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Entrepreneurial exit, ability and engagement across countries in different stages of development
Entrepreneurial ability has been suggested to be an important predictor of entrepreneurial engagement. In this paper we investigate the extent to which different types of recent entrepreneurial exit experiences foster entrepreneurial ability and subsequent entrepreneurial engagement. We discriminate between several exit modes and distinguish the following engagement levels: potential, intentional, nascent, young and established entrepreneurship. We use individual-level data for 67 countries that participated in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor during 2007, 2008 and 2009. Our findings indeed show that entrepreneurial exit directly fosters entrepreneurial engagement as well as indirectly through enhanced entrepreneurial ability. We also find dat positive as well as negative exit experiences foster subsequent entrepreneurial engagement. In addition, the impacts of exit on ability and exit on engagement increase with the stage of development of a country.
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"Understanding the challenges in today's steel market is crucial for the sector in order to explore new opportunities and means of growth." Mike ElliottGlobal Mining & Metals Leader,EY
Despite the demand growth witnessed during 2010 and 2011, growth in steelmaking capacity still exceeds steel demand. There is now significant over-capacity in the global steel sector which is putting pressure on operators' profitability.
Global steel capacity vs. supply vs. demand
This has been exacerbated by the European sovereign debt crisis which reduced confidence in the marketplace in the latter half of 2011 on global economic growth, putting a halt on investments into large-scale infrastructure projects in Europe, and reduced availability of capital for growth.
The complexity of the issue is large, as growth in steelmaking capacity is expected to continue at pace and political issues are preventing a rationalization of the sector because governments are under pressure to protect jobs and the sector. The timeframe for rationalization will be driven by the political agenda. With over-capacity being the most significant challenge in the sector today, there are further related challenges facing the sector.
Steel production is shifting from mature to emerging economies. There are fewer domestic growth prospects, as well as increased competitive threats for steel players with an established footprint in Europe and North America. Europe and the United States show a weakness in both GDP and industrial production as GDP is forecast to grow less than 2.0% in both 2011 and 2012, as opposed to an expected 9.0% and 7.5% growth in 2012 for China and India, respectively.1
The Indian steel sector is striving to put on more capacity to capitalize on that growth. In China, however, there is already significant excess steelmaking capacity. Chinese crude steel capacity is expected to amount to 840 million tonnes in 2012, which would be 22% in excess of the expected 688 million tonnes of consumption.2
Volatility of contract prices
For steelmakers, not only does the performance vary significantly across both emerging and developed markets, but a considerable cause of volatility is the cost of raw materials. The shortage of these supplies in the market has allowed suppliers of iron ore and metallurgical coal to rebuild the pricing mechanisms through the shift from annual to shorter-term price contracts.
This has created numerous challenges for steelmakers as they must now deal with volatility in raw material prices, as well as maintain margins with fluctuating demand. Over the past two years, any firmness in steel prices has given iron ore producers an opportunity to increase the prices in the next contract; however the reverse may not be true as steel companies cannot always pass on the rise in iron ore prices to end consumers due to the fragmented market.3
The very nature of steelmaking and large amounts of capital investment means that the sector does not find it easy to adjust quickly to changing circumstances. At the time of the global economic crisis of 2008–09, steel mills were operating at high capacity when demand fell off very suddenly. This caused an unexpected oversupply of steel in the market. There remains a lag between demand fluctuation and production adjustments as there is still structural overcapacity in certain product segments.
For many decades, the greater margins were derived by the steel mills. The steel mills held both purchasing power over the raw materials supplies and set market prices for steel distributors and customers. In recent years, however, most of the pricing power switched to the suppliers and customers. In response to these changes, steelmakers need to change their business models by introducing greater operating flexibility and becoming more customer-focused in their product mix and more innovative in how they price their products.
1. World Economic Outlook: Slowing growth, Rising risks, IMF, September 2011.2. "Chinese steel industry faces significant overcapacity in 2012 – CISA", IHS Global Insight daily analysis, 6 January 2012.3. "China steel sector," Macquarie Research, 8 July 2011.
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A rush of new projects moving natural gas from areas like Texas' Barnett Shale through a pair of Louisiana pipeline hubs could increase volatility for the fuel in the short term and drive down prices in the long term, according to a new study.
Some 40 pipeline, storage and liquefied natural gas terminal projects will come on line over the next 18 to 24 months, providing billions of cubic feet of new gas supplies for the key pipeline hubs of Perryville and Henry Hub in Louisiana.
Those new sources of fuel are likely to outpace capacity to move the fuel farther east to markets including Florida, Ohio and New York, according to data compiled by Bentek Energy, a Evergreen, Colo.-based research and consulting firm.
That could first mean greater price swings as markets figure out how to accommodate the new supplies and, ultimately, put downward pressure on prices because of oversupply.
Lower prices at the Henry Hub would affect prices throughout the country, because it's a widely used benchmark price.
"It's too much gas in the wrong place," said Rusty Braziel, managing director of Bentek. "It's going to be a roller coaster ride for a while."
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The latest Gaza war has had the effect of mocking the US role in the region– showing our country to be firmly on the aggressor's side in the conflict and making us peripheral to Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood's leadership in effecting a truce.
Here are two perspectives on the American condition:
John Cook, who is married to a Jew, writes at Slate: "How To Pick a Fight With Your Relatives This Thanksgiving":
3) What Should We Fight About? Israel. You should fight about Israel. Particularly if you are Jewish or are married to a Jew or are the child of an Evangelical Christian. If you can find a way to work your way backward to the Clinton impeachment, that's always a gold mine of long-repressed rage and conflict. Otherwise you are stuck with the election—amateur hour.
More seriously, at the New Republic, John Judis writes that the ceasefire will not hold because the United States, out of obeisance to Israel and its friends, has foolishly refused to deal with Hamas, or indeed to take its own power in the conflict:
If the U.S. wanted to talk to the participants in the conflict, and get them to stop, it had to talk to Israel and Hamas. But it has refused to talk to Hamas until it recognizes Israel, even though the United States talks to plenty of countries—take Saudi Arabia, to begin with—that have never done so. And Congress, with AIPAC looking on, has also ruled against any American efforts to talk with Hamas.
…in this case, the United States has consistently subordinated its foreign policy to that of the Israeli government—and I use the term "government" not "people," because I would argue that energetic American diplomacy, absent any artificial constraints, could benefit the Israeli as well as American and Palestinian people.
Washington has reserves of power in the region that it has left untapped; and it can also now call on Egypt, which has considerable influence with Hamas. The United States has leverage on the Palestinian Authority and can influence Hamas directly, if it begins to communicate directly with the group, pressuring it to stop its rocket attacks on Israel and to join Fatah in a unity government. The United States has always had leverage on Israel. The Obama administration has to begin using that leverage—pressuring Netanyahu to stop the growth of settlements and to begin negotiations with a willingness to exchange land for peace—even if that means bucking AIPAC and Congress. Without pressure of this kind, there will not be, as Hillary Clinton put it this week, a "durable peace," or any peace at all for that matter.


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In my opinion, Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4 are the first time since Visual Studio 2005 and .NET 2.0 that I feel that the platform and development tools are 100% aligned. Visual Studio 2008 was good, but it had poor support for a lot of .NET 3.X technologies, and there were so many interim items released without the appropriate took upgrades.
I'm very impressed with the overall combination of technologies and tools and the overall improvements to Visual Studio. What do you think of the new tools?
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) –– Cisco (CSCO) continues to see emerging market weakness, noticeably in China, where Cisco CFO Frank Calderoni said Sino-American relations are hurting the company, forcing an additional 6,000 layoffs.
In a phone interview, Calderoni said the emerging market weakness has been going on for over a year, not only in China but the other larger BRICM countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, Mexico), pointing out Brazil, as well as China. "China, if you look at the numbers we announced, was further impacted in the fourth quarter then it was in the third quarter," Calderoni said. "It's a combination of political as well as economic, and it does vary from country to country. We know generally, we have been impacted by some security issues in the past year, as well as some political accusations made between the U.S. and China and I think we're not alone in that."
On the earnings call, CEO John Chambers said the service provider market continued to remain difficult, with sales down 11% and orders down 13% year over year. The company also noted emerging markets sales were weak, with the company expecting weakness there for several quarters. Of Cisco's emerging market business, 15 countries saw order rates decline by 9%.
During the quarter, cash flow from operations were $3.6 billion, up from $3.2 billion in the fiscal third quarter, but down from $4 billion in the year ago quarter. At the end of the 2014 fiscal year, cash flows from operations were $12.3 billion, and cash, cash equivalents and investments were $52.1 billion.
Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters were expecting the San Jose-based Cisco to earn 53 cents a share on $12.14 billion in revenue.


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Jourgensen Has Never Heard Limp Bizkit
MINISTRY mainman Al Jourgensen has confessed that he has never heard a LIMP BIZKIT song, despite recording a track for their new album "Bipolar".
"I've never heard a LIMP BIZKIT song," Jourgensen told Britain's Metal Hammer. "I'm doing a track on the album because I met Fred Durst and he offered to do my back piece because he used to be a tattooist before he was in a band. I still haven't heard a song by LIMP BIZKIT!"
In addition to Jourgensen, the upcoming CD will feature guest appearances from former HELMET frontman Page Hamilton and KORN guitarist Brian "Head" Welch, among others.
"Fred's like the white P. Diddy," Jourgensen continued. "He recognizes talent and puts it together."
The Haunted Are "Very Happy" With Earache
The Haunted frontman Marco Aro has branded as "total bullshit" quotes attributed to him in a recent interview with Finland's Kaista, according to an Earache Records spokesperson.
Aro, who was quoted by Kaista as saying that "Earache are lying to us all the time" regarding album sales, is claiming that the band are "very happy right now" with their relationship with Earache and insists that "the level of communication [between the band and the label] right now is the best it has ever been," according to the Earache spokesperson.
"We don't discuss our business dealings in public, but Earache never told us we only sold 1,000 units in the U.S. — that's plain ridiculous," the singer reportedly added.
[For the record, THE HAUNTED's "The Haunted Made Me Do It" has sold 14,658 copies in the U.S., according to Nielsen Soundscan, while the live album, "Live Rounds In Tokyo", has shifted 3,139 units so far.]
"With the DVD, of course things could always be done better with hindsight but its number one in the Swedish charts. How can anyone be unhappy with that?!!" said Aro.
"Earache worked really hard for us with 'One Kill Wonder'. They did a great job and the chart positions all over the world speak for themselves," the singer reportedly concluded.
Daily Reviews
Blistering.com has several new reviews of late:
- Evergreen Terrace - Buried Alive By Time
- Various Artists - Contaminated 5.0
- Thine - In Therapy
- Symphony X - The Odyssey
- Strapping Young Lad - SYL
- Grave - Back From The Grave
Hirax Writing A New Age of Terror
Hirax are writing songs for the new album, tentatively titled: "The New Age Of Terror" and have just been confirmed to appear at this year's 'Bang Your Head' festival in Germany.
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The Company holds 100% in four blocks (one E&P and three Prospecting permits) in Paraguay, extending over 5.8mm hectares. The blocks offer significant potential with two of the basins shared with adjoining petroleum producing regions.
Amerisur has more than 4,663km of 2D seismic including approximately 1,800km of 1971 vintage Texaco data, 817km of more recent Phillips Petroleum data and 2,046km of data acquired by Shell between 1979 and 1981.
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This Exploration and Production (E&P) permit covers approximately 800,000 hectares in the north west of the Paraná basin. Approximately 1,000km of 2D seismic data has been reprocessed in Bogotá, and has been re-interpreted both in house in Bogotá and by a geophysical consultancy in Perth, Australia.
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• Jaguerete-1 was drilled in April 2016 and initial analysis indicates the presence of oil saturations within low porosity sandstones of the Lima and Santa Elena formations.
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The Company holds 3 prospective licenses covering an area of approximately 5.2MM hectares in the Pirity/Pilar basin complex.
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LUTCHER — Two St. James Parish elementary schools, one on the West bank and one on the East bank of the Mississippi River, have been selected to close over the next few years after a study commissioned by the School Board revealed dwindling enrollment and a projected shift in residential population from those areas.
Fifth Ward Elementary School, in St. James, and Lutcher Elementary School, in Lutcher, had only 182 and 183 prekindergarten through sixth-grade students enrolled, respectively, in 2012, according to a study provided by the superintendent's office Tuesday.
In comparison, the study showed in 2012 there were 464 prekindergarten through sixth-grade students enrolled at Gramercy Elementary School, 649 students enrolled at Paulina Elementary School, 322 students enrolled at Sixth Ward Elementary School and 340 students enrolled at Vacherie Elementary School.
Fifth Ward and Lutcher elementary schools are also projected to have the fewest number of enrolled students over the next 20 years, the study said.
The study, conducted by Geographic Planning & Demographic Services LLC., of Duson, examined projected student enrollment over the next 20 years as a way to plan future facilities in the parish.
The parish's industrial growth also has affected changes in residential population.
"The potential for industrial expansion on the west side of the Mississippi River between the Ascension Parish line and the Fifth Ward area will probably have a long term detrimental effect on the residents living in that area now," the study states.
Many of these families would relocate to Sixth Ward or the Vacherie areas, according to the study.
Luce said the study would be made available to the public on the school district's website.
An informational public meeting was held prior to the School Board meeting Tuesday at Lutcher Elementary School. St. James Parish Superintendent Alonzo Luce said there will be another public meeting at 5 p.m. Wednesdayat Fifth Ward Elementary School.
The School Board initially discussed the closure of Fifth Ward and Lutcher Elementary schools during its annual retreat in January, officials said.
At Tuesday's meeting, the School Board opted to table discussion of new school district lines for Sixth Ward and Vacherie until more public meetings on the school closures can be held.
During the past two years, the School Board also has closed Romeville Elementary and Vacherie Primary schools due to declining population and looming industrial growth in the area.
The School Board also is working to relocate St. James High School, on the West bank located near the Fifth Ward, to the Sixth Ward due to expanding industrial growth near the school's current location.


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Photo by Bryan Roeder of a hibernating ground squirrel courtesy of Dr. Sandra Martin.
I sent these great comments and questions about a recent blog on Dr. Sandra Martin's work with hibernating ground squirrels to the expert for her response:
Halie J: I really found this article interesting. Knowing that animals gain muscle mass while they hibernate is fascinating and I'd like to know more about how that happens. I'm not sure it's a good thing they are losing body mass though because isn't it healthier to have more body mass then muscle mass? If fasting increases the antioxidant levels in the body how come it's not healthy to fast for weight loss and is that why you have to fast for a prolonged period of time before a blood test? If you could please get back to me I'd appreciate it.
Kayla G: I think that your post really came to my attention since I'm not familiar with animal hibernation or fasting. It was really interesting to read! Animals amaze me how they can actually go that long with no food or exorcise. What makes the ground squirrels muscle volume increase while it is sleeping? I was wondering since the elephant seals reason has to do with antioxidants.
Here are the responses from Dr. Martin:
We think hibernating ground squirrels are really interesting too! They do lots of things that are unusual or even unhealthy for humans. For example, these animals eat to get fat in late summer and fall, but then suddenly stop eating and begin hibernating. They literally fast all winter, living off of that stored fat. This is a great survival strategy for these animals because their food is not readily available during winter. So, Haley, in the case of hibernating ground squirrels, body mass loss is normal and healthy, and most of the loss is from fat that was deliberately stored for this purpose. We've done blood tests on some squirrels during this long period without food and know that they are in a stable state for long term fasting. Remember that these squirrels fast for ~6 months, so that's not really comparable to our overnight fast for a blood test.
Kayla: Pteryxx is absolutely right, we've discovered something really interesting about these squirrels; they gain muscle mass while they are still hibernating and fasting. Now we are trying to figure out exactly how they do this.


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We're Black and Blue All Over:
One of the staples of Super Bowl media day is press gatherings with national television analysts. Most of them are former players who come armed with strong opinions on the league and its trends, and their job is to share them in exchange for publicizing their network.
One of their primary topics Tuesday, it seems, was the Detroit Lions. NFL Network analyst Warren Sapp continued his assault on defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, calling him a "blind dog in a meat house" because of the way Sapp thinks Suh ignores run defense in search of the quarterback. Sapp said he watched Suh all season and said: "I never saw this dominant player that you guys are selling." He added that Suh hadn't reached out to him properly for advice. (More from Chris McCosky of the Detroit News.)
Meanwhile, Sapp merely laughed at the Lions' decision to add defensive line guru Jim Washburn to their staff, saying only that Washburn "leaves something to be desired" as a coach but refusing to elaborate. (More from Anwar S. Richardson of Mlive.com.)
And finally, CBS analyst Boomer Esiason said the Lions have done a poor job of surrounding quarterback Matthew Stafford with weapons and balance. Esiason, via Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press: "He's got no running game, he's got Ndamukong Suh running all over the place up there, they bring in convicts. ..."
Yikes. The Lions were 4-12 last season amid some dramatic headlines, making them easy targets for national criticism. Some of the language used Tuesday was inflammatory, of course, and none of the sentiments were new. But the substance of most of the criticism has merit, and it goes along with a high-profile collapse from a playoff season.
Continuing around the NFC North:
Former Chicago Bears receivers coach Darryl Drake isn't sure why Devin Hester has yet to establish himself as a receiver, Drake said in an ESPN 1000 interview.
The Bears added Brendan Nugent and Carson Walch to their staff as quality-control coaches, notes Michael C. Wright of ESPNChicago.com.
David Haugh of the Chicago Tribune checks in with former Bears special-teams ace Brendon Ayanbadejo at the Super Bowl.
Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers said on his ESPN 540 radio show that it has been "a pleasure" playing with receiver Donald Driver, who is not expected to return to the team next season and might retire.
There is little reason to think that Driver will play anywhere in 2013, writes Pete Dougherty of the Green Bay Press-Gazette.
It's time for the Packers to add a mean streak, writes Tyler Dunne of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Tom Pelissero of 1500ESPN.com grades the Minnesota Vikings' special teams, coaching and personnel for 2012.
The rise of San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick began with a long run against the Vikings in the preseason, writes Mark Craig of the Star Tribune.


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Oakwood Cemetery
Oakwood Cemetery, Fort Worth's second oldest community cemetery, was also known as City Cemetery or New City Cemetery in its early days. It is sometimes confused with Pioneers Rest which was the first to be known as City Cemetery and later as Old City Cemetery. Old Trinity and Calvary Cemeteries were added to the Oakwood complex later to serve the African American and Catholic communities.
Although Oakwood wasn't established until 1879, there are death dates in the book ranging from 1818 through 1992. For burials later than this, you must contact the office at Oakwood Cemetery, who oversees all three cemeteries in this complex.
Historic Oakwood Cemetery with Calvary Cemetery & Old Trinity Cemetery of Fort Worth, Texas was compiled by Helen McKelvy Markgraf and Rob G. Yoder and published in 1994 by the Fort Worth Genealogical Society. The book contains a compiled listing of burials, select obituaries, biographies and photographs. (688 pages, hardback cover) Copies may be ordered from the society or purchased on-site at Oakwood's office. For the price and ordering information, visit the Book Store on the Fort Worth Genealogical Society website.
The following pages contain a composite list of the names from all three cemeteries found in the Oakwood Cemetery book.
Name list courtesy of the Fort Worth Genealogical Society.
Rob Yoder will perform Look-Ups from this book, but you must limit your request to one person or perhaps two if it is a married couple. Requests for everyone with X surname will not be honored. Information returned will be limited.
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WASHINGTON, DC—Alarmed by rising high-school dropout rates and declining test scores, buck-naked education consultant Dr. Donald Scherr urged America's youth to "put education first" during an address to more than 300 educators and students Monday.
"No matter what you want to be, a good education is the way to get there," said Scherr, his limp penis hanging visibly. "Your mind is like a car's gas tank: If you don't fill it, your future doesn't look so good."
The unclothed Scherr also took teachers to task for allowing standards to dip sharply over the past two decades. "A student today can graduate from high school knowing little more than the multiplication tables and who the current president is. Not long ago, that student would have been bumped back to the third grade," he said, sweat forming in the folds of stomach fat hanging down over his waist. "Every student should graduate high school knowing why World War I happened, how to determine the volume of a cylinder, and the difference between a simile and a metaphor. And if they do not, it is largely the fault of you, their teachers."
Scherr, who caught many of the educators in attendance off guard with his stinging words of rebuke and full-frontal nudity, said that U.S. schools are suffering from what he termed "buck-passing," whereby the most serious problems affecting the nation's children are being written off as "someone else's problem."
"We all need to stop looking for where to place the blame and start looking for real solutions," the small-nippled author of Why Johnny Can't Read: 22 Steps To Making America's Schools Work Again said. "This is everybody's problem."
While all U.S. schools have been hit hard by the drop in federal education funding over the last 20 years, Scherr said that it is inner-city schools that have suffered the most. "No matter how hard-working and determined a poor, inner-city youth is, without access to a solid education, that child will not acquire the skills necessary to break the cycle of poverty. We must not allow this shameful inequality to continue," said Scherr, his scrotal sac rising slightly as he thumped the podium to emphasize his point.
Scherr closed by saying that in this era of declining interest in education, an active, interested parent is more important than ever.
"Find out what's happening in your kid's education and get involved. Help them with their homework. Meet regularly with their teachers. Ask to see their report card. But above all, encourage them. Otherwise, we are putting society's most valuable resource—our future leaders—at a real disadvantage." Upon completing his remarks, Scherr exited the press conference, his doughy buttocks jiggling considerably.
Scherr then spent the afternoon handing out "Be Cool—Stay In School" pamphlets and buttons to D.C.-area schoolchildren, accompanied by "Trevor," a rapping pro-education kangaroo featured in a recent series of nationally televised public-service announcements. He will appear on Capitol Hill Thursday to testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities, clad in a pair of black dress socks.


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HMB Surf Club Documents
Members of the Surf Club & Surf Team need to submit certain documents...
We hope you all have had a great summer and ready to start the new surf season. We have had incredible weather and hope you all took advantage of the lack of swells and warm water.
Please prnt and bring forms with you to the meeting... We will have some extra forms availabe for surfers at this time.
- Sunday,August 30th at 9a.m. there will be a MANDATORY Parent/Student Meeting in the Oceano Hotel parking lot (the parking lot adjacent to Mezza luna Caffe) near the stop light in the Harbor on Highway 1. We will be collecting paperwork and fees for this year's surf season as well as going over the Surf Club/Team Policies and Code of Conduct. Please make sure you can attend. It is important that we get all the paperwork and fees in ASAP. If you have lost the paperwork…We will have extra copies for you to fill out. Checks should be made out to the "Boy and Girls CLub of the Coastside " Memo line should read "HMB Surf Club"
- We will also have a free surf for all levels and schools following Sunday's meeting. We announce the surf locations at that time.
All checks should be made payable to the "Boy and Girls CLub of the Coastside " Memo line should read "HMB Surf Club"
All Club Surfers for Middle School and High School will be $130.00 for the 2016/17 Season
All Team Surfers for the Middle School and High School will be $130.00 for the 2016/17 Season.
Please download the paperwork and forms & fill them out and bring them with you:
- Boys and Girls Club of the Coastside - You must be a member of the B & G Club if you want to surf on Club or Team level -Please fill out the linked online B&G CLUB Form. If you are not a HMB / Cabrillo School District student please select Other on the school information drop down
- Santa Cruz Scholastic Surf League…For surfers interested in competition please complete the following forms... SCSSL Student Waiver Form and Student Membership and Emergeny Information
- HMB High School Athletic Clearance (HS) – Mandatory for high school team. You must be cleared by a medical doctor, complete clearance and return forms to Athletic Director Justin Ferdinand before participating.
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Team President Chris Wright Talks About His Family Pet
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Minnesota Timberwolves President Chris Wright's family pet may be a watchdog, but she's a far cry from Crunch.
Kacy, a Shih Tzu, has been with the Wrights for 13 years. And there's no question Kacy has become a big part of the Wright family.
"The old, well-warn cliché is that it's man's best friend, and it's absolutely true," Wright said. "She is a wonderful, loving dog. When you walk into the house after a long, hard day, you know Kacy will be there and she's all over you for the first 10 minutes you're in the house. It's a great feeling."
Wright said when his daughter, Christy, was 7 years old, she began asking for a pet. Though her two older brothers had other animals growing up, Christy quickly showed interest in getting a dog.
"We went the goldfish route, we went the hamster route, we actually had a duck that lived in the yard that she called shadow," Wright said. "It just didn't work out."
After his family "ganged up" on him about getting a dog, the Wrights found themselves the owners of the lively Shih Tzu puppy.
"They're guard dogs. Small and beautiful, but they're yappers, they're barkers," said Wright of Shih Tzus. Kacy is known to alert the whole house at any movement, inside the house or out. "The dog can go berserk," said Wright.
It took him a little while to warm up to the idea of being a Shih Tzu owner. When Wright would take Kacy for walks in his neighborhood, people took notice.
"Since the dog was so cute as a pup, everybody would come up and ask what it was, and I'd have to say Shih Tzu," he said. "I didn't want to have to be walking around, the president of the Minnesota Timberwolves, telling people I have a Shih Tzu as a dog."
But through the years, Wright admitted he definitely has a soft spot for the family pet.
Wright said the memories his family has with Kacy are invaluable—from their holidays together to their moments together around the house.
"It just becomes such an integral part of your family and means so much to all your family members," Wright said of his family's time with Kacy. "It's part of your home, part of your life, and it's just an incredible experience."
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Recent college grads need more than a resume to obtain that all-important first job.
Career coach, author and speaker Ford R. Myers provides these up-and-comers with the Top 10 tools they will need to stand out from the crowd and start on the right career path:
1. Accomplishment stories. Write five or six compelling stories about school or work-related tasks about which you feel proud.
2. Positioning statement. Prepare and practice a "15-second commercial" about who you are, what you've done in the past (academically and professionally), and the particular strengths you can contribute to an employer.
3. Professional biography. Write a one-page narrative of your career in the "third person" — as though someone else wrote it about you.
4. Target company list. Make a "wish list" of adjectives that would describe your ideal employer, such as size, location, industry, culture, environment, etc. Then research specific organizations that meet those criteria, and put them on a list of 35 to 50 "target companies."
5. Contact list. Compile a list of all the people you know personally and professionally. Remember that approximately 80 percent of new opportunities are secured through networking.
6. Professional/academic references. List colleagues or professors who would "sing your praises" if asked about you. Contact each of them, and get approval to use their names on your list of references.
7. Letters of Recommendation. Request letters from four or five respected business colleagues or academic associates, which should be printed on their business or professional letterhead.
8. Networking Agenda. Write-out a full networking agenda so you'll know exactly how to manage the networking discussion — how it flows, what to expect, how to react to the other person's comments, etc.
9. Tracking system. Keep a detailed record of your job search activities, including phone calls, meeting notes and correspondence.
10. Resume. Be sure your final resume is carefully edited and succinct (no more than two pages) with a layout that is easy for the eye to follow.
Myers adds, "It may take some time to produce these documents and to learn how to use them effectively, but it will be worth it.
Reprinted by permission of Ford R. Myers, a career coach and author of "Get The Job You Want, Even When No One's Hiring."
(Marvin Walberg is a job-search coach based in Birmingham, Ala. For contact information, see marvin-walberg.com.))


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Radley Balko lines up a grip of lawyers who note that there's very little in Angela Corey's affidavit that would justify a second degree murder charge. He concludes:
The anger and outrage about how black people are treated in the criminal justice system is well-founded, well-supported, and consistent with my own experience reporting on these issues (although I think the common denominator is increasingly more poor than black). And there appears to be some of that history in Sanford as well, particularly in the way police investigate crimes--including this one. I've read in several places the proposition that if the races had been reversed that night in Sanford, Trayvon Martin would have spent the last month awaiting his murder trial from a jail cell. I think there's plenty of history to support that sentiment. But we can't hang all of the inequities of the criminal justice system on George Zimmerman. He deserves to be tried only on the facts specific to his case. Even gung-ho, wannabe cops deserve due process, and a fair crack at justice.


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Multinational giant oil firms, including Royal Dutch Shell, BP, United States-based Exxon, China's State-owned China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) and Italy's Eni signed technical service contracts to develop three oilfields in southern Iraq in 2009-2010.
A recent contract negotiated between Royal Dutch Shell, Europe's biggest company, and the Iraqi government may soon give a Royal Dutch Shell processing and export project proprietary rights on natural gas discovered in the concessions.
The oil contracts to develop the Zubair, Rumaila and West Qurna 1 fields near Basra oblige the oil multinationals to surrender the natural gas they do not use for reinjection or power generation to Iraq's state-run South Gas Company.
Under terms of the $17 billion natural gas deal, which has yet to be ratified by the Iraqi cabinet, Baghdad has pledged to ensure that these fields supply the Shell-led Basra Gas Company joint venture with all the necessary raw natural gas and natural gas liquids (NGL) it needs, including for an liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plant. The Shanghai Daily reported.
The contract stipulates "SGC (South Gas Co.) shall procure that all raw gas produced from the dedicated fields (other than utilized gas but including all NGL) ... shall, on and from commencement of operations, be dedicated solely to the (the Shell-led Basra Gas Company) venture."
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Fort Collins was featured in three national publications in April. Did you see them?
Forbes magazine, Best Places for Business and Careers, Fort Collins is #4 (in 2009 we were ranked #2, in 2008 we were ranked #3) As the nation recovers from the past two years of roller coaster economic times, Forbes notes Fort Collins strong educated workforce, lower costs of doing business, and great Midwest location as a promising place to grow your career or business.
USA Today, Fort Collins featured in the article, "A bumpy economic recovery with hope in Midwest, South" From CSU's tech transfer office to the area's successful, diverse industries, Fort Collins is rebounding slowly but surely. And that's just not marketing-speak. Check out this article and see why Moody's cites our city's skilled workforce, relatively lower business costs and emphasis on innovation and budding solar energy as key to our economic recovery.
Sunset magazine, "Colorado Day Trip, Fort Collins" Bikes, brews, and trailssome of the major highlights Sunset picks up on in the article. It's great seeing some of our local businesses in the spotlight, congratulations!


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Aunt Phebe, Uncle Tom and Others
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MIAMI - A 38-year-old man who police say was caught on surveillance video stealing from a home Monday in Miami has been arrested.
Miami police said Johnny Carvajal, 38, has been arrested and charged with one count of unoccupied burglary for each incident, the burglary on Southwest 25th Road and one count of unoccupied burglary for Southwest 26th Road.
A witness saw a dark-colored vehicle parked in the driveway of the home on Southwest 26th Road, police said. When he approached, the driver yelled for the other man, who then ran out of the home with a pillowcase that had $50,000 worth of jewelry and cash inside.
A short time later, the men burglarized a home in the 500 block of Southwest 25th Road.
At the time of his arrest, police said Jacqueline Garcia, 40, was arrested and charged with one count of grand theft auto, and Howard Jaime, 39, for an outstanding bench warrant on petit theft.
Detectives continue to investigative the cases, while officials said one suspect remains at large.
Anyone with information on the burglaries is asked to call Miami-Dade Crimestoppers at 305-471-TIPS.
--Booking photos of Jacqueline Garcia and Howard Jaime
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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Two-hundred players took their shot at earning a trial with the San Jose Earthquakes First Team during the Verizon Open Tryout on Sunday at the Mustang Soccer Complex in Danville, Calif.
The Quakes technical staff - head coach Frank Yallop included - was on hand to evaluate players ahead of the team's five-day training camp in Ventura. San Jose's coaches will make a decision on whether to call any players from the tryout into camp following the team's trip to London from Feb. 17 to Feb. 27.
Most of the participants were Bay Area products, but others traveled from the East Coast or as far away as France and England.
Sunday's tryout began with a series of warm-up drills before players broke into teams for 11v11 full-field scrimmages. Each participant received a Verizon Open Tryout jersey, an adidas drawstring bag and a voucher for two tickets to a future Quakes game.
The Quakes opened training camp two weeks ago and will play their first exhibition of 2011 on Monday against Chivas USA at The Home Depot Center. San Jose will also take on the Los Angeles Galaxy on Thursday at The HDC and the Ventura County Fusion in a closed-door session on Friday.
Earthquakes Preseason Schedule
Feb. 6 – Feb. 11: Travel and train in Ventura, Calif.
- Exhibition: San Jose vs. Opponent Chivas USA (L 0-1)
- Exhibition: San Jose vs. Opponent LA Galaxy (Thursday, Feb. 10, HDC)
- Exhibition: San Jose vs. Ventura County Fusion (Friday, Feb. 11)
Feb. 12 – Feb. 16: Train in San Jose, Calif.
Feb. 17 – Feb. 27: Travel and train in London, England
Feb. 28 – March 3: Train in San Jose, Calif.
March 4: Exhibition vs. Colorado Rapids at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, Calif.
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Yeah you are right whistlnut. I almost said it was up to Paul Bunyun's nuts. But not sure how many in here have been to Bangor, ME. Please, don't remind me that I don't have a stoker. I am green with envy for the guys that got their lately.
the snowman wrote:I burn a hand fed Jotul and yes it is that big of a deal.
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I burn a hand fed Jotul and yes it is that big of a deal. When you put a lot of fines in the stove, it smothers the fire. My wife shoveled in a large amount of fines from a bag of coal once and it almost put the fire out. Small amount of fines are ok, however, when you get to the bottom of a bag and you have a couple of pounds of fines; this is not ok. As for size: I can burn a large variety sized coal in my stove; I can burn egg coal, stove coal, and down to pea coal. For me and this may be different for other users of hand fed stoves, consistent sizing is not a specific requirement, however, it is most desirable. Let me explain. If I am burning nut coal, I set my draft and my over the fire draft at a certain setting which gives me a certain stove temp and set burn time. If the nut coal I have has inconsistent sizing such as more larger pieces or smaller pieces of coal than normal; this requires a change in draft setting every time I load the stove and it effects the temperature of the stove and the length of burn time you get from a load and every time you load the stove your guessing whether the draft settings are going to be right for the mixed sized coal you just dumped in. With consistent sized coal there is no guessing every time you load the stove. Once you get your draft setting set for that sized coal all you have to do is shake and reload with no worries concerning whether this load is going to fire too much with the current draft settings or fire not enough and wonder what kind of burn time this load will produce. I don't believe that those of us using hand fed stoves wanting a uniform sized coal is a sign of being a panzy and having too much time on our hands or not willing to deal with inconsistent sized coal; but a desire to have a consistent burn and the piece of mind that when you leave the house and the stove you just loaded is going to safely burn while your gone. For me I run my Jotul very close to its maximum temp and large swings in stove temp especially higher are not something I desire. If I'm able to be around the stove and can check it often I don't mind inconsistent sized coal. If I had to constantly go from my wood shop to the house to check on the stove every fifteen minutes or so, I would not get anything made for my customers.
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In this article, let's take a look at Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C), a $151.89 billion market cap company, which is a diversified financial services company that provides a wide range of financial services to consumers and corporate customers in more than 100 countries and territories.
"Too Big to Fail"
On several occasions the bank took severe losses. We can enumerate the following: the emerging-markets loans in the 1980s, commercial real estate in the early 1990s and the subprime-related securities in the 2000s. Citigroup has made effort´s to recapitalized and refocused under new management. Beyond the progress that Citi could have reached, the bank still embodies the "too big to fail" concept.
International Expansion
With a large portion of revenue coming from Latin America and Asia, Citigroup is focused to the rise of Asia, Latin America, and other emerging markets. It´s global presence differentiates the bank from nearly all of its competitors.
Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR)
In March 2013, Citigroup´s Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) capital plan was approved by the Federal Reserve. This is an annual exercise to ensure that institutions have sufficient capital to continue operations throughout times of economic and financial stress. With respect to the capital, the plan included a $1.2 billion share repurchase program through the first quarter of 2014, but left the quarterly common stock dividend at $0.01 per share.
In March 2014, The Federal Reserve objected the CCAR capital plan. The capital actions requested by the bank included a $6.4 billion common stock repurchase program through the first quarter of 2015 and an increase of the quarterly common stock dividend to $0.05. The bank is allowed to continue with its repurchase program of $1.2 billion common stock and a common stock dividend of $0.01 per share per quarter. This happened after the bank disclosed large losses in its Mexican subsidiary.
Revenues, Margins and Profitability
Looking at profitability, revenues declined by 6.82% and a steep decline in earnings per share in the most recent quarter compared to the same quarter a year ago ($0.03vs $1.33).
Finally, let´s compare the best measure of performance for a firm's management: the return on equity. The ROE is useful for comparing the profitability of a company to that of other firms in the same industry.
Bank of America Corporation
JPMorgan Chase & Co
Industry Median
The company has a current ROE of 6.69% which is higher than the one exhibit by Bank of America (NYSE:BAC). For investors looking for a greater ratio, JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM) could be an option.
It is very important to understand this metric before investing and it is important to look at the trend in ROE over time.
Relative Valuation
In terms of valuation, the stock sells at a trailing P/E of 11.7x, trading at a discount compared to an average of 15.4x for the industry. To use another metric, price-to-sales ratio of 1.99x is below the industry average of 3.1x. These ratios indicate that the stock is relatively overvalued.
As we can see in the next chart, the stock price has an interesting upward trend in the five-year period. If you had invested $10.000 five years ago, today you could have $16.466, about a 10.5% compound annual growth rate (CAGR).
Final Comment
As outlined in the article, the bank is poised to grow on emerging economies over the coming decade, strengthening its global presence, while returning good levels of capital to shareholders.
Valuation is another key reason to considering Citi as an investment. So in this opportunity, I would recommend fundamental investors to consider this stock for their long-term portfolios.
Hedge fund gurus like Steven Romick (Trades, Portfolio), Ken Fisher (Trades, Portfolio) and Manning & Napier Advisors added this stock to their portfolios in the second quarter of 2014.
Disclosure: Omar Venerio holds no position in any stocks mentioned


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Google Analytics
Type of site
|web analytics
|Turn insights into action
|Yes (terms of service)
|November 14, 2005
|Current status
Google Analytics is a freemium web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic.[1] Google launched the service in November 2005 after acquiring Urchin.[2] Google Analytics is now the most widely used web analytics service on the Internet.[3] Google Analytics is offered also in two additional versions: the subscription-based Google Analytics 360,[4] previously Google Analytics Premium, targeted at enterprise users, and Google Analytics for Mobile Apps, an SDK that allows gathering usage data from iOS and Android Apps.[5]
Integrated with AdWords, users can now review online campaigns by tracking landing page quality and conversions (goals). Goals might include sales, lead generation, viewing a specific page, or downloading a particular file.[6]
Google Analytics' approach is to show high-level, dashboard-type data for the casual user, and more in-depth data further into the report set. Google Analytics analysis can identify poorly performing pages with techniques such as funnel visualization, where visitors came from (referrers), how long they stayed and their geographical position. It also provides more advanced features, including custom visitor segmentation.[7]
Google Analytics e-commerce reporting can track sales activity and performance. The e-commerce reports shows a site's transactions, revenue, and many other commerce-related metrics.[8]
On September 29, 2011, Google Analytics launched Real Time analytics, enabling a user to have insight about visitors currently on the site.[9]
A user can have 100 site profiles. Each profile generally corresponds to one website. It is limited to sites which have a traffic of fewer than 5 million pageviews per month (roughly 2 pageviews per second) unless the site is linked to an AdWords campaign.[10]
Google Analytics includes Google Website Optimizer, rebranded as Google Analytics Content Experiments.[11][12]
Google Analytics' Cohort analysis feature helps understand the behavior of component groups of users apart from your user population. It is very beneficial to marketers and analysts for successful implementation of Marketing Strategy.
Google acquired Urchin Software Corp. in April 2005.[2] Google's service was developed from Urchin on Demand. The system also brings ideas from Adaptive Path, whose product, Measure Map, was acquired and used in the redesign of Google Analytics in 2006.[13] Google continued to sell the standalone, installable Urchin WebAnalytics Software through a network of value-added resellers until discontinuation on March 28, 2012.[14][15]
The Google-branded version was rolled out in November 2005 to anyone who wished to sign up. However, due to extremely high demand for the service, new sign-ups were suspended only a week later. As capacity was added to the system, Google began using a lottery-type invitation-code model. Prior to August 2006 Google was sending out batches of invitation codes as server availability permitted; since mid-August 2006 the service has been fully available to all users – whether they use Google for advertising or not.[16]
The newer version of Google Analytics tracking code is known as the asynchronous tracking code,[17] which Google claims is significantly more sensitive and accurate, and is able to track even very short activities on the website. The previous version delayed page loading and so, for performance reasons, it was generally placed just before the
</body> body close HTML tag. The new code can be placed between the
<head>...</head> HTML head tags because, once triggered, it runs in parallel with page loading.[18]
In April 2011 Google announced the availability of a new version of Google Analytics featuring multiple dashboards, more custom report options, and a new interface design.[19] This version was later updated with some other features such as real-time analytics and goal flow charts.[20][21]
In October 2012 the latest version of Google Analytics was announced, called 'Universal Analytics'.[22] The key differences from the previous versions were: cross-platform tracking, flexible tracking code to collect data from any device, and the introduction of custom dimensions and custom metrics [23]
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In addition to transmitting information to a Google server, the tracking code sets a first party cookie (If cookies are enabled in the browser) on each visitor's computer. This cookie stores anonymous information, called the ClientId.[25] Before the launch of Universal Analytics, there were several cookies storing information such as whether the visitor had been to the site before (new or returning visitor), the timestamp of the current visit, and the referrer site or campaign that directed the visitor to the page (e.g., search engine, keywords, banner, or email).
If the visitor arrived at the site by clicking on a link tagged with Urchin Traffic Monitor (UTM) codes such as:
then the tag values are passed to the database too.[26]
In addition, Google Analytics for Mobile Package allows Google Analytics to be applied to mobile websites. The Mobile Package contains server-side tracking codes that use PHP, JavaServer Pages, ASP.NET, or Perl for its server-side language.[27]
The largest potential impact on data accuracy comes from users deleting or blocking Google Analytics cookies.[29] Without cookies being set, Google Analytics cannot collect data. Any individual web user can block or delete cookies resulting in the data loss of those visits for Google Analytics users. Website owners can encourage users not to disable cookies, for example, by making visitors more comfortable using the site through posting a privacy policy.
These limitations affect the majority of web analytics tools which use page tags (usually JavaScript programs) embedded in web pages to collect visitor data, store it in cookies on the visitor's computer, and transmit it to a remote database by pretending to load a tiny graphic "beacon".[citation needed]
Another limitation of Google Analytics for large websites is the use of sampling in the generation of many of its reports. To reduce the load on their servers and to provide users with a relatively quick response to their query, Google Analytics limits reports to 500,000 randomly sampled sessions at the profile level for its calculations. While margins of error are indicated for the visits metric, margins of error are not provided for any other metrics in the Google Analytics reports. For small segments of data, the margin of error can be very large.[30]
There have been several online discussions about the impact of Google Analytics on site performance.[31][32][33] However, Google introduced asynchronous JavaScript code in December 2009 to reduce the risk of slowing the loading of pages tagged with the ga.js script.[34][35]
Google has also released a browser plugin that turns off data about a page visit being sent to Google.[38][39] Since this plug-in is produced and distributed by Google itself, it has met much discussion and criticism. Furthermore, the realisation of Google scripts tracking user behaviours has spawned the production of multiple, often open-source, browser plug-ins to reject tracking cookies.[40] These plug-ins offer the user a choice, whether to allow Google Analytics (for example) to track his/her activities. However, partially because of new European privacy laws, most modern browsers allow users to reject tracking cookies, though Flash cookies can be a separate problem again.[citation needed]
It has been anecdotally reported that behind proxy servers and multiple firewalls, that errors can occur changing time stamps and registering invalid searches.[41]
Webmasters who seek to mitigate Google Analytics' specific privacy issues can employ a number of alternatives having their backends hosted on their own machines. Until its discontinuation, an example of such a product was Urchin WebAnalytics Software from Google itself.[citation needed]
On Jan. 20, 2015, the Associated Press reported that HealthCare.gov is providing access to enrollees' personal data to private companies that specialize in advertising. Google Analytics was mentioned in that article.[42]
Privacy-respecting Replacements[edit]
The Noanalytics software project was created to serve as a drop-in replacement which does nothing,[43] for software which uses the Google Analytics library. This provides an alternative to allow programmers to easily remove Google Analytics from any Android application; it is frequently employed for software in the F-Droid repository for Android and its derivatives.[44]
Support and training[edit]
Google offers free Google Analytics IQ Lessons,[45] Google Analytics certification test,[46] free Help Center[47] FAQ and Google Groups forum for official Google Analytics product support. New product features are announced on the Google Analytics Blog.[48] Enterprise support is provided through Google Analytics Certified Partners.[49]
Third-party support[edit]
The Google Analytics API[50] is used by third parties to build custom applications[51] such as reporting tools. Many such applications exist. One was built to run on iOS (Apple) devices and is featured in Apple's app store.[52] There are some third party products that also provide Google Analytic based tracking.[53]
The Management API, Core Reporting API, MCF Reporting API, and Real Time Reporting API are subject to limits and quotas.[54]
Google Analytics is the most widely used website statistics service,[3] currently in use on around 55% of the 10,000 most popular websites.[55] Another market share analysis claims that Google Analytics is used at around 49.95% of the top 1,000,000 websites (as currently ranked by Alexa).[56]
In August 2013, Google Analytics was used by 66.2% of the 10,000 most popular websites ordered by popularity, as reported by BuiltWith.[57] And in May 2008, Pingdom released a survey stating that 161 of the 500 (32%) biggest sites globally according to their Alexa rank were using Google Analytics.[58][59]
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- ^ "Here comes Measure Map".
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Political. Nerdy. Blasphemous. What could go wrong?
Confirmation Bias: a tendency of people to favor information that confirms their beliefs or hypotheses.
Let's say you run a conservative, Republican-supporting, Tea Party Facebook page. You come across a great quote image about how bad secularism is and how good religion is... so you decide to share it with your Facebook followers. Take THAT liberals!
When Barack Obama was re-elected last week, my thoughts quickly turned to how Republicans and Fox News would respond to the loss. I hoped the response would be to break out of the Conservative Thought Bubble. Alas, no, the popular narrative seems to have become that black and brown people just want free stuff. *sigh* This started the very night of the election, even before Obama had won!
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Lake Elmo starts 'Speak Your Peace' civility campaign
LAKE ELMO — The road to civil debate in Lake Elmo started with pen strokes Tuesday.
City Council members and other residents all signed a "Speak Your Peace" civility project pledge in the City Hall council chambers before Tuesday evening's council meeting.
The project's main goal is encouraging "a culture of civility throughout the Lake Elmo community." Another goal is changing the city's reputation for discord and being hard to work with.
"We want to commit to be a city of civility," said City Administrator Dean Zuleger.
Zuleger said the "Speak Your Peace" campaign has nine "tools of civility." They are pay attention, listen, be inclusive, not gossip, show respect, seek common ground, repair damaged relationships, use constructive language and take responsibility.
"They're pretty basic values. These are proven tenets that have had success," he said.
Zuleger stressed that Speak Your Peace is not designed to stifle anyone's views on a topic or become a group in which everyone agrees on a point.
"Civility is not about dousing views. It's not a ceremonial group hug," he said.
Mike Reeves, a Lake Elmo resident for 12 years who has worked in corporate conflict resolution, urged those at the ceremony to lead the city's effort to promote more civil discussions on issues.
"Without leadership, these things fail," he said. "It's hard to stand on the sidewalk and throw rocks when someone asks you to pick up a shovel and start digging."
Reeves joined Zuleger in criticizing the current harsh political discourse in both Washington, D.C., and St. Paul.
"(We) stand on the sidelines and watch people turn politics into a blood sport," Reeves said.
People must realize they can have vigorous debate on a issue, then compromise and decide what is the right decision, Reeve said.
"At the end of the day, we can channel that disagreement in a professional way," he said.
Reeves warned that if harsh political debate continues, it causes polarization that creates apathy and disengagement.
"When we get so polarized nothing gets done and we tumble down into the abyss," he said. "We need your help to move this forward."
Lake Elmo Mayor Mike Pearson believes residents will support the Speak Your Peace campaign.
"There's a need for this. The emails I've gotten are favorable about it. Residents are excited about it," he said. "It's going to be some work. Time will tell, but I'm optimistic."
Zuleger said the pledge-signing ceremony occurred at a perfect time, about a month after contentious discussions between residents and the council over use changes enacted by the council on four city lakes.
"In some ways, this is a perfect time for this campaign," he said. "Sometimes you have to hit bottom so hard you bounce back up."


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Oh, for the days when sci-fi was allowed to be weird. A time when it didn't matter how plausible the storyline was, as long as it offered a great allegory for contemporary problems. Like Logan's Run and Soylent Green before it, In Time is a lot of fun and even pretty meaningful, as long as you don't think about it too hard. In Time is one of those movies, because I enjoyed the hell out of it but can't actually analyze it too hard without blowing up small portions of my brain.
For example, I have trouble imagining a point in the future when everyone on Earth would agree to conform to the dystopian meddling that goes on in In Time. I'm willing to accept an alternate reality in which everyone is genetically engineered to stop aging at 25, in which they're all given just one more year to survive after that, and in which the economy is based on distribution of that time as opposed to traditional currency, because it's an interesting setting for a story. But can you imagine taking the guy who suggested that we do this in the first place seriously? Can you imagine voting for it after he did? It would take a fascist regime to set up this system, but that level of fascism wouldn't allow for the free market allegory endemic to the concept. So it must have been instituted by force a long time ago, allowing for complete enforcement of the system, and eventually overrun by capitalism centuries later. But at one point the protagonist, played by Justin Timberlake, points a gun at someone and says, "Your money or your life!" before adding "But your money is your life," implying that it's a recent enough development that ARGH!!!
But if you're not a film critic and aren't responsible for overanalyzing every little detail of In Time's high concept, you'll find a smart, funny and very enjoyable allegory for the uneven distribution of wealth that's receiving so much attention these days, what with the whole "Occupy Wall Street" thing. Justin Timberlake plays a man living day-to-day, always waking up with only a few hours on his clock, who works seven days a week (presumably) just to stay alive. But when he chances upon a suicidal rich man who gives him over a hundred years as a parting gift, he's catapulted into the world of the rich and powerful and really, really old. "Time Keeper" Cillian Murphy is responsible for maintaining the financial balance, and pursues Timberlake doggedly until the end of the film to try to keep him in his place.
Not a subtle metaphor, but it works. Andrew Niccol, who also wrote such excellent high concept sci-fi fare as The Truman Show and Gattaca, clearly had a blast writing this screenplay, conceiving of almost every angle of this strange society and then throwing in bon mots with almost maniacal glee. Every expression you can think of involving the word "time" makes a cameo appearance, from "My time is running out" to "That's some quality time." And beyond those surface delights there's a thrilling and subversive rebelliousness to the thing, as Timberlake and the heiress he kidnaps become bank robbers, aiming to redistribute enough of wealth to completely shatter the entire financial system. In Time says that's a good thing. Maybe they're right, maybe they're wrong, but it's hard not to embrace the pubescent anti-establishment fist-shaking anyway as Niccol's film bounds from chase scene to chase scene to face-smacking pun and so forth.
Where In Time falters, occasionally, is with its young cast, many of whom are decent actors but who fail to capture the true age of their characters in one way or another. Alex Pettyfer never seems older than he looks, even though he's supposed to be at least 75, while Cillian Murphy is truly beleaguered and excellent, even though he's clearly in his mid-30s in real life. Credit goes to Mad Men's Vincent Kartheiser, however, who completely nails it. It's like he's channeling Sydney Greenstreet himself, making his the most compelling performance in the film.
In Time is a little ridiculous but so much fun that you won't care. It doesn't survive the trip to the refrigerator back home, but once that Pepsi is in your hands and you're wondering why, if time can be commoditized in digital form, they can't just make more of it whenever it gets stolen, you'll probably be snickering too hard at the puns to care.
And as a neat little bonus, those timers on everyone's arms will make a great last minute Halloween costume. Grab a green sharpie and you're done!
CraveOnline Rating: 8/10


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John reads just some of the many texts & emails he received following his comments on depression yesterday.
This morning John spoke about his recent depression & how he had been unwell for the past six months & he is delighted to be back on air.
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