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BOULDER--There's something new about the University of Colorado soccer team. It's not just the new coaching staff or the 12 new players. It's the feeling going into Pac-12 Conference play, as the Buffaloes take on Oregon on Friday at 5 p.m. (MT).
In the team's inaugural year in the Conference of Champions, the Buffs posted a 4-13-2 overall record. Just one season later, the Buffs completed the non-conference portion with just one loss in nine games.
Its 6-1-2 record this season marks only the fifth time in program history that CU has opened with at least six non-conference wins (the most recent was a 7-1-1 start in 2008), and a strong defensive presence has been a driving factor. Under new head coach Danny Sanchez, the Buffs' backline is already breaking records.
CU began the season with a five-game unbeaten streak. The Buffs shut out five opponents, including their two most recent, Wyoming and Air Force. It was also the first time in program history the Buffs began a season with three consecutive shut outs.
Junior goalkeeper Annie Brunner has been a dominate force in the box for the Buffs. She says assistant coach Don Trentham, who came from the University of Wyoming with Sanchez and fellow assistant Jason Green, has been a great instructor for CU's veteran backline.
"He thinks we might be on our way to setting a record," Brunner says. "That's the goal so far. It's a pretty cool feeling."
That goal is already being accomplished. Brunner, who was named the Pac-12 Conference Player of the Week (August 13-19) and most recently, the CU co-Athlete of the Week (September 10-16) is quickly moving her way up the record books.
Her name appears twice at the sixth spot on CU's list of most shutouts in a single season, also tallying five in 2010. She's tied with Kara Linder (2006-09) for third most shutouts all time (12). With 17 wins in her career, she ranks fourth amongst CU goalies.
She's third in the Pac-12 with 31 saves and with UCLA's Katelyn Rowland, leads the conference in shutouts.
The Buffs have scored 16 goals (compared to last season's total of 21). Brunner has allowed just eight, but refuses to take all the credit. She says that Lizzy Herzl, Quinn Krier, Bianca Jones and captain Amy Barczuk have been fantastic in the young season.
"Basically I think they're the ones who deserve the credit for all the shutouts so far," Brunner says. "I guess I fully rely on them (laughs). They've been awesome."
Strong communication between the players and the coaching staff also deserves credit.
"It's been really big this year," sophomore Bianca Jones says. "We've been working on it all throughout pre-season, and it's finally clicking just in time for Pac-12 play."
The Buffs are hoping that communication and a little confidence will help the team show strength among the top tier teams of the conference.
"We've had a pretty solid start to the season," Barczuk says. "I think it's prepared us well for the tough competition we have ahead, especially defensively. I think we've developed some really great chemistry in the back. I think that will really come in handy when we play those top teams in the Pac-12."
Jones says last season felt like a bit of a mystery, heading into a conference with some teams the Buffs had never even faced before. Now, the Buffs are more familiar with the Pac-12's style of play, and Barczuk says the team knows its strengths and weaknesses.
It's not just experience in conference play that will come in handy, it's the experience of the veteran back. Barczuk has seen her position on the field change this season, but has stepped up to the coaching staff's high expectations for her.
"I just feel that being a senior and being experienced that I really need to help the younger players and all the freshmen step up into those roles that we need help with on the field," Barczuk says. "My team makes it really easy on me, and I don't really have to do much. It's been a pretty fun year so far."
While Barczuk is modest about her leadership, Brunner is quick to point out the team relies on Barczuk more than she thinks.
Danny Sanchez also sees how big of an impact Barczuk has made this season, but knows that everything the Buffs have accomplished has been a team effort. He says that in his 17 years of being a head coach, this is only the second time he's had just one captain.
"I think she's done a really good job of playing a different role for us, leading our backs and leading our defense," Sanchez says. "On the same breath, our other seniors and some juniors have shown great leadership as well. It's not a one-man show. I think the seniors have all done very well, all six of them. I've been really pleased with what they've kind of given to the new staff and obviously with all the new freshmen coming in. They've really bought in and set good examples for them."
Sanchez likes his team's mentality and believes they continue to improve. Having the players believe in the program and the philosophy of the coaching staff is even more important as the Buffs begin conference play, and with it, face a slew of attacking players as their competition.
Sanchez says the season really starts on Friday in Eugene, Ore. It's rapid fire play, and the Buffs don't have time to dwell on any one win or loss.
"I think this year they know the challenges," Sanchez says. "Big picture, we're the underdog in every match if you really look at it. We have to have that mentality of 'we're going to have to battle, and we're going to have to fight' to get results in Pac-12 play. We realize that, and we've been talking about that since last January. Our mentality hasn't changed at all."
Don't miss your next chances to stand Shoulder to Shoulder with the CU Soccer team as they return to Prentup Field on Friday, September 28 and Sunday, September 30. On Friday, September 28 the Buffs take on Washington at 3 p.m. in their first Pac-12 home match of the season! To finish up the weekend they will face Washington State on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. Be sure to stick around after Sunday's game as there will be a special autograph session with the team! Remember general admission and parking are FREE for CU Soccer games.


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Well, I think home schooling has some advantages and disadvantages. It's probably a good option for some people especially if you live in a really remote area or if you have parents that are willing to commit to helping you complete home schooling.
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Oct. 11, 2010 - The first person treated with embryonic stem cells is an Atlanta patient paralyzed by a recent spine injury.
The Geron Corp. GRNOPC1 stem cells come from embryos left over after in vitro fertilization and donated by the parents. The FDA approved the study in early 2009.
The clinical trial is a first step toward an eventual cure for paralysis, says study leader Richard Fessler, MD, PhD, professor of neurological surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a surgeon at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
"We would love to see paralysis cured. Will that happen with this study? Of course not. We would be thrilled to see any beneficial effect at all," Fessler tells WebMD. "This is merely the first step in a long process that will take 10-25 years."
The study, taking place at up to seven medical centers, will enroll 10 patients in its first stage. Patients with complete grade A thoracic spinal cord injuries will be treated seven to 14 days after their injury. Such patients cannot move or feel their lower bodies and usually lose bladder and bowel control. Physical therapy has only limited benefits.
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Before being given to patients, the embryonic cells are matured into "precursor cells" destined to become oligodendrocytes. These are the cells that make up the myelin sheaths that protect nerves in the spinal cord.
It's hoped that the GRNOPC1 cells will restore spinal function by replacing lost myelin and by giving off chemical signals that promote new nerve growth.
The cells are injected directly into the site of the spinal injury using a syringe positioning device that attaches to the frame of the operating room table.
Patients in the study must undergo short-term immune-suppressing therapy to ensure that their bodies do not reject the new cells.
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COLUMBUS — As recently as 10 years ago, if you told someone to copy and paste, the appropriate response would have involved paper and glue.
Today, copy-and-paste is widely known computerspeak.
But copy-and-paste is doing more than complicating the English language. It's blurring the lines between original work and plagiarism.
At Mississippi State University, a student copied and pasted a Wikipedia entry on the civil rights era into a research paper. He thought because the information was readily accessible at the online encyclopedia where anyone can contribute, it was common knowledge.
At Mississippi University for Women, a student's permanent record was marked for academic dishonesty after she failed to properly cite an online source.
With information only keystrokes away, borrowing a few words from the Internet has become an easy and growing way to pad out papers.
"That trend has been evolving probably for several years," said Dr. Bill Kibler, vice president for student affairs at MSU. And the trend is nationwide. "But the ease of access to information has not only made plagiarism easier, it has made it easier to detect plagiarism."
Teachers can do a little copy and pasting of their own, plugging portions of papers into websites like turnitin.com to check for plagiarism.
MUW averages about 30 cases of plagiarism a year. In the years before the college's Honor Code was founded, MSU averaged 50 cases of academic dishonesty reported a year. Since its opening in 2007, 587 cases have been referred to the Honor Code Office. And plagiarism is the most common, making up 57 percent of the cases.
"A lot of this is lack of awareness. A student has not been properly trained in how to appropriately cite their work," Kibler said. "Most high schools do not teach the proper way to research and how to cite it.
"They find information somewhere else that they can use, so they cut and paste it and modify it a little bit and say it's their own work."
"If you simply take that information and put it in your paper, it's kind of like intellectual theft, if you will," said James Orr, coordinator for the Honor Code Office. Then, the students face a hearing before the Honor Code Council.
And the Honor Code Office does more than hear cases and hand down punishments, said Orr. The office tries to educate students on the proper way to cite sources and can remove an academic dishonesty flag from a student's transcript if they complete an academic integrity intervention program.
Penalties for academic dishonesty range from an F on the assignment or failing the class to expulsion.
For students interviewed at the MUW library Wednesday, those stakes are too high.
"It's just not worth the chance," said Debra Randle, a senior family studies major from West Point. "I'm in my last year."
Students at The W have a heightened sensitivity to plagiarism because of the school's emphasis on academic honesty and are discouraged from using more than one or two online references.
"If it's in my paper, I have to reference it," said Aziza Jalalova, a junior nursing major from West Pakistan. "I think anything you get from somewhere else, you have to cite it."
Shana Young, a freshman nursing major from Tupelo, admitted, in high school, she sometimes used information without citing it. But she didn't know any better.
With a plethora of information at her fingertips, Young said, the prospect can be tempting, especially for someone who doesn't like writing.
"I hate writing, but in our English class, we write a lot of papers," she said. "But there is way too many consequences (for plagiarizing)."
"After the way they have stressed about plagiarism, it's not really worth the risk," agreed Tesia Puckett, a freshman chemistry major from Columbus.
Still, even having the Internet as a resource makes it difficult to write a paper the legitimate way.
"It's made it hard to know who to give credit to and when to use quotations and not," Puckett said.
Research compiled by Donald McCabe, co-founder of the Center for Academic Integrity and a business professor at Rutgers University, showed "about 40 percent of 14,000 undergraduates admitted to copying a few sentences in written assignments," the New York Times reported.
The goal of eliminating this type of dishonesty in college, said Orr, is keeping it from bleeding over to the professional level.
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They have also looked at signing a couple of other players like Tony McDaniel or Adalius Thomas.
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Pastors Jim Cymbala (pastor of The Brooklyn Tabernacle and author of Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire) and Daniel Henderson will lead a one-day reFresh conference for pastors, church staff, missionaries, and ministry leaders (along with their spouses) on Thursday, September 30. The conference will be held from 8:30 am - 3:30 pm at Immanuel Baptist Church (501 N Shackleford Rd, Little Rock, Ark.).
This prayer conference will be a time of encouragement. It will also provide an opportunity to call on God to make the churches of Central Arkansas houses of prayer. To register, go to http://refreshpastors.com/events.html and look for the REGISTER tab at the top of the page.
From 7 - 10 p.m. on September 30, Pastor Cymbala will host a community Evening of Prayer for Central Arkansas churches. It will be held at Second Baptist Church (1709 Barrow Road, Little Rock). If attending, please complete a prayer sign-up form.


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PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State made a season-high 12 three-point field goals and freshman Sage Romberg led a balanced WSU scoring effort with 13 points in the Cougars' 77-63 win over the California Bears in Pac-10 Conference women's basketball action, Friday at Beasley Coliseum.
The win was the second consecutive for the Cougars and improved their record to 4-13 overall and 2-3 in the Pac-10. Cal dropped to 10-5 and 2-2 in conference play. In addition, the Cougars notched back-to-back conference wins for the first time since the 2000-01 season. WSU came into the game off a 58-50 win at Oregon State, Jan. 8.
"This was a great team victory for us," WSU Head Coach June Daugherty said. "This is a great thing to build upon."
In addition to Romberg's scoring effort, her third consecutive game in double figures, Rosetta Adzasu and Katie Madison scored 11 points each and Ireti Amojo added 10 for WSU. Cal was led by Layshia Claredon's 13 points.
The Cougars scored the game's first seven points and bolted out to a 17-4 lead en route to a 42-27 halftime advantage. In the first half, the Cougars made 16-of-28 shots (57.1 percent) including six three-pointers.
However, WSU went cold at the onset of the second half and Cal was able to take advantage. The Bears went on a 11-0 run during the opening 5:05 of the second half to cut their deficit to 42-38.
WSU's first point of the second half came on an Ireti Amojo free throw with 14:55 remaining. Cal pulled to within 43-40, but that was as close as the Bears would get as Romberg scored the Cougars' first field goal of the half to extend WSU's lead to 45-40.
"For me that was the real test of this team," Daugherty said of the opening five minutes of the second half. "They answered the right way by going down on the defensive end and we were able to take away some of their penetration and help inside a little more. We tried to force them to put the ball where our help is located. When we did that, typically they either took a tough shot or we came up with a charge or a good rebound on the backside."
Up 49-43, the Cougars reignited the spark they opened the game with by hitting three treys in a span of a 1:05 to extend their advantage to 58-45 with 9:59 left. WSU led by as much as 21 at 70-49 before cruising the rest of the way to victory.
For the game, WSU shot 30-of-60 from the field including 12-of-28 from three-point territory.
With nine points, April Cook became the 17th player in program history to score 900 career points. Cook entered the game needing two points to reach the milestone and scored nine to place her career total at 907.
The last time WSU won consecutive conference games was in February, 2001. The Cougars defeated Arizona at home 93-86, Feb. 10 and then traveled to Eugene to defeat Oregon, 77-76, Feb. 15.
The Cougars return to action, Sunday, Jan. 16, vs. No. 4 Stanford. Tip is at 1 p.m. at Beasley Coliseum.


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Affirmative prayer involves a deep awareness of your unity with the Presence and Power of God. When you develop a deep understanding that God's good is ever present and abundant, you can change any personal life situation that you find undesirable or any area of life in which you are experiencing problems.
This philosophy of affirmative prayer has been handed down to us from Science of Mind founder, Dr. Ernest Holmes.
There are five suggested stages for practicing affirmative prayer:
1. Recognition. The first step is recognizing that God is the ultimate Presence and Power in the universe. You come to a greater understanding and awareness that God is the Source of everything in the Universe and in your life.
2. Unification. In the second stage you accept that you are One with God. You are not separate from God. You are a part of God.
3. Realization. Knowing that you are One with God; you come to the realization that you can create positive experiences in any area of your life because God's Presence and Power is within you.
4. Thanksgiving. In this stage you acknowledge and accept that the good you desire is already present in your life and express gratitude that your affirmative prayer has already been answered and accomplished.
5. Release. In the fifth and final stage you release your affirmative prayer to God without concerning yourself about how your good will manifest. Just go about your life and act as if whatever you want is already present in your life. You just let go and let God take care of the results.
For more in depth information about affirmative prayer there is a wonderful workbook called You Are the One by Mary M. Jaeger & Kathleen Juline.


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Identity theft is a criminal offense. It occurs when a person knowingly transfers or uses, without lawful authority, a means of identification of another person with the intent to commit or to aid or abet any unlawful activity that constitutes a violation of federal law or that constitutes a felony under any applicable state or local law.
In what many are calling America's fastest growing type of robbery, crooks are working without the usual tools of the trade. Forget sawed-off shotguns and ski masks: your name and social security number will do the trick, or that blank, pre-approved credit application you tossed out with the coffee grounds. Even talking on your phone or surfing the Internet can allow someone you may never meet to rob you of the one thing you may have thought safe from attack: your identity.
Identity fraud is digging deep into consumers' pockets — more than $48 billion was lost in the past year by financial institutions and businesses, and individuals lost an estimated $5 billion.
The number of ID theft victims and their total losses are probably much higher than reported. It's hard to pin down, because law enforcement agencies may classify ID theft differently--it can involve credit card fraud, Internet fraud, or mail theft, among other crimes.
The perpetrator may use a variety of tactics to obtain your personal information and drain your finances: posing as a loan officer and ordering your credit report (which lists lines of credit); "shoulder surfing" at the ATM or phone booth to get your PIN code; "dumpster diving" in trash bins behind businesses or apartments for unshredded credit applications, canceled checks, bank records or any documents containing personal information; or, stealing mail right out of your own mailbox.
It may take months before you realize you're a victim of identity theft. But, when you get turned down for credit, a car loan, or a mortgage on your dream house because you've got a bad credit rating and you know you've paid your bills, beware: The ID thief may have struck again.
Do you carry your social security number in your wallet? Consider this: That nine-digit code gives crooks access to your medical, financial, credit, and educational records. There are no legal restrictions on private company use of social security numbers. In fact, a database of names with associated social security numbers was recently found published on the Internet. What's worse, some states still use your social security number for your driver's license number -- a policy that is, fortunately, changing.
If you think you're safe because you canceled your credit cards and put a "stop" on your checking account after your wallet was stolen, think again. Once identity thieves have your information, they may open new accounts or lines of credit — under your name, for their use.
Last year alone, an estimated ten million Americans were victims of identity theft. The culprits may be employees (or patrons) of mailrooms, airlines, hotels, or personnel offices — anyone who has access to financial information. Thieves may use your credit card or encoding equipment (sold by business-supply companies) and blank cards with magnetic strips to record your account number onto a counterfeit card with a different name. Crooks sometimes seek jobs that will give them access to financial information, or they may bribe employees in such positions to supply them with the data they want.
Need a phony ID to "prove" you're the person whose name is on the credit card? Try surfing the Web. There are scores of sites with instructions on how to create a "new you." If you've got your own computer, scanner, and color printer or copier, you can create your own false IDs.
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Clause 105 of the Energy Bill makes a small, but nevertheless important, amendment to the provisions in the Electricity Act 1989 (the 1989 Act) which prohibit unlicensed participation in the transmission of electricity.
Regulatory Regime for Offshore Wind Development and Transmission
The amendment in Clause 105 is being made in the context of the regulatory regime which governs the development of offshore wind generation and associated transmission assets, which mandates that offshore transmission assets be operated by offshore transmission owners (OFTOs) who hold a transmission licence granted following a competitive tender process undertaken by Ofgem.
Two options will be available to the developer of an offshore wind project for procurement of the electricity transmission assets which will convey the electricity generated by the wind farm to the onshore network, namely:
Ofgem also published on 22 May 2012 updated proposals on the tender arrangements for both options under the enduring regime for offshore transmission. We have seperately produced an overview of the updated proposals.
Clause 105
Clause 105 has the effect that an offshore wind developer using the generator - build option is not to be regarded as participating in the transmission of electricity if certain pre-conditions are met and, specifically, the conditions that:
Clause 105 provides welcome reassurance to developers who opt for the generator - build option that the conveyance of electricity through offshore transmission assets prior to their transfer to an OFTO will not be in contravention of the prohibition on unlicensed participation in the transmission of electricity in the 1989 Act.
It is important to note, however, that the exemption in Clause 105 is time-limited (expiring one year after the date of the completion notice) and therefore strikes a balance between the need, on the one hand, for generators to be able to undertake whatever testing and commissioning activities are required to bring the assets into commercial operation and, on the other, the need to ensure that the assets are transferred into the ownership of an OFTO without undue delay.
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He's not seeking reelection as Texas governor.
"The time has come to pass on the mantle of leadership," said Texas governor Rick Perry today, announcing that he will not run for reelection in 2014, after three-plus terms. Instead, Perry said he plans to "pray and reflect and work to determine my own future path," to which we offer, with all due respect: Nope, not a chance.


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Harry W. Porch, 85, of North Port, Florida, formerly of Brunswick, went home to be with the Lord Monday, December 31, 2012. He was the son of William and Lois (nee Greer) Porch, born May 20, 1927 in Mt Pleasant, Pennslyvania.
Harry served in the U.S. Navy during WWII. He was a machinist for United Manufacturing and a fireman with Brunswick Volunteer Fire Department. Harry was a member of South Biscayne Baptist Church, North Port, Florida. He enjoyed assembling model cars, model trains and using them in his Christmas display.
Harry will be greatly missed by his wife of 62 years, Mary Jo; daughter, Patti (Daryl) Drake of North Port; sons, Jack (Kimberly) Porch of Anchorage, Alaska, William S. Porch of Brunswick, and Timothy J (Tammi) Porch of North Port; sister, Sally J. Kozma of Sebring, Florida; 11 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
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text: Apr 20, 2013 07:09 Men's tennis team posts 4-1 win Men's tennis team posts 4-1 win Advocate news services Comments The No. 20 LSU men's tennis team came away with a 4-1 victory over No. 54 Arkansas (15-15, 0-12 SEC) Saturday afternoon at W.T. "Dub" Robinson Stadium in the first match of a doubleheader. In the second match, the Tigers blanked Jackson State 4-0. The Tigers (15-10, 5-7 Southeastern Conference) took control early, cruising to a victory in doubles. On court two, LSU's duo of Roger Anderson and Olivier Borsos defeated Arkansas' Mike Nott and Victor Hoang 8-3. LSU's pair of Chris Simpson and senior Stefan Szacinski defeated Arkansas' Mike Ward and Gregorie Lehmann 8-5 loss to give LSU a 1-0 lead. The doubles match between LSU's Boris Arias and Tam Trinh and Arkansas' Hall Fess and Santiago Munoz was left unfinished with the Tigers leading 7-6. The Tigers extended their lead to 2-0 behind a 6-3, 6-1 victory by Borsos over Arkansas' Munoz. LSU's Trinh pushed the Tigers' lead to 3-0 with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Arkansas' Hoang on court five. The Razorbacks (15-15, 0-12) earned their only point with a 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 win by Jovan Parlic over LSU's Harrison Kennedy. The Tigers clinched the match as Mark Bowtell earned a a 7-6(3), 6-3 victory over Ward. LSU's No. 51 Simpson was leading Lehmann 6-3, 4-6, 3-2. On court two, LSU's No. 104 Szacinski and Arkansas' Nott were tied 6-3, 6-7(4). LSU 4, Arkansas 1 Singles 1. #51 Chris Simpson (LSU) vs. Gregoire Lehmann 6-3, 4-6, 3-2, unfinished; 2. #104 Stefan Szacinski (LSU) vs. Mike Nott 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), unfinished; 3. Olivier Borsos (LSU) def. Santiago Munoz 6-3, 6-1; 4. Mark Bowtell (LSU) def. Mike Ward 7-6 (7-3), 6-3; 5. Tam Trinh (LSU) def. Victor Hoang 6-1, 6-3; 6. Jovan Parlic (ARK) def. Harrison Kennedy 3-6, 6-1, 6-4. Doubles 1. #52 Chris Simpson/Stefan Szacinski (LSU) def. Mike Ward/Gregoire Lehmann 8-5; 2. Roger Anderson/Olivier Borsos (LSU) def. Mike Nott/Victor Hoang 8-3; 3. Boris Arias/Tam Trinh (LSU) vs. Hall Fess/Santiago Munoz 7-6, unfinished. LSU 4, Jackson State 0 Singles 1. Tam Trinh (LSU) def. Ernesto Morales (JSU) 6-0, 6-0; 2. Boris Arias (LSU) vs. Jose Luque (JSU) 5-4, unfinished; 3. Harrison Kennedy (LSU) vs. Camilo Patino (JSU) 6-3, 2-0, unfinished; 4. Roger Anderson (LSU) vs. Hernon Reines (JSU) 6-4, 1-1, unfinished; 5. Joe Hill (LSU) def. Marko Milosavljevic (JSU) 6-0, 6-2; 6. Will Suk (LSU) def. No player (JSU), by forfeit. Doubles 1. Tam Trinh/Roger Anderson (LSU) def. Hernan Geria/Jose Luque (JSU) 8-3; 2. Harrison Kennedy/Joe Hill (LSU) def. Ernesto Morales/Camilo Patino (JSU) 9-8 (7-4); 3. Mark Bowtell/Boris Arias (LSU) def. No player/No player (JSU), by forfeit. Women's tennis LADY TIGERS FALL TO ARKANSAS: In Fayetteville, Ark., LSU women's tennis team (8-15; 1-12 SEC) concluded the regular season with a 6-1 loss to Arkansas (12-14; 4-9 SEC) Saturday. "It was a good battle," coach Julia S. Sell said. "Arkansas is a very good team. The girls continue to compete and give 100 percent. We've had a lot of tough matches and taken some tough losses. We're still battling. We haven't played our best tennis yet. We're working to build some momentum into the SEC tournament and get some wins there." The Razorbacks kicked off the day with two wins in doubles, as the pair of Ariel Morton and Mary Jeremiah fell 8-1 to Arkansas' Brittany Huxley and Yang Pang in the top spot, before the Kaitlin Burns and Ella Taylor lost 8-2 to Razorbacks' Kimberley-Ann Surin and Ana Lorena Belmar Hernandez. Arkansas carried its success into singles, as Claudine Paulson marked a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Taylor. Frankenberger followed with a 6-2, 6-0 triumph over' Hernandez, LSU's lone point of the day. A series of Razorback victories wrapped up the day's competition. Arkansas' Surin defeated Morton, 6-1, 6-2, while Ebie Wilson lost 6-2, 6-2. ARKANSAS 6, LSU 1 Singles 1. #46 Yang Pang (ARK) def. #123 Kaitlin Burns (LSU) 6-2, 6-2; 2. #78 Claudine Paulson (ARK) def. Ella Taylor (LSU) 6-1, 6-3; 3. Sarah McLean (ARK) def. Mary Jeremiah (LSU) 6-2, 6-4; 4. Kimberley-Ann Surin (ARK) def. Ariel Morton (LSU) 6-1, 6-2; 5. Keri Frankenberger (LSU) def. Ana Lorena Belmar Hernandez (ARK) 6-2, 6-0; 6. Brittany Huxley (ARK) def. Ebie Wilson (LSU) 6-2, 6-2. Doubles 1. Brittany Huxley/Yang Pang (ARK) def. Ariel Morton/Mary Jeremiah (LSU) 8-1; 2. Claudine Paulson/Sarah McLean (ARK) vs. Keri Frankenberger/Ebie Wilson (LSU) 6-5, unfinished; 3. Kimberley-Ann Surin/Ana Lorena Belmar Hernandez (ARK) def. Kaitlin Burns/Ella Taylor (LSU) 8-2. Get The Advocate in your inbox Subscribe


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Eating to Live on the Outside: Jhanjay Vegetarian Thai Cuisine
Quick! I need to catch a plane. This week Eating to Live on the Outside heads to Seattle to check out Jhanjay Vegetarian Thai Cuisine. It looks pretty good, but not perfect.
Jhanjay's menu is loaded with vegetables, no doubt about that, but a lot of the food is stir-fried, which is a problem. So, with that in mind, here's a quick list of things I might order:
Vegetarian Rolls
- Fresh mint, green leaves, carrots, cucumbers, rice noodles, tofu, wrapped in rice paper and served with homemade sauce; the noodles and rice paper make it iffy.
House Salad
- Romaine lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, red cabbage and house dressing; looks cool, but dressing on the side.
Papaya Salad
- Shaved green papaya, carrots, tomatoes, green beans and peanuts tossed with lime juice; I order this everywhere I go!
Larb Tofu
- Chopped tofu, mushrooms, red onions, mint, chili, lime juice, cabbage and toasted rice powder; I'd ditch the rice powder.
Mango Salad
- Sliced green mango, apple, carrots, roasted peanuts, fresh herbs and tamarind sauce; I like this too!
Sweet and Sour
- Onions, bell peppers, carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes and pineapple stir-fried with sweet and sour sauce; lots of veggies, but the stir-frying stinks.
Broccoli Lover's
- Garlic, broccoli, onions, carrots and mushrooms stir-fried oyster sauce; same deal with the stir-frying.
Swimming Rama
- Stir-fried spinach, bean sprouts and garlic topped with peanut sauce; love that spinach.
Abundant Asparagus
- Mushroom cake, asparagus and shitake mushrooms stir-fried in garlic sauce; I have no idea what mushroom cake is, but asparagus rocks!
Mountains of Mushrooms
Jhanjay does serve up a lot of vegetables, but if I had to pick, I'm staying away from the stir-fries and going with the house salad or the papaya salad. Odds are it'd be the papaya. It's too hard to pass up.
Okay, I know its Saturday and you might be hung over or too tired, but if you have a second, scan through Jhanjay's menu and let me know what you'd order. Hint-hint, go with the papaya salad!
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Stir-fried is a bit better than deep fried. Oil is one of the problems with eating out. Hung over?? Nutritarians?
I live in Seattle, Araya vegwetarian Thai is 1000 times better than Jhanjay.
I too love the green papaya salad and mango salad at Thai places. But they aren't perfect. both contain sugar. Hopefully palm sugar, but it is still sugar. Many Thai sauces use sugar.
Personally I just try to do the best I can and recognize that when I eat out it is a treat. I am not going to stress about it. If I want to eat food that I can control that much then I just make it at home. I do try to live a little. Seems to me that in Thailand there are many people who live a long time, and are still able to eat the Thai cuisine. I just try to stick with the authentically prepared dishes and don't worry overmuch. But do try Araya! The pumpkin curry is absolute heaven.
Authentic green papaya salad, or som tam in Thai, is made with palm sugar, dried shrimp, which can be omitted; however, most all Thai food has tons of salt, which is mixed in with the sweet (sugar), sour (lime juice), hot (chilies) and it blends in but one must be aware of the very high salt content in most Thai food; even though it tastes wonderful.
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Tickets to the Nebraska volleyball Red/White Scrimmage on August 20 will go on sale to the public July 19 at 10 a.m. Seats in sections A, B and C will cost $10. Standing-room only tickets are $8.
Nebraska libero Justine Wong-Orantes has been selected to the U.S. Women's Volleyball National Team that will compete at the Pan American Cup from July 2 to July 10 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
The Big Ten Network has announced its 2016 volleyball television coverage, and the defending national champion Nebraska volleyball team is set to make six appearances on the conference network.
"My experience in the Dominican Republic was very humbling. I got a chance to learn about a new culture, meet other athletes and help those in need. The things that we witnessed made me sad at ti
The Nebraska volleyball team has added Andie Malloy, a two-time All-Big 12 and honorable-mention all-region selection at Baylor, as a graduate transfer for the 2016 season.
University of Nebraska Director of Athletics Shawn Eichorst announced today that Head Volleyball Coach John Cook has agreed to a contract extension and additional compensation.
The U.S. Women's National Team has invited 19 athletes, including Nebraska libero Justine Wong-Orantes, to train and compete for a Pan American Cup roster spot, an event scheduled to take place June 30 to July 11 in Dominican Republic.
Former Nebraska volleyball player Kelsey Robinson led her club team, Imoco Volley, to the Italian Serie A championship on Monday in Italy.
In celebration of winning the 2015 NCAA Division I volleyball championship, the Nebraska volleyball team will travel to Washington, D.C. on Tuesday for a two-day trip to the nation's capital.
The Nebraska volleyball team swept Colorado 25-16, 25-20, 25-21 in its only spring match on Saturday at a sold-out crowd of 1,321 at Prairie View School.
The Nebraska volleyball team plays its only spring match on Saturday against Colorado at 2:30 p.m. (CT)/1:30 p.m. (MT) at Prairie View School in Ogallala.
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Third World America has arrived.
Just you wait for Fourth World America.
Very dumb but telling. Fundamentals are improving (CNBC like) yet an overwhelming long term demographic economic lousy trend is in the making.
Of course we're turning third world. I was reading a report from some regional federal reserve bank which showed that in 2000 18% of the workforce of Texas had no high school education, and in 2040 it is expected that 30.1 percent will have no high school diploma.
Why would anyone want to even live in a place like that? What does a place look like when nearly a third of the workforce has less than a high school education?
It's worse than you outline. Keeping in mind "education inflation", a high school education today is no better than an 8th grade education 20 or 30 years ago. My Dad always lamented the fact that he only had an 8th grade education (in the 1930s) but his education was better than my high school diploma in the late 1960s. When I got out of the Air Force in 1971 and went back to college I was amazed at how little actual, functional education my classmates had. A full blown 4-year college education today is not much better than a high school diploma when I graduated high school. Really. How many students have been graduated from high school who can't even read! I have a couple of friends who are teachers and they are very discouraged at anything getting better. They spend most of their time doing administrative functions rather than teaching. It ain't getting any better.
I have been in the remodeling business and well recall doing work on a small apartment building in Little Rock. The building was just a block from the famous (infamous) Little Rock Central High School. The apartments were small efficiency units built in the 1930s. It was called "High School Apartments". An actual lentil over the front door with the name chiseled into it. This was built for high school students. The average age of those students was in their 20s! There was no provision for parking, we had to build a parking lot behind the building. Students walked to classes. High School was "higher education" -- duh. College level education was reserved for a very few. I found old text books and school papers in the building from its early days. The curriculum was astounding! Calculus, foreign languages, government and civics, and old tests that I could not have passed with my college education. There you have it.
A four yr degree now, MIGHT get you an interview.Even in good times.
A HS Diploma from 30-35yrs ago, was about the same, or superior to four yr degrees now.(depending on the subject matter).But, won't get you the interview.
Just because of Revisionist history, and the intentional dumbing down of the sheeple.
You both are absolutely right about how weak the educational system has become and how strong high school education used to be 50+ years ago. I was so happy to read these comments because I've realized for decades how bad things have gotten in education but it seemed like I was the only one that was aware of it.
Fact is almost nobody needs a university-level education. Scientists, engineers, medical doctors...yes. Lawyers? Not really (for example, "[Abraham] Lincoln's formal education consisted of about 18 months of schooling; but he was an avid reader and largely self-educated."). What else is there? Writers? Shakespeare had a 6th grade level education. Business leaders? Many of the best business leaders never completed or even went to college (Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are both college drop outs; Henry Ford never went to college).
What is really needed is, first and foremost, a culture that demands a certain level of intellectual competence. People should be embarrassed when they misspell a word or are unfamiliar with geography or history or current events. Second, we need a (junior) high school system that teaches the basics extremely well: reading, writing, basic arithmetic. Kids that are exceptionally bright should be fast tracked into advanced topics.
Try looking at the French "baccalauréat" test, taken at the end of high school to enter college (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baccalaur%C3%A9at). It's mind blowing, and this thing goes back to Napoleon's time.
Most cannot even read the requirements, let alone meet them. When being educated became a profane word the system went to hell. We've always had those who would rather play hooky, but they got commensurate grades. Now, one gets a grade without doing any work to speak of. We can't have a student's self-esteem damaged, you know.
Full employment is not wanted here in the US anymore. Think about how devalued the 4 yr degree is. Now, throw in background checks, Credit checks, and drug tests in a contrived "over-saturated" job market and you get......an over-whelming amount of unemployed people.
Leo, if you don't want to be junked stop being so
schizophrenic. One day you pound the table on Chinese solar and/or tech stocks. The next day it's a secular bearish call, like this one. If you don't realize how those are opposites then you must be a 14 year old kid with no finance background.
Ah, Leo....misplace your rose colored glasses today?
George Soros just insinuated that the financial crisis is beggining it's viral phase, and last Friday's employment report was a significant tell. The food stamp stats cannot be ignored either. Mr. Market is just waking up to the truth, yet Pimco is buying UST's???
Bernanke is using the words "likely" and "maybe"---hardly inspiring!
Hopefully this climate of fear and uncertainty is overblown. When Ariana says that Obama's ".....who's ass to kick" comment was not "organic"....
she loses credibility with me.
......as mentioned before ... seems like she's interested in power per se ... regardless of political slant
She met oil millionaire Michael Huffington, a family friend of the Bushes, at a 1985 party hosted by Ann Getty in San Francisco. The couple was married in 1986 at a wedding paid for by Getty, who had declared that she needed to find Arianna a husband. They moved to Washington, D.C., when he was appointed to serve as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Negotiations Policy. They later established residency in Santa Barbara, California, in order for him to run in 1992 as a Republican for a seat in theU.S. House of Representatives, which he won by a significant margin. He was a political conservative on most issues. Arianna campaigned for her husband, courting religious conservatives, arguing for smaller government and a reduction in welfare.
Michael Huffington was a RINO, a purported fiscal conservative but no hard evidence of that and he supported/supports the progressive agenda as do the Gettys and Arianna.
There is a point where using the positive statements that certain personalities use can be damaging to overall truth because it camouflages the baggage of their overall philosophy. It's entrapment. To read columnists such as Huffington is a dangerous occupation if you are not well acquainted with the truth going in.
When Obama favorably quotes Ronald Reagan, it draws the uninformed to an overall philosophy that is more anti-Reagan than any viewpoint in politics.
"A truth that's told with bad intent Beats all the lies you can invent." –William Blake
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Does anyone take Arianna Huffington seriously about anything? Especially when it comes to economics?
That was a sexist comment. I take offense, demand an apology, and your resignation.
Can we quit this searching for villains? And playing victim?
I'll only listen to the "it's not our fault we're in this mess!" brigade IF no fingers are pointed.
I'm getting tired of reading endlessly here that the bankers, Wall Street, Obama, Bush, big business, big government, multinationals, corrupt mortgage brokers, FNMA, the Fed, Bernanke, Greenspan, liberlas, Republicans, Bilderberg, CNBC or Soylent Green is reponsible for the suffering of the middle classes and for stealing their wealth...
...because that wealth wasn't real in the first place.
I want to hear what we as individuals are doing to stay ahead.
Yes, the "wealth" created by the FIRE (finance, insurance, and RE) economy and its phony (FNM) and fraudy (FRE) institutions and make work employment were never real. Does anyone really believe a nation which produces 10x more lawyers than scientists/engineers can be considered productive? Lawyers and most working in finance are parasites. They create friction on the real economy, destroying real work in a type of heat death. This is not a new phenomena, it didn't just occur in 2007-2008. Its been happening for over 40 years!
On the other hand for those bemoaning/whining about our economic collapse remember we have indoor plumbing, clean water and sanitation, antibiotics and electricity (even the poor) which is more than any economic class had prior to 1900. We all live like kings used to for one reason: science and technology. Unfortunately, technology, coupled with the reality of the Gaussian IQ distribution means modern economies have much less use for a signficant segment of the population. Thus, the emergence of the FIRE economy with its ability to soak up excess workers with various sorts of paper pushing and arranging.
I agree with this. It would be great of ZH had a section just for ideas to change this situation: not big ideas that require assistance of the political elite, but ideas that can be implemented without their permission / approval.
I have some ideas. I have heard others talking about having ideas.
That is a good idea. But the only time in recent memory that situations were changed required civil disobedience and marching. Instead of people like Rosa Parks and MLK, we have Sarah Palin and Glen Beck.
The American public is too sated to do anything but vote. And it is the same self-serving people who keep running for office.
The armchair revolution will not be televised.
Go Celtics!
Civil disobedience and marching is a form of asking for permission. It is just a lot of people together asking for permission. I think we can create the change we want by doing certain things.
For example: I have been thinking about creating an online bank for the purpose of the "Move Your Money" crowd. The Move Your Money movement has a problem: where should people move their money? Just because you move your money out of a TARP bank does not mean you are putting with a bank that is not just as dirty or not participating in the process by storing your funds in one of the TARP banks. If there was a bank that guaranteed to its customers that it would not participate in the ponzi scheme by investing their funds or placing their funds in one of the larger money center banks; this would provide an easy choice for people wondering where to put their money and it would take one leg out from underneath the ponzi schemers. This same concept could be applied to other areas in the financial arena as well as other sectors.
I believe there are ways to alter the dismal course that we are on. I also think this is a perfect venue for discussing these ideas.
To what avail? I dont understand the benefit of your idea.
What is it supposed to provide? An answer to a simple taste? or something else?
Hey, can't we all just get along--our side with no political chips and the other side controlling the entire casino…?
America lyrics
Puerto Rico
My heart's devotion
Let it sink back in the ocean
Always the hurricanes blowing
Always the population growing
And the money owing
And the sunlight streaming
And the natives steaming
I like the island Manhattan
Smoke on your pipe
And put that in!
I like to be in America
Okay by me in America
Everything free in America
For a small fee in America
Buying on credit is so nice
One look at us and they charge twice
I have my own washing machine
What will you have though to keep clean?
Skyscrapers bloom in America
Cadillacs zoom in America
Industry boom in America
Twelve in a room in America
Lots of new housing with more space
Lots of doors slaming in our face
I'll get a terrace apartment
Better get rid of your accent
Life can be bright in America
If you can fight in America
Life is all right in America
If you're all white in America
Here you are free and you have pride
Long as you stay on your own side
Free to be anything you choose
Free to wait tables and shine shoes
Everywhere grime in America
Organized crime in America
Terrible time in America
You forget I'm in America
I think I'll go back to San Juan
I know a boat you can get on
Everyone there will give big cheer!
Everyone there will have moved here
Please quantify the statement "fundamentals are improving" with verifiable statistics.
(hint: that would be ones not published by the government or any corporate owned media outlets)
Are you serious? By the way, fundamentals improving doesn't mean I am a permabull. It just means that things aren't half as bad as you might think they are. No use arguing here, you will see.
By the way, fundamentals improving doesn't mean I am a permabull.
a) Define Fundamentals.
b) Using metrics in answer A, would you qualify American/World economy from 2004-2007 as in a state of improvement?
Like the March "jobs report"
I really liked last weeks job report where 99% of the jobs created were temporary census workers.
I think he means shit like this
Rail Roads Are Running Out Of Spare Cars
This chart from Goldman Sachs shows how U.S. spare railroad capacity is dropping fast. Excess freight cars dropped to 23.8% of the total fleet in May. This is a substantial reduction in under capacity and another tangible sign of continued economic strength from the ground.
April saw a substantial decline as well, which means that so far Q2 U.S. activity is looking healthy from the perspective railroads.
And ignoring shit like this
More Than 1 In 5 American Children Are Now Living Below The Poverty Line
Perhaps the greatest victims of the economic nightmare that is unfolding right in front of our eyes are our children.
The overall economic numbers are really bad, but when you examine the impact that this economy is having on children things get really horrifying. Today, 1 in 5 American children live in poverty and 1 in 4 American children are on food stamps. Experts tell us that about 50 percent of all U.S. children will be on food stamps at some point before they reach the age of 18. Up to half a million American children are homeless even as you read this.
And yet we continue to insist that we are the wealthiest nation in the world. Well, if we are so wealthy, then why are so many millions of our children suffering so desperately?
Part of the reason is because an increasing number of parents can't find work. According to a U.S. Labor Department report, the average duration of unemployment in the United States hit 34.4 weeks in May, which was a big increase from 33 weeks during April. To give you some perspective how incredibly bad that is, the average duration of unemployment was only 16.5 weeks in December 2007.
The truth is that when U.S. workers lose their jobs they are finding it exceedingly difficult to find new ones.
So is there much hope that things will turn around soon?In fact, 45.9% of those currently unemployed in America have been out of work longer than six months. That is the highest percentage since the Labor Department began keeping track of this statistic back in 1948.
No, not really.
In fact, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says that unemployment is likely to remain "high for a while".
That means a lot of children are going to continue to suffer.
According to one shocking new study, 21 percent of all children in the United States are living below the poverty line in 2010.
That means that more than 1 in 5 American children are now living in poverty.
That is a national disgrace.
Not only that, but the same report estimates that up to 500,000 children may currently be homeless in the United States.
Perhaps we should all think about that while we are enjoying our nice dinners tonight.
But most of us don't think that it is our job to do anything about it. Most of us have been trained that it is the job of the government to fix people's problems.
We have created a monolithic welfare state and record numbers of Americans are now dependent on it.
In fact, for the first time ever, more than 40 million Americans are on food stamps.
40.2 million Americans received food stamps in March, which was a whopping 21 percent increase from a year earlier.
But it is bad enough that 1 out of every 8 Americans is on food stamps. What is far more tragic is that one out of every four U.S. children is now on food stamps. In fact, as mentioned previously, experts tell us that half of all U.S. children will be on food stamps at some point before they turn 18.
So is anyone still not convinced that the U.S. economic system is broken?
So who is doing well these days?
The wealthy.
In 2009, the number of millionaires in the United States rose 16 percent to 7.8 million.
Wall Street bonuses for 2009 were up 17 percent when compared with 2008.
The rich are getting richer as the poor are getting poorer. According to the United Nations, the United States has the highest level of income inequality of all of the highly industrialized nations.
The poor are left with an increasingly smaller slice of the pie to divide among themselves. In fact, those in the bottom 40 percent now collectively own less than 1 percent of the nation's wealth.
But the truth is that as the U.S. economy continues to fall apart, we are all going to experience some very difficult times.
In particular, when the U.S. economy finally completely implodes, it is those who are almost entirely dependent on the "system" that will suffer the most pain. The vast majority of Americans live month to month, don't grow any of their own food and could only last a couple of weeks on the food that they currently have in their homes. So what will happen to those people when the system fails?
And in case you think that this kind of talk is fearmongering, perhaps you should start listening to what some of the top financial analysts around the world are saying.
For example, Anthony Fry, the senior managing director at Evercore Partners, recently told CNBC that things are getting so bad out there that he is "considering investing in barbed wire and guns".
Yes, things are really getting that bad.
Years ago the old timers would warn us that someday we would see Americans standing in bread lines.
Well, today food stamps are the new bread lines, and 40 million Americans a month find themselves dependent on the U.S. government for the food that they need to survive.
If that doesn't send a chill down your spine perhaps you should check your pulse.
When a government has to feed 40 million people a month that means that the system is badly broken.
How many tens of millions of people have to be on food stamps before we can all agree that we are in a complete and total economic nightmare?
If you know of family or friends that are hurting, please consider helping them out. The truth is that in the end we are all in this together. The government is not going to save us. The collapsing U.S. economy is not going to save us. But if we all roll up our sleeves and work together perhaps we can make it through the difficult years that are coming.
"And yet we continue to insist that we are the wealthiest nation in the world. Well, if we are so wealthy, then why are so many millions of our children suffering so desperately? "
WE don't the Gv't shills do..............
As for the food stamps, brother, we have 4th and 5th Generation Welfare fams, that have been/were mostly capable of some form of work.(Thank you LBJ).
Until this crap hit, and one of the main reasons for it, is what we are still seeing in D.C.,Politicans, and the WH, spending more fiat crap, to keep the jobless, and homeless from rising up.
Talk about 33 milion plus USED to be taxpayers, on up to 96 weeks of unemployment, and 40 million on foodstamps.....WHY?.
They have to keep the natives placated while they RUN their game...............when they get what they want (and closing fast on the goal),all this free shit will dissapear..................the take over will be complete.............the Republic will be dead.
WE will not like what takes it's place.............
There is no reason(wasn't for sure), for anyone to be underfed, or homeless,or with out a job of some kind,(that were able/wanted one) PRIOR to now.............
The reason we were, likely statistically still are considered the Worlds wealthiest nation, was/is based on income levels per capita, compared to the rest of the world.(that's a LOW bar).
When we have a nation of 300 million plus, and less than a 120 million paying taxes, who supports the rest?.
That's obvious.
But, I do agree with you, it's a damned shame, and a sin, and if your able(as I am sure 98% here are), help others who truly are in need.
"In 2009, the number of millionaires in the United States rose 16 percent to 7.8 million."
MOST of these people are your next door neighbors, who worked their ass off, and were not in debt, and lived within their means, and saved....personaly I am damned glad they did, likely that fit's a lot on this site.
Playing by the rules, caring for your own, and exercising prudent fiscal displine, home ownership, and no DEBT, caused this.......no one HANDED it to them/us.
My request was directed to Leo. I don't assume an answer will be forthcoming.
The Huffington Post is just another fascist rag which censors truth. I would know having been censored myself:
All I did was provide some documented insight to our smoke and mirrors politics and society.
+1000, she's a sell out bitch...............and her Blogspot is for no one except people that believe as she does NOW.
She's an Arlen Specter x's 10k.
Is this part of your Third-World-no credit-stagflation-jobless recovery scenario?
Give us some real fundamentals that are not connected with increased gov't debt.
And the more you label us "idiots," the more folks drop off the let's-play-nice-with-Leo-even-though-we-disagree-with-him bandwagon.
Most people are nice but other idiots are here just to insult and junk my every move. We are coming off a massive financial bubble that led to a full blown credit crisis, it's only normal that it will take time to repair the damage. A steep yield curve is allowing banks to print money, but more needs to be done to help the average Joe, not just the banksters. That's why I posted this.
The most prescient statistical guide to the health of the U.S. economy is set to turn negative on Friday for the first time since early 2009, an event that is going to spook super-bulls and give comfort to super-bears.
But the keeper of the measure's flame says both sets of extreme views will be unwarranted, as it only means growth is about to slow noticeably -- not collapse.
The gauge is called the ECRI Weekly Leading Index, and for the past five decades it has been one of the few products of economic research that has risen above the level of tarot cards and necromancy.
While not considered mainstream due to its reliance on non-linear math to predict cycle turns rather than on regression formulas that extrapolate the past, the WLI has nevertheless forged an enviable reputation for accurately calling recessions and recoveries well in advance.
"We are coming off a massive financial bubble that led to a full blown credit crisis, it's only normal that it will take time to repair the damage."
Coming off? No, we are making it larger with every passing second. The imbalances have been hidden, ignored, as policy makers find new ways to delay the inevitable. You are free to see this as "improving fundamentals", I see it as self-delusion.
So Leo, what is your training in economics? Why should I put my money on your advice? What makes you so sure things are improving? Certainly quoting Huffington is not a persuasive way of establishing your bona fides. Instead of taking us for idiots that are only capable of responding to propaganda, why don't you lay some good quantitative arguments on us? Try to write for the highest common denominator--this is Zerohedge, after all.
I'll venture an answer to that: Leo + Arianna (nee Stassinopoulos) are both Greek - so they must be right.
I don't think anyone is trying to sell you anything here. I suspect no one gives a care who you are. We are simply exchanging ideas like coffee-row-senators.
If you are not here to contribute, and you are not here to serve, why are you here?
can you please give some examples of the cyclical fundamentals that are improving ?
...and that repair you speak of is actually taking place??? Don't make me laugh ... there is NO REPAIR being performed. True "repair" would demand that banking system realize its bankruptcy ... damage is NOT being repaired... its being papered over and amplified... See you on the other end of $1.14 quadrillion in worthless OTC Derivatives and other paper assets.
Leo is nothing more than an officially-sanctioned troll.
Trying to respond logically and meaningfully to him will only result in silence or evasion.
Automatic "Junk" once again, Leo.
Leo, the "average Joe" was burnt to a crisp decades ago by his boomer parents.
If the average joe were even in the conversation fraud street would be shut down immediately. SEC would close it down until indictments are handed out. Banking would be back to regional and honesty would be thrust upon every transaction.
Sadly we live in a world where failure is rewarded and the average joe is crucified.
I anticipate the utter and complete collapse of the American dream for the vast majority of boomers. As a generation they will certainly get what greed and selfishness begets - no future for themselves or anyone else!
Demise of the middle class? The only middle class the US has had is a fiat middle class, rich on paper but poor on principle.
We've been a 3rd world country for decades.
The boomers retarded children (most of which poke you in the eyes, Leo) are indicative of boomer failure. They will get to enjoy zero american dreams, no rights, no money, and couldn't find strong principle in themselves to save anything.


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Student Spotlight: Holly Greenwell
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Major: Associate in General Studies
Holly Greenwell has very specific educational goals for herself: to become a nurse practitioner, to graduate from college as debt-free as possible, and to be an honors student at College of DuPage.
So far, she's meeting those goals in impressive fashion. As a Presidential Scholar at College of DuPage, she received a full-tuition scholarship and membership in the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society while completing her Associate in General Studies in less than two years.
Due to her accomplishments, including a 3.949 cumulative GPA, Greenwell received the College of DuPage Honors Transfer Scholarship awarded by Elmhurst College. This full-tuition scholarship paid for her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree.
"I needed to maintain a minimum of a 3.25 GPA in order to keep the scholarship, and I wanted to maintain a high GPA at Elmhurst so that I could graduate with the highest honors," she said.
She completed those goals as well, graduating magna cum laude and from the honors program in 2015. While at Elmhurst, she also was president of the Student Nurses Association.
Greenwell, who loves watching surgery and medical shows on TV, selected nursing because she enjoys helping people. Anatomy was one of her favorite classes in high school, and her interest in nursing grew even more through her volunteer work at the York Community Resource Center, the CNS Home Health and Hospice, LifeSource, and Central DuPage Hospital. She also worked at the Meadows Retirement Home.
After earning her bachelor's degree, she accepted a job at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. And Greenwell's goals continue beyond that.
"I hope to receive my Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) as part of my degree from graduate school," she said. "I also hope to specialize in Geriatrics. Having worked at a retirement home, I love working with the elderly, and I can't imagine doing anything else."
Greenwell encourages others to check out College of DuPage. With its top reputation nationally, COD offers an abundance of transfer programs and opportunities available on campus, whether it's classes or clubs.
"Students should look at the future and think about how much debt or loans they might have to pay off, because College of DuPage is a great school where students can get a fantastic education for an unbeatable price," she said.
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American Camp Association, New England is partnering with Tobey Grey for an exclusive night of discounted shopping on Wednesday, May 7th to raise funds to provide camperships for children in need. Admission is $30 and includes a 25% discount off everything in the store. All proceeds from admission and raffle ticket sales, plus 15% of the evening's purchases will provide camperships at day and overnight camps in New England for children in need through the Camp Champions Campership Fund.
Tobey Grey is an upscale, affordable clothing store for men and women, that specializes in designer denim. The event will be hosted by MC Phil Lipof, anchor and reporter at WCVB, and Mike Amado from Entertainment Specialists will DJ. Complimentary cocktails and after dinner sweets will be served.
"We at Tobey Grey love giving back to the community and this shopping event not only gives us the opportunity but also our customers the chance to help send less fortunate children to camp and create a summer of unforgettable memories," said Steve Simons, owner of Tobey Grey.
For more information and to purchase tickets please visit www.acanewengland.org.
When: Wednesday, May 7th from 6:30-9:30 PM
Where: Tobey Grey 34 Langley Road. Newton Centre, MA 02459
Cost: Admission is $30.
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Fashion Art Toronto is weeks away and its filled with some of the most talented emerging designers from around the world. YDNA is a brand based out of Montreal who is set to hit the runway at FAT 2014 April 26 I caught up with them for a interview here's what he had to say. For info on FAT – visit our interactive website: http://fashionarttoronto.ca/
Getthebuzz716: Tell me a little about your brand. Where are you from?
YDNA: I'm from Montreal, Canada, my brand name is YDNA.
Getthebuzz716: What does fashion week Fashion Art Toronto mean to you?
YNDA: It means a new opportunity F.A.T. is fresh.
Getthebuzz716: How would you define your Brand?
YDNA: person that wears a cloth hopefully will feel like a four leaf clover. Special hidden somewhere and wait for someone to pick it up.
Getthebuzz716: How long does it usually take you to construct a piece?
YDNA: One day
Getthebuzz716: Describe the general process you go through to design and what's your favorite part about conceptualizing a design?
YDNA: Every piece that I'm creating possesses a memory of my life...it's like a journal to me.
Getthebuzz716: What matters to you most as a designer?
YDNA: staying True to you.
Getthebuzz716: What do you believe makes a quality design?
YDNA: It's a quality design when you don't mind if someone doesn't like it as long as it's meaningful to you.
Getthebuzz716: How would you define the style your line exemplifies? *What are some of your fashion goals?
YDNA: It between ready to wear and couture. My fashion goal is to study at central Saint Martin one day.
Getthebuzz716: What other experience do you have in the fashion industry (stylist, retail, marketing, etc.)?
YDNA: I've been stylist, I also worked in retail for over 10 years and did study fashion marketing.
Getthebuzz716: What are your favorite patterns/materials [prints] to work with and why?
YDNA: I like white cotton or leather.
Getthebuzz716: Where can readers find out more about you and your work?


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From the late 1800's to the first half of the twentieth century California represented a land of opportunity for many. In Northern California, this potential seems to have been realized in particular by Italian immigrants who settled North of San Francisco in great numbers, founding small towns up the coast and in the inland valleys. Drive Highway 1, Highway 12, Highway 116, and the Bohemian Highway North of the city and you'll pass old barns and homesteads, country stores, and several Italian restaurants that have been operating continuously since at least the Thirties.
That these fiercely determined immigrants met with success here is evidenced by not only by the preponderance of these small towns and farming communities, but also that these same towns are, after several generations, still populated with Dinuccis and Gonnellas.
Garen Staglin grew up the son of one of those early Twentieth Century immigrants. His father, Pasquale Stagliano, later naturalized as Ramon Staglin, emigrated at the age of two with his family from Calabria, Italy and settled first in New York and later California. Like so many other immigrants, the Staglianos brought with them their love of food and wine and the central role they both play in family life.
It's no wonder then that when Garen met with considerable success, going from UCLA to Stanford Business School to the corporate world, and then to boardrooms and the halls of Silicon Valley venture capital, he and his wife Sharalyn dreamed of owning a vineyard. Carefully biding their time, they finally found just what they were looking for.
In 1985 the Staglins purchased a very old, very large estate in Rutherford that for many years had been under the management of André Tchelistcheff, known by some as the "Godfather of California Cabernet." Tchelistcheff managed this vineyard for Beaulieu Vineyards under the ownership of the La Tour family, and it was this 50-acre parcel that he selected for producing the vaunted BV Georges De La Tour Cabernet.
The Staglins took this vineyard and the adjoining ranch and literally transformed it, carefully replanting the vineyards with direction from Tchelistcheff and building an underground winery and a home for themselves in the style of an Italian villa.
Today, and for nearly the past twenty-five years, Staglin Family Vineyards has been winning praise for the small quantity of estate wine that it produces each year: 350 cases of Sangiovese and 2,000 cases of Chardonnay in addition to the slightly more than 6,000 cases of this Cabernet. They are certainly my favorite producer in Rutherford, and in my opinion, one of the top three producers in the appellation.
Winemaking is currently done by Fredrik Johansson, but I believe this vintage was made by then winemaker Celia Masyczek, who spent almost a decade making some of the most celebrated of Staglin's wines before continuing her career as one of Napa's superstar winemakers.
The wine is made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon grown organically on the Staglin Family estate in the shadow of Mt. St. John in the Mayacamus Range in an area known as the Rutherford Bench. After destemming and crushing, the berries cold soak before a fermentation that lasts anywhere from 14 to 28 days. After secondary fermentation is complete the wine is aged for 26 months in 100% French oak barrels, (65% of which are new).
Tasting Notes:
Medium ruby in color and showing little sign of its age, this wine has a nose of leather, cherry, and wet cedar bark aromas -- distinctively an older California Cabernet. In the mouth it offers flavors of fresh and dried cherries, cinnamon, and what can only be described as both the flavor and texture of the softest suede. A long finish completes a very satisfying experience that, if tinged with anything other than pleasure, might be said to involve a little regret at drinking this wine now, as it clearly has a good decade ahead of it.
Food Pairing:
I drank this wine with a nicely grilled filet mignon and fresh vegetables, which is certainly a classic pairing.
Overall Score: between 9 and 9.5
How Much?: This vintage can be had at auction or select retailers for around $120
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On Friday before Christmas I went to the railroad depot to see if a package had ordered had come, and the agent said: "Yes; there are several things here for you; there is a barrel of flour, a keg of syrup, and some sugar and coffee." "It must," said I, "be a mistake, for I have ordered none of these things. Where did they come from?" And he said, "They came from Columbus." I was puzzled; I went to them and examined them, and found the flour from J. T. Eason, and at once it flashed through my mind that some of the brethren of Mt. Moriah church had sent those things to me. I thought so because Bro. J. T. Whatley is chief manager of Bro. J. T. Eason's mercantile business, and a member of Mt. Moriah church. I returned to my house and told the children of it, and we sent for the things, and we had a joyful time unpacking and examining them. John said: "Father, what are they worth in money?" "In money," I said, "they are worth not more than $20 or less; but in a higher sense they are worth more than rubies And," said I, "what would not a preacher go through for such a people?' And said one of the children: "A great deal, for you know they care for you." There was a seventeen pound ham, a great bag of sugar, coffee, rice, grits, a keg of syrup and a barrel of flour. And I wished that every Old Baptist preacher, rich or poor, in the world had just such a Christmas gift as Mt. Moriah gave me. Who knows but that many churches will pattern after this example set by Mt. Moriah church, and thus cheer the hearts of hundreds of God's poor ministers? God grant it may be so.
I will say nothing of my unworthiness, but I will say, and say it in truth, that Mt. Moriah church is worthy of the name of a gospel church.---R.
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- Fruit Crumble
- 1 C flour
- 1 C oatmeal
Preheat oven to 400°. In large bowl, combine flour, oatmeal, sugar, and salt. Add melted butter, stir to combine. Press 3/4 of mixture into 9" pie tin.
In large bowl, combine apple slices with cinnamon. Evenly spread over crust in pan. Sprinkle with remaining crumbs. Bake 40 minutes, until fruit is bubbly.
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Gretchen Wilson
"It became apparent to me really fast that I wasn't going to be able to make a living and pay my bills playing on Broadway." -Gretchen Wilson
Before the release of Wilson's first effort, Here for the Party, airwaves became inundated with the hit "Redneck Woman." This track rocketed to the No. 1 spot on the country Billboard charts and radio charts, marking it the fastest rising artist's debut single in over a decade.
With this track bombarding the airwaves in Nashville and beyond, there was an increasing demand for a full Wilson album. This pressure sent Gretchen to the studio in order to finish Here for the Party ahead of schedule. Released on May 11, 2004, the 10-track album was so popular that it debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Country Charts.
Riding this surge of popularity, Wilson has been busy doing promotional work. She performed at the Country Music Association Awards on CBS and also appeared on NBC's Today.
Gretchen Wilson BiographyWhen Gretchen Wilson says she grew up in a small town, she's not exaggerating one bit. Pocahontas, Illinois, is a rural trailer park town of approximately 727 people, situated 36 miles east of St. Louis, Missouri. Born on June 26, 1973, and raised in Pocahontas, Gretchen Wilson had a tough childhood. Her mother was only 16 when Gretchen was born and the young, poor family was forced to frequently pack up and move to a new trailer when rent payments could not be made.
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With a working mother and no father there for support, Gretchen turned to her grandmother for parenting. This support helped Wilson after she took on the responsibility of raising her baby brother at the age of 10. With only a grade eight education, she searched the small town for a job and finally settled on Big O's, a bar a few miles outside of town.
Tending bar at 14 years old, Wilson matured quickly. After a year there, she was promoted to manager and moved out on her own. Inspired to establish a life different from those stuck in Pocahontas, Gretchen turned to music, partly influenced by her guitar-playing father, with whom she reunited three years earlier. Wilson began singing at Big O's and even joined a cover band for a while.
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In 1996, Gretchen made a life-changing decision: she would move to Nashville and try to establish a career as a country music singer. But four long years of working at bars and singing with local bands passed before she could realize this goal.
One night, while Wilson was on stage at a bar, Big Kenny and John Rich (both popular country singer-songwriters) heard her voice and were smitten with Wilson. A skeptical Gretchen initially ignored their calls, but a few months later, she finally listened to them.
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Rich introduced Gretchen to the Muzik Mafia, an exclusive group of musicians and songwriters who met weekly to perform and created great country music together. Soon, Wilson was part of the "in" crowd and had created enough buzz that Sony Music Nashville signed her to a record deal.
Now with a daughter of her own, Wilson was motivated to take advantage of this opportunity. Along with top country music producers, she hit the studio soon after signing, singing a multitude of tracks she had written in her early days in Nashville.
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It was another single, however, that began to attract attention. "Redneck Woman" was released to radio stations in early 2004, and became an instant hit. Suddenly, Gretchen had gone from struggling musician to overnight star.
The single climbed to the top of the Billboard charts in mere months. In fact, it was the fastest rise of a debut single in over a decade.
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Pressure mounted for Wilson to finish the rest of her album, and so she rushed to complete the 10-track piece in time for a May 2004 release. Not surprisingly, the album, called Here for the Party, debuted at the top spot of Billboard's Country Chart.
Following the album's release, Wilson went on the road promoting her album and performing on The Tonight Show, Today and the Country Music Association Awards. More of the same is on tap for Wilson, who also plans on going on tour.