was somber throughout ... When Randy spoke about his sister, Mick was visibly upset." According to the New York Daily News, about 60 people attended the funeral, and Jagger "left quickly inside a black SUV once the service was done."
The Rolling Stones' "14 on Fire" tour dates in Australia and New Zealand have been postponed in the wake of Scott's death. The concerts were originally supposed to take place from March 19 to April 5, 2014, but the Rolling Stones are now looking into rescheduling the concerts to take place in October and November 2014. Michael Gudinski of Frontier Touring, which is the tour's promoter in Australia and New Zealand, told Billboard: '"Everyone is working very closely together, and it's looking very likely that the rescheduled dates for Australia/New Zealand will be October-November, 2014.
On March 19, 2014, Rolling Stones guitarists Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood and Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts issued statements about the tragic death of Scott.
These statements were posted on the official Rolling Stones website:
Keith Richards: "No-one saw this coming…Mick's always been my soul brother and we love him…we're thick as thieves and we're all feeling for the man…we really hate to disappoint our fans but we'll see everyone really soon."
Charlie Watts: "Needless to say we are all completely shocked but our first thought is to support Mick at this awful time. We intend to come back to Australia and New Zealand as soon as it proves possible."
Ronnie Wood: "This is such terrible news and right now the important thing is that we are all pulling together to offer Mick our support and help him through this sad time. Without a doubt we intend to be back out on that stage as soon as we can."
On March 18, 2014, Jagger made an official statement about Scott's death. This statement was posted on the Rolling Stones' official Facebook page:
"I am still struggling to understand how my lover and best friend could end her life in this tragic way. We spent many wonderful years together and had made a great life for ourselves. She had great presence and her talent was much admired, not least by me. I have been touched by the tributes that people have paid to her, and also the personal messages of support that I have received.
I will never forget her,
Less than two hours before she was found dead, Scott, texted an assistant and asked the assistant to come over to the apartment, according to the New York Daily News, which reported that Scott did not leave a suicide note but there were no signs that someone else killed her. On March 19, 2014, the New York Office of Chief Medical Examiner confirmed that Scott committed suicide.
Scott's self-titled fashion company was reportedly $6 million in debt. It is not known to the public if Scott asked Jagger for financial help.
One of Scott's friends, fashion critic Cathy Horyn, told the New York Times that friends of Scott "had been worried about her hours before she died. She was with friends on Sunday night [March 16, 2014]. They were deeply concerned about her but they didn't think she would do something so desperate. I learned since her death she was planning to close her business, with an announcement on Wednesday [March 19, 2014]."
Rolling Stones fans all over the world have been expressing their condolences on the Internet. The vast majority of fans have said that Jagger should take all the time off that he needs as he grieves for this tragic loss.
Only a very small minority of fans (usually people who have tickets to an upcoming Rolling Stones concert) have said that they are upset that they may miss out on a Rolling Stones concert because of the cost and inconvenience. These complainers have quickly been chastised by other fans for being insensitive to how the death of Scott is affecting her loved ones. Many fans also say that it wouldn't be right for Jagger to be pressured to do a Rolling Stones concert if he did not feel he was ready.
In March 2014, Rolling Stones began announcing concert dates for the European leg of their "14 on Fire" tour (including concerts in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Belgium), but dates on the tour could be changed due to the tragic death of Scott.
As previously reported, the Rolling Stones have announced that all of their "14 on Fire" concerts in Australia and New Zealand have been postponed to undetermined dates. The Rolling Stones' previous tour of Australia and New Zealand was in 2006, as part of their "A Bigger Bang" world tour.
It is believed that the Rolling Stones' concert in Oslo, Norway, on May 26, 2014, will be the first concert that the Rolling Stones will perform after Scott's death.
Here are the announced dates for the "14 on Fire" tour, which are now subject to change in the wake of Scott's death:
Feb. 21, 2014: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates -- Du Arena, Yas Island
Feb. 26, 2014: Tokyo -- Tokyo Dome
March 4, 2014: Tokyo -- Tokyo Dome
March 6, 2014: Tokyo -- Tokyo Dome
March 9, 2014: Cotai, Macau -- Cotai Arena
March 12, 2014: Shanghai -- Mercedes-Benz Arena
March 15, 2014: Singapore -- Marina Bay Sands Grand Ballroom
March 19, 2014: Perth, Australia -- Perth Arena*
March 22, 2014: Adelaide, Australia -- Oval*
March 25, 2014: Sydney -- Allphones Arena*
March 28, 2014: Melbourne, Australia -- Rod Laver Arena*
March 28, 2014: Macedon Ranges, Australia -- Hanging Rock*
April 2, 2014: Brisbane, Australia -- Entertainment Centre*
April 5, 2014: Auckland, New Zealand -- Mount Smart Stadium*
May 26, 2014: Oslo, Norway -- Telenor Arena
May 29, 2014: Lisbon, Portugal -- Rock in Rio Festival
June 1, 2014: Zurich -- Letzigrund Stadium
June 4, 2014: Tel Aviv, Israel -- HaYarkon Park
June 6, 2014: Paris -- Stade de France
June 7, 2014: Landgraaf, the Netherlands -- Pinkpop Festival
June 10, 2014: Berlin -- Waldbühne
June 16, 2014: Vienna -- Ernst Happel Stadium
June 19, 2014: Düsseldorf, Germany -- Esprit Arena
June 22, 2014: Rome -- Circus Maximus
June 25, 2014: Madrid -- Bernabeu Stadium
June 28, 2014: Werchter, Belgium -- TW Classic Festival
July 1, 2014: Stockholm -- Tele2 Arena
July 3, 2014: Roskilde, Denmark-- Roskilde Festival
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looks similar to june 15; had a trend BO near 1090 w big candle, fews days sideways, spike to 1130 and reverse
Bonds are always right. But neither is a buy either. I wouldnt sell the Bonds for the Armageddon Trade.. who knows what leurks out there?
If we close above 1090 it's not going to make a lot of difference in the short term. Up volume is running 10-1 over down volume.
may not like it or understand it, but one cant ignore the trend break;
SSO and SPY vol is very low however
what happened to those big put buyers yesterday - shoulda waited til today - I'm looking
This is totally insane. Stress tests here in Europe? Fuck them. Let BCE stops giving money to banks and they don´t survive? This is the true stress test... sick and tired of lies.
Man, you sound like me. Fuck them is right and yeah, I'm fucking sick of these lies as well.
Heres the thing, none of us can ever remember a time when the market behaved like this. Ramping on total shit news. Obviously, something is not right. The markets have been taken over. I'm starting to get the strange feeling that the Obama admin mandated to whom ever: don't let these markets fall and that mandate is being carried out.
Question is, what stops these bastards? What stops these manipulative games? Eventually, who ever is doing this is going to make a misatke. Humans do. When this fucker cracks it should blow right out to the downside.
Can they keep doing this forever?
"Can they keep doing this forever?"
Well, duh.
Probably, and at least until they've spent all our (and our children's) money.
"But always—do not forget this Winston—always there will be the intoxication of power, constantly increasing and constantly growing subtler. Always, at every moment, there will be the thrill of victory, the sensation of trampling on an enemy who is helpless. If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever."
Obama's poll numbers are bad, real bad. It's 3 months till the November elections. You know they are going to try like hell to jam this market higher.
Then they can say look folks things are getting better just look at the Dow. Mark my words, I saw the same thing in 2006 when the Republicans help all the power. The jammed the market up and the Republicans still lost. Americaans are not fooled so eay anymore after two bubbles and two market crashes in the past decade.
could the feds be running up the es/spx/spy's to give some room for a major fall after the results of europe's stress test/manipulation are revealed??
doubt it; we already know the results will be fabulous
As I watched the orders flow in today the thought crossed my mind. I wouldn't be suprprised. The media loves to talk the futures up in the AM so this this is a simple way for the Fed to manipulate the market. I mean seriously, ALMOST NO VOLUME! Money is now flowing out of stocks that had major volume run ups early in AM trading. Something here is bullshit.
Should I sell my ES now or hope for some sort of recovery before midnight? I shorted it on the advice of oil traders blog and like a fool in a rush I didn't put a stop loss so now I'm fucked. I just wanna get some of that money back... Any suggestions? I'm fairly new to futures. I understand them but I haven't watched or traded them enough to get a feel for how they move. So if anyone wants to give me a tip I'm all ears!
Only tip I can give ya is to never punt naked.
Yes Eric your correct, the index futures float higher overnight simply by pulling the offers the tap it with a one lot. I have sat up and watched this. Your soon learn how rigged the index futures are.
damn. I can see what u mean about them rigged. I've been watching the ES all day long. I can't believe the bullshit. But it seems to be pulling back. I guess what I was wondering is before the index futures float higher overnight, do they often pull back after the market closes? Like maybe pull back for the first few hours of Asian market trading and then move back up?
politicans have decided to save the TBTF institutions at all costs even while rome burns.
have to wonder if ben was not upset at the market's reaction to his testimony yesterday and, he wasnt about to allow a repeat;
we have a) a booming recovery, and b) unusual uncertainty. LOL; anyone trys that in the real world and they would be tomatoed
Looks like they are trying a final ramp into the market close. Must be really bad news coming down the pike for this level of manipulation.
Yep, always a manipu-rally to keep us above the "oh-Fak-n-crimony" level. We get these ridiculous rallies on fantasy, to be taking down slightly on really bad news - and call the whole thing a wash... Until we can weigh what's really going on, the brainwash continues. I'm holding some dogs from back in the day - but if they ever turn into the black, I'm out, will invest in family and friends and never look back.
I heard a guest on CNB-Crap say that we know all the bad events on the horizon and that it's ALL PRICED IN, so there's a great chance for UPSIDE surprises... He couldn't say what those might be, by the way. So we have Black Swans vs. Fairy Feathers on Unicorn Whithers..
Did someone just fart?
I agree everything is distorted, volume again is very light. But we have 20 minutes left so I'm sure Goldman and JPM are passing 50k block in SPY back and forth to gin up the volume. Gotta make it look real.
Someone just got nervous. DOW dropped 50 points in a few minutes. Do I hear air seeping out of a balloon? Or is that the BP leak?
Straight up and straight down, no retracement. This truly sucks big time. Gap up gap down, complete lack of liquidity.
The Fed balance sheet will soon start to shrink as the mortgages in their MBS start to refi, and they are FINALLY done with the MBS purchases (4 months after the fact - great MBS trading, Fed).
Look out below once that money starts getting sucked out of the system.
This first and last 30 minutes of the day are turning into bullshit. It really does remind me of 2008
thats funny....i said the same thing to someone today. Just like july 2008 all over......
I watched the AUDJPY fall then the SPX go with it. It was odd once the SPX broke bleow 1090, suddenly I see the AUDJPY get pumped and sure enough the SPX followed a couple of min later.
All the evidence for market manipulation is circumstantial, but there's a lot of it. So, IF you could manipulate the market, and IF (just if) you wanted to postpone the inevitable tumble, how might you engineer it? How about prod the technical traders with violated trend?
He's just speculating (as in, imagining constrained by facts), but it's insightful stuff.
The AUD/JPY pair has gone batty in the last 20min with truckwide 6 pip sprds. There is a war going on and the SPYs are only the proxy. Appearances WILL be kept up at all costs until they are no longer necessary. Carry on.
AD, any chance you could provide a chart? Thanks!
Didn't screen shot it since I was "working" but will grab it next time. Volatility remains high in the pair with 30 sec 10 pip moves in either direction being fairly common. Makes one feel like they just dropped that bar of soap while in the Fed Pen shower.
That drop into the close was to raise the volume. We sat in a .30% range for 5 hours. Yes folks this market is being run by a few, the NY Fed is the ring leader.
it is truly amazing to see what theswe fellows can do when they put their mind to it " don't fight the fed"
Given that Treasuries are being heavily purchased by the "UK", thereby driving the yields down, are yields giving a false signal?
Normally if you wanted to buy the stock market then 1 contract on the stock market would be 1 x $50 x 1067 = $53,350 So, what people do in the carry trade is borrow $53,350 in yen, convert it to dollars and buy the stocks. So, they would borrow 53,350 x 87yen = 4,641,450 yen. The correlations in the markets are closely linked to AUDJPY and EURJPY. So, If I wanted to hedge by selling the stock market and buying the FX pair would I then convert the 4,641,450 yen into AUD to work out how much to buy? 4,641,450 / 76.5 = AUD60,672 Since 1 lot = 100,000 units, this would be 1 contract on the ES to 0.6 FX lots. Is this calculation correct? Similar principle for bonds above.
Now to complicate things, how do I do the same calculation when wanting to do this on a spread betting platform?


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COLUMBIA, Mo. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Torn cartilage in the knee can be painful and often times difficult to repair, but a new device is helping those hard to treat tears heal themselves.
Tackling, pivoting, cutting. Playing college football is hard on the body. Starting right guard, number 78, Kurtis Gregory, knows that all too well.
"My rear end hit the floor and I just kinda felt something that didn't seem right," Gregory told Ivanhoe.
Gregory tore his meniscus -- the cushion of cartilage in the knee that provides padding and stability to the joint.
"Once the meniscus is torn, unless it's repaired anatomically you will have altered function in the knee," Steve Kane, M.D., chief of orthopedic sports medicine at the University of Missouri School of Medicine in Columbia, Mo., told Ivanhoe.
"I couldn't even walk to practice," Gregory said.
Torn menisci are often difficult to repair or irreparable and removed -- resulting in joint pain that can lead to arthritis. But now researchers have found a way to help torn menisci heal themselves. Doctor Jimi Cook -- a veterinarian -- has been testing a new device -- called a BioDuct -- in some furry knees.
"Dogs knees and human knees are really comparable both in the problem that occurs and the way that we treat them," Jimi Cook, DVM, Ph.D., director of the Comparative Orthopaedic Laboratory at the University of Missouri, told Ivanhoe.
Together, Dr. Cook and Dr. Kane conducted research that lead to the FDA approval of BioDuct in humans. BioDuct works by acting as tunnel to transport cells and blood from the vascular outer part of a meniscus to the site of the tear, which doesn't receive blood flow.
"We're actually kind of plumbing the meniscus. The cells and the blood supply to allow them to heal is just not there in that tissue, so this device actually bring that in a directed manner," Dr. Cook said.
The device is implanted arthroscopically and is bioabsorbable, so it doesn't need to be removed. With adequate blood supply, a meniscus tear can heal itself completely in less than 12 weeks -- getting everyone back on their feet pain free!
Dr. Kane says the BioDuct is ready to be used to treat human meniscus tears and will be widely available within the next few months.
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For example, part of the Wing Tsun motto states: "Stay with what comes…" referring to the theory that as an attack enters your space, you attach your attacking (or deflecting) limb to it. Touch is much more reactive than sight. Attaching allows the WT practitioner to feel the intensions of their opponent while simultaneously monitoring the position of the attacking limb.
Taken outside the martial context, "staying with what comes" can be utilized as follows: Life, it seems, sometimes moves us in is a certain direction. While it may take us where we don't really want to go, we need to understand that we will be going anyway so why not make the best of it. Resistance is futile but staying with what comes will allow the student to become aware of the possible intent of the situation or to put it into more familiar terms, it allows the student to "put their finger on the pulse of the situation" giving them further insight into the situation. Embracing destiny also gives a morale advantage as fighting a loosing battle quickly loses purpose.
Our country is currently recovering from a disruption of balance of epic proportions. Many think we may very well hit bottom soon (not so bad when you already don't have far to fall). Stay with what comes, embrace your situation. How can you take your situation and turn it to an advantage? If things start to get worse you can deduce that you are not headed in the right direction and you must return to a more stable starting point and try again. Sooner or later a path that shows promise will emerge and you'll be back on track again.


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I'm just curious to know how many mommas have turned your LO car seats to forward facing?
Front Facing....
According to this hospital, it is 71% safer to rear face:
That is not just internal decapatation... but just in general...
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If you care enough about your kids to child proof your home, then why not child proof the car too? No, it's not a guarantee, but it's a safeguard, just like outlet protectors and cabinet locks. Duh!
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The American Association of Pediatrics states:
"New research has found children are safer in rear-facing car seats. A 2007 study in the journal Injury Prevention showed that children under age 2 are 75 percent less likely to die or be severely injured in a crash if they are riding rear-facing."
So that is 75% safer.
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www.healthychildren.org/English/saf... The recomendation has changed to:
All infants and toddlers should ride in a Rear-Facing Car Seat until they are 2 years of age or until they reach the highest weight or height allowed by their car safety seat's manufacturer.
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You asked for statistics and information, I hope this helps :)
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"It's a horrible term, but EMTs call the rear-facing seat 'the orphan seat'' because in a bad accident, that child is often the only one who survives."
— Alisa Baer, a pediatrician at Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital in New York, in The New York Times.
Oh and my kids are fat and tall. At 2.5 years old, I think I might have to turn my son soon... I am hoping to make it to 3, but he is outgrowing the height, and about 2 pounds away from the weight. I am worried he will not like forward facing because he likes to put his feet ont he back of the seat.
I have never forward faced him. So he doesn't really know whether he doesn't like it or not. because he has nothing to compare it to.
"oh I like... better" you like what better? nothing. because u don't know anything else.
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My now 10 yo dd screamed godforsaken bloody murder every time she was in the car. She screamed until she stopped breathing, until she vomitted and choked on it. She just screamed. It was unrelenting. It was terrifying. It was one of the worst things i've ever been through as a parent. It was every single time we were in the car, be it 5 minutes or 45, she screamed.
There was no ERF back then and we waited until she was 1 and 20 lbs and turned her ff and it stopped instantly. She never once screamed or cried in the car again.
I've heard of a few other "car screamers" over the years, and until you've had one you just don't know how bad it really is. And trust me it's about 10000x WORSE than it sounds. It drove me to the point and nearly having a breakdown everytime we were in the car.
Thank God my current baby will not scream if someone is sitting with her so we won't have any issues ERF.
But yes, there are a few kids out there that do not tolerate RF, much less, ERF. Be thankful if you've never had one.
Don't get me wrong, i'm all for ERF. I'm also for not losing my mind and crashing into a tree b/c my baby won't stop screaming.
I do however believe that whatever it is that causes the "car screaming sydrome" is rare and not at all typical of most RF babies, but it does happen.
My son and daughter have both screamed on a regular basis. My daughter until she was choking, my son until he threw up. But I did things and sang things and gave them things until we found what made it stop. Sometimes they both still do it. And I deal with it as it comes. So yeah, I do know exactly what ur talking about. My son, when having a meltdown, can last for hours. Screaming until he is covered in spit and drool and snot and sweat because he is so overwhelmed with screaming he puts his whole body into it.
But in a car crash, he will be safer rear facing. So like I said... a sippy, a blanky, a cookie. On a daily basis I sing ABCs about 100 times on loop, because it calms my daughter and I have to drive round trip to take care of my mom with my daughter in the car. It is about an hour drive each way.
And sometimes I have to pull over.
And sometimes I give them a cookie.
I figure it out.
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February 2014 is the fifth annual Women in Horror Month (WiHM), an initiative designed to celebrate the achievements of women in all aspects of the horror genre, including music, film, and literature. Many of the women who create works in the genre are from here in the Bay Area, like the prolific and talented novelist Emerian Rich.
"Women in Horror Month is awesome because women who write horror are rarely celebrated," says Rich. "It's kind of a men's world that we write in. We need all the exposure we can get. Us evil-minded women need to stick together."
Rich, a long-time Bay Area resident, and graduate of San Francisco's Fashion Institute, is author of Knight's Nights, Artistic License, and other titles in the horror and romance genres. She has been involved in the literary horror scene for close to twenty years, and established Dark Lives magazine in 1997. The magazine went out of publication in 2007, but she has continued her mission of support for other writers as the Horror Hostess for the regular podcasts produced by HorrorAddicts.net, a very popular online horror magazine.
"The Bay Area has a lot of offer writers in form of conventions, events, and meet-ups, but sometimes it's difficult to find people who write the same sort of genre you do," says Rich. "At meetups, I often meet non-fiction or Science Fiction writers. The biggest congregation of horror writers I can find is online. I'd love to find something in this area where horror is the mainstay."
As a woman writing in a genre that remains male dominated, Rich feels an obligation to her reading public to depict female characters that are not merely victims, but are invested with the strength to overcome the adversity they face, adversity that is such an earmark of the horror genre.
"I try to show strong women in my work. Sometimes my women have been beaten down or abused or even killed, but they always struggle to get back up and make things right," said Rich. "It's important to teach the next generation out there to stick up for themselves and fiction is a great way to influence them. I want my readers to feel empowered by my work. I want them to finish the books and say, 'Hey, I might be down right now, but I'm not out. Just watch me come back and fight. I will prevail!' "


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The sociology of law treats law as a social institution. In contrast to legal formalist approaches that assume the impartiality and autonomy of law, or jurisprudential approaches that examine the morality of law, sociological studies of law examine the relation of legal institutions and actors to social structure. This seminar will cover classic and contemporary works that address the capacity of law to produce social change; the relation of law to inequality; the social construction of disputes and dispute resolution; organizations and law; legal pluralism; legal consciousness; and social movements and law. Graduate students in all disciplines are welcome.
This course may satisfy the Writing Requirement.
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Course Category: Jurisprudence and Social Policy (JSP)
This course is cross-listed in the following categories:
Law and Society
Public Law and Policy
First Assignment
First Assignment
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A reader will be used in this class.
Required Books are in blue
- Rights at work
Michael W. McCann
Publisher: Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, 1994.
Copyright Date: To Be Determined
Price: $58.41
Price Source: bookbyte
- The hollow hope
Gerald N. Rosenberg
Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Copyright Date: To Be Determined
Price: 27.11
Price Source: textbookx