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Do You Have An Opportunity Fund?
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As a personal finance blogger, I often write about the importance of an emergency fund but today I want to introduce an idea I call an opportunity fund. The point of an opportunity fund is to have a cash reserve on standby in case you see in opportunity that you don't want to miss. You fund it with savings, after you're funded your emergency fund and paid off your debts,
Why A Separate Fund?
One good question to ask is why should you have a separate opportunity fund? Why not just dip into your savings? It's all about discipline and planning. Much like an emergency, you have no idea when an opportunity is going to present itself. When it does, you'll want to have the funds around so you can take advantage. If you don't have a fund, you'll be scrambling to scrape up the funds and you're much more liable to make a costly mistake.
For example, let's say you hear that I am teaming up with Warren Buffett and Bill Gates to start an investment club and we're looking for $5,000 investments from a hundred people to get started. If you have $5,000 in your opportunity fund, you're set and you can wire it over to me. 🙂 If you don't but really want to get in, you might do something as foolish as put $5,000 on your credit card or liquidate some of your existing assets just so you can get in. Since there's no guarantee that a Blueprint-WarrenBuffett-BillGates fund is going to turn a profit (it is the stock market after all), you might find yourself in some serious credit card debt! As Confucius once said: "Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure."
Determine How Much
Much like an emergency fund, you'll have to determine how much you'll want to save into your opportunity fund. Since these amounts will be put towards an investment of some kind, you'll only want to put as much as you're willing to lose in case the investment goes sour. In the investment club example above, if you are willing to go after an opportunity for at most $5,000, then the answer is simple: put $5,000 into your opportunity fund. If you can't stand the thought of losing $5,000 and can only handle losing $2,000 or $500 then put that amount into your opportunity fund.
You'll want to make this decision now, now when the opportunity presents itself. Right now you're balanced, you're calm, and you're rational. When you hear that opportunity of a lifetime, you're likely not going to be any of those three so having a set dollar amount you can lose, decided when you were calm, is going to be valuable as well. Let's say you decided that $2,000 is how much you were putting into your fund and the investment club demands $5,000 – don't join. As appealing as the club may sound, it's out of your price range so just let it go and seek out the next one.
Waiting Game
What should you do with the funds while you wait? Should you put it in a high yield savings account or invest it in the stock market? I recommend that you put the funds in a high yield savings account and let it sit there until an opportunity presents itself. Investing it in the stock market, while appealing from a historical average yield perspective, is an opportunity in and of itself and one that carries risk. Like an emergency fund, you don't want the risk, so you want to be in a holding pattern until you find the right opportunity (or it finds you). So be patient and put the funds in a place for safekeeping. (If you want to invest in the stock market, by all means do so but recognize that the stock market becomes the opportunity.)
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TAHOE DONNER, Calif. - Tahoe Donner Association proudly introduced their new parking expansion today at a ribbon-cutting ceremony held at the entrance to parking lot #4 at the downhill ski resort. Attendees included: Robb Etnyre, general manager for Tahoe Donner Association; Tom Johns, president of the board; Steve Miller, treasurer of the board; Jay Lempinen, secretary of the board; Tony Lashbrook, town of Truckee manager; Dan Wilkins, town of Truckee engineer; Alicia Barr, town of Truckee councilwoman (then candidate); and several Tahoe Donner Association staff members as well as Tahoe Donner residents.
According to Forrest Huisman, director of capital projects, "By adding a new parking lot at the Downhill Ski Area, Tahoe Donner now offers an additional 65 additional parking stalls available for guest use which is a 33 percent increase in parking capacity. We now have a total capacity of 260 vehicles spaced on-site, an additional shuttle stop, and on-street overflow parking available during peak season. This enables us to offer our guests additional convenience and service throughout the ski season."
Etnyre added, "This is the start of many coming capital improvements for Tahoe Donner so look forward to many more ribbon-cutting ceremonies as we continue to make improvements to our amenities both public and private."
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The Buffalo Sabres practiced their power play Thursday.
"Is that surprising?" interim coach Ron Rolston said with a grin.
No, it's not a shock the NHL's last-place unit spent a significant portion of the workout trying to improve.
The Sabres have struggled with the man advantage since the second game of the season. They went 3 for 6 against Philadelphia in the opener, but since then they are connecting at 8.3 percent (8 for 92). In the past 20 games, they have stumbled along at 6.9 percent (5 for 73).
"We tried different units, different entries, and we haven't found something that's worked yet," left wing Thomas Vanek said in First Niagara Center.
Rolston assembled new units ahead of Saturday's visit by Ottawa. The first group featured Vanek, Tyler Ennis and Cody Hodgson up front, with Jason Pominville and Christian Ehrhoff at the point. Steve Ott, Drew Stafford and Ville Leino skated as the forwards on the second unit, with Tyler Myers and Jordan Leopold at the blue line.
"We're definitely improving on it," Hodgson said. "I know it doesn't look like it, but we're making strides.
"If you break down the power play into different sections, you've got your entries, you've got the setup, player and puck movement, and getting shots. We're getting two or three of those one game, and it's just not all clicking together. It's going to all fall into place because it hasn't always been the same problems every time."
Hodgson lamented two open nets he missed Tuesday against the New York Rangers. The Sabres went 0 for 6 and allowed their NHL-worst fifth short-handed goal.
"Really right now is more just the momentum for me," Rolston said. "If we go 0 for 6 in a game but keep the momentum and get some chances on it, and the next line out feels good about it and we can go from there, I'm fine with that. ... But when your team loses the momentum, then that obviously affects the rest of not only your team but the players who are on the power play."
Alexander Sulzer is done for the season after undergoing surgery Monday on the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. The defenseman was hurt on a hit by the New York Islanders' Colin McDonald on Feb. 23.
"There's so much swelling early on that it's hard to diagnose early how damaged it is," Rolston said, "but it was successful and he's on the recovery path right now."
Normal recovery from ACL surgery is about one year. The 28-year-old Sulzer will be an unrestricted free agent this summer after signing a one-year, $725,000 contract.
The Sabres appear set to welcome back three players when they face the Senators. Goaltender Ryan Miller is better after sitting one game with a sinus infection. Rolston said Ennis is a "strong possibility" after missing a game with a head injury, while Leino is "highly likely" to make his season debut after sitting with a hip ailment.
The Sabres are at the 23-man roster limit and will need to make a move in order to activate Leino on Saturday. The only players who can be sent to Rochester without waivers are rookie forwards Brian Flynn and Marcus Foligno. Any other player will need to be placed on waivers at noon today.
"It'll probably be difficult, which is good because when you get to the point that you have to make difficult decisions it's good for your team," said Rolston, who will consult with General Manager Darcy Regier on the course of action, which could also include a trade.
Ennis has stitches in the middle of his forehead after getting hit from behind Sunday by Philadelphia's Wayne Simmonds, who was not penalized.
"I thought it was dirty," Ennis said. "I feel like he was on my numbers the whole time, and I feel like he kind of launched into me.
"I have no problem if I turn and get hit and it's my fault. I'll accept that. That particular time, I felt it was not the best play by him. I wish he got suspended or fined or something. I wasn't happy with it."
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Selena Gomez Soothes Her Aching Legs with Giant Ice Packs
"Now, I hurt. Everywhere," the pop star wrote on Instagram overnight next to a photo of herself reclining wearily in her private jet while icing both legs following a show in Winnipeg.
And no wonder – the 21-year-old's concerts are said to be a whirlwind of dance routines, for which she rehearsed eight hours a day leading up to the tour.
"I think the dancing is what I'm most nervous about because I'm such a perfectionist," she told MTV earlier this month.
"Two of my best friends are actually on that stage with me that are dancers and have been dancing for years, so I want to keep up with them. That's been challenging. It's great, and I feel like I've been working out, which I feel I need to do more of."
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text: Hatters Down Rattlers 9-4 March 27, 2013 The Stetson Hatters continued to struggle to produce hits on Tuesday night, but took advantage of almost every scoring opportunity to take a 9-4 victory over visiting Florida A&M. The Hatters (12-13) didn't pick up their second hit of the night until the fifth inning against FAMU starting pitcher John Marcus Robert (0-1), but used three hits in that inning to break a 3-3 tie. It was a lead Stetson would not surrender. Freshman Tyler Warmoth (2-2) earned the victory with two solid innings of relief work following starter Adam Schaly. He allowed only an unearned run, which scored on a passed ball, in the sixth inning. He was followed on the mound by Joe Dye, who blanked the Rattlers for two innings, and Ben Rakus. "I feel fortunate to win this game because I don't think that we were ready to play like we should have been," Stetson coach Pete Dunn said. "It is frustrating from a coaching standpoint to see kids, who look like they are starting to figure it out, to get into a game like this and totally get away from the things they have been successful doing." Like so many other games this season, the Hatters fell behind early when FAMU (1-25) jumped on Schaly for two runs in the first inning. The Stetson freshman was starting for the second time in three days after allowing six runs in just an inning of work on Sunday. He allowed three runs on seven hits over four innings on Tuesday. "I was really happy with the way Tyler came in and pitched after Schaly struggled," Dunn said. "Schaly is still a young freshman. The things he got away with in high school – pitching up in the zone and behind in the count – he is not getting away with now. The other thing is he has to be more efficient in at least slowing down the running game." The Hatters answered the quick start by FAMU by scoring three runs in the first inning off Robert. The inning had potential to produce much more, but netted just the three on a bases loaded walk and a pair of ground outs. Stetson finally got back on the board, scoring twice in the fifth inning to chase Robert. After a walk and a one-out single by Tanner Blackman, James Rasmussen plated a run with a single to right and Konner Lutz followed with an RBI single to left-center. After the Rattlers got their single run in the sixth off Warmoth, the Hatters got it right back when Mitchel Brennan led off the bottom of the inning with a single off reliever Tony Covington, moved up on a pair of bunts and then scored on a ground out. Brennan again started a Stetson rally in the eighth inning that produced three runs. He singled to right, moved up on a balk and then scored on a double by Mike Fernland. The Rattlers then came unglued defensively, committing three errors to allow two more runs to score. "We've said all along that if we are going to be successful we have to get Mitchel Brennan on track," Dunn said. "Maybe having a game like this where he came in and got a couple of hits and scored a couple of runs will get him going." The Hatters will have a quick turnaround before closing out their homestand this weekend with a three-game Atlantic Sun Conference series against Kennesaw State. The series will start on Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. and continue with games on Friday night (6:30 p.m.) and Saturday (1 p.m.). "It is a good Kennesaw team, but we can't worry about Kennesaw," Dunn said. "We have to focus on taking care of business ourselves. We have to play good defense, throw the ball over the plate and pitch ahead in the count and we have to hit better than we did today. We have done all of those things well at times, but there have been very few times where we have done them all well in the same game."Print Friendly Version More Headlines


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Hirbod Azmi checks in after the D2 championship game
Well the 2nd champion was crowned this afternoon, congratulations to C.W. Post on defeating Le moyne college 8-7 to win the division II national championship. Another great game to watch and it came down to the to the end but unfortunately Le Moyne was unable to tie the game with 1 minute to go. They had 3 great shots and 2 were saved and one went wide. The weather held up for the most part, it did start to rain again towards the end of the game and pretty hard during the trophy ceremony. After taking a bunch of celebration shots I grabbed all my equipment and headed for cover.
Thankfully the game ended when it did because on the ride back to the hotel it was pouring like no other, after 20 minutes of not being able see where we were going the sun came out and we got to see a full rainbow. I did not have my camera handy but Sparky came to the rescue so if the rainbow doesn't look good it wasn't me.
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Homer William "Bill" Pryor, 71, of Tiffin, passed away, Thursday evening, Oct. 4, 2012, at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, Toledo.
He was born June 29, 1941, in Tiffin, to Homer and Josephine (Monaco) Pryor. On Nov. 14, 1964, he married Donna Mathias.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Michael (Shirley) Pryor and Barry Pryor, both of Tiffin; two daughters, Michelle (Kris) Kowalski of Mansfield and Sherry (Brent) Jordan of McCutchenville; two brothers, Paul (Jerrie) Pryor and Mike (Mint) Pryor, both of Tiffin; sister-in-law, Arlene Pryor of Tiffin; and 5 grandchildren, Nicole, Katie, Donna, Kristian and Sarah.
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He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Cecil Pryor.
Bill graduated in 1959 from Tiffin Columbian High School. He was a member of the United States Naval Reserves. He retired in 1995 from American Standard after 24 years. He was the past president of the Columbian band boosters and was a member of the Tiffin Jaycees, Lions Club, Isaac Walton League and the NRA. Bill enjoyed going to haunted houses, camping, photography, visiting covered bridges and decorating for Christmas. He enjoyed watching the Detroit Tigers and the Detroit Lions. He also was a great cook. Bill loved spending time with his family; especially his grandkids.
His funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, at Hoffmann-Gottfried-Mack Funeral Home & Crematory, with the Rev. Donna VanTrees officiating. Burial will follow in Fairmont Cemetery with military honors being conducted by the United Veterans Council.
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I have a question for the folks of Tomahawk. While I was up for Labor day I noticed a large amount of Campaine signs for Tom Barrett. Here's the question are you voting for him because you like him or are you just voting party lines? Does anyone know any thing about him up here? Let me tell you a few things about him. Did you know 6 years ago he promised to stop all of the raw sewage dumping into Lake Michigan. Since he's been in office they have dumped over 8.2 billion gallons of raw sewage into Lake Michigan. Thats more raw sewage dumped into a lake then BP dumped oil during it's oil problem. Everyone just looks the other way.
Try dumping any thing into a lake and see what happens to you see how fast the DNR shows up.
Did you know that since he's been in office tax rates have gone up evey year. Another broken promise. Did you know that his campaine car was being used with supended License plates cause it failed emmisions tests Try That once. You would be fined.
Did you know that they never pulled a permit for their campaine Head quarters until some one called him on it. Try that one yourself see what the fine is. They just gave him a permit and left it at that. Do we really need to spend Millions and Millions of dollars for a train from Milwaukee to Madison. Do you want to pay for that.
Didn't we learn any thing from Governor Doyle do we really need to have the same type of person in there cause thats what your going to get with Barrett. [b]Spend and Tax[/b].
We need to understand some thing here Goverment spending is not going to get us out of this mess we are in It's what got us here in the first place. Barrett and Finegold Must go we cannot afford them anymore. It's killing us. Please think hard and do your homework before you vote. Barrett is not the answer. He has done nothing for the City of Milwaukee in all of his time in office and I just don't see that changing in the future.....


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|Oven Braised Brisket
Oven Braised Beef BrisketAn oven braised beef brisket is a great way to get a lot of meat for little effort. Of course, you don't necessarily need to buy a 10 pound brisket like I did, but if you do, you'll have plenty of meat to put up in the freezer for other meals.
Not being one who has made brisket in the past, I do apologize to any brisket purists out there, since I most certainly am a brisket virgin with this experience, but I think that what I got was the untrimmed brisket with all of the fat attached. This produces a lot - and I mean A LOT - of residual fat which provides for a very tender brisket, but also means that you really do not need to start with a lot of braising liquid. If you have a trimmed cut, which I believe may be called "first cut," then you would probably want to increase the beef stock to 2 cups.
Make sure that your pan has a good fitting lid or wrap it tightly with aluminum foil, so that the brisket slowly braises. You don't want any steam to escape. The braising produces a wonderfully tender piece of meat - reminded me much of my pot roast that I do with chuck in fact, because it pretty much just falls apart, so slicing against the grain isn't really gonna happen here. I'm glad that I gave it a try though - the carnivore hubs has not stopped talking about it. That'll make a woman real proud, I tell ya!
I am told this is more of a "Jewish" style brisket than say a "Texas" style brisket - but to me, this is a perfectly simple and delicious braised beef that I know you'll love.
This finished up just after midnight last night after it cooked virtually all day, so I was a bit tired when I took it out and totally forgot to snap a picture of the whole brisket when I took it out of the oven. What you see up there is a picture of a single serving reheated, since I made this yesterday for today (New Year's Day), and below, a super large Tupperware container filled with the just sliced meat and the pan sauce poured over it, which pretty much looks like a big gorgeous blob of meat!
This with the rest of our New Year's Day meal of black-eyed peas, corned beef and cabbage and cornbread makes for some pretty darned good eatin' folks. Heck, I might even cook up some greens too ... just for good measure! I can use all the good health, good luck and good fortune that there is out there.
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Recipe: Oven Braised Beef Brisket©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
Prep time: 15 min |Cook time: 8 to 10 hours | Yield: About 10 to 12 servings+
- 4 large garlic cloves, peeled and smashed
- Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper, to taste
- 1 teaspoon of dried rosemary, crushed
- 2 tablespoons of extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 large (8 to 10-pound) beef brisket
- Additional kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cup of baby carrots
- 2 ribs celery, cut into 3-inch chunks
- 1 large Vidalia or other sweet onion, quartered
- 1 cup of beef stock or broth
- 1 (14.5 ounce) diced tomatoes
- 2 teaspoons of dried parsley
- 3 large bay leaves
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Mash together the garlic, salt, and rosemary together until a paste forms. Add 2 tablespoon of olive oil and mix well; set aside. Season both sides of the brisket with plenty of salt and pepper. Rub the rosemary-garlic paste all over the brisket. Drizzle lightly with additional olive oil.
Sear the brisket in a large pan or Dutch oven over medium-high heat on the stove, to form a nice brown crust on both sides, adding additional oil to the pan as needed to prevent sticking. Remove from heat, scatter the vegetables all around the brisket, adding the beef stock, and diced tomatoes. Sprinkle with parsley, and scatter the bay leaves around the brisket.
Cover the pan tightly with a lid or aluminum foil and bake at 325 degrees F for roughly 1 hour per pound, or until fork tender, basting with the pan juices occasionally. Check *temperature with an instant read thermometer. Remove the brisket from pan and let it rest on a cutting board for 15 minutes.
Scoop out all of the vegetables from the pan with a slotted spoon and discard. Spoon excess fat off of the top of the pan drippings or use a gravy separator. , pour off the pan juices to separate all of the fat. Return about 1 cup of stock to the roasting pan, set it over medium high heat and let cook until reduced to about one half. Pour over the brisket to serve. If you would like to thicken, mix 1 tablespoon flour with 2 tablespoons water and quickly whisk that into the hot pan juices.
Cook's Notes: I used a 10 pound brisket and cooked mine for the full 10 hours.
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In women's basketball, Bucknell led for nearly the entire game and held onto that despite facing some frenzied defense, beating Morgan State 72-64 at Hill Field House on Sunday afternoon. Three Bison finished in double-digit scoring, led by Shelby Romine with 14 as the Orange & Blue improved to 3-2 and their first over-.500 record since 2008-09.
With her 13 points today, Alyssa Dunn is now averaging 15.2 points this season. Most of the senior's scoring today came in the second half after she was held to just three points in the first. Included in Dunn's total was a 9-for-9 performance from the free throw line, where much of both team's scoring came down the stretch.
A defender draped all over him and playing from behind all of the second half, senior Jerald Williams floated into the paint and lifted a shot over the defender, canning the eight-footer at the buzzer and sending the game into overtime, where the Lycoming College men's basketball team outlasted Wilkes, posting a 109-102 win on Sunday, Nov. 25, at the Marts Center.
Williams had another unreal stat line, posting his second straight double-double with 12 points, 17 assists and seven steals, crossing 600 career assists with his 11th during the game. He has posted three straight games of 10 assists or more for the third time in his career, helping the Warriors improve to 3-1 overall, as his 17 assists were both the second-most in his career and in school history.
Lycoming shot 50 percent (39-for-78) from the field and 71 percent (24-for-34) from the line. Wilkes shot 49 percent (40-for-81) from the field and 40 percent (14-for-35) from 3-point range, but were limited to just 13 free throws. The Warriors also held a 31-24 advantage in points off turnovers.
The Warriors get back in action on Wednesday, Nov. 28, when they host their first Commonwealth Conference game of the season, facing Alvernia at 8 p.m. at Lamade Gym
The top-ranked and 2012 Big Ten Champion Penn State women's volleyball team (29-7, 19-1 Big Ten) earned the No. 1 seed in the 2012 NCAA Tournament. The Nittany Lions host America East champion Binghamton (13-17) on Friday, Nov. 30 at Rec Hall at 7:30 p.m. in the first round of the tournament.
Four members of the Lock Haven University volleyball team have been named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Division II All-Atlantic Region Team.
PSAC East Athlete of the Year Gao Xuan earned AVCA All-Region status for the fourth time in her career.
Also earning All-Region honors were PSAC East Defensive Athlete of the Year Erin Walsh, senior setter Alexa Garrity and junior middle hitter Bailey Farthing.
Xuan, Walsh, Garrity and Farthing were all named to the PSAC East First Team this season.
Freshman forward David Glen scored his team-leading seventh goal and classmate Matthew Skoff made 42 saves to set a career high for the second straight game, but the Penn State men's hockey team fell to No. 8 Union, 4-1, at Messa Rink Sunday evening. The Nittany Lions fell to 6-5-0 with the loss, while the Dutchmen improved to 8-2-1.
Union's Daniel Ciampini, who also added an assist, opened the scoring at 7:21 of the first period before Glen tied the game less than a minute into the second stanza. Freshman forward Kenny Brooks and sophomore forward Max Gardiner collected assists on Glen's equalizing goal.
Women's Basketball
Bucknell 72, Morgan State 64
Bucknell29 43 - 72
Morgan State30 34 - 64
Points in the paint-BUCKNELL 32,MSUW 18. Points off turnovers-BUCKNELL 5,MSUW 11. 2nd chance points-BUCKNELL 10,MSUW 11. Fast break points-BUCKNELL 8,MSUW 8. Bench points-BUCKNELL 18,MSUW 15. Score tied-2 times. Lead changed-2 times. Last FG-BUCKNELL 2nd-01:26, MSUW 2nd-01:52. Largest lead-BUCKNELL by 9 1st-16:30, MSUW by 3 1st-00:21.
Men's Basketball
Lycoming 109, Wilkes 102
Chris Foreman 8-14 1-2 20; Anthony Martin 6-12 5-6 17; Kevin Anthony 5-6 5-7 15; William Wingate 5-12 3-4 13; Jerald Williams 2-7 8-12 12; Michael Rudy 4-11 0-0 10; Justin Miller 4-6 2-2 10; Patrick Dougher 2-6 0-1 6; John Monkam 2-2 0-0 4; Rob Pillow IV 1-2 0-0 2; John Ryan Wolff 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 39-78 24-34 109.
Chris Shovlin 14-26 1-1 38; Tyler Breznitsky 6-14 2-2 15; Bernard Edmonds 6-9 1-3 13; Cameron Hinkel 3-6 1-2 9; Jeremy Hartman 3-6 1-1 8; Brendan Sheldon 3-9 1-2 7; Jourdon Wilson 3-8 1-2 7; Pat Furst 2-3 0-0 5; Nic Wilkins 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 40-81 8-13 102.
Lycoming41 53 15 - 109
Wilkes45 49 8 - 102
3-point goals--Lycoming 7-21 (Chris Foreman 3-6; Michael Rudy 2-6; Patrick Dougher 2-5; William Wingate 0-1; Jerald Williams 0-1; Rob Pillow IV 0-1; Anthony Martin 0-1), Wilkes 14-35 (Chris Shovlin 9-18; Cameron Hinkel 2-4; Pat Furst 1-1; Tyler Breznitsky 1-7; Jeremy Hartman 1-2; Jourdon Wilson 0-3). Fouled out--Lycoming-John Monkam, Wilkes-Pat Furst. Rebounds--Lycoming 43 (Kevin Anthony 11), Wilkes 48 (Chris Shovlin 11). Assists--Lycoming 23 (Jerald Williams 17), Wilkes 27 (Chris Shovlin 8; Jourdon Wilson 8). Total fouls--Lycoming 20, Wilkes 23. Technical fouls--Lycoming-None, Wilkes-None. A-215


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Missing Out: In Praise of the Unlived Life by Adam Phillips; Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 204 pages ($25). Yes, Adam Phillips is a psychoanalyst but he is also an English professor at the University of York across the pond. That's why he has long written such elegant and readable books. That's why these are the graceful opening sentences of the prologue to this one: "The unexamined life is surely worth living but is the unlived life worth examining? It seems a strange question until one realizes how much of our so-called mental life is about the lives we are not living, the lives we are missing out on, the lives we could be leading but for some reason are not. What we fantasize about, what we long for, are the experiences, the things and the people that are absent. It is the absence of what we need that makes us think, that makes us cross and sad."
It is also, Phillips argues, what helps define us, whether it's the tryout with the Red Sox we were too scared to show up for (thereby eliminating the Hall of Fame second baseman's career we were certain to have) or the knockout red-haired girl in Earth Science we never asked out (thereby depriving ourselves of carnal bliss, indeed the perfect ensuing 40-year marriage).
So we "learn to live somewhere between the lives we have and the lives we would like." Our "double lives," then, are Phillips' subject – our mutual lives and the "parallel life (or lives) that never actually happened, that we lived in our minds, the wished-for life (or lives): the risks untaken and the opportunities avoided or unprovided. We refer to them as our unlived lives because somewhere we believe that they were open to us: but for reason … they were not possible. And what was not possible all too easily becoming the story of our lives."
Here, then, is a wise and uncommonly well-written book full of life and literature about being haunted by our own potential, a book about our equipoise with the unavoidable frustrations of our "shadow life."
Whatever Dr. Phil might pretend to do in the taco stand he runs that always seems just a step ahead of God's own health department, Adam Phillips is actually doing in a four-star restaurant.
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Sorry, I'm not mocking the possibility that Gold might be a future Olympic champion.
But if she does snag Olympic gold, I do not think that her success will cause a dramatic increase in figure skating's popularity [ETA: in the U.S.]. At best, maybe a small and temporary boost, IMHO. (And I'm American.)
By the way, does your prediction apply only to Gold? What if an American lady other than Gold wins the 2018 Olympics?
Way less than Kim, no doubt.
And would you guess that the earning power of an American lady who wins the Olympic skating gold would be approx. in the same range?


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Enter the conference rooms of Horizon Casino Resort this weekend and you'll find yourself immersed in the world of segmented wood turning. Collectors, authors, presenters, artists and visitors roamed the halls on Friday to admire and learn about one of the world's lesser known art forms during the Segmented Woodturners third symposium.
"It's kind of obscure. We have people here who are just very passionate about segmented wood turning," Segmented Woodturners President Malcolm Tibbetts said.
If wood turning is a niche hobby, segmented wood turning could be considered a mere cubbyhole in the woodworking industry. Tibbetts helped form Segmented Woodturners, a chapter of the American Association of Woodturners, in 2009 and the group now has about 400 members worldwide.
According to Tibbetts, who left a management career at Heavenly Ski Resort 10 years ago to start woodworking full time, segmented wood turning is much more challenging than traditional wood turning. Instead of clamping a chunk of wood onto a lathe and hollowing out the center, segmented wood turners first cut and glue small pieces of wood together to form rings that the turner pastes together to create a bowl. Only then does the artist begin to turn the piece.
"Wood turning is just taking a piece of wood and turning it into a bowl. Segmented wood turning is more related to lumber and assembly," Tibbetts said.
Since Segmented Woodturners is an online AAW chapter, the members only get together once every two years for the symposiums. Previously the group had met in Indiana and Tennessee for the events that include live demonstrations and art galleries, but this year Tibbetts decided to bring the segmented wood turners to his hometown.
Many of the 215 people who traveled to the South Shore for the symposium are the top segmented wood turners in the world. Take Mike Shuler. The California-based artist created the priciest pieces shown in Friday's gallery - a delicate rosewood bowl boasted a $9,500 price tag - and his work is world renowned. In 1993, officials in the Clinton administration picked one of Shuler's bowls for a 75-piece display in the White House.
And then there's Tibbetts, who wrote one of the principal books on segmented wood turning, "The Art of Segmented Wood Turning," and whom collector Dave Long describes as a game changer.
In the gallery on Friday, only a close look at some of Tibbetts' pieces indicated their original bowl-like shape. A sleek, black loop meant to represent the rover Curiosity's landing on Mars stood next to a curly piece that looked like a looped slinky attached end-to-end called "Global Spring."
"Malcolm revolutionized the wood turning world. He stared using segmented wood in a different direction, and it made people look at segmenting in a different light. He's one of the few guys that would start making a bowl and then turn the wood in another direction," Long said.
Long's collected about 200 pieces of wood-turning art in the past two decades, and he said that the natural feel and look of the art is what appeals to him.
"It appeals to people who collect because of the organic feel of the wood. Of all the crafts, it has the most natural feel," he said.
For Steven Romo, an amateur segmented wood turner and symposium participant, the art form represents a release from everyday worries. Romo, who works as an information technology manager for health care reform, started segmented wood turning seven years ago as relief from his full-time job.
"I find that segmented wood turning is a release. You forget about all your problems because it requires such extreme focus," Romo said.


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CLEMSON — K.J. McDaniels scored a career-high 20 points and Clemson used a big first-half run to put away Stetson 71-51 Friday, the Tigers' 29th straight season-opening victory.
McDaniels scored his team's first 11 points, and the Tigers used a 33-5 run the last 15 minutes of the opening half to lead 46-15 at the break. Stetson rallied in the second half, cutting Clemson's lead to 65-49 in the final two minutes. But McDaniels connected on his fourth and final 3-pointer on the Tigers next trip down court to surpass his previous best of 17 points, which he last reached this past season against Virginia Tech.
McDaniels also had seven rebounds, tying Josh Smith for the team lead.
Aaron Graham led the Hatters with 11 points, all but one in the opening half.
Point guard Rod Hall added 11 points and Damarcus Harris 10 for the Tigers.
Clemson is after a bounce-back season after finishing 13-18 a year ago, the program's first losing mark since 2003-04. The Tigers wore down at the end in 2012-13, losing 10 of their final 11 games to tie for 10th in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The team is also looking to replace some significant leadership, scoring and rebounding punch from last season with the losses of 6-8 Devin Booker and 6-9 Milton Jennings, who combined for nearly 24 points and 14 rebounds a year ago.
Clemson does not have a senior on its roster. McDaniels, the top returning scorer, took control early as he hit three straight 3-pointers and scored the team's first 11 points as the Tigers broke on top 13-5.
Stetson cut things to 13-10 on Graham's bucket before Clemson took off on its game-changing run.
The Hatters were 3-for-5 shooting in the first five minutes, then 2 for 19 the rest of the half as Clemson left the floor ahead 46-15. Nine of Stetson's first-half turnovers came during the Tigers surge.
First-year Stetson coach Corey Williams was a Florida State assistant the past six years accustomed to going toe-to-toe with the Tigers — the Seminoles were 8-5 against Clemson during Williams' time there. But the Hatters could not overcome Clemson's depth as coach Brad Brownell shuttled players in and out to wear down the Hatters, who shot less than 35 percent (17 of 49) for the game.
The Tigers finished 10 of 23 on 3-pointers. They reached double-digits for three-point goals just twice in 31 games last season.


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Marcus Lattimore, between rehabilitation workouts and grateful response to well-wishers, walked into Ray Tanner's office on a December morning.
Marcus being meticulous Marcus, set up the formal meeting with South Carolina's athletic director in advance. Still, Tanner was surprised to see the familiar focused face. He was more surprised that Lattimore wanted to discuss The Decision, whether or not to leave school and enter the NFL draft.
"Marcus," Tanner said, "why did you come visit with me?"
Tanner still was relatively new on the job, more closely associated with College World Series triumphs than football stuff.
Lattimore, deadpan: "I want to know how you feel."
"But you have coach (Steve) Spurrier," Tanner said. "You have your family."
"Yes," Lattimore said. "But I wanted to hear your perspective as well."
It's no news around South Carolina that Lattimore is a once-in-a-generation major college athlete. He is the pride of Duncan, and most other towns in the Palmetto State. Rivals are among his biggest fans. Lattimore might run for governor someday.
The conventional wisdom of Radio City Music Hall says Lattimore goes tonight in the third round of the NFL draft, or Saturday in the fourth round.
But a team in need of a potentially good running back — that is, just about any team — should grab him earlier. Like late in the second round, or early in the third. Or face a real risk, having to play against Lattimore once or twice a season.
Before suffering a sickening knee injury against Tennessee in October, Lattimore generally was considered the best running back available for this draft. Post-surgery, he's climbed back up the ladder. NFL scouts cheered when Lattimore went through Pro Day drills in Columbia last month.
Why the Panthers
There are no absolutes in NFL prospect analyses. Picking the right Icelandic hedge fund is a much more exact science in a world in which Ryan Leaf and JaMarcus Russell have gone bust.
The NFL, you may have heard, is a results-oriented business in which nice guys sometimes finish last in the standings and at the turnstiles.
That's the point.
Lattimore gives teams some guarantees they don't get with other players, including off-the-chart work ethic, long-haul loyalty and that rare player who has the P.R. skills to sell tickets without ever taking the field.
"Without a doubt," Tanner said. "A general manager or an owner should know that Marcus is going to be valuable to your organization regardless of how many yards he gains in his career. Who he is can benefit an organization for many, many years."
The Carolina Panthers are an almost perfect fit for Lattimore, no matter how many running backs they have under contract. Lattimore will make Cam Newton and other players better before he gets his first carry.
'It's incredible'
There is no erasing long-term concern. Lattimore while scoring a school-record 41 touchdowns didn't make it through any of his three seasons at South Carolina without an injury that forced him to miss critical playing time. That includes the Kentucky and Florida State losses his freshman year.
But while NFL players hit harder than college kids, Lattimore won't have the same heavy workload as a pro and already looks like he's in better shape than at any time as a Gamecock.
Of course, he'll always be a Gamecock.
"Marcus is one of those that you always put in that special category," Tanner said. "When I use the word 'special' it's not just about performance; to get in the 'special' category it has to be the complete package. That's who Marcus is — the character, the determination, the uplifting spirit, all those things. He's the epitome of what you would want your children to be, or your student-athletes to be.
"And he's done all that in some of the most difficult circumstances. Two major injuries. It's incredible how he's been inspiring to so many people."
That's just what Marcus Lattimore has done between a serious injury and the NFL draft. Just wait until he touches a football again.


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Good Look hits 200 cuts for Locks of Love
December 1, 2013
The Good Look Hair Salon at 2309 E. State St., Salem, recently completed its 200th cut for Locks of Love. Pictured are Amanda Dangler of Salem, from left, and Lindsay Barborak, stylis....
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5 Terrifying Things Found in the Last Place You'd Expect
If life were perfect, the terrifying things of the world would live in their own remote part of the planet so the rest of us could avoid them entirely. But life isn't perfect, and sometimes horror seems to just materialize out of nowhere. Unfortunately, when that happens, it's usually in the last place you'd ever want or expect to have something pants-soilingly awful to contend with. For example ...
#5. Bedbugs in Library Books
Bedbugs have been big news over the past couple of years. However, most of the horror stories we've heard concerning these bloodthirsty nightmares have come in the form of travelers picking up a batch at some sleazy Third World motel (like the Ritz-Carlton in New York, for example) and inadvertently bringing the infestation home with them. So those of us who don't travel regularly have been sort of shut out of the bedbug craze, and that sucks.
"Bedbugs are so last year. It's all about sofa scorpions now."
But help may be on the way in the form of your Eastwoodian refusal to cash in your library card for an Amazon account and an e-reader. That's because bedbugs have been popping up in libraries on an unnervingly regular basis for the past few years, like the outbreak at a NYC public library back in 2010, or the more recent scare at the central library in Hamden. I assume I don't need to tell you that Hamden is in Connecticut.
If more useless facts coupled with even more tales of bedbugs hitching a ride home on your town's weather-beaten copy of the latest True Blood novel is what you crave, you should check out this needlessly long L.A. Weekly article, which is filled to the brim with both of those things. It's a fascinating read that takes about 750 words to tell you that a woman checked out a book about Sookie Stackhouse daydreaming about boys and, when she got it home, found a bedbug running across one of the pages, likely confused by the complete and total lack of blood inside a book with the word "blood" right on the cover.
We're also treated to a detailed explanation of why the woman who might have just introduced a bedbug infestation into her home does not want her identity revealed, because nothing is too obvious to warrant an explanation anymore.
"Alan, we're being told that a bedbug is a type of bug that infests people's beds."
If you're assuming that bedbugs find their way into libraries on the backs of America's hard-working homeless population, you're probably half right at least, but don't discount the layman's role in the impending disaster. A lot of reading happens in bed. That means a lot of books end up lying in beds when the person reading them passes the hell out. Bedbugs, being a resourceful lot, will shack up in pretty much anything that promises a warm place to hide until the bloodfeast (meaning your bloated mess of a body) returns each night. The spine of an old-timey book is as cozy a place as any. And then some do-gooder returns that book, and before you know it, your local library is crawling with parasites.
Just another benefit of books that you're never going to get with your newfangled Kindles and such.
#4. Sharks in Shallow Water
If there's one thing we learned from the movie Jaws, it's that no obstacle is too great to overcome as long as we have Roy Scheider and a bigger boat. But Roy Scheider is dead now, and in this economy, "downsizing" is the word for boats and everything else.
Sensing this weakness in our defenses, sharks have taken their deadly game closer to the streets. Luckily, the closest they can get is the shallow water of your local beach. Unluckily, that's exactly where most of us confine our frolicking to when we hit the water, and something about being able to stand comfortably just makes it seem like you're not in the ocean at all. Once you start thinking that way, a shark is the last thing you're going to see coming. Just like that, you're rocking a stump.
It recently happened to a 10-year-old girl in North Carolina. The story points out that the attack was a "copycat" of an attack that happened a year earlier, because ABC News apparently has evidence that sharks have gained sentience and are now mimicking each other's crimes.
"Seriously, it's the best thing ever. All you have to do is ring the bell and say 'Candygram'."
Bull sharks are particularly fond of shallow water, almost as fond as they are of snapping chunks of flesh off of the calves of unsuspecting beachgoers. In Texas, a 12-year-old boy was attacked by a bull shark while playing in just 3 feet of water. The problem with bull sharks as opposed to, say, tiger sharks, or those delicious Shark Bites fruit snacks that were all the rage in the '90s, is that they're aggressive and territorial. So it's not enough that they like to play in the people water; they also like to chase the people out of that water, and they aren't afraid to use their razor-sharp teeth to clear a path for themselves.
In fact, the shark attacks that the novel version of Jaws were based on happened along the coast of New Jersey, just like so many other horrible things before and since.
They had to change the location for fear of readers siding with the shark.
#3. Serial Killers on Highways
Here's something nobody should need to tell you: Getting away with a crime is made exponentially easier if you're able to get far away from the scene as quickly as possible. Naturally, being close to a highway or an interstate makes getting away from pretty much anything a breeze. That's probably why our nation's highways are littered with serial killers.
Lest you think that's an overstatement, there are some terrifying numbers you may want to keep in mind. As of 2010, FBI statistics show that as many as 459 people may have been killed at the hands of highway serial killers over the past 40 years. There are approximately 200 suspects in those crimes. Almost all of them are truck drivers. Maybe that 44-point safety inspection upgrade you scoff at every time you get an oil change isn't such a crazy idea after all, huh?
"Here's your problem: You're a quart low on your anti-murder. You need to make sure you check that every 3,000 miles."
It's certainly a more appealing option than finding yourself staring uselessly at your blown engine when someone like Bobby Jack Fowler strolls up to "help," which is actually code for "bind your hands and feet with duct tape, toss you in the trunk and murder you a short time later." That's basically what happened to 16-year-old Colleen MacMillen in 1974, and it took until this year before police finally pinned the crime on Fowler. In the long years between the crime and the conviction, another 17 bodies were found along the same stretch of highway where MacMillen was last seen hitchhiking, Highway 16 in British Columbia, which has taken on the chillingly appropriate nickname "The Highway of Tears."
It narrowly beat out "Dieway 16."
But that should all be over and done with, right? The killer is caught, the crime spree ends. As it is in movies, so it is in life, right? Unfortunately, no. Not in this case, anyway. See, Fowler has been charged with that one crime, and currently he's suspected in one or two more. Obviously, that leaves a lot of dead bodies unaccounted for, and it's the same story on highways all across the land.
In the United States, the most dangerous states for highway murder are Texas and California, with 38 and 37 known cases to their credit, respectively. Hawaii (because you can't drive there) and North Dakota (because you don't want to drive there) can both proudly claim to be the only states in the union with no reported cases of highway serial killer activity.
I'm no tourism expert, but I'd recommend adding that shit to the travel brochures as soon as possible.


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Rowlett High School pitcher Brianna Sims (13) delivers a pitch during the first inning against Plano West High School in a one game 5A Region Two Area Playoff held at Plano East High School in Plano on Friday night, May 3, 2013.
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I received my L-Tech a couple of weeks ago and I loved the pen the moment that I held it, but I have to agree with an earlier reviewer about the weight issue. If I place the cap on the butt of the pen while I use it, the pen becomes heavy and the center of gravity is too high causing the pen to be clumsy and uncomfortable in my hand. Its unfortunate because other than this issue I love the pen, but to use it for any period of time I need to leave the cap off which makes it impractical for this to be my primary pen to take with me to client meetings etc.Other than the weight issue the pen is wonderful, the feel and style are fantastic, and it writes beautifully.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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This pen has a great feel - both while holding it and writing with it. Very smooth application of ink to paper with just enough of a 'wet' feel to make you sense as if you are writing with a quality nib & dipped ink. Personally, I like that extra bit of heft and the screw-on cap tops off a fine quality product with great value!
great looking and well made, but TOO HEAVY!!!
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i prefer a weighty pen with some heft, but this one is OVER THE TOP. i had no idea you could possibly create a pen that weighs too much, but levenger managed to pull it off. my hand literally starts cramping after only a few minutes of note-taking.aside from not being able to use it for extended writing, the pen is VERY WELL MADE and looks the business. unfortunately, i need a pen i can use in meetings to take rapid-fire notes...and this pen just gets in the way.
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Weather, accidents, and storms can disrupt the electricity we are so used to having. Sometimes electricity flickers momentarily then comes back. Serious damage to power lines and the electrical grid can cause outages for days, or weeks. Safe Electricity has valuable information to keep you safe and comfortable during a power outage of any length.
Short-Term Power Failures
If the problem is not in your home, call your electric supplier. A repairperson will be dispatched as quickly as possible. Your supplier should also be able to tell you if it will be an extended outage.
Unplug appliances with electronic components, such as microwaves, televisions and computers. This will help to eliminate damage to your appliances from voltage surges when the electricity is restored. Wait a few minutes before turning on these appliances when the electricity is restored. This will reduce demand on the power supplier's electrical system.
Long-Term Power Failures
If you use a standby generator, be sure it has been installed and wired properly. If improperly installed, a generator could cause dangerous conditions for the utility supplier's employees working to restore the power. Your generator could be damaged when the power is restored if a double throw disconnect is not used and properly installed.
Of course, it is also important to be sure that a fresh supply of fuel to power the generator is on hand and stored properly.
To make an outage easier to cope with, keep an adequate supply of the following on hand at all times. These should be kept in a cool, dry place and all members of the family should know where to find them.
Check the basement periodically for flooding. You can use a portable, gasoline-powered pump to pump out a basement or crawl space when the power is interrupted to an electric sump pump. Never wade into a flooded basement unless electricity supplying sump pumps, freezers, etc. has been disconnected. The power may be restored while you are in the flooded basement and the motors on these appliances may be submerged.
Never go near downed power lines; let qualified people from the power supplier handle these situations.
Summer Power Outages
Air conditioners should be turned off during power outages. Do not turn them back on for several minutes after the power has been restored.
Dress comfortably and use natural ventilation to keep your home cool.
If the health of family members is a concern, find consider staying with friends, or in a community center where electricity is available.
Your electricity supplier should be notified if you use life support equipment in your home. Your home will be given priority.
Winter Power Outages
Move to a single room, preferably one with few windows. Ideally, this room should be on the south side of the home for maximum heat gain in the daytime. The room should be shut off from the rest of the house and could be one with a fireplace, wood stove or other alternate heat source.
If you use an alternate heat source, be sure and follow operating instructions. For example if you use a kerosene heater, adequate ventilation is a must. All fuels should be stored outside of the home for safety reasons. Wood stoves and fireplaces should be maintained properly throughout the year to prevent problems when they are needed in an emergency.
Consolidate your resources with neighbors. They might have heat and electricity in their homes. As in summer, people with health problems should be taken to a church, community agency or other location where their needs can be met.
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Winterize your water supply system completely. Be sure to disconnect the electrical supply to the water heater before draining. If the power is not off there can be damage to the elements in the heater. Drain the water system from the lowest possible point so there will be as little water as possible left in the pipes.
Hot water heating systems should be drained unless filled with a nonfreezing solution. A call to your dealer or installer will tell you if it should be drained.
Empty all food from freezers and refrigerators and leave the doors open. The food could be taken to neighbors that have electricity or to a food locker. Dry ice could also be used for a short period of time. The easiest solution may be to take the food outside if the temperature is cold enough.
If your home is equipped with an electric heat pump, special care is needed when turning the unit on after an extended outage. It takes a period of time for the lubricant in the refrigerant to warm-up. This is approximately one and one-half hours per ton of cooling capacity. This could vary from brand to brand and a call to your dealer could prevent problems. During this compressor warm-up time, you should use the supplemental or emergency resistance heating elements of the heat pump to heat the home.
Keep curtains closed except on south facing windows in the winter when the sun is shining. This will supply some passive solar heat in the daytime hours. Draperies should always be closed at night.
Following these suggestions will make it easier to cope with a power outage. Think ahead and be prepared for an emergency by having a plan for your household.
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SAN JOSÉ, 25 April 2012– On the occasion of the II Mesoamerican Forum on SMEs, which is being organized by SEGIB, today has been launched the Spanish version of the report Networks for prosperity: achieving development goals through knowledge sharing by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) at the Casa del Cuño. This report establishes a new Connectedness Index, the first attempt to measure knowledge networks for private sector policy.
Switzerland topped the global ranking, followed by Sweden, Denmark,, the United States, The Netherlands, Belgium, Finland, Austria, Singapore, Norway, Canada, Ireland, Germany, the UK, France, Australia, Iceland, Japan, Malaysia, the Czech Republic, Luxemburg, New Zealand, Israel, Slovenia, the Republic of Korea, and Thailand.
Networks for prosperity was funded by the Spanish MDG Achievement Fund (MDG-F) as part of a project that aims to establish a global knowledge system for private sector development. The report lays the basis for policy recommendations that will help developing countries acquire and adapt private sector development know-how.
The report demonstrates that the 'connectedness' of a country has a strong positive relationship with various measures for its economic performance, justifying the growing interest of policy-makers in knowledge networks. Specific issues related to the governance of international, inter-organizational and intra-organizational networks are discussed in separate chapters. These are illustrated with detailed examples from twelve countries: Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Panama, Peru, Serbia, Turkey and Viet Nam, all of which are currently implementing MDG-F private sector development programmes.
The report has been jointly produced by UNIDO and the Centre for Global Governance Studies in Leuven, Belgium, under the overall umbrella of the MDG-F, with inputs from various public and private institutions in more than fifteen countries as well as contributions from programme managers, practitioners and experts.
"This report shows that new networks are emerging as a distinct form of governance to meet ever-changing policy challenges in international development. It establishes for the first time a Connectedness Index covering a wide range of countries and correlating strongly with indicators on government effectiveness, regularity quality, industrial development and economic development. The report provides solid recommendations on the next steps to be taken in deepening this index, and in leveraging the role of networks for private sector development," said UNIDO Director-General, Kandeh K. Yumkella.
The Minister of Economy, Industry and Commerce of Costa Rica, Mrs. Mayi Antillón, has been among the participants as a panelist for this event, together with Mr. Enrique Castillo, Minister of External Relations and Worship of Costa Rica, as well as the Ambassador of Spain in Costa Rica, Mrs. Elena Madrazo, and the Deputy Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations in New York, Mr. Saul Weisleder. In addition, the UNIDO Representative to the region, Mr. Kai Bethke, also provided his inputs as a panelist.
The Director of the MDG Achievement Fund, Sophie de Caen, added: "New and innovative solutions will be needed to overcome development challenges as we approach 2015. Networks for Prosperity provides solid recommendations for such solutions in the area of Development and the Private Sector. I look forward to the implementation of these proposals in the next phase of the programme, and to the further strengthening of our global partnership for development."
While not a new phenomenon, knowledge networking and network governance have gained importance with the rapid globalization in all spheres of our societies: economic success, social cohesion and environmental sustainability in a country depends more than ever on the performance and behaviour of its neighbours, regional leaders and global economic powers. Knowledge about these, with a focus on the driver of development, private enterprise, has therefore become of crucial importance, and knowledge management and knowledge networking are important topics for change agents and policymakers.
The English version of the publication has also been presented in Vienna, Brussels, Busan and New York.
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Test Overview
An estrogen test measures the level of the most important estrogen hormones (estradiol, estriol, and estrone) in a blood or urine sample.
- Estradiol is the most commonly measured type of estrogen for nonpregnant women. The amount of estradiol in a woman's blood varies throughout her menstrual cycle. After menopause, estradiol production drops to a very low but constant level.
- Estriol levels usually are only measured during pregnancy. Estriol is produced in large amounts by the placenta, the tissue that links the fetus to the mother. It can be detected as early as the 9th week of pregnancy, and its levels increase until delivery. Estriol can also be measured in urine.
- Estrone may be measured in women who have gone through menopause to determine their estrogen levels. It also may be measured in men or women who might have cancer of the ovaries , testicles , or adrenal glands .
Both men and women produce estrogen hormones. Estrogens are responsible for female sexual development and function, such as breast development and the menstrual cycle. In women, estrogens are produced mainly in the ovaries and in the placenta during pregnancy. Small amounts are also produced by the adrenal glands. In men, small amounts of estrogens are produced by the adrenal glands and testicles. Small amounts of estrone are made throughout the body in most tissues, especially fat and muscle. This is the major source of estrogen in women who have gone through menopause.
For pregnant women, the level of estriol in the blood is used in a maternal serum triple or quadruple screening test. Generally done between 15 and 20 weeks, these tests check the levels of three or four substances in a pregnant woman's blood. The triple screen checks alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), and a type of estrogen (unconjugated estriol, or uE3). The quad screen checks these substances and the level of the hormone inhibin A. The levels of these substances-along with a woman's age and other factors-help the doctor estimate the chance that the baby may have certain problems or birth defects.
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Why It Is Done
A test for estrogen is done to:
- Help detect fetal birth defects (especially Down syndrome) during pregnancy. When the test for estriol is combined with alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), it is called a triple screen test. When the amount of a hormone called inhibin A is also measured along with estriol, AFP, and hCG, the test is called a quad marker screen. Other blood tests and fetal ultrasound may be done as well.
- Evaluate estrogen-producing tumors of the ovaries in girls before menstruation starts and in women after menopause.
- Explain abnormal sexual characteristics in men, such as enlarged breasts (gynecomastia). This test can also help detect the presence of estrogen-producing tumors growing in the testicles.
- Monitor therapy with fertility medicines.
How To Prepare
No special preparation is required before having an estrogen test.
Tell your doctor if you:
- Are menstruating. Note where you are in your menstrual cycle.
- Are using birth control pills, patches, or rings and other forms of hormonal birth control.
- Are or might be pregnant.
Talk to your doctor about any concerns you have regarding the need for the test, its risks, how it will be done, or what the results will mean. To help you understand the importance of this test, fill out the medical test information form(What is a PDF document?).
How It Is Done
The health professional drawing blood will:
- Wrap an elastic band around your upper arm to stop the flow of blood. This makes the veins below the band larger so it is easier to put a needle into the vein.
- Clean the needle site with alcohol.
- Put the needle into the vein. More than one needle stick may be needed.
- Attach a tube to the needle to fill it with blood.
- Remove the band from your arm when enough blood is collected.
- Apply a gauze pad or cotton ball over the needle site as the needle is removed.
- Apply pressure to the site and then a bandage.
How It Feels
You may feel nothing at all from the needle puncture, or you may feel a brief sting or pinch as the needle goes through the skin. Some people feel a stinging pain while the needle is in the vein. But many people do not feel any pain or have only minor discomfort after the needle is positioned in the vein.
There is very little risk of complications from having blood drawn from a vein.
- You may develop a small bruise at the puncture site. You can reduce the risk of bruising by keeping pressure on the site for several minutes after the needle is withdrawn.
- In rare cases, the vein may become inflamed after the blood sample is taken. This condition is called phlebitis and is usually treated with a warm compress applied several times daily.
- Continued bleeding can be a problem for people with bleeding disorders. Aspirin, warfarin (Coumadin), and other blood-thinning medicines can also make bleeding more likely. If you have bleeding or clotting problems, or if you take blood-thinning medicine, tell your health professional before your blood is drawn.
An estrogen test measures the level of the most important estrogen hormones (estradiol, estriol, and estrone) in a blood or urine sample.
Results are usually available within 24 hours.
For girls and women between puberty and menopause, estrogen levels vary throughout the menstrual cycle.
The normal values listed here-called a reference range-are just a guide. These ranges vary from lab to lab, and your lab may have a different range for what's normal. Your lab report should contain the range your lab uses. Also, your doctor will evaluate your results based on your health and other factors. This means that a value that falls outside the normal values listed here may still be normal for you or your lab.
Women before menopause:
Women after menopause:
Less than 130 pg/mL
10-130 pg/mL
Less than 25 pg/mL
1st trimester:
Less than 38 nanograms per milliliter (ng/mL)
2nd trimester:
38-140 ng/mL
31-460 ng/mL
Many conditions can change estrogen levels. Your doctor will discuss any significant abnormal results with you in relation to your symptoms and past health.
High values
High values may be caused by:
- Ovarian stimulation used to treat infertility (for example, before in vitro fertilization).
- Cancer, such as cancer of the ovaries , testicles , or adrenal glands .
- Serious liver disease (cirrhosis).
- A pregnancy with more than one fetus, such as twins or triplets.
- Early (precocious) puberty.
Low values
Low values may be caused by:
- Problems with ovarian function, which can be caused by a failure of an ovary to develop properly (Turner's syndrome) or because of a drop in pituitary gland activity.
- Anorexia nervosa.
- Menopause.
- A problem with the fetus or placenta during pregnancy.
What Affects the Test
Reasons you may not be able to have the test or why the results may not be helpful include:
- Hormone therapy after menopause.
- Birth control pills, patches, or rings and other forms of hormonal birth control.
- Having a test that uses a radioactive substance, such as a bone scan, within 1 week before the test.
- Medicines, such as clomiphene or steroids (for example, prednisone).
- High levels of sugar in the urine caused by diabetes.
What To Think About
- Blood estrogen levels are a more accurate indicator of how well the ovaries are working than urinary estrogen levels.
- Tests that measure blood levels of progesterone, luteinizing hormone, and follicle-stimulating hormone are often used to study the problems that can affect fertility and the menstrual cycle.
- In some cases a combination of screening tests is done in the first trimester to look for Down syndrome. The first trimester screening often combines ultrasound measurement of the thickness of the fetus's neck (nuchal translucency) and measurements of hCG and a protein called pregnancy-associated plasma protein A to check for problems. To learn more, see the topic Birth Defects Testing.
- The level of estriol in the blood is often used in a maternal serum triple or quadruple screening test. To learn more, see the topic Triple or Quad Screening for Birth Defects.
Chernecky CC, Berger BJ (2008). Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures, 5th ed. St. Louis: Saunders.
Pagana KD, Pagana TJ (2010). Mosby's Manual of Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests, 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby Elsevier.
Other Works Consulted
Fischbach FT, Dunning MB III, eds. (2009). Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, 8th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
Pagana KD, Pagana TJ (2010). Mosby's Manual of Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests, 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby Elsevier.
Wapner RJ, et al. (2009). Prenatal diagnosis of congenital disorders. In RK Creasy et al., eds., Creasy and Resnik's Maternal-Fetal Medicine: Principles and Practice, 6th ed., pp. 221-274. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.
ByHealthwise Staff
Primary Medical ReviewerSarah Marshall, MD - Family Medicine
Specialist Medical ReviewerSiobhan M. Dolan, MD, MPH - Reproductive Genetics
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In a bowl, mix the can of crushed pineapple (along with the liquid), the pudding mix and whipped cream together. Whisk well so that it's well blended. Mix in the marshmallows and pecans. Garnish with more crushed pecans. Refrigerate for an hour. That's it!


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Cook Time 5 minutes
1 loaf French or Italian bread, sliced in half lengthwise
1/2 cup roasted red peppers, chopped
1/2 cup pitted black olives, sliced
1/2 cup red onions, sliced into very thin rings
1 tsp dried basil
2 to 3 Tbsp Eden Extra Virgin Olive Oil
3 cloves garlic, finely minced
Preheat the oven to 350°. Place equal amounts of peppers, olives, onions, basil and garlic on top of each length of bread. Drizzle the olive oil equally over the vegetables. Place bread on a baking sheet and bake for 5 minutes or until crisp and golden. Be careful not to burn the bread. Slice and serve.
Appetizer, Good/High Protein, Italian, Macrobiotic, Mediterranean, No Sweetener Added, Oils, Vegan