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Bloomberg's "Chart Of The Day" Warns Of Coming Surge In Wheat, Corn Prices
by Zero Hedge - December 12th, 2010 11:55 pm
Courtesy of Tyler Durden
Now that the Chairman's new mandate is not to prevent disinflation but to generate inflation, he may soon be patting himself on the back… but for all the wrong reasons. As the Bloomberg chart of the day indicates, the world may very soon see a surge in wheat and corn prices, pushing such staples as bread and corn flakes through the roof. The reason, in addition to Bernanke's flawed monetary policy: "bad weather and a shortage of farmland threaten to create supply shock waves." As the chart below shows the price of a basket of grains and palm oil has risen almost 50 percent since the 50-day moving average passed through the 100-day line. On the two previous times this occurred the past decade, prices about doubled or tripled over the following two years before peaking. In other words, if history is any indicator, we may see a quadrupling of input prices from here as the last "food inflation" bubble is recreated. Are double digit prices for a loaf of bread in the immediate future for what will soon be a hungry US middle (what's left of it), and not-so middle class? Quite possibly. Luckily, all their stock gains should more than offset this upcoming price shock. Or not.
More from Bloomberg:
Drought in Russia and other parts of Europe, excessive rains in Canada, dry weather in the U.S. and flooding in Pakistan prompted the UN Food and Agriculture Organization to pare its harvest estimates. The agency forecast a 37.4 million metric ton shortfall in grains production for 2010, which would be the first deficit in at least three years. Global production of grains will be 2.216 billion tons this season, compared with demand of 2.254 billion tons, the FAO said last month.
"Our main concern is the low level of stocks," Abdolreza Abbassian, secretary of the trade markets division of the agency's Intergovernmental Group on Grains, said in a phone interview from Rome. "We don't have enough buffer in the event of a major shortfall in production next year."
After October and November saw a series of basic staples opening limit up on the commodity exchanges, it appears that the recent brief respite of price moderation may soon be coming to an end:
Wheat futures surged
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Bespoke Finds S&P 500 Most Overbought Since November 2009
by Zero Hedge - December 12th, 2010 11:06 pm
Courtesy of Tyler Durden
Following on our earlier observations courtesy of Sentiment Trader that the Nasdaq has hit its the most extreme bullish reading since 2005, and the dumb money confidence is the highest it has been in the same period of time, we now get confirmation from Bespoke that indeed stocks are now merely floating on a see of excess liquidity and nothing else. As Bespoke notes: "The chart below highlights the level at which the S&P 500 has traded relative to its 50-day moving average (DMA) over the last year (measured in standard deviations). As shown in the chart, today's close puts the S&P 500 into 'extreme overbought' territory (2+ standard deviations above 50-DMA) and at its most overbought level since November 2009." Expect momentum chasers and dumb money speculators to go apeshit and to buy anything and everything in sight on this latest observation.
And while discussing the most euphoric market seen in years, here are John Hussman just released observations on market conditions:
As of last week, the Market Climate for stocks was characterized by an overvalued, overbought, overbullish, rising-yields syndrome that has historically been hostile for stocks. Clearly, we can't observe what the outcome will be in this particular instance. We can't rule out the possibility that investors will continue to speculate on the hope of ever larger deficits and some further combination of illegal or irresponsible Fed actions. From our standpoint, the return/risk profile of the equity market is the most negative that we ever observe historically, so we are willing to speculate neither on the hope for government wisdom, nor on the hope for government recklessness. Investors who are convinced that monetary and fiscal actions will drive the market ever higher can easily offset our hedges by establishing exposure to the S&P 500 or more speculative alternatives. What I can't do on behalf of those investors is violate our discipline and take a speculative exposure in an environment where the historical evidence indicates an extraordinarily hostile return-to-risk tradeoff.
Our objective remains to significantly outperform our benchmarks over the complete market cycle, with smaller periodic losses. I recognize that it has not been satisfactory simply to lose less than the S&P, but with smaller drawdowns, since the 2007 peak. Still, it would be an understatement to say this has been
Great Atlantic And Pacific Supermarket Chain Files Chapter 11, Cites Excess Leverage And Margin Pressures Among Bankruptcy Causes
by Zero Hedge - December 12th, 2010 10:59 pm
Courtesy of Tyler Durden
And another one bites the dust. Montvale, NJ based grocery chain Great Atlantic and Pacific has filed for bankruptcy, pretty much as had been expected for the past week. The 101-year-old operator of 395 supermarkets and other stores, filed for bankruptcy after failing to turn around its business amid increased competition from wholesale clubs and drugstores. A&P, based in Montvale, New Jersey, listed assets of $2.5 billion and debts of $3.2 billion in its Chapter 11 filing today in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in White Plains, New York. The company has 41,000 employees, 95 percent of whom are covered by union agreements, according to the filing. And among the reasons for the filing, most notably ridiculous leverage incurred with the stupid purchase of Pathmark 3 years prior, is, you guess it: margin pressure. "Margin pressure imposed by declining operating cashflow has amplified the bottom line effects of the Debtors' leveraged balance sheet and significant legacy costs….A&P, like many supermarket operators, continues to cope with the recent economic decline and reduced customer spending while running on narrow profit margins and facing intense competition." What? Reduced consumer spending? Margin pressure? Huh? Not according to the Chairman, who says inflation and margin collapse is merely in the eye of the beholder: the economic central planners would never allow this, and any bankruptcies that prove the contrary should be ignored and promptly forgotten.
Expect some serious weakness in grocery and supermarket stores tomorrow as a little piece of reality creeps it way into what we earlier classified as one of the most overbought markets in the five years.
Full first day affidavit below. Read it closely – many more such comparables will soon come to the fore as the Chairman succeeds in pushing input costs higher.
Weekly Review And Upcoming Events Calendar
by Zero Hedge - December 12th, 2010 8:09 pm
Courtesy of Tyler Durden
A look at the week ahead
US stimulus and activity The Senate votes on the fiscal package Monday at 3:00 pm. Assuming it passes, the House of Representatives is likely to vote later in the week. Congress plans to adjourn for the year December 17. Fiscal policy remains very important for the medium term USD outlook due to the building tension between stronger demand and potentially widening twin deficits. There will also be some focus on the Philly Fed and Empire surveys next week, which sent a very divergent message on US manufacturing activity last month. Also next week, there will be $24 worth of Fed-given liquidity courtesy of 4 POMOs on every day except Tuesday.
Central banks Following the Fed's resumption of QE in November, this week's FOMC meeting will be quiet. Elsewhere, central banks meetings are taking place in Chile, Colombia, India, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. Both the CBC in Chile and the Riksbank in Sweden will hike by 25 bps, in line with consensus, reflecting a desire by these central banks to continue normalizing policy rates given relatively strong growth. Central banks in Colombia, India, Norway, and Switzerland will remain on hold, with the SNB especially important to watch given that EUR/CHF is close to its historic lows on the back of ongoing tensions in the Euro zone.
EU Summit EU leaders aim to agree a limited EU treaty change in order to set up a permanent rescue mechanism for countries in financial difficulty. Foreign affairs ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday and Tuesday (13-14) under various formats will prepare the summit's draft conclusions.
Monday 13th
United States Senate The Senate votes on on the fiscal package Monday at 3:00 pm. Assuming it passes, the House of Representatives is likely to vote later in the week. Congress plans to adjourn for the year December 17.
Tuesday 14th
India WPI (Nov) We expect WPI inflation to come in at 7.6%, above the consensus expectation of 7.5% but significantly lower than the 8.6% in October, mainly due to base effects.
UK CPI (Nov) We forecast 0.2% mom inflation in November, a decline from the 0.3% mom pace in October. Consensus expects inflation to remain unchanged from its October level.
US retail sales (Nov) Consensus calls for a MoM change of 0.6% for headline retail sales, down from the very strong 1.2%…
Who's Buying Corporate Bonds, And Why Did The Household Sector, Contrary To Expectations, End Up Dumping $130 Billion In Bonds In Q3?
by Zero Hedge - December 12th, 2010 6:56 pm
Courtesy of Tyler Durden
That is the question BofA's Hans Mikkelsen tries to answer looking at last week's Z.1 statement. It is well known by now that the biggest beneficiary of the persistent equity outflows have been inflows into corporate bonds, primarily of the Investment Grade variety, as investors continue to distrust the equity markets. Yet to its surprise, BofA finds that the biggest source of capital for corporate and foreign bonds was not the household sector, but rather commercial banks, and specifically foreign banking offices. As to the "household" sector, which is the key place where retail is traditionally hidden, due to its status as a placeholder plug: it was the biggest seller of corporate bonds selling an annualized $541 billion of paper in Q3. How this number makes any sense in light of all the other data we have been getting recently is yet to be explained. Yet was is even more surprising is that corporate stocks, which ended Q3 about 10% higher than at the start of the quarter, saw net sales of over $80 billion annualized… How that led to an increase in prevailing prices is a riddle, wrapped in mystery, contained inside the Fed's ES/SPY purchasing JV with Citadel.
More from BofA:
Commercial banks emerged as the biggest (by far) net purchaser of US corporate and foreign bonds in Q3, according to Fed Flow of Funds data. Within commercial banks, foreign banking offices in the US accounted for the bulk of purchases ($440bn annualized, or roughly $110bn during Q3) while bank holding companies purchased the rest. We doubt that foreign banks were this active in corporate bonds and conjecture that a good portion of these purchases took place in foreign assets such as (non-US) US$ sovereign and supranationals (these are included in the category "corporate and foreign bonds"), where net issuance spiked in September. Mutual funds and life insurance companies continued to accumulate significant amounts of corporate and foreign bonds while Households, funding corporations and money market funds were the biggest sellers. Life insurance companies stepped up their purchases of corporate and foreign bonds significantly in Q3 while reducing their purchases of equities. Mutual funds significantly increased their purchases of all debt asset classes in Q3 while Pension funds continued a relatively unchanged strategy of purchasing mainly Treasuries and some corporate and foreign bonds while selling
The Big Shrink
by ilene - December 12th, 2010 6:43 pm
Courtesy of Michael Panzner at Financial Armageddon
An interactive feature at The Atlantic, "This Is What America's Manufacturing Story Looks Like," shows just how much things have changed in what used to be the world's industrial powerhouse.
We're number…5! We're number…5!
Another reason to buy stocks? [Editor's note: lol].
Weekly Perma-Rosiness From Erik Nielsen
by Zero Hedge - December 12th, 2010 5:59 pm
Courtesy of Tyler Durden
Below is Erik Nielsen's latest dose of European permabullishness. At this point it is pretty much pointless to keep track of who is who at Goldman – the last attempt to reignite "The Ponz" is going gull blast, and every single person has forsaken their credibility in order to pitch the propaganda line. How Goldman's strategists pretend to be even remotely relevant any more is a mystery to anyone. The bottom line, and cutting through all the bullshit, is that Germany will do almost everything to keep the Euro, and thus import the periphery's monetary weakness, keeping its exports cheep, absent a fiscal union, no matter what the petrified bureaucrat Schauble says. Luckily Angela Merkel gets it… for now. Which is why all those who were expecting the WSJ interview with the German finance minister to push the EURUSD higher in Monday trading are in for a disappointment judging by the early action in the pair.
From Erik Nielsen
Happy Sunday,
It's a beautiful winter day here in Chiswick today: cold and crisp and high blue sky. For Northern Europe, you couldn't ask for more in mid-December. And Europe is still standing; here's the way I see it:
- Merkel's and Sarkozy's statements on Friday provide a welcome return to the German-French leadership of Europe.
- Whatever scepticism one might have had, one cannot doubt the political commitment to the European project – and we haven't yet seen even half the intrusive measures implemented elsewhere.
- Last week provided a mixed bag of data – still strong, but less clear-cut than expected.
- The European Commission has – finally – come around to accept a more appropriate accounting of payments to pension funds. Good for – particularly – Central Europe.
- Lots of great feedback on our numbers for Euro-zone financing needs in Thursday's European Weekly Analyst; but look out for the definitions used.
- Next week will see the last EU summit of the year; we'll get approval on the permanent rescue mechanism.
- The Irish parliament is scheduled to debate the overall package (the conditionality) on Wednesday.
- Euro-zone data this coming week will focus on the PMIs; they should move slightly higher.
- UK data this coming week includes inflation (3.1%) and unemployment numbers.
- The Swiss National Bank is likely to leave rates unchanged at their meeting this week; their monetary policy assessment is likely to be
Deflationists Take Note: Bernanke Succeeds In Offsetting Shadow Banking Collapse
by ilene - December 12th, 2010 5:11 pm
Courtesy of Tyler Durden
The biggest piece of news in Thursday's Z1 statement was not that consumers continue to deleverage, that corporate cash levels are at $1.9 trillion (of which $1 trillion is financial and half of the rest is held offshore: maybe instead of copying Zero Hedge charts, the WSJ could have actually focused on the story behind the headlines) or that the stock market continues to be the only manipulated delta in household net worth (even as wealth in real terms is dropping). A far more relevant and important data highlight has to do with the only thing that actually matters for the reflation of the monetary bubble: namely the fact that the contraction in the shadow banking system is continuing. Or so was the conventional wisdom. As of September 30, Bernanke has successfully stopped the net decline of monetary aggregates even when including the massive shadow banking system.
As we have long claimed, every action by the Fed, every attempt at reflation, every bond purchase directly, and ES purchase indirectly courtesy of Citadel, have had the sole goal of counteracting the impact of the collapsing shadow banking liabilities. Compared to shadow liabilities, which topped out at $21 trillion in March of 2008, all other monetary aggregates are irrelevant: this includes both their representation in bank balance sheets, such as traditional banking liabilities and the broadest representation of money stock tracked by the Fed, M2 (since as of 2006 M3 is no longer tracked due to the egregious costs of keeping track of this data). And the biggest, and so far most credible, argument that deflationists have had, is that the shadow banking system, and its reconstructed M3 proxy is plunging far faster than Bernanke is reflating other parallel aggregates. Well, that is now over. As of Q3 2009, the sequential change in shadow and traditional bank liabilities was net positive by $3.8 billion: this is the first time this number has posted an increase since December 2008! This fact should send a wedge of terror into the hearts of all those, both deflationists and inflationsts, who realize the significance of this inflection point: it appears that Bernanke has finally succeeded at offsetting the drop in the shadow banking system.
Up until now the one and only defense that those who anticipate continued asset price declines was that on a net basis, the monetary system…
Bankers Secretly Meeting to Control the World?!? Yawn…
by phil - December 12th, 2010 4:54 pm
If you want to know why the powers that be hate the New York Times – read this!
"The Paper of Record," one of the few remaining news entities not controlled by Rupert Murdoch or some other Billionaire or major corporation, still has the guts to tell it like it is as they are actually pointing a finger right at the Gang of 12 (well 9 of them) and those not-so-secret meetings they have been having for years where they sit down and think of new and exciting ways to control the World. It takes a lot of guts to write an article like this, especially one which actually names ICE (I got my ass handed to me with legal BS when I dared mention them in conjunction with the word "manipulation." Fortunately they straightened me out and we now know that clearly there is no manipulation in the energy markets – can I have my Grandma back now?).
Anyway, those fools at the NY Times have thrown caution to the wind without naming specific names using the phrase "giants LIKE JPM, GS and MS" – something I have learned to do as well because, if you don't – THEY WILL GET YOU! And what are they saying about our friendly Banksters?:
In theory, this group exists to safeguard the integrity of the multitrillion-dollar market. In practice, it also defends the dominance of the big banks. The banks in this group, which is affiliated with a new derivatives clearinghouse, have fought to block other banks from entering the market, and they are also trying to thwart efforts to make full information on prices and fees freely available. Banks' influence over this market, and over clearinghouses like the one this select group advises, has costly implications for businesses large and small,
According to the Times, the marketplace as it functions now "adds up to higher costs to all Americans," said Gary Gensler, the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which regulates most derivatives. More oversight of the banks in this market is needed, he said. Big banks influence the rules governing derivatives through a variety of industry groups. The banks' latest point of influence are clearinghouses like ICE Trust, which holds the monthly meetings with the nine bankers in New York.
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Draft of plans for APEX at City Center completed
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[January 27, 2012]
Thursday evening there was a public
meeting at the Lincoln Park District to unveil the drafted plans for
the "APEX @ City Center."
At the first public meeting in October, it was announced that
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital had gifted to the city the
property where the old hospital had stood on Eighth Street.
At that time Mayor Keith Snyder said it was his goal to see a
health and wellness facility of some type erected where the hospital
once stood. He said it would be a fitting homage to a location that
for over 100 years had seen to the health and well-being of Lincoln
and Logan County residents.
At the same time, Snyder announced the Woods Foundation had
gifted money for the development of a design for a health and
wellness park.
At the October meeting, Kent Massie of Massie Massie and
Associates along with Lisa Kramer of Prairie Engineers had talked
about the options available for such a facility.
In the end a committee was formed and work began on creating a
viable plan for the space.
At the October meeting, there were those who were opposed to the
development of another "park' in the city of Lincoln. The most vocal
of those was Lincoln resident Ray Payne, who spoke out several times
against the plan before leaving the meeting midway through.
At this week's meeting, Snyder said the committee for the
development of a plan had been very active in the last few months,
and they had come up with something that would benefit the residents
of Lincoln and pay the suitable homage to the old hospital.
Massie provided a slide show of the initial drawings that have
been completed. He said the input of the committee had driven the
drawing, and he had gotten really excited over their enthusiasm for
the project and the imagination they had put into it.
The APEX, first of all, is a new name given to the site by Andrea
Burris. The name came about when committee member Njere Berry sent
out a mass email from her workplace, Lincoln Christian University,
asking students and co-workers to offer their suggestions of a
Berry said the response to her request was amazing. She compiled
a list of all the suggestions, brought it to the committee, and APEX
was the one that stood out.
APEX is an acronym for Area for Personal Enrichment
and eXercise.
After the name was chosen, the committee's youngest member, Tate
Mourning, came up with a logo for the APEX, and it evolved into the
APEX @ City Center.
Massie said the design of the park began with a one-fifth-mile
walking path. From there, he inserted circles and ovals into the
path to add options for walkers. This is something the committee had
felt was important to have.
The rest of the APEX was then divided into regions, with the
central focus being a large mound or hill. The hill is currently
designed to have a rope-climbing feature, a boulder-climbing feature
and a set of steps, all leading to the top, where there will be wind
Another area of the APEX will have a water feature where children
can play in sprinklers. The area will also have a sidewalk around it
suitable for roller skating or tricycles for tots.
A third area will be established for low-impact exercises such as
yoga or meditation, and a fourth area is currently designated as an
outdoor amphitheater for live entertainment or outdoor movies.
Throughout the APEX there will be trees, benches and outdoor
exercise equipment stations.
Kramer spoke about what the next steps would be, now that a
drawing is completed. She said the plans will first be taken to the
Lincoln City Council for their approval. She hopes to do that at
their Feb. 28 meeting.
Once the plans are approved, the next big task will be to secure
funding for the project. She said there are a number of state
and federal grants for these types of developments, and there are
also possibilities of private donors helping to fund the project.
Snyder mentioned the city was also gifted the ALMH parking lot on
the north side of Eighth Street. He said if that parking lot were
sold to a developer for housing, the money from the sale could be
invested in the building of the APEX. He noted the size and shape of
the lot lent itself to the building of a multi-unit development more
than to single-family homes.
After the talks given by Massie, Kramer and Snyder, the floor was
opened for discussion.
Payne was present once again for this meeting and continued to
raise his objections to another park in the city of Lincoln. He said
he felt the ideas presented for the APEX could be incorporated into
the other city parks, and this property could be developed into
Bill Gossett, who is a member of the planning committee for the
APEX, said he didn't see the need for a housing development.
Snyder said the property was a gift to the city, and the city
didn't intend to sell it for profit. He told Payne if the area can't
be used for the good of the community, he would rather see it given
back to the hospital.
Payne said the city gave the property to the hospital in the
first place, just as they had given the property to build the new
hospital last year. However, Snyder said Payne had been misinformed;
the city did not give property to ALMH so they could build their new
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Payne also said he didn't believe anyone would use the APEX. He
noted the park district was heated in the winter and air-conditioned
in the summer and that no one was going to go walking in the extreme
heat or cold. However, there were more than a few in the audience
who disagreed with him.
Payne finally asked what would be wrong with putting it on a
ballot and asking the taxpayers if they wanted another park. Snyder
said the taxpayers would have a voice in the matter through their
city aldermen. He told Payne the aldermen will be given the
opportunity to decide how to go forward. If voters in their wards
have opposition to the APEX, they should contact their aldermen with
their concerns.
Moving on in the discussion, others spoke out in favor of the
Among them was Ron Tomczak. Tomczak said his father-in-law, Dr.
Ed Ulrich, practiced medicine at ALMH for over 30 years. He said Dr.
Ulrich, now deceased, would have been very happy to see the old
hospital site being used in this manner.
He also spoke about living in Chicago for a time and recently
returning to find some old buildings gone and a site similar to the
APEX in its place. He said it added to the community, and a lot of
people were using it.
Wayne Cox and Berry both spoke about a site in Bloomington that
offers many of these same components. Both said they took their
families to Bloomington to enjoy that place and would love to be
able to have something like it in Lincoln.
Andy and Melody Anderson were present at the meeting. Andy is a
member of the Logan County Board, and Melody is a Ward 1 Alderman.
Andy asked Massie if there were other sites in the area like the
APEX, and if so, were they successful, did people use them?
Massie said the APEX is a unique space he has really enjoyed
putting together. In other areas there are parks with bits and
pieces of the same components, but there is nothing like the
APEX. As far as being successful, he said yes, the majority of them
are. He added, though, there are a few that are not, and he sees
that as being due to a lack of involvement and proper planning.
Alderwoman Kathy Horn also commented, saying the APEX was
creating a place for the imagination. There are no typical
playground areas in the APEX; it has spaces that will allow people
to imagine for themselves what they are.
Other items that were discussed involved parking. Snyder pointed
out there is one short bank of parking along Walnut Street
specifically for the APEX, but there is also an abundance of
street-side parking.
It was also pointed out there will be a bike parking area, and it
is hoped that many folks will bike, walk or run to and from the
Cox also commented about what a place like this can do to attract
people into the community. Cox's wife is Dr. Melissa Cox, who
practices medicine in Lincoln. He said there was a time when she was
involved in trying to draw new doctors into the community, and for
many of them, they felt Lincoln didn't have enough family-oriented
activity spaces; they wanted more from a community if they were
going to bring their families into it.
Mike Maniscalco of the Lincoln & Logan County Development
Partnership also spoke about this, saying investing in the community
was attractive to those he is trying to bring in. He said it was
good to be able to say to a company looking to come to Lincoln:
"This community invests in itself; why don't you invest in it too?"
He said what he saw was exciting for economic development, and he
looks forward to seeing the APEX completed.
As the evening wound down, another topic was introduced. Snyder
said he would like to work with Marsha Greenslate and Roy Logan of
the Lincoln Park District at some time in the future to develop a
city park master plan. The city of Lincoln does have small parks
scattered throughout the city and the larger Memorial Park on the
city's far west edge. Snyder said it would be good to look at all
the parks in the city and see what needs to be done to make them
better for the community.
Snyder said if the plans for the APEX @ City Center are approved
by the council in February, he hopes to put together a fresh
committee for the purpose of finding the funds to build it. He noted
that there are, as Kramer said earlier, grants that can be applied
for, but he also believes there are people in Lincoln who will
contribute. He said as a matter of fact, he's already heard from
some who do want to help, and he will be contacting them when the
time is appropriate.
See copy of concept plan.
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Liverpool defender Toure targeting trophies
Liverpool opted to give Kolo Toure a new one-year deal and the defender is eager to reward them by adding to their trophy haul next season.
Kolo Toure plans to use his experience to help Liverpool's "great" young players win a trophy next season after signing a new contract.
The 34-year-old defender put pen to paper to extend his stay at Anfield by another year on Tuesday, with Andre Wisdom signing a new four-year deal.
Toure won the Premier League title with Arsenal and Manchester City, as well as winning the FA Cup three times and ended his Ivory Coast career by lifting the Africa Cup of Nations.
After opting to remain on Merseyside, Toure has now set his sights on more glory at club level after a disappointing 2014-15 campaign for Brendan Rodgers' side.
He told the club's official website: "It's fantastic news and I couldn't ask for more. For me, to be able to play for one of the best clubs in the world for longer means a lot to me, so I feel really happy to extend my career at this fantastic club.
"Everything is great for me with the other players, the manager, the club and the fans and I love it here.
"I am one of the most experienced players in the squad and I have to play that role because we have so many young players. For me, it's important that I try to help those young players when they need it. I am happy to do that, I like to take on that responsibility, and I enjoy that role.
"The manager has known me for a long time and we've been speaking very well together. He knows what I can do on and off the pitch.
"I have won some things in my career, but now I want to help the likes of Philippe Coutinho, Jordan Henderson and the other young players win something because they are great, great players.
"If I can help them in any way with my experience to achieve things next season, that would be massive for me."


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Decision on UK Presidency of EU Council poses one of the first major challenge for EU leaders – Hayes
Brian Hayes MEP today said that a decision to be taken on what happens with the UK's upcoming 6-month Presidency of the EU Council will be one of the first major practical challenges that EU leaders face.
"In July 2017, the UK was due to take up its 6-month Presidency of the EU Council and while it will still be a member of the European Union, it makes no sense that the UK should carry out this term. For the UK to take the driving seat in decisions on EU laws that will not affect it in the future would be wrong.
"For Ireland, a UK Presidency would always have worked in our favour. At the EU Council table, they are our natural partners and allies when it comes to EU decision-making. Losing such an ally is a great shame, particularly for something as important as an EU Council Presidency. But it is now in the interest of the other 27 Member States that we urge the UK to relinquish its Presidency in the second half of 2017.
"This issue will be one of the first major practical challenges that EU leaders must decide on following Brexit. Rules to change the order of the rotating EU Presidencies must be agreed by unanimous decision among all Member States. There has never been an amendment to the order of the Presidencies so this is unchartered territories. A report by the House of Lords before the referendum said that the UK government should immediately give consideration to alternative arrangements for its Presidency if there is a vote to leave.
"There are a number of options. Firstly, a different Member State could take over the Presidency as a substitute for the UK. This may work for some of the bigger Member States as they would have the adequate resources in place and be prepared to take on extra workload. However, this would give one Member State a greater share of Presidencies in the period 2007-2020, where all Member States are due to undertake just one Presidency.
"The second option would be for either Malta, whose Presidency begins in January 2017, or Estonia, whose Presidency begins in January 2018, to extend the term of their Presidency to 12 months. This looks like a good solution but both for both of these countries, this is their first EU Presidency, which makes the task of a 12 month Presidency a much more overwhelming proposition.
"The third option is for Malta and Estonia to both share the responsibility of taking over the UK's Presidency. This would mean both Malta and Estonia would undertake a 9-month Presidency term. In my opinion, this is the most logical compromise. It is a manageable solution for both countries and does not seriously affect the calendar of rotating Presidencies. I believe that the Irish government should favour such a solution when it comes to a decision in the European Council."


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How Long does it take to Defrost a Chicken
Freezing whole, uncooked chicken is a very common practise but it is amazing how little information is available, particularly online, as to how long it takes to defrost the chicken before we can cook it. That is what I hope to explore in depth in the content of this article.
The first thing we should do is look at how we should not defrost our chicken. We do not wish to make it unsafe for human consumption or waste it in any other way. We must therefore never leave it to thaw at room temperature, either sealed in its packaging or unsealed. Chicken can develop harmful bacteria in this way that we would not wish to digest in to our bodies. Similarly, if we choose to defrost the chicken in the microwave, we must cook it immediately afterwards, as the cooking process may have begun and will facilitate the growth of such bacteria if the bird is left to sit for any length of time.
By far the best way to thaw chicken is on a tray in the refrigerator. Remove or loosen any packaging and sit the tray on the very bottom of your refrigerator. The tray will hopefully catch most of the defrosting juices and water but what we do not wish to happen is for any such liquid to drip on to other food in the refrigerator and contaminate it. It will take a small chicken around twenty-four hours to defrost in this way or up to forty-eight hours for a larger bird.
If perhaps we do not have this time available to us to defrost our chicken or we simply forget to take it out of the deep freeze far enough in advance, we can always fall back on the cold water method. This involves leaving the bird sealed in its packaging and submerging it in cold water. The water should be changed hourly and the chicken will defrost in a maximum of about twelve hours, again dependant upon its size.
It is vital that we ensure the chicken is fully defrosted before we cook it and if any doubt remains we must afford it more thawing time, regardless of what this will do to our dining plans or schedule. Remember also that thawed or partially thawed chicken must never be re-frozen prior to being cooked.
Finally, we must ensure that we cook chicken properly and never under any circumstances eat it in any way under-cooked. The easiest way to tell whether a whole chicken is properly cooked or not is by sticking a metal skewer deep in to the thickest part of the thigh then, with the same skewer, pressing firmly down on top of the puncture we have made so that the juices run out. If the juices are clear, the chicken is ready; if they are in any way red or even pink, more cooking time will be necessary.
I hope that I have helped you resolve the dilemma of how long it will take to defrost your chicken and that you enjoy its succulence to the full.


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Competition Winners: Where are they now? (Part 2)
This is a continued segment of our previous blog post, updating you on the recent activity and plans of our 2014 competition winners. —Miles Bowers, Intern with The Photo Review
This is a continued segment of our previous blog post, updating you on the recent activity and plans of our 2014 competition winners. —Miles Bowers, Intern with The Photo Review
We wanted to give you a little update on what our 2014 competition prize winners have been up to lately and what projects they are planning for the future. Check out the list below to see where these talented individuals … Continued
This post is a follow-up to the last post on landscapes. Here, I highlight a few more photos available in our after-sale. Photos are grouped in themed pairs, and you'll even notice that a couple of the artists are local to … Continued
With the seasons quickly changing, I chose to pair together a few photos from the after-sale catalog, all in the spirit of landscapes. Photos are coupled to highlight a similarity either in theme, effect, or the backgrounds of the artists. … Continued
In anticipation of Halloween, I thought I'd feature some lots from our after-sale that are spooky, eerie, ghostly, ghastly, or unsettling. But by all means the most frightening photo of all is Brian Lav's image of Eastern State Penitentiary. Eastern State is … Continued
Thanks so much to everyone who helped make this year's benefit auction a success! This year was our first time making a concerted effort at social media marketing, and the results were certainly positive. We sold eight pictures absentee with the … Continued
I couldn't decide whether to make the last blog feature before the auction about local photographers or contemporary photographers, so I might have to make another "last post." In the meantime, enjoy the prose and poetry that contextualize some of the works … Continued
Welcome to today's feature, in which I highlight a few more photographs we have for sale in our upcoming auction. I would like to direct your attention to some pairings that were too coincidental not to point out. Each image serves … Continued
We are very excited about the auction coming up on October 11. Preparations have kept us so busy! Stephen is somehow making it to the auctions in New York this week, even though photo sleeves and labels are calling his … Continued
Our long-awaited new website is here! It's in beta mode, which means that it's the first draft and we're accepting feedback. Please email us to let us know what you think! Feel free to let us know anything you think would … Continued


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Ahlem Eyewear
Ahlem Manai-Platt, a Paris native living in Los Angeles, has a long-standing fascination with the relationship between beauty, functionality and design. Formerly the worldwide head buyer for ACNE, with stints at Miu Miu and Prada, Manai-Platt has a pedigree in luxury design that cannot be refuted; her experience gives her a deep understanding of what the customer really wants.
A winner of Racked's 2015 "Young Guns" awards for best new designers, Ahlem Eyewear brings together the designer's love for quality and attention to detail -- even the screws and hinge mechanisms are painstakingly sourced from only the best manufacturers (who produce for the likes of Cartier and such). The young designer has been featured in Vogue, Teen Vogue, Nylon and many more, and her designs are worn by the likes of Zoe Kravitz, A$AP Rocky.
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Newtown Veterinary Specialists is seeking a Surgical Veterinary Technician to join our team at a progressive, 24-hour specialty and emergency hospital in Newtown, CT. Together with our team of highly skilled emergency doctors and board-certified specialists, we enjoy the opportunity to apply knowledge and skills here every day. We strive to provide outstanding patient care and client service in a culture that reflects and upholds our core values.
We are devoted to pets and committed to excellence. A positive, upbeat attitude is of the utmost importance. If you are someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, loves to stay busy, and has a contagious smile, we want to hear from you!
NVS is a 24-hour Emergency & Specialty Practice and we are the only Level II Certified Veterinary Emergency & Medical Care Center in New England. Our state-of-the-art, 15,000 square-foot facility offers highly trained veterinarians, leading-edge diagnostic equipment, the latest treatment methods, and around-the-clock patient monitoring.
Located only 60 miles from NYC, Newtown boasts amazing restaurants, parks & more! With a small town feel in southwestern Connecticut, Newtown is a great place to raise a family. Fun fact: the game of scrabble was developed here!
Competitive candidates will demonstrate exceptional communication skills and will have previous specialty and/or emergency experience. Please note these positions are not entry level and candidates must be confident in performing essential clinical skills such as venipuncture, catheterization, radiology, patient assessments, record-keeping and all aspects of anesthesia and surgical monitoring.
Qualified candidates will possess the following:
• A minimum of 1 year of experience as a veterinary technician or assistant
• A strong work ethic and good organizational and multi-tasking skills
• A professional and respectful demeanor
• Ability to lift 50 pounds
• Credentialed technicians preferred
For immediate consideration please apply at www.petvetcareers.com or email your CV to email@example.com
If you have any questions please feel free to contact us at 203-502-7438
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During the first couple of weeks of school, I've had several conversations with teachers, parents and students regarding homework. One student frankly told me that homework turns her off of several her classes classes. She continued, "If I get a lot of homework, especially [work that is] boring, busy work, or too hard, I'm not going to want to do it and I'm not going to enjoy the class as much. I probably won't do as well in the class as I could."
I pressed the student further about what constitutes busy work; a couple of her lunch tablemates chimed in. It soon became clear that each had his/her own view of what constitutes effective homework and what could be considered busy work. As an educator, I began contemplating, how can a teacher create quality homework assignments that students will complete?
First, homework must have a clear academic purpose, one that the students understand. For this reason, homework should never be used to introduce new material. Flashing back to my days as a teacher, I distinctively remember 2 times that homework was least often completed. First, when a substitute assigned homework on my behalf, fewer students than normal completed the homework. I believe this was the case because the substitute couldn't sell the assignment's purpose. The other assignment that stood out for all the wrong reasons, were the assignments I gave to cover material that I didn't have time to cover before the standardized test, in other words, work that was introducing new material.
A second characteristic of effective homework is that students must be able to complete the assignment. Far too frequently, my daughter's frustration at her inability to complete a homework assignment causes undo stress. "I hate this class." "I can't do it." This frustration often spills over to family conflict as my wife and I attempt to provide our assistance, reassurance and motivation. As a teacher, I remember a homework assignment that I created on early river valley civilizations. I spent hours developing what I thought was a creative and effective assignment. I was excited to see my students' completed assignments. To my surprise and dismay, few students completed the assignment. It didn't take a genius to figure out that the assignment was poorly constructed and was too difficult (students were more than willing to share that information). What I don't know, however, is what were the long-term ramifications of that one homework assignment? Even though I modified the assignment and we worked on it together in class, did it turn students off of my class? Did it make them less likely to try future homework assignments? Clearly, students must be able to complete homework without assistance.
This lead me directly to my third characteristic of effective homework, it must be differentiated. Working with the principle that all homework must be doable, it also is true that homework must not be seen as busy work. A struggling student might find questions 1-10 difficult, but doable, but a higher-level student might find the same questions easy and a waste of time. Why not design different homework based on student readiness and ability? In addition to differentiating based on readiness, I've always found it beneficial to give students a choice of assignments. After explaining the objective/learning target for the assignment, provide the students with several ways that they can demonstrate mastery of the objective for homework. Even better, allow the students to create their own assignments.
I know each teacher, student and parent has his/her own opinions and feelings regarding homework. But, I believe that if we clearly articulate the homework's purpose, ensure that students can complete it with little outside assistance, and we make the assignment appealing through differentiation, we'll see improved results.


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Publish Your AIR Applications To Facebook
Hi folks! Today, while mounting some of my projects into AIR, I realized that it would be great if I could pusblish AIR badges over Facebook. You know what? That is possible! I have created a simple flex application + facebook application that, based on parameters, generates AIR badge for an app. Now its time to share the stuff with you, feel free to publish your AIR badges, and let me know how do you like it.
How to use it?
- Use application inserted below, or open (and bookmark) it in new window, or use AIR publisher facebook application
- click connect (if using facebook application it connects you automatically)
- fill desired parameters (click "fill example" button to demonstrate working parameters for one of my applications)
- click "publish" button
- wait for Alert with publishing status (displays post id if succeeded)
By default it publishes AIR badge directly into your facebook stream (wall), plus if you click "Like" on my facebook application (facebook restriction), it also publishes the badge into AIR publisher application wall.
How would your facebook post look like?


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I don't post here for every Seim Effects product I come out with, but I have something new today that I'm pretty excited about. HDR and dynamic range is something I became passionate about years ago. Since then it's become more than a "look". It's become a way for me to better understand and manage light on every level. I think mastering dynamic range is an everyday essential for the serious photographer. It goes deep.
People had been asking for a recorded segment on HDR for years now. And I've finally got a collection finished. Enter, HDR Magic. But it's more than Basic HDR. Over 2 hours of fully downloadable HD videos where I show you how I make HDR images and manage dynamic range on more subtle levels. This is the 2nd of my video training collections (the first is Cloning Magic). I love live workshops, but there's something to be said for watching a workshop whenever you like.
There's lots more info on Seim Effects if you're interested. Of course as always, you readers can use code PPS to save 15%. Head over to the HDR page for all the details and and the first video. Hope you enjoy them… Gav


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React Native Radio | Episode 63
Nader Dabit
Peter Piekarczyk
Kevin Old
Special Guest: Nicole Chung – Building Progressive Web Apps Using React
Discussions and Questions:
Can you give us an over view of how you got into React and what you are doing with your career?
So how long did it take from trying out programming to becoming employed? So what company are you with now? Do you bring them to launch, build and MVP, both or maintain them?
What about Progressive Web app interest you, and are you working with those on your team? Can you talk about how you became a speaker at React Conf. Tell us about Progressive Web Apps, why would we want to go down that path?
How what are some project that interest you of a Progressive Web App, and what are some of the techniques that you started to explore?
Do you create an app that bundles and serves up different content based on there connection or do you try to optimize everything so it works fast as possible? What are the benefits, or plus and minus of going with a Web app versus as Native App/Hybrid App?
What is the price difference between those type of apps? What is Lighthouse? Where is the process does Lighthouse come in, how do you use it? Are there any other tools you use? What do you focus on, when you are making these optimizations?
So the newer version of http 2 is going to be faster? We would consider this stuff for more advance programmers..?
Is build A Progressive Web App going to be a default?
How To Use The Flat List Component – Spencer Carli
Book – Seth Godin – The Icarus Deception


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C-Language Programming with Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate, Pro or VC++ Express
Check out this video to see how to use Command Line compilation or the Ultimate IDE!
Make sure to view full screen, really, it's better that way.
Also, use the speed up feature in the Windows Media, frankly, my wife says that is the best way to listen to me.
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The Discussion
how about c99 support ?
As far as I can tell the C-Language that Microsoft supports is not fully ANSI-C 1999 compliant. The best I can tell from the corporate documentation is that the C compiler is compliant up to ANSI-C 1995, but that is only my take from a brief Bing search of the MSDN sites and Microsoft.com sites.
Even gcc is only compliant to the ANSI-C 95 level as far as I can tell, let me know otherwise.
Just attempted a similar review of the GNU site and could not determine if GNU/GCC really isn't at the ANSI-99 level, couldn't determine it with a simple search of the site.
It appears that there are non-free tools that do pure ANSI-C 99 development, and make it clear that they do. As to the no-cost stuff for Microsoft or GNU, there appears to be no firm answer that I can come up with in just a few minutes.
If anyone can determine the exact level of either GNU or Microsoft (I am pretty sure it's 1995), please add to this comment tree.
Thank you so much to create such nice video w/ voice its really easy to understand.
Great work!
Thank you so much for sharing! This will expedite my class assignment!
Thanks Sam for you video. I am hoping you can help me understand something though. I can't seem to find where my executable file is built. Can you help me?
Channel 9 keeps you up to date with the latest news and behind the scenes info from Microsoft that developers love to keep up with.


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Recent News
Club Development
On the 2nd December an E.G.M. was held in
connection with the new Club House. Members were advised of the progress so far.
The work is due to commence in late January or early February. Already some
contracts have been allocated. A new constitution was drawn up and passed by the
members. This is a major and costly undertaking for the club and all members will have to
put their shoulders to the wheel. The population of the locality is expanding
rapidly and more facilities are badly needed. The Hurling Club is a vital link and
has a big involvement in community life, therefore we should make every effort to
encourage people new to the area to join our club.
City Championship
Sars defeated Na Piarsaig in the quarter final but lost to the Barrs after a replay in the semi - final. They played Ballyhea on Sunday the 20th June in the County championship but made an early exit this season!


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FAQs About the Assumption of Mary
I have another list from ncregister.com to help us celebrate the feast of the patroness this Tuesday, August 15. After last week's "Ten things…about the Transfiguration", below is the part one of "The Assumption of Mary: 12 Things to Know and Share". Next week will be part two. May each of us more fully honor our Lady by deepening our understanding of and belief in her Assumption.
May you know the peace of Christ,
Fr Greg
1) What is the Assumption of Mary?
The Assumption of Mary is the teaching that:
The Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory [Pius XII, Munificentissimus Deus 44].
2) What level of authority does this teaching have?
This teaching was infallibly defined by Pope Pius XII on November 1, 1950 in the bull Munificentissimus Deus (Latin, "Most Bountiful God").
As Pius XII explained, this is "a divinely revealed dogma" (ibid.).
This means that it is a dogma in the proper sense. It is thus a matter of faith that has been divinely revealed by God and that has been infallibly proposed by the Magisterium of the Church as such.
3) Does that mean it is an "ex cathedra" statement and that we have to believe it?
Yes. Since it is a dogma defined by the pope (rather than by an ecumenical council, for example), it is also an "ex cathedra" statement (one delivered "from the chair" of Peter).
Because it is infallibly defined, it calls for the definitive assent of the faithful.
Pope John Paul II explained:
The definition of the dogma, in conformity with the universal faith of the People of God, definitively excludes every doubt and calls for the express assent of all Christians [General Audience, July 2, 1997].
Note that all infallibly defined teachings are things we are obliged to believe, even if they aren't defined "ex cathedra" (by the pope acting on his own).
The bishops of the world teaching in union with the pope (either in an ecumenical council or otherwise) can also infallibly define matters, but these aren't called "ex cathedra" since that term refers specifically to the exercise of the pope's authority as the successor of St. Peter. (It's Peter's cathedra or "chair" that symbolizes the pope's authority.)
4) Does the dogma require us to believe that Mary died?
It is the common teaching that Mary did die. In his work, Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma, Ludwig Ott lists this teaching as sententia communior (Latin, "the more common opinion").
Although it is the common understanding of that Mary did die, and although her death is referred to in some of the sources Pius XII cited in Munificentissimus Deus, he deliberately refrained from defining this as a truth of the faith.
John Paul II noted:
On 1 November 1950, in defining the dogma of the Assumption, Pius XII avoided using the term "resurrection" and did not take a position on the question of the Blessed Virgin's death as a truth of faith.
The Bull Munificentissimus Deus limits itself to affirming the elevation of Mary's body to heavenly glory, declaring this truth a "divinely revealed dogma."
5) Why should Mary die if she was free from Original Sin and its stain?
Being free of Original Sin and its stain is not the same thing as being in a glorified, deathless condition.
Jesus was also free of Original Sin and its stain, but he could—and did—die.
Expressing a common view among theologians, Ludwig Ott writes:
For Mary, death, in consequence of her freedom from original sin and from personal sin, was not a consequence of punishment of sin.
However, it seems fitting that Mary's body, which was by nature mortal, should be, in conformity with that of her Divine Son, subject to the general law of death.
6) What are the earliest surviving references to Mary's Assumption?
John Paul II noted:
The first trace of belief in the Virgin's Assumption can be found in the apocryphal accounts entitled Transitus Mariae [Latin, "The Crossing Over of Mary"], whose origin dates to the second and third centuries.
These are popular and sometimes romanticized depictions, which in this case, however, pick up an intuition of faith on the part of God's People.


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Articles on degraded lands
Birds and bats may help restore tropical forests September 27, 2005
Scientists believe they may have found a way to regrow tropical forest on deforested lands. The plan would involve planting fast-growing, fruit-producing trees, like figs, in the formerly forested areas. These trees would attract birds and bats which would deposit seeds from nearby forests onto the ground below. The dropping of these seeds would, in effect, return native forest species to the deforested patch. Scientists will test the theory in Veracruz, Mexico, to see if coaxing birds and bats back into the area will help restore the forest's biodiversity.
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|Re: how is NR F. "LilyPond command index" generated?
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Graham Percival wrote: > > No, I'm wondering because I updated the syntax with a new > > command in a recent patch of mine: > > Ah, I see. No, of course it won't. The index is built purely > from @funindex. Ralph Palmer is gradually indexing material, > but of course he wouldn't notice this addition to Dynamics (he's > finished that). > > I guess we should have rejected that patch of yours. :P Well, now we know. I'm glad that I caught the issue now and not later. > Once John says it's safe to do doc work again, I'll add a > checklist for doc modification. (if there's a new command, > did you add a @funindex) Definitely put that on your TODO list or put a stub there or something. I wonder if there's a good way to find un-indexed commands that are floating in the source ether... - Mark
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Springtime ParklifeSpring is here and quickly moving in to summer, it is amazing to see how nature comes back to life after hibernating, I love it when the crocuses are starting to show their heads and the first leaves are starting to show on the branches.
There is something absolutely magical about it and yet it happens every year, again and again - it is wonderful to see. I just wish I'd do what I say every year and actually go out and enjoy - however every year when spring comes there is just too much to do, somehow and I seem to forget. Now I have started to leave the camera out because when I do I seem to remember that on a sunny day it is a good thing to go out into nature and photograph.
This photo and more are for sale on EyeEm, if you click on the picture you will get to the market place


text: Ten months ago we published an infographic on the most popular web design blogs and their followings on both Twitter and Facebook. We decided to update that graphic and see where those same blogs stand today. As you an see the fans and followers have increased a good bit in the last ten months. Check it out:


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The Neapolitans keep on faith and superstition despite all class differences. A familiar arsenal of proverbs, ritual gestures and amulets provides the necessary equipment for attracting or warding benevolent or ominous-occult forces. These practices are connected with an age-old tradition. Even the Greek and Latin authors pointed to some of these religious beliefs. While the poet Lucretius in ancient differed between religio and superstitio, the Neapolitans have always mixed secular and religious elements.
The jettatore is the Black cat of the Neapolitans. An encounter with him causes terrible misfortune. Those who meet or believe to meet him instinctively apply certain incantation gestures. You should knock on iron, but even better on a small horn made of gold, silver or coral. Above all, you have to show the horns, by using index and small finger to indicate the suspected person.
THE Monacello
The monacello, probably a remnant of the cult, which the Romans dedicated to the Laren, their house gods, is the protection spirit of the house. Most of the people know him as a small bogey that haunted through the house. If he carries white, he brings happiness; if he carries red, he announces any mischief.
The evil eye
Malocchio is called the evil person, who brings mischief to somebody by witchcraft. To drevent the accident suffices the "Horn-knock" or a combination of ritual formulas.
Lotto and numerical symbolism
The Lotto game is an ancient folk tradition, based on the faith in the symbolic power of dreams. These get transferred in numbers and can so be "encrypt and decrypt". This often magical dimension often becomes to a community experience. Incidents are interpreted as a sign, which get translated in numbers after long in the form of discussions.


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What would we be able to anticipate from Star Citizen?
01/12/2014 As of late, we've realized that the aspiring game that Cloud Imperium games will discharge one year from now, Star Citizen, achieved one more million dollars (from a sum of 60 million) in its crowdsourcing effort on KickStarter, what make it the best venture in a crowdsourcing stage.
Runescape subs expense to ascend in 2015, however just for new players
28/11/2014 The terrible news is that Jagex has declared that the membership rates for Runescape will be going up in 2015.
Master StarCraft II player booted from competition after assault comment
26/11/2014 Mihaylo "Kas" Hayda excluded from competition over Twitter comments to his female rival.
Tip top: Dangerous discount strategy nitty gritty after disconnected from the net backing
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These set of posters were completed for a branding project while I was in school. The main goal was to rebrand a Los Angeles neighborhood to attract current residing residents to engage in their community.
I am very happy to how these posters came alive.
They are currently hanging in the Fine Arts building at CSULA.
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Mark Vos is aHardcore DJ and producer from Holland. His career began in the clubs in 1986, leading to his notoriety. With The Prophet, DJ Dano and later on DJ Gizmo, Buzz Fuzz formed The Dreamteam, which was the base for Dreamteam Productions. A talented producer, he contributes largely to the Dutch hardcore scene, and is known for using various aliases for both DJing and Producing. Read more on Last.fm
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by Donna
(Medford, NJ USA)
I am a mother of a 4 1/2 yr old son and I have two older daughter's from a previous marriage. At first I blamed his aggression and anger on male hormones but I began to watch his behavior more closely and saw a similarity to his father's behavior(his father is bipolar but did not find out until just recently).
My son is what I refer to as either a Dr Jekyll/Mr Hyde because he would be saying how much he loves me and than within minutes just the opposite and would say I hate you. Although he doesn't seem to be depressed but at times he would cry rather than get angry especially when he was told he can't have that toy or else he would lash out at me and hit me. I also noticed that if you correct him he would insist that he was right and would wind up screaming at you repeatedly. He rocks his head back and forth so fast and furious that I get concerned that he will injure himself.(this occurs several times on a daily basis.)
I also noticed he has aggression fits coupled with unwarranted anger and has broken a number of toys in the process. How can I have such a loving son and yet be so completely opposite?
Hi Donna.
As you know , there is a strong genetic component to bipolar disorder. It is more likely that you will be affected by bipolar disorder if someone in your family is.
Your question about how you can have such a loving son who can act completely the opposite is a good one. First, let me say I do not know if your child is bipolar and I cant make a diagnosis for you.
I can tell you , that among families with children that are bipolar this is a common question. When children are unstable, they become different people, their behavior and actions are symptoms of the illness, not who they are. Just like children who are affected by illnesses that are more clearly visible ( in a wheel chair, or with cancer). The disability or illness is not who they are. This " Dr Jekyll Mr Hyde description is something I have heard frequently.
Parents will often say when their child is finally stabilized," my child is back" . The child that is sweet loving kind talented etc.............
Good luck to you with your child.
Kristen McClure
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Own Goal - the worst sports movies ever
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- 19 March 2009
Legolas the boxer? Sexing up carpet bowls? You've got to be kidding. Herein lie some of the worst sports movies ever
1. Rocky V (1990) The One Where It Just Got Stupid. His brain pulped by Russian machine Ivan Drago, Rocky displays dim-wittedness above and beyond the call during a climactic, life-threatening backstreet brawl.
2. When Saturday Comes (1996) Against a backdrop of Hovis ad imagery, middle-aged manual worker Sean Bean all of a sudden becomes Famous Footballer. Relentlessly Northern, unlikely to the point of wish-fulfilment.
3. Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001) Chest-beating clichés, underwhelming performances and the same old sorry excuse. Essentially England at a major finals then, with Ricky Tomlinson.
4. Escape to Victory (1981) The presence of Pele can't save this laughably cheesy war film in which POWs, led by Michael Caine and a hilariously awful Sly Stallone, abandon escape plans to beat the Bosch on the football pitch.
5. Days of Thunder (1990) Top Gun in racing cars. Tom Cruise as maverick rookie driver and Nicole Kidman as the brain surgeon trying to tame him, chew their way through a terrible script. Guff.
6. Rollerball (2002) How the hell did John Die Hard McTiernan's Rollerball remake fail so completely? It's a movie about folk on rollerblades beating each other up. It takes a special kind of talent to make that as dull as this.
7. The Calcium Kid (2004) It's amazing Orlando Bloom ever became a star with this stinker on his CV. Lazy, unfunny mockumentary about a boxing milkman.
8. Blackball (2003) Paul Kaye tries to sex up the world of lawn bowls in a movie that happily sits alongside Sex Lives of the Potato Men and Fat Slags as the nadir of British comedy.
9. Fever Pitch (2005) There's nothing too wrong with this Colin Firth-starring Nick Hornby adaptation. Oh but wait, no football film is complete without some emasculating relationship gubbins, right? Because girls don't like footie, yeah? Get off.
10. The Football Factory (2004) Chelsea FC. Ladflick specialist Nick Love. Hooligan-mythologising author John King. Danny Dyer. The DVD should have come with a free Ginster's sausage roll and copy of The Sun.
11. Blue Juice (1995) Catherine Zeta Jones and Ewan McGregor have gone on to respectable careers – absolutely no thanks to this bilgewater coming-of-age Britcom about Cornwall surfers.
12. Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire (1985) So that's Phil Daniel's in an 80s comic horror musical based around snooker. What's not to love? Oh, yeah … Right.
13. Chariots of Fire (1981) Vangelis. God. Cambridge University. Men with floppy haircuts running on beaches. Come back Danny Dyer, all is forgiven!


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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Razzleberry Paper Flower
This is my paper flower. I saw this video tutorial and just had to try it (Not my tutorial). Not too bad for my first try! This is the five petal flower punch. Also the vase is the ornament punch, I love that punch!
Click Here to Watch the Tutorial!
Posted by Lynn Pratt at 7:02 PM
3 comments:
- Nancy Dawson said...
Your flower is beautiful and the punch vase is perfect for it! You did a great job. If you find the instructions again for the flower, would love to have it. TFS
- November 4, 2009 at 7:35 PM
- Lynn said...
Just click on the link at the bottom!
- November 4, 2009 at 7:37 PM
- Michelle Dawn said...
Thanks for sharing with us at SU-LNS. Your flower is so intriguing - I'm going to have to try one myself.
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Quakers have become increasingly alarmed at the policies of the Australian Government about refugees and asylum seekers, especially those who arrive by boat. The current public debate has become very polarized and adversarial, and there is ambivalence in public attitudes alongside a hardening of policies and procedures for responding to boat arrivals. This Paper attempts to put the situation in historical context, to summarise commentary on current and possible future approaches, and to suggest questions for discussion.
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Oh my, there is new found love for buckwheat at our house. We don't eat enough grains, so I have been experimenting with more recipes. I want the family to start eating grains that benefit. Beef and mushrooms spiked up the flavors, making the perfect addition to this recipe.
What I love about this recipe is that it is pretty much all done in one pot. You combine it all together and just let it do its job.


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my husband robbed the bees of some honey. we have had bees in our front yard for 3 years now and this is the first time that we were able to harvest honey. my mother never kept much in the house when i was growing up so most of my experiences with honey were the stuff from the supermarket-you know, the little bear shaped squeeze bottles. ask a bee keeper about that stuff and they will scoff at the idea of using it. first of all, it most likely isn't pure honey-quite possibly it is flavored syrup mixed with honey. another concern is that the honey is processed to remove the pollen and bee parts-yes, bees can die during the harvest. lastly, most of mass marketed honey is made from blends from all over the world and much of the flavor is lost in the process.
several years ago, while writing my second cookbook, i had a honey epiphany. i had the chance to taste pure wild flower honey that was produced by bees being kept by a group of menonite farmers. knowing that these folks didn't use many of the practices of the big commercial producers, it was an eye opening experience. i didn't know honey could taste that good; better than good, more like uh-may-zing!!! that was it, no more little bears for me, just local wild flower honey from a reputable bee keeper.
about that time, my husband and i became master gardeners and he caught the bee buzz. we took classes, we studied, we asked questions and then we dove in feet first...honestly, the girls(what we call the bees) do the work, we just barge in on them every now and then to make sure all is well.
in my favorite cast iron skillet, i melted butter, sugar, brown sugar and honey.
it is allowed to melt and then boiled a bit to thicken.
fresh fig upside down cake
1 (10") skillet cake that serves 8-10
adapted from my own book!
fresh figs-amount needed will depend on size, the ones from our tree are small and it took about two dozen to decorate the top and have the amount needed for the cake batter-1/3 cup, cut into chunks.
12 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
1/4 cup packed light brown sugar (or 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar and 2 tablespoons granulated sugar as in the photo above-i ran out of light...)
1/4 cup pure wildflower honey
1 1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
2 1/3 cup cake flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/3 cup buttermilk
place an empty baking sheet on the lower rack of the oven to catch drips and preheat the oven to 350. place a cast iron skillet over low heat and melt 4 tablespoons of the butter with the brown sugar and honey. stir to combine and when it is melted, raise the heat to medium and bring to a gentle boil. allow it to boil, stirring continuously, until it thickens a little-about 2 minutes. remove from the heat.
place the halved figs, cut side down, in the syrup in a random pattern that covers as much as the top as possible. make sure there aren't many large spaces between the figs or there will be large gaps in the design when the cake is unmolded.
to mix the cake batter, cream the remaining butter with the granulated sugar, vanilla and salt. when it is light and fluffy, add the eggs, one at a time and be sure to scrape the bowl well. sift the cake flour and baking powder over the batter, sprinkle the buttermilk on top and fold a few times. add the chopped figs and fold completely. dollop the batter over the prepared pan gently so that you do not disturb the pattern. carefully smooth out the batter and bake until a pick inserted comes out clean, about 40 minutes. allow the cake to stand for 5-10 minutes and carefully turn it out onto a serving dish.
note that if you do not have a cast iron skillet, you can use any oven proof dish or pan, including standard cake pans, to make this cake. just be sure to use one that is at least 9" in diameter and no larger than 10". my cast iron skillet is 8" in diameter on the bottom and flairs out to 10" at the top. if you use anything other than cast iron, be sure to keep a close eye on the cake, thinner and lighter metal pans, as well as glass and ceramic, may bake faster.
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Capital One will be the fifth bank to go live with realtime peer-to-peer payments on the clearXchange network, it was announced this morning.
Capital One 360 customers can currently receive realtime payments from other banks in the network, which now includes Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, U.S. Bank, and, most recently, Wells Fargo.
The first three banks are live with the capability to send funds in realtime, while Wells Fargo will join them Aug. 1. U.S. Bank lifted the $6.95 fee charged per realtime transaction last week.
CapOne will update its mobile app "in the coming months" so users of the entire bank — not just the digital bank Capital One 360 — can initiate P2P transfers as well, the bank said this morning. The bank first joined clearXchange back in 2014. Lakewood, Colo.-based FirstBank is also a member of the network, but has not yet announced plans to join the reatime interbank network.
ClearXchange was bought by the bank-owned fraud prevention network Early Warning in Jan. 2016.
Wells Fargo, which, as mentioned will upgrade to a full rollout of clearXchange capabilities on Aug. 1, is now hard at work "boosting" its core app features to support instant payments, Ben Soccorsy, head of digital payments for Wells Fargo Virtual Channels, told Bank Innovation previously. "We believe that the clearXchange partnership and member banks have clear and distinct value propositions," Soccorsy said. "Overall, the goal is to bring other banks into the network, and drive to more ubiquitous participation."
The expanded clearXchange network now reaches more than 100 million online and 70 million mobile banking users in the U.S., according to Early Warning, which drove 46 million P2P transactions within the network at more than $16 billion in volume in 1Q16, compared to $3.2 billion for Venmo.
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1400 BLOCK OF TEXAS 114 – A son assaulted his mother and father and left the scene before the deputy's arrival. The son was later stopped and arrested for a traffic violation and assault by contact.
500 BLOCK OF WEST FRANKLIN – A juvenile was shot with an airsoft gun by another juvenile. Parents declined to press charges.
100 BLOCK OF SADDLEBROOK COURT – A woman's door was kicked in while she was at home and several items were taken.
100 BLOCK OF PRIVATE ROAD 1775 – A man created a disturbance when he attempted to hang himself in public. The man was arrested for disorderly conduct.
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IFOA and Coach House Books invite you to the release of If Clara by Martha Baillie, and The Doll's Alphabet by Camilla Grudova as part of the Toronto Lit Up book launch series.
Meet the authors, network and celebrate their new work!
"A mysterious manuscript falls into a bed-ridden writer's lap in this novel of broken bones, Syrian folktales, and plummets of all varieties."
"Baillie delivers a work of magical realism that captures the experience of postcolonial guilt … and gives voice to a silenced past."– Publishers Weekly, starred review
"Dolls, sewing machines, tinned foods, mirrors, malfunctioning bodies – by constantly reinventing ways to engage with her obsessions and motifs, Camilla Grudova has built a universe that's highly imaginative, incredibly original, and absolutely discomfiting. The stories in The Doll's Alphabet are simultaneously childlike and naive, grotesque and very dark."
Toronto Lit Up is a three year initiative, spearheaded by the Toronto Arts Council and IFOA, designed to spotlight Toronto's writers and empower local artists with career-building opportunities.
Martha Baillie
Martha Baillie's previous novel, The Search for Heinrich Schlögel, was an Oprah Editors' pick, and was published in France by Actes Sud. Her 2009 novel, The Incident Report, was nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Her poetry has been featured in the Iowa Review and her non-fiction in Brick Magazine and Longreads. She has written about contemporary visual art for the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Koffler Gallery. Her multimedia project, The Schlogel Archive, shown at the Koffler Gallery in 2015, was selected by NOW Magazine as a Contact Festival "Must See," and can be visited at: www.schlogel.ca. Martha was born in Toronto, where she now lives and works.
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Camilla Grudova lives in Toronto. She holds a degree in Art History and German from McGill University. Her fiction has appeared in The White Review and Granta.


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SteelSeries introduces a new gaming mouse at CES 2018 that features a new innovation in gaming sensor technology.
The company's newly-unveiled Rival 600 gaming mouse "TrueMove3+" dual sensor system. The system combines SteelSeries' TrueMove3 as its primary sensor, but also features a second optical sensor that specifically tracks lift-off distance. The company says this new technology removes all possibility of jitter and cursor disparity during liftoff movements while also offering the lowest lift-off distance in the market.
This is a breakthrough in gaming mouse sensor technology, said SteelSeries CEO, Ehtisham Rabbani. We took a massive leap forward in sensor innovation with Pixart with the TrueMove3 sensor in the Rival 310 and Sensei 310. Now were taking that innovation even further by combining the true 1-to-1 tracking of the TrueMove3 with a second optical sensor for precision. Its the only dual optical sensor system in the world that can offer this level of precision and accuracy of movement.
The Rival 600 is the newest member SteelSeries' Rival line. In addition to the new sensor system, the gaming mouse also features customizable weight and balance options for as many as 256 different combinations. The Rival 600s weights are placed in the sides and lets gamers adjust the weight throughout the body of the mouse rather than in just one spot. Without the eight 4g weights, the mouse clocks in at 96g. Furthermore, it features pure silicone grips and an ultra-durable soft touch finish on an ergonomic right-handed design.
The Rival 600 is listed at $79.99 and is already available for sale.


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The Strad Issue: January 2012
Description: A stunning exposition of mastery on the double bass
Musicians: Robert Black (double bass) John McDonald (piano)
Composer: Iadone, Stevens, Porter, Moross, Luening, Beyer, Childs, Perle, Sydeman, Cage, Tenney & Druckman
US bassist Robert Black is a founder member of crack new-music group Bang on a Can All-Stars and a contemporary music specialist (see his Playlist). So you'd probably expect his all-American recital disc charting accompanied and unaccompanied bass music through the 20th century to be idiomatic, energetic and committed.
But this really is something else. The subtlety and eloquence of his playing are breathtaking, and his control of sound is remarkable. In Jerome Moross's Sonatina, for example, Black's microscopic tonal variations mean that single notes fade to nothing or grow in richness as he develops a phrase, and he cunningly weights the double-stops in Barney Childs's Sonata for Bass Alone so that each note seems to move off on a different trajectory. There's an almost naive purity to his playing in the Hindemith-influenced pieces by Joseph Iadone and Halsey Stevens, and he rises magnificently to the technical challenges of John Cage's 59½" for a String Player and Jacob Druckman's Valentine, a piece depicting such a sensual relationship between player and instrument that it almost seems voyeuristic to hear Black's passionate performance.
Despite the bassist's best efforts, though, there's the nagging feeling that some of this music, though undeniably interesting, won't stand up to repeated hearings. And sound is sometimes a problem in the package's first disc, where the playing of pianist John McDonald, although hardly over-assertive, sometimes obscures Black's part.
David Kettle