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Question: What's the difference between the Chase Freedom® and Sapphire cards? Which one is preferred?
Answer: That's a bit like asking whether you prefer the Frappuccino or the Vivanno, even though you get them both at Starbucks. Both rewards credit cards seem to be geared to different consumer groups.
If you travel often, you'll probably prefer the Chase Sapphire® Preferred Card. If you're looking for more opportunities to earn cash back the Chase Freedom® offer may be a better fit for you. Let's run down some of the key points between the two rewards cards:
Bonus offers: Chase Freedom® appeals to budget-conscious consumers with a current offer where you can earn $150 Bonus after spending $500 on purchases in your first 3 months from account opening. Chase Sapphire Preferred Card hooks frequent travelers with 40,000 bonus points when you spend $4,000 on purchases in the first 3 months from account opening. And offers 5,000 bonus points after you add the first authorized user and make a purchase in the first 3 months from account opening.
Bonus rebate offers: Chase Freedom® cardholders can earn 5 percent total cash back on purchase categories that rotate every quarter up to $1,500 in combined purchases (quarterly spend cap) and after activating the bonus each quarter. Chase Sapphire Preferred Card cardholders can get 2X points when using their credit card on dining at restaurants and travel and 1 point per dollar spent on all other purchases.
Reward redemption: Chase Freedom® pays out a cash back reward as a statement credit every three months. Chase Sapphire Preferred Card lets you accrue points that you can redeem 1:1 point transfer to leading frequent travel programs at full value – that means 1,000 Ultimate Rewards points equal 1,000 partner miles/points.
Customer service: Chase Sapphire Preferred Card members get an exclusive perk. Call the number on the back of your card, and you can get direct access to a customer service specialist anytime.
Annual fee: Chase Sapphire Preferred Card offers an introductory annual fee of $0 the first year, then $95. The Chase Freedom® does not carry an annual fee.
Both cards feature Chase's "Ultimate Rewards," a program the Wall Street Journal covered when it launched in 2009. At the time, WSJ pointed out that Chase program managers wanted to streamline some of the rewards offered in the credit card issuer's previous version of the Freedom card. Chase also wanted to compete more aggressively against American Express, launching a Sapphire card to appeal to the kinds of cardholders accustomed to carrying Platinum Card® from American Express or Centurion cards.
Both Chase cards also happen to include one of our favorite features, the Chase Blueprint online service. Blueprint helps you manage your plan to pay down balances faster, especially when you've been making major purchases. If you're really on the bubble and you've got the excellent credit score needed to qualify for either card, just take a look at which card would best fit your needs.


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The Face of Love (opening today) aspires to be a serious romance embedded in a compelling mystery. It has some good ingredients to work with, featuring the usually stellar Annette Bening and Ed Harris in the lead roles. But working with one of the worst scripts in recent memory, even these two veteran stars can't save this film from feeling more like a harsh, stinging slap to the face.
Bening plays Nikki, a depressed widow who we know is depressed because she is drinking wine (gasp!) alone. Her husband is gone and she is haunted by his memory. She has a grown daughter who she still clings to and an affectionate neighbor (Robin Williams) who is a widow himself.
One day in the park, Nikki sees a man and he bears more than a striking resemblance to her late husband. She returns the next day and begins stalking the man to get a closer look. She does, and not only does he look similar, he in fact looks identical. Ed Harris plays both the late husband (in flashbacks) and the new man of Nikki's affection. She falls for the new man, and he falls for her.
Each line delivered in this film between any combination of its characters lands with a resounding thud. There is much stating and over-stating of the obvious and phrasing of words in unnatural ways. The dialogue is written to give us clear exposition and character background instead of flowing naturally as if these were real people we are watching.
But the horrible dialogue is the least of the film's worries...and that's saying a lot. The preposterous plot has characters reacting to the situation in laughable ways, brushing over the fact that the entire central story is just a manipulative, implausible sham. You await to see the film's end hoping that there is some sci-fi twist or explanation as to how two identical humans could exist in the same town and in such close proximity, appearing at the perfect time and in the perfect place. No such pay-off is delivered, but no worries...you will hardly care either way the longer this dreck continues to churn.
You can sort of see why the premise attracted such respectable actors, because had this material been handled in a smarter way, there were some interesting facets to have been explored. But just chalk this up as horrible missteps for Bening, Harris, Williams and even director Arie Posin. Long careers often feature duds of varying magnitude, even though this one falls in the catastrophic category.
Not much more can be said about The Face of Love...it's one of the worst films you'll see this year, memorable for all the wrong reasons.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Run Time: 1 hours, 32 minutes, Rated PG-13
Starring : Annette Bening, Ed Harris, Robin Williams
Co-Written & Directed by Arie Posin (The Chumscrubber)
Opens locally on Friday, April 11, 2014 (check for show times).
Be sure to watch Tom Santilli on TV! Check your local listings for "Movie Show Plus" for Tom's weekly movie review segment, airing at 10:30 p.m. EST every Sunday, on MYTV20 in Detroit.
How to read Tom Santilli's "Star Ratings:"
- 5 Stars: Exceptional, must-see movie
- 4 Stars: Very good movie, not without flaws
- 3 Stars: The movie was just OK, leaves a lot to be desired
- 2 Stars: Pretty bad, a let-down, disappointing, but with some redeeming qualities
- 1 Star: Awful, sloppy, a total waste of time

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Sony sold every PlayStation 4 available in the United States since its launch on November 15 last year, VP of marketing for Sony Computer Entertainment of America John Koller told the PlayStation blog.
Last month, Sony announced that PS4 sold over 4.2 million units by the end of December. It would appear this number has increased exponentially, though we don't know exact figures; however, the company recently revealed that PS4 was the number one selling next-gen console for the month of January, almost double the sales of its runner-up (of which was not stated, though you should be able to guess).
"Globally, we announced last month that we've sold through more than 4.2 million units as of the holiday season, making PS4's launch the biggest in console gaming history," Koller, in an interview with the PS blog, said. "I think the PS4 demand is indicative of how we've tapped into something special – and that's that gamers want to be recognized for their greatness and want to enjoy experiences together."
"We're looking forward to what 2014 has to offer," he added. "Starting with inFAMOUS Second Son next month, Destiny in the fall and The Order 1886 later in the year . There will be lots more games to come too – more than 100 total in North America this year."
What titles are you most excited for this year? Make some noise down in the comments section.
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text: Judo is a Japanese martial art founded in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Ju means "flexibility", Do means "way", we can translate Judo "the way of flexibility", or "principle of adaptation". The main techniques are projections, sweaps, ground controls, chokes and locks. This Olympic sport is very popular in France, where young children from 5 years use to practice Judo.


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The Holiday in Dixie festival in Shreveport, a celebration of the Louisiana Purchase, marks the beginning of the spring season and the promise of warmer weather. Held each year at Festival Plaza in the heart of downtown, it is the most anticipated festival of the year, reminding us that old Father Winter is departing us in exchange for warmer temperatures and spring fever.
The festival was first held in 1949 and was a five day pageant called "Salute to the Southland" and depicted the early history of Shreveport. Activities will include live music, vendors, games, arts and crafts, delicious carnival food and fantastic rides, as well as the annual KTBS 3 Holiday in Dixie Treasure Hunt. The treasure hunt will begin today with the first clue to be released live on KTBS news during the 10 pm broadcast. Treasure hunters can sign up at KTBS.com to receive the clues in advance of the broadcast announcement. The winner of the treasure hunt will receive a big cash prize of $1,500.
The festival will run from April 11-20; ten days of family fun is certain. The parade will be Saturday, April 12th, 2014 at 5:30 pm in downtown Shreveport beginning at the Municipal Auditorium and heading east on Milam, north on Market, then west on Texas. The parade has been unique to the Shreveport – Bossier area for 66 years and continues the tradition of family fun featuring Shriner's clowns and cars, classic convertibles, fire trucks, the National Guard, Bossier City Marshals and Fire Departments, local school marching bands, six floats and more. Once again there will be tons of "throws", cups and candy showering the crowds that line the streets.
The 3rd annual Doodah 5K and family fun run takes place Tuesday, April 15, 2014; the half-mile fun run starts at 6:00 pm; 5K starts at 6:30; both at Clyde Fant Parkway by Sciport. Early registration is available for $20 through April 14th. Race Day Registration is $25. You may pay with a credit card online only at www.sportspectrumusa.com or pay cash or check at 6970 Fern Avenue, 71105. Organizers advise that you register early as souvenir shirts are not guaranteed to late registrants. Awards will be given and overall male and female finishers in the 5K will receive $50 cash. Additionally, overall age group winners will receive awards. Age groups are 8-under, 9-11, 12-14, 15-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60 and older.
The much anticipated Holiday in Dixie Festival is certain to entertain. For more information, visit the Holiday in Dixie website.


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Senior Brooke Smith (San Anselmo, CA/Marin Catholic) of the Stanford women's basketball team was selected as the Stanford/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week for the week of Dec. 25-31.
Smith helped the Cardinal to a pair of wins over Arizona and No. 10/11 Arizona State in the squad's first Pac-10 home stand of the 2006-07 season.
Against the Wildcats, Smith was one of five Cardinal players to score in double figures, tallying 12 points and five rebounds. In the showdown with the Sun Devils, Smith contributed 19 points and ten rebounds for her second double-double of the season. The senior also tied a career-high with seven assists.
This is Smith's first Stanford/Muscle Milk Student-Athlete of the Week honor. Smith and the rest of the Cardinal women's basketball squad return to action on January 2 at Fresno State and January 6 at California.
Past Stanford/Muscle Milk Student-Athletes of the Week
Dec. 18-Dec. 25 Tanner Gardner
Dec. 11-Dec. 17 Jayne Appel
Dec. 4-Dec. 10 Cynthia Barboza
Nov. 27-Dec. 3 Lawrence Hill
Nov. 20-Nov. 26 Arianna Lambie
Nov. 14-Nov. 19 Josh Zupancic
Nov. 6-Nov. 13 Michael Okwo
Oct. 30-Nov. 5 Celia Durkin
Oct. 23-Oct. 29 Rachel Buehler
Oct. 16-Oct. 22 Janson Wigo
Oct. 9-Oct. 16 Bryn Kehoe
Oct. 1-Oct. 8 Liz Robinson
Sept.25-Oct. 1 Neftalem Araia
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With broad bipartisan support, the U.S. House of Representatives last week passed the Target Practice and Marksmanship Training Support Act (H.R. 3065) as Title XII of the Conservation and Economic Growth Act (H.R. 2578). Sponsored by Rep. Heath Schuler (D-N.C.), the legislation provides state game and fish agencies with more flexibility and discretion to use Pittman-Robertson (Wildlife Restoration Trust Fund) funds for the creation, enhancement and maintenance of public shooting ranges.
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This exhibition is brought to you by National Geographic in collaboration with Vivocity – "From China to Arabia, Ancient Treasure Ships and the Great Oman Voyage". It is a wondrous display of rare treasures that date all the way back to the 9th Century AD and up to the peak of trade in the 16th Century AD.
Date: 25 Jun – 18 Jul 2010
Venue: VivoCity, Central Court, Level 1
Time: 10am – 10pm
Price: $2/adult (50% of nett proceeds will be donated to charity)
There are about 90 precious pieces of treasure that will highlight and depict the ancient global trade between China and Arabia. With treasures from the Museum of East Asian Art in Bath, UK, and ancient Chinese ceramics found in actual excavation sites in Oman, this National Geographic travelling exhibition will make its first stop in Singapore, before proceeding to China and the Middle East.


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Snipes Getting Work While Locked Up: Offered 'Expendables 3′
*"The Expendables 2" hasn't even officially hit theaters yet and there's already talk of a third edition. This time, producer Avi Lerner is considering bringing Wesley Snipes to the cast. Yes, he knows the dude is in jail serving a three-year sentence. But Snipes will be back in action by July of next year if … Continue reading Snipes Getting Work While Locked Up: Offered 'Expendables 3′
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*Those of us who grew up burning out our eyeballs on endless repeats of cheesy 1980s action movies are diggin' on the new Expendables sequel with the eager eyes and wagging tongues of children at Christmas time. Sadly, though, there are some of you out there who weren't raised on a steady diet of bullets, … Continue reading EUR Perspective: They Were Expendables


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We appreciate your interest in HIM The following is a response to pastors, those serving in ministry, and market-place leaders to inform and clarify how HIM can benefit them in helping expand God's Kingdom.
Greeting from Mark Tubbs
One of my greatest privileges is to witness the hand of God in many places around the world. The body of Christ is so glorious and powerful. I love being connected to others in the body. To this end, Harvest International Ministry has been an incredible blessing for me. My wife Ann and I served in a traditional denomination for over 10 years. Then in 1995, the Holy Spirit came in the renewal and took our church and us in a whole new direction. The Spirit then led us to East Africa where the Lord blessed us by giving us the leadership of a burgeoning network of 200 churches. In fact, after joining HIM the network has grown to over 900 churches in East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda). This is the nature of HIM which is a network of networks. We needed support and direction, and HIM provided this for us.
HIM is a network of like-minded people who come together for a common purpose—to spread the love of Jesus and equip the saints. As you consider joining HIM, know that everything we do is based on relationships and partnership. Under the leadership of Apostle Ché Ahn, we are released into our apostolic anointing. This captures the truth of Ephesians 4:11, which shows that the fivefold ministries equip and prepare the saints to fulfill our callings and destiny. Since we first visited HRock Church in 1997 and later became involved in HIM, we have experienced the power of this network. We sincerely believe that our relationship with HIM has increased our ministry around the world.
In 2006, I became the Executive Director of HIM and more recently, Missions Apostle. In this role, I function as an apostolic leader by ministering to our churches, partners, and friends. As a former Senior Pastor and the head of a large church network, I know the struggles that local churches face. It would be a great privilege to be a part of your journey and to connect you with other leaders in your region and around the world who can partner with you.
Regarding ministry to you, HIM has many gifted leaders who can pray with you and encourage you, especially at our annual conferences, which are packed with the Spirit's power and full of impartation. Regarding ministry to others, our HIM members' financial and ministerial support enables us to reach some of the poorest nations on earth through mercy ministries and evangelism.
One of my greatest passions is to take people to the nations. I have discovered that the greatest spiritual training ground is undeveloped nations where the Spirit is releasing signs and wonders on a regular basis. I have taken many missions teams to other nations, and I will continue to organize these vital trips. You and your ministry team members can join us and be a part of the HIM ministry worldwide. I can also provide contacts and suggestions for any trips you would like to organize yourself.
With Blessings,


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Veins are the blood vessels of the body that return blood from the arms, legs, and organs back to the heart. Venous insufficiency is a condition in which the flow of blood through the veins is impaired. Venous insufficiency can be caused by a number of disorders of the veins, particularly deep vein thrombosis (blood clot) or varicose veins.
What are the causes of venous insufficiency?
In healthy veins, there is continuous flow of blood from the limbs back toward the heart. There are valves within the veins of the legs that prevent the backflow of blood. Venous insufficiency occurs when forward flow through the veins is obstructed, as in the case of a blood clot, or if there is backward leakage of blood flow through damaged valves. In many cases of venous insufficiency, patients have both obstruction of forward flow and backward leakage of the veins.
The most common causes of venous insufficiency are previous cases of blood clots and varicose veins. In some cases, weakness of the leg muscles that help squeeze blood forward may also contribute to venous insufficiency.
What are the symptoms of venous insufficiency?
Symptoms of venous insufficiency include:
What are the risk factors for venous insufficiency?
Some of the risk factors that can contribute to venous insufficiency are:
How is venous insufficiency treated?
There are many treatment options for venous insufficiency, depending upon the condition that is causing it. The most common treatment for venous insufficiency is prescription-wear compression stockings. These special elastic stockings apply pressure at the ankle and lower leg and improve venous blood flow and reduce leg swelling.
Compression stockings are available in a range of prescription strengths and in different lengths (such as knee-high or thigh-high stockings). Your physician will determine the type of compression stocking that is most appropriate for your care. In some cases when a non-healing ulcer (sore) is present, a physician may prescribe special medicated wraps (such as an Unna boot) to reduce swelling and treat the skin ulcer.
To further help with the leg swelling caused by venous insufficiency, your doctor may also tell you to keep your legs elevated above your heart when you are lying down. He or she may also suggest that you get more exercise; for example, walking can improve your circulation. Weight loss can also be very helpful for treatment of venous insufficiency for patients who are overweight.
For patients with venous insufficiency caused by blood clots, doctors commonly prescribe anticoagulants or blood thinners. This treatment works on existing blood clots and also prevents additional clots from forming.
How can venous insufficiency be prevented?
Prevention of venous insufficiency is important, especially if there is a strong family history. Strategies for prevention of blood clots can help you avoid chronic venous insufficiency. Prevention methods for each patient may be different; therefore, a physician should discuss and design a personal program for each situation.
You can help prevent venous insufficiency with the following steps:


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More: You must have nine lives.
BH: All of these health scares have taught me the importance of embracing life. They made me decide not to be scared but to live life to the fullest. I have to learn how to mentally embrace what has happened to me and not be angry but just grateful that I am here. My only focus is to enjoy my life both professionally and personally.
More: Are you happy?
BM: I am happy. I have a beautiful family, I have beautiful kids, plus, Kristi [Kristi Gibson, his ex-fiancée and the mother of his two children] has been an amazing person in my life through thick and thin.
More: Last year you announced you both were calling off your engagement. How are you handling the split?
BM: We are fantastic. We have been through so many ups and downs before and always come out stronger and on top. I don't know what the future holds for us, but I can tell you we are the best of friends, more so than we have ever been.
More: How are the children doing with your new arrangement?
BM: When Kristi and I separated there was never any harsh fighting or using our kids. Although it wasn't easy and, yes, there were many tears involved because this is not easy to explain, we did work together as a team. We live close to each other so I see my kids every single day when I'm in town, I do their homework with them on the phone, I drive them to school and I make every effort to be there even when I am on the road. We talk about everything, keep the lines of communication open and always reinforce that we are a family no matter what.
More: Is the door open for reconciliation?
BM: If it is meant to be, it is meant to be.
More: Let's talk about your career. You released your latest album back in December.
BM: It is called Bret Michaels: Good Songs & Good Friends and it is 15 songs with everyone from Jimmy Buffett to Loretta Lynn to KISS to Van Halen, and Lil Jon even does rap. Making this album was the most fun I have ever had because it is a combination of all of the music both with Poison and solo.
More: You are also returning to the boardroom to face Donald Trump again. What is that all about?
BM: I love the fight, the business savvy of it all, the competition and making money for my charity, Bret Michaels Life Rocks Foundation. For me, doing All-Star Celebrity Apprentice was a no-brainer. When I got ill, it made me realize the importance of asking your friends to give, to raise money and delegate it to where it needs to go to help those less fortunate.
More: In addition to this show, you are also teaming up with the Travel Channel?
BM: Yes, I am doing a series called Rock My RV, which I did because it took me back to my childhood and the time of my life when all we did was RV, barbecue and camp.
More: You have had one too many trips to the ER. Aren't you taking on too much too soon?
BM: No. I feel great and am just embracing life to the fullest.


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Almost all of the big banks today are hiking fees on everything, but some nontraditional start-ups like BankSimple and PerkStreet are shaking things up a little. The bonus for customers? Lower rates and fees.
BankSimple will be launching at the end of the year, but they're an online company that doesn't deal with hidden fees or overdraft charges. They offer checking accounts and debit cards. With several partner banks, customers can make deposits, get loans, and process other transactions. BankSimple is just the interface. Visa is their debit card partner, and customers get access to more than 43,000 ATMS nationwide.
PerkStreet is another online bank. They offer checking accounts, online banking, and a debit MasterCard. Customers get 2% cash back for all non-PIN debit card purchases during the first thre months they have the card.
Once that period is up, you get unlimited 2% cash back any day your account balance is at least $5,000 at the beginning of the day. If you fall below that, you still get 1% cash back on non-PIN debit purchases. Additionally, you get 5% cash back when you shop at their partner stores. They even offer a choice of rewards. They have a network of 37,000 ATMS, too.


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FORT PIERCE — The 59 grow houses discovered in Port St. Lucie since May are linked to a New Jersey business that offered potential growers a "relocation package" to St. Lucie County, federal prosecutors said this afternoon.
In exchange for a free home, the recruits agreed to maintain a grow house for two years.
After that, the home could be sold and the equity split 50-50 between the homeowner and the New Jersey financier. Or the homeowner could continue to operate the grow house, said R. Alexander Acosta, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida.
During the two years, the organization paid the homeowners' expenses and the owner was required to harvest and tend to the plants and start a new crop two to three times a year, Acosta said.
Federal authorities would not disclose the name of the New Jersey business or the city where it is located, saying the investigation is ongoing.
They unsealed federal indictments today charging 35 people with conspiracy and cultivating marijuana.


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|Identifiable Gaussian Graphical Models
|Seminar on Probability and its Application
|Seth Sullivant, North Carolina State University
|A Gaussian graphical model is a statistical model that uses a graph to encode linear relationships between a collection of random variables. These linear relationships determine a positive definite covariance matrix whose entries are polynomials in certain parameters associated to the edges of the graph. The edge parameters are identifiable if they can be recovered from the covariance matrix. I will discuss recent results, where we employ techniques from computational algebra and algebraic combinatorics to make progress on the identifiability problem. Algebraic background will be kept a minimum. This is joint work with Mathias Drton, Rina Foygel, Luis Garcia, and Sarah Spiegelvogel.
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JWC TO ANNA D. B. MONTAGU; 2 September 1827; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18270902-JWC-ADBM-01; CL 4:250-253.
Comley Bank [2 September 1827]
My dearest Mrs Montagu
By way of excusing or at least explaining this long silence, I might tell you what various scenes I have come thro' of late weeks, and how their rapid shifting quite bewildered my brain so that no sense remained in it for any Composition whatsoever: but I fear the excuse would be worse to bear with than the failure; as no powers of description could make my travelling journal otherwise than exceedingly dull. Since our return home the illness of my favorite Aunt1 has afforded me almost constant employment, and of the most anxious sort; her malady requiring a painful and dangerous operation. Nevertheless I might still have written; for, in spite of Edward Irving's testimony to the contrary, I maintain none living is so busied, that he may not write occasionally to his friend: however, you will consider that I myself am the only loser by the omission; and so take my apologies, such as they are, in good part.
Has Mr Irving told you, my husband half purposes offering himself for a London professorship?2 No conceivable plan could be more opposite to the one detailed in my last; indeed you will hardly understand how they should be lying quietly together in one head. Yet, both have been admitted on the self same principle; for both are solutions (by different methods) of the problem of living. But for the want of some sure footing for our present situation to rest on, it were out of sight the most suitable and every way desirable of the three: our dear little home here grows more attractive every day; all the conveniences both of town and country lie around it; and we have as good society as the place (indeed perhaps any place) affords. But then to be at the mercy of such people as Booksellers! to be this with a sick body and a high mind! it would render the finest situation under the Sun unbearable. Now whether as a Farmer in the moors of Dunscore,3 or a Professor in the London university, one should be equally independent as to income: in the one case being placed below the necessity of writing for bread, in the other raised above it. For the rest; the arguments for and against the two projects are so well balanced, that one can hardly tell which to prefer. Which would you prefer in like circumstances? Do suggest something that may determine us at least which way to wish.
Mr Procter did us a great kindness by his letter of introduction to Jeffrey. He is quite a little jewel of a man, and seems to love my Husband truly, who in return as truly loves him. We shall leave Edinr with more regret, when along with it we leave this new friend: but regrets, even where one has leave to "speak them out" are of no avail. Let me rather then, look forward to London and Mrs Montagu or (which is my lik[e]lier fate) to Craigenputtock and—the pleasures of solitude.
We were greatly uplifted about two weeks ago by a little box out of Germany, containing a long, friendly letter from Goethe, along with the gracefulest gifts! a new edition of his poems, inscribed with his own hand to the "Werthen Ehpaare Carlyle für freundliche Theilnahme schönstens dankbar" ["to the Carlyles, worthy couple, with best thanks for their friendly interest"]—two other volumes of his works for the Herr, "zu freundlichem Andenken" ["in kind remembrance"]—and a fine pocket book also, in one of the pockets of which was the [pre]ttiest quatrain written on a coloured card
Weimar 20 July / 1827
But what astonished me most, and indeed nearly turned my head a whole afternoon was a similar card for me, laid in a blue and gilt box with a fine wrought Dresden chain, and a locket engraved with the Poet's head. Tho' my paper is nearly filled, I must copy it also; for truly it is a pearl of great price.
Weimar 20 July / 1827
Two medallions, one of himself, the other of his Father and Mother completed this wonderful "Sendung." Our little drawingroom, with all these things, might now pass for a Sanctuary to Goethe: my Husbands translations of his works, in the tastefulest binding my fancy could invent, already ornamented the bookcase; and while we were away in Dumfriesshire a good Genius to give us a pleasant surprise hung up a finely framed portrait of him.
But I must positively conclude; for Mr C wishes to write a postscript, and I am encroaching on his room. Will you answer this without delay? And tell me how Charles has been going on and anything that concerns you? I know how little right I have to expect this: but I know also you are very good. God bless you my dear Friend
I am always respectfully and af[f]ectionately Yours /
Jane Welsh Carlyle
[TC's postscript:] My dear Madam, Jane has surely supposed a polyglott faculty in you; for here is German enough to puzzle Crabbe Robinson himself!— I have only room to say that I still think of you with affection, and long to hear of your good. How are you? How are all the true souls I came to know thro' your means? Sad would it be were I parted from them forever; but this I am not, and will not be!
Will you tell me something about this London University, and my project of professing to teach "poetic taste" there? Do think of it, and say something—wise, as you are wont. I should have answered Mr Irving's letter instantly; but that I am hurried into half-delirium by a paper for the E. Review[.] All good be with you and yours!
How is Mrs Procter? I do trust nothing wrong has befallen. Badams I suppose is gone from this wicked world;6 but surely his memory will always be dear to me, as the memory of a good man.
My best regards to your Poet,7 and in some respects mine. His kindness has not failed; this is its best recompense.
[Postscript by JWC:] What is become of that Angel or Demon (I know not which) Julia Strachey? She never writes hither now


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Mar 2, 2011 11:23 AM
Punxsutawney Phil, you stinkin' liar. 'no six weeks of winter', our sweet ass. We love hot chocolate and warm sweaters and curling up by the fire with our honey as much as the next girl, but it's getting old FAST. We are so ready for spring! With that in mind, we're counting down the days until March 21st, the official first day of spring, with some fabulous Aspire/Acquire posts featuring ideas for spring fashion and frolicking. Bring on the warm weather!
Mid-waist flares and wide leg trousers are making a big comeback this season and we fully intend to stock up. The long leg line makes up feel like we have lean, graceful stems and are pretty much our favorite style to wear to work. We're happy to leave lined, wool pants behind us for a good long time and are eager for lighter fabrics. The aspire specimen is the Stacy Flare Pant by Alive+Olivia and we love the smooth look of the linen/cotton blend, but while we like them, $253 is a hefty price tag. Enter our acquire choice - Drew Graphite Flare Pants from The Limited ($70). They'll look phenom with your favorite pair of heels and their fabric is wrinkle free, which the lazy side of us totally celebrates.
And, as always, if you've got something you love that's out of your reach, email us and we'll find you some more budget-friendly lookalikes for a future Aspire/Acquire feature!
I prefer the look of the Limited pants. The light gray of the Alive+Olivia is kind of hard to wear.
I believe OB got the pictures backwards. The light gray pants are from The Limited. The olive pants are from Alive+Olivia. Thank goodness though. I like the gray ones WAY better.
Well, that explains a lot. I thought the gray ones looked kinda chintzy. I'd continue to aspire.
These are super cute but I can't afford either. I just got a new job that requires Khaki pants, any chance you guys could do a guide for Khakis under $50? I think the last time I ever wore some were ten years ago. It's so hard finding short ones that are actually cute on a petite body.
Old Navy has a petite collection (only available online. They may have something.
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Over the course of the Superbowl's almost 50 year history, the Superbowl halftime show has transformed from college marching bands to some of the biggest acts in music history. The Superbowl's halftime show debuted with University of Arizona Symphonic Marching Band and just last year, Grammy award-winner Bruno Mars dazzled audiences with his glitzy dance moves and his charismatic style. He took the stage with raw, funk rock band 'The Red Hot Chili Peppers' and they surprisingly blended well together.
Who will be performing at the Superbowl halftime show has become almost as important as what teams will make it to the Superbowl! Over the years, just a few of the Grammy award-winners that have been a part of the Superbowl halftime show are Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, the Who, The Rolling Stones, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Paul McCartney, and U2...and maybe now, Weird Al Yankovic?
A change.org petition was recently started to drum up interest for Weird Al Yankovic to perform at Superbowl XLIX and so far, it has accumulated over 80,000 signatures. Weird Al Yankovic may be an outlandish choice for a music roster that has boasted some of the world's most recognized talent, but it looks like he may become a strong possibility.
However, it cannot be denied that Weird Al Yankovic is having a pretty stellar year. In a highly marketed campaign, he introduced a brand new video from his latest album, 'Mandatory Fun' each day over eight consecutive days on YouTube. The buzz on this album caught on so quickly, it resulted in a number 1 album on the Billboard pop charts for 'Mandatory Fun,' a first for a comedy album.
In an almost 40 year career creating catchy, brilliant, amusing, and sometimes grating parody songs in which some have become beloved classics, Yankovic's music career has had more staying power than some celebrities he has imitated.
A Grammy award-winner who has also made appearances on film and television, Weird Al's sometimes dizzying hit songs range from shocking to hilarious! He got his start on the Dr. Demento show with 'My Bologna,' a parody song of The Knack's 'My Sharona' in 1979. An avid polka player and accordionist, Weird Al's songs have run the gamut of song genres and he has also written some non-parodies, but his most successful works have come directly from pop culture. He has parodied a laundry list of celebrities, including Madonna, Michael Jackson, Nirvana, Coolio, and Rage Against the Machine.
Whether Weird Al makes his way to the Superbowl halftime show or not, his staying power and his award-winning talent might just be enough to make audiences clamor to find out what he would bring to the Superbowl stage.
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About the Aurora Fox
Aurora Fox
Professional Live Theatre in the Heart of Aurora's Cultural Arts District.
The Aurora Fox
9900 E. Colfax Ave.
Aurora CO 80010
The Aurora Fox Arts Center, a historic landmark located at 9900 East Colfax in the Aurora Cultural Arts District, is the city's performing arts center. The Aurora Fox is a 245 seat performing arts facility, with attached rehearsal and scenery shop facilities. A former movie theatre that was built in 1946, the Aurora Fox was completely renovated and reopened in March of 1985.
Owned and operated by the City of Aurora Cultural Services Division, the 245-seat Aurora Fox Arts Center is home to the Aurora Fox Theatre Company, a professional company widely recognized for its eclectic, high-quality fare, the Aurora Fox Studio Theatre a smaller black-box theatre where more cutting-edge works are produced, and the Aurora Fox Children's Theatre, which annually produces the popular Little Foxes Summer Theater for youngsters. Having just celebrated 29 successful seasons, The Aurora Fox guarantees many opportunities to relax, have fun, and get excited again.
The Aurora Fox offers the residents of Aurora and the metro area enjoyment of professional quality performances in a smaller, intimate, and accessible performing space. Our goals are to bring new plays to the metro region for both our main stage and children's seasons, provide opportunities for children to perform in a professional environment, and provide opportunities for minority performers and audiences in the community to be involved in the performing arts.
In addition to performances by the Center's resident groups, the Aurora Fox Arts Center books other local and regional groups for performances at the Center through co-sponsoring with Colorado Cultural Connections, Aurora Sentinel, LaVoz, and Colorado Folk Arts Council, a multi-cultural series featuring performing groups that represent Aurora's many ethnic communities.
The Aurora Fox Arts Center is available to rent for meetings, seminars, workshops, performances, and other community events. For more information on renting the Aurora Fox, call 303-739-1970. For information on rental rates, click here.


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Come to the Holden Arboretum in Kirtland, Ohio on Saturday, March 22 or Sunday, March 23 and enjoy a tasty pancake breakfast with all the trimmings and then walk off all those calories when you participate in a guided Spring hike around the Arboretum grounds. It is approximately a 30 minute drive from Cleveland.
Pancake Breakfast Being offered from 9 a.m - 1 p.m. (with seatings at 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 11:15 a.m. and noon) at the Warren H. Corning Visitor Center, the annual Holden Arboretum pancake breakfast features buttermilk, blueberry or multigrain pancakes with maple or berry syrup, sausage links, home fried redskin potatoes, cut fresh fruit, orange juice and milk or coffee.
Cost of the pancake breakfast is $17 for adults and $10 for children (4-10). Children 3 and under are free. It is advised that you call ahead and make reservations for the breakfast. You can call 440-946-4400. Gluten-free pancakes will also be available but you must call ahead (440-946-4400, ext. 224) and register to receive this option.
After guests finish breakfast, they can join a guided tour where they can explore the grounds and look for signs of Spring.
A Bit About Holden Arboretum One of the largest arboretums and botanical gardens in America, the Holden Arboretum was founded in 1931 after the bequest by Cleveland mining engineer and executive Albert Fairchild Holden and today it is dedicated to education and conservation of plant life with special interest in those plants native to the state of Ohio.
Comprised of over 3500 acres, Holden Arboretum has devoted 600 of those acres to gardens and plant collections with over 9400 different kinds of woody plants representing 74 plant families. The rest of the acreage contains diverse natural areas and habitats that are ecologically sensitive and are maintained in a natural state.
The Arboretum also has numerous specialty gardens including the Helen S. Layer Rhododendron Garden, the Myrtle S. Holden Wildflower Garden and the Arlen and Arthur Holden, Jr., Butterfly Garden.
In addition, Holden Arboretum has miles of trails for hiking pleasure geared to all skill levels.
For more information about the pancake breakfast and the Spring hikes, call 440-946-4400 or get online at www.holdenarb.org.
The Holden Arboretum is located at 9500 Sperry Rd. in Kirtland, Ohio. It is approximately a 30 minute drive from downtown Cleveland to Kirtland.


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The ways in which assessments are marked and graded is one of the fundamental ways in which we define and exemplify academic standards. It is central to the operation of an assessment system that is valid, reliable, and transparent. The purpose of these resources is to set out the basis by which equity and transparency in marking will be maintained across the University. Following the University guidance and using the resources below will ensure that the confidence already evident in the standards of the University's awards and in the probity of marking will be maintained. It will also enhance the links between marking, academic feedback, and other assessment related policies and processes.
- Marking and assessments shall be managed in ways that ensure equity, consistency, and transparency.
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Leaked Corvette Emblem Reveals Supercharged Z06
And now, the question that's been on everyone's mind since the Z06 was first announced, has finally been answered. We know how much power it would make thanks to a leak earlier today. 620 horsepower? 650 ft-lbs of torque? That's quite a lot for naturally aspirated LS. This was the Z06 though. It's never been boosted. […] More »
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Test for Possible Leaking Injector
Another tip from a Gordon Killebrew lecture during Corvettes at Carlisle 2001. Say your L98 starts right up after sitting for a long while, such as overnight, but is hard to start after sitting for a little while. Before trying to start it, hold the accelerator to the floor for a brief period and release […] More »


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Content here to stay updated on the latest from Foster Friess
Miss USA Contestants Don't Know Who VP Is
Youth of America knocking current events out of the park!
I'm trying to decide whether or not I think this is a big deal. On the one hand, Joe Biden is the Vice President of the United States and constantly making headlines with embarrassing statements so I think that in order to be considered an educated person you should definitely know who he is.
But on the other hand, the position of Miss USA kind of has more power than the Vice President, so how big of a deal is it really?
One thing is for sure though. These lovely young ladies and Joe Biden possess just about the same level of knowledge and insight into politics and no doubt the economy as well.
Beauty pageants don't attract many Mensa candidates; likely, many of those kids are bimbos.
I know your comment is in jest, but I doubt that any of those young ladies has Biden's grasp of politics, either. Not statesmanship, the Constitution, etc; just the business called politics. Biden is an old shark in those waters.
However, I'd wager that a good many of them are more virtuous — and probably all of them more prudent — than Jokin' Joe Biden.


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Building Awareness of OpenEMR
OSCON Presentation by Tony and Sam
Dr Sam Bowen and Tony McCormick were speakers at the O'Reilly Open Source Convention in Portland. I have attached the presentation. Slide Show PDF + notes:
Taking OpenEMR, a GPL EMR to ARRA Meaningful Use Certification and beyond Presentation 2
It was recorded for video and is available on YouTube:
Blog Posts:
Oreilly OSCON 2010: Day One
OSCON 2010: Day two
OSCON 2010: Wrap Up
POSSCON Videos of a speech Dr Sam Bowen and Tony McCormick presented at a South Carolina Open Source Convention.
Sam Bowen and Tony McCormick at POSSCON 2011
PLUG Videos of a speech Tony McCormick presented at a Portland Oregon Linux Users Group, 6/2/2011


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A new hope has buoyed the majority of Americans who are opposed to Obamacare. An election is just around the corner that may, against all odds, result in the 41st vote needed to ensure that the health care reform bill receives bipartisan input.
On January 19, the people of Massachusetts will vote in a special election to fill the seat of the late Senator Edward Kennedy, who died on August 25. Since the announcement that she was running, Democrat Attorney General Martha Coakley has been the frontrunner…until last weekend.
Her opponent, Republican Scott Brown, has reduced her lead from more than 15 points to a very close race, and even pulling ahead by a point according to one poll.
This has Democrats in Massachusetts and Washington scrambling. MoveOn.org has been mobilized, and there are concerns that ACORN and SEIU will also be involved, raising concerns about voter fraud.
Worse, it is possible that if he won, Brown's swearing-in might be delayed until after the final Senate vote on the health care reform bill. Winners in previous special elections have been sworn in quickly, in as little as two days. The interim senator, Paul Kirk, said that he plans to vote in favor of the bill regardless of the outcome of the special election.
Kirk said, "It would be my responsibility as United States senator, representing the people and understanding Sen. Kennedy's agenda," Kirk said. "I think you're asking me a hypothetical question but I'd be pleased to vote for the bill."
Brown said Kirk's remarks made him "sick to my stomach. That's not what the people want," he said during a campaign stop in South Boston.
If Brown wins the special election, it will be evident that the people of Massachusetts are opposed to Obamacare and the Kennedy agenda, and it is likely that they would be loudly opposed to any efforts to prevent Brown from casting a vote on the bill.
In recent days, Brown has picked up endorsements from the Boston Herald, the State Police Association of Massachusetts, military veterans, and and in the words of a union newsletter, an "extreme right wing group"—the Tea Party Express.
Coakley has been endorsed by big labor, key members of the Kennedy family, and green organizations such as the Massachusetts Chapter of the Sierra Club and the League of Environmental Voters.


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The bright coral hue will add some oomph to your mood this season.
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No one does 1940's-inspired glamour like designer Norma Kamali. This two-piece is sexy without being skimpy.
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There's nothing like a pop of red to get you noticed. This bikini looks great, and will also stay put in the surf.
Lands' End Solid V-neck bikini, $ 74; landsend.com
A one-shoulder wonder that's modern and chic.
Gap one-shoulder bikini, $72; gap.com
We love the retro styling of this bikini, and the bold hue is a wow.
J.Crew Vintatage underwire bikini, $114; jcrew.com
The graphic print is wonderfully camouflaging; the tankini style is universally flattering.
Perry Ellis Tankini, $85; macys.com
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Buzz on the Street: A Volatile Market Welcomed Investors Back From Vacation
A look back at the happenings on Wall Street this week, as seen by Minyanville's Buzz & Banter.
SanDisk Hanging Fire
Jeffrey Cooper
As I often say, the news breaks with the cycles, not the other way round.
Today, SanDisk (NASDAQ:SNDK) ran up to its 50 DMA (on news of a fire at a competitor) before reversing sharply.
The news breaks with the moving averages?
Below, see a daily SanDisk chart from June with its 50 DMA.
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Now, See a 10-min chart of SNDK for today:
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Friday Payroll Preview
Michael Sedacca
On Friday, the August nonfarm payrolls report will be released. The current consensus estimate is for a gain of 180K, up from 162K the prior month. Let's take a look at all of the economic data we've received this month to get a sense of where NFP might come in.
The current average for the 3 weeks of jobless claims that we've received this month is 330K. In the week when payrolls are surveyed (08/15), claims were down to 321K.
This compares to:
- July average: 340.4K vs 162K NFP
- June average: 345.75K vs 188K NFP
- May average: 352.5K vs 176K NFP
- April average: 340K vs 199K NFP
- March average: 355K vs 142K NFP
- February average: 350.5K vs 332K NFP <- clearly an anomaly
- January average: 360.2K vs 148K NFP
- Michigan consumer confidence down to 82.1 from 85.1
- Conference board consumer confidence up to 81.5 from 81.0
- ISM manufacturing employment component down to 53.3 from 54.4
- Markit US PMI employment component up to 53.1 from 53.0
Given all of the above information, it's reasonable to expect we see at least an in-line to better-than-expected report on Friday. The one outlier for me is the subdued growth in retail jobs per the Beige Book. 90% of the jobs growth this year have been from that sector, so that is a negative outlier.
The most clarity will be from tomorrow's ADP private payrolls report and the employment component of the ISM services index, which have the highest correlation to NFP. In July, ADP rose to 200K vs 162K NFP and ISM services employment fell to 53.2 from 54.7. With the US economy being predominantly service-based, it usually gives the best tell.
SDS: Pullback Within An Incomplete Recovery Rally?
Michael Paulenoff
From my pattern perspective, all of the action in the ProShares UltraShort S&P500 (NYSEARCA:SDS) off of its Aug 28 high at 39.33, into yesterday's low at 38.11 -- and so far today, into an intraday low at 38.13-- represents a complex correction of the prior upleg from the Aug 2 low at 35.85 to the Aug 28 high at 39.33.
Key support resides at 38.10 to 38.00, which should contain the weakness.
If not, then the SDS should press towards a test of more important support at the Aug 26 low of 37.37.
In any case, my overall work argues that the Aug 2 to Aug 28 advance is the initial upleg of an incomplete, larger counter-trend advance that points to a 41.00-42.00 target zone after the current pullback runs its course.
It is with the foregoing in mind that I remain 50% long on the SDS from 48.90/95 on Aug 30, looking to add to the position either against 38.00, or into downside follow-through towards 37.37.
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Got Cars?!
Jeff Saut
"The news is even more positive than the overall numbers imply, as individual car buyers, not fleet sales, are behind the surge."
-Michelle Krebs, Edmunds.com's senior auto analyst
Michelle went on to write, "And sales incentives of all kinds were down 3% from July to $2,374, Edmunds.com estimates, though were up 3% from last August. … Even more positive than the overall numbers imply;" indeed, for GM sales improved by 15%, while Ford and Chrysler rose by 12%. The biggest winners, however, were some of the foreign brands (although most of those cars are manufactured in the US) with luxury model sales at BMW up a stunning ~45%, causing one savvy seer to remark, "What recession?!" According to Autodata, the annualized industry sales pace in August puts the 2013 sales pace at a cool 16.1 million units, which is the highest this year (and the highest rate since 2007) and portends for further strength into 2014. Despite such sales' numbers, the average age of a car in this country remains at 11 years, implying demand should continue to be robust. The result is that auto manufacturing plants are running flat-out, 24/7, and still don't seem capable of keeping up with the burgeoning demand. I think that bodes well for a capital equipment cycle to begin that should give another boost to our economy. And evidently, that's what the equity markets thought yesterday as the S&P 500 (SPX/1653.08) gained some 13 points in an attempt to recapture its 50-day moving average (DMA) at 1663.13. Whether that happens or not, I don't think the SPX can surmount my long-standing "pivot point" of 1684 that served us so well on the upside. Verily, 1684 acted like an "attractor" on the downside and now should act as a repeller on the upside. Further, the NYSE McClellan Oscillator (see chart) has gone from profoundly oversold to currently neutral, and the SPX has only been able to modestly rally. This is NOT good!
I have a number of negative stock market convergences into next week. If those convergences come on the downside, with a "print low" into my long envisioned 1530 - 1560 zone (near 1530 was last April's reaction low and 1560 was last June's reaction low), I think the correction is over and another rally will begin. There are also a plethora of catalysts for a potential downside capitulation move from here including a tense G-20 meeting, Syria, tapering, a dollar dive, sequestration, the debt ceiling/continuing resolution, Obamacare, IRS gate, Benghazi, Rosengate, Holdergate, Fast and Furious, GSA scandal, Solyndra, Lisa Jackson, etc. On the surface yesterday's rally looked good with 78% of the volume coming in on the upside. But, beneath the surface the Demand indicator "stunk" (read: few buyers). I remain cautious...
The Last Chance for the Bear Case
Brandon Perry
I've been relatively silent the last three trading days. I got spun around twice last week as I would venture to say it was one of the most difficult weeks to trade in recent memory. When I get spun around like that, I shut things down and watch for a couple of reasons. 1) I feel like my thesis is wrong, so I want more data. 2) My confidence is damaged so I do less
I am a big fan of Paul Tudor Jones, so these two quotes ring out in my head.
"Decrease your trading volume when you are trading poorly; increase your volume when you are trading well."
"Always maintain your sense of confidence, but keep it in check."
-Paul Tudor Jones
I am sticking with my plan of staying light underneath the 50-day moving average. We are tickling that from below this morning, but we are also hitting the declining trendline from the recent tops. It seems that most were expecting a waterfall type decline, and when we only got one day of it, it confused everyone. I am certainly confused as this would be one of the weirdest bottoms I have ever seen.
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I remain 30% long and keeping it light, but I will add on a close over the 50-day moving average.
Gold (GLD) Pullback Nearing Short-Term Support
Andrew Nyquist
GLD continued its pullback from secondary resistance today and is now nearing important short-term uptrend support. Watch the price action around $131-$132. A sustained break below $130 would neutralize the setup.
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Friday, September 6, 2013
Clear & Present Markets: 9/6/2013
Tom Clancy
1. China continues to move toward more open markets, and it introduced trading futures contracts on government bonds. Currencies and interest rates are linked, so this is a significant step toward a freely floating currency and market driven interest rates. I am not saying we are at the point yet, when China allows its currency to float, but the government is putting the proper infrastructure in place. The question is if the Fed ends QE and China floats its currency (negating the need to purchase treasuries to peg the currency), who is left to buy Treasuries? Rates could move faster than people think, but more important than the level of rates is the volatility we could see in fixed income markets.
2. The New York Times is reporting that the G-20 is expected to enact new tax laws that limit the ability of multinational corporations to avoid paying taxes by operating subsidiaries in certain countries. It will be interesting to see if this agreement to coordinate tax policy ever becomes more than talk. Tax discrepancies are a major point of contention in the EU, and the implication is that governments even aim to curb discrepancies in tax rules at the state level. I don't know how this is enacted without shifting tax authority to a new entity, but sovereigns are calling attention to the problems of oversight related to multinational corporations.
3. Looking over my fundamental screens, I am struck by the number of consumer discretionary stocks that are down more than 25% this year in a market up double digits. A few years ago, many analysts were talking about a "fundamental change" in consumer behavior, and it appears we continue finding evidence of that shift. Notably, the number of teen apparel retailers on the "biggest losers" list indicates that those most "connected" with new technology and less connected to the traditional retail strategy aimed at their demographic. Part of the reason I think the luxury segment has performed better is that their customers are less connected through technology, resulting in slower disintermediation. I am playing the sector through specialty retailer PetSmart (NASDAQ:PETM) and discounter TJX (NYSE:TJX), which engage their customers in a unique manner that limits the ability of on-line competitors to disrupt the model.
Mood Dictates Price
Todd Harrison
As I was tying my tie for temple (day two!), I pulled up the chart below to see if the NFP reaction triggered a breakout through the down-trend (the 50-day is at S&P 1665). As I was squinting at pixels, I noticed a one-liner come across my third screen; Russian President Vladimir Putin, and by extension Russia, is backing Syria with military force.
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Coincidence? Perhaps, but as Peter Atwater has been drilling into our heads for the last few years, it's not necessarily "if-then." The "other side" of the stateside policy -- printing money to purchase toxic debt -- has been manifesting via social mood for some time (this article is also relevant). The rest of the world is none-too-pleased with the USA; now, seemingly, they have a channel to vent it.
S&P 1628-ish (last week lows) is a level to monitor if and when, and the banks (along with high beta) will help tell the tale.
Oil and the Drums of War
Marc Eckelberry
It's Friday afternoon and the drums of war are beating a bit louder now that Putin literally dared the US to step into the ring. Is he misreading Obama, or actually wants war?
CL (crude futures) are back above 110; a close above that level could usher in a run to 122.86, 78.6% 2008. That market is taking war talk a lot more seriously than equity fund managers chasing bonuses. I do not need to remind readers that oil above 110 preceded 10% and 20% corrections in equities in 2011 and 2012.
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The Seward Lady Saints built a big lead early and coasted to a 67-51 win over Trinidad State Friday afternoon in Garden City. Seward built leads of 18-4, 30-12, and led 38-16 at halftime.
Sheree Ryan had 12 points and seven rebounds while Madison McLain and Kelsey Blair added 12 a piece. Marta Oledzka scored six and pulled down 11 rebounds.
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As the gun debate continues to be an issue in the United States, another child has been shot and killed. On Friday, Greene County police charged Michael J. Carter, 23, of Fontaine, Ark. with second-degree murder for the death of his 3-year-old son.
According to court documents, Carter was holding a loaded .45 caliber pistol that somehow discharged striking the 3-year-old boy in the head on Jan. 11, 2013.
Region 8 News in Jonesboro posted the story on Friday. Greene County Sheriff Dan Langston told Region 8 that the child was taken to Arkansas Methodist medical center in Paragould and was pronounced dead.
Carter has been charged and arrested, and his bond has been set at $1,000,000.
With Arkansas being the pro-gun/pro-Jesus, conservative, Ted Nugent, Second Amendment, red state that it is, many of the local comments on kait.com about this shooting were in defense of the father based on the belief that this was an honest, accidental shooting, and maybe it was.
Accidental shootings happen a lot, especially in a country where there are over 300 million guns within arm's reach floating around, but one question remains which seems to lean more towards a reckless sense of overconfidence in regard to the real time danger of guns than towards the evil intent of malice.
Now it is unclear why the local prosecutor decided to change the nature of the shooting from accidental to murder, but it is not beyond rationale to understand that any accountability applied to gun ownership and the consequences of that ownership is not necessarily an attack on the overall right to own a gun.
The Second Amendment just gives people the right to bear arms. Unfortunately, it does not guarantee the necessity of the need to bear common sense.
So the question then becomes a simple one. Whether it is a room full of people, or whether it is a room with just one person, why have a loaded gun that apparently wasn't on safety or didn't have a safety out in the open where someone, including one's self, could easily get into the line of fire?
In other words, is there ever really a good reason to have a loaded gun/weapon that is ready to fire or could be made ready to fire out in a space where you know that the presence of human life or any life that you value is sharing that space with you at that moment?
As the old saying goes, that is an accident or a tragedy waiting to happen.
If a person forgets to lock up their gun cabinet, that is one thing, but when a person knowingly takes out a loaded gun or loads a gun, especially with people present, the potential for tragedy has been put on the table by that individual, and they have to know that, and they do know that.
Now despite what many conservatives, NRA members, and gun owners would like to believe based on their pro-gun, anti-universal background checks rhetoric, the Second Amendment is not accident proof, and it certainly does not guarantee or incorporate what the NRA calls "responsible gun ownership," even though conservatives are the first ones to jump up and yell that you cannot legislate morality or behavior through big government.
This does not mean that someone like Carter does not have the right to own a gun, but it does mean that they are totally and solely responsible for that ownership, and that responsibility is definitely more serious than the pro-gun propaganda/culture likes to admit.


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I recently spoke with Sean Haugh, a Durham resident and book seller who is seeking the Libertarian Party's nomination to run for office. Haugh is now officially a candidate for the Libertarian Party's nomination in the race for United States Senate. He has lived in North Carolina since 1988, and been active with the local libertarian party since 1994.
This will be Haugh's sixth run for office. He ran for the same Senate seat in 2002, when he received 1.5% of the vote. He also ran unsuccessfully for 30th District seat in the NC state house in 2008, while he was serving as political director of the state Libertarian Party. I asked him about his opponents in the current race, but he explained that "I think we'd all prefer to talk about our own campaigns than other people's."
As an estimate of the strength of the Libertarian Party in this state, the party has chapters in 28 counties, including Durham and Orange as well as Wake. At a party meeting in June of 2013 it was noted that the number of registered Libertarians in the state had grown by 50% in the previous year. Libertarian groups at 12 colleges and universities in the state are also listed on the party website.
The Libertarian Party continues to distinguish itself as the only one of the three parties officially recognized by the state which calls for a serious reform of drug laws in its platform.[1] Haugh is in full agreement with this attitude. I first met him in February at a social event for local libertarians in Durham. Given the recent explosion of both public debate and substantive policy change on marijuana in the US, I asked him if he would like to give an estimate of when the drug might be legalized in North Carolina, or even at the federal level. He declined to speculate, but responded that he is old enough to still be "bewildered" by the fact that it was not already legal in 1975, during the first wave of marijuana reforms in the US. I followed up more recently with a few more questions.
What do you think are the most compelling reasons to legalize marijuana and other drugs?
That peaceful people want to use them is sufficient reason.
If elected, could you name a few of your top policy priorities?
I have one: stop all war. Drone warfare must end now. We need to stop our military involvement in the affairs of other nations, everywhere. We need to stop exporting arms military aid to governments and quasi-governmental organizations. In short, wherever government promotes violence, that policy must be corrected.
Do you think libertarianism is particularly strong in North Carolina?
Everybody has some libertarian in them, and the libertarian traditions of North Carolina are particularly strong. In the current political climate I am seeing the pushback developing against recent theocratic trends. Libertarianism has a lot to offer in that fight. It's no mistake that the word 'libertarian' is becoming more common in the media as people turn to those ideas for help. Judging by voter registration, the party itself is larger than ever in NC and growing rapidly.
1. The Green Party of North Carolina, which is not officially recognized by the state, also makes similar but more modest statements in its platform (see section VII/L on page 21). The Greens call for "legalizing the personal possession of controlled substances."


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Internet Provider Says It Blocks Sites
- By Nikolaus von Twickel
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New fears of Internet censorship spread in the Russian blogosphere Monday after a wireless Internet provider co-owned by Russian Technologies acknowledged blocking access to some web sites.
Moscow-based users of the Yota provider have been unable to access web sites such as Garry Kasparov's Kasparov.ru, Solidarity's Rusolidarnost.ru and the banned National Bolshevik Party's Nazbol.ru over the past few weeks, bloggers and the sites' editors said.
Access also was patchy until Sunday to the site of opposition magazine The New Times, its web editor Ilya Barabanov said Monday.
Yota denied that it was blocking those sites. But Denis Sverdlov, chief executive of WiMax operator Skartel, which runs the Yota brand, did acknowledge that Yota blocks access to sites that are classified as extremist by the Justice Ministry. Because of that, Yota users cannot open the Chechen rebel web site Kavkazcenter.com.
"In November, we got an order from prosecutors recommending that we close access to extremist sites," he said in e-mailed comments. "Since we are a law-abiding firm, we put the order into practice."
As for users' lack of access to the opposition web sites, Sverdlov blamed technical difficulties that arose after Yota introduced new IP addresses to cope with the rapid growth of its customer base. "On Oct. 23, we were assigned a bloc of 65,536 IP addresses. After we put them to commercial use, we found that IT managers of some other sites could not exclude them from those IP addresses they filter," Sverdlov said.
As proof that there was no censorship, he said President Dmitry Medvedev's official site at Kremlin.ru was at times inaccessible as well.
Kavkaz Center was declared extremist in a 2008 court decision and appears 10 times on the Justice Ministry's list of more than 450 items classified as extremist. The ministry's list does not mention any of the opposition sites that have complained of being inaccessible to Yota users.
Critics say the extremism law, which was widened in 2006, is being used to silence the opposition.
It is unclear why, with the exception of Yota, most national providers do not block access to Kavkaz Center.
A representative at Yota's technical support hot line told the Novy Region news agency on Friday that the company was blocking 29 extremist sites. The unidentified representative said Kasparov.ru was not on the list but the list had been updated a week earlier.
Bloggers, meanwhile, are rattled by an audio file posted online Sunday in which a female voice — purportedly of a Yota support representative — says Kasparov's and Solidarity's sites are blocked because they are on that list.
"This strongly smells of political censorship," said Denis Bilunov, a senior member of Kasparov's Other Russia movement.
He said the most likely explanation was Russian Technologies' involvement in the company.
The state-owned arms and industry behemoth bought a blocking stake in Telconet in November 2008.
A spokeswoman said Russian Technologies could not immediately comment on the allegations Monday.
Skartel spokesman Anton Belkov said he would not comment beyond Sverdlov's statement.
Skartel has been building a network providing high-speed wireless Internet service since last summer and has said it wants to become a nationwide operator covering 180 cities within three years. State corporation Russian Technologies holds a 25.1 percent blocking stake in Skartel's parent company, Telconet.
The Internet has been called the country's last bastion of free speech after the state brought most national television channels and influential print media under its control over the past decade. Fears of a crackdown were raised last month after a video address by police officer Alexei Dymovsky lambasting corruption unleashed a string of copycat whistle-blowers airing their complaints online. Also last month, top search engine Yandex stopped ranking popular blog posts after several entries exposed problems that embarrassed government officials.


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The 24-year old actor, who initially raised "DWTS" fans' collective eyebrows by hitting West Hollywood's SUR restaurant with professional dancer and certifiable blonde bombshell Peta Murgatroyd on Feb. 3, heightened already aroused suspicions on Feb. 26 by tweeting "Just got some exciting news...I can't tell you all what it is yet but I will be able to soon! ;)"
Given the timing of the tweet, it isn't a stretch to speculate that Maslow will be part of the cast, perhaps even as season 14 champion Murgatroyd's partner.
Although reliable spoilers have been unusually scarce in the days leading up to the scheduled "Good Morning America" cast reveal, a Feb. 25 E! report named "Real Housewives of Atlanta" alum NeNe Leakes and "Full House" actress Candace Cameron Bure as two of season 18's celebrity mirror ball trophy hopefuls.
Other celebrity names floated as potential participants include reality stars Sharon Osbourne and Bruce Jenner, Australian singer and teen heartthrob Cody Simpson, "The Bachelor" 2014 Juan Pablo Galavis, and former NFL star Ray Lewis, among others.
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AUSTIN, Texas - Four Arizona regulars topped the .300 hitting percentage mark and the 19th-ranked Wildcats pounded out a .375 team hitting efficiency en route to a 3-0 (8-15, 6-15, 7-15) victory over the No. 15 University of Texas volleyball team in an NCAA National Championship Tournament second-round contest at Gregory Gymnasium Friday evening. The Longhorns managed just a .150 team hitting percentage as they were dealt their first tournament defeat at home since the 1993 season. Texas finishes the season 22-8 while Arizona (21-10) moves on to the Pacific Regional against the winner of Friday's Stanford-Santa Clara match. It marked the first time since the 1994 campaign that Texas failed to advance to regional play, and was just the program's second loss in seven NCAA second-round contests.
"I'm shocked, I really am. I'm not shocked that Arizona played so well because they are a very good team that played great tonight, but I'm shocked at our performance. Arizona served very well and without a doubt this was our worst passing night of the year," said UT head coach Jim Moore. "We've seen tough serving before, but tonight we couldn't get past it and never recovered. The goal of every team which plays us is to serve us tough and take us out of our system of distributing the ball and coming at people fast. Arizona was the first team that was very successful in doing so against us. When we don't pass, we get ourselves out of sync and become very predictable."
Senior Erin Aldrich (Dallas, Texas / Lake Highlands) closed out her stellar two-year Longhorn career with nine kills to give her 470 on the season, placing her sixth on the UT single-season chart. Sophomore Kathy Tilson (Austin, Texas / Westlake) was the only Longhorn to reach double-digits in kills with 10, giving her 424 on the season and placing her eighth on the school's single-season list.
Arizona was led by Marisa DaLee's 12 kills in 16 swings for a .688 hitting percentage. Lisa Rutledge added 12 kills with a .435 hitting performance as five of the six Wildcats who had a swing hit over .300 for the match.
Texas led just twice in the entire match, the first instance coming in game one when the Horns grabbed a 5-4 lead after a Dana Burkholder hitting error. It was downhill from that point, however, as the Wildcats would score 11 of the next 14 points to post the 15-8 triumph. Arizona knocked down a .361 hitting efficiency in game one, including six kills apiece from Stefani Saragosa and Rutledge. Senior Sandra Reboucas (Orlando, Fla. / Cypress Creek / Univ. of Florida) paced Texas with five kills in nine swings for a .444 hitting percentage.
The Wildcats pounced on the Longhorns in the early stages of game two as they turned a 10-3 start into a 15-6 win. Texas again struggled on the attack, collecting just nine kills while converting at a .088 clip. Arizona had no such troubles as DaLee torched the Horns with five kills in five swings to help the Wildcats to a .353 team hitting percentage. Jill Talbot added five kills in 10 chances for Arizona, which also held a 19-9 advantage in digs in the frame.
Texas did all it could in game three to keep its season alive, taking a 5-2 advantage thanks to a four-point spurt that included a pair of kills by Aldrich. Arizona replied with a 9-1 run, included in which were five Longhorns miscues, and the Wildcats built an nearly insurmountable 11-6 lead. Texas freshman Amy Hultgren (Spencer, Iowa / Spencer) slammed down her first kill of the match in attempt to sway the momentum back to UT's side, but Arizona closed out the scoring with four straight points, three coming on Texas hitting errors and another on a service ace.
Head Coach Dave Rubio
"We played a wonderful match. That was about as good as it gets for us. Sweeping Texas was way beyond what we expected tonight. We stayed up late watching film deciding how to defend against the dump since Jill Gremmel had such a great match last night. We also wanted to keep Erin (Aldrich) off balance by having to block against all three of our attackers. We served extremely well. Texas couldn't get into any rhythm. This was one of those nights where everything seemed to be going our way. It wasn't just one or two things, but everything was adding up and we played relaxed and let the game come to us."
Marisa DaLee
"The fact that we won in three really gives us confidence going into the sweet 16. Getting to the final 16 is just incredible. We've been close with other top-ranked teams this year but weren't able to catch them and beat them."
Erin Aldrich
"We came into the match knowing that Jill and I would be the focal points of their defense. We normally find ways around that kind of defense. I've gone up against triple blocks all year long and we've always found ways around it. It does make this loss more emotional because we lost to Arizona. I began my career at Arizona and I'm ending it against Arizona it's kind of ironic."
Jill Gremmel
"I got out of rhythm tonight and we all did as a team. We struggled all night long to get into any type of rhythm and we just couldn't do it."


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