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From: Nicole Urken
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 12:51 PM
To: James Cramer
Subject: Derby: The Mad Money Metrics... and ARNA
Important to note that ARNA has a big-time retail investor cult following. not surprising at all that it leads the voting. So when we present it as viewer-choice winner, we will make sure to present the caveats even though there is a lot of hype
From: James Cramer
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 1:41 PM
To: Nicole Urken
Subject: RE: Derby: The Mad Money Metrics... and ARNA Balance!
Good and the bad. The fears -the moves—why we said sell half and are sticking by it. I also don't like the enthusiasm
From: James Cramer
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 8:51 PM
To: Nicole Urken
Subject: RE: Derby: The Mad Money Metrics... and ARNA
True ARNA believers all over me tonight about how VVUS is a fraud and that I am a fraud
From: Nicole Urken
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 8:58 PM
To: James Cramer
Subject: RE: Derby: The Mad Money Metrics... and ARNA
Such a cult stock. Amazing.
On "Mad Money" last week, we chose to honor (and exploit) Major League Baseball's All-Star Game by announcing the "Mad Money" Home Run Derby, looking at the five best-performing all-star stocks of the second quarter: Arena Pharma, Pharmacyclics, Onyx Pharma, U.S. Airways and Mellanox Tech. Given the outsized performance of these big hitters, we turned to viewers to vote on which would be the best performer for the remainder of 2012. Arena Pharma, the "hot new name" with a recently approved anti-obesity drug, received an overwhelming 67 percent of votes, with the other candidates trailing well behind.
Ultimately, the enthusiasm for Arena by the retail investor community is unsurprising, particularly in a market like this one with many macro overhangs. The 'animal spirits' reach for potential pockets of profit — such as a hot specs — is certainly intriguing, particularly in such an uncertain market. Additionally, a biotech stock with an anti-obesity drug is naturally going to attract retail investors given the mass consumer appeal of such a drug.
However, as Cramer noted last Wednesday after we had revealed the results, the outsized enthusiasm for Arena is troubling as well. All speculation must be tempered and adjusted for risk factors. While the tides have turned for the anti-obesity drug names — leaving fen-phen nightmare memories in the past — risks remain. First off, the stock is up about 500 percent year-to-date. So, true believers should take some profits even if they think upside remains. "Mad Money" dogma: Bulls make money, bears make money, pigs get slaughtered.
Second, market size. Some enthusiasts have likened the anti-obesity drugs to the statin market with blockbusters like Lipitor, given overlaps in patient population. However, those that would take drugs like Arena's Belviq have to seek out the drug ("agency required") while a drug like Lipitor will be prescribed by doctors. Not to mention that anti-obesity drugs are not covered by insurance companies currently and will likely not be covered. Plus, after it is prescribed, Lipitor is often taken either over the course of many years or for the rest of a patient's life, while the anti-obesity drugs have a much shorter usage period — likely one year at most.
Third, economics. While Arena has a $2 billion market cap, it will share the economics for Belviq with the Japanese company Eisai. So while the market cap may not seem stretched when thinking about $2 billion in potential sales, Arena doesn't capture this upside fully. As a point of reference, peer and competitor Vivus, at an almost $3 billion market cap, does have full economics but also likely has a smaller patient population, given higher safety concerns with its anti-obesity treatment.
Fourth, competition. Arena has lower efficacy than Vivus, whose drug Qnexa is expected to face its FDA approval decision Tuesday. Arena's drug, with a 5 percent average weight loss, is about half that of Vivus' trials. And Vivus' drug likely will come out before Arena's if approved, because it will not need approval from the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) due to usage abuse potential like Arena does. Then, there's Orexigen. The company's drug Contrave is much further out (targeted 2014 approval), but this one is butting up against the others as well, with its light study enrolling faster than originally projected. Side note: While Vivus' drug is widely expected to be approved — and while the stock will likely pop on the announcement — it is important to keep in mind that much of the potential upside is already factored into the stock. Oh, and not to mention, competition from other anti-obesity alternatives like gyms — Lifetime Fitness — or weight-loss programs — think Weight Watchers.
Competition, above all else, is key to consider, particularly looking beyond initial FDA approval. When looking at the biotech space, the stocks that have continued to outperform after FDA approval have tended to be ones where there is limited or no competition. We have seen flops from many after initial pops. Look no further than Human Genome Sciences, a name catching headlines today after GlaxoSmithKline finally completed its $3 billion bear hug embrace. While the stock got a nice boost on the original take-out rumors that are finally complete, the sale remains a disappointment relative to HGSI's earlier stock levels — the name sold off after the approval of its lupus back in 2011. Or Dendreon, whose sole product Provenge (approved in 2010) has struggled with commercialization issues and encroaching competition from Johnson & Johnson and Medivation. The names that have outperformed post-approval — think orphan drug name Alexion and Regeneron — are ones that have had very minor competition.
All this is not to say that the anti-obesity drug companies — Arena, Vivus and Orexigen — don't have upside remaining. With about one-third of Americans categorized as obese, there is certainly enough of a market for multiple drugs. And ultimately, as these drugs are rolled out, they will garner much attention on the news wires and beyond, ramping up hype. But the enthusiasm we saw from viewers on the names doing the "Mad Money" derby, even after huge runs, is cause to reiterate caution, diversification and tempering emotions — even for the most exciting of names. In the end, the tradeoff of higher side-effects for Vivus' drug and lower efficacy for Arena's drug, should instill some skepticism of the multi-billion dollar sales targets put forth by some analysts, as biotech analyst Adam Feurestein — who has covered these names carefully — has noted.
As for the novel idea of eating less and exercising more? Some of the more mainstream "Mad Money" anti-obesity plays that have been very strong performers — albeit lacking the speculative "hot" card — include GNC, Whole Foods and Hain Celestial. Non-speculative anti-obesity names to keep in mind.
The bottom line: The enthusiasm on the anti-obesity stocks has heightened, but it is key to remain non-emotional when it comes to stock picking, even when it comes to speculative names in the heat of summer. Ultimately, when it comes to obesity or the stock market, there is no magic pill. Speculation is key to remaining in the game and giving yourself some optionality on outsized return — which is why on Fridays on "Mad Money," we introduce speculative names to research. But it is also key to lock in profits and keep your enthusiasm in check. Managing risk should never fly out the window.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A Wisconsin appeals court has ruled in favor of a Milwaukee high school bus driver who argued a lower court failed to consider some evidence and unfairly used testimony in convicting him of sexually assaulting a student.
The 1st District Court of Appeals on Wednesday ruled a Milwaukee County Circuit Court lacked sufficient grounds to convict 26-year-old Gene Echols of sexually assaulting the female student in 2010.
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The Malacca Conspiracy
- Don Brown Author
- 2010 18 Aug
The Strait of Malacca is located between the long, Indonesian island of Sumatra and the west coast of the Malaysian Peninsula.
At its northwestern entrance, the shorelines of Indonesia and Thailand are separated by two hundred miles of open water.
Five hundred twenty miles to the southeast, near the city-state of Singapore, the strait narrows into the shape of a funnel. At its narrowest point, eight miles of water separate Indonesia and Malaysia. The strait ends at Singapore, where it flows into the Singapore Strait.
The Singapore Strait, 3.2 miles wide at its narrowest point, begins at Singapore, the busiest port city in the world. Stretching sixty-five miles to the northeast, it empties into the South China Sea, and from there, the Pacific.
The linked Straits of Malacca and Singapore form the shortest sea route between the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Most of the world's oil supply is transported on tankers, from the Middle East through these straits.
The Malacca Strait
Near the mouth of the Malacca River
The early twenty-first century
Under the bright glare of the midday sunshine, the cigarette boat sliced through the tropical waters to the east. Glistening like the stainless-steel blade of a sharp dagger, the boat, a thirty-eight-foot "Top Gun" model with twin 600 horsepower engines, carried three passengers plus the pilot.
Approaching the coastline at fifty miles per hour, bouncing across light swells and passing several slower boats, it raced by a navigation buoy a half mile offshore.
Houses and storefronts grew visible as the boat approached the shoreline. Cars could be seen moving along coastal roadways. Two single-engine airplanes buzzed the skies.
A second navigation buoy issued warnings in red and white to inbound nautical craft. The warnings were in both English and Malay.
No Wake!
The pilot throttled back the powerful twin inboards, morphing their rocketlike thrust into a chugging putter, slowing the boat to a floating crawl.
The general waited for a moment until the boat leveled off. Then, from his jump seat behind the pilot, he unholstered his pistol. He worked the action, chambering a nine-millimeter bullet into firing position.
"Doctor, ready your weapon," he ordered.
"Yes, General." The man sitting next to him retrieved an identical pistol, pointed it in the air, and pulled back the firing clip.
In a foreign land, even a foreign land so close to Indonesia, prudence required being armed — especially when the lines between friend and foe were blurred . . . and where his hosts had a track record of murder.
What was their agenda?
To warn President Santos to abandon his Western-loving ways or face a fate like former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto?
General Perkasa smiled. Bhutto had gotten what she deserved. He couldn't be so lucky with Santos, could he?
Initially, General Perkasa had declined the hosts' invitation.
Then they padded the general's offshore bank account as a measure of good faith. Overnight, the general and the doctor had become wealthy men, without even speaking to their hosts yet.
But why?
Why remained a mystery.
He would know why soon enough.
General Suparman Perkasa, Army of the Indonesian Republic, was certain of only one thing: a weapon seemed prudent at the moment, and he would fire that weapon without hesitation if necessary.
The boat planed down. Perkasa flipped the gun's safety switch and reholstered it.
Cruising through calm waters, they passed a third buoy, just at the mouth of the Malacca River. Then they puttered under a bridge, just inside the river's mouth.
The river narrowed.
Panoramic colors and the salty smell of a small, Asian seaport greeted their senses. Several small craft, mainly single-engine skiffs, glided up and down the river in both directions near the shoreline.
Automobiles crawled along a small, urban street parallel to the right bank. To the left, bright, rainbow-colored houses and apartments scrunched up to the riverbank. Laundry hung from clotheslines behind the houses and apartments.
Perkasa extracted a cigar from his shirt pocket and offered it to his companion. The doctor declined.
The general lit the cigar and sucked satisfying tobacco smoke into his mouth. He swirled the warm smoke around his tongue and teeth.
His young Malaysian escort began to drone on like the tour guide he was. "For hundreds of years, Malacca was the busiest port on the Malaysian peninsula. The Portuguese, Dutch, and British have all seized this port. Now Singapore, just 180 miles to the south, has taken away most of the shipping traffic. But Malacca will always be the birthplace of Islam in Malaysia. Arab traders brought Islam here in the 1400s."
The general, a short, middle-aged man with a thirty-eight-inch waistline, cocked his head back, basked his face in the warm, overhead sunshine, and opened his mouth into a round circle. Concentric smoke rings rose into the tropical air, then dissipated in breezy wisps. He flicked ashes over the side of the boat into the calm waters of the river.
"Now it is a quiet place," the fellow babbled. "Small among Malaysian cities. This peaceful harbor is inaccessible to oceangoing vessels."
He should pull his gun on this babbling idiot just to shut his mouth. But he needed the fool to guide him to the rendezvous point and, afterward, to get them out of the country again.
"Our dock is there." The guide pointed to a pier just past a bend in the river.
The pilot throttled the engines into idle and steered the wheel to the right. The boat floated toward the dock. Two men, one Asian and the other with Middle Eastern features, stood at the edge of the dock.
"Our ride awaits us, General," the guide said, tossing a rope to the Asian man.
The general stood, and as the boat inched to the dock, stepped off to the outstretched hand of the Middle Eastern-looking man.
"Ah, General Perkasa," the man said. "I am Bander Omar, chief assistant to Farouq Al-Fadil."
"Mr. Omar." General Perkasa withdrew his hand and motioned to his companion. "This is Dr. Guntur Budi."
"A pleasure, Doctor," Omar said. "I have heard of you and also your father. He was a great man." Two jeeps were parked on the street just behind the docks. "Come. Our Malaysian hosts await us."
The general got into one jeep. The doctor sat in the jeep behind him. They pulled forward, and in a few minutes turned left across a bridge spanning the Malacca River.
On the north side of the river, the jeeps turned left, driving a short distance down a street paralleling the water. They turned right off the river street and stopped in front of a small hotel. The white stucco building with ornate exterior features suggested a bygone era.
"Welcome to the Hotel Puri," Omar said. "It dates back to the 1800s, and has about fifty rooms. My boss has rented them all for our meeting."
"Yes, I know this place." The general took a drag from his cigar, which had burned down about half an inch. "Your boss is expecting many guests?"
"No, General. Just you, the doctor, and a select few others." Omar nodded at the hotel. "Shall we?"
"After you." Perkasa tossed his cigar onto the lush green grass beside the sidewalk. He stepped out of the jeep, waiting for Dr. Budi.
"Follow me, gentlemen." The Arab motioned for the general and the doctor to follow. As Omar pushed open the front glass door of the hotel, Perkasa felt the grip of his pistol. He switched off the safety, readying the pistol to fire.
The lobby was cool from the air conditioning. A large, sparkling chandelier hung down over a round table. Six chairs with red velvet cushions were positioned in a circle around the table.
"Please be seated, General." Omar motioned the visitors to their seats. "Farouq will be with you shortly."
Classic subliminal power play, the general thought. Make your guests wait.
No one made Suparman Perkasa wait. He was the chief of staff of the Indonesian army, and as such, its most powerful officer.
He would not wait long.
Perkasa handed another cigar to the doctor.
"No thank you, General."
"Take the cigar, Doctor," the general ordered. "Strike it, and do what I do."
"Yes, General."
Perkasa lit a second cigar and took a long drag.
A slender Arab in white, who looked to be in his mid-forties, descended the oval staircase into the lobby. He was followed by two younger men. One looked Malaysian. The other looked Arab.
"General Perkasa." The man extended his hand. "I am Farouq Al-Fadil."
Perkasa rose, opened his mouth, and blew cigar smoke toward the Arab. "A pleasure, Mr. Al-Fadil." Perkasa nodded at Dr. Budi, who blew a second wave of smoke. "Thank you for your invitation."
"We're both on foreign soil, General."Al-Fadil smiled. "Thanks to our Malaccan hosts, whose common mindset is the same as ours." He nodded at three Malaysian officers standing around the table, their arms folded.
"Really?" Perkasa sucked and then swirled more cigar smoke between his teeth. Smoke wafted from his mouth as he spoke, rising into a cloud around the chandelier. But he did not blow smoke at the Arab. He had made his point. "And what is this common mindset of yours?"
"General, meet Admiral Chahava of the Royal Malaysian Navy. To his left, General Kersen of the Royal Malaysian Air Force. To his right, General Pramana of the Malaysian Army."
"Gentlemen." Perkasa nodded.
"These officers are natives of Malacca, and all three — like you and me — are members of the Great Faith."
Another drag from the cigar. "Mr. Al-Fadil, many Muslims serve in the militaries of both Malaysia and Indonesia. Your point?"
"Please be seated, gentlemen." Al-Fadil motioned them to their seats.
They sat, exchanging awkward glances. Al-Fadil broke the silence. "How is your friend, President Santos?"
"My friend, you say?" Perkasa smirked. "Ask Dr. Budi. The doctor is the president's personal physician."
"We know of Dr. Budi, and his father's sacrifice for our cause."
"Thank you," Dr. Budi said. He looked over at General Perkasa, as if unsure of what to say next.
"I am a busy man, Mr. Al-Fadil," the general said. "My time is valuable. What is your point?"
The Arab smiled. "My point is this: we have watched Indonesia for years." Al-Fadil motioned to one of his assistants. "Bring us drinks, please."
"Right away." A servant wheeled in a silver tray displaying bottles of Indonesian and Malaysian hard liquors and wines, along with an assortment of fruits, cheeses, and breads.
"General?" the servant asked.
"No." The general waved his hand and eyed Al-Fadil. "I am sure you did not bring us here to discuss international politics or to sip wine and eat cheese. You did not answer my question."
"Your finest red wine, please." Al-Fadil nodded at the server, who uncorked an expensive bottle of Malaysian merlot. "Ah, yes. My point . . ." He sniffed a splash of wine in his glass and took a sip, nodding approval at the server, who filled his glass. "We know your background, General. We know your fervent devotion to the faith. We know that under the circumstances your power is limited. The problem is not you. The problem is with your president."
Perkasa chomped his cigar between his teeth, studying the man's face.
"You are an Arab, Mr. Al-Fadil. And you are Islamic. Indonesia is the world's largest Islamic country." A drag from the cigar. "More than one hundred eighty million Muslims live in Indonesia. We are the fourth largest nation in the world. What is your problem with Indonesia?"
Al-Fadil sipped his wine. "Your country is like Pakistan was. A great nation full of Muslims, but with lukewarm leadership that is Muslim in name only, leadership that embraces our greatest enemy, the United States." Another smile. Another sip. "We took care of the problem in Pakistan."
"Bring me an ashtray." Perkasa waved to the servant.
"Yes, General." A sterling silver ashtray appeared on the table.
Perkasa put the stogie into the ashtray. "Yes. I heard that your organization was helpful in the elimination of Bhutto. If that is true, accept my compliments."
"I can neither confirm nor deny any such thing," Al-Fadil laughed. "Nevertheless, I accept your compliments." He raised his glass, as if to celebrate a great accomplishment. "Are you sure you do not wish to drink, General? Perhaps a toast to the unfortunate demise of Benazir Bhutto?"
"Perhaps later," Perkasa replied. "Bhutto sided with the Americans. So does Santos. Both purport to be Muslim." Perkasa took a drag from the cigar. "What are you getting at? You wish to assassinate Santos too?"
"Not so fast, dear General." Al-Fadil set the glass on the table. "Since you are unwilling to drink with me, perhaps I could smoke with you?"
His eyes locked onto the stogie, casting a longing look upon it. "Would you share one of those with a brother of the faith?"
"Why not?" Perkasa slid a cigar, a cutter, and a lighter across the table.
The Arab cut the cigar with the ease of an experienced aficionado, lit it, and exhaled smoke off to the side. "This is not as simple as you would suggest, General. Indonesia and Pakistan are different nations."
"Not so fast, my friend." Perkasa flung his hands in the air. "I suggested nothing. And I by no means proposed or suggested the assassination of Santos."
"Of course you did not, General," the Arab said. "I was addressing the great geographic and political differences between Indonesia and Pakistan."
"Very well," Perkasa said, having set the Arab straight. Not that he would mind seeing Santos dead, but no one would ever be able to say that an assassination was his idea. "Please proceed."
"As I was saying," Al-Fadil nodded, "unlike Pakistan, Indonesia controls, or at least has the potential to control, the most strategic sea lanes in the world. Your islands stretch across the waters from east to west in a distance greater than New York to Los Angeles. Your country, unlike any other Islamic country in the world, has all that is necessary to become the world's first Islamic superpower." The Arab took another drag from the Cuban stogie. "Except for one thing . . ."
General Suparman Perkasa let that sink in. "And that would be?"
"Leadership," Al-Fadil said, without hesitation. "And related thereto, courage and vision."
Perkasa flicked a segment of white ashes into the silver tray. The Arab was correct. "Look, you know that I am no admirer of our president, or you wouldn't have gotten me here. But as you have pointed out, Mr. Al-Fadil . . ."
"Please, General, call me Farouq," Al-Fadil interrupted.
"Very well," Perkasa continued, "as you have pointed out, Farouq, Indonesia, because of her geography, possesses a greater geo-strategic importance to the world than Pakistan. Control of those sea lanes means billions of dollars to America. You cannot do in Indonesia what you did in Pakistan. The Americans did not step in there. Here, if you moved against Santos, they would send their navy. Perhaps their marines. They would use force. And remember that President Williams likes to play John Wayne with the US Navy." His cigar had gone out. With a single flick, a blue-and-orange flame leapt from the lighter.
"Ahh, the all-powerful Americans." The smiling Arab sipped more wine. "Good. Our thinking is congruous." He put the glass down and motioned for more. "What if I told you, General, that we have a plan for Mack Williams and the Americans? What if I told you that we have a plan to make you the most powerful Indonesian in the world? And what if I could show you a plan that will work to make Indonesia the first Islamic superpower, with you at the historic forefront of this great awakening?"
Perkasa glanced at Dr. Budi, who was raising an eyebrow and sipping a glass of water.
He looked back at the Arab.
"You know, Farouq," Perkasa said, "you have succeeded in piquing my curiosity. I will have that drink now. Red wine will be fine."
"Excellent," Farouq said, motioning the servants to attend to the general's request. "Let us drink, General, to a new alliance . . . a new strategic alliance that will change the history of the world."
"That," General Suparman Perkasa said, "I will drink to."
Copyright © 2010 by Don Brown
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Don Brown is the author of Treason, Hostage, and Defiance, and Black Sea Affair, a submarine thriller that predicted the 2008 shooting war between Russia and Georgia. Don served five years in the U.S. Navy as an officer in the Judge Advocate General's (JAG) Corps gave him an exceptional vantage point into both the Navy and the inner workings of "inside-the-beltway" as an action officer assigned to the pentagon. He left active duty in 1992 to pursue private practice, but remained on inactive status through 1999, rising to the rank of Lieutenant Commander. He and his family live in North Carolina, where he pursues his passion for penning novels about the Navy. For more information, please visit www.donbrownbooks.com.


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Look how cute your dynamic duo is! Welcome, and we want to know their names and ages. Actually I do, and am curious about the differences and similarities the two have. Please keep us posted!
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Cody my shar pei he's just about to turn 1 and perry she's only 5 months . They have 2 totally different personalitys ! Cody is very suspicious of strangers doesn't let anyone he doesn't know touch him. He's ok once he gets to know people but takes a bit of time perry is the exact opposite and is all over everyone she meets regardless of who they are she loves the attention . Cody is much more of a lap dog and loves his cuddles perry prefers her space and she is also very stubborn at times lol but for both being puppy's their very well behaved
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Stocks fluctuate amid China data, US budget talks
World markets were cautious on Friday as concerns over ongoing U.S. budget talks offset the impact of survey showing China's manufacturing production rose to a 14-month high.
European markets struggled after Standard & Poor's lowered its credit outlook on Britain, meaning there is a one in three chance the country could lose its top credit rating over the next year.
Fitch, another credit ratings agency, affirmed France's own top grade but also kept its negative outlook. It said there was a "slightly greater than 50 percent chance of a downgrade" next year.
By the time markets closed in Europe, Britain's FTSE 100 was down 0.13 percent to 5,921.76 while Germany's DAX rose 0.2 percent to 7,596.47. France's CAC-40 was flat at 3,635.38.
Investors largely shrugged off agreements reached Thursday by European Union finance ministers: a compromise to create a single supervisor for banks and an agreement to give Greece desperately needed bailout funds. The decisions, while important to end the continent's crisis, had been expected.
Wall Street was steady after the open - the Dow was down 0.1 percent to 13,153.5 while the S&P 500 fell 0.3 percent to 1,415.21.
Asian indexes rose earlier Friday, when HSBC Corp. released its preliminary China Purchasing Managers' Index for December, which rose to 50.9 from November's 50.5. Numbers above 50 represent an expansion of manufacturing.
The improvement in Chinese manufacturing activity suggests global consumer spending may be recovery from a weak patch this year.
"I think it adds further encouragement that China is moving in the right direction," said Andrew Sullivan, an independent analyst based in Hong Kong.
Meanwhile, investors are keeping a close eye on unresolved budget negotiations in Washington between President Barack Obama and key Republican lawmakers.
A deal must be reached by the end of the year to avoid what has been dubbed the "fiscal cliff" - hundreds of billions of dollars in automatic spending cuts and tax increases that could plunge the world's largest economy back into recession.
In Asia, Hong Kong's Hang Seng rose 0.7 percent to 22,605.9. Mainland Chinese shares posted sharp gains, with the Shanghai Composite Index surging 4.3 percent to 2,150.63 on the back of the manufacturing data. The smaller Shenzhen Composite Index shot up 4.2 percent to 816.19.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index sank slightly following the release of a Bank of Japan survey which showed large Japanese manufacturers are more pessimistic about business conditions. The "tankan" index for the December quarter dropped from September's minus three to minus 12, much worse than expected.
The benchmark in Tokyo fell 0.1 percent to close at 9,737.56, a day after closing at an eight-month high.
South Korea's Kospi fell 0.4 percent to 1,995.04. Benchmarks in Indonesia, the Philippines and Taiwan also fell. Australia's S&P/ASX was nearly unchanged at 4,583.10.
Benchmark crude was up 84 cents to $86.75 per barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract lost 88 cents to end at $85.89 per barrel in New York on Thursday.
In currencies, the euro rose to $1.3165 from $1.3075 late Thursday in New York. The dollar fell against the Japanese yen, to 83.42 yen from 83.58 yen.


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Of course it's preposterous to think that the world's largest helicopter tradeshow could be summed up in less than say, 10,000 words, but due to space constraints, there's a lot of material that didn't make it into the April print edition of Rotor & Wing.
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Forty years later, the goal heard around the world has not been silenced.
In fact, the Summit Series stands to gain a commemorative decibel or two next month, with a slate of special events planned to coincide with the 40th anniversary of one of Canada's watershed moments.
When Paul Henderson beat Vladislav Tretiak with 36 seconds left, scoring what is often referred to as the most memorable hockey moment in this nation's history, he capped a miraculous Game 8 win over the Soviets in the famed 1972 series and set off an unprecedented wave of national pride.
The memory will not only be relived, but retraced, as well, as 16 members of the '72 squad will return to Moscow — many for the first time since that goal — over a seven-day tour beginning Friday.
An anniversary gala dinner on Sept. 28, exactly 40 years after the red light when on and Henderson became a national hero, and a team induction ceremony into Canada's Walk of Fame on Sept. 22 also will highlight the legacy.
A news conference was held on Wednesday at the just-opened Mattamy Athletic Centre, located in the former Maple Leafs Gardens where Game 2 of the Summit Series took place and where the team trained, to launch the month-long anniversary celebration.
Series teammates Ron Ellis, an ex-Leaf, Hall of Famer Marcel Dionne and ex-Blackhawks great Bill White were all on hand to share in the excitement of a moment that has resonated with so many Canadians, for so many reasons.
"That's what's so wonderful about it, how it has remained alive and so important to Canadians," said Ellis, who will make his first return to Russia since the series.
"It was an extremely important time for Canada. It brought us together coast to coast. There were no Great Lakes, there were no Rocky Mountains. One nation under one flag."
Ellis was on the bench when Henderson buried the magical winner and in a short speech on Wednesday he joked of his influence on the goal.
"I stepped back when (Henderson) went over the boards," he said. "I didn't want him to trip. Imagine if he caught his skate in my sweater."
That never happened, but the end of tremendous series full of sporting and political strife did, and in Canada's favour.
"I jumped on the pile in the corner," said Ellis, a Stanley Cup winner with the Leafs now works for the Hockey Hall of Fame. "There was a chant that I'll never forget: 'We did it. We did it. We did it.'"
And everyone not living under a rock remembers where they were and what they were doing at that very moment.
"You start talking to someone who was 10 years old (at the time). They do remember," Dionne said. "'I was with my dad, I was with my grandmother.' That's what it's all about. Great events that last forever.
"To bring it back in this fashion today, this is awesome."
The month-long celebration is being organized by Heritage Hockey
In Russia, '72 team members will meet with former Soviet players, visit the Kremlin, commemorate the Team Lokomotiv players killed in a tragic plane crash last year and take in a special game between Russian and Canadian legends.
Despite the fact he scored what is arguably the biggest goal the sport of hockey has been witness to in Canada, Paul Henderson has yet to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Outside of his contributions to the '72 series, Henderson did not exactly compile Hall of Fame-type statistics throughout his lengthy NHL career.
So the debate lives on. Should he or shouldn't he be in the Hall of Fame. A reporter's question directed as ex-NHLers Bill White, Ron Ellis and Marcel Dionne re-ignited the debate.
"I certainly believe that Paul Henderson should be in the Hockey Hall of Fame and I'm hoping the selection committee will (re-address) that in the very near future," said Ellis, who works at the Hall of Fame.
"Paul's a national hero. I think he should be immortalized there," White said.
"He was not a great player, he was a very great good player," said Dionne, adding Henderson's ambassador role has been very valuable.
"If they find some room for somebody else, why not Paul Henderson?"
The following are some of the more famous quotes to come out of the 1972 Summit Series:
"Here's a shot. Henderson makes a wild stab for it and falls. Here's another shot. Right in front. They score! Henderson has scored for Canada!" — Foster Hewitt's playcall
"This is really life and death here." — Foster Hewitt
"In a war, you do whatever you have to do." — Paul Henderson
"They had guns ... we had hockey sticks. This was really the David and Goliath here." — Phil Esposito
"This was a Cold War. Our way of living against their way of living." — Rod Seiling
"It scared the hell out of me that I would have killed them to win. That scared me." — Phil Esposito
"They stole our steaks. They stole our Cokes." — Gary Bergman
"The Canadian fans up in the stands, 3,000 strong, waving the flags and singing O Canada. My, oh, my. I'll never forget that. Never." — Brian Glennie
"Half of our supplies were lost. No explanation. Lost." — Ron Ellis
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While culling through old newspapers in researching the Baxter County Fair, I came across this jewel of an article. Its' author was making a comparison between the Baxter County Picnic and the Lick Creek Picnic in Ozark County, Missouri. Being raised on Lick Creek, at Mammoth, Missouri, I have never heard of such an event, and this article caught my curiosity and fascination. At the end of this article, I will make the assumption this picnic was probably held at Mammoth. This may sound like a stretch to some people if they were to drive through there today. Mammoth is not an incorporated town and may have only a couple of dozen people at most. If one would drive through, it would be hard to believe very many people ever lived in the vicinity, but that was the case. According to the following article, about 1200 people arrived to participate in this celebration. The old-timers even had a saying for Mammoth, "Anderson's Town, Dye's Street, Foster's Hotel, and Nothing to Eat!"
Is it possible to have such a large gathering in what we perceive as a small community at the turn of the century? Yes.
According to the 1900 U. S. Census, 2179 people are documented in the Bridges District along Lick Creek. I have gone through the list & maps and have counted over 500 people within 5 miles of Mammoth alone, with 36 associated families.
During this time, principal families were:
Many of these pioneers currently rest in the Mammoth Cemetery. I have found on the website, Find A Grave, the Mammoth Cemetery contains 298 names inscribed on stone. According to the book Headstone Inscriptions from 25 Ozark County Cemeteries, published in 1980, Nellie McGinnis Robbins and Pamela Robbins Trump referenced there were also 102 unmarked field stones in the Mammoth Cemetery. Therefore, this gives us an estimate this cemetery holds is at least 400.
Again, this article is not written in today's grammar and colloquial speech, and it was written from Prestonia, Missouri, on the Missouri Arkansas State-line. This article brings into view a wonderful window of time into our Ozarks' History.
The Baxter Bulletin2 September, 1904
Prestonia, Missouri.
I see in the Baxter Bulletin the longest, broadest, thickest, grandest, commendable and comprehensible history of your picnic at Mountain Home on the 5th and 6th of August.
Now for the gratification of my curiosity, and in order to give vent to my spleen, I wish to give a short history of our picnic on Lick Creek, which was to be published in the Bulletin, provided you think it would interest the readers. I was providentially blest to be at both yours and our picnic. I guess you had between two and three thousand, we had between a thousand and twelve hundred visitors. At either place I never saw, smelt, tasted or heard of any of the high lonesome or the glory hallalugaghrum, and never heard one asking God to dam their souls. I was not present the 19th but was there on the 20th. My version of what I saw and heard was, the wash kettles and beef was hauled in Friday evening. Dick Williams and Uncle John Mefford set up all night and cooked it, and they were well on their job. The bread and beef was loaded on a long table, with a dead line stretched around it, then about forty carvers went to work and was soon ready for distribution and then all were invited to come up and draw their rations. All you had to do was stick your hand over the dead line and a waiter, either a man or woman, would fill it. I took my rations from a lady waiters hand, as all know that ordinary men are so busted nasty. I had my doubts whether the men waiters had washed their hands that day or not. All know we had good music because Mart Gault jerked it out of the fiddle while Miss Graves, Tom Graves daughter, pushed, punched and knocked it out of the organ. I think it was conceded that Mart and Miss Minnie must have practiced together on Sunday. I can't go any further with my rat killing without telling you more about the grub and watermelons, after some had ate until the world looked level. Other ate until they could touch it with their index finger, and the remainder that were there, eat as long as it tasted good. When they began to gather up the fragments and I see the baskets there, reminded me of the five thousand fed on 2 little fishes and 5 loaves as Matthew speaks of also Mark. Watermelon sold there in the evening from a nickel down to giving them away. Some as large as that churn that mam churns in and some very near a large as that one that has a hoop on it. It was here at our picnic as it was at Mountain Home. I went to the Mountain Home picnic to see who all was there and I couldn't' see on account of the people, every time I would try to see folks then the fool people would get in my way. I thought I would count the people that were at out picnic that I might come something near that were there, but pshaw, they were so much like fly blows in a carcuss, I was ashamed to tell I tried to count them.
Now I must tell of one speech that was made and but one, but folks! I tell you he said the most in fewest words imaginable. From the way he spoke, I didn't think his name was appropriate. I thought it should have been Bill Large in place of Jim Small. He is large statue, large cranium and it stuffed, and always eats at the first table, the only trouble was he made his speech blunt, he tapered to fast but sharp enough to stick in, is now teaching school and is the Republican nominee to represent Ozark county.
Now if there is anyone that thinks my history of the picnic is not good and straight goods and that we haven't had good crops, good health, good grub, good watermelons, good women, men, boys, and good looking galls, you can satisfy yourself by asking your own natives, because there were scuds from Arkansas here that took in the picnic.
Now in conclusion I want to say there never was a place where, or a time when, a people who ever had a day of greater enjoyment than was had on the 20th on Lick creek, Ozark county, Missouri. No accidents, no trouble on any line, on one got hurt except myself, and that was unintentional. I got hit with one of those rubber balls, that had a rubber string growed out of the side of it, longer than a poor man's arm. A ball came along by me and she let dive at me with that ball and hit me slap dab where I live, exactly where I live, exactly where I had deposited so much watermelon, beef, light bread, cake, pies, apples, peaches, pickles and water. I don't guess I was tight as a drumhead, but I believe you could have busted a tick thar or thar abouts. It created a big laugh in the crowd because I grunted, and had to because it knocked it out, and none of you need not laugh, because any would have done as bad, if not worse.
On for fear she sees this, if it is published, and think I am mad, or I might be dead from the effect of the center shot she gave me, I want to say I am not dead or mad, just a little sore, but will say that the next time she throws at me at a picnic, after dinner she should draw a finer bead and hit me six inches above the waistband of my pants, then no bad results to follow.
I guess the editor will think I am checky to think he would publish this, and the type-setters have but little or nothing to do, and the readers of the Bulletin have the patience of Job, and nothing to read, as all can see it takes space, time, pencil, patience and words for me to tell anything. I have to sow pounds to enable anyone to reap an ounce. I hear meat frying, smell coffee, table being set, stomach thinking, throat is cut, and my mouth watering, is my excuse for quitting. Questions answered on short notice and oblige.
End of Article
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|Basket Dinner Mammoth, Mo. 1911
The Picture
Last year in June, a picture was posted on the Ozark County Historium's Facebook page. The Mammoth Picnic photo belongs to Donna Langston Milstead. Donna said the date of the photo was about 1911 because her mother, Pearl Frazier, is the baby in the picture who was born in February of 1911. Pearl's father, Theron Hamilton Frazier, is holding her, and her mother, Alma Ragland Frazier, is sitting in front of them. The two little boys to their left are Pearl's brothers, Frederick Ragland Frazier and Charles Edward Frazier. Additionally, the people in the picture are clothed in attire that matches of the early 1900's. Also, someone has inscribed "Basket Dinner, Mammoth, Mo." on the bottom of the picture. Also, how often would a photographer show up in this small community? I like this picture so much, I've download it, printed it out, and have it displayed in my office. Could this picture be at one of these picnics held at Mammoth, on Lick Creek?
In the next few paragraphs, I will show some information I pulled records from primary and secondary sources from the following names in the article from "Mr. Ozarkite." My assumption, the picnic on Lick Creek, in the above article, was probably held at Mammoth, Missouri. Are we absolutely certain? No. Nevertheless, we will take a quick look at the circumstances of participants mentioned in the article and try to draw a conclusion. We will use our "Basket Dinner, Mammoth, Mo." picture as our first piece of evidence.
Mart Gault…Fiddle Player
James Marcus "Mark/Mart" Gault was present at the picnic. Mr. Gault's first wife, Martha "Mattie" E. Cloud Gault, died the 18th of January, 1904, about 7 months before the picnic. Mart Gault married his second wife, Mary E. Grist, the next year, the 18th June, 1905, in Baxter County, Arkansas. According to the Baxter County marriage records, Mart was living in Mammoth, Missouri, in Ozark County. Sometime afterwards, Mart and Mary Gault moved to the Pigeon, or Pigeon Creek, area in Baxter County. An interesting fact is all three, Mart, Martha, and Mary, originated from Springfield, in Greene County, Missouri. Additionally, Mart's second wife, Mary, was 25 years his junior. Today, Mart is buried along with his two wives in the Mountain Home Cemetery in Baxter County, Arkansas.
Therefore, we can infer since Mark Gualt was living at Mammoth on Lick Creek, the picnic was probably held at Mammoth, Missouri.
Minnie Graves…Organ Player
According to the 1900 – 1930 U. S. Census, the Graves family was living in Mammoth, Missouri, along Lick Creek. I believe Miss Graves, the organ player, was the daughter of Thomas Jefferson Graves & Martha Ann Web Graves. Thomas and Martha were married in 1880. Mamie was born in March of 1888. The 1900 U. S. Census shows Thomas Jefferson Graves and his wife, Martha, lived in Mammoth and had a nice number of boys, but they also had a girl Mamie, age 12. Mamie and Minnie are derivatives, or nick names, for the name of "May." I believe this is the Minnie Graves the author was referring to. Therefore, at the time the picnic, she was about 16 years old. In 1905, May Graves married Charles Stephen Foster, who also resided in Mammoth. They both lived in this community and were buried in the Mammoth Cemetery. Thomas and Martha Graves also have a child, John W. Graves, buried in the Mammoth Cemetery. Martha Graves was eventual buried nearby her young son, John, at the Mammoth Cemetery; Thomas Graves is interned at the Gainesville Cemetery.
James "Jim" Robert Small
Jim Small, Republican, was campaigning for the Missouri State Legislator in 1904, and gave a speech at the Lick Creek Picnic. He won the election later that year, and represented Ozark County for one term. Jim was born the 19th of April, 1878, in Ozark County on nearby Lick Creek. His father, Dr. Robert Sneed Small, former mayor & physician at Gainesville, and mother, Nancy Adeline Wilderman Small, lived near Mammoth and later at Gainesville; both are buried at the Gainesville Cemetery. Some members of the Small family are also buried at the Mammoth Cemetery.
Uncle John T. Mefford.
JohnMefford and his wife, Celesta also lived in the area. He was born in May of 1847. John Mefford is buried at the Howard's Ridge Cemetery, in Ozark County.
Dick Williams
On this next person, I owe a debt of gratitude of the research to Mary Belle Green. I received an email from her concerning Mr. Williams. Mary's great grandma, Viola Campbell, married Dick Williams, which was their second marriage for both of them. Before we get to that, let's over his first marriage.
Absolom Lawrence "A. L. Dick" Williams is also from the Mammoth area. He was born in Missouri on the 23rd of September, 1854. He died the 21st of September, 1931, and is buried in the Mammoth Cemetery.
Absolom's 1st wife Louise Jane Ewing was born the 29th of March, 1863, in Webster County, Missouri. She died the 22nd of September of, 1911, in Ozark County, and is buried in the Mammoth Cemetery. Some of their children and relatives are buried at the Mammoth Cemetery:
- Claude Christopher Williams, 1881-1962, married Mamie Bell Holland , 1889-1934, are both buried in the Mammoth Cemetery.
- Lawrence Wright, 1888-1907, is buried in the Mammoth Cemetery.
- Jewel Eugene "Jude" Williams, 1898- 1976, married Ada Lucy Moorehead; he died in Colorado.
- Bertha Mae, 1883 -1969, married Wilford Avery Clute; both are buried at the Sardis Cemetery, Leon County, Texas.
- Alma Louise, 1891-1915, married Carl Oren Watson.
- Nora Ann Williams, 1885-1970, married Walter S. "Walt" Robbins the 11th of March, 1906, in Prestonia, Ozark County, Missouri. They were the parents of Pamela Jane Robbins Trump. She was a school teacher at Mammoth and Gainesville.
Absolom Lawrence "A. L. Dick" Williams' 2nd marriage was to Viola Campbell Ellison about 1920 in Ava, Douglas County, Missouri. Viola Campbell was born the 4th of August, 1874, in Marshfield, Missouri. She died the 8th of January, 1926, and is buried at the Howards Ridge Cemetery. She was the daughter of Andrew Jackson Campbell and Martha Thompson Campbell. Dick and Viola Williams had no children.
Viola Campbell was first married to Wiley Ellison the 13th of November, 1895 and their children were:
- Dewey Carl Ellison, 1897-1960, buried in the Howards Ridge Cemetery.
- Etta Rowena Ellison 1899-1996 married James Bonnie Kirkland, buried in the Howards Ridge Cemetery.
- Dona Landers-Ellison, 1899-1943, married Roscoe "Red" Jackson, 1901-1937, who is buried in the Howards Ridge Cemetery. (Note: Dona was an adopted daughter, and I do know the additional story on Roscoe. But, that's for a later time.)
Works Cited:
"James Robert Small." Missouri State Legislators: 1820-2000. Missouri Secretary of State. www.sos.mo.gov Retrieved: 17 July, 2012.
Milstead, Donna Langston. Picture: "Basket Dinner, Mammoth, Mo." Facebook: Ozark County Historium. Retrieved: 24 June, 2011.
Robbins, Nellie; Trump, Pamela, 1980. Headstone Inscriptions from 25 Ozark County Cemeteries. Published by Ozark County Times, Gainesville, Mo.
Year: 1880; Census Place: Bayou, Ozark, Missouri; Roll: 707; Family History Film: 1254707; Page: 547B; Enumeration District: 110; Image: 0681.
Year: 1900; Census. Place: Gainesville, Ozark, Missouri; Roll: T623; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 92.
Year: 1900; Census Place: Bridges, Ozark, Missouri; Roll: T623; Page: 16A; ED: 92.


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Last night, hundreds of food nerds (among them NBC New York's The Feast) stood in line outside Harvard's Science Center, to attend a public lecture on molecular gastronomy and desserts, given by the White House Executive Pastry Chef, Bill Yosses. Yosses' talk was part of a series of public lectures pegged to a course called Science and Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to the Science of Soft Matter. (Click here for more details and The Feast's coverage.)
Kitted out with little more than a whisk, a few bowls, and a bottle of liquid nitrogen, Yosses executed four recipes—chocolate mousse, meringue, streudel, and liquid-nitrogen olive oil sorbet—to interpret the course's science principle of the week (that the major components of food are called polymers, which are altered through cooking by changes in temperature and pH).
Super-geeky tenets of molecular gastronomy aside, here are the notes we jotted down while at Yosses's lecture:
1. If you're ever invited to the White House, bring salted caramel-chocolate bon bons. They're the Obamas' favorite.
2. A shiny chocolate is a fine chocolate. A shiny surface indicates that it's been correctly taken through different gradations of temperature that caused the molecules to align in a certain way. When all the molecules are aligned and facing the same way, they reflect light. In chocolate that has not been well-tempered, the cocoa butter molecules migrate to the outside of the form, they don't line up, and therefore don't reflect light (or shine).
3. Use food-safe essential oils to fragrance meringue.In the marshmallow meringue Yosses demonstrated, he used gelatin to help the egg whites maintain their shape. To add a flavor or aroma to meringue, Yosses turns to the fragrance industry, specifically to Mandy Aftel of Berkeley, California (http://www.aftelier.com/) for her super-concentrated, food-safe essential oils. "Take the head of a pin and dip it in the oil," Yosses said, "and start incorporating little by little. It's learn as you go. Some oils take on a potency with time as they combine with other ingredients."
4. Read Hervé This's manual called Molecular Gastronomy: Exploring the Science of Flavor, unclog arteries. Yosses took a page from it to create a chocolate mousse using only chocolate, water, and gelatin (no egg yolks or heavy cream).
5. When kneading dough for a streudel, use oil, work it for a long time so the gluten bonds form, and use your knuckles, not your fingertips. Yosses stretched the dough from one edge of the lab table to the other in order to illustrate the malleability of the gluten.
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Sri Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2009
Conducted under the guidance of
Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja
Sri Kesavaji Gaudiya Math, Mathura, Tel: 0565-250-2334
Sri Rupa Sanatana Gaudiya Math, Vrindavan, Tel: 0565-244-3270
Sri Giridhari Gaudiya Math, Govardhan, Tel: 0565-281-5668
Sri Gopinatha Bhavan, Vrindavan, Tel: 0963-456-3739
This Kartika, Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Gosvami Maharaja is personally inviting you all to attend Sri Vraja-mandala Parikrama in the holy land of Sri Vrindavan-dhama.
This year, the festival will be inaugurated on October 4th, with the devotees observing sankalpa, or a vow to ensure the success of their parikrama, at Kesi-ghata, Vrindavan.
On October 5th we will begin our 28 day Sri Vraja-mandala Parikrama, a pilgrimage to all the incomparably beautiful places in Vraja. As we wind our way through these transcendental places, by foot, and sometimes by bus, we will chant surcharged and compelling kirtanas that we will cherish forever, reverentially touch our head to the dust of the numerous places related to Sri Sri Radha Krsna's pastimes, and hear such hari-katha that will change our lives and strengthen our commitment to the path of pure bhakti. Our pilgrimage will be completed on November 2nd.
Parikrama Festivals
On certain days throughout Kartika month, we will celebrate the divine appearance and disappearance days of our acarya's. On Sunday October 18th we will celebrate Govardhan puja - (worship of Govardhan Hill) and go-puja – (worship of our mother cow) – in a very delightful and festive way. In the evening we will observe the Dipavali festival, or festival of lights, at Manasi Ganga. On such occasions there will be kirtana and hari-katha, given in both Hindi and English, and delicious maha-prasadam will be served.
Parikrama Locations
From October 3rd till the morning of October 16th, all hari-katha, kirtanas and maha-prasadam will be held in Gopinath Bhavan, Vrindavan, which is located on the parikrama marga (path) on the bank of Yamuna, next to Imli-tala, Seva Kunja. From October 16th till November 2nd we will stay at Govardhan, at Sri Giridhari Gaudiya Math, which is near the bus stand on the road to Radha-kunda.
A minimum contribution per person of Indian Rs. 7,500, US $160, or Euro 110 is requested in order to cover the most basic expenses of the festival. This payment covers your prasadam and your accommodation in the dharmasala; as well as electricity and water; the sound system; a generator; the payment of various workers; cleaning costs and so forth.
We humbly request you to consider that this fee is a meager expression of appreciation for the inconceivable benefit received by hearing the hari-katha of a spotlessly pure Vaisnava and performing parikrama under his guidance. By your financial contribution, you are facilitating his mission to guide us all through the land of Krsna's pastimes, a kindness that we will not be able to repay him for in countless of life times.
You can register and give your contribution upon arrival to Tilaka-raja dasa. In Vrindavan, you will find him at the registration table in the courtyard of Gopinath Bhavan and in Govardhan, at Sri Giridhari Gaudiya Math, he will be at the registration table in front of the temple building.
Included within the festival fees:
We have arranged dharmasalas (simple lodgings for pilgrims) near Gopinath Bhavan and Sri Giridhari Gaudiya Math where you can set up your sleeping mat and mosquito net in a room with other devotees. At the Math at Govardhan there is also facility for tents.
For an extra cost:
There are hotel rooms at varying distances from the Math in both Vrindavan and Govardhan, that you can rent directly from their hotel managers.
Simple rooms are also available for rent in other dharmasalas and in the houses of the local residents. The average charge is between 150 and 250 rupees per room per day, depending on the facility offered. For more details regarding rooms in Vrindavan, you can contact Mani-mati dasi.
After you have registered a devotee will take you to your accommodation either inside or outside the temple complex. The facilities we are arranging for you during parikrama will be available from October 3rd onwards. If you arrive in Vrindavan-dhama before this date, you will need to make your own arrangements for accommodation and prasadam. We trust that all of you will cooperate with the festival seva team in this regard.
Please inform us by e-mail about the details of your participation, especially if you are coming in a group. In this way we can arrange suitable accommodation.
Please visit the Sri Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2009 web page at purebhakti.com/parikrama. Here you will find more details about traveling to the Dhama, how to maintain good health, how to observe proper behaviour and etiquette while in the Dhama, and many other practicalities.
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"Day and night I glorify Vrndavana, which is filled with the wonder of Sri Sri Radha and Krsna's pastimes, the wonder of the greatest sweetness, the ultimate nectar of Lord Hari, the sweetest, most beautiful auspiciousness and a flood of virtues Ananta-Sesa, Siva, and a host of others cannot cross."
"Whose heart would not be enchanted by Vrndavana where Sri Radhika-Madana-mohana enjoy many pastimes, where there are many trees and flowering vines, where the ground is paved with jewels, and where the birds, deer and other animals are all maddened with transcendental bliss?"
"You may experience either happiness or distress. You may know fame or infamy. The lowest persons may insult you, or the saintly devotees praise you. You may know poverty or great wealth. You may obtain all valuable things, or you may not obtain anything. Whatever position your past pious or impious deeds may place you in, just make Vrndavana your life and soul."
(Srila Prabhodhananda Sarasvati's Sri Vrndavana-mahimamrita, Sataka 1, Text 4, 10, 30)
Please check this article for updates.
For Taxi service and accommodations upon arrival please see the following links:
Taxi Service from Delhi to Vrindavan/Govardhan - updated 8/20
Hotels and Guest Houses in New Delhi, Vrindavan, and Govardhan updated 8/21
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|Sri Vraja-mandala Parikrama 2009
Sri Kesavaji Gaudiya Matha, Mathura, Tel: 0565-250-2334 / Sri Gopinatha Bhavan, Vrindavan, Tel: 0963-456-3739
Sri Rupa Sanatana Gaudiya Matha, Vrindavan, Tel: 0565-244-3270 / Sri Giridhari Gaudiya Matha, Govardhan, Tel: 0565-281-5668
|Oct. 2, Friday
|Darsana of Sri Durvasa Rsi Gaudiya Asrama.
|Oct. 3, Saturday
|Hari-katha and prasadam in Vrindavan at Gopinatha Bhavana till morning of Oct. 16.
|Oct. 4, Sunday
|(Vrindavan) Sri Sarad Purnima. Kartika-vrata begins. Sankalpa (vow) for the parikrama at Kesi-ghata in Vrindavan. Sri Srimad Bhakti Prajnana Kesava Gosvami Maharaja disappearance festival.
|Oct. 5, Monday
|Kaliya-daha, Srila Prabhodananda Sarasvati's bhajana-kutira and samadhi, Srila Sanatana Gosvami's bhajana-kutira and samadhi, Sri Madana-mohana Temple, Dana-gali.
|Oct. 6, Tuesday
|Seva-kunja, Sri Radha-Damodara Temple, Imlitala, Sringara-vata, etc.
|Oct. 7, Wednesday
|Oct. 8, Thursday
|Nidhuvana, temples of Sri Radha-Ramana, Sri Radha-Gokulananda, Sri Radha-Gopinatha and Sri Radha-Syamasundara.
|Oct. 9, Friday
|BY BUS (fromVrindavan) to Madhuvana, Talavan, Kumudvana, Mana-sarovara, Mathavana, Bhadravana, Bhandiravana (prasadam).
|Oct. 10, Saturday
|Dhira-samira, Vamsi-vata, Gopesvara Mahadeva, Sri Govindadeva Temple.
|Oct. 11, Sunday
|BY BUS (from Vrindavan) Lauhavana, Raval, Brahmanda-ghata, Mahavana-Gokula, Dauji, prasadam at Sri Dauji Gaudiya Matha. (Return to Vrindavan).
|Oct. 12, Monday
|Pujyapada Srila Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Maharaja's appearance festival. Hari-katha and rest.
|Oct. 13, Tuesday
|BY BUS (from Vrindavan) to Khelanvana, Rama-ghata, Viharavana, Cira-ghata (prasadam), Vatsavana, Garuda-Govinda. (Return to Vrindavan).
|Oct. 14, Wednesday
|Ekadasi. Sri Vrindavan parikrama.
|Oct. 15, Thursday
|Bhatrol, Akrura-ghata, prasadam at the place of the Yanja-patnis.
|Oct. 16, Friday
|Departure from Vrindavan. BY BUS to Govardhan via Bahulavana, Paitha and Candra-sarovara. Hari-katha and prasadam in Govardhan at Sri Giridhari Gaudiya Matha till afternoon of Nov. 2.
|Oct. 17, Saturday
|Govardhan parikrama – Dana-ghati, Anyora, Govinda-kunda, Punchari, Surabhi-kunda (prasadam), Jatipura. Offering ghee lamps in the evening.
|Oct. 18, Sunday
|Adjusted schedule for the purpose of facilitating faithful pilgrims who can only attend this festival on a weekend day: Govardhan Puja, annakuta festival, worship of Govardhan Hill. Dipavali - festival of lights in the evening.
|Oct. 19, Monday
|Official date for Govardhan Puja. Today our party will do Radha-kunda parikrama and also go to Uddhava-kunda. Kusuma-sarovara etc. Prasadam at Sri Giridhari Gaudiya Matha.
|Oct. 20, Tuesday
|Sri Hari-deva Temple, Brahma-kunda, Cakalesvara Mahadeva, Mukharavinda, Sri Sanatana Gosvami's bhajana-kutira, etc. Bhaijadaja (Yamaraja's blessings on brothers and sisters).
|Oct. 21, Wednesday
|Srila Bhaktivedanta Vamana Maharaja's and Srila Bhaktivedanta Trivikrama Maharaja's disappearance festival. Hari-katha and rest.
|Oct. 22, Thursday
|Srila Bhaktivedanta Svami Maharaja's disappearance festival. Hari-katha.
|Oct. 23, Friday
|Killola-kunda, Gvala-pokhara (prasadam), Syama-talaiya, Ratna-vedi, Carana-cihna, Narada-kunda. Srila Bhakti Srirupa Siddhanti Gosvami Maharaja's appearance festival.
|Oct. 24, Saturday
|BY BUS to Kamyavana via Ghantholi, Gulal-kunda, Dig, Bhojana-thali (breakfast prasadam), Pichala-pahadi (slide-hill), Vyomasura's cave, temples of Govindaji, Vrnda-devi and Kamesvara Mahadeva, Vimala-kunda (lunch prasadam), Carana-pahari. (Return to Govardhan.)
|Oct. 25, Sunday
|Syam Darha, Dohni kunda. Hari-katha and rest at Giridhari Gaudiya Matha, Govardhan.
|Oct. 26, Monday
|Gopastami. BY BUS to Nandagrama via Prema-sarovara, Sanket, Nandakhirak (Nanda-baba's gosala), Uddhava-kyari, Lalita-kunda, Nanda-bhavana, Ter-kadamba, Asisesvar Mahadeva (prasadam), Pavana-sarovara, Choti Carana-pahari. (Return to Govardhan.)
|Oct. 27, Tuesday
|Hari-katha and rest at Giridhari Gaudiya Matha, Govardhan.
|Oct. 28, Wednesday
|BY BUS to Khadiravana, Kokilavana, Javata, Baithana, Carana-pahari (prasadam). (Return to Govardhan.)
|Oct. 29, Thursday
|Ekadasi. Srila Gaura-kisora dasa Babaji Maharaja's disappearance. Bhisma-pancaka. Hari- katha and rest at Giridhari Gaudiya Matha, Govardhan.
|Oct. 30, Friday
|BY BUS to Vrindavan. Yearly festival at Ananda-dhama with prasadam and nagara-sankirtana in the evening.
|Oct. 31, Saturday
|BY BUS to Varsana. Sankiri Khora Cikasauli, Gahvaravana parikrama, Vilasa-gharha, Mana-garha, Dana-garha, Mor-kuti (breakfast prasadam), Sriji Temple, Varsana. Pili-pokhara, Uchagaon (prasadam), Sakhigiri-parvata, Suryakunda. (Return to Govardhan.)
|Nov. 1, Sunday
|Srila Bhakti Pramoda Puri Gosvami Maharaja's disappearance festival. Hari-katha and rest at Giridhari Gaudiya Matha, Govardhan.
|Nov. 2, Monday
|Vaisnava homa (honoring Vaisnavas). End of Kartika-vrata and Urja-vrata.
|End of Sri Vraja Mandala Parikrama


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Immerse yourself in the AMDA experience. AMDA's Audition Plus is an exclusive opportunity for high school students (grades 9, 10, 11 & 12) and post high school students, to work directly with one of AMDA's distinguished faculty members or industry-working alumni.
This exciting event incorporates a dynamic interdisciplinary workshop leading into an audition opportunity for entry to AMDA's college level BFA and AOS or Certificate programs.
All AMDA applicants are encouraged attend the workshop; all skill levels and performing arts disciplines are welcome. Workshop participants will be lead through exercises and techniques designed to empower emerging performers with the confidence needed for a successful AMDA audition. Parents and families are invited to observe the workshop portion of the event.
Following the workshop, our AMDA admissions team will conduct an audition overview on what to expect during the adjudication process. Our staff will provide an in-depth overview of life at AMDA; including detailed information about our programs, campuses, performance opportunities and financial aid support. Auditions will be held immediately following the admissions overview. All applicants will receive individual feedback from their adjudicator with suggestions for continued growth and development.
Take advantage of this incredible opportunity. Join us!
If this audition date doesn't work for you, see our full list of AMDA audition dates.