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Has Facebook's Stock Already Peaked?
With shares of Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) trading at around $30.17, is FB an OUTPERFORM, WAIT AND SEE or STAY AWAY? Let's analyze the stock with the relevant sections of our CHEAT SHEET investing framework:
C = Catalyst for the Stock's Movement
Facebook is one of the most heavily traded stocks throughout the broader market. This indicates heightened interest in the story. As we all know, the public jumped in big time on Facebook, and unless the timing was impeccable, most of those investors are saddled with a loss at the moment. Due to Facebook being a household name and being surrounded by an extraordinary amount of hype, retail investors expected Apple-like (NASDAQ:AAPL) returns. Facebook will never be Apple! That is a guarantee. Through incredible innovation, Apple created and sold products (and still does) that changed the world. Facebook might be popular, but it's still just a company that is attempting to monetize a website. This doesn't mean Facebook will fail. Rather, it will be around for a long time. The disconnect is with expectations.
One potential driver for Facebook is Mark Zuckerberg. He's highly intelligent, but more importantly, he knows what to say and how to say it. Sometimes a charismatic leader can spread optimism with great effectiveness and everyone ends up buying into the story, which can actually change the situation for the better despite challenging conditions. At the same time, a pessimist would look at this as manipulation.
Mr. Zuckerberg recently made many significant statements. One of these statements was: "we're not operating to maximize our profits this year." That may be true, but if the results are still less than impressive next year, he will no doubt use different wording to get the same message across. He was honest in stating that costs exceed revenue growth right now. This, by the way, isn't a good sign. As far as Social Graph goes, Zuckerberg stated, "We built the most interesting product with Social Graph." To summarize the remainder of that statement, the goal is to refine Social Graph through social connections and serving app developers and advertisers before focusing on monetization down the road. Once again, the theme here is potential, not actual results. Perhaps the brightest spot with Zuckerberg's comments was when he stated that "Facebook mobile app accounts for 23 percent of all time spent on apps."
As far as Q4 goes, EPS came in at $0.17 on $1.58 billion in revenue. Monthly Active Users were up 25 percent year-over-year, Daily Active Users were up 28 percent year-over-year, and Mobile Monthly Active Users were up 57 percent year-over-year. Mobile revenue is now 23 percent of total ad revenue. On the negative side, operating costs increased 67 percent to $849 million, and operating margin dropped from 48 percent to 33 percent.
Let's take a look at some important numbers for Facebook prior to forming an opinion.
E = Equity to Debt Ratio Is Strong
The debt-to-equity ratio and balance sheet for Facebook are strong. The former is expected, and the latter is a key positive in this story. We will cover why in the Conclusion section.
T = Technicals on the Stock Chart Are Mixed
Facebook has been out-performing Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), but it looks as though this trend is about to reverse course. Microsoft is the only company of the three that offers yield, which is 3.30 percent.
At $30.17, Facebook is currently trading above all its averages.
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E = Earnings Have Been Improving
Earnings and revenue have consistently improved on an annual basis.
We already know what happened this quarter. Now let's take a look at previous quarters.
T = Trends Support the Industry
Facebook now classifies itself as a mobile company, which shows foresight. The mobile market is growing at a rapid pace, and Facebook is attempting to set itself up to profit from this steadily expanding market.
On the positive side, Facebook is increasing its users, the balance sheet is strong, cash flow is good, growth is impressive in Asia, and the CEO is tenacious. When you combine a strong balance sheet with a tenacious CEO, you have a formula for good potential. If Facebook fails to grow organically, or at least fails to grow at the rate of expectations, then Facebook will attempt to grow through acquisitions.
On the negative side, growth in the United States has slowed, the valuation is high with a Trailing P/E of 161.87 and a Forward P/E of 35.91, and it would be difficult to imagine a scenario in which a significant catalyst will suddenly appear and lead to Facebook meeting Wall Street's expectations on a consistent basis.
The bottom line is that Facebook is a decent stock, not an exceptional stock. Once the masses figure this out, there will be less disappointment. As far as the title goes, it is possible that Facebook has already peaked at $45. There might be a run past $45 in the future, but the odds of that run being sustainable would be slim.
Facebook is rated a neutral WAIT AND SEE.


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For the past seven years, the Metcalf Institute for Marine & Environmental Reporting has doled out the $75,000 Grantham Prize for Excellence in environmental reporting.
Now, the prize is no more.
The Grantham Foundation, which funded the prize - developed and administered by the Metcalf Institute - has elected to divert the funding to training for journalists.
The training will help reporters cover climate change and other environmental issues. The Metcalf Institute will offer details on its web site next month.
This seems like a sharp move. With shrinking newsroom budgets, media outlets can offer scant training of their own. This sort of third-party training is becoming increasingly important. I've been to a couple of good trainings myself, in recent years: one offered by the New England Center for Investigative Reporting (with a grant from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation) on stimulus spending and another by the New England First Amendment Center on investigative reporting.
That training helped inform this week's cover story.

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I grew up in the Midwest. And in the Midwest, chances are you will meet people with one of two opinions about California. One type of person has lived in California for some length of time. They have fond memories of their time there, but left because of financial reasons or family or something else. The other type of person has never been to California or merely visited. They have pet names for the Golden State. Like the Left Coast. They have malformed opinions. Like everyone is high on some drug or another. They are not fond of California's progressiveness. They find it threatening.
Growing up in Kansas and Missouri, I could only stare at the abandoned grain silo and dream of places I had never been. Scenery that I saw in movies. Lavish descriptions on the pages of books. And while I mowed my lawn with a 22" push mower, I would talk to myself through imagined futures. A businessman in a big city. A CIA agent that traveled the world. While picking up rocks out of our garden or chopping hedge wood for winter, I dreamed of finding myself somewhere else. A place where no one knew my parents were divorced. A place where I was someone other than a poor country kid swinging off the side of a tree in a rope swing.
I dreamed of a mother that loved me. Of finding a girl. I dreamed that I was brave and articulate and cosmopolitan.
The Turn
I was always smart in school, the one where I wore uniforms and chapel dress on Wednesdays. The one where we memorized Bible verses and was taught that being a Christian meant being a Republican Christian. I was told my Catholic grandparents were going to hell. That I wasn't supposed to question anything because that was a spirit of rebellion. So by the time I was 19, I found myself working at a gas station with no hopes of going to college until my manager told me that I was going to quit that summer and enroll. That I wasn't going to do this for the rest of my life. That I could live with his family if that's what it took.
And so I did. And this turn changed my life.
In college, I learned about poetry, about falling in and out of love, about the possibility that I had been depressed all my life, what introvert really meant, how that made me different. I found myself walking the streets at night looking for human companionship only to shun it later. I found myself sitting on the top of parking garages and wanting to jump. I found myself hurting everyone I loved.
After college, I couldn't find a job. My sister, by this time, was in Austin, Texas. So I moved there and met Vida and we married. The jobs I could find were for horrible employers. There was no job description for front-end web developers. I was what people called a web monkey. Anyone could be what I was.
In all this time, I never wanted to move to California. In fact, if someone mentioned the state in conversation, my first reaction was one of disdain. There was no reason for it. I had never been there. But I was certain, absolutely, that California wasn't meant for me.
Santa Barbara
And then, through a weird chain of Internet events, I was offered a job for a company in Santa Barbara, California, for more money than I ever imagined I could make. And even though I had no idea how my wife and I were going to afford life out on the west coast, I knew I had to go. And in the last five years that I've been here, three of them have been without any symptoms of depression.
Where there was a time that I thought I could never love a place with 300+ days of sunshine a year, a place with no seasons to really speak of, a place of hippies and L.A. assholes, I sit here tonight and try to think of what my life would be like without California.
And I can't.
California has probably saved my life. California has healed me in more ways than I can put in to words. I regret every assumption I ever made about the people here or the weather or my acclimation to it. Santa Barbara smells like flowers every goddamned day.
And the song says: I want you to move to California for yourself.
And the song says: I want you to find whatever your heart needs.
And I have.
I have.


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New Zealand director and writer Toa Fraser's debut movie No.2 will debut in Germany after Arsenal Film announced it had acquired German rights to the film.
The film won the audience award for dramatic movies at the Sundance festival in the United States last month.
No.2 had its European premiere in the Berlin International Film Festival yesterday, where it screened in the Panorama section.
Managing director of Arsenal Stefan Paul said it seemed clear No.2 was a crowd-pleaser at Sundance and his team were most happy to work with the whole crew and NZ Film at the Berlin festival.
No.2 will open in German speaking Europe in early autumn.
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Selling Computers to India
For years the world's computer manufacturers focused the bulk of their energy in Asia on China. But lately, China's growth has started to slow, and the industry's leaders have started to recognize the potential of the region's other giant market, India. This year, Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Dell (DELL), Lenovo (LNVGY), and Acer (ACEFF) have all announced major initiatives there, making India one of their key battlegrounds. Best of all, the demand is coming not just from multinationals and big Indian companies, but also from consumers and small businesses. "All three segments of the market will grow at 25% to 30%," says Rajan Anandan, Dell's general manager for India. "That's a pretty healthy outlook."
Why the change? For starters, India's economy is booming, with growth running at above 9% annually. Moreover, the government has eased high tariffs on imported machines and parts that had helped keep prices high.
Over the past three years, the average cost of a Windows PC has fallen from $500 to $350, Microsoft (MSFT) estimates, helping India's market grow to about 22 million machines. And PC sales in India are expected to climb at 20%-plus rates annually through 2011, according to researcher Gartner (IT), compared with yearly growth in China of about 14%. (China, though, has some 110 million computers installed, vs. the 22 million in India. The higher base means consumers there are likely to buy 33.6 million machines this year, compared with 8.8 million in India.)
Tailored to the Local Customer
Better yet for the foreigners, India is proving an easier sell than China has been. The People's Republic has long been dominated by Lenovo, but in India, HP has overtaken local favorite HCL Infosystems (HCLFF). After a big push into smaller cities, the U.S. company now controls 15% of the market, nearly double the share of No. 2 HCL. In March, HP opened a new factory near Delhi, its second Indian plant, and over the summer it introduced a new line of servers designed for Indian customers, especially small businesses in secondary cities. "We have a lot of positive momentum," says Adrian Koch, HP's senior vice-president for Asia Pacific.
HP's rivals are doing their best to boost their own momentum. In August, Dell opened a factory in the southern city of Chennai, its first in the country. The company expects sales of $500 million this year. And this fall, Dell will likely introduce a new machine tailored to the needs of local customers, with a big push in portable computers. "In the consumer market, all the growth is coming from notebooks," Anandan says. But he notes Dell will depart from its traditional direct-sales model since Indians are less familiar with ordering computers on the phone or via the Internet.
India is one of the best overseas markets for Lenovo, which inherited a factory in the southern city of Pondicherry after acquiring IBM's PC division in 2005. Lenovo announced in July it will spend $11 million on a second Indian facility, in the northern city of Baddi, which will have an annual capacity of 2 million computers—twice that of the Pondicherry plant. And in August the company hooked up with Walt Disney (DIS) to introduce a desktop machine aimed at children.
Domestic Company Is Big Loser
However, Lenovo is also contending with the departure of South Asia Managing Director Neeraj Sharma, who quit last month to take a job at IBM (IBM). Meanwhile, Taiwan's Acer, which is acquiring Gateway (GTW) to build sales in the U.S., is also expanding its retail presence in India, forming partnerships with local electronics chains.
The big loser seems to be HCL. The company introduced notebooks just two years ago. And HCL skimped on brand-building for more than a decade; so today, Chips & Bytes, a retailer in south Mumbai, sells only about a dozen HCL machines a month, vs. about 100 from HP. But HCL is moving to regain its edge. The company in May launched an ad campaign depicting the way HCL technology touches people's lives. And it is partnering with Intel (INTC) to produce a low-cost notebook called the Classmate PC.
Among the biggest beneficiaries of the boom, of course, is Microsoft, and the software giant is doing what it can to keep sales in India growing. One stumbling block, says Microsoft India Chairman Ravi Venkatesan, is only about half of India's wealthiest households have computers. "Why is it that in China every parent believes that unless their kid grows up with a PC, the kid won't be successful, but not in India?" he asks. "It's the lack of content." So Microsoft has developed educational software with local partners, who will start selling PCs loaded with the programs this fall. "Our No. 1 challenge," says Venkatesan, "is to make the PC more compelling and relevant."


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Purely technical remedies are not the only option for controlling spam. There are also legal and economic maneuvers, as well as a few tricks of social engineering.
At last count 26 states had enacted some form of law imposing sanctions on bulk e-mail, but many spam opponents are lukewarm about these remedies, worrying that regulating the spam business will tend to legitimize it. Most of the laws take an "opt-out" approach, meaning it's the recipient's responsibility to get off the mailing list rather than the sender's responsibility to obtain permission first. The guidelines adopted by the European Union require an "opt-in" mechanism. But whatever the details of the law, enforcement is always problematic because e-mail crosses jurisdictional boundaries so readily.
Another legal tactic is to forbid concealing or disguising the origin of e-mail, on the principle that spam can usually be stopped if it can be traced back to its true source. Proposed changes in the Internet protocols for transporting e-mail would have the same effect, making it more difficult to send messages with a forged identity.
Economic remedies would shift the cost of spam from the recipients back onto the senders. It now costs only $99 (according to some spam I received) to spew out a million e-mails. At that price it could well be profitable to irk and inconvenience 999,900 people in order to swindle the most gullible 100. A small tax or fee imposed on each message might restore the balance. Paying a penny per message, the ordinary user would hardly notice the charge, but a spammer sending 100 million e-mails would face a bill of $1 million. The catch again is enforcement and jurisdiction.
Scott E. Fahlman has proposed a variation in which the fee would be paid directly to the recipient. Under this plan, e-mail software would accept a message from unknown correspondents only if the sender agreed to pay for "interrupt rights." The charge could be waived retroactively at the recipient's option, so that nonspammers would never actually have to pay.
Most of the social and economic anti-spam schemes would work only if a large majority of e-mail users were to adopt them. Assembling that majority is the challenge. Indeed, if we could achieve universal agreement on the issue of spam, there would be no need for strategy at all. The very simplest approach would suffice: We could just say no. In the end, all that's needed to defeat spam is for everyone to ignore it. But that doesn't seem to be happening so far. Looking at the 1,571 tantalizing offers in my mailbox, I don't feel the slightest itch to buy anything, but someone must be taking the bait.
Even if all the filters, blackhole lists and other measures fail to abolish spam, efforts to control it are still worth making. They can reduce the volume. They might even bring us better spam: In order to get through to reluctant or jaded readers, advertisers will have make their spam more appetizing. Live with it long enough, and you might develop a taste for the stuff. Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, spam, lovely spam, wonderful spam.
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Williamsburg Police are investigating an armed robbery that took place at 11:35 p.m. Monday at the McDonald's on Richmond Road in the city.
Major Greg Riley said in a press release that two men entered the restaurant with handguns and ordered the store's four customers to get behind the counter. They then told one clerk to empty the registers and another to empty the safe. The employees and customers were then ordered to go to the back of the McDonald's and stay on the floor while the robbers fled.
Both suspects were black males, dressed in all black, wearing gloves and hoodies. One of the men was described as being 6' tall and skinny, while the other is 5'8″ and heavy set.
Riley confirmed that no one was hurt during the robbery. James City and York County have both had similar incidents, Riley said, but it is not known if the crimes are related.
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month in Tanzania including an 11 day safari and an
ascent of Mt. Kilimanjaro!
When we first booked this trip and I told my parents
all the places we were going, Tanzania was the one
that caught their eye. They immediately stepped up and
booked us on an 11 day safari which included visiting
Tarangiri NP, Lake Manyara NP, Ngorongoro Crater &
Serengeti NP with a combination of tent camping and
staying in lodges
We saw it all on this safari: Lions, Elephants,
Buffalo, Leopards, Cheetahs, Hippos, Crocs, Gazelles,
Impalas, Bald Eagles, a Black Rhino, Zebras, a
Wildabeast Migration, etc, etc, etc........
It was incredible, one minute we would see a pride of
Lions in the distance and the next minute they are 5
feet from our vehicle. We witnessed mating Lions,
mating Baboons, Lions feeding on prey, Vultures
fighting over prey, Elephants fighting over territory,
a Leopard carrying prey into a tree, a hippo pool off
40 hippos, a 20 foot crocodile; it was sick!
The scariest moment for sure was the night that we
heard lions off in the distance from our tent
the noises got closer....and closer...and closer until
there was a Lion right outside our tent. Sue is going,
"Timbo do you hear that Buffalo"....yeah, I wish it
were a Buffalo. Finally, after it circled our tent,
and everyone else's tent as we found out at breakfast,
it took off into the bush. There was definately a
moment, probably when I could feel its breath on my
neck, where I thought for sure we were lion food.
Overall the safari was a blast, huge thanks to the
Timbo's for hooking it up! It was great to experience
this with them and so good to see a familiar face
after 4 months.
This was the most physically challenging task either
one of us has ever been through in our lives. This is
a 6 day trip, day's 1 - 5 are climbing to the summit
and days 5 - 6 are descending back to the bottom. The
first three days were incredible. We hiked through
rain forest, heather, moarlands, lava rock, all of it
was amazing scenery and the hiking was tough but
enjoyable. Day 4 got tougher and we hiked for 6 hours,
mostly uphill, until we reached camp 4 at 16,100ft,
the highest either one of us has ever been to. We
reached camp 4 at 5pm, had dinner at 7pm, and then got
4 hours of rough sleep before waking up at 11pm for
the summit push.
We left camp at 12:30am on Feb. 2 and started hiking
through the night. The sky was as bright as we have
ever seen it. You could reach out and touch the Big
Dipper, there were traces of the milky way all over
the sky, there were shooting stars everywhere and then
Mars came out and we could literally turn our
headlamps off because it was that bright
were still hiking as the sun came up over a cloud
filled sky, probably the most amazing sun rise we have
ever seen! The next 2 hours were the toughest, from
6:30 - 7:30 we hiked until we reached what we thought
was the summit only to find out we had another hour to
go. At least we could now see the glaciers that Kili
is famous for and they didn't dissapoint. This was the
highlight, seeing the glaciers close up in the morning
light was spectacular!
At this point we were both shot. We had headaches,
stomach aches and were just completely exhausted from
hiking uphill for 7 hours on 4 hours sleep. We drug
each other up the final 300 feet to the summit at 5895
meters (that's 19,340 feet to me and you Russ)
Arriving to the summit at 8:30am we took a few crooked
photos and headed back down. There was no embrace at
the top or big high fives, all we wanted to do was
turn around and go back down immediately. At that
altitude our bodies were shutting down and there
wasn't even enough air for us to complain about it.
After 3 more hours of hiking back to down to camp 4 we
took a short nap (since we weren't done yet) before
descending another 3 hours (that's 14 hours for those
counting at home) so that we could camp at 12,000ft.
Whew, I'm tired just typing all this crap.
Needless to say there was a point where the climb
wasn't fun anymore and it was just a matter of willing
ourselves to the top.....climbing a 14er on the
weekend with my dog in Colorado is a blast but doing
anything like this again is out of the question
was a cool experience and I'm glad we went through it
but I think we both agree that we are leaving this
stuff to the real mountaineers from now on.
We are now in Cairo, Egypt and will be heading to the
Pyramids tomorrow! Woo Hoo.
Love Jay and Sue


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Reading, Literacy and Your Child
What is literacy?
Literacy means being able to read and write.
Why is reading important?
A child's reading skills are important to their success in school and work. In addition, reading can be a fun and imaginative activity for children, which opens doors to all kinds of new worlds for them. Reading and writing are important ways we use language to communicate.
How do reading and language skills develop?
For an answer to this question, check out the following link:
- Language and Literacy Development from birth to three years—this helpful brochure tells you what to expect and how to help.
Research has identified five early reading skills that are all essential. They are [1]:
- Phonemic awareness—Being able to hear, identify, and play with individual sounds (phonemes) in spoken words.
- Phonics—Being able to connect the letters of written language with the sounds of spoken language.
- Vocabulary—The words kids need to know to communicate effectively.
- Reading comprehension—Being able to understand and get meaning from what has been read.
- Fluency (oral reading)—Being able to read text accurately and quickly.
How can we make reading part of our family's lifestyle?
Parents play a critical role in helping their children develop not only the ability to read, but also an enjoyment of reading.
- Turn off the tube. Start by limiting your family's television viewing time.
- Teach by example. If you have books, newspapers and magazines around your house, and your child sees you reading, then your child will learn that you value reading. You can't over-estimate the value of modeling.
- Read together. Reading with your child is a great activity. It not only teaches your child that reading is important to you, but it also offers a chance to talk about the book, and often other issues will come up. Books can really open the lines of communication between parent and child.
- Hit the library. Try finding library books about current issues or interests in your family's or child's life, and then reading them together. For example, read a book about going to the dentist prior to your child's next dental exam, or get some books about seashore life after a trip to the coast. If your child is obsessed with dragons, ask your librarian to recommend a good dragon novel for your child.
There are many ways to include reading in your child's life, starting in babyhood, and continuing through the teen years. Focus on literacy activities that your child enjoys, so that reading is a treat, not a chore.
How do you read to a baby?
- Use small, chunky board books that your baby can easily hold onto.
- Talk about the pictures with your little one.
- Sing the text to keep baby's attention.
- Play peek-a-boo with lift-the-flap books.
- Help your baby touch and feel in texture books.
The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends daily reading to children beginning by six months of age.
Where can I get ideas and resources for fun reading and literacy activities?
- Suggested Reading Activities—a quick list arranged by age group.
- Ready—Set—Read for families has lots of activities and ideas grouped by age group that you can use to help your young child (birth to age 5) learn about language and get ready to read.
- Get Ready to Read! activity cards and online games for toddlers and preschoolers.
- Reading is Fundamental offers terrific resources, including activities, booklists, articles, brochures, and multicultural literacy resources..
- Reading Rockets offers information and resources for families and professionals.
- İColorín Colorado! is part of Reading Rockets, and offers information, activities and advice for Spanish-speaking parents and educators of English language learners.
- Tips for choosing books your child will like at different ages and stages, infant through age five.
- Reading tips for parents.
- Using the library
- More on libraries and kids, from babies through teens
What if my child is having trouble with reading?
Some children have difficulty learning to read. You may hear from a teacher that your child has difficulty with language, or you may have noticed some difficulties that your child has. When reading and language difficulties are identified, special teaching can be given to help your child reach their full potential. Here are some resources:
- YourChild: Dyslexia and Reading Problems and YourChild: Learning Disabilities have information about reading problems and how to help your child.
- If you think there's a problem: Helping your child become a reader—from the U.S. Department of Education.
- Strategies to Help Kids Who Struggle from Reading Rockets.
- Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children, is an online book from the National Academies of Science (NAS).
- Starting Out Right: A Guide to Promoting Children's Reading Success is also from the NAS.
If you have questions about your child's ability to use language or read, please ask your pediatrician or school system to check that part of your child's learning.
- In Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti, the Family Learning Institute (FLI) provides low income students who are performing below grade level a no-cost, supplemental academic program. Children can receive one-on-one reading instruction with a trained tutor. FLI was recently recognized for its excellent teen literacy program.
Just as some kids have trouble reading, some adults do, too—or may have never learned to read at all. In fact, one in five adults has real trouble reading.
Is there an adult or family literacy program near me?
There are many places for adults to find help. If you or a parent you know needs to learn to read better, here's how to find a nearby literacy program:
- To find a program in your area, go to America's Literacy Directory, or call the National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) Hotline at 1-800-228-8813 to speak with an English- or Spanish-speaking operator, or call 1-800-552-9097 TTD.
- Find your state literacy hotlines and contacts.
- Check with a neighborhood library, community college, or city or county human services office, or contact your state's Director of Adult Education to find out about other programs.
- To get help with your reading or writing skills, or to learn English, search for a volunteer tutor program in your area.
- For family literacy programs, contact the Even Start Family Literacy Program in your state or the National Center for Family Literacy, whose phone number is 502.584.1133. Find a program near you.
- In Spanish: Directorio Nacional de Alfabetización
Where can I find other resources related to kids and reading?
- The Read-Aloud Handbook, by Jim Trelease.
A great book that looks at the research on reading and tells parents and educators what they need to know about reading aloud to kids. It includes all kinds of specific tips and strategies that you can start using right away, and a giant annotated list of recommended read-aloud books. A super way to get started with making books an important part of family life.
- Get Ready to Read is a national campaign to build the early literacy skills of preschool children. The campaign brings all kinds of resources—including a screening tool and skill-building activities to parents and early childhood teachers and caregivers for helping prepare children to learn to read and write.
- Helping Your Child Become a Reader (also in Spanish) from the US Department of Education.
- Books, magazines, software and websites to promote reading—a list of resources from the U.S. Department of Education. Books are grouped by type and intended age group.
- The Reading Chair, from National Association for the Education of Young Children, offers excellent reviews of current children's books.
- The Children's Book Council offers reading lists for teachers, librarians, parents, and booksellers to discover new, wonderful books for the children in their lives.
- Reach Out and Read (ROR) programs seek to make early literacy a standard part of pediatric primary care. By following the ROR model, physicians and nurses counsel parents that reading aloud is the most important thing they can do to help their children love books and to start school ready to learn.
- Put Reading First: Helping Your Child Learn to Read is a parent guide for preschool through third grade from the Partnership for Reading (the National Institute for Literacy, the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the US Department of Education). This resource offers information on how teachers help kids develop literacy skills, and how you can help your child at home.
- Teaching Reading IS Rocket Science: What Expert Teachers of Reading Should Know and Be Able To Do. This is a booklet from the American Federation of Teachers that puts forth a roadmap for preparing teachers to teach children to read based on scientific research.
- The Clearinghouse on Reading, English & Communication at the Indiana University School of Education provides educational materials, services and coursework to everyone interested in language arts.
- Literacy Resource Guide for Families and Educators contains information on major national research studies and literacy resources. It lists practical, helpful publications and ordering information.
Written and compiled by Kyla Boyse, RN. Reviewed by faculty and staff at the University of Michigan
Updated October 2010
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Mumbai: The police arrested a 31-year old man from Mumbai for allegedly duping over 30,000 ICICI Bank credit card holders. The arrested person used to pose as ICICI Bank employee and extract confidential details such as credit card number, CVV, date of birth, OTP etc to defraud them.
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Oxford United's summer targets are all likely to be free agents, with Gary Waddock confident there is enough quality among the pool of players out of contract to improve the squad.
The close season is now into its fourth week, but the U's have yet to complete a signing.
Room in the first-team squad has been freed up by releasing Deane Smalley, Sean Rigg and Scott Davies, along with loanees Ryan Williams, Nicky Wroe and David Connolly.
James Constable has followed them out of the exit door after turning down a new contract, while Tom Newey continues to consider his options.
While three players have been promoted from the youth team, Waddock is also looking elsewhere to bolster the ranks.
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Where would Bruce Wayne be without the batsuit's ubiquitous slick cape? Alive and well, according to physicists at the University of Leicester, who have revealed that the impact of the hero's plunge back to Earth after a little lofty cape-gliding would be the equivalent of being hit by a car at 50 mph.
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BALTIMORE, Md. - Like many fishermen at Fort Armistead Park, James Privott had finished casting his lines and was packing up to head home with his wife when three men approached.
28-year old Calvin Lockner beat him about the head with a stick and stole his Chevy Tahoe unaware that it was equipped with LoJack, which would lead police to his door.
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"Judge Williams sentenced Calvin Lockner to the 31 years in prison today," said City State's Attorney Spokesman Joseph Sviatko outside the Mitchell Courthouse.
Sviatko says 30 years is the penalty for the armed carjacking, which will run concurrently with convictions for the assault and hate crime.
Lockner will serve an additional year for assaulting a correctional officer---throwing a cup full of urine and feces into his face while he was behind bars.
The 77-year old victim of the beating suffered a fractured eye socket, temporary blindness and missing teeth, but survived the attack.
"There was a statement read in court this morning by the defendant's attorney in which he did express some regret," said Sviatko, "He asked for forgiveness through the written statement that was read by his attorney... asking for forgiveness, hoping that his life could be turned around and hoping that Mr. Privott's life can continue in a peaceful manner, and you can take that for what it's worth."
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River Hawks, Wildcats Garner Week 2 #AETF Awards
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – For the second week in a row, the River Hawks have swept the Indoor Track and Field awards on the women's side, while performers from UNH and UMass Lowell split the men's recognitions. Here's a look at this week's Indoor Track and Field Performers of the Week:
Women's Indoor Track Performer of the Week
Taelor Murphy, Jr., UMass Lowell
Salisbury, Mass.
- Tallied two event victories for the second-straight week.
- Broke the tape in a time of 7.62 seconds in the 60-meter dash, 18/100ths of a second better than the runner up.
- Bettered the field by nearly half a second in the 200-meter dash, clocking in with a time of 24.97.
- Tops all America East sprinters in both events.
- Murphy's times are ranked within the top-25 and top-35 in the 200 and 60 meter dashes, respectively.
Women's Indoor Field Performer of the Week
Kristie Mitcha, So., UMass Lowell
Neconset, N.Y.
- Cleared the bar at 5'3" in the high jump event.
- Finished second in the event at the Northeastern University Jay Carisella Invitational.
- Teammate Alana Kelley also completed the jump at 5'3" to finish third, but Mitcha had fewer missed attempts to place ahead of Kelley.
- UMass Lowell women won three events on the day.
Men's Indoor Track Performer of the Week
John Prizzi, Jr., New Hampshire
Wycliff, N.J.
- Claimed first in the 3000-meter race for UNH at the Jay Carisella Carnival.
- Clocked in at 8:27.33 to capture first and provisionally qualify for the New England Regionals.
- Sits at third among America East runners.
- Currently ranks 14th nationally according to the latest TFRRS compilation.
Men's Indoor Field Performer of the Week
Garrett King, Jr., UMass Lowell
Amesbury, Mass.
- Cleared 14'5.25" to grab a second-place finish in the pole vault.
- Ranks sixth among America East pole vaulting field performers.
- Clearance height ranks within the top-100 nationally.
Around the League – Women's
- Megan Barry of Hartford won the women's 3000-meter in her first race of the season to post a school-record time of 9:54.07 and qualify her for the NEICAAA meet. Teammate Sara Buckley finished seventh in the 3000-meter at 10:59.58.
- UNH's Hannah Kimball registered a first place finish in the one-mile run and notched a NEICAAA qualifying time of 5:4.02 to capture her first collegiate victory.
- UNH's women's track and field team placed 14 times, including one individual victory, at the Jay Carisella Carnival. Allison Brehm took fourth-place in the 60-meter dash and also placed fifth in the 200-meter dash with NEICAA qualifying times of 7.88 and 26.03 seconds, respectively. Four Wildcats placed in the 500-meter dash, including Rachel DePalma with a fifth-place finish (1:21.70), Lauren Brown at sixth (1:21.71), Taylor Ordway crossed the line at seventh (1:22.01) and Katherine Hickey was eighth (1:23.24) in the event.
Around the League – Men's
- UMass Lowell's Cameron Mitchell turned in a personal best of 8.36 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles for a second-place finish.
- New Hampshire's George Jumpp claimed third in the weight throw for the Wildcats with an NEICAAA provisional qualifying mark of 16.28 meters.
- The University of New Hampshire men's track and field team competed at the Jay Carisella Carnival and earned seven top-three finishes. Jeffrey Moretti clocked-in at 8:28.38 in the 3000-meter take second. Tanner Kent led five Wildcats that placed in the top-eight of the 500-meter dash, earning second in 1:06.92, Steve Souza finished third (1:07.04), Tyler Mulcahy took fifth, Daniel Deschenes came in seventh (1:07.75) and Ross Hardy finished eighth (1:08.43).
- Hartford's Michael MacLean finished second in the 800 meter at the Jay Carisella Invitational with a time of 1:55.72 – a personal-best that qualified for the NEICAAA meet. Andrew Dwyer raced to an eighth-place finish with a time of 8:46.75 while sophomore Christopher Helminski finished 19th in a time of 9:11.41 in the 3000-meter. Senior John Busque finished sixth in the 5000 meter with a time of 15:06.78, a personal-best mark.
- The River Hawks saw four turn in top-three performances. Connor Habib finished second in the 1000-meter, crossing the finish line in a time of 2:34.43. Senior Keith Lewis earned a third-place finish in the high jump, clearing the bar at 6' 6".
2013-14 America East Indoor Track and Field Weekly Award Winners
Dec. 10 – Women's Track Performer of the Week: Taelor Murphy, UMass Lowell
Women's Field Performer of the Week: Candace Greene, UMass Lowell
Men's Track Performer of the Week: Kelton Cullenberg, Maine
Men's Field Performer of the Week: Justin Gagne, Maine
17 - Women's Track Performer of the Week: Taelor Murphy, UMass Lowell
Women's Field Performer of the Week: Kristie Mitcha, UMass Lowell
Men's Track Performer of the Week: John Prizzi, UNH
Men's Field Performer of the Week: Garrett King, UMass Lowell


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UPDATE (June 3, 2014): The public relations folks for the new Thunderbolt contacted us this morning to note that the opening is now being pushed to next week. They're not sure of the date yet, but the announcement is coming soon.
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Coney Island's newest roller coaster, Zamperla USA's Thunderbolt, is slated to open this Friday, June 6, according to Brooklyn Views.
When first announced last year, the coaster was originally scheduled to open in time for Memorial Day. That was pushed back until just after Memorial Day, and delayed again to this Friday.
Still, after 2.5 months of construction, the $9 million coaster is nearly ready for showtime. The three-car coaster will hold 27 people as it zooms along 2,233 feet of track at 55 miles per hour. It'll reach its peak height at 115 feet before plummeting nearly straight to the ground and into a 100-foot vertical loop, then an 80-foot zero-g roll followed by a heartline dive and corkscrew. That two-minute ride will represent the single-largest private investment in Coney Island in decades.


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Au Gratin Sausage Skillet Recipe
- 1 pound smoked kielbasa or Polish sausage, halved and sliced
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 package (4.9 ounces) au gratin potatoes
- 2-1/2 cups water
- 1 package (8 ounces) frozen California-blend vegetables
- 1 to 2 cups (4 to 8 ounces) shredded cheddar cheese
- 1. In a large skillet, cook sausage in oil until lightly browned; drain. Add potatoes with contents of sauce mix and water. Cover and cook over medium heat for 18-20 minutes or until the potatoes are almost tender, stirring occasionally.
- 2. Add vegetables; cover and cook for 8-10 minutes or until potatoes and vegetables are tender. Sprinkle with cheese. Remove from the heat; cover and let stand for 2 minutes or until the cheese is melted. Yield: 4 servings.
Recipe Note
Editor's Note: The milk and butter listed on the potato package are not used in this recipe.
Nutritional Facts
1 each: 660 calories, 47g fat (18g saturated fat), 106mg cholesterol, 2093mg sodium, 32g carbohydrate (5g sugars, 3g fiber), 25g protein.
Reviews for Au Gratin Sausage Skillet
"This was an easy weeknight recipe with simple ingredients! My husband loved it a lot it's very nice comfort food. We also baked it in the oven with a little extra cheese."
"This was ok. I used turkey sasauge and didn't add cheese on top to cut some of the calories. not that impressed"
"I did not remember the recipe when I was in the kitchen so followed the directions on the augratin box and added the milk and unsalted butter, it was very creamy and delicious, my neighbors enjoyed it as well. I noticed previous comments about being too salty, this was not salty at all. I am thinking that the milk and butter act as a catalyst and reduce the salt from the cheese powder and smoked beef sausage. Thanks! Going to try this with some turkey ham, and maybe even some thick chili."
"The family loved it! Its a keeper."
"Surprise! This is a great recipe. Was a little worried it would taste too much of 'fake' cheeseo-- it did not! Great taste and easy to put together. It is now on our Boy Scout camping menu rotation. They replace frozen veggies for canned to save ice chest room. easy enough for teenagers to preprare and hearty enough for men to eat!!"
"Surprise! This is a great recipe! I was afraid that it would have a 'fake' cheese taste from the Au Gratin potatoes. It was delicious. This is now going to be in our Boy Scout camping menu rotation. It is easy to prepare and equally good with two cans of vegetables instead of frozen to save on ice chest room. easy enough for boys to prepare and hearty enough for the men to eat!"
"Surprise!!! This is a great recipe! I made this because half of the family loves boxed potatoes. To my surprise even the half who don't normally care for this style of cheesy potatoes LOVED this. There is absolutely no taste of 'fake cheese' in this creamy hearty dinner. It is very easy to prepare so it is now apart of our Boy Scout camping dinner menu. We have used two cans of vegetables instead of the frozen to free up ice chest space --- just add them at the end only to warm up. Simple enough for boys to make and hearty enough for men to eat!"
"Made this tonight, so easy. I did not have a box of au gratin potatoes but I did have a box of scalloped and it worked out great. I also just used what I had in the freezer for a mixed frozen veggie. My kids and husband had it gone in a flash. Will be making again soon!"
"I used smokies instead of the sausage, and it turned out great!"
"I liked this pretty well, but my husband LOVED it. I don't make it often because it's far from healthy (although there are veggies nicely hidden in the cheesy sauce), but it is very simple to prepare and the taste is great."
"we like this recipe because I always have the ingredients on hand, and it is great for super busy nights! (or when you'd rather not do much in the kitchen at all!) thanks again!"
"I've been making something similar to this for years only i don't use boxed potatoes, i use fresh potatoes and no oil. I lightly saute the sausage and the potatoes, then add the vegetables, and enough water to barely cover the meal. Then cover with a lid until potatoes and vegetables are done to your liking. Add shredded cheddar to taste on top of each serving. My husband liked this with the au gratin potatoes, i did not."
"Not a bad concept, but mine was WAY too salty. So much so that I couldn't even eat it. I may try it again with a reduced sodium pack of potatoes but I'd rather just have Kielbasa sauteed with onions and green peppers. Disappointing because it was simple and easy."
"My fiancee loves kielbasa and potatoes. This was a real treat for him. I don't think I've ever seen him so anxious to eat a meal ever. It was definitely yummy, quite salty and not the healthiest but you could exchange the sausage for a turkey sausage variety and use a reduced sodium package of au gratin potatoes."
"My Granddaughter (8 yrs. old) loves to cook with me. I am always looking for something simple. She practices her reading as she reads the recipe first all the way through and then I stand back and watch and play consultant. Simple with wonderful flavor."
"Very easy to prepare when you have zero energy after work! I used smoked sausage, and the mix of meat, potatoes and veggies in one worked very well together!"
"My teenage boys are not only the pickiest eaters on the planet but they like entirely different things making meal planning a chore. I made this recipe and they both globbied it up and wanted to know why I didn't make more. I'll double the recipe next time!"
"I've been making this for years and it's a great quick recipe. I don't really like brocolli or cauliflower, but in this dish it tastes wonderful with the turkey kielbasa I used and creamy sauce. I had the potatoes break up a bit as they absorbed water as someone else said, but overall it was good to eat."
"Very good recipe. We enjoyed it very much. However water seemed to start evaporating before potatoes were even partially done. Overall it took abit of ajustment...but thank you for posting a great switch up from plain au gratin potatoes."
"So easy! May boys love it."
"Very tasty! easy! Family gobbled it up. I think the flavors blended well...I added some spices to suit our family's taste, onion powder and pepper. Good solid recipe that will become a busy night standard. The potato cook time seemed a bit long....but it didn't really make a huge difference. Yum"
"This has been a quick "go-to" recipe in my home for several years now. I disagree with the previous post and say the California Veggies are PERFECT in this...a nice meal medley!!!"
"My family loved this recipe. Changed and used broccoli florets. Even my son who doesn't like broccoli said it was good."
"When I make this, I choose beef sausage; I also do not use the "boxed" au gratin potatoes since there's too much salt; I prefer to make my own au gratins. Turns out delicious every time."
"This was delicious. My children, who are usually pretty picky when it comes to veggies, loved this dish"
"This was a little salty for my taste. Maybe a different type of sausage would work better next time."
"this was delicious & easy to prepare, even my 4 year old asked for more!! next time i would try a lower fat type sausage."


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Board Members Overseeing Utility Have Long-Standing Political Ties
The sluggish response to power outages during Sandy by the Long Island Power Authority has renewed criticism of the entity whose 10 civilian board members are mostly appointees with Albany connections and little to no experience running a utility.
An analysis by WNYC found that at least eight of the 10 appointees have political connections, either as contributors to political causes or through pre-existing relationships to government officials, or both.
With the exception of one board member, none of the appointees come to the position with a background in energy.
The individual who does, Neal Lewis, defended LIPA's storm response, calling it a "Herculean task."
"What people don't realize is that it's tough to get people to say yes to being appointed to the LIPA board. It's a lot of work," he said.
The board has faced a lot of recent scrutiny. LIPA was subpoenaed by the state's attorney general this week and is at the center of a probe by Governor Andrew Cuomo. And the utility's acting chief executive officer Michael Hervey resigned shortly after the storm.
The public authority is governed by a 15-person board of trustees, of which only 10 positions are currently filled. Much like a private corporation, LIPA's board manages the executive staff and provides the organization with its overall direction.
The 10 members of the board were all appointed by Albany elected officials. The picks are then confirmed by the state Senate.
The positions atop the multi-billion dollar authority are unpaid, and board members must attend at least half of the board meetings (six) or otherwise be considered retired from their posts. All of the board members must be residents of Long Island.
The board met for the first time since Hurricane Sandy on Friday afternoon.
"[P]olitical appointee after political appointee, the organization fails to step up to meet the challenges of a changing environment and residents' growing energy needs," Ross Gould, a program director with Environmental Advocates for New York said in a statement.
The board's longest-serving member, Chairman Howard Steinberg, was first appointed to the board in 1999 by Republican Governor George Pataki.
Pataki and Steinberg—along with Pataki's future chief of staff, Bradford Rice—worked at Dewey Ballantine LLP (now Dewey & LeBoeuf) in the late 1970s and early '80s.
Years later, as Pataki was gearing up for his first gubernatorial run, Steinberg's then-firm, Reliance Group Holdings, became an earlier supporter.
Steinberg held a number of senior positions at Reliance, eventually taking over leadership of the firm after Saul Steinberg (no relation), a major supporter of both Pataki and Republican Senator Alfonse D'Amato, resigned during an epic collapse of the company in the late 1990s.
Steinberg received his first board position from Pataki to Thruway Authority in 1996. He wasn't alone: Edward Muhl, a senior vice president at Reliance, was appointed superintendent of the now-defunct state insurance department.
In 1999, Pataki appointed Steinberg to a chair position on the board of the Long Island Power Authority. He was reappointed to the board twice Pataki. His most recent reappointment came care of Democratic Governor Eliot Spitzer in 2008.
His term ended on August 31 of last year, but he has so far been neither reappointed nor replaced.
Steinberg came under fire in 2008 from then-Attorney General Andrew Cuomo for continuing to receive and use a free E-ZPass on the Thruway—nearly a decade after leaving his position at the authority.
Former Assembly Richard Brodsky, who helped reform the laws governing state authorities, said he believes much of the concern over the politicization of the public authorities has been taken out of the process. He says the more important issue now is figuring out how to make LIPA a better functioning body.
"I think it is important for LIPA to have a full board, consisting of people who understand its mission and will carry it out, and a full-time CEO," he said. "And the absence of both has clearly not been helpful."
More than anyone else that responsibility falls to Governor Andrew Cuomo. He's appointed a special commission to look into how LIPA and other authorities can be improved, and the general belief is that Cuomo will seek major changes to the authority.
But there have been changes the governor has been able to make for some time but hasn't. His office appoints nine members of LIPA's board. He's appointed one. There are three positions currently vacant, and three additional current members—including Steinberg—had terms that expired last year.
Cuomo has yet to reappoint or replace any of them.


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I'm probably eating the same proportion of fat in my diet that I was before, which according to Fitday is 30% or a bit under. Not much is saturated fat, about 5% of my total calorie intake, and I don't eat any animal fats at all (which is presumably relevant since meat and dairy tend to have quite a lot of artificial hormones in them). Of course, I will be eating less fat now because I'm eating less overall, and I'm also refraining from some of the fattier foods - although even then, I really wasn't eating biscuits or crisps all that often, and come to that it was probably only two or three packets of biscuits (cookies in American, I think) a year. The problem with biscuits is that I will eat the entire pack in 24 hours at most, which is why I'm not even going to bother trying to have one now and again, I know it won't work. Anyway, I haven't changed
I eat all that much, it was always pretty healthy. I've just lowered the amounts and tweaked this and that, rather than needing to make mammoth changes.
Tangential rambling about biscuits aside, all I know about spotting is that a lot of women seem to be reporting it when they're losing weight, I get it sometimes due to having a copper IUD, and mine improved once I started taking echium oil (EFA supplement, basically meant to be the best veggie alternative to fish oils) about 18 months ago. We'll see what happens. I ovulated late this cycle and the last (weirdly low body temperatures last cycle too, no idea why), so I think stress is probably the factor there. I'm curious to see whether the shorter luteal phase continues. That's associated with PMS and excess oestrogen, and there's been the odd study reporting shorter luteal phase length with IUDs, though doctors all swear blind that copper IUDs don't affect your hormones. (Both the PMDD and the sudden weight gain started when I got the previous IUD, but since I'd had IUDs before without trouble, who knows what's happening there. Unfortunately I didn't start the FAM tracking until after I got the IUD, I'm using it as a warning system for the PMDD, so I don't know what my luteal phase length was before.) Something to do with prostaglandins, I think? I've started taking a good-quality ginger supplement, initially to help with feeling chilly (again, very common with dieting, they tell me), and also because apparently it's a damned good anti-inflammatory, for reasons which I can't quite remember but involving prostaglandins again, and I'd be thrilled if I could find an effective form of pain relief. So I'll be watching that with interest.
You've now got me curious about how androgen and its friends affect brain function when someone is undergoing hormone treatment as part of gender reassignment. I don't think I've ever known anyone FTM all that closely, at any rate not closely enough for them to tell me how hormone treatment felt.
I'm making a note of the various things that are cropping up and I'll mention them next time I speak to my GP, who covers the vast majority of my healthcare (and with whose blessing I am on this diet, don't worry). I'm in the UK where the system is a bit different. Women don't tend to see gynaecologists unless there's an actual problem, we don't have regular check-ups with them for instance, and right now I'm not under the care of a gynae. I've found my GP to be far more helpful with gynae matters than some of the gynaes I've seen anyway, she's a stonking good doctor.
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More bad weather is set to disrupt travel through the Midwest today, with the Northeast targeted for the weekend. Numerous airlines have already waived change fees for affected passengers. You can keep track of delays here.
Here are the airlines that have waived fees so far:
- Allegiant
- AirTran
- American
- Continental
- Delta
- Midwest
- JetBlue
- Southwest
- Sun Country
- United
- US Airways
The New York Times has a good FAQ article for passengers dealing with bad weather.
If you're traveling today, share your experience in the comment section below. And if you have any tips for people dealing with this most recent winter storm, feel free to share those too. Thanks!


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I don't exactly know why or how it happened, but I literally cried tears at the Kingdom Hearts reveal.
Just a little background, I played both Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2 when they both came out, and I played them to death. The final scene of Kingdom Hearts II was very emotional for me, and remember playing those two games a child. Since then, the songs "Hikari" and "Dearly Beloved", have become very close to me, and I get emotional when ever I listen to them.
Fast forward to today, June 10, 2013. I'm 18 years old, getting ready for a college, church callings, and eventually a career. I have many questions in my life right now and I'm a little scared for the future. When I finally see Sora in HD, I feel something huge overcome me. I don't know why, but I felt all those emotions as a child come back to me, and I felt that everything in the future was going to be okay.
I know that sounds really stupid, but it's kind of weird that a video game franchise would give me so much comfort. I've grown up... but I'm still glad Tetsuya Nomura and Square are willing to let me experience one of my favorite franchises and it's such a beautiful one at that. Thank you so much Nomura.


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A new and simple urine test can detect polyomavirus nephropathy, a relatively new and serious complication that affects up to 9% of kidney transplant recipients, according to a new study. The advance could lead to better diagnosis and treatment of patients with this condition.
While polyomaviruses are normally occurring viruses that harmlessly infect many adults, they can pose serious health problems for individuals who become immunocompromised. Such is the case for many kidney transplant recipients who must take immunosuppressive medications to safeguard against organ rejection. Some of these patients develop a damaging condition called polyomavirus nephropathy that can lead to chronic kidney failure and the need to re-initiate dialysis or undergo another transplant.
Because there are no effective therapies to treat polyomavirus nephropathy, it is important to diagnose the condition as early as possible, before it becomes serious. Therapy normally consists of lowering the dose of immunosuppressive drugs and hoping for natural viral clearance.
Unfortunately, there currently is no definitive way to accurately diagnose polyomavirus nephropathy. Physicians rely mostly on invasive and expensive kidney biopsies, which sometimes give false negative results. But now Volker Nickeleit, MD, of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and his colleagues have discovered a new and noninvasive way to test for the condition. The test measures "Haufen"—a German term meaning stack or pile—in the urine. Haufen are tightly clustered viral aggregates that form within the kidneys in patients with polyomavirus nephropathy and are excreted in the urine. Testing for Haufen is fast (three hours), inexpensive (less than $400), and easy to perform with current laboratory equipment.
Through their investigation, the researchers found Haufen in urine samples from all 21 patients with early or late stages of polyomavirus nephropathy, but not in any of the 139 individuals without the condition.
According to Dr. Nickeleit, the new test could help physicians identify and monitor patients with polyomavirus nephropathy and could guide them as they design new therapeutic strategies. "An early and accurate diagnosis of polyomavirus nephropathy will result in a better understanding of the disease and ultimately improve treatment," he said. "Our diagnostic test is unique and could have a tremendous clinical impact," he added.
While their findings look promising, the authors stress that additional studies—particularly large prospective clinical trials—are needed to verify the test's potential before it can become available for widespread use in patients with suspected polyomavirus nephropathy.
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