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BNP's "Love-Panic Index" signals a correction ahead as it crossed into "love" territory a few...
BNP's "Love-Panic Index" signals a correction ahead as it crossed into "love" territory a few weeks back. Past experience says to brace for an average 12% decline in the S&P (SPY) over the next 6 months. The biggest drivers of the recent move into "love" have been State Street's Investor Confidence, the CFTC's COT report, falling short interest, rising Nasdaq to NYSE trading volume, and small caps (IWM) outperformance over large caps (IWB).
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John leads off with a provocative fact: "… the last two 50% market declines – both the 2001-2002 plunge and the 2008-2009 plunge – occurred in environments of aggressive, persistent Federal Reserve easing." Go figure, right? And to make the situation even more counterintuitive and confusing,
Fed can't prop 'em up forever, and reducing QE is already on the table, should happen soon, within a few months. Transparent Ben.
And just because market ran farther than most speculated does not mean it won't correct now. The higher market goes, the higher the risk of buying & owning it.
Foreign language. I have no idea what is meant by "love index," is not a part of my investment vocabulary.
Past experience is not enclosed in a time of beginning and ending dates, so I have no idea which past you are discussing. The 13 past years which formed a side ways market included drops of 60% and 40%, so the 12% doesn't fit in that past.
The past I see is an S&P of 19 in 1950, a 13 year side ways market from 2000 to 2013, in which 1550 was the ceiling, and a past of the recent break out above the resistance into a no resistance, zero resistance, wide open, no limit upward cycle like the past ones that launched out of past side ways markets of 16, 20, and more years.
Volatility is bashing investors who have narrowed focus on a short term past. Investors who see the breakout above the 13 year side ways resistance, who see the S&P has distinct side cycles followed by up cycles, who see that 1550 divided by 19 is an 81 fold increase over 50 years, or 63 yrs if you prefer, these investors are accumulating at the bargain basement foundation of the coming upward cycle.
We can get out of growth back into dividends after the upward cycle ends with your 12% correction, most likely on its way to a 50 or 60% correction, before returning to the same ceiling and dropping again. A look at the past 65 years or 80 yrs of S&P gives a good indication of things to come. Not the date. Not precise timing. But the long bull that follows every long side ways movement.
Having hit 1550 the third time, and broken through, the bond market and interest sensitive holdings have sold off, increasing their yield, because the smart money is flowing into stocks to form the support level for the coming 13 to 16 year upward leg.
The bears are fighting the bulls, but the future belongs to the bulls, just as after the prolonged run up, the side ways market will belong to the bears until they get their 50% correction and the bulls assert pressure back to the ceiling.
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Erie area golf notebook, July 27
Dick's Sporting Goods announced Tuesday that it has laid off all of its 478 golf pros from its retail stores nationwide, citing a sharp decline in golf equipment sales throughout the United States.
Erie's Tom Keenan, the pro at the store at the Millcreek Mall, could not offer a comment about the layoffs by the company based in Findlay, Ohio.
Two other Western New York PGA pros at Dick's Sporting Goods in Buffalo, Jerry Coleman and his son Dave, are also affected by the move.
According to a story by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the PGA of America has 12 employment consultants in the U.S. who will contact the former Dick's employees.
Dick's employed more PGA pros than any other company in the country. Pros would offer in-store lessons and advice as a way of serving customers in a way that online retailers could not.
Though Dick's was $34 million short of its first-quarter projections for golf sales, the company reported a profit of $70 million for the first quarter that ended May 3, compared to $64.8 million in 2013, the Post-Gazette reported.
- For the second year in a row, Kahkwa Club assistant pro Alex Weir has qualified to play in the PGA Professional National Championship.
Weir, 24, finished second by one stroke to Tim Fries with a 71-69--140 total last week at the WNYPGA Championships at par-72 Cobblestone Creek Country Club in Rochester, N.Y.
Fries, Weir and third-place finisher Kirk Stauffer all can compete in the 2015 tournament at the Philadelphia Cricket Club in June.
Weir, who is from Rochester, said he loves to play at Cobblestone Creek.
"I lived about 20 minutes from Cobblestone, and I grew up playing there in junior tournaments,'' Weir said. "The course really fits my game.''
Weir won his first WNYPGA event in 2012 at Cobblestone Creek, a season when he also won the Sectional Championship and Club Assistants title.
He played with Stauffer in 2013 at Whispering Woods when the veteran head pro at Pine Acres Country Club broke the course record with a 66 to win the WNYPGA title. Weir took second and qualified for the National Championship at The Dunes Golf and Beach Club and Grand Dunes Resort in Myrtle Beach, S.C., in June. He missed the cut by shooting 74-79.
"I didn't do well at all on the second day but it was a good experience for me,'' Weir said. "I've heard great things about the Philly Cricket Club, so I'm elated to have a chance to play in it again.''
- Harry Boback Sr., who made his second home at Erie Golf Club, will be honored in the first Harry Boback Memorial Tournament at Erie on Aug. 17, the anniversary of his death in 2013.
"We're having a one-man scramble, and my brother (Harry Boback Jr.) is coming in from Alabama and a lot of my father's friends will be there,'' Jason Boback said.
Cost of the tournament is $40 for Erie members, $65 for nonmembers. A dinner will follow the event that will have a 1 p.m. shotgun start.
"I'm sure everybody will have stories to tell about 'Bo,' and the golf is a deal because you get to hit each shot twice,'' Jason Boback said.
For information, call Nancy Crane or the course at 866-0641 and Jason at 882-7063.
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New workers at Sitel will provide customer support
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Sitel says it will add 100 new workers at its call center in Bartlesville.
The company says the new workers will provide customer support as Sitel takes on a new cable entertainment and broadband services provider. Additional customer service agents and staff members are also needed for Sitel's existing clients.
A job fair is planned for Thursday in Bartlesville at the call center at 3001 E. Frank Phillips Blvd.
Sitel has 120 centers in 24 countries in North America, South America, Europe, Africa and Asia.
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Senior Morgan Koch led the way with nine kills, Emily Pearce added seven kills and nine assists, and Aly English also had nine assists and chipped in five kills, and sophomore Maddie Switzer tallied four kills.
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Anyone see last night's episode? I didn't get to watch......so is Nate really dead? I am going to miss this show ..such great acting!
Anyone see last night's episode? I didn't get to watch......so is Nate really dead? I am going to miss this show ..such great acting!
OMG - you have to see the repeat Friday night. Yes, Nate is really dead this time, although I did keep my eye on his grave at the end of the show...just in case.
I've been watching this series since the beginning. The last couple of seasons didn't impress me as much as the first two did, but the writing has definitely improved this time around. The funeral had me in tears - not just a little misty, but bawling as though I'd lost a good friend. Odd, because I've grown to rather dislike Nate's character in the last couple of seasons.
Only two more episodes left. I don't know if I can stand it, except that once they're done, I can finally cancel HBO and save quite a bit on the cable bill.
Hey Piel,
Still on vacation but was doing a little lurking to see if there were any 6FU fans on GS, now that it's ending. I'm so totally not surprised you're one of them, as Claire would say. You either Ravyn. BTW, great idea about dumping HBO now. I like "The Comeback" and the occasional movie, but not for that much money a month.
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See you after Campbell's, unless any one of the 70-some ways 6FU has shown us we can die gets one of us.
I think my favorite was the one where the blow-up doll blew off of the truck and that week's corpse thought that the Rapture had come.Originally Posted by Rgirl
Rgirl, I've been lurking on the 6FU boards for a while, but I guess I'm going to have to go back and see if I can figure out which posts are yours. In my copious free time, of course...
I'm really going to miss this show.
The rapture was hysterical .... STILL from that! I have lurked a lot over at the SFU site the last week. I have not yet seen the last two episodes because the #@!%&&%! Direct TV installation company is just now as I type this hooking up my Direct TV. Piel actually believed they would be here "between 1 and 5 on 8/6" and d/c'd my service with Charter on 8/6. I am "dying" to hear Brenda throw the quiche/Quaker line to the mealy mouthed ferret. What happened between David and Rico? Is our Rgirl also a Bklyngrrrl? DETAILS, please! IS HBO worth keeping afer the demise of SFU? No SITC or SFU .......let the official period of mourning begin.
Any guesses as to what AB has in store for Sunday's finale?
I heard that the finale shows how all the main characters, or maybe just the Fishers, eventually die. Rumor has it that Claire lives to 102--still toking weed I hope.
Sorry, I'm not "Brooklyngrrrrrrl." I've only posted 5 or 6 times recently and they're all only a few sentences or less. By the time I get to the forum, somebody else has said what I would have said. For once, a forum where I'm in the majority.
ITA with "The Rapture" death being one the best, especially having lived in Salt Lake City where houses have doors on the secoond floors leading into thin air so you have easy access for the Rapture. I liked the woman getting killed by airline "blue ice" and the recent "Ecotone" mountain lion one. What all three have in common, besides the comic element, is how cartoonishly fast the person is taken out. They tickle the Wiley E. Coyote lover in me.
BUMMER Piel! about Direct TV messing up your 6FU final episodes. If you can't get a tape from anyone nearby, I'd be happy to send you mine.
BTW, the DVDs from seasons 1-3 are available and besides seeing how the seeds of things to come were planted, the first and last DVDs of each season have commentaries either by Alan Ball, one of the writers, or a director. Interesting to hear, especially AB's.


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Beachhead - Shoring Up the Seawall
Hurricanes often show the fragility of a beachhead town, particularly one whose seawall is not strong or high enough. Sometimes sandbags can save the day—if the weakness of the wall is local, if the strength of the hurricane is not high enough and if you have enough time and help to put the sandbags in place. But nothing beats having a well-designed and implemented seawall long before the storm hits, and often it is best to overbuild, as those "once in a lifetime" storms seem to be happening more and more often.
In 1994, a hurricane hit the Linux community. A man in Boston trademarked the term Linux and started to send out letters to Linux companies saying that he owned the term and would license it out to companies for only one-quarter of their revenue. The fledgling Linux community was shocked, and individual companies started to gather their sandbags (er, ah) lawyers to fight this attack. Linux International stepped in and acted as a channel for hiring the legal firm of Davis and Schroeder of Monterey, California (another beautiful coastal town). Through a long and arduous process costing tens of thousands of dollars and much pro bono (read that as gratis) legal service, LI eventually had the trademark transferred to Linus Torvalds, who has held it ever since.
Linus wants everyone to use the name Linux for any legitimate purpose, and he really wanted it to go into the public domain. However, we found that there were people who wanted to use the name for a business that (although it was legal) was not what Linus wanted his name to be associated with—a porn site.
Linux had come into its own. As long as the word Linux had no value, no one cared about it. But as soon as the word Linux was perceived to be of value, people stepped forward to make what money they could, in both legitimate ways and less legitimate ways. We understand that other trademarks of other free and open-source software projects have seen similar issues, and we share their pain.
If the trademark had been in the public domain, there would have been nothing Linus could have done about the porn site, but because he was the registered owner of the mark, he could demand that the porn site stop using the mark, which they did after only a single, pointed letter from LI's law firm.
Eventually, the law firm convinced Linus that the trademark needed to be "protected" under the US trademark laws. This meant that if people just used the trademark any way they wanted, eventually it would become public domain and all the pornography sites could be "Linuxporn", and there was nothing he could do about it. Of course, there are other undesirable uses of the name, but this was one of the ones we encountered.
Because Linus considers himself an engineer, and did not want to deal with the day-to-day business of protecting the Linux trademark, he empowered the law firm and an old friend to create a nonprofit entity called Linux Mark Institute to do this protection. LMI then started to sublicense the name to various companies who were using Linux as a trademark.
Although this column is too short to go into all the technical detail of what it means to use Linux as a trademark, or part of a trademark, the term Linux can be used in a fashion of fair use, which requires no licensing, but still should properly attribute the ownership of Linux to Linus Torvalds. I am sure the reader has seen the normal type of attribute at the bottom of some page (perhaps even in this magazine) that says, "The registered trademark Linux(R) is used pursuant to a license from Linus Torvalds, owner of the mark in the US and other countries."
This is normally used when you just say the word Linux in some type of printed or electronic document, such as the Linux Journal.
But the incorporation of the name Linux into another name is what really needs to be licensed, and LMI's job became to seek out and sublicense the Linux mark to people and companies wishing to use the name.
LMI assembled an astute group of people to administer this trademark, people whose honesty and integrity were without question, and they started to formulate a sublicense that would:
Protect the Linux mark.
Allow businesses that were making money by using the name to help pay for the costs of administration.
Allow LUGs, developers and low-revenue nonprofits to have a license at no charge.
And to make sure that things were on the right path, Linus kept the right to terminate this mechanism if it was not found to be carrying out his wishes.
There were some things that LMI absolutely needed to do to make sure it met the enforcement criteria. And, as often with free software things, the concept of licensing out the trademark for legitimate uses more or less did not mesh with the normal concept in trademark law of protecting the usage from other than the trademark holder "no matter what". LMI still managed to get through the knot holes to create a proper sublicense.
Just as everything started to move into place, an emergency happened in Australia that forced LMI to become active "before its time", and the world started to realize that although Linux (the kernel code) was already freely licensed, trademark law required the name to be licensed separately if not used in a fair-use way.
Immediately, there was wailing and gnashing of teeth from people who did not understand trademark law, did not make any use of the mark of Linux other than in fair use, and from people who never even heard of the word Linux before—in short, from everyone except those who were really affected. To be sure, some fine-tuning of the sublicense was needed, which was done, but not a single person who was really affected by the trademark sublicense objected to the premise, because as business people and trademark holders themselves, as members of the small commercial Linux community, they knew that the seawall needed rebuilding.
Today, people who use the term Linux as a proper trademark for their product can get a sublicense at the Linux Mark Institute (www.linuxmark.org). People and groups who make less than $50,000 US per year in revenue pay nothing. Companies starting up who have not made any revenue to date using the Linux mark pay nothing. Only companies who have made more than $50,000 US per year in revenue on products using the Linux mark pay a small percentage of that money to LMI. And, for very large companies making very large amounts of money on the Linux product, there is a cap on how much they pay.
Linux Mark Institute is a true nonprofit. None of the board of directors receives any salary. LMI employs only the bare minimum of staff. All money collected goes toward legal fees to protect the Linux name that otherwise would not be protected. Over time, if activity warrants it, we will reduce the license fees. But today, we feel the fees are fair, necessary and will not hurt anyone wishing to use the mark.
For all of those people who use the name Linux proudly, we ask only that you attribute it correctly, and that if you have any questions about whether you need a license, read the information at the Linux Mark Institute site.
Help us maintain a strong seawall.
Jon "maddog" Hall is the Executive Director of Linux International (www.li.org), a nonprofit association of end users who wish to support and promote the Linux operating system. During his career in commercial computing, which started in 1969, Mr Hall has been a programmer, systems designer, systems administrator, product manager, technical marketing manager and educator. He has worked for such companies as Western Electric Corporation, Aetna Life and Casualty, Bell Laboratories, Digital Equipment Corporation, VA Linux Systems and SGI. He is now an independent consultant in Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Business and Technical issues.
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London – September 11, 2013 – Attenda Limited, the Business Critical IT company, today announced the findings from independent research that it has commissioned into mid-market critical application delivery.
The research, conducted through Quocirca, highlights that most mid-market IT leaders accept that they will not be able to deliver best in class applications to achieve their desired business outcomes, through their own internal resources alone. Further, they recognise that they lack the capability to scale people, process and technology; requiring the help of IT service providers with a 'partnering' mind set in order to achieve these goals.
Commenting on the research report, written by Quocirca, Bob Tarzey, Analyst & Director, Quocirca explains, "This report, commissioned by Attenda, highlights the real mid-market conundrum that exists: these organisations struggle to manage the complexity of IT infrastructure that their businesses require, unable to achieve 'best in class' application performance, availability and security at an affordable cost, based purely on using their own resources."
This latest research also confirms most mid-market IT leaders recognise that best in class applications are a key competitive asset, with 97% of organisations interviewed transacting directly with users from customer and partner organisations, or with consumers. The research also highlights the acceptance that new technologies are a key part of delivering their IT aspirations; however, only 15% felt that they were currently very well placed to use cloud services, with data security remaining their top concern.
Mark Fowle, Attenda CEO adds, "We have commissioned this research report to further validate the experiences that we are finding within our own client base. Our Business Critical IT approach means that we focus at the application level, differentiating our service delivery and ensuring that we harness emerging technologies to consistently deliver the desired business outcomes for our clients."
The report further identifies that typically mid-market organisations have a better experience of working with IT service providers where both parties view the relationship as a partnership, with shared risk and reward, rather than engaging on a purely tactical basis.
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Flood watch issued for Knox County until Thursday afternoon
Strong thunderstorms with heavy rain headed toward the area tonight The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a flood watch for portions of north central Ohio and northwest Ohio from this evening through Thursday afternoon. Low pressure moving along a stalled front over the area will produce numerous strong thunderstorms with heavy rain from… Read more »
Boil advisory issued for north side
MOUNT VERNON — Due to contractors installing flow isolation valves, a boil advisory has been issued for North Sandusky Street (from Chestnut Street north to Curtis Street), West Pleasant Street (from Mulberry to Norton Street) and West Burgess Street (from Mulberry Street to Norton Street). Anyone who was without water will be under a boil… Read more »
USA Days kicks off tonight
CENTERBURG — The Heart of Ohio USA Days kicks off tonight at 5 p.m. with rides and food vendors. Live entertainment begins at 7:30 p.m. The event takes place through Saturday at Centerburg Memorial Park. Thursday and Friday starts at 5 p.m. and Saturday starts with the parade at 11 a.m.
Kno-Ho-Co-Ashland offering Summer Crisis Program
MOUNT VERNON — The Kno-Ho-Co-Ashland Community Action Commission's Summer Crisis Program is underway. This program, funded through the Ohio Development Services Agency, Office of Community Assistance, will assist households with a resident age 60 and older or those with a household member with a qualifying medical condition with payment toward their electric bill. In addition,… Read more »
Ventriloquist coming to summer reading program
MOUNT VERNON — Ventriloquist Comedian Mike Hemmelgarn will bring his unique act to the "Dig Into Reading" Children's Summer Reading Program on Thursday at the following locations and times: •Thursday at 10 a.m. at the YMCA Sports Center, Mount Vernon; and 1 p.m. at St. Luke Community Center for the Danville Public Library. The program… Read more »
Sanoh honors employees
MOUNT VERNON — Each month, Sanoh America management selects an Employee of the Month. The Employee of the Month must have perfect attendance, an excellent work attitude, teamwork, safety habits, quality, and quantity of work and job knowledge. Team players of the month are selected by each shift's supervisors and must possess outstanding teamwork qualities…. Read more »
Health department warns against disease-carrying ticks
MOUNT VERNON — Blacklegged deer ticks were once considered rare in Ohio, but the disease-carrying insect can now be found throughout the state, including Knox County. The blacklegged tick's existence locally is based on a recently confirmed case of Lyme disease in an individual who has not been out of the county. Lyme disease is… Read more »
Heartland ribbon cutting set for Friday
MOUNT VERNON — Jon Jones, owner of Heartland Promotional Products, has been serving the area since 2009, helping businesses grow with promotional products such as, but not limited to, shirts, hats, pens, calendars, scrubs, signs, etc. On Friday, June 28, the Chamber of Commerce will be present for the office's official ribbon cutting at 3… Read more »
Divisions set for high school fall season
COLUMBUS — The Ohio High School Athletic Association released its final enrollment qualifications for fall tournament. As expected, most teams from local schools are remaining in the same divisions. The exceptions are the Highland and Utica volleyball teams, which now drop to Division III. Both were formerly Division II. Both schools saw female attendance figures… Read more »
Mount Vernon City Schools adopt all-day kindergarten option
By ALAN REED News Staff Reporter MOUNT VERNON — The incorporation of an all-day kindergarten option will become reality for the Mount Vernon City Schools when classes resume for the 2013-14 school year. This comes after the proposal was officially adopted Monday evening when the Mount Vernon City Schools board of education met in regular… Read more »
Centerburg couple honored for American Flag display
Photo Submitted The General Henry Knox Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution recently honored a Centerburg couple for their display of the American Flag. Pictured, from left, are General Henry Knox Secretary Ernie Moreland, Leroy Bumpus, Juanita Bumpus and General Henry Knox President Lynn McCann. CENTERBURG — Each year the General Henry Knox… Read more »
Buggy-car accident injures two
FREDERICKTOWN — Two Amish women are in stable condition today from injuries they sustained when their buggy was hit Sunday night. The Ohio State Highway Patrol said Emma Shrock, 24, and Edna Shrock, 24, both of Fredericktown, were flown to Ohio State University Medical Center by MedFlight helicopters. The patrol said the crash was at… Read more »
Reed honored for WWII service
Submitted photo Jerry Mann, Hospice volunteer, left, presents a certificate of appreciation to Chalmer Reed for his service during World War II. FREDERICKTOWN — Chalmer L. Reed was honored Friday evening at his home for his military service during WWII. Jerry Mann and Larry Andrejewski, volunteers of Hospice of Knox County, took time out of… Read more »
Sprang scholarship
Photo Submitted On behalf of the Stephanie Sprang Foundation, scholarships were awarded to Hadleigh Rundell, left, and Madi Phillips for 2013. The foundation was developed to offer scholarship opportunities in the name of Sprang who died in 2010.
Living Flag invited to Red, White and Boom
Photo Submitted The Living Flag, made up of Centerburg residents, will be part of the 2013 Red, White and Boom parade on July 3. CENTERBURG — Centerburg's Living Flag, or "flag ladies," recently received a letter stating, "On behalf of NBC 4, Pepsi, and WNCI 97.9, we are pleased to announce that your organization has… Read more »
Local All-Star team still undefeated
Photo Submitted Kaitlynn Briggs runs the bases during a recent tournament game. Briggs, from Danville, is part of the Ohio Stingrays 12U team which is currently 38-0. Local All-Star team still undefeated "It's mind-boggling." That is the only way that Mount Vernon's Mike Marcum can describe being 38-0.
MV FFA attends state convention
MOUNT VERNON — Recently, members of the Mount Vernon FFA attended the State FFA Convention in Columbus. Caleb Hickman participated in the State FFA Choir. Hunter McVay and Bailee Shipley were awarded gold ratings for their officers' books. Members also toured The Ohio State University sheep research facility and the Ohio FFA building. They were… Read more »
KCCC teacher faces firing
By PAM SCHEHL News Staff Reporter MOUNT VERNON — After a lengthy executive session to confer with legal counsel, the Knox County Career Center board of education voted to suspend a teacher without pay Thursday night to consider contract termination proceedings. The resolution states Anne Marie Orr's conduct "may constitute grounds for termination." The information… Read more »
Jooste retires, continues to serve God
Photo Submitted J. Andrew "Andy" Jooste poses with a good luck banner at a retirement party honoring his years of service to the Newark Road Church of Christ. MOUNT VERNON — Due to health conditions, J. Andrew "Andy" Jooste retired as minister of the Newark Road Church of Christ in Mount Vernon at the end… Read more »


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From BBQ Wiki
Salsas, relishes, pickles, sambals, chutneys, and other intensely flavorful accompaniments are traditionally served with barbecue. As a rule, condiments are too thick to qualify as sauces. They're served a spoonful at a time with simply grilled meats and seafood. Their explosive flavors round out the barbecue experience, particularly in Mexico, India, and Asia.


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LANSING, MI -- Michigan lawmakers are taking aim at a deadly problem: Drive-by shootings.
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday took testimony on bipartisan legislation that would make it easier for prosecutors to levy charges in drive-by shootings that result in injuries or death and increase existing penalties for shootings where no one is hurt.
"Drive-by shootings are not acceptable in our society, and it seems like there's more and more of these going on," Sen. Jim Marleau, R-Lake Orion, said after the hearing. "We have to give the tools to law enforcement and prosecutors to allow them to be able to incarcerate these perpetrators, and right now we don't have enough of the tools."
Under Senate Bills 582 and 583, sponsored by Sens. Marleau and Jim Ananich, D-Flint, a drive-by shooter who kills someone could face up to life in prison. The maximum penalty for a shooting that did not cause injury would increase from 4 years in prison and/or a $2,000 fine to 10 years in prison and/or a $10,000 fine.
Prosecutors already have the ability to charge drive-by shooters with other crimes, such as murder or assault. But Rob Moran of the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, testifying in support of the bills, said that those charges require them to prove that drive-by shooters intended to hurt the victim.
"The legislation changes that," Moran said. "All we have to prove is someone had the intent to pull the trigger. The consequence of that is that it will be easier for us to try these cases."
While the bills aim to discourage drive-by shootings, similar penalties would apply to any shooter who fires a gun into a building that they know or have reason to believe is occupied.
This past weekend in Flint, a four-year-old boy was struck by a bullet while watching television in his bedroom. Police told The Flint Journal that suspects fired into the home from the backyard.
"A four-year-old is an innocent child, and we need to send a strong message that this type of behavior is unacceptable," said Ananich. "And I think these bills are a good first step in sending that message."
The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote on the bills next week.
Jonathan Oosting is a Capitol reporter for MLive Media Group. Email him, find him on Google+ or follow him on Twitter.


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The test you want to have is called a VAP test. It will directly measure your LDL particle size and the MD will quietly curl up in the corner babbling in complete confusion when the report says your likelihood of a heart attach is less than 10%. By the looks of your AWESOME numbers, I'm sure the LDL you do have is Light Fluffy (called "pattern A") and nothing at all to worry about.
Your MD may still try to convince you to go on the statins, even in the face of all the evidence in the world that it would be nuts. I had to agree to disagree, telling my MD outright that the script, if she gave it to me, would be deposited in the lobby trash can on the way out of the office. She was shocked anyone would say such a thing, but finally had to agree that perhaps there was something to this after reading the stack of research papers I handed her upon my departure.


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Oprah sounds off on biography
America's prison system is inhumane. Here's why.
Donald Trump's autocratic infrastructure nationalism
The most prolific American lyricist you've probably never heard of
Megyn Kelly brutally takes down Trump's campaign manager over Trump's sexist history
Twitter clearly doesn't know Rosie O'Donnell and Donald Trump have beef
Italian police recover Van Gogh paintings stolen from an Amsterdam museum in 2002
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Anyone know what 'Code 67' means?
This appears in the SCHEDULER log (NOT the BE log) after a scheduled
backup job has apparently been initiated correctly but has not actually
done anything. The code is not noted in the BE documentation.
At the moment we suspect that there is a difference between the regular
BE Desktop program and BESTART.EXE. BE Desktop runs the relevant job
just fine, completes the log and everything appears normal. BESTART
runs and does nothing (no log entry at all, and this undocumented error
code appears in the Scheduler log). It's a pity the BE documentation is
so weak with respect to error codes (and in other respects, also).
The only clue at the moment is that in (good old) MS-DOS program
completion codes, decimal 67 meant 'missing network drive'. There is a
drive letter referenced in the backup job which is a 'substituted'
drive-letter. We use it to make the server configuration match the
client PCs - 'F' is the drive-letter for a network drive on each client
PC identifying the server share and is also a 'subst' in the
Autoexec.bat on the server defining the same area. We support a
vertical market app. which requires this.
Maybe BESTART wrongly assumes the F-drive referenced in the backup job
must be a network drive, cannot find it - and panics?????
John Brooks Technical Sales & Development Manager
Nemesys Data Systems Ltd., Croydon CR9 6DA, UK
Tele: 44-(020)-8681-8339 Fax: 44-(020)-8406-0105


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cinder cone
a steep, cone-shaped hill or small mountain made of volcanic ash, cinders, and bombs piled up around a volcano's opening.
Rock fragments, classified by size, that are thrown into the air during a volcanic eruption and fall to the ground.
volcanic ash
rock particals more that 0.25mm but less than 5mm across that are blown into the air by a volcanic eruption


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Start DateFebruary 9, 2013
I'm developing / designing a unique website to track prices for products. I'm looking for someone to help facilitate the programming of the site. Skills needed are:
HTML5, PHP, MYSQL, CSS3, cron and 2nd grade math skills. I can provide greater detail of the project and what I would like to have happen.
One of the key parts to this project involves a scrolling marquee that is found on the bottom of webpage, fixed position and is displays dynamic information very similar to a stock ticker.
I'm also very interested in the new page technologies brilliantly displayed at http://www.sortedfood.com how it appears as though the site doesn't change like a traditional website. I am flexible on this though.
The other key component is security very similar to how banking websites function these days. Username/Password, email a security key are necessary. I also need some intelligence involved, more details can be provided with it.
It should take less than a days work to get the basics completed and the site can grow from there. Very flexible on design and everything.
Skills: finance, gaming, design
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Hired: 1
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Mona Lisa Smile
Colette M. Metcalf 12/19/2012 6:25:12 PMWonderful capture!!! #1504408
Carol L. Fowler 12/19/2012 6:57:48 PMHe does look like he is laughing at the human antics!! #10471454
Monnie Ryan 12/19/2012 7:15:43 PMDon't you just wonder what they think of us? This one has such beautiful fur - good job! #10471472
Tiia Vissak 12/19/2012 11:26:27 PMa cute image! #10471607
John Connolly 12/20/2012 1:43:39 PMGreat light and a wonderful expression Douglas! Love your title! #10472522
Tammy Espino 12/20/2012 3:47:44 PMBeautiful capture !!:) #10472649
Wm Nosal 12/20/2012 6:34:56 PMWonderful Capture, Douglas! #10472791
Douglas Perry 12/20/2012 6:57:59 PMThank you everyone. #10472824
Laura E. Swan 12/27/2012 12:13:58 AMDo you remember the little Russian man on "Laugh In" in the 60's/70's? The one that would say "Veddy Intalesting"...
Look at those thick ears!!!!
(Better to hear you with my dear!)
-Miss R. #10480139
Douglas Perry 12/30/2012 11:41:25 AMBut not funny. #10489694
Those humans are so amusing.
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IF THE Springboks play tomorrow the way the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has handled its responsibilities of late, we are in for a hiding from England. The department has dropped the ball badly in a number of areas, most recently with regard to the commercial hake industry's membership of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).
The suspension of SA's annual observer programme, which entails sending independent scientific observers out to sea to determine the size and sustainability of the hake stock, means no MSC certification. And no MSC certificate means a significant number of customers, particularly in Europe, who have committed to buy only certified fish, will be forced to look elsewhere for supplies.
This is no minor issue for an industry that has suffered in recent years from a combination of fluctuating fish stocks and under-investment prompted by uncertainty over fishing rights.
Spokesman Lionel Adendorf's glib response that losing access to much of the European market, which takes a share of SA's hake valued at R1,4bn every year, will "give us an opportunity to look at new markets" is breathtaking in its stupidity. An entire industry has been placed in jeopardy by bureaucratic bungling and a couldn't-care-less attitude, with as many as 5000 people at risk of losing their jobs.
Establishing stable markets takes years; getting the MSC accreditation was a process that took almost a decade in itself. Mr Adendorf may not expect job losses, but that does not accord with the feeling in the industry, which is that if the MSC accreditation issue is not resolved post haste, retrenchments will be the only option open to some fishing companies to cut costs in the face of plunging revenues.
The certification fiasco is, of course, a direct consequence of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson's decision to award, and then cancel, an R800m tender to run the department's sea fisheries vessels. The contract was granted to empowerment group Sekunjalo under circumstances that were challenged in court by the previous holder, Smit Amandla. But instead of conducting a proper investigation of both her department and Sekunjalo's conduct or allowing the law to take its course, Ms Joemat-Pettersson chose to try to discredit Smit Amandla and refused to extend its contract temporarily so the vessels could continue to operate.
The South African Navy has now officially taken over the running of the patrol and research fleet but the inevitable delay is having ramifications that extend beyond just the hake-trawling sector. SA has not been patrolling its exclusive economic zone properly for weeks, and the department has also missed sending out scientists on a separate observer cruise to determine the sustainability of small pelagic fish in our territorial waters. The fishing industry stepped in to try to salvage the situation by sponsoring a second survey, and the sea fisheries research vessel, Africana, was due to sail from Simon's Town this week.
However, it is unclear whether the deadline for completion of the survey will be met and if it is missed, it is likely that a conservative allowable catch will be set for the rest of the year to ensure the survival of the species is not threatened by overfishing.
Considered in the context of the department's inability to provide adequate support to new black farmers; its failure to properly maintain livestock fences on our national borders, which has resulted in devastating outbreaks of disease; and the fact that the ostrich industry hangs in the balance due to the lack of a co-ordinated response to the Avian flu outbreak, it is a wonder that Ms Joemat-Pettersson survived Tuesday's Cabinet reshuffle.
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i'm on 4-2, the space level. It's kinda annoying me and i don't know why.
Chapter 4-4 atm. I got stuck in 3-4 at the doors before the fight with Francis. Come to find out that was one of the most simple puzzles in the game ; ;
Proud Wii-S3 owner
PS3: Guitar Hero III, Heavenly Sword, Lair, Oblivion, Resistance:Fall of Man, Motorstorm, Skate
Wii: Call of Duty 3, Excite Truck, Mario Party 8, Red Steel, Sonic & the Secret Rings
SSX Blur, Super Mario Galaxy, Super Paper Mario, WiiPlay, WiiSports, Zelda: Twilight Princess
PS2: FF-X and FF-XII, Gran Turismo 4, Gretzky NHL '06, Guitar Hero II, Jak & Daxter, Ratchet & Clank, Shadow of the Colossus, and Sly Cooper
DS: NEW Super Mario Bros. and Pokemon Diamond
i'm on 4-2, the space level. It's kinda annoying me and i don't know why.
Wii games that I own: Zelda, The godfather, Wii sports, Resident Evil 4.
Next up: Metroid Prime 3 Corruption
Just started 5-1.
Took me a while to find the chocolate...but luckily I found a Mario-esque 7-11.
"Kids, let me tell you about another so-called "wicked" guy. He had long hair and some wild ideas, and he didn't always do what other people thought was right. And that man's name was... I forget. But the point is... well, I forget that too. Marge, you know who I'm talking about. He used to drive that blue car?"
im stuck in 5-1 someone help me.
I am somewhat stuck 5-1.
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Umm in Up, Up, and a Tree, when I flipped to 3D and went into the hidden tube behind bricks, there are this row of spikes that coem up and down, how do I get past them.
Games Owned:Wii Sports, WiiPlay, SSX Blur, Super Paper Mario, Spider Man 3, and Mario Party 8
I got my Wii on Sunday, January 21st, 2007!!!
use slim to hide when the spikes comeOriginally Posted by ILoveWii
Join the Buy BWii Campaign and Buy BWii!
Spoiler Alert!
Midna is the Twilight Princess.
Alright thanks.
Games Owned:Wii Sports, WiiPlay, SSX Blur, Super Paper Mario, Spider Man 3, and Mario Party 8
I got my Wii on Sunday, January 21st, 2007!!!
someone help me on 5-3 im stuck i have no idea what to do i think u have to find all of the guys men hidden. can someone please help me.
Have you found any of them?
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Savings of: $2.96 (6% off)
Good Product.
Posted by 4711525729512943669 on Aug 06, 2013
Tks, it is a good product.
Item returned!
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The item didn't arrive on time so we were gone, and by the time we came back it was returned to the sender.
Posted by 5441852124825072971 on Aug 11, 2013
Terrible. I tried this once and it's so chalky, I couldn't finish the 1 shake that I made. I have heard that this can be better in oats so I will give that a try.
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I did not like the taste of this product. I believe this is a good product with lots of nutrients, but the taste is horrible. I could hardly swallow it:(
Weird packaging. Grainy texture.
Posted by Reviewer1474359 on Nov 21, 2013
This product was delivered in a low-quality, clear plastic baggie, inside a cardboard box. That is NOT what the item photo shows. And the texture is grainy. I have tried several other kinds of protein powder over the years, and they were all smooth, with quality packaging. Will not reorder. Disappointed.
Tastes terrible
Posted by 5117244236059888063 on Feb 11, 2015
It tastes TERRIBLE. Seems that you are drink sand. When you mix with fruit it tastes a bit less terrible. I got so regretted of buying it.
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Dr. Gerald Schell specializes in neurosurgery in West Branch, Michigan.
Dr. Gerald Schell has been compared 526 times. Details of Dr. Schell's 36 years experience as an MD, his hospital affiliation and education at Michigan State University are available on your free doctor report.
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How can we prevent or take precaustions our eye from cellphone rays?
How can we prevent or take precaustions our eye from cellphone rays?
Try decrease your show lighting and prevent to use cellphone in night. Use show decals and decrease the cell mobile phones contrast. You have heard me say it before but try whenever possible, to use a landline cell phone instead of a cell cellphone. This will be most comfortable when you are at home, only using a cell cellphone when utterly requirement will cut back on your contact with this damaging radiation. Click here for my tips on reducing your reach with cell cellphone radiation.
There are various herbal cures that can help you to fight off the worst consequences of cell cellphone radioactivity and keep your eye healthy. Both bilberry and are powerful anti-oxidants. These herbs are especially excellent at avoiding and healing harm to the sight, and bilberry can help to increase blood circulation to the eye capillary vessels, which will help to cure any harm caused by radiation. The ability to perform as an antioxidant is also essential in cleaning up any irregular tissues that may result from cell cell phone use.
If you wear glasses like me, it is a wise decision to create sure that the frames are plastic rather than cable, as the metal in the cable frame can act as an aerial. And, like a radio or television aerial, this aerial will direct the cell cellphone alerts into your sight and mind.
The mineral zinc oxide has many beneficial uses for the body in general and can be particularly helpful in maintaining high levels of anti-oxidants in the sight. I am not really one for supplements but getting zinc oxide can create a great difference in whether cell cellphone radiation loss your vision or causes eye cancer. To prevent radiation impacting your sight try to use SAR secure radiation secure. These secure prevents problems that causes due to electromagnetic radiation. This SAR secure reduces the radiation up to 89 percent. It can be used for both cell mobile phones with or without aerial. It better defends your sight.
Consider getting melatonin. Again I have talked about melatonin before and its role in avoiding DNA breaks in minds. It can also be effective in avoiding renal harm from cell mobile phones. Some people, mainly those that are selling them, suggest using chips as well as neutral to secure you from EMF radiation. Some of these gadgets are meant to be worn and are supposed to offer defense against cell cellphone radiation.
I have tried many of these gadgets and I have found none which work. What is essential is to take the necessary action to secure you and your household members members against the harmful results of cell cellphone radiation on your sight. Every relative, even if they do not personally use a cell cellphone, will be exposed to radiation whether it be from computer screens, wireless, cell cellphone systems, electrical cabling etc. The way to secure sight from radiation of cell cellphone is, keep the lighting level to low value of mobile show. Also, if you uses applications on your mobile then, use the night mode of that application, if provided. Wearing sun glasses while using cell cellphone is also a sensible practice.
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IISD Report Measures Irrigation Subsidies in India
March 2011: IISD's Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) has published a new report on the use of irrigation subsidies in India that uses the GSI's Method for quantifying irrigation subsidies.
The report found subsidies to irrigated agriculture for major irrigation projects in four southern India states amounted to US$575 million per year from 2004 to 2008. The study, prepared in collaboration with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), uses a rigorous, transparent, and replicable methodology to provide the most comprehensive estimate of subsidies to irrigation in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala.
The study assessed subsidies in Andhra Pradesh, where the government spent at least US$282 million per year in subsidies for major irrigation projects from 2004 – 2008. Energy subsidies in the form of free electricity to the irrigation sector were estimated at INR8 519.02 million (US$190.37 million) for 2008 and 2009. A per-hectare subsidy rate calculated for major irrigation projects in Andhra Pradesh was applied to similar projects in the three other southern states (Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala) to develop a regional estimate.
The study seeks to contribute towards improved transparency in India's agricultural subsidies. Going forward, the report encourages water authorities to maintain better records and publicly provide information on water costs, revenues and subsidies. [Publication: Measuring Irrigation Subsidies in Andhra Pradesh and Southern India: An Application of the GSI Method for Quantifying Subsidies]


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Liquidation of military equipment
Equipment that is no longer used in today's armed forces should not uselessly collect dust, but serve its purpose where it is needed. Apart from the sale of decommissioned systems and equipment of the Swiss Armed Forces, a considerable amount is donated free of charge to humanitarian aid. Almost four and a half tons of equipment - from saucepans and beds to trucks - have delighted thousands of people in umpteen countries since 2004.
Certain systems have become superfluous with the current armed forces' assignments and stockpiling methods are being adjusted to the present circumstances.
While during the Cold War period umpteen security reserves were stored on numerous wooden shelves and in the halls of the former arsenals and army vehicle pools, we are focused on 'just in time' management today: Replacements are ordered shortly before the last spare parts are used
New systems are purchased in the quantities needed and in small amounts. As part of the local concentration of stationary logistics equipment has to be reduced and locations closed. From 2004 to 2010, about a million square metres of stockpiling surface area has to be eliminated and equipment procured for ten billion Swiss francs has to be liquidated.
This liquidation process uses various channels: It is either sold to traders or private collectors, destroyed and whenever possible used for regaining raw materials or the military equipment, some of which is as good as new, is used to satisfy requests for humanitarian aid abroad.


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Oldsmobile is poised for a powerful comeback in 1992. This year the General Motors division has a strong lineup of vehicles that offers an excellent blend of performance, economy, style, quality and class. Nowhere is this better demonstrated than in the new Eighty Eight Royale LS Sedan, this week's test car. Compared with other similar-sized sedans in the same price range, you will have a tough time finding a better value. From its European-inspired tail to its comfortable interior and long list of standard equipment, the new Eighty Eight has ''classic'' written all over it. Olds has had a rough time in the last few years, but now it is on the rebound with some of America's best vehicles. ENGINE, PERFORMANCE GM's terrific 3800 V-6 with Tuned Port Injection is the only powerplant offered in the front-wheel-drive Eighty Eight. Its smooth 170-horsepower engine gives the 3,468-pound car performance you'd expect from a V-8. There is ample muscle for fast sprints up the ramp to the interstate. Cruising is relaxed, and there is plenty of power for passing. The exhaust note is surprising for a luxury car - it has a pleasantly sporty growl. There is only one transmission available, a new computer-controlled, four-speed automatic. Shifts are so smooth that they're nearly imperceptible unless the car is under full acceleration. Only once in 300 or so miles did I detect a slight hesitation. It came at about 40 mph; the transmission shuddered slightly when it shifted from third to fourth gear. The car had fewer than 1,500 miles. Gas mileage? The Eighty Eight is rated at 18 miles per gallon in city driving and 28 mpg on the highway - best in its class. In combined city-highway driving around Central Florida I averaged close to 24 mpg using the air conditioner. STEERING, HANDLING Oldsmobile engineers may have set a new standard for ride quality in a big American car. The test car came with the optional ($654) FE3 Touring Ride and Handling Suspension System, which features larger wheels, an automatic load-leveling system and enhanced towing capabilities. For a ride so quiet and smooth that you'll think there is no bond between the car and the road, check out the Eighty Eight. If you want a full-size car that you can toss abruptly into corners, maneuver and stop quickly, and sail over bumps as if they weren't there, you will find it all in the Eighty Eight. Suspension is independent front and rear, with coil springs, struts, A-arms and a rear anti-roll bar. The steering conveys excellent feedback. The power rack and pinion unit offers crisp response. The turning radius is quite good - about 40 feet - for a large car. The test car came with disc/drum anti-lock brakes. In panic stops, the brakes were excellent. Over the past few years, GM has worked to improve its ABS systems. The Eighty Eight's is the best from GM I've tried. FIT, FI NISH, CONTROLS You can order the Eighty Eight with the same layout - bucket seats and floor shifter - as you would find in an expensive full-size import. You also can order a complete gauge package. The test car did not come equipped this way, but with the added gauges and the bucket seats, Oldsmobile might have a package that would turn some heads in a very crowded market. In any case, the test car sported leather-covered bench seats, a column-mounted shifter and a very simple analog gauge package that consisted of a fuel gauge, speedometer and temperature gauge. The seats were comfortable. The driver seat is power adjustable in six ways. I dislike only one aspect of the interior. The driver has to reach forward quite a bit to adjust the controls for the radio and for the temperature. They are located in the center of the dash. Controls for the windshield washer and cruise control are stalk-mounted and easy to use. The paint on the white test car wasp rfect. The car was put together tightly. There were no rattles or squeaks. Room for front and rear passengers is excellent. This year's Eighty Eight is 4.1 inches longer than last year's model. The trunk is huge and made for easy loading. Visibility - front, rear and side - is excellent. As you would expect in such a car, there is long list of standard equipment that includes a driver's side air bag, power windows, remote control power door locks, air conditioning, tilt wheel and more than a dozen other items. The new Eighty Eight belongs at the head of the pack of 1992 full-size cars.
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Family Mattersby Rohinton Mistry
Set in Bombay in the mid-1990s, Family Matters tells a story of familial love and obligation, of personal and political corruption, of the demands of tradition and the possibilities for compassion. Nariman Vakeel, the patriarch of a small discordant family, is beset by Parkinson's and haunted by memories of his past. He lives with his two middle-aged stepchildren, Coomy, bitter and domineering, and her brother, Jal, mild-mannered and acquiescent. But the burden of the illness worsens the already strained family relationships. Soon, their sweet-tempered half-sister, Roxana, is forced to assume sole responsibility for her bedridden father. And Roxana's husband, besieged by financial worries, devises a scheme of deception involving his eccentric employer at a sporting goods store, setting in motion a series of events that leads to the narrative's moving outcome. Family Matters has all the richness, the gentle humour, and the narrative sweep that have earned Mistry the highest of accolades around the world.From the Hardcover edition.
A Fine Balanceby Rohinton Mistry Pico Iyer
With a compassionate realism and narrative sweep that recall the work of Charles Dickens, this magnificent novel captures all the cruelty and corruption, dignity and heroism, of India. The time is 1975. The place is an unnamed city by the sea. The government has just declared a State of Emergency, in whose upheavals four strangers--a spirited widow, a young student uprooted from his idyllic hill station, and two tailors who have fled the caste violence of their native village--will be thrust together, forced to share one cramped apartment and an uncertain future. As the characters move from distrust to friendship and from friendship to love, A Fine Balance creates an enduring panorama of the human spirit in an inhuman state.
A Fine Balanceby Rohinton Mistry Pico Iyer
A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry's stunning internationally acclaimed bestseller, is set in mid-1970s India. It tells the story of four unlikely people whose lives come together during a time of political turmoil soon after the government declares a "State of Internal Emergency." Through days of bleakness and hope, their circumstances - and their fates - become inextricably linked in ways no one could have foreseen. Mistry's prose is alive with enduring images and a cast of unforgettable characters. Written with compassion, humour, and insight, A Fine Balance is a vivid, richly textured, and powerful novel written by one of the most gifted writers of our time.From the Hardcover edition.
Un perfecto equilibrioby Rohinton Mistry
Estamos en 1975, en una ciudad india junto al mar. El gobierno acaba de declarar el estado de emergencia, y dada la escasez de vivienda cuatro personas se ven obligadas a compartir un pequeño apartamento. Forman un cuarteto especial: Dina, una costurera de cuarenta años viuda desde hace veinte y decidida a no volverse a casar. Maneck, que dejó su pueblo de montaña obligado por sus padres a abandonar el hogar para estudiar en la ciudad. El optimista Ishvar y su sobrino Omprakash, dos sastres que han huido de la terrible violencia de castas que existe en su pequeña aldea de origen. Unidos solo por el hilo impersonal de la necesidad común, estos cuatro personajes ven cómo sus vidas se entretejen de manera inexplicable e inseparable. La confianza, el humor y el afecto, que crecen gradualmente entre ellos, se convierten en un baluarte contra los rigores y las maquinaciones de la vida diaria, manteniéndolos unidos tanto para lo bueno como para lo malo.
Such a Long Journeyby Rohinton Mistry
It is Bombay in 1971, the year India went to war over what was to become Bangladesh. A hard-working bank clerk, Gustad Noble is a devoted family man who gradually sees his modest life unravelling. His young daughter falls ill; his promising son defies his father's ambitions for him. He is the one reasonable voice amidst the ongoing dramas of his neighbours. One day, he receives a letter from an old friend, asking him to help in what at first seems like an heroic mission. But he soon finds himself unwittingly drawn into a dangerous network of deception. Compassionate, and rich in details of character and place, this unforgettable novel charts the journey of a moral heart in a turbulent world of change.
Tales from Firozsha Baagby Rohinton Mistry
In these eleven stories, Rohinton Mistry opens our eyes and our hearts to the rich, complex patterns of life inside Firozsha Baag, an apartment building in Bombay. Here are Jaakaylee, the ghost-seer, and Najamai, the only owner of a refrigerator in Firozsha Baag; Rustomji the Curmudgeon and Kersi, the young boy whose life threads through the book and who narrates the final story as an adult in Toronto. We see their passions, their worst fears, their betrayals, and their humorous acts of revenge. Witty and poignant, in turns, these intersecting stories create a finely textured mosaic of lives and illuminate a world poised between the old ways and the new.From the Paperback edition.
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The College of Charleston men's and women's swimming and diving teams head to the University of Georgia for this weekend's 2013 CCSA Championships.
The Cougars men's team will look to defend its 2012 championship title, while the women will aim to improve on last season's seventh-place finish and program-best 267 points. The men's team also won the championship in 2008 and 2009.
The event begins this afternoon and concludes Saturday.
Last season, the Cougars' men's and women's squads combined for 12 new school records, 23 top-three finishes and six gold medals.
Senior Peter Gibbons will look to defend his CCSA titles in the one- and three-meter dives. He is a four-time All-Conference honoree in both dives and a two-time Male Diver of the Year. Gibbons has held school records in the one- and three-meter dives for several seasons, and became the first Cougars diver to qualify for the NCAA Zones meet.
Pablo Ortiz will defend his title in the 200 butterfly, where he set a new school record last year with a time of 1:50.80.
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Pre-cruise: We stayed two nights at the Hotel Renew in Honolulu, which was excellent! Small, no pool or restaurant, but free beach chairs, umbrellas, etc. free continental breakfast, pineapple juice and a cool washcloth on arrival.
Small ship Vs. Big Ship: There were no waits for elevators, the buffet, disembarking, or anything else. Most of the time, it was easy to find chairs at the pool. The staff went out of their way to make us feel welcome. The people on this ship were older, but as I was there to spend time with my spouse, that didn't bother me at all. We did not see any wheelchairs and very few walkers. We saw only 4 children on the ship - this would not be my choice for a cruise with children. There was some motion, but not any worse than we've seen on the mega-ships (RCCL Freedom Class) Decor was understated, lots of wood.
Stateroom: We were in an owner's suite, which we loved - huge balcony, plenty of space. For a cruise with 5 days in a row at sea, the extra space in the room and balcony was a big plus. The suite also came with free laundry and internet, and the ability to order off the regular menu, which we took advantage of several times.
Spa: Small but nice. They were not pushy with selling products, which made it a more pleasurable experience. Pricey, like all ship's spas.
Activities: One pool, ping-pong, shuffleboard. Some planned seminars, but none of them interested us. If you are looking for the ship to provide you with things to do, this is not the cruise for you.
Service: EXCELLENT - both dining room and room stewards were great! We ate at all eating venues, and all of the staff we came in contact with was great.
Dining: The food in the main dining room and buffet were comparable to RCCL, I thought. We had no complaints. The specialty restaurants were very nice and worth the extra $$. Teatime was a nice treat every day as well.
Entertainment: We realized that a smaller ship would not have as many options, and we were right. We were somewhat disappointed with the entertainment - the comedian was older and his jokes were geared toward the 60 and older crowd. The opera singer was ok, but not what I was looking for. The Pacific Princess singers and dancers were very good. I would have liked more options for entertainment in the evenings.
Travel: We used Princess Air because of the flight back from Tahiti being impossible to book w/o Princess Air - I would not use Princess Air again unless that was my only option. With our flight home, they gave us a very tight connection (which we missed) We had wanted to change our flights ahead of time, but could only do so for a $75 pp surcharge, so we took our chances. When we missed our connection, they changed us to the flight that we wanted in the first place!
Disembarkation: Very smooth. Our flight didn't leave until 10:00 PM, so although we had to be out of our cabin by 8:00 AM, we were able to enjoy the amenities of the ship throughout the day.
This was a fantastic cruise, perfect for a romantic getaway. I would do it again in a heartbeat.


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by Jim O'Kane, TVDads.com
Seasonal feature reporting is mostly a recycling business.
As holidays come and go, the "Life" or "Weekend" section editors of newspapers and websites will Google each other's archives and try to find a new spin on the same twenty topics that are pulled out of mothballs for yet another annual airing of once-intriguing tales. It's the reason you hear about how much merchandise mentioned in The Twelve Days of Christmas actually costs every year, or how much the gross tonnage of retail Halloween chocolate exceeds the weight of Valentine candy every October. The stories are familiar evergreens, and recycle through various news outlets year after year.
Part of the reason why TVDads.com is so popular in the month leading up to Fathers' Day is the need for fresh grist for the feature editors. Unlike typical media outlet content, all the articles here are either based on interviews with primary sources, or derive new insights from collections of previously unanalyzed data. Thanks to a decade and a half of Alert Viewers writing in about forgotten TV Single Dad series, there's now quite a stack of information about the details of these old TV shows. So, we can spend a bit of time with spreadsheets and pie charts and sort out trends and anomalies in the sixty year history of TV's Single Dads.
This year, the hot topic in politics and media has been "The 1%" folks - - the legendary, mind-bogglingly rich people who seem to pay too few taxes, make too much money, and appear to be responsible for everything from high gas prices to the reason your favorite show was canceled. As everything in daily life seems to have an odd counterpart in the world of television, it's probably a good idea to spend a little too much time examining the nature of wealth and poverty in the world of TV Single Dads.
A couple of big problems appear when trying to figure out the wealth and poverty of TV Single Dads. For one thing, we need to define exactly what makes someone part of "The 1%" in the real world, and try to apply that definition in the TV world.
According to the folks at The New York Times, you can qualify for being part of "The 1%" by either wealth (what you have) or income (what you earn). If it's by wealth, your balance sheet needs to show at least $8.4 million in the "Assets" column. If we're talking income, your annual paycheck needs to be at least $380,000.
These are nice, concrete numbers - - but h ow do they apply to TV Single Dads such as Papa Smurf? What kind of tax form does the blue guy with the beard fill out? What are the economic systems in non-human societies?
Another issue is the matter of history and setting. Lucas McCain of The Rifleman probably didn't make a lot of money compared to present day law men, but he wasn't exactly penniless back in the 19th Century. Is he middle-class, or poor? What metrics can be used for Single Dad Tom Mason in the post-alien invasion world of Falling Skies?
As of 2012, there are 272 identified TV Single Dads, and for this review, each of them will need to be assessed and categorized if we're going to find out how their relative wealth or poverty impacted the popularity of these shows.
Let's focus on the basics: each TV Single Dad's wealth will be considered only in relation to other characters on their show. We can't extrapolate how much cash a TV Single Dad's estate would be worth in today's dollars, or how their income would affect their lifestyle in the current environment. Therefore, folks like Duncan, Man-at-Arms on He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, would be considered to have an average income for his home world of Eternia, even though Duncan's personal gear would be worth millions on planet Earth. Worf on Star Trek: The Next Generation would fall under the same classification as "average," though he had access to a replicator that would allow him to literally order up tons of diamonds in moments.
As to categories, we'll work with four types: Poor, Average, Rich, and The 1%. The difference between Rich and The 1% is somewhat subjective but it's usually decided as being someone clearly known in their show as being extremely wealthy, along the lines of Bruce Wayne in any of the Batman series, or Jed Clampett on The Beverly Hillbillies.
Let's take a look at the income graph of the 272 TV Single Dads on the site. What becomes instantly clear is that the solo dads on TV are, by almost two thirds, a part of the middle class with "Average" incomes. There are only 8%, or 22, TV Single Dads who could be classed as "Poor."
It's not surprising that the share of TV Single Dads who are classed as part of "The 1%" is actually more than 1%. Viewers enjoy watching shows about rich people, and the TV Single Dad genre is no exception. The most surprising statistic, though, is the size of the share of The 1% Single Dads - - nearly one in five Single Dads on TV falls into this category.
Adding together the 7% "Rich" dads with the 19% share of "The 1%" dads means that more than a quarter of all TV Single Dads are well-off. Again, it's not surprising to find this many of the dads are considered wealthy: stories about TV Single Dads and their children are a lot easier to tell if Dad has enough spare income that he's not struggling at work all the time.
Now that we know the distribution of wealth in the TV Single Dad world, let's take a look next at how the dads on TV earned what they've got.
Holy smokes, that's a lot of pie slices to talk about!
The giant "Other" piece of the job pie speaks to the huge amount of non-standard careers of TV Single Dads, be they housekeepers, like Tony Danza's character on Who's the Boss? -- or Alaskan gold prospectors such as Monte Markham's quick-frozen dad on The Second Hundred Years. Part of the appeal of TV Single Dads is that they seem to live unusual lives, and their career choices are often no less unusual.
The most common career, not unexpectedly, is the field of law enforcement. Criminal justice appears to be a ready source of both drama and comedy on TV shows in general, and the TV Single Dad genre makes use of the many opportunities of police procedurals to tell stories. Consider examples on current shows, such as Nathan Fillion's character on ABC's Castle, or Tom Selleck's role as the Chief of Police of New York City on CBS's Blue Bloods. Both of these shows play the fatherhood angle pretty strongly during every episode. It's a traditional role for TV Single Dads, going all the way back to the days of Chuck Connors and The Rifleman.
Becoming a doctor or a medical professional is the second most common career choice among TV Single Dads. Again, like law enforcement shows, medical dramas and comedies are popular drivers of stories on TV. Everyone from Chiropractor Jon Cryer on Two and a Half Men to General Practitioner William Shatner on $#*! My Dad Says seems to be in the medical profession.
News Media and Entertainment jobs turn up as the next most-popular careers for TV Single Dads. Since the shows are on television already, it seems natural to set the plotlines into the very industry that created these series. A few obvious examples of TV or entertainment-based Single Dad careers would be Bob Saget's morning show host role on Full House, and Louis C.K.'s job as a stand-up comedian on his self-titled show Louie.
Maybe one of the most interesting factoids to emerge from this pie chart is the unemployment rate for TV Single Dads: currently, it stands at a mere one percent. A rare example of this category would be David Keith's role of the unemployed Arlo Weed on NBC's short-lived 1991 series, Flesh 'n' Blood.
The term "unemployed" doesn't include TV Single Dads who have retired - - the retired category describes more than four percent of all TV Single Dads. Two obvious examples of retired TV Single Dads would be Uncle Jesse Duke on The Dukes of Hazzard, as well as Stacy Keach's character, Ken Titus, on the former FOX series Titus.
Everyone loves a great list, so let's get to it. Here's a countdown of the wealthiest TV Single Dads in the history of television.
Number 10 - Uncle Bill Davis (Brian Keith), Family Affair. By day, a hugely successful civil engineer, living in a posh midtown Manhattan penthouse. When work is over, he's Uncle Bill to Jody, Buffy and Cissy. It's hard to believe that Uncle Bill dated supermodels, could afford an English butler, and still barely made the list.
Number 9 - Michael Bluth (Jason Bateman), Arrested Development. Despite having a father in jail and seemingly zero business acumen, Michael Bluth still manages to keep the family business in the black. Remember: CNBC's Jim Cramer upgraded the Bluth Company stock from "Don't Buy" to "Risky," so the Bluth fortune might not evaporate when the series returns to Netflix in 2013.
Number 8 - Dr. Benton Quest (voice of John Stephenson / Don Messick), Jonny Quest. Who says you can't make money fighting giant robot walking eyes and building pulsating, shoulder-fired laser cannons? Dr. Quest was quite probably the most dangerous TV Single Dad in the history of the genre. It's amazing Jonny lived through the series.
Number 7 - Edward Stratton III (Joel Higgins), Silver Spoons. The NBC series that made Ricky Schroder a TV star - - it's the plot of the movie Arthur, except the Dudley Moore character has Ricky for a son and a toy company for a business. The toy company seems to be quite lucrative, because it makes money even though the childish dad appears to know very little about how the industry works.
Number 6 - President Samuel Arthur Tresch (George C. Scott), Mr. President. I think it's safe to assume that the POTUS is a member of The 1%, especially if the guy playing the President is General Patton himself.
Number 5 - Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene), Bonanza. The Cartwrights owned a thousand square miles of timber and livestock on the shores of Lake Tahoe. That would be quite a...what's the word? Oh, a BONANZA of wealth in any time period. As Danny DeVito said in the movie Tin Men, 50 year-old Ben Cartwright lived on the Ponderosa Ranch with "his three 49 year-old sons."
Number 4 - O.K. Crackerby (Burl Ives), O.K. Crackerby. A short-lived NBC series from 1965, Burl Ives's title character was described as "The Richest Man in the World." Not sure if he could back that claim up, as all that wealth couldn't keep his show on for more than 17 episodes.
Number 3 - Jeff Tracy (voice of Peter Dyneley), Thunderbirds. Rocket genius billionaire who spent his money buying his own private island and equipping it with an array of aircraft and spaceships to rescue people in danger around the world. Tracy must have made a great deal of money to be able to provide this service internationally - - which is even more impressive when you consider that he's a foot-tall marionette.
Number 2 - Jed Clampett (Buddy Ebsen), The Beverly Hillbillies. The rise from being a "poor mountaineer" who "barely kept his family fed" to being a billionaire living in the middle of 90210 country made for an extremely successful series. Jed stayed rich because the Texas Tea kept flowing, and Mr. Drysdale made sure he didn't invest in most of nephew Jethro's crazy schemes.
And... Number 1 - Bruce Wayne (Adam West), Batman. It's amazing how many people forget Bruce Wayne was the legal guardian of Dick Grayson. What did they think the phrase "youthful ward" meant, anyway? Wayne Industries had enough cashflow that the development of a Batmobile, a Batcave, and simple a Bat-everything could be developed and put to use without anyone noticing how much money was being siphoned off for The Batman's crimefighting hobby. You know you've got money if you can pay for a Batmobile with petty cash.
There's a Yin for every Yang, so let's take a look at the bottom five poorest TV Single Dads.
Number 5 - Dr. Byron Orpheus (voice of Steven Rattazzi), The Venture Bros. The overly-dramatic Necromancer Dr. Orpheus is so broke, he has to sublet a laboratory / apartment from fellow TV Single Dad Rusty Venture, in the Cartoon Network's perfect parody of Jonny Quest.
Number 4 - Fred G. Sanford. (Redd Foxx), Sanford & Son. During the five year run of the series, did Fred Sanford ever sell anything from that salvage store?
Number 3 - Hank Dearborn (Dick Kallman), Hank. A sitcom that tried to make a series out of the lighter side of identity theft, penniless older brother Hank tried to fake his way through college without paying tuition, all while managing to keep his little sister from falling into foster care. A rare series from the mid-1960s that actually completed its storyline in the final episode.
Number 2 - Ron Snuffkin (Tyler Labine), Sons of Tucson. Short-lived FOX TV series (is there any other kind?) that appeared and disappeared just two years ago. Ron Snuffkin was blackmailed into being a surrogate dad for two scheming kids while their real dad was doing 25 years in jail for embezzlement. Surprsingly similar to Malcolm in the Middle, with the added benefit of a TV Single Dad in the mix.
And... Number 1 - Moses Pray (Christopher Connelly), Paper Moon. Based on the movie of the same name, the TV Single Dad in this show was a small-time grifter who was constantly outmatched by his wise-beyond-her-years daughter Addie, played by Jodie Foster. If he were a better grifter, maybe they wouldn't wind up always flat broke, or on this list.
People enjoy reading these lists for the sake of arguing about them. Does Bruce Wayne have more money than Jed Clampett? How poor is Fred Sanford if he's got a storefront in L.A.? That's the beauty of lists, though. If you have debatable points about the order of the lists, or the dads I may have overlooked, I'm sure you'll let me know.
Enjoy! And Happy Fathers' Day.


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