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As the son of a noted Augusta architect, Willis Irvin Jr. has spent a lifetime forging his own identity while carrying on the legacy of his father.
He has been a tennis pro and has chronicled his experiences at Normandy on D-Day, and now he has a new challenge.
At 85, Irvin said, he's trying to verify the historic significance of a heavy brass lock and key, which he maintains was the last lock turned by Jefferson Davis at the end of the Civil War.
Retreating from Richmond, Va., with the Confederate treasury pulled by mules on wagons behind him, the president of the Confederacy arrived in Washington, Ga., and decided to dissolve the Confederacy, end hostilities and pay off the troops, he said.
There, at a building in Washington, Irvin said, Davis left the war behind as he locked its door.
"When Jefferson Davis turned the key on this lock, he dissolved the Confederacy," Irvin said.
As the building was torn down, a carpenter "cut the lock off the wall" for Irvin's father, who was also a Washington native.
Irvin said he wants to verify the history of the lock and find an appropriate permanent home for it.
"I'm 85 years old, and I don't have too much longer on the planet, and I want to get the story out there," he said.
Robert "Skeet" Willingham, a historian in Washington, is familiar with the building of which Irvin spoke.
The former Bank of Georgia building had residential quarters for the bank's cashier at the time Davis stayed there, but later it was used strictly as a residence, Willingham said.
Situated on the town square, it was demolished in 1904 to make room for Wilkes County's new courthouse, he said.
"People took all kinds of souvenirs off the structure when they tore it down," he said.
Features from the building, such as wrought iron, were added to other houses in Washington, and residents had woodwork from the building made into items such as walking canes, Willingham said.
Among the souvenirs could easily have been Irvin's lock, he said.
Washington's museum of history would be a great place to display the lock, Willingham said.
Irvin has written many stories about his military service and experiences in a book, The Point of the Arrow. He also has a Web site, www.lilagroup.com.


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The Selby has recently visited Tatsuhiko "Ryu" Akashi of Medicom Toys, our favorite toy manufacturer. The visit at the Medicom Toy office in Toky give some great inside look at the operation and at some of the outstanding projects that the brand has worked n in recent years. Take a look at all images and the interview with Ryu here.
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Charlie is up for adoption from the SPCA. He is only about 11 weeks old and was found dragging a useless back leg down the side of the road. A Good Samaritan brought him to the SPCA.
Charlie has a snapped femur but no abrasions or scratches. Since it is a clean break, it is probably the result of Charlie being kicked or dropped as opposed to hit by a car. Charlie is so sweet and strong even through all the pain. His surgery to fix his leg was very successful but the SPCA needs your help with the large vet bills.
Charlie is one of several injured and sick animals that the SPCA is doing the best to care for at their adoption center. If you would like to donate, please visit their website.
Charlie is ready to be fostered and soon adopted once his leg heals. To apply to foster Charlie, log on to the SPCA's website or give them a call at(336) 375-3222.
You can meet Charlie and other pets at the SPCA's adoption fairs this weekend:
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Thai Café Restaurant welcomes you to a world of exotic flavours of authentic Thai cuisine. Conveniently located in the heart of North Burnaby's "Heights" business district, we are open weekdays for lunch and dinner, as well as Saturday and Sunday evenings for dinner.
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New Sources and New Techniques for the Study of Secular Trends in Nutritional Status, Health, Mortality, and the Process of Aging
The aim of this paper is to describe the full dimensions of a new and rapidly growing research program that uses new data sources on food consumption, anthropometric measures, genealogies, and life-cycle histories to shed light on secular trends in nutritional status, health, mortality, and the process of aging. The exploitation of these types of data involves integration of analytical procedures in medicine and economics with those of demography. The discussion is divided into four parts. Part one deals with sources on food consumption and with methods of exploiting these sources that involve the integration of energy cost accounting with techniques for the analysis of income distributions. The second part is concerned with sources of anthropometric information and with techniques that may be utilized to relate such information to the assessment of health and mortality. Part three involves the more complex problem of relating socioeconomic and biomedical stress suffered by individuals early in life to their work levels, health and mortality rates at middle and late ages. The final section discusses the uses of genealogies by themselves and in combination with the preceding data sources.
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Another week, another exotic location for Juan Pablo and his would-be brides. Anyone else think some of these ladies are just in it for the travel perks? Episode six of The Bachelor's 18th season takes place in Taupo, New Zealand, which is apparently famous for its gorgeous volcanic landscape. (Prepare yourselves for lots of metaphors about things "erupting.") Click here for more key moments from Monday night's episode.
Everyone is super psyched about the new locale — everyone, that is, except Clare, who's still a little miffed about Juan Pablo telling her that their late-night romp in the ocean was a mistake. "New Zealand is definitely a romantic place," she says in a confessional. "But for some reason, there's kind of that little dark cloud over it. Last week in Vietnam, everything kind of blew up in my face. I don't know where we stand now."
"The pressure that I'm feeling is just building and building and building, and I really feel like things might just erupt in New Zealand," she adds, noting that a one-on-one date with Juan Pablo would go a long way to ease her mind. "I want to feel secure again. Getting the first date in New Zealand is crucial."
Unfortunately for Clare, the first date goes to Andi, the only remaining bachelorette to not have a one-on-one date with Juan Pablo. Clare's not thrilled — and neither is Cassandra, who has a tearful conversation with fellow single mom Renee that night about how hard it is to find a man who loves both her and her son. Emotions are running high all over the place, and though Andi is excited about finally having some alone time with the Bachelor, she also knows what's at stake. "We're here in New Zealand, in the land of volcanoes. And we all feel the pressure," she says. "We all feel like emotions are bubbling."
The next day, Andi and Juan Pablo strip down to their bathing suits and wade through cold, waist-deep river water to find someplace called "the Squeeze." After inching through increasingly narrow crevices and over several slippery rocks, they find themselves in a secluded hot springs pool, where they waste no time before making out under a waterfall. "I feel like the trust between Juan Pablo and I is growing stronger the further and further we go into this kind of scary unknown territory," Andi says in a voiceover. "It's kind of like the Squeeze. And I never know what's around that next corner."
Dinner that night takes place in front of a huge, steaming geyser, which quite literally rains all over Juan Pablo and Andi's good time. The meal is a little hard to enjoy soaking wet, so the budding lovebirds decide just to watch the geyser erupt from afar while talking about their hopes and dreams for the future. "I just want that great love in my life," Andi says. "Like, if I had nothing else, if I didn't have a job, if I didn't have nice things in life, I would be okay just having love…I can't wait to have a family." Congratulations, Andi — those are the magic words! You get the date rose.
The next day, Cassandra's 22nd birthday, Kat, Renee, Sharleen, Cassandra, Nikki, and Chelsie join Juan Pablo for a picnic in the hills of Rotorua. The picnic is just the prologue, though — the main event is an extreme sport called Ogo, which involves the group donning their bathing suits and rolling down a hill in a giant, wet hamster ball. It looks like a lot of fun, especially for Nikki, who brags later that she kissed Juan Pablo in the Ogo…twice!
Once everyone is dry and dressed again, they head to Hobbiton — home of J.R.R. Tolkien's Frodo and Bilbo! — for the cocktail party. Renee is the first to get some one-on-one time, during which she tells him about her heart-to-heart with Cassandra the night before. "To be experiencing all this with you, it's like, 'Oh my gosh, okay, this is real. And there are men out there — hello! — that don't necessarily look at me and Cassandra as having baggage,'" she says. "You look at us like we're a package…It gives us a lot of hope."
Nikki's time is next, and she uses it to tell Juan Pablo that she's "totally falling" for him. He loves how open she is about her feelings — but he also loves Sharleen's "hard-to-get" routine. Within 10 seconds of sitting down with the coy opera singer, he goes in for a kiss, prompting her to joke, "You cut right to the chase, don't you?" Mid-makeout, she stops to tell him she's having doubts about their connection again. "I sort of feel like this process is just a little inorganic for me," she admits. "I kind of question where I'm at a lot, and where you're at, and where we're at, versus where everyone else is at."
"Just live this, enjoy this, and make the best out of this," he tells her, going back in for another kiss. "Don't question."
Birthday girl Cassandra pulls Juan Pablo aside next, and tells him that coming here has made her realize she has enough love for both her son, Trey, and a husband. It's actually kind of a sweet moment — but it's short-lived, since Juan Pablo decides to give the date rose to Sharleen. (Even Renee wanted Cassandra to get the rose; "If it's not me, I want it to be her," she says.)
After Sharleen accepts the rose (by barking out an awkward "Yes, sir!"), Juan Pablo takes Cassandra outside for another chat. Nikki optimistically speculates that he's just wishing her a happy birthday, but it's clear from his hemming and hawing that he's just gearing up to send her home. "I've been thinking a lot. It's been so hard for me, because you're gorgeous, you're funny, you're so nice," he begins. "Honestly, Cassandra, I wish we were in the same chapter. I thought a lot about it, and I don't want you to wait two more days to see your son." Translation? The Jeep will take you home now.
The next day, Clare gets ready for her second one-on-one date — and a confrontation with Juan Pablo about the events of the previous week. "There's a difference between being honest and hurting someone's feelings," she explains. "And it hurt my feelings, what he had to say…It makes me want to crawl back in my little turtle shell."
Juan Pablo's "apology" on their date doesn't really do much to make her feel better about the situation, at least initially; it's mostly just him talking more about how he doesn't want his daughter, Camila, seeing any PDA. (He says he's never even held hands with a girlfriend in front of her.) When he tells her he was "pissed" at himself for making her cry, though, she melts enough to make out with him. "Was that our first fight?" she coos.
At dinner that night, Clare tells Juan Pablo that she admires the way he handled himself. "I think you took it like a man and, like, came back and made it right," she gushes. "And we, like, worked through it. Little things like that just show that you care." They then proceed to change into sweats for an ultra-casual night in, capped off by a slow-dance to the song they danced to on their first date. "It's one of those moments where, if you see it happening, you're like, 'I want what they have. I want that feeling,'" she says. "And tonight, I had that feeling."
The next day, Juan Pablo sits down with Chris Harrison for a little pre-cocktail party heart-to-heart about the remaining seven women. "I'm thinking of being down on one knee proposing," he tells Harrison. "To who, that's the question."
That is indeed the question. Andi, Sharleen, and Clare are definitely still in the running, and Chelsie is pretty sure that Nikki and Renee are getting roses, too — which leaves just her and Kat to fight over the final flower. With that in mind, she uses her one-on-one time with Juan Pablo at the cocktail party to tell him how much she wants a family, and how much potential she sees for them to have one together. He, in turn, assures her she's there "for a reason." And unless that reason is to get her heart broken, that means Kat is heading home.
Kat makes one last-ditch effort to bond with Juan Pablo by telling him a story about her first memory — having to crawl into her baby sister's crib to comfort her because their dad was passed out drunk on the bed — but in the end, roses go to Nikki, Renee, and Chelsie. Kat manages to smile when Juan Pablo says goodbye, but she breaks down in tears in the limo. And she's not the only one crying.
Sharleen is feeling pretty emotional, too, because she's not sure she should still be around when other girls who actually want to be there (like Kat and Cassandra) are getting sent home. "Instead of feeling more certain, I'm sort of feeling more doubtful each week," she confesses. "I don't want to hurt Juan Pablo. I'm going to give it another week and see if there's something that I'm missing. If I absolutely cannot see myself with Juan Pablo, I think it's best if I leave."
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WASHINGTON — Rangers forward Andre Deveaux has been suspended for three games for "recklessly targeting" the head of Panthers forward Tomas Fleischmann during the second period Wednesday night, according to NHL VP of Player Safety Brendan Shanahan.
The 26-year-old winger will sit out the first game of his sentence here Friday afternoon in the Rangers' game against the Capitals.
Carl Hagelin, promoted yesterday from the AHL Whale, will take Deveaux's spot on the wing; and center John Mitchell, also recalled yesterday, will replace healthy scratch Erik Christensen in the lineup.
Defenseman Anton Stralman, who made his season debut against the Panthers, was replaced by Jeff Woywitka.
Deveaux was suspended for the elbow that caught Fleischmann on the jaw at 10:59 of the second as the Florida winger cut across the neutral zone. Fleischmann returned to the game, won by the Panthers 2-1, soon after.
"As Fleischmann is about to go past him, Deveaux sticks out his left leg while at the same time flaring his left elbow," Shanahan said. "Despite the fact that Deveaux conceded this was a dangerous reflex and instinct and [the NHL] agreed with his assertion there was no malicious intent, the recklessness [targeting the head] was evident due to the fact that Deveaux had to extend considerably to make such contact."
The suspension was limited to three games because Deveaux has no prior history with NHL supplemental discipline and that there was no apparent injury as a result of the blow.
Deveaux played nine games with the Rangers, recording one assist, since his Oct. 30 promotion from the Whale.


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The ALL NEW SciFi Sector is coming really soon - we have shot the first half of the first episode yesterday, and the next 3 episodes will be shot on Tuesday night next week.
TREKZONE.org failed on February 1, but we are looking at performing a collboration with the SciFi Sector - details pending.
We were looking at heading to the Creation Con in Vegas in 3 weeks, however it's not going to happen. So we are working on the next big convention...I cant say more because I gotta wait to hear back from the organisers.
The show is becoming interactive too! Details on that and everything else soon!Best,Matty "trekzone".
EDIT: hey - and 3 days till my 2nd birthday here on the site!
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A man has been found guilty of mugging a friend of Prince Harry as he spoke to the royal on the phone.
Harry, 27, raced to help his pal Thomas van Straubenzee after he heard him being attacked at the other end of the line.
He found his 28-year-old friend in the spot where he was mugged in Battersea, south west London, and gave a statement to police.
Winful Taylor, 27, denied taking two mobile phones and a wallet on November 30 last year.
But this afternoon he was found guilty by a jury of six men and six women after two hours of deliberation at Kingston Crown Court, south west London.
The robbery sparked a security scare because Mr van Straubenzee's Nokia phone, which he had been using to talk to his old schoolfriend Harry at the time, contained telephone numbers of several members of the Royal Family.
The jury was not told about the full extent of Mr van Straubenzee's relationship with the royals as the judge deemed it irrelevant to the case.
But before the start of the trial, the court heard he had been talking to Prince Harry on his mobile when the mugging happened at about 7.15pm in Albert Bridge Road, on the west side of Battersea Park.
Taylor and another man, who has not been caught, took 29-year-old Mr van Straubenzee's wallet and two mobile phones.
At the start of the case, prosecutor Daniel Robinson said: "There is a degree of sensitivity about it because Mr van Straubenzee's phone contained contact details of members of the royal household.
"There was concern on behalf of the police to make sure that those details didn't enter into the public domain, and therefore investigations in relation to CCTV were quite widespread and there was a certain amount of telephone analysis conducted in relation to the case."
Mr van Straubenzee, who is also a close friend of the Duke of Cambridge, first met Harry at Ludgrove Prep School.
The royal brothers are patrons of a memorial fund dedicated to Mr van Straubenzee's brother Henry, who was killed in a car crash in 2002.
Judge Richard Southwell told jurors to ignore press reports about his relationship with the royals.
He said: "It is public knowledge but it does not form any part of the evidence you have to consider in this case."
Taylor did not give evidence and no defence witnesses were called on his behalf.
The jury was told Taylor previously pleaded guilty to two robberies carried out in 2006 and was convicted earlier this year of an attempted robbery carried out with another man in Hyde Park five weeks before the mugging of Mr van Straubenzee.
Two days after the robbery, police found Taylor with two mobile phones. One was a Samsung and one was Mr van Straubenzee's red Nokia.
Mr van Straubenzee's wallet and BlackBerry have not been recovered.
Taylor denied responsibility for the robbery, and said he bought the Nokia for £20 from a friend the previous day.
The court heard Taylor had previous convictions including robbery, assaulting a police officer and possession of cannabis.
He is serving an 18-month prison sentence for the attempted robbery in Hyde Park.
Caroline Gassman, mitigating, said that before the last offence her client had not committed a crime punishable by prison since 2007.
Sentencing him to serve two years in prison, Judge Southwell said: "People are entitled to make their way home from work in dark or daylight without being attacked and robbed."


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Acknowledgement: This is my first ever blog in IT Toolbox and hence, becoming emotional, I would like to give an acknowledgement. My sole inspiror for writing blogs is Vincent McBurney. Reading some of his blogs has given me a great command, confidence on this tool in knowledge as well as certification perspective. Summary: This post will detail you the use and exact working of a Datastage Pivot Stage with an example. Disclaimer: Datastage professionals might feel this blog as very kiddish, but do note that there are fewer such people and this blog is for all the DS beginners. Hope this blog helps. Suggestions and improvements welcome!!! Here it goes!! Many people have the following misconceptions about Pivot stage. 1) It converts rows into columns 2) By using a pivot stage, we can convert 10 rows into 100 columns and 100 columns into 10 rows 3) You can add more points here!! Let me first tell you that a Pivot stage only CONVERTS COLUMNS INTO ROWS and nothing else. Some DS Professionals refer to this as NORMALIZATION. Another fact about the Pivot stage is that it's irreplacable i.e no other stage has this functionality of converting columns into rows!!! So , that makes it unique, doesn't!!! Let's cover how exactly it does it.... For example, lets take a file with the following fields: Item, Quantity1, Quantity2, Quantity3.... Item~Quantity1~Quantity2~Quantity3 ABC~100~1000~10000 DEF~200~2000~20000 GHI~300~3000~30000 Basically you would use a pivot stage when u need to convert those 3 Quantity fields into a single field whch contains a unique Quantity value per row...i.e. You would need the following output Item~Quantity ABC~100 ABC~1000 ABC~10000 DEF~200 DEF~2000 DEF~20000 GHI~300 GHI~3000 GHI~30000 How to achieve the above in Datastage??? In this case our source would be a flat file. Read it using any file stage of your choice: Sequential file stage, File set stage or Dataset stage. Specify 4 columns in the Output column derivation tab. Now connect a Pivot stage from the Tool pallette to the above output link and create an output link for the Pivot stage itself (fr enabling the Output tab for the pivot stage). Unlike other stages, a pivot stage doesn't use the generic GUI stage page. It has a stage page of its own. And by default the Output columns page would not have any fields. Hence, you need to manually type in the fields. In this case just type in the 2 field names : Item and Quantity. However manual typing of the columns becomes a tedious process when the number of fields is more. In this case you can use the Metadata Save - Load feature. Go the input columns tab of the pivot stage, save the table definitions and load them in the output columns tab. This is the way I use it!!! Now, you have the following fields in the Output Column's tab...Item and Quantity....Here comes the tricky part i.e you need to specify the DERIVATION ....In case the field names of Output columns tab are same as the Input tab, you need not specify any derivation i.e in this case for the Item field, you need not specify any derivation. But if the Output columns tab has new field names, you need to specify Derivation or you would get a RUN-TIME error for free.... For our example, you need to type the Derivation for the Quantity field as Column name Derivation Item Item (or you can leave this blank) Quantity Quantity1, Quantity2, Quantity3. Just attach another file stage and view your output!!! So, objective met!!!


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Ambulance response times in and around Vista have increased by about a minute since the city eliminated one of its four vehicles from service almost six months ago, a city report shows.
Fire Chief Gary Fisher said last week that the slightly increased response times were expected after Vista City Council members voted in November to sideline the ambulance.
He said patient care hasn't suffered because fire engines ---- which have firefighter-paramedics on board ---- are still arriving at incident sites as quickly as they did before the ambulance was removed.
The Vista Fire Department provides emergency service within the city and the Vista Fire Protection District, which encompasses an 18-square-mile area on the outskirts of Vista.
The city removed the ambulance from service on Jan 11 to save more than $630,000 in the 2011-12 fiscal year budget in the face of a potential $9 million deficit.
The ambulance had been housed at Station No. 3 on Old Taylor Road, in northern Vista.
A city report released this month shows that since the change took effect, ambulance response times increased by about 11.6 percent on 90 percent of all emergency calls.
Inside city boundaries, the time went from 6 minutes, 58 seconds to 7 minutes, 47 seconds ---- an uptick of 49 seconds; in the Fire Protection District, the time went from 9 minutes, 31 seconds to 10 minutes, 37 seconds ---- an increase of 1 minute, 6 seconds.
"Obviously, we don't like to see response times going up at all," Fisher said. "But we knew that was going to happen."
The Vista Fire Protection District, which signed a 25-year contract with the Vista Fire Department last year, has been watching the ambulance response times closely to ensure that coverage for its residents doesn't suffer more than city dwellers.
The contract forbids the Fire Department from making cuts that would have a disproportionate impact on the fire district.
Margarette Morgan, the president of the district's board of directors, said the district is satisfied with how things have gone since the change.
"Our service has not degraded any more than the city has," she said, echoing Fisher's statement that fire engines are still arriving within the same time frame.
"They have the EMTs aboard, so they're already starting the response," Morgan said. "The ambulance is there for additional equipment and to transport."
Mayor Judy Ritter was one of two council members who voted against removing the ambulance.
She said last week that the move was probably necessary to save the city money, but hopes the ambulance can be reinstated later on.
"It wasn't what I wanted to do," Ritter said, adding that it was necessary to trim expenses. "When the economy starts to recover, then we need to look at all of the things (that we cut) and public safety is number one."
Keith Kaumeyer, president of the Vista Firefighters Association, said firefighters are also watching how one less ambulance affects residents and safety workers.
"It's something we'll definitely keep our eye on ---- the response times and firefighter safety and whether our guys get too busy or aren't getting enough sleep or training," he said. "We were fighting against it being closed down at the beginning. As soon as things turn around we hope they put it back in service."
The city had only three ambulances until residents approved Proposition L, a half-cent sales tax increase that financed community projects, including the new Civic Center and some funding for public safety. The fourth ambulance was added in July 2008, Fisher said.
"We were just having the benefit there for a while with a good economy," Morgan said. "Now the economy is a little different, we have to realize we can survive on what we had before."


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text: Hi folks, just joined today. I found the forum while browsing around for ways to modify my Masterbilt offset. I call it the Good Neighbor. It's not yet two years old and I'm having a lot of fun with it. I've been getting the hang of it and I see some drawbacks but it has huge potential. By way of background, I've been smoking for many years, but always direct, this is my first offset. I began smoking when camping on a friend's property; there was a legless Weber sitting in a vehicle rim like a ball in a socket (great for leveling on a slope). One day I was too cheap and lazy to drive to town for charcoal, so I gathered some windfall maple about 2 inches in diameter. I made a little fire of it and simply choked it to control it. I smoked split chicken breasts. It worked beautifully and I was hooked. Over the years I've run a lot of grills ranging from gas or charcoal shoebox grills, a Lodge Sportsman, various Webers and a New Braunfels Big Texas. Plenty of campfires and a bit of dutch oven work as well. I love running the cast iron cookware over a fire. This is by far the most versatile rig I've used. I normally run it as an offset, but I can cook direct, over charcoal or even make a little campfire in it and grill on one or two of the three racks. As for modifications, it badly needs better sealing. I was looking for gasket and sealing options when I found this forum. The first mod I've made was a fire basket. The original wire rack was already drooping from heat, and the gaps between the wires let a lot of small lump charcoal fall through. Recently I helped a friend clear out some junk including some big dog crates with heavy wire mesh doors. I can't bear to throw out anything resembling a cooking rack or grill. So, with bolt cutters, a hacksaw, vise grips and a door frame, I made this: And added some side wires from a peony hoop, and gave it a test run: Anyway that's it for now. Next up is to get some aluminum roof flashing for a heat deflector mod, that should be easy.


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Will DOW Hold 14K? US To Reduce War Spending MASSIVELY In Coming Years, Obama's Balanced "Tax-Loophole" Closing Will Crush Corporate Earnings, Insider Selling Surges, And World Risks 'Perfect Storm' On Capital Flows As Currency War Started
Sucker Alert? Insider Selling Surges After Dow 14,000
Insiders have been pulling out of stocks just as small investors are getting in.
Selling by corporate executives has surged recently as the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit 14,000 and retail investors flooded into stocks. The amount of insider selling has usually preceded market selloffs.
"In almost perfect coordination with an equity market that was rushing toward new all-time highs, insider sentiment has weakened sharply — falling to its lowest level since late March 2012," wrote David Coleman of the Vickers Weekly Insider report, one of the longest researchers of executive buying and selling on Wall Street. "Insiders are waving the cautionary flag in an increasingly aggressive manner."
US To Reduce War Spending MASSIVELY In Coming Years
Goldman's Alec Phillips has a great note out about the coming decline in government spending.
It turns out, we're about to see a period of spending declines that is historically very rare. It's all about the sequester and the decline in war spending.
In addition to sequestration, two other factors are likely to reduce real federal consumption and investment (i.e., the components of federal spending that is counted toward GDP in the national accounts) over the next few years:
Spending caps enacted in 2011. In addition to establishing the sequester, the Budget Control Act of 2011 also established spending caps that have already taken effect. These are expected to reduce real yoy spending growth by $20bn in 2013 and by another $10bn in 2014. Unless Congress designates spending as "emergency," spending above the caps results in across-the-board cuts similar to but separate from the across the board cuts set to take effect March 1.
Reduced war spending. Congress appropriated roughly $160bn in 2010 and 2011 for overseas military operations; this has been reduced to around $100bn for 2013. The President's most recent budget proposed to cap war spending going forward, which it estimated would reduce war-related spending by around $30bn in 2013, and by $50bn to $60bn in 2014. Although some war spending ends up being accounted for as transfer payments to the rest of the world–for example, when the US government reimburses foreign powers for joint military operations–the majority of it shows up as federal consumption and gross investment.
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Obama's Balanced "Tax-Loophole" Closing Will Crush Corporate Earnings
Following today's sequester-delay-seeking, tax-hiking, close-the-loophole speech by the President, it would appear that fiscal policy debates will be balanced a little more to raising effective rates on corporates (as opposed to the 'statutory' rate so many discuss). The US has the second highest global 'statutory' tax rate but less than 10% of S&P 500 firms have paid this rate over the last decade. Somewhat shockingly, since 1975, taxes have had the largest cumulative impact on S&P 500 ROE as effective rates fell from 44% to 30%. They estimate each percentage point rise in effective tax rate would lower S&P 500 ROE by 22 bp and EPS by $1.50, all else equal. Closing all the loopholes would smash year-end 2013 expectations from Goldman's 1575 to around 1300 with Staples and Tech the hardest hit. With the 'market' the only policy tool left, it would seem not even the Fed could monetarily save us from this fiscally fubar action.
Via Goldman Sachs,
Political dialogue in Washington, D.C. has turned squarely to the nation's fiscal health. The temporary resolution of the 'fiscal cliff' focused mainly on raising revenues through changes to personal tax rates, but delayed decision-making deadlines on the sequester and the long-term path of Federal spending.
Corporate tax rates will likely receive scrutiny as the debate continues. Corporate taxes contributed 8% of 2012 federal revenues. A recent Congressional Budget Office report suggested that policy adjustments such as eliminating foreign tax deferrals could increase US tax revenues by as much as $100 billion over the next decade.
World Risks 'Perfect Storm' on Capital Flows, Carstens Says
As the US and Japan debase their currencies, the head of Mexico's central bank warns that asset bubbles will destabilize emerging economies. Playing with money is no different than playing with fire. The house might burn down.
A "perfect storm" may be forming in the world economy as signs of a recovery spur capital flows to emerging markets and some advanced nations that may lead to asset bubbles, Banco de Mexico Governor Agustin Carstens said.
"Risk appetite among investors has returned and the search for yield is in full force," Carstens said in a speech in Singapore today. "Concerns of asset-price bubbles fed by credit booms are starting to appear."
The risk of a "currency war" has surfaced as monetary easing from Japan to the U.S. spurs demand for higher-yielding assets and boosts inflows into emerging markets. Russia warned last month that Japan's currency-weakening policies may lead to reciprocal action as nations try to protect their export industries, while South Korea and the Philippines have said they'll consider how to reduce the impact of such funds.
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My recent column critiquing the 12 worst types of gay men drew a firestorm of controversy, with lots of people lining up to say that I was #13 just for writing such a thing. Well, those naysayers had better absolutely adore this column because it's positive and appreciative and oh so loving of the good things about our community. And if you don't, then you're #13, nyah nyah.
And so, the 12 most fabulous types of gay guys are:
1. The ones who are aware of current political events. They don't just think everything's hunky dory in the world—they're fully cognizant of crises, challenges, and debates about gay rights. These guys have a healthy sense of anger about homophobia-related issues and what's more, they vote, attend rallies, and post opinions on developments other than the new Thom Browne window display. What's more, they care enough about the LGBT movement that came before them to want to do an occasional search or maybe even ask someone a question about it. They might not necessarily have heard everything about Stonewall, but they want to, and I award serious points for that, as long as they do so pronto.
2. The kind who think of LGBTs as a community. They actually want to know all sorts of queers, figuring us connected in spirit, not just in name (and community centers). They even have some female friends! Including some male-to-female friends! Of a different color!
3. Guys with a wide bevy of cultural fixations. They care about things other than pop divas and reality shows. Their interests run larger than just whatever is being talked about on the most bubblegummy gossip boards. They're free to enjoy all that stuff, mind you, as long as they drag their asses to theater, dance, opera, lectures, and museums once in a while. And not so they can cruise the ushers.
4. The kind who enjoy a wide variety of dating preferences. These guys couldn't imagine issuing edicts like "No fats or femmes" and they certainly don't prefer partners to be "straight acting." Why would you want to date someone who's acting anything? (I'd never date an actor!)
5. Queens who can joke about their bouts of stereotypical behavior. If they find themselves blurting things like, "Hey gurl, hey," they should be able to at least stop for a second, stand back, and make a joke about it. Like, "Sorry, gurl!"
6. The ones who think heterosexuals are people, too. Mighty white of them.
7. The ones who can banter right back at you. When you say, "Celine Dion walks into a bar...," they don't go, "Really? You'd think she would have beverages in her limo!"
8. The ones who have no clue how to decorate an apartment, an earlobe, or a soufflé. They're completely lost when it comes to filling the designer shoes of a stereotypically tasteful gay. But what they do have is character, and you can't get that in a store, honey. (Oops. Sorry, honey.)
9. Muscle gays who have a healthy, casual relationship with the working out lifestyle. They don't consider the gym a complete evening out or a real life's goal.I'm sure it can be totally rewarding, but please take it for what it is. Whether it's a feel-good healthy treat or merely a vain ritual, don't think you've been to Mecca. It's just the gym.
10. Disco bunnies who can surprise you on the dance floor. They know moves beyond right-foot-cha-cha-cha, left-foot-cha-cha-cha, plus an occasional fist in the air. The best gays can bust out of that routine and work a few original moves, even if some observers might think they look silly. They don't. It's only a boring dancer that's shameful to be around.
11. Married men who will let you be a third wheel now and then. Just because they have a husband doesn't mean they want to isolate themselves into a coupled life, removed from all other contact. They'll reach out and welcome you to join in their fun out of a sincere desire to share their lives and keep the friendship going. And you should say, "I'm so there. Can I bring my husband?"
12. The kind who like to meet people in person. You know, face to face. It's revolutionary, but it happens. (And not just ushers.)
With Pia Zadora Reloaded—her act at NYC's Metropolitan Room, August 5-10—show biz's feistiest petite lady sings standards and tells stories about her decidedly offbeat career. As a child, Pia Zadora starred on Broadway in Fiddler on the Roof and in the cult movie Santa Claus Conquers The Martians. In the '70s, she emerged as the younger wife of the wildly rich Meshulam Riklis, and then the star of the campy 1981 melodrama Butterfly (for which she won both a Golden Globe and a Razzie), and the trashy The Lonely Lady, in which she played a screenwriter who sleeps her way to the top. A part as a beatnik in John Waters' 1988 classic Hairspray proved, she could be in on the joke.
And now that the punchlines are long worn out, Pia aims to continue focusing the spotlight on what she loves doing—performing. I spoke to her as she readied for her gig.
Musto: Hi, Pia. Miss you! Tell me about the act you'll be doing.
Pia Zadora: It's kind of like a soundtrack of my life—where I started and how everything evolved, going to the rock roots and the opera roots and Broadway and the standard Sinatra roots. The title is not a reference to my carrying a gun or to drinking. It's better than the original title, which was Pia Zadora's Still Alive. My kids wanted to name it after an Elton John song: "The Bitch is Back." I said, "Uh uh. You're outta the will." [laughs]
You mentioned opera. I didn't know you had opera roots.
I come from a family of opera singers. They had a saying: "The opera ain't over till the short lady sings." It's in my DNA. I never pursued it because I did Broadway, but it was a good base for me and it's fun to show off with it because it's impressive. In the act, I do a few bars of "O Sole Mio." I'll crack a few glasses. "Is it Pia or Memorex?"
What was your first Broadway show?
Midgie Purviswith Tallulah Bankhead. She was what I always wanted to be and what I decided to be. She was my first strong influence. She took charge. She had an amazing touch of humor. She spoiled the crap out of me, and I connected with her and decided I wanted to follow in that brave strong woman footstep. She'd do crazy things. She'd come in on her day off dressed like a bag lady and cause a little skirmish, then disrobe herself and say, "Dahling, it's me." She taught me to always be who you are and don't let anyone eff with you. That's been my M.O.
You'd have to be strong, considering some of the things you've been through in your career.
The Lonely Lady, all that stuff was kind of abberant, but I went along doing what I could do. "OK, you're a comedian and a singer and that's what you need to be doing." [Pia ultimately toured with Sinatra, got credibility, remarried, and had a third child, who she told me has some special needs. She took time off, then started missing "channeling my inner diva," so she took to stages again.]
So Butterfly and Lonely Lady were basically stepping stones for you?
I don't know what the hell they were. Butterfly really threw me out there-- whether it was the controversy part, the incest part. Whatever it was, it made me a household name. I'm sure you're old enough to remember that I became Johnny Carson's answer to Rula Lenska. "Who the hell is Rula Lenska? "Who the hell is Pia Zadora?" Nobody knew who I was and all of a sudden I win the Golden Globe [for New Star of the Year in a Motion Picture]. It was a huge category—for the person who made the biggest impression on the screen, male and female. It's lucky I was tenacious and I had the Tallulah influence imbedded in me. It was surreal. Sort of like the nervous breakdown scene in Lonely Lady, on the typewriter.All the shit goes in front of you. "What is this? Who am I now?"
And later on, you got to do Hairspray.
I loved that. John Waters is just great. That and Naked Gun 33 1/3 are the only ones I enjoyed. The other ones were tortuous. With Lonely Lady, the script, director, and concept were bad. With Butterfly, I had Stacy Keach and Orson Welles, and I played a trollopy, brazen little girl. That wasn't that torturous.
You're a tough survivor.
You gotta be. I have a great life, a great husband. I'm married to a Las Vegas cop. We met when I had a stalker… We had a blind date, and two weeks later we were engaged.
Do you feel you're a gay icon?
I do. I feel there's a connection there. I think it's because of my image of a diva. I sing "The Man That Got Away" and "I Am What I Am." They're wonderful audiences, and I feel at home in their presence. I hope it's mutual.
It is. By the way, you had an incident last year, where you were arrested for some violence. I hope everything's OK with your family.
Somehow I knew you would ask that. It was the craziest thing I've ever seen in my life. I came home, and my 33-year-old stepson was in the backyard. I couldn't get him to go home, so I hosed him down. He got upset…I told my 16-year-old son, "You need to go to bed." The 33-year-old, 300-pound [son] one-handed him the phone and said, "Just dial 911."… Next thing I know, Jordan is on the phone saying, "My mother's a crazy woman, running around the house with a gun." Next thing you know, the police were there.
Everything was dropped. I scratched the back of his ear when I grabbed the phone. It was misunderstood—a family crazy thing that went haywire. The kids decided to get smart and call 911 because I turned the hose on them. Just another chapter in the book. The hard part was the mug shot: "Really, you're gonna arrest me, and there's no hair and makeup?" For one day, I was the most trending person in the world, even though I was behind bars. I'm trending behind bars. That'll be the title of my book! I'll get John [Waters] to write it for me!
On a much lighter note: What is the opening number in your act?
I played Bonnie in Applause. They changed it to Pia. I always wanted to play Margo, but I wasn't mature enough. So I'm doing "But Alive" from Applause. Last week, there was an Internet post that I was dead. A lot of people think I'm dead.
Well, Pia Zadora's Still Alive. I can't wait to see your show.
I'm at the point now where I have fun with everything I do. And I'll buy you a Pia-tini. It's a signature drink—a martini with two onions, an olive in the middle, and no splash of water because that's what got me arrested.
Make me a virgin.
I'll make it with Perrier.


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The RFL is hoping to tie up a deal with a new title sponsor by the beginning of 2007, with the Challenge Cup being its priority.
The tournament, which features live matches on the BBC and relevant draws taking place on programmes such as 'Breakfast News', will culminate in front of a 92,000 capacity crowd at the new Wembley Stadium.
Launched in February by former Nestle media controller Pete Davies, Getmemedia.com has signed up a range of advertisers and agencies including ZenithOptimedia, Initiative, MindShare and MediaCom.
Paul Kimberly, commercial director at RFL, said: "You need to inform the marketplace that the Challenge Cup is available for sponsorship and provide potential sponsors with enough information to make informed decisions.
"Using Getmemedia.com allows us to announce our search for a sponsor to hundreds of marketing and agency decision-makers while simultaneously providing them with the information they need to decide if the opportunity is right for them."
Davis said: "Having worked for a major advertiser, I understand how companies with great marketing ideas struggle to get seen.
"I am delighted the RFL has chosen Getmemedia.com to launch its search for a sponsor for the Challenge Cup."
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Over the weekend, thousands descended on Wall Street to protest corporate greed and the unpatriotic financial transactions that have plunged the country into economic ruin. Say what you will about these people, their cause is noble.
Despite the numbers, only a handful of people were arrested and most of those were for mostly flippant reasons.
The New York Times reports that some activists were charged with "jumping a police barrier" and another woman for writing on the sidewalk with chalk, which is not a crime and currently the central focus of a lawsuit against the city by artist Ellis G.
Meanwhile, at least four people were busted for wearing masks. Yes, wearing masks. Citing an archaic New York State law from from 1845, which forbids anyone from having their face "painted, discolored, covered or concealed, or being otherwise disguised." According to Slingshot! magazine, the law was "adopted to thwart armed insurrections by Hudson Valley tenant farmers who dressed and painted themselves as Native Americans to attack law enforcement officers over rent issues" and was later resurrected in 1965 to "criminalize transvestites and drag queens who wore too much make-up for the authorities to bear."
Talk about selective prosecution. It's good thing this obscure provision is often ignored. Otherwise, just think how badly they could sweep up on October 31st. Until then, the occupation and arrests continue. (Photo: Jim Kiernan/Flickr)
Below is some bonus video of the NYPD doing what they do best: escalating shit!


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Against Labour Market Risk: Employment Protection or Unemployment Benefits?
We document the presence of a trade-off between unemployment benefits (UB) and employment protection legislation (EPL) in the provision of insurance against labour market risk. The mix of quantity restrictions and price regulations adopted by the various countries would seem to correspond to a stable politico-economic equilibrium. We develop a model in which voters are required to cast a ballot over the strictness of EPL and over the generosity of UB. Agents are heterogeneous along two dimensions: employment status -- there are insiders and outsiders -- and skills -- low and high skills. We show that if there exists a majority of low-skill insiders, the voting game has a politico-economic equilibrium with low UB and high EPL; otherwise, the equilibrium features high UB and low EPL. Another testable implication of the model is that a larger share of elderly workers increases the demand for EPL. Panel data on institutions and on the age and educational structures of the populations are broadly in line with our results. We also find that those favouring EPL over UB in a public opinion poll carried in 2001 in Italy have precisely the same characteristics predicted by our model
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UH Manoa Campus Events Calendar
UH Mānoa Children's Center Barnes & Noble Bookfair FundraiserOctober 19, 9:00am - 9:00pm
Manoa Campus, Barnes & Noble Kahala Mall, shop at any Barnes & Noble store, or online at bn.com/bookfairs
Aloha Friends, Families, and Supporters of UH Mānoa Children's Center!
We are holding our annual Barnes & Noble Bookfair fundraiser on Saturday, Oct. 19 & Sunday, Oct. 20 at Kahala Mall or online at www.bn.com/bookfairs.
For every eligible item that is purchased online at Barnes & Noble on behalf of UHMCC, Barnes & Noble contributes up to 12% of the purchase price to our school. (More details are included on the www.bn.com/bookfairs).
At NO EXTRA COST to you, a percentage of net sales will be donated to UH Mānoa Children's Center. In the past two years we have raised $900 each year, just by getting books for our kids and starting our holiday shopping early!!
Click on the link below to start shopping, and please ensure you enter our school's bookfair ID# 11204724
UHMCC families will be sitting at a table at the Kahala Mall Barnes & Noble location and Uncle Wayne and The Howling Dog Band will perform in the Children's Section of the Kahala Mall store http://store-locator.barnesandnoble.com/store/2649 at 11am on both days
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On-line BN.COM/bookfairs (online purchases count from 10/19/13 to 10/25/13)
Mahalo for supporting University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Children's Center!
Bookfair ID#: 11204724
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956-7963, firstname.lastname@example.com, http://www.hawaii.edu/childrenscenter
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UH Mānoa Children's Center Barnes & Noble Bookfair Fundraiser
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Manoa Campus, Shidler College of Business
Children's Drawing and Printmaking Class
Manoa Campus, Lyon Arboretum, 3860 Manoa Rd.
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Singapore Haunted: Footprints of female ghost of East Coast Park's Yellow Tower caught on camera!
Singapore Haunted, a popular web TV series featuring a team of paranormal investigators exploring some of the most haunted locations in the country, has revealed amazing evidence of the paranormal at East Coast Park.
In this latest episode, the Singapore Haunted team investigated three locations at East Coast Park: Spot next to Bedok Jetty, Bayshore Underpass and the infamous Yellow Tower.
Highlights of this investigation include the ghost that still haunts the Yellow Tower. The story is many years ago, a girl and her boyfriend went to the Yellow Tower late at night. A group of men then beat up the boyfriend and went on to rape the girl. The girl died during the incident.
Apparently the ghost of the girl still haunts the Yellow Tower all these years. Using various EMF (electro magnetic field) meters, the Singapore Haunted team managed to make contact with the ghost. Most paranormal researchers believe that EMF is emitted by ghostly entities and these spikes in the EMF can be detected using EMF meters.
During the investigation, the Singapore Haunted team also left powder on the stairs of the tower and captured amazing footprints believed to be from the same female ghost. I would like to inform viewers there was no wind blowing at this area. Our night vision camera was pointing at this area and we do not see anyone or animal (cats, dogs) walking on the powder. As far as we are concerned, based on the investigations we did at the Yellow Tower, the markings on the powder are caused by an invisible entity - the same entity that made contact via our EMF meters.
Watch Singapore Haunted Episode 3: East Coast Park now! Singapore Haunted is produced and directed by yours truly for R3LOAD Network. GMM Technoworld is the official paranormal equipment sponsor of Singapore Haunted.
Update: Read my interview on Lianhe Wanbao about this episode and catch the teaser for the next Singapore Haunted episode: Labrador Nature Reserve!
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Never heard of these guys before, found them while trying to find a particular kitchen appliance, impressed that they were cheaper than *ahem* another large global eRetailer, plus the fact that I like to support small local businesses when ever possible. Order process was smooth, with emails advising as to status changes being sent regularly.
The only hitch was a slight delay in dispatch (few days, nothing major) but then there was a bank holiday and they did dispatch with a 24 hour courier (I'd paid for 48hour)which made up for it. Not much to say about the item, its a waffle maker - it makes waffles, can't fault it.
I'd be happy to use them again, especially as it was cheaper!


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ST. MARYS, GA. | St. Marys detectives are trying determine the cause of a fire that destroyed a vacant bowling alley on Georgia 40 Monday night.
St. Marys Fire Department Assistant Chief Tom Lackner said firefighters responded to the blaze at 11:30 p.m. but the building was already engulfed in flames.
"The roof began collapsing within five minutes of us responding," he said.
A spokeswoman from Camden County Fire Rescue said that county firefighters and the Kingsland Fire Department provided assistance battling the flames.
Lackner characterized the fire as "suspicious" and said the investigation had been turned over to the city's police department.
Detectives were not available to comment on the investigation Tuesday afternoon.
The nearly 17,000 square foot building was once home to TNT Bowling Lanes.
St. Marys resident Roger Rillo said the bowling alley closed over ten years ago.
The structure was listed for sale for $250,000.


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B&B Bookends
The sun rises out of the Atlantic ocean at Williams Rest in Newfoundland
and it sets into the Pacific ocean here at Bostrom's B&B.
Somedays Marilyn, the owner of At Williams Rest, an art teacher in her past, sits on her porch on the East coast and watches white things pass by on the horizon.
I also taught art for years. Now I sit on my porch on the West Coast and see white things pass in my view too.
Maryilyn's windows and porch look out on the amazing Atlantic ocean.
There are ever changing views to the east
and off to the west.
My windows and decks have a view of the Pacific Ocean, looking out to the south,
with glimpses of Little Beach, to the east.
We both look forward to the humpbacks swimming by and to the visitors coming round to stay and enjoy their holiday on the coast.
We are the Canadian B&B Bookends with Marilyn At Williams Rest to the East,
and me, Judy, at Bostrom's B&B to the West.
A big thank-you to James and Jacqueline, Marilyn's brother and sister-in-law, for making me aware of my Atlantic counterpart. Though Marilyn enjoys drawing and painting the architecture of Newfoundland, James talked her into drawing me a beaver as a reminder of the email we shared prior to his arrival. You can find this email on my blog, Canadian Beaver. I will be framing the beaver for my bedroom. Mine will be one of the few houses in town, or likely in all of Canada, with a his and hers beaver. Thanks Marilyn.
In return I am sending back a Bostrom Mug with James so that when Marilyn sits down for her cup of coffee on the East Coast, and I sit down for my cup of coffee on the West Coast, we can both share the same view.
How about a cup after I finish my dishes Marilyn? The time? 10:00 - 2:30 in Newfoundland.


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Thornton and Gillespie Streets, 11:23 a.m. While officers were attempting to stop a stolen vehicle, the driver got out and fled on foot. He was captured in an alley behind the 400 block of Church St. Electronics. Jewelry and coins were found in the vehicle, some of which have been identified as recently stolen. A man, 30, of no fixed address, was charged with vehicle theft, burglary and related charges.
Aquahart Rd. and B&A Bike Trail, 5:11 p.m. Aug. 17. A bicyclist stopped in front of a boy walking on the trail, took the boy's phone and pushed him. The bicyclist rode away toward Mary Lane.
Second Ave., 100 block, 12:13 p.m. Aug. 16. A man entered a home while a female accomplice knocked on the front door. A resident called the police and told the man to leave. The man fled on foot. A Brooklyn Park man, 26, and a Millersville woman, 27, were arrested and charged with various counts of burglary.
Marben Rd., 300 block, Aug. 20. A surveillance detail was assigned to a garage that had been burglarized several times in the past three weeks. A male was seen entering the garage and was captured after a foot chase. He was in possession of property stolen from the garage and is believed to be responsible for other burglaries. A Glen Burnie man, 19, was arrested.
Annapolis Rd., 1600 block, 2:19 a.m. Aug. 18. Two men fought over a woman in the parking lot of a bar. One man hit the other man with his vehicle, pinning him against the building. The man who was hit was taken to a hospital in critical but stable condition. An Upper Marlboro man, 25, was arrested and charged with attempted murder, first- and second-degree assault and reckless endangerment.
Bayside Beach Rd. and Belhaven Ave., 5 p.m. Aug. 20. A woman was hit by a car and died from her injuries before help arrived. Right front-turn signal assembly pieces from a Mercedes 500 series passenger car from 1982 to 1991 were found at the scene. The pedestrian was not yet identified. The case remained under investigation.
Solley Rd., 8100 block, 8:49 p.m. July 18. A man stabbed a male relative during a confrontation at their residence. The man who was stabbed was taken to a hospital. A Pasadena man, 36, was arrested and charged with first- and second-degree assault and reckless endangerment.
Disney Road, 4:26 p.m. Aug. 15. Two male teenagers threw a boy off his mountain bike in a park and assaulted him. They took the bike. The boy sustained minor injuries and refused treatment.
Woodruff Ct. and Severn Tree Blvd., 4:16 p.m. Aug. 19. Three male teenagers approached two juveniles from behind. The teenagers implied they had a weapon, took a hat and assaulted one of the juveniles. They were last seen walking toward Severn Tree Boulevard and Severn Road.
Bertina Nick Way, 200 block, 3:10 p.m. Aug. 17. A male asked a man sitting in a parked vehicle for a cigarette lighter, then sprayed him in the face with a chemical. The male took a purse from inside the vehicle.
Americana Dr., 600 block, 5 p.m. Aug. 9 to 4:30 p.m. Aug. 16. A unsecured kayak was stolen from a dock storage area.
Americana Dr., 600 block, 8:30 to 11 p.m. Aug. 17. A shotgun, two guitars and a Mandolin guitar with an electric pickup were stolen from an unlocked vehicle.
Bloomsbury Square, 200 block, 11:40 a.m. to 12:01 p.m. Aug. 19. A wallet was stolen from the center console of an unlocked vehicle.
Boxwood Rd., 200 block, 8 p.m. Aug. 14 to 6:30 a.m. Aug. 15. A wallet was stolen from the center console of an unlocked vehicle.
Captains Cir., 400 block, 9 a.m. Aug. 7 to 12:30 p.m. Aug. 12. A wallet was stolen from a vehicle entered by breaking two windows.
Captains Cir., 400 block, 6 p.m. Aug. 14 to 7:45 a.m. Aug. 15. A sports bag containing personal papers was stolen from a vehicle entered by forcing open a window.
Forest Dr., 1700 block, 5:10 p.m. An unsecured bicycle in front of a business was stolen. A boy was found in possession of the bike in the 700 block of Newtowne Drive. The boy was referred to the Annapolis Police Department JOINS Program.
Janice Dr., 800 block, 12:01 p.m. Aug. 11 to 12:01 p.m. Aug. 12. Cash was stolen from an unlocked vehicle.
Miami Ave., 1100 block, 8:45 p.m. Aug. 15 to 8:45 a.m. Aug. 16. Cash was stolen from an unlocked vehicle.
Rogers Heights Rd., 300 block, 4 p.m. Aug. 6 to 2:40 p.m. Aug. 19. Property was stolen from a boat at a community dock.
West St., 1100 block, 2:30 p.m. Aug. 17 to 6 a.m. Aug. 19. Eight steel trellises were stolen from an outdoor storage area at a construction site. The trellises were chained together.
West St., 1500 block, 7 p.m. Aug. 17 to 9 a.m. Aug. 18. An unlocked vehicle was entered. Nothing was reported missing.
West St., 1900 block, 12:45 a.m. Aug. 15. A glass door was broken at a business, setting off an alarm. Police found a trail of blood leading to a male on Parole Street, who had a severe cut on his leg. Nearby they found a stereo system that was stolen from the business. The male was taken to a hospital. Charges were pending.
Dewey Dr., 300 block, midnight to 7:30 a.m. Aug. 15. A black 2000 Toyota Land Cruiser was stolen.
Clarksville Pike, 12100 block, 8 p.m. Aug. 20 to 7:30 a.m. Aug. 21. Cash was stolen from a safe that was pried open in a garden center. All the facility's doors had been locked, but force was not used to enter the building.
Trotter Rd., 5700 block, Aug. 16 to Aug. 20. An amplifier, a tuner, a washing machine, scrap copper wire and a tractor battery were stolen from a house under renovation.
Whitegate Rd., 6700 block, July 22 to Aug. 5. A futon, microwave and possibly a handgun were stolen from a home entered by breaking a rear sliding door.
Patuxent Branch Trail, 6:20 p.m. Aug. 15. A male teenager ran next to a woman on a trail and grabbed her arm. The woman pulled away and the teenager fled.
Green Meadow Dr., 12200 block, 8:30 p.m. Aug. 19. Three males followed a male pedestrian. One threw a basketball at him and hit him in the shoulder. The other two yelled at the pedestrian about his cellphone and ran toward him. The pedestrian ran into his apartment building. Nothing was taken.
Harpers Farm Rd., 5400 block, 3:03 a.m. Aug. 18. Three males asked to use the cellphone of a male who was walking to the back door of a gas station. The male took his phone out of his pocket and was hit in the face and robbed of the phone and his wallet.
Angelina Cir., 9500 block, 5 p.m. Aug. 19 to 12:29 p.m. Aug. 20. A bike was stolen from an open garage.
Bonnet Brim Course, 12200 block, 1 to 7 p.m. Aug. 19. A tablet computer was stolen from a home entered through a broken rear sliding glass door, which had been broken earlier in the day by a landscaping company employee. The employee, who was mowing lawns in the area, had left a card with details about the broken glass.
Benjamin Franklin Blvd., 6800 block, 2 p.m. Aug. 16 to 7 a.m. Aug. 19. Fire alarm cable, temporary lights, aluminum framing and window covers were stolen from a construction site. The cable and lights were taken from a storage container entered by cutting off a lock. The framing and window covers were taken from a flat-bed trailer.
Glass Tumbler Path, 10600 block, 1 to 5:30 a.m. Aug. 20. A GPS device was stolen from an unlocked vehicle in an open garage.
Green Shoot Ct., 12200 block, 8:35 a.m. Aug. 19. A male rang the doorbells of several homes in the neighborhood and entered one by smashing a rear sliding door with a lawn chair. A resident was home and yelled at him, causing him to flee. Nothing was reported missing.
Hesperus Dr.,5200 block, 2 to 3 p.m. Aug. 19. A man was seen running through a back yard. The resident later noticed a bicycle had been moved in his garage.
Hickory Ridge Rd., 10200 block, 1:26 p.m. Aug. 16. An unlocked vacant apartment was entered and used for drug use. Nothing was reported missing.
High Wheels Ct., 5300 block, 10:15 to 11:05 a.m. Aug. 20. A TV, tablet computer, laptop computer, clothing and shoes were stolen from a home entered by breaking a rear sliding glass door.
Jason Lane, 10500 block, 9 p.m. Aug. 9 to 12:01 a.m. Aug. 19. A laptop computer, a digital media player, two cellphones and a tablet computer were stolen from a house entered by breaking a window next to a front door and unlocking the door.
Lightfoot Path, 5200 block, 4 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. Aug. 20. Jewelry, a laptop computer and a bottle of liquor were stolen from a home entered by breaking a rear sliding door.
Matador Lane, 9300 block, 7:21 p.m. Aug. 17. A boy saw a person's feet hanging off the end of a bed in the basement. He called the police and hid in an upstairs bedroom. Nothing was reported missing, but a blanket that hadn't previously been on the bed was found there.
Rain Dream Hill, 10600 block, 12:30 to 6:58 p.m. Aug. 21. Jewelry, bags full of coins and a collection of quarters were stolen. Three male teenagers had knocked on the door the previous day and one had looked under the door mat.
Snowden River Pkwy., 9400 block, 11 a.m. Aug. 10. A restaurant's front door lock was broken. Nothing was reported missing.
Tamar Dr., 8800 block, Aug. 7 to Aug. 21. A vacant apartment was entered. A maintenance worker found a bicycle, cigarette butts, wads of gum, candies and fire extinguisher powder inside. The rear sliding door was unlocked.
High Tor Hill, 5600 block, 9:13 p.m. Aug. 17. A white 1993 Ford van was stolen.
Rumsey Rd., 9100 block, 6:51 p.m. Aug. 17. A Penske truck was stolen.
Hearthside Way, 7500 block, 3 pm. Aug. 5 to 9 p.m. Aug. 12. A mountain bike was stolen from a garage that may have been left unlocked.
Washington Blvd., 6100 block, 6 p.m. Aug. 14 to noon Aug. 15. A push mower, a table saw, drill-gun set and a bag of hand tools were stolen from a construction site entered by breaking a window pane in a front door with a rock.
Troy Hill Dr., 7000 block, 7:47 a.m. Aug. 19. A black 2007 Ford F-350 truck was stolen.
Montgomery Rd., 5:16 a.m. Aug. 19. A black 2006 Honda Accord was stolen.
Bourbon St., 9100 block, 3:56 p.m. Aug. 17. A blue Lexus RX330 was stolen.


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The familiar four words that are easily said after any bad shot on the golf course by your so called helpful friends and playing partners - 'Keep your head down!'
This is the most damaging advice which has the power to ruin a golfer's ability to play better golf. The reason this piece of advice gets passed about is because it is easy to say after any bad shot. 99.9% of the time this information is completely false and can interfere with the golfer's ability to have a free flowing golf swing to produce the best golf shots.
Fault - A bad shot is played, normally a topped shot, and your playing partners or friends state that you must have lifted your head, that is why you have topped the golf ball. A topped golf shot is where the leading edge of the golf club makes contact with the middle/top of the golf ball, and therefore the ball rolls along the floor with very little power and never gets airborne. This leads the golfer to force their head down when they next hit the golf ball and they do not continue to follow through, resulting in a poor shot.
Fix - Holding your posture, keeping your leading arm straight at impact, and making sure the weight distribution in your feet stays in the same place at impact is what needs to be worked on if you are topping the ball or missing the golf ball. Work on hitting golf shots whilst attempting to hold your posture at impact and work on maintaining your height at impact. Position yourself so that you can see your side profile in a mirror or reflection of glass and continue to set up to an empty tee peg. Whilst looking in the reflection, start to swing to the top of the golf swing and gently back down towards impact focusing on maintaining the posture and height originally found at set up.
The next thing to work on and practice is keeping the weight distribution in the feet towards the middle of your feet. This way when you come into impact, the body weight will not be tempted to move away from the golf ball towards the heels.
Key tip - Work on keeping the leading arm (left arm for right handed golfers) as straight at impact as it was at set up. Work on maintaining the length of the left arm throughout the golf swing and work on striking down and beyond the golf ball, and you will increase the chance of reaching the bottom of the golf ball at impact.
Practice this exercise and drill without the golf ball first to create the feeling of stretching the arm and strike beyond the impact area.


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What Print Books Are Reduced To Now
Person 1: "Oh, I see you bought a book."
Person 2: "That's not a book. It's a sculpture."
Jesus wept.
Person 1: "Oh, I see you bought a book."
Person 2: "That's not a book. It's a sculpture."
Jesus wept.
While I agree with your sentiment I have to admit the book art is pretty clever. I'm fortunate. In my area independent book stores have been undergoing somewhat of a resurgence. Granted it may be short lived but after the closing of Borders and a large well established local bookseller that had several locations it has spawned opportunity. We have no less that 50 in the greater Milwaukee, WI area if you include used book stores and the 1/2 dozen comic book stores. There are many specialty bookstores that are genre specific like Mystery books or Poetry etc.
Brings up the old question again: what is a book?
Is it the dead tree pulb bundle? Or the content?
I don't feel comfortable looking at those images but I do wonder; what if anything is printed there?
Might those be advance reader copies of the Snooki novel? 😉
Sad…It's good to hear, though, of all the bookstores in WI.
But I was told by a friend who had studied Great Books at St. John's College that ages ago, when written language began to replace oral tradition, people similarly lamented a great loss of intellectual capital. When people actually stop reading, let's worry. Someday we may all have words beamed directly into our brains, and at that point, ereaders will seem pretty quaint. As long as a need for print books exists, people find ways to make them and buy them. Isn't there a POD book vending machine on the Harvard campus, or did I make that up?
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NAPLES, Fla. -- If Vice President Biden decides to run for president, he now has a new family foothold in one of the country's most important battlegrounds.
The lead story in Tuesday's Naples Daily News reports that Biden's brother James B. Biden Sr. and sister-in-law Sarah Jones Biden have purchased a five-acre, oceanfront estate on an exclusive barrier island near this Republican stronghold in southwest Florida. His other brother Frank lives in Palm Beach.
The 3,500-square-foot manse, which was listed for $2.79 million, is located on the largely undeveloped Keewaydin Island, accessible by boat only, according to the newspaper. The island is a popular destination for local tourists, who charter boats and scour the beaches in search of shells and wildlife.
The area has strong political connections – though not necessarily ones friendly to a Biden. Two nearby residents are Florida Gov. Rick Scott, and Jack Donahue, a prominent GOP fundraiser who hosted a $10,000-a-plate event in 2008 for John McCain's presidential campaign – an event attended by vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, according to the newspaper. The house sits on the water and has a dock, and offers views of the Gulf of Mexico and Rockery Bay.
According to the Daily News, the couple closed on the estate Dec. 23. The paper found public records showing a $2.1 million mortgage that comes due in 2018.
The purchase received big treatment in the paper. The lead headline reads, "A Biden in the neighborhood." The story, with an aerial photo of the property, occupies about two-thirds of the page above the fold.


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TIGERTON - The small community of Tigerton is proving it's got a big heart. Students at the elementary school are working hard on the "blanket project."
It requires a lot of work from the students; and lots of little fingers to tie knot after knot, after knot.
In the middle of it all is 10-year-old project mastermind, Mary Kreklow.
"We're making blankets to bring to the children's hospital in Milwaukee," said Mary Kreklow.
Mary came up with the idea of donating blankets a few months ago. When others heard about her idea, they wanted to help, too.
"I think it's amazing. I think it's amazing that a little place like Tigerton has so much support for things like that and I think it's going to make some children very happy," said Mary's mother, Linda Kreklow.
Linda Kreklow is also a kindergarten teacher at the school. She says the students, teachers, and staff members have embraced the project.
One such staff member is Principal David Battenberg.
"It's been a great opportunity for the students to give back and kind of be involved in a project that, I think, is going to be very worthwhile for the people in the hospital. We're very happy that she came up with a great idea like this," said Battenberg.
What drives the project home is the fact that some students at the school have to go to the Children's Hospital in Milwaukee for medical care. One is third grader, Colby Wanta. He thinks the blanket project is awesome.
"He was really happy. It made him feel good. He had great big smiles, to see that his friends are doing good deeds for other good kids," said Carri Wanta, Colby's mother.
Linda Kreklow says so far, the school has about 30 blankets put together. They're hoping to have a car-full when they deliver the blankets later this spring.
"We can make a difference. Even a small place like Tigerton can make a difference in what's going on in the world," said Linda Kreklow.
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Upper Homestake Creek targeted in early efforts
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SUMMIT COUNTY — After tackling forest rehabilitation in the Hayman Burn area last year, Vail Resorts is contributing $200,000 this spring to help jumpstart a large-scale collaborative restoration and enhancement of national forest lands in the Vail and Eagle River valleys.
In partnership with the National Forest Foundation, work will begin along the Upper Homestake Creek area in the Upper Eagle River Valley.
"We will repair trails and bridges, rehabilitate campsites that are affecting conditions along the creek, improve fish habitat, cut hazard trees infested by mountain pine beetle, and plant trees in campgrounds to get a jumpstart on the future forest," said Eagle District Ranger Dave Neely.
All of the work will be accomplished with support from partner organizations including the Eagle River Watershed Council, Student Conservation Association, Eagle County Youth Corps, with support from the foundation's ski conservation fund and Vail Resorts' Echo program.
The Homestake Creek work is part of a larger collaborative initiative designed to support large-scale restoration and enhancement efforts of National Forest lands in the Vail and Eagle River valleys, according to a press release from the U.S. Forest Service. The initiative is aimed at prioritizing and implement projects that restore local forest health in a more integrated fashion.This will be accomplished by bringing nonprofit partners, community members, stakeholders and the Forest Service together over the course of this spring to discuss and collaboratively develop an integrated work plan.
"The Eagle/Holy Cross District faces a wonderful challenge for the Forest Service in that the number and variety of existing partner groups is so great in this area, and the public interest and general support for the Forest is so broad," said National Forest Foundation vice president Mary Mitsos. "The NFF is excited to support a strategy that helps the District coordinate all our various partners and all the vital forest and watershed work there is to be done out there."
The foundation's ski conservation fund raises money through voluntary contributions from guests at participating ski resorts throughout the country. During the last four years, the program has raised over $3.5 million including guest donations and a match by the foundation. These funds are always been invested in on-the-ground projects completed by local nonprofit organizations.
"Each year, Vail Resorts and NFF are able to raise almost $500,000 for important forest health projects on the White River National Forest. With the new collaborative initiative and planning process, Vail Resorts Echo will be able to help fund critical projects within the comprehensive plan that will have a direct benefit to preserving the iconic settings we call home," said Beth Ganz, vice-president of public affairs and sustainability at Vail Resorts.
Working with a facilitator hired by NFF, the Forest Service is planning to launch this effort in the next few months.
"This District has a long and successful history of working with partners to accomplish important resource work on the forest. We want to build on that success," said Neely. "In partnership with the National Forest Foundation we're designing an improved process to build on that success and make a real difference on lands and communities we all care about in the long-term."


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Article date: 9 February 2004
Norwich Union is introducing a five-year money-back guarantee onall new With-Profit Fund investments in its Portfolio investmentbond.
The new feature will guarantee to return thepolicyholder's original investment on the policy'sfifth anniversary regardless of investment conditions. Thisguarantee applies to Portfolio With-Profit Fund investments takenout from 9 February until 31 December 2004, or earlier if fullysubscribed prior to that. It will also be available for offshorewith-profits investments in the Norwich Union International CoreFund Bond and Norwich Union International With-Profit Bond.
In addition to the five-year guarantee of return of originalinvestment, an extra 1.5% allocation rate will continue to beoffered on all new investments in Portfolio bond.
Neil Davies, head of investment product development at NorwichUnion, said: "We are further improving our with-profits bondoffering with a guarantee to return investors' money afterfive years regardless of what happens to the stock market. Weunderstand that capital security is a concern for some investorsand we believe this new guarantee will provide them the reassurancethey need."
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- Norwich Union has strategic alliances with building societiesand other leading UK brand names including Tesco PersonalFinance and The Royal Bank of Scotland Group.
- Norwich Union's news releases and a selection of imagesare available from Aviva's internet press centre at www.aviva.com/media.
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- The five-year guarantee will apply to investments heldcontinuously in the With-Profit Fund for five years that are fullywithdrawn on, or within two weeks after, the 5thanniversary. A penalty will be incurred if money is withdrawn fromthe fund before the 5th anniversary.
- The five-year money-back guarantee offer may be withdrawnbefore the end of 2004 if fully subscribed before then.
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Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt wants every hospital to join the "Sign Up To Safety" campaign and drive down medication errors, blood clots and bed sores.
He told Sky News the ambitious initiative was triggered by the shocking care standards at the Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust, which resulted in significant harm and extra deaths.
He said: "It is my clear ambition that the NHS should become the safest healthcare system anywhere in the world.
"I want the tragic events of Mid Staffs to become a turning point in the creation of a more open, compassionate and transparent culture within the NHS.
"We now have a once in a generation opportunity to save lives and prevent avoidable harm - which will empower staff and save money that can be re-invested in patient care. "
The NHS currently pays out £1.3bn a year to patients who have suffered harm from poor care.
But hospitals that sign up to the safety initiative will be offered reductions in the indemnity premiums they are charged by the NHS Litigation Authority.
In another significant move the Department of Health confirmed it is to bring in a duty of candour for NHS staff, forcing them to admit to mistakes.
A consultation will be held on where to set the threshold of harm that will trigger action.
The Royal United Hospital in Bath has already dramatically improved patient safety as part of a five-year initiative across the south west of England.
Harmful incidents have been halved and hospital mortality has been cut by a fifth.
Professor Carol Peden, who has led the programme at the hospital, said staff now identify patients with dementia, MRSA and nutritional needs.
And they also pay extra attention to those at risk of skin ulcers and falls.
She said: "It's about understanding that it's doing the simple, important things well, reliably.
"And when you do that right, then it builds into better healthcare and better outcomes for patients."
Jill Rogers, who was admitted to the hospital with a chest infection two weeks ago, said she was reassured by the focus on safety.
"They are very careful with hygiene. They're always wiping down tables.
"And then there's all the attention you get. The doctors come round and explain everything to you."
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- Mid Staffs Trust To Be Prosecuted Over Death
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* Default support for Gmail/Yahoo/Hotmail.
* Accurate timing.
* Email notification.
* User friendly Interface.
* Easy email search option (integrated with contact-book).
* Easy to Edit/Delete/Re-schedule.
Important: Must have Internet enabled on the phone.
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