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Talk relates journey through madness
By Gazette Staff Writer — Wednesday, February 5th, 2014
USC law professor, author Elyn Saks to speak at CLU
Elyn Saks
THOUSAND OAKS, CA - A University of Southern California law professor will talk about her battle with schizophrenia and acute psychosis at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, in California Lutheran University's Lundring Event Center.
Elyn Saks, the author of "The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness," will discuss how she learned to control her symptoms, make peace with the voices in her heard and achieve success as a professor, writer and advocate for the mentally ill. She will sign copies of the 2007 memoir from 2 to 2:45 p.m. in the Pearson Library foyer. Light refreshments will be served during the book signing.
Saks was 8 when her first symptoms appeared in the form of obsessions and night terrors. She experienced her first full-blown episode with voices in her head and terrifying suicidal fantasies as a Marshall Scholar at Oxford University. After a breakdown during her first term at Yale Law School that left her singing on the roof of the school library at midnight, she was taken to an emergency room, force-fed antipsychotic medication and tied to a hospital bed. She spent the next five months in a psychiatric ward and began her journey toward controlling her symptoms.
She was an attorney in Connecticut and an instructor at the University of Bridgeport School of Law before joining the USC law faculty in 1989. She is the Orrin B. Evans Professor of Law, Psychology and Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at USC. She used the money she received as a 2009 recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship "genius grant" to create the interdisciplinary Saks Institute for Mental Health Law, Policy, and Ethics at the university.
Saks holds doctorates in law and psychoanalytic science and is an expert in mental health law, criminal law, and children and the law. Her recent research has focused on ethical dimensions of psychiatric research and forced treatment of people with mental illness. She has written several books in addition to her memoir including "Jekyll on Trial: Multiple Personality Disorder and Criminal Law," "Refusing Care: Forced Treatment and the Rights of the Mentally Ill" and her most recent release, "Informed Consent to Psychoanalysis: The Law, the Theory, and the Data."
CLU's Pearson Library, Multicultural Programs Office, Campus Diversity Initiative and Center for Equality and Justice are sponsoring the free event.
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A Feb. 15 article detailed progress of a bill in the state House of Representatives to the Red-Light Camera Law ["Red-Light Camera Repeal Passes Panel"].
A Feb. 15 article detailed progress of a bill in the state House of Representatives to the Red-Light Camera Law ["Red-Light Camera Repeal Passes Panel"].
This was started by two representatives, state Rep. Carlos Trujillo, R-Miami, and state Rep. Daphne Campbell, D-Miami.
It is ironic that they are both are from Miami, the scariest city in the state to drive in.
The bill is based on the premise that the red-light runners are self-incriminating themselves. Trujillo argued that public safety isn't worth sacrificing constitutional rights.
Don't we, the law-abiding citizens, have a right to safety on the road?
The biggest whiners are those who got several tickets.
If they would quit breaking the law, they would not have anything to cry about and their wallets will be heavier.
The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles reported that crashes are less frequent at monitored intersections.
I travel to Lakeland via County Road 540A and U.S. 98, and I always see someone blatantly run a red light.
Most are coming three to six car lengths back. Left turners are the worst offenders.
At Florida Avenue and Lake Miriam Drive, I have seen four or five cars go through that intersection after the opposite side had full green.
Red-light runners should be ticketed in any manner possible.
So what if the city makes a little money on the fines.
Maybe they can fix the roads and put up more cameras.
Especially at Florida Avenue and Lake Miriam Drive.
If this repeal happens, the next thing may be insisting that businesses and institutions remove their surveillance cameras.
We wouldn't want the ones committing murders, robberies, theft and other violent crimes to self-incriminate themselves, would we?
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Immigrants contribute $240 billion to our Gross National Product every year, including contributing $7 billion in Social Security annually. They contribute to the U.S. economy $25 billion more than they receive in healthcare and other social services. The anti-immigrant politicians and hatemongers say, 'immigrants are a drain on society.' It's time to prove them wrong. It's time to make our voices heard, in support of immigrants and in support of immigration.
The nationwide coalition of pro-immigrant groups is calling for a general strike on May 1 -- a boycott to show the economic power of immigrants and their supporters, and to show the political power of our combined voices. The basics of the boycott:
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If the anti-immigrant politicians and hatemongers are right, that 'immigrants are a drain on society,' then during the day on May 1st, the stock market will surge, and the economy will boom. If not, we prove them wrong once and for all. We know what will happen!
We will settle for nothing less than full amnesty and dignity for the millions of undocumented workers presently in the U.S. We believe that increased enforcement is a step in the wrong direction and will only serve to facilitate more tragedies along the Mexican-U.S. border in terms of deaths and family separation.
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"Operation Shhhhh" ends Feb. 15 when pitchers and catchers report to spring training camp at Fort Myers.
Depending on how important Truck Day is to you, the Red Sox off-season – "Operation Shhhhh" – should officially come to an end on Feb. 15 - when pitchers and catchers are due to report. Of course David Ortiz' recent comments about wanting the team to extend his contract or risk losing him after the 2014 season unofficially ended the quiet that has enveloped the club since they won their thirdWorld Series title of the 2000s on Oct. 30, 2013.
To a certain segment of fans, Big Papi's discussion of his contract has become an inevitable annual event that combines elements of whining, boorishness, and a lack of sincerity tied to living up to a signed contract. To many, Papi's claims of needing to provide for his family and/or he's going to another city and another team would classify as distasteful. To me, David Ortiz is simply being a shrewd businessman – he is using the leverage gained by his 2013 regular season and his super-human post-season to gain another year of guaranteed money.
At this point, Ortiz has one-year left on the two-year deal he signed after 2012 – a season when he lost the last two-months to a debilitating Achilles injury and the team had become an absolute disaster – having been steered towards the iceberg by Bobby Valentine. In order to right their foundering ship and buy some measure of public trust, ownership elected to re-sign the face of the franchise to a lucrative two-year deal (instead of the one-year deals that Papi loathed) that could net Ortiz $30M.
By calling attention to his contract situation again this off-season, the 38-year old Ortiz is merely planting the seeds for another year to be tacked onto the existing deal. Is there risk in that approach for Boston? Of course there is – we all witnessed the two consecutive Aprils where Papi couldn't hit his weight let-alone have caught up to a 92 mile per hour fastball thrown by a left-handed pitcher. On the flip side – whatever your feelings about Ortiz' public lobbying for more time – the Sox have made and will continue to make money from their relationship with their DH. The relationship between the team and the player is symbiotic - just as the Red Sox rescued Ortiz from the scrap heap and helped make him the legend he has become – Papi has been a huge part of the reason they have those three recent championship runs.
There is no question that the Sox should offer Ortiz an extra year now – before this becomes a bigger distraction. Maybe the club could reduce the guaranteed money in 2015 to protect themselves and incentivize Ortiz with bonus dollars based on performance? If Ortiz wants to put his money where his mouth is, he'd agree without publically playing the "lack of respect" card. And, if he has another big year this season, he can demand an extension again next January.


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The European Central Bank cut its economic and inflation forecasts and President Mario Draghi said weakness will persist into next year, leaving the door ajar for further interest-rate cuts.
"Weak activity is expected to extend into next year," Draghi said today at a press conference in Frankfurt after policy makers left the benchmark rate at a record low of 0.75 percent. "Later in 2013 economic activity should gradually recover as global demand strengthens and our accommodative monetary-policy stance and significantly improved financial market confidence work their way through to the economy."
While Italian and Spanish bond yields have plummeted since Draghi promised to do whatever it takes to save the euro and unveiled an unlimited bond-purchase program, the 17-nation currency bloc fell back into recession in the third quarter. The ECB's latest forecasts paint a picture of economic stagnation and inflation falling well below its 2 percent limit and the euro fell more than half a cent to $1.3031 as Draghi spoke.
The ECB chief said the ECB now forecasts the economy will shrink 0.5 percent this year, more than the 0.4 percent contraction it predicted in September. The ECB cut its 2013 forecast to a contraction of 0.3 percent from 0.5 percent growth, and projects expansion of 1 percent in 2014, he said, adding that risks to the outlook remain on the downside.
'Undershooting Inflation'
The ECB cut its inflation forecast for 2013 to 1.6 percent from 1.9 percent. It predicted a rate of 1.4 percent for 2014.
"Projections of undershooting inflation should keep rate- cut speculation underpinned," Christoph Rieger, head of fixed- income strategy at Commerzbank AG in Frankfurt, wrote in a client note.
Draghi also said that policy makers had a "wide discussion" on rates and Euribor futures contracts rose, signaling investors were adding to bets for lower borrowing costs. The implied yields on the contract expiring in December 2013 fell five basis points, or 0.05 percentage point, to 0.17 percent at 2:05 p.m. London time.
The Bank of England today left its key interest rate at 0.5 percent and refrained from expanding its asset-purchase program.
The ECB extended its policy of lending banks as much money as they request in refinancing operations through to at least July 9 next year.
At the same time, German inflation fears may make policy makers think twice about cutting rates again.
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42 U.S. Code § 300q–2 - General provisions
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(a) Loan guarantees; criteria for approval; recovery of payments by United States; modification, etc., of terms and conditions; incontestability
(1) The Secretary may not approve a loan guarantee for a project under this part unless he determines that
(A) the terms, conditions, security (if any), and schedule and amount of repayments with respect to the loan are sufficient to protect the financial interests of the United States and are otherwise reasonable, including a determination that the rate of interest does not exceed such per centum per annum on the principal obligation outstanding as the Secretary determines to be reasonable, taking into account the range of interest rates prevailing in the private market for similar loans and the risks assumed by the United States, and
(B) the loan would not be available on reasonable terms and conditions without the guarantee under this part.
(A) The United States shall be entitled to recover from the applicant for a loan guarantee under this part the amount of any payment made pursuant to such guarantee, unless the Secretary for good cause waives such right of recovery; and, upon making any such payment, the United States shall be subrogated to all of the rights of the recipient of the payments with respect to which the guarantee was made.
(B) To the extent permitted by subparagraph (C), any terms and conditions applicable to a loan guarantee under this part (including terms and conditions imposed under subparagraph (D)) may be modified by the Secretary to the extent he determines it to be consistent with the financial interest of the United States.
(C) Any loan guarantee made by the Secretary under this part shall be incontestable
(i) in the hands of an applicant on whose behalf such guarantee is made unless the applicant engaged in fraud or misrepresentation in securing such guarantee, and
(ii) as to any person (or his successor in interest) who makes or contracts to make a loan to such applicant in reliance thereon unless such person (or his successor in interest) engaged in fraud or misrepresentation in making or contracting to make such loan.
(b) Loans; criteria for approval; terms and conditions; waiver of recovery of payments by United States
(1) The Secretary may not approve a loan under this part unless—
(A) the Secretary is reasonably satisfied that the applicant under the project for which the loan would be made will be able to make payments of principal and interest thereon when due, and
(2) Any loan made under this part shall
(D) bear interest at a rate comparable to the current rate of interest prevailing, on the date the loan is made, with respect to loans guaranteed under this part, minus any interest subsidy made in accordance with section 300q (a)(2)(B) of this title with respect to a loan made for a project located in an urban or rural poverty area, and
(E) be subject to such other terms and conditions (including provisions for recovery in case of default), as the Secretary determines to be necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter while adequately protecting the financial interests of the United States.
(3) The Secretary may, for good cause but with due regard to the financial interests of the United States, waive any right of recovery which he has by reasons of the failure of a borrower to make payments of principal of and interest on a loan made under this part, except that if such loan is sold and guaranteed, any such waiver shall have no effect upon the Secretary's guarantee of timely payment of principal and interest.
(c) Sale of loans; authority; amount; agreements with purchasers; deposit of proceeds
(1) The Secretary shall from time to time, but with due regard to the financial interests of the United States, sell loans made under this part either on the private market or to the Federal National Mortgage Association in accordance with section 1717 of title 12 or to the Federal Financing Bank.
(2) Any loan so sold shall be sold for an amount which is equal (or approximately equal) to the amount of the unpaid principal of such loans as of time of sale.
(A) The Secretary is authorized to enter into an agreement with the purchaser of any loan sold under this part under which the Secretary agrees—
(i) to guarantee to such purchaser (and any successor in interest to such purchaser) payments of the principal and interest payable under such loan, and
(ii) to pay as an interest subsidy to such purchaser (and any successor in interest of such purchaser) amounts which, when added to the amount of interest payable on such loan, are equivalent to a reasonable rate of interest on such loan as determined by the Secretary after taking into account the range of prevailing interest rates in the private market on similar loans and the risks assumed by the United States.
(B) Any agreement under subparagraph (A)—
(i) may provide that the Secretary shall act as agent of any such purchaser, for the purpose of collecting from the entity to which such loan was made and paying over to such purchaser any payments of principal and interest payable by such entity under such loan;
(ii) may provide for the repurchase by the Secretary of any such loan on such terms and conditions as may be specified in the agreement;
(iii) shall provide that, in the event of any default by the entity to which such loan was made in payment of principal or interest due on such loan, the Secretary shall, upon notification to the purchaser (or to the successor in interest of such purchaser), have the option to close out such loan (and any obligations of the Secretary with respect thereto) by paying to the purchaser (or his successor in interest) the total amount of outstanding principal and interest due thereon at the time of such notification; and
(iv) shall provide that, in the event such loan is closed out as provided in clause (iii), or in the event of any other loss incurred by the Secretary by reason of the failure of such entity to make payments of principal or interest on such loan, the Secretary shall be subrogated to all rights of such purchaser for recovery of such loss from such entity.
(4) Amounts received by the Secretary as proceeds from the sale of loans under this subsection shall be deposited in the fund established under subsection (d) of this section.
(5) If any loan to a public entity under this part is sold and guaranteed by the Secretary under this subsection, interest paid on such loan after its sale and any interest subsidy paid, under paragraph (3)(A)(ii), by the Secretary with respect to such loan which is received by the purchaser of the loan (or the purchaser's successor in interest) shall be included in the gross income of the purchaser or successor for the purpose of chapter 1 of title 26.
(d) Loan and loan guarantee fund; establishment; amounts authorized to be appropriated; issuance, purchase, and sale of notes, obligations, etc.; interest rates; public debt transactions
(1) There is established in the Treasury a loan and loan guarantee fund (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the "fund") which shall be available to the Secretary without fiscal year limitation, in such amounts as may be specified from time to time in appropriations Acts—
(B) to enable him to discharge his responsibilities under loan guarantees issued by him under this part,
(C) for payment of interest under section 300q (a)(2)(B) of this title on loans guaranteed under this part,
There are authorized to be appropriated from time to time such amounts as may be necessary to provide the sums required for the fund. There shall also be deposited in the fund amounts received by the Secretary in connection with loans and loan guarantees under this part and other property or assets derived by him from his operations respecting such loans and loan guarantees, including any money derived from the sale of assets.
(2) If at any time the sums in the funds are insufficient to enable the Secretary—
(C) in the case of a loan which was made, sold, and guaranteed under this part, to make to the purchaser of such loan payments of principal and interest on such loan after default by the entity to which the loan was made, or
he is authorized to issue to the Secretary of the Treasury notes or other obligations in such forms and denominations, bearing such maturities, and subject to such terms and conditions, as may be prescribed by the Secretary with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury. Such notes or other obligations shall bear interest at a rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into consideration the current average market yield on outstanding marketable obligations of the United States of comparable maturities during the month preceding the issuance of the notes or other obligations. The Secretary of the Treasury shall purchase any notes and other obligations issued under this paragraph and for that purpose he may use as a public debt transaction the proceeds from the sale of any securities issued under chapter 31 of title 31, and the purposes for which the securities may be issued under that chapter are extended to include any purchase of such notes and obligations. The Secretary of the Treasury may at any time sell any of the notes or other obligations acquired by him under this paragraph. All redemptions, purchases, and sales by the Secretary of the Treasury of such notes or other obligations shall be treated as public debt transactions of the United States. Sums borrowed under this paragraph shall be deposited in the fund and redemption of such notes and obligations shall be made by the Secretary from the fund.
(e) Transfers to and additional capitalization of loan and loan guarantee fund
(1) The assets, commitments, obligations, and outstanding balances of the loan guarantee and loan fund established in the Treasury by section 291j–6 of this title shall be transferred to the fund established by subsection (d) of this section.
(2) To provide additional capitalization for the fund established under subsection (d) of this section there are authorized to be appropriated to the fund, such sums as may be necessary for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1975, June 30, 1976, September 30, 1977, September 30, 1978, September 30, 1979, September 30, 1980, September 30, 1981, and September 30, 1982.
(f) Default prevention measures; terms and conditions; implementation of reforms; foreclosures; protection of Federal interest on default
(1) The Secretary may take such action as may be necessary to prevent a default on a loan made or guaranteed under this part or under subchapter IV of this chapter, including the waiver of regulatory conditions, deferral of loan payments, renegotiation of loans, and the expenditure of funds for technical and consultative assistance, for the temporary payment of the interest and principal on such a loan, and for other purposes. Any such expenditure made under the preceding sentence on behalf of a medical facility shall be made under such terms and conditions as the Secretary shall prescribe, including the implementation of such organizational, operational, and financial reforms as the Secretary determines are appropriate and the disclosure of such financial or other information as the Secretary may require to determine the extent of the implementation of such reforms.
(2) The Secretary may take such action, consistent with State law respecting foreclosure procedures, as he deems appropriate to protect the interest of the United States in the event of a default on a loan made or guaranteed under this part or under subchapter IV of this chapter, including selling real property pledged as security for such a loan or loan guarantee and for a reasonable period of time taking possession of, holding, and using real property pledged as security for such a loan or loan guarantee.
Source(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XVI, § 1602, formerly § 1622, as added Pub. L. 93–641, § 4,Jan. 4, 1975, 88 Stat. 2265; amended Pub. L. 95–83, title I, § 106(x)(2), (y),Aug. 1, 1977, 91 Stat. 385; renumbered § 1602 and amended Pub. L. 96–79, title II, §§ 201(b)(2), (3), 203 (a)(1), (3), (g),Oct. 4, 1979, 93 Stat. 631, 635; Pub. L. 97–414, § 8(q),Jan. 4, 1983, 96 Stat. 2062; Pub. L. 99–514, § 2,Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095.)
In subsec. (d), "chapter 31 of title 31" and "that chapter" substituted for "the Second Liberty Bond Act" and "that Act", respectively, on authority of Pub. L. 97–258, § 4(b),Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 1602 of act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XVI, as added Jan. 4, 1975, Pub. L. 93–641, § 4, 88 Stat. 2258; amended Aug. 1, 1977, Pub. L. 95–83, title I, § 106(r), (s), 91 Stat. 385, was classified to section 300o–1 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 96–79, title II, § 202(a),Oct. 4, 1979, 93 Stat. 632.
1986—Subsec. (c)(5). Pub. L. 99–514substituted "Internal Revenue Code of 1986" for "Internal Revenue Code of 1954", which for purposes of codification was translated as "title 26" thus requiring no change in text.
1983—Subsec. (f)(2). Pub. L. 97–414inserted "selling real property pledged as security for such a loan or loan guarantee and" after "including".
1979—Subsec. (b)(2)(D). Pub. L. 96–79, § 201(b)(2), substituted "minus any interest subsidy made in accordance with section 300q (a)(2)(B) of this title (with respect to a loan made for a project located in an urban or rural poverty area" for "minus 3 per centum per annum".
Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 96–79, § 203(a)(3), (g)(2), substituted in subpar. (C) reference to section "300q(a)(2)(B)" for "300q(b)(2)" of this title, and added subpar. (F).
Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 96–79, § 203(a)(3), (g)(3), substituted in subpar. (A) reference to section "300q(a)(2)(B)" for "300q(b)(2)" of this title, and added subpar. (F).
Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 96–79, § 201(b)(3), authorized appropriations for fiscal years ending Sept. 30, 1979 through 1982.
Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 96–79, § 203(g)(1), added subsec. (f).
1977—Subsec. (c)(5). Pub. L. 95–83, § 106(y), added subsec. (c)(5).
Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 95–83, § 106(x)(2), substituted provisions authorizing appropriations for fiscal years ending Sept. 30, 1977 and 1978, for prior such authorization for fiscal year ending June 30, 1977.
Effective Date of 1979 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 96–79effective Oct. 1, 1979, except that amendment of subsec. (b)(2)(D) respecting interest subsidy payments for loans or loan guarantees applicable only with respect to loans and loan guarantees made after Oct. 1, 1979, and that subsidies for such commitments made before Oct. 1, 1979, payable as authorized before Oct. 1, 1979, see section 204 ofPub. L. 96–79, set out as a note under section 300q of this title.
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Praised for her commanding stage presence and elegant musicianship, Dr. Woobin Park has appeared throughout the United States and South Korea with various types of solo and chamber recitals as well as collaboration with renowned orchestras. She has performed in distinguished concert venues including Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Steinway Hall in New York, Kumho Art Hall, and the Seoul Arts Center, which is the most prestigious Hall in South Korea. In the 2009-2010 seasons, she performed two piano concerts with acclaimed pianist Lydia Artymiw at Steinway Hall New York and Recital Hall, the Seoul Arts Center. In 2011, she presented a solo recital dedicated to Liszt's bicentennial celebration at the Kumho Art Hall in Seoul and Fort Washington Harmony Hall in Washington D.C. She also made a special appearance in a program of piano trios at the KAIST University Auditorium in South Korea. For the 2012-2013 season, her engagements include new recording project "The 23 greatest solo piano works" with professor Robert Greenberg of U.C. Berkeley, a solo appearance at the 2013 Rising Star Award Concert sponsored by the Howard County Arts Council in Maryland at Peter & Elizabeth Horowitz Performing Arts Center. She also performed a solo recital on July 2013 at IBK Hall, the Seoul Arts Center.
Recently, Dr. Park won the 2013-2014 Montpelier Arts Center Recital Competition in Maryland .Her engagements include Solo recital at Montpelier Classical Recital Series on April, 2014.
She is a winner of numerous competitions including Los Angeles Liszt International Piano Competition, where she was also awarded "Best Performance of the Required Work," Elinor Watson Bell Piano Competition, San Nicola di Bari International Piano Competition, Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition, University of Minnesota Concerto Competition, and American Protege International Competition of Romantic Music.
She holds the Master of Music degree and Performer's Diploma from Indiana University Bloomington, and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
Prior to her appointment as a full- time faculty at WSU, she was on the faculty of Harford Community College, Gilman school and collaborative pianist at Towson University. Dr. Park also served as a Graduate Instructor in the piano department at the University of Minnesota and taught undergraduate courses including Class Piano and elective piano lessons.
- Bachelor of Music - Piano Performance (2003)
Ewha Womans University
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Indiana University Bloomington, Jacobs School of Music
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Pope Francis and the Free Market
The biggest event of the current news cycle is the election of Pope Francis as the successor to Benedict XVI. Seemingly this would be inside baseball, applicable only to the world's 1.2 billion or so Roman Catholics. In other words, the inner workings of the Vatican deal more with spiritual matters and social issues than economic freedoms. But it should be noted that the papacy over the past century has contributed much ammunition to the same free-market battles fought by the Mackinac Center and its fellow think tanks throughout the world.
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The secular free-market world has its "Road to Serfdom" by Friedrich Hayek, "The Law" by Frederic Bastiat and Milton and Rose Friedman's "Free to Choose," for example, but past popes have also authored groundbreaking works espousing economic and political freedoms. Among these are Pope Leo XIII's "Rerum Novarum" ("On Capital and Labor"), Pope Pius XI's "Quadragesimo Anno" (On Reconstructing the Social Order), and "Centesimus Annus" by Pope John Paul II.
Space prohibits details of the championing of limited government intervention into private industry (subsidiarity) and decentralized governments enumerated in the above-listed papal encyclicals, but suffice to write the oft-repeated claim that among those most responsible for the collapse of the Iron Curtain in the late 1980s were British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II. This last, a man raised in Poland who opted for a religious life despite government hostility toward his faith, was the only one among the three to witness firsthand the crushing of the human entrepreneurial spirit under Communist rule.
This leads us to Pope Francis, the first pope elected from the Americas. As Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, Francis I hails from South America — Argentina specifically. Both areas have been marked as hotbeds of military dictatorships, totalitarian regimes and decidedly anti-free market governments for much of the last 100 years.
Even some members of the Catholic clergy in South America jumped aboard the socialist bandwagon with a new-fangled twist on the faith bizarrely labeled "Liberation Theology," which has little to do with theological underpinnings inasmuch it was inspired by Marxism that is by definition and practice antithetical to liberty. The most vocal liberation theologians found themselves censored by the Vatican.
Cardinal Bergoglio, however, abjured liberation theology as well as Argentina's military dictatorship. He reserved his efforts for helping the poor and disenfranchised.
When it comes to matters within the church, it's better to allow those with more insight and authority to comment. "Pope Francis is a man of great spirituality who is known for his commitment to doctrinal orthodoxy as well as for his simplicity of life," said the Acton Institute's Rev. Robert A. Sirico in a statement. The Grand Rapids- and Rome-based think tank employs both free-market, faith-based tenets to promote economic freedom.
Sirico continued: "Like Benedict XVI, he combines concern for the poor with an insistence that it's not the Church's responsibility to be a political actor or to prescribe precise solutions to economic problems. In that regard, he's a model for all Catholic bishops and clergy throughout the world."
No one knows, of course, what directions exactly Pope Francis will lead his papacy or even if events will dictate what course he's forced to lead his church. What we can surmise is — should he stay the course established by his recent predecessors — economic freedom advocates the world over shall have gained another powerful ally.
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The Standard & Poor's 500 Index (CME:ESM14) lost the most in five weeks yesterday.
Weaker-than-forecast economic data from China and escalating tension in Ukraine overshadowed reports showing an improving U.S. economy. Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing to "invade eastern Ukraine" after occupying the country's Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, Estonian Defense Minister Urmas Reinsalu said in an e-mailed statement (according to Bloomberg). Producer prices dropped in February, held back by the biggest decrease in the cost of services in almost a year; the 0.1% decrease in the producer-price index followed a 0.2% rise the prior month.
Equities: The E-mini S&P 500 (CME:ESM14) is down 2.25 points to 1837.50, after trying to rally earlier in the morning but not achieving success. We have our next key longer term Fibonacci retracement level at 1828. We would not be surprised to see this level get hit very soon. The Sunday Ukraine referendum looks to be causing some bearishness in the market. Furthermore, recent weakness in China data seems to also be exacerbating the recent waves of bearishness.
Bonds: The 30-year Treasury Bonds are rallying more today, likely on safe haven flows before Sunday's key referendum vote in Ukraine. The 134 level seems to be a big barrier. At the same time, the stock market seems pretty weak, and could decline further, which could potentially translate into more gains for the bond market. It seems as though traditional 'safe haven' assets are attracting investors today, such as bonds, gold (COMEX:GCJ14), Yen, and Swiss Franc. It will be interesting to see how the bonds trade ahead of next week's FOMC meeting. We think the meeting could actually put some type of headwinds for bond rallies, as we expect another taper to occur.
Currencies: We are seeing traditional safe haven currencies rally today, such as Franc and Yen. The Yen is approaching a key level of 99. The Yen could rally above 100. The Franc is pushing up against a key resistance level of 115 even, but we actually have a key market profile target level of 115.50. The Yen and Franc will open much higher on Monday if the referendum vote passes, and Russia tries to take Crimea from Ukraine.
Commodities: Gold (COMEX:GCJ14) is up $10 to $1,382, surpassing our key target level of $1,377. The volume looks bullish for gold, and we don't detect any key reversal signals just yet. Also, silver (COMEX:SIJ14) could be poised for a move higher. We are also closely watching the recent high flier, the lean hogs contract. This contract was limit up yesterday, but couldn't sustain the rally today. This market is down this morning to $1.185. We believe lean hogs could head lower from here. $1.19 was our key market profile target which was hit, and now that could serve as key resistance. Wheat seems to be the strongest of the grain markets, up $.12 to $6.86, likely on the Ukraine tensions, as wheat as key product affected by that region.


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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Feb. 20, 2014) – ETSU volleyball standout Megan Devine (Kingsport, Tenn.) will travel to Colorado Springs, Colo., this weekend to attend an open tryout for the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team. The tryouts take place Feb. 21-23, in Sports Center II at the U.S. Olympic Training Center (USOTC).
Devine, the 2012 Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Year, three-time First Team All A-Sun selection and AVCA All-America Honorable Mention, will be one of a record-setting 246 participants to attend this weekend's tryout. The Kingsport, Tenn. native is one of 61 outside hitters in the field, while ETSU will be one of 107 collegiate programs represented in the U.S. Olympic Training Center.
"I'm excited for this opportunity to be playing with the top players in the country," said Devine. "This is an invaluable experience as I'll be able to hear from the coaches on how to improve my game and learn what I need to work on in order to take my game to the next level."
While the Buccaneer outside hitter looks to take advantage of this event, Coach Devine knows Megan will take away a lot from making the trip to Colorado Springs.
"There are so many positives that Megan will experience from this opportunity," said ETSU head coach Lindsey Devine, who will also be in the U.S. Olympic Training Center this weekend. "She aspires to extend her playing career as long as she can, so to be in this gym environment with these top level players from across the country will be rewarding on many levels. Also, to play in front of a Karch Kiraly and his National Team staff will be a special once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Her team, the ETSU community and her family are very proud of her."
Devine, the ETSU and A-Sun all-time record holder for kills (1,940), is just one of 27 participants who completed their collegiate eligibility and will be evaluated for spots on the U.S. National Team. Devine, who will wear #W51 during the tryout, will be observed by head coach and U.S. Gold Medalist Karch Kiraly and his staff this weekend.
Meanwhile, as Megan will be going head-to-head with some of top volleyball players in the country, Coach Devine will be in the Olympic Training Center this weekend acting as an evaluator. Coach Devine has already enjoyed her time working with Team USA as she spent last summer as an assistant coach for the U.S. national team that earned a silver medal at the Girls Youth World Championships in Thailand. The year prior, Devine was an assistant with U.S. Girls' Youth Team that competed in the European Global Challenge in Pula, Croatia.
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Here is a roundup of the rest of the looks from the Rodeo Drive Walk of Style Awards Honoring Iman And Missoni, which took place in Beverly Hills, California on Sunday evening.
Gabrielle Union: The actress wore a beautiful pink ombre Missoni v-neck gown. The two downsides are that she posed on the runway with her hands in her pockets and that her foundation is too light for her complexion.
Sofia Vegara: The buxom babe looked very elegant in her blue zigzag-print Missoni dress. The dress is a tad too long, but looks stunning nonetheless. Soft, tumbling curls and a coral stone cuff with matching earrings completed her look.
Alessandra Ambrosio: Usually you can rely on supermodels to wow on the red carpet. Unfortunately that was not the case on this occasion. I'm not fond of Alessandra's sleeveless red turtleneck, which is a shame because I love her shimmering striped skirt. I would've preferred this look as a striped v-neck gown.


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I was 13 years old when I watched a guy push his wife out of a moving car.
I was 13 years old when I watched a guy push his wife out of a moving car.
We were having an anniversary party for my grandparents, at the family homestead on Route 17B in Bethel. I was picking up a ball that had landed by the road when I heard the car slow down. I looked to see who was arriving.
I saw the male driver reach across his female passenger. I saw him shove her, saw the door fly open as the car kept moving. I heard the thud of her body hitting pavement. She lay motionless as the car sped off.
Someone called police, and my mom and aunts and uncles brought the woman a blanket and stayed with her until cops arrived. I told the police what I saw.
The driver returned. He denied any wrongdoing, but he left with police. We learned later that the woman didn't press charges.
That was 1981, and it was a different world.
The Family Violence Prevention Services Act — the first federal effort to aid battered women and their kids — was passed in 1984. Ten years later, the Violence Against Women Act became the law of the land, and it's been reauthorized twice, each time with new and improved provisions. The most recent version of VAWA expired on Sept. 13, 2011, and Congress still hasn't reauthorized this vital piece of legislation that funds domestic violence and sexual assault programs.
The Senate passed the bill, but a House version stripped out new provisions that would protect immigrant victims from abusers who would use their immigration status against them; that explicitly authorize services for gay, lesbian, transgender and bisexual victims; and that better address domestic violence in Native American tribal jurisdictions.
Right now, the existing protections and programs are being funded under the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2012. But if we hit the wall of sequestration, domestic violence programs could suffer significant funding losses.
"The loss of this funding, if it's not signed, will be catastrophic to local programs," said Kellyann Kostyal-Larrier, executive director of Safe Homes of Orange County. And it's the victims of domestic violence who will suffer.
VAWA-funded programs provide shelter for the battered, training to help police recognize danger signs, money for better prosecutions, and counseling that helps people escape abuse and move toward a better life. Cutbacks will mean fewer programs serving fewer victims.
"You're basically dismantling programs that have been shown to save lives," Kostyal-Larrier said.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, It would be nice of Congress did something real to honor that.
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Reloadable mortar similar to one in 2012 Pelham accident blamed for serious fireworks injury FridayBy PAUL FEELY
New Hampshire Union Leader
July 06. 2014 8:06PM
PELHAM — State fire investigators say the same type of fireworks behind a 2012 incident that left 13 people injured in Pelham were involved in an accident in the same community Friday that left a 24-year-old man severely injured.
According to Pelham fire officials, crews were called to 3 Indian Valley Road on Friday at 7:14 p.m. after a mishap involving fireworks injured two adults. One of the victims, a 24-year-old man, suffered what officials termed a "severe hand injury" and was transported to a local hospital and then to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston for emergency surgery.
Fire officials say a mortar shell firework exploded inside a launching tube while the man was reloading it during a consumer fireworks display Friday night.
Fire officials provided no details on the man's condition or identity Sunday afternoon. No details were provided on the second adult also injured during the mishap.
On Sunday, Christopher Wyman, an investigator with the New Hampshire State Fire Marshal's Office, said an investigation by his office into the accident showed the explosion involved a consumer firework known as a reloadable mortar.
Reloadable mortars were also blamed for an explosion at a home at 40 Dodge Road in Pelham in 2012 that injured 13 people — ranging from age 8 months to 58 years old — after fireworks stored on a deck caught fire. A two-year-old boy was so badly injured, doctors needed to induce a coma for nearly a week.
"These devices require the consumer to be part of the final assembly before use, and if done incorrectly, can cause significant injury or even death," said Pelham Fire Chief James Midgley.
Reloadable mortars are considered more dangerous than one-time use mortars, according to Wyman, because a person must stand over and reload a tube when using them. Cardboard from the tube can degrade after multiple firings, with embers dropping off and lighting the charge prematurely — causing an explosion in close proximity to the user's hands and fingers.
Reloadable mortar fireworks were made legal in New Hampshire in 2011. Following the 2012 incident in Pelham, several attempts have been made in the legislature to ban them in the Granite State. The first attempt was a bill in the House that would have re-instated language from a pre-2011 statute that listed them as banned. That effort died in the House after a successful lobbying effort by the fireworks industry. An attempt was made to bring back a state-level fireworks review board, but that effort was killed in the Senate.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recently reported that approximately 11,400 injuries were caused by consumer fireworks in 2013. The majority of those injuries occurred during a 30-day period surrounding the Fourth of July.
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Name: Ericka Kristen
Birth date: 09/12/1986
Location: san antonio Texas
Zodiac Sign: Virgo
Weight: 108
Measurements: 38/24/36
Ethnicity (Mother/Father): Latina
Location: San Antonio, TX
Turn-ons: Class
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Erika Kristen: Always something new, entertaining,and unpredictable. I never know what I'm going to get into next, where I'm going to go,who I'm going to work with you name it it's a passion and I feel I never work a day in my life.
PAS: With any 'spotlight' type of job, you are looked upon as a role model. What advice would you give out to aspiring models?
Erika Kristen: I would encourage to work hard, don't quit. It's about the things you accomplish and the people you meet along the way of doing so, that give you the opportunity to further your passion, if its really what you thrive to do.
PAS: Where can we see you? (ex. shows, tv, magazines, etc)
Erika Kristen: Just this and next coming month I'm featured in so fine mag, city page mag, Girls lowrider mag, pasmag, rix mag and that's so hot mag in Oct, everything in between I keep updated on my site! As well online www.top-models.com, a list I'm proud to have made this year
PAS: Words to live by?
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"Be the change that you want to see in the world"
"If you want to be happy, be. "
Read more at Suite101: Words to Live By: Quotes that Will Inspire: A Collection of Famous Quotations http://biographiesmemoirs.suite101.com/article.cfm/words_to_live_by#ixzz0uRhDpi9M
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Newport Museum and Art Gallery
The history of the people who lived in this area is traced from the earliest evidence 250,000 years ago through to the twentieth century, and include the Beaker people, the Silures, the Romans, the Vikings and the Normans.
Themes covered by the social history collections range from domestic and personal life, education, religion and politics to local industrial developments and agriculture. The most significant collections are the Transporter Bridge archive, which includes all the original designs for the bridge and photographs of its entire construction, and the Chartist collection; weopons, broadsheets, silver and prints from the 1839 Chartist protest in Newport.
The Art Gallery houses collections of British paintings, watercolours and contemporary prints. The reserve collection holds works which show the changing face of South Wales's rural and industrial landscape which now incorporates a recent allocation of paintings from the Arts Council of Wales.
The Art Gallery also presents an extensive and stimulating programme of exhibitions and events covering aspects of art and design, focusing on artists living and working in Wales - looking at traditional media from an original and exciting viewpoint.
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Monday 09:30 - 17:00
Tuesday 09:30 - 17:00
Wednesday 09:30 - 17:00
Thursday 09:30 - 17:00
Friday 09:30 - 16:30
Saturday 09:30 - 16:00
Includes Caerwent collection of Roman domestic objects; the Transport Bridge archive; and objects from the Chartist protest of 1839. Ceramic displays include the whimsical Iris & John Fox Collection of pottery and porcelain which features over 40 items of Wemyss ware. The John & Elizabeth Wait Collection of over 300 domestic, novelty and craft teapots are displayed together with tea ephemera in a series of cabinets and period room settings dating from 1800.
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Agriculture, Archaeology, Archives, Coins and Medals, Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, Fine Art, Industry, Land Transport, Maritime, Medicine, Music, Natural Sciences, Personalities, Religion, Science and Technology, Social History
Key artists and exhibits
- Transporter Bridge archive
- Chartist collection
- Caerwent Roman collection
- J.M.W.Turner
- Sir Stanley Spencer
- L.S.Lowry
- Sir William Russell Flint
- Dame Laura Knight
- Peter Blake
- Stephen Conroy
- Sir Frank Brangwyn
- Sir Kyffin Williams
- Ceri Richards
- Thomas Rathmell
- Stanley Lewis, Ernest Zobole, Harry Holland and Peter Prendergast.
- Wemyss ware
Archaeology is Rubbish
Workshop for KS2
This popular workshop aims to introduce archaeology to pupils using themes such as buriel and decay, the discovery of artefacts, reconstruction and object interpretation. Children find out how artefacts get burried and together we excavate a dustbin.
There are hands - on activities which investigate sorting and reconstructing artefacts. The session ends with a quiz in the museum and an opportunity to explore the archaeology on display.
Dates: Summer Term
Time: 10am - 11:30am or 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Cost: £30 per session (35 pupils max)
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Art Detectives
Pupils will become detectives as they investigate the Art Gallery and the kind of things they might find there. With a "Clue Bag" to help them, pupils explore artworks through objects and words.
This session has been designed for pupils and their teachers who may be visiting the art gallery for the first time.
These workshops are available to book throughout the first half of each term. 10am - 11:15am or 1:15pm - 2:30pm. £30 per session.
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A hands - on workshop for Reception and KS1
Find out how Granny washed and dried her clothes before the automatic washing machine, tumber drier and electric iron
Wash clothes using a scrubbing board, fairy soap and washing dolly
Squeeze water out with a mangle
Hang clothes on a washing line using wooden dolly pegs
Try ironing with a flat iron and box iron
These workshops are available to book throughout the first half of the term.
£30 per class (maximum 35 pupils)
10am - 11:30am or 1pm - 2:30pm
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"Holidays to the Homeland" touring exhibition
This exhibition is constructed from a series of life story interviews with individuals who have visited their homeland. It features photographs and transcripts from the interviews in English, Welsh and Urdu. The exhibition is mounted on free standing display boards and is available for hire free of charge to local schools. Representative from the school must come and collect.
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Houses and Homes @ Tredegar House
Find out about this special house and some of the people who have lived here over the years:
-comapre and contrast the size and numbers of the rooms with today's homes
- explore the Side Hall, Dining Room, Passages, the Great Kitchen, the Scullery and the Meat Larder - how many of these rooms do we have in our homes today
- Visit the Housekeeper's Room and sit and enjoy a story about another special home
-move through to the New Hall and walk up the Grand Staircase - find out how many staircases this house has
- explore the King's room, the King's dressing room and the Lobby and while here take time to sketch some of the unusual furnishings.
Available to book every Thursday term time betwe
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"Living in Newport"
This free workshop has been designed around many National Curriculum subjects and schemes of work. It will encourage children to explore their surroundings focussing on the multi - cultural population and diversity of Newport. We concentrate on the stories of people in the community who have moved to Newport from other countries for different reasons.
Pupils will learn using oral histories, objects, maps, newspapers, costumes and photographs.
Some of the themes that we cover include; language, culutres, religion, food. clothing and travel.
Outreach - max 30 pupils, KS1 & 2. Available for single 1 hour sessions or we can do three sessions in one day.
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Medieval Newport and its Ship
A hands - on workshop for KS2 and 3
This workshop aims to introduce pupils to life in the medieval period and the medieval ship that was discovered on the banks of the River Usk in Newport.
Pupils will be able to enjoy the new museum gallery and take part in hands - on activities that will help them to:
-Understand the term "medieval" through completing two larfe floor based time lines
- find out more about medieval life through playing a "crow's - nest and sea sea - serpent" puzzle
- make a link with the people of the medieval period through handling both real and replica objects from the time
- explore the lives of medieval people
- find out more about everyday medieval life through cost
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Multi - cultural Loans Material
The Community Memories Project has collected a number of objects from different communities and cultures across Newport. We have traditional cultural costumes from countries including India, Pakistan, Africa and the Middle East suitable for children, religious artefact packages, books and music. All of the items are available to hire free of charge to local schools.
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Oral History
A number of life story interviews have been conducted with people who have moved to Newport in recent years from countries such as Iran, Colombia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Extracts from these interviews are available on CD with accompanying exercises designed to encourage discussion amongst pupils.
The CD's are available free of charge to schools within the local area
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Stuarts @ Tredegar House
Visit the Stuart rooms at Tredegar House and discover how the family lived, then learn how the family entertained with a lesson in Stuart dance and etiquette.
Sessions last for 2 hours. One hour will be spent discovering the Stuart part of the house: One hour will be spent learning a Stuart dance.
We can accomodate up to 2 classes per session.
Wednesdays, 10am - 12pm or 1pm - 3pm
£120 per session
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Workshop suitable for KS1 and KS2
Newport Museum and Art Gallery has a collection of over 400 teapots and most of them are on display. This workshop will encourage pupils to explore the many different styles and designs of teapots and along the way will discover:
why tea was so expensive
what the Great Tea race was all about
where tea comes from
All pupils will explore through looking, discussing and observational drawing.
These workshops are available to book throughout the second half of each term. £30 per class 10am - 11:30am or 1:30pm - 3:00pm
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The Romans at Home
-Find out what Roman ate
-Try on Roman togas and tunics
-Play Roman games
-Make your own Roman ink and practice your handwriting
-Experiment with Roman makeup and hairdressing
-Explore the real 2000 year old Roman artefacts on display
These workshops are avaliable to book throughout the second half of each term
Group size: Max 35 pupils.
£30 per class
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Toys From the Past
An interactive workshop in your school - suitable for KS1
Children will look at and explore some of the toys and games that children played with 100 years ago, led by our experienced facilitator.
Each workshop usually lasts 1 hour.
£150 per day (three sessions) or £50 per session. 1 class per session only
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Victorian Workshops
Step back in time to 1895 where Mr. Smith the Butler and Mrs Williams the Housekeeper, Head Servants to Lord Tredegar, are looking to recruit new servants to the House. Pupils will join the staff to see how they measure up as potential servants.
Dressed in reproduction costume, "servants" will explore the grand rooms above stairs with the Butler and the busy rooms below stairs with the housekeeper.
- imagine what life was like at Tredegar House in Victorian times
- find out what the servants did
- discover the bells passage and how the bell system worked
- explore the large kitchen and sculleries and find out why they were painted blue.
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Scallop, Ham and Pineapple "Sandwich"
|Seafood, Vegetables, Meat, Fruits
|Day Part
|Dinner, Lunch
|Menu Part
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A delightful presentation for these tender scallops. Scallops are split and filled with pinapple and ham and skewered with rosemary sprigs. A sweet and salty treat. Pineapple relish and shoestring potatoes complete the dish.
Pineapple Relish:
1 cup finely diced fresh pineapple
1 tsp. finely diced red onion
1/4 tsp. finely minced jalapeño pepper
1 tsp. finely chopped, fresh cilantro leaves
2 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Sugar, to taste
Scallop Sandwiches:
2 tbsp. vegetable oil
1/4 fresh pineapple, peeled, cored, and cut into 1/8-in.-thick slices
6 very large sea scallops
Salt and freshly ground white pepper
3 slices country ham, cut into 1 1/2-in. squares
12 (4-in.) rosemary sprigs
Sweet-and-Sour Fish Sauce (recipe follows)
Sweet-and-Sour Fish Sauce:
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup rice wine vinegar
1/3 cup tomato juice
2 tsp. fresh lemon juice
1 tbsp. nuoc mam
1. For the pineapple relish: In a small mixing bowl, combine pineapple, onion, jalapeño pepper, cilantro, and olive oil. Season with salt, pepper, and sugar. The relish may be prepared in advance and stored in the refrigerator overnight.
2. For scallop sandwiches: In a non-stick pan, heat 1 tbsp. vegetable oil. Add pineapple slices and cook until golden on both sides; remove and keep warm.
3. Season scallops with salt and white pepper. Heat remaining vegetable oil over high heat in non-stick pan, add scallops, and cook until golden brown on both sides, taking care not to overcook.
4. Slice scallops in half crosswise. Sandwich a slice of pineapple and country ham between halves of each scallop. Using a serrated knife, slice each scallop sandwich in half and spear each half with a rosemary sprig.
5. Place scallop sandwiches in center of serving plates and splash sweet-and-sour fish sauce around the plate. Serve with pineapple relish and shoestring potatoes.
Sweet-and-Sour Fish Sauce:
1. In a 1-qt. saucepan, combine sugar and vinegar. Cook over med.-high heat until mixture turns amber in color. Remove from heat.
2. Slowly and very carefully whisk in tomato juice. Whisk in lemon juice and nuoc mam. Sauce can be made up to 5 days in advance, stored in refrigerator, and rewarmed before serving.


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Moore will be part of Super Soul Fest 2013 at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center. Also appearing is Freddie Jackson, whose career Moore and her then-husband helped launch from her backup singer to solo performer.
Melba Moore could take a limo but she prefers to "rehearse humility," choosing instead to walk up a little mountain and a set of staircases from her West New York, N.J., home to the bus stop, which leads to the train that she takes across the Hudson River into Manhattan, from where she walks to church. She attends not one but three Masses each morning.
"I receive Holy Communion three times and although it's the same Scriptures, I hear three different sermons," Moore said. "After church, I go to the gym. I try to have an hour, hour-and-a-half to work out. I've had hip and knee surgery, so I have to listen to my body. The gym is evidence of the body working with the spirit. ... He actually makes us fresh and new."
Moore takes little credit for her youthful appearance.
"This is my regimen, how I begin each day with excitement, exhilaration — and refocused," she said. "'What does he want me to do?'"
One of the answers, it seems to her, is to re-establish her career, which early on included replacing Diane Keaton in the lead in "Hair" on Broadway.
"I was the first black to replace a white lady," she says. "When God does things, he does them in a big way."
She was also the first and last black woman to play Fantine in "Les Miserables," which she did in the mid-1990s. She was the first pop artist to perform a nonoperatic concert at the Met. She also won a Tony for her role in "Purlie," has multiple Grammy nods and Billboard hits, and was a regular on "The Tonight Show," among other TV variety shows.
But for more than a decade, she's been out of the spotlight and in the shadows.
"I married my manager, and the marriage went bad. So did my career," she says.
Ironically, the new single she released just a few weeks ago is titled "What Can I Do to Survive," a question she's spending a lot of time considering as she delves into who she is as an artist and a Christian.
"Songs are like commercials. There's something that catches you right away," she said of the new release's lyrics.
Along with the single and the release of the album it's on, "Forever Moore," in October, Moore will be part of Super Soul Fest 2013 at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center. Also appearing is Freddie Jackson, whose career Moore and her then-husband helped launch from her backup singer to solo performer. She'll also share the stage with Harold Melvin's Blue Notes and the Intruders.
"I'm excited about that. I've not done an 'oldies' show," she said.
Music's been flowing through her body for almost as long as she can remember.
"My earliest (musical) memory is from the age of 9 or 10. My mom married a pianist (Clement Mooreman), and he made us all play piano," she said. "My mom was a singer and they worked together. They rehearsed the band in the house. It wasn't just the centerpiece of my life, but consuming."
And it wasn't just that her stepfather introduced her to music; he introduced her to what a family should be, treating her as he did his biological children.
"It was like I went to another planet. ... We were so close," she said. "My mom's passed, but my stepfather is amazing. He's 97, is still working and plays better than ever.
"My mom was a single mother and on the road. I was raised by a nanny," said Moore, likening her nanny to the abusive mother in the movie "Precious," but understanding now as an adult that her nanny was enslaved by the tragic circumstances of her life that included being an orphan and illiterate.
Education was one of the many values Moore's family instilled, and she graduated from Montclair State University with a degree in music education. She taught for a while, but had been bitten by the art of performing.
"I went to my mom and stepdad and told them I couldn't go back into a classroom one more day," she says. Although believing in the importance of a "real job," Moorman called on some colleagues and got Moore studio work. It was during a recording session while singing back up for the composer of "Hair" — not of the play's score but his performance — that she learned they were still casting for some good, strong black singers.
"No one else from that session wanted to sing for the director," she said. "But I was dying to be onstage."
Little did she know then what would happen for a strong voice from the chorus when Keaton left the role.
"Now I'm reinventing myself, via music, hoping it will lead me back to Broadway," Moore said.


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Andrew Wilkinson, chief economic strategist for Miller Tabak & Co., calls the Federal Reserve's statement following the December Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting "something of a surprise."
While the Fed was expected to add to its bond buying plan to coincide with the end of Operation Twist, they also announced parameters necessary to end QE and its zero rate policy and move into tightening mode. The Fed set a 6.5% target for unemployment and a 2.5% target for inflation, pledging to maintain its policy of buying bonds and keeping interest rates low until unemployment moved to its target so long as inflation remained no more than half percent above its 2% target, according to Wilkinson.
Commenting on the change in policy targets to economic-based indicators in the post-FOMC press conference, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said, "We think it's a better form of communication. The date-based guidance served a purpose, but that was a non-transparent process...Our guidance needs to be viewed as credible. As such, we will refer to publicly available reports and information.
Wilkinson notes that "the Fed was dovish on inflation stating that it remains anchored and is expected to remain low over the two-year horizon."
Equities continued to rally after the announcement, though Wilkinson discounted the market view that it was a sign of an earlier exit. While acknowledging that bonds and stocks seem to be pushing that view, Wilkinson notes, "Perhaps they are trading on a more aggressive Fed, or more simply there is still pent up demand for riskier assets heading into year-end. Bond prices are now weakening, but not as quickly as post QE3 announcement."
Wilkinson notes that the Treasury market is not giving a clear picture of the level of inflation fear as the short-end of the curve is seeing slightly lower yields, with the long end showing higher yields.
He adds, "Of special interest will be how hard the Fed keeps its foot on the bond-buying pedal as it approaches its unemployment target, which at the last count remain still two years away. Will they ease up on the volume of bond purchases when the unemployment rate stands at 6.9% compared to today's 7.7%."
In its post-meeting statement, the Fed pledged to continue buying Treasuries at the same pace as it had, despite Operation Twist officially coming to an end at the end of the month. Speaking on that topic, Bernanke said, "This is a continuation of what we said in September. In September we expressed dissatisfaction with the labor market...The amount of stimulus is more or less the same, it's just a continuation from what we said in September."
Despite the surprising nature of today's announcement, Wilkinson concludes, "Today's adoption of official targets for inflation and unemployment has not caused a shift in the FOMC's timetable for policy removal."
A topic of particular concern throughout the post-meeting press conference was the looming fiscal cliff and how the Fed would react should policymakers fail to come to an accord. "If the fiscal cliff occurs, the Fed doesn't have the tools to combat such an event," Bernanke said. "We would try to do what we could, but we cannot offset the impact [of going over the cliff]."


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Lino reveals treasure
JOHN Leckenby, of Ballina, has a little more insight than most about the feeling in England when the First World War ended, all because of something he has which was found under lino.
The armistice to end The Great War was signed at 11am on November 11, 1918 - a day which is commemorated each year as Remembrance Day. A memorial service will be held on November 11 at the Ballina cenotaph from 10.45am.
John has an original November 16, 1918, Australasian edition of The Illustrated London News, which was given to him by a mate 25 years ago which celebrates the armistice.
The paper, in surprisingly good condition, has photographs of the Versailles conference, the celebrations on the streets of London and outside Buckingham Palace at the end of the war, as well as photographs of community and military leaders of the day.
"A mate of mine was renovating a house at Moruya (on the South Coast) and pulled up the lino," John said.
"There were lots of newspapers under the lino."
John said his mate had no hesitation in offering the historic newspaper to him.
"I just love history," he said.
He has no idea how long the paper - which cost two shillings - was under the lino for, or who was the original owner.
He keeps the paper in a plastic cover now to preserve it, but John, at 66, is also thinking of the future of the historic document.
He would like to sell it, but isn't sure of the market for it.
The back page of the paper has a tear.


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NEW YORK (AP) — It's after the crowd thins that the party gets interesting.
Such was the case with mutual funds last quarter. The types of funds that did best were often those that investors rushed to exit in 2013. Mutual funds that invest in the stocks of mining companies were the headliners: They made an average of 12.1 percent, the most among the 103 fund categories that Morningstar tracks and more than six times the return of the Standard & Poor's 500 index. The jump came after investors pulled a net $2.1 billion from the category last year. The top of the leaderboard for first-quarter fund returns provides another example of how sharply fortunes can swing.
Many of the top-performing fund categories in the first quarter were ones that tend to be popular when worries are rising, such as gold-related and bond funds. Investors have felt more reason to worry this year as concerns flared about tensions in Ukraine and about disappointing economic reports in China and the United States. The VIX, an index that measures how nervous investors are about big price swings upcoming for the S&P 500, jumped in February to its highest closing level since 2012.
Even though the S&P 500 index had its smallest quarterly move in the last six, various mutual fund categories still posted big moves in both directions.
"I think we're into a stock picker's market and a bond picker's market and a country picker's market," says Jack Rivkin, chief investment officer at Altegris, which runs several alternative mutual funds. Unlike last year, when 91 percent of the stocks in the S&P 500 rose together, Rivkin says, "we're going to see some difference in performance among individual countries, individual sectors and individual companies."
Here's a look at some of last quarter's biggest winners and losers.
Last year, when the price of gold had its worst annual performance since 1981, the average precious metals stock fund lost 48.8 percent. But managers say that helped make gold-mining stocks look more attractive, and they bounced back even higher than the price of gold. Of the 25 mutual funds at the top of the rankings for first-quarter returns, 12 specialize in gold-mining stocks.
Detroit's bankruptcy filing last year spooked investors away from municipal bonds, which are issued by local governments. Such bonds offer income that's generally free from federal income tax, but investors worried about the financial strength of local governments. Fears about rising interest rates also hurt: A jump would knock down prices for all kinds of bonds because their yields would suddenly become less attractive. Investors yanked a net $58.1 billion from muni-bond funds in 2013, in contrast to the $146.2 billion that they plugged into foreign stock funds.
But those fears were unwarranted, at least during the first quarter. Interest rates fell, and the default rate remains low. That helped the average long-term national municipal bond fund return 4 percent last quarter. Investors noticed, and they're returning. Muni-bond funds attracted new money in the first two months of the year, and preliminary figures suggest they did so again in March, according to the Investment Company Institute. It would be the first positive three-month streak for muni-bond funds since the fall of 2012.
Last year, many analysts heralded the "Great Rotation" of investors into stock mutual funds from bonds, where they had been focusing almost exclusively since the financial crisis. Rising interest rates sent the bond market in 2013 to its first annual loss since 1999, as measured by the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond index.
But increased anxiety among investors pushed up demand for bonds, which in turn pushed down their yields. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell below 2.6 percent in early February, after starting the year at close to 3 percent. That helped intermediate-term bond mutual funds, the largest type by assets, deliver an average return of 1.9 percent. To be sure, many analysts don't expect such gains to continue. They still expect interest rates to rise, a result of the continued improvement in the economy that they're forecasting. Shortly after the end of the first quarter, the yield on the 10-year Treasury climbed back to 2.8 percent.
The party continued to disband for Latin American stock funds. After investors yanked a net $1.4 billion last year, the funds have continued to disappoint and lost an average 1.1 percent last quarter. Investors are worried about how the region will deal with a global economy that's supported by less stimulus from the Federal Reserve, among other concerns. The U.S. central bank in December began paring back its program to buy $85 billion in bonds to support the economy.
Worries about slowing economic growth in China reverberated across Asian stock markets. Chinese stock funds lost an average of 4.3 percent last quarter. Japanese stock funds, which also struggled with worries about how effective economic reforms in the country will be, lost 3.8 percent.


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Funeral services have been set for the 16-year-old killed Wednesday in a one-car crash on Old Hopewell Road after being thrown from the vehicle as classmates at Roy C. Ketcham High School mourn his death.
Calling hours for Josh Indorf will be Sunday, Nov. 5 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Monday, Nov. 6 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m at the McHoul Funeral Home, 1089 Main St., in Fishkill. Funeral services are set for noon Monday at the funeral home.
The motocross loving Town of Wappinger teen is being remembered by friends and classmates with words such as nice and kind and for encouraging others to smile.
A friend and fellow classmate Leann Drusik has known Josh since they were in the sixth grade when she was new to the area and Josh and his friends welcomed her to the school.
"Josh was just an amazing person," Drusik said. "He loved to ride his dirt bike ( #72 ) and I'm sure he's up there in heaven racing everyone and beating everyone."
She also said she would miss "hearing him say hey" every day in Chemistry class at Ketcham.
His favorite color was blue, so Thursday, all of the students wore blue and school officials held a moment of silence.
"The whole school was very quiet and sad but we were all there for one another as a community and as a family," she said.
On Friday, students again wore blue, and John Jay High School wore red for his honor. Students also clustered around the site of the crash after school on Friday.
"He had such a long life ahead of him but he's in a better place now, we all love him and will miss him dearly but we know his wonderful spirit will always be with us," Drusik said after attending the event where she said they let blue balloons go to the heavens.
The crash happened around 6 p.m. Wednesday when a blue 2007 Ford pickup truck in which Josh was a passenger along with three others rolled over and Josh was ejected from the truck, state police said. He was pronounced dead at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. The three other students were taken to MidHudson Regional Hospital with serious injuries.
Officers of the East Fishkill Police department also offered their sympathy to the family in a statement: "The officers and staff of our department wish to extend our sympathy to the family and friends of Josh Indorf and the entire R.C. Ketcham community as they deal with this tragic loss. We also offer our thoughts and prayers to the other students injured in the Wednesday evening crash on Old Hopewell Road."
A scholarship fund has been set up in Josh's name for a graduating student who aspires to become a mechanic, the career that Josh was looking forward to.
Donations should be made payable to Roy C. Ketcham High School.
"He's in a better place now," Drusik said. "Everyone is coming together after this tragic accident and it's so beautiful."
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