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The global music industry will continue to contract as growth in digital downloads and streaming services fails to shore up the slide in packaged sales, according to a report published Thursday.
The report, by analysts Strategy Analytics, predicts that while digital sales (including streaming services and downloads) will increase by 17.8%—£836 million ($1,311 million)—in 2012, to £5.5 billion ($8.6 billion), physical packaged sales will decline by £1.2 billion ($1.9 billion).
Ed Barton, Strategy Analytics' Director of Digital Media predicted digital spending will overtake physical on a global basis in 2015.
But Mr. Barton was quick to point out that there were large differences across Europe.
Western Europe's recorded music market declined to $7.2 billion in 2011, from $7.9 billion in 2010. Germany and the U.K. had the largest recorded music market in the region in 2011, each totaling around $1.8 billion. "Physical sales are holding up relatively well in Germany — where you have an aging population that does value the ethos of building up a collection." Strategy Analytics report suggests physical sales in Germany will shrink by only 3% in 2012, compared to the U.K. where it predicts a collapse of 16%.
However Spain is in a very bad way. "Spain's entire music market, from recordings to performance, is suffering from multiple traumas. Huge declines in public spending have removed the subsidies which much live music performance relied on. The Spanish are accustomed to cheap or free music and this, combined with a flatlining economy, mean the prospects for the music industry in Spain are dire," the report says.
In the Nordic region, the growth of Spotify has transformed the music industry. "Sweden's music market is an indicator of how other online music markets might evolve: subscription spending now accounts for around 90 per cent of online spending and has slowed spending growth on retail downloads. Subscription spending, driven by local hero Spotify has grown dramatically over the last three years and 2012 is likely to represent another year of strong growth to $94m," the report suggests.
Looking further east, the report paints a gloomy picture. "Central and Eastern European recorded music revenue declined by 14 per cent from $456 million in 2010 to $392 million in 2011. As physical sales continue to fall significantly we expect a further decline of 6 per cent this year…Subscription services have only just begun rolling out in the region and their long term popularity has yet to be determined. Akin to many other territories where piracy is rife and download services have struggled, the accessibility of subscription-based streaming represents the brightest hope for the music industry to build a meaningful online business in the region."
One of the consequences of piracy, says Mr. Barton, has been the near total destruction of the perception of intrinsic value in recorded music. "The idea of going into a record shop and spending £10 on a CD was perfectly normal a few years ago. Now Spotify struggles to get people to graduate from a free tier to one that costs only £5 a month."
What users now value, he suggested, was not the music itself, but the ease of use of the competing streaming services and the ability to use them on a wide range of devices.
"The music has become fungible —you have to have a catalog of 10-15million tracks. If you have deals with the four major labels, then the content itself is substitutable between Spotify and Deezer. The music itself doesn't appear to add a lot of value."

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Last weekend I attended the annual conference of the New York State Outdoor Writer's Association. The event was headquartered in the Holiday Inn in Gloversville, in neighboring Fulton County, and it was close enough to my home for me to drive to the site for various meetings and events rather than stay there. I've belonged to NYSOWA since 1979 and that's the first time the conference was that close.
Over 50 outdoor writers and other media representatives as well as supporting members from throughout the state attended. As is normally the case with NYSOWA gatherings, we were greeted by a cold front and plenty of rain, but that's become par for the course for us and it came as no surprise.
NYSOWA normally meets twice a year, in May and October, and the formal business meeting is held at the October gathering. The May assembly is reserved for a "safari" in which the participants gather for fishing and or hunting but at which no business is conducted and there is no spouses program. This is strictly a social event.
Both annual conclaves are held at various locations throughout the state, giving the participants an opportunity to visit other places and sample the recreational opportunities that particular area offers. Some NYSOWA members, and spouses, arrived Thursday while others arrived Friday. The agenda included a "meet and greet" session with DEC Commissioner Martens Thursday evening, followed by various hunting, fishing and other outings Friday and Saturday, including a reception showcasing the Wildlife Sports and Educational Museum, the NYS Outdoorsmen Hall of Fame and our annual dinner Saturday evening, at which various Excellence in Craft awards were presented.
The Sunday morning agenda included the formal annual business meeting, following which the attendees departed for their home areas, with some pleasant memories of the conference that they'll hopefully share with their viewers and readers.
I'll have more on the conference as column space permits in the coming weeks, but allow me to briefly tell you about Thursday's VIP reception with Commissioner Martens.
Though he's been on the job as commissioner a relatively short time, I enjoyed hearing him speak and appreciated his candor and sincere desire to appropriately respond to all the questions presented to him by the attendees. He was forthright and honest, and attempted to answer all the questions that were presented to him, but if he didn't have an answer he would admit it and then asked the associates and assistants who accompanied him to seek out the answers to those questions and get back to the organization and/or person who posed the question.
I asked him about any plans the DEC might have to develop an ATV trail program and also discussed the fact that a previous governor had plundered over $1 million from a special trail fund a decade or more ago and had "repaid" only a portion of it.
Basically, I wanted to know the status of any trail fund at the present time and whether or not the agency planned to do anything with it, in the form of trail development and maintenance or a similar program that would make ATVing easier for those who choose that as a recreational opportunity.
Commissioner Martens admitted he had no knowledge of any current DEC programs designed for that purpose but that one of his staffers would soon get back to me with answers. I guess I'll have to wait until that happens before I can report on any response I get to my question. Without going into much detail, he fielded a number of other questions on departmental operations, including transparently in DEC operations, land access and acquisitions, youth hunting and the like. In short, the question and answer session lasted longer than his introductory remarks and I came away with the impression he'll be more accessible than some of the attendees thought.
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I'm currently 35 weeks and 2 days pregnant. The past 2 weeks or so I've been experiencing Braxton Hicks contractions, none of which have been painful or regular. Today I have woke up with a dull ache right in the lower part of my stomach which I usually get when I'm due on and when I stand up it feels like I have an awful lot of pressure there. At my last midwife appointment - which was 1 week and 2 days ago - the midwife told me that my baby's head was low down and was 1/5th engaged. I'm not due to see the midwife again for another 5 days time so it's possible that his head has engaged a little more since. But does anybody know what this ache and pressure could be?
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Its really common to get this ache in your pelvis as your body is still producing the relaxing hormones that softens the hips and ligaments etc. Have you tried resting up on your side? Does this ease it at all?
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Milligan, Tenn. - Milligan College and UVa-Wise entered Tuesday's game on two different paths. The Buffaloes entered the game on a three game winning streak while the Cavaliers entered 0-3 in search of the team's first win of the year. UVa-Wise ended the losing streak in a big way by posting a 60-38 win at the Steve Lacy Fieldhouse. Chelsea Cluesman scored 21 points and grabbed eight rebounds while Charlotte Reasor scored 11 points for the victorious Cavs.
Head Coach Kristin Kunzman's Cavs put forth their best defensive effort of the season as the Buffaloes hit just 28.1 percent of their shot attempts in the game. UVa-Wise's defense was even more impressive from the perimeter as Milligan made just three of 28 three point attempts in the non-conference match up. The Cavs also enjoyed a comfortable advantage in rebounding margin; UVa-Wise collected 46 boards compared to just 33 for Milligan. In total, eight Cavs cracked the scoring column in the game while ten players recorded a rebound.
Milligan College did not have a player score in double-figures; Johneshia Good led the team with nine points. Overall, the Buffs struggled offensively as Rich Aubrey's club turned the ball over 13 times, two of which came on shot-clock violations. As a team, Milligan shot just four free throws in the game due to a reliance on the three point shot. The Buffs attempted just one more two point field goal than three point field goal, 29-28, in the loss.
The victory improves UVa-Wise to 1-3 on the year while Milligan drops to 3-2. The Cavs will return to action on Thursday when the team travels to Lindsey Wilson for the first Mid-South game of the year. Tip-off is set for 7:00 p.m. and all of the action can be heard live online at www.uvawisecavs.com.


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Tumblr for $1.1 billion, announced in May 2013
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Sam Allardyce's West Ham were booed off as Mile Jedinak's penalty gave Crystal Palace a 1-0 victory, their fifth consecutive Premier League victory.
The match failed to live up to an emotional prelude when Upton Park paid tribute to West Ham youngster Dylan Tombides, who died of cancer on Friday aged just 20.
Most of the action was contained midway through the first half. For Palace, Kagisho Dikgacoi had a header deflected away from goal by Andy Carroll, Scott Dann headed just over, and Adrian Mariappa's shot from just inside the box was blocked by Kevin Nolan, possibly by his arm.
West Ham went closest with Mohamed Diame, who had one long-range shot tipped over by Julian Speroni, another low effort palmed away, and Andy Carroll's back post header was saved. West Ham had dominated, with 68% of the ball, but failed to take advantage.
In the second half, Carroll wasted a chance after dragging Downing's cross lazily wide, but it was Palace who took the lead when Jedinak converted a penalty on 59 minutes, after Armero tripped Cameron Jerome on the edge of the box. Jason Puncheon wasted two good chances inside the box on 68 minutes.
Substitute Joe Cole went close with a low shot on the edge of the box, but West Ham created little else as Palace comfortably held on for victory.
18' - CRYSTAL PALACE CHANCES - Yannick Bolasie's cross finds Dann whose header is deflected over, and then Nolan blocks Mariappa's shot from the corner.
28' - DIAME SHOT - Diame cuts onto his right, and strikes a fierce shot down the middle that Speroni does well to tip over.
36' - WEST HAM CHANCES - First Diame has a low shot beaten away, and then a corner to the back post finds Carroll to head, but Speroni saves at close range.
51' - CARROLL MISS - Downing's cross comes to Carroll at the back post. He take a touch onto his left foot, then puts a low shot wide.
59' - JEDINAK GOAL - Armero's rash challenge on Jerome gives Palace a penalty. Jedinak takes a few steps and strikes the ball into the top corner.
84' - COLE CHANCE - Just outside the box, Joe Cole aims a low shot towards the corner, but it's sliced wide of the post.
Jedinak has played every single minute of each of Crystal Palace's Premier League games this season.
Only once in top-flight history have Palace won five games in a row before (December 1992).
Only Chelsea (14) have conceded fewer goals than Palace (20) in the period Pulis has been in charge.
Palace have conceded fewer goals (20) in Pulis' 23 games in charge than they did in the previous 12 this season (21).
West Ham have lost six of their last eight Premier League games.
Palace have scored only 16 goals from open play this season yet have 43 points.
West Ham need a change. It might not be as serious as needing to replace the manager, but Sam Allardyce needs at the very least some new ideas, and definitely some new players. Carlton Cole's introduction was meant with chants of 'You don't know what you're doing' by West Ham's fans. He does, obviously, know what he's doing - it's just not very interesting to watch.
Yannick Bolasie (Crystal Palace): Mile Jedinak deserves credit for taking responsibility when Palace won a penalty, and Cameron Jerome's pace and control put them him in that position, but it was Bolasie who created a number of chances throughout, and allowed Palace to break forward to make light of West Ham's dominance in possession.
West Ham: Adrian 6, Reid 6, McCartney 6, Armero, Tomkins 6, Nolan 6, Jarvis 6, Noble, Diame 6, Downing 6, Carroll 5. Subs: C.Cole 5, J.Cole 6, Nocerino 6.
Crystal Palace: Speroni 6, Mariappa 6, Dann 6, Delaney 6, Ward 6, Digkacoi 6, Jedinak 7, Puncheon 6, Ledley 6, Bolasie 7, Jerome 6. Subs: Gabbidon 6, Parr 6, Murray 6.
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A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Pharmacology of DNIB0600A in Patients With Ovarian Cancer
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This open-label, multicenter, phase 1b study will evaluate the safety and pharmacokinetics of DNIB0600A in patients with platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer. The maximum tolerated dose of intravenously infused DNIB0600A in combination with carboplatin will be determined in escalating dose cohorts. The combination of DNIB0600A and carboplatin will then be evaluated with and without bevacizumab [Avastin] in two dose expansion cohorts.
Ovarian Cancer
Drug: DNIB0600A
Drug: bevacizumab [Avastin]
Drug: carboplatin
Phase 1
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|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|A Phase Ib, Open-Label, Dose-Escalation Study of the Safety and Pharmacology of DNIB0600A in Combination With Carboplatin (With or Without Bevacizumab) in Patients With Platinum-Sensitive Ovarian Cancer
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Genetics Home Reference related topics: ovarian cancer
MedlinePlus related topics: Cancer Ovarian Cancer
Drug Information available for: Carboplatin BevacizumabU.S. FDA Resources
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Incidence of dose-limiting toxicities (DLTs) [ Time Frame: 21 days ] [ Designated as safety issue: Yes ]
- Incidence of adverse events (AE) [ Time Frame: Approximately 6 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Incidence of anti-DNIB0600A antibodies [ Time Frame: 1 year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Area under the concentration-time curve (AUC) of DNIB0600A [ Time Frame: 1 year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Objective response determined by Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (RECIST) [ Time Frame: More than 4 weeks after baseline evaluation ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Progression-free survival [ Time Frame: Approximately 6 months ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|December 2013
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|September 2016
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|September 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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|Experimental: Dose Escalation Cohorts
Drug: DNIB0600A
Escalating doses of intravenously administered DNIB0600ADrug: carboplatin
An IV infusion at a dose of AUC 6 mg/mL * min
|Experimental: Dose Expansion Cohort with bevacizumab [Avastin]
Drug: DNIB0600A
Intravenous administration of a fixed dose of DNIB0600ADrug: bevacizumab [Avastin]
IV infusion at 15 mg/kgDrug: carboplatin
An IV infusion at a dose of AUC 6 mg/mL * min
|Experimental: Dose Expansion Cohort without bevacizumab [Avastin]
Drug: DNIB0600A
Intravenous administration of a fixed dose of DNIB0600ADrug: carboplatin
An IV infusion at a dose of AUC 6 mg/mL * min
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Genders Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age >/= 18 years.
- Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) status of 0 or 1.
- Histologically documented epithelial ovarian cancer, primary peritoneal cancer, or fallopian tube cancer that is platinum sensitive.
- Platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer with documented radiographic progression or relapse within 6 to 18 months of most recent platinum-based chemotherapy.
- Available tumor specimen.
- Measurable disease.
- Female patients of childbearing potential must use effective contraception as defined by study protocol and cannot be pregnant or breastfeeding.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Anti-tumor therapy of any kind or major surgery within 4 weeks prior to Day 1.
- Platinum-based chemotherapy within 6 months prior to Day 1.
- Palliative radiation within 2 weeks prior to Day 1.
- Toxicity (except alopecia and anorexia) from prior therapy or neuropathy of grades > 1.
- Evidence of any significant disease or condition that could affect compliance with the protocol or interpretation of results.
- Known active infection (except fungal nail infections).
- History of liver disease or HIV.
- Other malignancy within the last 5 years, except for adequately treated or controlled carcinoma in situ of the cervix or skin cancer or primary endometrial cancer of stage </= 1B.
- Untreated or active CNS metastases.
- Prior treatment with NaPi2b- targeted therapy.
Bevacizumab [Avastin]-Specific Exclusion Criteria:
- Inadequately controlled hypertension or history of hypertensive crisis or encephalopathy.
- History of heart problems or thrombosis within 6 months prior to study start.
- History of stroke within 6 months prior to study enrollment.
- History of significant vascular disease.
- History of expectoration of blood within 1 month prior to study start or blood clotting problems.
- Core biopsy or other minor surgical procedure within 7 days prior to study start
- Serious and non-healing wound, active ulcer, or untreated bone fracture.
Contacts and Locations
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01995188
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|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115
|United States, Oklahoma
|Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, 73104
|United States, Tennessee
|Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37203
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Genentech, Inc.
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 22, 2016
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|Study First Received:
|November 15, 2013
|Last Updated:
|September 1, 2015
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|United States: Food and Drug Administration
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Ovarian Neoplasms
Endocrine Gland Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Ovarian Diseases
Adnexal Diseases
Genital Diseases, Female
Genital Neoplasms, Female
Urogenital Neoplasms
Endocrine System Diseases
Gonadal Disorders
Antineoplastic Agents
Angiogenesis Inhibitors
Angiogenesis Modulating Agents
Growth Substances
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Growth Inhibitors
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Mario Draghi ratcheted up the rhetoric Thursday, saying the European Central Bank would consider dramatic measures, including quantitative easing and negative interest rates, if needed to keep inflation from staying too low for too long.
Financial markets liked what they heard. The euro, which is well above its long-term average, fell against the U.S. dollar, a potential boost to European exporters. Bond yields in southern Europe fell, too.
But did the ECB president really break much new ground?
Not really. The muscular tone aside, all Mr. Draghi did was emphasize that the ECB will use the tools available to it if needed. That's a little like coaches agreeing to what's in the playbook during the fourth quarter of a football game.
Besides, the ECB took no action Thursday even though annual inflation, at 0.5%, is far below the ECB's target of just below 2%. Though some technical quirks like the late timing of Easter this year may have depressed the March figure, inflation looks set to remain under 1% for some time.
For an inflation-targeting central bank like the ECB, that should be a recipe for action, not talk. "If that (easing) bias was not activated by headline inflation at 0.5%, one wonders what will be required to trigger action when inflation is around 1%," noted RBS economist Richard Barwell.
And the complications of deploying these tools haven't changed. Buying government and private bonds is hard in the euro zone because there are 18 different national bond markets. A negative rate on bank deposits—basically forcing financial institutions to pay in order to park overnight funds at the ECB—could backfire by draining bank profits.
The first test of Mr. Draghi's beefed-up easing bias may come on April 30th, when this month's inflation figures are released.
If it fails to rise, Mr. Draghi may be forced to deliver on his pledge to "act swiftly" to any threat of inflation staying too low for too long.
Otherwise his tough talk will seem like just that: talk.
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ECB Open to Further Easing, But Leaves Rates Steady. European Central Bank President Mario Draghi made it clear Thursday the central bank was open to further policy easing and was of one mind on using unconventional measures, if needed, to combat deflationary risks. Mr. Draghi was speaking after the ECB decided to keep its main interest rate unchanged, as expected, at 0.25%, a record low that has been in place since November, despite a recent report that inflation in the euro zone has slid far below the bank's target of just under 2%. http://on.wsj.com/1sbVKeQ
5 Takeaways From Mario Draghi's ECB Press Conference. http://on.wsj.com/1i4j6em
Recap: Live Blog of Mario Draghi's Press Conference. http://on.wsj.com/1mD3gLD
ICYMI: Jon Hilsenrath, Brian Blackstone Discuss ECB and Other Central Banks. http://www.spreecast.com/events/central-banks-how-2014-is-shaping-up
Draghi Unhappy With IMF's Easing Advice. Mr. Draghi responded with biting sarcasm Thursday when asked about calls for looser ECB policy from International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde. "I think the IMF has been of recent extremely generous in its suggestions on what we should do or not do," he said. http://on.wsj.com/1hF3vFt
OECD Warns Euro Area of Higher Deflation Risks. Deflation risks in the euro area have risen and the ECB should keep its interest rates at near zero over the medium term to tackle them, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said in a report Thursday. It called on the ECB to consider "additional nonconventional measures" should deflation risks intensify. http://on.wsj.com/1i4bqIN
Fed's Stein To Step Down to Return to Harvard. A top Federal Reserve official who has expressed concerns about the possibility that the central bank's policies could spark financial instability said Thursday he is resigning from his post on May 28. Jeremy Stein, an economics professor at Harvard University, will be returning to Cambridge, Mass. to teach again. http://on.wsj.com/1hEB9et
Jeremy Stein Goes Home With a Long Research Agenda. Mr. Stein has had a big impact on the Fed in just two years as a board governor. Mr. Stein nudged the central bank last year toward an exit on its bond-purchase program and also pushed officials to think more carefully about how bubbles and financial instability should factor into their monetary policy decisions. On the latter point, the Fed still has a lot of work to do and it's not clear officials will have it all sorted out before some new threat to financial stability emerges http://on.wsj.com/1mO3SB8
Fed's Fisher: There Are Limits to Forward Guidance. Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher said Friday what the central bank can say about the future of monetary policy is more limited than many recognize. "Those who think we can be more specific in stating our intentions and broadcasting our every next move with complete certainty are, in my opinion, clinging to the myth that economics is a hard science and monetary policy a precise scientific procedure rather than the applied best judgment of cool-headed, unemotional decision-makers," Mr. Fisher said in the text of a speech to be delivered in Hong Kong. http://on.wsj.com/1hIexdc
Fed's Williams: First Rate Hike Should Come in Second Half of 2015. San Francisco Fed President John Williams thinks the Fed should start to raise interest rates in the second half of 2015, and then only gradually. "Given the economic outlook, and given also my view that we need accommodative policy relative to historical norms, we need to have relatively low levels of interest rates for quite some time," he told Reuters in an interview. http://reut.rs/1j1wZNq
Fed Introduces its Friend Ferbus. Wouldn't it be nice if the Fed had a magical computer model that could tell central bank officials what would happen across the economy if housing prices shot up 10% or oil prices tumbled 15% or the stock market lost half its value or the government announced a trillion-dollar spending program? Fed economists tried to build such a model nearly 20 years ago. It is called FRB/US, or Ferbus to wonks, and its performance has been, well, mixed. http://on.wsj.com/1i5tgv9
What to Watch in Today's U.S. Jobs Report. The Labor Department's March jobs report, out at 8:30 a.m. EDT, is expected to show a pick-up in hiring, a welcome sign following a mid-winter lull. Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal think the economy added 200,000 jobs last month, up from 175,000 in February and much better than December's meager gain of 84,000. The unemployment rate is expected to return to 6.6% after ticking up to 6.7% in February. Other recent indicators suggest the economy is thawing, though consumers and businesses remain cautious. http://on.wsj.com/1gSi74G
PBOC: Economic Conditions in a "Reasonable Range." China's central bank says current economic conditions are within a reasonable range, though the economy still faces complicated situations. Domestic price levels are basically steady, but growth continues to slow for some other emerging economies, the People's Bank of China said in a brief statement released Thursday following its quarterly policy meeting. The PBOC also reaffirmed its policy goal of keeping the yuan exchange rate at an appropriate level, while pledging to further push exchange-rate reforms. http://on.wsj.com/1dPCFLU
China Cash Shortage Brings IOUs to Fore. In China's economic slowdown, businesses are having troubles paying suppliers, and banks are getting shy about lending, so cash is scarce. The notes—a form of IOUs known as acceptance drafts – are increasingly being used instead. Driving the exchange of paper, analysts say, is an unwillingness, or inability, by banks to meet demand for cash loans, especially from smaller companies. "The credit transmission mechanism is breaking, or even broken," said Leland Miller, president of the China Beige Book, a quarterly survey of Chinese businesses and banks. "Firms are having a difficult time getting access to funding, and for small firms it's extraordinarily difficult." http://on.wsj.com/1j61O3P
PBOC Sets Yuan Reference Rate at Six-Month. Low China's central bank set the yuan's daily reference rate at the weakest in more than six months to reflect broad gains in the dollar overseas, but traders say it pushed more investors to sell the dollar. http://on.wsj.com/1hbkMrl
BOJ Battle: The Empire Strikes Back. For a year, the Bank of Japan's new leadership has drawn surprisingly little flack while executing a self-proclaimed aggressive "regime change," breaking from a decade of more cautious policymaking. Now the repudiated old guard is striking back, publicly ringing alarm bells about the lurking dangers of a massive money-printing program, even while many economists say recent signs of slowdown call for a bigger dose of short-term stimulus. http://on.wsj.com/PvqgRF
BOJ's Kuroda Will Stick With His Bazooka on 1st Anniversary. Despite concerns a higher sales tax will damage the economy, the Bank of Japan and Gov. Haruhiko Kuroda remain confident that the massive easing program launched a year ago is on track to achieve its inflation goal without any additional measures at next week's policy meeting. http://on.wsj.com/1h6TnGT
BOJ Beat: Abe Adviser Calls for More Easing to Weaken Yen Should Economy Slump. The Bank of Japan should take additional easing measures to bolster the stock market as well as weaken the yen should the impact of the sales tax increase on the economy be grave, a monetary-policy adviser to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said. http://on.wsj.com/1ox6Qf6
A New Japan First: Negative Rates. The Bank of Japan's massive bond-buying binge is creating all sorts of market distortions. The latest: the rate in one funding market fell briefly below zero. In other words, debt has gotten so scarce for non-BOJ buyers that some investors are willing to pay for the privilege of holding government bonds. On March 28, rates fell to negative 0.011% in the "repo market," where banks and securities dealers can secure funding for a few days or months. Specifically, banks looking to hold Japanese government bonds overnight from March 31 to April 1, had to pay a small premium — of 0.011% — to get those bonds. http://on.wsj.com/1mO98Ve
Big Asset Managers Could Pose Risk to Stability, BOE Official Warns. Big asset managers could pose a risk to the stability of the financial system, a senior Bank of England official warned Friday. In a speech to the London Business School's asset management conference, the BOE's executive director for financial stability, Andrew Haldane, said growth of the asset management industry over the past decade means some asset managers are so big that "distress at an asset manager may aggravate frictions in financial markets." http://on.wsj.com/1hn1xFa
BOE (Sometimes) Showed Mercy to Forgers in 18th, 19th Centuries. People convicted of forging Bank of England notes used to get sent to the gallows. Three hundred people were hanged in Great Britain during the "Restriction Period" of the late 18th and early 19th centuries for forging notes or knowingly passing off fakes as the real thing. But a trove of letters from the BOE's archives published online Thursday reveals a gentler facet of this bleak history. http://on.wsj.com/1hEKSBr
Czech Central Bank: Weaker Koruna May Be Needed Beyond Early 2015. Czech central bank policy makers remain convinced of the need to maintain a weak koruna for now and are ready to keep it in place even beyond early next year, minutes from the bank's most recent policy meeting showed Friday.– Dow Jones Newswires.
Turkish PM Calls for Rate Cut. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Friday called on the central bank to hold an extraordinary meeting in order to cut its benchmark interest rate and boost investment. After his comments, the Turkish lira weakened against the dollar. http://on.wsj.com/1pZ4Urf
Nigeria's Finance Minister: Central Bank Remains Independent. A month after Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan suspended central bank head Lamido Sanusi over alleged misconduct, the central bank remains in the hands of a deputy governor, Sarah Alade. Mr. Sanusi's successor, Godwin Emefiele, will take over in June. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal at a dimly lit café in New York City, Nigeria's finance minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala stressed that the upheaval at the country's central bank would not undermine monetary policy. "Our central bank remains independent … strong monetary policy will continue," Dr. Okonjo-Iweala said. http://on.wsj.com/1ox3wRb
-U.S. Labor Department releases its employment report for March at 8:20 a.m.
-Join the WSJ's Jon Hilsenrath and Sudeep Reddy for a discussion of the March employment report and its implications for Fed policy. 11 a.m. EDT at http://www.spreecast.com/events/hilsenrath-reddy-on-march-jobs-data
The Downward Drift in Inflation-Adjusted Interest Rates: Why? And So What? What if the economy has changed in ways that mean it cannot return to normal levels of unemployment at what were once considered normal levels of interest rates? Two economists writing in the International Monetary Fund's new World Economic Outlook note that inflation-adjusted interest rates have been coming down for more than three decades and suggests they may remain lower than normal for a very long time. http://on.wsj.com/1dQ1W8t
Emerging Markets Will Grow, Just Not at Such Stellar Pace. Is the recent deceleration in emerging market growth permanent, or just a temporary lull? It's transitory, the IMF said in a paper published Thursday. But don't expect a return to the stellar levels seen in recent years. http://on.wsj.com/1fQVb1p
South Korea Needn't Worry About Yen, IMF Says . The yen's recent depreciation sparked public complaints from South Korea's leaders, who feared losing export business to Japanese competitors, whose goods were becoming less expensive in overseas markets. A new paper from the International Monetary Fund argues South Korea need not have worried. http://on.wsj.com/1ox7j0Y
Bernanke Taper Comments Had Big Impact On Emerging Markets. Three economists writing for the Centre for Economic Policy Research found that statements by then Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on the possible tapering of the central bank's stimulus program had a large effect on emerging markets asset prices in 2013, whereas the market largely ignored statements by regional Fed bank presidents. Emerging markets with stronger fundamentals experienced larger stock-market declines, larger increases in credit default swap spreads, and larger currency depreciations than countries with weaker fundamentals. http://www.voxeu.org/article/transmission-fed-tapering-news-emerging-markets
The Telegraph's Ambrose Evans-Pritchard writes that the "ECB's deflation paralysis drives Italy, France and Spain into debt traps." He says, "Frankfurt could force down the euro at any time by signaling a determination to do something about its predicament. It has chosen not to do so."
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Environmental Groups Strongly Endorse "None Of The Above" Energy Plans
From Forbes
By Larry Bell
President Obama's obsession with transitioning from fossil-fueled energy use to so-called "clean renewables" is being thwarted by unlikely adversaries. A 2011 U.S. Chamber of Commerce report titled "Project/No Project" found 140 renewable projects that had stalled, stopped, or been outright killed due to "Not in My Back Yard" (NIMBY) environmental activism and a system that allows limitless challenges by opponents. The study concluded that it is just as difficult to build a wind farm in the U.S. as it is to build a coal-fired plant, with about 45% of all challenged projects being "renewable energy". This is accomplished by a variety of strategies, including organizing local opposition, changing zoning laws, preventing permits, filing lawsuits, and using other long delay mechanisms, effectively bleeding projects dry of their financing.
The study also confirmed that there were very few "shovel ready" renewable energy projects that were truly qualified for support under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (stimulus funding). And according to the U.S. Department of Energy, even if all renewable sources (including hydro) which now provide about 10% of American energy were to grow at three times the pace of all others, they would still make up just 16% of all domestic supplies by 2035.
Absolutely no energy options are immune from environmental challenges. No, it's certainly not just "dirty" coal, oil and natural gas, that are being challenged…or those "hazardous" nuclear plants. Hydroelectric dams are under assault for killing fish, biomass burning produces greenhouse gases just as fossils do, and geothermal power releases toxic ground and water contaminates. Wind turbines slaughter birds and bats, solar power disrupts fragile desert ecosystems.
Wind and solar power also require huge amounts of land and expansive transmission lines to deliver electricity from remote sites. For example, an 85-mile Green Path North Transmission Line planned to carry green power to Los Angeles was cancelled in 2010 due to environmental opposition. As Mike Garland, CEO of Pattern Energy Group, a wind farm developer observed, "We are starting to see all renewable energy projects, no matter how well planned, are being questioned."
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On March 12, 2012 Sunsflare posted a video asking if anyone could identify a circular object seen in SDO coronal images. The video was also posted on Facebook with the same question posed. I answered the question on facebook but here is a more detailed response and discussion of the observation. The object seen is a coronal cavity associated with a filament. There was also an eruption of the filament with a CME.
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June 13, 2008
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- It hasn't taken long for U.S. politicians to protest a bid by a Belgian brewer to buy Anheuser-Busch.
In Bev is offering 46 billion dollars for the St. Louis-based company that brews Budweiser, Busch, Bud Light and Michelob. The Belgians say the combined firm would be the world's largest brewer.
Both of Missouri's senators want to stop the buyout. Republican Christopher "Kit" Bond is sending a letter to Attorney General Michael Mukasey (myoo-KAY'-zee) asking him to conduct an antitrust investigation of the plan. Democrat Claire McCaskill says she's "nervous" about the deal. She adds that she will write to the Anheuser-Busch board of directors asking them not to allow the deal to go forward.
San Francisco-based mergers and acquisitions attorney Douglas Cogen says the lawmakers have little leverage to stop the takeover since "there isn't a lot of regulator clearance that this deal needs."
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
by Truman Capote
Breakfast at Tiffany's Love Quotes
How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Chapter.Paragraph)
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I wish, please don't laugh – but I wish I'd been a virgin for him, for José (12.3).
This is an interesting statement coming from Holly since she seems so indifferent to what people consider acceptable. But she reveals herself to be a bit of a traditionalist here. And she also exposes the desire to change part of her past in order to please the man she loves, which is very unlike her.
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"A person ought to be able to marry men or women or – listen, if you came to me and said you wanted to hitch up with Man o' War, I'd respect your feeling. No, I'm serious. Love should be allowed. I'm all for it" (12.3).
Holly believes in love without restrictions or rules. She truly feels that everyone should be free to pursue the love that makes them happy.
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I loved her enough to forget myself, my self-pitying despairs, and be content that something she thought happy was going to happen (13.18).
The narrator's love for Holly reaches the point where it's no longer about his happiness – it becomes about her happiness even more. He finds contentment in the thought that she'll finally find security and stability.


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War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace Volume 4, Part 2, Chapter 1 Summary
- Again we start off with a big, zoomed-out view of what actually happened after the battle of Borodino, what the historians say happened, and Tolstoy's ideas about the whole great-man style of historical writing.
- Again, those ideas are that the great-man-directing-events version of history is a lot of hooey. Instead, it's obvious to Tolstoy that there are an infinite number of things that cause events to happen. So many that we can't even wrap our heads around it.
- After the battle of Borodino and the burning of Moscow, the Russian army retreated and then moved to the south to get to the supply-rich cities there. This is viewed as a totally brilliant strategy by historians, since it blocked the French from getting resupplied. But for Tolstoy, it was just the most obvious "duh" kind of move, undeserving of praise. After all, if you've got an army that needs supplies, where else are you going to go?
- By tacking south instead of straight east, the Russian army actually managed to somehow lose the French, who were supposed to be marching after it. For Tolstoy, this is pretty much pure luck, more attributable to French incompetence than Russian achievement. So stop patting yourselves on the back about it, he says.
- In any case, the move only seems clever in hindsight. Any number of things could have happened instead of what actually did happen. What if the French hadn't lost the Russian army? What if Napoleon had decided to attack Petersburg? It's all just blind luck when you think about it that way.


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Ken Regan
Ken Regan was the official photographer on Bob Dylan's 1975 Rolling Thunder Revue, and he also worked with The Rolling Stones in the 70's and 80's.
Ken Regan was born and grew up in the Bronx. He studied journalism at Columbia and attended New York University's Film School. His early photography career began in the sports arena where he covered the World Series, Super Bowls, the Olympics, heavyweight championship fights, Hockey, Basketball, Tennis, Auto Racing and other professional sports for Time, Sports Illustrated, Life, and Newsweek.
In the 70s, Ken founded Camera 5, his own photo agency which represented 15 photographers who covered riots and demonstrations in the United States and wars in Vietnam and later in the Persian Gulf and Bosnia. Photo essays about gold mining in Brazil, the Columbo family's involvement in the Mafia, poverty in Harlem, Vietnam Veterans, and a scientist on the Amazon are among his favorite assignments. He has also toured with some of the most renowned musicians in Rock-'n-Roll history. In 1975, he did back to back tours with Bob Dylan and the Rolling Stones. He covered the Band's Last Waltz, and George Harrison's benefit for Bangladesh amongst many other Rock festivals and events. He worked closely with renowned concert promoter Bill Graham and was the main photographer for his biggest events such as Amnesty International, Live Aid and others.
By the late Eighties, Ken had over 200 magazine covers to his credit, as well as numerous awards from the Missouri School of Journalism and World Press Photo to the New York Newspaper Guild.
Consumed with a passion for images, Ken continued his tireless pursuit of hard news, sports, and human interest stories for Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Newsweek, Paris Match, Time, Esquire, Entertainment Weekly, People, U.S. News and World Report, Good Housekeeping, and the Ladies Home Journal.
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Singapore: Talent Crunch Hits IT Hard
Average salaries for top IT positions have gone up by as much as 52% thanks to a tight labor market and stronger competition for talent
Average salaries for top IT positions have gone up by as much as 52 percent in Singapore, thanks to a tight labor market and stronger competition to attract talent, says recruitment company Hudson.
In its latest salary guide of IT and telecommunications professionals, Hudson reported that the average starting salary for chief information officers (CIOs) and chief technology officers (CTOs) in Singapore have gone up from S$250,000 (US$163,130) in 2005 to S$280,000 (US$182,726) last year. At the top end, salaries have scaled up to S$380,000 (US$247,986).
Yeo Gek Cheng, director of Hudson's IT&T industry practice in Singapore, told ZDNet Asia in an e-mail: "The increase is due to the job market picking up, resulting in more competition for [executives at] this management level."
According to Hudson, much of the competition for such senior talent is in the banking space.
"Singapore has seen an unprecedented amount of back-office relocation from head office banks in the last few years, [among] top-tier investment banks," Yeo said.
"This has created huge demand for senior technology heads within a very small working population, plus you have the big three Singaporean banks and [others like] Standard Chartered Bank all competing to secure the service of the leading candidates," she added.
Hudson also attributed the salary increments to "more movement at this level for 2006" due to recovery in the market.
"Candidates tend to negotiate for better salaries when they change jobs, so the overall figure in the market will increase. That's not surprising at all in a market where top talent is scarce and top candidates are in limited supply," Yeo said. "In addition, 2006 was a better year compared to 2005, so the bonus component would have been better as well."
However, average salaries remained stable for these senior IT management positions in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Japan. Touching on the disparity, Yeo explained: "Hong Kong and Tokyo are more mature markets with existing IT departments within the technology space, so the rise of senior level IT salaries in Singapore would be from a core group of banks in expansion mode."
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The banking sector is not out of the woods yet. But for Jammu and Kashmir Bank which functions in a state relatively insulated from the rest of the domestic economy, the outlook remains positive.
Over the past two quarters, the bank has shown an improvement in asset quality and increased profitability through better margins. Its stock has outperformed the ET Banks index with returns of 32% compared with index gains of 6% year to date.


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These are easy enough questions for the seasoned web and marketing professional, but if you're new-ish to the world of online best practices, this is one lesson you won't want to miss.
A Landing Page is a single web page, usually without any navigation or links, that compels a site user to do something before they can move on. Landing Pages are used in any number of contexts, most notably as a "landing" from any type of inbound link. Really, any page a inbound link is attached to is technically a Landing Page as it's where a user "lands" on your site, but in this post, I am going to focus on intentional Landing Pages—those designed as a drop-in point for your website.
PPC Campaigns
Google AdWords and other Pay-per-Click (PPC) campaigns utilize landing pages to give the person who clicked on their ad immediate information directly related to their search term and the related ad. These types of pages ideally give the user just what they are for, compelling them to convert immediately and stop searching for alternatives. AS such, optimizing for keywords is the linchpin to creating a successful campaign and more often than not, this will require multiple Landing Pages for a single campaign.
It is common for a Landing Page to contain a form for users to sign-up for something. By having the form directly on the Landing Page and not on a successive page, you can boost the number of people you get to actually sign up.
If you are offering a download of some kind, a white paper or eBook, a Landing Page is useful as the "gateway" for the download. This is a common lead generation tool used in the b2b world.
Informational – with QR Codes
Pages of this nature operate similarly to any other general web page in that they offer you information and do not necessarily require any other action. For example, say you are hosting an event and strictly want to offer all available information in one place. A Landing Page for the event would be incredibly useful. Take this one even further by tying the page to a QR code, giving users a one-stop view of all you have to offer. You can then use that QR code to advertise and as a link to up-to-date information during the actual event.
Just like with all websites, the possibilities are endless for how you want to style and arrange a Landing Page. Certain best practices do exist, however, and you will want to take note of these.
No Links
How you want to use your Landing Page will inform whether or not you include links, but as the point of a Landing Page is to compel a user to action, you do not want to give them the easy opportunity to take another action by offering them lots of links to click.
This should be somewhat obvious. Brand the Landing Page so that it looks similar to your main site. This can often be the first page someone sees of your company so offering a visually dynamic page is reassuring of your legitimacy and initiates brand recognition. Be sure to include your logo, and use similar fonts and styling.
Lots of options with this one. Landing Page templates or Landing Page creator tools can be incredibly useful for directing you in your Landing Page design. Most people tend to agree that if you want to include a form, be sure it appears "Above the Fold", meaning high enough on the page users do no have to scroll to see it. Images are useful as well—we are all visual creatures and a page of just text just isn't as compelling. Tabs within a single page can be incredibly useful if you have lots of information you want to include, but don't want to give people the opportunity to navigate away from the page in search of more information.
Call-to Action
Make sure to include one! Sounds easy enough, right? You might be surprised…. Tell the user exactly what you want them to do on the page—either Sign Up, Fill out a form, Register, Try it, etc. Use active verbs. Don't forget to say what will happen once they do what you ask!
People often go many different ways on this one. Here is a handy infographic detailing how different colors affect sentiment or compel action. Take a look. Buttons or other calls-to-action on the Landing Page ought to stand out so that the user knows exactly what to do on the page.
Remember, this is just another web page. You should make sure you have all the meta data (Title, Header Tags, Description, Alt tags, etc.) included for SEO purposes and to inform search engines. Google AdWords, for example, crawls the Landing Pages of all its ads and gives them a "Quality Score" for every keyword tied to that ad. Low Quality Scores mean your ad will appear lower in the listings or possibly not at all.
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FooBillard is a free OpenGL-billard game for Linux (ported for Mac) with realistic physics, AI-player and many gametypes like pool carambol or snooker.
The following features are implemented:
Wood paneled table with gold covers and gold diamonds
Reflections on balls
Shadow pixmaps
Detail switching of balls according to distance
Zoom in/out - hold right mousebutton
FOV +/- - hold right mousebutton + CTRL
Rotate - hold left mousebutton
Animated queue
8ball, 9ball, snooker, carambol
Simple AI-Player
Strength adjustment
Eccentic hit adjustment (button2-Shift)
Red/green 3D stereo view !!!
Network play
Free view mode
Required OS: not specified
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Capital Campaign
Over the past 50 years, we have worked to keep our campus and buildings in line with our vitality as a parish. Although significant progress has been made in a number of areas…Read more
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The St. Andrew Bulletin is available to all parishioners at church each weekend and online at the beginning of each week. Bulletins include information specific to the parish as well as diocesan events of interest.Read more


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Website Address: westconndanceteam.tripod.com/home.html
The Western CT State University dance team was founded in 1993 by the late Khalda Logan. The W.C.S.U dance team has experience in all phases of dance, but specializes in Jazz, Hip-Hop and Modern. The team is a University club that performs at football/basketball games, competitions, benefits, and holds and annual Spring Performance. The team consists of 14 dedicated members with 1 goal in mind- to be champions. If you are interested in joining this co-ed team of focused individuals please check back periodically to find out when the next set of tryouts are. Experience in dance is necessary, tumbling a plus, and dedication MANDATORY. If you have any questions please contact Coach Melissa Newsome. email@example.com
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White River Amphitheatre
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|June 14, 2003
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White River Amphitheatre is a Live Nation managed concert venue, located 3 miles east of Auburn, Washington and 7 miles west of Enumclaw, Washington on the Muckleshoot Indian Reservation. It is 15 miles northeast of Tacoma and 35 miles southeast of Seattle. The capacity is 20,000, with 9,000 covered seats. It hosts musical events, with Mount Rainier in the background and features two large video screens.
The first concert at the venue was Berlin, with Heart, on June 14, 2003.
Jimmy Buffett released a CD of his performance on September 16, 2003, called Live in Auburn, WA.
Heavy Metal band Iron Maiden has also performed here on their last few tours including Eddie Rips Up The World Tour, The Somewhere Back In Time World Tour, and The Final Frontier World Tour. During the show on June 22, 2010, Frontman Bruce Dickinson stated that the pit was the only one at 100% capacity on the tour so far.[citation needed] Iron Maiden performed here during their Maiden England World Tour on 30 July 2012.[1]
Sting performed during his Symphonicities Tour on June 6, 2010, along with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
The amphitheatre has played host to music festivals, including The Uproar Festival, The Mayhem Festival, The Gigantour, Farm Aid, Projekt Revolution, Ozzfest, Crüe Fest and Crüe Fest 2.
It has hosted the Vans Warped Tour for two years straight, hosting Warped Tour 2012 and Warped Tour 2013.
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Clinical Psychology Internship Program
The Clinical Psychology Internship Program is a pre-doctoral internship located at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio Texas. The primary goal and mission of the program is to produce highly qualified, resourceful and autonomous professional psychologists and to develop the competencies and professional identity that will serve as a solid basis for a career. The program seeks to produce psychologists who can manage the dynamic challenges that will be common in their future careers as military and civilian psychologists.
A Practitioner-Scholar model guides the internship training at Brooke Army Medical Center, with an emphasis on clinical practice that is validated by empirical research. The program offers diverse training opportunities with both military and civilian populations, including child, adolescent, adult, and geriatric age groups. BAMC is a large regional medical center, so interns will have experiences unique to medical center settings, in addition to those more typical of traditional psychology training programs. Graduates leave the program with a wide variety of experiences, prepared to pursue postdoctoral careers as army psychologists.
The BAMC Clinical Psychology Internship Program is an Army internship, so candidates must apply through a centralized application process and will serve on active duty during and after the internship.
Accreditation Status
The BAMC Clinical Psychology Internship Program is accredited by the American Psychological Association. Questions related to the program's accredited status should be directed to the Commission on Accreditation:
Office of Program Consultation and Accreditation
American Psychological Association
750 1st Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002
Phone: (202) 336-5979 / E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Web: www.apa.org/ed/accreditation
Description of Training Program
Core Experience: The core rotations for the program consist of four three-month rotations. These rotations are three days each week. Interns must participate in Campus Behavioral Health Service rotation, Neuropsychology rotation, and Warrior Clinic rotation. Interns indicate preference for the fourth rotation between the Child & Adolescent or the Clinical Health Psychology rotations. Interns participate in the Evidenced Based Care rotation every Friday throughout the year.
Campus Behavioral Health Service Rotation: The Campus Behavioral Health Service (CBHS) serves young active duty service members who are trainees at the Army Medical Department (AMEDD) Center and School and the Military Education Training Campus. Fort Sam Houston is the home of the AMEDD Center and School and METC, meaning all enlisted soldiers, sailors, and airmen assigned to medical specialties receive their initial job training at this post. The majority of these soldiers arrive at Fort Sam Houston immediately after basic training and many are dealing with issues related to adjusting to the military environment, homesickness, and academic problems.
Child and Adolescent Psychology Rotation: The Child and Adolescent Psychology Service (CAPS) provides child clinical psychology services to children and adolescents between the ages of two to eighteen. CAPS provides diagnostic and assessment services to patients and families presenting with a wide variety of issues related to development, child psychopathology, pediatric medical concerns, and academic performance. Clinical services include: individual therapy; family therapy; play therapy; and various group interventions for children, adolescents, and parents.
Clinical Health Psychology Rotation: The Clinical Health Psychology Service provides specialized services to patients with acute or chronic medical conditions, as well as stress management, relaxation training and prevention services for all patient populations. Specific services include: consultation and assessment; individual, family, and group psychotherapy; pain management; stress management and relaxation training; hypnosis; biofeedback; and psycho-educational health programs (e.g., smoking cessation).
Neuropsychology Rotation: The Neuropsychology Service provides neuropsychological evaluations for active duty service members and medically retired service members who are returning for repeat evaluation. This population consists primarily of young adults. Both male and female patients are seen, but there is a predominance of male patients. Neuropsychology Service provides screenings and full evaluations for the BAMC Burn Unit and the Amputee Clinic. Many of the soldiers seen in these settings are recent returnees from Iraq and Afghanistan. During this rotation, interns will learn to conduct brief cognitive screenings as well as a more comprehensive battery that includes both cognitive and psychological evaluation.
Warrior Clinic Rotation: The Adult Outpatient Clinic provides psychological evaluation and treatment services to active duty soldiers and their families. In contrast to the CBHS, where the patient population consists of young trainees who have come into the Army fairly recently, the Adult Outpatient Clinic provides services to soldiers who have been working in their field of service in the Army. Many of the soldiers who are seen in this clinic are recent returnees from Iraq and Afghanistan, and therefore addressing issues of post-deployment readjustment, PTSD, and routine psychological problems.
Evidenced Based Care Rotation: The evidenced based care rotation provides interns with the opportunity to provide evidenced based therapeutic intervention consistent with the DoD/VA Clinical Practice Guidelines. A focus of this rotation will be treatment for PTSD and other combat or operational stress reactions, such as sleep problems, nightmares, panic, and other anxiety related disorders. In addition, interns may have the opportunity to work with patients with other mood disorders or behavioral health issues, such as major depression, adjustment disorders, family problems, etc. Depending on the expertise of the interns clinical supervisor, treatment strategies used may include PE, CPT, CPCT, CBT, imagery rehearsal, and other treatment modalities supported by the empirical literature. Didactic training and/or group supervision may be included in this rotation.
Didactics and Presentations: Many didactic opportunities are available to interns throughout the training year. Thursdays are reserved for required seminars and case conferences. Seminars are grouped under the following topic areas: Assessment, Therapeutic Intervention, Ethics, Cultural Diversity, Professional development, and Psychopharmacology. There are also periodic faculty and intern case conferences. Interns may also attend monthly luncheon seminars sponsored by the San Antonio Psychological Association (SAPA) throughout the year. They are held on a monthly basis for a small student fee. Interns can view the workshop schedule at http://www.bexarpsyc.org/. In addition, interns may be required to attend workshops offered by internship programs from Wilford Hall Medical Center, the South Texas Veteran's Health Care System, or the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Throughout the training year, workshops on various topics are presented by notable researchers and clinicians in their respective fields of psychology. These workshops are typically one to two days in length, and attendance is required. The following is a partial list of some of the distinguished visiting professionals who have offered training in the recent past:
- PAI Dr. Les Morey
- Suicidality Dr. David Jobes
- Ethics Dr. Jeffrey Youngren
- Forensic Neuropsychology Dr. Glenn Larrabee
- PTSD Dr. Donald Meichenbaum
Interns may also attend DVP presentations at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center.
Supervision: Interns will be supervised by staff members throughout the training year. A licensed psychologist is available whenever an intern is providing services to a patient. Each rotation has a primary supervisor who is responsible for overall coordination of the intern's work. Interns will have a minimum of 2 hours of individual supervision per week with many more opportunities for informal supervision. In addition to clinical supervision, all interns have a year-long preceptor. The preceptor's role is to assist the intern in his/her development as a psychologist. The preceptor serves as a confidential helper and guide to stimulate professional development and optimize the internship training experience.
Application and Selection
Key Dates and Information Upfront
For the 2015-16 Class:
- Application Deadline (APPI must be complete with all additional materials downloaded): 14 November 2014
All applicants will be military applicants going through the central Army selection process. Applicants will be invited an on-site interview. Applicants may also interview by phone. Must submit online APPI including confirmation of approved proposal for dissertation prior to application deadline. Applicants will work with AMEDD recruiter in meeting application requirements. Applications considered once received with interview notification on rolling basis.
- In Person Interview Dates: 05 and 08 December 2014
- Phone Interview Dates: 15-19 December 2014
- Number of Anticipated Positions: 6
(no civilian positions available, all interns will become commissioned Army officers)
- Dissertation Status: Dissertation Proposals must be accepted by the time the Army selection board meets in January. Any student without their proposal accepted by that time will not be considered for internship.
Important Websites for Application Information and Process
In order to begin the process of entering active duty, candidates should contact their local Army Health Care Recruiters at www.goarmy.com or 1-800-USA-ARMY.
Applicants can download an APPIC Applicant Agreement from the Matching Program web site at www.natmatch.com/psychint through the APPIC website at www.appic.org or request that an Agreement be mailed to them by contacting National Matching Services Inc at:
20 Holly Street, Suite 301
Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4S 3B1
Telephone: (416) 977-3431
Fax: (416) 977-5020
P.O. Box 1208
Lewiston, NY 14092-8208
Telephone: (716) 282-4013
Fax: (716) 282-0611
NMS prefers that correspondence be sent to the Toronto address.
Qualifications: The BAMC Clinical Psychology Internship Program is a member of the Association of Psychology Postdoctoral and Internship Centers (APPIC) and follows all APPIC policies and procedures for intern selection. BAMC selects interns through the APPIC Match. Only those candidates who participate in the APPIC Match can be matched to the BAMC internship program. Qualified applicants will come from APA approved Clinical or Counseling Psychology doctoral programs. Applicants must be citizens of the United States. Applicants must have passed comprehensive examinations by the application deadline and must have the dissertation proposal approved by the application deadline. Interns will be active duty Army officers, and must therefore meet criteria for active duty in the Army (such as physical fitness requirements) in addition to the other requirements for the internship. Applicants are selected through the APPIC match, but must also be selected for service in the Army through an Army Board Selection Process.
Selection Process
Applicants will apply directly to the Army Clinical Internship Psychology Programs through an Army health care recruiter. The APPI packet and other materials listed below will be submitted directly through the recruiter and will be forwarded to an Army Psychology Internship Selection Board which will include Directors of Training of the individual Army internship programs. Applicants should also submit materials directly to BAMC through the online APPI application. HPSP scholarship students are required to rank all five of the Army sites on the APPIC Match List. Candidates who have no commitment to Army service prior to Match Day are encouraged to rank all five Army sites, but are under no obligation to do so, and may list only the sites to which they would like to apply.
Any interested graduate student is encouraged to contact the Department of Behavioral Medicine Internship Training Director to learn more about applying to this program and the overall Army Psychology system. Students may also visit Brooke Army Medical Center and our providers will meet with students to discuss their interest in military psychology as time allows. Students who want to visit the facility should contact the Training Director regarding working hours and staff availability. These visits are for the students to gather information about our site. No interviews will be conducted during these times.
After the initial APPI applications are reviewed, candidates will be contacted to coordinate interviews. On-site interviews will be conducted by invitation only on the dates found in the beginning of this section. For candidates not able to attend the invitational interview day, telephone interviews will be scheduled and conducted . The Army Psychology Internship Selection Board usually meets in January of the training year. The Board will review candidate application packets and discuss applicant qualifications. Final selections will be made using the APPIC match process.
Application Materials
- Completed APPIC Application for Psychology Internship (AAPI) form. Copies of this form may be downloaded from the Forms page at www.appic.org, or from gram Training Directors.
- Vita or resume outlining educational and employment experiences.
- Letter of interest.
- Official transcripts of graduate work.
- Certification of Internship Eligibility (included in the AAPI form) completed by your academic Training Director.
- Three letters of reference.
Application Deadline
The deadline for submission of applications for the upcoming internship year can be found in the "Key Dates and Information" area at the beginning of this section. However, candidates are encouraged to contact an Army Health Care Recruiter as early as possible in order to ensure that they will be able to meet the requirements to serve as an Army officer.
General Information
Salary and Benefits
Salary and Benefits -- The predoctoral internship year is projected to begin each October 2. Interns will attend the Basic Officer Leader Course (BOLC) at Ft. Sam Houston from June to late September prior to beginning the internship. BAMC interns will be able to attend both OBLC and their internship on Ft. Sam Houston. The internship is a full-time, 12 month experience. Military interns are paid at the rank of Army Captain, with annual salary ranging from $56,000 to $60,000. Interns also receive all military benefits and allowances, which include health and dental care for interns and their family members; paid annual leave, sick leave and federal holidays; and use of on-post facilities. Other benefits include dissertation release time, paid attendance at local workshops, and the opportunity to attend seminars presented by nationally known speakers at BAMC.
Health Professions Scholarship Program
HPSP is available to assist undergraduate and graduate students with the cost of school. For information on this program, please go to the following website.
Fort Sam Houston Texas and Brooke Army Medical Center
Brooke Army Medical Center is located on Fort Sam Houston, which is in the center of San Antonio Texas. Not only is BAMC one of the largest military medical centers, it also is the location for the Army Southern Regional Medical Command. Information about BAMC can be found at the following website:
Fort Sam Houston is the home of the Army Medical Department, Army Medical Department Center and School, and is known as the "Home of Military Medicine" in that it hosts the training for most medical personnel in the Department of Defense. Specific information regarding Fort Sam Houston and the surrounding area can be found at it's website:
Director of Training (see APPIC Annual Listings or website for email address)


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Walter Cronkite: In Memoriam
I was watching Keith Olbermann the other night and thinking of Walter Cronkite, retired for 28 years and just today, dead at 92.
With his walrus mustache, bushy eyebrows and deadpan, dead-on delivery, Cronkite might have been hard-pressed to become a broadcast star today. And yet, for much of the 1960s and '70s, he defined TV news, reporting it with the kind of straightforward assurance that led polls to proclaim him "the most trusted man in America." Even the Yippie anti-war leader Abbie Hoffman—who would seem the least likely American to identify with this middle-class living room idol –praised "Uncle Walter."
Uncle Walter. Think about that for a minute. Who would we address that way today? Uncle Keith? Uncle Chris? Uncle Bill? Or how about ratings-desperate, perpetually puzzled Aunt Katie? If they're like family to you, can you spell dysfunctional?
We've entered a time, of course, when objectivity–whatever that is, exactly–is not a sellable product. What we want instead is opinion. Talking points. Or vulnerability. Certainly, there are some who struggle to keep their tone civil, their reports tethered to truth, not to the political tides that crash through MSNBC and Fox News. Old-line network stars like Brian Williams and Charles Gibson gaze solemnly forward, without pausing for personal asides. CNN, despite the challenges of instant, dubiously reliable Internet news flashes (how could TMZ declare Michael Jackson dead before doctors did?), continues to put on a globally neutral face, even as its anchors' faces become more glamorous by the day.
But the whole Anchor-as-Immobile-God persona started to crumble back in 2001, when Dan Rather-–always the most volatile of the Big Three evening newscasters—dissolved into tears on David Letterman's show, talking about the 9/11 attacks. A few years later he was gone, along with Tom Brokaw and Peter Jennings.
In 2005, Anderson Cooper, overwhelmed by the body count of Hurricane Katrina, broke down on the air. Then, in 2008, came the sudden death of Tim Russert. The loss of this admirably affable newsman, who never showed his hand, may well have marked the end of the politically neutral broadcasting for which Cronkite once stood as stolid symbol.
Not that I personally object to the proliferation of blatantly biased news–I'd rather have journalists flaunting their political preferences than sneakily (or subconsciously) slanting their reports. And I do confess a fondness for the overblown Olbermann, with his boorish cries of "Fascist!" "Liar!" "Treason!," just as O'Reilly and Rush have their supporters. O'Reilly once threatened to "boot right off this set" that mild-mannered talk show host from another era, Phil Donahue.
If that's not entertainment, I don't know what is! And just how does a traditional, trained-to-be-objective newsman compete with this newfangled display of passion and bile? It is, after all, impossible to imagine Cronkite going after John Chancellor or David Brinkley.
Uncle Walter did not engage in such antics. Nor did he brandish his political beliefs, or reveal the full extent of his anguish, joy or grief. He was first and foremost a reporter, a stalwart announcer of the day's events.
When Cronkite ended his CBS broadcasts with his trademark sign-off, "And that's the way it is," you could be sure that's the way it was.
Like an earlier, mid-century hero, "Dragnet" detective Joe Friday, Cronkite was interested in "just the facts, ma'am, just the facts." And that's what he gave us: No massaging. No white-washing. No revving up for ratings. Cronkite only devolved to the personal in such seemingly benign ways as indulging his love for the space program by allotting it more time.
For that self-control, that now-extraordinary ability to keep his feelings and alliances to himself, he is to be remembered, respected…even revered.
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Classic Thumbprint Cookies
- Prep Time: 40 min
- Cook Time: 17 min
- Ready Time: 110 min
- Yield: 4 dozen cookies
- Crisco® Original No-Stick Cooking Spray
- 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
- 1 Crisco® Baking Sticks Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening, cut into slices
- OR 1 cup Crisco® Butter Flavor All-Vegetable Shortening
- 3 large eggs, separated
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups Pillsbury BEST™ All Purpose Flour
- 2 cups finely chopped pecans
- 1 cup Smucker's® Strawberry Preserves, or any Smucker's® Preserves, Jam or Jelly
Preparation Directions
- HEAT oven to 350°F. Adjust rack to middle position. Coat two cookie sheets lightly with no-stick cooking spray.
- BEAT brown sugar and shortening in medium bowl with an electric mixer at medium speed for 2 minutes or until fluffy. Scrape down sides of bowl. Add egg yolks, water, vanilla and salt. Beat until well combined. Add flour on low speed until well blended.
- BEAT egg whites in a shallow bowl until foamy. Place pecans in a separate shallow bowl. Measure about 2 teaspoons dough for each cookie. Roll into balls. Dip each dough ball into egg whites, then roll into pecans. Place on prepared cookie sheet. Using the back of a teaspoon or your thumb, make a rounded indentation in the top of each cookie.
- BAKE 10 minutes. Remove from oven. It may be necessary to create the indentation once again with a spoon. Place about 1 teaspoon preserves into the indentation of each cookie. Bake an additional 5 to 7 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from oven. Cool on baking sheet for several minutes. Remove to wire rack to cool completely.
Nutritional Information Per Serving
Serving Size (1 cookie), Calories 120 (Calories from Fat 70), Total Fat 8g (Saturated Fat 1.5g, Trans Fat 0g), Cholesterol 15mg, Sodium 15mg, Total Carbohydrate 11g (Dietary Fiber 1g, Sugars 6g), Protein 1g; Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 2%, Vitamin C 0%, Calcium 0%, Iron 2%.
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Bolding Bucket Beats Bonnies
Jan. 23, 2010
PITTSBURGH - Melquan Bolding buried a 3-pointer from the right corner with 3.4 seconds left as Duquesne ended a five-game losing streak with a 70-69 win over visiting St. Bonaventure.
Damian Saunders, who found Bolding open in the corner for the winning shot, and Eric Evans led four Duquesne (10-9, 1-4) players in double figures with 15 points each. Bolding finished with 14 and Bill Clark added 10.
Andrew Nicholson led St. Bonaventure (9-9, 2-3), which rallied from a 15-point halftime deficit, with 29 points.
The Bonnies took their first lead at 64-63 on a Nicholson putback with 3:24 remaining. Nicholson scored again to give SBU a three-point lead a minute later.
Malcolm Eleby hit a pair of free throws with 1:13 left to make it 68-64, before Saunders, who entered the game shooting 50 percent from the line, answered with a pair of free throws to make it a two-point game with a minute remaining.
Bill Clark drew a charge from Michael Davenport to give Duquesne possession down two, before Saunders was fouled on a drive and made one of two free throws with 21.9 seconds left.
Eleby was quickly fouled and made the second of two free throws to make it 69-67.
Saunders then drove the left side of the lane and whipped a left-handed pass to an open Bolding in the right corner. Bolding's 3-pointer was Duquesne's first field goal since his jumper at the 12:45 mark.
St. Bonaventure was unable to get of a shot as time expired.
"The play was for Damian to get to the rim or get fouled," said Duquesne head coach Ron Everhart. "He drove and found Mel with a great pass. Mel needed to have a game like this for his confidence."
Duquesne, playing with a sense of urgency, hit six of its first eight shots in jumping out to a 14-2 lead. The Dukes hit six 3-pointers - their most in a game since their last win over Saint Francis, Pa. on Dec. 22 - in building a 43-28 halftime lead.
Chris Matthews, who finished with 14 points, hit three 3-pointers in the first four minutes of the second half to pull the Bonnies within single digits.
Neither team led by more than three from the 10:54 mark until Eleby's second free throw with 1:13 to go.
Duquesne, which was 5-of-22 from the field in the second half, finished at 40.4 percent, while St. Bonaventure, which shot 53.6 percent in the second half, finished at 46.2 percent.
Duquesne went 20-of-33 from the foul line, including 15-of-24 in the second half.
Saunders, who entered the game leading the nation with 15 double-doubles, saw his streak of consecutive double-double games snapped at nine.
Duquesne returns to action on Thursday, Jan. 28 at Xavier. The game will be televised nationally by CBS College Sports.
Damian Saunders' streak of nine consecutive games with a double-double was snapped ... Saunders entered the game leading the nation in double-doubles with 15.
It was the first time this season Duquesne started a lineup of B.J. Monteiro, Bill Clark, Damian Saunders, Melquan Bolding and Eric Evans.
Duquesne's six first half 3-pointers (6-of-10) - by four different players - were its most in a game since the Dec. 22 win over Saint Francis, Pa. (8-of-20) ... DU finished 8-of-20 from the arc.


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