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The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Paul R. La Monica. Other than Time Warner, the parent of CNNMoney, Abbott Laboratories and AbbVie, La Monica does not own positions in any individual stocks.
There has been a lot of talk about how this bull market is starting to look like 2007, 2000 or -- gasp! – 1929. Forget a 10% correction. The market is destined for a crash!
But these uber-bears (Bears driving taxis? Now there's a thought) may be dead wrong.
Instead of highlighting all the things that are destined to go wrong because stocks are near all-time highs, it might be more appropriate to compare this to the glory days of 1982-2000 or 1949-1968: two of the longest bull markets in history. Read the next sentences like the narrator in ESPN's "30 for 30" commercials.
What if I told you this is only the beginning of a great run for stocks which may last another dozen years? And that while the bull may be aging, it's -- like Jake LaMotta -- still raging?
Here are 5 reasons why the market is not going to crash ... and you shouldn't bail.
1. No recession in sight. Bear markets often occur around the same time as severe economic downturns. The 2008 credit crisis. The 2001 recession following the dot-com meltdown. The oil shock of the mid-1970s.
There aren't any signs pointing to a recession now. The U.S. economy has pretty much plodded along for the past four years. Yes, it's a frustratingly weak recovery. I've called it the low and slow barbecue recovery since 2010. But it's still a recovery.
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Jonathan Golub, chief U.S. market strategist with RBC Capital Markets, wrote in a report Monday that there are six indicators (a mix of jobs, housing, manufacturing, inflation and market data) he follows which tend to go south right before a recession. None of them are currently.
2. The Fed is still your friend. The risk of the Federal Reserve crashing the stock market with huge interest rate hikes is virtually non-existent.
It's painfully clear to investors that the Fed will start raising rates next year.
The Fed's key rate has been near zero since December 2008. So even if the Fed pushes it back towards 1% next year, that's not cripplingly high. And market experts said investors will be ready for rate hikes since Fed chair Janet Yellen will go out of her way to foreshadow them in speeches and Fed policy statements.
"It's all about telegraphing. If you know the rules, you can play the game," said John Norris, managing director with Oakworth Capital Bank.
What's more, those first few rate hikes should be viewed as a positive sign. The Fed will only boost rates once it is confident the economy is picking up a little more steam.
"If the Fed is tightening because corporate revenues are growing and the economy is better, that's not a bad thing," said Carl Tannenbaum, chief economist with Northern Trust.
3. Sentiment still skittish. Sure, the S&P 500 hit another all-time high on Tuesday. So much for those Gaza and Ukraine fears, huh?
Not so fast. There is still a lingering sense of nervousness.
"Market sentiment at the top is typically a lot more bullish. We're not there yet. It only feels toppy," said Brendan Connaughton, chief investment officer with ClearPath Capital Partners.
CNNMoney's Fear and Greed Index, which tracks the VIX (VIX) volatility gauge and six other indicators of sentiment, is back in Fear mode. It was showing Extreme Greed signs just a month ago.
Volatility has returned this year. Before Ukraine and Israel, the market fretted about the so-called Fragile 5 emerging markets.
This might actually be a good thing.
Related: 6 events that spooked the markets this year
When investors don't worry about anything at all, that's when you have to be concerned about complacency and bubbles. Investors now seem to have more reasonable expectations.
"There are question marks for the market," Norris said. "The easy money has been made. I don't see 30% gains on top of last year. But you don't want to develop a bunker mentality either."
4. Market isn't cheap but isn't crazy overvalued either. Stocks are not amazing bargains anymore.
The S&P 500 is currently trading at 15 times 2015 earnings estimates -- roughly in line with what many strategists view as fair or full value for the market.
Related: No discounts here. 5 expensive stocks
But Connaughton notes that you "can't look at valuations in a vacuum." According to estimates from FactSet, Wall Street is predicting earnings per share growth of 12% in 2015. The S&P 500's average dividend yield is about 2% too.
Related: 7 'cheap' stocks in the S&P 500
So if you believe that a total return for the market should roughly correspond with earnings growth and income from dividends (in this case, 14%), then a price-to-earnings ratio of 15 is not frothy in the least.
5. Corrections have happened in this bull market. One of the biggest arguments the bears make about this market is that there hasn't been a big pullback in a while. Golub (who is not bearish) noted that it's been more than 1,000 days since the last correction. That is true.
It sure does feel like the market has done nothing but go up, up and away like Superman in the past five-plus years.
But a closer look shows there have been two (almost three) corrections already in the past five years.
The first was in the spring of 2010. Remember the infamous Flash Crash and fears about Greece leaving the Eurozone fears?
The second was the spring and summer of 2011 as debt ceiling concerns culminated in Standard & Poor's stripping the U.S. of its prized triple-A credit rating.
And even though it's technically, uhh, correct, to say there has been no correction in nearly three years, Connaughton reminded me that the market did have another near correction in 2012. Stocks fell 9.94% between April 2 and June 1 of that year. You can be a stickler for the rules and declare that 9.94% is not 10%. But that's really silly.
So there have been interruptions to this recent bull run. There will probably be more.
"It's normal to have a correction in any bull market. There tends to be some volatility," said Stephen Wood, chief market strategist at Russell Investments.
But unless a pullback is due to legitimate concerns that the economy and earnings growth are tanking, investors will probably keep doing what they have done for the past five years and counting: go shopping.
"This is a market that has buy on the dip deeply embedded in its psyche," said Quincy Krosby, a market strategist at Prudential Financial.
In other words, buying and holding may be the best strategy.
For the first time this year, investors took money off the table.
According to the latest data from the Investment Company Institute, investors pulled $1.13 billion from U.S. stock mutual funds during the week ended Feb. 27. That's the first time investors took money out of stocks this year, and it came just days before the Dow hit a record high.
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Of the GOP governor candidates who met with the SJ-R editorial board, one best exhibited the skills and approach needed to right Illinois' sinking economic ship.
The SJ-R Opinion Page today concludes publication of its endorsements for the March 18 primary election. The selections are made by the newspaper's editorial board — a collection of top editors and selected community members — following in-person interviews with each candidate. See full video of those interviews and previous endorsements on our Primary Election page.
Today marks the final installment of The State Journal-Register's political endorsements for the March 18 primary races, and we end our series with the office that leads Illinois government and its tens of thousands of employees.
As we've stated previously, and as many voters understand, Illinois continues to grapple with historic pressure from unpaid bills, pension liability and the looming rollback of a temporary 67 percent income tax hike; tension between the state and public-sector unions over pensions; a lack of sufficient funding for schools and roads; continued high unemployment and the migration of businesses and residents out of the state.
Illinois' reputation is that of a state that lives beyond its means, is not friendly to business and is rife with corruption.
Of the candidates who met with the newspaper's editorial board, one best exhibited the skills, experience, spirit of cooperation and reasoned approach needed to right Illinois' sinking economic ship and lead the state toward a more prosperous era.
Kirk Dillard and his running mate, Jil Tracy, are endorsed.
Dillard, a suburban state senator from Hinsdale since 1993 and former chief of staff for former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar, has a record of moderate views on fiscal and economic matters involving the state. In a state whose books are so dramatically out of whack, why look for moderation in a leader? Because reason and moderation — not heavy-handed, uncompromising pledges to take a jackhammer to Illinois government — are how good leaders get things done.
Dillard honed some of his political skills in the Edgar administration and counts the former governor among his allies. Edgar served two terms as governor and enjoyed high approval ratings. A person doesn't rise as far as Dillard did in the administration of one of the state's most competent and popular governors without having skills to back it up.
Dillard wisely chose Tracy, a state representative from the central Illinois community of Mount Sterling, as his running mate. Tracy has been in the legislature since 2006. Her family owns Dot Foods in Mount Sterling, and she was born and raised in southern Illinois, giving her a unique appreciation for all parts of Illinois. Of all the running mates in this primary, Tracy has the most experience in state government and would be the best lieutenant governor to take over for the governor should he become unable to serve.
Dillard said he will not raise taxes on Illinoisans and that he believes the state's tax system is "archaic." He supports a low, flat income tax. He did not vote for the temporary 67-percent income tax hike, and he believes it should roll back as scheduled. However, he also told the editorial board he understands the state has to keep its options open in terms of revenue to replace the expiring tax and said he wants to see what the magnitude of the budget hole is before firming up a plan of action. That's an honest response to Illinois' fiscal reality.
Economic development is a priority for Dillard. He is an advocate for businesses large and small and said the state is over-regulated, a common complaint of business owners. He knows how to work with the General Assembly to rebuild the state's economy.
"I want a state where I don't have to offer incentives to anybody to stay here. We're the capital of the Midwest," he said.
Dillard vowed to boost state employee morale and to work with unions. He also pledged to lead by example when it comes to government ethics — something Illinois can't hear enough.
And when it comes to Springfield, Dillard, who has family ties to central Illinois, will be a champion for the capital city. He lives downtown when he is here, and he favors state fairs here and in Du Quoin to feature Illinois agriculture. He has relationships with local government officials, and he wants to see the hub of state government returned to Springfield from Chicago. He said he would encourage cabinet members to live here.
Of the Republican candidates for governor we interviewed — Dillard, Bill Brady and Dan Rutherford — each has an agenda for improving Illinois. But Dillard has the best combination of skills, record of working with both sides and rational approach to get the job done.
Editor's note: Chicago candidate Bruce Rauner did not accept repeated invitations to meet with The State Journal-Register editorial board.


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Congress Approves Historic NEA Increase
NEA funding will grow by $20.3 million in FY08, the largest single increase for the agency in more than 30 years. In a very lean budget year, Congress approved this major restoration of NEA funds, bringing the total support for the agency to $144.7 million. Thank you for letting Congress know the value of NEA support for orchestras and the communities they serve. Advocacy efforts by orchestras in 2007 were closely coordinated with national efforts by the entire arts community, spurring this major advancement in NEA funding. Following are highlights from this year's efforts:
- Phoenix Violist Karen Bea testifies on behalf of the League and the American Arts Alliance
- Arts Advocacy Day Unites Arts Community in Common Effort
- Orchestras Weigh in with Policymakers
The NEA funding increase was included in a catch-all spending bill that combined 11 annual federal funding measures. Congressional Arts Caucus co-chairs Louise Slaughter (D-NY) and Chris Shays (R-CT) rallied House colleagues in support of the NEA, and Interior Appropriations Committee Chairman Norm Dicks (D-WA) championed NEA funding as a priority issue. Today's advancement of NEA funds reflects years of advocacy since the agency's budget was severely cut in 1995. Orchestras will continue to seek full restoration of NEA funding in 2008. Stay tuned!
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Arts Ed Advances; Survey Fully Funded
What is the status of arts education in our nation's schools? After nearly 10 years without comprehensive national data, Congress has approved more than $2 million in funding to support a fast-response arts education survey in the 08-09 school year. Orchestras and other arts advocates rallied behind this request for data collection.
Congress also approved near-level funding for the competitive Arts in Education grant programs of the U.S. Department of Education, following an across-the-board cut to all of the Department's programs. Despite the President's proposal to eliminate Arts in Education spending, along with a number of smaller education programs, Congress acted to approve a total of $37.5 million in Arts in Education spending for FY08.
IRA Rollover Action Uncertain
As Congress wraps up work for 2007, it has still neglected to address the extension of the IRA Charitable Rollover Provision. The provision, which allows individuals aged 70 ½ and older to make charitable gifts from their IRAs tax-free up to a total of $100,000 per year, is set to expire December 31, 2007 -- just over one year after its enactment. Congress may take up a tax bill early in 2008, providing an opportunity to revive this important giving incentive. Thank you for weighing in on this important issue and please stay tuned for further updates.
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Cultural Exchange Funds Available
The Educational and Cultural Exchange programs of the U.S. State Department received a $59 million increase for FY08. While it is not clear how much of this funding might be dedicated to the grant program that supports international cultural exchanges, orchestras should take note of a current grant opportunity. The State Department is inviting grant proposals for programs that support international exchanges and build relationships between U.S. nonprofit organizations and cultural groups abroad. Eligible programs will support exchanges with Africa, East Asia, Europe, the Near East, North Africa, South Central Asia and the Western Hemisphere. The application process is highly competitive, and focuses on projects that encourage citizen engagement in current issues, focus particularly on youth, and promote the development of democratic societies and institutions. Applications are due February 15, 2008.
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The League is a member of the Performing Arts Alliance, a coalition of national performing arts service organizations dedicated to advocating for national policies that recognize, enhance, and foster the contributions the performing arts make to America.


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Seahawks: Tate living up his self-hype this season
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Following his career-best day, Golden Tate was onto round four of interviews at his corner locker.
Tate had caught eight passes for 129 yards, including a 47-yard touchdown, against a talkative St. Louis Rams secondary he had mocked earlier in the season.
"I don't know how I do it," Tate said after the Seahawks' final regular-season game. "It's God- given talent. I'm very thankful for it."
That is Tate the Jock speaking, a persona that dominates his life. He's straining to deliver humility and likely believes he has. Yet, it distinctly sounds like bragging.
And really, it's that Tate can't help himself considering his athletic prowess. He trash talks his pal Russell Wilson when the two play pop-a-shot basketball at a Bellevue bowling alley. Naturally, Tate beat Wilson for an hour straight.
He successfully swings golf clubs from the right side with a left-handed grip. He was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks out of high school and played baseball at Notre Dame in addition to football, where he won the Biletnikoff Award as the nation's best receiver.
He wants to be the star, believing his superlative ability will make him one. In his fourth NFL season, he led the Seahawks in receptions and receiving yards. It's the spotlighted role he begged head coach Pete Carroll for since Seattle risked the 60th overall pick in 2010 on a guy some thought was too small or too undisciplined for the NFL.
Finally, Tate finds himself where he expected and wanted to be: on the cusp of being an indispensable playmaker.
"My load has increased a lot each year and this team depends on me giving them a spark and that's how I want to be seen," Tate said. "I'm happy with where I am, but I definitely want to do more for this team. I feel like I can do more, especially with Doug (Baldwin) opening it up, Percy (Harvin) opening it up, Jermaine (Kearse) opening it up. With three (Wilson) being so versatile back in the pocket, Marshawn (Lynch) being up there. I feel like the more I can do, the better I feel we'll be."
For a man with the Twitter handle "Showtime Tate," doubt is not an option.
Eyeing the Irish
The controversial Hail Mary touchdown Tate caught against the Green Bay Packers was not his first simultaneous-catch situation.
Nov. 1, 2009, Notre Dame played Washington State in the Alamo Dome. Tate was having his best and final year with the Fighting Irish. At halftime, he ran his primary route, the simplistic go route. Quarterback Jimmy Clausen rolled right, set and heaved.
Tate jumped into a trio of Washington State defenders, clasped onto the ball and fell to the ground. Three Cougars tried to wrestle the ball away, but Tate held on. Touchdown.
"I remember it like it was yesterday," former Notre Dame and current Kansas coach Charlie Weis said. "The difference is, he caught that one."
Weis met Tate when recruiting him out of Pope John Paul II High School in Hendersonville, Tenn., about 15 minutes north of downtown Nashville.
Tate, the third Golden in his family, was a running back. The Irish wanted him to be a wide receiver. He knew approximately zero routes.
"We would just say run down the field as fast as you can and when they throw it to you, go catch it," Weis said.
It was an effective enough approach that Tate was named the nation's best wide receiver in 2009.
Clashes between Weis and Tate would seem logical since both have large personalities, prominent egos and deep wells of sarcasm from which to draw.
Instead of colliding, those personality traits blended. Weis can't say enough good things about Tate. They have developed a friendship that causes Weis to still worry about and check-in with his former receiver.
"I love the kid, so I have an open bias and you can state that," Weis said.
Weis feels Tate's Maple Bar incident ? when he went into a Top Pot Doughnut shop at 3 a.m. his rookie year in pursuit of one, prompting a call to the police and a warning for trespassing ? is a gift that keeps on giving. Four years later, he still derides Tate for the incident.
"We've done all we can to humiliate him for it," Weis said.
He's also exasperated when he sees Tate make a mistake, like when he was flagged for taunting in St. Louis though still 20 yards from the end zone.
"I saw it ... I saw it," Weis said. "He is a bit of a loose cannon, so every once in a while when he does something stupid, I make sure I drop him a text to let him know that, yes, Golden, the rest of the free world knows you just did something stupid."
A large reason Weis likes Tate so much is because he's among the people who show up for an annual charity golf tournament Weis runs. Weis' 17-year-old daughter, Hannah, has special needs. The tournament helps raise money for Hannah and Friends, Weis' non-profit foundation that works to improve "the quality of life for children and adults with special needs."
In typical Tate fashion, he doesn't just show up. He shows up in multi-colored knickers, styled akin to former pro golfer Payne Stewart if Stewart had been blasted with neon paintballs. Tate has worn Notre Dame colors and Seahawks colors. In a perfect twist, he purchases the clothing from the website Loudmouth.com.
"He flies in every year at his own cost," Weis said. "Two years ago, he came in bright yellow. All he is is a goofball. He's just a very, very great person to be around. He's funny, he's engaging, he's entertaining. He's the type of guy you could be close with the rest of your life."
Trying to make his mark
It took Tate time to realize his athleticism alone was not going to be enough in the NFL.
"You've got to, especially as a young guy, earn the trust," Tate said. "Believe it or not, the NFL is going to go on with or without you. And, they'll forget about you quickly. So, it's always a constant grind trying to prove yourself."
When he arrived as a rookie, he began working Carroll.
"I've always begged, just begged, just let me loose," Tate said. "I'm telling you. I can do the same things I did in college. I can break games open. At any moment I can score a touchdown or get a big first down."
Carroll had a simple response to Tate's pleading: "Don't tell me, show me."
Each season, Tate's production has increased. He had just 21 catches his rookie year. That bumped to 35, then 45, before the career-high 64 this year.
He's also become one of the league's better punt returners, using his unpredictable approach ? careening all over the field while spinning and taking hits ? to average 11.5 yards per return, ninth-best in the league. He was voted a Pro Bowl alternate at punt returner.
After not trusting Tate enough to make him a focus, Carroll feels like he has arrived this season after showing significant progress midway through last season.
"We've always held the thought that he would be able to be this kind of player and he's thrilled by it too," Carroll said. "It just wasn't quite happening in the first year or so. But in our minds, we've totally relied on him. We can't wait to give him the football and see what he's going to do with it next."
Will he return?
During one interview at his locker in the practice facility, Seahawks communications intern Myron Beck stands near Tate.
Beck still has long dreadlocks, the same ones that came out of the back of his crimson helmet in 2009 when he was a linebacker and safety at Washington State. The same ones that fell to the Alamo Dome turf along with Tate during a halftime Hail Mary. Tate is asked how often he brings the moment up to Beck, who was the last of three Cougars trying to wrestle the ball away.
"Not often," Tate says. "He knows what I did to him."
That prompts the ever-so-slight tell from the corners of Tate's mouth, which curl upward when he's pleased with a just-delivered zing. The laugh remains in his eyes. Otherwise, he stares straight ahead.
This is the package with Tate. Impenetrable confidence without malice supplemented by a strong embrace of trash-talking..
"I wouldn't call him arrogant because arrogant I think has a negative connotation," Weis said. "I'd say he's cocky and confident."
The Seahawks will have to decide how much they want to pay for Tate's skills and self-belief. He's an unrestricted free agent at the end of the season. Doug Baldwin is a restricted free agent. Cutting a veteran ? like injured Sidney Rice ? will give Seattle more space under the league's restrictive salary cap. But, All-Pros Earl Thomas and Richard Sherman, among others, are a year away from big paydays in free agency.
Tate's base salary this year is $630,000, a pittance by NFL standards. With his rookie contract ending, he's likely to make 10 times that, or more, with his next deal.
"It's way, way, way in the back of my head and it's something I won't think about until the season is over with," Tate said. "That's something I'll let the people upstairs worry about. I'll let my agents do their work. That's why I hired them. My job is to play football. I'm trying to keep it as simple as possible. Play football and do my job and let the rest workout.
"We have a chance to be very, very special. I don't want to selfishly take away from myself or this team by worrying about what's going to happen next year or what's going to happen ... will I be here or not. I'm just playing football right now."
He's doing it in the manner he always envisioned. He's sure of that. Just ask him


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June 17, 2010
Iran's parliament has warned it will respond in kind to inspection of its ships under a fourth round of sanctions imposed on the country by the UN Security Council. A new round of sanctions are being drafted by the United States and the European Union.
|Sanctions imposed by the United Nations call for the inspection of all ships coming and going from Iran.
"We warn the US and certain adventurist countries that if they are tempted to inspect Iranian air and ship cargos, we will take tough action against their ships in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman," said Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani on Wednesday. Larijani said any retaliatory move would be part of the country's policy to defend national interests, according to the Fars News Agency.
Larijani said the Iranian parliament "calls on the government to not lessen the level of uranium enrichment below 20 percent since these countries have violated the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and refused to provide 20-percent enriched fuel for Tehran's research reactor."
Belgium's Le Soir newspaper reported that European Union foreign ministers have agreed on a new package of EU sanctions against Iran. The new round of sanctions to be discussed at an EU summit on June 17 are in addition to sanctions imposed by the United Nations. Le Soir said the new EU sanctions will include a freeze on investment in Iran's oil and gas sector and a ban on technology and equipment transfer.
The EU has imposed visa bans on senior officials such as Revolutionary Guards head Mohammad Ali Jafari, former Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar and former atomic energy chief Gholamreza Aghazadeh, and on top nuclear and ballistic experts.
On Wednesday Obama added several dozen Iranian individuals and organizations to its sanctions blacklist. The list includes 90 ship names that Iran's international shipping company has allegedly been using to evade sanctions, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The sanctions passed on June 9 permit the West to board cargo ships headed to and from Iran. The new sanctions target at least three entities managed by the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines and 15 belonging to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
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"Even if one Iranian ship is stopped for security-check, we will act likewise and thoroughly inspect any (western) ship passing through the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz," member of the Iranian parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Hossein Ebrahimi said.
In response to increasing on the country, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed to punish the West and force it to "sit at the negotiating table like a polite child" before beginning talks with it. He said his country would build four new nuclear reactors.
The inspection of vessels sets the stage for possible military incidents at sea between Iran and the U.S. Navy.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva told the Security Council the situation developing at the United Nations may result in the same sort of fiasco that led to the invasion of Iraq in 2003, supposedly over its alleged weapons of mass destruction.
Brazil's representative in the council was pointedly critical of the West's disregard for the opportunity for a breakthrough provided last month by the Tehran declaration between Iran, Turkey and Brazil regarding a swap of fuel for Iran's medical reactor in the Iranian capital, Asia Times Online reports.
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Hi, my name is Sky Blue and one day I wish I lived in Disneyland and everybody would be happy.
One day I'll be floating in the sky flying like a bird looking down at you. Wonder why I'm up
And I am not down there and all the people that I miss and the family the ones who really care.
Living through my music; living through my voice being loved every time someone grooves it.
One day is going to be the last time I hear my voice on the track.
Now one day not a worry in the world no stress no nothing just miss my girl
Now you tell me why we got to die if god creates us then he kills us at the same time.
Why do I ask myself why one day I'll be dead and gone and miss all the things that I love and
I know I hurt when I see you there.
One day, one day, people will be walking on water.
One day, one day, the human race will never die.
One day, one day, we will fly around in flying saucers.
One day, one day, freedom will be legalized.
One day:one day:one day:
One day I am going to invent a new drug disconnect from the system just unplug.
Buy a pop gun; shoot a peace love drop a love bomb and give the world a hug.
One day I won't have to fear a cop, or a security guard what a dope beat drop.
One day I want to body surf a rainbow, swim through a room of clouds blow an end-o.
I want to elevate and unify mankind. Everybody is just walking in the sunshine.
One day there'll be a block party for the world and I'll never have to be away from my girl.
One day I plan a cherry orgasm infiltrate the atmosphere so everybody has one.
Come together, a global climax, just imagine a universal sun splash.
One day, one day, people will be walking on water.
One day, one day, the human race will never die.
One day, one day, we will fly around in flying saucers.
One day, one day, freedom will be legalized.
One day:one day:one day:
I hope one day people will say I was a good guy and every time they were around me I made them
But in the close future I hope to raise my family in a society full of suburban noise families.
And So I hope one day soon we will make a change and when I'm dead I hope my life I didn't
Live in vain.
I know in my heart that I tried to live right and I will fight to the death until freedom is
Then I know one day my kids will have a chance to raise children of their own and own their
Own lands.
And when this day comes I hope I am still alive to see the dream we envision finally realized.
Yes one day I think we'll all recognize the government's a big pain infiltrated with lies.
And on this day we need to make a decision: we going to follow the blind or the people with
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Open Society Foundations and the Foundation Center released a new study on Monday that documents the variety of philanthropic activity in support of black men and boys in the U.S.
The study, Where Do We Go From Here? Philanthropic Support for Black Men and Boys, was conducted in the context of major indicators showing that black men and boys do not have access to the structural supports and opportunities needed to thrive economically, socially and physically, the two organizations said in a joint statement.
The statement said the new report was the first of its kind to document the wide variety of philanthropic activity in support of the black males, raising the visibility of critical issues facing communities across the nation.
The research reveals that annual funding designated for black men and boys has been rising steadily, from $10 million in 2003 to $29 million in 2010, with education garnering 40% of these grant dollars between 2008 and 2010.
"It is my hope that this report will motivate other philanthropists and foundations to invest in efforts to improve achievement by African-American boys and men," Open Society Foundations founder George Soros (left) said in the statement. "This is a generational problem that demands a long-term commitment."
Besides providing crucial baseline numbers against which future giving can be compared, the report also describes several foundation initiatives across the U.S. that address structural barriers and improve the lives of black men and boys.
In New York, for example, Soros and Mayor Michael Bloomberg each contributed $30 million in 2011 to a city program designed to improve the life outcomes of black and Latino males.
Other public-private partnerships are taking shape across the country. In Los Angeles, the California Community Foundation recently launched the only major philanthropic initiative focused on black male youth involved in the delinquency system.
The Open Society Foundations' Campaign for Black Male Achievement commissioned the report from the Foundation Center, which used available data to examine U.S. foundation giving explicitly in support of black males by issue area, type of support and geographic area served.
The report also explored "implicit" funding in which black males are likely to represent a majority of clients or beneficiaries served, but were not part of an explicitly named program.
"This report vividly portrays a stark reality that has haunted this country for far too long," Bradford Smith, president of the Foundation Center, said in the statement. "But it also provides solid data and compelling stories that illustrate what America's foundations are doing to turn the tide."


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AS WE GREET you today with a heartfelt welcome, We recall with the happiest of memories Our own visit to Our beloved Ireland, and Our meeting there with Your Excellency. The vision of your Island of Saints and Scholars glows brightly in Our heart, illuminated above all by the unflinching fidelity of its people to this Apostolic See, in spite of dungeon, fire and sword.
Indeed, the high winds raised by these and other difficulties merely fanned into more brilliant flame the fire of Faith enkindled by Saint Patrick, giving rise to a most fervent spiritual and religious life in your own land, and a burning zeal for the conversion of souls, and the spreading of the Kingdom of Our Lord Jesus Christ to every corner of the earth.
So ardent is the faith of the Irish that they not only provide their own dear Island with sufficient vocations, but also give of their choicest and best to leave home and country, and to work as priests, as Brothers and Sisters, in the most difficult fields of apostolic endeavour. Innumerable are the missionaries who left your shores to bring the light and warmth of the Gospel to those sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death; incalculable the harvest of souls they gathered in the white fields of the missions.
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A 50lb dog should be fed 4 1/2 cups for maintenance, 3 1/4 cups for weight loss
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Ground Rice, Chicken Meal, Rice Bran, Wheat Flour, Dried Plain Beet Pulp, Corn Gluten Meal, Poultry Fat (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Natural Flavors, Soybean Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Sunflower Oil (preserved with mixed Tocopherols, a source of Vitamin E), Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, Dried Egg Product, Lecithin, Dried Kelp, Vitamin E Supplement, Taurine, Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Sulfate, Zinc Proteinate, Biotin, Ascorbic Acid (source of Vitamin C), Manganese Proteinate, Glucosamine Hydrochloride, Manganous Oxide, Chondroitin Sulfate, Niacin Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Copper Sulfate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Copper Proteinate, L-Carnitine, Sodium Selenite, Riboflavin Supplement (source of Vitamin B2), Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamine Mononitrate (source of Vitamin B1), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex (source of Vitamin K activity), Calcium Iodate, Folic Acid.
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Crude Protein (minimum) 18.00%
Crude Fat (minimum) 8.00%
Crude Fat (maximum) 10.00%
Crude Fiber (maximum) 4.00%
Moisture (maximum) 10.00%
Linoleic Acid (minimum) 2.50%
Calcium (maximum) 1.40%
Phosphorus (maximum) 1.30%
Zinc (minimum) 240 mg/kg
Vitamin E (minimum) 250 IU/kg
Ascorbic Acid (minimum)** 60 mg/kg
Alpha-Linolenic Acid (ALA) (minimum)** 0.20%
L-Carnitine (minimum)** 15 mg/kg
Glucosamine Hydrochloride (minimum)** 950 mg/kg
Chondroitin Sulfate (minimum)** 750 mg/kg
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Animal feeding tests using AAFCO¹ procedures substantiate that Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Weight Management provides complete and balanced nutrition for the maintenance of adult dogs.
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Second ingredient is a named meat product.
Insufficient meat products, fat of unidentifiable origin, use of controversial fillers.
The primary ingredient in this food is rice. Ground rice is a decent quality grain; however there are two rice products in the top three ingredients of this food and the second of these is a grain fraction. This food is extremely grain heavy.
The second ingredient in the food is a named meat ingredient. It is the sole meat product in the food.
Wheat flour is a grain fragment and filler. We prefer not to see the use of wheat in dog food due to the high incidence of allergies associated with this grain. Beet pulp is another controversial ingredient it is a by-product, being dried residue from sugar beets which has been cleaned and extracted in the process of manufacturing sugar. It is a controversial ingredient in dog food, claimed by some manufacturers to be a good source of fibre, and derided by others as an ingredient added to slow down the transition of rancid animal fats and causing stress to kidney and liver in the process. We note that beet pulp is an ingredient that commonly causes problems for dogs, including allergies and ear infections, and prefer not to see it used in dog food. There are less controversial products around if additional fibre is required.
Poultry fat is an ingredient of unidentified origin for which it is impossible to determine source or quality. Unidentified ingredients are usually very low quality. AAFCO define this as obtained from the tissues of poultry in the commercial processes of rendering or extracting. It consists predominantly of glyceride esters of fatty acids and contains no additions of free fatty acids. If an antioxidant is used, the common name or names must be indicated, followed by the words "used as a preservative".
Soy is a further ingredient commonly implicated in the development of allergies. There are better quality oils that might have been used instead. We would prefer to see the use of whole eggs than egg product. We note that this product includes synthetic vitamin K, a substance linked to liver problems and that is progressively being removed from better quality dog food products.
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Sometimes you end up reading a great chapter and feel like writing a review about it… well here it is! Chris Shaw (@SQLShaw, http://chrisshaw.wordpress.com ) wrote a chapter in the PRO SQL Server 2012 Practices book published by Apress (http://www.apress.com/databases/sql-server/9781430247708). Chris wrote about one of his habits as a SQL Server consultant: the Utility Database. At first I wasn't sure what this was going to be about. But after reading the first few lines I could immediately relate to my past experience as a DBA. In a nutshell, DBAs constantly face the same dreaded question: "what just happened?". It could be failed backup operations, sudden poor performance, jobs not running… and so forth.
The chapter about the Utility Database helps you understand how to properly build a monitoring mechanism that watches your database(s) and helps you identify problems before they occur. The premise of Chris' chapter is that you are better off being proactive than reactive when database issues occur. Because this is a book on SQL Server Chris walks you through many of the concerns that apply on that platform specifically, including AlwaysOn, Clustering, Jobs and so forth. He shows you how to structure your tables depending on the type of data you are collecting and how to configure your system to start data collection.
Generally speaking Chris recommends that you evaluate and monitor important areas such as (partial list):
Data Growth Security Error Logs Indexing Fail Overs Disk Space
Chris also discusses the importance of KPI (Key Performance Indicators). KPIs are not systems metrics; they are considered business metrics. However identifying specific business metrics and keeping track of them can be just as important as environment metrics. Last but not least Chris tells us that every database system implementation is different, so the recommendations in the book should be used a guidelines and customized to you own needs.
Equipped with Chris' recommendations we can discuss how they apply to cloud computing, and more specifically to SQL Database. With SQL Database, many of the concerns that make sense for SQL Server do not apply. For example you can't monitor the disk space or the CPU on SQL Database. Although certain concepts do not apply, others only apply to SQL Database and not to SQL Server, such as Federations, Error Logs (different kinds), data consumption (used for billing) and firewall settings to name a few. And because performance is just as critical in the cloud due to the throttling behavior of SQL Database, indexing and data growth as extremely important for monitor. So even if Chris' chapter is strictly covering SQL Server, many of the concepts and recommendations apply with SQL Database.
In addition to indexing and long running stored procedures and T-SQL statements, some of the information you may want to track in SQL Database specifically include:
Database Size Event Table (in master: sys.database_connection_stats and sys.event_log) Federations (history data) Version Engine Firewall settings
There is one minor detail to discuss however: how to collect the information. The chapter discusses how the Utility database is deployed and how to use Scheduled Jobs to run scripts automatically. In essence, the Utility database is deployed on every server in your farm and a job runs stored procedures on every database in SQL Server.
The first issue is that there is no such thing as SQL Agent in the cloud, so you can't run scripts natively in the cloud. But don't despair. Microsoft recently announced support for Linked Servers from an on-premise SQL Server database to one or more SQL Database instances. So now you can create jobs locally in SQL Server and execute stored procedures located in SQL Database instances.
The second issue is that there isn't a concept of a "database server" in SQL Database; a SQL Database server in a logical grouping of database, each of which can be found on different servers. But that's not really an issue by itself; you can simply create the Utility Database within each database by creating its objects in a separate schema container (let's call it the Utility schema). This way the Utility Database is stored within each database; the scheduled jobs will need to programmatically enumerate through each database in the cloud (which is possible by querying the sys.databases table in master) and run the stored procedures inside the Utility schema.
If you are using Federations the concept is the same; simply deploy the Utility schema to every federation member, et Voila! Your job would also need to detect all the federation members programmatically, but that not a problem because you can access this information by querying sys.federations.
In summary, the Utility Database presented by Chris Shaw has many benefits for both on-premise SQL Server and cloud SQL Database environments. While some of the concerns are the same, you may need to customize the Utility Database accordingly to adapt Chris' work to SQL Database instances.
Herve Roggero, Windows Azure MVP in South Florida, is the founder of Blue Syntax Consulting, a company specialized in cloud computing products and services. Herve's experience includes software development, architecture, database administration and senior management with both global corporations and startup companies. Herve holds multiple certifications, including an MCDBA, MCSE, MCSD. He also holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from Indiana University. Herve is the co-author of "PRO SQL Azure" and "PRO SQL Server 2012 Practices" from Apress and runs the Azure Florida Association (on LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4177626). For more information on Blue Syntax Consulting, visit http://www.bluesyntax.net/.
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It's a never-ending debate around these parts. What is Creole? Is it the same as Cajun? If not, why not?
And let's say you were an Australian supermarket chain and were looking for a name for your in-house generic rip-off of the Oreo, and you decided to call it the "Creole Cream." Should you expect a visit from the PC Brigade?
If you answered no, think again. Aussie grocers Coles recently found that out the hard way, when they were broadsided Down Under by a professor of Aboriginal descent.
"The word Creole comes from a period when people's humanity was measured by the amount of white blood they had in their bloodstream. This is the same kind of thought that underpinned horrific regimes like the Nazis," Sam Watson, the deputy director of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit at the University of Queensland, told brisbanetimes.com.au yesterday.
A spokesman for the grocery chain denied any racist intent. He said the name referred to the "well-known Creole cuisine style that originated in the US.''
It certainly seems to us less offensive than Dairy Queens Moo-Latte milkshake, which we called into question five years ago, thus inspiring Slate to chime in from their ivory tower..
And one thing's for sure: Watson's head would explode if he ever visited Houston, where there are whole apartment complexes called things like the Creole at Yorktown and Memorial Creole, and where Cajun/Creole is one of the more popular cuisines. Googling Houston and Creole gives you almost a million results.
We put the Creole Cream question to Linda Smith, the Breaux Bridge, Louisiana-bred proprietor of the Louisiana Creole Cafe on Dowling Street in the Third Ward.
First off, she was as puzzled as we were about the allegedly Creole food in question.
"I don't know what any of this has to do with an Oreo cookie," she laughed.
"But the only thing I can say about 'Creole' is what my grandmother and them always would tell us: that we were Creole because we were African-American. My grandmother's ancestors were slaves from Africa. They always stipulated that Cajun was for Caucasians and Creole was for African-Americans. So what they said in Australia about the Oreo, no."
One of the reasons the debate rages on is that there are two distinct definitions of Creole in the state of Louisiana. At least two..."Everybody has a different definition for Creole," Smith says.
In the city of New Orleans, Creole most often today refers to the descendants of mixed-race, French-speaking "free people of color," who long occupied a place on the social ladder in between whites and English-speaking blacks. Often they were artisans and tradesmen and substantially more educated and well-off than the rest of the black community, not just in New Orleans, but pretty much anywhere else in the United States.
And if you go back further in New Orleans history, Creole had other meanings. It once referred to white French-speakers born in the New World, as opposed to more recent immigrants from France.
But New Orleans was a complex city comprised of English and French-speakers, Catholics and Protestants, both black and white. In large swaths of rural south Louisiana, until World War II, virtually everybody was Catholic and spoke French. Thus there came to be a binary way of looking at the question. As Smith said, the whites were, and are, Cajuns and the blacks were and are Creoles.
Smith says that Creole also refers to the language spoken in south Louisiana, which she believes has its origins in and still bears a marked resemblance to that spoken in the Dominican Republic, which shares a small island with the former French slave colony of Haiti.
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During the slave revolt in Haiti, many French plantation owners fled to Louisiana with their slaves and their language and their Creole identity. Others fled into the Dominican Republic, and that country has experienced heavy Haitian in-migration ever since. Smith says that on a recent trip to Miami to visit in-laws, she overheard some white Dominicans, understood every word and mistook them for south Louisianans.
Which takes us pretty far afield from a generic Australian Oreo. Smith can't understand what the term Creole has to do with such a traditionally all-American cookie. Hair Balls agrees and put it to her that it's such a stretch to label it Creole, that maybe there was a (possibly well-meaning) racial slant after all. Maybe the whole thing is less literal than, like, metaphysical or something.
Smith cackles. "Yes, it has that white marshmallow center and that black outside....I don't know. I don't know. I just don't know."
So maybe that PC Aussie professor should have looked at this whole thing with a more benign eye. As Jerry Seinfeld once mused in regard to a similar ebony `n' ivory confection, "If only people would look to the cookie, all our problems would be solved."


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Google could be working on new Chromebook Pixel computer with high-density and touchscreen display
Google may be working on a new Chromebook computer, one with a high-density display complete with a 2560 x 1700 resolution and also be a touchscreen. As reported by Android Authority, a new video posted shows that the supposed Chromebook Pixel as being designed by Google, which, if true, could usher in a new series of computers for the company.
Discovered by developer Francois Beaufort, the laptop appears to be undergoing testing at Google. It's noted that the video in question was created by Slinky.me, a company that has worked with the search engine giant before. It's CEO Victor Koch says that hackers attacked its servers and leaked onto YouTube several video projects that hadn't been published yet.
New ChromeBook – Next Generation Concept… by androidauthority
Google's Chromebooks have become more popular over the past few months. The Samsung Chromebook rose to prominence as the top seller this past holiday season on Amazon. More manufacturers are joining in the fray, with HP announcing earlier this month the launch of its HP Pavillion 14 Chromebook. What's noteable about the Chromebook Pixel is that it would probably be the first computer that was designed by the company in-house, instead of leaving it to other electronic companies.
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Puerto Rico beauty queen faints, uses crutches
A Puerto Rican beauty queen vying for the title of Miss America has modeled not only a bathing suit but a pair of crutches during a portion of the contest.
The Miss Puerto Rico organization said Friday that Kiaraliz Medina twisted her ankle and later fainted backstage during the competition's question-and-answer segment because of the pain. Medina later introduced herself to the audience by saying, "I'm here to make the crutches look good."
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BEIRUT -- Gunmen assassinated a prominent Syrian pro-government figure at his home in southern Lebanon on Wednesday in the latest sign of Syria's civil war spilling over into its smaller neighbor, security officials said.
Mohammed Darrar Jammo was gunned down, shot nearly 30 times, in the coastal town of Sarafand, a stronghold of the Shiite militant Hezbollah group, the officials said on condition of anonymity in line with regulations. Assassinations of politicians, army officers and journalists who support President Bashar Assad's regime are not uncommon in Syria, but the killing of a well-known Syrian in Lebanon is rare.
Violence linked to Syria's civil war is increasingly washing across Lebanon, threatening to unleash large-scale fighting in the country. On Tuesday, a roadside bomb struck a Hezbollah convoy near the Syrian border, while last week a car bomb in south Beirut wounded 53 people in the heart of the militant group's bastion of support.
Syria's conflict has cut deep fissures through Lebanon and exposed the country's split loyalties. Many Lebanese Sunnis support the overwhelmingly Sunni uprising against Assad in Syria, while Shiites generally back Hezbollah and the regime. Clashes between pro- and anti-Assad groups in Lebanon have left scores of people dead in recent months, and the violence has escalated as Hezbollah's role fighting alongside the regime has become public.
Jammo, a 44-year-old political analyst who often appeared on Arab TV stations, was one of Assad's most vociferous defenders. In frequent appearances on television talk shows, he would staunchly support the Syrian regime's strong-armed response to the uprising and in at least one case shouted down opposition figures and called them "traitors."
His hard-line stance earned him enemies among Syria's opposition, and some in the anti-Assad camp referred to Jammo as "shabih," a term used for pro-government gunmen who have been blamed for some of the worst mass killings of the civil war.
Lebanon's state news agency published a photo Wednesday of a shirtless Jammo lying on a blue sheet stained with blood, his chest riddled with bullet wounds.
The Lebanese security officials said Jammo's Lebanese wife and daughter were both in the house at the time of the attack. His daughter was later rushed to the hospital after suffering from shock, the officials said.
They added that a Lebanese man was detained near Jammo's house in Sarafand shortly after the shooting and was being questioned.
Sarafand is in predominantly Shiite southern Lebanon, where Hezbollah holds sway and Assad enjoys wide support among the local people.
The militant group has taken on a major role in Syria's conflict on the side of Assad's forces, which has contributed to a spike in Sunni-Shiite tensions in Lebanon. It has also prompted warnings from Syrian rebel groups, who have threatened to retaliate on Hezbollah's home turf.
Inside Syria on Wednesday, Kurdish gunmen captured most of a town near the border with Turkey after a day of fighting against jihadi groups in the area, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Such clashes have been common over the past moths in rebel-held areas in northern Syria.
The Observatory said the fighting in the town of Ras al-Ayn between the pro-government militia of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party, or PYD, and members of al-Qaida-linked Jabhat al-Nusra and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant left at least 11 dead people dead, including nine extremists.
The Observatory said the fighting was taking place a few hundred meters from a border crossing with Turkey. It said members of jihadi groups had to withdraw from the town to nearby villages. It said Kurdish gunmen captured a number of fighters in the area.
The fighting broke out Tuesday after the Islamic fighters attacked a Kurdish patrol in the area, capturing a Kurdish gunman. Wide clashes broke out later in the day after the Nusra Front and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant rejected a truce offer, according to the Observatory.


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MONTREAL — Heather Munroe-Blum, principal of McGill University, was somewhat off the mark when she qualified the Parti Québécois government's Summit on Higher Education as a "joke" this week.
It is hard to see anything amusing about this much vaunted exercise that is shaping up as a discordant mess — a looming tragedy, really, in that indications are the summit is not likely to resolve anything, least of all the steadily worsening situation of Quebec's universities.
With not even three weeks left before the summit opens on Feb. 25, the government has still not produced an agenda, or even a list of people it has invited to participate. Nor has it identified which proposals intended to solve the problems facing Quebec universities are to be debated — and this after the government has had five months to prepare for the event, after being elected on a promise to hold it. There is no reason to suspect that the two-day exercise will produce anything likely to satisfy the parties that will have representation at the table. Not the militant student associations, not the university administrators, not the union movement, and not the business community.
What the government is essentially seeking from the meeting is validation of the PQ decision to back last spring's "red square" protest movement against the Charest government's imposition of what were reasonable and timely tuition increases. These would have brought Quebec fees more in line with those in other provinces, but still among the lowest in the country.
First and foremost, the government is angling to use the summit to try to placate the militant student groups who seem to feel they have licence to dictate to the government on tuition, and threaten to wreak mayhem in the streets if they don't get their way. But while the Marois administration has scrapped the proposed Liberal increases, it is moving now toward a half-measure solution — indexation, that is unlikely to please either the students or the universities.
Universities have made a persuasive case that they are underfunded by hundreds of millions of dollars compared with their counterparts in the rest of the country, and that consequently they are being forced to skimp and are losing top-flight talent and offering less in terms of services to students. The government, in response, has attacked the very notion that Quebec universities are underfunded, and has endorsed the view of student associations that claim the universities' money problems are the result of profligacy. In keeping with this position, the government imposed $124-million in budget cuts on universities in its budget last fall.
The most moderate of the province's three large student associations, the Fédération étudiante universitaire du Québec, wants an indefinite tuition freeze, with an eye to working toward abolishing tuition altogether sometime down the road. The most radical, the Association pour une solidarité syndicale étudiante (ASSE), is pushing for commitment from the government to free tuition — and in far shorter order.
When Pierre Duchesne, the minister in charge of higher education, sensibly declared that Quebec cannot afford free tuition, ASSE leaders pitched a fit, threatening to boycott the summit and resort back to demonstrating in the streets — something that seems to worry the government more than underperforming universities.
What the government should have done in the months since its election last fall is to sit down for quiet consultations with university rectors and leaders of Quebec civil society. It has not. The breakdown in relations that has resulted, as well as the subtle demonization of university administrators in Quebec, does not inspire confidence in Quebec's future. It's no joke at all.


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The world needs a stronger link between government policy and scientific facts regarding nature and its benefits. IUCN is taking part in the second plenary session of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), 16-21 April, Panama City, Panama.
IUCN wants to see a detailed work programme agreed upon in Panama City. IUCN's experience supporting scientific research and managing field projects, while also bringing together governments, civil society, business, international agencies and the scientific community, make IUCN an indispensable partner for IPBES.
- 15 April: Second IPBES Stakeholders Day, Hotel Riu Plaza, Panama 3 Meeting Room, Panama City, Panama
- 18 April: Side event - How existing initiatives can support IPBES with data, information and knowledge products, Hotel Riu Plaza, Salon Barcelona 1, Nivel 2, Panama City, Panama
Spokespersons available for interview:
- Cyrie Sendashonga, Head of Delegation, Global Director of Programme and Policy Group
- Jane Smart, Global Director of Biodiversity Conservation Group
- Simon Stuart, Chair of Species Survival Commission (SSC)
Materials for the media:
- IUCN's position and work related to IPBES
- IUCN publication: "IUCN Knowledge Products: The basis for a partnership to support the functions and work programme of IPBES"
About IUCN
IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature, helps the world find pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges. IUCN works on biodiversity, ecosystem services, climate change, energy, human livelihoods and greening the world economy by supporting scientific research, managing field projects all over the world, and bringing governments, NGOs, the UN and companies together to develop policy, laws and best practice.
About IUCN Commissions
The six IUCN Commissions unite 10,000 volunteer experts from a range of disciplines such as Education and Communication (CEC), Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP), Environmental Law (CEL), Ecosystem Management (CEM), Species Survival (SSC) and the World Protected Areas (WCPA). They assess the state of the world's natural resources and provide IUCN with sound know-how and policy advice on conservation issues.
IUCN for IPBES
The most prominent IUCN knowledge products include the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™, Protected Planet (including the World Database on Protected Areas - WDPA), IUCN standard to identify areas of global biodiversity significance ("key biodiversity areas" - KBAs), IUCN Red List of Ecosystems, Global Invasive Species Database (GISD), ECOLEX: the Gateway to Environmental Law, IUCN Green List of well-managed Protected Areas, IUCN Natural Resource Governance Framework and IUCN Index of Human Dependency on Nature.
About IPBES
IPBES stands for Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. IPBES will be an interface between the scientific community and policy makers that aims to build capacity for and strengthen the use of science in policy making. IPBES will respond to requests for scientific information related to biodiversity and ecosystem services from governments, relevant UN Conventions, bodies and other relevant stakeholders. Governments have agreed that the four main functions of IPBES will be knowledge generation, options for assessment, policy relevant tools and capacity building.
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Wednesday, 1 August 2012
Cup Noodles Museum
After a failed attempt of coming here back when we went ice skating, I found some discount tickets so we couldn't pass it up.. or could we?
The title is not a misprint. Japanese often get plurals messed up as it is, but when they're used for describing things, things don't look much better eg. bicycles parking.
I don't know why I had high expectations. Basically it's like a shrine to the memory of the founder of Cup Noodles, Momofuku Ando. There is a room where I did see the Chin noodles, the first "food" I bought on my arrival in Japan WAY back in 2007. Wow nostalgia!
The entry is (usually) 500 yen. The highlight of the place is the chance to make your own Cup Noodle um, cup (300 yen). Well, sort of.
You get a cup, decorate it with markers. You choose one base flavour (I chose curry, but I wanted to get curry AND tomato. No dice). Then you get to choose four additives.
After that it gets sealed and vacuum-packed, and then you put it in a blowup cushion bag for protection, or probably to advertise the place on your travels home.
Not highly recommended to come here, but if you were always wondering about the origins of instant noodles this is your place. I have to say though Ando's philosophy of creative thinking I should take on board, if I weren't so goddamn lazy.
This wasn't the only reason to come to Yokohama. Oh no, of course not. It also happened to be the time of the Summer fireworks. I love them fireworks. I think we found a better area than in the past.
As usual people had "reserved" their places with tarps, but we did find a nice place for a good view, and a steady place to rest my tripod. I brought along my GH1, along with my fisheye and 200mm zoom.
I like coming to Yokohama, and Minato Mirai is a great place for a short day trip from Tokyo. I'm planning to go to one more fireworks show again in Kita Senju soon.
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Middle Ages
Middle Ages, period in Western European history that followed the disintegration of the West Roman Empire in the 4th and 5th cent. and lasted into the 15th cent., i.e., into the period of the Renaissance. The ideas and institutions of western civilization derive largely from the turbulent events of the Early Middle Ages and the rebirth of culture in the later years. The importance of the Middle Ages has been increasingly recognized as scholarship based on newly published source material, archaeological findings, and studies of demographics and migration patterns presents more accurate and detailed analyses of events and trends.
Sections in this article:
- Introduction
- The High Middle Ages
- Beginnings and Cultural Developments
- Transition to the Modern World
- Bibliography
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Digital first media Vice presidential debates are one of American democracy's enduring quirks. Held in one of the hottest political spotlights on the major issues of the day, they feature two of the less-important candidates on the national stage in a debate that usually doesn't change the race much. Here are seven facts about vice presidential debates you should know before tuning into Thursday's face-off between Vice President Joe Biden and Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan.
They have become more popular among TV viewers.
The 1996 debate between Vice President Al Gore and former HUD Secretary Jack Kemp attracted 26.6 million viewers. The 2000 debate between former Defense Secretary Dick Cheney and Sen. Joe Lieberman drew around 29 million. But the debates have gotten more popular. The 2004 debate between Vice President Cheney and Sen. John Edwards brought in 43.5 million viewers, and the 2008 debate between Sen. Joe Biden and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin had 69.9 million, according to Nielsen Media Research.
They are a major debut for vice presidential nominees.
After the announcement of the pick and a speech at the convention, the debates are the third and likely final opportunity for vice presidential picks to go before the public alone. For some, the results can be devastating. In 1992, Ross Perot's running mate, Adm. James Stockdale, stumbled badly when he began by asking 'Who am I? What am I doing here?' Despite a sterling record as a military officer, his political reputation never recovered.
Poor showings can hurt a candidate for years.
In 1976, Sen. Bob Dole, the Republican nominee, argued during the debate about the number of Americans killed and wounded in 'Democrat wars.' His Democratic opponent, Sen. Walter Mondale, responded by saying Dole had 'richly earned his reputation as a hatchet man.' The line stuck to Dole for years afterward, causing many Republicans to doubt whether he could run for president effectively on his own, which he did unsuccessfully in 1996.
Some debates leave behind memorable quotes.
in 1988. Sen. Lloyd Bentsen squared off against Sen. Dan Quayle, the running mate for George H.W. Bush. Quayle, who had served for 12 years in Congress, argued that he had as much experience as John Kennedy had when he ran for president. Bentsen retorted: 'Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy, I knew Jack Kennedy, Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy.' – a line that became so famous it has its own Wikipedia entry.
They can get very personal. Vice presidential candidates often serve as attack dogs, so it's not surprising that when they get together things can get rough. Aside from Dole's cranky remark and Bentsen's takedown, one of the most personal attacks came in a roundabout way in 2004 when Edwards responded to a question about same-sex marriage by noting that Cheney's daughter is a lesbian. Cheney was gracious, but he later said he was furious that Edwards brought up his family in that way.
They usually don't matter much in the presidential race.
Like everything else in the presidential campaign, vice presidential debates get picked apart in the days afterward. But there's little evidence that they make much of a difference. Few people base their vote for president on the running mate and the debate plays a minor role in that. Despite its high ratings, the Palin-Biden debate wasn't seen as a major moment in the campaign. Most political observers expect this year won't be any different.
But this debate might matter more for the next election.
Biden is widely thought to be considering a run for the White House in 2016, but a poor showing at the vice presidential debate could hurt his chances in the Democratic primary. (If an Obama re-election loss doesn't first.) As early as 2010, many conservatives were pushing for Ryan to run for president, a move which he ruled out at the time saying he wanted to be 'a normal person.' If he becomes vice president, that excuse will no longer work. And even if Romney loses, a good debate showing would leave Ryan well positioned for his own run.


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Home > Community Development > Events > Bridging Growth & Opportunity: Reinventing Older Communities
M. Night Shyamalan, celebrated director, screenwriter, filmmaker, and author of I Got Schooled, gave a keynote address during a conference supersession on May 13 that also featured a panel discussion with superintendents from the Baltimore, Toledo, and Philadelphia public school systems.
Leigh Gallagher, renowned journalist, Fortune editor, and author of The End of the Suburbs: Where the American Dream Is Moving, gave the closing keynote address on May 14.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and its cosponsors welcomed community development innovators and leaders to the sixth biennial Reinventing Older Communities conference. This year's theme was Bridging Growth & Opportunity. The conference agenda, brochure, and other resources are listed below.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation, Penn Institute for Urban Research, Fund for Our Economic Future, Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh, and the Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, New York, Richmond, and St. Louis.
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From The Denver Post:
The score is Vancouver 1, Colorado 0.
The Hallmark series "When Calls the Heart," an $8 million project reported to be a great coup for the local production community, will no longer be shot locally.
Chalk it up to better tax breaks in Canada for film and television production.
"Hallmark Channel has decided to move portions of the production of its series, "When Calls the Heart," to Vancouver, British Columbia," a spokeswoman for the channel said. "With the very best of intentions to tape the series in its entirety in Colorado, additional episodes not eligible for tax breaks and a number of environmental concerns related to building a set from the ground up became cost prohibitive and would have resulted in the postponement of production indefinitely.
"We continue to look for ways to keep a portion of the filming in the state and expect to have a long and strong partnership with Colorado," Hallmark said.
Finding workable sites has been a problem. Last month a deal was reportedly near for a third site near Telluride, but that fell through.
Donald Zuckerman, director of the Colorado Office Of Film, Television and Media, said the deal ran aground in the last couple of weeks. "We were kind of victims of their success," he said.
When the producers first approached the office, they had an order for six episodes. That grew to 10, then 13. "At the same time their cost per show went up," Zuckerman said. "We had set aside $2.7 million" as an incentive toward the $13.5 million expenditure, but "their total budget escalated to the point where they were going to have a substantial loss compared to going someplace else that didn't have a cap."
In Canada, there is no cap on incentives.
Zuckerman is resolute: "We've been turning away people (since reaching the cap), now we're open for business."


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Nintendo presented demos of several games created for its upcoming 3DS platform at its Wednesday press event in New York. While many were still only in short (but polished) demo form, we were able to get a pretty good sense of what the 3DS has to offer in terms of gameplay—a few seemed in great shape, but the selling point for many other titles seemed merely to be the addition of 3D graphics.
One of the games that seemed to make the most of the 3DS's features was Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition. The game has a new dynamic camera mode that favors an over-the-shoulder vantage point of your fights, but will whip down and around your character during aerial attacks, or overhead for low ones—a great effect in 3D. The standard side-scrolling mode is still available as well; when players fight over WiFi or watch matches as spectators, they're able to choose the viewing mode they prefer.
Street Fighter is also on board with the 3DS StreetPass, which allows 3DS consoles to quickly exchange game data when they pass by each other, even in sleep mode. In the StreetPass portion, players build teams of "figurines" of Street Fighter characters. When two 3DSs connect, the teams of figurines on the devices will fight, leveling up and gathering experience points for winning that can be spent in a chance game to win higher-level figurines. The highest available level is 7 and the team's total levels cannot be greater than 20, so players will never be able to sweep matches without some luck.
The Street Fighter StreetPass set-up seems like an unusual kind of RPG mini-game to tack onto a game like Street Fighter, but after playing with it a bit we understood it was trying to harken back to the days of playing and fighting with physical toys—the fights still leave your imagination to do all the work while the figurines bash against one another during battle, as if forced by the hands of children.
Other games didn't go in as much for new concepts, focusing instead on adding 3D to their graphics, which in itself makes the games more immersive. This includes Resident Evil, where the 3D allows you to judge better whether a zombie is going to try and eat you shortly or immediately. Likewise, the screen made it slightly easier to judge opponents' distances from your tackling attempts in Madden.
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time also falls into this category—aside from the 3D and new controls, the parts of the game we were allowed to play were exactly as we remember. Nintendo has reported that other parts, like the punishing Water Temple, have been reeled in a bit; still we were happy to be slingshotting Deku nuts and hack-and-slashing Skulltulas like in the good old days.
Still other games have made weird design choices about the available hardware. In Pilotwings Resort, for instance, players can turn on the 3D screen and guide planes through courses using the button controls, or use 2D mode and the accelerometer to tilt the 3DS to direct the pilot.
Splitting the controls between 2D and 3D works, but it does highlight a weakness of the 3D: you have to keep the system steady in front of you for the 3D technology to be effective. Nintendo may enjoy bringing up its built-in gyroscope and accelerometer, but you'll have to make a choice between movement controls and 3D.
The augmented reality game we played at CES suffers from this issue of encouraging players to move around, when the 3D all but dictates they stay still. It's possible that moving your head and body in tandem with the screen just takes some practice, but for the time being the game's requirement that you physically move around a virtual set of targets in order to be able to see them means you're out of 3D alignment as often as you're in it.
Of course, most games are in various stages of completeness, so they may well add more innovative uses of the console's abilities in the coming months. We should be able to get a better idea of how this affects gameplay once the hardware is available for long-term sessions. Nintendo's strategy for the 3DS is easy to understand: use classic gameplay and well-known franchises in 3D to move the system. Nintendo as a company seems to excel at defining the future by looking backwards.
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Dr. Seuss and ABC Fun!
Add a decorative and functional storage unit to your child's bedroom and playroom with with shelf. Dr. Seuss's Icabod and Peter Pepper are featured on the back of this shelf with ABC letters all around. The top shelf provides a great place to display photos, collections, books and toys. With the three colorful peg hooks to hang coats, backpacks and hats, the room will be kept neat and tidy.


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Brian McCann delivers in a pinch for Yankees with walk-off home run
Catcher belts game-winning HR in 10th inning
NEW YORK >> Brian McCann began the day on the bench and ended it all wet, soaking up his best moment in pinstripes.
McCann lined a pinch-hit, three-run homer with two outs in the 10th inning Sunday that gave the New York Yankees a 7-4 victory and a three-game sweep of the Chicago White Sox.
"It just shows you that he had stayed ready all day. Mentally, he was ready," New York manager Joe Girardi said.
Ichiro Suzuki had a two-run single and Mark Teixeira hit an RBI double for the resurgent Yankees, who rallied against All-Star ace Chris Sale en route to their fourth straight victory following a 2-7 slide. Desperately chasing a playoff spot, they finished a 4-2 homestand against two losing teams by getting their second game-ending hit against Chicago in three days.
Carlos Beltran doubled off Jake Petricka (0-3) with two outs in the 10th, and Chase Headley was intentionally walked. McCann, batting for backup catcher Francisco Cervelli, laced a full-count changeup over the 314-foot sign in the right-field corner.
A fired-up McCann pumped his fist and shouted as he rounded first base, then threw down his helmet when he approached a swarm of happy teammates at home plate. Two buckets of liquid were dumped over his head. Someone even slapped a pair of sunglasses on his face.
"I don't know what was going on. I just know that was an amazing moment I'll never forget," McCann said. "Walk-off home runs don't happen in your career every day. So when you hit one, I'm going to enjoy every minute of it."
McCann joined the Yankees as a prized free agent last offseason, signing an $85 million, five-year contract. But his first year in New York hasn't been easy, and he's hitting only .235 with 15 homers and 54 RBIs.
"Just so exciting. He's such a great presence in the clubhouse," Yankees starter Chris Capuano said. "To watch him have that moment was great."
Avisail Garcia hit a tying homer in the ninth for the White Sox, who have lost a season-high six in a row and 13 of 17 overall. Chicago has dropped its last eight games at Yankee Stadium since winning on June 29, 2012.
New York scored four unearned runs off Sale in the sixth to take a 4-3 lead, capitalizing on an error by left fielder Dayan Viciedo. Sale walked two batters and hit rookie Zelous Wheeler on the leg with a first-pitch breaking ball, forcing in a run.
"Things just kind of unraveled for me," Sale said. "That stuff is going to happen. You have to find a way to get through that."
Suzuki capped the outburst with a two-run single, making him the first left-handed batter to drive in a run against Sale since Minnesota star Joe Mauer on Aug. 17, 2013, according to STATS.
After striking out his first three times up, Garcia led off the ninth with a home run against Yankees closer David Robertson, who had converted 22 consecutive save chances since June 5 — the longest active streak in the majors.
David Huff (3-1) threw a called third strike past slugger Jose Abreu with two on to end the top of the 10th.
"I was trying to throw a ball there," said Huff, who didn't want to give Abreu anything to hit. "I was missing some spots, in a good way."
Alexei Ramirez hit his first career leadoff homer and Conor Gillaspie had a two-run shot for the White Sox.
New York saluted White Sox captain Paul Konerko before his final regular-season game at Yankee Stadium. Derek Jeter presented Konerko with an encased and autographed base, and the two posed for photos behind home plate. "As far as that whole retirement thing, it is probably the highlight of the year for me so far," Konerko said. "Definitely a classy move by them. I certainly did not expect it."
Trainer's room
Yankees: LF Brett Gardner sat out with a sore ankle on his 31st birthday. "We're hoping it's just today," Girardi said. ... RHP Masahiro Tanaka (elbow ligament) felt good after throwing 35 pitches in a two-inning simulated game Saturday and is scheduled for another simulated game Thursday in Detroit, Girardi said. ... RHP David Phelps (elbow inflammation) will stay home to play catch when the team goes on the road this week.
Up next
New York begins an important seven-game road trip Monday night with RHP Michael Pineda (2-2, 2.05 ERA) on the mound against Kansas City RHP James Shields (12-6, 3.28) in the makeup of a June 9 rainout. After that, the Yankees visit Detroit and Toronto.


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P-83 - A.A. for the Alcoholic with Special Needs
This pamphlet includes the experience of A.A. members who are hearing and visually impaired, housebound chronically ill or disabled due to brain damage or stroke. Their stories tell how they found A.A. and are living new and productive lives free from alcohol.
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S&P Capital IQ is getting into the subadvisory business in a big way, targeting independent advisors who seek help in building model portfolios.
The McGraw-Hill Cos. business line, which provides research and analytics to investment advisors, wealth managers and institutional investors, announced Monday that it has launched a new group, Global Markets Intelligence. GMI combines three of S&P Capital IQ's businesses—U.S. investment advisory, U.S. risk strategies research and U.K. fund review—into a single entity that can act as a sub-advisor in providing model portfolios to advisors.
This little-known business has quietly amassed over $18 billion under advisement for institutional investors.
Michael Thompson, GMI's managing director and head, told AdvisorOne in an interview on Monday that the three smaller businesses were profitable but somewhat overlooked because they were operating separately. However, the dramatic growth of independent advisors in recent years has resulted in increased demand for S&P Capital IQ to provide its services as a subadvisor, Thompson said.
"People knew those businesses were there, but they never got any institutional sponsorship," Thompson said. "We see a tremendous opportunity in the financial services industry with the maturation of the independent provider."
GMI develops model portfolios in equity and fixed income using proprietary Standard & Poor's data and analytics such as S&P Ratings, S&P Indices and CompuStat. It operates through S&P Investment Advisory Services in the United States, and McGraw Hill Research Europe Limited in the United Kingdom and Europe.
"The Global Markets Intelligence business is a great example of how S&P Capital IQ continues to leverage proprietary content, analytics and intellectual property to help our customers drive growth," said Lou Eccleston, president of S&P Capital IQ and S&P Indices, in a statement.
Eccleston initially joined Standard & Poor's in 2008 as executive managing director of Fixed Income Risk Management Services. When he joined the firm, he and Thompson started to take a closer look at S&P Capital IQ's businesses and realized that they would be able to do more for indie advisors if they joined the three smaller businesses into a single unit, according to Thompson.
GMI does not administrate or custody customer securities nor engage in securities transactions; rather, it offers clients a tremendous number of models, including a "phenomenally powerful" credit risk model, Thompson said. It is a nondiscretionary advisory business that provides risk-based equity, fixed-income portfolio strategies, asset allocation and fund review services to asset managers.
"S&P Capital IQ is undergoing tremendous change" in response to change in the advisory space, Thompson said, adding that the firm will be making a big announcement in the next two weeks that involves an international deal for one of S&P Capital IQ's credit strategies.
"We know research and we know advisory," Thompson said. "The company is really letting GMI operate independently, to do whatever is in the best interest of the customers."
Global Markets Intelligence is a completely nondiscretionary advisory business that provides risk-based equity, fixed income portfolio strategies, asset allocation, and fund review services to asset managers. GMI does not administer or custody customer securities, invest, nor engage in securities transactions in any form.
Read about S&P Capital IQ's 2011 U.S. Mutual Fund Excellence Award winners at AdvisorOne.