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Should the Canadian team win gold at these world lacrosse championships in London, they'll have little problem finding the proper establishments at which to celebrate.
Defender Jim Moss knows his way around these parts.
The one-time London Knights captain and former Western Mustang is back as a defensive dynamo for Canada in the lacrosse worlds that begin with tonight's opening ceremonies.
The 29-year-old, who lives in California and plays pro box lacrosse with the National Lacrosse League's San Jose Stealth, is getting a kick out of staying with the team at Western and chasing gold in the same city where he forged a junior hockey career.
"It's just like living in residence with the meal card again," the Port Elgin native said after a rainy opening practice at Windermere fields.
"When I come back to Canada, the first stop is always London. It's nice, though, to come back here with a purpose instead of just drifting through."
One of the first guys he sees is Knights trainer Don Brankley. Moss, with the Knights from 1996 to '98 and with Western in '98 and '99, has never seen the Knights play at the John Labatt Centre, but he enjoys getting caught up on things.
"My lacrosse schedule never allows me to be here during the winter, but I can't wait to see a concert (at the JLC)," he said. "It's a fantastic barn -- but it's not the Ice House."
Moss's final season with the Knights -- the year he wore the C -- saw the resurgence of a franchise that had been an OHL laughingstock. In the '98 playoff run, the steady defenceman helped London gain the semifinals for just the third time.
"I wasn't there for the worst year (3-60-3 in '95-96), but I was there for the second-worst year with 13 wins ('96-97). I remember the meetings with (coach) Gary Agnew when we talked about how we were going to get it turned around."
Moss and the Canadians are seeking to knock off the U.S. The national team hasn't beaten the Stars and Stripes in a field lacrosse title game since 1978 -- Canada's lone victory in this tournament.
"We like our team, we're strong defensively and we're taking a new approach," Moss said. "We're going to play hard but fair. There's not going to be any trash talking. In the past, we were known as a team that was dirty."
That's saying something for a guy whose lacrosse nickname is "the Axe."
"That name got picked up when a broadcaster called me that when I was playing in Toronto and it has kind of taken off in San Jose," he said with a grin. "I love playing there."


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Help prevent law-firm data breaches with these security basics
Don't be lulled into thinking that law firms aren't being attacked by hackers or suffering data breaches just because their clients do not seem to be affected. The FBI issued a warning in 2009 that law firms are now specific targets of hackers, say John W. Simek and Sharon D. Nelson of Sensei Enterprises Inc.
In their recent Law Practice Magazine article, "Preventing Law Firm Data Breaches," the legal technologists note that hackers are realizing that law firms have on their networks valuable economic intelligence related to business deals, mergers and acquisitions—and their security is dreadful.
While Simek and Nelson acknowledge that there is no silver bullet for law-firm data security, they offer several security basics that every lawyer should heed.
Use a strong password of at least 12 characters, and change it regularly. "No matter how strong an eight-character password is, it can now be cracked in two hours. A strong, 12-character password takes roughly 17 years to crack," advise the authors.
Change system defaults. The default user ID and passwords for any software or hardware installation are well known—even for Apple products.
Protect laptops with whole disk encryption—and enable it. Lawyers may want to consider additional measures such as biometric access, as laptops are a primary source of data breaches.
Encrypt backup media. If you use a backup service in the cloud, "make sure the data is encrypted in transit and while stored," say Simek and Nelson.
Use a PIN for your smartphone. And "don't use 'swiping' to protect your phone, as thieves can discern the swipe the vast majority of the time due to the oils in your fingers," warn the authors. Set and enable proper security on wireless networks. Nelson and Simek note that WEP encryption can be cracked, and the only ones that have not yet been cracked are the WPA and AES encryption standards.
Use a single, integrated product to deal with malware, viruses and Spam. Nelson and Simek recommend Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 for solo and small firms, and Trend Micro for larger firms.
Upgrade to a supported version of security software. "If software is no longer being supported, your security may be in jeopardy," caution the authors.
For remote access, use a VPN or other encrypted connection.
Dispose of technology products securely. For computers, a free product such as DBAN can securely wipe data, say Simek and Nelson.
For the entire list of security tips, view the full article.
Law Practice Magazine is a publication of the Law Practice Management Section.
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Adama Watra
Adama Watra, 64, who is currently a non-resident undergraduate of the University of Ghana, has appealed to benevolent institutions and individuals to support him to pay his fees, as well as purchase other items in the premier university.
The 64-year-old man made the appeal when he visited the offices of DAILY GUIDE, which earlier carried a story on him when he entered Junior High School (JHS) at Japekrom in the Brong Ahafo region.
Adama Watra, who is popularly known as 'Old Boy in School,' has just completed the second semester.
He said he failed to pay the required fees of GH¢1500 for the last semester.
He stated that he could not to work effectively to raise enough money to pay his fees due to his consistent progression from JHS to university.
Old Boy entered the Junior High School (JHS) at the age of 55 at Japekrom in 2006 and completed in 2008 with an aggregate of 19.
He proceeded to Drobo Senior High School (SHS) to pursue General Arts and completed in 2012 with an aggregate of 20.
Adama Watra is currently pursuing a two-year diploma course in 'Youth In Development Work 'at the University of Ghana.
The 'Youth In Development Work' course is being sponsored by the Commonwealth Youth Programme.
Watra, who is married with five children who are all in school, added that his wife has been very supportive in these trying moments.
Interestingly, Watra was in the same class with his son from JHS to SHS.
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Police: Speeding driver nearly hit boys on bikes
WEST FARGO - A felony charge was filed Monday in Cass County against a 24-year-old man accused of nearly hitting two boys here after police say he was clocked going 82 mph on 32nd Avenue near Sheyenne Street.
The alleged speed Brandon Dustin Gutwein hit in the incident shortly before 9 p.m. Saturday would be 42 mph over the posted limit of 40 mph, police allege in a report filed with the charges.
Police say officers tried to pull Gutwein over after he was clocked on radar as traveling 82 mph in the 200 block of 32nd Avenue as he headed west.
Gutwein, a West Fargo resident, didn't stop, police say. He ran a red light at Sheyenne Street by swerving into the eastbound lane. He then turned onto Seventh Street West at a high rate of speed before he took a right into an apartment complex, the officers allege in the report.
Police say there were two young boys on bicycles who were forced to jump out of the way near the apartment building.
Gutwein then allegedly lost control of his Dodge Durango and struck a pair of garages before he was arrested, police claim.
In an initial appearance Monday in Cass County District Court, Judge Wade Webb set bail at $5,000 for Gutwein, who faces a felony count of reckless endangerment. He also faces a misdemeanor count of fleeing a police officer.
Gutwein was also cited in West Fargo Municipal Court for speeding, reckless driving, driving under the influence of alcohol and having an open container in a vehicle.


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In this interesting article from CIO.com, Michael Hugos talks discusses the best practices surrounding Agile development's 30-Day Blitz, and the important of the Define step.
"Remember that most problems and situations seem complex at first but don't be fooled by the surface complexity. Many business problems, regardless of their details and differences, can be effectively addressed by systems with a common design pattern."
Agile Development, Project Management and Step 1 of 3 by Michael Hugos
Succeeding with Agile: Software Development Using Scrum ~ Mike Cohn
Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship ~ Dean Wampler
User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development ~ Mike Cohn


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WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) — Spring break in northwestern North Dakota's oil-producing region isn't much fun for students who are living in campers and hotel rooms.
Williston's public schools have 115 students who are living in temporary quarters in a booming region that's chronically short of housing.
Homeless student coordinator Betsy Kelly says many of them are living in campers without running water or electricity.
Seven-year-old Steven Jarvis says there's little to do but play video games in the recreational vehicle he shares with his parents, Jayson and Angelia Jarvis. They moved to North Dakota from Washington.
Angelia Jarvis tells The Forum newspaper her son is flexible about the living arrangements, but he misses home, and "we don't really have a lot of privacy."
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And here we go! Final round!
-Chris Yee
Congrats to all the contestant who participated and to the 2 finalists who've made it this far.
I'm gonna try something different for this theme. Enjoy.
"Sword and Sheild" Theme. This is going to take some explaining.
One of the pair is to build a creation that expresses perfect defense, and the other contestant builds a creation that shows perfect attack. How you represent such an idea is completely up to you. The more creative and orginal the better.
The idea behind this round will be to see who in theory would win in a fight. The one with better attack or better defense? Yup that's right, judges will be judging based on creativity and all the usual points. But we will also be taking into considering which of the two we think would win in a conflict.
Now to decide who does what!
*flips coin*
Rakshi Party - Attacker! May your power obliterate your oponent.
Johann Dakitsch - Defender! May you hold you ground against all unslaught.
Due date will be July 11th, next monday.
Ps: There is no size limit ;D It IS the final round, go all out and good luck.
| July 4, 2011, 9:18 pm
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Oooh, this should be good!
| July 5, 2011, 4:19 am
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Brilliant! Gonna work on it as soon as possible.
| July 5, 2011, 7:23 am
Infrax .
this is going to be very...well amazing to see what they come up with.
I'm supporting Johann as he beat me and i think that i should be a good sport and go for him instead of being grumpy. (im not that grumpy about loosing johann.)
Go Johann Build some Defendy thingy!
Good luck to you too Rakshi
| July 5, 2011, 8:11 am
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Quoting Infrax .
this is going to be very...well amazing to see what they come up with.
I'm supporting Johann as he beat me and i think that i should be a good sport and go for him instead of being grumpy. (im not that grumpy about loosing johann.)
Go Johann Build some Defendy thingy!
Good luck to you too Rakshi
Wow, thanks! But don't forget Rahkshi, he made far in the contest.
| July 5, 2011, 8:24 am
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I've got a list of random various topic themes I've been saveing, which is why I'm gonna be a judge in the next contest as well ;D
Glad you all like the concept.
| July 5, 2011, 9:13 pm
Infrax .
Quoting Kai Heffernan
Very nice theme! I kind of wish I was still playing now XD
So do I....
| July 8, 2011, 7:32 pm
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Quoting Infrax .
So do I....
Why don't you 2 duel in the free for all topic? Go ahead call a side and battle it out =D
| July 8, 2011, 10:29 pm
Infrax .
Im sick so i cant....
| July 10, 2011, 12:54 am
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Here is my entry:
Click the music link.
| July 10, 2011, 8:39 pm
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Here it is:
| July 11, 2011, 12:05 pm
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I know judges are kinda busy with the Bio-Cup(I am too), but if you could spare some time to judge this... Lets not forget the BBOA.
| July 12, 2011, 12:43 am
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My vote certainly goes to Johann!
It was a nice ride,we had some great entries in this contest!It was very fun!
| July 12, 2011, 1:16 am
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Not so much busy with the Bio-Cup, more to do with work, heh.
Rahkshi Party
Great backstory with your MOC, you really put forth something that could quite potentially kill many a foe. So many weapons! The body just seemed a bit off though, the disproportionate appearance with the stunted legs and elongated body. I admittedly only noticed this the second time round as it just appeared to me that the thighs were actually his lower abdomen, and the knees his hips, which may have made a more dominating appearance. All in all, good job.
Johann Dakitsch
Something about a giant steel bird that can use it's massive wings as shields is a scary concept. Clean lines I like, and the carefully hidden details are great. Stability as well as poseability are awesome, and the overall colour scheme is quite striking. Well done. You have my vote.
| July 12, 2011, 1:59 am
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Rakshi Party your concept and creation of a two sided battle robot was very creative. Unfortunately the oddly proportioned limbs that don't seem too sturdy or moveable knocks down your score for me.
Johann Dakitsch, your design as it has been said before is very sleek. What I like about it, is the simple look, yet complex build as well. It is armored well but to me it seems it's wings are it's main defense. The legs seem under armored and the chest looks to be umportected. To me it's not as armored as it could be.
Once again this was a difficult one to judge but my vote goes to Rakshi Party for an intriging design as well as when I run it through my head I see his creation winning in a fight for it's adaptability and able to not be back attacked.
| July 12, 2011, 7:19 am
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Johann Dakitsch is the winner! Congrats to you for winning
"3 rounds of the 2nd Bio Build Off Athon"
Could an admin edit the front page with this info?
Alrighty folks I'll probably need a week or less to adjust the rules of the BBOA again and we should be good to go for another epic contest! Come chat in the discussion topic if you wish to help decide on the finer points of the contest and offer your Judging skills. I'll be continueing as a judge.
| July 12, 2011, 7:25 am
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Yaay! A good match this one, was fun. Congratulations to Rahkshi Party too, he made a very good way trough it.
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Alzheimer and memory loss support meetings for caregivers offered by the St. Johns Council on Aging will be held at 7 p.m. Sept. 13 and 1:30 p.m. Sept. 21, at the Senior Center, 11 Old Mission Ave., St. Augustine.
Vicki J. Bowers, an attorney with Berg & Associates, will be the guest speaker at the latter meeting. Her topic will be "Medicaid."
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Creighton star Doug McDermott deciding between Big East and NBA
PHILADELPHIA -- One way or another, Doug McDermott likely will appear next season at Madison Square Garden, either in an NBA uniform or as a senior at Creighton, which formally joined the new Big East Conference on Wednesday. As the second-leading scorer in Division I with a 23.1 average, the 6-8 forward must decide whether to enter the NBA draft, but that's a discussion he has yet to have with his father, Greg, who also happens to be his coach.
"Doug just wanted to shelve it until everything was over," Greg McDermott said Thursday. "I've got to wear a couple of hats. I've got to do the research Doug deserves from his head coach to make an educated decision, and I've got to take my coaching hat off and be his father and advise him appropriately.
"At the end of the day, I'm going to listen. This is Doug's decision. It's always been a dream of his to go to the NBA, but at the same time, he's living the dream playing basketball for Creighton University."
McDermott led the Jays (27-7) to the Missouri Valley Conference title and a second-round NCAA date with Cincinnati (22-11) of the old Big East Friday at Wells Fargo Center. Talk about ships passing in the night; the Bearcats are moving to a new conference with the Big East football schools, while Creighton, Xavier and Butler are joining the basketball schools.
"It's huge for the school," Doug McDermott said. "You can't say no when that offer comes because not a lot of schools could say they could join the Big East Conference.''
Anticipating Creighton's trip to the Garden for the Big East tourney next year, the younger McDermott said, "If you were telling me this a couple of years ago, I would have called you crazy. Watching the Big East Tournament at the Garden ever since I was little, everyone wants to play on that stage. It's definitely a cool deal."
Creighton plays in a 17,000-seat arena in Omaha, Neb., that sells out, but if the Jays' recognition suffered in the MVC, Greg McDermott said, "With our move to the Big East, any problem we've had with being a mid-major school is going to go away very soon."


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Lawyer Says Off-Duty SFPD Officer Was Target Of Racial ProfilingAn attorney for an off-duty San Francisco police officer who was pulled over and allegedly harassed by other officers in the city's Bayview District last week said that the incident is "quite disturbing" and an example of racial profiling.
San Francisco Police Officer Accuses Colleagues Of Racial ProfilingA veteran officer of the San Francisco Police Department has accused three other officers of racial profiling, following a traffic stop in the Bayview neighborhood Thursday night.
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It seems the Sisters of North America are calling the Vatican out. When criticized by Vatican officials for taking a position too far left of center on a number of social issues, the Leadership Conference of Women Religious responded by calling the Vatican's criticisms unsubstantiated and flawed.
But the rhetoric didn't stay at the topical level. LCWR president Theresa Kane said (according to a Huffington Post report), "It is a matter of the men in the Vatican still thinking they can control the women. ... They don't realize that we have moved to another whole point of tremendous equality and mutuality. And that we have much to say about our future and what's going on."
The Catholic Church, and the Pope in particular, embrace a number of socially redeeming virtues; equality and mutuality between the genders are not two of them.
There are a couple of fundamental issues at play here, from what I can see. First, and perhaps more obvious, is a struggle for the maintenance of power. It is the nature of systems – or more specifically, it's the nature of the people who prop up those systems – to try to preserve what influence they have. It's counter to our basic instincts to accede power to another, and some of this goes back to simple evolution.
We were inborn with a "never enough" instinct. Some call this Original Sin, but I prefer to think of it as a survival tool gone haywire. Consider a hunter-gatherer culture where resources are scarce and competition for survival is fierce. We've all heard of "survival of the fittest," but sometimes it's about more than survival. Those with more power tend to dominate those with less. They are prone to stockpiling resources and doling them out as a means to maintain their power. But as our societies have evolved, the inherent dominance of the male of the species has greatly diminished.
Today a woman can provide for her entire family from behind a corporate desk. She can wield more power with a pen than any man could with a sword. And yet, the archaic power structures born from the male-dominated world are still all around us, and they shudder every time their sovereignty is challenged.
Second, and perhaps more subtle, is the fact that institutions, by nature, are fairly static systems. In their earlier forms, movements are nimble, flexible things that can adapt to any number of changing environments and challenges. But as the systems of communication and power get established (or even more fundamental things like physical brick-and-mortar structures get erected), it becomes increasingly harder to enact change. It's like the difference between maneuvering a kayak down a series of rapids, and then trying to do the same thing with a battleship.
Jump ahead to today and apply the same simile to the Catholic Church. Effectively, the Vatican is a battleship trying to find its place in a world in which it is surrounded by rapids, navigated more nimbly by kayaks.
Sister Kane put it succinctly. Their bosses in Vatican City are living in a reality centuries old, while the currents of social equality are historically progressive. And given my first point about the nature of institutions, it's no surprise that the Vatican is reluctant to change.
Maybe the most surprising thing out of the whole exchange is the sisters' willingness to speak plainly about their disagreements with, and resistance to, orders handed down from the Church. Truth is, the Church's faithful have long maintained their own personal views that vary widely when held up next to what they're told to believe by the authorities. The difference is that, in general, no one says it out loud.
I find some affinity with the Sisters, not just for their bravery in speaking out with strength and conviction for what they believe is right, but also for being necessary cultural and religious translators. They speak prophetically for many faithful who can't, or at least don't, speak their minds to the Powers that Be.
It may be causing friction at present, but I expect that their call to be heard and respected ultimately will be a prophecy of liberation, for many more perhaps than even the Sisters themselves.
Christian Piatt is an author, editor, speaker, musician and spoken word artist. He co-founded Milagro Christian Church in Pueblo, Colorado with his wife, Rev. Amy Piatt, in 2004. Christian is the creator and editor of "Banned Questions About The Bible" and "Banned Questions About Jesus." His new memoir on faith, family and parenting is called "PREGMANCY: A Dad, a Little Dude and a Due Date." For more information about Christian, visitwww.christianpiatt.com, or find him on Twitter or Facebook.
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Crop Report Shows Nebraska Farmers Caught Up on Harvest
Nebraska's farmers have been able to use the relatively dry weather conditions across the state to catch up on this year's corn harvest.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 55 percent of the corn had been harvested by the end of last week, matching the yearly average for that date. Farmers had to play catch-up to reach those numbers as the harvest was behind the average by 12 percent just the week before.
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Sometimes sheer bravado and break-neck pacing can lift up a potential cliché into something more. In the case of Jonathan Wood's first novel, No Hero, the author has created a riff on supernatural noir that's rollicking good fun and acknowledges its debts with good humor. It also one-ups its influences with some excellent action scenes. What's the set up? The main character, a cop, asks himself one question a lot: "What would Kurt Russell do?" It's not a question he's had to answer a lot—until a secret government agency recruits him to fight the Progeny, be-tentacled horrors from another dimension. Omni checked in with Wood to find out more…
Amazon.com: Any mysteries about publishing solved in prepping for the release of your first novel?
Jonathan Wood: Well, I know about the robes and the animal sacrifices now. But I'm still only a novice initiate.
Amazon.com: Your protagonist asks "What would Kurt Russell do?" First of all, do you think Kurt Russell would like your novel, and secondly what sparked the idea of having your detective reference noir and horror in pop culture?
Wood: I honestly can't speak for Mr. Russell's literary tastes. I get the impression most of his characters wouldn't have time for it. They'd be too busy busting caps and hitting on outrageously blonde women. As for the pop culture references, they're largely there to highlight the disparity between movie heroes and reality. Hopefully it adds a human frailty to Arthur (the protagonist) when you compare what Kurt Russell might do with what he has to do (which is mostly trying to not soil his underwear).
Amazon.com: What is it about mixing cosmic horror and the detective genre that appealed to you?
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BJ The Chicago Kid - Good Luv'n
When BJ the Chicago Kid dropped Pineapple Now & Laters back in February, Booth readers and staff alike fell in love, hailing the project as a retro-inspired, but forward-looking revitalization of the R&B genre. Evidently, it also caught Motown's ear, as the Windy City singer was signed shortly thereafter, in August. Now, BJ's back to make the marriage official with the release of album inclusion-turned-debut single Good Luv'N. An understated burner that exemplifies the singer's era-bridging style, the cut finds co-producers David 'Dae-Dae' Haddon and Jarius 'J-Mo' Mozee combining live brass with contemporary synth sounds over a muscular rhythm section as BJ soulfully assuages a lover's doubts, quoting from the Staple Singers' classic Let's Do It in the Morning on the record's chorus. While the artist has yet to announce any forthcoming projects via his new label home, fans craving new material can, as always, keep it locked for the latest.


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Softball: Reunion is heavy on memories
WORTHINGTON -- The fast-pitch softball game due to be played Saturday at Centennial Fields in Worthington isn't likely to be well-attended by fans. It isn't going to be stocked with players in the prime of their athletic careers.
You're not likely to see serious confrontations with umpires. Or a take-out slide at home plate.
But it doesn't matter.
The 11 a.m. game between a team that doesn't really have a name (call them the Old Guard) and another team that ... well, doesn't really have a name, either (call them the Young Punks) contains a significance that is not easily explained.
It's about stepping into the past. It's about making new memories. It's about remembering those who have passed on.
On Saturday, a collection of mostly old and retired players who at one time played for the Worthington Welder's Supply team led by Tom Steffl will take the field opposite a collection of mostly young players who -- when the Welder's Supply outfit was in its heyday barnstorming throughout the region in serious weekend tournaments --were too young to play, and in some cases, too young to fully understand the lure of a game that made their fathers and uncles forego fishing expeditions, put family vacations on hold, and made their wives feel neglected.
It started a couple of years ago as an idea. Nate Steffl, Tom's son, and Dan Viessman, son of former Welder's Supply leftfielder Bruce Viessman, began brainstorming with Andrew and Robert Vaske, sons of another Welder's Supply player, Greg Vaske, about what they could do to conjure up some fast-pitch magic.
"We got to thinking it'd be fun to take on the old guard," said Nate, who was too young to play when his dad's team was together.
From that humble beginning emerged the very first Old Guard/Young Punks exhibition in 2012, when mostly old fast-pitch players enjoyed a friendly game with their kids. They played one fast-pitch game and one slow-pitch game.
But it was more than that. The idea became something of a memorial.
Tom Steffl's brother Dick, a one-time regular Welder's Supply member, died about three years ago. Another former player, Mike Ahrens, died last year in April. Tom and Dick's father, David -- who was well-known throughout southwest Minnesota as a men's fast-pitch organizer and tournament host -- died not long after Dick. David's wife, Mary, who ran the concession stand during Worthington tournaments that David put together, died last June.
Having another tournament -- or an exhibition in this case --is "a nice way to play and remember," said Nate.
Besides that, it was also a way (or at least an attempt) to revive softball in Worthington.
Thirty years ago, fast-pitch and slow-pitch softball kept Centennial Fields hopping throughout the summer. That is no longer the case as, for whatever reasons, the summer game is enticing fewer and fewer advocates.
Tom remembers when, in the mid-1980s, there were "110-plus teams" playing in Worthington. "It's terrible to see softball fields in this town not being used," he says today.
It's impossible to predict today whether Saturday's two-team exhibition will grow into something more substantial, but that remains the hope of the organizers. This year, they hoped to get four teams to commit, and until earlier this week they thought they had at least three teams ready to go.
That didn't happen, but Nate isn't ready to concede that a real tournament might not yet take shape in the future.
Nate, now 25 and a Twin Cities resident, has surely grown from the young boy who, during his father's heyday, was only old enough to watch. Or to retrieve foul balls for a nickel. Today, of course, he's graduated from T-ball and plays softball with other grownups.
He was on the field last year along with his brother Jake and sisters Abby and Megan, and the children of other former Welder's Supply regulars. But he's not to old to forget how it was when he was little.
He still remembers running after those foul balls. And he remembers his grandmother, who stocked the concession stand with some of her own home-made food products, happily manning the little wood shack behind home plate. And he still remembers his grandfather, David, riding around the fields on his golf cart to check up on things.
All those memories, and perhaps more, are reasons why Nate Steffl and others like him dare to dream.
"That's kind of what we wanted to do," Nate says now, "just play a game that a lot of people here haven't seen for a while."


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JACKSONVILLE -- A North Carolina man was arrested for bigamy at the home of his fourth wife, whom he married in February allegedly without getting a divorce from his second or third wives.
Jacksonville police arrested Warren Allen Carskaden this week on a North Carolina warrant. He was released after he promised to attend future court hearings in North Carolina.
The charge is being pushed by his second wife, Kathryn, whom he married in Virginia Beach, Va., in 1991, and his third wife, Laura Ann, whom he married in Washington, N.C., in 1993. They did not know about each other for years, but when found out both were married to Carskaden, they began a crusade to convince officials to prosecute him.
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Prof. Goshaw's Group's First Measurement with ATLAS Experiment
We received this update from Prof. Al Goshaw: Mia Liu, my post doc, Andrea Bocci and I have made a first measurement with the ATLAS experiment of W and Z boson produced with high energy photons. This probes the structure of the W/Z/photon coupling in a new energy domain, and is sensitive to technicolor mesons decaying to Wg and Zg. The research was done with 2 other colleagues from Oxford and Academia Sinica. Andrea will present the results at the XIX International Workshop on Deep-Inelastic Scattering April 11-15 at Newport News, Virginia. I will present it at the April APS meeting in Anaheim, California. Mia will travel to CERN in May to participate in more data collection that will be used for her PhD thesis on this topic.


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FAIRFAX, Va., Sept. 21, 2007 – Leon Bates, one of America's leading concert pianists brings audiences to their feet, especially when he performs Gershwin classics. "Bates returned for a big-shoulder version of the 'Rhapsody in Blue.' He gave such impetus to the first movement that he was interrupted by applause at the end." (Philadelphia Inquirer) Leon Bates, along with soprano Louise Toppin and tenor Robert Mack, performs "Gershwin on Broadway" at George Mason University Center for the Arts on Friday, Oct. 19 at 8 p.m. A pre-performance discussion, free to ticketholders, begins 45 minutes prior to the curtain, on the Hall's Grand Tier III.
"Gershwin on Broadway," a celebration of the legendary American composer, includes dozens of timeless favorites including those from shows like "Lady Be Good," "Funny Face," "Strike Up the Band" and "Girl Crazy." The program features "Someone To Watch Over Me," "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off," "Summertime," "S'wonderful," "They Can't Take That Away From Me" and Bates' signature rendition of "Rhapsody in Blue."
"We are delighted to welcome Leon Bates back to the Center," said Rick Davis, artistic director for the Center for the Arts. "His playing is justly celebrated for its artful blend of power and poetry, and the combination of his interpretive gifts with Gershwin's luscious Broadway melodies will make for a very satisfying and sophisticated evening."
Bates' extensive repertoire includes Gershwin, Joplin, Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninoff and others. "Bates is a player equally at home in jazz and classical piano styles." (The Washington Post) A disciplined body-builder, he is also known for his propulsive, yet elegant style. "Built like a brick wall, with shoulders roughly the width of the piano keyboard, his is a commanding presence on the stage." (Asbury Park Press) Bates has performed in virtually all of the major concert venues in the United States, including the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall and both the Academy of Music and Kimmel Center in his native Philadelphia. He has toured extensively abroad. He has appeared on NBC's "The Today Show" and on "CBS Sunday Morning" and contributed to the film of PBS's "Music in the 20th Century." Bates is also a master teacher and typically performs more than 50 residency programs a season to inspire, motivate and delight promising young musicians. In addition to his orchestra engagements and teaching, Bates recently composed a lecture on the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. the Board of Education and its impact on his life and career as a black musician.
Soprano Louise Toppin has received critical acclaim for her opera, orchestral and oratorio performances worldwide. Her most recent performances include Clara in Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess" in the Opera Carolina and Piedmont Opera companies. She also received rave reviews from The Washington Post after a recent performance of Mozart's "Impresario" at the Kennedy Center. Tenor Robert Mack has performed in numerous opera houses across the United States and abroad, and was also a featured tenor soloist for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre's signature work, "Revelations."
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George helps out Kristin, a nurse who lost her husband not long after their honeymoon. Kristin spends so much of her time helping others and hasn't gotten a chance to update her space. Watch as George and his team of experts update the room while still leaving happy memories of her husband behind for her to enjoy.
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With a stay at Boonsiam Hotel in Krabi, you'll be minutes from Wat Kaew Korawaram and close to Khao Khanap Nam. This hotel is within close proximity of Walking Street and Chaloem Rattanakosin Sports Stadium.
Make yourself at home in one of the 120 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Private bathrooms have complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include phones, as well as desks and complimentary bottled water.
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Pamper yourself with onsite massages or enjoy recreation amenities such as bicycles to rent. This hotel also features complimentary wireless Internet access, a television in the lobby, and tour/ticket assistance.
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Featured amenities include complimentary newspapers in the lobby, dry cleaning/laundry services, and luggage storage. This hotel has 4 meeting rooms available for events. Guests may use a roundtrip airport shuttle for a surcharge, and free self parking is available onsite.
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Rockland — The following cases were closed in Knox County Superior Court June 2-6:
Jonathan E. Ashley, 24, of Union, unlawful possession of oxycodone, probation violation, $400 fine, two years in prison all suspended, probation one year.
Jennifer Grenier, 28, of Bridgton, trafficking in prison contraband.
Carl B. Gross, 28, of Vinalhaven, criminal mischief, $300 fine.
Terry Lawson, 39, of Rockland, unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs, $400 fine, $80 restitution.


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The Los Angeles Dodgers recovered from a ninth-inning blown save and scored two runs off Rockies closer Rafael Betancourt in the top of the 10th to beat slumping Colorado 7-5 Friday night.
Carl Crawford scored from third on Luis Cruz's hard comebacker that bounced off the back leg of Betancourt (1-3) and dribbled toward the third base side, and Juan Uribe followed with a run-scoring single.
Brandon League (1-2) picked up the win despite allowing Todd Helton's two-run homer with one out that tied the game at 5 in the ninth.
Ronald Belisario pitched a perfect 10th for his first save since Aug. 29, 2012, also at Colorado.
Ramon Hernandez led off the top of the 10th with and single and Crawford pinch ran for Hernandez. He took third on Skip Schumaker's single before Cruz knocked him in for just his fifth RBI of the season.
With the Rockies trailing 5-3 in the ninth, Helton fouled off five straight two-strike pitches before sending a 93 mph sinker into the second deck in right field to tie it with his fourth homer.
Before that, Clayton Kershaw stood to get his sixth win after allowing three earned runs on eight hits over seven-plus innings. Kershaw hurt the Rockies at the plate, too, with a two-run double in the fourth, a sacrifice bunt during the Dodgers' three-run third inning and a single.
But he couldn't hold a 5-0 lead.
Even with the win, the Dodgers were glad to see the calendar flip to June after going 10-17 in May for the lowest May winning percentage (.370) in club history.
The Rockies are really reeling.
After losing three of four to the lowly Houston Astros, they sorely needed a solid start from right-hander Jon Garland (3-7) but they didn't get it in losing for the sixth time in seven games. Garland, whose spot in the rotation is in question with Roy Oswalt tuning up in Double-A Tulsa for a possible promotion soon, gave up five earned runs on seven hits over five innings.
Rockies slugger Carlos Gonzalez wasn't in the lineup even though his .362 batting average against the Dodgers coming in was second-highest among active players behind David Wright's .371 clip.
"Looking at the schedule, I was looking for a spot to give him the day off at some point. This is the day I decided on," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. "He's been playing well. He's been grinding. It's been a long time since he's had a day, so I just felt like it was time."
CarGo pinch hit in the seventh with one out and two men on following a walk to Nolan Arenado and a double by DJ LeMahieu, but Kershaw struck him out on slider. Eric Young Jr., who started in left field for Gonzalez, then bounced out to short to end the threat.
The Rockies chased Kershaw with back-to-back singles by Fowler and Troy Tulowitzki with nobody out in the eighth. Right-hander Kenley Jansen plunked Michael Cuddyer with a 1-2 fastball to load the bases, but got Wilin Rosario to ground into a double play, with Fowler scoring, and then induced a groundball out from Jordan Pacheco.
League then blew his third save in 14 chances in the ninth.
Young's weak throw back to the infield helped Cruz score all the way from first base on Uribe's double in the Dodgers' three-run third inning. Mark Ellis and Adrian Gonzalez also knocked in runs that inning.
Kershaw's double into the left-field gap made it 5-0 in the fourth.
The Rockies got both runs back in the bottom half on Cuddyer's RBI single and Rosario's run-scoring groundout.
Notes: Cruz was plunked on his right hand by a pitch from Garland in the third but stayed in the game. ... This was Garland's first appearance against the Dodgers since July 27, 2010, when he was with the Padres. ... The Rockies are 5-0-1 against L.A. over the last six series with the Dodgers at Coors Field. ... Zack Greinke (2-1) faces Jhoulys Chacin (3-3) on Saturday.
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Archive for Thursday, January 31, 2008
Recycling best option
January 31, 2008
No one likes to think about where it goes. We drag it to the curb in the morning and when we get home, it is gone. Yet it has to go somewhere.
Under the new city of De Soto trash service agreement each customer will receive a 95-gallon can to wheel to the curb. If every household in De Soto were to fill that container each week, we would generate enough trash to cover the De Soto High School football field 28 feet deep each year.
We can do better. Please take this change as an opportunity to begin recycling paper, such as junk mail, printer paper, homework, newspapers, etc, and plastic, aluminum, cardboard, and tin cans in the containers at Starside and Morse Market.
Recycling saves landfill space, natural resources and energy.
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March 13, 2012
Short-term volatility in economic decision making and long-term underinvestment are among the risks.
By Paul Cantor
The world of investing is one in which there is an endless
stream of information. Curiously, it is also a world
characterized by increasing degrees of uncertainty. Investment
professionals and laymen alike are tasked with sifting through
this maze of often contradictory material in order to make
profitable long-term decisions. Some address this process by
utilizing rigorous mathematical models which attempt to balance
risk, reward, and probability of disparate outcomes. Others
count on expert insight, experience, and simple common sense to
shape their decision-making process. We are currently facing
one of the most uncertain investing environments
I've seen in my 30-year career as an investment
professional. This article recounts my research on leading
academics regarding the potential empirical impact of
uncertainty. In plain language, the question posed is: "Has
there been significant academic work done on the subject of
investing with uncertainty and, if so, what are the
The sources of this uncertainty are fairly obvious but I
believe it is currently extreme. The first level of uncertainty
is political. In the U.S., we have partisan politics at such
extremes that we are bordering on a dysfunctional government.
Governing by response to extreme crisis only opens up the
possibility of many negative left tail events. The inability of
government to address structural issues in both revenues (tax
code) and spending (entitlement programs) creates the
probability that the U.S. could become the next Greek Tragedy.
This is not an overnight outcome. Rather, it most likely plays
out several years from now. Occupy Wall Street, a U.S. debt
downgrade, and strident partisan politics are but the early
warning signs.
In addition to U.S. political malaise, there are pending
major elections and potential political change in numerous
important countries. They include 2012 scheduled elections in
Russia, India, Mexico, France, South Korea, Iran, and
Venezuela. China and North Korea will go through leadership
transitions. Italy, Greece, and Spain are already under new
governments and will continue to address their own issues. To
postulate that some of the outcomes on this matrix could be
deleterious to world economic growth seems more than
A second area of uncertainty stems from monetary policy,
both in the U.S. and abroad. The paramount economic issue
distilled to its most basic level is one of excessive debt
worldwide. The policy responses have been competitive currency
devaluations, the transfer of debt from the private to the
public sector, manipulation of debt curves, monetary largesse
in the form of ballooning central bank balance sheets, and
excessive degradation in the quality of those balance sheets.
The ability of central bankers to effectively normalize these
issues appears questionable. Further, the ability to react to
additional stresses from any left tail type events is highly
diminished. The governmental quiver is largely empty. To date,
the results have been sub-par GDP growth in the U.S. during the
past three years, a depression in Greece, and the beginnings of
recessions in other parts of Europe. The upside is that we have
so far avoided absolute fiscal and economic calamity.
As one might expect, the relationship between investment and
uncertainty has been a primary focus of much academic research
during the past 50 years. There is an enormous amount of
material to research, of which I only cite a few studies to
give a general sense of direction. So what do the experts think
uncertainty means for economic growth? Is there an empirical
answer to the question? In a recent paper (Oct. 2011) by Baker,
Bloom, and Davis (the former two academics of Stanford
University and the latter of the University of Chicago Booth
School of Business), they constructed a new index of
policy-related economic uncertainty.
Essentially, they conclude that "VAR (vector autoregressive
models) estimates show that an increase in policy uncertainty
equal to the actual change between 2006 and 2011 foreshadows
large and persistent declines in aggregate outcomes, with peak
declines of 2.2% in real GDP, 13% in private investment, and
2.5 million in aggregate employment."1 They further
summarize some of their findings as follows: "According to our
news-based approach, economic uncertainty is considerably
higher in the past 10 years than in the previous 15 years.
Second, policy-related uncertainty increased more sharply than
overall uncertainty. As a result, it accounts for a larger
share of economic uncertainty in the past decade –
more than 60% since 9/11 and a remarkable 77% in the 2010-2011
period. Third, policy uncertainty accounts for 8% of the
high-frequency movements in economic uncertainty since 9/11, a
much larger share than in earlier periods. These results imply
that policy-related concerns are an increasingly important
aspect of overall economic uncertainty, and that they account
for most of the movements in overall economic uncertainty in
recent years."2
Whether one agrees with the magnitude of the outcomes or the
methodology utilized in their study, it seems likely that the
direction of the conclusion is correct. When one considers all
the tangential elements of potential uncertainty such as
geopolitical tension, energy policy or the lack thereof,
environmental issues, European economic stability, and
China's growth and policy directions, it seems
viable to assert that future economic growth and incumbent
investor returns are highly uncertain. While a case can be made
that current U.S. equity valuations are not egregious by
historical standards, it seems prudent to be a bit conservative
when looking forward.
Additionally, a third critical area of uncertainty, that of
U.S. fiscal policy, needs to be addressed. In 2011, the U.S.
had revenues of approximately 15% of GDP while spending was
closer to 24% of GDP. Clearly, these are somewhat worse ratios
than the norm. Directionally, however, this is what the U.S.
budget looks like for years to come. In fact, it gets
substantively worse.
Spending on national defense has dropped from near 10% of
GDP in 1970 to closer to 5% today. In the same time frame,
entitlement spending for Social Security, Medicare, and
Medicaid has nearly tripled to 10% today. The cause is the
demographic reality of baby boomers aging into these programs,
coupled with increased longevity, and increased health care
costs. As the 78 million baby boomers (nearly a third of the
U.S. population and a much higher percentage of the voting
population) enter the rolls of these programs at an
accelerating rate over the next few years, total government
healthcare spending is projected to triple.
Only about one third of government spending, so called
discretionary spending, is subject to annual budgets. The 'Big
Three' entitlements are essentially on auto pilot.
When looking at the political divide today, it seems benign to
state that these issues will create increased policy
uncertainty as the debate about how to fix the problem becomes
louder and more imminent. If one assumes that the growth rate
for U.S. GDP could average 3-4%, and the findings from the
paper cited above are accepted, then we are likely looking at
continued sub-optimal economic growth for years to come.
The elephant in the room, however, could be the price of
excessive debt. Under the U.S. budget scenario, as we add a
trillion dollars or so of extra debt going forward each year,
the percentage of the budget which will go to pay the interest
on our exploding debt will increase dramatically. In fact, the
real net interest costs to the country are expected to triple
in absolute dollars within the next decade. This, of course,
assumes, in a quintessential Washington way, that the current
interest rate will remain static. As we've just
recently witnessed in Italy and Spain, the price of debt can
change enormously, literally overnight. It would seem
presumptuous to assume that we would be immune to a rising
interest rate environment even as our deficits reach levels
equal to and beyond the debt-to-GDP ratios currently causing
severe sovereign concerns in Europe. The fact that we can
continue to print money and to debase our currency is a valid
argument. However, that argument should then also incorporate a
discussion about inflation.
Turning to the subject of uncertainty and cyclical
investment, there is a working paper for the National Bureau of
Economic Research from our current Federal Reserve Chairman,
Ben Bernanke. While dated at July 1980 and later printed in the
Quarterly Journal of Economics in 1983, the conclusions still
appear valid and may continue to inform his thinking in his
current role at the Federal Reserve. The conclusion reads:
"This paper has argued that when investment is irreversible, it
will sometimes pay agents to defer commitment of scarce
investible resources in order to await new information.
Uncertainty which is potentially resolvable over time thus
exists as a depressing effect on current investment. This may
help explain the short-run investment fluctuations associated
with the business cycle."3
While not quantifying the effect of uncertainty, clearly he
agrees that there is a probability of reduced investment and
thus suboptimal economic output. His recent move to disclose
Fed interest rate objectives speaks to his desire to affect
investment behavior. One of the pertinent implications here is
that uncertainty can create both short-term volatility in
economic decision making and long-term underinvestment.
Both of these components will have negative real-life
effects on our labor force and our international competitive
stance. Business executives often have long lead times for
planning and implementation of capital investments. If the
future looks particularly uncertain, it seems feasible that
growth will be deterred. Confidence is a very fragile
commodity. This applies not only to business leaders, but to
the consumer, to international trading partners, and to
investors in the debt market. When you are a country that is
dependent on investors to buy our debt in order to meet our
spending requirements, having a high degree of uncertainty and
a lower outlook for growth can become a very bad situation very
quickly. Take note of the immediate economic reaction and
consequent market reaction to the debt ceiling debate this past
Another paper entitled "Corporate Investment and Cash Flow
Uncertainty," Oct. 2011, by two academics, Bhagat and Obreja,
at the Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado, found
the following: "We find that our measures of cash flow
uncertainty have a significantly negative impact on corporate
employment and corporate investment in both tangible and
intangible assets. Economically, if cash flow uncertainty were
to revert to levels observed back in 2005, corporate employment
would increase by more than 1.89 million jobs, investment in
tangible assets would increase by more than 10%, and investment
in intangible assets would increase by more than 19%.
Furthermore, we document that our risk measures have had a more
negative impact on corporate employment and corporate
investment in tangible and intangible assets during economic
recessions than during economic expansions."4
They use as examples of corporate uncertainty, with respect
to policy, the implementation and time line of the Health
Reform Act, environmental cap and trade reform, and corporate
tax reform. They further state that: "Our numerical example
suggests that corporate employment is far more sensitive to
changes in cash flow uncertainty than corporate investment.
This result is consistent with the idea that the average firm
would rather cut labor costs than investment, when faced with
increased uncertainty." 5
Once again, academics support the common sense assumptions
that one might reasonably make. It takes less than one minute
to search for statements from our current cast and potential
cast of government officials to find arguments for vastly
changing the tax code. These are both for and against and cover
the spectrum of "appropriate tax levels" for the 1% of top
earners, to rollbacks of prior legislation, to changes to
corporate rates, changes to deductions at both personal and
corporate levels, changes to tax credits channeled toward
specific industries, and changes to accounting methods for all
sorts of assets.
Unfortunately, one has to view fairly massive change as a
credible outcome to address in part the fiscal spending issue
outlined above. At the corporate level, these potential changes
will have significant impact on the cash flows a company might
receive and how they are deployed. At the individual level, in
a country devoid of savings, these could be life-changing
decisions. Incidentally, the individual tax payer bucket
accounted for 41.6% of government revenues in 2010. It was the
single largest revenue pool. Payroll taxes came in at 40% and
corporate tax was 8.9%. As recently as 2008, the top 1% paid
38% of all federal income taxes, the bottom 50% paid 3%, and
49% of all households paid no federal tax. This debate too is
likely to be exceptionally divisive. When you add in influence
peddling on the part of corporations, and special interest
groups who have the ability to shape industrial and regulatory
policy, there forms a truly toxic matrix of possibilities.
Given the discussion above about the current and future
levels of policy uncertainty, these results imply a potentially
risky investing environment during the next several years. The
real world fallout of a 13% drop in private investment and 2.5
million additional unemployed people are more than just
numbers. These represent people that will need support and put
additional burdens on governments and the social safety net.
The loss of productive investment implies diminished capital
returns to businesses. Neither serves to enhance the potential
return outcomes for those that are making current investment
Despite the fact that the S&P 500 Index is off to a very
good start in 2012, one should remember that it had a similar
start in 2011. If investing for the longer term, one needs to
discount the price of uncertainty and to insure that some
portion of asset allocation goes to strategies that will be
able to mitigate downside risk if not perform absolutely.
Timing the level of aggressiveness is exceedingly difficult to
do. Thus, investors need to understand the risks they are
taking as these issues come to fruition in the U.S. and
elsewhere. The demographic time bomb is ticking and the price
of uncertainty is likely to be high.
Paul Cantor is the co-founder and managing member of
Hercules Management Group, a market-neutral U.S. equity hedge
fund firm in New York.
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Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Monastery
Vegetarian Cooking Classes
( In English)
Over 8 weeks you'll have an opportunity to cook a variety of scrumptious Chinese
vegetarian dishes. We'll also go on a field trip to a Five-star, all-you-can-eat
veggie buffet in downtown Kaohsiung.
Eight (8) Saturdays from 10:00am-12:00pm; September 11th to October 30th, 2010
-7 classes in total
-6 classes @ Fo Guang Shan Monastery (1 overnight offered)
-1 final banquet @ Fo Guang Shan – invite 2 guests each (100 NT/person)
-1 Five-star veggie restaurant lunch (additional 300NT/person)
Each class includes a veggie meat/tofu dish, and 1 or 2 vegetable dishes.
Recipes will be put together into an e-book, which will include the Chinese
names of the ingredients and a photo, so that you can find them in the
Cost - 500NT/class
You must sign up for a minimum of 4 classes (if something comes up, refunds are
only possible if we are notified prior to ingredients' purchase that week)
There will be a Taxi-Pool from the Zuoying HSR every Saturday morning.
*October 2nd - No class - Five-star veggie restaurant lunch (we meet at the
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Earlier today, we looked at the Q2 2012 financials of DeNA's Western gaming business. We learned DeNA's Mobage platform brought in $30 million between April and September, and is expected to generate $60 million by the end of Q3. Mobage in the West is just one small part of DeNA. Let's see how big this company really is.
In Q2 2012, DeNA reported a revenue of ¥50.3 billion. That roughly translates to over $615 million. DeNA doesn't exclusively deal in games. DeNA also has an e-commerce business and a travel agency business. However, gaming is a huge part of the company. DeNA's game-related revenue ("item billing, in-game ads, developer advertising and mixi mobile applications") accounted for ¥42.2 billion, or over $517 million. Its e-commerce business accounted for ¥3.9 billion or over $49 million.
DeNA's gaming business is on the rise. People really seem to love those Moba-coins. Interestingly enough, players with feature phones (not smartphones) historically used more Moba-coins than smartphone users. Smartphones recently overtook feature phones in Moba-coin usage, but DeNA is not backing down on feature phone support. In fact, it plans to enhance its browser-based games on feature phones.
If you've played Marvel: War of Heroes, you may have noticed that even though it's an app, it looks and feels as if it's meant to be played in browser. That's because it is. However, DeNA plans on using HTML5 to make its browser games more attractive and app-like. It's also going to improve smartphone games with 3D graphics and "quick interaction" gameplay styles. An example of this is an upcoming DeNA first-person shooter that will be released in Sweden.
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WASH in Emergencies Training – BIOFORCE
Once a year, Global WASH Cluster Meetings are held to offer an opportunity for the Strategic Advisory Group, the Cluster Advocacy and Support Team, partners and other stakeholders to meet and discuss key topics and issues from the previous six months. It also provides a time for different sections of the cluster system to interact and inform each other about projects, share lessons learned and form working relationships. You can access minutes from previous GWC meetings on the right sidebar.
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WASH in Emergencies Training – BIOFORCE
Training info: Bioforce (French humanitarian institute) with the 10 days WiE training to be held in Senegal 10-20 October 2017 (Dakar or Thies, previously in Bamako); click here to download the flyer - more information on: http://www.institutbioforce.fr/
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22nd Annual Global WASH Cluster Meeting
The Global WASH Cluster will be hosting its annual meeting from the 22nd – 23rd November in Kathmandu, Nepal. The forum is expected to bring together humanitarian WASH partners involved in humanitarian WASH interventions globally to share experience, cross-country learning and to broaden networks in the sector. The theme of the meeting this year is: Coordinating WASH emergencies in a changing humanitarian landscape.
With this note therefore, the Global WASH Cluster (GWC) extends an invitation to all its members / WASH partners to attend the meeting. Registrations are open here.
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'BushProof' technical training on Water and Sanitation Infrastructure
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Urban WASH in Emergencies Course – RedR UK
Aid agencies in recent urban emergencies have often lacked the ability to respond effectively in these environments. One of the reasons for this is the lack of WASH experts with urban disaster response skills. The urban context is much more complex than many rural or camp-focused emergencies. The kind of response required is greatly affected by the type of disaster and the different urban environments, whether huge cities; medium sized towns; peri-urban or slum areas. International aid agencies are much less significant players in urban responses, as their available resources are often dwarfed by those of existing service providers. It is crucial for effective urban disaster response to build strong relations with national and municipal authorities as well as private sector service suppliers, and to work within existing legislation and long term plans for the cities. Read more here…
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Pre-Crisis Market Mapping and Analysis (PCMMA) Webinar
Last year the IRC and Oxfam collaborated to develop a Pre-Crisis Market Mapping and Analysis (PCMMA) Guidance document. This guidance is designed to support practitioners and decision makers carry out market analysis in pre-crisis contexts. We are now happy to formally announce the PCMMA guidance and to invite practitioners to an informative webinar launch event.
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The PCMMA is a practical, step-by-step resource to guide market analysis practitioners and team leaders to conduct market assessments prior to emergencies in order to anticipate how markets will respond after a shock occurs. Although based loosely on the EMMA methodology, the PCMMA does not replace existing market analysis tools, rather it is intended to provide a guide to applying those tools in pre-crisis contexts. The PCMMA is available for download via the EMMA Website and the Markets in Crises dgroup resource library.
Undertaking market analysis before a crisis can improve preparedness, feed into contingency planning efforts and contribute to the design of disaster risk reduction programs by identifying certain parts of market systems which may be vulnerable to shocks. Increasing the speed of emergency responses or strengthening market systems ahead of emergencies would potentially reduce the disaster impact on lives and livelihoods, and begin to address the longer term or chronic nature of poverty and vulnerabilities.
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21st Global WASH Cluster Meeting Report
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Annual Global WASH Cluster Meeting
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Four Rugged Psion Teklogix Handheld Devices Achieve SAP-Certified Integration with SAP Netweaver®
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Psion Teklogix Rugged Handheld Devices Now Certified for Integration With SAP NetWeaver Mobile 7.1 and Featured on SAP® EcoHub
LONDON and CINCINNATI, OHIO – January 12, 2011 – Psion Teklogix, Inc., (LSE: PON.L), a global provider of mobile computing solutions, today announced that the iKôn (7505),Workabout Pro 3 (7527), NEO for Windows CE and the Vehicle Mount 8525 G2 for Windows CE devices have been certified by SAP for mobile device integration with SAP NetWeaver® Mobile 7.1. Psion Teklogix's partners and customers using these solutions integrated with SAP NetWeaver Mobile in their environments can now experience shorter implementation times, technical enablement and faster return on investment.
The SAP® Integration and Certification Center (SAP ICC) has certified that iKôn (7505), Workabout Pro 3 (7527), NEO for Windows CE and the Vehicle Mount 8525 G2 for Windows CE devices integrate with SAP NetWeaver Mobile 7.1 via the SAP NetWeaver mobile device certification (NW-MOB-DEV) 7.0 and 7.1 integration scenario. Psion Teklogix is also a member of the SAP PartnerEdge™ program. Through the program, partners work closely with SAP to develop and certify the technical integration of their solutions with SAP software. Integrated partner applications extend, complement and add value to SAP solutions, helping mutual customers successfully meet business needs and drive strong results.
As an SAP software solution partner, Psion Teklogix's mobile computing products and solutions are now featured on the SAP EcoHub solution marketplace. The community-enabled SAP EcoHub site makes it easier for customers to discover, evaluate and purchase partner solutions – such as Psion Teklogix's solutions – that complement SAP applications. It integrates community input, user feedback, ratings and partner demos, enabling a more educated and intelligent selection of solutions. In addition, through Psion Teklogix's online community, IngenuityWorking.com, customers and partners can share information on building solutions integrated with SAP NetWeaver. SAP has certified the iKôn (7505), Workabout Pro 3 (7527), NEO for Windows CE and the Vehicle Mount 8525 G2 for Windows CE devices in the following functions:
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Psion Teklogix Workabout product line was first launched nearly two decades ago, and has always had a foundation in modularity, expandability and easy customization. The company's new open innovation model and online community, IngenuityWorking.com further expands the opportunities for Psion Teklogix customers to collaborate and develop customized mobile computers to meet the specific needs of their business. The Workabout Pro 3 expands upon the usability and modularity of the Workabout Pro series, offering improved flexibility, efficiency and performance for everything from RFID and scanning to biometrics. The iKôn packs functionality and flexibility with class-leading ergonomics, aesthetics and ease-of-use. It is a category-leading data capture device with fully integrated voice and data communications. The NEO for Windows CE is a rugged, flexible, user-friendly handheld designed to meet the demands of light industrial, retail, or supply chain logistics operations. Though all of Psion Teklogix's handhelds are rugged, the Vehicle Mount 8525 G2 for Windows CE is designed for some of the most extreme working environments around, withstanding temperatures between -22°F to 140°F (-30ºC to +60ºC).
"Our goal is to provide customers with the most comprehensive, total solutions on the market today while delivering a tangible return on investment," said Dave Perrine, vice president, Enterprise Solutions at PEAK Technologies, a systems integrator of supply chain automation and inventory management solutions and services. "Psion Teklogix's partnership with SAP and the certification of its four innovative, rugged devices will allow us to provide the latest technology to help meet the demands of our customers using SAP solutions."
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JANESVILLE—A Tennessee man was being held at the Rock County Jail after being arrested on a charge of fourth-offense drunken driving Saturday night.
According to a Rock County Sheriff's Office news release, deputies stopped the vehicle Spencer Petitt was driving for speeding at 7:28 p.m. Saturday in the area of County G and Townline Road. After the deputy detected an odor of intoxicants on Petitt's breath, he conducted field sobriety tests on Petitt, who failed them.
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