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For thirty year or more, more like 35, my mind has been gone.
A few years ago I began remembering things. I remembered very little before that.. My mind was protecting itself and had other things to deal for that 30 years. I was in a giant cloud of dissociation. I walked into the cloud has a teenager and never came out., now, its like waking up off a couch and all I can think about is right before I went into the cloud. I want to do the things I was thinking about before the cloud took me. Or before I started wondering in it.
and I slowly am coming out of the cloud now at 49. I don't know how I feel about it. Rage, loneliness, sadness. confusion. Fear. Happiness. exhilaration. I don't know. Im grateful to get some peace. Im wondering what happened to 2 thirds of my life. Who am I. Where am I. Who do I blame. I never wanted this. I never asked for it. Dissociative disorder saved my life.? It killed me numerous times. It is better now. Im still very confused all the time and wondering what happened to me. Its like being in a car wreck. Is just a start, most of my past is still gone. Ive barely seen some of the memories of my past life. or past lives. One thing is clear. Im all alone through most of it. Their are no people taking care of me. Just people attacking me or abandoning me. Blind siding me. They hate me, All of them in every direction...
Why did I come to this small town. I was forgotten 40 years before. Their was no one here anymore. Just my memories of childhood. Yet, childhood was 40 years ago. Its seemed like 5 minutes had past. It was 5 minutes ago. Their seems no recollection of time.
I had dreams as a kid. And remember going into a cloud and now this. Now Im here writing on this forum. I don't feel any loss of time because it was never me driving the boat. The DID stuff fits in here. I know all of that time is gone. I don't feel any of the loss of memory because that aspect was numbed out as well.. So the whole thing is confusing. Like waking up from surgery. surgery didn't bother me a bit. I wasn't awake. I know their was time loss. I went to sleep, I woke up in the recovery room and went home. Something happened in the time I wasn't present. It was the surgery. Its the same for the last 30 years of my life.
I didn't even remember who bought my cloths. Where did I eat. I know I had money at times, or lived somewhere at someones house. I know more now. At the time I was working on this problem with the therapist, I knew very little. I didn't even know how or why I came to the town I did. IT was my home town. Their was nothing left of my past. IT was like being at any small town. Most of the locals I grew up with wanted nothing to do with me when they heard I had problems. Or they thought I was lazy or strange. I don't know. I think most normies feel that way about people they don't understand.
My mind has been active dysfunctional inside itself. I have no outside. I was dragged along by another personality. A protecter personality. I should be dead.
Im outraged by what happened. Im glad Im not wondering in that park all day creating pictures of guillotines and writing about how to kill myself.. And those memories are 25 years old, and they seem like 15 minutes ago.. My brain is still not transferring information correctly. And it wont for a long time.
The original family system I came from wanted to destroy me. Kill me off. Get rid of me... I had no idea these people were of this nature. I didn't know. I thought they were normal people. The fantasy bond I created and reality were 150% in the opposite direction..
The family system I came from caused most of this. The rest is the community of Christian middle class that destroy everything they can get their hands on in-order to get that money. They destroy every relationship that they come in contact with to get that money.
My goal is to slowly wake up, deal with the pain and attempt to except reality the way it is and move on.


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The mission of the Botanic Garden of Smith College is to foster education about the science, beauty, and importance of the plant kingdom through the use of outdoor and conservatory plant collections, gardens, displays, and exhibitions, and to preserve and maintain the historic Olmsted campus landscape.
The Botanic Garden of Smith College was founded over one hundred years ago by L. Clarke Seelye, the College's first president, who expressed his hope that the whole campus could be developed as a botanic garden so that it might be of scientific as well as aesthetic value. The landscape architecture firm of Frederick Law Olmsted, of Central Park fame, was enlisted to create that plan.
Incorporating the study of plants into academics was an insightful idea in 1875, and it still is. The spirit of President Seelye's concept has persisted at Smith College and remains basic to our purpose. Today the Botanic Garden serves as a living museum of plants native to New England and ecosystems all around the globe.
Today, the Botanic Garden includes thousands of plants, including those grown under glass in the Lyman Conservatory and outdoors in the campus arboretum — our landscape for learning — and various specialty gardens around campus. Additionally, there are 60,000 pressed specimens available for research in the herbarium.
The living plant specimens are the heart of the Botanic Garden and our bridge to the rest of the botanical world, past, present, and future.
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If you are a Court watcher, or even if you aren't, this was a terrific week at the Court: who can resist a week of arguments about real issues that matter to real people? Video-game violence . . . tax credits for donations to religious schools . . . prisoners' rights to sue for deprivation of their religious freedoms. Yes, this week of arguments had something for everyone.
Not surprisingly, my Plain English inbox was filled this week with questions about Schwarzenegger v. EMA, the violent video-game case out of California and the Ninth Circuit. At issue was a California law banning the sale of such games to minors. The video-game industry argued that, unlike similar laws banning the sale of pornography to minors, the state's ban on video-game sales and rentals violates the First Amendment. In the oral argument, the Justices considered kids' exposure to violence in many contexts "" including fairy tales, movies, and comic books "" and questioned whether there was a societal consensus (as there is with sexually explicit materials) that violence is inappropriate for kids. Some Justices wondered whether parents, rather than the state, should make that decision.
But it was a judicial philosophy "" "originalism" "" that caught the attention of many constitutional gurus during this oral argument. As has been widely reported, Justice Scalia emphasized that although it was "always understood" that freedom of speech did not include obscenity, "[i]t has never been understood that the freedom of speech did not include portrayals of violence." That led Justice Alito "" in a remark that he may not have intended to be funny, but which brought the house down "" to explain to the lawyer arguing for the state: "what Justice Scalia wants to know is what James Madison thought about video games . . . did he enjoy them?" Justice Scalia shot back: "No, I want to know what James Madison thought about violence."
So what is this "originalism" idea all about? Well, it is one of the foundational concepts in constitutional interpretation, and one about which the Justices and constitutional scholars are deeply divided. One group of Justices and scholars "" of which Justice Scalia is the figurehead "" believes that, to figure out what the Constitution means, we should look to "original intent," or what the people who wrote the Constitution (the "Framers") were thinking when they wrote it back in the late eighteenth century. Another group believes that the Constitution is a living, breathing document that was not intended to have a fixed meaning, but was expected to adapt its application to an evolving society.
Turning back to the video-game case, can the Court really rely on original intent to determine whether the First Amendment protects twenty-first-century technology like Mortal Kombat games? We will find out which view prevails sometime later this Term when Chief Justice Roberts announces that the Court has opinions in Schwarzenegger v. EMA.
Although the Court often considers questions that may seem somewhat dry and removed from the real world, Schwarzenegger v. EMA is a perfect example of a case that could affect many households with kids under eighteen. Similarly, Williamson v. Mazda Motor of America, Inc. could matter to many Americans who have passengers riding in the back seat of a car. In Williamson, the Court will review whether the requirements of a federal agency, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), override (or "preempt") state laws that allow people to bring claims that seatbelts are defective. Specifically, do all seat belts have to have shoulder harnesses, or is a lap belt enough? At the time, NHTSA had decided not to require shoulder harnesses in all rear seats (although that rule has since changed). The case arises from an accident in which a passenger in the middle rear set was wearing only a lap belt, not a shoulder harness, and died from her injuries.
In a case ten years ago involving air bags, the Court held that federal regulations precluded plaintiffs from bringing a suit under state law alleging that a Honda was defective because it didn't have a driver's-side airbag. But, as Greg Stohr of Bloomberg explained here, the current Court seems evenly divided in Williamson. Therefore, this may be a case in which Justice Kagan's recusal (because she filed a brief in the case as the Solicitor General) will actually split the Court down the middle "" which would result in the lower court's decision in favor of Mazda being affirmed.
And employees will certainly be interested in Staub v. Proctor Hospital, in which the Court considers when an employer can legally fire an employee. (Akin Gump represented the petitioner in the case, but the author of this post was not involved in the case.) As Lyle explained here, Staub involves the "cat's paw" theory, which Lyle had described so beautifully: "The theory at issue in his case goes by an informal label with origins in the 17th Century and a French poet, Jean de la Fontaine. He wrote a fable titled "The Money and the Cat." It was a story about a monkey who persuaded an unsuspecting cat to snatch chestnuts out of a fire. The cat did as asked, but burned her paw, while the monkey gained from her effort: he ate the chestnuts without getting burned himself. The cat, in short, was duped by the monkey's devious purpose, and thus became his agent."
We know already that, if the cat "" the person doing the actual firing "" is biased against an employee, terminating the employee would be illegal under federal law. But what if the cat is not biased, but is persuaded by the monkey "" another person within the organization "" to fire the employee? Should the employer be held liable? Although this case involves bias against those with military service obligations, it could also affect victims of other kinds of discrimination "" for example, racial, religious, or age discrimination. The petitioner in the case, Vincent Staub, wants the Court to hold employers responsible for decision-making by their officials, even if the biased official is not the ultimate decision-maker. The hospital instead would like the Court to interpret the laws prohibiting discrimination as applying only to the final decision-maker.
Next up? Another First Amendment challenge, this one ostensibly about the establishment of religion. In Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn, a group of taxpayers brought suit challenging an Arizona policy that allows those who donate money to school tuition organizations "" which, according to the taxpayers, mostly sponsor scholarships to religious schools "" to receive tax credits for their donations. So why do I say that the case is "ostensibly" about the establishment of religion? Because before the Justices can reach the question whether the program violates the Constitution, they will have to decide a separate issue: whether the taxpayers have "standing" to sue. "Standing" is the right that a plaintiff has to bring her claim in federal court; to demonstrate standing, she must show that she has personally and directly been harmed. As a general rule, taxpayers usually have not suffered the kind of personal harm that can satisfy the standing standard "" except in cases involving the use of tax money to support religious purposes. The Acting Solicitor General's position? The cases establishing that standing rule over the last forty years went too far. The other side's? Don't mess with precedent.
If the Justices do decide that the taxpayers have standing to sue, then they will also look at the substantive question: are these tax credits an establishment of religion? Or is the school tuition organization program religiously neutral? Like in the video-games case, the answer remains to be seen . . . sometime later this Term.
The Court considered religion in another case this week: Sossamon v. Texas, in which an inmate in a Texas state prison alleged that various prison policies violated his right to freely exercise his religion. (Disclaimer: Howe & Russell and Akin Gump represented the petitioner in this case, but the author of this post had no involvement in the case.) Precisely because prisons were not always honoring prisoners' religious practices, in 2000 Congress passed the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA). The law tied states' receipt of federal funds to respect for prisoners' religious freedoms. Congress also provided that prisoners could sue states, state officials, localities, and local officials if their religious rights were violated.
But Congress was not clear about what the prisoners could sue for. Sossamon sued because, under prison policies, he was not allowed to attend worship services or use the prison chapel. And he sued for money damages "" money to compensate him for the harm that he had suffered ("compensatory damages") as well as money to punish the prison officials who denied him his rights ("punitive damages"). The problem? Although the statute might create a right to sue state officials for money damages, it did not exempt states from the sovereign immunity (or freedom from suit) they enjoy under the Eleventh Amendment. And an even more technical question? Could officials be sued in their official capacity as state employees, in their private capacity as individuals, both, or neither? Lastly, could Congress, under its Spending Clause power (the power to spend and appropriate federal funds as it sees fit) require state officials to submit to damages claims?All interesting questions "" and ones that will engender a lot of water cooler conversations before we hear the Supreme Court's decisions on the issues.
Recommended Citation: Lisa McElroy, Last week's arguments in Plain English, SCOTUSblog (Nov. 7, 2010, 10:32 PM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2010/11/last-weeks-arguments-in-plain-english/


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The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) annual list of financial products and practices that threaten to trap unwary investors has been broken into two parts this year: new threats and persistent (or old) threats.
Among the new threats is inappropriate advice and practices by advisors. Matt Kitzi, Missouri Securities Commissioner and chair of NASAA's Enforcement Section, said during a conference call announcing this year's annual list that state enforcement actions against advisors doubled in 2011. Kitzi expects to see more advisor violations as state regulators start examining mid-sized advisors—those with assets of between $25 million and $100 million under management—that transferred from federal to state registration under the Dodd-Frank "switch" in July. Many mid-sized advisors "have not been examined in many years or ever," Kitzi says. "We think we'll continue to find more enforcement issues with these advisors."
Another new threat comes from crowdfunding, which was part of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act that was signed into law in April. Since the JOBS Act took effect, Kitzi says "the number of entities pitching themselves as crowdfunding vehicles online has risen dramatically—from a couple hundred to about 1,700." However, he notes, "none of the domain name holders can do anything until rules are written" regarding crowdfunding. That's what the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is grappling with now. NASAA expects such rules to come next year.
The Enforcement Section of the Massachusetts Securities Division on Aug. 9 brought an action against a Boston-based firm for crowdfunding-related violations.
Read on to see the NASAA Enforcement Section's top 10 investor threats—four new and six persistent (old)—that can trap unwary investors:
1) Crowdfunding and Internet Offers.
The 2012 JOBS Act makes significant changes to the methods startup businesses and entrepreneurs may employ to bring their ventures to the investing market, and investors must be wary of the attendant risks.
Also, many more rules and mechanisms must be put into place for those changes to actually take effect. For example, the relaxed rules governing registration of relatively small securities deals, public solicitation for private funds, and disclosure of information to investors over the Internet are not yet written.
So, the JOBS Act provisions related to crowdfunding, a much-publicized method for startups seeking capital, are not yet available–and will not be until sometime in 2013 – to legitimate businesses. Even when the relaxed rules and registration exemptions are effective, they will not make investments in small businesses less risky–just more prevalent. And the JOBS Act provisions do not eliminate fraud, an unfortunate common feature of Internet securities activity.
Many states and provinces report a recent increase in active investigations or recent enforcement actions involving Internet fraud, and JOBS Act-triggered activity is likely to elongate this trend. Investors must remember that small startups are among the riskiest of investment categories under the best of situations. The crowdfunding and Internet investing marketplaces in North America will develop and undergo major changes in the next year, and investors should monitor this emerging capital formation community with a wary eye.
2) Inappropriate Advice or Practices From Investment Advisors.
The Bernie Madoff case opened a number of eyes and ears to the problems that could exist undetected in an investment advisory firm. Investment advisors are licensed to give specific investment advice and owe their clients a fiduciary duty, unlike brokers that may merely effect suitable securities transactions for their clients. The regulatory environment for investment advisors is shifting, and Madoff has led to increased scrutiny from both state regulators and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The 2010 Dodd-Frank Act laid the groundwork for a major regulatory shift, transferring thousands of mid-sized investment advisors to primary supervision by state regulators, rather than the SEC. The states have already begun working with these mid-sized investment advisors, assisting them in complying with state registration requirements and applying already robust examination programs.
State enforcement actions increased as well: in 2011, state actions against investment advisor firms nearly doubled over the previous year, and focused both on compliance in the firms' general business practices and advice to clients. As the states implement regular examination schedules and analyze investment advisors that have not been audited in many years, more problems are likely to be discovered.
3) Scam Artists Using Self-Directed IRAs to Mask Fraud.
Scam artists, forever on the lookout for new ways to entice investors, are using self-directed IRAs to increase the appeal of their fraudulent schemes. State securities regulators have investigated numerous cases where a self-directed IRA was used in an attempt to lend credibility to a bogus venture. Fraud promoters pushing a Ponzi scheme or other investment fraud can misrepresent the responsibilities of self-directed IRA custodians to deceive investors into believing that their investments are legitimate or protected against losses. While a scam artist may suggest that self-directed IRA custodians analyze and validate investments, those custodians only hold the assets in a self-directed IRA and generally do not evaluate the quality or legitimacy of any investment.
Fraudsters also exploit the tax-deferred characteristics of self-directed IRAs, and know that the financial penalty for early withdrawal may cause investors to be more passive or to keep funds in a fraudulent scheme longer than those who invest through other means. Self-directed IRAs also allow investors to hold alternative investments such as real estate, mortgages, tax liens, precious metals, and private placement securities; financial and other information necessary to make a prudent investment decision may not be as readily available for these alternative investments.
4) EB-5 Investment-for-Visa Schemes.
The Immigrant Investor Program, also known as EB-5, is an immigration program linked to job-creation that is growing in popularity, but investors must beware of promoters who falsely claim that an investment in their venture is safer or guaranteed due to an influx of foreign cash.
The EB-5 immigration category is a 20-year-old program that grants a U.S. visa to foreign nationals who invest a minimum of $500,000 into a new commercial enterprise (The equivalent Canadian Immigrant Investor Program (IIP), requires a C$800,000 investment). This job-creation effort has attracted investors from around the world, and as with any investment approach, increased interest has been accompanied with new challenges. All investments with an EB-5 component are subject to traditional securities laws, and investors need to be alert to the foreign-funding feature.
Unscrupulous promoters may seek to prop up the plausibility of their scheme by highlighting a connection with a federal jobs program. Similarly, investors may be intrigued by the prospect of big funding from investors in China or other foreign countries with traditional or growing economic power.
1) Gold and Precious Metals.
The hype surrounding gold, silver and other precious metals continues despite both the fact that these investments are just as vulnerable to risk as others, and signs that some precious metal markets are declining or increasingly turbulent. The promise of continuing increases in value pitched by high-profile celebrities on television, radio or the Internet too often lure unsuspecting investors into any number of scams.
Often, scams begin with an unsolicited communication such as an email or telephone call offering to sell investors gold coins, bullion, bars or other forms of the precious metal that the promoter will hold in safekeeping for the investor. Far too often, the gold simply does not exist. Increases in the value of precious metals during the recession have led unwary consumers to believe that the value will perpetually increase. Like any risky investment, there are no guarantees. In fact, gold declined by 15 percent between March and June of 2012 (a drop in value of more than $200 per ounce), settling at its lowest point since July of 2011.
2) Risky Oil and Gas Drilling Programs.
Investors considering alternatives to traditional securities may be attracted to the lucrative returns often associated with investments in oil and gas drilling programs. These investments also may appeal to those who are frustrated with the volatility of the stock market or skeptical of the culture of Wall Street.
Unfortunately, energy investments often prove to be a poor substitute for traditional retirement planning. Investments in oil and gas drilling programs typically involve a high degree of risk and are suitable only for investors who can bear the loss of the entirety of their principal. Moreover, some promoters will conceal these risks, using high pressure sales tactics and deceptive marketing practices to peddle worthless investments in oil wells to the investing public.
In a recent survey of the states, oil and gas fraud was ranked as the fourth most common product or practice leading to investigations and enforcement actions. There are active investigations into suspect oil and gas investment programs in over two dozen states and in every region of the U.S. and Canada. Investors should therefore conduct thorough due diligence and appraise their own tolerance for considerable risk when considering the purchase of interests in oil and gas programs.
3) Promissory Notes.
Promissory notes are often promoted as a safe and secure way for investors to earn returns in excess of those prevailing on conventional investments. Promoters flaunt high returns from private loan agreements, interim short term financing or startup capital opportunities.
Investors must be wary of promises of security and liquidity in these promissory notes, which are very often false or overstated. Investments of this nature are highly speculative and the risk of total loss of the funds invested is high.
But issuers often use notes and prior relationships with investors to downplay the true nature and risk of these investments. Sales of promissory notes are very often the favored investment vehicle for Ponzi schemes. In a recent survey, 20 states identified promissory notes as one of the top five most common products or features in fraudulent schemes, and notes are a commonly reported violation to Canadian regulators. Promissory notes, for the most part, are securities and are subject to state and provincial regulation. As with all investment opportunities, investors are encouraged to do their due diligence, ask questions and check with state or provincial regulators.
4) Real Estate Investment Schemes.
As news of a possible bottom being reached in the U.S. housing market has spread, the popularity of investment offerings involving distressed real estate has continued to increase. While legitimate real estate investments can be an important component of a diversified portfolio, investors should be aware that schemes related to buying, renovating, flipping or pooling distressed properties also are popular with con artists. In a recent survey of the states, real estate fraud was ranked as the third most common product or practice leading to investigations and enforcement actions.
Even with legitimate real estate investments, there are substantial risks with properties that are bank-owned, pending short-sale, or in foreclosure. And the field is littered with non-legitimate scam artists intent on fleecing middle-class investors. In October 2011, Utah regulators took action against a man that solicited $4 million from investors to purchase and refurbish properties and provide a "diversified portfolio" of hard-money loans. Investors were given personal guarantees and promised minimum returns of 18 percent per year in an investment with risk that was "literally zero," but in reality, the funds were directed to a single, highly leveraged development project that went bust. As with all investments, careful vetting and due diligence is a must with real estate investments.
5) Regulation D Rule 506 Private Offerings.
In the most recent survey of state securities regulators, fraudulent private placement offerings were ranked as the most common product or scheme leading to investigations and enforcement actions. These offerings also are commonly referred to as Regulation D Rule 506 offerings (the exemption in federal securities laws that allows private placements to be sold to investors without registration). By definition these are limited investment offerings that are highly illiquid, generally lack transparency and have little regulatory oversight.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has now said it will hold off on further action on Rule 506 until its Aug. 29 meeting.
While Regulation D Rule 506 offerings are used by many legitimate companies to raise capital, these investment offerings are high-risk and may not be suitable for many individual investors. The 2012 JOBS Act significantly relaxed the restrictions on the manner in which Regulation D Rule 506 offerings can be marketed to the general public, eliminating the previous ban on general solicitations (advertising). Once the rules implementing this change are finalized by the SEC, investors will begin to see a variety of advertisements related to private placement offerings, even though only a very small percentage of the population will be eligible to invest.
6) Unlicensed Salesmen Giving Liquidation Recommendations.
As in years past, the liquidation of securities by insurance-licensed firms or agents who are not registered to sell securities is a significant source of complaints and inquiries for the states. Fifteen states pursued actions against insurance companies or agents in 2011, with the most common issue being liquidation of traditional securities holdings to fund annuity purchases.
With losses in their retirement funds due to market fluctuations, senior investors are often enticed to shift their investments from traditional securities to annuities sold with the promise of guaranteed income and a mechanism for easy transfer of the value of the annuity to beneficiaries upon death. While annuities may be appropriate retirement products for some, they are not suitable for all investors and the liquidation of securities holdings is not always the best approach to funding an annuity purchase.
Insurance agents who are not also licensed securities professionals do not have the training and have not demonstrated the expertise necessary to determine the suitability of liquidating securities products to fund the purchase of an insurance product. A specific license is required before anyone can recommend the purchase or sale of securities. Being licensed as an insurance agent is not a substitute for a securities license. Investors should demand to see proof that a salesperson is licensed to make a recommendation to sell securities before agreeing to any transaction involving securities.
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There will never be a true way to measure which nation can lay claim to being the best in soccer history, but today Germany could stake a true claim to that title.
Germany defeated a valiant Argentina side 1-0 Sunday in extra time to win a wonderful World Cup tournament.
It is Germany's fourth World Cup. In 18 World Cup tournaments, Germany has finished second four times while finishing in the top four of the tournament 13 times, a pedigree that few could argue is the best all-time.
This victory, though, might be one of the most difficult of them all for Die Mannschaft.
It took 113 minutes for Germany to break through and those 113 minutes were conceived in hell.
Heavy favourites going into the game, the Germans were life and death to survive Argentina.
It took something sublime, something almost other-worldly, one of the best goals in this World Cup to subdue the Albiceleste and give Germany the title.
There may be some that look at the 0-0 score line and determine that the game lacked quality in a tournament that has shown great quality. The game lacked nothing except goals. It was the kind of final game a wonderful tournament deserved, the best final of the last four World Cups.
Despite numerous chances, especially for Argentina, the game looked headed to kicks from the penalty spot. But in the 113th minute, Argentina somehow lost track of Mario Goetze. German teammate Andre Schurrle didn't. He floated a perfect pass to Goetze who was just outside the six-yard box. He controlled the ball magnificently off his chest to his left foot and before the ball hit the ground he stabbed it past Argentine goalkeeper Sergio Romero.
A freight train of emotion engulfed Maracana Stadium. It was bedlam on and off the field as the dam of pent-up tensions exploded in either unbridled joy or unfathomable despair.
"We have been together 55 days but this project started 10 years ago," Germany coach Joachim Low said. "This is the result of many years of work. We made constant progress and champions will do what they have to do.
"If there is any group that deserved it, it was this team."
It was a game played on the knife's edge. The beauty of the game was often tinged with the brutality of players trying to win the most coveted sports trophy in the universe. There was not one player who didn't feel the cutting edge of a cleat or bluntness of an elbow or shoulder.
Argentine defender Ezequiel Garay ended Christoph Kramer's day with a vicious shoulder to the head that went unpunished. It made the rest of the day a minefield for the players.
After the goal, much to Argentina's credit, they picked themselves off the grass and went back at Germany. But playing their second extra time game in three days, there was not enough left in the tank to produce a miracle.
The best team in the tournament came away with the title.
But the team that gutted out several wins and difficult situations came away with new-found respect and admiration even among detractors.
"We had our opportunities," said Argentine coach Alejandro Sabella. "I thought we had an extraordinary World Cup. We improved as we moved on.
"I am proud of them. They left everything on the pitch and did everything they could for the Argentina jersey. They can look each other in the eyes, look in the mirror and say they gave everything they had."
Even though Lionel Messi won the player of the tournament, he was not even his team's best player after the group games.
That honour goes to Argentine Javier Mascherano. He was a relentless force at both ends of the pitch. His enthusiasm and effort was a microcosm of the way the game was played from start to finish. He turned in a remarkable performance.
Given a little luck it could well have been Argentina lifting the trophy for the third time. There was nothing to choose between the two teams. If some of the chances that fell to Gonzalo Higuain and Rodrigo Palacio had fallen to Messi, it might have been a different story.
Higuain couldn't take advantage of a Toni Kroos errant header that saw Higuain 15 yards behind everyone with only goalkeeper Manuel Neuer to beat. He butchered the chance, shooting wide from 11 yards out.
Palacio had the chance to chip Neuer in the second half and also missed badly.
Messi also missed a pretty good chance in the first half, sliding a shot inches wide.
The Germans almost managed to steal the lead in added time when from a corner, Benedikt Hoewedes got his head to the ball but slammed it off the post.
It was the eighth time a World Cup final has gone to extra time, the third final in succession to do so.
It might have gone to penalty kicks.
But in keeping with a remarkable tournament, it took a remarkable finish from Goetze to end it and make Germany the best team in the world.
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The screenshots below are from a video produced by Yelp.com and TripAdvisor.com. They show what Google local search results would look like if powered by local review sites. According to the study published at the website FocusOnTheUser.eu (FOTU), 23% of users prefer local search results powered by local review sites. What do you think?
Here is an example of FOTU's proposed local results for the query [hotel bilbao spain].
As you can see, local results powered by local review sites lack important details local searchers want. Because these results use relevancy algorithms instead of localized algorithms, the wrong kinds of businesses and businesses in the wrong location will appear frequently.
Here is another example from the FOTU website. In this case Google local results for [pediatrician nyc] powered by Zocdoc.com.
Clearly the results in the screenshots above are not better for local searchers than Google local search results. How did FocusOnTheUser.eu reach the opposite conclusion?
The study is based on results from previous studies. One study was debunked earlier this year by SearchEngineLand.com's Founding Editor Danny Sullivan. The other study found no significant increases when local results were setup like the ones in the FOTU video.
Usability experts and Google agree, when you know the answer to a user's query it is best not to make users "click anywhere." That is the idea behind Google "instant" search results and why Google does not make users click local results when it "knows" what the user wants. When users mouse over local search results at Google, the local information users want is displayed on the right side of the page.
It is impossible to compare Google local results without testing page functionality. FOTU did not address, test or measure Google local page functionality. The site claims to "preserve" a way for users not to have to click to have to find information but provides no guidance for finding missing details. Even after clicking the links from the video, I could not find phone numbers or other important details. Instead of testing how Google local search results actually work, FOTU tested something else.
Instead of measuring success with user focused metrics, FOTU measured success as increased click through rates. The tools they used will tell you what users did but not what they intended to do. Users typically do not click away from information they intend to find so clicks are not always the best measure of utility.
At 5:50 seconds into the video, FocusOnTheUser.eu presents the results of its study. According to the video, the site proved local searchers prefer the proposed results over Google by 23%. These results are based on a "significant increase" in "click engagement" but where?
A number of clicks went to links created by the tool used for the study. These links do not exist in real world local search results.
Some clicks went to a cafe in a city 18 miles away. Other clicks went to a cafe clearly marked as being CLOSED. Still other clicks went to a duplicate of the first listing with different ratings and reviews. When you add all of these clicks together and add clicks caused by missing map pins you come up with almost 23%.
According to the site, ratings and reviews are especially important to users. Ratings and reviews are important but only when they are for things users want to find. FOTU claims that having reviews and ratings exclusively provided by Google raises critical questions. That said none of the data provided appears to reflect any clicks for ratings or reviews. In fact, most if not all of the clicks shown went to local business websites.
FOTU claims "Google promotes search results drawn from Google+ ahead of the more relevant ones you would get from using Google's organic search algorithm." I will talk about that more in a minute but the FOTU widget proves that Google does not promote Google+ ahead of other results. The FOTU widget does however exclude all sites other than Google and local review websites.
FOTU wants Google to use standard relevancy algorithms for localized search results but Google local search results are based primarily on relevance, distance and prominence," not just relevance. FOTU provides a widget to demonstrate the differences between Google's search algorithm and the Google Maps algorithm used for local search queries. I used the widget for the screen shots below. As shown below, using standard algorithms for localized search queries is not in the best interest of users.
Yelp.com, TripAdvisor.com and other local review websites are not local businesses and do not have local business addresses. For that reason these sites probably should not rank ahead of true local businesses. The FOTU widget essentially excludes all local business websites from appearing in local search results.
At the end of the day, these local sites want a "single conspicuous" link "directly to" their site from Google local results. It is important to remember that these are the same sites that blocked Google in the past and forced Google to invest billions of dollars in local search. Now they want Google to change things for them even though nothing is to stop them from doing the same thing again.
Before governments force companies to change things based on allegations from potential competitors, I think it is important for an unbiased investigation be conducted.


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Since I am staying in this country I love to fight the Regime, I thought I might share some info for those who wish to join me...
Civil Liberties:
--The American Civil Liberties Union (www.aclu.org)
This is the one group that has stood toe to toe with this administration and won. They are battling the Patriot Act as hard as they can. The ACLU protects all assaults on the Constitution. You can join, or just register on the web site and they have an online letter system where you can email your representatives and (ahem) President directly. This is the big group to protect us here, please support them.
--Amnesty International USA (http://www.amnestyusa.org/ ) This group has been fighting the good fight for human dignity and rights for decades, and have been trying to keep the current administration honest about there own failures, Guantánamo and Abu Ghraib are the most open. They choose no favorites, they fight any country committing atrocities, even our own.
Reproductive Rights:
--Planned Parenthood (http://www.plannedparenthood.org/)
The oldest reproductive choice group in the country. They are on the front lines trying to protect choice, along with the ACLU. Abortion Rights is something Bush will go after big time, and this group have the power to fight.
--National Organization for Women (http://www.now.org/). They are on the forefront of women's rights, gay or straight. They also have the political clout to fight for reproductive, and sexual rights. This, on top of social issues such as equal pay, and other gender issues Bush has blown off.
--Greenpeace USA (http://www.greenpeaceusa.org/). Fearless or foolhardy, Greenpeace fights for the environment with the gloves off. They like to get in the face of anyone destroying out planet, including our president. They may be extreme, but these are extreme times. Bush will tear down 20 years of environmental law, they will fight.
--Sierra Club (http://www.sierraclub.org/) They are a bit more subtle than Greenpeace, but carry as much clout. This is the oldest environmental group in the USA, and have influence in Congress.
As with the ACLU, all of these organizations have a Take Action Now Section, where you can log in and send faxes and emails for free to you legislative reps, leader, or any other entity that can be made to listen. I get malicious glee thinking about my various leaders getting faxed bombed by pissed off constituents. This is the best place to begin..Give them a try.
Thursday, November 04, 2004
Resources for the Struggle..
Since I am staying in this country I love to fight the Regime, I thought I might share some info for those who wish to join me...
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Here's some VHS ephemera that gives the post-apocalyptic library education series Tomes & Talismans a run for its money. In 1988, actor Richard Kiley starred in Fast Forward Future, a three-part U.S. Department of Education-funded video series about a fortune-telling computer that warns children about the dangers of marijuana. From the synopsis:
The series follows Maggie, Zack, and Casey who have their share of big and small problems that they don't know how to handle. The Fast Forward Future Machine and the mysterious electronic Mentor (played by Richard Kiley) help each of the three explore the nature of their problems and the past effects or possible future effects of decisions they have made or can make.
The folks Everything is Terrible have dredged up a particularly mind-blowing sequence from this film, which I can only assume occurs inside a bathyscaphe that doubles as a vaporizer.
BONUS: This unrelated (albeit horrifying) reptilian drug dealer PSA from the 1980s.
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Eskelsen travels to Indianapolis to kick off fight against Gov. Daniels' anti-public education agenda
INDIANAPOLIS - February 20, 2011 -
NEA Vice President Lily Eskelsen will join Indiana State Teachers Association (ISTA) President Nate Schnellenberger and ISTA members at a news conference on Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. ET in the State House to show support for Indiana's teachers and working families. Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) has launched an attack against public employees and public school teachers, attempting to strip them of most collective bargaining rights and eliminate dues deduction, a convenient way for union members to pay dues. Gov. Daniels' plan will increase Indiana's voucher and charter schools programs, giving already-limited public school funds to private school entities.
"Gov. Daniels is saying this legislation is about school reform, but none of it will improve Hoosier classrooms," said Nate Schnellenberger, president of the Indiana State Teachers Association.. "Instead of bills to provide full-day kindergarten or to improve classrooms and learning conditions, these bills silence the voices of public school teachers, remove their ability to speak up for what students need, and eviscerate teachers' right to bargain."
"All eyes are on Wisconsin educators and public workers right now, but the fight is also on in Indiana against what is surely an anti-union pattern by many governors around the country," said Eskelsen. "We need to stop these distractions and get focused on what makes a difference for our students and our schools. Indiana's working families can be assured that our 3.2 million members are behind them and those in other states fighting these politically-motivated bills to strip their bargaining rights away," said Eskelsen.
Hundreds of member lobbyists will be in the State House on Tuesday meeting with General Assembly members to discuss the negative impact the legislation will have on Indiana working families.
"Indiana teachers, along with friends and family, can stop this overwhelmingly negative legislation from passing so that we can all work on real solutions to strengthen Indiana's public schools," said Schnellenberger. "We want to be clear: we are standing up for the basic rights and dignity of educators and for great public schools for all students."
Check out Lily's blog at http://lilysblackboard.org
Follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/NEAMedia or the web at: www.nea.org
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3.2 million elementary and secondary teachers, higher education faculty, education support professionals, school administrators, retired educators and students preparing to become teachers.
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It's an image that could, for those who follow Canada's biathlon team at least, prove one of the most enduring of the Games.
Russia's Evgeny Ustyugov suprised a strong field of biathletes, including Norway's Ole Einar Bjoerndalen and Emil Hegle Svendsen, to win gold at the men's mass start Sunday.
Jean-Philippe Le Guellec is on the outside looking in for Sunday's 15-kilometre mass start. And that's just the way he likes it.
Biathlete Emil Hegle Svendsen got his gold on the same day Norway got two.


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The Gold Report: Jocelyn, your expertise lies in crunching the numbers and quantifying the catalysts that affect equity values. Generally speaking, high commodity prices benefit the companies that mine them. Are commodity prices also important to the valuation of pure exploration companies?
Jocelyn August: The difficulty in valuing a pure exploration company is the lack of revenue from actual mining operations. You have to consider commodity prices in valuation because the higher the price a company will be able to get for its commodity, the better. However, if the company's projects are several years from production, the current and near-future commodity price is not that relevant.
"There are catalysts, or predicted events, with a specific timeframe that we expect will affect the stock price of a company."
For pure exploration companies, catalystsor share-moving eventsare likely to be events that demonstrate how well the company's projects are meeting important milestones. Being aware of these catalysts can make an investor a better judge of the amount of risk involved and of how much time remains before the company will be generating revenue from a project.
TGR: Is it fair to say the commodity price is useful for arriving at a net present value (NPV) to be used in a preliminary economic assessment (PEA), but that you need to be open to revision over time?
JA: Yes. Companies often do a lot of sensitivity analysis in calculating the NPV for their PEAs. Lately, gold companies have been using a $1,2001,250/ounce (oz) gold price, even though it is now trading at $1,700/oz. Companies tend to be conservative because they realize that price may not hold until they take a project to production.
TGR: Which catalysts in the life cycle of a precious metals company do you track?
JA: There are catalysts, or predicted events, with a specific timeframe that we expect will affect the stock price of a company. At CatalystTracker, we researched which catalysts move stocks more than others do. For the most part, we found that the catalysts are generally the same across different types of companies, exploration and production versus pre-exploration, for example.
Most precious metals projects move from pre-exploration to exploration and then feasibility, followed by development or construction and finally into production.
The catalysts in pre-exploration typically involve testing the project area for the presence of minerals, usually without having to drill. Companies do a lot of airborne geophysics to determine good mineral targets. The catalysts here are successful results from the Z-Axis Tipper Electromagnetic (ZTEM) system or the Versatile Time Domain Electromagnetic (VTEM) system. Companies use them to identify where to begin exploratory drilling or to determine if the area has good prospects at all. Other catalysts at this stage include assaying or geochemical surveys to test for the presence of mineralization.
When these catalysts occur, we see varying effects on the stock price, depending on the characteristics of the company: size, market cap, exploration-and-production versus a pure exploration company, the number of other projects in its pipeline. For a small company, such as Liberty Star Uranium & Metals Corp. (LBSR:OTCBB), successful ZTEMs could be a very positive event for the stock price because they signify the value of further exploration and progress toward project milestones.
TGR: So the ZTEM and VTEM could affect share price?
JA: Definitely, in particular if they show noticeably positive or negative results. For smaller exploration companies just getting started, ZTEM and VTEMs could be very important.
TGR: Which catalysts come into play during exploration?
JA: The exploration phase involves evaluating the resources to quantify the grade and the tonnage of a mineral prospect. The ultimate aim is to generate enough drilling to satisfy the economic and statutory standards of an ore resource, in the form of an NI 43-101.
"For pure exploration companies, catalystsor share-moving eventsare likely to be events that demonstrate how well the company's projects are meeting important milestones."
Typically, Indicated and Inferred resource carries the least geological confidence. Indicated resources are economic mineral occurrences that have been sampled to the point where an estimate can be made regarding the resource characteristics and the contained minerals. An Inferred resource is simply the amount of the mineral that can be estimated with a low level of confidence.
Generally, the Indicated and Inferred information comes out in the initial resource estimate. Our research shows that the initial resource estimate catalysts have a fairly large impact; moving the stock price up or down 7%, on average.
TGR: What is the effect of a company issuing a Measured resource?
JA: With a Measured resource, the company has done further testing in the ground and can say with much higher geological confidence that there is an ore resource. Compared to the Inferred and Indicated catalyst, the Measured resource announcement tends to move the stock only 6%.
You can see that an initial announcement would be more volatile for the stock versus a release that simply confirms continued exploration and progress.
We also see in the exploration phase a lot of different exploratory drilling being completed and results released. These announcements can move the stock price up or down 8% on average. We consider drilling results to be large-impact catalysts.
It makes intuitive sense that the smaller market-cap companies or the pure-play exploration companies would experience larger stock price movement upon the announcement of these drilling events compared to a larger company that already may have projects in production.
TGR: What are the catalysts in the feasibility phase?
JA: This is when the company defines its reserve, quantifies the grade continuity and the mass of the ore and determines the economic feasibility of actually extracting the mineral.
The elevation to reserve status is very important because it allows the deposit to be called bankable and to be an asset upon which loans and equity can be drawn.
In this phase, we see a lot of bulk sampling, metallurgical test work, and engineering studies and assessments. So here are announcements of the results of these tests and of feasibility study completion results. Feasibility studies tell investors whether it is economically feasible to produce the precious metal from this location.
We break feasibility catalysts into three different types: 1) initiation, 2) completion and 3) a go/no-goor a final rounddecision. We find that all three have above-average impact, with 6.4%, 7.2% and 9.2% movements, respectively. Because companies at the feasibility stage are determining how economically viable the prospect is and deciding whether to proceed with the construction and infrastructure, it makes sense that these types of announcements, positive or negative, would have a large effect on their share price.
There are often regulatory catalysts as well: environmental impact assessments, government approvals or permits, Environmental Protection Agency decisions and aquifer exemptions throughout the exploration, feasibility and development phases.
These regulatory events can vary depending on the location of the project and the amount of regulation, the degree of concern over environmental issues or the presence of an indigenous population. Although it can be difficult to follow all of these regulatory events, we follow them in CatalystTracker. We have determined that on average, government approval or permit decisions are catalysts with an up or down 7.26% move.
TGR: These environmental licensing events are included in feasibility studies, correct? I would assume environmental licensing would be an important event.
JA: It definitely is important. The economics of a project may work in getting the mineral from the ground, but permitting and governmental approvals may be too expensive.
When this catalyst happens depends on the project. Some companies may need permits to begin exploration or not until later on. They may be able to do the feasibility studies concurrently with environmental or approval permits.
TGR: And next comes construction.
JA: After feasibility and permitting, we move into the mine development, or construction, phase. Depending on the type of mine, open pit or underground, as well as existing infrastructure, the timeframe for construction can vary.
We have identified the completion of construction as a large-impact catalyst, with an up or down 8% move. Interestingly, construction moves stock prices more than the start of production, which moves the stock just over 5%.
TGR: Does that mean that when construction is done, the start of production is already baked into the price?
JA: At first, it seems a bit odd, but once construction is completed, the start of production soon follows, and, in effect, has already been priced into the share price.
TGR: Once construction is completed, what is the next catalyst?
JA: Once companies are generating revenue from production, they often look to expand. This could be in the form of adding mill capacity or a new deposit. In some cases, a company starts production with an open-pit mine and adds underground mining infrastructure later on. These types of expansion add to a company's revenue stream, but usually do not result in very large stock movements, about 55.8% on average.
TGR: Next, let's look at how the catalysts you just described might affect the valuations of some real companies. Where would you like to start?
JA: This will be a big quarter for Brigus Gold Corp. (BRD:NYSE.MKT; BRD:TSX). It will announce a PEA for an expansion of its Black Fox project, looking at the 147 and Contact zones there. We also expect a PEA for the Grey Fox complex, which is highlighted in our Q4 Outlook Report. That PEA will incorporate its Oct. 25 resource estimate announcing its Indicated and Inferred categories.
TGR: Those Indicated and Inferred numbers were dramatically higher than the December 2011 announcement. However, the stock is down 10% since then. How might an investor play an event like that?
JA: It is extremely important for investors to be aware of these potentially market-moving, binary events. It can be hard to discern what will be a positive and what will be a negative, but you can use it multiple ways with multiple trading strategies.
For example, you may want to capitalize on catalysts before they are fully baked into the share price. If you think it will be a gray area, going up or down, you may not worry about trading that stock at that point. You can also hedge your bets up or down using stock options.
At CatalystTracker we track these future events to identify potentially large-impact events that will affect the share prices of the companies involved. Many of our clients use the CatalystTracker to minimize their risk or to better understand which events to capitalize on and which events to avoid trading on.
TGR: Do you expect the PEA on Grey Fox will move the market for Brigus?
JA: That is hard to say without knowing more about Grey Fox. It could be a great addition for Brigus because it would use the Black Fox mill and infrastructure. That lowers the cost of Grey Fox. We need to find out how big Grey Fox actually is.
Brigus also has the Goldfields project, which it has kept on the back burner while getting Black Fox into production. If it does go ahead, Goldfields will at least double Brigus' production to an expected 100,000 oz (100 Koz)/year gold.
TGR: Brigus is a very small company, with a $215 million (M) market cap. These events could really make a difference in a company this small; for example, Goldfields would triple its production.
JA: What Brigus actually said was that it wanted to wait on a Goldfields decision until Black Fox was producing 25 Koz/quarter gold, which works out to 100 Koz/year. Once it got to that point, it would be doubling.
TGR: What other companies are expecting catalysts?
JA: We expect a PEA from MAG Silver Corp. (MAG:TSX; MVG:NYSE) for its Pozo Seco deposit at Cinco de Mayo very soon. MAG Silver previously announced an initial resource estimate, but we want more information regarding the project's NPV, as well as estimated costs. A positive PEA might encourage MAG Silver to commence the permitting process and do feasibility studies to provide more evidence for Pozo Seco.
TGR: Its stock is up 36% over the past 12 weeks, despite having delayed its PEA for the Pozo Seco portion. Delayed PEAs can be the kiss of death.
JA: The difference is that MAG is working on so many projects; it has not put all of its eggs in one basket. As a result, there is less risk in this one project, compared to Brigus, where the company only has a few projects.
Speaking of having more than one project, we are looking for permit approval of MAG Silver's Juanicipio project. If the company can get permit approval, which we have been waiting on for a couple of months and is now expected in Q4/12, it could start construction at the beginning of 2013. That could be a big event for it.
TGR: Is there another company you want to mention?
JA: We expect another environmental impact decision for Taseko Mines Ltd. (TKO:TSX; TGB:NYSE.MKT) on its New Prosperity mine, a gold and copper mine in Canada. Two catalysts for Taseko depend on approval of the environmental impact assessmentthe construction start and production start catalysts.
The company submitted its environmental impact assessment on Sept. 20 and a decision should be made between now and mid-December. If the environmental impact statement is denied or delayed, it could be bad for Taseko.
TGR: Is that within the time range for a decision?
JA: I believe the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency (CEAA) has 365 days to issue the final assessment decision from the initiation of the process. The process officially commenced in November 2011. In November 2010, Taseko was denied federal authorization, and the stock definitely reacted negatively to that.
TGR: You mentioned Liberty Star as an example of how a catalyst can affect a small company. Can you tell us more about its upcoming catalysts?
JA: We are looking at the ZTEM survey for Liberty Star's Tombstone project, which is a copper mining project in Arizona. It received permit approval for access roads to Tombstone in late September, but the permits require an archeological survey to ensure that the access roads or drill sites did not destroy any antiquities.
TGR: What does Liberty Star mine?
JA: Its North Pipes Super Project is uranium, but drilling exploration there is suspended. The company expects to restart drilling in 2013 if uranium prices stabilize.
Tombstone is copper. It looks like phase 1 drilling on the Hay Mountain area of Tombstone will start in the fall. Liberty Star seems to be doing a lot of exploration at this point.
TGR: Do you have one last name to share?
JA: Silver Standard Resources Inc. (SSO:TSX; SSRI:NASDAQ) expects to issue a bankable feasibility study on its Pitarrilla project, a silver mining prospect in Mexico, before year-end.
In late 2011, it filed a mineral resource that demonstrated Probable mineral reserves of 91.7 Moz, Measured, Indicated and Inferred. If the feasibility study is positive, the company could draw loans and equity against that asset. Right now, Silver Standard has just one producing mine, so the addition of another would improve its portfolio.
TGR: Jocelyn, thank you for your insights into catalysts and how they work.
Access Sagient's Q4 Outlook Report here.
Jocelyn August is the senior analyst and product manager for CatalystTracker, a proprietary research product focused on identifying and analyzing the future events that will materially impact publicly traded companies. In her five years at Sagient, she has developed expertise in the highly event-driven medical device and diagnostic sector. In addition, she spearheaded the development of a new Natural Resource Industry product within the CatalystTracker product line with the publication of the Catalyst Impact Study: Natural Resources Sector. Outside of Sagient, August was named the director of communications for the San Diego Professional Chapter of MBA Women International. August received a Master of Business Administration from the Rady School of Management at the University of California, San Diego and graduated cum laude from the University of California, San Diego with a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology.
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DUNDEE (AP) -- An extensive collection of vintage military memorabilia will be auctioned off on Saturday in Dundee.
The more than 1,000 items belonged to Mike Yeck, a long-time Dundee-area manufacturer and former mayor who died in August.
Among the items available for bid are dozens of military vehicles, ranging from Army Jeeps to a 1941 halftrack. They were part of Yeck's Dundee Motor Pool Museum.
There'll be no minimum bid on the items.
Kenny Lindsay is an auctioneer with American Eagle Auction & Appraisal Co., which held a public preview of the items Wednesday night.
Lindsay tells The Monroe Evening News (http://bit.ly/11Ht1RH ) the auction features "by far one of the largest military collections in the United States and maybe the world."
Yeck took part in the D-Day invasion of France in 1944.


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Major automakers plan global debuts at LA auto show
It may be more than four months away but the LA Auto Show is already shaping up as one of the most important events in the automotive calendar. As well as a special expo focused on connected and autonomous car technology, a number of long-awaited new cars will be making their first public appearances at the event, which runs November 22 -December 1.
Porsche will be taking the wraps off its baby SUV, the Macan. It will be car fans' first chance to see the re-designed Mini, and there are even whispers that Honda's big news will be the finished road-going version of the NSX supercar, a vehicle that has been in either the prototype or development stage for the best part of 10 years.
In all, 50 new car launches are expected at the autoshow and BMW has confirmed that "seven-to-eight" vehicles from its stable will be making their first US appearance and that they will be accompanied by another as-yet unnamed car that will be making its global debut. Although no further details are forthcoming -- why spoil the surprise? --new cars from Chevrolet, VW and Subaru will also be making their debuts in LA.
"As the first major North American show of the season, Los Angeles sets the tone for 2014, and we expect that automakers will pull out all the stops to excite new-car buyers. In virtually every category, from the greenest electric vehicle to high-horsepower performance models, the technological advancements we are seeing today eclipse all previous automotive eras," said Terri Toennies, the LA Auto Show's General Manager.


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"The Real Housewives of Atlanta" Builds Sunday Night Destination with Highest Rated Episode Of the Season Across Key Demos
NEW YORK - November 16, 2010 - Bravo continues to build Sunday nights as a premiere destination, scoring its best Sunday night in network history across all key demos, according to Nielsen Media Research. Continuing its record-breaking streak from last week's best week ever, Bravo averaged 1.55 million total viewers and 1.05 million adults 18-49 in primetime, also becoming the network's first Sunday to average over a million adults 18-49. In addition, "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" earned its highest rated episode of the season among both total viewers and adults 18-49. The episode garnered 2.78 million total viewers and 1.92 million adults 18-49, up 11 percent and 7 percent respectively from the prior week. Wrapping up Sunday night, Bravo's late night talk show "Watch What Happens: Live," hosted by Bravo's Andy Cohen, delivered 1.23 million total viewers and 787,000 adults 18-49. For more information, visit www.BravoTV.com. Follow us on Twitter at https://twitter.com/BravoPR.
Bravo's current slate of five nights of original programming includes: "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" and "Watch What Happens: Live (Sundays), "Tabatha Salon Takeover" (Mondays beginning December 6), "Millionaire Matchmaker" and "The Fashion Show: Ultimate Collection" (Tuesdays), "Top Chef Just Desserts" (Wednesdays), and "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" and "Watch What Happens: Live" (Thursdays).
In last Sunday's episode of "Watch What Happens: Live," Molly Shannon and Kristen Chenoweth, funny ladies and stars of Broadway's "Promises, Promises," joined Andy in the clubhouse for some fun and frolics. To check out clips from the show please visit: http://www.bravotv.com/watch-what-happens-live/season-3/videos/after-show-with-molly-and-kristin. On Thursday, November 18 at 11pm ET/PT, celebrity couple Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos join Andy in the Bravo clubhouse. Don't miss the highly anticipated live performance by "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" Kim Zolciak of her new release, "Google Me," on Sunday, November 21st at 11pm ET/PT.
In the next new episode of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" on Sunday, November 21 at 10p.m ET/PT, Phaedra Parks and her husband, Apollo, arrive in Augusta where her doctor will induce their baby. Back in Atlanta, the other girls convene at Kandi Burruss' birthday party where Kim Zolciak and Cynthia Bailey grill Dwight Eubanks on Phaedra's mysterious due date. Meanwhile, NeNe Leakes meets with a local TV station in hopes of snagging a job as an entertainment reporter. Kandi later visits the soon-to-be-in-labor Phaedra and finally solves the mystery of Phaedra's due date. Sheree Whitfield invites the ladies over for a party, but drama ensues when NeNe realizes that she knows something scandalous about Sheree's date, Dr. Muhammad.
Source: Nielsen Media Research, LS data through 11/14/10, primetime: 8P-11P.
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West Cork is one of the last bastions of "old Ireland"; a pocket of pretty towns, deserted beaches and jutting peninsulas and island frontiers
Ask any local living between Kinsale and the Beara, Sheep's Head and Mizen Head Peninsulas where they're from, and they'll answer "West Cork" – never just "Cork". Strictly speaking, West Cork begins at Kinsale and runs in a westerly direction to Dursey Island at the tip of the Beara Peninsula.
The further west you head, the more rugged and "wild west" the landscape becomes. When you hit the coastline of little ports, bays, inlets and harbours, expect to share it with the other adventure-seeking surfers, anglers and kayakers who all get drawn there. Even still, you'll never feel remotely crowded in West Cork. In fact, sometimes you'll feel like you have the place entirely to yourself.
While the deserted beaches of West Cork are a big draw, the villages here are especially inviting. Schull is a hive of activity and a hub for land and watersport adventure. Glengarriff is surrounded by rich woodland making it feel more like an isolated Canadian outpost than an elegant West Cork village. Allihies and Eyeries are famed for their colourful houses, while Clonakilty is THE place to enjoy a local gourmet feast, including its famous black pudding.
Gougane Barra is an isolated area, with forested hills sweeping up from the lake of the same name. The source of Cork's River Lee, Gougane Barra is where St Finbarr spent time in the 6th century. By the water's edge, surrounded by rhododendrons, sits the tiny St Finbarr's Oratory; while the surrounding hills are criss-crossed by signposted walking trails.
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Hedged in by mountains on three sides and between the Sheep's Head and Beara Peninsula, Bantry town isn't short of scenery. The bay is one of the deepest natural harbours in the world, and every day the docks wake up to ships of all sizes arriving with their catch.
Bantry's centerpiece is the town square lined with trees, a huge anchor and a fountain. On Fridays, a market bursts into life, bringing artisan producers in their droves – it's a great place to pick up a deli lunch of local cheese and salami. And if it's good food you're after, Bantry hits the nail on the head, with O'Connor's Seafood restaurant and the Fish Kitchen worth a stop for a bowl of crab claws.
The 17th-century Bantry House, which is still home to the Earls of Bantry, is a historic house primed for exploration. The views out over Bantry Bay are extraordinary, and strolls in the gardens verge on the heavenly.
In the sheltered harbour of Glengarriff in Bantry Bay lies the very special Garnish (or Garinish) Island. Over 70 years ago, a creative partnership between the island owner and an architect led to the island developing its 15 hectares of lush, subtropical woodland gardens and pathways, as well as a colonnaded Italian Garden and a Grecian Temple. Linger here for inspiration. Others did: Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw wrote much of his play Saint Joan at this spot.
The Mizen Peninsula is on a craggy outcrop where one of Ireland's prettiest beaches can be found: Barleycove. The long, sandy stretch is framed by rich, green headlands that jut out into the ocean, and boasts Blue Flag status. Anglers, meanwhile, should make a beeline for Sheep's Head. Local, Jonny Lucey, says: "The shoreline around here is so fantastic, you can walk home with a very healthy take of mackerel."
Take your pick from sailing to Cape Clear island, a trip around the dramatic Fastnet Lighthouse or going whale watching (for fin and minke whales). A ride to Dursey Island on Ireland's only cable car is a high-flying sensation for the views alone. And visiting the 13th-century Dún na Séad Castle in Baltimore will tell you all about a pirate attack in the 17th century (also known as The Sack of Baltimore) that robbed the village of over 100 people.
This is the wild west after all.
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Sizemore continues to give Red Sox early optimism
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- The Red Sox continue to say they can't make any true evaluations of Grady Sizemore until they see how his body responds to the daily pounding that can only happen during a game schedule.
That said, Sizemore has passed every test to date.
"We're looking forward to [Sizemore playing in games], but we've got to temper that because his history is well documented," said manager John Farrell. "Two days ago, he had a phenomenal day, running the bases at full speed, his defensive work was at full speed, he's handling live pitching well. Those are the only things you see right now. Everything has been very encouraging. We're going to have to temper either our enthusiasm or really how much we push him just to gradually get him back into game shape."
The Red Sox open their Spring Training schedule on Thursday by facing Northeastern and Boston College in split-squad action.
Sizemore responded well to his busy day on Thursday.
"At the end of the day, he felt physically like he had a solid work day," Farrell said. "But the next day, he walked in and he felt great. When he shows up at the ballpark, that's been his gauge. There's been no need for either additional treatment of any kind or in his mind, any concern with how he's recovering. So far, so good."


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I know that many researchers use PI3K inhibitor to block some pathway.
But there is so many inhibitors of PI3K,how to choose them?
PI3K is a core target in many pathways and it is related to many diseases.
PI3K contribute to regulation of normal homeostatic functions, which include the control of cell growth and survival, transcriptional and translational responses,nutrient uptake, proliferation, migration and differentiation.
The phosphoinositol-3-kinase family is divided into three different classes: Class I, Class II, and Class III.
The first generation of PI3K inhibitors target the ATP-binding pocket.
Wortmannin is the first one.
LY294002,a competitive PI3K inhibitor,appear in 1994.LY294002 is ATP competitive.
LY294002 has proved useful as a template for pharmacophore searches to discover new PI3K inhibitors.
p110-δ bound to wortmannin or LY294002 show that these compounds fit into the ATP binding pocket.
Then IC87114 is discovered , has an IC50 of 100 nM for inhibition of p110-δ.
TG100–115 which are not chemically derived from LY294002 preferentially target p110-δ and p110-γ.
TG100–115, which inhibits all four isoforms but displays a 5- 10 fold increased potency against p110-γ and p110-δ.
PI-103, which was found to have a unique selectivity profile in that it inhibited all four class I PI3Ks and, with near equal potency, mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR).
ZSTK474 has a potent inhibition against p110a.
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PI3K inhibitors has revealed some notable trends: inhibitors of p110a often potently inhibit p110-γ whereas inhibitors of p110b often potently inhibit p110-δ.
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Bill Kalmenson
...Bill has charted a creative journey that has spanned a variety of disciplines. Prior to his feature debut as a writer-director Bill worked steadily as a stand up comedian and actor. After cutting his teeth in the N.Y.C. and Los Angeles club scenes Bill headlined regularly in comedy clubs all across the country. Bill studied acting in N.Y. with theater icon, Stella Adler and Jack Garfein. As an actor he appeared in numerous productions on the New York Stage. Most memorable for Bill was when he appeared opposite comedy legend and mentor, Milton Berle, in the short lived "Goodnight, Grandpa."
Upon his arrival on the west coast Bill guest starred in a wide spectrum of episodic TV shows which include "Cold Case," "Six Feet Under," "E.R.", "24", "L.A. Law", "Married with Children", "thirtysomething" and "Matlock" to name a few. He also appeared in the feature films, "Lethal Weapon", "The Rhunestone", "Loverboy" and in his own movie, "The Souler Opposite" which he wrote and directed and was acquired by Warner Bros.
This fall he finished filming a featured role in Ben Affleck's next movie, "Argo" for Warner Bros.
In recent years Bill has devoted much of his time to writing and his newest passion, jazz. An accomplished jazz clarinetist Bill and his sextet recently completed his debut CD, "First Point" which is enjoying airplay on KJAZZ 88.1.
In addition to "The Souler Opposite" Bill has written seven other screenplays that he hopes to direct. He is also President and founder of Buffalo Jump Productions. www.buffalojumpproductions.com
Bill is a refugee from the San Fernando Valley. He graduated from U.C. Berkeley and attended N.Y.U. Grad Film School.
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Remove Labyrinths
Does anybody know why there are there mazes in a tactics/strategy game anyway? The best possible and least tedious labyrinth is one where you find the minotaur in the shortest number of turns, so why not just do that?
This is all made indescribably worse by the automap erasing itself so you don't even get the consolation of knowing that eventually you can find the path by a process of elimination. Should I be getting out my graph paper, 1984 style?


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Got Con?
On this blog, Natalie regularly explores fandom (be sure to come back tomorrow and comment on her post!) and, boy, there's no better place to see fandom up close and personal than at a convention.
In elementary and middle school, I was mostly a nerd. Once I hit high school and AP classes, I found other likeminded souls, but until then, a lot of my peers simply knew me as "that weird book girl." And even then, FoxTrot was my favorite comic (with Jason, the nerdy little brother most likely to quote Star Wars verbatim and camp out for opening night tickets to Lord of the Rings, my favorite character.) One of the first friends I made when I went off to college had his own StarFleet uniform and Klingon dictionary. I was fairly secure by college, but I still thought of myself and a fair number of my friends as being on the outside of some invisible social norm. (Some people still see it this way. I was on a panel with some fellow published authors and asked one writer if she'd ever been to DragonCon--the woman to my left wrinkled her nose and actually said to me, "Isn't that where the crazy people with no life go?")
Now, frankly, I no longer think of myself as that far on the outside--it's fairly mainstream to see Harry Potter movies, read Kresley Cole (since she's on the NYT list, I know I'm not alone in buying her books!) or watch Supernatural (and let's face it, those Winchester boys are way more fun to look at than Harry and Ron *g*). I mean, it takes almost ten minutes of conversation before I start trying to discuss the philosophical importance of the Impala or sing you the entire Dr. Horrible Soundtrack, so if I'm quiet (and you ignore my Browncoats shirt), I almost pass for normal.
Peripherally, I've been aware of fan conventions (most commonly associated in pop culture with Star Wars or Star Trek) for years, but I never saw myself going to one. I don't have a lot of time or money to spare and it just seemed...odd. Going to a Renassiance Festival for a day of family fun was one thing, but actually trying to find room in the budget to travel to something where I'd spend a few days with strangers? I was content to share my raving FANaticism with friends on-line or try (possibly in vain) to beat my dad at Lord of the Rings Trivial Pursuit. But that's before I heard that Joss Whedon might be coming to DragonCon (held every Labor Day weekend in downtown Atlanta) and since he's a writer I've always wanted to meet, I decided to boldly go where I'd never gone before. (Ironically, Joss being on the guest list was apparently a misunderstanding, but I never regretted my decision. Now, I plan my family calendar around DragonCon, although I did miss it when my brother got married over Labor Day weekend.)
Now, conventions come in all flavors and sizes. I believe there are conventions dedicated SOLELY to Supernatural in Chicago, LA and Australia--I know Natalie's going to some kind of con or event soon and can't wait to hear all about it! Then there are events like Comic Con (this past weekend in NYC...I hear Jared Padalecki was there, which begs the question: why wasn't I?) The bigger cons have programming tracks from everything to music, anime, paranomal shows like Supernatural, Lost and Heroes, movies, novels, gaming, and comic books. Between attendees, guests and volunteers, DragonCon here in Atlanta involves approximately 40,000 people.
The noise and the color (and the costumes!) can be dizzying when you walk into one of the FOUR ginormous hotels that hosts the event (and that doesn't even count the numerous smaller overflow hotels). But once you've adjusted to the sensory overload and long lines (just bring a deck of cards, a good book, or strike up a debate with the girl behind you over whether you're SamGirls or DeanGirls), an amazing thing starts to happen. A bizarre camarederie with people you've never met before. It was like 40,000 people all sharing the same inside joke. (Trish and I were thoroughly entertained when we saw two women walk by in jerseys that simply stated on the front: "Bitch." "Jerk.") I got very little sleep and it felt like a zillion humid degrees, but I didn't care. In fact, my ONLY complaint about the weekend was that there weren't more panels dedicated specifically to Supernatural (and, of course, that Jensen Ackles wasn't there.)
I made new friends, picked up new insights, sang my heart out with a hundred other people (normally, something that only takes place in my shower [alone]) and stood in line at a local food court restaurant behind two Jedis, a dementor, Laura Croft, a few Cylons, a half dozen Dawns, and some guy so into his discussion of World of WarCraft that they had to call his order number four times. (This year, I'm going in costume!) Two of my biggest pasttimes are reading and writing, both pretty solitary, but I underestimated how much I would love the energy of the crowd and meeting people who have the same passions and laugh at the same jokes and get annoyed at the same cliffhangers and plot devices and memorize the same lines.
What about you? Ever been to a convention? Thinking about going? Do you think you'd prefer the small, intimate crowd of a con dedicated to just one thing or the crazy energy of one where you're likely to share an elevator with a Wookie, Jack Sparrow, the Yellow-Eyed demon and some dude toting bagpipes?