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NAEYC revises Early Childhood Professional Preparation Standards
The core of the standards of excellence remains the same, minor changes enhance accreditation
(Washington, DC) – The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) has revised a new edition of the Standards for Early Childhood Professional Preparation Programs, the position statement from which higher education degree accreditation is based.
At colleges and universities the standards apply to associate, baccalaureate, and graduate degree programs. Students at each level of professional preparation are expected to demonstrate varying degrees of knowledge and skills, as appropriate to the program level. The Early Childhood Professional Preparation Standards are,
- Promoting Child Development and Learning Standard
- Building Family and Community Relationships Standard
- Observing, Documenting, and Assessing to Support Young Children and Families Standard
- Using Developmentally Effective Approaches to Connect with Children and Families Standard
- Using Content Knowledge to Build Meaningful Curriculum
- Becoming a Professional
The 2009 standards include three major changes from the 2003 edition:
- Standard 4 has been separated into two standards. One focuses on early childhood methods and the other on early childhood content. This increases the total number of standards from five to six.
- The language "all children" is revised to read either "each child" or "every child" to strengthen the integration of inclusion and diversity as threads across all standards. In some cases, the phrase "each child" has been added to a key element of a standard.
- Over time, NAEYC has organized these standards in a variety of ways. In this new position statement, the core standards are presented in one NAEYC position statement intended for the use throughout the entire field. It emphasizes the essentials of professional preparation for careers in early childhood education, regardless of role, setting, or degree level.
The NAEYC Commission on Early Childhood Associate Degree Accreditation and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) will have the opportunity to review and approve the standards in the fall of 2010. Revisions to accreditation materials will take place in 2011, after which higher education programs will be expected to meet the new standards.
Founded in 1926, the National Association for the Education of Young Children has nearly 90,000 members worldwide. The association is the largest and most influential voice for early childhood education professionals and the field of early childhood education in the United States.
Founded in 1926, the National Association for the Education of Young Children is the largest and most influential advocate for high-quality early care and education in the United States.


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The first "St. Patty's Beatdown" set a high standard a year ago, so Midwest Championship Fighting promoter Kelly Wiseman knows the second Beatdown on Saturday at the D&N Event Center has a lot to live up to.
"It's a huge fight and there's some bad blood between the two," Wiseman said of the main event. "Duane has said some things on Facebook and he beat Justin's brother, Derek, by TKO."
Last year, Wiseman couldn't have hoped for a better reception than the one he got for the first St. Patty's Beatdown. The show set a national record for cagetix.com, a Mixed Martial Arts ticket service, an accomplishment Wiseman credits to the strong MMA fanbase in North Platte.
"It was obviously a huge success," Wiseman said. "We broke the national record, which we weren't expecting. North Platte fans have been loyal to MMA. It's a railroad town and it's a tough, blue-collar town and there's just a way we enjoy our combat sports here."
There will be a lot of hometown pride at stake in the Thompson-Johnson fight. In any type of fighting, a clash of styles and backgrounds between the two competitors usually equates to money at the box office and the upcoming battle certainly offers that.
Thompson is a hometown hero and his opponent, Johnson, is from Omaha, so there's the element of east vs. west, big city vs. small town. Wiseman says Johnson is also known as a highly-skilled fighter while Thompson, who is also technically strong, is known more for his heart and toughness than anything else.
If that wasn't enough, there's also Johnson's efforts to get in Thompson's head by talking smack on Facebook.
"People are wanting to see this fight because there's been a lot of trash talking by Duane," Wiseman said. "It's nothing personal between the two. It's just his way of pumping himself up for a match."
Just another fight for Thompson
But Thompson says that he isn't letting it get to him.
"It's just another fight as far as I am concerned," he said.
Thompson admits that he's been entertained by what Johnson has had to say and that it doesn't bother him nearly as much as his supporters.
"I try to avoid getting wrapped up in that," Thompson said. "Duane is just trying to get me worked up. I've read some of it and I've laughed at it. It's cracked me up."
But Thompson knows that Johnson can back it up in the octagon. The lefty from Omaha is a purple belt in jiu-jitsu and he's known to be a smart fighter with good stamina.
"He seems to have a lot of range and he avoids taking a lot of damage," Thompson said. "He goes out there and he has a game plan and he's well-rounded. He's also a southpaw and a lot of his opponents have fallen into that trap."
Johnson defeated Thompson's brother, Derek, last fall at MCF 8 by technical knockout in the third round. But Thompson said that his brother held his own and he finds that promising for Saturday.
"I wasn't real impressed (with him)," Thompson said. "I thought it was an even fight. Derek wasn't as aggressive as he needed to be with him and (Johnson) kept him at bay with his range. But I didn't see anything that made me think he was that great of a fighter. Derek and I are both different type of fighters, so we'll see."
Other fights
The Thompson-Johnson fight will be one of four MCF title fights on the card at "St. Patty's Beatdown 2". The fights start at 7 p.m.
MCF Lightweight Amateur Champion Anthony Cox will defend his belt against Justin Weaver. In the battle for the MCF amateur bantamweight title, Ryan MacDonald will go against Kolby Howell. And for the MCF amateur featherweight title, Mark Hooper will square off with Dwight Joseph.
Cox, McDonald and Hooper are all from North Platte.
Seven other matches are scheduled on the undercard including local fighters Brandon Bringewatt, Mercedes Timmerman, Delfino Benitez, Jose Sabala and Martin Sellers.
program. The program sends meals and food products home with students on weekends.
"Given that we didn't do the Hoggy Doggy Splash this year, I wanted to make sure I found a way to give to the backpack program," MCF owner Russ Jones said. "I believe in the theory behind it greatly and hope that it helps the less fortunate kids of our community."
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I started a hobby blog a gazillion blog years ago (2004). I surprised my non-technical self when I discovered I enjoyed the technical aspects of blogging a lot more than the writing part. After six years and many desperate questions from other non-technical types, I began teaching others how to blog. In plain English.
Why I stopped (sort of) blogging
A few years ago I strayed from the normal blogging path, stopped posting regularly as most do and switched most of my writing to newsletter format. Why? Because ironically, a blog format isn't the best way to keep my readers informed.
So, in 2013 I started the Useletter. It's filled with exclusive tips, cool things I find on the internet and behind-the-scenes peeks at my own business. It serves as a one-stop roundup of everything I do online. If you'd like to jump in, you can subscribe here or below (you'll get a free taste of what you can expect when you do).
Our out-of-the-box life
The truth is, cheesy as it sounds, the internet has changed our lives. We used to be a 9 to 5, single income family. Now, we each work part time doing things we love, we make significantly more income, we are educating our children tag-team style (using a lot of the very cool resources we find online) and we hope to move internationally someday. This is our life's motto.
Who this site is for
This site is for the ones who want to call their own shots. The ones who want to live differently. The busy ones. The ones with expensive taste without the funds to match. The ones who want a family-friendly approach to streamlining life. The ones who want to live audaciously, but aren't sure where to start.
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- If you want to keep up with what's current in the online space, sign up for the Useletter.
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67 random things about me
- Call me Amy (but I'll answer to Amy Lynn too).
- People always ask me how I make money blogging.
- I was born in 1975. In Africa.
- I'm a ninja of the "finding really cool stuff online" variety.
- I always do this to my ChapStick. I don't know why.
- I had a brother who died of SIDS when I was three. For years I thought it was my fault.
- I wrote a really short book about time management once. You have NO IDEA how long it took me.
- My husband is African American. He has freckles. Someone once asked him if he's Irish.
- One time, we paid off $25,000 in less than 2 years making $40,000 a year. (Here's how we did it.)
- I don't like to cook, craft or crochet. Or anything else that starts with c in the domestic category.
- I played the flute for 8 years.
- I skipped Kindergarten. Too smart. (Notice I didn't skip any other grades.)
- I studied abroad in Israel but came home after one too many close calls with terrorist bombings.
- I'm the mother of four. I feel like a failure regularly.
- I drive an SUV but I'd prefer a minivan.
- I love a good hymn every now and then. It is Well with My Soul is my favorite.
- I'm a couponing dropout.
- I've lived in 5 different countries.
- I've attempted to learn 5 different languages. I only remember one. English.
- I had very bad acne for 4 years in college.
- I have a handy trick to get rid of stuff despite my family's love of keeping it.
- I think public school teachers are the biggest unsung heroes in America.
- I used to bite my nails. Now I only bite the skin around them.
- I gained 40 pounds when I was pregnant. All four times.
- I like candy.
- I exercise, but not because I like it (see previous two). Here's my approach.
- I am moved to tears whenever I hear the pipe organ. I'm not sure why.
- My decorating prowess ends at painting a wall.
- I have a B.A. in Sociology and half a Master's in Marriage and Family Therapy.
- I've decided not to finish my Master's degree. Too many other things I want to do.
- I love tulips.
- I am a reluctant homeschooler.
- Potatoes are my favorite food. Especially french fries and mashed.
- I've moved 27 times in my life. Literally. The silver lining is that I totally know how to pick a house.
- I'm 6'2″. My inseam is 37″.
- I played basketball. I also played volleyball, tennis & softball and I ran track. Not because I was good but because I was tall (see previous).
- I graduated from high school in a class of 19. In Africa.
- I had a horse when I was 14. Her name was Flicka.
- I almost hit a giraffe while learning to drive.
- My favorite color is blue.
- I had a horrible case of claustrophobia while crawling through one of the Pyramids at Giza in Egypt once.
- I usually order a chicken sandwich when I go out to eat.
- I'm picky. Maddeningly so. Maddening even to myself. But not about food.
- My parents are missionaries.
- I hit my rock bottom in 2007.
- I've ridden a camel twice. It was uncomfortable both times.
- I turned down a book deal once. And I'm glad I did.
- I've always wanted to be a spy. I'd make a horrible spy though. I'm too emotional and I startle easily.
- I am a Christ-follower.
- When I talk about Christ, this is what I intend: "Oh my stars, He is amazing and you will not believe what He did!"
- When I talk about Christ, this is not what I intend: "Oh my stars, if you don't follow Him, I don't like you and I can't be your friend!"
- My husband and I got married in 1997.
- I sometimes use the TV as a babysitter. I admit it.
- I don't have a favorite movie.
- I'm all about efficiency. I like killing two (preferably more) birds with one stone.
- I used to have panic attacks. I wouldn't wish those on my worst enemy.
- I have expensive taste. Unfortunately, I don't have the funds to match.
- My most embarrassing moment involved, well, it's pretty embarrassing.
- I'm good at starting things.
- I'm horrible at finishing things. (Notice this list does not have 101 items as I intended.)
- I love ice cream. (Hey, did you know blogging is like ice cream?)
- I'm a people pleaser. And delinquent. Unfortunately.
- I get exceptionally crabby when I'm tired.
- Sometimes I tell my kids I love them so much I could "squeeze their guts right out."
- I worry way too much about what other people think.
- I currently live in Texas and continually ask myself How did THAT happen? But I like it. Plus, I like open space and there's lots of it here.
- I do not like writing. I prefer blogging (the not-writing part).
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text: Laury's is home to classic cuisine By Julie Robinson September 4, 2012 Story Share Lawrence Pierce Chef Ramin Mirzakhani recently added pan-seared sea bass and shrimp with saut�ed spinach, dried cherries and capers with lemon butter sauce to Laury's regular menu. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- It's been nearly 20 years since brothers Fazi and Sadegh Mirzakhani purchased Laury's, the fine dining restaurant Chef Otis Laury established in 1979. Two years after the purchase, the brothers moved the restaurant from its original Capitol Street location to its current elegant home in the refurbished C&O railroad depot.Diners take in views of the Kanawha River and downtown Charleston through the ample windows on one side, while trains occasionally rumble alongside the building on the other. As if inspired by the cultured interior, the passing trains offer only a subdued sound as they pass.Sadegh started working at Laury's in 1988 as a busboy and is currently sous chef. Brother Ramin began his culinary career as a waiter at Berry Hills Country Club and worked his way into the kitchen. Today he is executive chef.The three brothers have six additional siblings. The family immigrated to the United States in 1987 from Kuwait, but are originally from Iran. Fazi, the oldest, came ahead of the others to work for his uncle Asghar Mirzakhani, who owned Laury's at the time."This is a small family business," Fazi said. "We're here six days a week and closed for one week a year, usually in July." They often vacation together.Laury's original menu centered on classic French cuisine. Chef Ramin prepares American cuisine with French infusions. Steak Diane with demi-glace Dijon cream sauce and Seafood au Gratin, baked shrimp, scallops and crabmeat served in a white wine and cheddar cheese sauce.Classic longtime favorites such as Caesar salad and Shrimp Casino, both prepared tableside, filet mignon and Steak au Poivre will always grace the menu, but Ramin changes the menu occasionally. He especially enjoys tinkering with seafood entrees and currently features braised Chilean sea bass and scallops with roasted tomatoes and red bell peppers ragout served with rice.Escargot and Oysters Rockefeller are appetizer mainstays. Ramin recently added lobster stuffed mushrooms, coconut curry shrimp and Scallops Par Fazi. There is always a Scallops Par Fazi on the menu, but the preparation changes. This version is bacon-wrapped scallops served with asparagus and a lemon butter capers sauce. A mixed greens salad topped with a mound of fried goat cheese is a recent addition to salad menu. The Mirzakhanis expect their staff to provide attentive service, from the maitre d' to the servers who encourage diners to linger over their meals at the white-clothed tables. "The atmosphere here is elegant, yet relaxed. It's beautiful. Customers don't want to leave. You won't be rushed here," said Sadegh. The exception might be on an extremely busy night like Valentine's Day.The portions are large enough that diners often split entrees. Prices range from $20 for chicken entrees to $40 for Steak Maison, a 9-ounce beef tenderloin and shrimp stuffed with crabmeat and served with asparagus and Hollandaise sauce. Most seafood, veal, beef and seafood entrees fall in the $25 to $35 range and include side dishes.An extensive wine list and full bar also elicit comments from diners who say they frequently pay more for the same wines in other restaurants, according to Fazi, who selects and prices the wines.Bananas Foster prepared tableside and chocolate or Grand Marnier soufflés that require 30-minute preparation time are memorable endings for an evening. Six other desserts tempt diners' sweet teeth.Laury's has long been considered a special occasion restaurant and is the site of many birthday, anniversary and other celebrations. Business clients make up a good portion of the customer base, as do people traveling in Charleston, but an increasing number of locals are becoming regulars."We have all kinds of people. They come here because they like to experience fine dining and share that with their family and friends," said Ramin."It's not only for special occasions. We're getting lots of young couples," Fazi added, who thinks television shows about food have sparked interest in fine dining. Laury's, 350 MacCorkle Ave. S.W., is open from 5 to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Reservations recommended: 304-343-0055. Visit www.laurysrestaurant.comReach Julie Robinson at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-1230. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Facebook founder visits Cabin Creek Health Systems 2 Teen pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter in Oakes Field shooting 3 Safety shutoff disabled prior to June coal-mining death, report says 4 Congressional opioid investigation targets drug wholesaler Miami-Luken 5 Reunions: Sept. 26, 2017 Food Notes: Sept. 5, 2012 Previous Story Food and music for all tastes at Ribfest Next Story


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Basically what I am asking is which current team would you most like to trade the Pacers for?
Would you want to trade the Pacers for the Lakers and hopefully win the title this year. Would you rather trade the Pacers for the Thunder believing they are best set for the next 5 seasons.
Any team. For any reason. maybe you want to pick the team with the most salary cap space, or the team with the best chance of getting the top pick.
Hope this is a fun question Friday and not dumb question Friday.
I think I would trade the Pacers for the Thunder, I think they are in a position to be one of the top 3 or 4 teams in the NBA over the next 10 years. Also I think getting them now as they are still growing would be a lot of fun.
Please don't let your hate for a certain player or team influence your choice because once they are a pacer you will be a huge fan.


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Graft is one of the world's most prized architecture studio founded by Lars Krückeberg, Wolfram Putz and Thomas Willemeit. Since 1998, the "label for architecture, urban planning and exhibition design" has constructed countless projects around the world from Tbilisi and Berlin to Singapore and the Caribbean Islands with offices in Berlin, Los Angeles and now Beijing. Between their tight schedules Wolfram and Thomas talk to us about 'grafting' architecture – similar to the scientific process where the tissues of a plant fuse with one another.


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We were having fun taking photos of lunch, so here's a close-up of the pizza.
And just one more bite of the wonderful Basil Gelato and Tomato Sorbetto.
Casual Italian and Wood Fired Pizza
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Here is Vinto's Menu.
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Rand did tell the people at Vinto that I was a food blogger, but we paid for the lunch and they have no idea I'm writing this post about the restaurant. I don't really write restaurant "reviews" but once in a while I talk about restaurants in Salt Lake and Restaurants in other cities where I've had great meals.


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Vitamin D and Its Affect on Growth Rates and Bone Mineral Density Until Age 5 (VitD)
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified August 2011 by Meir Medical Center.
Recruitment status was: Not yet recruiting
Recruitment status was: Not yet recruiting
Meir Medical Center
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First received: August 17, 2011
Last updated: February 21, 2013
Last verified: August 2011
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Abstract Background: Vitamin D affects a wide variety of functions in the body including regulation of calcium, phosphorus, and bone metabolism. Israeli studies have documented a high prevalence of Vitamin D deficiency in Israeli infants in general, which was more severe in infants from Ultra-Orthodox Jewish families. Modest dress requirements in this population drastically reduce sun exposure, known to encourage production of Vitamin D. Countless research has analyzed preterm as well as term neonates born to mothers with vitamin D deficiency, with regard to weight, height, and bone mineral density at birth. However, there is a paucity of information about healthy infants' vitamin D levels and its' correlation to these parameters during the first few years of life. Objectives: The purpose of the proposed study is to measure and correlate levels of 25(OH)D and bone mineral density towards the end of the first year of life with growth rates and bone mineral density in the same children at the ages of 2, 3 and 5 years. Patients and Methods: The study will be performed in the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish community of Beitar Illit. 25(OH)D levels will be taken between 9-12 months of age (when routine blood tests are normally drawn for these infants) and bone mineral density will be measured using Quantitative Ultrasound. Infants will be divided into 2 groups: those with those with normal 25(OH)D levels (>15ng/ml), and those with 25(OH)D deficiency (<15ng/ml). Group 1- normal levels will receive no intervention. Infants with 25(OH)D below 15ng/ml will be randomly assigned into one of two groups; Group 2-those receiving continued vitamin D supplementation of 800 international units(IU) (4gtt/d) for one year, or Group 3- those receiving the placebo. Height, weight, and head circumference growth curves will be recorded every two months until 2 years of age. Quantitative ultrasound, growth charts and blood tests including 25(OH)D, serum calcium and phosphate levels, Parathyroid hormone (PTH), and alkaline phosphatase, taken at approximately 9-12 months will be repeated at 2 years of age. At that time children from Group 1 (no supplementation) will be divided into three: Group 1a- normal 25(OH)D levels will continue with no intervention, Group 1b <15ng/ml will begin receiving vitamin D 4gtt/d, Group 1c <15ng/ml will receive a placebo until age three. Groups 2 and 3 will continue their previous treatment until age three. All aforementioned tests will be repeated at age 3, when treatment will stop, and the same tests will be repeated at age 5.
|Vitamin D Deficiency
|Drug: Vitamin D Other: Placebo (for Vitamin D)
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Supplemental Vitamin D Administered to One Year Old Vitamin D Deficient Infants Until Age 3 and Its Affect on Growth Rates and Bone Mineral Density Until Age 5
Resource links provided by NLM:
MedlinePlus related topics: Bone Density Minerals Vitamin D Vitamin D Deficiency
Drug Information available for: Vitamin DU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Meir Medical Center:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Height at the age of 3 years [ Time Frame: 3 years after the recruitment begins ]
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Bone densitometry by ultrasound [ Time Frame: 3 years after recruitment begins ]
|Estimated Enrollment:
|Study Start Date:
|September 2013
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|September 2016
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|September 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Active Comparator: Vit D supplementation
Group 2-Infants with 25(OH)D below 15ng/ml receiving continued vitamin D supplementation of 800IU (4gtt/d) for one year.
Drug: Vitamin D
800IU (4gtt/d) once a day for 2 years once a day.
Other Name: TipTipot Vitamin D 200IU/gtt
Placebo Comparator: Placebo group
Group 3- Infants with 25(OH)D below 15ng/ml those receiving the placebo.
Other: Placebo (for Vitamin D)
4gtt/d for the placebo for two years.
No Intervention: Normal group
Group 1- infants with 25(OH)D above 15ng/ml (normal levels) will receive no intervention.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|9 Months to 15 Months (Child)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
Infants between 9-12 months old in Tipat Chalav and Kupat Holim Clalit in Beitar Illit undergoing a blood draw for CBC at one year of age.
Exclusion Criteria:
Parents that refuse to participate in this study, infants with any diagnosed chronic disease, and preterm infants less than 34 weeks.
Contacts and Locations
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01419821
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01419821
|Contact: Avigdor Hevroni, MD
|Clalit Health services
|Not yet recruiting
|Beitar Elit, Israel
|Contact: Clalit 972-2-588-7000
Sponsors and Collaborators
Meir Medical Center
|Principal Investigator:
|Avigdor Hevroni, MD
|Hadassah Medical Center
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Keywords provided by Meir Medical Center:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Meir Medical Center
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01419821 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
protocol 5.3
|Study First Received:
|August 17, 2011
|Last Updated:
|February 21, 2013
Keywords provided by Meir Medical Center:
Vitamin D
Bone densitometry
Vitamin D supplementation
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Vitamin D Deficiency
Deficiency Diseases
Nutrition Disorders
Vitamin D
Growth Substances
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Bone Density Conservation Agents
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Jay-Z Secretly Films Music Video In NYC Art Gallery! [VIDEO]
Yesterday, Jay-Z invited fans, members of the media, regulars at the 40/40 Club and some celebrities to an art gallery in New York City. Little did they know, they were about to be unpaid extras in his music video. Check out some behind the scenes footage of the six-hour "performance" inside.


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Within the past two weeks, Anthony Hardwick, a part-time employee at Target in Omaha, Neb., received approximately 100,000 signatures of support on a Change.org petition requesting that the large retail chain open at 5 am on Friday rather than midnight on Thanksgiving.
In short, Hardwick articulated that he would "prefer not to" work late on Thanksgiving evening as Target and other large retail chains such as Walmart, Toys R Us and Best Buy introduce earlier opening times to expand Black Friday shopping. Hardwick's resistance to obvious encroachment of materialism upon spiritual celebration, his transcendence, is the exact same idea explored by Herman Melville in his humorous 1853 short story, "Bartleby, the Scrivener."
Melville's short story is set in the heart of the 1800s capitalist world: a law office on Wall Street in New York City. The head of the law firm needs an additional "scrivener," or human copy machine, to transpose, edit and duplicate legal documents. There are two scriveners currently employed in the office, yet these men have the effectiveness of one employee. Nippers has indigestion problems that make him irritable until the noon hour, whereas Turkey works well until lunch when his drinking passes some critical point and he becomes quite rosy and ineffective. Nippers and Turkey are both half destroyed by their jobs, so the elderly head lawyer hires Bartleby to pick up the extra copying work.
Initially, Bartleby is assiduous and effective, but one day something strange happens. The boss asks Bartleby to perform a routine task, and Bartleby responds, "I would prefer not to." The old lawyer is more dismayed than angry at this first rebellion. Soon, Bartleby is refusing more and more tasks, then all tasks, with the refrain of "I would prefer not to." Bartleby is the first person in the office and unmoved when everyone leaves each day, hardly consuming any food during the many hours staring at a brick wall outside the window of his cubicle. Soon it is discovered that Bartleby never leaves the office at all; he lives there with minimal environmental impact.
The psychological impact of Bartleby's entrenchment is immense. Nippers, Turkey and the errand boy Ginger Nut are belligerent toward Bartleby and want the boss to kick him out the door. The head lawyer, though, has compassion, a deep understanding and respect for Bartleby's profound sensitivity. The boss understands Bartleby in a mysterious way, and tries many gentle gestures to ease him out of the workspace. Finally, the lawyer decides it is best to move his office and leave Bartleby behind. A new tenant soon complains and then calls the police who escort Bartleby to "The Tombs," a special ward of the jail. The old lawyer visits Bartleby and later finds him dead of starvation. Bartleby's death, along with his actions in life, offer the old lawyer a metaphysical glimpse, a transcendental truth.
With this humorous tale, Melville vividly displays the essence of American transcendentalism, a philosophy first articulated by Ralph Waldo Emerson that resonates today with the actions of Target employee Anthony Hardwick. Transcendentalism contrasts materialists with idealists, delineating the perceptions of each group. Idealists or transcendentalists often perceive the world's truth and reality through a religious or human lens. Solitude and a close association to nature usually inform the transcendental perception of truth. Slavery was a definitive issue between transcendentalists and materialists. To the transcendentalist, slavery was obviously immoral. Yet to the materialist, slavery was a simple economic reality of life. The same lines could be drawn today between Target executives/hungry shoppers and the modern-day idealists who would "prefer not to" shop or work on Thanksgiving.


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Corn Estimated Fund Position
Trends – March Contract
Short Term: Up Net Long Futures and Options:
Long Term: Up Change:
Overnight Trade: H -2 @7:30 AM
The March corn made its best close since mid-November Friday, but didn't see any follow through buying overnight. Today is the February supply and demand report and expectations are for friendly numbers, but it may take a bullish surprise in order for the market to work through the $4.50 resistance. Bearish traders are hoping that the focus of the market returns to the new crop and the expected rise in ending stocks once the report is out of the way. Indicators are overbought, so if there is any disappointment from the report, it will be a quick move down.
Wheat Estimated Fund Position
Trends – March Contract
Short Term: Up Net Long Futures and Options:
Long Term: Down Change:
Overnight Trade: Chicago: H -3 KC: H -4 @7:30 AM
Friday's sharp break in the wheat has made a lot of traders nervous. The March KW did close positive, but that didn't do much to ease fears. Today's supply and demand numbers probably won't do much to help either the bulls or the bears, so the market will likely take its directional cues from the corn and soybeans. The chart still leaves us potential for a move up to $6.74, but it will probably take something friendly from USDA to make that happen.
Soybeans Estimated Fund Position
Trends – March Contract
Short Term: Up Net Long Futures and Options:
Long Term:Up Change:
Overnight Trade: H +2 @7:30 AM
Now that the beans are back to the top of the trading range it seems that all the talk has shifted back to fears of cancellations by the Chinese, but that didn't keep the March beans from making a new high for the move overnight. USDA has the potential to release a very bullish report today and that has traders a little nervous. I expect to see something supportive, but very conservative from USDA today. There will be a small increase in exports and a small cut in ending stocks and they will keep their fingers crossed for cancellations.
Live Cattle
Short Term: Down
Long Term: Up
Opening Calls: Mixed
Live cattle futures exploded higher on Friday, in spite of the sharply lower cash trade. The best we have heard in the south was $141, with limited clearance bring reported by early evening. A recall of a large amount of boxed beef being reported over the weekend is the story heading into the opening of markets at 9:05 this morning. The recall appears to be mostly head, cheeks, tongue, livers along with veal bones and trimmings, all from a California plant. The other big news today will be the USDA supply/demand report to be released at 11:00 am. First notice for delivery of the February contract is after the close today.
Feeder Cattle
Short Term: Down
Long Term: Up
Opening Call: 10-30 Higher
Feeder cattle futures closed moderately higher on Friday, gaining support from the sharp rise in live cattle futures. For the week, March feeders were down 1.63 and remain nearly 1.80 lower than the current cash index. The index was lower for the 7th session in a row and lost 1.49 for the week. This mornings' grain report is expected to be the main influence on feeders today, with corn prices already thirty some cents above their contract lows posted just a month ago.


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Perhaps you've dabbled in risk-management before, or know a friend, neighbor or brother-in-law who's "played the market."
In all likelihood, you've heard a horror story or two — or became one yourself. Milk was forward-contracted, and then the price skyrocketed and potential profit escaped. Or somebody "lost his shirt" because he couldn't make the margin calls.
These things may have soured you to the whole concept of risk-management. But, risk-management is going to be a big part of the dairy industry's future — and your future.
Why? The global credit crisis has put more pressure on lenders, and dairies will need to use risk-management to secure financing in the future.
The mechanics of risk-management are not that complicated. But, it's the mental gymnastics and emotion that comes with making a marketing decision that can be a problem.
Here is how you can mentally prepare to use risk-management tools.
Have a plan
First, lay out your plan of attack.
No one can accurately predict where the market is going. But, you can have strategies set up in advance for what you're going to do, no matter what the market does, says Scott Stewart, president and chief executive officer of Stewart-Peterson in West Bend, Wis.
Develop your plan based off of finances and not what you hear at the coffee shop. Create a risk-management planning team with your accountant, lender and broker.
Once the team is assembled, work through possible scenarios and choose the best risk-management tool for each circumstance, says Stewart.
"Without a written plan in place, you may make an emotional decision in a stressful situation that might not be the best thing for your operation. In all likelihood, you'll get burned and it won't work out," says Eric Meyer, a risk-management consultant with FC Stone/Downes-O'Neill, Chicago, Ill.
Laying out a plan in advance takes the emotion out of making decisions. And, a plan will give you confidence and stop you from second-guessing yourself.
Admittedly, developing a strategic plan takes a lot of work and mental energy. But once you have a plan in place, it becomes as simple as: If the market goes up a little, I'll do A. If the market goes up a lot, I'll do B. If the market goes down a little, I'll do C. If the market goes down a lot, I'll do D.
With all of this strategizing done in advance, in an unemotional way, you are prepared to act as various market scenarios unfold.
Don't forget to include both milk and your feed inputs in your plan. "If you don't, it could be very dangerous for your business," says Phil Plourd, president of Blimling and Associates in Cottage Grove, Wis.
Involve your lender
The capital outlay required for risk-management and margin calls tends to be the biggest stress factor for dairy producers. Your goal is to alleviate this stress.
To do so, involve lenders in the planning process. "There are financial requirements to risk-management, and if your lender understands what you are trying to do in advance, they can set up a risk-management line of credit," says Meyer.
Risk-management plans have been derailed in the past because the lender was not part of the process. "If your lender isn't involved, you may reach a point where the amount of money is too much for the lender to swallow, and you have to get out of the hedge and you lose your position," says Meyer. "Involve your lender from the beginning."
Depending upon your personality, you may or may not be comfortable with margin calls. Learn the different strategies available and add the ones you feel comfortable with to your plan. "Remember that when it's all said and done, the cost of the margin call money is only interest," says Chris Atten, hedge consultant with First Capitol Ag in Galena, Ill.
Stick with your plan
Be consistent with your marketing strategy and trust the plan that you've made. Consistently using a risk-management plan delivers consistent returns.
Take a cue from other businesses, such as restaurants and end-users of products, which use risk-management tools every day to lock in consistent profits. "They aren't doing it because they know prices are going higher," says Plourd. "They do it because they are doing their job, managing their business and managing their profit margins."
In order for companies to offer $5 pizzas or $3 meal deals, they have to know what their costs are going to be ahead of time. "They are managing to a price point," adds Plourd.
Sometimes people are skeptical that buyers offering forward contracts have some kind of inside knowledge. "They think if someone is offering a contract at $2, they must know the price is going to $2.50. You have to understand companies are in the same boat as dairy farmers — they don't know more than anyone else; they are just trying to protect their business," says Meyer.
Take action
Now that you've done the legwork, it's time to put your plan into action.
As you do so, "change your mind-set — you are no longer a price-taker, you are a price-maker. It doesn't matter if you have 60 or 6,000-cows, it's about net profitability," says Plourd.
Resist the fear of leaving money on the table. If you locked in a price that leaves you a profit, is it really a bad decision? Meyer asks.
Stop getting hung up on missing out or second-guessing yourself. No one can know exactly where the market is headed. Instead, focus on what could go wrong in the market, adds Atten. "Milk could go to $10 per hundredweight and corn could go to $6 a bushel — this is reality."
Understanding risk-management tools and developing a plan does not happen over night. "But, you as the producer have to take it to the next level," says Meyer. "Fear of starting keeps people from starting."
And, understand that doing nothing is still doing something.
Certainty vs. opportunity
There is a trade-off in the whole process of using risk-management tools: certainty vs. opportunity. Different people will value these things in different ways.
Nylund Dairy in Hilmar, Calif., sees risk-management as a form of insurance. Like the deductable on your auto insurance, how much risk do you want to take? And, how much do you want to spend to cover that risk and what percentage do you want to cover? asks Josh Bernard, herd manager at Nylund Dairy.
Nylund Dairy is in the process of developing a risk-management plan that should provide a constant cash-flow rather than riding the highs and lows of the market.


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By Vincent Greene
Jul 5, 2004
|GPS: The left turn onto Middlemarch s N31.73482 W11007771, The next left is N31.84694 W110.00329, The next right is N31.87078 W110.02101, The parking area is at N31.87342 W110.01665, and finally the crag itself is at N31.87455 W110.01490 at 5083 ft elevation.
By Almonzo Wilder
From: Flagstaff, Arizona
Dec 13, 2004
|One more note on directions. After the left turn off of Middlemarch Rd onto FR 687, the right to the Isle of You parking area lies IMMEDIATELY AFTER A CATTLE GUARD about two miles in.
By cobra652004
Feb 24, 2009
Tried to get out to Trad Rock last weekend - we parked at the top of the circular parking area, and found a decent trail with a little bit of fine gravel/sand leading up along the side of a rock face. I don't think this was Trad Rock, but it was bolted with about 6-8 routes up some pretty good face climbing. There were 2 big trees at the base of the rock and on the left-most part of the clean rock face was a nice rolling section you could probably scramble up to get at some of the anchors up top. Any info on this area? What is an easier way to find my way to the REAL Trad Rock? Thanks very much
By Christian
From: Casa do Cacete
Feb 24, 2009
|mountainproject.com/v/arizona/... ????
By cobra652004
Feb 26, 2009
|thinking maybe what we were on was on the way to sweet rock - do you walk down a narrow sandy trail past a face shorter than sweet rock on the way? past where we were was a nice horseshoe shaped rock alcove that looked more similar to the pics i'm seeing for that area. also the climbs we did looked to be shorter than the ones i'm seeing on here - there were definitely not any climbs over single pitch - probably all less than 90 feet or so. sorry i can't give a better description/provide pics...
By Christian
From: Casa do Cacete
Mar 18, 2009
Hey Cobra,
Sorry for the late response
Haven't been to Isle of You area in ages. Darryl Allan's a great guy, send him an e-mail and he'll figure it out for you. I'm sure he knows about any areas close to Sweet Rock too.
By JLPierce
From: Flagstaff, AZ
Sep 21, 2009
|That sounds like Trad Rock. Ironic that Trad Rock has sport routes, hmmm... Anyway, I will post a picture of the rock face. I know this was MONTHS ago but maybe it will help others.
By JohnP
From: Broomfield, CO
Dec 7, 2009
I am headed out west on a road trip and have a couple questions about the Isle of Ewe...
1.) Can I camp out at this area? I keep finding things about parking, but no camping information other than the one area off ironwood road, which is kind of far. Any suggestions on the whole camping topic would be helpful also!
2.) What is the current access situation? Do I have to pay to get to these areas? It seems like there is conflicting information on this...
Any other tips or even recommendations for ANY other good one pitch routes (I'll have to come back later for the multi-pitch)that are currently listed would be awesome!
Thanks for the help.
By Daryl Allan
From: Sierra Vista, AZ
Dec 7, 2009
The Stronghold has an East and West side. The [end of] Ironwood road area is a pay area over on the East Stronghold with facilities but there is plenty of non-facility, free camping over there as well. You will be on West Stronghold if you're going to the Isle of Ewe though.
There are no facilities on the West Stronghold but parking, climbing, and access are free. There are several campgrounds and campsites in the Isle of Ewe area. You shouldn't have any trouble finding a spot out there.
Plenty of good climbing out there to keep you entertained. Check out Rad, Trad and Glad rocks for stuff in the Isle of Ewe area, and Sheepshead, Muttonhead, Squaretop, and Westworld Dome for multipitch areas on the west side. There are plenty more than i listed but those will give you somewhere to start.
By Laura Howey
From: Gilbert, AZ
Apr 7, 2010
I would love to go. New climber. Low clearance vehicle. Need more information on camping conditions.
By Jonah Sturges
May 29, 2010
Hello, I was curious about a guide for this area.
Laura- Ive been wanting to do this area as well.
By Chris treggE
From: Madison, WI
Jun 3, 2010
|Jonah, this will get you started. You can buy a used copy (out of print) on Amazon or bookfinder.com. Make sure you get the 2nd edition (1997 I think). Not sure if there are any newer guides.
By Aaron Divine
Feb 11, 2011
Loose bolts/anchor Question:
I was last at Trad Rock in spring of 2005 - and am planning to return soon. At the time, I seem to recall at least a few bolts and some of the anchor bolts (not just the hangers - but the bolts themselves) being suspiciously loose on climbs along the left side of the crag (can't remember exactly which routes). Does anyone who climbs here more regularly know if any these have been replaced / repaired since then?
Many thanks
By Leif Gruenwoldt
May 30, 2011
|@Jonah, "Rock Climbing Arizona" from Falcon Guide has reasonably good coverage for the area.


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At Peterstal - A 'Container Village'
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Vossler, Ron. "At Peterstal - A 'Container Village' in the Ukraine." Grand Forks Herald, 21 July 1996.
Heinrich Giesbrecht's house - and his container - in Peterstal, Ukraine.
PETERSTAL, Ukraine - Heinrich Giesbrecht hopes that he is part of a solution to a half-century old problem: what to do with the displaced ethnic Germans living within the borders of the old Soviet Empire.
Giesbrecht is one of 1,000 ethnic Germans, resettled from homes in Kazakhstan, who now live in "container villages" in the Ukraine.
On the windswept steppe an hour from Odessa on the outskirts of Peterstal, he gestures proudly at his new home, which consists of several square meters of space: "I built it myself," he says in a German dialect, rusty from years of speaking only Russian. "A German must work."
Beside his solid-looking two-story house sits what looks like large shipping crate. It's about the size of a small travel trailer - a "container," where he lived while he built his house, just like the other settlers in Peterstal. Hence the name "container village;" there are 15 such villages in the Ukraine.
Giesbrecht had help building his home. There was financial support from Germany. There was also material and manpower from the government of Ukraine. This house-building is a joint venture by the two countries to help ethnic Germans settle in Ukraine after a half-century diaspora in the farthest reaches of the Soviet Union.
Ethnic Germans, including Giesbrecht's great-grandparents, settled in Russian Empire from as early as 1763. The migration from Germany continued into the first decades of the 19th century. It was by invitation of the czars, who wanted talented craftsmen and farmers to rejuvenate and occupy a buffer zone with the Turks and other nearby people. After initial hardships, their prosperous, orderly villages were established along the Volga River, around the peripheries of the Black Sea, and on the Crimean Peninsula.
It was a short-lived prosperity in those ethnic enclaves: 100 years of settled life. The original colonists had been promised exemption from taxes and conscription for an eternity; eventually, the autocratic Russian regimes, redefining an eternity to mean 100 years, rescinded those earlier promises.
There were demands that the Russian language be taught in the schools in the German villages and that personnel books and other records be kept in Russian. Young men served in the army, fighting against the Turks and Japan. Between 1880 and 1915, many villagers, including this writer's relatives, left for America, Canada, and South America. Currently, Black Sea German descendants constitute early 40 percent of North Dakota's population.
From left: Olaf Gunther, German consultant; Heinrich Giesbrecht; and Ron Vossler.
Those who remained behind in Russia endured the politics of the 20th century. There was civil war. There was requisitioning of grain - Stalin's terror tactics. Famines were created. The population of entire villages, entire provinces starved in the 1920s and the early 1930s; one elderly lady in Tarutino told this writer that there were other famines about which the West knew nothing, such as the Bessarabian famine of 1947. Sometimes the last contact between ethnic Germans in the Ukraine and their relatives in America took place in farewell letters documenting their own starvation - poignant, heartbreaking letters published in German newspapers in the United States.
In those first several decades of the 20th century in Russia, there was also forced collectivization as the country became Sovietized. (This writer learned the fate of two of his stepfather's relatives from the Catholic village of Mannheim - both shot because they refused to comply with that collectivization.)
Then World War II dissolved an entire way of life. Though many German villagers fought and died for the Soviet Union, Stalin feared ethnic Germans would help the invading German army. So Germans living in the Soviet Union were relocated forcibly, often at night, to the Russian hinterlands. After decades in exile the fall of Communism brought them the opportunity to emigrate and travel freely again - which is why the "German problem" exists in Ukraine and Russia today.
Swept by memory and loss as he stood on the gravel street in front of his new home, Giesbrecht told his story. As a 12-year-old living in a village near Simpferopol in the Crimea, he was roused from sleep by special contingents of the Russian army, led by komosomols, fanatic commissars. At rifle point, everyone in his village was crowded into railcars, 50 or more to car. Those refusing were shot. During the week-long journey overland to Siberia and Kazakhstan, without food or water, many people succumbed, suffocating where they stood. Almost without exception, all babies and young children died.
As many 1 million ethnic Germans may have died.
However, Giesbrecht saved his 7-year-old sister, wiping away tears, his body shaking, Giesbrecht showed how he huddled over her in the train car. It was, he said, the best thing he ever did. In the farthest distances of Soviet Empire, the survivors stumbled from the trains, met by children who marveled that these Germans did not look so fierce, that they had no horns sprouting from their heads, as the propaganda bulletins of that time depicted them.
Giesbrecht survived. He worked in coal mines, doing demolition that damaged his hearing. After decades, as travel restrictions were limited, he moved to Kazakhstan. His sister also survived. Now she lives across he street from him in Peterstal, in a container home of her own.
The population of ethnic Germans in the old Soviet continues to grow. It is estimated that 2 million now live in Siberia and Kazakhstan. Germany has the capability to absorb at least 1 million over the next 10 years. The rest, if they want a better life, might relocate in "container" villages, whether in the Ukraine, or the Trans-Carpathians, of other parts of the old Soviet Union.
As it is now, these people are scattered, cut off from their families, too often ignorant of their own history, uncertain of their own identity; they are a lost people, disdained as "Fluchtlinga" by Germany, looked down on by the Russian or Ukrainians if they remain where they are now. By all accounts, Giesbrecht is one of the lucky ones. A consultant of the German government who works in the area claimed that of the five "Liebental" villages in the area, including nearby Neuberg (where this writer's grandfather was born), there has not been one single person heard from since the deportations.
For all they have suffered, these ethnic Germans are a testament to the human spirit. Resilient, like Giesbrecht, they want to start a new life, to assume at least a part of their old identity. Yet many of these settlers are neither German, nor Russian, but some mixture of the two, in behavior and customs. Their history has made them wary. They want to develop a work ethic that will lift their children out of poverty to a more productive life. But it will be a slow process. Half a century of repression under communism has left scars.


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It's easy to discuss successful investments but far more difficult to assess unsuccessful, money-losing investments. The human mind cannot rationally deal with losing money, so when investors make a bad bet, the immediate response is to sell and resolve never to invest in that particular business ever again. We convince ourselves that by avoiding that company forever, we have learned from our losing investments.
If only it was that simple. As in life, learning from your mistakes often proves vastly more valuable than taking comfort or boasting of your accomplishments. It takes discipline and commitment to look back on your thought-making process honestly to find out where the lapse in judgment occurred. Sometimes, you discover your oversight immediately, in which case you have saved yourself from future financial pain and emotional headache. Other times, you will discover that your research and analysis continued several errors of judgment, in which case you will spend time and effort assessing and learning from each one. Either way, the time spent understanding the nature of your mistakes will prove invaluable in future investments.
Unfortunately, very few investors will take the required time to do this. The ego often gets in the way. What better -- and perhaps easier -- way to erase your mistakes than by quickly trying to recoup by making another investment that you are confident will succeed. Other times, simple laziness gets in the way. Either way, this negligence is vastly dangerous; financial habits can be hard to break if they go unchecked. As we all know, it becomes far more difficult to break a pattern of behavior when it has become habitual or addictive. Poor habits, financial or otherwise, can often be the difference between success and failure.
In investing, it's crucial to understand what constitutes a mistake and what doesn't. After shares of a stock are purchased, a subsequent decline in the stock price does not mean a bad decision has been made. The movement in stock prices is known as volatility, and that is part of the market. An investor should not care one iota if a well-researched stock bought at an attractive price experiences a decline. In fact, that should be welcome news as you now have a chance to buy at an even better discount. An investment mistake is one that results in a permanent loss of capital due to a permanent impairment in that business's future cash flow generation.
For example, consider electronics retailer Best Buy (BBY). Earlier this year, when shares were trading around $19 off from a year-earlier high of $30, I suggested that Best Buy was a worthwhile investment. It was the last remaining electronics retailer thanks to the demise of Circuit City. Even competition from Wal-Mart (WMT) and Target (TGT) wouldn't be detrimental because Best Buy had a vastly wider selection of products, a more knowledgeable staff and comparable prices. Where I made my mistake was underestimating the threat of two other not-so-obvious competitors: Amazon (AMZN) and Apple (AAPL).
Today, Best Buy shares languish at $13 and the company is trying to sell itself to its founder, Richard Schulze. Perhaps Schulze can revive the company, but doing so will require a gigantic shift in market strategy. It can no longer be a big box retailer, selling inventory subject to rapid obsolescence. These issues facing Best Buy are not temporary and, thus, have a permanent effect on the future cash flows of the business. The mistake here was that I failed to grasp that Best Buy's competition was beyond other traditional retailers: Best Buy was now competing with an online market, as well as product companies with their own retail locations. Add to that the fact that retailing is an industry with very low barriers to entry and the only way to compete in a commodity line like electronics is via low prices, and the problem is even bigger.
Even though I never invested in Best Buy, as the stock price continued to drop I became more interested. But as I dug deeper, I discovered red flags that I could not overcome. In the future, I will be better prepared to quickly assess other retailers or consumer-product businesses. For the rest of this month, I will continue to explore other investment fallacies that I have learned either by close observation or by actual experience.
No investor, or individual, gets through life without his or her share of mistakes. But perfection is not a prerequisite for success. Yet the marginal benefit that accrues to an investor who tackles those mistakes can be the difference between a great record and a mediocre one. In baseball, a career batting average of .300 will likely get you into the hall of fame. The difference between a .250 batter and a .300 batter is an additional 50 hits per 1,000 at bats. The potential benefits from making fewer errors cannot be underestimated in baseball, investing, or life.


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Looking to buy a new board any suggestions would be great. I am currently considering a 5'10" Neckbeard by Channel Islands. I'm kind of looking for a similar shape and a five fin set up.
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Looking to buy a new board any suggestions would be great. I am currently considering a 5'10" Neckbeard by Channel Islands. I'm kind of looking for a similar shape and a five fin set up.
50 views and no response...probably because you give no info on your size or where you surf.
Channel Islands?...we have to guess you're a beginner with a load of cash. Why don't you save some money and help the local economy by having the most local shaper make you a custom board? There's also some great used boards around the surf shops and on ebay.
I'm about 5'10" and 190 lbs, Im not a beginner. I threw that board out there because I dig the shape but I do not know of anyone that rides one so I was trying to get some feedback on the board I surf around the Jax Beach area. I'm totally open to a different brand thats just the kind of the shape Im interested in.
i'm about your size & demo'd a 5'10" neckbeard from a local shop...i i found it to surf great once up & riding, but found that it was lacking in the paddling dept...& i'm a strong paddler. just a touch more float/volume would've made a big difference. held a 6'0" under my arm to compare & it felt HUGE. if i were to order one, i'd prob. split the difference & go 5'11".
i'm not sure what shapers are in the jax beach area, but roberts has a bunch of great looking groveler-type boards... http://www.robertssurf.com/small-wav...ortboards.html
What about the weirdo? or Dumpster diver
My recommendation the Disco by sharpeye @ sunrise surf shop
Thanks for the input I will definitely look into those boards
what are thoughts on quad vs thruster vs five fin
I just bought a chemistry beaker comp. its very similar to the weirdo ripper, and a lot cheaper. if you are looking for a small wave groveler that can handle a little bigger stuff, i recommend it. Took it to Costa and rode it in some nice surf up to a foot overhead. i'm close to your size (5'10"/180), been surfin 20 years, and ride the 5'9". I catch everything in the ocean on it. It has 31.8 liters of volume, and my normal SB has 28.6. More foam than I need, but don't want to go shorter. Highly recommend it, as I don't think the neckbeard will do very well in any type of real surf. That wide tail doesn't work well on a vertical face...


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It's been 5 years since the Canon 5D mkII changed the world of filmmaking. To celebrate this birthday, myself and many other professionals were contacted by Mitch Aunger of Planet5D to give our thoughts on the future of DSLR. Mitch collected the mass of thoughts that followed and has published a free (yes, free) ebook that you get for simply subscribing to his blog.
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I am already neutered and up to date with shots.
All cats at our shelter have been screened for the feline leukemia virus, started on a vaccination program, de-wormed, treated with Advantage for fleas, spayed/neutered and microchipped. Cat adoption fees are $70 and include all of the above.
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Lost dog led to stabbing victims; one dead
Published 11:30 pm, Monday, September 23, 2013
LACEY -- Thurston County Sheriff's deputies say a lost dog in Lacey led them to two stabbing victims Monday afternoon.
A motorist first spotted the dog weaving in and out of traffic on Marvin Road SE. The driver followed the dog to a nearby home, and when he looked in the window he saw what appeared to be a seriously injured man.
Deputies arrived moments later and found the 67-year-old victim bleeding from the neck.
"He'd suffered multiple stab wounds, and the stab wounds were caused by a screwdriver," said Greg Elwin with the Thurston County Sheriff's Office.
The victim was taken to the hospital for treatment, and deputies say his condition is "grave."
Jane Pennella is friends with the victim and was shocked to hear he had been attacked.
"I don't know what's happened. They just told me he was assaulted," she said. "I can't imagine who would doing anything like that to him."
Pennella said her friend uses a wheelchair and needs oxygen, but was ambulatory enough to drive.
It's unclear when the man was stabbed or what led up to the attack.
While investigating the Lacey incident, police received a 911 call about a fatal stabbing in Olympia. The caller said a woman had been stabbed in the neck, and he believed her son was responsible.
Using information they gathered at the Lacey crime scene, detectives came to the conclusion that the same man -- 30-year-old Tyler Lewis -- was responsible for both attacks.
The female victim may be the attacker's mother, and male victim is a former neighbor, police say.
Deputies arrested Lewis when he returned to the Olympia crime scene, according to Elwin. Detectives have interviewed Lewis, but haven't been able to come up with a motive for the crimes.
"He's been very calm an deliberate, kind of chillingly so, actually. That makes us wonder really deeply what caused this guy to go off and do these horrible things," Elwin said.


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Impact of Education During Pregnancy in Overweight Pregnant Women (ETOIG)
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Metabolic environment of the foetus during pregnancy in obese women is altered and the child exposed at an increased risk of obesity. Rapid infancy and childhood weight gain is associated with subsequent obesity.
The purpose of the study is to test the efficacy of an educational intervention during pregnancy in obese or overweight women, on the reduction of rapid infancy weight gain in the two first years of life.
|Overweight Obesity Pregnancy Childhood Obesity
|Other: Therapeutic education Other: Follow-up
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single (Participant)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|Impact of Pregnant Women Education in Case of Overweight or Obesity on Risk of Child Overweight and Pregnancy Outcome
- 30 per cent reduction of rapid infancy weight gain at two years defined as > +0,67 change in weight SD score. The 0,67 SD represents the difference between the displayed centile lines on standard infant growth charts. [ Time Frame: 30 Months ]
- -reduction of rapid infancy weight gain between 0 and 6 months [ Time Frame: 30 months ]
- -reduction of the number of children with BMI over 19 at 2 years [ Time Frame: 30 months ]
- -reduction of incidence of gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, HTA during pregnancy, caesarean, fetal macrosomia [ Time Frame: 30 months ]
- -reduction of spontaneous feeding at 4 months [ Time Frame: 30 months ]
- -increase of breastfeeding (number of women and duration) [ Time Frame: 30 months ]
- -reduction 1 and 2 years after pregnancy of mother weight and BMI (except second pregnancy) [ Time Frame: 30 months ]
- -reduction of abnormality of lipid and glycaemia test in women, 2 years after the pregnancy [ Time Frame: 30 months ]
|Study Start Date:
|September 2008
|Study Completion Date:
|November 2013
|Primary Completion Date:
|April 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
Experimental: 1
Therapeutic education
Other: Therapeutic education
Intensive training individual and collective teaching
|Placebo Comparator: 2
Other: Follow-up
classical follow-up with two individual consultations
Detailed Description:
In a first time, we propose to pregnant overweight women to participate a study based on the follow up of their pregnancy and of their child during the two first years of life. Women in agreement with the study sign a consent form and fill in a questionnaire about their quality of live.
We secondly randomized the women in two groups:
Group A: in this group an intervention is delivered. It provide education, at regularly scheduled sessions (20 weeks, 28 weeks, 35 weeks, and 2 month after delivering) and two dietary consulting. The sessions that stress about healthy eating and modest exercise assemble several women (no more than 10). Women in agreement with this intervention sign a consent form.
Group B: in this group, pregnant women are managed with standard care (at least one dietary consulting is proposed around 26 weeks).
Risk factors for child obesity are researched by questionnaire (parents smoking habit, mother and father level of education, family history of obesity, risk factors for gestational diabetes…). Mother weight measured at every clinic visit, is recorded as complications during pregnancy (HTA, preeclampsia, diabetes, fetal malformation …) and during delivery. Mother glycosylated haemoglobin is measured at birth.
Variables of interest for the children included at birth: gestational age, sex, neonatal pathology, hospitalisations and hypoglycaemia episode. Measurement, and method of infant feeding are recorded at birth, and by phone call every 2 months during 6 months, at 9 month, 1 year, 18 months and 2 years. At 4 months the mother fill in a questionnaire about the amount of milk or other foods eaten by the child.
A visit is planed at 2 years for:
- clinical examination of the child,
- recording of his nutritional and exercise habits
- questionnaire about quality of life of the mother and her health
- measurement of her BMI, arterial pressure, glycaemia before and after 75 g oral glucose-tolerance test, glycosylated hemoglobin, and lipid test.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion criteria :
- Pregnant women who agree the study
- BMI > 25 kg/m². BMI is based on retrospective self reported weight of the patient before pregnancy.
- No more that 21 weeks of gestation.
- Social security
Exclusion criteria :
- women younger than 18 yrs,
- multiple gestation,
- high risk pregnancy,
- psychiatric pathology,
- diabetes diagnosed before the inclusion
- fetal malformation
- history of obesity surgery
- Women with no understanding of French language
- Women planning to move to another area.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00804765
|Hôpital Necker
|Paris, France, 75015
|Principal Investigator:
|Sophie PARAT, MD
|Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
|Responsible Party:
|Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00804765 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|December 8, 2008
|Last Updated:
|August 25, 2014
Keywords provided by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris:
child obesity
overweight women
obese women
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Pediatric Obesity
Nutrition Disorders
Body Weight
Signs and Symptoms
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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Caribbean Olympic Dreams/
I'll admit, a lot of this week's concepts could've been considered for a Freak Out Friday. But the point was to showcase jerseys for teams that weren't participating in Sochi. So naturally, there were going to be some outliers.
But today is a different story. Dallas Kirkpatrick presents a series of Caribbean hockey sweaters. (So many things wrong about that.) Of the six jersey sets seen above, only one nation has an IIHF membership. Jamaica joined in 2012.
Click through and you'll also find Aruba, the Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba and the Dominican Republic. They are wonderfully colorful and each is stylistically unique. Have to give Dallas credit for the creativity. A great way to end this theme week if you ask me.


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The town council will recognise the achievements of Trowbridge Rugby Club at the Sport and Play Festival tomorrow (Saturday), before holding a more formal event later in the year.
A representative from the club will attend the festival following the team's memorable victory in the RFU Intermediate Cup final at Twickenham in May, which followed their promotion to South West level.
The annual Sport and Play Festival, organised by Active Trowbridge, will take place in Trowbridge Park between 11am-4pm and will include an appearance from Paralympic swimmer Stephanie Millward.
Town council clerk Lance Allan said: "There will be a representative from the rugby club at the festival on Saturday to receive thanks from the town council.
"We weren't able to do something more formal as many of the players are attending a wedding that day, so we are looking at doing something later in the year."
Another team to be recognised by its town council is Melksham Town Football Club, whose Wiltshire Senior Cup win in April will be marked by the town council on July 17 at the town hall.


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UNIPART Automotive's Keighley branch has closed with the loss of four jobs.
The Worth Way outlet is among over 100 nationally to shut after the car parts company went into administration.
Joint administrators Mark Orton, Will Wright and Jonny Marston – of KPMG – have sold part of the Solihull-based business to competitors Andrew Page and The Parts Alliance, in a deal which saved 33 branches and 361 jobs.
"Despite intensive efforts over recent weeks a sale of the whole Unipart Automotive business could not be reached and a buyer could only be found for 33 of the sites on a going concern basis," said Mr Orton.
"Unfortunately the business had been experiencing financial stress for a number of years, so the level of cash and further operational restructuring required to rescue a more substantial part of it posed too much of a risk for most interested parties.
"Our team of employment specialists will be supporting all staff on completing redundancy forms and putting them in touch with job seeker services. We will now be reviewing what options are available for the remainder of the business, such as selling leasehold interests."


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The Regnum Christi Movement offers its members some guidelines of a gospel-based spirituality as an ideal of Christian life. The spiritual path that Regnum Christi members walk mainly consists in knowing, loving, imitating, and proclaiming Christ. This is the path and these are the goals.
Below, we offer some resources that can help nurture the spiritual life of Movement members and of any Christian.
Daily Prayer 2013-10-18
Listen to podcast version here.
Father Daniel Ray, LC
Luke 10: 1-9
After this the Lord
appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of
him in pairs to every town and place where he
himself intended to go. He said to them, "The
harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore
ask the Lord of the harvest to send out
laborers into his harvest. Go on your way. See, I
am sending you out like lambs into the midst
of wolves. Carry no purse, no bag, no sandals; and
greet no one on the road. Whatever house you
enter, first say, ´Peace to this house!´ And if
anyone is there who shares in peace, your peace will
rest on that person; but if not, it will
return to you. Remain in the same house, eating and
drinking whatever they provide, for the laborer deserves to
be paid. Do not move about from house to
house. Whenever you enter a town and its people welcome
you, eat what is set before you; cure the
sick who are there, and say to them, ´The
kingdom of God has come near to you.´"
Introductory Prayer:
Lord, I believe that you are present here as
I turn to you in prayer. I trust and have
confidence in your desire to give me every grace
I need to receive today. Thank you for your love,
thank you for your immense generosity toward me. I
give you my life and my love in return.
Petition: Lord, increase my faith so that in any
trial I will trust in you.
1. Amazing Graces: Luke, whose
feast we celebrate in today's liturgy, is the only
gentile author in the New Testament. It was part
of God's design that he be chosen by God to
be the author of one of the Gospels and
the Book of Acts. "Who am I to receive such
a grace?" Luke might easily have said to himself,
marveling at the gratuitousness with which he received his
role within the Church. An honest look at the great
grace we have received in being called to be
part of God's Church should bring us to say
the same thing: Who are we to receive such an
incredible blessing?! Why did we receive this grace and
our next-door neighbor did not? Why have so many souls
in the history of the world never had the
opportunity to know about Christ, but we have? Only
one answer comes close. God wants it, and it is
part of his plan of love for all mankind.
2. More Hands on Deck: Here is a true
situation at a parish on the West Coast: After five
draining hours in the confessional, the priest climbs out
to verify that no one else is in line. This
is the normal Sunday morning routine there. During those
hours the priest was witness to several powerful conversions,
souls finding peace after years of struggle, other saintly
souls whose delicate consciences were cause for admiration, and
still others moving along with a "more-or-less" attitude in
their response to God, but who were helped by the
grace of reconciliation. Many more confessions could be heard,
but there simply aren't enough priests to meet the
need. The more confession is offered, the more the faithful
take advantage of the opportunity, and the more the
Church grows in holiness. Do we pray that God
send more laborers to the harvest?
3. A Lamb without
Sandals: Christ's comparison almost seems cruel: "I am sending
you out like lambs into the midst of wolves.
Carry no purse, no bag, no sandals…." If he considers
the apostles to be like lambs, why on earth
would he send them among wolves? As always, Christ wants
to stretch the faith of the apostles. "My Father's
providence will take care of you and protect you"
is the message he wants them to accept and live.
Later he tells them to take these items with
them (cf. Luke 22:36), but he also reminds them,
"'When I sent you out with no purse or bag
or sandals, did you lack anything?' They said, 'Nothing.'"
He wants us to rely on him, not on our
own skills or talents. While we always need to
apply all our God-given human intelligence and prudence, we
still need to rely on God to bless our work
and fill in for what is lacking.
with Christ: Lord, so much of what I'm
faced with each day seems to be beyond my capabilities,
yet I see clearly that you want me to
continue pushing forward, trusting in your providence. This isn't
easy! Help be to have confidence in you.
If faced with an obstacle today, I will
pray for God's assistance rather than rely only on myself.
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