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Let's set the stage with some good music. It's hard to find music that's related to the bond market or the game of hide & seek, but this article is really all about a bond market bubble which was brought to you courtesy of the men with little hooves and hearts whose future agenda is now called "one world." The term "one world" has such a heart warming feel to it, so I chose the song "One" to set the mood…
U2, One:
If you're fortunate enough to still have money after 2008, you're doing well as cash is king in a deflationary environment. This is exactly what I've been advising my clients, business associates, friends, family, and anyone who would listen over the past two years. When asked where to place their money for safety my response has been U.S. Treasuries. To those who have been mostly in Treasuries and Bonds – congratulations, you have done well. You were in front of the heard of people seeking safety with their money, and your returns were driven skywards by speculators who followed.
That said, however, if you just joined the bond party, you're late.
Money, you see, has been playing a game of hide & seek. When fear sets in money HIDEs and the bond market is the place. Eventually rates get driven so low that they can't go much lower and that's when money begins to sneak out the door SEEKing returns.
For those unfamiliar with bonds, let's begin with a little review. First of all, the total bond market is considerably larger than the equity market (stocks). There are all types of bonds, but in general they are simply debt instruments that are used to finance businesses, infrastructure, all levels of government, as well as our money through the U.S. Treasury.
When it comes to debt that's issued by the government, the largest difference between Treasury T-bills, notes, or bonds is the timeframe of the debt, although there are other differences as well, plus now there are inflation adjusted "Tips." The following excerpt from Wikipedia does a good job of defining these terms, but keep in mind that the terms bond, T-bill, notes, or TIPS all mean DEBT:
Treasury bills (or T-bills) mature in one year or less. Like zero-coupon bonds, they do not pay interest prior to maturity; instead they are sold at a discount of the par value to create a positive yield to maturity. Many regard Treasury bills as the least risky investment available to U.S. investors.
Treasury notes (or T-Notes) mature in two to ten years. They have a coupon payment every six months, and are commonly issued with maturities dates of 2, 3, 5 or 10 years, for denominations from $100 to $1,000,000.
Treasury bonds (T-Bonds, or the long bond) have the longest maturity, from ten years to thirty years. They have a coupon payment every six months like T-Notes, and are commonly issued with maturity of thirty years. The secondary market is highly liquid, so the yield on the most recent T-Bond offering was commonly used as a proxy for long-term interest rates in general.
Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (or TIPS) are the inflation-indexed bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury. These securities were first issued in 1997. The principal is adjusted to the Consumer Price Index, the commonly used measure of inflation. The coupon rate is constant, but generates a different amount of interest when multiplied by the inflation-adjusted principal, thus protecting the holder against inflation. TIPS are currently offered in 5-year, 10-year, 20-year, and 30-year maturities.
The price and interest rate of bonds work in an inverse manner. As interest rates move lower, the PRICE of bonds go up, and as interest rates move up, the PRICE of bonds goes down. Thus, it is best to buy bonds when rates are moving lower (like they have been) and to not own them when rates are moving higher. Yes, you would still collect interest by owning them, but that is only one part of owning most bonds. If you hold bonds all the way to maturity then you really don't care about price movement, you simply collect interest, but most people do not hold long bonds all the way to maturity.
As I'm sure most people reading this far know, the Fed board, chaired by Ben Bernanke, recently lowered the Federal Funds Target Rate down to an unprecedented "range" just above zero (zero to .25%). Most people don't realize it, but the bond market had already set rates to this level… once again the Fed was simply forced to follow, their actions were not proactive, they were reactive. The Fed lowered to ZIRP (Zero Interest Rate Policy) on December the 16th, but as you can see from the following chart of the IRX (13 week T-bills) short term rates were already effectively zero in mid-November and had been there even earlier in the year as early as mid-September:
Below is a chart showing the Effective Federal Funds Rate since 1954. This rate has never been lower and cannot go lower, although it can effectively go negative as they already have and did this year and during the Great Depression as well. Note that the high point was in 1980 when then Chairman Volcker raised rates to near 20% to hold off inflation.
Think about those extremes… from 20% to zero – we are at the end of the cycle, or the end of something, that's for sure. Remember that President Nixon entirely removed our currency from the gold standard in 1971, and by 1980 inflation was so high that Volcker had to take extraordinary measures to tamp it down. Home prices in King County, Washington, for example, rose the most in history in 1978, more than 33%! Will we encounter another period of rates that high in the future? Hard to say, but I wouldn't rule it out, and I wouldn't rule out some form of monetary "reset" interrupting the entire process at some point relatively soon. By reset, I mean a change in the basic structure of our money system, like what happened with the signing of the Bretton Woods Accord in 1944, or what President Nixon did in 1971, or several other times in the earlier history of the United States.
The obvious question then, is how much lower can rates go? And the answer, of course is that the Fed has expended their last interest rate bullet, they are now out of ammo in that regard. All that's left is "quantitative easing" or the buying up of their own and other entities debt – printing. This is so ridiculous that even a 4th grader would laugh at the notion of someone issuing their own debt and buying it themselves! Bernanke's theory is that this will hold interest rates down.
Great theory, but we're now going to put that theory to the real world fiat test. Guess what? No fiat currency has ever passed that test in the history of mankind. No nation has ever printed itself into prosperity. I wish it were that easy, its not.
Why? Well, the "bond vigilantes" will have something to say about that eventually, and that time may be now. The math of debt is parabolic and bond investors may not be willing to stick around and finance more debt while the Fed attempts to debase the purchasing power of their money.
Let's review the last three stages of Hyman Minsky's seven Bubble Stages (the following is an edited excerpt from my book Flight to Financial Freedom – Fasten Your Finances, written during 2005/2006):
Stage Five – Market Reversal/Insider Profit Taking:
Some wise voices will stand up and say that the bubble can no longer continue. They argue that long run fundamentals, the ratios and measurements, defy sound economic practices. In the bubble, these arguments disappear within one over-riding fact – the price is still rising. The voices of the wise are ignored by the greedy who justify the now insane prices with the euphoric claim that the world has fundamentally changed and this new world means higher prices. Then along comes the cruelest lie of them all, "There will most likely be a 'soft' landing!"
Stage Five is where the real estate industry is today [2005/2006]. This stage can be cruel, as the very people who shouldn't be buying are. They are the ones who will be hurt the most. The true professionals have found their 'greater fool' and are well on their way to the next 'hot' sector, like the transition from real estate to commodities now.
Those who did not enter the market are caught in a dilemma. They are bombarded daily with stories of easy riches and friends who are amassing great wealth. The strong will not enter at stage five and reconcile themselves to the missed opportunity. The 'fool' may even realize that prices can't keep rising forever… however, they just can't act on their knowledge. Everything appears safe as long as they quit at least one day before the bubble bursts. The weak provide the final fuel for the fire and eventually get burned late in stage six or seven.
Stage Six – Financial Crisis/Panic:
A bubble requires many people who believe in a bright future, and so long as the euphoria continues, the bubble is sustained. Just as the euphoria takes hold of the outsiders, the insiders remember what's real. They lose their faith and begin to sneak out the exit. They understand their segment, and they recognize that it has all gone too far. The savvy are long gone, while those who understand the possible outcome begin to slowly cash out. Typically, the insiders try to sneak away unnoticed, and sometimes they get away without notice. Whether the outsiders see the insiders leave or not, insider profit taking signals the beginning of the end (remember who has sold their rental properties?).
Stage seven – Revulsion/Lender of Last Resort:
Sometimes, panic of the insiders infects the outsiders. Other times, it is the end of cheap and easy credit or some unanticipated piece of news. But whatever it is, euphoria is replaced with revulsion. The building is on fire and everyone starts to run for the door. Outsiders start to sell, but there are no buyers. Panic sets in, prices start to tumble downwards, credit dries up, and losses start to accumulate.
This is where you may see the "lender of last resort" who is usually the government. The government, although they were talking up a soft landing, are now forced to step in to prevent the crises from spreading to other sectors. Ironically, this is where the savvy investor who profited before, really profits now. With government backing, they are asked to step in and return "normalcy" to a now damaged sector.
The government's attempt to "put out the fire" usually works. However, the conditions beyond the year 2010 will require oceans of water that the government does not posses. You must be ready!
So, where are we now? Well, I think I see insiders sneaking out the door! Please consider Bill Gross's recent comments during a Barron's interview:
"In a deleveraging process, investors are forced to sell almost everything. The asset of ultimate quality and liquidity -- Treasury bills -- becomes the recipient of demand. On the way down, the most risky and illiquid assets fall most.So, what exactly is Bill Gross saying here? If he says, "At today's yields, don't touch them," do you think he's buying or selling? He is known as "the bond king" after all! He also recently earned the status of "pigman" (grunt, oink) with me after purchasing billions worth of bad mortgage backed derivatives and then lobbying the government to bail out his debts that he just purchased. Gross views his investment strategy as, "buy now what the government will buy later."
…When we talk about the bond market we typically focus on Treasuries. At today's yields, don't touch them."
He recognizes, as Hyman Minsky did, who the buyer of last resort is. I view his lobbying efforts as immoral as they push his debts off on the taxpayer which will ultimately prove to be a disaster for our economy and nation… and he knows this! Now that rates have been pushed to nothing and billions have been spent moving bad debt into the public coffers, he's beginning to sell. He's an insider in the bond world and his actions should be paid close attention to.
And if that isn't clear enough for you, one of Bill Gross's associates, Mohamed El-Erian, the investment chief at Pimco, the world's top bond fund, said flatly, "Get out of Treasuries. They are very, very expensive."
Someone else who is being very vocal about bonds lately is Peter Schiff, of Euro Pacific Capital, Inc. Peter has been right about a lot of things in the economy, but he was early in thinking that the bond market would unwind. He just wrote a good article called The Fed's Bubble Trouble. Please click on that link and give it a full read it's good stuff, but with an inflationary future tilt.
Here are a couple of key quotes:
"A few weeks ago when the Fed announced a strategy designed to bring down long-term interest and home mortgage rates through unlimited Treasury bond purchases, government debt staged a spectacular rally. To the unschooled market observer, the spike may be difficult to understand. After all, why would the value of Treasury bonds rise while their underlying credit quality is deteriorating faster than Bernie Madoff's social schedule? The move is actually a perfect illustration of the tried and true Wall Street strategy of 'buy the rumor and sell the fact'."In other words, the recent run up in bonds (yields going down) is the result of speculators front-running the Fed's "quantitative easing." Peter then goes on to explain how the Fed's actions are setting up a possible downward spiral for bonds:
"However, since the only way the Fed can buy bonds is by printing money, the more bonds they buy the more inflation they will create. As inflation diminishes the investment value of low-yielding Treasuries, such a scenario will kick off a downward spiral. But the more active the Fed becomes in their quest to prop up bond prices, the bigger the incentive to hit the Fed's bid. The result will be that all Treasuries sold will be purchased by the Fed. But with the resulting frenzy in the Treasury market, and with inflation kicking into high gear, we can expect that demand for other debt classes that the Fed is not backstopping, such as corporate, municipal and agency debt, to fall through the floor, pushing up interest rates across the board."The only problem I have with this theory is that I don't see inflation anytime soon due to the continued unwinding of the shadow banking system. That unwinding is overwhelming, and will continue to overwhelm, the Fed's actions for some time to come. That doesn't mean that his spiral theory couldn't get legs, regardless, as the perceived risk from reckless spending of trillions can be another driver of bond revulsion.
So, the insiders are beginning to sneak out the door, and this is not going unnoticed. Ambrose Evans-Pritchard wrote about it recently in the U.K's Telegraph, The bond bubble is an accident waiting to happen:
The bond bubble is an accident waiting to happenSo, is the bond market in a bubble? Sure seems that way to me and the chart patterns would seem to confirm that notion.
The bond vigilantes slumber. As the greatest sovereign bond bubble of all time rolls into 2009, investors are clinging to an implausible assumption that China and Japan will provide enough capital to keep the happy game going for ever.
Short term rates are already zero and can't go any lower. That doesn't mean that still more speculative and government money can't go into bonds and drive their price even higher still. Parabolic moves, such as what's happened with bonds, can go much longer than you think, but they can also reverse and collapse quickly. The most recent examples of parabolic collapses are oil, the shipping and trucking indexes, and many equity markets around the globe such as China, Russia, Iceland, India – heck, half the globe including the United States.
Parabolic curves are the result of the exponential growth of the underlying math as you can see if you Spend some Time with the Good Dr. Bartlett…
Let's take a look at a chart of TLT which represents the 20 year bond. On this chart PRICE is on the right so as interest rates go lower, the price goes higher. This chart is typical of parabolic curves which have 3 distinct phases: They begin with mundane growth (prior to this chart's time); then they begin to grow on a steeper growth plane (this chart until just recently); and then they go parabolic as this chart just did from about the $80 level but went into blow off at the $95 level:
While it's hard to tell for sure when a parabolic move ends, there are a couple of famous patterns that tend to announce the end is near and that are found repeatedly throughout history. One of these chart patterns is fairly rare but was the pattern that preceded the stock market crash of 1929 and several others, the most recent example being our own DOW Industrials average just recently. That pattern is called 3 Peaks and a Domed House:
This is a much more complex pattern than a simple double top or Head & Shoulders, but for some underlying reason, it is a pattern that tends to repeat and signals the long term top of a market. Below is the unlabeled chart of the DOW since 1994. Do you see the pattern when comparing it to the chart above? That's the same pattern the DOW made prior to 1929, then it made it again prior to 2007:
Next, let's take a look at a simple line chart of TLT (20 year bonds) over the past year and a half. While this chart is much shorter in duration, it nonetheless clearly shows the 3 peaks and a domed house pattern and I have labeled the points on the chart that correspond to the "classic" example above. Let me give credit to P. van Leeuwen, economist and market strategist, who spotted this pattern and posted it on the Ticker Forum:
You can see that the rise going into the peak was extremely sharp and that the fall so far on the backside is equally sloped. It is possible that the upper points are mislabeled and that points 21 and 22 will wind up going where 23 and 24 currently reside IF bonds break higher immediately and create an even higher parabolic peak. I don't think that's going to happen as the big players would be selling into future rallies, even if the Fed is using YOUR money to buy them up, they will be overwhelmed with volume. Intervention of that kind NEVER works for long, the FED cannot possibly buy the entire supply without destroying the value of our currency. And as Peter Schiff pointed out, that creates a spiral, because the more they destroy the currency, the more bond holders want to sell and thus it could spiral out of control. It's a game that the Fed would be much smarter to NOT PLAY.
Unfortunately, they have now repeatedly stated that they intend to play that game – not good as the bond market going down at the same time as equities was pretty much the nail in the coffin that started the Great Depression.
You see, having the stock market go down is bad, investors get ruined. But when the bond market goes down, interest rates go up and businesses and governments can't get funding for projects that create real employment – that's a more serious problem.
Again, Bernanke may have studied the Great Depression, but he didn't learn much! He would have been much better served to study further back in history about currencies and about the rise and fall of empires.
At any rate, that 3 Peaks and a Domed House chart pattern are talking to me loud and clear. If we haven't witnessed THE peak, then it will be coming very soon.
I shorted the very peak and exited that trade a little more than a week ago, but I am re-entering and got short TLT some more today. If you look at the 30 day chart below, you will see that the point labeled 24 on the 3 Peaks chart is the right shoulder below the "head." That shoulder is the blue flag at the right of this chart. You can see that TLT rose today as the stock market sold off and it rose right to the top of the channel. That's where I got short and if we break that channel higher I will exit. I don't expect it to do that, I think it's likely to move substantially lower from here over the next few weeks:
Also note on that chart that the stochastic indicator at the bottom is overbought. The double lines across the peak from points 22 to 24 is also a neckline of a Head and Shoulders pattern that once confirmed would have a target of approximately $100 on the TLT. That level is coincident with the gap just under the "bump" between points 20 and 21 on the 60 day chart below:
Also note that I drew in some Fibonacci retracement levels… it's classic that the "shoulders" of the H&S pattern are right on the 38.2% level of the parabolic phase of the move. Note that the H&S target is just above the 78.2% area of the chart, the same height as the little peak on the far left of the chart – a support level. Also, if you look on that chart you will see falling volume as we have been making the right shoulder. That is supportive of the theory that this should break down.
So, that's pretty much the technical picture for TLT as I view it. If this chart pattern is fulfilled, it means dire consequences for America. It means rising interest rates that the Fed has stated they will defend with your future tax dollars. It means that very difficult times lay ahead as we already have known.
That said, the Fed may not try to control the entire rate curve, they may just try to defend short term rates as measured by the IRX or the Effective Funds Rate. They cannot defend the entire market or they become the entire market. That's already happening to a large extent in some other markets, like the mortgage backed securities market. When the government holds or controls every aspect of a market, then we to socialism.
Again, trying to time the end of a parabolic move is NOT for the faint of heart. I have gotten a few of them right, however. I called the beginning of the end of the credit bubble the day New Century Financial filed for bankruptcy in February of 2006 and I believe that to be a watershed event. I called the top of the residential housing market and I spotted the top of the REIT bubble to the exact day and wrote about all of them in my newsletters. I also called our market decline in October of '07, and called for a crash/accelerated sell off in October of '08. I watched China closely and called their parabolic move a bubble that would collapse shortly in a newsletter just a month before it happened. All parabolic moves collapse, the bond market is one.
Now, although I am saying the bond market is going to go down, I cannot say how far down it will go. Much depends on our government actions or inactions. Parabolic moves typically correct back to at least the point at which they began their parabolic phase. In this case I wouldn't be surprised to see TLT trading in the low 80's in the next few months, although I do leave open the possibility that this is not THE top and that it could zoom higher to create a higher top, but I sincerely doubt it. It's also possible that the 3 peaks pattern we're looking at is a smaller pattern within a giant pattern, but since rates are already at zero, I also severely doubt that as well.
Tonight I look at the U.S. long bond index, USB and see that it's sitting right at $135, the same place as the long bond futures (/ZB) at just under $135, and will use a break above that point to admit that I'm wrong for now and will exit that trade. If I am wrong on the timing, I don't believe it will be much longer now that a clear parabolic blow off top is being formed. The sign to know that the bond market bubble is, in fact, collapsing is when you observe BOTH the stock market and bond market going down in concert or you may find that bonds go down when the market goes up, but fail to move up when the market goes down, and I'm seeing a little of that already.
My advice to those who invest in any market is to be aware of what the insiders are doing and saying. As I demonstrated, the heads of the largest bond house in America, Pimco, are recommending that people now stay away from bonds. What to do with your money? That's the $64,000 question. Cash will remain king, and the government has upped their backing of FDIC accounts to $250,000 for at least a year. If the bond market does descend, that will further pressure the economy and deflation will take deeper hold, thus it may be too soon to jump onto the commodity bandwagon. Times like these are difficult, to say the least.
The Fundamental and Technical picture I described lead me to believe that a bond market decline is imminent. I've been saying all along that the math underlying our economy does not work. People do not want to admit that, but math is just math. You cannot wish it away and all the Hope in the world won't make it go away either. The charts and math are talking… my TLT prediction is more than a feeling.
Boston – More than a Feeling (dig those cool outfits and hairstyles!):


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NBA Eastern Conference leaders Miami and Indiana would be tied for fourth in the West. Toronto, third in the East, would be tied for ninth in the West and out of the playoffs. And that's par for the course.
The NBA may be the most lopsided major professional sport in history. Since the 1988-89 lockout season, the eight Western playoff teams have had a better record than their Eastern counterparts every season. It's 51 games better so far this year and 590 total. The average West playoff team has had five more victories every year for 15 years.
It's fine to determine playoff spots by a team's place in its conference; travel and rivalry reasons mean teams play conference rivals far more often. But why not make teams crisscross for the playoffs? The current way, Western teams get punished twice; first, it's harder to make the playoffs in the West, then it's harder to win in the playoffs. Putting No. 1 in the West vs. No. 8 in the East, etc., would at least make the playoffs fair once they started. And far more fun.
Safety choice
With the Bears having done a remarkable job overhauling their defensive line through somewhat modest free-agent prices, it's even more crucial now to draft a safety. There's a 50-50 chance that the No. 1-rated safety, Alabama's Ha-Ha Clinton-Dix, will still be on the board at No. 14 when the Bears pick.
Several mock drafts have Chicago taking Clinton-Dix, the type of pass-coverage safety they have not had since Mike Brown broke down. Louisville's Calvin Pryor is another good choice. He's not great in coverage, but is a big hitter. A huge hitter. Normally, I cringe when the Bears take linebacker-types as safeties, but Pryor is a special linebacker-type and a worthy backup plan to Clinton-Dix.
No baseball buzz
The Cubs and White Sox are so hopeless that I've heard more buzz about the Bulls and Blackhawks in the opening week of baseball season. That's sad. The White Sox fans can at least watch exciting Cuban free-agent Jose Abreu. The Cubs, who continue to sit on their wallets every winter, offer Emilio Bonifacio (.579, 4 steals so far) as their latest productive cheap spare part. But where are the stars? If Anthony Rizzo and Starlin Castro continue to struggle, Cubs fans will have little to look for unless Javier Baez gets called up.
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$ cd EditRowPlugin/lib/Foswiki/Plugins/EditRowPlugin $ perl build.pl twiki Created data/TWiki/EditRowPlugin.txt Created lib/TWiki/Plugins/EditRowPlugin.pm Created lib/TWiki/Plugins/EditRowPlugin/Table.pm Created lib/TWiki/Plugins/EditRowPlugin/TableRow.pm Created lib/TWiki/Plugins/EditRowPlugin/TableCell.pm Created pub/TWiki/EditRowPlugin/screenshot.gif Created pub/TWiki/EditRowPlugin/edittable.gif Created pub/TWiki/EditRowPlugin/quiet.gif Created pub/TWiki/EditRowPlugin/example3.gif Created pub/TWiki/EditRowPlugin/example4.gif Created pub/TWiki/EditRowPlugin/example5.gif Created pub/TWiki/EditRowPlugin/addrow.gif Created pub/TWiki/EditRowPlugin/TableSort.js Created pub/TWiki/EditRowPlugin/TableSort_src.js Created pub/TWiki/EditRowPlugin/erp.js Created pub/TWiki/EditRowPlugin/erp_src.js Created pub/TWiki/EditRowPlugin/wikiringlogo20x20.png Created lib/TWiki/Plugins/EditRowPlugin/MANIFEST Created lib/TWiki/Plugins/EditRowPlugin/DEPENDENCIES Created lib/TWiki/Plugins/EditRowPlugin/build.pl $ cd ../../../TWiki/Plugins/EditRowPlugin $ perl build.pl release Building a release for Version 0 (15 Feb 2009) of EditRowPlugin MD5 checksums in EditRowPlugin/TWiki_EditRowPlugin.md5 .tgz in EditRowPlugin/TWiki_EditRowPlugin.tgz .zip in EditRowPlugin/TWiki_EditRowPlugin.zip WARNING: no .txt was generated WARNING: no _installer was generatedThere is no TWiki-specific topic generated. The Foswiki topic should suffice. Installer generation is also disabled using
!option installers none in
the tranformed MANIFEST. Users must install the generated TWiki packages
manually from the command-line. This is required due to bugs in TWiki.
Note the
TWiki_ prefix on the archive names. This is useful to avoid naming
clashes with the standard Foswiki release of the same package. It is defined
!option archive_prefix TWiki_ in the tranformed MANIFEST.
Extension authors are strongly recommended to check the functioning of the
TWiki versions of their extensions very carefully.
TWiki® is a trademark of Peter Thoeny.
MANIFEST file contains a list of all the files that are wanted in the
package. Each line is a file path, relative to the root of the installation.
Wildcards may NOT be used.
If the path contains spaces it must be enclosed in double-quotes.
Each file path has an optional octal permissions mask and a description.
For example,
data/System/BathPlugin.txt 0664 Plugin description topic lib/Foswiki/Plugins/BathPlugin.pm 0444 Plugin code moduleIf no permissions are given, permissions are guessed from the permissions on the file in the source tree. These permissions are used by the installer script to set file permissions in the installation. The following permissions are recommended, and will be applied by default if you don't specify anything different:
|File type
.pm file
|Anyone can read, but cannot write or execute
.pl file
|Anyone can read, user and group can also execute
data/....txt file
|Anyone can read, only owner can write
| File in
| File in
|Anyone can read or execute, but not write
|Anything other file
|Anyone can read, but cannot write or execute
|default directories to traversable
,v files. If you include a
,v file it will overwrite any existing
,v file when an extension is upgraded, potentially wiping out local changes on the end users installation.
MANIFEST, or any other side file used by the build process.
!ci and
configure). This is useful when you
expect users to customise your files locally and you don't want to risk
overwriting their customisations. If you want to suppress this checkin
behaviour for individual files, you can add the string
(noci) anywhere
in the description of the file. If you want to suppress it for larger
numbers of files, you can use the
!noci and
!ci directives in the
MANIFEST. Any files listed after a
!noci directive, up to the next
directive or the end of the file, will not be checked in when installing
to Foswiki 1.0.1 or later
!include WysiwygPlugin/lib/Foswiki/Plugins/WysiwygPluginThis will include the WysiwygPlugin in the release package. Note that there is a script in the Foswiki
tools directory called
check_manifest.pl that can be run at any time to check the contents of your MANIFEST against what is checked into Subversion.
!option is a general directive used to define global options. Currently
supported options are:
!option archive_prefix String_ will prefix the name of generated archive files with =String_
!option installer none will suppress the generation of an installer script.
DEPENDENCIES file specifies dependencies on other extensions and
perl modules. Each line of the file is a single dependency:
name, version, type, descriptionwhere
.deb packages can resolve these external dependencies.
r1234 (r followed by 1-6 digit number), the SVN release of the module will be compared, instead of the version.
cpan modules should be found in the CPAN repositories.
perl modules include
Foswiki:: and
TWiki:: modules.
external or any other value is reported but ignored.
Optional then the dependency will not be automatically resolved.
Dependencies of typeThe installer script written by the build process uses the dependency type to decide how to install dependant modules. 'cpan' means 'get the module from CPAN' and 'perl' means 'get the module from the Plugins web on Foswiki.org' (or whatever other repositories the admin has specified using
perlwill be executed in an
evalstatement to compare the VERSION and RELEASE strings.
$FOSWIKI_PACKAGES or
> condition, so that more recent versions will also work. If a dependency on a Foswiki module fails (because the module isn't installed, for example) then the installer script will pull the latest version of the module from Foswiki.org, whether that is the required version or not. This is a limitation of the way plugins are stored on Foswiki.org.
As an alternative to using the Version number, you can also compare to the SVN release number. Write the version string as
>=r1234. Note that the Version number is the preferred method, and is reported to the user during the install.
When you are working with CPAN modules, you need to take account of the fact that there are two types of CPAN modules; built-ins and add-ons.
Built-ins are perl modules that are pre-installed in the perl distribution. Since these modules are usually very stable, it is generally safe to express the version dependency as ">0" (i.e. "any version of the module will do").
Note however that the list of built-in modules is constantly growing with each new release of perl. So your module may be installed with a perl version that doesn't have the required module pre-installed. In this case, CPAN will automatically try to upgrade the perl version! There is no way around this, other than for the admin on the target system to manually install the module (download frm CPAN and build locally). You can help out the admin by expressing the dependency clearly, thus:
File::Find,>0,cpan,This module is shipped as part of standard perl from perl 5.8.0 onwards. If your perl installation is older than this, you should either upgrade perl, or manually install this module. If you allow this installer to continue, it will automatically upgrade your perl installation which is probably not what you want!
ONLYIF ( condition ), where condition is a Perl
conditional. This is most useful for enabling dependencies only for certain
versions of other modules. For example,
File::Munge,>0,cpan,... ONLYIF ( $Foswiki::Plugins::VERSION < 1.025) MyPackage::FixOldFileFind, >=1.000, perl, Optional, only required if we have an old version of Foswiki API.The
ONLYIF only applies to the next dependency in the file.
create_new_extension.pl script, which is part of the BuildContrib.
perl create_new_extension.pl BathPlugin
lib/Foswiki/Plugins/BathPlugin.pm as required to create your plugin functionality
lib/Foswiki/Plugins/BathPlugin/MANIFEST and make sure it lists all the files you want to include in the release package
pseudo-install.pl script to
soft-link your development code into your dev install. This script uses the
MANIFEST you write and creates softlinks (copies, on Windows) in your dev install that allow
you to run your test code without having to do a full re-install each time you
make a change.
If you have a pre-existing extension, and you want to package it for use with
BuildContrib, then you (may) need to create the module directory and write the
MANIFEST and
DEPENDENCIES files. The easiest way to do this
is to copy those files from an existing extension in subversion, and modify
them for your use.
release is used is based on a template. This template is populated with lists of files and dependencies needed to make the extension-specific installer script.
PREUNINSTALL, and/or
POSTUNINSTALL files in the module directory.
These optional files are embedded into the template install script
at the appropriate stage of the installation. Read
lib/Foswiki/Contrib/BuildContrib/TEMPLATE_installer.pl (in the BuildContrib)
to see how they fit in.
With the Foswiki 1.1 version of the install tools, these exits run as methods
of the
Configure::Package object instance for the extension, and have access
to the package manifest and other information. See the
PerlDoc for Foswiki::Configurer::Package for details (link requires BuildContrib to be installed).
If the script needs to report to the installer, it should return the message
as a simple string ending with a newline. It will be presented as a verbatim block to the web
install, or as inline text for the shell installation.
Caution: The pre/post scripts should not assume the standard installation
directories or topics when used to remove or otherwise manipulate files in the
installation. You can use the Utility function
Also, as the file to be removed is most likely not listed in the manifest,
it will not be backed up during the install. So use caution removing files
that would be required if fallback to the prior version of the plugin is
For example, the POSTINSTALL script might look for an obsolete file from
a previous install, map it to the correct location for this installation, and
delete it if it exists.
mapTarget to find the
correct file location for the current install. See
PerlDoc for Foswiki::Configure::Util (link requires BuildContrib to be installed)
my $this = shift; # Get the object instance passed to the routine if ($this) { # Verify that you are running in the new environment # Map the standard location to the absolute location on this # installation of Foswiki. mapTarget is only available in Foswiki >= 1.1 my $mapped = Foswiki::Configure::Util::mapTarget( $this->{_rootdir}, 'tools/obsolete.pl'); my $count = unlink $mapped if ( -e $mapped ); # If it exists, delete it. return "Removed $mapped \n " if ($count); }
test/unit/<name> directory for each extension.
To run the unit tests you will need to set up the test environment as described
in Foswiki::Development.GettingStarted
The easiest way to generate tests for your extension is to copy the approach taken in another extension. See for example ActionTrackerPlugin and CommentPlugin, which both have extensive test suites.
Tests are run using
perl build.pl test
cd BathPlugin/lib/Foswiki/Plugins/BathPlugin
perl build.pl release
cd dev install
perl pseudo-install.pl -uninstall BathPlugin
cd dev install
perl BathPlugin/BathPlugin_installer
release target automatically expands certain tokens in
.txt files
and in the installer script. The following tokens are supported:
%$MANIFEST% - table of files in MANIFEST
%$FILES% - hash keyed on file name mapping to permissions i.e. 'data/System/ThsiTopic.txt' => 0664, 'lib/Foswiki/Plugins/BlahPlugin.pm' => 0775
%$FOSWIKIAUTHORS% - contents of
%$DEPENDENCIES% - list of dependencies from DEPENDENCIES
%$VERSION% subversion number and the date of the most recent checkin
%$RELEASE% value of the
$RELEASE perl global variable from your master perl module
%$DATE% - local date
%$POD% - POD documentation for the package, excluding test modules.
%$PREINSTALL% - contents of PREINSTALL
%$POSTINSTALL% - contents of POSTINSTALL
%$PREUNINSTALL% - contents of PREUNINSTALL
%$POSTUNINSTALL% - contents of POSTINSTALL
%$BUGSURL% - URL of bugs web
%$INSTALL_INSTRUCTIONS% - basic instructions for installing
configure uses the
| Version: | row in the table in the extension topic to determine what version of the package is installed. In the sources this is normally set to
| Version: | 9507 (2010-10-04) |. When you
perl build.pl release, 9507 (2010-10-04) is computed by finding the most recent subversion checkin of any file listed in MANIFEST, so it's very reliable and low maintenance. You don't have to use 9507 (2010-10-04) in the
| Version: | row of the extension topic - you can use your own version string if you want, or you can use 4 Oct 2010 which will take whatever value you have assigned to the $RELEASE variable in the extension master perl module.
configure supports all of subversion revision numbers, manually generated triples (1.2.3), ISO dates, and
dd Mmmm yyy format dates as valid revision identifiers.
cd BathPlugin/lib/Foswiki/Plugins/BathPlugin
perl build.pl upload
upload target will upload to Foswiki.org. You will be prompted
to enter an alternate upload target, should you require it (e.g. to upload to
private corporate repository). The upload updates the topic and any associated
Var topics published by the extension, and uploads zip, tgz, md5 and installer
The installer script shipped with the package is very simple. By default all
it does is to check the dependencies you list, and if necessary download and
install any missing Foswiki and CPAN modules. Other dependencies are simply
checked. Topics shipped with the
module are automatically merged into any existing local copies, ensuring
histories are preserved.
If you want your installer to do anything else then you will need to write a POSTINSTALL script.
configure, then you can still install manually from the command-line. See http://foswiki.org/Support/ManuallyInstallingExtensions for more help.
|Crawford Currie
|Copyright ©:
|2004-2010, Foswiki Contributors
|4 Oct 2010
|9507 (2010-10-04)
|Change History:
|4 Oct 2010:
|Foswikitask:Item9785: Add BuildContrib.pm module to pick up version strings
|8 Sep 2010:
|Foswikitask:Item9566: Foswikitask:Item9640: minor maintenance fixes
|28 Aug 2010:
|Foswikitask:Item721: get proxy settings from environment variables
|06 Aug 2010:
|Foswikitask:Item9439: fix the initial uplaod problem - we were reading the topic file before it had been built
|01 Aug 2010:
| Foswikitask:Item9416: Add %$FOSWIKIAUTHORS% token, which pulls in
core/AUTHORS verbatim
|31 Jul 2010:
|Foswikitask:Item9415: Documentation updates
|27 May 2010
|Foswikitask:Item8810: improve generated manifest Foswikitask:Item9071: correct corruption of field values in target_upload
|30 Mar 2010
|Foswikitask:Item8804: Improve support for alternate Extension repositories. Foswiki:Development/EasierMirroringOfExtensionRepositories
|11 Feb 2010
|Foswikitask:Item8468: Fixed incorrect link at the top of Extension topic - Foswiki:Main.AndrewJones
|9 Feb 2010
|Foswikitask:Item8490: Handle 200 or 400 from GET bin/login
|13 Sep 2009
|Foswikitask:Item8272: Improve handling of compression targets
|21 Jul 2009
|Foswikitask:Item1840: check result of login attempt during perl build.pl upload
|20 Mar 2009
|Foswikitask:Item1338: added SHA1 checksum generation; Foswikitask:Item1192 remove more T(m)Wiki cruft; added support for new Support structure to template - Foswiki:Main.WillNorris
|5 Mar 2009
|Foswikitask:Item1198: Improved support for %$VERSION% (made it much more accurate) and changed the generated date format to ISO. Also added support for %$RELEASE%, an optional release identifier taken from the master perl module.
|15 Feb 2009
|Foswikitask:Item1079: Added twiki target
|31 Jan 2009
|Macro expansion works even in non-english locales (Foswikitask:Item924)
|03 Dec 2008
|Re-release for Foswiki; copyright assigned to Foswiki Contributors


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Ho finito.
I'm finished.
Yes, it's true. I'm finished. The book is done and I'm tickled. Woo hoo!
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Help Wanted
Ho finito.
Posted by Sarita at 5:55 AM
Labels: Help Wanted, Life, Vito, writing
5 comments:
- Dru said...
Woo Hoo! Congratulations on finishing your book.
- Wendy said...
CONGRATULATIONS!!!I am so proud of you, my friend! And you had to know I'd be putting my hand up to be a volunteer reader. Bring it on.
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- Marianne Arkins said...
Oh.. good job you!! Looking forward to seeing the next book of yours in the stores. :-D
- Jennifer Shirk said...
Yay! Congrats!!
(If you still need a set of eyes, I'd be happy to read a few chapters for you)
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With increasing virtualization of IT resources, the need for high performance storage is more essential than ever. The TS-1079 Pro offers class-leading system architecture matched with 10 GbE networking performance designed to meet the needs of demanding server virtualization, such as VMware®, Citrix®, and Windows® Hyper-V. 10 GbE network speeds greatly increase the agility of data transmission in a virtualized environment intensifying NFS and iSCSI connection performance.
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The TS-1079 Pro offers network expansion options which includes dual-port 1 GbE and dual-port 10 GbE network expansion cards, to aggregate and boost network performance. The TS-1079 Pro includes two Gigabit (GbE) LAN ports which can be expanded to four GbE LAN ports or two 10 GbE LAN ports plus two GbE ports.
Blazing Fast Data Backup via USB 3.0
The TS-1079 Pro features USB 3.0 ports for high speed backup to external hard drives. EXT3, EXT4, NTFS, and HFS+ file systems are supported to ensure compatibility with Windows, Mac® OS X, and Linux operating systems.
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Primary Applications
Centralized Storage and File Sharing
- Cross-platform Sharing with Antivirus
The TS-1079 Pro supports SMB/CIFS, NFS, and AFP protocols for file sharing across Windows, Mac, Linux/UNIX networks. User accounts and shared folders can be created via the user-friendly web-based interface without IT expertise. The integrated antivirus solution for the Turbo NAS ensures business continuity by offering detection against the latest viruses, malware, worms, and Trojan horses.
- Windows Active Directory (AD) and LDAP Directory Service
The Windows AD and LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) directory service features enable the system administrator to retrieve user accounts from Windows AD or Linux LDAP server to the TS-1079 Pro reducing time and effort in account setup. Users can use the same login name and password to access the TS-1079 Pro.
- Shared Folder Aggregation
Conveniently connect to the shared folders of other servers on Microsoft Networking through the "portal folder" on the TS-1079 Pro. This reduces the hassle of logging in to different servers one by one.
- ISO File Archiving and Sharing
The TS-1079 Pro supports mounting ISO images of CD and DVD discs for network sharing folders for data archiving, storage, and sharing. This feature saves space from storing the physical discs, reduces the risk of data loss caused by long term use of the discs, and enhances the performance of data sharing on a business network.
- Centralized Log Monitoring
A central repository of log data from various network devices allows efficient management and security auditing in a businesses. QNAP Syslog server allows the IT administrator to effectively collect and store logs of other network devices in the Turbo NAS.
Backup Center for Business
The TS-1079 Pro offers a complete backup solution for businesses with QNAP QBack/NetBak Replicator which supports real-time and scheduled data backup from Windows PCs, Apple® Time Machine backup from Mac OS, and third party backup software such as Acronis® True Image and Symantec® Backup Exec.
Disaster Recovery Solution
The TS-1079 Pro offers users peace of mind, business continuity, and high availability of data by providing the ability to recover their data from disasters.
- Real-time Remote Replication
Real-time Remote Replication (RTRR) provides real-time or scheduled data replication between the TS-1079 Pro and a remote QNAP NAS, an FTP server, or an external drive.
- iSCSI LUN Backup and Restore
The Turbo NAS has taken iSCSI LUN backup/restore to a whole new level with snapshot technology. The IT administrator can use the LUN snapshot to back up contents in the LUN to various storage destinations, including Windows shared folders via SMB/CIFS, Linux shared folders via NFS, or local shared folders on the Turbo NAS.
- Cloud Storage Backup
Get ready to send private data to the clouds! The TS-1079 Pro supports Amazon S3 and ElephantDrive cloud storage backup which have several backup modes including real-time, scheduled backup and versioning control so that the data can be restored from any point of time. With ElephantDrive cloud storage can be monitored through a web browser. An extra set of all of the data stored will always be available, so remote data recovery is quick and simple.
iSCSI and Virtualization Deployment
The TS-1079 Pro is fully VMware and Citrix ready and Windows Hyper-V compliant.
- NAS + iSCSI Combo Solution
The TS-1079 Pro can serve as a NAS for file sharing and iSCSI storage concurrently.
- Flexible Management
The TS-1079 Pro supports multiple LUNs (Logical Unit Numbers) and iSCSI targets. LUNs can be flexibly mapped to, unmapped from, and switched among different iSCSI targets.
- Secure Deployment
Designed with CHAP authentication and LUN masking, the advanced ACL (Access Control List) offers the capability to block unauthorized access from the initiators.
- Designed for Virtualized and Clustered Environments
Compared with a high cost Fibre Channel SAN, the TS-1079 Pro is an affordable system that can be deployed as a storage center for virtualized and clustered server environments, such as VMware and Microsoft Windows Failover Cluster.
- SPC-3 Persistent Reservation Supported
The built-in iSCSI service supports enterprise-level features such as SPC-3 persistent reservation for clustering in VMware and Windows Server 2008. The administrator can set up Microsoft Failover Cluster environment, use Cluster Shared Volume for Hyper-V, and execute virtual machine live migration between Hyper-V hosts.
- Advanced MPIO and MC/S Supported
With the support of MPIO (Multipath Input Output) and MC/S (Multiple Connections per Session) on the Turbo NAS, users can connect to the iSCSI targets on the TS-1079 Pro using two or more network interfaces from their server with failover and load balancing. Furthermore, with MC/S settings better data transmission performance is achieved.
Video Editing
Digital film and video production produces volumes of data that require high performance RAID storage with sustainable throughput to balance with the demanding output of video editing. The TS-1079 Pro fulfills storage and video editing needs with a high speed 10 GbE network interface. Digital videos can be quickly stored and edited on the TS-1079 Pro directly over the network.
IP-SAN Storage
The built-in iSCSI feature provides an affordable IP-SAN (Storage Area Network) alternative for business. Compared with Fibre Channel SAN, the total investment is significantly lowered.
Key Features
FIPS 140-2 Certified AES 256-bit Volume-based Data Encryption
The disk volume with FIPS 140-2 certified AES 256-bit encryption can only be accessed by an authorized encryption password or key. This prevents the sensitive government or businesses data on the Turbo NAS from unauthorized access and breach even if the hard disk drives or the entire system were stolen.
*The data encryption functions may not be available in accordance to the legislative restrictions of some countries. Please contact QNAP sales representatives for further information.
Advanced Folder Permissions
Advanced folder permissions allow users to configure folder/subfolder access to the TS-1079 Pro. With this feature enabled, users can manage the folder permissions from Microsoft Windows or the web-based management interface of the TS-1079 Pro without complicated procedures.
Secure Measures for Data Storage and Access
- Policy-based Unauthorized IP Blocking
The administrator can allow, deny or auto block specified IP address or network domain which attempt to connect to the TS-1079 Pro via SSH, Telnet, HTTP(S), FTP, Samba, or AFP.
- Remote Login
The TS-1079 Pro supports remote login by SSH (secure shell) or Telnet connection.
- SSL Security (HTTPS)
The TS-1079 Pro supports HTTPS connection. The administrator can upload a secure certificate and RSA private key in X.509PEM format issued by a trusted provider to allow access the TS-1079 Pro by secure SSL login.
- Secure FTP
The TS-1079 Pro offers secure data transfer with SSL/TLS (explicit) encryption. Passive FTP port range setup is also supported.
- Encrypted Remote Replication by Rsync
The data on the TS-1079 Pro can be backed up to or from another QNAP Turbo NAS or Rsync server over the network securely.
- Shared Folder Management
Administrator can select to hide or show the network shared folders of the TS-1079 Pro on Windows network.
- User Authority Management
Administrator can create user ID and password, and define the authority and quota for each user.
Abundant Business Features
The TS-1079 Pro supports a multiuse of server business applications.
|File Server
The TS-1079 Pro allows file sharing cross Windows, Mac, Linux, and UNIX platforms. It also supports WebDAV for easy access to the shared folders via HTTP/HTTPS protocol remotely.
|FTP Server
Administrator can establish an FTP server with the TS-1079 Pro and share files conveniently with colleagues or customers.
|Backup Server
The TS-1079 Pro offers complete backup solutions with Apple Time Machine support, remote replication to an Rsync server, Windows client backup software QNAP NetBak Replicator, and third party backup software support.
|Web Server
Multiple websites can be hosted on the TS-1079 Pro with the built-in web server and virtual host feature.
|RADIUS Server
RADIUS server centralizes and consolidates user authentication by maintaining a list of user accounts that are authorized for remote network access through dial-up equipment, Wi-Fi access point, or VPN connections.
|Syslog Server
By collecting and storing logs of other network devices in the Turbo NAS with QNAP's Syslog server support, the IT administrator can easily monitor the status of these devices, and further troubleshoot when necessary.
|Print Server
The TS-1079 Pro offers cross-platform printer sharing over the network and remote printing over the Internet (max. 3 USB printers). IPP (Internet Printing Protocol), print job management, and Bonjour printing for Mac OS X are also supported.
|Surveillance Station
Administrator can monitor supported IP cameras via the TS-1079 Pro and set up a video surveillance system with comprehensive monitoring, recording, and playback features.
The TS-1079 Pro supports IPv6 (Internet Protocol Version 6) which makes the NAS a dual-stack IP host running IPv4 and IPv6 at the same time.
Advanced RAID Management with Hot-swap Design
RAID is an advanced feature that the QNAP Turbo NAS offers to enhance data protection and performance. The QNAP Turbo NAS has a scalable design in addition to supporting various levels of disk configurations such as RAID 0, 1, 5, 5+hot spare, 6, 6+hot spare, 10, 10+hotspare, single disk, and JBOD.
Global Hot Spare
The Global Hot Spare feature allows the administrator to share spare drives with multiple RAID volumes on the TS-1079 Pro. When a hard drive fails in any RAID volume, the global hot-spare drive will automatically replace the failed drive to prevent data from being lost. Compared with a local spare drive, the Global Hot Spare function offers more efficient use of spare drives.
Multiple LAN Deployment
The TS-1079 Pro supports multiple bonding modes: Balance-rr (Round-Robin), Active Backup, Balance XOR, Broadcast, IEEE 802.3ad, Balance-tlb (Adaptive Transmit Load Balancing), and Balance-alb (Adaptive Load Balancing).
The LAN ports of the Turbo NAS can be configured in failover mode which allows the TS-1079 Pro to sustain the failure of one network port and provide continuous services.
|Load Balancing
The LAN ports of theTS-1079 Pro can be configured in load balancing mode for bandwidth aggregation to boost file transfer speeds. It works with managed Ethernet switch with 802.3ad configured.
|Multi-IP Settings
The TS-1079 Pro can be deployed with multiple different IP settings for sharing among different workgroups in two different subnets.
System Management Tools
The TS-1079 Pro offers various features to help the administrator manage the system efficiently.
|Instant SMS, Email and Windows Live Messenger Alert
Configure the SMTP server, SMS server, and Windows Live Messenger account settings on the TS-1079 Pro in order to receive instant system warning or error messages by email, SMS and Windows Messenger.
|SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)
Collect the information, warning, or errors of the TS-1079 Pro and send warnings up to 3 SNMP servers for centralized management and real-time monitoring.
|Wake on LAN
Enable this option to power on the TS-1079 Pro remotely by Wake on LAN. Wake on LAN helps the administrator manage the NAS conveniently.
|Scheduled Power on/off
Create schedules to automatically turn on, turn off, or restart the TS-1079 Pro. Up to 15 schedules can be set.
|S.M.A.R.T. & Advanced Hard Drive Health Scan (HHS)
Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.) helps the administrator monitor hard disk status. Moreover, the TS-1079 Pro supports Hard Drive Health Scan (HHS) for disk checking and bad blocks scanning.
Comprehensive Event Logs
|Available QPKG Software Plugins
Maximize the usage of the TS-1079 Pro by installing additional QPKG software plugins developed by the users and communities worldwide.
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The Long Beach Medical Center, which has been closed since Hurricane Sandy caused $56 million in damage, is facing pressure from the New York State Department of Health to shutter its acute care service and merge with another hospital, possibly South Nassau Communities Hospital.
The 162-bed facility closed when 10 feet of water flooded its basement during the storm. Hospital spokeswoman Sharon Player told the Herald last week that all major work to allow two wings to open, including the emergency department, had been completed. But before the hospital can reopen, both the county fire marshal and the Health Department must inspect it to ensure that it is up to code, Player said.
According to an advertisement in this week's issue of the Herald by the hospital's board of trustees, the state does not want the facility to resume its acute care operations, meaning that the facility would no longer have a functioning emergency room.
Without an acute care center, hospital officials said, the facility would no longer have in-patient services. Officials said that the Health Department does not want the hospital to function as a "911-receiving emergency department." Though it might be allowed to provide some urgent care, such services would not be offered on a 24/7 basis.
"We feel that the community deserves more than that," a spokeswoman said. "Given the size and geographic isolation of the community, an acute-care hospital with emergency services is clinically appropriate and can be financially viable."
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Schizophrenia and cannabis
Read more... Schizophrenia Research Journal Articles
New Perspectives in the Studies on Endocannabinoid and Cannabis: Cannabinoid Receptors and Schizophrenia
Hiroshi Ujike and Yukitaka Morita
J Pharmacol Sci 96, 376 – 381 (2004)
This article reviews the evidence of cannabis (marijuana) with respect to psychosis and schizophrenia. The authors pose adding another element to the model of schizophrenia that includes cannabinoid receptors. These receptors (referred to as CB-1 receptors) are increased in the brains of many people with schizophrenia. Recently, there was an attempt at using a medication designed to target these receptors that did not show a benefit over a placebo (Click here for my review). However, there is evidence that cannabis can cause similar cognitive (thinking) deficits in someone acutely intoxicated from THC (the active ingredient in marijuana).
Additionally, many people experience some degree of psychosis/hallucination while under the influence of THC. Some have described a more persistent "cannabinoid psychosis" in ultra-high level users. In people with schizophrenia, positive symptoms are typically worsened by the use of cannabis, even if the person is regularly taking antipsychotic medications. Some studies have also argued that the use of cannabis in a high risk population may precipitate the development of schizophrenia. In other words, people with a genetic predisposition may receive the trigger to develop schizophrenia from using marijuana heavily, though this is not fully proven yet.
Cannabinoid receptors are found in both the brain and the body's periphery. When they are in the brain they are referred to as CB-1 and in the rest of the body they are called CB2. Why has the human body got receptors for use with THC? It is because there are endogenous (produced by our own body) molecules that have evolved to fit in these receptors .The most studied is called anandamide and it is a fatty-acid derivative. When rodents have been given synthesized anandamide, they behaved just as if they were given marijuana. In one study of the fluid around the brain and spinal cord (CSF) of people with schizophrenia, it was found that there was a 2-fold increase in the amount of anandamide compared to healthy controls. This level did not change even with the administration of antipsychotic medications. In people with schizophrenia, there is an increase in the CB-1 receptors located in the caudate and putamen (areas of the brain associated with the dysfunctions found in schizophrenia.) It is thought that this increase in receptors may have to do with negative symptoms and with some of the cognitive (thinking) disturbances found in schizophrenia.
There are many genetic variations of the CB-1 receptor. It is possible that having a particular genotype (genetic variation) of the receptor may put someone at greater risk of cannabinoid psychosis. Some have described this type of condition as "amotivational syndrome" because of the profound negative symptom quality to it. One particular genotype has been most clearly linked to people with disorganized type of schizophrenia; a type more characterized by inability to maintain activities of daily living than with positive/psychotic symptoms. This variation has also been seen in people with the amotivational syndrome due to marijuana but not with psychosis due to amphetamine (speed, etc.) or other drug use. However, this genetic variation is merely an association and not yet determined to actually be a testable risk factor for schizophrenia. The role of cannabinoids will be the subject of much further research over the upcoming years.
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For more information on Marijuana/cannabis and schizophrenia risk, see: http://www.schizophrenia.com/hypo.html#street
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Chamber drops Red, White & BOOM
Red, White & BOOM has been dropped from the Chamber of Commerce of Cape Coral calendar for 2014 due to a lack of securing a title sponsor.
The city's annual Fourth of July fireworks patriotic celebration drew in excess of 20,000 people every year to the shores of the Caloosahatchee River at the Cape Coral Bridge. RE/MAX Realty Team has been the title sponsor for the past four years, but informed the chamber in August that it would end its sponsorship.
"We've been beating the bushes ever since to find someone else to make a three-year commitment," said Chamber President and CEO Mike Quaintance. "Trouble is, Cape Coral doesn't have that many large businesses and it is a significant commitment of $50,000 a year.
"Red, White & BOOM was one of the city's greatest events every year, but the reality is we can continue the tradition only when the business community is willing to support it with their time, treasure and talent," said Quaintance. "All three components are necessary when organizing these large extravaganzas."
Quaintance, however, did not rule out reinstating the celebration if a title sponsor comes forward within a month.
"If someone steps forward in that time I think we can swing it," said Quaintance. "I've turned over every rock I know, but would do it in a heartbeat."
The reason the chamber is making the announcement now is the board of directors is assembling its annual business plan that contains many events and activities for its membership for 2014.
With the Fourth of July event off its plate, the chamber is focusing on the needs of its membership by planning advocacy, education and business development events. Quaintance said plans are in the works for an advanced leadership class through Keiser University as well as seminars on customer service, marketing and networking.
"Not having Red, White & BOOM will have an economic impact on the downtown businesses," said Quaintance. "People are usually looking to cool off, so they go into the restaurants, bars and stores. I'm sure those folks will be unhappy about it. It would be a big disappointment for the community not to have the fireworks. I suppose people would go to other fireworks displays around."
Word of the cancellation had not yet reached the City Council members Tuesday afternoon. While the city has been a participant in the celebration with the chamber, Councilmember Lenny Nesta does not think city staff would be in apposition to take on the job.
"It's a huge event for Cape Coral," said Nesta. "I have faith, though, that someone will step up. It's a big boost in recognition for the name of the title sponsor."
"It is very volunteer intensive," added Quaintance. "We line up 150 to 200 volunteers to make this event what it has become. It is significantly labor intensive and manpower would be a problem for the city."
The chamber has a number of events that the general public can participate in throughout the year. Those include the Holiday Festival of Lights, which was celebrated downtown over the weekend, a golf tournament, pub crawl, farmer's markets and candidate forums.


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Sept-29-08 DCA, HMFA Launch Next Phase of Camden Home Improvement Program
DCA, HMFA Launch Next Phase of Camden Home Improvement Program
Home Improvement Funds To Be Available In Camden Neighborhoods
CAMDEN – Camden City Mayor Gwendolyn Faison, Camden Churches Organized for People (CCOP) Chairman Reverend Willie L. Anderson, Cooper's Ferry Development Association Executive Director Tom Corcoran, and Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (HMFA) Executive Director Marge Della Vecchia joined Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Commissioner Joseph Doria today to launch Phase II of the Camden Home Improvement Program (CHIP).
"Governor Corzine's continued efforts to support families and provide good housing are exemplified through this program," said Commissioner Doria. "Phase I of CHIP helped many hard working individuals make greatly needed home improvements and we look forward to the continued success of the program in Phase II."
CHIP provides up to $20,000 in forgivable loans for eligible Camden homeowners to make life safety home improvements. CHIP, which began in 2006 as a pilot program, was initiated by Camden community-based organizations, specifically Camden Churches Organized for People (CCOP), Concerned Black Clergy and the Camden Community Development Association (CCDA). Cooper's Ferry Development Association has been selected as the Phase II Program Administrator.
"It is an excellent initiative in the City, and we hope that it would be of great benefit to the residents," said Mayor Faison.
"This is a program that will help residents directly by making money available for 'sticks and bricks, nuts and bolts' improvements to their homes," said Marge Della Vecchia. "Thanks to the cooperation of the City, the State and the CCOP, residents will be able to put the money to good use."
CHIP is funded with $5 million from the Economic Recovery Board for Camden, $2.5 million from the Department of Community Affairs, and additional funding from the City of Camden. Phase II will reach approximately 75 homeowners. Phase I was successfully managed by Coopers' Ferry. To date, work is complete on 66 homes, 18 homes are undergoing construction, and 43 homes are in the application review process, for a total investment of approximately $2 million. Once all three phases are complete, CHIP will benefit between 250 and 300 homeowner throughout the City.
"On behalf of the CCOP, we believe that this is the way, with the state, city and community working together in a concerted effort, that we will recover cities in distress, such as Camden," said Reverend Anderson.
Cooper's Ferry and CCOP have scheduled public information sessions for homeowners to provide information about the program and the application process for the Phase II neighborhoods: Bergen Square, Cooper Point, Pyne Point, Cramer Hill/Pavonia, Stockton and Marlton. Information about these meetings is listed below. All meetings will be held from 7:00 – 8:00 p.m.
CHIP Information Sessions:
Tuesday October 7th - Bergen Square:
St. Bartholomew's Roman Catholic Church
751 Kaighn Avenue
Camden, NJ 08103
Wednesday October 8th - Cooper and Pyne Points:
Camden Bible Tabernacle
823-25 Elm Street
Camden, NJ 08102
Tuesday October 14th - Cramer Hill & Pavonia:
Christus Lutheran Church
909 N. 26th Street
Camden, NJ 08105
Wednesday October 15th - Marlton and Stockton:
St. Joseph's Pro-Cathedral
2907 Federal Street
Camden, NJ 08105
Applications are due Friday, October 24th and can be submitted at one of the four (4) public information sessions or directly to Cooper's Ferry Development Association, CHIP Program Administrator, located at One Port Center, 2 Riverside Drive in Camden at either the security desk on the first floor or directly to Cooper's Ferry, Suite 501, 5th floor. For additional information, please log-on to www.CamdenCHIP.com or call 1-856-757-9422.


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I had looked forward to spending a quiet weekend watching the Rugby World Cup along with a little bit of college football (gridiron for you non-US, non-Canadian readers). That changed yesterday when I got an e-mail from my friendly neighborhood Apple Genius telling me that his store had received a modest shipment of 16GB iPod touches. After arriving at the local Apple Store at 10:05 and waiting for an available green-shirted sales person, I made my purchase and sped home.
Here's what I ended up with:
Inside the box was something that looked suspiciously like my iPhone, encased in plastic film.
...and assembled in China
Below that was an white bag:
Inside the bag are a set of earbuds, docking cable, universal dock adapter, and a small display stand.
Upon further examination, it looks like there's more stuff inside...
...and there is.
A pamphlet, a cloth to keep the screen smudge free, and some white Apple stickers:
The pamphlet is actually a Quick Start Guide.
You can see that the iPod touch is just a hair smaller than the iPhone
It's also not quite as thick
In contrast to the iPhone, the iPod touch only has a headphone jack and port on the bottom.
Again, you can see the small size difference between the two devices. iPod touch is on top
I'll be putting the iPod touch through its paces with an eye towards having a completed review up on Sunday night.


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Everyone wants snow for the holidays. But how often has there been at least 1" on the ground for Christmas Day? (Answer: About a third of the time.)
The Nebraska Department of Corrections miscalculated release dates for hundreds of inmates since 1995, resulting in prisoners being set free ahead of schedule.
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Twenty-five Nebraska physicians received at least $1 million in Medicare payments in 2012, and a Hastings eye specialist took in nine times that amount, according to federal data. Find out how much your provider got paid.
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Aerial and before-after photos of damage in Pilger, Nebraska, after a deadly tornado hit the town in June 2014.
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