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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — As we wend through February, I wouldn't be surprised to see volume, velocity and volatility rise … together with some well positioned sectors and regions, as well as by means of more tactical approaches to markets and asset classes.
Before I turn to my picks, let me provide a list of probable catalysts for the coming days' peaks and valleys.
The risks run the gamut from geopolitics gone really awry to perceptions of policies pilfering more from those who make a living to those who take for their own along partisan political rather than economic lines. Neither issue has done anything more than threaten to boil over, but both pots are still on the stove.
The risk of a lull in earnings reports and an overemphasis on economic ones which may themselves reflect either a soft patch of some sort or inflammation of an inflationary kind means February's market is more prone to swings.
The consumer may be more consumed paying their holiday spending debt down than charging ahead. Confidence might gum up the view more than any actual works, but income, saving, spending, credit-card debt and overall household debt continue to matter as mileposts of not just the recovery, but its pace.
With the Fed in taper mode, one cornerstone of the recovery, namely the housing market, may show a few more cracks than the market has bargained for. So far, mortgage rates have dipped a bit in the new year. But they're more likely to rise which, together with rising prices born of low inventory and seasonal factors that favor a slowdown, could paint a picture of erosion.
Europe could slip on its early stage stair-step recovery. (If Europe slips, all markets slide — but I don't think that the same holds true for emerging markets slipping or even China slipping.) China could slow further and faster. While the long-term view remains one of faster economic growth here, we could hit a bump in that road.
For these and more reasons, a volatile February seems more, not less, likely to me. As a result, I'd want positions that help barbell both the downside risk of volatility and the upside potential that such downsides create.
I'd start with a stake in State Street's Dow Diamond DIA, +0.32% ETF. Battleship balance sheets matter, as does the fact that relative to historic patterns and current small- and mid-cap valuations, blue chips are still reasonably undervalued. Do I like the fact that most of the companies in the Dow have healthier-looking balance sheets and more combined cash in their coffers than our own government does? You bet. I think it bodes well for riding out any storm. And the fact that the dividend yield from the DIA is basically on par with the 10-year Treasury, makes it even more welcome.
Speaking of the 10-year Treasury, it's been sold like a no-brainer. But it wasn't the smart-money move last month, and doesn't look like the brightest move in February. I'm at a bit of an intellectual loss as to how to make a contrarian move here — opting for a 10-year Treasury ETF doesn't give me enough juice when the stock market's getting squeezed by selling. Going long to a 20-year-plus Treasury feels like I could get squashed. I'll make a middle-of-the-road call: the iShares 10-20 Treasury TLH, -0.12%
Not so much a middle of the road as a chicken-hearted way to cross one, I like junk bonds for their economic inclination over most bond types to interest-rate sensitivity. You could use either the iShares Corporate High Yield HYG, +0.06% State Street Barclays High Yield JNK, +0.00% or (my preference) the actively managed, no transaction fee, no-load Fidelity Capital & Income FAGIX, -0.20% fund.
Why list the others? Because FAGIX has a 90-day redemption fee that typically sticks in the craw of traders, while being easy to swallow for investors. Since I fall into the latter camp, and since I like manager Mark Notkin's track record as well as his ability to own both junk bonds and the leveraged stocks from that domain (he also can and does own higher-quality stocks). But if the redemption fee is a non-starter, opt for JNK or HYG.
In January, I saw several euro-zone signposts that speak recovery in any language. UK retail sales were reasonably strong (and stronger than consensus). German manufacturing orders surged in November from October amid a ton of bulk orders and a steep increase in demand from outside the euro zone. (Export demand is good for those making the goods being exported, and a good gauge of the health of the business and consumer ordering such goods.)
We know that Spain's cash for clunkers has begun to help turn its car-sales market around, and that overall euro-zone car sales have begun to shift out of reverse. Ireland held its first post-bailout bond auction for 10-year bonds; it was oversubscribed, meaning huge demand itself reflective of confidence in Ireland having turned a recovery corner.
Finally, euro-zone house prices rose at the fastest quarterly pace in over two years in the third quarter of 2013. It's hard to recall, but the euro zone ended its 18-month recession in the second quarter of last year — laying the ground work for slow growth not no growth there, an environment which has enabled us to prosper here for years. Vanguard FTSE Europe VGK, +0.69% is OK. I prefer Fidelity International Growth's FIGFX, +0.31% active management approach and active manager Jed Weiss's track record of finding rubies in Europe's rubble. But it comes with a 30-day 1% redemption fee … you know the drill.
Finally, I'll place a wild card on February's table. The AlphaClone Alternative Alpha ETF ALFA, +1.08% The AlphaClone Hedge Fund Long/Short Index underpins this long/short ETF which, when added to the above mix, ought to smooth out general stock-market volatility without etherizing gains. Not for the faint of heart, this thinly traded, "special sauce" ETF is off the beaten path for a reason. Yet, it has demonstrated that its internal compass knows how to finds its way to above-average market returns.
Placing 20% of a $100,000 portfolio in each position could make a nice and neat trader's playbook for February. In fact, it could be the kind of strategy that enables you to prove that both a solid defense and a smart offense is the way to win any game in February's town.


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How to change Contact Us info in the PrestaShop 1.5 footer
In our last article, we discussed how to change the Contact Us information in the PrestaShop 1.5 sidebar. In this article, you will learn how to change the Contact Us information in the PrestaShop 1.5 footer. The default Prestashop 1.5 theme contains a Contact Us section in the footer with PrestaShop's information as a placeholder. The contact information in the footer includes the company name, business address, phone number and email address. You will want to alter this to display your own company contact information.
To change the Contact Us information in the PrestaShop 1.5 footer:
- Log into your PrestaShop 1.5 dashboard.
- Using the top menu bar, hover over the Modules tab and then click on the Modules selection from the popup menu.This leads to the module list page.
- Select Front Office Features from the Categories menu on the left hand side.
- Find the Block Contact Infos module from the list on the right hand side and select Configure. This block module directly governs the Contact Us portion of the footer.
- From here you simply change your company's contact information such as:
* The business address in the PrestaShop 1.5 footer.* The phone number in the PrestaShop 1.5 footer.* The email address in the PrestaShop 1.5 footer.
From there select the Update Settings button. After saving the changes, you will be able to view the new contact details on your PrestaShop 1.5 footer.
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2015-12-20 5:36 pm
HiI've got a problem with edditing my contact infos. in the right column on my site, there are contact infos (like NIP, fax etc.) which I cannot edit. I've been looking in all modules, basic infos, I've tried to find it in php files - nothing.
Please help me.
my site is http://dragonfly24.com.pl/
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2015-12-21 4:59 pm
Hello Daniel,
Please check out out article on changing the contact info in the right sidebar.
Kindest Regards,
Scott M
2014-10-14 6:52 pm
hmm... it was so simple, as long as you know. Thanks really.
2014-10-14 6:38 pm
have a look at my site fafi.eu/Store
at the bottom there is company info, ok. it will not update to show my info
2014-10-14 6:40 pm
To edit that block, click on Modules, then search for the Contact Information Block. To the right of the title, you will see a down arrow. Click that and click Configure.
2014-10-14 6:02 pm
Hope you have more patience to help me.
I do not want to modify footer, I just want to put information in the footer.
Looks like it is not working properly at this time?
Appreciate your time, Thank you.
2014-10-14 6:05 pm
We're always happy to help. What in particular are you trying to add?
2014-10-14 5:42 pm
It is a real hustle to post here with your site refusing to upload my comments and captcha hard to read.
All I want to do is to provide my company address on my website for the customers.
Finally I got to the point where to change it
PREFERENCES- STORE CONTACTS so input correct info and saved it but it will not show in the font.
2014-10-14 5:49 pm
Each of your comments are posted, however, we need to manually approve them before they can be seen. Please see my above comment which described exactly how to change the particular block you are referring to.
2014-10-14 5:31 pm
just my store information, column on the right.?
2014-10-14 5:48 pm
To edit that block, click on Modules, then search for the Contact Information Block. To the right of the title, you will see a down arrow. Click that and click Configure.
2014-10-14 5:22 pm
no it is
Preferences-StoreContakts. But will not update the site.
2014-10-14 4:56 pm
I see it, but how can I change info in it?
2014-10-14 5:20 pm
From there, you can then add or remove mules as well as edit any modules there.
2014-10-14 3:59 pm
it is totally different in new prestashop 16. any solutions? How to change info in the footer?
2014-10-14 4:37 pm
To modify the footer, go to Modules, then Positions. You should see a section named Footer with various modules inside it.
2014-06-30 2:35 am
I looking for a solution that allows to add second address, phone#, email to Contact Us block. I typed the second address in second line (return) but the it starts at the first line.
Thank you,
43,761 Points
2014-06-30 9:23 am
Hello Arthur,
While you can add a second address, email address or phone number in the fields, you will not be able to control how they are displayed. They will simply be displayed as typed. The second address will most certainly display but it will be under the first address.
Kindest Regards,
Scott M
2014-06-30 2:12 pm
Hi Scott,
Thank you for your response and assuring me that it is impossible to edit the second address and phone # entry.As a temporary solution I've used semicolon to separate phone #s and underscore to join the second address words to make them long that they jump to the second line.Best regards,Arthur
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Arctic Museum Receives Major Gift of Inuit Art
Story posted December 15, 2009
An extraordinary gift of 130 Canadian Inuit soapstone and antler carvings and 67 prints recently arrived at the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center. The collection was donated to the College by Robert and Judith Toll, who intend it to be the first of a series of gifts of Inuit art they give the Arctic Museum.
The Tolls, who live in California, began collecting Canadian Inuit art in the late 1960s. They purchased carvings and prints on a budget and with great care. Rather than trying to build a collection representing every art-producing community of the region, the Tolls aimed for depth. They collected works by specific artists from certain communities, particularly those along the western side of Hudson's Bay. Over the years they have taken pains to acquire works by artists who are related to one another, husbands and wives, siblings, and parents and children. Many items in their collection of more than 500 pieces represent the work of widely recognized Inuit artists.
Ten years ago the Tolls began to consider how best to share their growing collection. They started looking at museums and their search led them to Bowdoin and the Arctic Museum, which has a long tradition of developing its own exhibits and involving students in research, exhibition and outreach work. Over the course of a number of years the Tolls and the museum staff became better acquainted. This year, the Tolls decided Bowdoin would be a good home for their collection. When announcing their intention to donate the collection to the Arctic Museum, Robert Toll commented, "We are excited about the use of the collection for teaching, especially the kinds of in-depth student involvement both the college and Arctic Studies encourage."
"The Tolls' gift establishes a wonderful foundation on which we can continue to build our holdings of contemporary Inuit art," said Susan A. Kaplan, director of the Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies program. "It is a gift that will transform the museum and Arctic Studies while greatly benefitting our students and the broader community."
Through exhibition and research initiatives the staff has long worked with science and social science faculty and students; now they can collaborate with the arts and humanities faculty and students as well.
"The Tolls are extremely thoughtful donors as well as being generous people," observed Genevieve LeMoine, the museum's curator and registrar. "In addition to donating pieces to be displayed in a major exhibition, the Tolls asked us to select a group of works that will be especially useful for teaching."
Asked to pick favorite pieces, the staff has found it impossible, commenting that each piece is compelling and irresistible. The collection has been catalogued and an energized staff is preparing it for a fall exhibition, while faculty members are being invited to consider how to work with the collection in their spring courses.
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Let's imagine for a minute that I blew up Cemetery Ridge. Just hypothetically, I mean. Imagine that Gettysburg National Military Park up and decided to sell off some land, and I bought Cemetery Ridge and then bulldozed away all the soil, and then I drilled down into the rock and placed some explosives and then just blasted it all to smithereens.
If that scenario disturbs you, consider this: Last week a federal judge, siding with coal companies, refused to have the site of the Battle of Blair Mountain put back on the National Register of Historic Places.
You'd think a place where one of the biggest armed uprisings in American history happened, and one of the most significant historic sites in Appalachia, would get a little more respect.
Why did Blair Mountain get removed from the register to begin with? Believe it or not, Randall Reid-Smith, West Virginia's State Historic Preservation Officer, asked for it to be taken off, claiming that most of the property owners objected to the designation. When a real estate lawyer took a closer look at these dissenting property owners, a funny thing happened.
The list of objectors, Bailey discovered, included two dead men—one of whom had perished nearly three decades earlier—as well as a property owner who had sold her land years before the nomination process. In addition, Bailey identified 13 property owners who did not appear on the SHPO list at all. "The final count we reached was 63 landowners and only 25 objectors," Ayers said.
Hey, if two guys came back from the hereafter and asked you to get a site taken off the National Register of Historic Places, you'd probably get right on it too, wouldn't you?
There's a sickening irony here; the Battle of Blair Mountain happened because the miners got fed up with the coal companies' rapacity, and now the site itself is threatened by coal companies' rapacity. Picture an original safe house on the Underground Railroad being torn down to build a whites-only restaurant, and you'd have an analogous situation.
If you care about historic ground, now would be a good time to let some elected officials know it.


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Portsmouth driver allegedly cuts off bus in So. Berwick, Maine; more than 25 from Northwood camp suffer injuries
July 10. 2013 4:58PM
SOUTH BERWICK, Maine — More than 25 teens and counselors from a Northwood, N.H., camp suffered bumps, bruises and other minor injuries when the bus they were riding in collided with a car in South Berwick on Tuesday.
Timothy Hagan of Portsmouth, N.H., allegedly cut off the school bus when he pulled out of Quarry Drive onto Route 236, police said. An northbound 2006 Freight Liner bus broadsided Hagan's 2001 Red Mercury.
The First Student Inc. school bus being driven by Ron Caouette of Dover, N.H., was returning to Camp Yavneh in Northwood. The 23 teens and four counselors on board suffered minor injuries. None went to the hospital.
Hagan went by ambulance to Portsmouth Regional Hospital with complaints of abdominal and chest pain, Police Chief Dana P. Lajoie said. His injuries did not appear to be life-threatening.
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Michelle Malkin noted two important stories today, on each of which I have some additional observations.
First, a Muslim convert named Michael Wagner was arrested on Interstate 80 near Council Bluffs, Iowa. In his car, police found "a gun, three bulletproof vests, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, a flight simulator and a bag of flight manuals dating to 2001." In addition, Wagner had a five-foot telescope attached to camera equipment, night-vision goggles and a night-vision rifle scope. The goggles and the scope were hidden in a hollowed-out computer. Along with the small arsenal were "books written in Arabic, including the Koran, along with hundreds of pages printed from the Internet on the Iraq war and terrorism."
Wagner was traveling with his wife; the news story linked to above does not disclose their destination. When the Wagners were left alone in the police cruiser, a tape recording released by the police indicates that they schemed to murder the arresting police officers.
It appears obvious that Wagner intended to commit sniper-style murders along the lines of the killings by John Muhammad and Lee Malvo, who terrorized the Washington, D.C. area last year. An under-publicized fact about Muhammad and Malvo is that they were Muslim converts who idolized Osama bin Laden and intended their murders to advance the cause of Islamic terrorism. We termed them free-lance Islamic terrorists who were inspired by, but probably had no real connection with, al Qaeda.
Michael Wagner is likely in the same "free-lance" category, even though he told investigators that he "knew of activities and people involved in al-Qaida and Taliban." But just as Osama bin Laden inspired John Muhammad, it seems likely that Muhammad and Malvo inspired Michael Wagner.
The second story appears even more significant: On July 19, a woman named Farida Goolam Mohamed Ahmed was arrested at an airport in McAllen, Texas, en route to New York. Federal authorities obviously consider her a major catch. She was on a watch list, is believed to have entered the U.S. as many as 250 times, and authorities say that "capturing this woman could be comparable to the arrest of Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of 9/11." So there is obviously something going on here, and, given Ahmed's intended destination, it may well involve the Republican National Convention.
Ahmed entered the country illegally by slipping across the Rio Grande. Michelle, who is probably our leading authority on immigration issues, links to the Tombstone Tumbleweed, which quotes Border Patrol field agents to the effect that "a flood of middle-eastern males have been caught entering the country illegally east of Douglas, Arizona."
There is no information as to whether Farida Ahmed crossed the Rio Grande in Arizona, which is quite a distance from McAllen, Texas. However, located much closer to the Douglas, Arizona thoroughfare, through which a "flood" of illegal Middle Eastern immigrants have entered the country, are the native lands of the Tohono O
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Kids, dogs, and summer: a Norman Rockwell image of Americana. Most of the time, that is. Dog bites happen. The CDC says that each year over 800,000 Americans seek medical attention for dog bites, and half the cases are children (with the incidence highest for boys 5 to 9 year olds). The number of bites increases slightly April through September with a peak in July. The majority (61%) of canine confrontations takes place at home or at a familiar place, and the vast majority (77%) of biting dogs belongs to the victim's family or a friend.
I am the last person to blame man's best friend, or specific breeds. As the AKC says: "It's the deed, not the breed." Even with that, certain deeds could be avoided, if people had better dog sense. All dogs (like most of us) can be provoked to growl and/or bite if pushed enough. Public education is the key to preventing bites. That's why I'll outline some practical tips here for adults; and why my Afghan, (the "Beauty Queen") and I have taken our safety spiel to first graders and kindergarteners.
The first layer of protection is responsible ownership. We need to socialize, train, and establish leadership over our dogs. Early on our pups need to learn that there are acceptable rules, and that we are the boss. Don't encourage fear or aggression. If Fifiis snarling and won't let the husband get into his own bed, that's unacceptable; not cute. Spay or neuter your dog, and keep him healthy and vaccinated. A chained up dog, besides being inhumane, is a bite accident waiting to happen. Stay away from rough play.
Parents must become the "watch dogs". After spending 30-plus years in the classroom and almost as long in the animal shelter, I'm more apt to defend the dog, than the child. Never leave a baby or young child alone with a dog, even for a few minutes. Teach children to respect dogs' feelings and
strength. They cannot poke, grab, pull tails or crawl into tight spots with dogs. The sitewww.doggone-safe.comhas dog safety suggestions,.
Kids have to learn to be careful, especially around dogs sleeping or eating. Youngsters shouldn't be
reaching over or through fences to pet, or running into yards (the dog's territory) to retrieve a ball or Frisbee. They should ask permission and wait for an answer before they pet a dog. When permission is granted, the petter should slowly extend the back of the hand for the dog to sniff first. Then just a few gentle strokes under the dog's chin should suffice.
Since kids aren't going to read this, I'll leave out the protection strategies. During our elementary seminar, students roleplayed what to do if a strange dog approaches or attacks. We focused on canine cues, standing still, and putting barriers between them and the dogs.
Meanwhile the "Beauty Queen" (the pretend attack dog in the skit) was far from a threat. She just posed like Cindy Crawford in her purple sequin snood and a sparkly blouse. She was so happy for another opportunity to model, and would be glad to visit local schools, come September, so she can spread the word about being safe around her canine cousins. Just drop me a line at the Record, and I'll check the "Beauty Queen's" calendar.
Speaking of kidsJunior Girl Scout Troop 153 from Service Unit 10 performed a mitzvah for Babylon Town Animal Shelter, and earned a Bronze Award, the highest honor a Junior Girl Scout can achieve, by doing so. The girls, who are from Dix Hills, organized a community service projecta collection at their middle school of much needed towels, blankets, sheets,


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So the news is in and the votes have been counted. Barack Obama is now the US president but he was always undisputedly the most stylish candidate in the race.
His trademark tall and lean look is accentuated by his uniform of slim-fitting suits and petrol blue fabric which complemented his colouring perfectly. There was a lot of fuss made over his wife Michelle's sharp sartorial decisions but here is the man himself in picutres.
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Near-perfect Fall weather is forecast for the 76th Yamboree, which begins today and continues through Saturday.
While a chance of thunderstorms was in the forecast, overall, the week looks great!
Daytime temperatures are expected to be mild with highs in the 80s, with cool nights and lows ranging from the high 40s to the 60s over the 4-day period.
Loaded with events and activities for people of all ages, the Yamboree may be one of the nation's largest "homecomings," with estimates from the Texas Department of Transportation that it may attract up to 100,000 people to Gilmer.
It's certainly among the top festivals in Texas, and much more than a county fair.
Queen Yam LXXVI, Karlie Carol White, will be crowned in ceremonies at the Gilmer Civic Center tonight and Thursday night.
There's enough going on, including free activities, to keep everyone entertained. From the carnival downtown to the livestock shows at the Yamboree grounds off U.S. 271 North, expect four fun-filled days!
And the food—you'll find some of the best barbecue, turkey legs, yam fries, hamburgers available in East Texas, and more!
Activities and events are listed below.
Abbreviations mean the following: CC means Civic Center, YP means Yamboree Park, CS means Courthouse Square, HS means Gilmer High School, and TSG means Trinity Street Gym.
Wednesday, Oct. 16
7-8:30 a.m, Broiler Sifting (YP)
8:45 a.m., Broiler Show (YP)
10:30 a.m., Historic Upshur Museum (on the northeast corner of the square) opens, display of Queen's Gowns. (CS)
12:30-1:30 p.m., Goat Weigh-in (YP)
2 p.m., Goat Show (YP)
6 p.m., Carnival/Youth Night, all rides half-price until midnight.
7:30 p.m., Queen's Coronation, Civic Center.
Thursday, Oct. 17
8-9:30 a.m., Market Swine Weigh-in.
9 a.m., Home Canning Judging (YP); General Exhibits (YP)
10 a.m., Bandstand Opens (CS), Inside Exhibits (YP), Hobby/Crafts Show open (YP), Photography Show opens (YP).
10:15 a.m., Coffee for Queen/Court, First Baptist Church Parlor, Cass St.
10:30 a.m., Museum Opens, Display of Queen's Gown. (CS)
11 a.m., Swine Show (YP)
11:45 a.m., All Service Club Luncheon (HS gym)
Noon, Carnival Opens (CS), Outside Exhibits Open (YP)
12:30-1:30 a.m., Rabbit Check-in and Sift (YP).
2 p.m., Rabbit Show (YP) (Pee Wee Rabbit Show immediately following Rabbit Show)
6 p.m., Steer Weigh-in and Dairy Heifer Udder Check. (YP)
7:30 p.m., Queen's Coronation (CC)
8:30 p.m., Street Dance at Bandstand (CS)
10 p.m., Queen's Ball for Queen Yam and her Court (by invitation only)
Friday, Oct. 18
8 a.m., Shop Projects (YP)
8:30 a.m., Pee Wee Swine Class (YP)
9 a.m., All Exhibits open (YP), Bandstand opens (CS); Art & Photography Shows open (YP)
9:30-11 a.m., Yam Pie Check-In (YP)
10 a.m., Carnival opens (CS), Quilt Show (YP)
10:30 a.m., Museum opens, display of Queens' Gowns. (CS)
11 a.m., School/Youth Parade (CS)
Noon, Area Bands perform on Bandstand (CS), Yam Pie Judging (YP)
1:30 p.m., Steer Show (YP)
3 p.m., Jr. Dairy, Commercial Dairy Show (YP) (Commercial Dairy immediately following Jr. Dairy), Yam Pie results (YP), Yam Pie Sale immediately following.
4-9 p.m., Gospel Stage opens (CC)
8:30 p.m., Street Dance at Bandstand (CS)
Saturday, Oct. 19
8 a.m., Junior Beef Judging
9 a.m., All Exhibits open (YP), Bandstand opens (CS), Antique/Classic Car Show (W. Cass St.)
10 a.m., Fiddler's Contest registration, Bandstand (CS), Carnival opens (CS), Quilt Show (YP)
10:30 a.m., Museum opens, display of Queens' Gowns
10:45 a.m.-9 p.m., Gospel Stage opens.
11 a.m., Queen's Parade (CS)
Noon-2 p.m. Yamboree Barbecue (YP)
12:30, Gospel Stage opens (CC)
1 p.m., Fiddler's Contest (CS), Marching Contest (HS), Bottle-Fed Class (YP),
2 p.m., Livestock Sale (YP)
8 p.m., Barn Dance (TSG)
8:30 p.m. Street Dance at Bandstand (CS)
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The governing body for the rural High Desert town of Newberry Springs is rife with mismanagement, including violations of public meeting laws and potential misuse of taxpayer funds, according to the Grand Jury.
For 55 years, the Newberry Community Services District has been responsible for the management of the Newberry Springs Fire Department, the town's parks and recreation services, and its street lights.
Despite the district's track record for longevity, Edward Burgnon, who served as foreman for the 2012-13 Grand Jury, said the district needs to undergo sweeping reforms if it wants to continue functioning as a government entity.
"In order for them to continue being a representative body of the people they need to seriously consider how they conduct themselves and seriously consider all the recommendations that the Grand Jury has put forth," said Burgnon, a retired CHP commander and former Apple Valley town councilman.
Newberry Springs is along Interstate 40, at the foot of the Newberry Mountains, and roughly 20 miles east of Barstow.
Multiple citizen complaints prompted the Grand Jury investigation. Due to the breadth of the issues involved and information to review, the Grand Jury commissioned the San Francisco-based consulting form Harvey Rose Associates to conduct the investigation.
The firm's findings were presented in a 94-page report, which concluded that the district's board of directors are not conducting meetings in accordance with state law. In addition, the district has not had a financial audit done in more than three years (state law requires an audit be performed every year) and the district lacks internal controls to ensure taxpayer money is being spent accordingly.
Neither Robert Royalty, president and director of the Newberry Community Services District, nor the district's general manager, responded to emails Monday and Tuesday to the district seeking comment. Telephone calls to the district were greeted by a voice recording saying the district's mailbox was full and couldn't accept new messages.
The Grand Jury found that the district does not consistently record and post minutes from its board meetings in a timely manner, which violates the district's own policy and compromises the ability of board members to recall official actions.
"If you don't post the minutes for months on end, how do you even know what you voted on?" Burgnon said. He said meeting minutes are typically put in draft form and attached to the subsequent board/council meeting's agenda, where they are reviewed, approved and made available to the public for viewing, but it sometimes takes the Newberry district board months to get its meeting minutes approved and made available to the public.
Burgnon said he was shocked by what he observed during one meeting,
"I was really taken aback by the conduct at the meetings — how there was so much chaos," Burgnon said. "There was all this backbiting and people making obscene gestures. The (district) president didn't seem to have control of the meeting. There were people yelling from the audience."
The Grand Jury has recommended that the district board direct its general manager to develop policies and rules for conducting public meetings and attend state-approved courses on leadership and conducting public meetings. The general manager should also maintain a process for recording, transcribing and posting board meeting minutes within two weeks of any board meeting, as is the district's policy.
For the past three years, the district has not had a financial audit conducted, another violation of state law, which requires such audits be done by the end of each fiscal year. And financial reports submitted to the State Controller by the district had not been reviewed by an independent public accountant to ensure they were consistent with official district records, according to the Grand Jury.
The Grand Jury has recommended that the county Auditor-Controller revise its outside audit report procedures to include corrective actions for special districts that do not comply with state audit requirements and to work with the district's general manager to determine a feasible approach to comply with audit requirements.
Lastly, the Grand Jury was critical of the district's use of state-issued purchase cards, or Cal Cards. District policies do not include spending and transaction limits or mechanisms for handling disputes and unauthorized charges. Additionally, existing internal controls are not consistently implemented by the board, exposing the district to unnecessary costs and potential misuse of taxpayer dollars for personal gain, the Grand Jury noted in its report.
The Grand Jury has recommended that purchase card privileges not be extended to district board members and implement additional policies to ensure there are sufficient funds available to cover purchases made on Cal Cards and to deter fraud and abuse through unauthorized transactions.
The district has until Sept. 28, or 90 days, to respond to the Grand Jury's findings.


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Chip is truly a great American success story. After attending Broward College and later Boston University, Chip returned to Broward County and followed in the footsteps of his late father, helping to bring jobs to Broward in the construction industry. After establishing himself as a knowledgeable and trusted manager and supervisor and after 20 years of experience in the construction industry, Chip opened LaMarca Construction in 2006. Chip married the former Eileen Dorrego in 1995 and the couple has been living in Lighthouse Point since their marriage.
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Locally, Chip serves on the Broward County Fire Rescue Council, and the Regional Emergency Medical Services Council that has spearheaded a campaign, "Take 5 to Stay Alive" to advocate against texting and driving. He co-chaired with Commissioner Lois Wexler the 911 Consolidated Communications Group Committee and he serves on the School Board's Oversight Committee.
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|2011-08-02, 19:52
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Hm, what makes you guys think that Tsukune has learned how to use the Jigen-tou ?
I'm not denying the fact, that Tohou Fuhai might have managed to teach Tsukune how to use the Jigen-tou, during their training sessions, but so far there is nothing that confirms that. After all, considering the fact that both Akua and Ling - Ling didn't need to learn how to use youjutsu techniques to learn how to use the Jigen-tou, since we didn't see them using "runes", unlike Tsukune or Tohou Fuhai, making me think that the Jigem-tou is a completely different technique compared to Tohou Fuhai's youjutsu techniques - in other words I have a hard time, believing that Tsukune has managed to learn the Jigen-tou during his one month training with Tohou Fuhai.
|2011-08-02, 19:55
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Well as far as we know Tsukune doesn't know Jigen-Tou, it's possible that Touhou taught him during the month of training since it wasn't shown, but it will probably appear in the future as a flashback of what happened during his training, if it did happen that is.
As for Akua, let's not go with the harem thing for now, but she will indeed go through great change after her encounter with Tsukune.
Jigen-Tou is one of the most advanced Youjutsu techniques, but now that Tsukune has a reconstructed body that can use Youjutsu, than him learning Jigen-Tou can happen.
|2011-08-02, 22:55
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I don't know if it's going to happen or not, but I'm thinking that Tsukune's Shinso powers aren't under his complete control yet. HOWEVER, he seems to be slowly adapting to it with each time he goes berserk, each time gaining a little more ground on control than the last. If you take each confirmed "berserk" time he's had since the Midao Battle in season 1, he has had a little more progress in "directing" his berserk side to know friend from foe, where as in the Midao Battle, he was completely wild.
In his battle with Hokuto was probably his closest to being in his shinso release without actually losing control of it, but I think that was just simply more of his situation of trying to out-endure Hokuto than just recklessly releasing his full power.
In the Doppleganger incident, he berserked, but he was in somewhat in control, but not completely, but it was more like a daze/dream for him, but he was still able to prevent himself from going too wild and turning on his friends. This latest one where he erupted on Fuhai was probably an extension of that time, but again Tsukune was able to recognize Kurumu and seemed to consciously fight his released instincts to not attack her. The only reason I think that happened to her and not Fuhai was that Fuhai hadn't been "programed" into Tsukune's shinso blood as an ally just yet, where as everyone else in his harem has been. However, I am not entirely sure if other allies like Gin or Haiji would be programed or not, as we haven't had an opportunity for such a scene to happen yet.
I'm thinking that maybe it would take like 3 or 4 more berserker events to have Tsukune gain full control, unless Fuhai or someone else helps train Tsukune in pushing his mental limits just far enough to border on that state but not cross it, and stay in that state for an extended period of time and then eventually cross that threshold and hope that Tsukune can maintain his sense of self while immersed in his shinso power. Only then can he be said to have full control once he's able to do that and bring himself in and out consistently.
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|2011-08-03, 01:27
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Spoiler for the future:
@Shinso Tsukune
True, the Jigen-tou is a highly advanced "secret" technique, which is precisely the reason, why I don't think that Tsukune had managed to learn it. After all, it's pretty evident that Tsukune has learned a lot of different youjutsu techniques, and considering Akasha's reaction after she learned that Akua has managed to learn the Jigen-tou, it's a difficult technique to learn - after all, so far the only one who was shown of using the Jigen-tou is Ling - Ling, who has mentioned that she was "made" by Tohou Fuhai, which might mean that she had some advantage in learning the Jigen-tou.
Now, do I think it's possible for Tsukune to learn the Jigen-tou in a single month, the answer is yes, if it had been the only technique that Tsukune would be training in, and judging from Tsukune's performance in chapter 43, that hasn't been the case.
|2011-08-03, 03:21
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So actually Fuhai said he can't get him there, though he might be able to block. Having that in mind I actually really find it doubtful that he could beat Akua - then again, gotta keep in mind Fuhai said that prior to realizing about the shinzo power part. So aeh, well I dunno . Chances are high he cannot use it after one month - in any case it would be asspull if he could beat Akua the uber-prodigy with her own chosen weapon of choice about which even Fuhai acknowledges that she has surpassed him already (well "hand to hand" he said, but you use your hands for jigen-tou, so I take it he refers to her mastering the "full jigen-tou attack" he pulled himself, after witnessing it once only ...)
What does come to mind btw - in that chapter where Fuhai fought Akua(37 I think), AFTER they both used the fully powered jigen-tou Akua found out about Moka being hidden behind the barrier - and she attacked it with jigen-tou and it withstood it at least for a couple of panels before it crumbled from it - maaaybe he'll teach him a move like that barrier (he did not anticipate that Akua noticed them hidden behind it, so maybe that barrier seal there wasn't the stongest he can do) - like in ch43 that roundish seal like the ones Fuhai uses appeared above his elbow when he cast the Fuhai style attack - maybe he'll have gained two say half meter size "seals" for each elbow with which he can fight as if he had jigen-tou resistent elbow pads? That might actually make for a nice lookin fight. A totally different problem though is matchin Akua's hax speed - Akasha was suprised by it when they fought, and she was fast enough to dodge even Fuhai's full force jigen-tou from some 10 meters distance ... if he ain't fast enough it really doesn't even mater which technique he gained I think ...
|2011-08-03, 04:07
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After all, what his berserk form has shown us, is the capabilities of Tsukune's "current" body, which he should be capable of, even in his "normal state", provided that Tsukune has been sufficiently trained in "understanding" his bodies physical capabilities.
While, I'm not saying that Tsukune would b e capable of moving as fast as Akua does, but at the current point, he should be capable of tracking her movements and intercepting Akua's attacks, which has been implied in chapter 43, considering the fact that Tsukune was the only one, in his group, who was capable of sensing Gyokuro's youkai energy.
After all, it's not like Tsukune has to keep up with Akua's movements, he just needs to intercept her attacks, and execute his own counterattack at the same time as Akua's attack is being blocked, letting his endurance and Determinator attribute take care of the rest of the details surrounding his fight with Akua -at least, that's the general idea that came to my mind on how Tsukune could beat Akua.
Not to mention that, it's quite evident that Tohou Fuhai has learned what Akua is capable of, during his brief fight against her in the Wong family mansion, and judging from his attitude in chapter 38 and 39, I don't think he would bother himself with training Tsukune, if he hadn't had any chances of wining against Akua.
As for the exact details on the method that Tsukune is going to use to win his fight with Akua, well we will have to continue reading this manga to find that out
|2011-08-03, 04:29
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|2011-08-03, 13:11
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Akuha won't exhaust herself that easily and using the Jigentou has much more applications for use at a lower power output so she's not going to go full bore from the start. Neither is him blocking it going to give her a hernia. I have a feeling that you need an equal amount of power to the Jigentou in order to block it. If that's the case, if Akuha engages in a 'horns locked' battle, there's a good chance that Tsukune's energy will run out faster than Akuha's from the constant drain of trying to keep her attack from hitting him.
The only way she'll truly lose control is if she sees just how much Moka favors him above everything else. And to learn that Tsukune is not only 'above' her in terms of 'importance' but also a human whom is infused with the Shinso Blood - I think that revelation will make her 'snap' into something far worse than anything we've seen from her as of yet. So far, she's been overbearingly powerful and even against Todou Fuhai, one of the Dark Lords, she was relatively calm. Akuha snapped will probably be one frightening moment to behold.
And on a different note, Rubi's mini-boss seems an awful lot like Raizen from YuYu Hakushou...I guess it's the hair and the lightning.
Too bad that Mizore's ice clones are almost useless here - Gyokuro can see right through them. Depends on how she uses them though - using them to run around a corner to trigger an ambush then the real ones follow up. Would be a nice tactic if the other mini-bosses didn't have good sensory skills, which they probably do. ...I wonder if Sun's voice can disrupt Gyokuro's sensor ability... If Gin and Haji camp out near her location, she's good to go on anything.
|2011-08-03, 14:31
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Still, it's true that one of Tsukune's weak points is his lack of combat experience, which is probably the reason why he needs to "shake" Akua's mental state first...
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|2011-08-03, 17:37
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btw you seem to have some irregularity with the page count from around p9/10/11 its sometimes messy ebven though in the end it fits again... nevermind though thx for read
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LA Galaxy to Play at Historic Dodger Stadium
Game to be part of an International Champions Cup Doubleheader that also features Everton, Juventus and Real Madrid
CARSON, Calif. (Wednesday, May 29, 2013) – The LA Galaxy will play at the iconic Dodger Stadium for the first time in club history on Saturday, August 3 when they take part in a doubleheader at the stadium as part of the Guinness International Champions Cup. The doubleheader will feature Premier League side Everton, Italian Serie A champion Juventus and nine-time European champion Real Madrid of Spain, in addition to the two-time defending MLS Cup champion Galaxy. Those four clubs will comprise the West region of the International Champions Cup. These will be the first-ever soccer games to be played at Dodger Stadium, which has been the home of the Dodgers since 1962.
With this historic doubleheaders, some of the soccer world's top international stars, such as Gianluigi Buffon, Landon Donovan, Marouane Fellaini, Tim Howard, Robbie Keane, Andrea Pirlo, Sergio Ramos and Cristiano Ronaldo will descend on Dodger Stadium this August for an unforgettable night of soccer in Southern California.
"After having played in many of Southern California's legendary venues, the Galaxy are thrilled to be able to take part in the first-ever soccer games to be played at Dodger Stadium, one of the more scenic and storied sports venues in the world," LA Galaxy President Chris Klein said. "Every summer the Galaxy work to bring some of the world's most prominent clubs to Los Angeles and this year will be no different as we are proud to host some of the top teams from England, Italy and Spain in what will be a tremendous sporting event."
Dodger Stadium has seen many legendary baseball moments through the years, while hosting more than 147 million fans since it opened its doors. Dodger Stadium has also played host to events such as the 1984 Olympic Games baseball competition, the 2009 World Baseball Classic Final, a Mass conducted by Pope John Paul II, concerts by the biggest names in the business like The Beatles, Michael Jackson and U2 as well as a basketball game and championship boxing match. These will be the first professional soccer games played and come January, 2014, the stadium will host its first National Hockey League game between the Kings and Ducks.
"We are excited to host our first professional soccer games and four world class teams," said Dodgers' President Stan Kasten. "This will be a very special event for Southern California sports fans as we get the opportunity to see some of the world's greatest soccer stars perform at Dodger Stadium."
The Galaxy will open their Champions Cup schedule on Thursday, August 1 when they face Real Madrid at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. One day before that game, Everton will play Juventus at AT&T Park in San Francisco. Real Madrid will play in the first game of the August 3 Dodger Stadium doubleheader against either Everton or Juventus at 5 p.m. (PT) while the Galaxy will play in the second game of the night, which is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Please visit www.lagalaxy.com/ICC for more information on these games, including all of the latest ticketing news.
The four teams from the West Region will face one of the four teams from the East region – which is comprised of AC Milan, Chelsea, Inter Milan and Valencia – in a pair of doubleheaders to close out the tournament on August 6 and 7 at Sun Life Stadium in Miami.
To learn more about the Guinness International Champions Cup, please visit the tournament's official website at www.internationalchampionscup.com.


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CAIRO (AP) — The first woman elected to head an Egyptian political party expressed doubt over the country's transition to democracy on Monday, criticizing the interim authorities' increasing intolerance of dissent.
Hala Shukrallah, a 59-year-old Coptic Christian, condemned the security crackdown that has resulted in mass detentions and trials in the months since the military overthrew the Islamist president last July.
"The road map to democracy is being compromised," Shukrallah told The Associated Press Monday in an interview at her Cairo home in the upscale district of Mohandessin.
Shukrallah was elected over the weekend to lead the liberal Constitution Party, succeeding Mohamed ElBaradei, a Nobel laureate and former interim vice president who resigned in protest against last summer's deadly breakup of sit-in protests by supporters of the ousted President, Mohammed Morsi.
The country has been deeply polarized since then, with security forces waging a deadly crackdown on Morsi supporters, who refuse to acknowledge the interim authorities and hold near-daily demonstrations that often end violently.
Hundreds of Islamists have been killed and thousands detained. But by the end of last year and with the issuance of a draconian protest law, the appetite for dissent decreased and the clampdown widened to include some of the main figures who led the revolt against longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011. Shukrallah viewed this as "threatening" to democracy.
"It is not only pulling us back to before Jan 25, (referring to the anti-Mubarak uprising) it also brings us back to Morsi's rule, when critics were described as infidels."
Shukrallah also said she would work to increase the party's popular outreach and try to repair the many rifts it developed upon the withdrawal of ElBaradei, who symbolized the party's declared values of freedom and social justice.
The British-trained sociologist who previously worked in development and civil rights organizations was detained twice by authorities in the 1970s. She co-founded the Constitution party in 2012.
"Our main battle is for the people's right to a dignified life, and a just division of resources," she said.
She also believes that a recent wave of nationwide strikes, including one by public transport workers and garbage collectors "will not stop until people get their rights."
Her party was a prominent member of the National Salvation Front, a coalition which led the opposition against Morsi but later disbanded amid growing divisions after his ouster.
It also approved the roadmap put through by interim authorities after Morsi's ouster which called for a new constitution as well as parliamentary and presidential elections by the summer. The new charter passed by referendum in January and the next step, presidential elections, is set to follow in April.
Though she said party members have yet to make a decision concerning which presidential candidate to support, Shukrallah criticized the current popular obsession with military chief Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, who has not announced his candidacy but has been endorsed by the army and is and is largely expected to win if he runs.
"A candidate affiliated with the military will weigh on democratic procedures, and with such a strong support, reduce fair opportunities for other candidates to take part."
Genuine independent political parties did not exist under Mubarak, whose National Democratic Party dominated a parliament with only a few, ineffective opposition members.
The so-called "deep state" of those days and men close to the old regime are now continuously attempting to return to power, Shukrallah said.


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"iube ergo ei dari unam zaetam, ubi digne quiescat" (from Historia Apollonii Regis Tyri)
What is a zaeta?
L&S wrote:dĭaeta (zaeta or zēta , Lampr. Heliog. 29 fin.; 30; and in many MSS. in the foll. passages; cf. the letter D), ae, f., = diaita.
I. A mode of living prescribed by a physician, diet: sola diaeta curari, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 12, 146 .--Trop.: sed ego diaeta curari incipio, chirurgiae taedet, Cic. Att. 4, 3, 3 .--
II. A dwelling - place, dwelling room, summer-house, etc. (post-Aug.), Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 15; Suet. Claud. 10; Stat. S. 2, 2, 83; Dig. 7, 1, 13; 32, 55, § 3; Orell. Inscr. 4373 et saep.
D , d (n. indecl., sometimes f. sc. littera), the flat dental mute, corresponding in character and sound to the English...
II. As an initial, the letter d, in pure Latin words, suffers only a vowel after it; the single consonantal compound dr being found only in borrowed words, such as drama, Drusus, Druidae, etc., and in the two onomatopees drenso and drindio. Accordingly, the d of the initial dv, from du, was rejected, and the remaining v either retained unaltered (as in viginti for duiginti; cf. triginta) or changed into b (as in bellum, bis, bonus, for duellum, duis, duonus; v. those words and the letter B). So too in and after the 4th century A.D., di before vowels was pronounced like j (cf. Jovis for Djovis, and Janus for Dianus); and hence, as the Greek di (di) passed into dz, i. e. z (as in z a for d ia, and zeta for diaeta), we sometimes find the same name written in two or three ways, as Diabolenus, Jabolenus, Zabolenus; Jadera, Diadora, Zara.


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ALGIERS (AP) — Algerian authorities say four armed Islamic extremists have been killed in a shootout with soldiers southeast of the capital.
A security service statement Saturday says the fighting occurred overnight in Sour El Ghozlane, 120 kilometers (70 miles) from Algiers.
The four were in a car heading south when soldiers stopped them and the shooting began, the statement said.
Algeria's army has been fighting extremists for two decades, but tensions recently have been concentrated much farther south, in the desert close to the Libyan border.
Al-Qaida's North African arm, AQIM, is based in Algeria.


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Armenia: Opposition Candidates Consider Joining Forces
Two weeks before Armenia's presidential vote, two key opposition candidates and a prominent opposition party leader are in talks about a possible merger. If a unified candidate emerges from those discussions, Armenia's February 19 election could prove uncharacteristically competitive.
On February 1, former president Levon Ter-Petrosian told voters in Vanadzor, Armenia's third largest city, that an opposition merger may be in the offing. Specifically, he hinted that fellow presidential candidate Artur Baghdasarian, a former parliamentary speaker, and Heritage Party leader Raffi Hovannisian, would join forces with his presidential campaign. "If we say that there are serious grounds for saying that they will unite, then they are indeed quite serious," Ter-Petrosian campaign spokesperson Arman Musinian told EurasiaNet. "Negotiations are underway and details of the format of unification will be clear in the coming days."
The Heritage Party was one of only two opposition parties to gain seats in parliament during the 2007 legislative elections. [For background see the EurasiaNet special feature Armenia: Vote 2007]. The only Diaspora figure among Armenia's political celebrities, Hovannisian enjoys a Teddy Roosevelt-style image among many voters -- a political straight-shooter who is impervious to corruption. His endorsement is widely expected to give a presidential candidate a significant boost.
In late 2007, Hovannisian, a former foreign minister under Ter-Petrosian, said that he would decide which candidate to support based on their responses to a questionnaire. With the election two weeks away, Heritage has still not officially made its choice. "Currently, we are at a stormy negotiating stage and it will be clear during this week what decision we make," Heritage Party member and spokesman Hovsep Khurshudian told EurasiaNet. "We hope to appear in the Levon Ter-Petrosian, Artur Baghdasarian, Raffi Hovannisian format, whose likelihood will become clear soon."
Baghdasarian heads the Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law) Party, and is generally viewed as the third leading contender in the presidential race, behind the government-backed candidate, Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian, and Ter-Petrosian. At a February 3 rally in Yerevan's Liberty Square, he expressed confidence that opposition unification would take place.
"There is much talk today as to who will join whom. Today it is not important who will join whom, but consolidation is very important. Today we are in active political talks," Baghdasarian told an audience of roughly 20,000 to 25,000 supporters. "Today it will be an honor for any politician to join us, to join these tens of thousands of people and change this unlawful system."
With only days remaining before the election, political analysts believe that such a joining of forces would give the opposition a lift in efforts to defeat the odds-on presidential favorite, Sarkisian and the governing Republican Party of Armenia's well-oiled political machine that backs him. With a variety of candidates potentially splitting the opposition vote, Sarkisian has long been expected to register an easy victory. Opposition unity, however, could seriously upset the Sarkisian side's election calculus. At the very least, a coalition candidate would likely make this presidential vote the tightest in Armenia's post-Soviet history.
Previous presidential and parliamentary votes in Armenia have been marred by allegations of fraud. Officials in out-going President Robert Kocharian's administration have vowed that the February 19 will conform to international standards. However, opposition leaders have already accused incumbent authorities of improperly using "administrative resources" to retain power. [For background see the Eurasia Insight archive].
Many analysts and politicians believe that Ter-Petrosian will emerge as the unification candidate. The former president's plans for a Yerevan rally on February 9 have helped spur such a belief. Candidates have until February 9 to withdraw from the race.
"About 18 political parties have now joined Levon Ter-Petrosian and I do not exclude that in the next 10 days this number will increase," said independent political analyst David Petrosian. "If Artur Baghdasarian and Raffi Hovannisian join, it will be a purely political bloc, which will be received well by the people and will bring advantages to the unified candidate."
On the other side of the political fence, Republican Party of Armenia MP Armen Ashotian downplays the potential impact of an opposition united front. "If such a thing nevertheless happens and, say, Artur Baghdasarian will join Levon Ter-Petrosian, it will be like the return of the prodigal son," Ashotian commented. Baghdasarian was first elected to parliament in 1995 as a member of Ter-Petrosian's Armenian National Movement. "And if Ter-Petrosian joins Baghdasarian, it will be clear for all that his seeming great authority does not correspond with reality."
Baghdasarian, meanwhile, has alleged that he has received a death threat, telling supporters at the February 3 Yerevan rally that "the incumbent authorities" will be to blame "[i]f something happens to me." Law enforcement officials are investigating the reported threat.
The claim is seen by some including Prime Minister Sarkisian -- as political stagecraft. If a Ter-Petrosian-Baghdasarian pact goes through, Ashotian added, the two candidates' potential votes may "go to the RPA or, say, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation." Parliamentary Speaker Vahan Hovhannisian is the Armenian Revolutionary Federation's candidate for president.
"Even if, in the best case, three of the candidates get some more votes through uniting, it will not be enough even to take the election to a runoff," claimed Ashotian. "There is such a thing as plain sociology that can give an answer to your questions."
"Plain sociology," for the RPA, is represented by polls performed by the Sociometer research center, an organization derided by opposition candidates for allegedly manipulating data. [For background see the Eurasia Insight archive]. According to recent polling data published by Sociometer, Ter-Petrosian has the highest negative rating of any candidate, hovering around 40 percent, according to the pollster's director, Aharon Adibekian. The survey of public attitudes toward the presidential candidates was given to 2,240 people and had a 1 percent margin of error.
Based on the results of the previous and current opinion polls, Adibekian put Ter-Petrosian's support rating in the neighborhood of 1 to 3 percent. Critics term that rating "ridiculous."
Despite such an allegedly low rating, critics point out, Ter-Petrosian remains the target of a steady stream of negative coverage by television outlets, an imbalance mentioned in the latest report from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe/Office for Democratic Institutions' election observation mission. A regional campaign office for the former president was also recently set on fire.
Apart from unequal television coverage, the OSCE/ODIHR report mentioned that supporters of Baghdasarian and Ter-Petrosian encountered problems in different regions to rent campaign office space.
Marianna Grigoryan is a reporter for the ArmeniaNow.com weekly in Yerevan.


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How to make your notebook wireless? In the video above, a fashion designer uses the Evernote Smart Notebook to back up her notes and sketches so that ideas don't get lost.
A Moleskine notebook filled with special paper, its dotted line page layout has been optimized so that notes and sketches can be synced to the cloud. In the video, the designer tags her handwritten notes and sketches with the Smart Stickers in the back pocket. She then photographs the parts she wants to keep using the Evernote app's in-page camera: this generates high quality flat scans, automatically correcting perspective, contrast and brightness.
Complete: the notebook has been backed up and can be archived and shared instantly, connected to the cloud of ideas, emails, trend reports and samples that follow her wherever she goes.
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rsvp Ash Red Patent, $70.99 and Guess Kora E/W Topzip, $98 both from Zappos
So there's this "rule" that wearing patent leather shoes with a patent leather purse is a big no-no. For as long as I can remember, the world's beat it into our heads that we're supposed to choose patent leather either for our shoes OR our handbag, but NEVER both at the same time—case closed.
Not so fast. Yup, we're going to go there–once and for all, can we wear patent leather shoes with patent leather pocketbooks?
(Count to 10, take a deep breath, then read on.)
Patent Leather Shoes and Patent Leather Purse Combinations
The Argument
Now, before you think I've flipped my fashion lid saying it's a-okay to do something so, well, shiny, let's take a look at what's been happening in the fashion world these days. I mean, there's grape- colored shoes and eyeshadow to match, mega-bright skirts worn with combat boots, feathers twirling from our earlobes and nail polish that smells like a bowl of cherries. Point is, here we are walking around town whiffing our fingernails while wearing head-to-toe banana brights like we're gearing up for some Fruit of the Loom photo shoot, yet we can't fathom the whole patent-leather-shoes-and-bag-combo thing? Seriously?
C'mon, people.
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Declining U.S. acreage and poor crop conditions added a little buoyancy to wheat prices recently. But the unsettling discovery of more grain and wheat stocks in China and India quickly put a damper on the upturn.
"It's been very subtle and insidious," Dick Loewy, with AgResource in Chicago, said of the changes in stocks. "USDA raised world wheat stocks 4 million metric tons on the April 10 world supply/demand balance sheet. After the crop year, they find out that India didn't feed wheat."
In addition, "If you took USDA's Chinese estimates of corn and wheat stocks as gospel, they were low enough that they would have had to import quite a large volume of wheat and would have exported far less corn."
However, a recent independent survey found far more grain stocks in China than what was reported by USDA. The upshot is that USDA will add 10 million-12 million metric tons of grain stocks to China's balance in its May 10 report and will raise wheat stocks, too.
This news has kept the pressure on U.S. prices despite problems with the U.S. crop and low U.S. acreage.
Consider that USDA reported that 43 percent of the U.S. winter wheat crop was in good to excellent condition in the major wheat producing states as of April 9. That's down from 61 percent on the same date in 2000. The percent of the winter wheat crop rated poor to very poor in these states was 22 percent, up from 14 percent in 2000.
In Oklahoma and Kansas, wheat fields are being abandoned due to flooding and other weather-related problems.
The Kansas wheat crop sustained minimal wind and freeze damage, similar to 2000, according to the Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service. However, current crop conditions are worse due to last fall's late plantings.
As of April 9, 33 percent of the Kansas crop was rated good to excellent, down from 59 percent in 2000. Twenty-nine percent of the Kansas crop was rated poor to very poor compared with 10 percent in 2000.
Crop progress is lagging. Nine percent of Kansas wheat crop was reported jointed, compared with 58 percent a year ago and 37 percent for the 5-year average.
Oklahoma's winter wheat crop as of April 9 was rated 31 percent good to excellent, down from 75 percent in 2000. Thirty-four percent of the crop was rated poor to very poor, up from 5 percent a year ago. Many farmers initially delayed seeding because of early dry conditions, and then faced an extended period of rainfall that further delayed seeding and emergence. Farmers have abandoned as much as 40 percent of their crop.
When all is said and done, U.S. wheat production could drop below 2 billion bushels this year, the lowest since 1991.
In March, USDA, projected wheat plantings of 60.3 million acres, down four percent from 2000 and the lowest acreage since 1973.
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If Chained CPI is included in the President's budget proposal, as is being reported today, President Obama is laying out a clear marker that he is willing to cut Social Security and other benefits to balance the budget, which breaks a promise he made when he was elected to office. On September 6, 2008, Senator Barack Obama told AARP members: "John McCain's campaign has suggested that the best answer for the growing pressures on Social Security might be to cut cost of living adjustments or raise the retirement age.
Let me be clear: I will not do either."
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How would I turn the verb apokalypto/αποκαλύπτω into an agent noun? You know like English words with the suffix -er (e.g. revealer). Is there a way to do this in Greek? I'm going for "thing that reveals" rather than "person who reveals", if that has any bearing on the translation.
P.S. Give me the romanization as well as the Greek spelling.


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STOCKTON - The Thunder lost a few players but found its power play on the way to clinching a playoff berth.
STOCKTON - The Thunder lost a few players but found its power play on the way to clinching a playoff berth.
Playing with seven forwards and 14 total skaters, Stockton scored all of its goals on the power play and got another strong performance from goaltender Tyler Bunz to beat the Ontario Reign 4-1 on Sunday in front of a crowd of 5,796 at Stockton Arena.
The Thunder has qualified for the postseason for seven consecutive seasons, failing to do so only in the inaugural season of 2005-06.
Stockton (29-22-9, 67 points) usually has 10 forwards and six defensemen on the active roster. but forward Eric Hunter was called up to Oklahoma City of the American Hockey League on Saturday and team captain Garet Hunt was suspended for at least one game for a hit from behind on Ontario's Cameron Burt on Friday.
"There was a lot of mixing and matching, that's for sure. But the great thing about the guys is that they embraced it," Thunder coach Matt Thomas said. "They had a lot of fun. It think it was important for our 'D' to be good today, because that's where we were healthy and had numbers. And Bunz really came through for us."
The defensemen came through playing in front of Roy in their own zone. Three blue liners, - Brandon Davidson, Ryan Constant and Tony DeHart - had goals as Stockton scored on four of six power plays.
"It was a pretty amazing effort by a lot of the guys. We're missing some key guys," Bunz said. "It was just a good team effort."
Davidson, who has eight points in seven games since joining the Thunder, gave his team a 1-0 lead 17 minutes, 27 seconds into the game after taking a pass from Matt Reber on a slow-developing play. Constant scored in the second, and Reber and DeHart had goals in the third.
Davidson and Reber each had a goal and an assist, and forward Max Boisclair had three assists.
"You always hope that your power play can get hot at the right times, and when you are down in numbers and offensive-minded players sometimes your power play has to really kink it into high gear," Thomas said. "Hopefully, this is something that gives up confidence going forward."
Bunz (13-13-4) had 27 saves and kept the Reign (38-14-5, 81) out of the net until Kyle Kraemer scored with 9:12 remaining in the game.
If the playoffs began today, the Thunder would be the fourth seed in the ECHL's National Conference and have home ice in the first round.
"It's nice to secure it and get it behind you, but we, obviously, have loftier goals for ourselves," Thomas said. "We want to stay in a home ice spot. We've got a lot to still fight for."
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