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AFCON 2013: Zambia 1-1 Nigeria
A clash between two African heavyweights ends in stalemate as the Zambian keeper's penalty cancels out Emenike's strike after an early spotkick miss from John Obi Mikel.
After only managing draws in their first Group C matches, two of the Africa Cup of Nations heavyweights clashed in Nelspruit as Nigeria and Zambia battled for some crucial Afcon points.
Nigeria overcame the early setback of a missed John Obi Mikel penalty with Emmanuel Emenike's goal on 57 minutes, however, Zambia responded with a penalty of their own – keeper Kennedy Mweene with a stunning spotkick to secure the draw.
The tension was palpable in the early stages, with both sides knowing that whilst defeat would be near-fatal, a draw would only serve to increase the immense pressure ahead of their final group game.
The opening twenty minutes were characterised by a lack of quality, and a propensity for long balls from both sets of defences.
With the hard, sandy pitch not conducive to slick, silky passing play, this seemed like the wisest option – but the consequence was a a great many aimless punts that led to nothing. One smart Zambian move carved out a neat chance for Rainford Kalaba, but the Mazembe man blazed the ball over the top.
On 25 minutes, it looked as though Nigeria had found the break-through. Davies Nkausu, under pressure from Ahmed Musa, brought the CSKA Moscow man down, the ref not hesitating to point to the spot.
John Obi Mikel stepped up, the midfielder looking to recreate his crucial converted penalty against Liberia in the qualifiers. Unfortunately, it was not to be, as the Chelsea player's spot kick was tame and scuffed, and thudded harmlessly off the post.
The game progressed in a cagey, uninspiring fashion, Emmanuel Emenike – Naija's goalscorer in their first match – was unable to contend with the many balls played over the top of the Chipolopolo defence.
Things improved in the second period, Nigeria looking brighter and nearly taking the lead with Ahmed Musa breaking away down the right and sending a cross-cum-shot across the goal which Emmanuel Emenike failed to touch into the net.
Ten minutes into the second half, the young striker finally made his mark with a fine finish pushing the Super Eagles ahead. After pick-pocketing Lungu in midfield, John Obi Mikel made amends for his earlier miss and played Emenike in through the middle, the striker made no mistake, and fired Naija ahead with a clever finish.
Zambia sought far and wide for the inspiration that would see them claim some points, it eventually came from an unlikely source. The referee, seeing something that few others did, gave a penalty for the Chipolopolo after minimum contact on Mayuka by Onazi. Goalkeeper Kennedy Mweene stepped up, and looking as calm as can be, he dispatched a beautiful spot-kick past Vincent Enyeama.
Keen to avoid a second successive collapse, Nigeria knocked at the door, but neither team managed to find the net again in the game's dying embers, and the pair had to settle for the draw.
The result leaves the holders in grave danger of elimination, they will need to beat the Stallions next Tuesday and hope that results go their way. Nigeria will also need to up their game on Tuesday against Ethiopia to ensure their continued Afcon participation.

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Draft prospects get thrown up in the top 100 all the time without even playing 1 inning of ball. I'm guessing he's not in the top 25 now due to:
1. Not fairing too well in spot starts last year
2. Rushed way too quickly
3. Shoulder injury in Spring Training
4. Pitching poorly in AAA
His velocity was also down at the end of last season and in ST which most are hoping it was due to his injury.
I was just looking through the stats from Toledo and Erie, just in case something else goes wrong, and a few things jumped out at me.
Andy Oliver(AAA)(SP)- 48 walks in 58 innings, giving him a WHIP of 1.59 on the season. I'm not sure he'll ever get the control figured out.
Thad Weber(AAA)(SP)- On the opposite end of the spectrum as Oliver, he has 9, *nine* walks in 52 innings. The numbers tell me he's a control freak, and also sports 53 K's and a sparkling 3.12 era. Probably see him again soon, if we need a *starter*.
Adam Wilk(AAA)(SP)- He is having a similar season to Weber, with a 3.40 era and only 10 walks in ~50 innings. Low strikeouts though, so he's probably behind Weber on the list.
Justin Henry(AAA)(OF/2B)- I've heard Ahoda mention him before. He's listed as an OF, but I believe you've said he plays 2B too, I think. He's hitting .309 with an OBP of over .400. Very limited power, but it looks like he's got some speed with 9 SB's as well. Not sure why he hasn't gotten a shot yet, unless they can't find room on the 40 man.
Rob Brantly(AA)(C)- If Avila or Laird are hurt enough for a stay on the DL, then we might just see Brantly make the jump from Erie up to Detroit. He's hitting .311, with only 16 K's in 177 AB's. He's slugging at .463 and has only made three errors.
Robbie Wienherdt(AA)(RP)- Decent numbers down in Erie, with a 2.67 ERA in ~30 innings, with only 13 walks, but only 18 K's. If things get bad in the pen, he might get a call.
Chris Bootcheck(AAA)(RP)- In 24 innings pitched, he has a 3.00 ERA. It appears as though he's been closing for Toledo, with 11 saves. Probably too many walks(15) and not enough K's(26), but he might also be an option if someone in the pen goes down.
And I'll end the list with the big boy...
Nick Castellanos(A)(3B)- What's not to like? a .400 average? A .555 slugging percentage? 1.015 OPS? The guy is killing it, no doubt about it, and I imagine could get a shot with the Tigers as soon as next spring, if he makes the jump to Erie at some point this summer.
Anyone know anything about that Suarez kid? Is he our SS of the future?
Here is DSL team update. There are some very intriging prospects in that league we should get to see in a few years in the upper Tigers minor league system.
Remember Danry Vasquez?
Through 29 games at West Michigan he has a .440 OPS :speechless:
Granted he's still only 18... but yikes
Every team needs a Ryan Raburn.
we should send him to the whitesox they could use his help. that would help us catch them
Tigers 2nd and 3rd round picks are close to signing with the club. I don't think either end up being highly ranked specs, but could make an impact in 3 or 4 years down the road as trade bait or role/bit players for a Tigers youth rebuild.
In 6 games at Toledo, Brantly is hitting over .400.
Nick is struggling in Erie hitting .250.
Signing them to deals is pretty big.
Both are highschoolers and both have scholarships to go play college ball. Glad it looks like both are going to sign.
And with as bad as our system really is....it's hard for them not to be at least decent prospects from the moment they enter the system.
I think they are decent specs, but not on the level of Nick or Turner are atm. They could develop into that, but I don't see it. More like Smyly, Oliver, or Crosby.
I would take any of those, because Smyly has been great as the number five, and Oliver and Crosby are(or at least were) great trade chips.
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RICHMOND, B.C. — Denny Morrison arrived at the Richmond Olympic Oval for Saturday afternoon's 1,500-metre long-track speedskating final in search of redemption.
He left it still mired in even more frustration, if such a thing is possible, after a 1:46.93 skate left him well adrift of the podium, in ninth position.
In second place at the time on his final lap, Morrison faded badly and was passed by Ivan Skobrev of Russia.
"It's something that's been happening to me all season," said Morrison. "I don't know if it's the program or what.
". . . In last lap, I lost all my speed. 'Exploded' is the term. It wasn't that I wasn't trying hard, wasn't that I gave up, I just wasn't putting it technically into the ice the way that I should've been. That's something, for whatever reason, that I lost over the last 12 or 15 months.
". . . First lap or two of the race today it was exactly how I wanted it. I felt I was skating it efficiently and powerfully. It was coming easy. The speed was there. I was there with the top two guys in the first lap and then basically . . .," he continued.
"It wasn't that I just got tired started going slower, it was that I got tired and just started skating worse."
Disgusted with himself in the 1,000 metres on Wednesday, and after publicly, and with merciless thoroughness, trashing his performance in that race, the Fort St. John, B.C., native spent the last three days igniting flagging confidence and working on technical issues with his coach Marcel Lacroix.
The fixes obviously didn't work.
While Morrison said he felt good Saturday morning, during training Friday he put on a bit of "snap show" trying to build speed coming out of the last turn of a three-lap session.
"First time in my life, I quit before the end of a training program, threw my glasses in the middle of the ice. Put on a bit of a show. Stupid, though. I regret doing it. something I shouldn't be doing. My coach shouldn't have to take care of me like I'm a little kid."
The 1,500 is considered Morrison's best. He ranked fourth in World Cup points entering these Olympics. So, if anything, Saturday's showing might've hurt even more than the one on Wednesday.
Mark Tuitert of the Netherlands, in 1:45.57, won the gold medal. Favoured American star Shani Davis took silver with 1:46.10 and Norwegian veteran Havard Bokko, at 1:46.19, took bronze.
If anyone could've claimed the right to feel a trifle overwhelmed by the occasion, that was Regina's Lucas Makowsky, drawn in the final pair of the day alongside the Davis, world record holder in the 1,500 and out to make amends for an upset at the distance by Italian Enrico Fabris at Turin four years ago.
Makowsky finished 19th.
Mathieu Giroux of Saint Nicolas, Que., paired off with Fabris, skated a 1:47.62. Fabris in defence of his title, meanwhile, posted a 1:47.02 and finished well up the track.
Kyle Parrott of Minnesdosa, Man., ended his first Olympic experience in 37th, and last, place, in 1:52.67.


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Setting a record, income annuity sales grew almost 18% in fourth-quarter 2011 and nearly 7% for the entire year, according to estimates from the Beacon Research Fixed Annuity Premium Study released Friday.
This compares to indexed annuity results, which stayed flat compared to Q4 2010 and fell 0.3% year over year. Total annual fixed annuity sales fell 1.1% to $75.6 billion, according to Beacon.
Jeremy Alexander, CEO of Beacon Research, pointed to the difficult interest rate environment.
"Income annuities did remarkably well, considering that lower interest rates and a flatter yield curve reduced payouts," Alexander said in a statement. "Income annuities generally provide the most retirement income bang for the buck. Sales results indicate that advisors and their clients are becoming aware of how these products can be used to create a personal pension."
Guaranteed lifetime income benefits helped sustain indexed annuity sales despite lower cap or participation rates, he noted.
For the year, income annuity results advanced 6.6% to $8.48 billion from $7.96 billion. Indexed annuities fell 0.3% to $32.98 billion from $33.08 billion.
The Beacon study, which tracks the sales of some 600 fixed annuities, found that the fourth quarter's top five products and their rankings were unchanged from the prior quarter. All were indexed annuities except for New York Life's Lifetime Income Annuity, which remained in second place. The top five products were:
- Allianz Life: MasterDex X, Indexed
- New York Life: NYL Lifetime Income Annuity, Income
- American Equity: Retirement Gold, Indexed
- American Equity: Bonus Gold, Indexed
- Aviva: Balanced Allocation Annuity 12, Indexed
"As we expected, seasonality and the worsening interest rate environment drove a sequential drop in fourth quarter's results," Alexander said. "Fixed annuity sales typically fall to a certain level when the rate environment is unfavorable and remain there until rates and the yield curve improve. Fourth quarter may prove to be the period when results bottomed out."
In sales by distribution channel, Jackson National was the new leader among independent broker-dealers, and Nationwide took the lead in wirehouses. The other distribution channel leaders were unchanged. Western National was the dominant bank channel carrier. New York Life led in captive agent and large/regional broker-dealer sales. USAA was the direct/third party channel leader. Allianz posted top independent producer sales.
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"You have cancer."
Three words everyone hopes they never have to hear. Any cancer diagnosis is scary, but for men diagnosed with prostate cancer and women diagnosed with ovarian cancer, uncertainty regarding diagnosis, side effects of treatment and support groups that are available can make their battle with cancer even scarier.
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center has a team of experienced oncologists who are prepared to help patients fight prostate and ovarian cancer. Joshua Kesterson, a gynecologic oncology specialist, and Joseph Drabick, specialist in hematology and oncology, shared some key information about these two cancers for the Medical Minute.
Why is it so important to talk about prostate and ovarian cancer?
Kesterson: Ovarian cancer affects a significant number of women. In the United States, there are about 20,000 cases of ovarian cancer per year and about 15,000 deaths per year. Ovarian cancer affects one out of every 70 women and is the most lethal gynecologic malignancy.
Drabick: Prostate cancer is the No. 1 cancer in men. If a man lives long enough, he is almost guaranteed to develop prostate cancer. My youngest patient was 40, and if you do develop prostate cancer at a younger age, it's usually more aggressive than what is found in older men.
Who is at highest risk for developing these cancers?
Kesterson: While most cases of ovarian cancer are sporadic, women with a family history or carriers of the BRCA mutation -- a mutation that affects cells in the ovary -- are at increased risk for ovarian cancer.
Drabick: African-American men have an inordinately higher risk of developing prostate cancer than anyone else. Family history is also a risk factor, even if the prostate cancer wasn't the cause of death.
Are there any tests to screen for prostate and ovarian cancer?
Kesterson: Unfortunately, there aren't any effective screenings for ovarian cancer. There are efforts looking into imaging with ultrasound or serologic markers, but those are not sensitive or specific enough to be applicable to the general population.
Drabick: Men over age 50 should have a digital rectal exam to determine if the prostate is hardened and to feel for nodules. Men with a family history should start screening 10 years before the age your family member was diagnosed. The problem with this exam is that a lot of men won't have any symptoms. If there are, it means that the disease is advanced.
A PSA blood test can be done, but the screening doesn't necessarily lead to longer life or better chances of survival. Sometimes men will have prostate cancer for a while without causing any more problems. It can move very slowly -- over decades even -- and you could still be healthy. This has led to tremendous controversy regarding the role of PSA blood test screening.
What are your patients' biggest concerns following their diagnosis?
Kesterson: Anytime someone is diagnosed with cancer, they want to know directly or indirectly how long they can expect to live. For women with ovarian cancer, the first line treatment is surgery to remove the entire tumor, followed by chemotherapy, which works well to achieve remission. I tell my patients that there are two things we can control: the type of surgery and the chemotherapy regimen. We want to get the best treatment options for our patients.
Drabick: The first thing we give patients with prostate cancer is a shot to decrease testosterone. When men lose testosterone, they lose muscle mass and libido, get hot flashes and put on weight. Those are all reasons for men to be concerned about the treatment. I recommend my patients go to the gym to lift weights and run to keep up their strength. Soy can help with hot flashes, too.
Are there any efforts to advocate for prostate or ovarian cancer awareness and research for a cure?
Kesterson: Ovarian cancer is starting to gain more public attention in the media and advocacy groups. We are seeing more runs and walks to support the cause. Groups supporting research include the Gynecologic Cancer Foundation, the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists and the Gynecologic Oncology Group.
Drabick: For men, support for cancer isn't as intense, since they aren't usually talkers and many deal with things stoically. The de-masculating effects of the treatment can make men embarrassed as well. There are support groups for men with prostate cancer, like Us Too and ZERO, but they aren't as active in the media as breast cancer support.
Even though cancer is scary, it is important to arm yourself with information about the disease after diagnosis. Although prostate and ovarian cancers may not get the media attention that other cancers do, your doctor can guide you and your family through your diagnosis and treatment and connect you with support groups.
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Apple and Taxes: What the New York Times Missed
I have never seen the exterior of the offices of Braeburn Capital in Reno, Nevada, and so I have the New York Times to thank for the photograph of its offices that accompanied its Sunday front-page story on how Apple avoids paying certain taxes, among them California state corporate income taxes.
Six years ago this month, I revealed in Businessweek that Apple had incorporated in Nevada where the corporate tax rate is zero. So I found the Times' account — written by Charles Duhigg and David Kocieniewski, about the many financial tricks that Apple employs to minimize its tax exposure — to contain a lot of old news, but also some new, fascinating details. Who couldn't love a phrase like "Double Irish With a Dutch Sandwich" to describe arcane accounting and legal tricks?
But the implication the story leaves a reader with — that Apple is somehow doing society a disservice by not paying its fair share of corporate taxes — is simply wrong on many levels. The most dubious of the lines that the Times attempts to draw is between Apple and the budget crisis at De Anza College, a Cupertino community college where Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak was once a student. The college is facing a "death spiral" because of a decline in funding from the state. This funding, the reader is led to conclude, would be more plentiful if corporations like Apple were to step up and pay, and not escape the tax bill by setting up an office in neighboring Nevada.
What the Times fails to make clear is how community colleges are funded in California. The picture is much more complicated. California community colleges draw the majority of their funding from the state's general fund — which is drawn directly from the state's personal and corporate income taxes — and from local property taxes collected by counties. As of the 2009-2010 budget cycle, these two buckets made up about 88 percent of the system's funding. State lottery funds, federal funds and student fees made up the remainder.
Tax policy wonks — which I'm not — will remember that California was the birthplace of the property tax revolt movement in the 1970s. In 1978, California voters overwhelmingly approved a measure that limits the amount by which property taxes can increase each year. Since then, at least one estimate pegs the amount that the state's taxpayers have avoided paying at north of half a trillion dollars as of 2009. In February, the property tax shortfall facing the state community-college system was $41 million. Conclusion: If there is to be blame for the shortage of taxpayer funding at De Anza College, a healthy portion of it should be laid at the door of California's own voters and taxpayers, who in 1978 thought that property-tax limitations were a good idea.
I had a few other problems with the story. Take sales taxes. When you buy a Mac in New York, you pay a sales tax of 8.875 percent. For a base-level iMac, priced at $1,199, that works out to more than $106 in taxes. While some states charge no sales tax — Alaska, Delaware, Montana, New Hampshire and Oregon — the average sales tax in the U.S. works out to 9.6 percent.
Putting aside the fact that the average sales tax in Canada is higher, let's assume that Apple's North American sales of $38.3 billion in its fiscal 2011 were taxed at that rate, and do the math: We get $3.7 billion in sales taxes paid into the coffers of states and municipalities, except in those five states that have no such tax. That amounts to more than 1.5 times the $2.4 billion the Times says Apple would have owed the federal government. Factor in VAT and other similar taxes in the U.K. and throughout Europe, and you get the idea that Apple is generating tax revenue aplenty on the sale of its goods. Yes, those taxes are passed on to customers. But isn't that the case with every tax a corporation making consumer products pays?
Finally, you may remember that earlier this year Apple released an extensive report on the number of jobs it had created and supported both through direct employment and in the orbit of the products it creates. It seemed an odd thing for Apple to release at the time, and now we know why: It reads almost like it was prepared by Apple in advance, knowing this story was in the pipeline at the Times. The final number, by its reckoning: 514,000 U.S. jobs are created by the Apple universe, including 47,000 employees; 210,000 jobs were created as part of the app economy, which didn't even exist until 2008.
Assuming that each of those jobs pays a salary north of $35,350 a year, taxes collected on that income could range anywhere from 25 percent to 35 percent, depending on the income bracket. And that's before accounting for any stock-based compensation.
At this point, the discussion turns to a deeper question: Is it better for society to have a company pay more in taxes, or to create more jobs? You can argue that had Apple not taken advantage of the various strategies it employed to pay less taxes, it might not have flourished as well as it has, and thus created fewer jobs. But people smarter than I will likely hash out the finer points of this argument in the coming days.
(Image is a screen grab from this silly Beatles cartoon built around the group's song "Taxman.")


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Social networking should reduce friction between human beings around the world by the year 2020, but the technology could also rob people of face-to-face relationships and foster shallower relationships, according to a new survey of top tech leaders and experts.
Still, the benefits of social media should "far outweigh" the negative impacts over the next 10 years, according to the Pew Research Center study released Friday morning.
The center's Internet & American Life Project and Elon University's Imagining the Internet Center surveyed nearly 900 experts. Last month, Pew released results of a poll of the same group on the future of cloud computing in 2020.
In the latest study, 85 percent said the Internet has mostly had a positive effect on their social world – friendships, marriages and other relationships.
Here are a few of the numerous quotes from various experts that Pew surveyed.
"The Internet has actually helped with human interaction by providing a wider range of ways to communicate, such as Twitter and Facebook," William Webb, head of research for the Office of Communications in the United Kingdom.
Doc Searls, a fellow with the Berkman Center at Harvard, basically echoed Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg's belief that the Internet and social media will bring the world closer together.
"Hatred and distrust between groups have caused countless wars and suffering beyond measure," Searls said. "Anything that helps us bridge our differences and increase understanding is a good thing."
Bill Woodcock, research director for the non-profit Packet Clearing House, said the Internet is a "net win" for society. While the Internet has led to "more grownups playing World of Warcraft, it also means fewer people getting in drunken fights in the parking lots of bars because they think someone looks odd."
But others talked about the drawbacks.
"Social networking encourages people to have a greater number of much shallower friendships," said Gervase Markham, a Mozilla Foundation programmer. "I know what 15 of my friends had for breakfast, but I don't know whether any of them is struggling with major life issues. If this trend continues, people in 2020 will have hundreds of acquaintances, but very few friends."
Home and workplace patterns may change by 2020 as "technology reconfigures people's sense of presence," the report said.
"By the year 2020, we will have figured out the best use of social networks: liberating people from offices," said Patrick Tucker, senior editor of The Futurist magazine. "There's no reason why social networks can't replace offices, but a Twitter feed will never replace family, a neighbor, a real community."
But Tiffany Shlain, a filmmaker, artist and founder of the Webby Awards, said the struggle to be with "the important people in our lives will only intensify by 2020."
By then, "the idea of turning off technology is going to be the equivalent of trying to stay dry when you are underwater," she said. "And the more immersive our world will be by 2020, the negative result of this constant interruption with people we truly care about will be only harder as we are pulled in even more directions. It will be the ultimate test to see if we can give our relationships what they truly need to grow. Time. Uninterrupted."
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ROCHELLE – Scott Goad is an NCAA Division I athlete. He looked every bit the part Saturday night, dominating the Dixon at Rochelle alumni football game.
Goad ran and passed for big chunks of yardage seemingly at will, and the Dixon defense was stout on the way to a 46-0 romp at Rochelle High School.
Goad, a 2012 Dixon grad who is a track and field standout at Drake
University in Des Moines, Iowa, accounted for 272 of Dixon's 354 yards. He passed for 181 yards and two touchdowns, and ran for 91 yards and three touchdowns.
"It felt good to be under the lights one more time," said Goad, who was a member of Drake's
Missouri Valley Conference-champion 1,600 relay team and high-jumped a personal best 6 feet, 9 inches. "Last night, I was over at [teammate Jon] Shippert's house, and we were watching some Rochelle film, and I got antsy. I was ready to get out there."
Dixon High School has had just one shutout win since the Dukes' last playoff team in 2006 had three. The alumni team is 1-for-1 in the
shutout department, holding Rochelle to 43 yards and six first downs, half of them coming via penalty.
"It was a blast. It was exciting to get out there and get to crack some heads again," said Preston Lumzy, whose last year at Dixon was 2011.
Lumzy, who wreaked havoc at defensive end, only committed to the event a few days before the game.
"I gave somebody a call and asked if it was too late to sign up," he said. "First, they told me that it was, but [2005 Dixon grad] Paul Rogers called me back 15 minutes later and said, 'You're in if you want in,' and I jumped right on that."
Lumzy played for a year at Monmouth College but is back living in Dixon, working and raising his daughter, though he's considering going back to school and football.
Dixon scored its first touchdown on its second possession, driving 65 yards in eight plays. Goad was 4-for-4 for 55 yards on the march, which was capped by a 1-yard plunge by 2009 grad Ben Emmole. Anthony Dillabough (2007 grad) added the two-point conversion, and it was 8-0 with 2:29 left in the first quarter.
The Dukes made it 14-0 on their next possession, moving 82 yards in six plays. Goad finished the drive in spectacular fashion, dragging tacklers on a 23-yard TD run with 9:47 left in the first half.
Rochelle had its best threat of the night late in the first half, moving from its own 22 to the Dixon 2. On fourth-and-goal from the 2 with 16.5 seconds on the clock, Dixon's Kyle Bonnell (2006 grad) made a solo tackle to give the Dukes the ball for the second straight series.
"They had been running up the middle and not too much outside, so I felt like they were waiting on those clutch plays to run outside," said Bonnell, who played defensive back. "I was ready for it."
Dixon put the game away with a 24-point third quarter. First, Goad hit Shawn Bock (2005 grad) for an 11-yard TD pass. After a fumble recovery by Shippert (2012 grad), Goad had a 12-yard TD run. And, after a fumble recovery by Lumzy, Goad hit Mitch Wakeley (2009 grad) for a 20-yard TD pass.
The Dukes made good on all three two-point conversions: Goad on a run, Goad hitting Rasand Hall (1996 grad) and Mitch Wakeley adding the two after his TD.
A Bock interception set up Dixon's final TD, a 42-yard dash by Goad. Mitch Wakeley added the two-pointer to make it 46-0 with 11 minutes left and start the continuous clock for the remainder of the game.
Goad and Lumzy relished the chance to get to play alongside some of their football heroes.
"I remember watching some of these guys playing when I was in junior tackle, like Dillabough," Goad said. "And now, I get to pitch him the ball. That's pretty awesome."
"I talked to [2006 grad] Andrew Devine the other day. I told him I've been waiting all my life to play with them," Lumzy said. "He said he wanted to play with me, too, so I was pumped for that opportunity."
Star of the game: Scott Goad, Dixon, 272 total yards, 3 TD runs, 2 TD passes
Key performers: Dixon defense, shutout, 43 yards and 6 first downs allowed; Anthony Venier, Dixon, 3 catches, 48 yards; Alex Wakeley, Dixon, 3 catches, 46 yards


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Usman Khawaja to show off his credentials in match
WITH questions being asked about the future of former Australian captain Ricky Ponting in the national side, Queensland batsman Usman Khawaja has the perfect opportunity to underline his credentials against former side New South Wales in Canberra starting today.
The 25-year-old has scored 430 runs at just under 48 in Sheffield Shield matches this season, including a brilliant 138 against Tasmania in difficult batting conditions two weeks ago.
Khawaja also scored two half centuries against the Blues when the sides clashed in Brisbane prior to the Tasmanian game.
Leg spinner Cameron Boyce has recovered from a finger injury and has been recalled into the Queensland squad, while all-rounder Michael Neser has been included for what would be his maiden first class appearance for the season.
Top order batsman Alex Kemp and paceman Alister McDermott have been left out.
NSW has also made two changes to the team that played a rain-affected draw against Victoria.
Mitchell Starc is on Test duty and fellow quick Trent Copeland has a strained ankle, the pair replaced by left-arm swing bowler Josh Lalor and leg spinner Adam Zampa.


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Now in my third day as faculty member at the URJ Camp Newman in Santa Rosa, CA (and in my 18th year on faculty), I have been here long enough to clearly articulate all the things I HATE about this place. And there are many…
- Waiting in line for 3-5 minutes for a meal that someone else shops from, prepares and cleans up from.
- Sore feet from walking the miles of gorgeous trails in the bright sun under the clear blue sky
- Being tired from staying up late with other faculty – rabbinic, education, art, medical – talking, laughing, problem solving, and sharing best practices.
- Having to come up with a new story each day for services because the kids love the stories.
- Needing to talk 24/7 about spirituality and God with staff and campers who want to think about, wrestle with and figure out the what, when, where and how of God. It's not like that's why I wanted to become a rabbi. (Oh right, it was!)
- Putting on sunscreen to protect me from the sun, which shines constantly all day so we can enjoy outdoor activities (I'm kind of uptight about all that slimy, messy, white stuff).
- Needing to remember the Jewish value of the day, because the staff integrates it into every moment of camp (Really? As if Judaism matters!?!)
- Getting "hug bombed" (unexpectedly engulfed in the hugs) of my temple kids and other campers, even if I'm feeling cranky.
- Realizing that while I grow older, the campers in the eidah (unit) and the counselors all are the same age year after year.
- Having to dig through the huge bowl of freshly cut pineapple, cantaloupe honeydew melon, watermelon, and grapes to find a fresh strawberry – I think those sneaky campers pick them out.
- Not being able to enjoy the limitless tater tots at breakfast or breadsticks on pasta night because my stupid nutritionist said my metabolism can't take it anymore
- Being dragged into a circle of hugging singing people on Shabbat during the amazingly melodious shira (song session).
- Dealing with happy, loving people all the time.
A lot of people kvell about (praise) their camp experiences. But that's so easy to do; it doesn't count.
But finding enough things to kvetch about, now that takes real talent!
Read my other Camp Newman blog posts.


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Fun fact about Colin Hanks, my wife would leave me for him without giving it a second thought. I know, it hurts me to think about it too. So here's the first trailer for "Lucky" in which Hanks plays a serial killer who strikes it big by winning the lottery. While it looks good I'm not sure how I can watch it with my better half while I know she'd rather be sitting on the couch with him watching a movie about me. Or just sitting on the couch with him. Point is Hanks is a home wrecker.
I'm still not sure this is real but it looks like there may in fact me a "Killer Klowns From Outer Space" sequel in the works. The movie, currently being called "Return of the Killer Klowns From Outer Space" will of course be in 3D and feature much of the original cast from the 1988 classic. If you tell me this is getting a wide release then I know it's bullshit. And I'll also laugh because you said "release".
The U.K. alien invasion comedy "Attack the Block" will finally make its way across the pond on July 29th and even be available in selected theaters. I hope they put subtitles into the movie. Or at the very least CGI in coffee over all the tea that i assume is being drunk in the movie.
If you watched "Laid to rest" for 15 minutes before turning it off like I did then you'll be completely indifferent to the first trailer for "ChromeSkull: Laid to Rest 2". The sequel which will hit DVD and Blu-Ray on September 20th follows the the happenings of the apprentice of our original slasher on his exciting birthing into the world of murder. I make it sound pretty hot, don't I?
Douglas Brian Irvin Jr. who apparently had a number of bit parts in films including "The Hangover" has been arrested for impersonating a cop and forcing women to have sex with him under the threat of going to jail. It's got to be a bad point in an actors career when they realize they have a better chance of getting a girl by pretending to be a cop rather then talking about the movies you've been in.
And here's a heartwarming story about some college kids in New Zealand who etched a giant penis into their colleges lawn two years ago and have now discovered it was actually picked up on Google earth. Dream big kids, dream so freakin big that Google earth captures your giant dream penis.


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Curious about the upcoming WordPress 2.4 release coming in January? Peter Westwood of Westi On WordPress reports every week, usually by Wednesday, on the status and development of the next version of WordPress, due January 24, 2008.
This week, he reported on fixes, development, and features for WordPress 2.4 such as changing the verb "Login" to "Log in" as well as improvements to the login process, a new
get_user_by_email() function and improvements and fixes in the
get_user functions, improved support for
mt_allow_comments, and some news you may need to know before you make your next upgrade via subversion/trunk:
The last change means that the next time you login the value stored in the database will change – this means that if you do upgrade passed this point reverting back to an old version will invalidate all users passwords and they will need reseting. Therefore it is a good idea to backup up your users table before updating to the latest trunk.
There will be some big improvements to WordPress in the January release including a new administration interface. Prepare yourself for the changes by adding Westi's RSS Feed to your feed reader and following along in the weekly Trac Timeline for WordPress 2.4 development.
The new features proposed and in development in WordPress 2.4 include:
- Administration Panel Redesign
- Widget-based Dashboard
- Ability to Add Multiple Widgets to Themes (and Dashboard/Admin Panels?)
- Comment Editing Undo
- Search to Include Pages and Posts
- Improved Cache
- Improved Security
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Comedians and young people enjoy poking fun at their elders for indulging in these outbursts of folk-wisdom; Shakespeare's bumbling Polonius with his pretentious delivery of advice to his son — "Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice ... Neither a borrower nor a lender be ... To thine own self be true" — perhaps epitomizes this image of the doddering old fool. Such mockery is doubtless as natural to the young as reminiscing and moralizing is to their elders.
This same urge to impart the past and its life-lessons causes older men and women to set down their memories in print. Some of these personal memoirs remain in manuscript, passed from one generation to the next the way families once passed along silver settings and china cups. Many such accounts are self-published, and after being distributed at reunions and graduations, these for the most part languish in the basement, more likely to be visited by mildew than a nephew or an inquisitive granddaughter. Other autobiographies, particularly those of celebrities or politicians, may find a mainstream publisher, but are remembered only for a season: like snow, they offer a pleasure that soon melts away and is forgotten.
Yet there do exist some autobiographies which resound both with contemporary audiences and with later generations. In America we think of Franklin's autobiography or of The Education of Henry Adams, which some critics consider the greatest of all American books. Personalities as diverse as Grant, MacArthur, Helen Keller, Harriet Tubman, Whittaker Chambers, and Sheldon Vanauken have all contributed autobiographies that will, for various reasons, continue to attract readers.
To this mix of self-revelation we must add autobiographies that belong strictly to none of the categories above. Louis L'Amour's Education of a Wandering Man, for example, lets us look at the life of a writer in the days before workshops and MFAs; Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly, a minor classic, gives us a lettuce-crisp look at the life and adventures of a cook and restaurateur.
In this category of works belongs Marshall Frank's From Violins to Violence: A Memoir (Fortis Books, $24.95). Frank guides the reader through many aspects of his past life — his failed marriages and love affairs, his battle with drink, his love of the violin — but his book will be chiefly remembered and read for its portrayal of his boyhood in Miami and the 30 years he spent as a policeman in the Miami-Dade County area.
Frank's account of his boyhood — a wicked stepfather, an alcoholic but loving mother, loneliness — are the themes of several dozen autobiographies of the last 30 years. Where Frank excels in his account of his boyhood is in giving us glimpses of what it was like growing up in Miami in the 1950s, a time when Florida to the rest of us who lived north of the orange groves was a magical place that never saw snow or cold. Miami was a place where wealthy New Yorkers went to warm up over their Christmas holidays, a place where Midwesterners went to gamble and drink without their neighbors looking over their shoulders. Though he only briefly reveals to us his boyhood Miami, Marshall does a fine job of recreating the excitement attached to this city at this time.
Mostly, however, readers will remember From Violins to Violence because of its personal accounts of police work and the life of a detective. In his time on the force Frank investigated homicides, suicides, rapes, and other crimes. He witnessed police corruption and the terrible Miami/Liberty City riots of 1980. He shows us the euphoria that comes from tracking and catching a criminal, the deep sadness associated with most suicides, the toll that such work took on the police officers (Frank tells us that he knew "at least 10 cops who killed themselves). Readers of Frank's fictional accounts of the police life and the law will thoroughly enjoy learning about the background that he brought to his novels.
Americans have a love-hate relationship with the police — we stomp our feet at traffic tickets, but we love cop shows — and Frank's account should, as a result, enjoy a wide readership. Loyal readers will also be happy that he writes here with the same ease of style that marked Call Me Mommy, The Latent, and other works.


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- Demonstrate scholarly writing techniques and exemplary independent research capabilities.
- Demonstrate advanced competencies in music education before peers and faculty, including knowledge and application of methodology in quantitative and qualitative music research.
- Demonstrate advanced capacities to work independently and make effective artistic and intellectual judgments and professional decisions in the area of music education.
- Demonstrate graduate-level perspectives on contemporary issues and problems in music education. This may include a review of curriculum developments, teaching methodology, innovations, and
multidisciplinary concepts in advanced seminars or by other means.
- Produce a final project or some equivalent reviewed by more than one faculty member.
- Demonstrate knowledge and skills in one or more fields of music outside the major such as performance, conducting, theory and analysis, and history and literature.
Additional competencies for the performance emphasis
A1. Demonstrate advanced competencies in performance.
A2. Voice majors must demonstrate advanced proficiency in English, German, French, and Italian diction and to have general phonetic knowledge and skills that can be applied to other languages. They must demonstrate language competencies sufficient to understand texts in the repertory.
A3. Early music or historical performance majors shall comprehend advanced knowledge of music history and performance practice.
A4. As a culminating demonstration of professional capability in the major field, the student must present a public performance. Normally, the performance includes at least sixty (60) minutes of recital in which the performer is a soloist.
Additional competencies for the composition emphasis
B1. Demonstrate advanced competencies in composition.
B2. As a culminating demonstration of professional capability in the major field, the student must produce at least one original composition appropriate as a final project.
Additional competencies for the conducting emphasis
C1. Demonstrate advanced competencies in conducting, including conducting gestures, analytical studies, score reading, and rehearsal techniques.
C2. Demonstrate advanced competencies in ear training.
C3. Choral conducting majors must demonstrate advanced proficiency in vocal pedagogy and in English, German, French, Italian, and Latin diction. They must demonstrate general phonetic knowledge and skills that can be related to other languages. They will be able to apply language competencies sufficient to understand texts in the repertory.
C4. As a culminating demonstration of professional capability in the major field, the student must conduct a concert-length public performance or the equivalent.


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Traminer / Heida - Low Intervention
Savagnin /Heida / Traminer / Païen - this is a grape variety you find all over the Alpine regions and further afield.
For me it is one of the great white wine varieties, up there with Chardonnay and Riesling, producing great wines on several continents and able to go from sparkling to dessert with great ageing potential.
If you haven't tried the Swiss and Austrian versions, you owe it to yourself to try. Valais Heida in particular is typical - an incredibly impressive expression of the grape which has won gold medals.
The more exhuberant Gewürztraminer is a closely related grape - for more information, please go to that page.
Heida Tradition Domaine des Muses
Heida de Vex "Clos de la Couta" Cave Jean Rene GermanierPure and untouched Heida magic.
Origins and Connections
The origins of this grape are not without debate. It most likely began in north east France and south west Germany, though some believe that it is from Egypt and others, with no botanical proof, say that it is not from Vitis Vinifera but from Vitis Aminea or even other strains of Vitis.
Heida is the parent or grandparent of an impressive line-up of offspring, Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin Blanc, Silvaner, Neuburger, Grüner Veltliner, Verdelho and Traminette, among many others. It is related to Pinot but the parent/offspring relationship cannot be defined.
In Switzerland
In Switzerland it is grown only in the Valais, principally in the vineyards around Visperterminen at an altitude of some 1100 metres above sea level, where the Föhn, a warm southerly wine, helps ripen the grapes. This is a truly old variety. The first written records date from 1586 when it was referred to as "Heyda", but it has been in use much longer. Indeed, the name Heida itself is local patois for "ancient" or "from an earlier time" and the French name "Païen" descends from "Pagan", i.e. before Christianity.
Plantings today are still limited with just some 15 hectares in commercial production. In the vineyard, Heida's grapes are small and compact and are yellowish and aromatic. It ripens mid-season, later than Chasselas, but before Petite Arvine. Heida makes, in my view, some of the best Valaisan white wines which can be complex and powerful, with exotic fruit flavours including quince. Heida ages quite well and should last 5 years without problems. They can also be versatile when food matching, going well with many vegetable dishes, cold meats and fish.
In Austria
Most Traminer in Austria is either Roter Traminer or Gewurtztraminer. There is, however, a rare grape called Gelber Traminer. Do not expect to find any Traminer on our website. Have a look at the details for each wine and see what it really is!


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The annual MTV Movie Awards took place April 14 and stars from both the music and movie world collided for an ultra fabulous fete. Even though this awards show is one of the most laid-back and fun events in all of Hollywood, many gorgeous leading ladies still stepped up their game in the style department. Kim Kardashian (for once) looked pregnant-appropriate, while new mom Snooki went for high glamour and Selena Gomez proved she's back and better than ever (without Justin Bieber).
Kim Kardashian
The always over-the-top Kardashian sister played down her makeup for her recent appearance and it worked like a charm. Not only did Kardashian let her pregnancy glow shine through, her nude lip and peach blush combo helped her look like a true golden goddess. The reality TV starlet dazzled thanks to a true nude lipstick that had a hint of golden shimmer. She accentuated her perfect pout even more thanks to the addition of a clear gloss.
Kardashian enhanced her naturally high cheekbones rocking a touch of peach blush on the apples, spreading it out and up to her temples for a warm vibe. She added major drama to her brown eyes wearing a muted nude shadow on her top lids before swiping on a thick layer of black liquid eyeliner, spreading the product out past her brow lines for major style.
The mama-to-be's style has been criticized heavily as of late, but for the awards show, Kardashian actually hit it out of the park. Kanye West's better half dazzled in a form-fitting little black dress with dramatic long-sleeves.
Best dressed and Snooki don't typically go together, but "The Jersey Shore," alum went for full on glamour during the recent event. The new mama rocked a stunning champagne-toned strapless gown that was adorned with thousands of silver and gold crystals for a major bling moment. Despite her sassy style, Snooki stayed true to her love of makeup at the awards show.
The reality TV star accentuated her pretty pout wearing a burnt red lip hue with tangerine undertones that totally drew attention to her lips. She kept her cheeks simple wearing just a touch of illuminating powder and added tons of style to her big brown eyes wearing shimmering gold eyeshadow. Snooki paired the golden hues with a lighter shimmering cream color at her inner corners to help brighten up her peepers before rimming her lids in black eyeliner, spreading the product out thicker past her brow lines for a perfect cat-eye style.
It seems like you can take the girl out of Jersey, but not the Jersey out of the girl, since Snooki couldn't help but rock huge teased hair to the show. The new mom opted for tons of curls that fell to her waist in a more subtle black color.
Selena Gomez
The always gorgeous Selena Gomez proved looking fabulous is the best revenge. Gomez, who recently broke up with longtime love Justin Bieber, stunned the red carpet of the awards show in a daring gold mini dress. The fun flapper-inspired look clung to her curves and showed off her totally toned legs.
Even though Gomez's bod was on display at the show, her makeup was just as endearing. The actress and singer wowed wearing a light peach lipstick on her full pout, adding some golden drama thanks to her lip gloss. The naturally sun-kissed crooner added a touch of shimmering product on her cheeks and enhanced her big brown doe eyes wearing charcoal shadow on her top lids to the crease lines and a warmer golden hue at the inner corners. She completed her smokey eye style by rimming her lids in black eyeliner and applying a few coats of volumizing mascara. Hollywood Life reports the singer had yet another stylish moment during her performance at the show.
Gomez stunned the crowd in a red hot ensemble while belting out her new song "Come & Get It."


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Here are some things that popped up on my feminist radar:
What Counts as Real Rape? – More from Gwen on the Roman Polanski case
Concerns About Racism Are "Weird" – The trivialization and dismissal of racism by saying "it's weird"
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Mossberg on RealPlayer Cloud Player
Walt Mossberg joins digits with a look at RealPlayer Cloud, which lets users of many different devices store their videos online and share them with others. Photo: realnetworks.
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In this next article, we find Bill Naves in the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City, Missouri. He had time to think things over and wrote a letter to the citizens of Baxter County, Arkansas. The Baxter Bulletin ran it as a front page story. Is this the classic version of "Jailhouse Religion?"
You be the Judge.
October 2, 1903
But still my heart was untouched. I had not shrunk from God's providence for oppressing an innocent man as I call myself, cannot but feel that this new misfortune was the consequence of my own folly. I was now forced to listen to the gentle appeals of my Savior, and so one kind jailer, Wilson Hudson, gave me a New Testament, and persuaded me to meditate prayerfully upon the epistle to the Romans, and when he left me I thought to myself there could be very little good in my reading the book he had gave me, for I had read it and heard it preached so much until I thought I knew pretty well what it contained, and I did not expect to find anything in it that I did not know.
Accordingly I left it unopened for several days, and it was only to divert my melancholy thoughts that I at length for the want of anything else to read, opened the Testament and began to read the epistle to the Romans. "Is this the same epistle that I used to read?" was my first thought when I had read a few verses. It was the same, word for word, there was no alterations in the book, but since I last read it I myself had undergone a change. Since that time I had passed through the rough school of adversity and experience of some few years had shown me more than I knew of the corruptions of my own heart. When I read the words that "Every mouth may be stopped and all world may become guilty before God." Rom. III, 19, I was filled with terror, and to this was added and overwhelming sense of the infinite majesty of God, whose goodness and justice I so had lately dared to question. Then came the passage "For God hath concluded them in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all." Oh, the depth of the riches both of wisdom and knowledge of God. How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out. "For who hath known the mind of the Lord, or who hath been his councilors, or who hath first been given to him and it shall be recompensed unto him again, for of him and through him and to him are all things to whom be glory forever. Amen. Rom. xi., 32-36. Upon this ray of hope dawned upon my heart and I cried out with emotion: "O God, since thou hast mercy on all who come to thee, have mercy also on me." Little by little my heart was softened and tears of true repentance streamed from my eyes. I then knelt down by my cot and prayed with much earnest that God would carry on the good work he had begun in me, and as prayed I was deeply affected, and at last I, too, called aloud to God for mercy. This cry was not in vain. The peace of God descended upon my heart and I was enabled to believe in the possibility of obtaining pardon for all my sins through faith in a crucified Savior.
After this I found myself in a much happier frame of mind. I acknowledged that I had been a miserable sinner and but for the infinite mercy of the Most High, I must have perished in my sins. I saw now that all my misfortunes had been really a token of the loving kindness and tender mercy of him who willeth not the death of the sinner, but rather that he should be converted and live. The word of God which for so many years had been a dead letter to me have now become a source of sweet and live-giving nourishment to my soul, and now I spend the greater part of my time while here in prison in reading and meditating upon the precious volume, and now I think I have a few friends who are interested in my behalfand I hope it won't be long till I will be at liberty. I will be glad to be once more a free man, but I cannot regret imprisonment as it was in the prison that I had been led to acknowledge God and now I often read the fifth commandment: "Honor thy father and mother that thy days may be long in the land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee."
He who honors and consequently obeys his parents has a promise here of a long and happy life, not indeed of eternal life, to gain which he must honor God and keep his commandments; that is he converted and have faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, for this is his commandment, and if we neglect this we may lead a long and prosperous life here and yet lose our life hereafter. He who on the contrary disobeys his parents cannot be happy and successful in his earthly career, although he may by sincere repentance and faith obtain forgiveness of God for his Savior's sake and everlasting happiness. I am now nearly 28 years of age and beginning to feel a wondering life, I now resolve to retire from my career and return to my dear mother who longs to see her disobedient son, and to devote my remaining years to preparation for life eternal and glory of God who has led me in such a wonderful manner to him. I have passed through so much during my 28 years, wandering about the world I have endured so many troubles and received so many undeserved blessings and although God has shown himself good and gracious.
Now I hope all the boys and girls who read this will think over the words of St. Paul, Children obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor thy father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise that it may be well with thee and thou mayest live long on the earth. Ephs. vi., 1-3, and learn from this narrative that every act of willful disobedience to a parent's command is a sin against God, which he is sure to punish. Ah! Just look what hangs over my head by my disobedience. I am guiltless of this charge, and may God discover the truth and bring to light my stainless integrity. Think what it is to die for a crime you never committed. To be cut off the bloom of youth and glow of love and glory of fame, to be forced violently from this dear life and warm sunshine and bright world of affections and aspiring hopes, and to be crowded down to the darksome grave to suffer a public and shameful death, and leave behind a dishonored name, who had just reached the acme of all his toils and hopes and aspirations to be suddenly struck down, down, down.
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Work Cited:"Reflections of Will Naves." Baxter Bulletin 2.41 (02 Oct. 1903) A1-1, 6, 7. Baxter County Microfilm Archive. Baxter County Library, Mountain Home, AR. 1 Dec. 2009.


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Today I went to a cupping of some new Nicaraguan coffees being imported by D.R. Wakefield, the importers. I was lucky to be invited on the coat-tails of my good friend Steve Leighton of Hasbean. A fascinating experience and some nice coffees. One or two were *really* nice. Oh and I met mattmills, our erstwhile member from Peterborough. Good to meet you Matt!
We were shown a very interesting movie about artisanal coffee production in Nicaragua. Really interesting - worth a look. With Cafenica's permission I have put it into our Downloads section. You can freely download it, take clips from it, take stills from it and redistribute any of these. No restrictions - you have the clearly stated permission of Cafenica to do that if you wish.
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Hampered by a remarkable collapse of private debt and struggling to sell its public debt on the market, Spain is in an economic free fall
Before I depress you with some really hideous graphs, here's a story about Spain and Germany -- two lovely European countries, both alike in soccer excellence, both shaped like cheese squares with an edge bitten off -- that are going in opposite directions in the aftermath of the Great Recession.
In the boom years of the 2000s, Spain was riding a real estate and construction bubble, and frugal Germany was still recovering from the fizzle-out of its telecom burst while the country grappled with labor reforms that many accused of slowing down the economy. Looking for a hot bet, German banks bought debt off smaller European countries, which had the effect of inflating their housing bubbles. For much of the decade, Spain was growing twice as fast as Germany.
Then the bubble burst. Germans, famously thrifty, had an easier time thriving in a global balance sheet recession. With factories humming and domestic spending low, they exported their way to growth that the developed world could only envy. Meanwhile the Spanish, who built up more private debt than almost any other country, have been an international mascot for debt hangover. Between 2007 and 2011, private sector debt swung 17 percent toward savings in Spain, according to Richard Koo, and the country's unemployment skyrocketed from 8 percent to 20 percent.
That brings us to December 2011, when it was announced that Germany's unemployment rate fell to 6.8 percent, its lowest since 1991. In the same month, Spanish unemployment benefits reached a 15-year high. More than 20 percent of the country is out of work, and nearly 50 percent of young people are unemployed, the worst youth joblessness in the euro zone, if not in the developed world. Hampered by a remarkable collapse of private debt and struggling to sell its public debt on the market, Spain is in an economic free fall, and growth likely turned negative in the last quarter of last year.
This collection of Spanish economic data (via Zero Hedge) reveals the state of 2012 Spain:
To sum up: The overall unemployment rate is in the mid-20s, industrial production
and services activity have both cratered, construction indicators like
cement consumption have been devastated after doubling between 1998 and
2007, retail is in a free fall, and export growth (most of which go to Europe)
is falling is slowing. [Word of warning: None of these graphs have the same Y-axis range, so beware direct comparisons.]
In the next year, Spain is meant to cut spending to show the bond market that Madrid can stabilize its all-important ratio of debt to GDP. But what Spain really needs today is what it had 10 years ago: Lots of money flowing into the country! Spanish leaders know the intricacies of Spanish economics far better than I ... but I do know something about ratios, and if your GDP isn't growing, it's rather impossible to increase your GDP faster than your debt.
Spain has avoided an even worse recession, if you can believe it, by growing exports in every year since the housing crash. But even here, trouble lurks. As you can see (bottom-right graph in the collection above), export growth is slowing down as the nation's largest trade partners -- in order: France, Germany, Portugal, Italy, and the UK, which account for more than half of Spanish exports -- all face austerity regimes of their own, which is likely to make businesses and consumers cut back on Spanish goods. In a word: Yikes.
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