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Date of Stay: May, 2011
We headed north way too early this year and have found that due to the cold weather, very few campgrounds were open yet. This one allowed us to camp here with 30amp electric and dump at site but water not yet turned on. They did allow us to fill our water tank at a site within the park before setting up. They offer fuel at a discount of $.03 off per litre.
Date of Stay: September, 2010
This campground is about 3/10 mile north of I-80 and was a quiet place to stay. It is all gravel, so nothing fancy. But to have all the hookups for $17/night was very good for sightseeing to the BLM wild horse/burro agency north of here, and to Cabela's and the Grand Platte River Road Archway about 16 miles east, it was a great location.
Date of Stay: July, 2010
This was a very nice campground for an overnight stay. There are pull through sites, as well as back ins and river sites. It has friendly managers and is a very clean and scenic park.
Date of Stay: July, 2010
We stayed here a couple of years ago and came back for an overnight stay on our way to Lake City. Unfortunately this time, our stay is less pleasant than last time due to uncontolled barking dogs in the back corner by their clubhouse. Wi-Fi has been unreliable and Verizon cell phone is also not too good here. I hate to downgrade an RV park based on the above because it is an otherwise nice park.
Date of Stay: November, 2009
This campground is pretty rundown and uncared for, but for $10 a night with Passport America it served the purpose of an overnight stay. Another problem is that trucks miss the I-10 eastbound entrance ramp and then have to turn around in the campground to get back to the on ramp.
Date of Stay: November, 2009
This was a great campground for an overnight stay with full hookups for only $10 with Passport America discount. The sites are long pull-through sites although they are a bit narrow with 4 slides out. Very nice landscaping around the park and we would definitely stay there again.
Date of Stay: June, 2009
This was an okay overnight stay, with free wi-fi.
Date of Stay: May, 2009
Very nice full hookup campground with cable TV and free Wi-Fi. Very handy for sightseeing in Hyder without having to take the RV on dirt roads.
Date of Stay: May, 2009
This was a nice overnight stay with free Wi-Fi so that we didn't need to set up our dish.
Date of Stay: July, 2008
Very narrow tight sites. Okay for an overnight stay. Too many trees for satellite. Wi-Fi was off and on.
Date of Stay: June, 2008
Very friendly owners and very knowledgeable of the area with suggestions for some nice drives. Sites are level and shaded but somewhat unique in that they are parked one rig behind another in a row...kind of like parallel parking. Sewer hookup on driver side, but water and electric on passenger side.
Date of Stay: June, 2008
Good, level, pull-through sites.
Date of Stay: June, 2008
Nice clean park, friendly managers, good overnight stay.
Date of Stay: March, 2008
The pull through sites were okay, but not what I would really call big rig accessible. We have a 40' m/h towing a Ford F150 p/u and found the sites short and narrow. Also, some of the electrical hookups were open on one side, all 4 prongs hot and what we would consider sloppy electrical work.
Date of Stay: February, 2008
This state park is recovering from Hurricane Katrina. Sites are unlevel pavement, but not that bad and not many trees so could be bad in the heat. When we checked in their computer system was down, and the staff was extremely slow in checking people in...they claimed they were faster than computers, but I question that. There seemed to be several staff in the office doing nothing while we waited in line to check in with only one employee checking in campers.


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Annual Review Meeting of the Cooperation Programme between the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic and UNICEF
BISHKEK, 12 December 2012 – UNICEF and partners hold the first Annual Review Meeting of the Cooperation Programme between the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic and UNICEF for 2012-2016 in the Kyrgzy capital Bishkek today.
More than a hundred decision makers and technical specialists in the areas of child health, education, nutrition, children and social protection, construction and emergency preparedness, are invited to review results towards, and barriers for, realisation of children's rights in the Kyrgyz Republic.
Apart from sectoral presentations on achievements, identified problems and future plans, this meeting provides a unique opportunity for discussion of cross sectoral issues such as nutrition and water, hygiene and sanitation which involve several different sectors and require inter-sectorial coordination and clear distribution of tasks and responsibilities.
In his welcoming speech, UNICEF Representative Jonathan Veitch reiterates importance of cross sectoral cooperation, partnership and engagement of young people for the success of on-going activities. The experience shows that most of the effective programmes succeed thanks to commitments and fruitful collaboration of various actors at all levels and from different sectors. At the policy level, such achievements include the adoption of the new Code on Children, an increase of size and coverage of cash transfers for families with low income, and recent parliamentary hearings on pre-school education. At the level of service provision, the effective programmes are reduction of child mortality, reduction of anaemia thanks to the Gulazyk nutritional initiative, and increase of school preparedness programme coverage.
The results of 2012 constitute a vigorous start of the Programme. There are also signs for serious concerns. One of them is security of social spending. This year, the Government has managed to maintain its planned level of social spending. However, current levels of spending are not enough to ensure quality outcomes for children. Extra efforts are needed to ensure that expenditure on crucial areas such as healthcare, education and social protection will be maintained (or increased if possible) in the medium term, and that all spending decisions promote pro-poor growth.
The Programme of Cooperation for 2012-2016 with an initial estimated budget of more than 30 mln USD was signed by Vice-Prime Minister for Social Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic on 13 January 2012. Despite funding constraints globally, it is the most ambitious country programme in terms of funding amount and scope of programme.
It comprises of three components. The first two components support national systems and local partners, respectively, to ensure that reforms at the central level are effectively translated into increased access to quality social services by the most vulnerable and marginalized women, girls and boys. The third component contributes to creating an enabling environment for the realization of the rights of adolescents and children.
Its overall goal is to support government and civil society efforts to increase equity and the social inclusion of children who need protection, who live in poverty and who are at risk of ethnic violence, so that they can exercise their rights. The proposed programme of cooperation addresses the three key development challenges for the realization of child rights in Kyrgyzstan: poverty, social exclusion and vulnerability, and chronic system weaknesses.
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Our Lady of Charity
|Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre
Queen and Patroness of Cuban peoples
The present image enshrined in the Minor Basilica of Nuestra Senora Caridad del Cobre
|Our Lady of Charity, Mother and Patroness of Cuba, La Cachita
|Venerated in
|Roman Catholic Church
|Major shrine
|Basilica of El Cobre, Cuba
|September 8, Feast of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
|The Blessed Virgin Mary carrying the Christ child and holding a crucifix atop an inverted crescent moon, with triple cherubs, encrusted with jewels and golden crown and aureole halo, embroidered gold mantle with the Cuban flag
|Cuba, Cuban peoples, Mullatos, Salt and Copper miners
|Cuban and slave independence, tolerance towards mixed Mulatto races
Our Lady of Charity also known as Our Lady of El Cobre or Nuestra Senora de la Virgen de la Caridad is a popular Marian title of the Blessed Virgin Mary known in many Catholic countries.
Several known Marian images with the same title exist around the world while a particular Hispanic image is pontifically designated by Pope Benedict XV as the Patroness of Cuba. The present image is enshrined in National Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre was built in 1926 is situated in village El Cobre, near Santiago de Cuba. Pope Pius XI granted a Canonical Coronation towards the image on 20 December 1936. The feast day of Our Lady of Charity is September 8; the solemn Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.[1]
Various similar Marian images predating the Cuban image bear a similar title with their respective canonical coronation are found in the Spanish cities of Cartagena, Villarrobledo, Illescas, Loja, La Garrovilla, and Toledo, Spain along with its replicated copies in Basilica Minore of Our Lady of Charity in Agoo, and Ilocos Sur, Philippines.
The history of the La Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre, began around 1612. The image is thought to have been brought by Spaniard colonists from the town of Illescas, a province in Toledo, Spain where a similar posture of the Virgin Mary of Charity is already well-venerated. Local legend recalls the Spanish captains who bring with them religious Marian images to guide and protect them from English pirates at sea. Two Native American or Indian brothers, Rodrigo and Juan de Hoyos, and an African slave child, Juan Moreno, set out to the Bay of Nipe for salt.[2] They are traditionally given the moniker the "three Juans". They needed the salt for the preservation the meat at the Barajagua slaughter house, which supplied the workers and inhabitants of Santiago del Prado, now known as El Cobre. While out in the bay, a storm arose, rocking their tiny boat violently with ongoing waves. Juan, the slave, was wearing a medal with the image of the Virgin Mary. The three men began to pray for her protection. Suddenly, the skies cleared, and the storm was gone. In the distance, they saw a strange object floating in the water. They rowed towards it as the waves brought it towards them. At first they mistook it for a bird, but quickly saw that it was what seemed to be a statue of a girl. At last they were able to determine that it was a statue of the Virgin Mary holding the child Jesus on her left arm and holding a gold cross in her right hand. The statue was fastened to a board with an inscription saying "Yo Soy la Virgen de la Caridad" or "I am the Virgin of Charity." Much to their surprise, the statue remained completely dry while afloat in the water.
Preserved in the General Archive of the Indies of Seville, a written testimony of Juan Moreno says:[citation needed]
Having camped in the French Key, which is in the middle of the Bay of Nipe, waiting for a good time to leave for the Wabba mines, being a morning of calm seas, they left the French Keys, before daybreak. The aforementioned Juan y Rodrigo de Hoyos and myself, embarked in a canoe, headed for the Wabba mines, and far from the French Key we saw something white above the foam of the water, which we couldn't distinguish. As we got closer, birds and dry branches appeared. The aforementioned Indians said, 'It looks like a girl.' While they were discussing, they saw an image of Our Lady, the Holy Virgin, on top of a small wooden plank, holding the baby Jesus in her arms. On this small tablet, was written in large letters, which read , 'I am the Virgin of Charity.' Looking at her clothes, they realized that they were not wet.
Overjoyed by what they had discovered, they hurried back to Barajagua. They showed the statue to a government official, Don Francisco Sánchez de Moya, who then ordered a small chapel to be built in her honor. One night, Rodrigo went to visit they statue, but discovered that the image was gone. He organized a search party, but had no success in finding Our Lady of Charity. Then, the next morning, she was back on the altar, as if nothing had happened. This was inconceivable as the chapel had been locked. This event happened three times. The people of Barajagua came to the conclusion that she wanted to be in a different spot, so they took her to El Cobre. She was received with much joy in El Cobre, and the church there had its bells ring on her arrival. It was at this point that she became known as "Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobre" or "Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre". Much to the dismay of people in El Cobre, the disappearance of the statue continued to happen.
One day, a young girl named Jabba was playing outside, pursuing butterflies and picking flowers. She went towards the mountains of the Sierra Maestra, where she came across the statue on top of a small hill. There were those who did and those who did not believe the little girl's testimony, but in the end, the Virgin was taken to the spot of her discovery, where a church was erected for her.
Before the famous image on 19 May 1801, a royal edict from king Charles IV of Spain decreed that Cuban slaves were to be freed from the El Cobre copper mines. The story circulated around the island quickly. Many felt that the Virgin purposely chose to have her sanctuary in El Cobre because it is located in Oriente Province. Later folk legends associated the taking of copper materials to their homes after having it blessed near the Virgin's sanctified image as a form of souvenir and miraculous healing.
The Cuban statue venerated measures about 16 inches tall; the head is made of baked clay covered with a polished coat of fine white powder. Her feet rest on a brilliant moon, while angels spread their golden wings on a silver cloud. The child Jesus raises his right hand as in a blessing, and in his left hand he holds a golden globe. A popular image of Our Lady of Charity includes a banner above her head with the Latin phrase "Mater Caritatis Fluctibus Maris Ambulavit" (Mother of Charity who walked on the road of stormy seas).[3] Among Cuban religious devotees, the image is given the reverential title of La Cachita or La Virgen Mambisa.
Pontifical approbations[edit]
Cuban revolutionary leader Carlos Manuel de Céspedes presented the Cuban banner to the image along with his soldiers who wore a similar medal while Cuban general Calixto Garcia bowed at the image during a Holy Mass in honor of Mambises resistance. On 24 September 1915 the Cuban revolutionaries wrote a letter petitioning the Pope Benedict XV to honor her as Patroness of their country.
- Pope Benedict XV declared the image and Marian title as Patroness of Cuba on 10 May 1916 at the written request of the soldier veterans of the Cuban War of Independence.[3][4]
- Pope Pius XI granted a Canonical Coronation towards the image for the first time during the Eucharistic Congress at Santiago de Cuba on 20 December 1936 by Monsignor Valentin Zubizarreta y Unamunsaga.
- Pope Paul VI, in his Papal bull Quanto Christifideles then raised her sanctuary to the category of Minor Basilica on 22 December 1977 through the appointed Papal legate Cardinal Bernardin Gantin[5]
- Pope John Paul II solemnly crowned her again during his apostolic visit on 24 January 1998.
- Pope Benedict XVI awarded a Golden Rose in honor of the image and her shrine on 27 March 2012.
- Pope Francis enshrined a brass statue given to Pope Benedict XVI by Cuban bishops (in May 2008) within the Gardens of Vatican City in August 2014. The image at its 13th slot is among the 14 Marian images that shall be permanently enshrined in the gardens in 2016 by the Pontifical mandate of His Holiness.
A chapel of Our Lady of Charity exists within the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.[3]
In 1954, American author Ernest Hemingway donated his Nobel Prize in Literature medal for The Old Man and the Sea in thanksgiving to the image of the Virgin Mary at the shrine of Caridad del Cobre in Cuba.[6] The medal was stolen in 1986, but was recovered days later upon the threat of Raul Castro,[7][8] after which it was hidden from view. The medal is very rarely present in the image and only worn during solemn and Papal occasions.
Our Lady of Charity venerated in other countries[edit]
An earlier image of Our Lady of Charity predating and sourcing the Cuban image is venerated in the town of Illescas, Toledo, Spain. Legend recalls that it was copied from a "Saint Luke" image from Antioch and brought by Saint Paul the Apostle to Toledo between the year 50 and 60 A.D. From that date, the image remained when the Archbishop of Toledo Eugenius II of Toledo, who placed the image in a Benedictine monastery. In the 16th century, the image was transferred to a local Hospital of Charity where a famed miraculous healing of paralyzed patient Francesca de la Cruz took place in 1562. During the same time, the image was revised, separating the heads and hands of the Virgin from its fully formed or detallado style, in order to allow vestments and jewels to fit the image.
The image was granted a Canonical coronation on 12 October 1955 at the orders of Pope Pius XII through the Papal legate, Cardinal Enrique Pla y Deniel.[9] Many copies of this image was sent out into the territories in the Kingdom of Spain, one being the famous Cuban version. The image celebrated its 50th anniversary of papal recognition with a Pontifical High Mass in October 2005.
La Charité-sur-Loire was the home of the Abbaye de la Charité, a very large and famous Cistercian monastery. When the priory church, Notre-Dame-de-La-Charité, was built in the 11th century, it was the second largest building in Europe, only surpassed by the church at Cluny Abbey. The nave was shortened after the fire of 1559 destroyed its roof. The church has been on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1998. It currently serves as a parish church dedicated to Notre Dame de la Nativité.
John Eudes founded the Order of Our Lady of Charity of the Refuge to give reformed prostitutes a place to go. The order survives today with many other charitable activities. Offshoot orders include both apostolic and contemplative Sisters of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, which have now been joined back together as one order.
There was a pilgrimage chapel of Our Lady of Charity near St.-Laurent-sur-La-Plaine which was destroyed by order of the French revolutionary government in 1791. Shortly afterward, the Virgin Mary was reported to be seen on the ruined altar and in a nearby oak tree.[10] This set off more pilgrimages and became part of the unrest leading up to the War in the Vendee.
In the Philippines, Our Lady of Charity is known by its Spanish predecessor, the original Our Lady of Lacara (circa 1494), later known as Apo Caridad in Ilocano language. The Marian title is not associated with the Cuban image, but rather the older Marian image venerated in Toledo, Spain. Today, these images are enshrined at the Basilica of Our Lady of Charity in Agoo, La Union is the Apo Caridad ng Agoo. Apo Caridad ng Bantay is enshrined at the Church in Bantay, Ilocos Sur in Northern Luzon. The image was granted a canonical coronation on 1 May 1971 under the Papal nuncio Carmine Rocco at the mandate of Pope Paul VI.
United States[edit]
On September 8, 1961, the Archdiocese of Miami celebrated the feast of Our Lady of Charity with 30,000 Cuban exiles at Miami Stadium. On the same day, a 16-inch replica of the statue of Our Lady of Charity was smuggled out of Cuba and arrived at the stadium.
Due to the overwhelming Cuban devotion to this Marian title in 1966, the Archdiocese of Miami announced the construction of the Shrine of Our Lady of Charity. Construction was begun on the shrine, known as La Ermita de la Caridad, the following year on the shores of Biscayne Bay in the Coconut Grove section of Miami. The shrine was completed in 1973, built with donations by new Cuban immigrants.[11]
United States[edit]
- Our Lady of Charity, Cicero, Illinois
- La Ermita de la Caridad, Miami, Florida
- Our Lady of Charity, Buffalo, New York
Marian images enshrined in
- Cartagena
- Villarrobledo
- Illescas
- Loja and The Garrovilla
- Camarena
- Our Lady of Charity Parish Church in Quezon City, Metro Manila
- National Shrine of the Our Lady of Charity - Agoo, La Union
- National Shrine of the Our Lady of Charity - Bantay, Ilocos Sur
- ^ Our Lady of Charity: Nuestra Señora del la Caridad del Cobre
- ^ Rozett, Ella. "Historian". Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobre (Our Lady of Charity of Cobre). Interfaith Mary Page. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ^ a b c "Our Lady of Charity", Knights of Columbus, September 1, 2007
- ^ Our Lady of the Exile : Diasporic Religion at a Cuban Catholic Shrine pp. 22-24 - Thomas A. Tweed Associate Professor of Religious Studies University of North Carolina
- ^ Paulus Sextus, Papam. Quanto Christifideles ipsi maiore adsiduitate ac pietate tum fidei Catholicae mysteria tum divini cultus loca frequentant, tanto quidem libentius vicissim ac studiosius Ecclesia Mater illos curat solidis omnino consiliis sustentare clarisque signis corroborare in eadem probabili religionis cotidianae exercitatione. Inde nimirum diuturnus Apostolicae Sedis fert usus ut sacrae aedes per orbem terrarum iam egregia artis forma sive potius continua fidelium observantia laudatae praeterea ostententur honorificis ipsis insignibus atque exornen tur congruis liturgicae dignitatis titulis. Cum igitur templum in finibus archidioecesis Sancti Iacobi in Cuba vulgo notum ut « Nuestra Señora de la Caridad - El Cobre » plus trecentos annos singulari pietatis fervore celebratum esset ab universo populo Cubano propter effigiem Virginis Mariae isto cum nomine inibi expositam multitudinum venerationi cumque salus ipsa nationis illius ac prosperitas recentius commendata esset eidem Christi Matri velut caelesti progressuum fautrici, idcirco visus est Venerabilis Prater Petrus Meurice Estiu rem nuper et consentaneam et frugiferam prorsus facerem cum flagitaret ut aedes illa sollemniter ad statum decoremque attolleretur Basilicae Minoris. Nos proinde, perscrutati convenientiam planam talis honoris et contemplati iam beneficia spiritalia inde totum in gregem defluxura abunde, secundum iudicium Sacrae Congregationis pro Sacramentis et Cultu Divino ac de potestatis apostolicae Nostrae plenitudine, harum Litterarum vi statuimus ut templum quod memoravimus Deo dicatum in honorem Beatae Virginis Mariae « Nuestra Señora de la Caridad - El Cobre » vulgo nuncupatae ad titulum et dignitatem Basilicae Minoris evehatur, cunctis simul concessis iuribus ac privilegiis quae aedibus hoc nomine auctis rite conveniunt. Volumus insuper ut ea singula accurate serventur quae ad Decretum « De titulon Basilicae Minoris » die vi mensis Iunii anno MCMLXVIII foras datum teneri oportet. Contrariis quibuslibet haudquaquam obstantibus. Datum Romae apud S. Petrum sub anulo Piscatoris die XXII mensis Decembris anno MCMLXXVII Pontificatus Nostri quinto decimo. - http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/apost_letters/documents/hf_p-vi_apl_19771222_quanto-christifideles_lt.html
- ^ Stephen K. Ryan, Ernest Hemingway keeps a promise with the Virgin Mary, MysticPost.com
- ^ "Canadian-Cuban Friendship Association Toronto". Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- ^ "El Cobre - Cuba". Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- ^ Emilio Martin Aguirre. "EL SAYON". Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- ^ France and the Cult of the Sacred Heart by Raymond Jonas
- ^ Alvarez, Lizette (Sep 9, 2012). "400 Years Later, Still Revered in Cuba (and Miami)". New York Times. p. A15. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
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On Sunday 6 March 2016 I gave an address at the Battle of Vinegar Hill Monument, Castlebrook Memorial Park, Rouse Hill on the occasion of the 212th anniversary of the convict rebellion there in 1804. In the address I reflected on the relationship between that event and the Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916, the centenary of which we commemorate this year.… Read the rest
Easter Rising and Captain Bowen-Colthurst
Next year the centenary of the Easter Rising will be marked by many commemorative events and the publication of articles and books on numerous aspects of this significant event in the history of modern Ireland. A book recently published depicts the life of a little known participant in the rising on the British side, Captain John Bowen-Colthurst, who was responsible for the murder of innocent civilians, including the well-known newspaper editor and Dublin eccentric Francis Sheehy-Skeffington.… Read the rest
Governor Richard Bourke Commemorated
On 3 December 1831 Irishman Major-General Richard Bourke arrived in Sydney to begin a six-year term as the eighth governor of the colony of New South Wales. On the 184th anniversary of Bourke's arrival, his contribution to the colony was marked by a reception at Government House in Sydney hosted by the current governor General David Hurley and Mrs Hurley.… Read the rest
The Irish at Gallipoli 100 years on
In this centenary year of the Gallipoli campaign the main focus of commemoration in Australia and New Zealand has been the anniversary of the landing on 25 April. For the Irish, however, August rather than April is the most significant month. Although three Irish battalions took part in the landing at Cape Helles as part of the 29th Division, it was in August that the Irish arrived in strength with the 10th (Irish) Division taking part in the major offensive that was intended to break the stalemate which had set in after the original landings three and half months before.… Read the rest


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Idaho fugitive caught in Bend Safeway parking lot
Federal marshals tip Bend police of whereabouts
BEND, Ore. - Bend police staked out, surrounded and arrested an Idaho man wanted on aggravated assault and strangulation charges in the parking lot of a northeast Bend Safeway store Monday morning after learning from federal marshals the violent, likely armed fugitive was in the area, officers said.
Bend police were contacted by U.S. marshals around 6:30 a.m. regarding the fugitive, identified as Dedigamage N.R. Perera, 36, said Sgt. Devin Lewis. They told Bend police the wanted fugitive out of Ada County, Idaho was believed to be in the Bend area.
About two hours later, Perera's gold 2006 Mitsubishi SUV was found in the parking lot of the Safeway at 642 NE Third Street, Lewis said.
Based on the marshals' information that Perera was a violent offender and armed with a handgun, surveillance began and the Central Oregon Emergency Response Team responded to the scene with an armored vehicle.
Around 9:20 a.m., officers contacted Perera and he was taken into custody without incident, Lewis said, adding that a handgun was found in his car.
Perera was taken to the Deschutes County Jail and held without bail on the fugitive charge and $500,000 bail on the out-of-county warrant.


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Obama departs Seattle on fundraising trip
The Associated Press
Air Force One lifted off from a foggy Sea-Tac Airport Monday morning as President Obama continued a West Coast fundraising trip with stops planned in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
The president started his day in Seattle after an overnight stay at a downtown hotel.
Obama arrived Sunday afternoon and attended private fundraisers for Democrats at homes in Seattle and Medina.
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Chatting With Chapey
by Dr. Geraldine M. Chapey
Archbishop Egan Congratulates Dr. Chapey
On Friday, September 15, 2000, I was elevated by Archbishop Edward M. Egan to the rank of Commander with Star in the Equestrian Order of the Knights and Ladies of the Holy Sepulchre. The liturgy and solemn investiture ceremony was held at St. Patrick's Cathedral.
The Equestrian Order traces its historical roots back over nine hundred years. It was formally approved as a Papal Order by Pope Paschal II in 1113. The formal Orders of Knighthood began to change in many ways. They spread around the Mediterranean region and throughout Europe continuing to perform charitable works for their neighbors in need.
The current tradition of Knights of the Holy Sepulchre began around 1850. Pope Pius IX changed the organization and created several different categories of knighthood. Pope Leo XIII invited women to join the men and thus began the current Knights and Ladies of the Holy Sepulchre with their commitment to serve their fellow men and women.
The Eastern Lieutenancy is one branch of this worldwide organization. The Grand Priors in the United States have included Francis Cardinal Spellman, Richard Cardinal Cushing, Terrance Cardinal Cooke, John Cardinal O'Connor, and most recently Archbishop Edward Egan.
My family was delighted to participate in this special occasion. I was joined by my husband Eugene Pasternak; my mother, New York State Regent, Dr. Geraldine D. Chapey; my sister, Dr. Roberta Chapey; and John Dolan. Archbishop Egan's message at the Cathedral was moving and inspirational.
After the festivities at the Cathedral, there was a beautiful dinner at the Waldorf Astoria. Emily Pulley from the Metropolitan Opera entertained the gathering. Her vocal renditions were magnificent. She is a very gifted and talented opera star. In addition, the Reverend Monsignor Robert L. Stern, Secretary General of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association, discussed the importance of Jerusalem as a Holy Place to Catholics, Jews and Arabs. His historical comments on the City of Jerusalem highlighted the relevance and significance of the recent Jewish/Arab negotiations.
It is a pleasure to be honored at St. Patrick's Cathedral by Archbishop
Edward Egan and to be raised in the ranks of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.


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Unlocking special features and taskbar, removing 30 day trial and watermark on Windows 7 (build 6801)
Windows 7 build 6801 was released into the wild shortly after PDC this year. You may have found and installed a copy simply to find the regular (so last summer) Vista taskbar and wondering what all the fuss is about. There have been some tutorials on how to fix these issues, but they are not all that easy to follow. For example, Rafael Rivera posted a great fix, which allows you to unlock the protected/hidden enhanced Windows 7 taskbar. However, the instructions were a little short and required you to use a command line interface, which simply isn't necessary. The issues that will be solved are:
– Unlocking the protected/hidden Windows 7 features that were shown at PDC but were not made available in the 6801 build to those who aren't close to the development of Windows 7. This includes the enhanced Windows 7 taskbar.
– At the bottom right hand side of your desktop is stated, "For testing purposes only. Build 6801″, as discussed in a recent article, Windows 7 is finished at anyone point in time, so you may want to use build 6801 as your primary PC until a newer build is released.
– When you installed Windows 7 build 6801 you probably left the serial/activation key blank. This leaves you with only 30 days to tryout Windows 7.
First things first, we'd recommend that you completely disable UAC for the duration of this process and then you can choose to switch it back on afterwards. You can do this by visiting Control Panel -> User Accounts -> Turn User Account Control on or off and then move the slider to the lowest point and restart your computer.
So firstly you will want to unlock the hidden Windows features, Rafael Rivera created an executable to help with this, most likely you are on a 32 bit computer, so download x86. If you are using a 64 bit version of Windows 7 then download x64. Download and extract, inside you'll find 'unlockProtectedFeatures.exe', move or copy this file to C:\Windows (My Computer -> C Drive -> Windows). Now restart your computer, just before the Windows loading screen occurs press F8 repeatedly until a text screen displays, navigate to "Safe Mode". Once you're in safe mode, hold down the keys Ctrl – Alt – Del on your keyboard, open Task Manager. Choose the tab which states "Processes", find explorer.exe and Kill task. Navigate to File -> New Task. Browse to C:\Windows. Rename explorer.exe to Explorer.exe and then locate unlockProtectedFeatures.exe, right click this file and Run as administrator. A window should open that allows you to unlock protected features. Once you have completed the form and submitted the new taskbar should dsiplay itself. However it will be hardely noticable in safe mode. Once you have restarted you should now have the new and improved enchanced taskbar.
UPDATE: Improved watermark removal tutorial.
This fix is one that we worked out all by ourselves (pat on the back). The file in Windows which contains the text that displays at the bottom of Windows 7 build 6801 (shown in the image above) is stored in C:\Windows\System32\en-US\user32.dll.mui. Visit this location, right click the file and select the Security tab, click the "Advanced" button and then visit the owner tab, click the edit button and make yourself the owner of the file. Exit that dialog, saving changes and then click the "Edit…" button, select Users and give yourself Full Control. Exit properties saving changes. Rename user32.dll.mui to user32-backup.dll.mui. We've edited the version that was bundled with build 6801 and uploaded it. You can download it here (x86). Once you have unpacked it, place it in the directory C:\Windows\System32\en-US\ and restart your computer.
To activate your copy of Windows and remove the 30 day trial, visit the Start Menu and right click My Computer -> Properties. Scroll to the bottom, you will notice that you have a number of days left to activate your copy. As we officially tested Vista in RC1 stage Microsoft provided us with a serial key a long… long time ago. We simply did a search for RC1 in Outlook and found the key. Typing this key into Windows 7 activation dialog activated our copy. However not everyone tested Windows Vista. We cannot provide you with an activation key, however if you search for "RC1 Vista serial" with the power of Google then you may stumble upon something that may help you.
If you come across any issues or are confused, please leave a comment.


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The Mystery of the Yellow Room HTML version
Chapter 23
The Double Scent
I had hardly recovered from the surprise into which this new discovery had plunged me,
when Rouletabille touched me on the shoulder and asked me to follow him into his room.
"What are we going to do there?"
"To think the matter over."
I confess I was in no condition for doing much thinking, nor could I understand how
Rouletabille could so control himself as to be able calmly to sit down for reflection when
he must have known that Mademoiselle Stangerson was at that moment almost on the
point of death. But his self-control was more than I could explain. Closing the door of his
room, he motioned me to a chair and, seating himself before me, took out his pipe. We
sat there for some time in silence and then I fell asleep.
When I awoke it was daylight. It was eight o'clock by my watch. Rouletabille was no
longer in the room. I rose to go out when the door opened and my friend re-entered. He
had evidently lost no time.
"How about Mademoiselle Stangerson?" I asked him.
"Her condition, though very alarming, is not desperate."
"When did you leave this room?"
"Towards dawn."
"I guess you have been hard at work?"
"Have you found out anything?"
"Two sets of footprints!"
"Do they explain anything?"
"Have they anything to do with the mystery of the keeper's body?"


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Wednesday, February 3, 1999
DJIA 9366.81 +92.69 (+1.00%) S&P 500 1272.07 +10.08 (+0.80%) Nasdaq 2493.41 +29.99 (+1.22%) Russell 2000 423.74 +2.01 (+0.48%) 30-Year Bond 99 30/32 -6/32 5.25 Yield
In what seems to be becoming a two or three month recurrence upon which commodity traders can set their watches, the United Nations requested that the remaining U.S. weapons inspectors leave Iraq today, renewing the threat of yet another military confrontation in the region. This may sound like a broken record, but oil traders still seem to like the tune as it raises hopes that Iraqi oil production will be curtailed, easing the ongoing oil supply glut a bit. Of course, this theory hasn't actually worked in practice yet, but that's beside the point. Oil prices moved up some 3% today anyway, boosting shares of several oil services firms. Among the winners, Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB) rose $2 13/16 to $52 7/16, Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) gained $2 to $30 3/4, Baker Hughes (NYSE: BHI) added $1 5/16 to $18 1/16, BJ Services (NYSE: BJS) tacked on $1 11/16 to $16 11/16, and Cooper Cameron (NYSE: RON) climbed $2 13/16 to $26 1/2.
Enterprise decision support software maker Business Objects (Nasdaq: BOBJY) picked up $8 3/8 to $40 1/8 after reporting Q4 EPS of $0.26, up from $0.10 a year ago and ahead of the Zacks mean estimate of $0.20. The French company also announced a U.S. and Canadian reseller agreement with IBM (NYSE: IBM) and received an upgrade to "strong buy" from "buy" courtesy of BT Alex. Brown. By working in the data mining and warehousing backwaters of the enterprise resource planning (ERP) field, Business Objects has managed to make a name for itself without being washed-up in the recent ERP washout. The company's software has helped medical products distributor Owens & Minor (NYSE: OMI) improve its access to customer pricing and sales data and perfect the just-in-time inventory model used by Nike (NYSE: NKE). Those happy clients have produced happy shareholders, who have watched Business Objects' stock jump 250% since its lows in October.
QUICK TAKES: Victoria's Secret parent Intimate Brands (NYSE: IBI) moved up $4 1/4 to $44 3/16 after saying an 11% increase in January same-store sales will result in fiscal Q4 (ending Jan. 30) earnings of $0.98 per share, $0.03 higher than the Zacks mean estimate. Intimate Brands parent Limited (NYSE: LTD) picked up $2 13/16 to $37 7/16 as well... Electronic hardware and software design tools maker Mentor Graphics (Nasdaq: MENT) added $2 5/8 to $13 9/16 after reporting Q4 EPS of $0.21 (excluding charges), topping the Zacks mean estimate of $0.18. "We are outgrowing the competition and taking market share on many fronts," said President and CEO Walden Rhines... Toymaker Mattel (NYSE: MAT) hopscotched $2 1/16 higher to $27 7/16 after announcing two new PC-enhanced toys designed with Intel (Nasdaq: INTC).
E-commerce application software developer Open Market (Nasdaq: OMKT) gained $3 1/4 to $16 15/16 after signing a revenue-sharing e-commerce agreement with portal Lycos (Nasdaq: LCOS). Under the deal, Lycos will use the company's Transact software to power the Lycos electronic marketplace and implement Open Market's ShopSite software to build Internet storefronts... That big sucking sound heard on Wall Street today is from money going into Perot Systems Corp. (NYSE: PER), the computer services firm headed up by presidential infomercial purchaser extraordinaire Ross Perot. The company continued its rise today, gaining $18 3/8 to $61 7/8, after climbing to $43 1/2 yesterday following its initial public offering at a price of $16 per share... TV network operator CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS) eyed a $2 gain to $36 5/8 after Bear Stearns started coverage with a "buy" rating.
Genomic-related technologies developer Incyte Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: INCY) advanced $5 1/8 to $27 3/4 after saying it has cancelled plans to create a tracking stock for its Incyte Genetics unit, opting to finance the division from "current financial resources" instead. The company expects fiscal 1999 revenues to increase 40% to about $190 million, setting it on a course to return to profitability in the second half of 2000... Analog and digital signal processor (DSP) chipmaker Analog Devices (NYSE: ADI) was boosted $5 7/8 to $34 on news that the company and chip giant Intel (Nasdaq: INTC) have entered a DSP development joint venture... Stent maker Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) picked up $1 11/16 to $25 1/2 on word that a corrected version of its recalled Nir on Ranger with Sox stent will be back in the market in the second half of this year...
Digital wireless communications developer QUALCOMM (Nasdaq: QCOM) added $4 to $66 5/8 after saying it will take a $20 million charge in fiscal Q2 related to a plan to reduce its workforce by 700, or about 6%. Merrill Lynch raised its near-term rating to "accumulate" from "neutral"... Hotel real estate investment trust Patriot American Hospitality (NYSE: PAH) gained $11/16 to $5 3/4 after The Wall Street Journal reported that Hilton Hotels Corp. (NYSE: HLT) is in talks to possibly acquire a number of Patriot hotels for as much as $1 billion and make an equity investment in the company of around $350 million... Information technology and systems integration services firm Computer Sciences Corp. (NYSE: CSC) tacked on $4 11/16 to $72 1/4 after being awarded a payroll and benefits information technology consulting contract worth up to $198 million.
Equipment and supplies distributor W.W. Grainger (NYSE: GWW) added $5 3/16 to $43 after reporting Q4 EPS of $0.69, beating the First Call mean estimate by $0.08. BancBoston Robertson Stephens raised its rating to "buy" from "long-term attractive"... Telecommunications software developer Lightbridge Inc. (Nasdaq: LTBG) shined $1 11/16 to $7 1/16 after posting Q4 EPS of $0.09, topping the First Call mean estimate of $0.07... Software developer Micro Focus Group (Nasdaq: MIFGY) picked up $1 1/4 to $10 3/4 after saying its Intersolv unit will provide secure data access technologies to Infoseek's (Nasdaq: SEEK) GO Network portal.
Systems management software designer New Dimension Software (Nasdaq: DDDDF) warped $2 11/16 higher to $56 7/16 after posting Q4 EPS of $0.53, up from $0.27 last year and ahead of the Zacks mean estimate of $0.42... High-end women's clothing designer St. John Knits (NYSE: SJK) stitched up a $1 9/16 gain to $27 9/16 after the company accepted a cash buyout bid from a group led by founder Bob Gray at $30 per share, which was higher than the $28 per share the group initially offered late last year... Hotel operator Starwood Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: HOT) was smokin' today, rising $1 13/16 to $26 5/8 after putting up Q4 pro forma funds from operations of $1.40 per share compared to $0.85 per share a year ago.
Specialty retailer Genesis Direct's (Nasdaq: GEND) first session of trading as its new incarnation, online sporting equipment retailer Proteam.com (Nasdaq: PRTM), wasn't a slam dunk today, as the shares lost $1 17/32 to $7 1/2 in busy trading. The company plans to raise $60 million selling off its non-sports assets -- it agreed to sell its institutional/business-to-business catalogs to School Specialty Inc. (Nasdaq: SCHS) for $23 million -- and use that money, along with $10 million in recently acquired debt financing, to build out its nine sports brands, which include the official catalogs of the NBA, NHL, Nascar and Major League Baseball. "We already have the infrastructure necessary to support the growth we expect in this area," said CEO Warren Struhl, who said the company has the capacity to handle over $500 million in sales, more than twice the $218 million recorded over the trailing 12 months. Also hurting the shares was a fiscal Q3 loss of $0.58 per share, humbling the year-ago $3.63 loss but short of First Call's estimated $0.03 loss. Wall Street currently anticipates a return to profitability -- EPS of $0.03 -- in fiscal 2000, but that three-analyst projection is almost certain to change given today's news.
Networking hardware and software maker Digi International (Nasdaq: DGII) slid $1 5/8 to $8 on last night's news that President and CEO Jerry Dusa will resign effective Feb. 28. While Dusa said his decision to move on is "essentially a life style choice," that life style was certain to be impacted by the fact that the next few months at Digi probably won't be entirely stress-free: the company last week reported disappointing fiscal Q1 EPS results, saying its efforts to shore up operating expenses probably won't show results until the second half of the year. Wall Street expects the company's earnings to underperform year-ago figures in the second and third quarters. Dusa, for his part, plans a return to his consulting and investment roots -- he ran Phase One Partners between 1995 and 1997 before joining Digi. Digi will start a national search for a replacement; Dusa will stay on Digi's board.
QUICK CUTS: Internet networking giant Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO), which reported fiscal second quarter earnings of $0.36 a share (before charges) compared with last year's $0.29 and a penny ahead First Call's mean estimate after the bell yesterday, slipped $1 1/4 to $111 1/8. Market buzz had investors reacting to disappointment that a hoped-for stock split wasn't in the making. Second banana 3Com Corp. (Nasdaq: COMS), meanwhile, peeled off $6 3/4 to $37 3/8 as investors worried that their company was losing market share to Cisco. For more on the Cisco earnings news, dial up today's Breakfast With the Fool... Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) lost $3 3/8 to $20 15/16 after Richard Forte resigned as president and CEO of its Vantis subsidiary. The company also reportedly worried investors by canceling two appearances at investor conferences.
Online brokerage E*Trade (Nasdaq: EGRP), offline for more than an hour today reportedly because of software issues, retreated $3 to $55 1/4... Friday IPO Tut Systems (Nasdaq: TUTS), which makes products that speed Internet access over copper telephone lines, ended its blazing start as public company this week with a fall of $10 1/8 to $66 today... Chip metrology tools supplier Veeco Instruments (Nasdaq: VECO) cracked $1 5/16 to $51 13/16 after pricing an offering of about 3.6 million shares at $52 per share... British drug maker Zeneca Group PLC (NYSE: ZEN) faded $1 1/2 to $44 3/8 after Merrill Lynch downgraded the stock's near-term rating to "neutral" from "accumulate," saying the company's planned merger with Sweden's Astra AB (NYSE: A) increases its exposure to patent expirations.
Office furniture supplier Knoll Inc. (NYSE: KNL) lost $1 1/16 to $22 despite reporting Q4 EPS of $0.55, up from both last year's $0.42 and Wall Street's $0.51 projection. The company also extended a share buyback program to total 5 million shares, up from 3 million with 2.1 million already repurchased. Knoll and several competitors fell recently on worries about demand... Real estate investment trust Associated Estates Realty Corp. (NYSE: AEC) moved back $1 1/4 to $10 7/16 after Q4 funds from operations (FFO) came in at $0.44 per share, well off last year's $0.55 mark and short of the market's $0.47 consensus estimate. The company also restated Q3 FFO, lowering the figure to $0.44 per share from $0.46... Disk drive suspension assembly supplier Hutchinson Technology (Nasdaq: HTCH) fell $1 1/4 to $45 1/2 after selling 4.8 million common shares for $45.50 each in a secondary offering.
Computer telephony products maker Notify Technology Corp. (Nasdaq: NTFY), a huge winner yesterday, gave back $3 13/16 to $5 9/16 today. The company's stock ran ahead more than 380% yesterday on news of a new e-mail notification service... Horsham, Pa.-based biotechnology company Cell Pathways (Nasdaq: CLPA) continued its recent slide, losing $1 5/8 to $7 3/8 on the heels of an $18 1/4 loss yesterday driven by the announcement that the company's Phase III clinical trial for Prevatec (an anti-cancer drug) "suggests that the study did not achieve a statistically significant clinical response when compared to placebo"... Coronary stent and medical devices maker Guidant (NYSE: GDT) extended yesterday's losses, bleeding a further $1 3/16 to $53 1/2 after letting $3 11/16 go yesterday on news that competitor Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) won FDA marketing approval for its new Gem II DR dual-chamber implanted defibrillator, putting the screws to Guidant's efforts in the fast-growing segment of the coronary care market.
Earnings Movers
EarthWeb (Nasdaq: EWBX) down $1 7/8 to $48 7/8; Q4 EPS loss of $0.53 per share vs. loss of $0.54 last year; estimate: loss of $0.58
Fundtech (Nasdaq: FNDTF) down $1 3/8 to $24 1/2; Q4 EPS $0.20 vs. $0.07 last year; estimate: $0.18
IDEC Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: IDPH) down $2 7/8 to $47; Q4 EPS $0.24 vs. $0.35; estimate: $0.24
Immunex (Nasdaq: IMNX) down $10 to $147; Q4 EPS $0.26 vs. loss of $0.12 last year; estimate: $0.26
MagneTek Inc. (NYSE: MAG) down $1 3/8 to $11 3/8; fiscal Q2 EPS $0.08 vs. $0.28 last year; estimate: $0.11
Metro Information Services (Nasdaq: MISI) down $5 7/16 to $29 9/16; Q4 EPS $0.27 vs. $0.20 last year; estimate: $0.26
Novel Denim Holdings (Nasdaq: NVLDF) down $5 3/4 to $15 1/4; Q4 EPS $0.50 vs. $0.42 last year; estimate: $0.54
Novoste Corp. (Nasdaq: NOVT) down $1 5/8 to $24 5/8; Q4 EPS loss of $0.86 vs. loss of $0.50 last year; estimate: loss of $0.74
Tekelec (Nasdaq: TKLC) down $4 11/16 to $15 5/16; Q4 EPS (before benefits) $0.16 vs. $0.15 last year; estimate: $0.19
Tropical Sportswear International (Nasdaq: TSIC) down $4 1/8 to $32; fiscal Q1 EPS $0.30 vs. $0.18 last year; estimate: $0.29
An Investment Opinion
by Louis Corrigan
Margin Speedbumps
A week ago, the Fool's David Gardner received this e-mail from an unhappy online trader. "I am one of thousands of Waterhouse Securities customers trading on margin to take advantage of the bull market," he said. "Last week, I was informed that there was a $50,000 margin call against my account due this past Monday." He continued, "I believe there are many people like me that had margin calls in the tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars and were forced to sell their positions in fast-growing equities to cover their margin call." David's correspondent speculated that this spate of margin calls may have contributed to a market sell-off, particularly in the shares of many Internet-related companies, and that the ensuing recovery in Internet stocks commenced once these calls had been met.
This story is not unusual. In recent weeks, a number of leading online brokers -- including Charles Schwab (NYSE: SCH), E*Trade (Nasdaq: EGRP), Waterhouse, a unit of Toronto Dominion Bank (NYSE: TD), and Ameritrade (Nasdaq: AMTD) -- have changed their margin maintenance requirements, sometimes with little advanced notice. They've done so in order to protect themselves, and their customers, from the volatile trading -- and speculative bubbles -- in Internet-related securities.
Some online brokers, such as Schwab and Waterhouse, have also made additional moves, such as barring or restricting online trading of certain stocks. Schwab, for example, won't allow trades for some initial public offerings to be made through its website. And for certain fast-moving issues, it requires investors to enter a limit order setting a target price or to call a company representative to change a market order. Other firms such as Knight-Tribune (Nasdaq: NITE), Herzog Heine Geduld, and Schwab have removed certain Internet issues from their automatic execution systems.
The incredible volatility in stocks like Broadcast.com (Nasdaq: BCST) and eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY), for example, has simply left market makers exposed to rushes of buy or sell orders that they can't or don't want to handle. Market-makers are supposed to provide liquidity in such one-sided markets, in part by creating more shares temporarily through naked shorting in order to satisfy investor demand. However, that demand has been so intense as to leave firms reluctant to fill that role since they can be quickly scalped for heady losses. Even major brokerage houses such as Bear Stearns have stopped making a market in particular Internet stocks because they don't want to be exposed to such volatility.
As David's correspondent suggested, though, some of these moves by brokerage houses may have contributed to the very volatility they were designed to counteract. In addition, the policy changes have no doubt annoyed some customers who find their online broker is no longer delivering the type of service they've come to expect. On balance, though, this is the free market in action. It may not be pretty, but the firms changing their rules have simply surveyed their risks and determined that it's in their interest to curtail their exposure to these Internet stocks. While the online brokers may alienate some customers, they may also save others from a lot of heartache if (or when) these stocks come crashing down.
Let's consider what's going on here. Investors who trade on margin are basically taking out a loan from their brokers and using the money to buy stock. The Federal Reserve determines what stocks are marginable, and thus which ones can be used as loan collateral. The Fed also determines the minimum equity for an initial margin loan. Though set at a very low 10% during the 1920s, the threshold in recent years has held steady at 50%. This means that to buy $10,000 worth of stock, you must start with at least $5,000 cash on deposit. The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) both require margin investors to maintain account equity amounting to at least 25% of their initial positions. However, most brokerage firms have a higher minimum maintenance requirement, typically 30% to 35%. If your portfolio loses value and falls below this mark, your broker gives you a margin call telling you to put more money in your account or sell some of your stock.
As the largest discount broker and leading online broker, Schwab's recent moves exemplify the trend. In early December, Schwab boosted its minimum maintenance level from 35% to 50% for a group of Internet issues. Two weeks ago, it pushed the minimum equity threshold to 70% for a group of 23 stocks, including Amazon.com (Nasdaq: AMZN), Books-A-Million (Nasdaq: BAMM), CMG Information (Nasdaq: CMGI), eBay, OnSale (Nasdaq: ONSL), Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) and Schwab's own competitors, Ameritrade and E*Trade. There are now 52 other issues on the firm's 50% maintenance list, including Broadcast.com (Nasdaq: BCST), @Home (Nasdaq: ATHM), Mindspring (Nasdaq: MSPG) and theglobe.com (Nasdaq: TGLO).
While E*Trade has boosted its margin maintenance requirements well above the normal 35% level to 40% to 60% on several dozen stocks, it's actually made over a dozen stocks totally unmarginable. The number two online broker now requires investors to put up 100% cash to buy or keep issues like K-tel (Nasdaq: KTEL), uBid (Nasdaq: UBID), and Xoom.com (Nasdaq: XMCM). Meanwhile, Waterhouse has its own slate of 100% margin maintenance stocks, and Fidelity reportedly has some 50 Internet stocks on a list requiring 80% equity.
These higher margin standards may crimp the style of some online investors who've used hefty margin borrowing to leverage their gains in Internet stocks. Still, the brokerage firms have a perfect right to raise their standards for making loans. After all, it's their money, and they want to make sure they get it back. (If you own stock in any of these brokerage firms, these latest moves likely seem pretty smart.) These firms are simply looking at the stock being offered as collateral for the loans and making their own judgments regarding what they think these shares are really worth. Like pawn brokers, brokerage firms don't have any obligation to loan money on what they consider poor quality goods, or stuff that glitters but just ain't gold.
Moreover, investors should prefer to see speculation in the marketplace addressed through stiffer margin requirements and other reasonable speedbumps to trading rather than through something as truly draconian and destabilizing as actual trading halts. Since December, a subcommittee of the NASD, which runs the Nasdaq market, had been considering the possibility of temporarily shutting down trading in especially volatile issues. In theory, such halts would give investors a chance to take a deep breath and think before they traded again. Yet, the lesson learned from the New York Stock Exchange's circuit breakers during the market's meltdown in 1997 is that volatility-related suspensions of trading only exacerbate existing problems. Anxious investors playing a game of musical chairs may act rashly to get a seat before the music stops. Luckily, the NASD committee voted down this proposal according to a story in today's Wall Street Journal.
The more basic, issue, though is that nobody should be using more than a little margin (say 10% of your equity) when investing. Margin loans can boost your overall returns if your stocks rise in value, but leverage naturally works both ways. Talk to the geniuses at Long-Term Capital Management. You can lose money a lot faster if you've taken out fat margin loans to pay for your stock portfolio and things go wrong. And sooner or later, things do go wrong.
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HTC will be releasing a bevy of smartphones later this year, but that doesn't mean the firm has forgotten about customers of its previous products. The One X has been selling quite well considering HTC hasn't fared well against competing smartphone OEMs.
MoDaCo reports that HTC will be releasing an official Jelly Bean update for the non-carrier One X around October, with updates for the carrier-branded ones coming some time in December.
The One X+ is purported to come with Jelly Bean out of the box when it is launched. HTC One S users may not get the official Jelly Bean experience as there are no words as to whether or not there will be an update.
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First stepsThis introduction to teaching in higher education is designed for PhD research students and others who may not be currently engaged in formal teaching duties, but who will be taking on duties such as leading seminar groups, taking laboratory sessions and/or delivering the occasional lecture.
OCSLD offers the first part of Module P70405: the Associate Teachers course as "First Steps into Teaching". First Steps is not credit-bearing, but we will award you a certificate, which may be acceptable as evidence of part of an APEL claim into our Associate Teacher's course, PCTHE, or similar programmes. The First Steps programme introduces the fundamentals of student learning and perspectives on university teaching. The workshops focus on teaching in groups, lecturing, and include a "microteaching" session in which participants receive peer and tutor feedback on a small presentation.
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Closer to the Sun 2016 features four nights of music on the beach with our hosts Slightly Stoopid plus Dirty Heads, Matisyahu, Tribal Seeds, and Stick Figure. On top of seeing all of these artists in one of the most unique and serene settings possible, the experience extends beyond to create a well-rounded vacation for each and every guest. Combining the music we love, all-inclusive accomodations, and plenty of extras, Closer to the Sun continues to raise the bar every year as a destination of choice for both fans and artists alike.
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Closer to the Sun is your musical paradise, featuring four nights of music with a stage on the beach overlooking the Caribbean Sea. On top of three shows from Slightly Stoopid, fans will also enjoy two shows each from Dirty Heads, Matisyahu, Tribal Seeds, and Stick Figure. There's truly nothing like digging your toes in the sand and watching your favorite musicians perform as you're surrounded by some of the coolest fans on the planet. On top of the music on the beach, Closer to the Sun will also feature special poolside sets, late night sets, and other surprises!
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As a compliment to all the music that draws us together in the first place, Closer to the Sun boasts a full vacation experience complete with all-inclusive accomodations, pools, beach access, bars, restaurants, and more. Leave your cares behind and endulge yourself in a four-day tropical retreat and return home with a sun tan and stories that will make you the envy of all your friends and co-workers. Closer to the Sun has everything you need to make your vacation as great and as relaxing as it can possibly be - take advantage of the resort and all of it's amenities and beauty.
Closer to the Sun is a unique experience that brings together fans with both other fans and the artists themselves! Through a variety of games and other activities, our afternoons in Mexico will be filled with fun and excitement, assuring that there is never a dull moment at the resort before the evening's music gets started. Previous year's activities include an artist autograph signing, a Kyle McDonald judged Margarita Making Contest, a poolside Lip Sync Contest judged by SOJA, beach volleyball with Iration, and more. 2016 activity information coming soon!
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In addition to the music on the beach each night, Closer to the Sun will also feature afternoon sets out by the pool and late night music under the palapa. Picture yourself floating in the pool or hanging at the swim-up bar. Sounds like a sweet way to enjoy some music, right? Now imagine yourself kicking back on a couch or getting down on a dance floor as the Carribean breeze rolls through the open air Palapa. That's how we'll enjoy our late night jams at Closer to the Sun.
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Tauranga Community Foodbank will be able to feed many more hungry families thanks to a generous donation by the Mount Maunganui RSA Welfare Trust.
The trust this week sent a cheque to the foodbank for $1000.
Trust chairman Ces Hughes said the purpose of the trust was to give to local charities and support organisations that needed a bit of "extra assistance".
He said the Bay of Plenty Times Christmas Appeal had highlighted the importance of the foodbank and inspired the trust to donate to the cause.
The trust, which was formed in 1999, also donated to the foodbank during last year's Christmas Appeal.
"The major thing we look to do is support our war veterans, the returned servicemen and their families, and support the charities our RSA members would use, like St John and Waipuna Hospice. I'm not saying our members need the foodbank, but it's good to know it's there if, and when, people need it," he said.
Mt Maunganui RSA president Paul Franks said the club had a responsibility to the community and donated thousands of dollars each year to local charities and organisations.
The trust will donate more than $25,000 to youth community groups on Friday, December 14.
Other organisations assisted by the trust this year include Waipuna Hospice ($4000), Kauri Centre day programme for seniors ($4000) and The Starship Foundation ($500).


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I'm not a Microsoft guy. But at my latest job, I've had to use some of the Microsoft .net programming tools. Specifically, Visual Basic.NET and C#. One interesting feature of both is properties.
Properties are a language construct to suppose getters and setters (aka, "accessors" and "mutators"). For example, in java, I'd do:private int vendorCount; public int getVendorCount() { return this.vendorCount; } public int setVendorCount() { this.vendorCount = vendorCount; }This allows the underlying data structure that encodes the vendor count to change independently of the code that needs the vendor count. E.g., We might want to compute vendor count instead of just store it,public int getVendorCount() { return this.vendors.length(); }
There's no special support in java for this particular programming idiom. But VB.NET and C# do have properties for doing just this. E.g., in C#,private int _vendorCount; public int vendorCount { get { return this._vendorCount; } set { this._vendorCount = value; // "value" is an implicit parameter of the same datatype as the property }You can then use vendorCount in C# essentially as if it were a field in the class; e.g.,vendorCount += 2;This seems nicer than:setVendorCount(getVendorCount() + 2);
Properties aren't amazingly wonderful, they're just nice. But properties are being badly abused by the Microsoft class writers and those who follow MS coding standards.
The problematic use occurs when the class provides support for multiple 'input' types to the property. For example, an ADO.NET SqlCommand has a collection of SqlParameter objects; these would be used to specify parameters for a stored procedure. Only certain types can be assigned to the "value" property of a SqlParameter -- e.g., string, int, DbNull. But the type defined for a SqlParameter is just Object.
The problem is that I can't know -- without just trying and failing -- exactly which types can be assigned to the Value property to get a useful result. Only certain types will work there -- but just saying that you can assign any Object doesn't help. If I pass in a ServiceProvider object (a class I wrote), will that work? Certainly not.
Likewise, I don't know what I'm going to get when I get the Value(). All I know is that it'll be an object. It might be a DateTime, or a string, or anything. I have to manually try casting from Object to other classes to figure out how the class library works.
The java way of doing this would be to use polymorphism to define multiple getters and setters -- one for each of the valid types that can be gotten and set. For example,public int getValue() { ... } public datetime getValue() { ... } public string getValue() { ...} public setValue(string value) { ... } public setValue(datetime value) { ... } public setValue(int value) { ...}By doing this, the compiler itself (and the reference documentation) ensure that I'm setting and getting meaningful values.
Properties are a nice language feature, but I hate that they're being abused. This reduces the overall quality of the .NET programming platform, because it reduces the effectiveness of .NET programmers.


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Hey gang! You've got to check out this incredibly well made stop-motion animated short called Black Widow Gone Wild. It was created by Patrick Boivin, who is the same guy that brought us Iron Baby, Iron Man vs. Bruce Lee, and the AT-AT pet video. In the video Marvel's Black Widow goes ballistic on everyone from the T-1000, Superman, Michael Jackson and more. This is very entertaining, so enjoy!
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It's great news for sun lovers but not so good for farmers - the upper North Island's Indian summer is expected to continue well into next month.
A network of large high pressure systems is holding firm over the north, meaning the westerly jetstream that brings wetter, colder weather for late autumn and winter remains parked over the southern half of the country, MetService meteorologist Daniel Corbett said.
"Slowly [the high pressure systems] will start tracking their way north with the season and then we'll start getting more westerlies, and that's when the weather systems have a bit more bark and bite to them," Mr Corbett said.
"So enjoy it now. This is that nice part of autumn."
While the settled weather is great for grape and pipfruit growers, farmers still recovering from last year's 50-year drought were once again dealing with bone-dry conditions, said WeatherWatch analyst Phillip Duncan.
"A lot of people now are very happy with the weather," Mr Duncan said. "But the people that are dry are saying it is drier than this time last year. I've had people telling me that consistently since December."
WeatherWatch had predicted the dry summer, which followed a period of unsettled weather in December.
"We were concerned that the dry pattern we had last summer would continue through to this summer," Mr Duncan said.
"We are seeing now that dry pattern forming in the areas that we predicted, which was the North Island mostly. Our concern, and we said this back in February to Auckland Council and Civil Defence, was there were no rain makers coming in March except for Lusi. And that one tropical low missed a lot of farmers in the driest parts of the country.
"I don't see any change for the north of the country. The Indian summer definitely will continue through April. It will get a little cooler for the South Island and Wellington as of next week. That's because of a cool change that arrives later this week."
The remnants of tropical cyclone Lusi had brought some relief to dry areas but some parts of the Waikato in particular received very little rain during the storm, Mr Corbett said.
"Waikato was like a patchwork quilt. The Kaimais had 100ml but you went to the Waikato and they barely got 5ml.
"We just need a nice moist northwesterly system to bring the rain back into these places, which hopefully will be in a few weeks.
"But we've got these nice big highs in the meantime and they are helping to bring us nice fine weather."
And the forecast is...
Mainly fine with some cloudy periods and chance of light rain today and tomorrow.
Cloudy periods with possible shower tonight. Fine for the rest of the week until cloud develops on Friday.
A few showers today, some heavy and with a chance of thunder, before becoming fine later in the week.
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Apache::PAR is a framework for including Perl ARchive files in a mod_perl (1.x or 2.x) environment. It allows an author to package up a web application, including configuration, static files, Perl modules, and Registry and PerlRun scripts to include ...NBYRD/Apache-PAR-0.30 - 30 Aug 2003 02:39:52 GMT - Search in distribution
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The Ferris State University football team will cap off its 2009 spring practice schedule with the annual Crimson and Gold Spring Game this Friday evening, April 24, at FSU's Top Taggart Field in Big Rapids, Mich.
The annual spring contest will start at approximately 6 p.m. (EDT) and the public is encouraged to attend free of charge.
A pre-game reception hosted by the FSU Gridiron Club will be held in Wheeler Pavilion before the game, starting at 5 p.m. (EDT) and refreshments will be served.
Friday's game will mark the end to FSU's official spring practice season, which started March 31 and included 15 workouts per NCAA regulations.
Ferris State will kickoff its 101st season of varsity competition Saturday, Aug. 29, against the Tiffin (Ohio) Dragons in a 7 p.m. (EDT) non-conference contest at Top Taggart Field. The game will take place during FSU "Welcome Week" activities and be part of a true "Community Football Day" atmosphere as Big Rapids High School will also open its 2009 season versus Holton earlier in the day in the same facility and a rocket football contest will be part of the FSU halftime events.
The Bulldogs, who will play an 11-game regular-season schedule, open GLIAC action the following Saturday, Sept. 5, at home versus the Ashland Eagles with kickoff also set for 7 p.m. (EDT). The game will be part of the area's annual Riverdays Festival with the traditional Fireworks Night festivities taking place following the contest.
Ferris State registered its fifth winning season in the last six years with a 6-5 overall record in 2008. It represented the program's ninth winning campaign in 14 years under Pierce and marked the 14th time in the last 20 years the Bulldogs have finished above .500 for the year. FSU was an even 5-5 in GLIAC action during the '08 campaign, which represented the program's 100th season of varsity competition.


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Trashy television, kids who can't find their own nation on a map, epidemic obesity – my inner Anglophile is dismayed at how much like the US Britain is becoming. Sometimes, it seems that Britain is determined to go to hell in a US-shaped handcart. You're supposed to be better than we Americans are. You're supposed to watch television programmes that are witty and well written, your children are supposed to be able to speak Latin and recite entire passages of Shakespeare by the time they're 11. And you should all be slender and fit as a result of those long, bracing walks in the country that you're supposed to be taking. I'm begging you to get out of that cart and turn around. Please? And do it before the tip jar becomes as ubiquitous in Britain's cities as it is in America's.
Tipping has been more prevalent in the US than Britain for quite some time, although it wasn't always so. After the American revolution (or war of colonial aggression, if you prefer) tipping was seen as an unwelcome remnant of the British class system. I suspect this view was more common among tippers than tippees; nonetheless, tipping fell out of favour for a time.
It made its way back into American culture in the late 19th, early 20th century and has never looked back. Still, it used to be that in the foodservice industry, tipping was only done in full-service restaurants and cafes. Then, in the 1990s, some bright spark got the idea of putting a jar by the cash register in a place where patrons stood in line to place their order and receive their food. Now, they're everywhere. Coffee shops, delicatessens, dry cleaners – they're even beginning to appear at convenience stores and supermarket checkout lanes.
I'm not opposed to tipping in traditional situations. I've been a waitress, I know it's hard work. Hell, I was a carhop for three summers in my youth. I am convinced that wearing brown polyester and a change belt that weighs just under a stone in the heat and humidity of an Iowa summer would be an effective form of torture. Doing it for $1.25 an hour plus tips is what your grandparents would call "a character-building experience". But the rise of the tip jar ties me in knots of peer pressure and moral quandary.
Picture it: I've just stood in line for 10 minutes while the yummy mummies in front of me order their non-fat, low-foam, half-caff macchiatos and debate whether or not to go off their diets and have a scone this morning. It's my turn. Stella, resplendent in a vintage powder-blue floral frock that may have once been worn by Mamie Eisenhower, fixes her ennui-etched gaze on me. My madeleine is still in a paper bag on the counter as I pay. Stella hasn't managed to crack a smile for me, Josh hasn't even made my (full-caff, normal-foam) breve yet, so I've no idea at this point whether I'll actually get a full cup or it will be half foam. I don't know if the madeleine is stale.
Still, there it sits, right beside the cash register, a big jar with a handmade sign that says: "Tipping isn't just for cows" – sending out its none too subtle message that I'm supposed to give Stella and Josh an extra buck or two. I'm a bad person if I don't. But for what service am I expected to put a dollar in the jar? The hope that Josh won't surreptitiously spit in my drink? The fact that Stella used tongs to get my madeleine out of the jar instead of her fingers? I'm already paying $5 for a cup of coffee and a biscuit that's about the size of a walnut. Big International Coffee Chain pays its employees almost as much as I get paid per hour, as opposed to full-service restaurants where servers are often paid as little as $2.13 per hour with the expectation that they will make enough in tips to put them above the federal minimum wage.
Consider this a friendly warning from an admirer. Do you really want to have these glass bastions of passive aggression pressuring you at every turn? I don't think you do, Britain. Say "no" to the tip jar. And go for a long, bracing walk in the country.
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