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After years of delays, a new farm bill passed on February 4th, 2014. Thanks to the hard work of the conservation community, the final bill contained many hard-won compromises and is overall a beneficial bill to wildlife. National Wildlife Federation supported the 2014 farm bill, but our work is not done.
NWF will continue our work to ensure that land, water, and wildlife benefit from farm bill programs as the 2014 farm bill is implemented, and our priority will be to promote wildlife abundance and diversity - not policies that degrade habitat or undermine past progress made through conservation efforts.
NWF's top priorities for implementation of the 2014 Farm Bill were:
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Sodaver is a provision that will helps to protect America's last remaining native prairies by limiting subsidies on land that is converted to cropland from previously unplowed and unplanted grasslands. The 2014 Farm Bill does include a Sodsaver provision, but it is limited to only six states: North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Iowa, Minnesota, and Nebraska. These states have critically important wildlife habitat, and in the past few years, have lost grasslands at alarming rates.
High crop prices and federally-subsidized crop insurance encourage plowing native grassland and forestlands that have previously never been plowed. Many birds, such as the bobolink, depend on native grasslands for nesting or food. Bringing this often-marginally productive land into production provides little benefit to tax payers, increases long-term costs due to erosion and nutrient loss, and ultimately leads to lower water quality, less capacity to reduce flooding, and the loss of valuable wildlife habitat.
Sodsaver does not prohibit farmers from breaking out new land; it ensures that they do so at their own risk, and not at the expense of taxpayers. Most of the land that is being converted from native ecosystems to cropland is marginal, highly erodible, and prone to flooding. If the risk of growing crops on this land was not underwritten by taxpayer-subsidized crop insurance and disaster assistance programs, these sensitive lands probably would not be farmed.
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The huge success story of the 2014 Farm Bill is a key conservation provision that requires farmers to practice commonsense soil and wetland conservation measures on vulnerable lands in exchange for receiving crop insurance premium subsidies. Its inclusion in the farm bill is a major conservation victory that will prevent the destruction of millions of acres of wetlands and erosion of countless tons of soil.
Conservation compliance includes two common-sense eligibility requirements to receive taxpayer-funded farm bill support - Swampbuster and Sodbuster. Swampbuster prevents farmers who drain wetlands, and Sodbuster, those who farm highly erodible lands without a conservation plan, from qualifying for farm bill programs. These provisions are designed to protect us from greater wetland loss and degraded soil and water quality.
Conservation compliance does not take away anyone's freedom to farm on their own land; farmers are free to choose to drain wetlands or farm highly erodible land with no soil conservation measures. However, by doing so they forfeit eligibility for federal benefits, since these activities harm the public good.
Compliance is not a hardship for farmers because it is easy to implement conservation plans and beneficial for the land and the farmer in the long run. For highly erodible land, there are a number of simple practices that meet conservation compliance:
These practices provide economic returns to farmers by making the land more productive. Most farmers are used to abiding by these conditions as they have been in place since 1985. It is only because the agricultural support system is shifting, from direct payments to greater subsidies for crop insurance, that action is needed to ensure these eligibility requirements continue to apply.
Over the last 15 years, Congress has increased the subsidy amounts on crop insurance, making it the largest subsidy to farmers. Crop insurance subsidies are estimated to cost taxpayers $90 billion over the next 10 years. Currently the federal government pays for 60 percent of the cost of crop insurance premiums (farmers pay the remaining percentage). It is only fair for landowners to protect the public from soil loss, nutrient pollution, and wetland loss in return for taxpayer support. Without conservation compliance, millions of acres of highly erodible land and wetlands that are not currently farmed could be placed into production with serious consequences on the public.
The 2014 farm bill provides $57.6 billion for conservation programs over the next 10 years. While the overall reduction in funding is disappointing, the bill was a good compromise in a tough budget climate.
In addition to funding levels, the 2014 Farm Bill combined several existing farm bill conservation programs into a new Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP), and added a new Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP). Read our full analysis for more details on changes to the conservation title.
Programs such as the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) provide taxpayer benefits by improving soil, water and wildlife habitat, and are also popular with farmers. Yet, conservation funding has declined in recent years. In the 2008 Farm Bill the CRP took a cut of 7 million acres, which is having serious negative repercussions for wildlife on agricultural land that depend on the land for nesting habitat, such as the Eastern meadowlark. Another 8 million acre was cut in from the CRP in the 2014 Farm Bill.
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It's been a tough start for Buffalo, despite starting the season by winning the first two games. Thomas Vanek, however, has been hot from the start and has shown no signs of cooling. He's got 19 points in just 8 games (he missed one), and has never looked more dominant. He's being ably assisted by Cody Hodgson and Jason Pominville on what might be the best line Buffalo's had since Briere and Drury were still here. So what's the problem? Well, Vanek isn't leading the Sabres forwards in TOI, and that's bad, okay? It's terrible!
For reference: I used to complain about Vanek's low ice time. But when I did it, he was getting 14-15 minutes a game many nights. He's at 19:13 right now, two minutes better than his highest season average TOI ever (17:21 in 2010-2011). That sounds pretty good to me. Mike Harrington and others shout "There are 55 players getting more ice time than Vanek!!". Yeah? How many of those have as many points? NONE. Because he's LEADING THE LEAGUE. Playing 26 minutes a night hasn't helped Kovalchuk. Vanek has more ice time than Vincent Lecavalier, Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau, and Marian Hossa. The other top scorers so far are either at the 19 minute range, up at 21 minutes (for those that play on the PK). Look at it this way – top 60 in icetime in a 30 team league would put you on the top line, if lines were sorted that way
There are other reasons not to play Vanek more. He's a guy that puts a ton of pressure on himself. Do you really want Ruff, who has never seemed completely at ease with Vanek, telling him 19 points in 8 games isn't good enough? We already have TV quotes like this:
The latest debacle was a 4-3 loss to Florida after which Vanek was named the first star. He appeared on the verge of a breakdown afterward.
"It adds up to a losing record," Vanek said. "Obviously, I gotta do more, too."
No, Thomas, your TEAM needs to do more. Your defense corps needs to not act like the puck is a being of pure fire, to be thrust away as soon as it approaches. Other forwards can shoot the puck in and chase after it, instead of trying stupid stuff at the blue line.
"But but but, HECHT!" you cry. Yes, Hecht is getting a lot of ice time. Think about Jochen for a second, how would you describe him as a player? Solid, dependable two-way C/LW, responsible in his own end, chips in some goals. Sound like somebody Ruff may be leaning on in light of the horrible D? And for the rest of the players getting more ice time, could Lindy be trying to let them play their way out? The ideal result here is another line (or two!) playing well, not Vanek playing MORE well, when he's already better than he's ever been. At the end of the day, Vanek and his linemates are working. Shouldn't they try to fix the rest of the team before messing with that?

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Would it be a better way to break the 3rd fetter by penetrating the Buddha's unique Not-self/No-selfhood approach to liberation and by really understanding/seeing the Buddha's path to the deathless?
4.30am to 6.30am
So I begin to practise and its back to high equanimity because I am relaxed and I will the mind up to what I believe was the 4th Jhana and start observing "Self". I have breakfast noting all the way:tasting, tasting, feeling, swallowing. It really was non-stop noting.I am quite relaxed now as I seemed to have stopped craving path.
8am - 10.49am
Then at about 10.50, something clicks and that massive bare sensate experience of the sensations, previously known and seen as "Self", as "Nick", is seen so clearly. This simple insight felt so profound that this amazing feeling of happiness and pleasantness descended throughout the body. Nothing happens at this stage and the gong for lunch is sounded and I leave my cell to walk to the dining hall. All the while thinking of this mindblowing insight which has been staring me in the face all along. I get there at about 11.05, sitting on a bench waiting to enter the dining hall.....and then the mind turns in on itself again onto that massive bare sensate experience of all these sensations just dancing about. No "Self" anymore. Then it just appears naturally. The knowing of the Anatta/Non-self characteristic. The thoughts...."Holy crap, this is just fluff. The "Self" is just so substanceless. Just fluff!". Then the knowing of Anicca/Impermanence characteristic arises directly after it and the thought, "Wow, it's just the sum of sensations dancing about, as soon as they arise they stop dead." When I think back to this moment, it felt like the actual written words appeared in the mind. With these two characteristics known fully, immediately the Dukkha/Unsatisfactoriness characteristic just made complete sense!!!!!! And then...
I felt my head being pulled up slightly at the crown of the head and I felt like something "big" was about to happen. There was a mental reaction of anticipation and I managed to start noting it, but as it all happened so fast I only managed to note it with the word "noted"......and I felt sucked up into something unknown and spat out....... and with my eyes closed it looked like the sun was right in front of my eyes. I opened them and just thought..."What the hell! What was that....?". I really just felt massively stunned for several moments. And then started asking myself "Was that it?"
rowyourboat wrote:It is worthwhile noting that this is a Noble truth and a Noble experience- and people will try to utmost to try and reject it based on little conceptual frameworks that they have about the dhamma - but that is all anariya dhamma. That is exactly why it won't be accepted by any logically thinking putajjana.
"Monks, these three are fabricated characteristics of what is fabricated. Which three? Arising is discernible, passing away is discernible, alteration (literally, other-ness) while staying is discernible.
"These are three fabricated characteristics of what is fabricated.
"Now these three are unfabricated characteristics of what is unfabricated. Which three? No arising is discernible, no passing away is discernible, no alteration while staying is discernible.
"These are three unfabricated characteristics of what is unfabricated."
"He does not discern murderous form, as it actually is present, as 'murderous form.' He does not discern murderous feeling... He does not discern murderous perception... He does not discern murderous fabrications... He does not discern murderous consciousness, as it actually is present, as 'murderous consciousness.'
A virtuous monk, Kotthita my friend, should attend in an appropriate way to the five clinging-aggregates as inconstant, stressful, a disease, a cancer, an arrow, painful, an affliction, alien, a dissolution, an emptiness, not-self. Which five? Form as a clinging-aggregate, feeling... perception... fabrications... consciousness as a clinging-aggregate.[/quote)In the same way, a monk sees, observes, & appropriately examines any fabrications that are past, future, or present; internal or external; blatant or subtle; common or sublime; far or near. To him — seeing them, observing them, & appropriately examining them — they would appear empty, void, without substance: for what substance would there be in fabrications?
Now the Buddha teaches the cessation suffering- it would be foolish to think of a cessation of suffering in a ' to be seen here & now, timeless, inviting verification' manner without seeing the actual cessation of the aggregates. But of course, if a putajjana doesn't see the suffering inherent in the aggregates (as above), it would be a calamity a disaster to have the aggregates cease. But the Ariya knows that "This is peace, this is exquisite — the resolution of all fabrications, the relinquishment of all acquisitions, the ending of craving; dispassion; cessation; Nibbana."
Which neatly brings us to the second assumption that the cessation of craving does not mean cessation of arising and passing away (ie all experience). With the total cessation of craving, aversion and delusion (and not partial) there is cessation of all experience/aggregates. There is no way to prove this except to say that 1) otherwise there would be no need for 'verification by oneself' otherwise (it would be immediately logical) and no need for an unfabricated nibbana - a fabricated one (perhaps like the Mahayanists) will do just fine. I don't intend to convince anyone- you are welcome to take it or leave it. But I will continue to state it because perhaps those people with 'little dust in their eyes' will make sense of it. To summarise, the ending of craving, aversion and delusion, if done completely, includes the cessation of experience ala paticcanirodha, which the stream entrant experiences. Just because no other well known dhamma celebrity explains it in this way does not mean it is suspect or wrong.
As for Starter's question- there is some 'overcoming of doubt' when not-self is realised- indeed that particular purification is called 'The purification of overcoming doubt' (kankhavitarana visuddhi). But the doubt is not about self/no-self, but rather, whether the path/the Buddha delivers what it/he promises-the total cessation of suffering. Now as in Theravadidilianas quote above the vipassana yogi sees the suffering inherent in that which arises and passes away. S/he is happy to be able to put down the aggregates even for a moment - that unfabricated 'moment'- and sees that this is the TOTAL cessation of suffering. The Buddha said that what arises is suffering. With this s/he gets to see suffering NOT arise. Then s/he knows beyond a shadow of doubt that the path works- and becomes 'independent of others with regards to the dhamma'- another description of the stream entrant.
There are many other non-experiential events - sleep, anaesthesia, falling unconscious etc. Why do they not constitute nibbana then? Well, that perhaps is the whole point- those are conditioned states. Sleep is an escape from tiredness, anaesthesia is an escape from the pain of surgery, nibbana is an escape (nissarana) from samsara or in other words the aggregates (there is nothing other than this). Nibbana is of value, if the moment to moment suffering of samsara is seen through vipassana practice. It is of value, when it is seen that the cessation of craving, aversion and delusion leads to the cessation of suffering AND the samsaric journey (rebirth moment by moment) comes to an end EVEN NOW- it is verifiable. Otherwise we have a situation where samsara continues minus craving, aversion and delusion and there isn't even the slightest indication of stopping samsara (this of course not a problem for those who don't have the mundane right view that rebirth exists). As for arahaths perceiving, the one way I can discern the dhamma is to say that the body is old kamma, nothing new will arise in the future- which is an important point. The death of an arahath has a special name/status simply because it marks the ending even the suffering of having a body and mind. It is a complete and wonderful solution, that the Buddha discovered![Mara:]
Why don't you approve of birth?
One who is born
enjoys sensual pleasures.
Who on earth
ever persuaded you:
'Nun, don't approve of birth'?
[Sister Cala:]
For one who is born
there's death.
One who is born
sees pain.
It's a binding, a flogging, a torment.
That's why one shouldn't approve
of birth.
The Awakened One taught me the Dhamma
— the overcoming of birth —
for the abandoning of all pain,
he established me in
the truth.
But beings who have come to form
& those with a share in the formless,
if they don't discern cessation,
return to becoming-again.
Then Mara the Evil One — sad & dejected at realizing, "Cala the nun knows me" — vanished right there.
rowyourboat wrote:"Monks, these three are fabricated characteristics of what is fabricated. Which three? Arising is discernible, passing away is discernible, alteration (literally, other-ness) while staying is discernible.
"These are three fabricated characteristics of what is fabricated.
"Now these three are unfabricated characteristics of what is unfabricated. Which three? No arising is discernible, no passing away is discernible, no alteration while staying is discernible.
"These are three unfabricated characteristics of what is unfabricated."
[ . . . ] since nibbana is unfabricated, ie there is no moment by moment arising and passing away discernible, (note, since no further discernment can be made, this is also the limit of panna) there has to some instance where this happens-that is where all experience ceases.
"There is a manner of reckoning whereby a monk who is a learner, standing at the level of a learner, can discern that 'I am a learner,' ...
By the way, to my understanding the right view mentioned in MN 48 is not only the breaking of self-identity view and the understanding of dependent origination/cessation, but the right understanding/knowledge of the entire four noble truths including the "stream" -- the noble 8-fold path.
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A new state law scheduled to take effect in September is intended to add a level of protection for cyclists sharing roads with motorists.
Assembly Bill 1371, known as the Three Feet for Safety Act, will require motorists to provide at least a 3-foot buffer in most instances when passing cyclists on roadways. The bill, signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown in September, carries with it a base fine of $35 (approximately $150 with additional fees) for violators and a $220 fine in the event of a collision that causes bodily harm.
Los Altos Police Capt. Andy Galea said the city's vast cycling community should see some benefits from the new law as it takes effect. He added that the law makes enforcement less of a judgment call for patrol officers than previous laws, which called for motorists to pass cyclists on the road "at a safe distance without interfering with the safe operation of the overtaken vehicle or bicycle."
"Three feet is very definitive – and it's easier to judge," Galea said of enforcing the new law. "Really, anyone coming within 3 feet of cyclists – it's just too close. Hopefully it will cut down on collisions and make it safer for the cycling community."
Hard to enforce?
Two local cyclists say they're not sure the new law will change much of anything.
Los Altos resident and avid cyclist Gary Hedden said that while the law could make enforcement easier for police, it likely wouldn't change the overall habits of motorists in Los Altos.
"People who are careful drivers, and that's the majority in Los Altos, leave 3 feet or more when they pass a bicycle, and they will continue to leave 3 feet or more next year," Hedden stated in an email to the Town Crier. "The small group of people who are careless will continue to be careless. The law won't easily change that."
Hedden said the same logic holds true for motorists who have complained to him that the new law will make it "impossible" for motorists to pass a bike on a narrow road.
"The law allows drivers to slow down and carefully pass when road conditions don't allow 3 feet. That's what careful drivers do now, and will continue to do next year," he said.
Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) Chairwoman Suzanne Ambiel, meanwhile, believes that enforcement of the new law won't be as easy as it seems.
"The 3-foot law is nice, but is it enforceable? It's going to be hard to do that," said Ambiel, speaking on her own behalf, not as a representative of BPAC. "I mean, if you don't have a way to really measure it, how could you know for sure?"
If anything, Ambiel said, the new law should be more effective in rural areas and would at least spread awareness to motorists about the dangers cyclists face on roads.
"It's more recognition that bicycles belong on the roads, too," said Ambiel, who noted that she's had countless close calls "on any street you can imagine in every city."
Galea agreed, noting that the new law should make some drivers more cautious when turning or executing other movements where potential conflicts exist.
"As this law begins to take effect and starts to get reinforced, hopefully people will become more aware of it," he said. "That's the big benefit of this."
Ambiel concluded that the best advice she could give to motorists and cyclists sharing the roads is rather simple – at least in concept.
"It all boils down to everyone using some common sense and common courtesy – whether in a car or on a bike," she said. "Common sense and courtesy go a long way in everything you do."


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A friend said that it is a sin. The person commit suicide will not be born again as a human for a very long time. Because that person rejected human life by choosing to end it. Is there any true in it? What has Buddha said about suicide in pali texts please?
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A group of men stood outside a Santa Fe Springs gym recently, trying to get a look at featherweight world champion Abner Mares of Hawaiian Gardens. It's no wonder, as Mares has become one of the top pound-for-pound fighters in the world, and one of the most popular because of his endearing personality.
Discussing his wonderful career, one that has seen him win world titles in three weight classes, Mares reminded yours truly that this all could have happened even sooner had he not missed nearly a year from June 2008 to May 2009 because of surgery for a detached retina.
"But I'm the type of guy that thinks and believes in God and believes that everything happens for a reason," said Mares, who tonight will defend his featherweight belt against Jhonny Gonzalez of Mexico at StubHub Center (on Showtime). "I'm here now, more mature, a married man, I've got two daughters, I'm centered, I've got my feet on the ground, I think, more clearly.
"There couldn't be a better time to be a champion than now. I'm a three-time world champion, thank God, at a great time in my career. Now it's just taking advantage of my young years because boxing years go by fast."
Mares has already done that. Fighting one mean hombre after another, he has compiled a record of 26-0-1 with 14 knockouts. In May, he had perhaps his most impressive victory when he moved up in weight and stopped featherweight champ Daniel Ponce De Leon in the ninth round, taking his belt at MGM Grand in Las Vegas on the undercard of Floyd Mayweather Jr.-Robert Guerrero.
Really, other than pound-for-pound king Mayweather, there just aren't too many fighters more impressive than Mares today. And just like Mayweather, Mares is known as one who trains very hard.
"It's not so much the ability, it's the desire, the effort, the dedication that I put in, that I have been putting in for many years, ever since I went to the Olympics in 2004," said Mares, who has dual citizenship and represented Team Mexico in the Athens Games. "I have been doing this my whole life, so I've always had the mind-set that I wanted to be someone and be something in life.
"Now it's just a matter of where and how many titles, and how far we're going to get."
One of the really cool things about Mares is that he wants to takes on all comers. That's his credo. He figures that is why it is unlikely he will retire undefeated because he fights tough fight after tough fight.
The question tonight is, does Jhonny Gonzalez have enough toughness left to hand Mares his first loss? The feeling here is, probably not. Gonzalez is 54-8 with 46 knockouts. Sixty-two pro fights is a lot. Gonzalez is 31, which is getting up there for a fighter in the smaller weights.
Gonzalez insists he's got plenty of juice left, though.
"The question I've been asked the most is if I am looking at this as my last chance at the big time," said Gonzalez, who lost his title to De Leon via a wide eight-round technical decision in September 2012. "Well, I am not. One way to stop getting this question from the media is to win on Saturday."
Gonzalez said he expects "a war." No matter what happens, it will be a terrific fight on what should be an electric night. Aside from Mares, several other world-class locals will be on display. Leo Santa Cruz of Lincoln Heights will challenge Victor Terrazas of Mexico for his super bantamweight belt. Featherweight Joseph Diaz Jr. of South El Monte and heavyweight Dominic Breazeale of Alhambra - both 2012 U.S. Olympians - are on tap.
Mares can't wait.
"It's going to be crazy, man," said Mares, 27, who recently bought a home in Downey. "Perfect weather, they're going to be selling their alcohol there. So it's going to be rowdy."


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With dozens of new school closings looming, the Philadelphia School District is nearing deals to sell some of its properties that are already vacant, including the historic former home of West Philadelphia High.
(See below for a map of all 12 schools.)
City Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell of West Philadelphia's third district says school officials will soon decide between offers from private developers who want to convert the 250,000-square-foot school building at 47th and Walnut into a mix of retail and residential units.
"What I believe will happen is that we'll end up with mixed use on the first floor and then residential stuff above it," said Blackwell.
School district officials declined to comment on the details of their efforts to sell specific properties, citing ongoing negotiations.
But Danielle Floyd, the district's deputy for strategic initiatives, said that the market for old school buildings in Philadelphia has been overall surprisingly robust.
"We're encouraged," said Floyd. "We've been very fortunate that we've attracted [potential buyers] who aren't deterred by the present condition [of the buildings]."
Floyd said the district has received solid offers for "a majority" of the 12 properties it currently has on the market.
At some of the buildings, including a vacant administrative building located near Meredith Elementary in Queen Village, interest has been intense, according to multiple sources.
Other buildings, though, have yet to receive any offers. That group includes the former Willard Elementary in Kensington, according to a legislative assistant in the office of City Councilman Mark Squilla.
The bids that have come in are primarily from private developers and charter schools, said Floyd.
Teams consisting of district staff, elected officials, city planners, and community representatives have been vetting those offers in a secretive process that has provoked displeasure from some community residents.
The School Reform Commission is expected to vote to approve the sale of an unspecified number of buildings at its meeting on Nov. 15.
Hoping to avoid blight
This year's district budget projects $11 million in revenue from the sale of surplus properties.
Closing the deal on West will be essential to reaching that target.
Councilwoman Blackwell said she expects the building to sell for around $6 million, close to its listed value.
That would be a significant coup for the cash-strapped school district, but Floyd said price is just one of several factors the district is considering.
"We want to have a buyer who is prepared to move, and to move in an aggressive way," she said.
In general, said Floyd, the district wants to make sure that buildings go to buyers who have solid financial backing, a strong track record, a quick timeline, and a good plan that makes sense for the surrounding neighborhood. Ensuring that buildings don't sit vacant for extended periods is a priority.
"The safety concerns and blight that [long-term vacancies] present to a community is a concern the district shares," said Floyd. "We want to see these properties put back in use."
Emily Dowdall of the Pew Charitable Trusts' Philadelphia Research Initiative said the district is wise to focus on quickly getting empty buildings off its books.
"These are big, aging buildings that deteriorate quickly after they're decommissioned," said Dowdall. "Because they're often the biggest building in a residential neighborhood, they become major eyesores, and they can become sites of illicit activities and dangerous fires."
Dowdall said PRI has begun studying similar efforts made by districts in 12 other cities.
"It's not easy to move these building, by any means," said Dowdall. "Age and condition and location are really big challenges."
At first glance, several of the district properties currently for sale appear near-impossible to sell. The former Walton Elementary in North Philadelphia, for example, is a 111-year-old, 69,000-square-foot building that has sat vacant since 2003. A recent visit showed a graffiti- and trash-strewn building marked on the door with a large red 'X.'
Floyd said the district, with the help of outside real estate brokers, has been working hard to get potential buyers to look beneath the scarred exteriors of buildings like Walton.
"When we look at them, we see potential," said Floyd. "It was clearly something that added value and had meaning in the community, and it can be that again with the right group of people. "
A new process
In June 2011, the School Reform Commission adopted a new "adaptive reuse policy" to guide the disposition of surplus properties.
Dowdall of PRI praised the district's "active" new approach.
Blackwell, who said she's been involved in the district's effort to sell West "at every step of the way," concurred.
But some neighborhood residents in West Philadelphia and elsewhere have expressed displeasure at the lack of wider public input when it comes to deciding the future of major public assets.
Take Jeff Hornstein, the president of the Queen Village Neighbors Association.
Hornstein says the single biggest thing that the upscale South Philadelphia community has going for it is the highly regarded Meredith Elementary School, which helps the neighborhood to attract and retain young, middle-class families.
One of the problems facing Queen Village, he said, is that Meredith is overcrowded. But a potential solution is right across the street: the school district's vacant Education Services Building at 427 Monroe Street.
"Meredith is an oversubscribed school," said Hornstein. "The school district owns a building 50 yards away. So some people have asked why that doesn't just become Meredith's annex?"
Unfortunately, he said, no one from the district has come to Queen Village to listen to those kinds of questions and ideas from neighborhood residents.
Instead, the district empaneled an "RFP evaluation team" — one of seven established across the city — to vet proposals from interested buyers.
School officials declined to identify the members of those teams, saying only that they consist of district staff, elected officials, city planners, and community representatives who were invited by the district.
Hornstein said two board members from the Queen Village Neighbors Association are participating, but were required to sign confidentiality agreements.
"I don't think [district officials] have the capacity or the time to really have an open community process," said Hornstein.
Floyd defended the secrecy as necessary for any competitive bidding processes.
In Queen Village, the team looking at proposals for the Education Services Building near Meredith is "very near" to choosing a winner from among "seven or eight" proposals, said Sean McMonagle, a legislative assistant to City Councilman Mark Squilla of Philadelphia's 1st District.
The proposals are from private developers seeking to turn the building in condos or apartments, according to multiple sources.
Hornstein is disappointed that there was not a more robust "visioning" process for the vacant building near Meredith, but said he understands.
"The market forces in this neighborhood are probably pointing in one direction," he said.
Later this month, said Floyd, the district will host open meetings in Queen Village and some other communities near buildings set for sale. The purpose will be to "make sure the broader community is informed about what the plans are for the facility."
Test cases
Ultimately, the School Reform Commission will decide which buyer gets any district property.
Floyd would not specify how many building sales are likely to be voted on by the SRC this month, saying only that the district was "in various stages of negotiations" on all of its available properties.
Some recommendations of sale could be pushed back until December.
At those properties that have not received any interest so far, the district will keep trying to generate offers, said Floyd. In the event that no outside proposals materialize, the district could partner with the city to turn the parcels into green space.
District officials said it costs between $30,000 and $50,000 per year to maintain a single vacant building.
Floyd also said the district remains on track to recommend a massive new round of school closings sometime in November. No announcement date has yet been set.
Over the next five years, the district is banking on $28 million in revenue from sale of surplus buildings. Officials have previously said that as many as 64 school buildings could be closed during that time.
"We're consistent on the magnitude of the changes that need to occur," said Floyd.
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Charmwood High, and Year 8 plans to turn the school play, Romeo and Juliet, into a rock musical. Everything's moving along until someone mentions Equal Opportunity. There aren't enough roles for girls in this production. For the narrator, Peter Nutt, Equal Opportunity means more opportunities for teachers like Poxon and girls like Ravolini to get at him. And then there's Millie Miletic from the Holy Family of the Little Sisters by the Sea: she's in love!
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Giovanni Boldini
Italian, 1842-1931
Pastel on paper
25 x 16-1/4 in. (62.9 x 41cm) (irreg.)
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Trained in Italy and well established as a portrait painter by the time he moved to Paris in 1871, Giovanni Boldini, along with his close friend John Singer Sargent, is best known for capturing the likenesses of the fin-de-siècle elite. Before establishing the virtuoso brushwork and dynamism that characterize his turn-of-the-century portraits, Boldini employed a more reserved application of his medium, evidenced here. With details such as the razor-sharp, starched collar and cuffs, the sheen of a cornflower satin tie, the supple leather of maize kid gloves and the reflective pince-nez, through which the sitter averts his eyes and turns his nose up at the viewer, Boldini shows that he has clearly mastered the medium. His enduring friendship with Edgar Degas may have inspired the use of pastel to capture this archetypal dandy—once thought to be fellow painter Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Regardless of the identity of the sitter, the image is an exquisite depiction of a late-nineteenth-century upper-class Parisian.
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WASHINGTON – National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Chairman Julian Bond and National Organization for Women President Kim Gandy today called on President Bush to denounce Rep. Bill Thomas, R-Calif., who suggested that Congress adjust Social Security benefits based on race and gender. Bond and Gandy charged that the Bush privatization proposal would, in fact, cut benefits severely for African-Americans and women.
Gandy leads the largest organization of feminist activists in the United States, which has worked for nearly four decades to bring about equality and justice for women in our society.
Bond, who serves as chairman of the nation's oldest organization fighting to ensure equal rights and the end of racial hatred and discrimination, was not invited to private meetings President Bush held this week with leaders of the black community to sell his plan to privatize Social Security.
"We are appalled by your failure to publicly denounce Congressman Bill Thomas's suggestion that Congress create a 'separate but equal' Social Security system that allocates benefits according to race and gender," Bond and Gandy wrote in the letter delivered today to the White House.
"The administration is clearly determined to reduce Social Security benefits," said NOW President Kim Gandy. "It's not surprising that women and people of color are being targeted for the harshest cuts."
Campaign for America's Future Co-director Roger Hickey, whose group is helping to coordinate efforts opposing President Bush's plan to privatize Social Security and cut benefits, said that the White House has actually reinforced Thomas' irresponsible claims.
"The president's comments yesterday to African-American leaders have perpetuated the myth that his plan would help African-Americans and women, when in fact the exact opposite is true. Every American should have an equal opportunity from the start and a secure retirement at the end of a life of work, no matter their race, their creed or their gender," said Hickey. "The American people will not stand for using race or gender to determine the amount of money in a Social Security check and they will not stand for a privatization plan that cuts benefits and costs by $2 trillion."
A complete copy of the letter is available at www.ourfuture.org/document.cfm?documentID=1762.
The Campaign for America's Future (CAF) is a center of progressive strategy, organizing and issue campaigns. CAF anchors a progressive leadership network, enlisting leaders at the national, state and local levels to build a more just and democratic society. The Campaign is leading the fight about America's priorities – against privatization of Social Security, for investment in energy independence, good jobs and a sustainable economy, for affordable health care and more.


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Monday, March 17, 2008
Ask the Administrator: For Love or Money
A new correspondent writes:
I read your blog, and now I have a question. I am currently teaching as
an adjunct at the local CC (English dept.) -- for the past two years, I
have worked at the Regional University in a series of "temporary full
time" positions, and when no temporary positions were open this year, I
went adjunct.
Two lecturer positions have recently opened at Regional University, and
they are positions I am relatively well qualified for. I am confident
that in a matter of days, their posting will become widely known and
that everyone I know will begin telling me to apply. The problem is
that I hated most minutes of working at the university, and I love,
love, love the CC. At the university, relationships with colleagues
were basically non-existent; at the CC, the faculty are helpful and
open even to the adjuncts. At the university, my students were
sometimes great, but more often were dull and hoping to coast through a
degree their parents wanted for them; at the CC, the students
self-select to either put up or stop showing up. I am not a fan of the
university's lock-step writing program (required texts to teach,
required format for the syllabus, required grade norming once a month);
I am a huge fan of the CC's "as long as you meet the course objectives,
it's ok with us" policy of academic freedom. Beyond that, I just love
the idea of the CC and the student population it seeks to serve. Beyond
that, the CC has many options for professional development that are
unavailable at the university, such as free enrollment in courses that
have been developed purely for the professional development of their
full- and part-time faculty.
So the question is thus: do I apply for a job that, should I get it,
I'm already pretty sure I won't like (since it's just a more permanent
version of a job I did for two years). As I see it, the pros would be
money, benefits, and a higher level of "job experience" than another
year or two of adjuncting might get me. The cons would be hating my
job, working for a university that I deep down feel has screwed me a
bit in terms of employment, and stepping out of the CC where I'd like
to eventually be employed full time.
Would it be better, later on, when hopefully applying for full time
jobs at the CC, if I had been an adjunct for a few years with them,
gotten to know people, taken a few classes, etc.? Or would it look
better to have had a lecturer (non TT) position at a university for a
year or so? Is applying for the job worth it? Are there benefits or
drawbacks I'm not seeing just because, at the end of the day, I really
don't WANT to apply?
"It depends" is a pretty weaselly answer, so instead of saying it directly, I'll get to it via a discussion of things to consider. Readers who have faced similar dilemmas are invited to chime in.
Since you're asking, rather than gritting your teeth and applying, I assume that material circumstances allow you some wiggle room. That isn't always the case, so you're in a good position.
From a cc hiring perspective, either experience would count. If anything, we tend to 'count' cc teaching slightly more, on the assumption that you're more comfortable with our students. However, either is fine, so I wouldn't base a decision on that. Besides, any given position could go any given way on any given day.
(It's also usually the case that beyond the first couple of years, the value of additional teaching experience starts to fall prey to diminishing marginal returns. Since you already have a few years under your belt, another year shouldn't matter much one way or the other.)
Since this is basically a binary decision – apply for the Regional University line or don't – I'll start with my basic, when-all-else-fails method for binary decisions. Flip a coin, and see if you're disappointed in the outcome. If you're disappointed, do the 'losing' choice. Your instincts – which would show up in a sense of disappointment – are smarter than you are, but they can be cagey. Sometimes a simple trick can smoke them out.
It sounds like you've already done that, at some level; you know you don't want to apply to the RU job, but still feel like you 'should.'
There's no 'should.' If you would hate it there – and it sounds like you have good reason to think you would – then don't do it. Life is too short, and self-resentment is toxic. Do the job you love, and leave the other for those who love that.
Among other things, you'll perform better at the job you love than the one you tolerate. Whether it will lead to a full-time cc gig or not, I don't know, but the time you spend actually working will be happier. And you won't find yourself getting gradually sucked into a setting you'd really rather escape.
Good luck!
Wise and worldly readers – what do you think?
Have a question? Ask the Administrator at deandad (at) gmail (dot) com.
I'll also say that no one would question your decision to take a job with full benefits, especially if you make a point to tell your CC colleagues what a tough choice it was to trade benefits for those students.
My technique is the old one of drawing a line down the center of a page of paper and putting the pros and cons down on either side. It can help to look at them that way. However, I do think there was some element of "which would dissapoint me the most" in DD's coin flip suggestion that applies to one major decision I had to make. Not all reasons have equal weight.
PS - That observation comparing students at a Regional (e.g. Directional State) University to those at a CC is not an unusual one.
Surely this is a better position from which to decide? And you look a lot better to any potential employer if you already have a job with security.
ONLY pursue gull-time jobs that provide health and dental insurance, a decent salary, and some modest pension plan. The adjuncting should be a stop-gap only, not a career path.
When Marty Feldstein (Daddy Bush's chief of economic advisors) says this recession is the worst since WWII, he means the worst since the Great Depression.
Stop dorking around on this, or you're going to get flattened.
The luxury of weighing your options very, very, carefully just died.
You aren't required to take an offer if you get it, so you're sacrificing next to nothing by honestly applying.
I agree with PM that applying doesn't mean committing to accepting the job if offered, but I do know that at my CC, there's no way to use an offer from one place as leverage at our place. Once you get an offer elsewhere, my CC's attitude is, "Fine. Go." Also, my CC doesn't have the attitude expressed by Inside the Philosophy Factory that good adjuncts should be kept as adjuncts because it's a better deal to have a new full time person and a great adjunct. We try to hire great adjuncts as full timers when we can and 2/3 of our new full time hires have been adjuncts.
Applying is a good exercise even if you don't get the job. Writing a cover letter and updating your CV will remind you of what an asset you are and of what your strengths and weaknesses are.
In any case, I don't see any reason to not apply. Applying is not a commitment. Accepting an offer—which hasn't been made and may not be—is. Worry about making the commitment when the U offers a commitment.
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The Mountain View-based Silicon Valley Community Foundation has awarded more than $2.2 million in grants to support organizations in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties that are improving disadvantaged students' skills in mathematics, helping immigrants learn English to progress in the workforce and combating predatory lending practices.
"Silicon Valley Community Foundation has targeted these grants to organizations that can really make a difference at crucial points in people's lives," said Erica Wood, SVCF's vice president of community leadership and grantmaking. "Students who conquer math in middle school have more academic success lifelong. People who learn English become more productive members of the local economy and more integrated into Silicon Valley. Avoiding the harmful cycle of payday lending helps build people's financial security."
Grant amounts range from $15,000 to $238,500 and are spread among three of the foundation's focus areas: education, immigrant integration and economic security.
Local grantees include the Community Services Agency of Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and Mountain View ($25,000); ALearn ($73,465); and the Krause Center for Innovation at Foothill College ($60,000).
Of the total amount granted, $748,465 will go to support 18 organizations whose programs align with the foundation's grantmaking strategy for education. The grants are directed toward supporting out-of-school programs – those offered before and after school and during summer break – for students struggling to succeed in math, many of whom are students of color and/or from low-income families.
The out-of-school education grantees include the Silicon Valley Education Foundation, $75,000, for an intensive algebra-readiness program for more than 1,000 incoming eighth-graders during the summer.
Seventeen organizations received a total of $801,910 for developing and maintaining programs and processes for immigrants to learn English.
The foundation awarded $673,500 to five nonprofit organizations that fight the expansion of payday lending operations.
For a complete list of grants, visit siliconvalleycf.org.


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The USDA's latest Crop Progress report released June 13 showed 69 percent of corn in the top 18 producing states rated in "good" to "excellent" condition, compared to 67 percent last week.
Fifty percent of the states reported conditions at or above the national average. Iowa reported the best conditions of the states, with 84 percent rated in "good" to "excellent" condition and just two-percent rated in "poor" to "very poor" condition. Other states leading in crop condition include Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin.
Texas and North Carolina saw the worst conditions reported, with 40 and 36 percent of corn in "poor" to "very poor" condition.
Corn planting across the nation is now 99 percent complete. Ohio, after struggling against the weather to get the upper hand on corn planting, reports 93 percent of corn in the ground. Although it is still behind all other states, Ohio is now just three percentage points away from the five-year average.
Corn has emerged in 91 percent of the states, compared to 79 percent last week and the five-year average of 96 percent. Five states leading the pack in emerged corn includes North Carolina (100 percent), Iowa (99 percent), Kansas (98 percent), Nebraska (98 percent) and Tennessee (98 percent).


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Wayne LaPierre, CEO of the National Rifle Association, continues his smear campaign, during an appearance on "Fox News Sunday" he told a blatant lie that President Obama wants to take the rifles, shotguns and handguns away from law-abiding citizens. Wow, that's a bare-faced lie. Funny he should engage is such extreme paranoia on Fox News. It's sad that people actually believe the garbage being spewed by Wayne LaPierre.
"During the campaign, when [Obama] said to people, 'I will not take away your rifle, shotgun, handgun,'" LaPierre said. "They leafleted the country with flyers like this, 'Obama's not gonna take your gun,' 'Obama will protect gun rights.' And now he's trying to take away all three."
LaPierre cited Sen. Dianne Feinstein's proposed assault weapons ban as evidence for his accusation.
"I think what they'll do is they'll turn this universal check on the law-abiding into a universal registry of law-abiding people," he said. "And law-abiding people don't want that."
He also claims automatic weaponry is about "survival." Um, really?
"If you limit the American public's access to semi-automatic technology, you limit their ability to survive," LaPierre said during an appearance on "Fox News Sunday." He was responding to a question about the Supreme Court's 2008 ruling that the Second Amendment is limited.
"The most basic right is to protect yourself," LaPierre said. "Semi-automatic technology's been around for 100 years. If you limit the American public's access to semi-automatic technology, you limit their ability to survive. If someone's invading your house, I mean, you should say you can have only five or six shots. You ought to have what you need to protect yourself, a woman should. Not what some politician thinks is reasonable."
Chris Wallace also called out Wayne LaPierre on another ridiculous assertion that President Obama's children live under the same threats to their security as all other school children. Wallace said, "You really think that the president's children are the same kind of target as every other school child in America? That's ridiculous and you know it, sir." Typical NRA fearmongering….
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Backstage at Christian Dior must be a makeup artist and hairstylist's dream. Not only can the beauty looks be described as some of the most spectacular in the fashion world, but also, there are multiple makeup and hairstyles within each show. That's an impressive feat, considering these looks typically consist of highly involved eye-makeup techniques and intricately structured coiffures. Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but Christian Dior continually finds more ways to catch the eye.
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Review: Imposta, Accrington
5:13pm Thursday 27th December 2012
By Anna Mansell
5:13pm Thursday 27th December 2012
By Anna Mansell
THE nation's high streets are awash with identikit coffee chains — whoever said we were a nation of tea drinkers?
Luckily in East Lancashire, we don't do too badly for independent coffee shops like this one.
Imposta makes witty nod of recognition to the multinationals by name, and whoever was behind that also made some great decisions in setting up the cosy cafe on Abbey Street.
Imposta's coffee and chocolate-toned interior gives it a really modern, yet cosily homely atmosphere, and I really appreciated the Cole Porter and George Gershwin soundtrack as an equally joyful, welcome change from the jingling Christmas tunes played everywhere at this time of year.
With the lunchtime trade having tailed off, there was no wait to order at the counter and we chose £3.95 paninis, one with sausage, cheese and onion chutney and one with chorizo and mozzarella, to be washed down by a cappuccino and an Americano.
We sunk into a comfy sofa and the drinks turned up a minute or two later. The Americano was declared 'really good' by my dad, and my cappuccino hit the spot.
After a few minutes more, the panini were brought to the table — and I've never seen such generously-filled versions of these toasted baguettes. The sausage and the chorizo was plentiful, yet somehow the maker of these tasty treats had succeeded in keeping the fillings intact with scarcely a glob of cheese escaping the toasty exterior.
Compared to fillings in similar offerings from the chains, these were luxury butties, and the large coffees at £2.50 each put the price tags elsewhere to shame.
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From seasonal flu to a rare case of whooping cough, few illnesses worry mums more than lung and respiratory infections. It's scary when your child is coughing and miserable. Although most of these illnesses are relatively mild, some can cause serious complications, and even death if left unattended. It's important that mums recognise the symptoms of lung and respiratory infections, know how to treat them, and when to call the doctor. Learn more about these common lung and respiratory childhood infections.
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Binnerts, Szn., Arjen (1865-1932)
For many years he was a director of the Algemene Doopsgezinde Sociëteit and after its reorganization he served as chairman 1923-1928. After that he was appointed chairman of the board of directors of the seminary.
He did not limit his services to the Mennonite brotherhood. He was on the executive committee of the Dutch Protestant Union, and for many years held a leading position in the Central Committee for Liberal Protestantism.
In the Mennonite brotherhood and far beyond it Binnerts, in the course of years, became a man of note and importance. He was not only in contact with the Protestant groups in the Netherlands, in which connection the religious instruction of youth was his great concern, but he also sought connections with the Mennonites of other countries. In May 1911 he attended the anniversary meeting of the German Mennonites in Krefeld, and formed many a friendship there. In the next year he visited the German brethren in West Prussia. Through these contacts he became the appropriate man to be appointed chairman of the newly reorganized (1921) Commissie voor buitenlandse Nooden (Committee for Foreign Needs), which was later able to do so much for the brethren in Russia.
For those who knew Binnerts, especially as a pastor and preacher, with his cheerful piety, which never became superficial—how he wrestled with the question of war—he was a source of great strength. Albert Schweitzer related that a meeting with Binnerts in 1928 was for him an unforgettable experience. Binnerts' humor banished all false sentimentality. Binnerts was a liberal and remained one. But gradually a change took place in him. To extreme rational Modernism he was always averse. Spiritual inclination and study led him to the side of the so-called conservative liberalism (rechts-modernisme). More and more he became engrossed by the Gospel; he observed "that the Gospel has little to bring those who do not deeply realize that they are sinners before God." This emphasis on the Gospel as the happy message of the forgiveness of sins gave his preaching force.
In 1902 Binnerts together with the publisher L. Hansma founded the Doopsgezind Jaarboekje, serving as its editor until 1926, and writing many articles for it with his own hand. A collection of sermons under the title Het eene noodige (the one thing needful) was published in 1932. About his trip to West Prussia he reported in Doopsgezind Jaarboekje (1913).
Doopsgezind Jaarboekje (1913): 100-117; (1933): 23-36, with picture.
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A communal space that's both feminine and functional.
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Modern meets traditional in this practical family space.
A striped rug brightens the basement seating area, complementing the earthy tones in the room. Cabinets flanking the fireplace conceal hardworking components and storage space. The kitchenette boasts two wine fridges and an ice machine.
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Allow for ample storage in a frequently used space.
Calgary-based interior design firm Corea Sotropa combined both modern and traditional elements in this family-friendly room. The traditional moulding on the fireplace is made less formal with mix-and-match furniture. Sleek walnut cabinetry offers plenty of storage for toys and media equipment, keeping the busy space uncluttered.
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A grown up family room.
Parents of young children may cringe at the thought of sticky hands on this luxe upholstery, and they are no doubt envying the sophisticated retreat that this room represents.
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Designer Connie Braemer lit this family room with a modern Moooi pendant to contrast with the traditional coffered ceiling. The homeowner, Betsy Aziz, acquired the aged Kazak tribal rugs for a steal at an auction, then layered six of the rugs on the ground in the family room. The fireplace was covered in hammered tile in a stacked pattern — a more cost-efficient alternative to one large stone slab.
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Interior designer Cindy Bleeks, a mother of two, built a floor-to-ceiling armoire to hide main-floor essentials like coats and kids' toys. A gorgeous Eames chair and cushy leather ottoman are as cosy as they are stylish. A bold chevron rug protects Cindy's dark wood floors and allows the kids to lounge comfortably while watching television.
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Evaluating risk in your portfolio
If you're like most people, you probably evaluate your portfolio in terms of the return it earns. However, as we were all reminded in 2008, returns aren't the only factor you should consider when determining whether your portfolio is allocated appropriately. Also important is the level of risk you take in pursuing those returns.
There are a number of ways to estimate the level of risk in a portfolio. The term "risk" is often used interchangeably with "volatility" (the tendency of a portfolio's value to rise or fall sharply, especially within a relatively short period of time). However, for most people, a portfolio is simply a means to an end--paying for retirement or a child's college tuition, for example. In that context, "risk" also means the risk of not meeting your financial needs.
Volatility measures
One of the most common measures of volatility is standard deviation, which gauges the degree of an investment's up-and-down moves. It shows how much the investment's returns have deviated from time to time from its own average. The higher the standard deviation of an investment or portfolio, the bumpier the road to those returns has been.
Another way to assess a portfolio's volatility is to determine its beta. This statistic compares a portfolio's ups and downs to those of a benchmark index, such as the S&P 500, and indicates how sensitive the portfolio might be to overall market movements. An investment or portfolio with a beta of 1 would have exactly as much market risk as its benchmark.
The higher the beta, the more volatile the portfolio. A beta of 1.05 means the portfolio involves 5% more market risk than the benchmark to which it's compared. If the benchmark rises 10%, a portfolio with a beta of 1.05 should theoretically rise 10.5%; a fall of 10% in the benchmark should mean a corresponding 10.5% decline in the portfolio.
A 0.95 beta means a portfolio has 5% less market risk than that index; in theory, the portfolio would rise and fall 5% less than the benchmark. (However, remember that investments also have unique risks that are not related to market behavior. Those risks can create volatility patterns that are different from the underlying benchmark.)
The risk of not achieving your goals
Another way to evaluate risk is to estimate the chances of your portfolio achieving a desired financial goal. In this case, "risk" means not volatility but the odds that your portfolio will succeed in meeting a specific financial liability. A technique known as Monte Carlo simulation uses computer modeling based on multiple scenarios for how various types of investments might perform based on their past returns. Though past performance is no guarantee of future results, such a projection can estimate how close your plan might come to meeting a future target amount.
Let's look at a hypothetical example. Let's say Bob wants to retire in 15 years. A Monte Carlo simulation might suggest that, given his current level of saving and his portfolio's asset allocation, Bob has a 90% chance of achieving his retirement target. If he chose to save more, he might increase his odds of success to 95%. Or Bob might decide that he's comfortable with having an 85% chance of success in reaching his target amount if that also means his portfolio might be less volatile. (However, be aware that though a projection might show a high probability that you'll reach your financial goals, it can't guarantee that outcome.)
Are you getting paid enough to take risk?
Another approach to thinking about portfolio risk involves the reward side of the risk-reward tradeoff. You can compare a portfolio's return to that of a relatively risk-free investment, such as the inflation-adjusted return on a short-term (3 months or less) U.S. Treasury bill. Modern portfolio theory is based on the assumption that you should receive greater compensation for taking more risk (though there's no guarantee it will work out that way, of course). A stock should offer a potentially higher return than a Treasury bond; the difference between the two returns is the equity's risk premium. A small-cap stock that's relatively new should offer a higher risk premium than a well established, dividend-paying stock. While understanding risk premium doesn't necessarily minimize risk, it can help you evaluate whether the return you're getting is worth the risk you're taking.
Whatever your approach to portfolio risk, understanding the nature and level of the risks you face can be critical in sticking to a long-term investing strategy.


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Armstrong making switch from pitcher to first base
KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- This spring marks a fresh start for Jack Armstrong Jr., who was a hard-throwing pitcher drafted in the third round (No. 99 overall) by the Astros in 2011 following a solid career at Vanderbilt University and signed with the club for $750,000.
Injuries to his elbow and later his shoulder kept Armstrong off the mound for three years and ultimately forced him to decide to make the switch to first base, which he began at spring camp this year in an attempt to resurrect his career.
"It's been a lot of work," he said. "The moment I got cleared in September, I started swinging immediately. It's been a good five or six months of hard work. It's good I was a two-way guy in college so I was always swinging. ... It's something I always wanted to do since I loved it so much, and I was pretty good at it, and based on the circumstances because the arm has been through a lot, it's nice to have something to fall back on and to keep playing this game as long as you can."
Armstrong, whose father played seven years in the Majors with the Reds, Marlins and Rangers, never pitched in a game after being drafted by the Astros. A pre-Draft MRI showed a damaged ulnar collateral ligament, and when he couldn't rehab it naturally, he underwent Tommy John surgery.
"We found out it was 80-percent torn and that's what I was pitching through in college," he said. "I went through the surgery, rehabbed it and worked my tail off, and it was feeling really, really good. I started throwing and my shoulder was bothering me."
Believing he had biceps tendinitis, Armstrong backed off throwing for a few months, but the pain was excruciating. An MRI late in 2012 didn't show much, but a trip to noted orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews diagnosed a complete labrum tear six months later. Another surgery followed, and Armstrong's pitching days were done.
"It was unfortunate I wasted that much time, so here I am now trying to give it another shot," he said.
Armstrong, 24, still has a long road ahead of him to try to prove himself as a first baseman, and the early returns in batting practice have been good.
"It's like riding a bike, a really tough bike," he said. "The first couple of times, it was really difficult. Seeing 92 [mph] was like seeing 98. Once I started seeing a lot of pitches, I came here two weeks early and started seeing live pitching and did really well. The power is really there. I'm hitting the ball a long way. Now we have to get consistent with my swing and hit the breaking pitch."
Brian McTaggart is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog, Tag's Lines. Follow @brianmctaggart on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Ryan Kelly with Flaming Gorge Resort sent in this report of fishing on the Green River. Check out more of his tales of
Green River Fishing Report for May 16th, 2013Hatches: Midges, Small BWO's, Few Cicadas and Pine Beetles.Flows: 800, but could change any day now.The warm weather has brought a transition time here on the Green. The smaller bugs are less prevalent and bigger bugs are starting to show. A few cicadas have been out, along with a fair amount of pine beetles. The terrestrial fishing has been spotty, but has had its moments. This can be a good time to use a dry/dropper rig to fill in the times when the fish aren't looking up. The BWO's continue to get smaller, they are in the 18-20 range. Midge larva continue to be in the drift in size 16-22. Scuds have started to be more of a staple food this past week. I have been fishing a 16 with success, but many of the naturals are smaller. Lower B has seen active yellow sally nymphs. The hatch won't start for another month, but the nymphs have begun to move around quite a bit. It's important to note that the Yampa river is most likely going to peak in the next few days. The BOR generally tries to match the Yampa peak with the endangered species release. This means that high water could come any day now. On the wildlife front the birds have been the entertainment. We saw a raven get in a dog fight with a golden eagle and hold his own quite well. We also had a bull snake join us for lunch. On one float we saw an Osprey catch a fish, a red tail hawk, a peregrine falcon and golden eagle. I think we had most of the raptors covered. We continue to catch disproportionately fat bows. I didn't know fish could super size meals at the drive through, or swim through. Either way they are down right chunky!


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Affeldt adjusts to get right against lefties
SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants value left-hander Jeremy Affeldt for being equally effective against left-handed and right-handed batters alike.
This was not always so.
Typically, most left-handed pitchers have a significant edge against lefty hitters. But during his first three seasons as a full-time reliever, Affeldt was markedly tougher against righties. They batted .211, .255 and .187 off him from 2007-09, respectively, compared to .250, .269 and .211 for lefties.
Affeldt had a simple explanation for this: He couldn't pitch inside to lefties, thus neutralizing any advantage he should have enjoyed.
"I couldn't throw a strike," Affeldt said Tuesday, one night after he pitched his third scoreless inning in as many outings. He recalled that he'd throw as hard as he could to left-handed batters, who came to expect fastballs from him. So they'd drive opposite-field hits to left. Affeldt had a curveball in his repertoire, but it traveled an extremely vertical path -- known in baseball parlance as "12 to 6," like a clock. Umpires rarely called it a strike and hitters seldom swung at it.
Affeldt adjusted by imparting more movement on his fastball and concerning himself less with velocity. He lowered his arm slot and started throwing his curve along more of a "10 to 4" path, enabling him to cover two planes of the strike zone.
In 2011, Affeldt devastated left-handed batters, holding them to a .144 average. Righties hit .248 off him. He reached consistency last year, as his opponents' batting averages against lefties (.236) and righties (.244) attest.
"I can go away, I can go in, I can go up, I can go down, I can throw curveballs and splits," Affeldt said. "I just have a lot more weapons than when I started. I'm more methodical about how I pitch."
Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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FREMONT — Thieves stole more than $100,000 worth of computer equipment from a business in the city's Baylands neighborhood over the weekend, and possibly the company's shy office cat, police said.
Officers were dispatched Monday to Ituner Networks on the 47800 block of Fremont Boulevard for a report of a burglary, police spokeswoman Geneva Bosques said.
Employees told police that sometime over the weekend, thieves entered the business by cutting a hole in the company's metal roll-up door.
As of Tuesday, the company cat, Tasha, had not been located.
Police described the feline as an extremely shy Maine Coon cat, brown and likely wearing a red collar.
It was not known whether Tasha ran away or if the thieves took the cat.
Anyone with information about the case or Tasha's whereabouts is asked to call police at 510-790-6800.
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Here are some pics from Monday's rally in the Dome.
Players arriving:
Look at that banner Indianapolis!
Streamers? Of course we got streamers... we're "World Champions":
Dungy at podium:
Lamey making introduction:
6-5... laser...rocket arm...
Ring the bell... We have a winner! The Lombardi trophy arrives at the RCA Dome:


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