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Mark's wife is very into yoga and manages to drag him along. Heehee. If you search, you will find lots of posts. Here's one.
Hey all -
Wanted to get some input from y'all on a topic that's been on my mind lately. I've been doing yoga, more or less consistently for the past 5 years and it's been one of the things that has changed my life more than anything, specifically related to diet pre-primal. I went vegetarian for a while, mostly because I was convinced that non meat was healthier and, as ghandi's concept of Ahimsa (non violence) guides a lot of yogic philosophy, it seemed in tune. Also, magazine upon magazine of yoga journal was full of why it was bad to eat meat and delicious recipes that were meatless (which I've had a hard time giving up).
I think that the Vegetarian Myth has helped me a lot in dealing with this topic, in terms of viewing the vegetarian lifestyle as not one of non-violence merely because it spares the immediate killing of animals, but I'd like to hear others insights on this issue. Mostly, are yogic philosophy and primality compatible?
Mark's wife is very into yoga and manages to drag him along. Heehee. If you search, you will find lots of posts. Here's one.
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i suspect the vegetarian leanings of yoga stem from its hindu origins. remove the weird religious dogma and theres really no reason why you cant eat meat and practice yoga
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poster zoebird wrote in another thread recently about how the concept of ahmisa as it's understood today is more recent, whereas if you go back to vedic times abstaining for consuming animal products wasn't considered a part of ahimsa. and if Gandhi were really the more important influence I would think you would spell his name right!
and ultimately i think you have to prioritize your health over what yoga journal says. although i think it's great that you're actually trying to keep with the philosophy of yoga rather than just viewing it as 'stretching' and 'a good workout that needs to be stripped of all reminders of its 'weird' religious roots.'
yup, i find it compatible.
first, the vedic culture from which yoga stems is hugely, massively diverse. it includes hindus, buddhists, sikhs, jains. There are hindus, buddhists, and sikhs who eat meat as well as those who don't. For example, *most* nepali hindus eat meat. they also practice yoga. kundalini yoga and sikhism are intimately connected -- most sikhs eat meat. Buddhists -- depending upon location -- tend to eat meat (eg, most thai buddhists eat meat, and thailand is 98% buddhist, 2% animistic religion). It is really only the jains who do not eat meat, though some jains will *if* their health depends upon it.
In india, hindus vary widely. some will eat fish, eggs, dairy, but no other meats. some will also include goat or chicken, but no other meat. and others are lacto vegetarian, others are lacto-ovo. very few are strict vegetarian (vegan). but, they do exist -- and this is pretty much the community that ghandi came from. he was also heavily influenced by vegetarianism in the west -- and the combination of these factors lead to his unique take on vegetarianism and ahimsa.
Ayurveda -- the sister science of yoga -- also has information about eating meat, who should eat it and when for optimal health.
so -- traditionally speaking -- you can eat meat and practice yoga.


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The U.S. News & World Report rankings of U.S. hospitals have become integral to the marketing strategies of many healthcare systems (1). Moreover patients, physicians and administrators survey, quote and legitimize this annual list. Nevertheless, we and others in the medical community have long felt the methodology utilized in compiling this list is highly flawed.
We read with great interest the recent article by Sehgal entitled "The Role of Reputation in the U.S. News & World Report's Rankings of the Top 50 American Hospitals"(2). The author demonstrates that of the three "quality domains" the magazine uses to generate hospital rankings - structure, process, and outcomes -, the process domain has a tremendous dominating effect on the final rankings. Furthermore, the process domain overwhelmingly measures the hospital's reputation score (2). As such, the rankings in U.S. News & World Report essentially reflects a hospital's national reputation, a characteristic that is only further reinforced by the magazine's rankings. The findings were compelling, as nearly perfect correlation existed between the reputation score and the final hospital ranking for all 12 specialties examined. For example, in urology 100% of top 10 hospitals and 95% of top 20 hospitals were ordered identically by reputation score and overall ranking.
Despite the near total dependency of the final ranking on reputation, it is not hard to argue the degree of imperfection in using reputation as a proxy for quality, outcomes and patient satisfaction. The reputation metric is created by surveying approximately 250 specialists in each field and asking them to name the top 5 hospitals in their respective specialty. Only 40-50% of specialists respond to the survey (2). These responses form the basis of the U.S. News & World Report's reputation score and according to Sehgal's findings, its overall rankings (2). This correlation of ranking with reputation could be due to a focus on ensuring "face validity". That is, if those programs that were expected to be at the top by decision makers were not at the top after developing a ranking methodology, then the methodology would be revised (3, 4).
Yet, within the subspecialty of urology, the U.S. News & World Report rankings seem to reflect reality particularly poorly (Table 4) (2). In fact, the rankings every year generate competitive discussions within the specialty, as some strong programs appear low on the list (or do not appear at all), while larger and "reputable," but less accomplished, departments are placed high in the rankings.
Given the increased awareness and availability of contribution, outcomes and process metrics, opportunities exist to improve ranking methodology. Instead of relying largely on highly subjective and bias prone survey responses, as the U.S. News & World Report currently does, we propose a more objective metric we call "Academic Ranking." This metric attempts to capture a department's level of scientific contribution to their specialty relative to other departments nationwide. The Academic Ranking is a simple and reproducible measurement of thought leadership and is calculated by identifying the number of publications originating from a specific department/division within an institution, normalized by the Impact FactorTM of the peer-reviewed journal. Using entirely publically available data on the web, we calculated the Academic Ranking (2005-2010) among departments/divisions of urology in the U.S. and noted dramatic differences in rank compared to the U.S. News & World Report list. Two of the top three programs in the U.S. News & World Report rankings dropped out of the top 10. Meanwhile, the top 10 academically ranked programs dropped or rose an average of more than 5 positions (range 0 to 17) compared to their position in the U.S. News & World Report rankings. Indeed, no statistical correlation was seen between the programs ranked in the top-10 by U.S. News & World Report and our objective and reproducible Academic Ranking method (Spearman's rho -0.1, p=0.75) (5). Even when adjusting Academic Ranking on a per FTE basis to eliminate the benefit of size, a statistically significant difference in the rank lists persisted (Spearman's rho -0.33, p=0.23) (data and methodology available at www.hospitalacademicrank.com). Quantification of each department's recent academic contribution, as with Academic Ranking, better reflects the thought leadership of existing faculty and prominence of a department than historical reputation score. Furthermore, we submit that thought leadership in this manner is more relevant to providing high quality, state of the art patient care than national reputation as derived from the opinion of 125 physicians. It affords an objective metric of leadership that until now remained almost entirely subjective. Integration of such objective measures into an overall ranking system would replace the subjective opinions marred by historical biases and "face validity" with up-to-date, merit-based assessments.
In summary, as we move towards increasingly accountable, evidence- based care, we invite the medical community to develop, test and publish other objective performance assessments - such as the Academic Ranking - to better inform the public of our strengths and identify our weaknesses. Let's change marketing to "metric-ing."
1. Larson RJ, Schwartz LM, Woloshin S, Welch HG. Advertising by academic medical centers. Arch Intern Med. 2005;165(6):645-51.
2. Sehgal AR. The role of reputation in U.S. News & World Report's rankings of the top 50 American hospitals. Ann Intern Med. 2010;152(8):521-5.
3. Sweitzer K, Volkwein J. Prestige among graduate and professional schools: Comparing the U.S. News' Graduate School Reputation Ratings Between Disciplines. Res High Ed. 2009;50:812-36.
4. Brooks R. Measuring University Quality. Rev High Educ. 2005;29:1- 21.
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THEY say a week is a long time in politics. It is an even longer time in fundraising. The charity top-up story which has been running now for over a week, is having a disproportionate and unfair impact on the funding efforts of charities – and more importantly, on the people so reliant on those funds.
This is all the more frustrating because the issue at the centre of the story – top-ups to salaries already paid by state funding – has absolutely nothing to do with the way in which the vast majority of not-for-profit organisations are funded or operate in this country.
Disability agencies or voluntary hospitals receive government funds through what is known as Section 38 funding, for the provision of services on behalf of the HSE. Other charities fortunate enough to be still receiving very reduced levels of government funding get their money specifically for programmes and projects.
In other words, there is simply nothing to top up from for the vast majority of not-for-profit organisations.
Yet, all charities are being unfairly pilloried and wrongly associated with an issue that is miles from their reality. Our members, who are working day and night this Christmas to raise funds for homeless people or sick children tell us people are cancelling donations daily.
But instead of reaching for the phone to cancel your donation, ring up your charity and ask instead, where exactly does my money go to? Blind faith is not enough. People who donate to Irish not-for-profit organisations must be able to do so in assured faith that their money is going exactly where they intend it to go.
This assurance is at the heart of the statement of guiding principles for fundraising, a guide devised by the not-for-profit sector to offer donors and potential donors clarity on what they may expect from a charity, its representatives (whether voluntary or paid) and its management.
This statement will be greatly strengthened with the introduction of the long-overdue 2009 Charities Act and the new Charities Regulatory Authority in 2014 (which not-for-profits have been campaigning for for six years now). In addition, Fundraising Ireland will be introducing Ireland's first Code of Practice for Fundraisers in 2014.
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Over the past week, we've also seen all types of commentary about where donations go. It's easy to sit behind an office desk and be a sceptic, to paint pictures of donors' money being used to fund fancy landrovers, paying off warlords or lining the pockets of politicians. The route from donor to recipient is much more straightforward and much closer to home than even donors might imagine.
I saw first-hand the power and immediacy of people's donations when I worked with GOAL for over eight years, initially in Kenya and Niger, and then with Haven in Haiti following the devastating earthquake in 2010.
WITHIN 48 hours of the earthquake that killed over 250,000 and left up to three million people homeless, we were waiting on the runway of Port-au-Prince airport for the first shipments of food and non-food items. This was directly due to the generosity and rapid response of the Irish public.
This 24-hour rapid response approach also exists in the work of home-focused not-for-profits. The Society of St Vincent de Paul will spend most of its Christmas appeal money over the holiday season. Focus Ireland and Simon will spend most of the money that they raise helping people and families without homes now, not next year.
Ongoing analysis and discussion of how donations are raised and where donations go is healthy; it is welcome. But, let's have the discussion in context and in full. As fundraisers we believe charities should be measured on the level of their achievements.
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She was born on March 16, 1934 in Salem, daughter of the late John M. and Elsie (Mullett) Wolford.
She was a resident of the Greenford/Salem area all her life. She lived on Middletown Road in Greenford for 40 years and was a graduate of Greenford High School in 1952 and an active member of the Greenford Lutheran Church. She and her husband Raymond have lived a very active life and made sure others were receiving the love and care they needed. They were foster parents for over 25 years, raising 30 foster children. They also owned and operated three restaurants, Ye Olde Coffee Cup, Bush Family Restaurant and the Patio Restaurant in the area. Betty also worked as a seamstress at Peggy's Bridal in Greenford.
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"It's all just one big lie."
With those words Bernard Madoff confessed to senior executives of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities that the $17 billion hedge fund company he founded was nothing more than a Ponzi scheme.
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Madoff was arrested Thursday by Federal agents and charged with securities fraud. In its complaint the Securities and Exchange Commission said Madoff was at the head of an "ongoing $50 billion swindle." He could face 25 years in prison.
The news that broke today on the front pages of the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal reverberated in Jewish communities across the world.
"A lot of Jewish charities had investments with him," one prominent investor—who said he had no connection to Madoff—told The Jewish Journal. "So did a lot of Jews."
The collapse of the Madoff business leaves a mess that is yet to be sorted out and whose victims are just coming to the fore.
But what's already clear is that Madoff used his ties to the Jewish community to garner at least some of his ill-used funds.
Madoff is a trustee of the Yeshiva University and a long-time philanthropist in Jewish circles.
According to Yeshiva University, "Bernard L. Madoff, a member of the University's Board of Trustees since 1996, was elected chairman of the Board of Directors of Sy Syms School of Business in 2000. Mr. Madoff is chairman of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, one of the nation's largest third-market dealers in New York Stock Exchange and over-the-counter securities.
A benefactor of the University, Mr. Madoff recently made a major gift to the Sy Syms School."
The first known charity victim, according to JTA, is the The Robert I. Lappin Foundation in Salem, Mass. which gave away about $1.5 million to Jewish causes.
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"Mr. Lappin investments were frozen," the foundation's executive director of the foundation Deborah Coltin told JTA. "The assets are frozen. We have no money. The foundation cannot access its money."
Lappin, who was reached by JTA Friday afternoon, said that he lost $8 million – the entirety of his foundation's money – because it was invested with Madoff. Lappin, who had been involved financially with Madoff since 1991 also took a "significant" hit personally. He said that he knew nothing of Madoff's fraudulent activities.
The foundation, which gave away about $1.5 million per year to Jewish causes, let go all of its workers, one fulltime employee and six part-time employees.
Much more on "Bernard Madoff and the Shame of the Jews" at the Huffington Post. Count on many more disturbing developments in this story.
Remember the spike in anti-Semitism after the financial meltdown? This will be similar, but with the potential to be a lot more damaging because Madoff is actually being charged criminally. In the above article, Rob Eshman points to the comments left on the site dealbreaker.com, which identified some of Madoff's investors. Here's a few of the remarks that will give many Jews chills:
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Birmingham City Councilwoman Carole Smitherman is back at City Hall.
At least her image has been returned to a City Council portrait on display in the lobby outside the council chamber.
Smitherman was digitally erased from the new display, a collage of images showcasing the city's commemoration of 1963. The American flag, originally in the background, stood in the place of the ninth council member.
But the controversy is resolved a day after some visitors and council members pointed out the omission and asked for a correction.
Smitherman left office last month to take a seat as a Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge after nearly three full terms on the council.
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The sixth-seeded Pioneers closed the season at 5-10-6. No. 3 Cleveland advances to the semifinals and will play at Richmond Saturday.
The match was reminiscent of the 3-1 loss the Pioneers suffered at Cleveland Independence Day. In that one, coach Leszek Wrona and players Neil Krause and Federico Molinari were ejected. This time Wrona was tossed in the first half and Molinari picked up his second yellow in the 68th minute with the score tied 2-2.
"We were toe to toe with them for most of the game, even when we were down a guy," said Pioneers general manager Greg Kolodziey, who took over for Wrona on the sidelines. "We wore down at the end trying to chase a goal and they were countering like crazy."
Musa Otieno Ongad scored the go-ahead goal off a free kick from Jason Hotchkin in the 69th minute following Molinari's exit from the field. The City Islanders (11-3-7), who are 8-0-3 at home this season and 15-0-6 at home since joining the USL2 in 2007, added an 89th minute goal from Sallieu Bundu with an assist from Adam Rudd.
"It's never easy to finish the game with less players than we start with," Pioneers forward Jeff Deren said. "I thought we had the better of the play until about eight minutes left in the game, then they took it to us."
Cleveland scored the first goal in the 15th minute, Mark Shulte scoring on a header off a set piece. The Pioneers answered a minute later, Deren scoring out of a scramble following a corner kick.
Bundu scored his first of the match in the 23rd minute to give the City Islanders the lead going into the half, but Krause knotted the game from Omar McFarlane in the 63rd minute.


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WAILUKU - Radio broadcaster Bill Schindler filed a lawsuit in small claims court on Monday for $1,310 he says is owed to him by Na Koa Ikaika Maui.
Schindler broadcast 89 of 90 games for the team in its inaugural season last year - one was missed due to a scheduling conflict - and the first 11 games of this season, all for ESPN 550 AM (KMVI).
"This lawsuit is just as much about defending my reputation as it is about the money now. I can't sit by and let my character be assassinated over false allegations with no evidence to support their claims," Schindler said.
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Schindler provided numerous electronic communications between himself and the team, including voicemails, text messages and emails, supporting his claims. The communications came from owners Bob Young, Leroy Pettigrew and Harris Tulchin, team vice president Bob Elder and chief operating officer David Andrus.
On April 23, more than a month before the 2011 season began, Elder told Schindler in a voicemail that Young, the managing member, had approved a contract for this season and payment of the money due from last year.
"I spoke with Bob Young, I think you and I talked about Bob being the one who holds the biggest vote (among owners)," Elder said in that voicemail. "Bob approved paying you the money you are owed. Your deal is done, we are going to pay you. Bob cleared it and it's a done deal."
On June 27, Schindler received an email from Elder that read: "Bill, I have everything worked out for your back pay and your future pay - Wanna have you back on-board and have been working on it."
In an Aug. 3 voicemail, Andrus said, "We will get you what you are due."
On Aug. 4, Andrus texted Schindler, "Have Been instructed by Bob Young to make payments for current season. Any claim to monies from previous season will be discussed at a later date. Thank you."
Tulchin, Pettigrew and Young, operating under Hawaii Baseball LLC, foreclosed on previous owner Michael Cummings and Maui Dingers LLC late last season.
Schindler has canceled checks totaling $3,150 from last season, which included $350 for seven playoff games at $50 each. He had a contract for $5,000 for the 2010 regular season, leaving what Schindler said was $2,200 owed for last season.
Schindler broadcast the first 11 games of 2011 with what he said was a handshake agreement for $60 per game, which would bring the total owed to $2,860.
After the team went off the air on June 6 in a contract dispute that ended in a lawsuit won by KMVI's parent company, Pacific Radio Group, Na Koa officials announced June 18 they had reached agreement with 104.7 FM (KONI) to carry the games beginning on July 4.
Several delays sprung up and despite public-address announcements at Maehara Stadium for several weeks that the team was going to be on KONI with Schindler behind the microphone, the team never did get back on the air, finally telling Schindler on Aug. 3 in a voicemail from Andrus that it would not broadcast any more games this season.
This season, Schindler received a $500 check May 26, a $350 check May 27 and a $200 check May 28. The latter two read "2010 repayment plan" in the memo.
Schindler said he also received $500 in cash July 12.
On Saturday, Young posted a statement on the team's Facebook page.
It read, in part, "For the record: Mr. Bill Schindler was independently contracted by Na Koa Ikaika to broadcast games for the 2011 season. When our proposed partnership with Pacific Radio Group fell through, we tried our best to retain Mr. Schindler's services as play-by-play man via an alternate outlet.
"In the interim, we paid Mr. Schindler for the 2011 games that he broadcast. In his opinion, the 2011 ownership group, Hawaii Baseball LLC, still owed outstanding monies for the 2010 season, a year in which the team was controlled by a different, and now absent ownership group.
"Hawaii Baseball LLC foreclosed upon the assets of Maui Dingers LLC, doing business as Na Koa Ikaika Maui, and thus, as a matter of law, is not responsible for the liabilities of previous ownership."
Later, Young wrote, "Our return obviously (to radio) never took place, because Mr. Schindler demanded repayment for 2010 before he would go on the air, a demand that we never agreed to."
In Schindler's contract from the 2010 season, a clause reads: "Assumption of Agreement by Company's Successors and Assignees. The Company's rights and obligations under this agreement will inure to the benefit and be binding upon the Company's successors and assignees."
Young was at Na Koa's game Monday at Maehara Stadium and said: "I have no comment on such shenanigans."
After contract talks broke down between Pacific Radio Group and the team to broadcast the remainder of this season's games, Pacific Radio Group sued for $12,259.53 and was awarded a judgment for that amount on July 11 when Na Koa officials did not show up for the hearing in 2nd Circuit Court.
Pacific Radio Group chief executive officer Chuck Bergson confirmed last week that the team had paid its debt to the station after a negotiated settlement, completing the transaction for less than the judgment amount in two installments.
After the foreclosure by Hawaii Baseball LLC, the company assumed the $5,671.80 left over from 2010 from the team's agreement with Maui County to provide $15,000 per season in improvements to Maehara Stadium. The agreement is the same for this season and county spokesman Rod Antone said Monday that so far the current ownership group has paid $7,000 of that $20,671.80.
* Robert Collias is at email@example.com


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|This Third page
contains toothpick holders of early patterns
from Heisey, Fostoria & Riverside and
patterns from the U S Glass Co. States' series patterns.
The FOURTH Store shows miscellaneous toothpicks & novelties.
---To Go BACK to the FIRST Store of various EAPG
patterned toothpicks click HERE.
---To Go BACK to the SECOND Store of various EAPG
patterned toothpicks click HERE.
A. H. Heisey & Company began making pattern glass in 1896.
These are some of their earliest patterns.
|RING BAND in Ivorina Verdc (custard),
Heisey's pattern #310 ca. 1898 with not perfect,
but extraordinary gold decor & signed
with the Diamond H on the base. $165
|BEAD SWAG Heisey's #1295 has
a vestige of gold left. **SOLD**
|FANDANGO aka
DIAMOND SWAG Heisey's
#120 ca 1896. It has a tiny nick
on the top of the base & a flat
flake on one top point. $38
Another without damage is $85.
|PEERLESS Heisey's #300 ca 1897. It has a teeny flake on
the upper outer top edge
|PINEAPPLE & FAN in
excellent condition. Gold is some worn. Made ca1898.
Heisey's #1220.
Engraved "Omaha
Exp 98 Maud" $42.
|CUT BLOCK was Heisey's
first pattern, #1200 c. 1896
Souveniered "Beloit Wisc.".
Excellent ruby.
Match holder size. $125
CUT BLOCK was Heisey's first pattern, #1200 c. 1896.
|WINGED SCROLL is Heisey's gold decorated
toothpick in Ivorina Verde (what some call custard glass)
It is photographed with the black and with the white
backdrop to show off the color. $245
by Heisey ca. 1897. $175
|CARMEN aka
Fostoria Glass Co. #575
ca. 1896. $75
|SYLVAN aka Overall Diamond is Fostoria's
#1119 ca. 1902. $42
|ROSBY aka
Fostoria Glass Co. #1704
ca. 1910. $65
|ATLANTA aka SQUARE LION Fostoria's #500 has a
tiny flake on top edge and the nose of one corner
lion is chipped. $65
The clear version has a chip on the nose of one
of the lions seen HERE. $65
Another clear version has a tiny flake on one
top corner seen HERE. $55
Fostoria's #444
|LONG BUTTRESS Fostoria's pattern #1299
was made ca. 1904 & advertised as a
"sanitary" toothpick holder. It is 2" x 4". $48
|BEDFORD is Fostoria's
pattern #1000 ca. 1901. It has a
tiny nic on the base edge. $45
|BOX IN BOX in
emerald w/ very good gold decor $85
|EMPRESS; Riverside's #492 is $85
|ESTHER aka TOOTH & CLAW in clear.
Made ca. 1896 $95
ca 1902 in clear
is $55
|The rare amethyst
CROESUS ca. 1897 with
average gold decor.
See ruf spot HERE. **SOLD**
|X-RAY in the very rare marigold
iridescent color with floral enamel
decor is $175
|X-RAY in emerald
green with some remaining
gold decor. $35
|X-RAY in emerald green
with excellent gold.
|REWARD is a rather obscure Riverside #511 toothpick
ca. 1901. It is 2 5/8" tall
& flawless - gold is worn on
base and top edge. See side
1891, the U S Glass Co. began making pattern glass dishes
in patterns named after the states which were
members of the Union at that time.
These are now known as "The States' Patterns".
We are including a few here which are slightly peripheral to
the "official" list of patterns named for states but which
some now collect as a part of that series.
Darryl Reilly and Bill Jenks have written a fabulous book,
U. S. GLASS THE STATES PATTERNS; An Identification & Value Guide,
and they have generously allowed us to use
their valuable published information on this web site
|DELAWARE aka FOUR PETAL FLOWER has very good gold & blush staining $165
|DELAWARE also in Green and Gold
with excellent gold decor . Shown in 2 views.
|ALABAMA aka Beaded Bullseye & Drape is the
U S Glass Co. pattern #15062 made ca. 1892.
Shown are 2 views to show the fancy pattern. $75
|WASHINGTON aka
Late Washington U S Glass
Co. #15074. Good painted
floral decor. $85
ILLINOIS aka Clarissa aka Star of the East was made with gold. By U S Glass Co. ca. 1897
|MANHATTAN by U S
Glass Co. ca. 1902 also
came with some gold
decor. $42
One with no gold is $32.
|PORTLAND, as we know,
is not a state, but the
U S Glass Co. made it
ca. 1910.
Some wear on corners.
|LOUISIANA aka Granby is
really a match safe but is
collected as this State's
|FLORIDA aka Emerald
Green Herringbone, by U S Glass Co. ca. 1890s. A mustard pot with attached underplate missing its lid
but also collected as
a toothpick holder.
|MARYLAND is a RARE
toothpick holder. It has
a flat flake on the
outside edge of
one of the top scallops
seen HERE. $185
|COLORADO in clear is the hardest 'color' of this patterns toothpick to find. It has some remaining gold decor. $65
|TEXAS aka Loop with Stippled Panels by U S
Glass Co. ca. 1900. We
have 2 @ $75 each
|VERMONT aka Honeycomb with Flower Rim. This one is without damage & good gold (not perfect) for $85.
|These 2 are not exactly U. S. Glass Co. States' toothpick series but can be
included here. On the left is actually the COLORADO violet bowl, but it is the same size as the toothpick and fits in with a toothpick collection nicely. $70
On the right is the pretty little MANHATTAN pattern. Since 9/11 it really represents all of our states. $48
|BANDED PORTLAND aka VIRGINIA with blush decor
|BANDED PORTLAND aka VIRGINIA in clear
|CALIFORNIA aka BEADED GRAPE has a base chip so
is $35
See in Green below.
|PENNSYLVANIA aka Balder made ca. 1898.
U S Glass Co. #15048
|FEATHER aka INDIANA SWIRL is not really the Indiana pattern but some collect as such $95
|HAWAIIAN LEI aka GALA is a Higbee pattern, again not a true "States" pattern but collected as such by some. It is also the spooner of the Child's Set in this pattern $48
|ILLINOIS pattern
aka CLARISSA
aka STAR OF THE EAST is $35.
|IOWA pattern is aka PANELLED ZIPPER. There is a 5/16" x 3/16" ding on the side. The
top edge and base
are fine $35
|MINNESOTA aka
Muchness c 1890s with
faint gold decor $35
|NEW HAMPSHIRE aka Bent Buckle ca/ 1903
in all clear. $48
|NEW HAMPSHIRE c. 1903 is hard to find with blush staining.
aka Jeweled
Rosettes. ca.
1899. $195
|MINNESOTA aka Muchness again
by U S Glass Co. c 1890s. This is actually a
'match safe' but it is open at both ends. At 3 1/2" tall, they were also sold as advertising
pieces embossed on the base between the upper & lower parts.
This one has no Advertisement on it. $42
|OKLAHOMA aka
REGAL by U S Glass Co.
c. 1906. We have two of
these @ $45 each.
|ARIZONA aka
TEPEE aka NEMESIS c. 1897; has a base flake so
discounted to $40.
|TEXAS STAR; OMN Spiral by Steimer Glass Co. West Virginia
c. 1905. Not the "official" Texas state pattern but collected as
such by some. One has a couple of flea bites on the base; can't
see but can feel them. $65.
One has 1 tiny corner nic on the base that extends underneath. $35
|VERMONT aka Honeycomb with Flower Rim. This
is a reissue of the original
from 1899. $24
|VERMONT aka Honeycomb with Flower
Rim. This is an original issue with most
of its original gold decor
intact. $85
|VERMONT aka Honeycomb with Flower Rim. This is an opalescent reissue of the original from 1899. $24
|The MICHIGAN State pattern toothpick holder
is a
U S Glass product from 1902. The clear one is $45.
The one decorated with yellow lower section and an enamel
stemmed flower is considered rare.**SOLD**
CALIFORNIA aka BEADED GRAPE like the clear one
We do not sell "sun-purpled" glass (Here's why).


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Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Dozens of health professionals and organizations from around the Lowcountry will offer health education, screenings, and other services to Charleston and surrounding area residents in February during the Annual Delma M. Woods and Aleta McLeod-Bryant Health and Wellness Fair. The health fair, sponsored by the Tri-County Black Nurses Association and committed health organizations will be held Saturday, February 23, 2013 at the Arthur Christopher City Gymnasium, 265 Fishbourne Street, Charleston from 9 a.m.-3pm.
The theme of this year's fair is "Your Health is Your Wealth." The purpose of the annual health fair is to allow individuals to become more attuned to their health care and that of their families. Organizers of this year's health fair want to increase awareness among Lowcountry families and encourage participants to understand that the wealthiest thing you will ever own is good health.
The event has something for everyone. Free screenings will be provided to check the following: blood pressure, cholesterol, blood glucose, vision, dental, sickle cell anemia, height/weight, body mass index (BMI), and prostate (PSA).
MUSC's Hollings Cancer Center, Mobile Cancer Screening Unit will be on-site to provide digital mammography screenings for women age 40 and older.
To schedule an appointment, please call Outreach Services at 843-792-0878
The mission of Tri-County Black Nurses Association (TCBNA) is to provide a forum for collective action by African-American nurses to investigate, define and determine what the health care needs of African-Americans are and to implement change to make available to African-Americans and other minorities, health care commensurate with that of the larger society. TCBNA is an affiliate of the National Black Nurses Association (NBNA). Based in Charleston, TCBNA was the first chapter organized within the state of South Carolina.
In addition to offering health care interventions for communities the organization also offers scholarships to active nursing students to help continue their education. For more information, please contact the Tri-County Black Nurses Association at 843.818.8807.
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Residents can kick off their weekend by attending a pair of BP oil spill community meetings in St. Bernard Parish today.
From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Frederick J. Sigur Civic Center ballroom, 3220 Jean Lafitte Parkway in Chalmette, the Our Home, Louisiana Coalition is holding a series of free family health and welfare events for residents affected by the Gulf oil spill crisis. Visit www.OurHomeLouisiana.org for details.
Then, a second BP spill-themed meeting starts at 4 p.m. at St. Bernard Parish Council Chambers, 82010 W. Judge Perez Drive in Chalmette. Dr. Rikki Ott, who studied the Exxon Valdez oil spill, will deliver a presentation. George Barisich of the United Commercial Fishermen Association and St. Bernard Parish Councilman Fred Everhardt coordinated the event. Reach Everhardt at 504.650.0720 for more information.


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Dam at the Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge - Charlo, Montana
in Water Dams
To locate the Ninepipe National Wildlife Refuge and this dam: from Hwy. 93 south of Ronan, turn west on Hwy. 212. Continue 3 km. to the entrance. Turn south on the dirt road, go through the gate and continue to the parking area, 900 meters.
posted by: BK-Hunters
location: Montana
date approved: 12/23/2014
last visited: 6/23/2015
Flint Creek Dam - Philipsburg, MT
Flint Creek Dam created Georgetown Lake by containing Flint Creek as it passes from east to west through the Flint Creek Valley.
date approved: 12/16/2014
last visited: never
Chocorua River Dam - Chocorua, NH
This small dam on the Chocorua River is part flood control but also creates a "bioretention cell" and a small roadside park along Route 16 in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.
posted by: silverquill
location: New Hampshire
date approved: 12/12/2014
Bagnell Dam Scenic Overlook
Scenic overlook of the Bagnell Dam just outside of Osage Beach Missouri.
posted by: singleshot54
location: Missouri
date approved: 11/24/2014
Barrage à aiguille de Vallet à Dierre (Centre, France)
(fr) Barrage à aiguille de Vallet sur le village de Dierre
(eng) Dam needle on the village of Vallet Dierre
posted by: Dragon Ball
location: Centre, France
date approved: 11/12/2014
last visited: 5/8/2016
Bootawa Dam, Manning Valley, NSW
Bootawa Dam is a holding reservoir/dam for the Great Lakes and Greater Taree areas (7,000 square km). Water is pumped from the Manning River above the tidal zone.
posted by: Grahame Cookie
location: New South Wales, Australia
date approved: 10/27/2014
Sanford Dam -- Lake Meredith, nr Fritch TX
A long dam on a dry lake which has never fulfilled its purpose is worth visiting just to see usually hidden dam infrastructure and get a lesson on the need to conserve water.
posted by: Benchmark Blasterz
location: Texas
date approved: 10/20/2014
last visited: 10/20/2014
Lake Maloya Dam -- Sugarite Cyn SP, nr Raton NM
An earthen dam across Sugarite Creek creates Lake Maloya in beautiful Sugarite Canyon State park near Raton NM
location: New Mexico
date approved: 10/13/2014
last visited: 10/14/2014
Hyatt Dam - Jackson County, OR
This reservoir dam is located at Hyatt Lake at the SW end.
posted by: thebeav69
location: Oregon
date approved: 10/10/2014
Oroville Dam - Oroville, California
Oroville Dam is an earthfill embankment dam on the Feather River east of the city of Oroville, California. At 770 feet (230 m) high, it is the tallest dam in the U.S. and serves mainly for water supply, hydroelectricity generation and flood control.
posted by: DougK
location: California
date approved: 10/7/2014
Sylvan Lake Water Dam - Custer State Park, South Dakota
a water dam located on the Sylvan Lake in Custer State Park (South Dakota) USA
posted by: oiseau_ca
location: South Dakota
date approved: 9/14/2014
last visited: 9/21/2014
Kilmorack Dam/Power Station - Kilmorack, Scotland
The Kilmorack Dam, which includes a Power Station, is located in the small hamlet of Kilmorack in Inverness-shire in the Highlands of Scotland. It is located on the River Beauly and is operated by Scottish Hydro.
posted by: Marine Biologist
location: Northern Scotland, United Kingdom
date approved: 9/3/2014
Berlin Dam - Portage County, Ohio
Berlin Dam was built in 1942 for flood control on the Mahoning River.
posted by: lonewolf5929
location: Ohio
date approved: 8/21/2014
Gatun Dam - Gatun Lake, Panama
This dam was constructed on the Charges River between 1907 and 1913 in order to create Lake Gatun which is an essential part of the Panama Canal.
posted by: Peter and Gloria
location: Panama
date approved: 8/19/2014
last visited: 1/23/2012
Schwarzenbach-Talsperre - Forbach/Germany
Schwarzenbach - Talsperre im Nordschwarzwald bei Forbach.
Schwarzenbach reservoir in the northern Black Forest in Forbach.
posted by: KaPsTeam
location: Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Pejar Dam - Crookwell, NSW
Pejar Dam is one of two dams that supply drinking water for the City of Goulburn, Australia's first inland city.
posted by: Tuena
date approved: 7/28/2014
last visited: 5/25/2016
Kettle Falls Dam: Voyageurs National Park, Island View, MN
This dam was built between 1910-14 by Minnesota and Ontario Power Company to regulate the water flow on the Rainy River.
posted by: wildernessmama
location: Minnesota
date approved: 7/24/2014
The Vergennes Dams - Vergennes, Vermont
A nice dams create for electricity purposes.
posted by: gemeloj
location: Vermont
McArthur Lake Dam - McArthur, ID
McArthur Lake Wildlife Management Area was established in 1942 to protect and enhance waterfowl habitat. It is between Sandpoint and Bonners Ferry on Highway 95 in Bonner and Boundary Counties.
location: Idaho
date approved: 7/21/2014
Rifle Gap Dam - Garfield County, Colorado, USA
The Rifle Gap Dam is part of a reservoir system to provide water for irrigation with the benefit of recreation facilities.
posted by: Outspoken1
location: Colorado
Waterton Reservoir Dam - Pincher Creek, AB
This is one of several irrigation reservoirs along the rivers of southern Alberta. The nearest town of any size is Pincher Creek, while the nearest small town is Glenwood, about 15 km. east on 505.
location: Alberta, Canada
date approved: 7/9/2014
Muldewehr Dessau - ST - Germany
Willkommen in der Bauhausstadt Dessau
posted by: Mr&Mrs_Right
location: Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
date approved: 7/3/2014
last visited: 8/4/2014
The water dam of Krimov - Chomutov, Ustecky kraj/ Czech Republic
This is the water dam of Krimov
posted by: kishin
location: Ustecky kraj, Czech Republic
date approved: 5/31/2014
Albeni Falls Dam - Oldtown ID
The primary purpose of the Albeni Falls Dam was to ameliorate flooding on the Pend Oreille River and the Columbia River Valley. Built by the US Army Corps of Engineers from 1951 to 1955, power generation was just a happy side benefit.
date approved: 5/26/2014
Hungry Horse Dam - Hungry Horse, MT
Hungry Horse is a tall dam - 11th tallest in the U.S. at 564 feet. It is a concrete arch dam 2,115 feet long containing 3,086,200 yards of concrete. The powerhouse contains four 107 Megawatt generators, their combined output 428 MW.
date approved: 5/22/2014
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Explains the physical principles underlying the behaviour of glaciers and ice sheets and concludes with a chapter on the information about past climate and atmospheric composition obtainable from ice cores. The past 40 years have seen major advances in most aspects of the subject; the book concentrates on these. It is an updated and expanded version of the second edition, and is now available in the long-awaited paperback format. Much of the book deals with developments since the second edition was published.
Dr Paterson's introduction to glacier studies was with the British North Greenland Expedition in 1953-4. He emigrated to Canada in 1957 and between 1959 and 1980 studied glaciers in the Canadian Arctic and the Rocky Mountains, mainly under the auspices of the Canadian Government's Polar Continental Shelf Project. Since 1980 he has done consulting work and has also been a visiting scientist with the Geophysics Department at the University of Copenhagen (three times) and with the Australian Antarctic Division. He has also given a comprehensive lecture course at the Institute of Glaciology and Geocryology in Lanzhou, China. He is now retired (more or less) and lives in British Columbia.
New paperback edition of a classic text
Well-known and respected author
Updated and expanded since the second edition, reflecting the advances in most aspects of the subject over the last 40 years.
The Transformation of Snow to Ice
Mass Balance
Heat Budget and Climatology
Structure and Deformation of Ice
Hydraulics of Glaciers
Glacier Sliding
Deformation of Subglacial Till
Structures and Fabrics of Glaciers and Ice Sheets
Flow of Ice Shelves and Ice Streams
Non-Steady Flow of Glaciers and Ice Sheets
Surging and Tidewater Glaciers
Ice Core Studies
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VIX jumps as equities fall sharply
Chris McKhann | [email protected]
The S&P 500 was down 23.34 points, or 1.32 percent, to 1747.15. The benchmark index finished just off its session low. It has support at 1730 and then 1700. Resistance is at the all-time high of 1775.
The Nasdaq 100 was down 63.97 points, or 1.89 percent, to 3321.41. It too closed just off its lows of the day. The index has some support at 3300 and then 3220. Resistance is at 3408.
The Russell 2000 lost 19.55 points to 1079.09. The small-cap index has resistance at 1123 and support at 1044.
The VIX was up 1.24 points, or 9.79 percent, to 13.91. The volatility index was as high as 14.14 going into the close.
The VIX futures followed suit. The November futures were up 0.55 points to 14.25, while the December contracts gained 0.45 points to 15.40. That had the iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Note (VXX) up 3.54 percent to $12.70.


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MILROY - Cole Baker might only be 13-years-old, but right now he has the Mifflin County All Stars on his shoulders.
Baker pitched and batted Mifflin County to a 10-4 win over Gettysburg Sunday night.
Mifflin County needed a win desperately to stay in the tournament and to avoid being eliminated with an 0-2 record. Mifflin County will now face the loser of the Perry County-Altoona game on Tuesday at 7 p.m. Perry County plays Altoona tonight at 7 p.m., weather permitting.
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Mifflin County second baseman Carson King applies the late tag as Altoona's Trevor Miller swipes second base during Mifflin County's Babe Ruth District 7 13-year-old tournament game against Altoona Saturday evening in Milroy.
Baker pitched a complete game allowing six hits, striking out four and walking four.
Mifflin County jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead in the first on just one hit. Kyle Peachey had the only hit in the inning, an RBI single. Gettysburg gave up four walks and two errors. One of those walks was to Collin Stuck with the bases loaded.
Gettysburg came right back with three runs in the bottom of the first as Baker gave up three hits and two walks. But, after that Baker was in shut down mode as Gettysburg didn't score again until the seventh.
Meanwhile, Mifflin County built on its 4-3 lead with runs in the second and fifth. In the second, Drew Williams had a sacrifice fly and Peachey scored on a balk.
In the fifth, Mifflin County scored three times thanks to a big hit by Baker and a hustle play from Marcus Donahey.
Carson King drew a walk and Aaron Wagner was sent in to pinch run. Wagner stole second. Stuck continued the inning with a walk and then Donahey hit into a fielder's choice that erased Stuck at second, but Donahey beat the double play throw to first base.
Baker then ripped a triple to the wall, scoring Wagner and Donahey, and when the relay throw was errant, Baker raced home.
Again in the seventh, it was Baker who scored Mifflin County's 10th run. With two out, Baker walked, stole second and third and scored when the Gettysburg catcher tried to throw him out at third and the ball went in to left field.
"Cole (Baker) had a rough first inning, but came back and pitched a nice game," Mifflin County manager Bill Corbin said. "We played better defense tonight (compared to Saturday). Cole also had the big hit. He crushed that ball. Marcus Donahey hustled to beat that throw for a double play and that was big because it set up Baker's hit. Those are the little things that you don't see in a box score that can help you win."
Saturday's games
Altoona 13, Mifflin County 3
MILROY - Mifflin County Babe Ruth 13-year-old manager, Bill Corbin, was a prophet Saturday night.
Before the start of the District 7 Babe Ruth 13-year-old tournament, Corbin said he was concerned about his team throwing strikes and fielding the ball.
On Saturday night, made his team made him look like a soothsayer.
Mifflin County pitchers gave up six walks and committed six errors and was blasted by Altoona, 13-3, in six innings. The game was stopped because of the 10-run rule.
"I didn't think our pitchers threw that bad, but you can't have that many errors, especially early in the game," Corbin pointed out. "They made the plays and we didn't."
Mifflin County had six errors all in the first three innings.
The last time Mifflin County lost at home by the 10-run rule was in the 2003 Mid-Atlantic Regional to Metro New York and that team went on to the World Series.
Altoona only had eight hits and didn't get the first one until the third inning. But, by then Mifflin County was already down, 3-0.
In the first inning, Altoona scored three times on two walks and three Mifflin County errors.
Then in the third inning, Altoona took control of the game on five hits and three more Mifflin County miscues.
Three RBI singles in the inning by Cole Gibson, Ryan Shope and Jacob Huber helped the Altoona cause.
One of the few bright spots for Mifflin County was the relief pitching of Joe Taptich.
Drew Williams started for Mifflin County, but didn't get out of the third inning. Taptich finished the third and threw two scoreless innings in the fourth and fifth, before Altoona finally scored again.
Finally in the sixth, Altoona put together another three-hit inning that wrapped up the game. Shope had a two-run single, while Max Sankey ripped a an RBI double.
Mifflin County only had six hits with two of those coming back to back in the first inning. Kyle Peachey drew a two out walk and Cole Baker knocked him home with a double. Williams followed with an RBI base hit and Mifflin County got as close as it would get all night at 3-2.
In the third, Mifflin County scored its last run of the day as Nick Hostetler singled, stole second and scored on another Baker double.
With one out in the fourth, Mifflin County mounted a small comeback. Derick Cross walked and Carson King and Collin Stuck followed with singles to load the bases.
But, Hostetler and Aaron Kanagy failed to get the ball out of the infield and that turned out to be Mifflin County's last real threat.
T.J. Becker started for Altoona and went the first four innings and picked up the win. He allowed all three runs and gave up all six hits. Becker walked two and struck out one. Avery McGinnis closed out the win for Altoona as he struck out two, gave up no hits and walked one.
Notes: Baker was the only multiple hitter for Mifflin County with two. ... Shope was the only multiple hitter for Altoona with two. ... Altoona only committed one error and it came late in the game in the sixth inning. ... Perry County defeated Gettysburg, 11-7, on Saturday.


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WASHINGTON -- Factory orders dropped for the second straight month in September as businesses cut back on purchases of steel, computers and other equipment amid the economic downturn, the government said Tuesday.
The Commerce Department said factory orders fell by 2.5 percent from August, much worse than the 0.7 percent drop analysts expected. That's on top of a revised 4.3 percent decline in August.
Excluding autos and aircraft, orders fell 3.7 percent, the steepest drop since 1992 when the department began tracking sector-specific changes.
Orders for non-defense capital goods excluding aircraft, considered a good indication of business investment plans, fell by 1.5 percent. That follows a 2.3 percent drop in August and indicates companies are cutting back on investments, likely due to the economic downturn and difficulty getting credit.
The Commerce Department said last week that the economy contracted at an annual rate of 0.3 percent in the third quarter. Consumer spending fell 3.1 percent in the July-September period, its first drop in 17 years and steepest fall since 1980.
Businesses also cut back, reducing their spending on equipment at a 5.5 percent pace. Orders for autos and auto parts recovered somewhat, increasing by 2.7 percent, after plummeting 10.6 percent in August, the department said.
Still, automakers had two disastrous months in September and October. The reluctance of banks to lend has hurt automakers by making it difficult for potential buyers to get auto loans.
According to October sales data released Monday, sales sank 45 percent at General Motors Corp., 30 percent at Ford, 25 percent at Honda Motor Co. and 23 percent at Toyota.
Ford Motor Co., Toyota Motor Corp., Chrysler LLC and Nissan reported sales drops of more than 30 percent in September.
Meanwhile, a private trade group said Monday that its index of U.S. manufacturing activity fell sharply in October to its lowest level in 26 years.
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U.S. stocks rose, sending the Standard & Poor's 500 Index to the highest level since June 2008, as better-than-estimated corporate earnings tempered investors' concern over slowing economic growth.
Insurers led gains as Allstate Corp., Aflac Inc. and Lincoln National Corp. posted earnings that topped estimates. Sprint Nextel Corp. rallied 6.7 percent as the third-largest U.S. mobile-phone carrier reported a narrower loss after paring costs to offset contract-customer defections. Constellation Energy Group Inc. advanced 5.7 percent as Exelon Corp. offered $7.9 billion to buy the power producer. Boeing Co. gained 3.2 percent as Citigroup Inc. raised its share-price estimate.
The S&P 500 climbed 0.4 percent to 1,360.48 at 4 p.m. in New York. The benchmark gauge for American equities rallied yesterday as the Federal Reserve renewed its pledge to stimulate growth with low interest rates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 72.35 points, or 0.6 percent, to 12,763.31 today.
"Corporate America has managed to do very well in this environment of sluggish growth," said Randy Bateman, chief investment officer of Huntington Asset Management in Columbus, Ohio, which oversees $14.4 billion. "Earnings are beating estimates. Companies are adding value to their shareholders. There are just not that many alternatives that can compete with corporate America at this point."
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The S&P 500 has rallied 8.2 percent in 2011 as higher-than- estimated profit and economic reports from manufacturing to housing bolstered investors' confidence. Earnings-per-share beat estimates at more than three-quarters of the 269 companies in the S&P 500 that reported results since April 11, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
Benchmark gauges reversed early losses today as a report showed the number of Americans signing contracts to buy previously owned homes rose more than forecast in March, a sign the industry that triggered the recession may be stabilizing.
Stock-index futures fell before the start of regular trading as government data showed the U.S. economy grew at a slower pace than forecast in the first quarter as consumer purchases cooled and government spending declined. Another report showed new applications for unemployment benefits in the U.S. unexpectedly rose last week to the highest level in three months, a sign progress in the labor market may be stalling.
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"It's very clear that it's going to be harder and harder to beat estimates from here," said Quincy Krosby, a market strategist for Newark, New Jersey-based Prudential Financial Inc., which oversees $784 billion. "You're going to see the leading economic indicators weaken, albeit from a high level. You are going to have more questions in the market."
The global equities bull market will weather any halt in bond purchases by the Fed amid rising U.S. consumption and investment in emerging markets, according to Templeton Asset Management's Mark Mobius.
The S&P climbed to an almost three-year high yesterday and the Russell 2000 Index of smaller stocks reached a record after the central bank renewed its pledge to keep interest rates near zero to stimulate the economy. The Federal Open Market Committee agreed to finish $600 billion of Treasury purchases in June. Another round of buying isn't needed to sustain the rally and there won't be an economic slump in the second half, Mobius said in a phone interview from Bucharest yesterday before the Fed statement.
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"We are in a bull market and it will continue," said Mobius, 74, who oversees more than $50 billion as the Singapore- based executive chairman of Templeton's emerging markets group. "There will be corrections along the way but these will be very temporary. The consumer in Europe and America is back. They're not spending like crazy but they are spending."
The S&P 500 Insurance Index rose 1.7 percent, the biggest gain within 24 groups, as 21 of its 22 stocks rallied.
Lincoln and Allstate are among insurers benefiting from improved investment results in the first quarter. Lincoln reported gains on alternative investments, such as hedge funds, while Allstate said losses narrowed on derivatives. Allstate's results also improved as claims from costs tied to natural disasters declined.
Allstate, the largest publicly traded U.S. home and auto insurer, gained 5.7 percent to $33.76. Aflac rose 5 percent to $57. Lincoln National added 4.2 percent to $31.64.


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Here are the multimedia offerings from the Detroit Red Wings' 6-4 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday night:
Highlights: ESPN posted a 42-second highlight clip;
TSN posted a 48-second highlight clip;
WXYZ posted a highlight clip focusing on the Wings' late-game rally, and includes post-game comments from Mike Babcock and Dan Cleary;
And NHL.com's highlights are 4:53 in length and are narrated by Ken Daniels and Mickey Redmond:
Post-game: Fox Sports posted a superb 1:59 post-game interview with Dan Cleary, courtesy of Trevor Thompson. Cleary accurately suggests that the Red Wings have "another level or two" to get to;
The Red Wings' website posted a 1:11 clip of post-game comments from Cleary, Henrik Zetterberg, and coach Mike Babcock. Zetterberg says, "Tonight was an ugly one, again";
And WXYZ posted a longer clip of comments from Cleary, Andreas Lilja, Zetterberg and Babcock;
Photos: The Detroit Free Press posted a 10-image gallery;
The Detroit News posted an 11-image gallery and a bonus pic from David Guralnick;
The Red Wings' website posted a 12-image gallery and a spectacular image of a Torspo glove-wearing Tomas Holmstrom pulling the puck off the boards from ice level;
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The town of Lac Megantic has officially launched the beginning of the work on its new downtown.
Most of the old historic center of town was destroyed last July after a runaway train carrying highly volatile crude oil rolled into town and exploded, killing 47 people.
One of the businesses being rebuilt is the old crèmerie or ice cream shop. Youths from Lac Megantic and a neighbouring town will take part in a special two day 270 km run. High school staff and students from Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier will run from their school to Lac Megantic, ending up at the new ice cream shop right near the sports complex in the new downtown Lac Megantic, very close to where the disaster happened.
Lac Megantic councillor Daniel Gendron said it's important for the community to have familiar gathering places like the ice cream shop get back on their feet.
"La crèmerie, La berge glacée, was, after the supper during the night, a place where everybody came with family," Gendron said.
"All my children, four anf five-year-old, go on bikes to the ice cream shop to eat ice cream and it's just near the beginning of the Chaudière River. It's a nice place, it's a place to talk with other parents."
Last week, workers installed the first steel beams for the reconstruction of another familiar gathering place, the Musicafé bar. The train explosion destroyed the bar where most of the victims were that night.
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Everyone likes to play doctors and nurses. Patients and surgeons? Not so much, unless you're some kind of sicko or Jigsaw from Saw.
Luckily your actual hospitals have moved on apace since the chloroform, rusty saw and sawdust days.
Now you'll find all kinds of high tech instruments that'll poke, prod, slice and dice you in more ways you can possibly imagine.
Now just slip this green gown on and lie on that comfy table. Nurse! The two-handed saw, please.
1. daVinci Si HD System
The trouble with humans is that they're all icky and squelchy inside which is why surgeons are increasingly turning to robots to do the dirty work for them.
The da Vinci Si System from Intuitive Surgical helps that happen by giving doctors a high definition 3D view of your bits and bobs, while multiple robot arms armed with scissors, scalpels and other horror movie nasties go to work.
And just like a very gory games console, the da Vinci Si System has a two-player mode so two surgeons can have a go at once. Devices like the da Vinci Si System offer all kinds of possibilities to medics, including remote surgery where doctors in one country work on the patient lying in hospital in another, as happened with the Lindbergh Operation last year.
2. CyberKnife
Now this is more like it. The Accuray CyberKnife is a massive medical instrument that does away with scalpels and drills in favour of targeting bits of your body with highly focused beams of radiation. Yes, we said radiation.
Because it's non-invasive, the CyberKnife helps patients recover more quickly from the effects of surgery that the other more old-fashioned kind, although patients usually have to undergo several treatments to totally eradicate tumours.
You can go under the CyberKnife at several locations across the UK, including the aptly named CyberKnife Centre London and at The London Clinic, which has just opened a new £80 million specialist cancer treatment centre. The Novalis Tx by Varian Medical Systems offers similar benefits.
3. InnerCool RTx Endovascular System
Most of us try to avoid hypothermia like the plague (medical term), but Philips InnerCool RTx system actually does the opposite - chiefly to help neuro and cardiac surgeons work on patients in the operating theatre - something known as Temperature Modulation Therapy.
Instead of old-fashioned ice packs and blankets, InnerCool RTx cools patients from the inside using a catheter with temperature sensor, which is placed next to the femoral artery below the heart.
In practice, the InnerCool RTx works a bit like a heat exchanger - reducing body heat by transferring it to a cooling cart using a saline solution. All of this is especially good news for brain surgeons, who can keep their patients conscious and responsive while they work on them.
4. Olympus VisiGlide
There's no easy way to put this. Surgeons dealing with tummy troubles often resort to endoscopy - a kind of medical procedure that ends up with them sticking a tube up into a body cavity (your nose, mouth, bum) with all kinds of cameras, scalpels, clamps and other implements on the end.
The Olympus VisiGlide is more specialised kind of instrument designed to make access to the pancreatic and bile ducts easier. Measuring just 0.025-inches in diameter, it's made from a kink-resistant super elastic alloy and covered with a hydrophilic coating, which makes it easier to move around. Thank goodness for that.
5. PillCam
If you're feeling queasy at the thought of having a regular endoscopy, then why not try the PillCam instead? Shaped like a medicine capsule, this 11mm x 26mm device slips down your throat with glug of water and enables surgeons to get a good look at your insides without having to poke you up the bum or open you up using a knife.
Maker GivenImaging offers three different variants to surgeons, enabling it to detect things like internal bleeding, bowel tumours and Crohn's Disease. Eight hours after you swallow the PillCam it pops back out again. We'll leave it to you to guess how.
6. Siemens SOMATOM Definition Flash
Dicky ticker? The Siemens SOMATOM Definition Flash CT scanner can find out what's wrong in less than half a heartbeat. It uses a very low dose of radiation to image your heart - and you don't even need to be taking beta blockers or hold your breath while it works. In fact the scanner can image your whole chest region in less than 0.6 seconds - and there's already one example doing its thing in a UK hospital. That's another load off, eh?
7. Antenna Pill
Also trying the high tech pill route is the University of Florida, which has come up with the Antenna Pill - a capsule that has a dose of your medicine at one end and a tiny radio microchip at the other.
Swallow the pill and the non-toxic chip transmits a signal to a monitor around your neck, which it's hoped, will eventually be built-in to mobile phones and / or a wristwatch so doctors and family members can tell when you've had your medicine. The Antenna Pill is currently at the prototype stage. Check out the video at redOrbit.
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Tested by Fire
Badly Burned in a Terrifying Bus Crash, Harold Dennis Rises, Phoenix-Like, to Play College Football
That honor last fall didn't please Dennis, 21. "I didn't deserve it," he says. But many Kentuckians disagree—less because of what Harold Dennis did on the field than because of the courage it took him to get there. On May 14, 1988, Dennis nearly died in one of the nation's worst school bus accidents, a fiery crash near Carrollton, Ky., that killed 27 people—all but three of them children—and left many of the 40 survivors, including Dennis, seriously disfigured.
Dennis, then 14, suffered third-degree burns on his face, left shoulder and left ear—and spent two months in a hospital burn unit. Today, after two years of reconstructive surgery, his face, with skin grafted from other parts of his body, is a scarred reminder of his ordeal. But his spirit has survived unscathed. "It happened and there was nothing I could do about it," he says matter-of-factly. "I knew I had to make the best of it."
Kentucky football coach Bill Curry says Dennis has done more than that. "I think there are very few people," says Curry, "who, number one, would have survived what he survived; who, number two, would have sought to use their infirmity to help other people the way he does; and who, number three, would attempt to come out and play a brutal sport. I look forward to seeing Harold every day. He inspires me."
Dennis was in the eighth grade in 1988 when he and his older sister Kim, now 24, and friends from Radcliff, Ky., took a bus trip sponsored by the First Assembly of God Church to an amusement park near Cincinnati. Dennis sat near the front on the way home and fell asleep. Just before 11 p.m., a drunk driver, traveling in the wrong lane on Interstate 71, drove his pickup truck head-on into the bus. "There was a lot of screaming," recalls Dennis. "Then, all of a sudden, there was a burst of flames, and everyone was going crazy trying to get out of there."
Somehow, Dennis made it to the back of the bus where people were packed to the roof, desperately trying to squeeze out the windows and the rear emergency door as the inferno engulfed them. He was rescued by a passing motorist who pulled him out of the pile through the door. "He saw a lot of arms," says Dennis. "But for some reason he pinpointed mine."
While he lay on the ground, Dennis heard that his sister had made it off the bus. (She received second-degree burns on both hands, an ear and a knee.) It would be weeks, though, before he would learn anything more about the accident. Flown by helicopter to Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville, Dennis spent the first four days on life support and the rest of May in intensive care. "He was so damaged," says his mother, Barbara, a daycare supervisor who was divorced from the children's father, retired Army warrant officer Harold Sr., in 1981.
The burns on his face kept Dennis from speaking, so he wrote notes to his mother asking about the fate of his friend Andy Marks, but she put him off, saying, "We will talk about it later." The doctors instructed the nurses not to give him the mirror he kept asking for. But a new nurse didn't get the message, and Barbara remembers hearing Dennis's anguished cries one day as she walked up the corridor. "He was just screaming," she says. "He knew nothing, so I went ahead and told him about the 27 deaths. I told him Andy had died. I said, 'Yes, you are very badly burned. But you're lucky you're alive.' This gave him the courage to go on."
But it was difficult. That September, as he started his freshman year at Radcliff's North Hardin High, he was concerned about how his peers would regard him—needlessly, it turned out. "The accident probably made him more popular," says his friend Mike Lewis. In retrospect, Dennis says, he worried about "silly things, really," like, "Are the girls going to like me?"
One girl in particular, Andrea Matkey, now 20 and a sophomore at the University of Louisville, came to like him a good deal. "Before I knew him, I saw the scars," says Matkey. "But once I got to know Harold, I didn't see them anymore." They dated for six months before they kissed—and even then she was the initiator. "It took over a year for him to get used to my touching his face," Matkey recalls. Dennis found her affection confusing. "There would be times," he says, "when I would ask myself: 'Why would she want to be with me?' "
In his sophomore year doctors gave him the okay to play sports again, and he eventually became the leading scorer on Hardin's soccer team and a place kicker in football. He was recruited by the University of Louisville for soccer, but quit after one season and transferred to Kentucky in the fall of 1993. He heard the football team needed a kicker and tried out in 1994. But his speed impressed the coaches, so they turned the 5'9", 169-lb. ex-soccer star into a wide receiver.
Dennis would like to play more, of course, and he has seen more action this year. In the meantime, he hopes he is serving a purpose. "I believe God has a path for everyone," he says. "I think he allowed this to happen to me, so I would be able to let people hear my story and maybe change or save a life. But I never thought I was doing anything special." Coach Curry begs to differ. "Harold has already done something special," he says. "He has inspired a state."
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