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Marx & Philosophy Review of Books » Reviews » 2014 » Cistelecan: The Contradictions of "Real Socialism"
Michael Lebowitz, The Contradictions of "Real Socialism": The Conductor and the Conducted
Monthly Review Press, New York, 2012. 222pp., $16 pb
Reviewed by Alex Cistelecan
Rather than a historical or dialectical analysis of actually existing socialism, The Contradictions of Real Socialism. The Conductor and the Conducted should be read more as an exercise in the moral psychology of 'human development' that, for Michael Lebowitz, should supplement today's Marxism.
The crucial tenet of this kind of socialism is the idea, nay, the ideal of human development. According to the author, the main problem with the old theory and practice of Marxism is that it hosts 'a distortion that forgot about human beings'. Witness the overwhelming importance that the critical analysis of capital enjoyed in classical Marxism, and the extremely rare interest in the human element of future socialism, that is, in the underlying morals and psychology of the coming new man. Thus, instead of – or, at best, besides – staring obsessively at the moving contradictions of capitalism, we should focus on the requirements needed by the 'development of a solidarian society, in which we go beyond self-interest and build solidarity through our activity' and in which we finally 'replace a focus on selfishness and self-orientation with a focus on community and solidarity'. In short, future socialism rests on the possibility of 'developing a new common sense' – and in this task, Lebowitz undeniably succeeds.
So where does Real Socialism fit into this new old socialist common sense? Obviously, Real Socialism is the supreme example of what can go wrong when socialism cares only for the objective, economic and political side of the issue, and ignores the necessary moral and psychological development of its human element. There is no point in (sort of) socializing the means of production if the social structures left in place are still hierarchically biased. The contradiction of real socialism is precisely this: that it attempted to build socialism on the basis of 'vanguard relations of production', in which the conductor – the central planners – stand above the conducted – the workers. This 'despotic character of direction' maintained in Real Socialism involves a separation between thinking and doing that gravely deforms the potential for human development and, hence, inevitably undermines the proclaimed socialist goal…
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Nicolas Hoult Brings His Hot Warm Body To NYC Premiere [PHOTOS]
Last night (January 25, 2013) he attended the Warm Bodies screening hosted by The Cinema Society at Landmark's Sunshine Cinema in New York City along with co-stars Teresa Palmer and Analeigh Tipton.
The 23-year-old, who shot to fame after starring alongside Hugh Grant in the 2002 film About A Boy, stars as Nux in the upcoming film Mad Max: Fury Road and has some intense and fast driving scenes.
But being behind the wheel of a car got him all nervous as he recalled an incident when he starred alongside Slumdog Millionaire star Dev Patel in the popular teen drama Skins and ended up driving over his foot – twice.
And for this reason, he is more than happy for a stuntman to take over his driving scenes in Mad Max, as he explained to Total Film magazine: "When I drove a car in Skins in one of the first weeks I ran over Dev Patel's foot and then panicked and reversed back over it and got stuck on his foot.
"Then I was really shaken up for the rest of the day feeling terrible about it, so it's probably a good thing that they're leaving it to the professionals and not letting me drive the cars?
"It's all well and good in my head and I'm like, 'I can drive!' But then you see all the other cars around and how much is going on and how talented all the drivers are – I dunno, I'd probably get all nervous and stall and panic if I was doing it," he laughed.
Mad Max: Fury Road is due for release in 2014 and also stars Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron.

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Stephanie Clark is a single African-American mom and a businesswoman who after years in corporate America struck out on her own.
An entrepreneur who in recent years has launched two for-profit and two non-profit businesses, Clark is part of a fast growing segment of America's workforce, women.
According to the U.S. Department of Labor women now make up 47 percent of the country's workforce when compared with just 33 percent, 50 years ago.
A newly released report by the White House and the National Economic Council entitled, Jobs and Economic Security for America's Women focused on this growth but also focused attention on what the Obama administration has done for the increasing number of women workers.
The first bill the president signed into law after being inaugurated was the Lilly Ledbetter Act which made it easier for female workers to sue when they felt they weren't receiving pay equal to what a man received.
Dr. Roderick Harrison a researcher at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies expressed some concern about the tone and tenor of the report.
"I think it's trying to take credit for a lot of things, for long term trends that far precede his administration," he said.
However, Harrison feels that the administration's emphasis on providing SBA loans to increase the number of women entrepreneurs is noteworthy.
Many of the job losses, which began in December 2007 and lasted until June 2009 according to the National Bureau of Economic Research, affected men, but women were not immune from job loss.
"The reason why people think that it did disproportionately affect men more than women, is because it did, men saw the majority of job losses, but it didn't stop there, so there were losses in other sectors," said Dr. Cecilia Rouse, a member of the White House Council of Economic Advisers.
Job losses in retail trade, leisure and hospitality, and financial management Rouse says affected women the most."It's been a rollercoaster ride," said Clark referring to the economic conditions of the last several years but she also noted. "The past two years have probably been my most financially successful years as a business owner."
Clark, who is also National Director of Project Single Moms, and who was a national spokeswoman for Project Working Mom says her members have certainly been affected.
The administration notes that African-American women are about twice as likely to be unemployed when compared to white women. In September the African-American female unemployment rate was over 13 percent, 7 percent for white women, and 11 percent for Hispanic women.
For those women still employed, "It's been difficult to assume additional financial responsibilities when a mate is underemployed or now unemployed," Clark said.
They make up an increasing number of female breadwinners of all races.
"It is one of the greater longer term challenges facing us, how to balance family and work life. Clearly that burden of that imbalance rests much more heavily on women, than on men, especially on single mothers," said Harrison.
Clark is encouraged by the initiatives the Obama administration wants to undertake from increased focus on education and job training, to small business development, and money management training.
Harrison is clear to note that the President's economic stimulus package has already helped many African-American women to stay employed, because much of the money went to states that kept teachers and other workers employed.
Clark still wants a seat at the table, and a role in deciding where any federal funds go, because she says more need to be done for those women who are struggling.
"There is a huge population of single moms that are working hard but still struggling to make ends meet," she said.
She hopes that in states all across the country there will be training for more profitable jobs like green jobs, which she hopes will help make up the wage gap, which persists.
For her it's important that she says leaders know that any resources they allocate are, "Not to give us short time help, but a long term hand up."
With Election Day just under a week away and attention being paid to the role women voters and specifically black women voters will play in the crucial midterm elections, it's important that female voters feel satisfied that the President and his fellow Democrats have their best interests at heart.
Still Dr. Harrison says the recession didn't just start or stop, and a full recovery might not be seen until well into President Obama's second term, if he gets reelected.
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- Metal production increased to 4.6 million silver ounces and 60,757 gold ounces, an increase of 21% and 7%, respectively, from the first quarter 2013.
- Metal sold increased to 5.2 million silver ounces and 63,389 gold ounces from 3.1 million silver ounces and 51,926 gold ounces in the first quarter 2013.
- Net metal sales were $204.5 million, up 19% compared to the first quarter 2013 despite average realized prices of $22.86 per silver ounce and $1,416 per gold ounce, which were 25% and 13% lower, respectively, than the first quarter 2013.
- Cash flow from operating activities was $63.3 million, or $0.63 per share, in the second quarter compared to $12.9 million, or $0.14 per share, during the first quarter 2013. Net loss for the second quarter 2013 was $35.0 million, or $0.35 per share, compared with net income of $12.3 million, or $0.14 per share, in the first quarter 2013. Adjusted earnings 1 were $(34.6) million, or $(0.35) per share, compared with $6.8 million, or $0.08 per share, in the first quarter 2013.
- Cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments were $249.5 million at June 30, 2013, compared with $332.8 million at March 31, 2013. On April 16, 2013, $99.1 million was used as part of the consideration to acquire Orko Silver Corporation. The Company's $100 million revolving credit facility remains undrawn.
- Effective June 27, 2013, Coeur settled the outstanding claims dispute at Rochester.
|Adjusted earnings and cash operating costs are non-GAAP measures. Please see tables in the Appendix for the reconciliation to U.S. GAAP. Total debt includes short and long-term indebtedness and excludes capital leases and royalty obligations.


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Hollyoaks: Brendan lashes out over Ste's exit plans
VIOLENT Brendan Brady lashes out at Ste Hay after the confused lad asks him to help make a life-changing decision.
Viewers will be left confused by Brendan's actions as he could have stopped Ste from leaving
As our pictures show, Ste is floored when Brendan turns round and punches him in the face.
And he is shocked the Irishman would do such a thing after confessing how he feels.
Newly-married Ste feels torn after "husband" Doug tries to persuade him to start a new life in America.
Doug's dad is ill and he is desperate to be by his side. And although many of Ste's friends urge him to go, he can't leave Brendan.
Unable to stay away from his former lover, he goes to see Brendan and begs him to ask him to stay. As they enjoy a heart-to-heart the pair kiss but it's after that kiss that Brendan lashes out.
A Hollyoaks insider said: "Ste can't believe it when Brendan punches him.
"He can't understand it. But it gives him the determination he needs to move away to America.
"Doug is over the moon with his decision and the pair start to make plans for their new life away from Hollyoaks.
"Viewers will be left confused by Brendan's actions as he could have stopped Ste from leaving.
"They've all seen how caring he's been towards the young lad after he nearly died in the wedding bus crash tragedy.
"Whether or not Ste and Doug get their happy new start remains to be seen but it's going to be a very interesting time for all concerned."
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AB PANEVĖŽIO ENERGIJA has emerged from Panevėžys district boiler houses and heating networks management company, founded in 1963. Considering the growing demand for heating services, company has constantly developed its production capacities.
After the reorganisation of Lithuanian heating economy in 1997, its companies were resolved into separate independent regional entities.
Hence today AB PANEVĖŽIO ENERGIJA is a regional heating and electric power production and supply company. Zone of its activity covers Panevėžys, Kėdainiai, Rokiškis, Zarasai, Kupiškis, Pasvalys towns and districts. Company supplies heat and electric power to residents, organisations and production companies.
Municipalities of the above-mentioned towns and districts as well as private persons own shares of the company. The major shareholder is Panevėžys town municipality.
Thanks to the efforts of AB PANEVĖŽIO ENERGIJA employees and heat consumers, region covered by company activities has an advanced centralised heat supply system, which ensures favourable conditions for the residents and capacitates high-tech development.
The region covered by AB PANEVĖŽIO ENERGIJA has 36 boiler-houses with installed 16 steam and 94 water-heating boilers. Their total capacity amounts to 529,5 MW. The total length of heating network connected to company boiler-houses is 344 km.
AB PANEVĖŽIO ENERGIJA not only produces heat, but also provides possibilities to utilize heat that is being relieved during the production processes in different companies. For example, heat from the production processes of AB LIFOSA is being used for the heating of Kėdainiai town, and heat accumulated during technological processes in AB PANEVĖŽIO STIKLAS is being used for the heating of Panevėžys town. This alternative way of heat utilization allows AB PANEVĖŽIO ENERGIJA to reduce fuel expenditure for heat production, lower pollution level and ease the burden of environmental taxes.
The company provides heat for nearly 50 thousand users. Residents make the biggest group of heat users (48 thousand). Total residential area heated by AB PANEVĖŽIO ENERGIJA equals to 3.044 thousand square metres.
Long term professional experience, active participation in the activities of Lithuanian District Heating Association, successful development of economic and technical cooperation with foreign partners enables the company to produce heat to the best of its efficiency.
Investment in modernisation
Professional staff of AB PANEVĖŽIO ENERGIJA effectively operates and maintains heating economy, its services delivery process is marked by success and quality.
Company boiler-houses are constantly reconstructed, fuel in use is changed into a lower-prised one, larger amounts of local biofuel are used in order to minimize environmental harm and reduce fuel expenditure.
Modernisation of boiler-houses by the automation of their supervision relieves company staff from excess duties, enhances reliability of the boilers and raises coefficient of their efficiency.
Successful maintenance of steam turbines while using combined heat and electric power production cycle allows to reduce the expenses of heat production, transmission and sales.
And the use of advanced technologies in automated chemical and mechanical water purification allows to reduce water, electricity and heating expenditures and lowers the amounts of wastewater.
Now the strategic plan of Panevėžys town heating network development is being successfully implemented. This plan includes forecast of heat supply perspectives for the period of 20 years.
Residents are modernising the heating stations of residential houses, open hot water supply system is being changed to a closed one.
In June 2008 PANEVĖŽIO ENERGIJA AB successfully finished to build a combined heat and power plant in Panevėžys which produces heat and supplies town inhabitants with electric power.
The construction of the new Thermal Power Plant was supported by the Respublic of Lithuania, it was partially financed by the European Union itself, and up to LTL 20 million was allocated from the structural funds of the European Union. The Danish Goverment provided financial assistance to Lithuania by supporting the decommissioning of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant and the restructuring of the energy sector of the Lithuania. Denmark allocated LTL 12 million to the execution of the project. The remaining funds were raised by Panevėžio energija AB itself.


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HR 3919 The Broadband Census of America Act of 2007
The legislation seeks to address the lack of accurate information about the nature and extent of broadband service across America in order to pave the way for the development and implementation of a comprehensive national broadband strategy.
The following reflects major provisions of the bill as approved by the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet on October 10, 2007.
I. Census of Broadband Infrastructure and Services
The bill instructs the FCC to conduct an annual assessment on the deployment of broadband.
- instead of defining broadband as a certain transmission speed, the bill asks the FCC to organize its assessment and report around bandwidth service tiers and types of technology;
- the tiers are to correspond to the ability to support different applications and services;
- information for the report is to be collected from all public and commercial broadband service providers under FCC jurisdiction;
- information would be collected at the 5 digit postal code level and include: 1) deployment of technology, 2) numbers of residential and large and small business subscribers, and 3) advertised data transmission speeds.
- the FCC is to periodiclly review both the types technologies and the bandwidth service tiers to take into account technological and marketplace changes.
- the assessment and report is also to include an international comparison of 75 communities in 25 countries
II. Broadband Map
The bill directs the National Telecommunications and Information Administration to develop, within 2 years, and maintain an interactive, searchable broadband inventory map of the US and to display the map through its website.
- the map would depict -- to the 9 digit zip code or census tract level -- all public and commercial broadband service providers, the types of technology used and bandwidth tiers available in each area.
- the NTIA would then overlay demographic data with the broadband data
- broadband data would come from the FCC, but eligible state entities could contribute data for state maps
- these entities could request funding help from the NTIA, but would have to find at least 20% of total costs from non-Federal funding sources
- funding available would be $12 million per fiscal year in fiscal years 2008, 2009 and 2010
III. Broadband Grants
The bill creates a grant program -- $50 million in FY 2008, $100 million in FY 2009 and $150 million in FY 2010 -- at the NTIA to facilitate local technology planning by broad cross-sections of communities. Funds would be used to:
- assess the current use of broadband service capability across relevant community sectors;
- set goals for improving or maximizing such use within each sector;
- develop a plan for achieving the eligible planning entity's goals, with specific recommendations for identifying and spurring demand for such capability;
- collaborate with providers of broadband service capability and other high technology companies to encourage the deployment and use of broadband service capability in unserved and under served areas
- identify local demand for broadband service capability and aggregate such demand;
- establish programs, but not acquire equipment or facilities, to improve computer ownership and Internet access for unserved and underserved populations; and
- facilitate the exchange of information regarding the use and demand for broadband service capability between the public and private sectors.
IV. Broadband Consumer Survey
The bill directs the FCC to conduct and make publicly available periodic surveys of both residential and business broadband consumers to determine:
- The type of technology used to provide the broadband service capability to which the consumer subscribes.
- The amount the consumer pays per month for such capability.
- The actual data transmission speeds of such capability.
- The types of applications and services the consumer most frequently uses in conjunction with such capability.
See latest draft of bill.
Read text of discussion draft and a quick summary.
* September 30, 2008 Both the House and the Senate have passed the Broadband Data Improvement Act.
* July 2008: [Commentary] Nation's Largest ISPs Crafting Fake National Broadband Policy
* July 2008: Communications Workers of America, AT&T, Charter Communications, Comcast, Connected Nation, Cox Communications, Embarq, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, the Organization for the Promotion and Advancement of Small Telecommunications Companies, Qwest, Time Warner Cable, the U.S. Telecom Association and Verizon signed a joint letter to Sens. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) and Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) and Reps. John Dingell (D-Mich.) and Joe Barton (R-Texas), copied to other key congressional and committee leaders, outlining their reasons for wanting S. 1492, the Broadband Data Improvement Act and H.R. 3919, the Broadband Census of America Act to move through the system quickly. See Union, Industry Push For Congressional Broadband Action
* The House approved the bill on Nov 13, 2007
* The House Commerce Committee approved the bill on Tuesday October 30.
* The House Commerce Committee is scheduled to markup HR 3919 on Thursday, October 25, 2007
* Oct 10, 2007 The House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet unanimously passed the bill. Broadcasting & Cable reports that there will be some more negotiation before a vote in the full Commerce Committee. See latest draft of bill.
* May 17, 2007 The House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet held a hearing to discuss draft legislation. (See recap of hearing)
Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs Lennard G. Kruger & Angele A. Gilroy, Congressional Research Service, April 2007.
House Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell (D-MI)
Rep Dingell, John D. [MI-15] - 10/22/2007 Rep Wilson, Heather [NM-1] - 10/22/2007
Rep Eshoo, Anna G. [CA-14] - 10/22/2007 Rep Doyle, Michael F. [PA-14] - 10/22/2007
Rep Gordon, Bart [TN-6] - 10/22/2007 Rep Capps, Lois [CA-23] - 10/22/2007
Rep Space, Zachary T. [OH-18] - 10/22/2007 Rep Hill, Baron P. [IN-9] - 10/22/2007
Rep Solis, Hilda L. [CA-32] - 10/22/2007 Rep Gonzalez, Charles A. [TX-20] - 10/22/2007
Rep Green, Gene [TX-29] - 10/22/2007 Rep Allen, Thomas H. [ME-1] - 10/22/2007
Rep Barton, Joe [TX-6] - 11/1/2007 Rep Upton, Fred [MI-6] - 11/1/2007
Rep Stupak, Bart [MI-1] - 11/1/2007
Communications Workers of America
National Cable & Telecommunications Association: "Cable's broadband service is currently available to 94 percent of all U.S. households; however, improved data about the availability and speed of all broadband offerings will help accomplish the important goal of further promoting ubiquitous broadband availability for all Americans."
Communications Workers of America, AT&T, Charter Communications, Comcast, Connected Nation, Cox Communications, Embarq, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, the Organization for the Promotion and Advancement of Small Telecommunications Companies, Qwest, Time Warner Cable, the U.S. Telecom Association and Verizon


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Foreclosure activity in the San Fernando Valley in August plunged to its lowest level in nearly seven years, as housing prices continued making big gains amid flat sales, according to two reports released on Tuesday.
Last month, foreclosures plunged 64.7 percent, to 63 properties from 235 a year earlier and down from 103 in July, said the San Fernando Valley Economic Research Center at California State University, Northridge.
It's the first time foreclosures dipped below the 100 mark since December 2006, just before the market tanked during the Great Recession.
"That's really nice. It's the best news in the report," said William W. Roberts, the center's director.
Foreclosures are now slightly above normal and have declined in response to strong price appreciation.
The number of homeowners falling behind in their mortgages also continued moderating. Last month, notices of default issued by lenders fell 53.2 percent, to 334 from 717 a year ago. But they increased from 311 in July.
The center's report and one from the Van Nuys-based Southland Regional Association of Realtors showed sales proceeding at a tepid pace, with the median house price again above $500,000. The market malaise stems from the sluggish overall economy.
"It hasn't been a real gangbuster for sales this summer. I'm hearing that inventory is not as lean as it used to be, but I don't think sales are going to pick up much. We're past the big (summer) sales period," Roberts said. "We still have uncertainty out of Washington. We've got the budget crisis and unemployment that is stagnant at best."
Last month, the median price of a previously owned house increased 28.6 percent, to $517,000 from $402,500 a year ago and up from $509,500 in July, the center said, noting the median has now been above $500,000 for three months in a row.
Sales of new and previously owned houses and condominiums fell 3.7 percent, to 1,604 properties from 1,665 a year earlier. Sales were up from 1,596 in July.
The center tracks the market from Glendale through Calabasas, a broader area than the association's footprint from roughly Toluca Lake through Calabasas.
The association's findings differ ever so slightly, with the median house price rising 28.8 percent, to $510,000 from $396,000 a year ago and $5,000 higher than in July. That report has the median above $500,000 four months in a row.
Home sales fell 2.9 percent, to 561 properties from 578 a year earlier but up 7.1 percent from July.
In the condominium sector, the median price rose 36.7 percent, to $335,000 from $245,000 a year ago and up $5,000 from July. Condo sales increased 42.8 percent, to 247 units from 173 a year ago and up from 244 in July.
Inventory also saw an uptick. The number or properties for sale at the end of August increased 19.4 percent, to 1,579 from 1,322 a year earlier.
Association CEO Jim Link is not expecting any big changes in the coming months. "I think we're gong to end the year on the same pattern we've been in. I think you are going to see sales fall slightly because of the lack of inventory. It's increasing but not in appreciable numbers to meet the demand," he said.


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PITTSBURGH - DECEMBER 24: Charlie Batch #16 of the Pittsburgh Steelers looks to pass against the Baltimore Ravens on December 24, 2006 at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
It is hard to put into words what we observed Sunday in Baltimore as Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Charlie Batch led the black and gold to an improbable 23-20 win over the Baltimore Ravens. Perhaps the single best word to use for what we witnessed on Sunday is, "fortitude". Batch wasn't given a chance this week by most everyone, including myself, to knock off the 9-2 Ravens in their own building, where they had previously won 15 straight games. Charlie showed us. Man, did he show us. Batch overcame several obstacles to win on Sunday. In case you didn't know it by now, he is the oldest Read more [...]
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In an upbeat forecast for the year ahead on the UK PlayStation site, Reeves stated: "The most important thing for us as a company in the very short term is for us to start making money. This is a pledge that was made last March and is something that we are still very much on target to achieve.
"Once we have achieved this, I think it will be a very exciting time for PlayStation. Once we have alleviated that specific pressure, we can move forward at a rate of knots.
"2009 promises to be a very exciting year for PS3, with blockbuster titles such as Heavy Rain and Killzone 2 coming out, whilst we have the music and video download service becoming available towards the end of the year. PSP will continue to prosper and sell in incredible numbers, with some great games coming out, which will take full advantage of the new enhanced screen. We have built our reputation over the years on great entertainment, and innovation and 2009 will be a prime example of PlayStation at its very best."


text: The Rev. Dr. Robert Anthony Schuller is a New York Times best-selling author, motivational speaker, pastor, and business man. He travels the world advocating world peace with The Global Peace Foundation and is regularly seen on national stages representing Success Seminars and Lead and Succeed. For over 35 years he was seen on the "Hour of Power" by over 20 million people worldwide.


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A Doodle Fly - Fly to Mars
By j2sighte
This app is only available on the App Store for iOS devices.
"Like a preschooler's macaroni sculpture, this game is ugly but charming." - slidetoplay.com
"Fly to the AppStore and get this highly entertaining game for just $ 0.99!" - app-reciationreviews.blogspot.com
"For $0.99, this is a must pickup. Soon enough you'll find yourself creating weirder characters than what Jerry created by default." - theappera.com
"A Doodle Fly is addictive as anything. We recommend that you get this game." - weplayiphone.com
Hold on folks, it could be a bumpy ride! This simple-looking app is going to take you to the moon and back in an attempt to answer the age-old question "Is the moon rabbit real?" Ancient Chinese philosophers agree that there is such a creature lurking about the lunar surface. However, no one has ever been able to confirm or deny the existence of this elusive animal with any amount of certainty. That is, until now. This is your mission, if you choose to accept it.
With A Doodle Fly-Fly To The Moon on your iPhone or iPod Touch, you customize virtually everything to make this game uniquely yours to increase your odds of encountering "The rabbit on the moon". Begin by either drawing your own customized character on paper and taking a picture of it to download, import one from the internet that you feel is up to this task by saving it, (tap then hold an image in Safari, and an option will pop up to save the image.) and importing it into the game, or choose from one of our pre-selected default characters which we have tucked away in our arsenal. Next, customize your characters with any accessories that you feel will help them. Simply draw them onto the character, and away you go!
A Doodle Fly-Fly To The Moon is an absolute "blast" as you rocket yourself toward outer space with the aid of propeller beanies, springboards, rockets, planes and clouds which all help carry you to greater heights, distances, and levels as you continue your endeavor of attaining knowledge of the moon rabbit. Each time you hitch a ride along with one of these helpers, just watch your elevation and distance elevate as it increases your score.
This addictive game is sure to capture your attention and test the boundaries of your sanity. You'll find yourself playing this game at all hours of the day and night. Be careful though, or those around you will become curious as to what is so interesting on your phone. You'll feel it necessary to keep your secret hidden as your levels increase. Eventually someone is bound to ask you what you're doing on your iPhone or iPod Touch, that's so important; and you'll simply reply "Oh, I'm just doodling."
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A world away from Pacific Rim's monsters is the more grounded action of a James Bond film, with car crashes and chase sequences that require more understated VFX. Indeed, according to Mark Spevick, senior VFX artist on Casino Royale, the film's producers initially denied there were any VFX shots at all. "There were 700-odd effects shots in Casino Royale, but we weren't allowed to bang on about it because there were supposed to be no effects shots in Casino Royale," he tells Stuff.
"One of the biggest challenges for that was the sequence where the Jumbo jet lands and takes off again during Bond's car chase, and a cop car gets flipped through the air," he says.
So, how do you make 2 1/2 tons of American cop car fly through the air like it was blasted by a jet engine that was never there? Through a careful combination of practial physical effects and VFX work, it turns out. "We got this really clever guy, Chris Corbould, involved – he's an absolute legend when it comes to practical effects. He came up with this crazy rig, a 100ft crane that would lift up the car, drag it behind the tanker, and then the cables would be released and it'd flip through the air." But with the car swinging on a rope, says Spevick, "it was quite a challenge to remove all the swing and make it look natural – and put in a CG plane, as well," he notes, casually.
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It's interesting to note that where movie-goers argue until they're blue in the face about the virtues of practical effects versus CGI, the industry veterans take a more balanced approach. "We always tell a client, "build whatever you can build, do as a live stunt whatever is safe to do and practical to do, and then we'll handle the rest."," says Hickel. "Don't go into it expecting or wanting to do everything synthetically, because it's much harder to get to a result that feels grounded and real. The more we have to latch onto that's real and actually photographed, the better the work is going to look."
"One of the things I tell my students," says Spevick, who teaches at Escape Studios' VFX academy, "is, "it's not the tool that's important; it's the tool that uses the tool." So it doesn't matter whether you shoot something practically or do it digitally; what you really need to think about is what's going to work for this particular shot in the context of the movie."
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50 @ 50 (2014) #46Posted by Caz on Thursday, 11th December 2014
Title: Out Of Kilter
Location: Chelmer Park
Camera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 50mm EF f/1.4 USM
Notes: One for all the OCD folks out there…
50 @ 50 (2014) #38Posted by Caz on Friday, 31st October 2014
Title: Beech Tones
Location: Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex
Camera: Canon EOS 5D MkIII / 50mm EF f/1.4 USM
Notes: Copper tones and turning leaves in Swan Wood.
November '13 – ReviewPosted by Caz on Sunday, 1st December 2013
November has been an incredibly busy month for pictures and trips. The first photographic outing of the month was to see Fantastic Fireworks at Billericay. We got a great spot across the water so the reflections were even more spectacular than usual. I think I did a better job than last time, in 2011.
A few days later it was out to Sunny Southend for a photowalk with friends. It was very cold but the light was great.
The next week, I went on a Nature Study Day at Copped Hall run by Peter Warne. It was very enjoyable but the weather was less than kind – the drizzle was pretty awful by the end of the day! Waterproof trousers were a must, and I still got some decent shots.
I chose another drizzly day for a Wivenhoe Wander but the boats provided a splash of colour in an otherwise grey outing.
The next day however, there was some fab autumn light during my Mersea Meander. It was bitterly cold and my fingers barely survived, but the sunshine was most welcome.
Alistair came to stay for a while mid-month, and we took an evening walk along the Thames on our way to meet friends for a birthday dinner. The bridges at night looked spectacular.
We had a few dull days, but eventually we made the most of the sunshine by taking a trip to Epping Forest for some Autumn colour. Alistair also helped me out with my lastest Face Down Tuesday – Autumn Colour Edition.
Another day we went for a walk into Chelmsford and passed the Graffiti wall again. It's always good to take a look to see what's changed since last time:
As well as the wall, I also spotted this lovely leaf which was a near miss for Day #2152:
I enjoyed another weekend away this month with Alistair, this time exploring Bath and Lacock, looking around the picturesque Abbey:
The last photography outing of the month was back to my Monthly location of Sandford Mill Footbridge, this time with some lightpainting tools to have a play. I got a few good shots before the cold got the better of me! I'll have to revisit again soon with thicker gloves, perhaps.
I have managed several more 50@50 images this month too: #44 at Hylands Park, #45 at Southend-on-Sea, #46 in West Mersea, #47 in Bath. And of course I decided to participate in MoNovember again this year, having done it first in 2011 and then 2012. I was pretty pleased with the results over the month.
6th MoNovember '12Posted by Caz on Tuesday, 6th November 2012
Title: Backbone Of A Leaf
Location: Thriftwood, Bicknacre
Camera: Canon EOS 7D / 100mm EF f/2.8 L IS USM
Notes: I enjoyed a stroll in Thriftwood this morning, looking for some geocaches and making pictures of the autumnal scenes. This group of leaves caught my attention because of the while mildew growing on them, highlighting their structure.


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Sultry Myleene Klass puts some sparkle back into her life as she poses in a slinky scarlet sequin dress.
The TV presenter, 34, who split from husband Graham in April, is just back from a break in Los Angeles with daughters Ava, five and Hero, one.
And judging by these daring but stylish shots for her second Littlewoods.com collection she has brought a slice of Hollywood home with her.
She looks every inch a diva as she shows off sequins, plunging necklines and vibrant colours.
Myleene hopes her designs will inspire British women will inject some glamour into their wardrobes.
The single mum-of-two split from husband Graham Quinn earlier this year.
Of this fashion range the 34-year-old said: "I wanted the clothes to feel luxurious and special.
"The attention to detail and the feel of the fabric is so important as it adds to how good a woman feels in these clothes."
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How This Diehard Fan Would Fix Hockey
I was chatting with a friend of mine the other day, a guy who is a big sports fan, and I brought up the National Hockey League lockout. His response: "There's an NHL lockout?" He's not the only one in the dark. The sad truth of the lockout is that for the vast majority of American sports enthusiasts, it doesn't much matter. The NHL may well lose the entire 2004-05 season, and most sports fans in this country won't even notice.
I'm the exception. I love hockey. I've played the sport since I was 7. At 40, I still make time to play in two recreational leagues. And I'm lucky enough to have two sons who love hockey as well, so I get to coach their teams.
That's why the lockout drives me nuts. It couldn't come at a worse time, now that hockey's cachet is diminishing, overwhelmed by far better marketed sports such as NASCAR, professional golf, and even events such as the X Games. What better way to alienate an already shrinking fan base than calling off the season? You think fans in new markets such as Nashville and Raleigh, N.C. -- where the league has already been struggling to build support -- will come back after the lockout? "The longer this goes on, the less relevant teams are going to be in marginal markets," says Tod Leiweke, former president of the NHL's Minnesota Wild and now CEO of the NFL's Seattle Seahawks. And yet neither NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman nor Players' Assn. Executive Director Bob Goodenow seem to feel much urgency to save the game I love.
So here's my solution -- an overly ambitious attempt to address some problems and salvage the sport. The biggest sticking point is the owners' insistence on a salary cap and the players' determination not to accept one. There's no easy solution, but I'm partial to an idea offered by former Vancouver Canucks General Manager Brian Burke. He proposes a team payroll threshold of $38 million and a payroll minimum of $33 million. (Last season, team payrolls ranged from $23 million for the Nashville Predators to $78 million for the Detroit Red Wings.) Then, for teams that top the threshold, he'd set a tax stiff enough that most teams would think twice. Burke's proposal would begin to give owners the "cost certainty" they're after, while not tying players' salaries to a formula linked to the owners' financial reporting, which they don't trust.
But the league and the players shouldn't stop with reaching a collective bargaining agreement. Even before the lockout, the game was struggling to retain its fan base and win over converts. The negotiations, whenever they resume, give the league and the players an opportunity to address the issues that have plagued the game in recent years. "As bleak as times are now, there is an opportunity to be creative," Burke says.
One problem is that NHL hockey has become a plodding game. The league's rapid expansion in the last decade has flooded the game with players who can't skate with the stars. At the same time, the players have gotten bigger, and so have their pads. The combination has created a game where coaches get lesser players to clog up the so-called neutral zone in the center of the ice. The idea is to run enough obstruction to neutralize elite players. But it's boring.
It doesn't have to be that way. Think about the Olympics. They offer the most exciting hockey there is, drawing fans and nonfans alike. That's because Olympic contests are played on a wider ice rink that opens up the game and gives the elite players space to be creative. The NHL should adopt Olympic-sized rinks. Owners might fret about lost revenue from the high-priced rinkside seats that would disappear. But I bet they'd win new fans with a more exciting game. They could also adopt stronger rules to curb the neutral-zone trap.
Of course, the Olympics benefit from featuring only the game's best players. It's a lesson the NHL should learn. The league watered down its talent expanding to seven new markets in the last 10 years. What's more, many of those teams account for the losses that owners now cite as a reason for demanding cost certainty. It's time for the league to recognize its mistake. It should cut the number of teams by at least six.
But the key change the NHL should make is to stop trying to be something it's not. The league has developed a bad case of NBA envy: It wants to appeal to every corner of the U.S. That's why it expanded so rapidly. And that's why it keeps looking for gimmicks like the proposal to end tied games with a shootout, which reduces the outcome to a single offensive skill. It's a cheap stunt meant to appeal to fans in new hockey markets.
So Mr. Bettman, Mr. Goodenow, please get back to the bargaining table and fix my favorite sport. You have less time than you think.
By Jay Greene in Seattle


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The 2012 BET Awards were held Sunday night in Los Angeles, setting the tone for a sizzling summer of new music from some of hip-hop's biggest names. Beyoncé took home the trophy for Best Female R&B Artist while Nicki Minaj nabbed Best Female Hip Hop Artist for the third year in a row.
Whitney Houston was given one final farewell from a group of very talented loved ones including her mother, Cissy Houston, who sang Bridge Over Troubled Water to a sobbing crowd. Mariah Carey and Angela Bassett, along with the rest of Houston's Waiting To Exhale cast mates, also delivered heartfelt tributes.
Performances from Chris Brown, D'Angelo, and Kanye West provided previews for some of this season's most anticipated releases. Brown's album, Fortune, was just released on July 3. Last weekend, Brown was honored at the 2012 BET Awards winning Best Male R&B Artist after he gave a power-packed performance of Turn Up The Music and Don't Wake Me Up to a turned up crowd who can't help but be mesmerized by his unrivaled dance moves and brightly painted bare chest. His newest singles dropped last week and included one Drake diss and two crazy collaborations; Mirage featuring Nas and Get Down featuring B.o.B., as well as one stellar solo offering, Trumpet Lights.
Brandy returned to the main stage Sunday night during her tribute to Whitney Houston at the 2012 BET Awards alongside Monica. Her comeback album, Two Eleven, is due out by August 28. In other hip-hop news, the aforementioned Nas is slated to begin his highly anticipated return to glory when he drops Life Is Good on July 17, but there's no telling if Def Jam will find another reason to push the project back again. Last week he dropped a single, Something with another back-from-the-dead superstar, Nelly Furtado.
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Big Sean dropped Hundred Dollar Bill featuring Mac Miller last week. The compilation will feature appearances by Kanye's roster, including Pusha T, CyHi Da Prince, Q-Tip, Teyana Taylor, Mos Def, John Legend, Big Sean, Kid Cudi, and Mr. Hudson among others.
Ashanti is back in the booth and back with former partner, Irv Gotti who produced the catchy single, No One Greater featuring newbies, French Montana and Meek Mill. This collaboration fused some old friends with some new blood and created something special.
Don't be fooled by the title, Lupe Fiasco is making a point about how women are represented in hip-hop today on his latest drop, Bitch Bad. Once again, he's managed to sneak in some stellar commentary over a catchy beat helping the kids to learn lessons without them even knowing it.
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Clinical Assessment of Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and/or Chronic Heart Failure (CHF)
This study has been completed.
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Leonardo M. Fabbri, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: April 30, 2010
Last updated: June 6, 2012
Last verified: June 2012
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Cigarette smoking, the major risk factor for COPD, causes not only airway and lung inflammation, but also systemic effects. These systemic effects of smoking could substantially contribute to the development of chronic diseases, other than COPD, particularly chronic heart failure (CHF). The aim of this project is to assess the frequency and severity of CHF and COPD in outpatients with history of smoking referred to Hospital because of dyspnea and/or chronic cough.
|COPD Heart Failure, Congestive
|Procedure: Lung function testing, echocardiography, blood sampling
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Clinical, Functional and Biological Assessment of Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and/or Chronic Heart Failure(CHF) in Stable Conditions and During Exacerbation
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MedlinePlus related topics: Heart FailureU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Leonardo M. Fabbri, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia:
Biospecimen Retention: Samples Without DNA
Detailed Description:
Blood sampling for routine (haemachrome and differential cells blood count, bilirubin, cholesterol, high density lipoprotein, low density lipoprotein, glycemia, blood urea, blood electrolytes (sodium, potassium, chloride), glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase, glutamic-pyruvic transaminase, γGT, triglycerides, creatinine, uric acid, creatine phosphokinase, glycosylated haemoglobin).
Blood sampling for selected biomarkers: NTBNP, HS-PCR and IL-6, IL1-β, cellular receptor D6 and TIR8, IL-1 decoy receptor PTX3.
Measurement of arterial blood gases.
|Study Start Date:
|October 2006
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2011
|Primary Completion Date:
|July 2011 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
COPD patients, CHF patients
COPD and CHF patients with smoking history (> 10 pack/years), male and female, older than 50 years, referred to Hospital for dyspnea and chronic cough.
Procedure: Lung function testing, echocardiography, blood sampling
All patients will undergo to:
Detailed Description:
We will recruit 100 patients older than 50 years with diagnosis of COPD and/or CHF. COPD is defined by presence of fixed airflow obstruction (post-bronchodilator FEV1/FVC less than 70%) according to Global Initiative for Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) guidelines. Each patient will be characterized by medical history and physical examination. Patients with a diagnosis of COPD must have: 1) had a history of chronic respiratory symptoms, i.e., cough and sputum and/or breathlessness and only occasional wheezing (SGRQ and MMRC Questionnaire); 2) they had to be smokers or ex-smokers with more than 10 pack-years, and 3) a documented absence of a history of variable airflow obstruction and/or diagnosis of asthma. Each patient will perform pulmonary function tests, including reversibility to inhaled bronchodilator (400 µg albuterol); arterial blood gases, and routine blood tests. In addition, each patient will undergo regular PA/LL chest x-ray. The diagnosis of CHF is established according to the criteria of European Society of Cardiology. At time of entry in the study, all patients will be in clinically stable condition (ie, no changes in medication dosage or frequency, and no exacerbations of disease or hospital admissions in the preceding 6 weeks). Clinical and biological follow-up of these patients will be prospectively followed for 2 years, from 2009 to 2011.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|50 Years to 95 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Probability Sample
Study Population
100 patients older than 50 years with diagnosis of COPD and/or CHF, male or female, smokers or ex-smokers with more than 10 pack-years, in stable conditions.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Caucasians
- Males and females
- Age > 50 years
- Smoking history > 10 pack years
- Diagnosis of COPD according to GOLD 2008 and/or diagnosis of CHF according to ESC 2008
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of bronchial asthma
- Fixed airflow limitation due to other chronic diseases such as cystic fibrosis, bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP), bronchiectasis, TBC etc.
- Combined restrictive-obstructive functional impairment
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Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the Contacts provided below. For general information, see Learn About Clinical Studies.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01114386
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01114386
|Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Modena
|Modena, Italy, 41124
Sponsors and Collaborators
University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco
|Principal Investigator:
|Leonardo M Fabbri, MD
|University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
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Keywords provided by Leonardo M. Fabbri, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia:
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ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017
|Responsible Party:
|Leonardo M. Fabbri, Professor Medical Doctor, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT01114386 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|April 30, 2010
|Last Updated:
|June 6, 2012
Keywords provided by Leonardo M. Fabbri, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Heart Failure
Lung Diseases
Lung Diseases, Obstructive
Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
Heart Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases
Respiratory Tract Diseases
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Warren County Local History by Dallas Bogan
|Dallas Bogan on 12 August 2004
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ALBERT BRANT was born in Warren
County, Ohio, Feb. 12, 1842; son of Abraham and Hester
Jeffries Brant, the former of New Jersey, and the latter a native of
Warren County. The father immigrated to Ohio with his parents in 1814.
Albert Brant enlisted in Co. A, 4th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, Sept. 10, 1861, and served under Gen. O.C. Mitchell as a scout or courier. During the campaign from Bowling Green, Ky., to Huntsville, Ala., he was with his command in every engagement of that department, except Stone River (being a prisoner at that time) until after the battle of Chickamauga; he served as a scout during the celebrated Wheeler raid.
In November, preceding the battle of Missionary Ridge, he was sent for by Gen. Crook, who asked him if he could carry a message to Gen. Sherman, who was at that time making his way up the Tennessee River; Mr. Brant replied that "he could, if any man could." Gen. Crook said "he could take one, or five or a hundred men, just as he chose," so as to deliver it to Gen. Sherman safely and quickly, as it was of great importance; he chose one man and proceeded down the Tennessee River; he found the river guarded at every point, and being pursued from behind, he abandoned his horse just in time to escape capture.
Pressing forward as rapidly as possible, after three days they reached the Elk River, having endured many hardships and dangers. Between Huntsville and Decatur, they were fired on by a company of cavalry, when they took to a swampy woods for protection; but here they were pursued by a blood-hound; the dog came near them at one time but hearing his master's halloo, left the trail. Brant had concealed the message until the cavalry abandoned the pursuit, representing himself as a confederate soldier,
Brant secured from a planter the loan of a horse and a mule which the scouts rode to Athens; when near the latter place they were startled by a sharp "Halt, who comes there?" Mr. Brant answered the challenge by the rebel picket who demanded the counter-sign. Mr. Brant replied that he did not have it, but that he would speak to the commander; the sentry passed them and they proceeded right onward through the camp; there were probably forty or fifty men in the camp together with several teams. They, however, gave the two scouts no further trouble.
The scouts passed Athens at night. The town was full of confederate soldiers, but they kept as far from them as possible and met no serious obstacles; when accosted, they represented themselves as confederates; the Rebels were not expecting to see a Yankee in that part of the country. They came in sight of the Elk River the third day and found there a small band of so-called State troops; they succeeded in securing themselves in a ditch all day to escape detection and capture; finally they succeeded in securing a canoe in which they headed down stream. They reached the Tennessee River at daylight, after a tedious and dangerous ride of twenty-four miles, and discovered two large rebel camps on either side of the river; knowing that they could not run past them with safety, they pulled their canoe upon one of several islands and spent the day in full view of the rebel camps; so near, that they could hear all that was said, and see all that was done.
After dark they started on one of the most perilous voyages ever undertaken. The Elk River empties into the Tennessee at the mouth of the famous "Muscle Shoals." These shoals consist of fifteen miles of tumultuous rapids, rushing with terrible force through a narrow and rocky channel. Sometimes the canoe would strike the rocks and almost sink. The men kept to the center of the stream, to keep as secure as possible from the rebel pickets, which lined each side of the river. This was the fourth night from the army, and the heroic scouts were almost dead from hunger, exposure and loss of sleep, not having slept since the departure from the Elk River, and having had nothing to eat except corn bread and raw bacon, procured from the Negroes in scant supply.
Taking the last meal at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, before starting down the Elk River, they walked all that night, and lay concealed all the next day on an island making thirty-nine hours without a bite to eat. The men landed once in going down the Tennessee, but found nothing but a deserted plantation. Finally, they found a plantation where they got some corn bread, and what was more to their liking, news from Sherman's advance guard. An old darkey told them that the Yankees had come near capturing his young master that evening, together with his whose company, at Florence, Alabama, and that his master was in the house at the time, while the company was encamped a short distance up the road. Mr. Brant took the old Negro into his confidence, and told him his name and business and asked him the distance to Florence; he was told that it was twelve miles distant, that the river was closely guarded at every point, and that the camp referred to was on the road to Florence, where they arrived at 9 o'clock, and made their way into the Union camp without being seen by pickets.
Making their way to headquarters, they were introduced to Gen. Hugh Ewing. When told by Mr. Brant that he was a courier from Chattanooga, and the bearer of important messages, Gen. Ewing was incredulous, but was finally convinced of the truth of the story. Gen. Ewing received the scouts very kindly, and relieved their necessities, which were pressing, as the men had not had a meal for four days. Mr. Brant was sent to Gen. Sherman by Gen. Ewing with a strong guard and a personal letter to Gen. Sherman. They reached Gen. Sherman's quarters at evening, having ridden thirty-five miles since noon, and were kindly received by the General. Mr. Brant had been instructed by Gen. Crook not to have the message captured at all hazards, and if after destroying the message he should reach Gen. Sherman, he should tell him to drop everything east of Bear River, and make all possible to Chattanooga. Gen. Sherman gave Mr. Brant letters to return to Gen. Crook, which he delivered after fully as many perils and difficulties as he had experienced in going down, none of which, however, we can give, suffice it to say, that he got back to Gen. Crook's headquarters and delivered the messages safely, in due time. This was one of the most perilous and important trips connected with the great war, the distance 170 miles, lying in the enemy's country, and 135 miles without seeing a friend; at the same time, Sherman was pushing the rebel army before him, and Mr. Brant had to pass directly through the rebel army. In addition to this, the country was full of paroled prisoners from Vicksburg, and these were treacherous and dangerous men to meet. He was discharged from the service November 22, 1864.
Albert Brant married Sarah E. Trovillo, a native of Warren County, on the 16th of March, 1865.
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CGM started new positions in three oil service companies including:
Schlumberger (NYSE:SLB) 4.12% of portfolio
Schlumberger Limited and its subsidiaries supply technology, integrated project management, and information solutions to the oil and gas industry worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Oilfield Services and WesternGeco. (From Yahoo)
Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) 3.17% of portfolio
Halliburton Company provides various products and services to the energy industry for the exploration, development, and production of oil and natural gas worldwide.
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National Oilwell Varco, Inc. designs, constructs, manufactures, and sells systems, components, and products used in oil and gas drilling and production; provides oilfield services and supplies; and distributes products, and provides supply chain integration services to the upstream oil and gas industry worldwide.
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No, I apologize, I was still within my probationary period, which lasts 6 months. The handbook states that I may be terminated at any time for any reason or no reason during my probationary period, and that I will not be granted appeal rights if I am terminated.
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NEW YORK -- The U.S. food and agribusiness industry has not been immune to the 2009 economic downturn. However -- as the recession eases -- it is an industry that offers opportunities for growth and improved returns, according to Rabobank's recently released 2010 North American Food & Agribusiness Outlook.
The Outlook is produced annually by the Rabobank Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory (FAR) team, who provide information and analysis covering all major sectors throughout the food chain. The Americas-based FAR team is part of Rabobank's global FAR group, which is comprised of approximately 80 analysts around the world. They research subjects of strategic interest to companies and customers within the food, agribusiness and agriculture sectors.
According to the authors of this year's Outlook, "in spite of the difficult year for U.S. agribusiness, the underpinning fundamentals the food and agribusiness industry remain largely in place for 2010."
In the Outlook, Rabobank's FAR team takes an in-depth look at issues that will affect the global agricultural industry in the coming year. Below are highlights of three key issues addressed in this year's Outlook:
• how consumers have changed,
• a view from the field – a look at commodity prices and input costs, and
• moving forward how the global economic framework will U.S. agriculture.
The Changing Consumer
"The current recession has had the most dramatic impact on consumer wealth and income since the Great Depression," said FAR Executive Director Stephen Rannekleiv. "As a result, U.S. consumers have become increasingly frugal, drastically cutting back on spending for personal consumption, paying back debt, and increasing their savings rates to replace lost wealth and to prepare for future uncertainty."
Initially when U.S. consumers began to cut back more drastically on restaurant spending in 2008, it provided a welcome sales boost to food retailers. However, as the recession wore on, the trend toward frugality increased, with price becoming the key driver of consumers' purchasing behavior, and eventually food retailers began to feel the pressure.
"This increase in frugality and savings rates are a natural and rational result of the current economic climate," said Rannekleiv. "But ironically this behavior will – in some respects – prolong the downturn as consumers are unlikely to have the ability or desire to lead the U.S. economy back to sustained growth as they have done in the past."
Food producers and processors have altered their production and strategy in response to these rapidly changing consumer trends:
• The surplus that dairy producers had built in response to international demand created an oversupply and price reductions in 2009.
• As demand dropped, animal protein producers did not reduce production, which impacted prices (particularly beef and pork).
• Predominantly higher-priced wines and spirits have been disproportionately affected by the decline in bar and restaurant sales, as well as the trend toward trading down. They are now finding it difficult to move products without deep discounts.
View from the Field
The rally in commodity prices in the three years leading up to 2008 provided a strong incentive for U.S. farmers to invest in crop inputs to maximize production. This demand resulted in skyrocketing prices for key inputs and significant investment by the industry to increase production. During the same period, the U.S and global grains and oilseed markets underwent rapid transformation. Prices for most grain and oilseed products suffered a sharp contraction, demand waned, and investors withdrew.
"However, looking ahead to 2010, the U.S. grains and oilseed sector appears well-placed to capitalize on expected improvement in global demand, especially given the sharp depreciation of the U.S. dollar in late 2009," said Assistant Vice President Erin FitzPatrick. Additionally, she said, "As 2009 comes to a close, much of the pain for key input sectors has worked through the system allowing prices to stabilize."
While input costs will stabilize in 2010, challenges remain for the U.S. grains and oilseeds sector: price volatility is expected to continue at historically high levels – making price and capital risk management more difficult. Price risk management for margin and capital protection is an increasingly important aspect of managing a business in this industry. In terms of prices, the U.S. grains and oilseeds sector is entering 2010 following record or near-record crops of both corn and soybeans, with ample supplies of wheat in the supply chain. Prices appeared to reach a cyclical low in September, and higher corn and wheat prices are expected in 2010. Soybeans are likely to see a somewhat counter-cyclical move, weighed down by expectations of a record South American soybean crop.
Nevertheless, said FitzPatrick, "prices for all three major grains and oilseed crops are expected to continue above their long-term average levels, and lower input costs, should provided some support to on farm margins."
Economic Framework
Decreased global demand, tighter trade credit availability, increased global competition and a stronger U.S. dollar in the first half of 2009 all contributed to the first decline in U.S. agricultural exports in more than a decade. By the end of 2009, exports are forecast to reach $97.5 billion. This is down 15 percent from 2008, although it is still the second highest figure on record.
"In 2010, while early estimates for U.S. agriculture exports remain reasonably unchanged, the prospect for a material growth in exports above 2009 figures is promising," said Executive Director Michael Whitehead. "With the strengthening global economy and the continued weakness of the U.S. dollar, that is expected to persist well into 2010. Additionally, the economic crisis saw merger and acquisition activity decline in 2008 and the early part of 2009. It has since recovered – driven by recovering appetite from industry players who saw a window of opportunity to act. On the other hand, private equity
investors, who had become prominent prior to the financial crisis, remained on the sidelines.
"However, the necessity for scale and efficiency to enhance competitiveness has not disappeared," said Whitehead. "While the financial crisis and recession resulted in a substantial gap between sellers' and buyers' expectations, the fundamental drivers for consolidation in the U.S. agricultural market remain in place."
Much of the consolidation that occurred during the downturn was driven by the need for strategic positioning in the increasingly globalized agribusiness world. As customers become larger and trade liberalization continues to open new market opportunities for exporting countries, agribusiness corporations are positioning themselves to become truly global agribusinesses.
In the US this activity has been most evident in the dairy and meat sectors, and substantial transactions emerged late in the year as markets recovered. "Time will tell whether the benefits derived from such transactions exceed the costs and risks, and convert into enhanced shareholder value," said Whitehead.
In addition to increasing globalization, an ongoing merger of sectors is expected to be an important driver for food and agribusiness merger activity in 2010.
"Globalization, market convergence, and the need for companies to move beyond traditional sector boundaries to find new sources of cost efficiency, scale and growth will be important drivers shaping the food and agribusiness industry in the coming year," said Whitehead.
The premier bank to the global food and agriculture industry, Rabobank is a global financial services leader providing institutional and retail banking and agricultural finance solutions in key markets around the world. From its century-old roots in the Netherlands, Rabobank has grown into one of the 25 largest banks worldwide, with over $800 billion in total assets and operations in over 35 countries.
SOURCE: Rabobank.
NEW YORK -- The U.S. food and agribusiness industry has not been immune to the 2009 economic downturn. However -- as the recession eases -- it is an industry that offers opportunities for growth and improved returns, according to Rabobank's recently released 2010 North American Food & Agribusiness Outlook.


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I just got back to Kinshasa from a week in Kikongo. I went up for the first week of school in order to get the students oriented to me and my "Distance Education" style of teaching. I came prepared with the class work that the students need to do while I'm absent from Kikongo and a calendar for the rest of the school year with their assignments. This style is quite unusual here in Congo, but it's the only way that I can continue to teach at the Pastor's Institute and live with my family about two hundred miles away. Now that I've been making these monthly trips to Kikongo since 2004 it's understood that this is my style and for the most part I get a lot of grace from the students and the faculty.
This first trip of the 2010-2011 school year was different for me as well. Instead of being the first to be dropped off by Mission Aviation Fellowship, the pilot decided to drop me off last on his way back into Kinshasa. I got to tag along as the pilot picked up medicines at one stop to deliver to a rural hospital at another stop. I met a Catholic doctor who has been working in a very remote mission station for 47 years. Like all the rest of us she wonders how her work will continue when she leaves.
At another stop I was introduced to a Congolese hospital administrator who spoke English! Not only was that very unusual, but he also had been trained as a doctor in India and had quite a few interesting stories to tell. It was a great testimony of his Christian walk that someone of his qualifications chose to live in near poverty in a very rural location in order to keep the hospital running. I can only imagine the heroic things that he's done that we will never know about. But, God knows.
On our way back west toward Kikongo we stopped in Vanga to pick up two young volunteers who had been helping at the hospital there. Both young ladies were in tears as they were leaving behind a place and an experience that had changed their lives forever. They had been working with German doctors who have given their lives to serve the community in Vanga. One of the volunteers in particular spoke to me about the great impact that working along side these doctors in such desperate conditions had had on her life. She had trouble finding enough Kleenex to wipe away her tears as she spoke in appreciation for what God had shown her there.
When we finally reached Kikongo later that afternoon, I was met by friends and fellow missionaries and was very warmly welcomed. It was great to be there after a long summer break and soon I was feeling quite grateful to be in my home away from home.
The first week of classes went very well. Most of the students were back from Summer break and ready to study. The third year students especially were excited to start their last year at the Pastor's Institute. There was a real healthy feeling of excitement at the beginning of the school year and I was again very thankful that God has made it possible for Jill and I to serve Him in Congo.
Please pray for this school year that has just begun.
Pray for the students and their families to remain healthy throughout the year.
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The Community Warden Team are helping groups and individuals through the Community Safety Cash Fund.
And the latest group to benefit were senior citizens in Tullibody.
Tullibody Healthy Living were successful in securing funding to purchase mini LED torch light keyrings to distribute to the Senior Christmas Lunch being held at St. Serf's Church Hall, Tullibody on 13th and 14th December.
Funding is available for projects who target at least one of the following aspects: Reducing Crime; Reducing anti-social behaviour; Reducing the fear of crime; Improving the general safety of our communities.
The theme of the lunch this year is to promote safety on food issues and safety whilst out in the winter months.
This simple key ring light can make things easier to see in these dark months whether that is in the house or out and about.


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Incidentally, the individual accused of wrongdoing is the nephew of Cricket Interim Committee Chairman D.S. de Silva. The cricket chief, in the lead up to the ICC Cricket World Cup, appointed two of his nephews Suraj and Kapila Dandeniya for lucrative salaries (US$ 5000 a month and US$ 2500 a month)


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My soon to be ex is filing chapter 7 in Orlando Fl and I recently moved to Nv. I take care of my elderly mother who has cancer . My question is : Can I forgo the 304 creditors meeting as it would pose a hardship on my mother and me. Thank you, Diane Culbert
What to Expect at the Creditors' Meeting
Whether you are filing a Chapter 7 bankruptcy or a Chapter 13 bankruptcy, you will be required to attend a creditor's meeting (also known as a 341 Meeting of Creditors). The Court schedules the date and time of your creditors meeting after your bankruptcy has been filed and a bankruptcy Trustee has been assigned to your case. The creditors meeting is a requirement of the bankruptcy code and it is mandatory that you attend. If you filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy your creditors meeting will usually take place approximately 30 days after filing. If you filed a Chapter 13 bankruptcy your creditors meeting will usually take place approximately 45 days after filing. The purpose of the meeting is for the Trustee to make sure all of the information in your bankruptcy is accurate and to have the opportunity to ask any questions he or she may have about information you included in your bankruptcy.
On the day of your creditors meeting you should plan to arrive 30 minutes to 1 hour prior to your scheduled meeting. It is very important that you bring your drivers license and social security card with you to your creditors meeting, this is to validate your identity. Your attorney will be present at the meeting as well as other debtors who are there for their 341 meeting. Your creditors are notified of the meeting and may or may not be present the day of the scheduled 341 meeting. The Creditors Meeting is run by the Trustee assigned to your bankruptcy case. You will be sworn in by the Trustee and then he or she will begin asking you some general questions as well as specific questions pertaining to your case. The creditors meeting is recorded so it is important to remember at all times that you are under oath and to answer the Trustee's questions truthfully.
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Your bankruptcy attorney will provide you with more information on your creditors meeting and discuss other common questions that you may face.
DIANE CULBERT says: Damon Duncan says:
It sounds like you are not the one who filed the bankruptcy. If that is the case, then you do not need to attend the creditors' meeting unless you would like to dispute something with your (ex) husband's bankruptcy. If you do want to dispute something then you may be able to call or write the Trustee and let them know of any concerns.
You probably received a copy of the information about the creditors' meeting because you may be a co-debtor on some of the debts and/or they listed you down as a creditor. I hope that help! Best of luck to you and your mother.
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