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Laurier names outstanding teaching award recipients
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Apr 21/11
To receive a teaching award from a university devoted to teaching excellence carries with it not only recognition and prestige, but for the recipients of the Wilfrid Laurier University 2011 Awards for Teaching Excellence, it also means accolades from colleagues and students.
Peer and student praise abounded for this years award recipients for teaching excellence:
- Assistant Chemistry Professor Steve MacNeil in the full-time faculty category
- Global Studies Instructor Edmund Pries in the part-time contract academic staff category
- Biology Teaching Assistant Emily Macdonald teaching assistant award in the graduate category
Assistant Chemistry Professor Steve MacNeil, who is also an undergraduate advisor for chemistry, has been recognized for his in-depth knowledge of organic chemistry and his efforts to use innovative ways to share this knowledge with his students.
In his nomination letter, Associate Chemistry Professor Kenneth Maly notes that MacNeil is able to stimulate students interest in organic chemistry by using a blended approach where he mixes classroom activities with online delivery of course material. This includes videos MacNeil has developed and created to promote self-directed learning and improve student learning outcomes.
On a personal note, he is a role model for my teaching and an example that I strive to follow, said Maly.
Letters of nomination support from MacNeils students frequently mention the efforts he takes to keep students engaged, and his ability to create an environment that caters to all learning styles.
MacNeil said his teaching approach is one that he has been working on for a few years, and will continue to hone.
Ive known for a while that lectures dont always work for students, especially for organic chemistry at 8:30 in the morning, said MacNeil. Over the years, I have made attempts to include active learning.
This award gives me motivation to continue efforts aimed at improving my teaching and increasing student engagement and learning.
Global Studies Instructor Edmund Pries has been teaching at Laurier for five years, and has consistently received accolades for an approach that is open, engaging and supportive. He believes strongly in providing an environment where discussion and debate is encouraged.
Dr. Pries makes it clear that everyones thoughts and opinions matter and that they should be shared openly without fearing what others may think, said Alison Price, a student and co-nominator.
Co-nominator Andrea Mathieson remembers Pries taking his fourth-year seminar students out for appetizers after their final class.
He asked about our plans for the future, and was genuinely interested in what each student planned on doing, Mathieson said in her nomination letter. He is truly a professor that cares about his students, and wants each student to do well and learn in his classes.
Pries said he has been blessed with great students, and feels privileged to have been able to be part of their learning experience.
Its very exciting for me to see the learning and the classroom experience as a whole life experience, said Pries. And if students are able to integrate that which is learned in the classroom into their life that is the ultimate goal.
Biology Teaching Assistant Emily Macdonald is respected by her students and colleagues for her approachability, innovation in teaching and the time she puts into mentoring and supporting her students.
I truly believe she was born to teach, Biology Professor Frédérique Guinel said in her nomination letter. Emily has high standards; she is capable of convincing her students that they should go the extra mile.
She adds, She is always very professional, respecting each individual and caring about her/him. She is fair and easily approachable; her students know that she will carefully listen to their comments.
As an undergraduate student, Macdonald was among 100 students named in the Rising Stars of Research competition held at the University of British Columbia in 2009. As a graduate student, she was conferred Canadian Botanical Association honourable mentions for the Ian and Sylvia Taylor Award (2009) and Lion Cinq-Mars Award (2010).
Teaching is so rewarding, said Macdonald. I like seeing that I accomplished something and the students gained something out of it too. But I think you can also learn a lot from students.
So Im spreading knowledge but also gaining knowledge.
MacNeil and Pries will receive their awards at Lauriers spring convocation in June. Macdonald will receive her award at the fall convocation ceremony in October. Photos of the award recipients will be placed in the Teaching Hall of Fame in the Bricker Academic Building.


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Associated Press Release
CHICAGO (AP) -- As America pays tribute to its labor force, significant new trends are emerging in the workplace.
Outplacement firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas says an estimated 1 in 3 employees are now contingent workers, such as freelancers, contractors, consultants and temporary workers. CEO John Challenger says some estimates show they will grow to 50 percent of the workforce by 2020.
Remote workers, or telecommuters, are on the rise, too. Challenger says more and more companies are taking advantage of new technologies to save costs on real estate and hire employees with the requisite skills, wherever they live.
In line with more telecommuting comes what Challenger calls BYOD -- Bring Your Own Device. He says there's a trend toward employees using their own tools in a hi-tech world, cutting company expenses for equipment.
As for connecting job seekers with jobs, Challenger says the resume doesn't count for much anymore. Employers have become skeptical of the information they contain, and even reports from colleges. So they're turning to the Collegiate Learning Assessment to test knowledge and they're using new ways to screen applicants, such as Facebook, LinkedIn and video profiles.


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When computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee first submitted his 1989 paper, "Information Management: A Proposal," his boss, Mike Sendall, wrote "vague, but exciting" on it by way of endorsing what was the blueprint for the World Wide Web.
Two decades later, Berners-Lee and others are formulating what can be called the third generation of the Web, the "semantic Web," or "Web 3.0." I know, I know, most of us are still trying to deal with Web 2.0 as part of a very confusing marketing landscape.
Here's a quick primer for marketers:
Web 1.0 (the information Web), the one we all know and love, is straightforward. It's full of content that we can surround with ads, mainly in the form of banners. Many marketers look at this as an extension of offline media — print and television. Sadly, they tend to use it the same way.
Web 2.0 (the social Web) is a little less "ad friendly." Social networking, live chat, folksonomies, mash-ups, virtual worlds, even mobile are part of 2.0. It's about people communicating, contributing, collaborating. Results come from the wisdom of crowds — for better or worse. This collaboration and sharing break down the traditional media model, and marketers lose control of their brands, even while they gain powerful new ways to engage their audience. (Type your brand's name into Topsy, the Twitter search engine, to get a little taste of market reality.)
Web 3.0 (the semantic Web) derives its "wisdom" from software that learns by looking at online content, analyzes the popularity of that content and draws conclusions. Instead of people refining information and opinion, intelligent software would do the same thing.
The key is that information is presented and labeled so it makes sense to machines. This means Web content needs to be presented in a language that software can understand; programming languages such as OWL and SWRL that can be "read" by software. The more Web content written in these languages, the more effective the software will be gathering information and making recommendations for users.
The TiVo model helps to understand how Web 3.0 might work. Express interest in, say, George Clooney, and TiVo's "agent" searches for and records any of his movies airing on TV. But it also finds and records content related to Clooney, such as films he directed or produced, reruns of ER, The Facts of Life and other credited work, interviews and gossip items about him, even the "Tears of a Clooney" episode of American Dad that mocked his persona. Now substitute your brand for "Clooney" and "the entire Web" for "TV," and you get some idea of Web 3.0's potential reach.
Today, search engines gather and classify their listings through a simpler version of "intelligent" software. For marketers to understand how they might operate in a Web 3.0 world, they should look to their current organic search programs and what's needed to do well with conventional search engines.
Berners-Lee refers to Web 3.0 as the semantic Web because software can learn, intuit and decide. This means people will have "intelligent agent" software filtering information and making decisions for them (e.g., "best," "lowest priced"). For marketers, this means the potential for unprecedented targeting and data-mining-but advertising would be less effective. Marketers would stand on their merits, not their claims. After all, how do you convince software?
There will still be a need to tell stories and build brands, but there will be a new constituency to persuade. This will require a very different approach than most marketers use today. This approach will involve data-based understanding of how software will intuit and clear "tagging" as a form of communication. There's no guarantee that 3.0 intelligent agents will be any less biased or inaccurate than 2.0 people are today.
Why worry about Web 3.0 when only a handful of hyper-geek sites are even designed for it? Well, most marketers lag behind consumers when it comes to media adoption. (How many of us understand enterprise search today?)
But consider the fact Google was founded in 1998, it sold its first ads in 2000 and within five years it dominated the search market. Also mull the fact that social media was an oddity, an add-on for marketers through 2005; four years later, social sites, blogs and Twitter are shaping public opinion and marketers' efforts more than any single media trend.
Some marketers and agencies will understand that Web 3.0 represents an important evolution in how they can (or can't) interface with consumers looking for information and solutions. They'll start playing with these new programming languages and look at how they can evolve the principles of search marketing (a good proxy for how to interface with intelligent agents).
Still, most marketers have time before Web 3.0 matters. Don't they?
Greg Smith is COO of Neo@Ogilvy, North America, a digital and direct media agency based in New York.


text: Charitable donations up, but so is need By Kate White December 28, 2012 Story Share Chris Dorst Manna Meal employee Carmen Maniak carries a box of fruit that was donated to the soup kitchen on Friday. Manna Meal's director said small monetary donations are up at the soup kitchen -- but so is the number of people that needs help. Chris Dorst Melanie and Ed Van Metre carry boxes of cereal into the Manna Meal kitchen at St. John's Episcopal Church in downtown Charleston. Chris Dorst Camilla Snover, lead cook at Manna Meal, looks over some canned food stored in the basement. Chris Dorst Manna Meal volunteer Tony Henderson and employee Carmen Maniak wash and cut vegetables in the agency's kitchen on Friday. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Covenant House has had almost 10,000 more client contacts this year than just two years ago, the organization's executive director said.In 2010, Covenant House -- a day shelter in Charleston that serves as a safe haven for people dealing with homelessness -- had 30,661 client contacts, compared to 40,000 this year. However, the individual contributions - the number of people who donated money -- have increased 190 percent in just the last year, according to executive director Ellen Allen.Charitable donations made to some nonprofit organizations in the Kanawha Valley seem to be up this year, but so is the number of people needing assistance, nonprofit officials say.Donations, especially clothes and food, also are up this year at Covenant House, Allen said."Our donations are up quite remarkably from the previous year. The community has responded and we are really blessed," Allen said. "It means that we will be able to buy coats for children and work with utility companies to help somebody pay their bills."Smaller monetary donations made to Manna Meal increased in 2012, said Jean Simpson, executive director of the soup kitchen that serves two meals a day in downtown Charleston."We've ended up with a lot of people sending a small amount - $20, $50, $100 or $10 -- but with that it created quite a bit of money," Simpson said.And even though Manna Meal is receiving more donations, Simpson said she has seen an increase in the number of people who need a hot meal."Normally we have about 130 [people eat] on Christmas Day and this year we had 180, which surprised me," Simpson said. "I didn't see a lot of families, I saw more single men and woman eating. We used to basically just be feeding the street people, now we're feeding low-income service workers."Admitting that the charity is doing well is something that scares Simpson. "It's difficult to talk about if I tell the truth," she said. "People will say, 'Well, we don't need to send money. They're OK.'"Likewise, Allen said, "We don't want people to quit donating but we want to acknowledge their generosity."While the Charleston community is largely supportive, Covenant House wouldn't get by without the generosity of businesses and churches, Allen said.About 30 different churches help out by making hygiene bags for homeless people and organizing food drives.TRG Enterprises hosted a food drive within the company that collected 3,700 pounds of food, Allen said. Another local business, One Stop, hosted a food drive, too, that brought in more than 1,000 pounds of food. Earlier this year, The Greenbrier resort donated 150 toys to Daymark, an organization that advocates and provides support and shelter for at-risk youth and their families, said Vicki Pleasant, the shelter's executive director.Pleasant said Daymark, which is on Charleston's East End, sees an increase in donations every year because "when more people learn about programs such as Daymark, they understand the need for young people."The shelter sees an increase in donated items such as blankets, towels, coats, boots, school supplies, and hygiene items during the holiday season, she said."I truly believe that there continues to be a large number of people who are very caring and want to do things that help others," Pleasant said. "While the economy isn't where we'd like it to be, I don't think that stops people in the community from caring about others."While many local nonprofits are getting what they need to provide for an increase of those who need help, some are struggling to meet the demand."People just don't have as much to give," said Tammy Scott, director of development with the Union Mission in Charleston. "They still give, but they don't have as much." Scott also has noticed that the number of people who need the Union Mission's services has risen in the past year."There's definitely more people in need with this economy. A lot of people are coming for the first time," she said.This year's storms also have strained the Union Mission's budget, Scott noted."We've definitely had to make some major changes to tighten the budget."The Mountain Mission is also struggling for donations, said its executive director John Roberts."They're drastically down," Roberts said. "I don't know an exact percentage, but I think I can be fair in saying donations are probably 20 to 25 percent off from what they were last year.""The needs are outpacing the donations we are getting," said Donna Hawkins, executive director of the Gabriel Project, which provides support to pregnant women and families with infants up to 2 years old."We are seeing people coming to us saying that they have never had to ask for help before, so I think the general economic state is creating problems."Reach Megan Workman at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-5113. Reach Kate White at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-1723. 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Pasadena (Calif.) quarterback Brandon Cox has had a wild two weeks. Cox, who until early this week was committed to Arizona, made his switch official on Sunday by announcing his verbal commitment to Utah.
Cox was sold on the Utes after taking an official visit to Salt Lake City on October 4 to see them play USC. The talented quarterback left Utah impressed, and after taking some time to reflect on his future, the 6-foot-3 inch quarterback committed. "[I decided to commit after] just going on my visit and enjoying all of the aspects of Utah and talking it over with my family. After talking to Coach Johnson, it just felt right. The loyalty of Coach Whittingham, and how long he's been there was a deciding factor for me too. Everything was a perfect fit," Cox explained.
Cox has made a name for himself as an athletic dual-threat quarterback that can make plays as a passer and a runner, and feels he'll be able to do the same for the Utes. He was at the Rose Bowl on Saturday to watch the Utes take on UCLA, and after seeing the Ute offense in action for two games, Cox believes he'll be able to help push them over the hump. "I think Coach Johnson has a great scheme. They're just missing a couple aspects of the game. I think I'll just add a little more to the running attack," he said.
With his commitment to Utah in place, Cox is now hoping to convince other elite recruits in Southern California to join him. "Of course that's the plan. With me committing, there's never any problem for me to try and get more talent to come in with me. There are a lot of kids that I've known from going to the elite camps and combines - you get to know a lot of guys well, and I'm going to try to convince them to look at Utah or take a visit. If they take a visit up there I know they're going to commit. It's a great place up there," he said.
Cox has been sidelined for most of this year with an ankle injury and is trying to heal enough to get back on the field before the season ends. "Right now the plan is to try and play again this year. I'm up ad walking now and came off the crutches last week. I might try to come back to practice next week. I'll just take it one week at a time and try to follow the doctors' orders," he said. "The worst part is on Friday nights not being able to make the plays. That's when it hurts the most."
Now that he's found a new home, Cox maintains that he's finally settled in his commitment. "At this point I'm pretty solid. This is where I want to go. I'm happy with the commitment I have made. I'm solid. This is where I want to be," he said.


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Odwalla kicks off its "Campaign Against Ordinary" this month with a redesigned Odwalla Facebook page and a Coachella Music Festival ticket giveaway. Coachella, which takes place April 16-18 in Indio, Calif., is the first of three major music festivals Odwalla will be sponsoring. At the festivals, the company will feature a first-of-its-kind outdoor lounge and
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2013 BMW 640i Gran Coupe and M5! US Debut at Amelia Concours!
The USA exclusive introduction of the gorgeous BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe with special "frozen bronze" matte paint and a unique two-toned leather interior, along with the new M5 twin turbo V8 making a healthy 560 HP! Top Gear calls the M5 the "best car in the world!"


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There's no scandal here. Kerry Washington is expecting her first child, a source confirms to omg!.
The actress surprised the masses when she married San Francisco 49ers cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha, whom no one knew she was even dating, in a private ceremony in Blaine County, Idaho, on June 24.
"She's about four months along," one of her friends told Us Weekly. By our math, it seems the newlyweds didn't waste any time.
"Kerry and Nnamdi are ecstatic," a source close to Washington told People.
As happy as she may be, it doesn't sound like it was her original plan to share her news just yet. A source told E! News, "She had planned to wait longer because the pregnancy is being well hidden on 'Scandal' with her trademark coats, but it will be pretty obvious on 'Saturday Night Live' this Saturday, so she decided to start telling people now." People's source expanded on that statement, revealing, "She didn't want the focus to be on whether she has a bump."
But just because the 36-year-old beauty has revealed that she's with child, doesn't mean her life is suddenly going to be an open book.
Earlier this year, she told Glamour, "I've had earlier times in my career when I did talk about [my personal life]. But I couldn't just turn around and say, 'I only want to talk about the good stuff, but not the bad stuff.' So I just thought, 'Okay, no more.'"
Still, she's not trying to hide anything. "I'm walking around in the world with my ring. And when people say congratulations, I say thank you," she noted. "But I'm going to continue to not talk about it and just let it unfold."
And now that she's expecting, that policy is unlikely to change. "Kerry will still keep her private life private," People reports. A rep for Washington (who seems to be on the same page as the star) would only say, "We do not comment on her personal life."
Now that the cat's out of the bag, we won't have to watch "SNL" to see if she has a bump, but we will have to watch to get a good look at it.
Watch the recently-released promos for the episode, which cleverly were filmed in a tight shot and loose dress.


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Born for Hard Luck: Peg Leg Sam Jackson
A portrait of Arthur "Peg Leg Sam" Jackson --black harmonica player, singer, and comedian who made his living "busking" on the street and performing in patent-medicine shows touring southern towns. Footage includes excerpts from one of his last medicine shows, videotaped at a county fair in 1972, and material filmed near his home in South Carolina in 1975. The performance includes harmonica solos, songs, a parody of a chanted sermon, folktales and reminiscences, and three buck dances.
A clip from this film appeared in Jean-Piere Jeunet's popular French feature Amelie. Born for Hard Luck is available on DVD from Davenport Films.
If you are interested in other films about medicine shows, we recommend Free Show Tonight, by academy award winner Paul Wagner.


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Screens? We're going to finally set good, hard, effective screens?Pacers take smash-mouth basketball to another level
by Mike Wells
The Indiana Pacers have taken smash-mouth basketball to another level, with assistant video coordinator Jhared Simpson wearing football shoulder pads in practice during a screening drill.
Assistant coach Jim Boylen pitched the idea to coach Frank Vogel. Boylen got the drill from Michigan State coach Tom Izzo, whose teams have a blue collar reputation. Boylen also used it when he coached at the University of Utah.
"It's a reference point type drill," Boylen said. "You want to make the pad click. It gave our guys the freedom to smack somebody without anybody getting hurt. It also gave them a good feel for what a solid screen feels like."
The objective of the drill was to try to help the Pacers set better screens. They have struggled in that area over the years.
"That was the idea," Vogel said. "Maybe we'll become a better screening team. One of the differences between the (Miami) Heat and our team during the playoff series last year was that I thought they were a better screening team."
Hill inducted into Hall of Fame
Pacers guard George Hill was inducted into the Indianapolis Public Schools Hall of Fame on Thursday. Hill, who starred at Broad Ripple High School, routinely visits IPS schools to encourage kids to excel academically and reach for their dreams.
Showing some fatigue
After back-to-back days of two-a-day practices, the Pacers only worked out once Thursday. Vogel said he noticed his players tiring.
"Guys got a little worn down toward the end of practice. Most of practice was pretty sharp. Guys were playing through it, playing with speed, playing with athleticism, but they tired down," he said.
The Pacers are treating today like a game day. They will have a shootaround this morning, then return for a scrimmage tonight with two 12-minute halves.
A Hall of Famer in the building
Mel Daniels, who was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame last month, is attending practices as a guest of Pacers President Donnie Walsh.
Daniels spent nearly 30 years in the organization as a player or member of the basketball staff before he was fired as director of player personnel in October 2009.
Walsh, who left the Pacers for the New York Knicks in 2008 before returning last June, and Daniels have a close relationship. Daniels worked for the Knicks when Walsh was president of the teams.


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Sudden Impact: The Aftermath
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Hey wrestling fans, PhEonYx here, filling in for "The Savior". No formal introductions required. I'll be covering this weeks' edition of Sudden Impact, where it's ALL TNA, and not the political ass clowns from Connecticut.
That being said, Ladies and Gents; Let's Get It On!!!!!
The Opening
Impact begins with an awesome video package recapping Bound For Glory. Without a shadow of a doubt, the BEST PPV of the year.
Aces and Eights made their way down to the ring, followed by Devon. We get your typical "You Sold Out!!" chants. Personally I felt Devon did a decent job feeding to the crowd and explaining why he turned his back on TNA. Mind you I may not agree with the first unveiling of A&8s being Devon, but HELL at least I was surprised and didn't call it from the get-go.
Sting makes his way out, accompanied by half of the TNA roster, leading them to the ring for an ALL out BRAWL.
Hogan's music hits. Making his way to the ring, bat in hand, the rest of the TNA roster is shown clearing the ring.
(Commercial break)..... I seriously don't know which ass clown in the back called for that, but on with the show.
Sting issues Devon a challenge in tonight's Main Event. This part of the segment was terribly done IMO, almost reminded me of the good ol' WCW days.
Robbie E vs Samoa Joe
Nice to see Joe will actually bring some level of prestige to the T.V Title. That being said, we've got an absolute squash match ahead (hint the sarcasm). We get your typical big man/little man beat down. We get an awesome diving clothesline to the outside of the ring by Joe, reminding me why I still believe he's a modern day cross bread between Taz and Bam Bam Bigelow.
Coquina clutch applied to Robbie E for the win.
Tara shown backstage being bench pressed by the dude from Big Sister. Am I the only one who's noticed he's half her age?!?! ...
Job well done cougar.... Well done..
Tara vs ODB
Usually I've got no problems watching any of the knockouts matches. But Tara's new gimmick is absolutely HORRIBLE. I was hoping to God ODB would wrap this up quickly, cell phone in hand and all.
Between the constant make-out scenes with Jesse, and the overwhelming ODB ass/crotch shots, I was seriously CLOSE to flipping the channel.
ODB for the win. Followed by a camera shot of Miss Tessmacher on the ramp, made up for the crap I just witnessed.
Kid Kash and Gunner vs Hernadez and Chavo
Hernandez, or TNA's Mr.Botchfest as I like to refer to him as, still reminds me of a Spanish version of Scott Steiner.
This match was absolutely sloppy. The constant tags, and spots that were completely missed made both teams look weak. I don't know if anyone else noticed the quick boot to the head that Kash delivered to Chavo, but OUCH!!!
Hernandez looked like an absolute stooge standing on the ring apron waiting for the tag. You're the TAG TEAM CHAMPS, DAMN IT!!! Get that crowd going!!!
Chavo off the top rope with a diving splash for the 3 count.
Hardy Celebration Time
Hardy comes out to a decent pop, while supporting a new crap-tastic custom TNA title... Mind you it may look like absolute shit, but it's still better looking in comparison to his last custom belt.
Cue the pyro and confetti (cause TNA does this better than anyone else).....
Hardy on the mic is going to kill me... Luckily Aries saves the day, making his way down the ramp singing Kool & The Gang's - Celebrate Good Times. Cookies and balloons in hand, the crowd breaks out into a "We Want Cookies" chant. (As I choke on my beer, while laughing my ass off)
Aries breaks into a decent rant about how Hardy now bares the weight of the world on his shoulders along with being the newly crowned champ.
Aries than takes the custom title and refers to it as a spitting image of Hardy's Face. Speaking of "spitting".... A.A proceeds to hork on the title.
Hardy smacks him, attempts a twist of faith, as Aries makes a quick ring escape.
... Got to love Aries, classic segment.
Styles vs Daniels vs Angle (#1 Contender Match)
What with these three men coming off of their match at Bound for Glory, I wasn't expecting too much from any of them. Thank GOD I was WRONG!! Anytime these three get in the ring with one another, we're guaranteed to have an amazing, fast paced match. The chemistry they have with one another is sheer gold, and reminds me of a modern day Benoit/Jericho/Angle match.
A.J looked like he may have taken a pretty bad bump to the knee when he hit the moonsault on Daniels from the ring apron to the outside.
Angle quickly hit the Angle Slam on Daniels for the win, and the right to face Hardy at next weeks Impact. This definitely was the Match of the Night.
Angle extended his hand to A.J, simply to be denied. What with these two seeming to part ways, it can only mean a future feud is in the making. AND I for one will most definitely be looking forward to it.
Roode/Storm Segment
First and foremost these two men put on an absolute wrestling clinic at B4G. The blood and sweat, along with the in-ring storytelling was absolutely phenomenal. When I say "Match of The Year", you bet your ass I mean it. They both laid it all on the lines when they clashed, and I personally was expecting the TNA home crowd to get off their asses, and give these two a standing ovation of some sorts. But clearly that wasn't happening. (Hence tonight's crowd absolutely sucked)
Roode quickly reminded me why he's one of the best mic workers in TNA. Storm quickly popped him in the jaw with the super kick, ending the segment rather quickly.
These two most definitely have my vote for Match of the Year, if you can't see that, than you seriously don't know what true wrestling really is.
MAIN EVENT; Sting vs Devon
Devon comes out to utter silence. Barely any heat whatsoever, seems like it's been a long ass night I guess. Meanwhile Sting came out to the ring with probably one of the biggest pops of the night.
We had a decent back and forth exchange throughout the match. I laughed my ass off when seeing Devon botch being clotheslined over the top rope. I was asking myself why the ref didn't call for the bell when Sting hit Devon with the chair on the outside.
Sting eventually changes momentum back his way, hitting a stinger splash, deathdrop, and the deathlock. A&8s invaded the ring and commenced their beat down on Sting....
Anderson leading the way with Garett, along with the whole TNA roster to the aid of Sting!!!
Than Bully Ray runs down to the ring to save the day, as TNA goes off the air.
I hope you guys enjoyed this week's Sudden Impact. I look forward to your comments. Be sure to check out our new blog series with T-Hughes35 called "No Hold Barred" PPV Predictions.
In the words of DK himself; "Be safe everyone".


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Corn prices settled higher on Wednesday. Futures were steady to lower in early going, but turned up on stronger weekly ethanol production and higher soybean prices. Ethanol production last week was up nearly 4% from the prior week to 835k barrels per day. The increase broke three consecutive weeks of lower production. While ethanol stocks rose, the market reacted positively to the increase in ethanol production. The news provided some relief from continued lagging exports. March corn settled 5 3/4 cents lower at $7.57 3/4. December 2013 was 3 3/4 cents higher at $6.45 1/2.
Soybean prices extended the bull market Wednesday on continuing concerns about production risks in Argentina. January settled near its high for the day. There is more news of flooding fields in Argentina with implications that means significant delays before soybean plantings will be completed. Rumors continued that China has been in the market buying beans for January delivery, although there have been no confirmations from USDA of large sales. Canada trimmed its canola production forecast, bullish news for soyoil. At the close, January beans were up 23 3/4 cents at $14.79 1/4. November 2013 gained 17 3/4 cents at $13.32.
Wheat futures finally managed to finish the way they started; stronger. The previous two days futures have opened stronger but closed lower. Today was different. The chronic wet weather has most definitely hurt the Argentine crop. It is only one third harvested; significant acreage was reportedly lost altogether due to flooding, and now disease and head sprouting in un-harvested wheat is a growing problem. This supports continued confidence that lagging U.S. export sales are going to pick up in time to sustain the USDA current export forecast. At the close, CBOT March was up 3 1/2 at $8.60; KCBT March was up 5 1/4 at $9.07 3/4,and MGE March was up 3 at $9.32 1/4.
Cattle futures closed higher. Feeder cattle posted solid gains. Last week's lower cash trade lingers as a negative factor for prices. Packers are reportedly utilizing a lot of contract cattle. Further, traders are concerned that beef demand could remain weak until retailers begin buying post Christmas needs later this month. Even so, cattle are gaining some strength in sympathy with the outside markets. February cattle closed 37 cents higher at $130.52, while January feeders were only 82 cents higher $146.40.
The ongoing surge in wholesale pork values seemed set to continue Wednesday after the USDA reported that ham prices had risen to a fresh 2012 high at 85 cents/pound at midday. Expiring December futures surged to its highest level since early March in response, whereas the 2013 contracts were mixed as traders anticipated the usual pre-Christmas breakdown in ham values. The market continues expecting a combination of diminishing production and robust demand to support the hog and pork complex in 2013. December futures rose 0.55 cents to 85.05 cents/pound on the day, while the February contract advanced just 0.12 cents to 85.70.


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Current Articles
Nairobi, Kenya - Climate change is now named as the cause of the severe drought in eastern Africa. While this may be true, poor wetland management, especially unsustainable use of water resources, is the root cause of the totally drying up of normally wet areas.
This situation currently threatens millions of people in the region and has already caused mass starvation of cattle and wildlife.
Dying lakes
The impressive lake Naivasha, an official 'Ramsar site' of normally 30,000 ha in size has turned into a shallow mudpool. The lake is at risk of vanishing completely during the current drought ravaging eastern Africa; especially the Horn of Africa, Kenya and Tanzania.
The 1200-strong hippo population is facing total starvation as around 10,000 cattle now graze through what is left of the important papyrus belt. Dead and dying hippos are becoming stranded in mud pools up to a kilometer from any water source, while heavy machinery owned by wealthy commercial vegetable and flower farms are digging canals and wells in unsustainable attempts to harness the fast retreating waters of Lake Naivasha.. Unsustainable water use and pollution has driven the local farmers and fishermen into a situation where they can no longer live of the basic support and benefits of the wetlands.
Oliver Nasirwa, Wetlands International in Kenya:
"The many less 'mechanised' local farmers, herdsmen and fishermen with no means to compete are the ones that suffer. They are among the 17 million in eastern Africa that according to the World Food Programme now depend on food aid for their survival."
The story of Lake Naivasha is just one of many. Similar stories can now be told about the Amboseli wetlands in Southern Kenya, where farmers face starvation, cattle and wildlife are dying and tourism in the national parks is collapsing, although these wetlands used to provide water in even the driest years.
Business as usual
All these wetland areas are now facing commercial overexploitation. European (Dutch) flower farmers in lake Naivasha transport 100 tons of flowers each night for 365 days a year from Naivasha. These often EU-based companies continue their production despite the extreme water shortage that the area is facing after three years with ample rainfall, rapidly using up what little water Naivasha still holds.
In Amboseli, water is transported from the this dry area to other districts to supply towns, group ranches and irrigate flower farms that are up to over 170 km away.
What needs to be done
With increasing extremes in rainfall patterns and rising temperatures, it is even more important to manage wetlands in a sustainable way instead of the uncontrolled exploitation of their water resources. Wetlands are able to store excess water and provide other essential services especially during droughts. Wetlands play a vital role in freshwater storage that enable people, wildlife and ecosystems as a whole to cope with higher temperatures, increased evaporation and unpredictable rainfall patters.
Wetlands International has an office in Kenya and has restored and managed different wetland areas in the country for many years.
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It's Time to Renounce Our Throwaway Ethic
We've all heard of the throwaway society, and many of us vigorously oppose it through our activism, our buying habits, and our worldviews. In most cases, the throwaway mentality is associated with the wasteful use of consumer goods, like electronics, appliances, or clothing. But manifestations of this insidious ethic can also be seen in less obvious areas—including food waste and the euthanizing of millions of unwanted pets.
In the case of consumer goods, items are bought, used briefly, and then discarded, whether because they break quickly or because they become outdated or out of style. Many usable, even valuable items—from washing machines to computers—are thrown out, and new ones are bought to replace them. Meanwhile, as we overwhelm our landfills with perfectly good items and squander limited natural resources to make new ones, a sizeable portion of our population still lacks many material comforts.
By failing to appreciate the value of older items, the throwaway ethic creates an inefficient system of distribution in which many people go without, while the landfills prosper. Unfortunately, the situation is strikingly similar when it comes to food waste and animal euthanasia.
The value of food
With regard to hunger, many believe that there are "too many people" and that we simply cannot produce enough food for everyone. This is not the case: the world already produces more than enough food for everyone, with some to spare. One analysis suggests that we may currently produce as much as seven times the amount of food needed for global adequate nutrition.
The real problem is not the volume of food that's available, but its distribution. Most of it ends up in the wealthier countries, where a fantastic share is simply wasted: as much as 40 percent in the United States, and Europe is not far behind.
If equitably distributed, the food waste alone from the United States and other wealthy countries would go a long way toward addressing world hunger. But, as with our consumer goods, the abundance of cheap food obscures the immense value of food: for us in the United States, a loaf of bread is worth merely its monetary price—perhaps two or three dollars. For the mother in the developing world whose child faces starvation, can we even put a price on that loaf of bread? Yet the wasting of food in the wealthier countries can have the effect of exacerbating hunger among those who need food most.
In popular culture, food waste is standard fare on many food-related television shows, helping to mainstream the perspective that waste is "normal." The worst offenders might be British celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay's host of competition-style cooking shows. In one of them, Ramsay's Best Restaurant, Ramsay explains that a good restaurant must allow the customer to send back a dish for any reason, even if the chef hasn't made a mistake. In another, The F-Word (the "f" stands for food), Ramsay routinely orders his subordinate chefs to throw out food ranging from slightly burned fish filets to sushi-grade tuna loins that were cut improperly.
Sure, in fine dining attention to detail is paramount, and customers certainly pay enough to cover the waste involved. But it's difficult not to see a moral problem here, especially when simple malnutrition is still a leading cause of death in the developing world.
"New" versus "used" pets
The throwaway ethic is even more disturbing as it relates to animal euthanasia. Here, the ethic is tragically applied to living beings (at least no television can suffer as it is dragged off to the dump). If the routine euthanasia of stray animals is not disturbing in itself, the sheer number of animals killed each year should be. According to the animal rights group PETA, "approximately 3 to 4 million cats and dogs—many of them healthy, young, and adoptable—must be euthanized in animal shelters every year."
At first this may appear to have little to do with the throwaway ethic. But the striking part of it is the phrase "healthy, young, and adoptable." Just like all the "perfectly good stuff" that goes to the dump, "healthy, young, and adoptable" animals are euthanized. The analogy becomes even more pointed when we realize that there's actually plenty of demand for pets, just as there's always demand for consumer goods: according to the American Humane Association, 17 million Americans acquire a new pet each year—or more than double the number of shelter animals.
The reason we "waste" so many animals is that most people choose to buy new rather than "used" pets. One animal adoption website explains, "The stigma that shelter pets have been stuck with for many years is that they are damaged goods [emphasis added]." And the American Humane Association blames this all in part on the fact that "many people consider pets to be disposable." "Disposable"; "damaged goods"; "healthy, young, and adoptable"; all these phrases reflect the creeping of the throwaway ethic into aspects of our lives that have nothing to do with conventional consumerism.
Disposable humanity?
Although unrelated to world hunger or animal euthanasia, there's one more incident worth mentioning here. In 2008, a Walmart employee was trampled to death by a mob of Black Friday shoppers too impatient to wait for the store to open. Is this, too, the throwaway ethic at work? Already, food and animals are disposable—will even human life become disposable?
In 1947, industrial designer and advertiser J. Gordon Lippincott dismissed fears about the consumer society's damaging effects on human morality, predicting that the fast pace of materialism would instead improve national morals and increase our appreciation of fundamentals like security, family, faith, and love. Sixty-five years of the throwaway ethic have proven the exact opposite. The throwaway mentality has instead exacerbated costly and tragic trends like needless resource exploitation, food waste, and animal euthanasia, and threatens to degrade our society's respect for human life itself.
The lesson here is that if we cannot contain the throwaway ethic, then we must do what we can to renounce it. And the good news is that, as I've discussed in some of my previous posts, we are already beginning to do so.
Addison Del Mastro is a student at Drew University and an intern with the Center for a New American Dream.
Thank you Susan, I was thinking that exactly.
Posted by Selina at August 24, 2012 at 7:43am
Thanks for including pets in your article! I would really like to see decreased breeding of pets, so that the "scarcity" would make them more "valuable". In other words, people would have to think harder about getting a pet, it would not be an impulse purchase at a mall.
Posted by Dr. Norton at August 23, 2012 at 8:15am
It seems human life is already disposable…"healthy, young, and adoptable" could also apply to the unborn babies aborted and thrown away every day in our American society.
Posted by Peggy at August 23, 2012 at 12:23am
Free Enterprise ceases to be progressive and free with the advent of guaranteed obsolescence , throw away tools and products of the Big Monopoly Corporations
Posted by brian at August 22, 2012 at 11:13am
Wish there was a share button so I could link this to facebook directly and share with my friends. No worries, I'll do it by hand, but perhaps there are others who might not take the time? Great post. I would take it farther on the disposable humanity bit: the mentally ill, the imprisoned, the poor… we have many "throwaway" humans in our society, especially children, and that is inexcusable.
Posted by Rebeca at August 21, 2012 at 6:33pm
Yes, I remember that terrible event in 2008, and may we never forget.
"Already, food and animals are disposable—will even human life become disposable?"
Unfortunately it already is. How many babies were aborted this year, despite waiting lists over a year long for people desperately longing to adopt?
Posted by Susan at August 21, 2012 at 6:03pm
I think war better illustrates the 'throw-away' ethic of our society in terms of human life. In war, human life become disposable, whether that of the 'enemy' or the 'ally'.
Corporate/institunional externalities also demonstrate this well; when the unwanted products of industrial activities are 'thrown out' into the wider environment, thus affecting the lives of others, often those whose lives are lived out of sight of the perpetrators, and whom are also perceived to be disposable. And yet often these externalities also affect ourselves. The rise of greenhouse gases, due to the activities of industry and those of the wider society in our use of vehicles and other sources polution, also signals a careless throw-away society, which will affect everyone and everything on the planet.
Posted by Andy at August 10, 2012 at 6:12am
Great blog entry. I absolutely despise the throwaway mentality (and consumerism and capitalism in general). I use things until they are unusable, and then I try to upcycle or at least recycle them. And I can't have pets, but if I could, I would NEVER buy one. And food to me is something very valuable; I expend great effort to use everything before it expires and I use stuff past their expiration dates too.
I'm not doing anything to fix the problems with the throwaway mindset in others, but then again I don't really know what I could do. Hopefully when people see my deliberate lifestyle, even if it doesn't inspire change, it makes them see their habits a little more objectively.
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Sometimes bigger is better. A case in point is Viking Yachts' 82 Convertible, eight feet longer and about two feet beamier than the builder's current flagship 74 Convertible. Don't get me wrong, the 74 is no slouch. But I never warmed to her lower-deck layout, with its meandering passageway along the starboard side leading to a modest stateroom nestled in between the master suite and the engine room. Not only did it gobble up floor space, the passageway prevented the master suite from extending full beam.
The extra few feet in the 82 make a huge difference in her lower-deck layout. In the standard four-stateroom configuration, a palatial master suite extends across every inch of the copious beam, offering a seating area, dressing table, two large hanging lockers, and a head that's nearly as big as a stateroom. Forward there are three guest staterooms, including a VIP in the bow, each with en suite facilities. And the optional five-stateroom layout is nearly as spacious, with a master suite angled forward along the starboard side with en suite facilities tucked into the bow. Four guest staterooms flank a passageway that runs fore and aft along the centerline. In either layout, the guest staterooms are roomy enough to offer either a queen berth or a pair of single berths.
Benefiting similarly from an extra couple feet of beam is the saloon. On her port side she boasts an L-shape settee big enough for six or more and a U-shape dinette of equally generous proportion. Opposite the dinette is a gourmet-quality galley, while aft in the saloon is a full entertainment center complete with 52-inch plasma TV.
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Dillard's (DDS) is taking a huge hit today. The stock's 10% flush places it near the top of the NYSE's biggest losers list. The drop began with a huge gap lower open that pushed DDS well below major trendline support. The earnings-inspired collapse has gained steam since the bell with the help of a big jump in trade. At more than 4x average volume, today's breakdown is attracting the heaviest selling pressure in over a year. This ugly action will carry DDS lower in the near term.
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Before I move on from the subject of insider buying, I decided to run one last screen for insider activity. One of my favorites searches for what I call "perfect stocks," which, in my world, trade below tangible book value, are profitable and pay a dividend. This has been a fantastic screen over the years, producing wildly profitable stocks. The final criterion is usually a high level of insider ownership, but I decided to replace that with insider buying in the past couple of months and see what we found.
The first observation is that there is a serious struggle between Wall Street and insiders over the fate of mortgage real estate investment trusts. The conventional wisdom on mortgage REITS is that their run is over and the sector is too risky. The bear argument is that low mortgage rates are compressing spreads and making it very difficult for the mortgage REITS to maintain their dividends. The housing market is stabilizing somewhat and we are seeing refinance activity that pays off higher-yielding bonds earlier than expected. Meanwhile, home sales are still sluggish so not much new paper is being purchased. As a final bear blow, the Federal Reserve is now a major competitor for what paper is issued, as they are buying $40 billion a month of mortgage paper....520 more words left in this article. To read them, just click below and try Real Money FREE for 14 days.
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|June 9, 2012, 08:39 PM
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Shot gun no nos
Can someone explain the no nos for shot guns?
I keep seeing don't shoot this with this choke don't do that with this..
Can someone explain what are the dos and donts? I didn't think shot guns had anything like this and any can shoot anything (accept rifles of course)
Bullet placement over bullet wastement
|June 10, 2012, 07:30 AM
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Older shotguns don't like steel shot, only lead. Some say no steel shot for full chokes too. Rifled slugs are for smooth bores, and sabot slugs are for rifled barrels. It's not a good idea to shoot a slug through a tight choke. I'm sure theres more, but that's the basics.
|June 10, 2012, 12:41 PM
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General firearms safety precautions apply to shotguns and are typically included in a new gun's instruction manual. Don't worry about compatibility as long as you're using a modern gun with the right size ammo. Think about the legal problems, with the gun and ammo makers, if there were hazards. Conventional and sabot-type slugs can be safely used in rifled or smooth barrels; but, not necessarily with optimum results.
Like all guns, shooting with an obstructed barrel is to be avoided. A 20-ga shell can easily lodge itself in a 12-ga barrel. So, it's not a good idea to have 20-ga shells in your pocket when shooting 12-ga.
If your shotgun has screw-in chokes, don't shoot it without a choke in place. And, check your chokes from time to time to make sure they haven't become loose.
With pump guns, they like to be operated briskly. If you're a real slow poke stroking your pump, it may jam.
Many of the no nos have to do with best practices, and are learned with experience. Take rifles for example, certain barrel twist rates favor certain bullets; but, that doesn't mean you can't shoot any bullet. It's a lot the same with shotguns, some combinations work better than others. And, there are no hard and fast rules. It's often what works best for you in your specific gun. Look at any thread about choke selection and you'll see that there is generally a lack of consensus. Even worse, check out a thread about what's the best load for HD -- everyone has a different opinion. You'll learn by trial and error and the shared experiences of others.
CK 32, perhaps if you were to rephrase your initial question and give us an idea of what you're looking to do with a shotgun we could give you some insight more specific to your application.
|June 10, 2012, 01:15 PM
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Clear your barrel of the wad before firing another shell if you have a squib or blooper. ( The primer ignites but the powder charge isn't sufficient to properly propel the shot which falls to the ground a few yards out. The wad is usually stuck somewhere in the barrel.)
|June 10, 2012, 03:02 PM
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also, the shell length is the FIRED length - do NOT put 3" or longer shells in 2-1/2 or 2-3/4" chambers because the unloaded ammo fits (like the "gunsmith" at Gander did to tell me the chamber length)
DON'T overthink choke selection for anything
DON"T go mall ninja and add all types or gizmos and gadgets that add more weight to your HD gun
DO go and practice after getting lessons - remember - "Practice does NOT make perfect, PERFECT PRACTICE makes perfect
A shotgun is not a rifle (except for deer and turkey hunting) do not aim, point it like an extension of your arms and eyes - your success rate will be higher
|June 11, 2012, 07:34 AM
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Also... You see warnings when a feller buys an old gun too... Chambers were not always 2 3/4,3 or 3.5 inch... A modern shell in one of these would not only have the higher pressures of modern powder loads but where the crimp opens in a bore diameter area would be even worse...
The guys who find OLD guns often bought what these guys call "wall hanger" art as they do not have steel barrels... They have the "hammer welded wire" damascus type construction and these were only the best option when they were the only option....
|June 11, 2012, 07:49 AM
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Do not forget to actually take your shotgun to the range regularly.
Do not forget to find a range that will let you put your hunting/SD loads on paper at 15 yards, so that you can see the pattern. You will likely be shocked at how it's not what you expected.
Do not expect that the sound of a pump gun being cycled will prove a magic talisman that will ward off evil juju.
Do not expect to make any changes to a shotgun without some unexpected and unanticipated second-order effect (which may be either positive or negative).
Do not forget to take your new shotgun home and clean it thoroughly of the shipping preservative (including the chamber and bore). Failure to do this may result in your shotgun not shooting particular ammo types well.
Do not forget to get a shotgun that fits YOU, regardless of what your friends recommend. Since shotguns are pointed, they must fit your body so that they shoot where ya look. Holding a shotgun awkwardly in the store for ten seconds will not tell you how it fits you; you need to (at a minimum) mount it to your shoulder repeatedly to verify buttstock placement, cheekweld, and bead placement/rib alignment.
Do not shoot shotshells through a rifled barrel unless you like donut-shaped patterns. Shotshells are for smoothbore barrels.
Do not shoot steel shot through any barrel that does not use removeable choke tubes unless your gunsmith tells you in advance that it's OK.
Do not forget to verify that both the barrel and the receiver/action are rated for the shotshell that you're fixing to use, before you use them. Because barrels can be swapped on many types of shotguns, it's not inconceivable to find a 3" barrel on a 2 3/4" receiver, or an older 2 9/16" barrel kicking around.
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rbernie above makes a good point about THOUROUGHLY CLEANING the new gun. I was always under the impression that a shotgun or rifle is always fired for test function before leaving the factory. A couple years ago, fellow at my shooting club bought a new rifle. Took it home & proceeded to clean it as you should, first clean patch through the bore comes out with a little steel sliver on it, about the size of a finger nail clipping. Looked like a remnant from the machining process. Had he fired it first, it probably would be imbedded permanently in the bore. Always clean a new gun.
|June 11, 2012, 11:27 AM
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Something often overlooked: The first thing to do with a new shotgun is to read the owner's manual! If your gun didn't come with one, Google is just a click away.
|June 11, 2012, 12:06 PM
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If you have screw in chokes, check them often to ensure that they are tight. If you shoot when they are backed off so as to expose threads the shot could damage them.
Do not use shot larger than permitted at a range or club, even if you think you can get away with it. One reason for limiting the size of pellets is the larger ones travel further and may hit somoeone or something beyond the shot drop area.
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JPMorgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States, said Thursday that it lost $2 billion in a trading portfolio designed to hedge against risks the company takes with its own money.
The company's stock plunged more than 5 percent in late electronic trading after the loss was announced. Other bank stocks, including Citigroup and Bank of America, suffered heavy losses as well.
"The portfolio has proved to be riskier, more volatile and less effective as an economic hedge than we thought," CEO Jamie Dimon told reporters. "There were many errors, sloppiness and bad judgment."
The trading loss is an embarrassment for a bank that came through the 2008 financial crisis in much better health than its peers. It kept clear of risky investments that hurt most of its peers.
Partly because of the $2 billion trading loss, JPMorgan said it expects a loss of $800 million this quarter for a segment of its business known as corporate and private equity. It had planned on a profit for the segment of $200 million.
The loss is expected to hurt JPMorgan's overall earnings for the second quarter, which ends June 30. Dimon apologized for the losses, which he said occurred since the first quarter, which ended March 31.
"We will admit it, we will learn from it, we will fix it, and we will move on," he said. Dimon spoke in a hastily scheduled conference call with stock analysts. Reporters were allowed to listen.
JPMorgan is trying to unload the portfolio in a "responsible" manner, Dimon said, to minimize the cost to its shareholders.
Among other bank stocks, Citigroup was down 3.2 percent in after-hours trading, Morgan Stanley was down 2.9 percent, and Goldman Sachs was down 2.7 percent.
Dimon said the type of trading that led to the $2 billion loss would not be banned by the so-called Volcker rule, which will ban certain types of trading by banks with their own money.
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Examining Long-Term Effects and Neural Mediators of Behavioral Treatments for Social Anxiety Disorder
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Participants will be placed on a waitlist for 3 months before being offered treatment.
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Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is characterized by intense and debilitating anxiety in common social situations. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a talking treatment that aims to reduce immediate anxiety symptoms. However, some anxiety symptoms and comorbid disorders not directly addressed by CBT may only improve in the short term, while recurring in the long term. Behavioral therapy based on acceptance and mindfulness is thought to have longer lasting effects, because this approach emphasizes accepting anxiety instead of controlling anxiety. This study will compare standard CBT to acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), which uses acceptance and mindfulness, to determine which is more effective on both a short- and long-term basis. Participants with SAD will undergo brain scans to determine how the two therapies affect brain functioning.
Participation in this study will last 12 months. Participants with SAD will be randomly assigned to receive CBT, ACT, or a waitlist condition. Both CBT and ACT treatments will include 12 weekly sessions that will deal with objects and situations that provoke anxiety. All sessions will be audio- and videotaped. The waitlist group will complete weekly self-monitoring forms to track anxiety and panic and will receive a phone call from a research coordinator every 2 weeks to make sure symptoms have not worsened. After 12 weeks, participants on the waitlist will be offered treatment.
All participants will attend study visits to undergo brain scanning at baseline, after 3 months, and after 12 months. Each study visit will involve MRI scanning (to evaluate brain structure), functional MRI (fMRI) scanning (to evaluate brain function), questionnaires about a participant's experience in the scanner, and collection of saliva samples before, during, and after scanning. While undergoing the fMRI scan, participants will be asked to remain at rest for a certain period of time, and then to perform tasks that will engage certain parts of the brain. Assessments for all participants will occur at baseline and after 3, 6, and 12 months. These assessments will include diagnostic evaluations by a therapist, self-report questionnaires, ongoing self-monitoring, physiological measurements, cognitive assessments, and behavioral observation.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 45 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Meets diagnostic criteria for social anxiety disorder
- Right-handed
- If taking medications, stabilized on current dose for 3 months
- If undergoing psychotherapy, stabilized for 6 months
- Speaks English
Exclusion Criteria:
- Currently undergoing cognitive behavioral therapy
- History of psychiatric hospitalization in the last 5 years
- Presence of serious medical condition, such as respiratory, cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurological, or muscular-skeletal disease or pregnancy
- Active suicidal ideation
- Current severe depression
- History of bipolar disorder, psychosis, mental retardation, or brain damage
- History of substance abuse or dependence in the last 6 months
- Presence of irremovable metal objects in the body that are not fMRI-safe
- Suffers from claustrophobia
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00872820
|United States, California
|UCLA Psychology Department - Franz Hall
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095
|Principal Investigator:
|Michelle G. Craske, PhD
|University of California, Los Angeles
Additional Information:
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|Michelle Craske, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00872820 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
R21MH081299 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|March 30, 2009
|Last Updated:
|December 9, 2014
Keywords provided by Michelle Craske, University of California, Los Angeles:
Social Anxiety
Social Anxiety Treatment
Cognitive Therapy
Social Phobia
Social Phobia Treatment
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Anxiety Disorders
Phobic Disorders
Mental Disorders
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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"Miley, who witnessed parts of the incident near her home with other members of her family, shared her version of events with police and also told officers that city Parks Director Kevin Briski told her of past complaints involving Hulsey, including allegations he stalked a lifeguard at Olin Park, according to the police report."
"Briski didn't return phone calls, but he told WKOW-TV that there are no past written complaints against Hulsey and he was unaware of any concern about Hulsey's interaction with a lifeguard."
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Why did Miley claim to the police to have extra knowledge of Hulsey and why did Briski deny knowing of any problems involving Hulsey? It seems to me Miley misused her position and gave false information to the police in order to "get" Hulsey.
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Hot, dry, windy weather and too many eastern red cedar trees made 2012 the worst year in history for wildfires in Nebraska, said Sen. Al Davis of Hyannis during a Natural Resources Committee hearing Friday, Feb. 22.
We have to keep the fires smaller and hit them harder early on, he said.
LB 634 would dedicate two air tankers to fire fighting during the summer, thin forests, train volunteer firefighters, create an incident management team, expand a federal and state cost-share program and oversee rehabilitation of burnt forests.
Davis said 50 percent of the cost-share program in the act would come from federal funds, 25 percent from state funds and 25 percent from landowners.
Fourteen people testified at the hearing, all in favor of the bill, from fire chiefs and landowners to mayors and researchers.
The act proposes keeping leased, single-engine tanker planes at both Chadron and Valentine during the three months when fires are most likely, Davis said.
The planes would carry water and put out small fires, and pilots could spot fires faster to alert other firefighters, he said.
It costs $100,000 a day to use a Blackhawk helicopter, $200,000 for a Chinook helicopter and $4,000 for the single-engine planes, Josiah said.
The act would also add two positions focused on training firefighters statewide and would air to triple the number of volunteer firefighters, Josiah said.
Ninety percent volunteer firefighters have not gone through basic fire suppression trainings, he said, so theyre not ready to deal with mega-fires.
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Wiltshire councillors are to vote on whether to U-turn on their controversial decision to award themselves increased allowances.
The move will be debated at the full council meeting at County Hall, Trowbridge, on February 4.
In November, the council agreed increases which saw leader Jane Scott's allowances rise by 36.5 per cent, with cabinet members getting at least 22 per cent more.
Under their constitution, at least 10 councillors' signatures are needed on a motion calling for Wiltshire Council to debate a decision taken in the previous last six months and potentially overturn it.
Councillors Terry Chivers, Jeff Osborn, Helen Osborn, Ernie Clark, all Independent; John Walsh, Ricky Rogers, Ian Tomes, all Labour; Trevor Carbin, Ian West and Brian Dalton all Liberal Democrats, have signed the motion.
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Sanchez strikes out nine as Tigers set AL record
Pitchers fan 10 for sixth straight game, but fall to Twins in finale
DETROIT -- Anibal Sanchez racked up more strikeouts. The Twins racked up early runs. In the end, the Twins got the win.
In the end, the Tigers' 6-2 loss on Wednesday to finish an eight-game homestand at Comerica Park might well have turned on just two potential strikeout situations.
Sanchez was a strike away from fanning the side in order in the first inning. By the time he got the third out, he had thrown 41 pitches, and the Twins had a 2-0 lead.
"Sanchy was out of whack from the get-go," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said.
Five innings later, the Tigers were 90 feet away from erasing what had been a three-run lead. Scott Diamond didn't get a strikeout from Victor Martinez, but a groundout did just as well for his latest solid outing against Detroit.
The first inning, Leyland said, took a toll on his team, and especially Sanchez. He didn't say the same about the sixth, but the Twins rally that followed off relievers Bruce Rondon and Darin Downs seemed to suggest it.
Thus, while the Tigers set an American League record with their sixth consecutive game with double-digit strikeouts from their pitching staff, they could not pull off a sixth straight victory. By the ninth inning, the strikeout streak was the only piece of suspense left.
It was a far different result from what the first two batters suggested. Sanchez, making his first start since setting a franchise record with 17 strikeouts last Friday, looked like he was on his way to another nasty game early. After setting down Brian Dozier and Jamey Carroll swinging, he was a pitch away from striking out the side with a 1-2 count on Josh Willingham.
Once he lost Willingham to a walk, the inning -- and the count -- escalated quickly.
It didn't look as if Sanchez was throwing wildly to make him chase. He had gotten ahead of him working inside and out, and he hit 95 mph on an outside fastball off the outside corner once he got to two strikes. When Willingham didn't offer, Sanchez went to back-to-back sinkers inside, seemingly trying for the groundout.
Willingham took them both, earning his eighth walk in his 18th plate appearance against Sanchez.
"He doesn't normally start out at 94-95 [mph]," Leyland said. "I think his control paid for it."
Sanchez was more worried about his pace than his velocity, though they both might have been a sign of the same issue.
"My tempo was too fast in the first inning," Sanchez said. "That was the reason I was behind in some of the counts and my pitches didn't work like they usually do. It's a different game when that happens."
Again a pitch away, Sanchez saw Justin Morneau send a full-count offering into the left-field corner for an opposite-field RBI double. Ryan Doumit escaped another 1-2 count for a walk to extend the inning for Chris Parmelee, who lined a 1-2 pitch into left field to drive in Morneau.
Sanchez's 41 pitches were nearly split between balls (20) and strikes (21). His second inning was more efficient, and he struck out the side, but two hits in between -- including another two-out RBI double from Carroll -- extended the Twins' lead to 3-0.
Sanchez had five strikeouts through two innings, but four hits out of the five batters who put the ball in play. That was the difference.
"He calmed himself down," catcher Brayan Pena said, "and he came back with me and said, 'Let's keeping attacking the strike zone. Let's not shy away from contact.' And that's exactly what he did. He kept us in the ballgame. He gave us a shot to come back."
Sanchez (3-2) retired his final 11 batters after Doumit's third-inning single, striking out four more batters to finish with nine for the game over six innings. He has fanned at least eight batters in four of his last five starts.
"I don't know if the strikeout thing had anything to do with it or not," Leyland said, "but we all need to get a few quicker outs."
No number of strikeouts could get him the lead back. The Tigers needed a comeback against Diamond to have a chance. They came awfully close.
Diamond took a no-hitter into the fifth inning, retiring 11 consecutive batters after a hit-by-pitch and a walk in his opening inning. The Tigers broke up the no-hit bid from there, but their real threat came in the sixth, with three consecutive one-out hits from the top of their order.
Austin Jackson doubled and scored on Torii Hunter's single before Miguel Cabrera's double to the left-field fence plated his 29th RBI of the season. Prince Fielder's groundout moved Cabrera to third, and Martinez turned on a changeup and laced a line drive towards the left-field corner that fell foul.
On the next pitch, Diamond delivered a fastball that Martinez grounded to second. With that, Detroit's best threat was over.
He wasn't looking for a strikeout.
"At any moment, this team can strike," Diamond said. "You could see it in the sixth. Those two runs they put on the board happened really quickly. My main focus going into today was to work down in the zone and try to keep it in the ballpark and keep the ball on the ground. As always, my defense was awesome behind me, and we were able to make those innings a lot quicker."
Diamond (2-2), who missed the Tigers in the season-opening series, held Detroit to two runs for the fourth consecutive outing.
By the late innings, the one question left was the double-digit strikeout record. Jose Ortega's strikeout of Willingham in the ninth earned Detroit its sixth straight game with at least 10, the most by an American League team since at least 1916.
Jason Beck is a reporter for MLB.com. Read Beck's Blog and follow him on Twitter @beckjason. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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After a Whipple (2011), chemoradiation, gem/cis regimen, metastatic recurrence to lungs and questionable (probable) on liver, another regimen of oxaliplatin, ca19-9 rising from 300 1 year ago to 3140 on April 8th, we were told my husband is in line for palliative care only, no cure, look for clinical trials. We found Dr. Raymond Chang in NYC who, I think, is quite a man. He has many, many metastatic success stories. We also went to Germany for New Castle and dendritic cells. Jon's cellular breakdown shows high concentration of NK cells, which makes for good prognosis. Suppressor cells are out of whack, big time. That's our target. In one Monty's time, on off label treatments, his marker dropped to 1688. Both doctors do not feel this is just a fluctuation; they think the treatments are at work. It's expensive. Jon is extremely fatigued, no appetite, some pain issues. But we feel very hopeful right now. Doctors have told us to feel optimistic. Our doc in Germany showed us a lung ca case...stage iv with poor prognosis of about 4 weeks. After just 8 weeks of dendritic/treatments, he is cancer free. Dr. Chang also shared similar situations. They have presented at conferences. All medicines are backed with published evidence-based research. Jon also takes low dose chemo. Anxious for CT in 8 weeks. For those ready to break from conventional chemo that really doesn't cure, and can afford costly treatment, I wholeheartedly recommend you take a look. "Beyond the Magic Bullet" is a great starting point. Research dendritic cells. I just want to encourage you; wish we had pursued these treatments sooner.


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Tribe makes pitching adjustments after cancellation
GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- The Phoenix area broke an extended dry spell when rain began to fall on Saturday, but that cost the Indians a game on their Cactus League schedule.
Due to the inclement weather, which ended a streak of 70 days without rainfall in the area, Cleveland's afternoon tilt against the White Sox in Glendale, Ariz., was canceled. The teams will not make up the contest later this spring.
As a result of the cancellation, the Indians were forced to shuffle their pitching schedule.
Veteran right-hander Aaron Harang was scheduled to start on Saturday with righty Trevor Bauer following behind him. Both pitchers -- two among five candidates for the fifth rotation spot -- will now take the mound in Sunday's game against the Mariners at Goodyear Ballpark.
Indians sinkerballer Justin Masterson, who was initially penciled in as the starter against Seattle, will now throw a simulated game at the Tribe's complex on Sunday morning.
By moving Masterson to the practice fields Sunday, the Indians are able to keep the rest of its starting pitchers on schedule. Cleveland still needs to sort out when and where Saturday's scheduled relievers will throw. Helping matters is the fact that the Indians have a "B" game against the Angels slated for Tuesday morning at their spring facility.
Jordan Bastian is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Major League Bastian, and follow him on Twitter @MLBastian. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Cornerback Antonio Cromartie, who has excelled at shutting down receivers this season, thinks his 3-5 New York Jets will finish the second half of the season strong and still make the playoffs.
Cromartie, appearing on NFL Network's NFL AM morning program Thursday, made his not quite Joe Namath-like guarantee.
"The Jets will make the playoffs this year," Cromartie said. "We believe in each other, we believe in what Coach [Rex] Ryan and his staff is putting us to schemes and stuff, so we're definitely going to make the playoffs this year."
New York is down, but not mathematically out. It also doesn't have much margin for error to make such a run. The first big obstacle is a tough cross-country road game at Seattle in Week 10, where the Seahawks are battling for an NFC wild-card spot.
The Jets are two games out of the current AFC wild-card positions held by the Colts and Steelers at 5-3. New York's better bet is matching Indianapolis' record. The Jets beat the Colts but lost to Pittsburgh earlier this season.
The problem lies in between the Jets and those leaders. The Dolphins are 4-4 and the Bills are 3-5. Also matching the Jets' record are the Bengals and Raiders.
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DALLAS — Zale Corp. reported that revenues for its second quarter rose 1.1% to $7 million from $664 million last year.
"The growth achieved in the quarter was driven by our exclusive, branded collections. Further expanding these products and supporting them with compelling marketing and training is an important part of our growth strategy," commented Theo Killion, CEO.
For the second quarter of fiscal 2013, comparable-store sales increased 2.8%. This increase follows a 5.8% rise in the same period last year.
Net earnings for the quarter were $41 million, or $1.02 per diluted share, compared with net earnings of $29 million, or 77 cents per diluted share, in the second quarter of fiscal 2012.
For the six months ended Jan. 31, 2013, revenues were $1.03 billion, an increase of $13 million compared to the same period last year. Comparable-store sales increased 3.2% in the first half of 2013. Net earnings were $13 million, or 32 cents per diluted share, compared with a net loss of $3 million, or 9 cents per diluted share, in the same period last year.
As previously announced, the company expects to achieve positive net earnings for fiscal year 2013.


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According to WorldNetDaily (so make of it what you will), organizers have already chosen to strip gay conservative group GOProud from next year's CPAC convention:
a source has confirmed that a board vote has been taken that will realign plans for those who participate [in CPAC] next year to exclude homosexual advocacy, although details had not been released.
A spokeswoman at the ACU promised WND a statement regarding the new position, but it had not arrived yet.
GOProud out at annual summit of conservatives [WND]
The big question: Why do these gays wanna "GO" at all?
*Chris Barron just told radio host Michelangelo Signorile that this report is "patently false," comparing WND to The Onion. That last point is valid, and we certainly don't treat WND as anything close to credible. But "ACU promised WND a statement" goes beyond typical far-right spin. It's not opinion journalism: It either is or it isn't, regardless of who reports it. So stay tuned to see if the statement materializes.
**UPDATE: The aforementioned Signorile interview got CRAZY heated, and Mike hung up on Chris. We'll try to get audio.


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