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Morning MoneyBeat Asia: Russia Extends Reach in Crimea
Market Snap: At the New York close on Friday, for the month of February: S&P 500 up 4.3% at 1859.45. DJIA up 4% at 16321.71. Nasdaq Comp up 5% at 4308.12. Treasury yields fell; 10-year at 2.660%. Nymex crude oil up 5.2% at $102.59. Gold up 6.6% at $1,321.40/ounce.
How We Got Here: February was the revenge of the dip-buyers. After a dank January, U.S. stocks surged in February, with the Dow putting its best performance (largest point and percentage gain) since January 2013. With the S&P 500 at a fresh record high, the bulls seem to have retaken the reins here (albeit, the index is up a scant 0.6% on the year).
But the last session was a wild one. The Dow rose early on Friday, despite a fourth-quarter GDP report that was marked lower. After setting a new record on the S&P 500, equities looked like they'd been flung by a slingshot.
"Reaching new S&P closing high removed a primary bear caution," UBS's Art Cashin wrote in a mid-afternoon note on Friday. "Today, there looks to be a modicum of short covering in a thin market. Little to no resistance."
The momentum died in the afternoon, around the same time headlines hit that Russian troops had taken over two airports in Crimea. That ratcheted up the geopolitical pressure, and the Dow, which had been up 126, tumbled into the red before recovering to finish modestly higher.
Coming Up: Russia has taken control of the Crimean peninsula in Ukraine and appears to be preparing to occupy the territory, a senior Obama administration official said Sunday. Safe-haven currencies like the yen and the U.S. dollar are benefiting early in Asia as markets remain focused on events in Ukraine.
Investors will also be reacting Monday to China's official February manufacturing data. Released over the weekend, it came in with a reading of 50.2. Economists polled by the Wall Street Journal on average expected a reading of 50.1, just above the line that separates expansion from contraction. A preliminary gauge released earlier this month by HSBC indicated activity had dropped to a seven-month low, catching investors off guard and adding to China growth fears.
From The Wall Street Journal
Ukraine on 'Brink of Disaster': Arseniy Yatsenyuk said that Ukraine was "on the brink of disaster" and personally blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for bringing the two nations to the verge of war.
Putin Takes Economic Risk in Ukraine: Despite the threat of large economic fallout, it's unclear whether the threat of boycotts or sanctions would be enough to prevent Russia from further military action in Ukraine.
West Split on Response to Russia: Western governments appeared split over how to react to Moscow's military intervention in Ukraine in what could be the worst breach in East-West relations since the Cold War.
Shaken EU Seeks Response to Russia: Russia's military intervention in Ukraine rattled European leaders who strained Sunday to forge a common strategy capable of persuading Moscow to reverse course.
U.K. Nears Rules on Taxing Bitcoin: The U.K.'s tax authority is near to issuing rules that would treat bitcoin and other virtual currencies much like regular money.
Taqa Group to Buy Indian Power Plants for $1.6 Billion: A consortium led by United Arab Emirates' Abu Dhabi National Energy will buy two hydroelectric power plants from India's Jaypee Group for $1.6 billion, in the latest example of Indian firms unloading assets due to tough times.
China's Greenland to Invest in Malaysia: State-owned conglomerate Greenland Holding Group said Sunday it plans to invest 20 billion yuan ($3.25 billion) in two property projects in Malaysia, the latest Chinese developer to expand in the Southeast Asian country.
Citi Employee at Unit in Mexico Questioned: Mexican police questioned a Citigroup employee suspected of participating in the alleged theft of $400 million from the bank.
Winton Capital Plans Expansion Drive: Winton Capital, Europe's fourth-largest hedge-fund company, plans to hire up to 100 employees this year, part of an expansion that includes starting five funds and opening offices in New York, Tokyo and Sydney.
Merger Match? Uniqlo, J. Crew: The owners of J. Crew Group Inc. are in talks to sell the clothing retailer to Japan's Fast Retailing Co. for as much as $5 billion, a deal that would help the Asian company fulfill its ambition of becoming a global retailing powerhouse.
From MoneyBeat
No Signs of Stock Froth in the Tea Leaves: The big question on investors' minds now is a simple, if scary, one: Is the stock market topping out?
Emerging Markets Look Appetizing…Again: If history is any guide, emerging-market stocks will end up a bargain again for investors with the guts to buy against the grain.
Four Long-Term Investing Tips From Warren Buffett: Earlier this week ahead of the release of his highly-anticipated annual letter to shareholders Saturday, Warren Buffett released an excerpt on Fortune that gives investors four long-term investing tips.
Silver Lake's Egon Durban Says PayPal Should Stay With eBay: Another member of the Silicon Valley hierarchy is backing eBay Inc.'s management in the fight against Carl Icahn. Silver Lake Managing Partner Egon Durban, the man who led the private-equity firm's deal to buy the majority of Skype from eBay, said he believes PayPal would be better off under the management and board of eBay.
U.S. Bankruptcy Courts Could Offer Relief to Troubled Mt. Gox: The troubles that spurred Mt. Gox to file for bankruptcy in Japan on Friday could also lead the troubled bitcoin exchange to seek the protection of a U.S. court, bankruptcy experts say.


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Australian minister bluntly tells asylum seekers to leave
'You will not be resettled in Australia, you will never live in Australia'
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Extraordinary film footage has emerged of Australian immigration minister Scott Morrison directly threatening asylum seekers detained in Australia's offshore detention centres in Papua New Guinea and Nauru to return to the countries they have fled from or spend a "very, very long time" in detention.
The footage, obtained by Guardian Australia, shows the immigration minister staring down the lens of a camera and telling asylum seekers in a pre-recorded message: "There are new rules in place under this government so I urge you to think carefully about your next decision and to make a decision to get on with the rest of your life and to not remain here and take the option to go back to the country from which you've originally come."
To see the video message, click here
It is further evidence of the concerted attempts by Australia's right-wing Coalition government to coerce asylum seekers to return and follows news published by Fairfax newspapers that some are being offered an increased repatriation incentive of $10,000.
Australia is a signatory to the Refugee Convention, of which non-refoulement – the rule of not returning asylum seekers to persecution – is a core principle.
Before urging asylum seekers to return, Morrison warns: "If you choose not to go home then you will spend a very, very long time here and so I urge you to think carefully about that decision and make a decision to get on with the rest of your life."
Guardian Australia understands the video message was recorded in early September, soon after the Coalition government gained power, but was never shown to asylum seekers.
At this point asylum seekers from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia and other war-torn countries were detained on Manus and Nauru.
Uncertainty over processing times has been identified as a key factor leading up to the unrest in the Manus centre which left one Iranian asylum seeker, Reza Barati, dead and dozens injured. Morrison has used numerous media appearances to argue that processing of asylum claims is being done in a timely manner.
Guardian Australia has previously revealed how Syrian asylum seekers on Manus were offered repatriation despite articulating fears of certain death if returned, which Human Rights Watch say is in contravention of international law.
The video message is understood to have been recorded before Morrison visited Manus in late September, where he directly addressed some detained asylum seekers, telling them they would never be resettled in Australia under the government's hardline "PNG solution", which sees all asylum seekers who arrive by boat processed and resettled offshore.
Full Story: Morrison: asylum seekers should go home or face 'very, very long' detention
Source: The Guardian
Abu Sayyaf frees Filipino kidnap victim in Sulu
Marites Flor, a Filipino woman, was kidnapped with two Canadians and a Norwegian in September
Vatican responds to speculation on Bishop Ma's recant
Vatican spokesman treads lightly in response to events occurring inside China
Muslims targeted in Myanmar again
Villagers in Bago Division destroyed parts of a mosque, a madrassa and some houses following an argument
Caritas Bangladesh gets new executive director
Francis Atul Sarker vows to boost Caritas services for more people
Church, activists fear reimposition of death penalty
Reintroduction will see many innocent and poor people executed in the Philippines, they say

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Inventory is the amount of goods available for sale carried on the balance sheet.
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In the vernacular, so to speak, inventory are the gadgets and gizmos sitting on retail shelves or the food sitting in the freezers, fridges, and shelves of the back rooms and kitchen of a restaurant. Physical objects.
For accountants, it's slightly different. (Isn't it always?) And for investors, it's important to track because it is tied directly to the cost of goods sold expense line on the income statement, and thus is tied directly into net income.
Inventory on the balance sheet is the cumulative, unused cost for the items sitting on shelves and in freezers. The actual amount paid for the items actually sitting on the shelves is not what is carried on the balance sheet. The amount on the balance sheet depends on what accounting policy the company follows. This is tied into calculating cost of goods sold (COGS).
Under first-in, first-out (FIFO), the cost of the inventory purchased first is the cost that is used first in COGS. In a time of rising prices (which is usual, thanks to inflation), COGS is lower and inventory is higher, as the most expensive (last purchased) remain on the books at the end of the reporting period.
Under last-in, first-out (LIFO), the cost of the inventory purchased last is used first in COGS. This is the opposite of FIFO, so inventory is lower, but COGS is higher.
Inventory can also be tracked by actual cost, so COGS is the actual cost of the items sold. However, for large inventories, this is very cumbersome and impractical.
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Dude lost his cool during the game. He was yelling at his linemen. He was knocked down often, and more often than not, he popped up and started jawing with whomever was within earshot. And who can blame him as Miami's defense perplexed him? He had a QB rating like Jay Fiedler, and now stands at 2-4 all time in Miami.
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The Dancing With the Stars contestants are going to be fun to watch this season. Watching the big reveal on Tuesday morning on Good Morning America there was some excitement in the air. Viewers got the chance to see some big celebrities and some contestants that could offer a great season. And there were a few questionable people too. According to USA Today on Tuesday, the fans are delighted to see the new faces of the ballroom.
Sometimes the word celebrity is stretched. And that is really obvious this year on DWTS. The awkward rush to search online has everyone wondering who is Diana Nyad as she isn't known in pop culture or Hollywood. She is an accomplished athlete, a distinguished journalist, and probably a pretty sweet lady (judging from her interviews on CNN.) Is she a celebrity? Nope. Nada. Absolutely not. Not even close.
Who is Diana Nyad? Diana Nyad is an American author, motivational speaker, and world record long-distance swimmer. She first gained attention for her swim in 1975 when she swam around Manhattan. In 2013, on her fifth attempt and at age 64, she became the first person confirmed to swim from Cuba to Florida without the aid of a shark cage, swimming from Havana to Key West.
While some viewers might appreciate the positive vibes that Nyad brings to the ballroom, even she has to be aware that she isn't a celebrity compared to Drew Carey or even Charlie White. It's such a drastic difference that her battle on this show is going to be tough.
As for Dancing With the Stars, it's nice to see they picked someone who is different than the typical cast, but viewers have to question why they didn't find a celebrity swimmer like Michael Phelps or someone who has real star power.


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In a study published in the June 29 issue of Cell, Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers describe the strong link between ciliary signaling and cancer, and identify what is responsible for dismantling the cell's antenna.
"Many cancers arise from defects in cellular signaling systems, and we think we have just identified a really exciting signaling connection," Fox Chase Cancer Center molecular biologist Erica A. Golemis, Ph.D. comments. Dr. Golemis' team found that two proteins with important roles in cancer progression and metastasis, HEF1 and Aurora A, play a part in controlling the temporary disappearance of cilia during normal cell division by turning on a third protein, HDAC6. This action causes the cilia to be dismantled in an untimely way.
Dr. Golemis has been studying HEF1 for over a decade, since she first identified the gene. She found that HEF1 has a role in controlling normal cell movement and tumor cell invasion. Dr. Golemis' laboratory has also shown that Aurora A and HEF1 interact to initiate mitosis during cell division.
In 2006, excessive production of HEF1 (also known as NEDD9) was found to drive metastasis in over one-third of human melanomas, while HEF1 signaling also contributes to glioblastomas, according to the scientists.
Experiments leading to the new research showed that "small-molecule inhibitors of Aurora A and HDAC6 selectively stabilize cilia," the authors conclude, "suggesting a novel mode of action for these clinical agents." Clinical trials of such inhibitors have already begun.
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The act of deficating into a loved ones naval.
Last night Rodger's mom asked me to give her a plop tart. I obliged.
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Matt Rodriguez made it back more than 40 years ago from Vietnam, where he worked as a crew chief on a chopper. After he returned to the States in 1970, he began a 30-year career with General Motors in the tool and dye department. That's when he also started his long love affair with Corvettes,
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There are some people who have been blessed with the do-it-yourself gene and then there's Corvette Forum member "Mewn" who has taken the art of custom fabrication to a new level. Mewn's 1981 Corvette was already a head turner with its huge high-rise 505 big block sticking out of the custom hood. Mewn had been


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The Puyallup Public Library will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the dedication of the original 1913 Carnegie Library Building with a day full of fun, literature, and history. During the evening open house, the Library Foundation will seek donations to match a $12,000 grant from Jerry Korum to create online access to the collection housed in the library's local history room.
Events planned for the open house include:
Meet and have books signed by local authors and illustrators, including Bonny Becker, Laura McGee Kvasnosky, Suzanne Selfors, and others.
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Homicide detectives probing Chris Henry life-threatening injuries
CHARLOTTE, NC. – (Update) Homicide detectives are conducting an investigation into the life-threatening injuries received by Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chris Henry who fell off the back of a pickup truck he had clambered on to while his girlfriend was driving away.
Henry is in critical condition in hospital and police said they found him seriously injured and laying on the road.
"Detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Homicide Unit and H.I.T.S. unit are conducting an investigation at 1135 Oakdale Road," said a police statement given to the media.
"The call for service came in just before noon on Wednesday, December 16, 2009. The victim involved in this case has been identified as Chris Henry, DOB 05/17/1983. Mr. Henry is an NFL player with the Cincinnati Bengals," said the Charlotte Police media relations office.
"North Division officers responded to an assist medic call in reference to a person down in the area of the 1100 block of Oakdale Road. When officers arrived, they found Mr. Henry in the road, apparently suffering life threatening injuries," said the statement.
"Medic transported the victim to Carolinas Medical Center-Main where he is receiving treatment for his injuries. Based on information gathered at the scene, a domestic situation began at 840 Peachtree Road," the statement added.
"His fiancé got into a pickup truck and drove away from the residence. As she was driving away Mr. Henry jumped into the bed of the truck. The domestic situation continued between the operator and Mr. Henry. At some point while she was driving, Mr. Henry came out of the back of the vehicle.
"Detectives with the Homicide Unit and H.I.T.S. Unit are on scene conducting the investigation. Crime Scene Search is on scene as well, photographing the scene and collecting physical evidence."
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call 704-432-TIPS and speak directly to a Homicide Unit. Detective N. McKee is the lead detective assigned to the case. In addition, you may also call Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600.
The Bengals website carried a brief report on the life-threatening injury.
"Henry, who has been on injured reserve since Nov. 9 with a dislocated forearm, is in the city of his fiance's parents. The couple is planning to get married in March," said the website report.
"It was tough news to hear for a team that has watched Henry re-build his life and career in a three-year climb from a series of off-field problem. He was on the sidelines at Paul Brown Stadium back on Dec. 6 when the Bengals beat Lions, 23-13," said Bengals report on the injuries.
"Chris is Chris. He's personable with his guys, but quiet," Andrew Whitworth said Wednesday night, according to the Bengal's player quoted on the team site.
"You could tell he missed being out there with us. He was supportive. He's a big part of what we are. I really admire how he carries himself, how he's changed his life, and how he's made his career his passion. That's what this team has done. He's one of the guys that has helped give this team that attitude. We're worried about him and praying for him," said Whitworth.
"Bengals public relations director Jack Brennan said Wednesday night that head coach Marvin Lewis is extremely concerned but didn't feel it was appropriate to comment," the website report added.
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JWC TO HELEN WELSH ; 6 May 1852; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18520506-JWC-HW-01; CL 27: 104-106
Thursday [6 May? 1852]
Dearest Helen
I cannot bear that you should think me slow in answering your kind and I cannot tell you how welcome letter—so I sit down to write just risen out of my bed, and holding my face with one hand; being in severe pain with the faceach— It is four or five days that I have been in and out of bed, kneeling before chairs, walking desperately about the room, trying all ways of bearing this gnawing pain which prevents me from either eating or sleeping— Lady Airlie (Blanche Stanley whom you remember) made me go with her last Friday to Camden town in an open carriage to call for Miss Mulock the Authoress of the Oglvies, Head of the Family &c1—from whom the romantic and not very wise young Countess had taken it into her head she could extract "the secret of the Universe"! Miss Mulock was much amused seemingly at this aristocratic vagary, looked down on the Lady Airlie who like all romantic women had chosen to sit on "a low seat" beside her, with an expression of humourous condescension! and answered her questions as if she had been some precocious child! I keeping silence till Blanche got on the subject of "Husband[s]2 who have married women of superior minds to there own"—and then I told Miss Mulock "not to let that young Lady talk nonsense about her husband to her—that her Husband was quite a different person from what she led people to suppose"!!! "Let us hear" said Blanche quite goodhumouredly—"do tell us what he is!!!" "He is young and handsome and gentlemanly" I said—is very unpresuming, very affectionate looking, very silent and shy—but what he does say is sensible!" "Dear me interrupted Blanche I shall tell him all that—he will be quite pleased!" Did you ever hear of such a foolish creature?
On the way home she put her arm round my neck and begged me "not to be angry"—that she "didn't mean to speak against Airlie—only against the Sportsman class generally"! But I can give you no idea of her indiscretion nor of the charm of beauty and childlikeness that makes one always pardon her— What we have to do with her here is as the involuntary cause of all this pain in my face—and teeth—
I shivered all the way home and in the course of the night awoke wild—and have been going on more or less wild ever since—obliged to give up a great party at Bath house last night—but that was the compensation rather than a sacrifice—
Indeed dear Helen I was heartily glad to see your clear, Lady like, handwriting on the back of a letter to me again and very grateful to you for writing at such length tho you were quite mistaken if you made a point of saying next to nothing about your health from the idea that anything else could be more interesting to me— Understand this another time—that what you think and feel about yourself, if it do yourself no harm to write it, is just what I should like best to read, and sometimes it does one good to speak ones inmost feelings—tho oftenest harm I believe—
The German scheme is lying quiet only now and then such phrases as "it will do till we go to Germany" "When we go to Germany we will &c" strikes a sudden terror into my mind— For a little while well and good—but for a whole year to have nothing to fall back upon under his and my own gloom! Mercy that will be awful!—
Geraldine desired me to tell you "how very sorry she was to hear of your having been so ill again"— I hear from her but seldom at present, she has been in one of her perverse phases. which however is passing3— "The fact is I believe" (as Darwin said the other day when I complained of some man being grown disagreeable) "The fact is I believe we are all getting rather old!"— And the wind has also been very long in the east—and that I observe makes everybody quarrelsome—
I have been in rather intimate relations with the Sketchleys lately—Pen was very officious in seeking superfluous charwomen after I had suited myself in Helps—and now Ann being found equal to the Work I have made over my little girl4 to them—until they get a grown servant—they had been without a servant or anything instead for ten days—had parted with the large woman because "she lied," and "was curious," and "read novels"— Pen is painting she says to order at a great rate—but the fact is dear Helen, these people live on their—"difficulties"—their difficulties are all their "visible means"— Penny is kissing-kind with me just now and has asked as a favour that I would sit to her! she "wishes to give me my own picture as a proof of her gratitude"— I shall sit because if the picture has a shadow of resemblance it will be a great Heavensending5 to the Countess von Reichenbach
Ann is much more effective and obliging than for long before she went away and will do quite well "until we go to Germany" Especially as I know now of an adorable cook to assist whenever I want her—the woman who was with me daily at dinner time and whom I got quite fond of—as for Mr Carlyle he will lament her loss I think all the rest of his life
Good by now dearest Helen and dont forget the position in which I have had to write this letter; that you may excuse the illegibility and stupidity— Write soon again like a Dear
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A surprising statistic - according to the Missouri Department of Health, roughly one in every eleven adults in the Kansas City area has diabetes. With numbers like that, it's almost impossible that the average Kansas Citian can get through the day without coming in contact with at least one person with diabetes, and probably several.
But what do we know about helping someone with diabetes? For most of us, that answer is, "Not much." Most of know little more than we've picked up from watching television or movies, which are not always reliable sources of information.
Author and passionate diabetes advocate Cherie Burbach has brought her down-to-earth style to the topic withi her book 21 Simple Things You Can Do To Help Someone With Diabetes. She stopped in today at Examiner.com on her virtual book tour to talk about things that you can do locally.
Easy Ways to Get Involved in the Fight Against Diabetes
Think being a diabetes advocate is difficult? No way. There are plenty of simple things you can do to help in the fight for a cure. Here are just a few.
Make a Donation
Don't think that you have to give a lot to make an impact. Even giving just a few dollars adds up with other donations to aid in research and treatment. Log on to http://www.diabetes.org/ to make a donation today.
Refer Someone to H&R Block
For every new client that the Kansas City Chapter of JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) refers to H&R Block, they get a $25 donation. Log on to the website , email firstname.lastname@example.com, or call 816-472-7997 for more information. Hurry though! This offer runs only through April 15th.
Dodge for a Cause
Dodgeball has its benefits! In this case, it's helping diabetes. From April 17-18, 2010 at the Perceptive Software Headquarters there will be a charity dodgeball game. To register, visit Dodge For A Cause.
Fast Pitch Softball Tournament - Benefiting JDRF
On April 23-25, 2010 at the Mid America West Complex - Shawnee, KS there is a fast pitch softball tournament to benefit JDRF. For more info, visit Midwest Sports Productions.
These events are just for April. Check out the JDRF Kansas City Chapter website to find out about more events in the upcoming months.
Need more ideas? Here are some even simpler things you can do right now:
Find out more about the disease. Part of the reason I wrote 21 Simple Things You Can Do for Someone With Diabetes is because so many of my friends and loved ones didn't have a clue as to what the disease really meant. Having knowledge about the disease helps your diabetic friend, and they will appreciate it!
Offer support. It only takes a minute to ask a diabetic how they are doing. Since diabetes is a chronic disease, it's nice to have someone inquire after our good health.
Write your legislators to make sure diabetes funding increases. Check the American Diabetes website for more info: diabetes.org.
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PART 2: The nostalgic
gardenBy Marco Z
GarridoPart 1: The doctor's album
Chapter 4The nostalgic
garden JOLO, Sulu - The way
Noralyn Mustafa narrates it, Jolo's apocalypse had
a date: February 7, 1974. "First the MNLF [Moro
National Liberation Front ], then the military
burned Jolo to the ground," she says. Jolo is the
dusty capital of the Sulu archipelago, that
cluster of islands far flung southwesterly from
the main island cluster that makes up the
Philippines. Its name derives from the Mandarin
word Ho-lo, or "good community". In the past,
ancient Chinese traders would unload their goods
on Jolo's shore, and, finding them undisturbed
upon their return, would exclaim Ho-lang or "good
people". The name eventually extended to include
the entire town. Jolo was burned for the
second time in 1974. The first time was in April
1944, when the Americans retook Jolo from the
Japanese. The American offensive left half the
town in ashes. Thirty years later it was Islamic
insurgents, the MNLF, who attempted to overtake
the town. Although they eventually were repulsed
by the military, the fighting left Jolo positively
infernal. Thousands of families fled their homes,
and bodies numbering in the hundreds littered the
streets and lay floating near the wharf. By the
day following the outbreak of fighting, 80% of the
town had been razed. The act merely of
recounting the event has left Mustafa, a lifelong
resident of Jolo and the Philippine Daily
Inquirer's Sulu correspondent, looking stricken.
"They all left," she says; the Chinese, meaning
the capitalists, and the Christians, meaning the
intellectuals. They left Jolo to the Muslims. "And
what emerged," she continues, visibly disgusted,
"was a culture of violence, a town run by
warlords." What emerged was retrogression. The
MNLF, stealing down from the hills, became the new
politicians. Business devolved into smuggling,
extortion, kidnapping and monopolized services.
"Have you been to the town?" she asks pointedly.
"It looks so drab and gray. It feels temporary."
She sets down her teacup and walked into
her garden. "I get coughing fits whenever I go
into town," she explains. Mustafa's garden
looks distinctly out of place in dun-colored Jolo.
The various shrubs have grown so lush with care
they seem almost overgrown, like extremely
well-fed children. Bats hang in the eaves and
birds perch in the trees. A heavy scent of flowers
keeps the town's vague, ubiquitous odor of dust
and fuel outside the garden's walls. "I
raised these walls to preserve a bit of the old
Jolo," she says, waving toward the 10-foot tall
stone perimeter enclosing the garden. One wonders
if old Jolo could really have been this luxurious;
could it really have felt this enchanted? Or has
Mustafa cultivated a garden conjured out of
nostalgia? "The spirit of the tree left a muddy
footprint here," she says, recalling the time the
elemental let out "a thunderous boom" when drunken
carousers cut across the path behind her garden.
"It protects me," she adds.. "The Abu
Sayyaf found a foothold here," says Mustafa, and
not just as criminal entrepreneurs but also in
politics. "When elections come, anyone with the
Abu Sayyaf on their side is sure to win. These
politicians," she sputteres, "they should be lined
up and executed - but that would be too benign a
death." Her words for the military are
similarly tempered. They are "abusive, oppressive,
cruel, indiscriminate, congenital liars, they burn
civilian houses and steal their tools of
livelihood". And later, as if she forgot to
complete her denunciation: "I saw a soldier back
up on a man then drive over him again. When [the
Abu Sayyaf's] Commander Robot accidentally bumped
a child with his jeep, he brought him to the
hospital and left 3,000 pesos. Yes, yes," she
concedes irritably, "the military does keep the
Abu Sayyaf in check, but is [their presence] worth
it just to catch a handful of bandits?"
Mustafa can see one way out: "Only America
can save us," she says, then paused a moment to
qualify her bluntness. "I am not a colonial model.
I was a student activist," she added. "You see
that electric post?" Mustafa asks, pointing to the
post just beyond her walls. "The Americans put
that up. They had it shipped from the States, and
it's still in use." Mustafa wants the
Americans to do in Jolo what they did in Basilan;
that is, establish their presence. She hopes that
an American presence would scare the Abu Sayyaf
into hiding, tame the military's excesses, and
curb lawlessness in general. "First thing [the
Americans] should do is disarm these idiots," she
said with a wave meant to include anyone in Jolo
with a gun, which is practically everyone.
"But this little town is worth its weight
in gold, you know," she sighs, looking either
relaxed or defeated. Her frustration, which had
built up over the course of her account, ebbs, and
she delights in another accounting, that of the
beauties of Jolo: a fertile land, a temperate
climate, a beach rich in marine resources and "the
color aquamarine". Jolo, of course, is not without
such natural assets now, but their potential, even
their actual beauty, seems somehow annulled by the
town's present dreary reality. Mustafa might as
well be describing a Jolo that had never been
razed. But perhaps more than mourning the
town's past, she is pining for its future. "God
simply set down to make a paradise on this small
island," she says, adding with a flash of
bitterness, "but look how grateful the people have
been." Chapter
5Occupational hazards
JOLO - Behind museum curator Oswalda Cabel
is an enormous frame upon which Allah's name is
written 100 times in Arabic. But one wouldn't know
it immediately, even if he or she understood
Arabic. Each inscription makes its own picture -
one looks like a pair of doves, another like a
fish, and another like a woman's uterus. They all
look like they could have been lifted from
Picasso's sketchbook. "Isn't it lovely?"
Cabel asks. "It shows that God can be anywhere,
that He is everywhere." Cabel is probably older
than the museum she curates. She is old enough,
certainly, to remember Jolo's colonial days. "The
Americans built roads and bridges. Our avenues
were tree-lined and asphalted. It was a paradise,
our 'little cup of silver'." The Americans
occupied Jolo in 1899, shortly after having
purchased the Philippine islands from Spain for
US$20 million. More than infrastructure, they
altered the way Joloanos lived. In Cabel's word,
they "civilized" them. They taught the natives to
wear shoes, to brush instead of blacken their
teeth, and they sponsored public education. But
after World War II, "they dropped us like a hot
potato", and Jolo, devastated by war, could hardly
keep pace with its development needs. The town
deteriorated. The latest question was
whether the Americans should return to Jolo, not
as a colonial power but as a partner to the
Philippine military in a second installment of
Balikatan training exercises that began in 2002.
Cabel is quick to answer, "Most educated and sane
people would want them to come", and even quicker
to qualify, "but people remember Bud Daho."
Bud Daho has come to represent the other
side, the underside, of American colonialism. The
name means Mount Daho, and was coined after an
American soldier, trekking Jolo's hills, exclaimed
of one hill, "It looks just like Mount Idaho."
Today, people forget the trivia for the
massacre. On March 7, 1906, General John "Black
Jack" Pershing and his army killed nearly 1,000
Moros, as the Muslims were called, for resisting
his policy of disarmament. The Moros had turned
against the Americans for other reasons too. They
resented Sulu governor Leonard Wood's imposition
of a two-peso head tax as well as his efforts to
force Moro children into public schooling, which
they saw as a covert means to Christianize them.
The Moros remained recalcitrant, even
after Bud Daho. Several years later, in 1913,
another massacre of even larger proportions
occurred in Bud Bagsak. Two thousand Moros,
including 196 women and 340 children, were
reported killed. The Moros were so fierce in their
resistance that, as legend has it, Pershing
commissioned the manufacture of the .45-caliber
pistol. The .38, he believed, had little effect in
stopping the onrushing juramentado (suicide
warriors). These stories, a blend of fact
and fiction, of historical event and
embellishment, are what have survived the
vicissitudes in the minds of Joloanos. They are
passed on from one generation to the next through
a lively oral tradition. So when Joloanos without
the benefit of Cabel's longevity recall the
Americans, they remember Bud Daho.
Councilor Edilwasif Baddiri's staff - two
secretaries and two bodyguards - and the
grade-school teacher waiting for Edil to return
are not short on opinions. They want the Americans
to come, largely because they saw how much good
Balikatan did for neighboring Basilan. Yet they
can only come up with reasons why, in their case,
the Americans should stay away. Yacob
Ismi, the grand imam of Sulu, is apprehensive
about the indiscriminate use of American power.
"If the Americans come, their mandate should be
clear. That they are not against us but against
the kidnappers." His son, Yusop Ismi, the
president of Southwestern Mindanao Islamic
University, doesn't want the Americans to come at
all. "You think they'll be here just for
'training'?" he sneers. Haji Ahmad Jali,
assistant director for the Department of the
Interior, Labor, and Government for southwestern
Mindanao, believes that the proposed Balikatan
exercises are merely a pretext for the United
States' broader geopolitical agenda. "Do they mean
to tell me that they're sending in Americans to
fight this Abu Sayyaf? The CIA [Central
Intelligence Agency] probably founded the Abu
Sayyaf." In any case, the question has
since become moot. The Balikatan exercises planned
for Jolo have been quietly shelved following a
controversy over the exact nature of the
deployment. The Americans called them "operations"
and hinted that their soldiers would be free to
engage in combat. The Philippines, meanwhile,
insisted that they were strictly meant for
training. Both governments may have decided it
wise to forego Balikatan 03-1 for another reason
as well: Iraq. The war and now the
occupation of Iraq have profoundly colored
perceptions of America in Jolo. And it has done so
not by creating new stereotypes but by
underscoring old ones. Since it happened, Bud Daho
has never loomed so large in the minds of
Joloanos. So many other memories have been
squeezed out. It now would seem to conflate with
Iraq as an indictment of America always having
been anti-Muslim. Who would want the Americans?
Jali's demeanor seems to say; "The US is evil in
the eyes of the world."Chapter 6
The education of an idealist
JOLO - The delegates to the very first
Sulu Union of Student Council's Leadership
Congress convene in a tree house, their teenage
faces vexed with intent. They are struggling with
a question raised by one of their number: Why do
our Muslim brothers kill each other?
Misunderstanding, pride, rivalry, the students
offer; each answer pursued by another. Their
intent on finding the right answer suggests an
unbroken faith in themselves as the generation
destined to deliver Jolo from its troubles.
When one student proposes poverty as the
reason behind inter-Muslim conflict, Councilor
Edil Baddiri takes the microphone. "Poverty is the
result of the problem. Never accept that it is its
cause," he says. The students respect Edil. They
see him as someone, at 28, who is close to their
age, and they see in him someone who shares their
idealism. Bespectacled and clean cut, Edil
looks different from most Jolo politicians;
somehow more refined rather than rough. Not only
students like him, their teachers like him too.
You can tell because when their school needs
something - a new roof, more books - he is the one
they ask. Even crotchety Noralyn Mustafa likes
him. "Edil is the only politician I trust," she
declares. "If I were a fairy, I'd multiply him by
twenty. But he's only one. The rest are a gang of
thieves." Edil is liked precisely because
he is an exception. His political career wasn't
launched, as is usually the case in Jolo, from an
advantage in business or insurgency. His capital
has always been his education. Edil studied under
nuns in grade school and under Jesuits from high
school through to law school. Yet despite
his Catholic schooling - a consequence of growing
up in Zamboanga, where his family fled to escape
the 1974 burning of Jolo - he has retained a clear
sense of Muslim identity. "As a boy, my father
would make me read the newspapers," he recalls. "I
felt a sense of injustice against my people. I
wanted to join the MNLF. I later learned that some
of my relatives already had." Edil was
disuaded from these ambitions in college, deciding
instead on a career in politics. He graduated from
the country's most prestigious law school, the
first in his ethnic Tausug clan to do so, and took
the bar on a bet with God. "I told God that if I
passed the bar I would return to Jolo and run for
office." God took his bet: Edil ranked 25th out of
4,000 students who took the bar. So he ran for
councilor, despite being an outsider, and once
again entrusted his fate to God. "I would have
been happy if it didn't work out," he claims.
"Losing would free me of my commitment to God. But
I couldn't find my place until put to the test."
God upped the ante: Edil won by a landslide. It
would be in politics that he was truly tested.
Shortly after being elected councilor for
the district of Indanan, the mayor moved the site
of the municipal government to far away Timbangan,
in order to make his own commute more convenient.
Government employees grumbled at the inconvenience
to them but dared not protest. Edil, incensed by
such a despotic display of power, filed a case
against the mayor in court. He prevailed, but
incurred nothing more than the mayor's wrath. "No
one even thanked me," he says. "I had to ask
myself, what am I doing this for?" The
infractions grew more serious. Edil discovered
that the mayor withheld 20% of the development
fund allotted to Jolo by the national government.
This amounted to millions of pesos. He immediately
filed a case with the government's anti-graft
court, only to find out that the mayor had
effectively blocked his case through a combination
of contacts and bribes. But Edil's offensive did
have one effect: it scared the mayor into
disbursing a part of the development fund among
his councilors. Edil refused his "share" in
disgust. "That first year I lost my faith in the
system," he recalls. "I would have lost my ideals
if not for my trust in God, my surrender to His
will. I kept praying. My model was the Prophet
Mohammed, the servant leader." These
experiences left Edil chastened and lacking much
of his reformist zeal. "I know [the people]
support me but they will not rescue me," he says.
So he reluctantly adapted. "You have to use your
head to keep your friends. Do God's will, yes, but
keep it in your heart. Don't be self-righteous.
Compromise comes in ... you can't antagonize
people. You have to know how to win." Edil's
rehearsal of these bitter lessons also sounds like
admonitions to himself, reminders of the costs of
staying elected. For, he reasons, "What good can I
do if I lose?" At the same time, he is not unaware
of the devil attending this logic, namely: How
good can I be if I keep giving in? It is a fine
line, he admits, but one he doesn't think he's
crossed. "It took a long time to get this bad. It
will take decades to change the system," he
acknowledges. And for this to happen he will need
allies. Hence the Student Leaders
Congress, a special project of Edil's. He hopes
that by focusing on character-building, on moral
reformation, he will encourage a breed of
politicians in his vein. But the idealism of
student leaders seems less in need of being
cultivated than vetted. "You have to use your
head. You have to be practical," he urges the
students gathered in the tree house, intent on
tempering their idealism in order to sustain it.
Chapter 7Small, humble
steps ZAMBOANGA CITY - The Italian
priest Father Angel Calvo remembers that Abdurajak
Janjalani had attended Claret. To think that the
founder of the Abu Sayyaf had gone to Catholic
school, the very one at which Father Calvo has
been teaching for decades; to think of him in a
white, button-down shirt and blue shorts, with a
face as guileless as all the boys who have ever
gone to Claret. The priest remembers the fact -
trivia, really - for its incongruity with
Janjalani's fate, the Janjalani who came to his
end, fittingly, with a hole in his face.
Other facts seem more helpful in
explaining his radicalization. He went to Jedda on
a scholarship, then to Tripoli, where he met Nur
Misuari, founder of the MNLF. Then, of course, he
went to Afghanistan, where he fought the Soviets
as a mujahedeen in the guerilla brigade of a
Professor Abu Sayyaf. He became a terrorist there,
in the Middle East, in Afghanistan - that's what
Zamboangenos would like to believe. Father Calvo
believes that if Janjalani became a terrorist
abroad, he learned to hate here, in a city that
hated Muslims. Many Christian Zamboangenos
still hate Muslims. They hate that Zamboanga is
becoming as much a Muslim city as it is a
Christian one. "Christians still have in mind the
Zamboanga of 50 years ago," an exasperated Father
Calvo explains. "They have this attitude that
Muslims are spoiling our city." Christian
bigotry, he argues, enables the Abu Sayyaf. "They
are not just bandits. Their kidnapping, their
extortion, their murder finds justification in
ideology. Not a systematic ideology, maybe, but an
expression of anger over dispossession and
prejudice." This feeling of grievance
would seem to license their criminal activities -
and not just in their eyes. "You can hear the
silence of Muslim communities," laments the
priest. "There is no overwhelming sense of
condemnation [against the Abu Sayyaf] but a sense,
instead, of ... what? Solidarity? Vindication?"
Grace Rebollos, a professor at Western
Mindanao State University, delights in citing Fort
Pilar as a metaphor for how Zamboanga is changing.
The old Spanish fort, now a shrine to the Virgin
Mary, once served as a lookout for pirates -
synonymous, in those days, with Moros or Filipino
Muslims. The Virgin herself is said to have awoken
sleeping soldiers as pirate ships approached and
to have even sent tempests to scatter the ships.
Rebollos' point is that Fort Pilar was once a
figure for what Zamboanga represented: a Christian
bastion in Muslim Mindanao. But now, she points
out, even Muslims light candles at the shrine.
Rebollos agrees with Father Calvo, the
problem is cultural. Muslims and Christians don't
know how to relate to each other except as
antagonists, even as the city they share is
putting them increasingly in contact. "It is up to
the communities now," Father Calvo says, "to
dismantle prejudice and ignorance, to search for
common ground together." Rebollos argues,
"We don't need grandiose goals, but gestures of
peace: small, humble steps." Of the
organizations that have undertaken such steps, few
seem as ambitious as Sarang Bangon. In Tausug, the
language of Jolo's Muslims, Sarang Bangon means
"well-built". This is what Edward Lim intended
when he founded the grade school; that it be built
on the rock of "right Muslim values". Lim,
an engineer by training, shares the view held by
Calvo and Rebollos that genuine peace requires
cultural reconstruction. "Poverty is not the only
obstacle to reconciliation. Politics will not
solve this [because] politicians exploit the
issue. We need to educate each other, to create a
new conscience in the larger community."
Lim founded Sarang Bangon in 1990 as a
kindergarten. He had an old house converted into
the school. The assistant principal, Noel Lariza,
remembers holding class in a kitchen regularly
visited by peripatetic chickens and cats. Now a
complex of several houses, including a mosque, the
school extends to the seventh grade.
Sarang Bangon has grown in reputation as
well. It has been ranked the third-best small
school in Zamboanga for the second year in a row.
Fully 100% of its students pass the national
high-school entrance exam, and many of them are
awarded scholarships. Because Lim wants
the kids "brought up with God", Islamic training
is a large part of the Sarang Bangon curriculum.
The school aims to cultivate not just academic
excellence but exemplary Islamic conduct. Hence,
classes on Islamic studies, Arabic, and philosophy
are included in the curriculum. Students are also
escorted to the campus mosque for their daily
prayers. But Sarang Bangon is not an
Islamic school. While most of the school's
students may be Muslims, many of its teachers,
including its principal and assistant principal,
are Christians. Lim has resisted pressure from
outside groups to impose a stricter Islamic
agenda. Teachers largely follow the national
curriculum, and students regularly participate in
activities - such as ethnic dances and
dramatizations of Muslim-Christian relations -
that, in the United States, would be labeled
"multicultural". Sarang Bangon is really
the kind of rarefied environment that only the
innocence of childhood can keep from
disintegrating. Lim knows that outside his careful
preserve, the children must contend with the
inherited hatreds that divide Zamboanga. This
makes him all the more anxious to impress
tolerance as part of their religious practice.
Ultimately, Lim thinks small. He believes
that communities must do the work of understanding
each other from the bottom up. "They must build
bridges along lines of agreement, work on points
of tangency, explore areas of compromise," he
says. So what he really sees in the tiny girls in
green dresses and white shawls, in the pint-sized
boys in white shirts and green slacks scurrying
from class to class or to the mosque for the
mid-day prayer are hundreds and hundreds of small,
humble steps. (Copyright 2005 Asia Times
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Shelby Seabaugh, 21, of Magnolia dies March 27
MAGNOLIA – Shelby Seabaugh, a junior Christian studies/philosophy major at Ouachita Baptist University from Magnolia, died unexpectedly March 27.
Seabaugh, 21, is survived by her parents, Michael and Laurie Seabaugh, and her siblings, Haydn and Gracen. Michael Seabaugh, a graduate of Columbia Christian School and a 1985 graduate of Ouachita, has been pastor of Central Baptist Church, Magnolia, since 2010. She is also survived by her fiancé, Joshua Cassidy, and many other family members, including her grandparents, Rodney and Rosemary Griffin, of Magnolia, and Wayne and Glenda Seabaugh, who attend Balboa Baptist Church in Hot Springs Village.
Shelby Seabaugh was a summer staff member of Camp Siloam in 2012 and 2013 and played a prominent roll as a lead member of the drama team, said Jason Wilkie, executive director of Camp Siloam.
"The Seabaugh family is a very loved family by the Camp Siloam family – by everybody who has attended Camp Siloam and the staff – and our hearts have gone out to them in their loss," Wilkie said. "We were blessed to have Shelby as part of our summer staff the last two years. ... She was the kind of girl who would find the camper who was sitting alone and maybe wasn't the most popular camper and would sit down and talk to them. She really had a heart and intuition for those who were hurting."
Wilkie said that, last year, he and Seabaugh's parents wrote an original play for Camp Siloam with Seabaugh in mind for the lead.
"In her death, I kind of thought of that as her 'swan song' and how great it was that we got to be a part of it," he said. "In her death, she has preached her greatest message, helping all of us consider the fragileness of life and the hope of eternity and (that) when you make Jesus Lord of your life, it means you go when He calls, even if He's calling you to heaven. She was a treasure."
Seabaugh was involved in a number of campus organizations at Ouachita, including the Ouachita Student Foundation, EEE women's social club and Pruet Sisterhood. A Tiger Network Leadership Award recipient, she also was involved in the Carl Goodson Honors Program and was on the dean's list.
Recalling that "Shelby was excited about coming to Ouachita," President Rex Horne said, "Her smile and enthusiasm about Ouachita was contagious. Now for nearly three years on campus, I saw her smile and felt her joy of being in this special place."
Affirming the Seabaugh family's commitment to "faithfully serving the Lord," he said, "We will all pray for the Seabaugh family. We all feel a depth of sorrow and want to help shoulder the burden of grief. It's certainly a loss to Ouachita.
"There is also gratitude," Horne added. "Because of Jesus' resurrection, this is not a final goodbye, but a brief time until we'll see Shelby again. In the meantime, we will cling to the One who gives life, forgiveness of sin and hope."
"Shelby Seabaugh had an infectious smile, a genuine love for people and a passion for Christ," said Scott Jackson, associate professor of Christian ministries in Ouachita's Pruet School of Christian Studies. "She truly displayed a contagious Christian faith.
"Recently, Shelby taught a Bible study in my Communicating the Gospel class," he reflected. "Her passage was from Colossians 1:15-20, which reads in part, 'And he (Jesus) is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy.' Shelby taught with great humor, theological savvy and passion for Jesus. She knew Him well and loved Him dearly. I'm thankful that today she is in His glorious presence."
Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 1, at Lewis Funeral Home, 420 N. Jackson St., in Magnolia. The memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 2, at Central Baptist Church and will be officiated by Jackson and Wilkie. Burial will follow at Sharman Cemetery under the direction of Lewis Funeral Home Inc. in Magnolia. A memorial service for the university community will be held at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, April 3, in Jones Performing Arts Center on the Ouachita campus.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Ouachita Baptist University, 410 Ouachita St., Arkadelphia, AR 71998; Camp Siloam Springs, 3600 Lincoln St., Siloam Springs, AR 72761, or Central Baptist Church, 207 West Union, Magnolia, AR 71753.
This marks the second tragedy to impact the Ouachita campus in less than a week. Andrew Hernandez, a 2012 Ouachita graduate, died March 22 in a single-car accident.
Andrew, 25, was the manager of TaMolly's Mexican Restaurant in Arkadelphia. He is survived by his parents, Andres Hernandez Mendoza and Servanda Jacinto Lopez; three brothers, Oscar Hernandez, David Noriega and Damian Noriega, and three sisters, Mariela Hernandez, Edith Hernandez and Valeria Torres, a freshman at Ouachita. His mother works on Ouachita's building services staff.
Andrew's obituary affirmed that he "filled everyone around him with love, laughter and care," adding that "he will be remembered by his generosity and infectious smile."
His memorial service was held March 29 at Second Baptist Church, Arkadelphia.
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The 4th-ranked Seminoles took advantage of five Gator errors that led to five unearned runs on their way to a 7-2 victory over 8th-ranked Florida in front of a capacity crowd of 9,276 at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville Tuesday night.
FSU started the scoring in the top half of the 2nd inning. Gator RF Kamm Washington dropped a fly ball allowing Stuart Tapley to reach base. Two singles later, Tapley scored to give the Seminoles a 1-0 lead. The Gators took the lead in the bottom of the inning on a Tyler Thompson 2-run home run.
That lead would quickly evaporate in the third when FSU, aided by a wild pitch with a runner on first, strung together a couple of singles to tie the game. The Seminoles left the bases loaded in the third, but did accomplish knocking senior Gator starting pitcher Jeff Barfield out of the game after just two innings pitched.
Another error in the fifth allowed FSU to take a 3-2 lead, which turned out to be all the Seminoles needed with the Gator's bats going cold the rest of the night. Florida State tacked on two more runs in the 7th and 9th innings to finish the game.
Seminole starter Geoff Parker allowed only two runs on three hits in 4.2 innings pitched, and Brian Busch, who recorded the win for FSU, pitched the final 4.1 innings, allowing no runs on three hits. For the Gators, Hudson Randall was the pitcher on record when FSU took the 3-2 lead, giving him his second loss of the season.
Jacksonville natives Austin Maddox and Josh Adams combined for three of the Gator's six hits. Maddox now has five consecutive multi-hit games for Florida.
The loss is the Gator's third out of four games against FSU in Jacksonville, and the second of three games against FSU this season. The Gators, now 18-6, play one more game in the 2010 regular season against the Seminoles, who improved to 20-4, in Tallahassee on April 13.
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Answering Relativism
Originally from Pasadena, Fr. Sebastian Walshe is a Norbertine Canon of the Abbey of St. Michael in the Diocese of Orange, California, where he is a professor of philosophy for the seminary program. After completing his studies at Thomas Aquinas College in California, he continued studies at The Catholic University of America in Washington D.C., receiving a license in Philosophy. Later, he attended the Pontifical University of St. Thomas at Rome (the Angelicum) where he received a Masters in Sacred Theology and a Doctorate in Philosophy. His thesis was entitled: "The Primacy of the Common Good as the Root of Personal Dignity in the Doctrine of St. Thomas Aquinas." From 2003-2005, Fr. Sebastian was also a visiting professor in the Philosophy Department at the Angelicum.
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For a beginning AVR developer with more typical platform programming experience, introductory information can seem scattered and sparse. There are a lot of programming tutorials, but since many people develop on Windows using AVR Studio, getting started using Linux can have a steeper learning curve. This article aims to be a complete introduction to setting up the hardware and software IDE for developing for the AVR platform.
A Library for Using the Wii Nunchuk In Arduino Sketches
There are several available libraries for communicating with the Wii nunchuk. I somehow found something lacking in all of them, so I wrote wiinunchuk.h for my projects. It is inspired by Tod E. Kurt. but my wiinunchuk.h boasts more powerful features and a more flexible API.
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About two months ago I bought a Solomon SL-30 from a1parts.com, the online store for A1 Electronics here in Toronto. I chose that station after a lot of research, despite not being familiar with the name. This review is not based on a series of cleverly designed test, but just my day-to-day use of the station for soldering connectors, wires and even a little PCB work.
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By SHAWNA KELLY
MEDINA — Considering Medina's Alex Wasik and Taylore Urban's impressive talent it's hard to believe they are just first-year varsity gymnasts.
They have competed together at the club level since they were 5 years old but high school is a different experience. There is less individual pressure and teamwork is key.
With Medina's No. 1 performer and state veteran, Nicki Rymer, out of commission for most of the season with a back injury, the Bees needed a skilled competitor or two to step up and lead the way.
Luckily for Medina, it had Wasik, 15, and Urban, 16, to fill the gap.
"Alex and Taylore have both been our leading scorers on all events,†Medina coach Kathy Rymer said. "Alex tends to dominate the bars and Taylore dominates the floor. Both have played important roles in all-around because we use their scores on all four events.â€
Wasik is first in Medina County in bars (9.25 points) and fourth in vault (8.65). Urban is third in floor (9.2), tied for fifth in beam (8.85) and fifth in bars (8.45).
Both girls hold top spots in the county in all-around. Wasik is fourth (35.0) and Urban is sixth (34.0).
Wasik has been the top girl for Medina since entering high school but filling Nicki's shoes was difficult for the freshman.
"It's really exciting,†Wasik said. "It was a little bit tough at the beginning of the season. It's been hard to take Nicki's spot because she is amazing. But we have a lot of help from our teammates.â€
As a sophomore, Urban has also stepped up to put critical points on the board for the Bees.
"Taylore is amazing on the floor,†Wasik said. "I am strong on bars and vault. Our scores complement each other. We help each other out in everything. We are two peas in a pod.â€
The bond the girls share is what makes them stronger competitors. They are the type of athletes who cheer each other on without being overly competitive.
"We are not competitive with each other,†Urban said. "She makes me want to be better. Watching her on bars and watching her get better scores than me, I am happy for her. It makes me want to do better. We are never jealous of each other. It's a good thing.â€
"We are just best friends,†added Wasik. "Everything that we do we are always together. … We have so many things in common it's easy to be friends.â€
Wasik and Urban have different personalities but their ambition and drive has helped them to be leaders for the Medina team.
"Alex tends to be a happy-go-lucky kind of kid and she responds to competition very well,†Kathy Rymer said. "Taylore is a more serious person and is a very hard worker. She strives for perfection and will do a skill over and over again until she gets it just right.â€
It has been easy for the two gymnasts to feed off each others energy. The rest of the Medina squad has picked up on their vibes and it shows. The Bees have put together a 8-5 record.
"I think we have been doing really well,†Urban said. "I think in a few years we can get stronger and do bigger and better things. I think we are doing great.â€
Wasik agreed with her teammate.
"I think we have been very strong,†she said. "We help each other out. We cheer for each other and we are always there for each other.â€
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I Don't Want to Play If I Get Out!
At the end of a kids' yoga class I announced, "Now it's time for a game."
To which one child responded, "Is it a game where people get out? I don't want to play if I get out."
Today's blog post is about Olympic Spirit and the joy of playing. It includes important yoga philosophy that can help children, especially kids who have trouble with losing, understand why it really isn't whether you win or lose, its how you play the game.
Competition for Kids: Bad or Good?
This yoga lesson plan aims to show kids that competition is not necessarily bad or good, rather our perception of competition is what makes it so.
When competition is seen as a rivalry, it's easy to understand why kids don't like to play. They risk the chance of becoming "losers" rather than participants. The root of the word competition also means "to strive together." In this sense of the word, competition can be a wonderful experience of completely involving yourself in a task, bonding with a team, improving a skill, and striving towards a goal.
Take the example of the school children in this picture. They broke the World Record for the largest Olympic Rings.
To give kids a fresh look at competition, consider a lesson plan with this insight from my yoga teacher, Yogi Bhajan. He said we all have three minds: the Negative Mind, the Positive Mind, and the Neutral Mind.
The Negative Mind
The negative mind is not negative meaning bad. It is awareness of the negative, the dangers and obstacles that will result from a choice. Simply put, the negative mind may think that if I play a game then I might get out, so I don't want to play the game. The negative mind thinks that losing makes a person a loser. It shows all the things that could go wrongs in a situation.
Ask the kids for examples of the negative mind in their life or with family or friends.
The Positive Mind
The positive mind is not necessarily the good mind because of the word "positive." It's thinking that helps us see opportunities and pleasant outcomes. The positive mind thinks I'll play and I'll win and that will make me a winner.
Ask the kids for examples of the positive mind.
The Neutral Mind
The neutral mind weighs both the positive and the negative, and then decides. It quickly recognizes that everything can potentially have dangers and opportunities that can be evaluated before a decision is made. The neutral mind also sees how both negative and positive events help you grow.
The neutral mind thinks, "I may lose or I may win, but that will not determine who I am. I will play for the fun of doing my best, being part of a team, and becoming a stronger player."
Ask the kids when they have noticed their neutral mind in action.
Yoga Poses for the Neutral Mind
To strengthen the neutral mind, try yoga poses that raise your energy from the base of the spine upwards. Examples include cat cow, bridge pose, bicycle legs or leg lifts.
Then move to yoga poses that open the heart: archer pose, warrior poses, yoga mudra (hands clasped behind the back), and bow pose.
Squeeze and Release Relaxation
Finish with a body scan for relaxation. Squeeze your feet tight, hold, then release your feet. Squeeze your legs, hold, then release them. Continue through the body, from the feet to the face. This body scan show kids that many things, like tension, can be both harmful and useful depending on how they are used.
Leave a silent period at the end to let the children rest in a neutral space during relaxation.
The Olympics are wonderful example of striving together. Try watching the Olympics together to observe athletes handling both victory and defeat. These athletes can be valuable role models to help children discover the joy of striving, regardless of whether you win or you lose.
With a neutral mind, what matters is playing the game.
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Gateshead to go full-time in 2010
Gateshead Football Club has today announced that it will switch to a full time club with a professional squad from the beginning of the 2010-11 campaign.
A handful of places in a proposed 24 man squad will be reserved for part-time players, but the vast majority of players will be employed on a full time basis.
It is another ambitious move from a club determined to build on back-to-back promotions and eventually reclaim it's place in the Football League.
Turning professional next year will also be poignant as it will mark the 50th anniversary since Gateshead were unjustly demoted from the Football League in 1960.
Gateshead will now stand proudly alongside the regions other professional clubs; Newcastle United, Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Darlington and Hartlepool United as they strive to regain League status.
Chairman Graham Wood said: "There are a lot of benefits from becoming a full time club, not least being able to attract players who are already in, and want to stay in, the professional game.
"If we want to take the club to the next level and achieve our goal of taking Gateshead back into the Football League it is a natural progression to become a professional club."
Gateshead-born Wood has revealed that the club will make the switch to full time status even if they are relegated back to the Conference North this season.
"We are not thinking along those lines because I am confident Gateshead will still be in the Blue Square Premier next season, but if we do go down it will not affect our plans," added Wood.
Manager Ian Bogie has also backed the idea of Gateshead becoming a professional club like the vast majority of their rivals in the Blue Square Premier.
"We need to go full time to progress otherwise we will stand still, but first and foremost we have to stay in the Blue Square Premier," said Bogie.
"The aim is to push on and being able to train every day instead of after a days work is obviously beneficial in terms of fitness, skill acquisition and preparation.
"It will enable us to compete on a level playing field and it shows how ambitious Gateshead are to switch from a part-time club to a full time outfit."
Gateshead have not had a professional club for half a century when their 30 year membership of the Football League ended in 1960 when they failed to be re-elected despite finishing above Oldham Athletic and Hartlepool United in the 4th division.


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The crepes weren't planned but Melbourne is great like that, we saw a little shop in an alley way and ducked in on impulse. We took them to Queen Victoria Village where the centre is unexpectedly an open air square of grass with oversize tables around it, and a Christmas tree.
The plan was to go up the Eureka Tower, the kids had been given the choice of that or a ride on the steam boat. We had to go past the steam boat to get there. A few minutes later I'd spent $20 on tickets for the three of us to go on the steam boat. The lure was just too much for the kids.
We had a couple of minutes to wait so we sat on the dockside watching the river. I also had a few little toy cars handy in my bag which I find an incredibly handy stand by in many situations. In fact they're probably the reason I'm still mostly sane.
|Playing With Cars on the Dockside
|The Grower - Restored Steam Boat on the Yarra
Finally I decided to push my luck and head for the National Art Gallery which is only a stone's throw away. To my great surprise and pleasure we spent a happy hour in there before I heard 'my legs are bored'. I was very proud of my two mini men. They actually liked some of it!After that we only needed to reverse our journey and chatter about what we had seen and done.
It was a very simple day out. We could have cut the cost simply by taking a packed lunch so next time I will, but even so we made a lot of memories by making a special day out of some everyday events. :-)
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FourMile - Poorman's quick Boulder Climb
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Four Mile to Poorman
This is the Boulder "quickie", from downtown Boulder you can get up, over and back into Boulder in less than 1 hour while along the way getting some sweet trails and hard climbs. Part of this ride is on gravel and it can be done on a road bike but for many a Mountain Bike might be a better choice since you might want the smaller gears... but many locals do use cross bikes and road bikes. The ride starts at the mouth of Four Mile Canyon which starts about 3 miles up Boulder Canyon. To reach this you can take Boulder Canyon since this section has a wide shoulder or you can take the Boulder Creek path which ends right at the start of the ride. Once on Four Mile the road is pretty tame as it follows a creek bed but about 2-3 miles into the road you will see a steep dirt road on your right, this is the FIRST dirt road too. Turn here and get it in your lowest gear because the next mile you will build up more lactate acid then the entire ride. At the "top" of the gravel (you will know) turn right and follow the nature flow of the road, this will eventually connect up with Sunshine Canyon which means your pedaling is done! Coast down and finish the day.... You just did Poorman's Canyon bike ride in Boulder Colorado!
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- 9-10 miles or less depending on starting place
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Nice writeup
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If you have time, I'd like to see more of these.
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Thanks, hope to add 1 a week
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Thanks. I hope to add about 1 a week this Spring but my big problem is I need some help for the southern section of the 303 area, I rarely get down there. If anyone would like to contribute I'll do what I can to make it worth your while.
The book I reviewed is great for everything outside of the 303 area, so if you like to explore and go uphill then that book is a must
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Does anyone have the
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Does anyone have the gradients for the dirt sections on Poormans?
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Poormans Grade
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Looking at my data the steepest point is around 9% grade.
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Better and safer the other direction
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I think this is a much better ride in the other direction, starting from roughly Pearl and Broadway. And as a bonus, the bits on Four Mile and Boulder Canyon, where interactions with traffic are much less pleasant are over much faster. Also, you get to go down the dirt on Poorman instead of up it.
It's even better if you turn right on Four Mile and head up to the end of the pavement before descending. That upper section is a beautiful descent.
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Magazine of the painting blogosphere.
Larry Groff interviews painter Dan O'Connor about his work.
O'Connor notes: "I think I am initially always drawn to strong abstract work when visiting shows or museums. As a painter, abstraction becomes pure pleasure. It is like looking at the world with all the superfluity stripped away and all that's left is the moving construction of things. That is always going to hold my attention. Even the best of subjects can become tiresome, but good abstraction is always going to be fresh. Of course, I'm always going to be attracted to and on the lookout for great representational painting. But I think that comes from a certain wanton desire to know how to do it better, because I know that I always want it to be part of my own work in some capacity."
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|Lannan (0-2, 13.50) vs.
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• Maya (ND) 7⅓ IP, 4H, 0R, 0ER, 2BB, 3K
• Wilkie (L, 0-1) 1⅓ IP, 2H, 1R, 1ER, 0BB, 2K, HR, IR-S 3-0
• VanAllen ⅓ IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB, K, IR-S 1-0
• Hoffpauir 2-3
Ryan Lavarnway's solo shot off Josh Wilkie was the sole score of the night to send the Chiefs to a 1-0 defeat. The two teams combined for just 11 hits, with Lavarnway and Syracuse's Jarrett Hoffpauir the only muti-hit performances of the night. Yunesky Maya turned in 7⅓ innings but left the bases loaded in the 8th. Wilkie escaped that jam with a double play ball. The Chiefs got the tying and winning runs on in the last of the ninth, thanks to singles by Seth Bynum and Tyler Moore, with a wild pitch setting up a 2nd-and-3rd with two out situation for Bryce Harper. Facing the 35-year-old Brandon Duckworth, the 19-year-old scorched a liner… right at second baseman Tony Thomas to end the game.
Harrisburg 4 Altoona 0
• Mandel (W, 1-1) 7IP, 4H, 0R, BB, 4K; 2-3, 3RBI
• Nelo (SV, 1) 2IP, 2H, 0R, 2BB, K
• Hood 1-3, R, 2B, BB, SB
• Rahl 1-4, R, RBI
Jeff Mandel must have felt like he was back in high school, throwing seven shutout innings while going for 2-for-3 with 3RBI, as he powered the Senators past the Curve for a 4-0 shutout. The 26-year-old also picked up his first win of the season while lowering his ERA to 0.96. Hector Nelo picked up the save despite allowing four baserunners in two innings, walking a pair in the 8th and giving up two singles in the 9th. Destin Hood doubled, walked, and scored a run to lead the position players on offense.
Potomac 5 Frederick 3
• Winters (W, 1-1) 6IP, 5H, 2R, 2ER, BB, 6K, HR
• Eusebio (H, 1) 2IP, 2H, 0R, 2BB, 2K
• Oduber 2-4, 2R, 2B
• Taylor 1-3, 2B, 2RBI
After coughing up a two-run shot early, Kyle Winters settled down to turn in a quality start of six innings pitched to earn his first win for the P-Nats. Wilson Eusebio followed with two scoreless to give the ball to Rob Wort, who did his best imitation of Chad Cordero by walking one, giving up three straight singles, the striking out the side with the bases loaded for the save. Randolph Oduber paced the offense from the leadoff spot with a 2-for-4 night, followed by Michael Taylor, who doubled in the first two runs in the top of the 1st. David Freitas also connected for solo shot in the 6th. Just prior to the game, Brent Greer and Josh Smoker were placed on the 7-Day DL. A follower reported to me on Twitter that Greer had broken his finger during BP; no word on Smoker. The roster now stands at 24 with three catchers, as Sam Palace was activated from the DL, with C James Skelton the likely option to replace Greer on an emergency basis (73G experience).
Delmarva 6 Hagerstown 2
• Meyer (L, 1-2) 5IP, 4H, 3R, 3ER, BB, 7K
• Newsome 2-4
• Leonida 2-4
• Skole 1-4, RBI (16, leads SAL lg.)
Alex Meyer made it out of the first inning, matching zeros with O's uber-prospect Dylan Bundy for the first three, but ran into trouble in the 4th and 5th innings as the Shorebirds pecked him for three runs en route to a 6-2 win over the Suns. For the second straight game, Hagerstown did all its scoring in the 9th. Delmarva committed two errors to lead to the two unearned runs. Brett Newsome and Cole Leonida both went 2-for-4 to combine for four of the seven Suns hits. OF Brian Goodwin is eligible to come off the DL, but is not yet ready to return to game action, per the Suns radio broadcast last night.
16 Responses to "Wednesday's News & Notes"
since the Sawx were one of the teams (not really) interested in Lannan it might be a good game to get his $h!+ together
Kind of surprised to see Mandel back in AA as a starter. I thought the plan was to make him a middle reliever/setup man?
Hood did not have an RBI last night. Rahl and Mandel were the only run producers in the lineup. Hood did manage to get himself thrown out at third by trying to advance from second on a ground ball hit in front of him into the hole at short by Rahl. What should have been two on no out instead turned into a fielder's choice one out no one in scoring position.
For some reason this morning after surveying the wreckage in the offense department I'm feeling especially sorry that Komatsu got away (so far). I'm wondering if you ever opined re way he wasn't put on the 40 man even tho' there seemed to be slots available.
Any word from extended spring training about the progress of Solis, Purke, Souza, others?
Think the PawSox will feast on Lannan?
What are the tea leaves saying regarding where R Ray will start at once he departs XST? Or when that might occur? He's one player I haven't read any injury-related chatter about — or did I miss something?
No mention of Harper? Did he play yesterday?