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Chateau Saint-Paul Haut-Medoc 2005
Winemaker Notes
A blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc. It is matured in wood for 18 months, with 25 percent new oak. On the nose, typical Bordeaux aromas of cigar box, spice, black currants and blackberry. The palate offers the same flavor profile, with smooth tannins and a medium finish. An excellent food choice and ready to drink now, although will evolve nicely with a few more years in the cellar.
Critical AcclaimAll Vintages
One of the most—if not the most—famous red wine regions of the world, the Medoc reaches from the city of Bordeaux northwest along the left bank of the Gironde River almost all the way to the Atlantic. Its vineyards climb along a band of flatlands, sandwiched between the coastal river marshes and the pine forests in the west. The entire region can only claim to be three to eight miles wide (at its widest), but it is about 50 miles long.
While the Medoc encompasses the Haut Medoc, and thus most of the classed-growth villages (Margaux, Moulis, Listrac, St-Julien, Pauillac and St. Estephe) it is really only those wines produced in the Bas-Medoc that use the Medoc appellation name. The ones farther down the river, and on marginally higher ground, are eligible to claim the Haut Medoc appellation, or their village or cru status.
While the region can't boast a particularly dramatic landscape, impressive chateaux disperse themselves among the magically well-drained gravel soils that define the area. This optimal soil draining capacity is completely necessary and ideal in the Medoc's damp, maritime climate. These gravels also serve well to store heat in cooler years.
One of the world's most classic and popular styles of red wine, Bordeaux-inspired blends have spread from their homeland in France to nearly every corner of the New World, especially in California, Washington and Australia. Typically based on either Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot and supported by Cabernet Franc, Malbec and Petit Verdot, these are sometimes referred to in the US as "Meritage" blends. In Bordeaux itself, Cabernet Sauvignon dominates in wines from the Left Bank of the Gironde River, while the Right Bank focuses on Merlot. Often, blends from outside the region are classified as being inspired by one or the other.
In the Glass
Cabernet-based, Left-Bank-styled wines are typically more tannic and structured, while Merlot-based wines modeled after the Right Bank are softer and suppler. Cabernet Franc can add herbal notes, while Malbec and Petit Verdot contribute color and structure. Wines from Bordeaux lean towards a highly structured and earthy style whereas New World areas (as in the ones named above) tend to produce bold and fruit-forward blends. Either way, Bordeaux red blends generally have aromas and flavors of black currant, cedar, plum, graphite, and violet, with more red fruit flavors when Merlot makes up a high proportion of the blend.
Perfect Pairings
Since Bordeaux red blends are often quite structured and tannic, they pair best with hearty, flavorful and fatty meat dishes. Any type of steak makes for a classic pairing. Equally welcome with these wines would be beef brisket, pot roast, braised lamb or smoked duck.
Sommelier Secret
While the region of Bordeaux is limited to a select few approved grape varieties in specified percentages, the New World is free to experiment. Bordeaux blends in California may include equal amounts of Cabernet Franc and Malbec, for example. Occassionally a winemaker might add a small percentage of a non-Bordeaux variety, such as Syrah or Petite Sirah for a desired result.


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The hot, dry weather continued to prevail over much of the state again this week, with a few areas experiencing spotty showers.
Statewide temperatures averaged 78.2 degrees, 1.8 above normal. Precipitation averaged .53 inches across the state, .31 inches below normal.
Topsoil moisture continued to worsen, and was rated at 73 percent very short, 25 percent short and 2 percent adequate. Subsoil moisture also continued to be a concern, rated 70 percent very short, 26 percent short and 4 percent adequate.
Grain farmers are reminded to report crop losses resulting from a weather-related disaster event, said Scherrie Giamanco, state director of the USDA Farm Service Agency.
"Crop losses are acres that were timely planted with the intent to harvest, but the crop failed and could not be harvested because of a disaster-related condition," Giamanco said. "In order to meet FSA program eligibility requirements, producers must report failed acreage to the county FSA office before disposition of the crop.
The Fayette County Farm Bureau will hold a "Drought Condition and Crop Insurance Discussion" for area farmers on Wednesday, Aug. 1.
Belusko attends ag teacher conference
Matt Belusko, agricultural education instructor at Ramsey High School, recently joined more than 300 agricultural educators at the annual conference of the Illinois Association of Vocational Agriculture Teachers.
Held in Champaign, the conference was designed to meet the needs of secondary and post-secondary agricultural educators. The program included general sessions, district meetings, business meetings, in-service sessions and special award recognition sessions.
Last week was yet another hot and dry one for Illinois. Statewide, temperature averaged 78.2 degrees, 3.9 above normal and rainfall increased slightly to 0.28 inches, but still was 0.62 inches below the historic average.
Topsoil moisture is still a major concern for the entire state. It is currently rated at 52 percent very short, 37 percent short and only 11 percent adequate.
The Illinois Field Office of National Agricultural Statistics Service this week released the U.S. Department of Agriculture's June Acreage and Grain Stocks Reports.
Members of the Fayette County Farm Bureau met with Illinois Farm Bureau President Phillip Nelson, second from right, at a recent meeting in Effingham.
He updated county members on key legislative issues affecting farmers. Pictured with Nelson are, from left, Keith Casey, Keith Sanders and Ken Cripe.
The Illinois Field Office of National Agricultural Statistics Service last week released the U.S. Department of Agriculture's June Crop Production Report.
State and national highlights of the report include:
The Illinois wheat yield for the 2012 crop is estimated to average 61 bushels per acre, based on the June 1 surveys, down one bushel from the May 1 forecast, but the same as last year.
Total production would be 38.4 million bushels, a decrease of 18 percent from the 2011 production of 46.7 million bushels.
Scherrie V. Giamanco, USDA Illinois Farm Service Agency (FSA) executive director, announced last week that 2,276 CRP offers – which include 52,190 acres – were accepted during the 43rd Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) general signup.
Nationwide, USDA accepted enrollment of 3.9 million acres, bringing the total program enrollment to 29.6 million acres.
"For more than 25 years, CRP has protected natural resources in Illinois while providing economic and environmental benefits to rural communities throughout the state," Giamanco said.
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A fundraiser for harassed Greece bus monitor Karen Klein, a video of whom went viral Tuesday, raised over $150,000 in less than 24 hours. The fundraiser's $5,000 goal was to send her on vacation.
An online fundraiser for harassed Greece, N.Y., bus monitor Karen Klein, a video of whom went viral Tuesday, raised over $150,000 in less than 24 hours. The fundraiser's $5,000 goal was to send her on vacation.
The CEO and founder of the fundraiser's website says this is one of the fastest campaigns it has handled, and it's accomplishing a few things.
"I can only imagine what it will be like for her ... but at the end of the day what is even better than her vacation or her salary is the fact that all these people are galvanizing to talk about the issue. So at the end of the day it's having a broader impact," says Slava Rubin.
The money will be a huge blessing for Klein who at 68 years old would love to go on a cruise but says that she might just retire.
"People care and you don't think that they would," Klein said when asked what all the gifts and mementos meant to her.
Klein woke up Tuesday morning thankful school was out and thinking it would be a typical day.
"It's almost like I'm in a dream or nightmare, let's put it that way," she said.
But in a matter of hours, her life changed -- all because of a video posted online.
The video on YouTube shows kids on a bus calling Klein a "troll," threatening to deface her property, making fun of her weight, referencing suicide, asking her why there is "water" on her crying face and more.
Klein is a 23-year veteran bus driver and now bus monitor. The videos capture what happened Monday on her last day of school.
The video was originally posted to a student's Facebook page. Someone found it there and copied it to YouTube, "TO SHOW THE WORLD HOW ••••ED UP KIDS ARE."
It gained attention on the popular website Reddit, where it was posted late Tuesday night to a forum with nearly 1.5 million readers. As of Wednesday morning, the original post had over 2,000 comments. Internet sleuths discovered the students' names and two similar videos, one titled "Bus Monitor Harrasement," the other, "Bus Monitor Harrasement 2." These videos contain "not safe for work" language.
Reddit users posted contact information for the local school district and media outlets, and Greece school officials woke up to hundreds of phone calls and emails about it.
As people in Rochester and worldwide respond to the video, it's Klein's calm manner that has touched hearts. Flowers came in all day Tuesday, some from people she doesn't even know.
"It's scary getting all this attention," Klein says.
— Includes reporting from WHEC.com
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I have been working with a couple people from over seas and some of their names include accent marks. While I have heard they would not think it to be disrespectful it still seems correct to include the accent mark over the letter in their name because they do so in their signature. There are various ways to accomplish inserting special characters into most applications but Windows 7 actually provides a way that is built into the OS to insert special characters into all of those same applications. Inserting special characters or symbols into any form of document is easy using Windows 7 or Windows Vista using an application built into the Operating System called Character Map. Below I describe how to insert special characters into various types of documents using Character Map on Windows 7.Details


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By Jonathan Helman and Athena Jones, For CNN, On Feb 5th 2013, Read Original
A Muslim activist group has launched a new ad campaign to reclaim a word they say has been abused and distorted by Muslim extremists and by anti-Muslim groups.
The MyJihad ad campaign is using print ads and social media to educate the public about what they say is the true meaning of the word "jihad."
The Merriam Webster dictionary defines the term as "1: a holy war waged on behalf of Islam as a religious duty; also: a personal struggle in devotion to Islam especially involving spiritual discipline" and "2: a crusade for a principle or belief."
But some religious activists dispute the emphasis on "holy war." They say the word is often misunderstood and has been co-opted and "misapplied" by radical Muslims who use it to justify terrorist acts and by anti-Muslim groups who use the word to foment fear in non-Muslims.
"The word 'jihad' literally means struggle, struggle for a good cause," said Nihad Awad, national executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
"It is a concept, a noble concept, within Islam that emphasizes a personal struggle within yourself to be a better person, a better husband, better wife, better worker, better neighbor," he explained. "It is not aggression, and it does not mean to commit harm against other people. If people commit harm against innocent people, it will be in violation of the spirit of Islam and a violation of the concept of jihad."
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The campaign is the brainchild of Ahmed Rehab, an activist who is also the executive director of CAIR in Chicago. He launched the effort in December with a small group of activists.
They began running ads on 25 city buses in Chicago and later expanded to buses in San Francisco. The ads began running at four metro stations in Washington in late January. They depict Muslims and non-Muslims sharing how they define their personal struggles. One shows a white Jewish man and a black Muslim man standing side by side, with the slogan "#MyJihad is to build bridges across the aisle." Another shows a young female photographer wearing a headscarf and holding a camera. The slogan reads "#MyJihad is to capture the truth even when it's unpopular."
Rehab said the donor-funded campaign is about making sure Muslim children can grow up in a world where they're judged on their own merits and not according to radical stereotypes.
Controversial 'Defeat Jihad' ad in NYC subways?
"I don't wake up in the morning looking for my Kalashnikov or AK-47," he said, highlighting one such stereotype.
The group has also taken its campaign to social media, asking supporters to post on their Facebook pages and use #MyJihad on Twitter to share their personal struggles. Rehab said they have received tens of thousands of encouraging tweets, Facebook messages, letters and e-mails.
The campaign has also attracted skeptics, especially online.
A user with the Twitter handle @Shaqton wrote: "Al-Qaeda: #MyJihad is carrying 'earth-shattering, shocking and terrifying' attacks against 'heart of the land of non-belief' -- U.S. and Europe."
Another user, with the handle @PeterTownsend7,wrote: "Claiming that critics read the Quran 'out of context' is another way of saying that you wish it did not say what it plainly does #myjihad."
Awad said the organizers of the campaign should expect to face resistance to their message but believes they will be successful in starting a conversation about this important tenet of Islam.
Faith groups launch campaign to counter controversial 'Defeat Jihad' ad
"It's an uphill battle, because you are trying to dismantle preconceived ideas about the concept of jihad, because traditionally people have seen stereotypes and they have seen actions by some Muslims, and the majority of Muslims did not step in to say, 'No, this is our faith, and we are going to claim it,'" he said. "It is going to be an uphill battle, because you are trying to undo accumulation of misperception and mispractice -- misperception by non-Muslims and mispractice by some Muslims, and I think it's important for us to take this initiative."
The group hopes to place ads in more cities in the United States and around the world and to expand to other media such as radio and television.
"The message is global. The goal is anti-radicalization," Rehab said.


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Time to Vote in the Crazy Cable Contest
Thanks to everyone who submitted photos for the Cisco Crazy Cabling Contest. We've received some great photos so far! The jumble of wires data center managers have to deal with every day highlights the headaches folks have to deal with when trying to maintain and manage their data centers!
Now you can help select the winners from the top 5 finalists. Go to www.facebook.com/ciscodc and look at the top photos along the "wall" of our data center Facebook page. To vote, please make sure you are first a fan of the Cisco's Facebook data center page; you can do that by clicking "Like" at the top of the Facebook page.
From there you should be able to click on the photo of your favorite and then click on the "Like" button.
Voting will end on Sunday, March 27 at midnight 12:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time.
The 3 photos with the most votes will be announced on Monday, March 28 on both Cisco's data center Facebook page and on Cisco's Data Center Networks blog.
The first place winner will receive a brand new Flip Mino HD 120 camera and an Amazon gift card worth $200.00 USD. Second and third place winners will also receive a Flip Mino and Amazon gift cards worth $100.00 and $50.00 USD.
For the complete official rules and information, please visit: Cisco's 'Crazy Cabling Contest' Complete Official Rules.
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Only a couple of months after Husqvarna?s sale by BMW to Austria?s Pierer Industries, the storied motocross brand is once again making headlines, unfortunately of the wrong sort.
Reports from the La Provincia di Varese website, Varese News, as well as motorcycling's GPOne are saying that the acquisition of Husqvarna has revealed significant problems with massive unsold inventory, labor, and the existing business plan.
As of Monday the 22nd of April, Pierer Industries announced that the factory will be closed until further notice, and let go all of the 211 factory workers employed by Husqvarna. The only staff remaining are in the sales and marketing departments, about 30 people.


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Ever since I can clearly remember I shared a love of reading with my father. All I wanted to do was to learned about how to communicate better when I was in grade school. I never waited for class to start to read because I always had a book with me. I'm a passionate reader as I'm sure you are too. No matter what, I read daily. It's my favorite way to spend the day. What about you? What attracts you to reading? I was sitting round thinking why people love reading so much and what's the attraction to it, as I ponder wow there are so many!
Are you challenging your brain effectively?
Are you missing out on the joy of reading?
Or Is it true that you are a word enthusiast?
There are many clues that reveal exactly who the avid readers are in your bunch are while also revealing who they aren't as well. In the social zone, bookworm's often stick out like happy nerds should! Being a nerd isn't at all a bad thing. I'm passing out compliments. See, there are great things that come as a result of being a book fan all your life.
For one thing, most people who read regularly have the keen skills to think and communicate exceptionally well. This is not to say that people who don't get hyped about a new book are crappy readers at all. But you know you've seen the magic spark in the eye of those who love what they get out of educating them selves with the words they read. Hands down bookies are pretty much honored by others and this is probably because of the need for uncanny communication in the world. Wouldn't you agree that we can use more of it?! Indeed yes!
The ageless Art of Reading expands the mental faculties by leaps and bounds. In fact, reading is documented as one of the most satisfying pleasures of people today. Reading is more than merely staring onto a paper with words on it.. there's also a combination of eye, hand and mental action that make it a bit of an exercise.
There are other elements at work when you're reading but reading is mainly a mental thing. Reading and watching television are somewhat comparable. Although honestly, reading will make you smarter in the end. Think about it! Sitting and watching a screen versus actively processing and breaking down information by reasoning to arrive at a conclusion that sheds light on the information in the book..yes this process takes time plus patience! But that's exactly why reading when compared to watching 'the box' still have a considerable distance between them as far as overall rewards are concerned.
Still, reading even improves your vocabulary too. So at this point you're expanding your mind and gain clarity through your brain by reading this article thus utilizing your eyes to plant the mixture of information you are mentally assimilating. Reading boosts your vocabulary through comprehension. A lot of book lovers have an extensive vocabulary. This is helpful in school, work and in interacting with others.
The memory is another area that's improved through on going reading. Remember when you played a game of match or crosswords how you got sharper on your word play as a result of playing a game? In reading you have to catch details, story plots, scenes, characters, descriptions and facts too. All this mental multitasking builds your brain up in more ways than most of us know.
Although reading is certainly fun, creative and even a great hobby or past time. The discipline it builds in you are guaranteed to enrich all areas of your life! There's no better time than the present so Get your reading on!


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TUSCALOOSA | Two Tuscaloosa County School System seniors are celebrating more than their last day of high school today.
TUSCALOOSA | Two Tuscaloosa County School System seniors are celebrating more than their last day of high school today.
Hillcrest High senior Amanda Nelson and Tuscaloosa County High senior Samuel Spector were named 2013 National Merit Scholarship winners this month.
Nelson, a top-ranking student at her school with a 4.17 cumulative GPA, is one of 2,500 students nationwide to win the $2,500 merit scholarship.
Spector is also a top-ranking student with a 4.08 cumulative GPA..
A total of 1.5 million students from 22,000 high schools across the country entered this year's competition when they took the preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship qualifying test as juniors. There were 15,000 finalists.
Nelson has been accepted into the Computer-Based Honors Program at the University of Alabama, where she plans to major in biomedical sciences and pursue medical school.
Spector was offered a full scholarship to the University of Kentucky, but has chosen to attend UA, where he plans to major in civil engineering.
Both students have received several other scholarships to UA.
The National Merit Scholarship Corp. is a nonprofit created in 1955 to conduct the annual program. The majority of scholarships are funded by 440 corporations and individuals.
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I study fairy lore.
This isn't a statement about studying religions of the worlds or anything, I actually spend quite bit of my free time researching and reading about fairy mythology. I find it interesting.
In a way, fairies were the original gap fillers. Those things that acted with no understandable rhyme or reason, things that killed babies or blighted crops. Called the "Good Folk" so as not to offend them. I love reading about them. I have volumes on the subject.
What I really love is how fairy dis-belief eventually got connected to the death of them. There is something truly satisfying about killing an unfeeling powerful monster by simply coming to understand the world better.
Of course, there is a downside to having such a hobby. For me it's being called a "magical atheist." Oh, and the weirdos who ask me how to summon them.
Really it's just the weirdos now that I think about it. I don't mind being called magical all that much (harmless ribbing.)
I have come to assume that most of the adult world does not actually believe in fairies, so when faced with one who does I am usually taken aback. I mean... isn't learning that the tooth fairy is a story a minor milestone in growing up?
So when a young woman I know asked me how she could contact fairies I was torn between prattling off the lore I have greedily consumed for the better part of a decade or screaming as I ran off, instead I came back with:
"Well in the old days people would leave out special cakes and cream to appease the fae, but it wasn't to invite them to dinner. The good folk were known for stealing babies and brides, especially brides in arranged marriages and babies born to impoverished families. Strange coincidence right? I mean of all the people they could steal away they chose the unhappy and the malnourished, it's almost like--Hey! Where are you going?"
Oh well, I guess it's about time I offended someone other than the Abrahamic-god followers.
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Heh, I find this sort of mythology interesting too.
Do you ever run across Christians who think that fairies were real, but were actually deamons or evil spirits?
That's cool. I've done a little studying of vampire lore. One of the things I find interesting is that today, we try to categorize those myths and legends yet they blend together if you step back and do a meta-study of them. I'm sure you can point out fairy legends which have vampire or werewolf or witch elements.
Although you might want to revise the term "Good Folk"
An imported weapon has been blamed for the Scots defeat in battle 500 years ago. But even less conventional arms - and characters - have decided other conflicts involving Scotland.
Flodden on 9 September 1513 was one of Scotland's worst defeats in battle against the English.
Casualties on the Scots side were heavy. Among the 10,000 killed were King James IV, 12 earls, 13 barons, five heirs to titles, three bishops and two abbots.
Pikes, 18ft-long weapons imported from France to be added to the Scots' armoury, have been blamed by an expert for leading to the huge losses becaus....
But the outcomes of other battles in Scotland's distant past have been decided by even more unusual weapons and fighters.
According to local legend, Perthshire's Battle of Luncarty had an army of Scots facing defeat to a force of Danes.
But the fight of AD990 was turned to the home side's advantage when a farmer and his two sons stepped forward and battered the invaders with plough yokes.
Danes also feature in two other historic tales of battle.
At Tauch Hill at Kintore, near Aberdeen, the local residents helped King Kenneth II to victory by driving cattle covered in oak leaves at the Danish lines.
The rout of the Danes is celebrated on Kintore's coat of arms. It shows a shield, an oak tree and two horned bulls standing up on their back legs.
In the 13th Century, the Battle of Embo in the Highlands pitched fighters loyal to the Earl of Sutherland against a Danish force.
The earl is said to have sealed victory when he felled the invaders' leader with the severed leg of a horse.
Pregnant wives
Among unusual names for conflicts include July 1544's Blar na Leinne, Gaelic for Battle of the Shirt.
Also known as Battle of the Shirts, it marked a violent escalation in a dispute over the leadership of Clanranald, one of the most powerful branches of Clan Donald.
About 300 Frasers and Macintoshes led by Lord Lovat and Ranald Gallda, pretender to the chiefdom, were attacked by as many as 600 MacDonalds and Camerons led by John Moidartach of Moidart, chief of Clan MacDonald of Clanranald.
The clash was fought at the head of Loch Lochy on flat ground between Loch Lochy and Loch Oich in Lochaber.
Because of the warm weather, the fighters are said to have only worn long shirts under their chain-mail and armour.
One account tells of 80 of the slaughtered Frasers leaving pregnant wives at home. All the women later gave birth to baby boys who went on to help the clan to recover from its losses at Blar na Leine.
One of the strangest accounts of warfare must be August 1598's Blar Thraigh Ghruinneirt - the Battle of Gruinart.
Normally the mention of fairies conjures up images of elfin-like little people who decorate spider webs with dew drops, or reward a child for a lost tooth.
But the fairy that appeared at Gruinart was more likely to be found knocking teeth out than collecting them.
The battle was the last significant clan conflict fought on Islay. It pitted Sir Lachlan Mor MacLean, the 14th Chief of Duart, against his nephew Sir James MacDonald of Islay.
Legend tells of Dubh Sith - the Black Fairy - arriving from the nearby island of Jura just before the battle began and offering his services as an archer to MacLean.
The chieftain insulted the fairy and sent him away.
The enraged Dubh Sith then joined MacDonald's side and went on to succeed in shooting and killing MacLean. The spot where he is said to have died is marked by a cairn today.
MacDonald went on to win the battle. It was later recalled in a poem which last year was sung by a Gaelic choir.
A fairytale is also attached to the MacLeods of Dunvegan Castle on Skye.
Unfurling the Fairy Flag, a gift from a fairy maiden, is said to have turned the tide of a battle in the clan's favour.
In reality, the fabric is thought to have been made in the Middle East and to have been a relic of the Crusades.
"I have come to assume that most of the adult world does not actually believe in fairies"
what do you mean? Lots of people believe in sky fairies..
In Ireland we have a saying to describe people that have lost touch with reality. We say that they are "away with the fairies". The mythology of spirits and the Underworld was a major part of the culture. Most rural areas would have their own local legends and most would date back centuries, even back to pagan times.
Some places are even older……
I think it would be fun to study fairies, it's so interesting how the world seemed like such a different place to people in those times. It's fun for me also to think of what kinds of fictional worlds could exist if we took some of those old beliefs as if they were true.


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Deficits and election years are a perilous combination — all the more so this year when the governor's seat, the entire House and half of the Senate are on the ballot.
All of those incumbents are going to try to convince the voters they are doing a great job while trying to cover a deficit projected to be at least $500 million. And, because revenue not realized this year can't be anticipated next year, the next budget actually is short about twice that, $1 billion.
So, every penny counts. Or at least it should. Money that doesn't count is the scores of millions of public dollars squirreled away by the Legislature for its own use — a luxury not afforded to school districts, local governments, social service agencies and millions of Pennsylvanians who rely at least partially on state-funded services.
The House has announced that an independent audit of legislative accounts simply can't be ready by the time that the lawmakers must deal with the budget. That, in effect, means that taxpayers will not know how much of its money the Legislature is sitting on as public services go begging. It also means that there is scant chance that the Legislature will use any of the money to help mitigate the deficit.
Historically, lawmakers have been anything but reluctant to hoard public money. In 2007, it held more than $210 million in reserve. In 2011, it was $140 million.
The theory for keeping such large sums in the cookie jar is that the Legislature needs to fund its own operations in case it gets into an impasse with the governor. At $140 million, for example, the surplus would enable the Legislature to fund its regular operations for about four months.
Of course, the Republican governor has Republican majorities in both houses of the Legislature, so the odds of a lengthy impasse threatening the Legislature is remote, at best.
Legislatures should do whatever is necessary to expedite the audit, which is overdue. And they should commit to using most of whatever surplus they're hoarding to mitigate the deficit's impact on taxpayers and crucial services.


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Captain Clutch
July 25, 2007
Tonight's Lineup
Rollins, ss; Victorino, rf; Utley, 2b; Howard, 1b; Rowand, cf; Burrell, lf; Helms, 3b; Ruiz, c; Hamels, p.
Front and Center
Center fielder Aaron Rowand, who seems to be the Phillies' Captain Clutch, was in the center of everything last night.
Three hits, three runs, two doubles, one home run, one outfield assist. He scored the tying run in the sixth inning and produced the victory with a towering 376-foot homer in the eighth. He gunned down Jason Bergmann who tried to score from second on a single in the third inning. It was the Phillies' major-league leading 31st outfield assist.
Rowand did everything but clean his teammates spikes. That's a post-game duty of the bat boy.
Fans really responded to his eighth-inning homer. They stood and cheered until he popped out of the dugout. As he went to his position in the top of the ninth, he acknowledged the standing ovation from fans in right field and left field. Goosebump city.
Since making the last out in the All-Star Game, he is hitting .459. He has 14 doubles in his last 14 games. He has a nine-game hitting streak against the Nationals (.459), including four homers.
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For over a week, I've been struggling to make an image gallery similar to the one here. The problem I was having is that the images were all different sizes, and when they were displayed on the screen they were jumping all over the screen. Let me go back to the beginning...
It seems that the Image control doesn't scale properly unless you set its size as a percentage of the container size. So, if you leave the size off to let the image size itself, you get a giant image with scrollbars, regardless of whether you've set scaleContent to true or not. So, when you set the image size as a percentage of the container size, the image control probably won't have the same dimensions as the image, which means that the image is "floating" inside the container. By default, the image is supposed to be in the top left of the image control, but my experience is that it can wind up pretty much anywhere in the control.
I scoured the documentation and even asked on FlexCoders, but no one could tell me a fix for this problem. Finally, in desperation, I went back to the example, and found this text nestled in the image tag's properties:
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Grrr... I hope this saves someone else from over a week of fruitless frustration!
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I posted a question on a fairly specific Java use case, and received a one-sentence answer basically of the form "what you have here is a special case of X." There wasn't any explanation of X, of why the case under discussion was a form of X, or how to apply X in the case; furthermore, while it might be true that X could be applied, it's far from straightforwardly obvious that X is the best approach or how to apply it in detail.
I downvoted the answer. The user who posted the answer asked why. I explained, perhaps not politely as I could have, but exhaustively. The user (who has 24K rep at the time of this writing) asserts that his answer is neither misleading nor unhelpful and that my downvote is "abuse".
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I've been on SO for more than three years, and I thought the purpose of upvoting/downvoting was to highlight quality answers. Is there a norm that's arisen that I don't know about, that says downvoting is only for answers that are factually wrong, and low-quality answers that are not factually wrong should never be downvoted?
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Erick Munoz says he found his wife, Marlise, unconscious in November.
DALLAS (AP) — A North Texas hospital is refusing a husband's wish to pull life support for his pregnant wife whom he says has been declared brain dead.
Erick Munoz said he found his wife, Marlise, unconscious in November. At the time, she was 14 weeks pregnant.
Both Erick and Marlise are paramedics. He says they've have discussed that they would not want to be kept on life support.
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While not ruling out legal action, Munoz said Friday that he's more concerned about letting others know about his family's ordeal.
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More than 10 years after launching its first post-decree clinic with Faegre & Benson, Metro Volunteer Lawyers continues to serve clients whose legal problems arise after permanent orders have been entered in divorce and custody cases.
The first post-decree clinic began in 2000 as a collaborative effort between MVL and Faegre & Benson. It was the first post-decree family law clinic of its kind offered anywhere. Not only did Faegre & Benson make available its staff and attorneys to provide legal services to these clients, they also created and implemented a program to train and supervise attorneys participating in the post-decree clinic.
Over time, the post-decree clinic program has expanded. In an effort to address growing community needs, Faegre & Benson reached out to recruit and collaborate with other well-respected firms, starting with Holland & Hart for additional clinics in Denver. Later, they worked with The Harris Law Firm to conduct clinics in Adams and Arapahoe counties for a year in order to expand, at least temporarily, the reach of those who could be served by MVL.
Today, MVL and our partner firms—Faegre & Benson, Holland & Hart, and Johnson Sauer Legal Group—conduct post-decree clinics each month at the Denver and Jefferson County District Courts. Volunteers prepare relevant motions, pleadings, and proposed orders for people who are representing themselves in ongoing litigation. The attorneys simply advise the clients regarding the limited scope of representation and indicate on each document they produce for the clients, per Rule 11, that they have assisted with the preparation of those documents.
To keep volunteers active and interested, Faegre & Benson also hosts and coordinates an annual post-decree training CLE for all post-decree clinic volunteers to better educate the attorneys who provide the post-decree legal services. They also host a volunteer appreciation holiday party each year and feature MVL. The continued success and growth of the post-decree clinics is a true testament to the continued leadership and commitment that the firms that sponsor the post-decree clinics make to MVL to support and provide pro bono legal services.
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- What is gastritis?
- What causes gastritis?
- What are the signs and symptoms of gastritis?
- Seek Help for Symptoms of Bleeding in the Stomach
- What are the complications of chronic and acute gastritis?
- How is gastritis diagnosed?
- How is gastritis treated?
- How can gastritis be prevented?
- Eating, Diet, and Nutrition
- Clinical Trials
What is gastritis?
Gastritis is a condition in which the stomach lining—known as the mucosa—is inflamed, or swollen. The stomach lining contains glands that produce stomach acid and an enzyme called pepsin. The stomach acid breaks down food and pepsin digests protein. A thick layer of mucus coats the stomach lining and helps prevent the acidic digestive juice from dissolving the stomach tissue. When the stomach lining is inflamed, it produces less acid and fewer enzymes. However, the stomach lining also produces less mucus and other substances that normally protect the stomach lining from acidic digestive juice.
Gastritis may be acute or chronic:
- Acute gastritis starts suddenly and lasts for a short time.
- Chronic gastritis is long lasting. If chronic gastritis is not treated, it may last for years or even a lifetime.
Gastritis can be erosive or nonerosive:
- Erosive gastritis can cause the stomach lining to wear away, causing erosions—shallow breaks in the stomach lining—or ulcers—deep sores in the stomach lining.
- Nonerosive gastritis causes inflammation in the stomach lining; however, erosions or ulcers do not accompany nonerosive gastritis.
What causes gastritis?
Common causes of gastritis include
- Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) infection
- damage to the stomach lining, which leads to reactive gastritis
- an autoimmune response
H. pylori infection. H. pylori is a type of bacteria—organisms that may cause an infection. H. pylori infection
- causes most cases of gastritis
- typically causes nonerosive gastritis
- may cause acute or chronic gastritis
H. pylori infection is common, particularly in developing countries, and the infection often begins in childhood. Many people who are infected with H. pylori never have any symptoms. Adults are more likely to show symptoms when symptoms do occur.
Researchers are not sure how the H. pylori infection spreads, although they think contaminated food, water, or eating utensils may transmit the bacteria. Some infected people have H. pylori in their saliva, which suggests that infection can spread through direct contact with saliva or other body fluids.
Damage to the stomach lining, which leads to reactive gastritis. Some people who have damage to the stomach lining can develop reactive gastritis.
Reactive gastritis
- may be acute or chronic
- may cause erosions
- may cause little or no inflammation
Reactive gastritis may also be called reactive gastropathy when it causes little or no inflammation.
The causes of reactive gastritis may include
- nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), a type of over-the-counter medication. Aspirin and ibuprofen are common types of NSAIDs.
- drinking alcohol.
- using cocaine.
- exposure to radiation or having radiation treatments.
- reflux of bile from the small intestine into the stomach. Bile reflux may occur in people who have had part of their stomach removed.
- a reaction to stress caused by traumatic injuries, critical illness, severe burns, and major surgery. This type of reactive gastritis is called stress gastritis.
An autoimmune response. In autoimmune gastritis, the immune system attacks healthy cells in the stomach lining. The immune system normally protects people from infection by identifying and destroying bacteria, viruses, and other potentially harmful foreign substances. Autoimmune gastritis is chronic and typically nonerosive.
Less common causes of gastritis may include
- Crohn's disease, which causes inflammation and irritation of any part of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract.
- sarcoidosis, a disease that causes inflammation that will not go away. The chronic inflammation causes tiny clumps of abnormal tissue to form in various organs in the body. The disease typically starts in the lungs, skin, and lymph nodes.
- allergies to food, such as cow's milk and soy, especially in children.
- infections with viruses, parasites, fungi, and bacteria other than H. pylori, typically in people with weakened immune systems.
What are the signs and symptoms of gastritis?
Some people who have gastritis have pain or discomfort in the upper part of the abdomen—the area between the chest and hips. However, many people with gastritis do not have any signs and symptoms. The relationship between gastritis and a person's symptoms is not clear. The term "gastritis" is sometimes mistakenly used to describe any symptoms of pain or discomfort in the upper abdomen.
When symptoms are present, they may include
- upper abdominal discomfort or pain
- nausea
- vomiting
What are the complications of chronic and acute gastritis?
The complications of chronic gastritis may include
- peptic ulcers. Peptic ulcers are sores involving the lining of the stomach or duodenum, the first part of the small intestine. NSAID use and H. pylori gastritis increase the chance of developing peptic ulcers.
- atrophic gastritis. Atrophic gastritis happens when chronic inflammation of the stomach lining causes the loss of the stomach lining and glands. Chronic gastritis can progress to atrophic gastritis.
- anemia. Erosive gastritis can cause chronic bleeding in the stomach, and the blood loss can lead to anemia. Anemia is a condition in which red blood cells are fewer or smaller than normal, which prevents the body's cells from getting enough oxygen. Red blood cells contain hemoglobin, an iron-rich protein that gives blood its red color and enables the red blood cells to transport oxygen from the lungs to the tissues of the body. Research suggests that H. pylori gastritis and autoimmune atrophic gastritis can interfere with the body's ability to absorb iron from food, which may also cause anemia.
- vitamin B12 deficiency and pernicious anemia. People with autoimmune atrophic gastritis do not produce enough intrinsic factor. Intrinsic factor is a protein made in the stomach and helps the intestines absorb vitamin B12. The body needs vitamin B12 to make red blood cells and nerve cells. Poor absorption of vitamin B12 may lead to a type of anemia called pernicious anemia.
- growths in the stomach lining. Chronic gastritis increases the chance of developing benign, or noncancerous, and malignant, or cancerous, growths in the stomach lining. Chronic H. pylori gastritis increases the chance of developing a type of cancer called gastric mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma. Read more about MALT lymphoma and gastric cancer at www.cancer.gov.
In most cases, acute gastritis does not lead to complications. In rare cases, acute stress gastritis can cause severe bleeding that can be life threatening.
How is gastritis diagnosed?
A health care provider diagnoses gastritis based on the following:
- medical history
- physical exam
- upper GI endoscopy
- other tests
Medical History
Taking a medical history may help the health care provider diagnose gastritis. He or she will ask the patient to provide a medical history. The history may include questions about chronic symptoms and travel to developing countries.
Physical Exam
A physical exam may help diagnose gastritis. During a physical exam, a health care provider usually
- examines a patient's body
- uses a stethoscope to listen to sounds in the abdomen
- taps on the abdomen checking for tenderness or pain
Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Upper GI endoscopy is a procedure that uses an endoscope—a small, flexible camera with a light—to see the upper GI tract. A health care provider performs the test at a hospital or an outpatient center. The health care provider carefully feeds the endoscope down the esophagus and into the stomach and duodenum. The small camera built into the endoscope transmits a video image to a monitor, allowing close examination of the GI lining. A health care provider may give a patient a liquid anesthetic to gargle or may spray anesthetic on the back of the patient's throat before inserting the endoscope. A health care provider will place an intravenous (IV) needle in a vein in the arm to administer sedation. Sedatives help patients stay relaxed and comfortable. The test may show signs of inflammation or erosions in the stomach lining.
The health care provider can use tiny tools passed through the endoscope to perform biopsies. A biopsy is a procedure that involves taking a piece of tissue for examination with a microscope by a pathologist—a doctor who specializes in examining tissues to diagnose diseases. A health care provider may use the biopsy to diagnose gastritis, find the cause of gastritis, and find out if chronic gastritis has progressed to atrophic gastritis.
Other Tests
A health care provider may have a patient complete other tests to identify the cause of gastritis or any complications. These tests may include the following:
- Upper GI series. Upper GI series is an x-ray exam that provides a look at the shape of the upper GI tract. An x-ray technician performs this test at a hospital or an outpatient center, and a radiologist—a doctor who specializes in medical imaging—interprets the images. This test does not require anesthesia. A patient should not eat or drink before the procedure, as directed by the health care provider. Patients should check with their health care provider about what to do to prepare for an upper GI series. During the procedure, the patient will stand or sit in front of an x-ray machine and drink barium, a chalky liquid. Barium coats the esophagus, stomach, and small intestine so the radiologist and health care provider can see these organs' shapes more clearly on x-rays. A patient may experience bloating and nausea for a short time after the test. For several days afterward, barium liquid in the GI tract may cause white or light-colored stools. A health care provider will give the patient specific instructions about eating and drinking after the test.
- Blood tests. A health care provider may use blood tests to check for anemia or H. pylori. A health care provider draws a blood sample during an office visit or at a commercial facility and sends the sample to a lab for analysis.
- Stool test. A health care provider may use a stool test to check for blood in the stool, another sign of bleeding in the stomach, and for H. pylori infection. A stool test is an analysis of a sample of stool. The health care provider will give the patient a container for catching and storing the stool. The patient returns the sample to the health care provider or a commercial facility that will send the sample to a lab for analysis.
- Urea breath test. A health care provider may use a urea breath test to check for H. pylori infection. The patient swallows a capsule, liquid, or pudding that contains urea—a waste product the body produces as it breaks down protein. The urea is "labeled" with a special carbon atom. If H. pylori are present, the bacteria will convert the urea into carbon dioxide. After a few minutes, the patient breathes into a container, exhaling carbon dioxide. A nurse or technician will perform this test at a health care provider's office or a commercial facility and send the samples to a lab. If the test detects the labeled carbon atoms in the exhaled breath, the health care provider will confirm an H. pylori infection in the GI tract.
How is gastritis treated?
Health care providers treat gastritis with medications to
- reduce the amount of acid in the stomach
- treat the underlying cause
Reduce the Amount of Acid in the Stomach
The stomach lining of a person with gastritis may have less protection from acidic digestive juice. Reducing acid can promote healing of the stomach lining. Medications that reduce acid include
- antacids, such as Alka-Seltzer, Maalox, Mylanta, Rolaids, and Riopan. Many brands use different combinations of three basic salts—magnesium, aluminum, and calcium—along with hydroxide or bicarbonate ions to neutralize stomach acid. Antacids, however, can have side effects. Magnesium salt can lead to diarrhea, and aluminum salt can cause constipation. Magnesium and aluminum salts are often combined in a single product to balance these effects. Calcium carbonate antacids, such as Tums, Titralac, and Alka-2, can cause constipation.
- H2 blockers, such as cimetidine (Tagamet HB), famotidine (Pepcid AC), nizatidine (Axid AR), and ranitidine (Zantac 75). H2 blockers decrease acid production. They are available in both over-the-counter and prescription strengths.
- proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) include omeprazole (Prilosec, Zegerid), lansoprazole (Prevacid), dexlansoprazole (Dexilant), pantoprazole (Protonix), rabeprazole (AcipHex), and esomeprazole (Nexium). PPIs decrease acid production more effectively than H2 blockers. All of these medications are available by prescription. Omeprazole and lansoprazole are also available in over-the-counter strength.
Treat the Underlying Cause
Depending on the cause of gastritis, a health care provider may recommend additional treatments.
- Treating H. pylori infection with antibiotics is important, even if a person does not have symptoms from the infection. Curing the infection often cures the gastritis and decreases the chance of developing complications, such as peptic ulcer disease, MALT lymphoma, and gastric cancer.
- Avoiding the cause of reactive gastritis can provide some people with a cure. For example, if prolonged NSAID use is the cause of the gastritis, a health care provider may advise the patient to stop taking the NSAIDs, reduce the dose, or change pain medications.
- Health care providers may prescribe medications to prevent or treat stress gastritis in a patient who is critically ill or injured. Medications to protect the stomach lining include sucralfate (Carafate), H2 blockers, and PPIs. Treating the underlying illness or injury most often cures stress gastritis.
- Health care providers may treat people with pernicious anemia due to autoimmune atrophic gastritis with vitamin B12 injections.
How can gastritis be prevented?
People may be able to reduce their chances of getting gastritis by preventing H. pylori infection. No one knows for sure how H. pylori infection spreads, so prevention is difficult. To help prevent infection, health care providers advise people to
- wash their hands with soap and water after using the bathroom and before eating
- eat food that has been washed well and cooked properly
- drink water from a clean, safe source
Eating, Diet, and Nutrition
Researchers have not found that eating, diet, and nutrition play a major role in causing or preventing gastritis.
Clinical Trials
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) and other components of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) conduct and support research into many diseases and conditions.
What are clinical trials, and are they right for you?
Clinical trials are part of clinical research and at the heart of all medical advances. Clinical trials look at new ways to prevent, detect, or treat disease. Researchers also use clinical trials to look at other aspects of care, such as improving the quality of life for people with chronic illnesses. Find out if clinical trials are right for you.
What clinical trials are open?
Clinical trials that are currently open and are recruiting can be viewed at www.ClinicalTrials.gov.
This content is provided as a service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the National Institutes of Health. The NIDDK translates and disseminates research findings through its clearinghouses and education programs to increase knowledge and understanding about health and disease among patients, health professionals, and the public. Content produced by the NIDDK is carefully reviewed by NIDDK scientists and other experts.
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UBS launches investment attractiveness index for direct investments in the commercial office market
UBS CIO Wealth Management Research launches the UBS Swiss Office Space Investment Index. Based on the Index level for the first half of 2013, investment attractiveness is negative, and we therefore do not recommend entering the market. In comparison to other Swiss cities, Zurich remains the most attractive location for office-space investments.
Zurich/Basel, 18 September 2013 – Over the past ten years, investments in office properties have achieved average annual yields of 5.8% with low volatility. But because of high price levels, expectations currently need to be lowered when considering a direct investment in office space. Since rental incomes are relatively sluggish, initial yield and thus investment timing are important. As a guide for investors, UBS CIO Wealth Management Research has started publishing the new UBS Swiss Office Space Investment Index, which will appear twice a year.
The UBS Swiss Office Space Investment Index currently stands at -1.19. We therefore consider investment attractiveness to be negative and thus do not recommend entering the market at this time. The Index looks at how current initial yields compare with alternative investments (bonds, equities, alternative real estate investments), as well as in the context of potential lease rate increases.
In comparison to bonds, office investments remain attractive, despite a slight rise in interest rates in the past several months. However, listed real estate investments are clearly the better choice at the moment. This is because dividend yields on real estate equities and funds are currently higher than the initial yield on office space in prime locations, which is unusual in historical terms. At the same time, direct investments in Swiss office space perform poorly in comparison to office markets in major European cities.
A low initial yield can be compensated by strong growth in lease prices. However, lease income is not expected to grow in the near future, particularly in light of the fact that new office space can accommodate about 70,000 people but employment is forecast to grow by only 40,000–50,000 jobs.
From a regional perspective, we expect lease rates to decline in the four largest cities. In this regard, prospects for lease rate increases in Bern, Basel, and Geneva are somewhat worse than for those in Zurich. Bern is expected to have the greatest amount of excess supply through mid-2015. Occupancy rates in Geneva are already experiencing a clear downturn. Although Zurich is the undisputed leader in office space growth, expecting to add about 240,000 m2 by 2015, it still remains the most attractive location for office market investments.
UBS Swiss Office Space Investment Index – 1H 2013
The UBS Swiss Office Space Investment Index is calculated by applying both a valuation and a market outlook. The surveying of the valuation outlook is based on a comparison of initial income yields for direct office investments with yields from alternative investment classes (bonds, equities) and real estate investments. In surveying the market outlook, we have calculated the expected change in vacancy rates through 2015. In the process, prospects for lease rate growth depend on the current situation in terms of supply. All individual indicators have been standardized on the basis of their historical averages. The reference period is 1Q2002 through 1Q2013.
Market matrix: rental growth outlook – 1H 2013
Media contact
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June 11, 2007
A Nobel Laureate, a BusinessWeek top-ranked finance professor in teaching, private equity and hedge fund titans -- the list goes on. These are but a few of the speakers and attendees at a unique gathering of intellectuals, both academics and practitioners from leading institutions and firms across the country at a recent conference about alternative assets. The conference was held at UCLA Anderson on May 4th, 2007, jointly sponsored by the Center for Finance & Investments and the Ziman Center for Real Estate.
Topics spanned private equity, commodities, real estate, and hedge funds. Dean Judy Olian kicked off the conference. Morning sessions featured academic papers, while industry viewpoints were presented in the afternoon. On the topic of private equity, Steven Kaplan (University of Chicago) presented results from his recent study on the evolution of firms from early business plans to IPOs. In his talk titled "Should you Bet on the Jockey or the Horse?" Kaplan polled the audience on whether they'd wager on the management team of a firm (the jockey) or the product/core business (the horse) to ensure success. The audience was split down the middle, but according to his study, it pays to bet on 'the horse,' as an initial strong business appears to be necessary for a firm to succeed, while it is common for firms to replace founders and initial managers and still go public.
At lunch, conference participants enjoyed an illuminating discussion on liquidity from Myron Scholes (Professor Emeritus, Stanford University and Nobel Laureate). Scholes also explained why corporate-sponsored pension funds should hold mostly fixed-income assets and eschew equity; there is a corporate tax advantage. Firms can tailor their overall debt/equity mix (pension plus the firm's own account) to any desired level but, for tax reasons, should hold the debt in the pension account and the equity in the corporate account.
On the subject of real estate, the academic perspective was provided by Sheridan Titman (University of Texas, Austin). Titman presented results from a recent paper that provides indirect evidence of incentive and information problems that can arise when mortgages are originated with the intention of selling them to investors as part of Commercial Mortgage Backed Security (CMBS) market. The real estate industry perspective was provided by D. Michael Van Konynenburg (Eastdil Secured), with a focus on recent trends and statistics from the real estate market.
The audience heard from the private equity and hedge fund industry later that day in a lively panel discussion between Richard Crowell (Aurora Capital), Kit Jennings (ROTH Capital), and David Windreich (Och-Ziff Capital), moderated by Mark Garmaise (UCLA). Panelists were asked to share their thoughts on a variety of topics, ranging from the recent trend of private equity firms going public, emerging global opportunities, to future challenges. Jennings discussed the growing importance of PIPEs, Crowell spoke about the consideration given to increasing competition from India and China in making strategic investments within the U.S., and Windreich explored the role of hedge funds in corporate control and interesting ethical issues that followed.
David Hsieh (Duke University) gave a comprehensive summary of academic research on hedge funds. Hsieh discussed the major styles of hedge fund trading strategies (i.e. merger arbitrage, fixed income, long/short equity), existing theory on modeling hedge fund strategies as well as accompanying empirical results. Karlheinz Muhr (Credit Suisse) wrapped up the afternoon sessions with a talk on volatility management. Muhr discussed the role of volatility as an entirely separate alternative asset class, several volatility strategies, as well as the future growth potential of professionally managed volatility as an asset.
Richard Roll (UCLA), Eduardo Schwartz (UCLA), and Karlheinz Muhr chaired the sessions, breaking up the intensely stimulating discussions with amusing anecdotes and observations. The conference concluded with an intimate and relaxing dinner on the UCLA Fowler Museum Terrace and a peaceful sunset. -- Pansy Yang
Watch the Keynote Presentation by Nobel Laureate Myron Scholes (Windows Media)
About UCLA Anderson School of Management
UCLA Anderson School of Management, established in 1935, is regarded among the very best business schools in the world. UCLA Anderson faculty are ranked #1 in "intellectual capital" by BusinessWeek and are renowned for their teaching excellence and research in advancing management thinking. Each year, UCLA Anderson provides management education to more than 1,600 students enrolled in MBA, Executive MBA, Fully-Employed MBA and doctoral programs, and to more than 2,000 professional managers through executive education programs. Combining highly selective admissions, varied and innovative learning programs, and a world-wide network of 35,000 alumni, UCLA Anderson develops and prepares global leaders.


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The 9th best Knick game from last season was the Knicks dominating victory over the then 29-4 San Antonio Spurs. To me this was the game that most illustrates what the pre-Carmelo team was all about. They were a fast paced, exciting team with great team chemistry and heart. They played with great passion and togetherness and this was illustrated as they picked apart the then best team in the NBA.
The game began in excitement with Amare finding Landry Fields on an alley-oop. It was a back and forth game throughout the first half as DeJuan Blair dominated on the boards. He had an insane tip in on a rebound and then a big dunk that drew a shoulder from Turiaf resulting in a technical foul. Turiaf then tried to say that Blair initiated the contact which, even in my biased eyes, was a bit ridiculous but it was comical. Both teams were dominant on offense and sub par on defense. It was a fast paced half as the halftime score was 72-69 in favor of the Knicks. In the second half and primarily the 4th quarter the Knicks just out ran the Spurs. Chandler was fantastic with 31. Felton and STAT had 28 a piece. The game was still close up until about the 6 minute mark when the Knicks started to pull away. Felton had 2 buckets, Douglas hit a 3 and after a Stoudemire layup the Knicks led by 11, 122-111. San Antonio then called a timeout and pulled all their starters which was beautiful. The Knicks cruised the last 3 minutes of the game and won 128-115.
I chose this as the 9th best game of the season because it was a great illustration of the old Knicks beating down on a team that was more talented. This team won with hustle and heart and it was a pleasure to watch them play. I throughly enjoyed watching them night in and night out as they won game after game that they weren't supposed to win. This team brought the Knicks to where they are today. This game was a great win for them and shouldn't be forgotten.
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Hi all,
Its not common that I receive three different endearing labels in just a couple of days. One poster jokingly called me the "atheistist atheist of atheistdom". Someone who had the label hilariously foisted on them gave it to me, "That Little Evil Thang" and I was recently told by my daughter that as regards atheism "I'm kind of a big deal", another joke of a label that comes from a funny movie and one I repeated on TA a couple of times.
When I thought about this I realized people are saying this because I was more or less born atheist; I mean, my parents were both atheists and I was never drawn to religion. And that made me realize that almost every story I've read on TA is about the deconverted; people who have left religion. Is there anyone out there who was "born" atheist? If so, I'd like to hear your story. I'd especially like to know at what age you decided for certain that you would not "depart" from tradition and convert. For me it was 12.
We hear the deconversion stories all the time but I rarely hear our stories. Also, I'm curious if anyone's larger family is all atheist? All my relatives as far back as I know were all atheist. This seems rare. Is it?
One of the reasons I ask this is because when new people join who have deconverted they tell their stories about it and, while I can understand it in a deconversion context, its hard to know how to relate to some of the issues they encounter, especially after deconverting. There is so much tension within their own families and I don't know the right thing to say to them. Any ideas on that?
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Hey Jessica,
My own sense on this is that all human beings are likely born with one degree or another of passion for the mysterious. This is sometimes called "spirituality" (if you're an adherent - like what your pastor said) but for some it manifests more literally. Some people express that passion as a desire to "know", to learn about the universe. They often become scientists. In both cases I think its borne of a passion for the mysterious.
I think you said something about liking Sociology? The Sociology of Religion is a fascinating subject and research has shown that people do seem to have this common drive and that what makes people atheist or faithful has to do with personality; how we engage the mysterious. This is why deconversion is so difficult. Here's an interesting statistic: those most zealous in their religion typically are also the most zealous in atheism after they deconvert. This is because of what I just described. Both adherents and atheists are doing the same thing.
- kk
P.S. and by this measure if I were an adherent I would be a very conservative, fundamentalist Shia proselytizer. And I'm strangely comfortable with that ;-)
Well, I'd suspect, and its only a suspicion, that both sides of this coin want to be able to claim this valuable territory; that is, to consummate the psychological coup this creates for them by legitimizing their beliefs as "innate". And that, I think, is the psychology behind it.
On the other hand, I do think there is an innate yearning upon which these arrogations make; namely, the passion for the mysterious.
So, turning back to your comment/question, our upbringing and life circumstances definitely play a role. My mom and dad tried to be objective, but the truth is, with a family so steeped in atheism and deconversion, could it really have been fully impartial? I doubt it. My cousins, my grandparents, my uncles my aunts. All of them were atheists and half of them were deconverters.
And my discussions with deconverted adherents has been that they felt the same way. Even in "sophisticated" Christian homes (and there are many) adherents seem to feel that, despite their parents noble efforts to be objective, there was some influence from the start. Its unavoidable.
Both sides will try to take the high ground here and claim that there was no partiality. But the truth lies between, methinks.
and btw, I know you were joking, but there is no way in h$%$ll I would become a Shia.
- kk
I think it goes back to in many cases our up bringing and life circumstances.
That makes a lot of sense. I've had many debates with theists, where I would mention something along those lines, and for some reason they refuse to accept the fact that if they were born in a Muslim country, they would most likely be Muslim, or Buddhist in a Buddhist country, etc.
Often I get the reply: "NO! NO! You're wrong. I am <insert religion> because <insert religion> is the only true religion! It wouldn't matter where I was born or raised. I just know it!"
Hey Milos,
Yep, and if you can get them to think sincerely about that for a minute its obvious whats going on - they're just following the herd like everyone else is and which in turn strongly suggests that they're beliefs are a fraud.
- kk
Exactly. But that is the difficult part.
I remember sitting in on a debate/argument two of my friends had. One is atheist, and the other extremely religious. The religious one, for over 3 hours, refused to accept even a .0000001% chance that he could be wrong in his belief.
No matter what evidence the former put forward, there was no compromise in the latter. The thing I often find with theists, is that they seem to be terrified of the idea that we just don't know. So many absolutely refuse to admit ignorance about any topic involving their faith.
The debate basically ended up with the religious friend saying how anyone who doesn't believe is stupid and will go to hell, and then he pretty much used the 4 year old's winning strategy of "lalalalalalala I'm not listening! Laalalala!"
And that's where what Jessica said comes into play. If you are brought up believing a certain thing, and grew up in an environment where everyone you interact with believes in that thing as well, it becomes extremely difficult to rationalize against your belief, and extremely easy to dismiss the beliefs of others. Even when proof is presented, it becomes instinct to dismiss the proof, or find a way to make it look like it works in your favor, or resort to childish insults and name calling.
For example, during the particular discussion i mentioned above, AJ (Atheist friend) asked Andrew (Religious friend) to explain how thinking about god makes him feel. Then AJ wrote down everything Andrew said, went online and looked up the feelings and symptoms associated with brainwashing of prisoners during WW2, in cults, etc. And his feelings towards worshiping god, went hand in hand with the symptoms of brainwashing. Yet that was dismissed as "stupid and wrong."
Hey Milos,
I remember sitting in on a debate/argument two of my friends had. One is atheist, and the other extremely religious. The religious one, for over 3 hours, refused to accept even a .0000001% chance that he could be wrong in his belief.
This is so ironic. As I read that my first thought was that this is a sign of brainwashing. Then I read your last paragraph ;-)
No matter what evidence the former put forward, there was no compromise in the latter. The thing I often find with theists, is that they seem to be terrified of the idea that we just don't know. So many absolutely refuse to admit ignorance about any topic involving their faith.
Do you think that its fear of saying "I don't know" or just a resistance to saying no one, including god, "knows"? My expeirence has been that adherents seem okay with accepting the fact that they don't know something ... as long as they can put it in "Gods" court and say, well, God knows but I don't. They seem enamored with the idea that there is privileged knowledge out there known only to the gods. Weird.
- kk
I think you are right. They have no problem with professing ignorance about many things. But, when the topic is god, then the attitude changes. I think, at least in the case of my friend, the particular religion really drills in the fact that questioning the holy spirit is the worst sin you can commit. Thus saying that you could be wrong about god is anathema to them.
I seek out the mysterius, but sometimes I am very disapointed. The best mysteries seem to come from long term deep study Sadly obcessions often come from this same root.
James - how true - kk
As an ex-catholic, some of us might have earned our atheist merit badge. But I must say that anyone surviving their childhood in one piece, should have the option of an atheist aspiration or final arival. Welcome!
Hey James,
Okay, I'm dense. What did your last sentence mean? -kk
I think I intended a rather sharp comment. My point was to imply that anyone surviving childhood should have the option of atheism because culture and 'reality' do not always validate the belief in a god, or that this is the best of all worlds. I meet a man that had survived WWII, but discovered that his survival failed to allow the continued theist youthful beliefs. Fear and disapointment does not need to fill our days inpreparation for a theist break, but for some, it might be neccesary. Since I can not go back and run my personal experiment again, it is unclear if my fear and disappointment was needed to get where I am. I can not speek for you....


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The New Holstein Historical Society, for publishing informative books about the people from Schleswig-Holstein who established the new community in eastern Wisconsin in 1848 and built it into an area with prosperous industries and farms.
Barbara Weber, directory of the New Holstein Public Library, who helped me with their obituary index to the New Holstein Reporter and made sure I read about the town and some of my ancestors in the centennial book.
Debie Blindauer, webmaster of the Calumet County genealogy and history site where I found so much about ancestors who were among the early settlers in New Holstein, located in that county.
The Milwaukee Genealogical Society, that indexed and put online a large collection of Additional Milwaukee Marriages from 1822 to 1876, most not found elsewhere. Here I found the marriage dates of some of my early family in Milwaukee including:
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Ellen, who with volunteers has built Links to the Past – Milwaukee Web site with truly extraordinary resources. The transcribed City Directories for 1848-1849 and for 1857-1858 are one examples of special resources. In the latter volume, several ancestors were found, including:
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Ira May "Tootie" Sharp Dennis, who for more than 30 years has devoted herself to tracing all the descendants of Isaac Sharp and his wife Mary Woolverton Sharp — including daughter Rebecca Sharp who married David S. Conger, among my maternal lineage. In the summer of 2006, she confirmed that I had correctly figured out that an old biography of old Isaac was wrong about Rebecca's husband, an error picked up in genealogy databases. Tootie has developed a Sharp Family Web site where I learned even more about my Sharp and Conger ancestors.
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It's been nearly a year since I made the move from developer to developer evangelist. As I see it, I get paid to do what I'd been doing anyway: hacking on projects and helping developers across Europe do the same. There are now more of my brethren on this continent, as I shared in The Rise and Rise of Developer Evangelism in Europe on The Next Web. Let's look at why we're seeing growth in Europe and what it takes to hire an evangelist or be hired as one.
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Most current evangelists in Europe represent US-based companies. My fellow evangelists and I have noted a trend toward European startups looking to hire. Why now?
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