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"Hillside Special Santas" will provide holiday gifts for youth and families in Buffalo
Hillside Family of Agencies has announced its annual "Hillside Special Santas." The holiday gift-giving program benefits the 12,636 youth and families served by Hillside Family of Agencies Buffalo-area affiliates: Hillside Children's Center and Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection. Hillside affiliates provide youth and family human services, including child welfare, mental health, youth development, juvenile justice, special education and developmental disabilities services.
These days, families are in greater need of financial support - especially around the holidays. Now, more than ever, those served by Hillside Family of Agencies do not have the resources to purchase holiday gifts for their children. The goal of "Hillside Special Santas" is to provide every child in each family served by the non-profit with three modest gifts.
"We hope that the community will keep our Hillside youth and families in mind as they shop for the holidays," said Heather VanDyne, "Hillside Special Santa" coordinator. "We are thankful for the continued support from donors and our community partners. The youth that receive gifts from Hillside are incredibly grateful and touched to know that someone in our community cares and is thinking about them during this time of the year."
How You Can Become a 'Hillside Special Santa'
As you are shopping this holiday season, pick up an extra gift or two for a youth in the Buffalo area that is served by Hillside Family of Agencies. Some of the most needed items (new unwrapped gifts only, please) include:
Through Dec. 17, gifts may be dropped off at "Hillside Special Santas" community partner locations, including KeyBank and Buffalo Athletic Club. To learn more about "Hillside Special Santas," visit www.hillside.com and click on the "Hillside Special Santas" reindeer or call 716-848-6416.
Locally, the Hillside affiliates that will receive gifts from the community through "Hillside Special Santas" includes Hillside Children's Center and Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection. Hillside Children's Center serves youth with emotional, behavioral or mental disorders. Services include therapeutic foster care, adoption, residential, day treatment, juvenile justice, developmental disabilities, preventive, independent living and school-based services.
Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection is a youth development and anti-dropout program serving students at South Park High School. It was established to help youth stay in school, achieve academic success, and earn their high school diplomas. HW-SC creates a web of services to assist students in developing the habits, acquiring the skills, and demonstrating the desire to become contributing, responsible young people at home, in school, at work, and within the community.
About Hillside Family of Agencies
Celebrating its 175th anniversary in 2012, Hillside Family of Agencies is one of the oldest family and youth nonprofit human services organizations in the U.S. The youth and family services organization provides child welfare, mental health, youth development, juvenile justice, special education and developmental disabilities services across central and western New York and in Prince George's County, Md. Last year, Hillside Family of Agencies provided services to 12,636 youth and families in need.
Hillside Family of Agencies is made up of affiliates: Crestwood Children's Center, Hillside Children's Center, Hillside Children's Foundation, Hillside Shared Services, Hillside Work-Scholarship Connection and Snell Farm Children's Center. For more information, visit www.hillside.com.


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The Allstate Sugar Bowl and the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) have extended their agreement through the 2014 bowl season. The four-year agreement was finalized among the BCS, the Allstate Sugar Bowl, the Orange Bowl, the Fiesta Bowl and new broadcast partner ESPN.
"The Sugar Bowl has been a terrific partner since the BCS's inception and we are looking forward to continuing that relationship for the next cycle," said BCS coordinator John Swofford.
"We want to thank the conference commissioners and John Swofford for recognizing the efforts of our city and our membership," Allstate Sugar Bowl CEO Paul Hoolahan said. "We always strive to put on the best game possible and it is very gratifying to be recognized for that with our continued participation in the BCS."
New Orleans will be the host of both the Allstate Sugar Bowl and the BCS Championship game in January of 2012, the second time the city and bowl have "double-hosted." In 2008, double-hosting brought over $400 million of economic impact to the City of New Orleans and the State of Louisiana. The economic impact of the Sugar Bowl alone is annually over $150 million. Over the past decade, the organization has generated over $1 billion for the state and local economies.
"This is a great day for the Allstate Sugar Bowl, the city of New Orleans and the state of Louisiana," Allstate Sugar Bowl President Richard Smith said. "We are very excited to continue our role in the BCS system through 2014. In our first 75 years, we have established ourselves as one of the top bowl experiences in the country; this agreement assures that we will continue to bring the best that college football has to offer to the city of New Orleans."
The 2010 Allstate Sugar Bowl is the final Sugar Bowl in the current agreement. It will be played on Friday, Jan. 1 and will be televised by Fox.


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Interestingly, relations between microvascular function, aortic stiffness, and pressure pulsatility have been reported. In the Framingham Heart Study offspring cohort increased aortic stiffness was associated with higher forearm vascular resistance at baseline and during reactive hyperemia, and with blunted flow reserve during hyperemia. 51 Moreover, aortic stiffening is accompanied by microcirculatory structural or functional remodeling beyond that which is explained by contemporaneously measured cardiovascular risk factors. One interpretation is that microvascular damage may result from increased aortic stiffness and elevated forward wave amplitude or from increased transmission of a given forward wave into the microcirculation. Consistent with this hypothesis, prior studies in animal models have shown that locally induced isolated alterations in pressure pulsatility have major effects on microvascular structure and function. 52,53 Another interpretation is that abnormalities in the microcirculation and, therefore, in peripheral vascular resistance, lead to the perturbations in aortic stiffness. Recent careful observations by Christensen and Mulvany 54 have confirmed that pulsatility penetrates much deeper in the microvasculature than was previously supposed. It has, therefore, been hypothesized that structural alterations (rarefaction) leading to changes in the architectural design of the distal vascular tree influence pulse pressure and the augmentation index beyond the Windkessel (compliance, resistance) paradigm. 55 The biophysical basis of this influence is still poorly explored, although recent studies suggest a possible role for microvascular branching angles and related geometric parameters in hypertension-related cardiovascular disease. 56
The pathophysiological basis of the metabolic syndrome is multiple and complex. There is increasing evidence that microvascular function is a potential factor explaining the clustering of several components of the metabolic syndrome such as hypertension, obesity, and insulin resistance ( Figure 3 ). Also, microvascular defects play an important role in the end-organ damage associated with the metabolic syndrome and may contribute to macrovascular dysfunction, although further studies will have to elucidate the physiological mechanisms underlying relationships between these two segments of the circulation. Thus, the microcirculation may present a promising future therapeutic and preventative target in the metabolic syndrome. Hence, clarification of pathophysiological pathways that contribute to microvascular dysfunction is essential. This review discusses the potential role for defects in intracellular insulin signaling and obesity-related endocrine signaling therein. These pathways are worth more detailed studies in the future to develop targeted interventions for microvascular dysfunction.
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The answer, then, is to avoid getting lost in the endless stream and instead to focus on the small percentage of messages that matter most, from clients and potential clients. Even in the darkest days of email overwhelm, if you force yourself to put a "star" on high priority messages, you can often successfully tackle that handful.
Despite the rise of technologies like Slack, for the foreseeable future, email will always be with us – and indeed, some predict the number of messages we receive will continue to grow at a compounded annual rate of 15% . Spending more time fielding messages – time away from our own priorities – isn't a sustainable answer. And asking people to take you off of mailing lists or leave you off of "reply all" threads is a losing battle. (Just save your time and don't respond.)
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The proportions of men and women (excluding patients with reported CHD or other atherosclerotic disease) who are potentially eligible for treatment at different levels of absolute CHD risk (table 1 ) in England and Scotland has been estimated by applying the Framingham risk function to the Health Survey for England (1994) and the Scottish Health Survey. The Health Survey for England did not measure HDL cholesterol and this has been estimated from the Scottish data. The Scottish survey is based on people aged 30−64 whereas in England the population 30−75 years was surveyed. For the age group 64−75 in England the average HDL cholesterol at age 64 years in Scotland was used.
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On Thursday, Walt Disney Co. will launch its big new marketing event, the D23 Expo, in Anaheim with predictably bright and shiny promotional messages about upcoming projects such as "The Princess and the Frog," "Toy Story 3" and the new-look California Adventure theme park and stars such as Robin Williams, Nicolas Cage and Kelsey Grammer plugging future Disney vehicles.
But on closer inspection the four-day event is as much about the past as it is the future. The D23 Expo — the name is a reference to 1923, the year Walt Disney founded the studio — is a major moment in the archival life of the entertainment giant that holds on to its heritage with more intensity than any of its Hollywood rivals.
A "lost" Mickey Mouse cartoon from the 1950s will be screened publicly for the first time on Friday while the bejeweled storybook from the opening live-action sequence of the 1959 classic "Sleeping Beauty" will be on display, as will Fess Parker's coonskin cap from "Davy Crockett" and dozens of never-seen-before props, costumes and art pieces representing every decade of Disney film.
There will also be screenings of vintage films with appearances by creators and cast (Tommy Kirk, for instance, will be on hand for a Friday night screening of "The Shaggy Dog," while Mary Costa, the voice of Princess Aurora, will be on hand for the "Sleeping Beauty" screening on Saturday) and panels that dig deep into company history. How deep? In addition to a Friday presentation about animation cel preservation by chemist Ron Stark, there will be an in-depth panel discussion of the historical repercussions of studio founder Walt Disney's trip to South America in 1941 (which is the subject of the upcoming documentary "Walt and El Grupo").
"This is a major celebration of the heritage of Disney; there will be things that the true fans — the ones who know the history and love it — have never had the chance to see and hear," said Dave Bossert, creative director of special projects for Disney Animation Studios.
The Expo might be viewed as Disney's in-house version of Comic-Con International, the pop-culture event in San Diego that has become a powerful promotional opportunity for movie studios and television networks to reach out directly to thousands of hard-core fans. Winning over those fans has become especially important these days with Twitter, You Tube, Facebook and other digital-age opinion amplifiers.Disney officials have declined to comment on crowd expectations, but Charles Ahlers, president of the Anaheim/Orange County Visitor and Convention Bureau, has cited 30,000 to 40,000 as the anticipated crowd for the event at the venerable Anaheim Convention Center. The D23 Expo is $37 a day (or less with multi-day passes) — for programming that runs from 10 a.m. past 11 p.m.
The event will have some high-interest presentations, such as director Tim Burton's appearance promoting "Alice in Wonderland," a program devoted to upcoming Pixar projects and the first public screening of major footage from "The Princess and the Frog." There are far more than films at the event, however, with a 20,000-square-foot trading floor for collectibles, appearances by television stars from Disney-owned ABC and promotions for Disney cruises, theme parks, music, etc.
Still, a considerable amount of the stage time and real estate at the event is devoted to history. Bossert will be on stage on Friday afternoon for one of the key moments — a screening of Disney animation rarities such as "Stop That Tank," an instructional video made decades ago for the Canadian military that was "once classified and now is just this fascinating artifact," and "Winged Scourge," an educational video about malaria that is a bit shocking to behold now.
"Some of the techniques it presents are a bit startling now — such as dumping a layer of oil on top of the water supply to kill mosquito larvae, or using insecticides that are outlawed now," Bossert said.
Those are kitschy artifacts but that panel, which will also be hosted by Bossert and Academy Award-nominated producer and author Don Hahn, will also include two screenings of far more historical heft. One is "Destino," the collaboration between Disney and Salvador Dali that was begun in 1945 and was not completed and released until 2003, after Roy E. Disney championed it. The other is "Plight of the Bumblebee," a Mickey Mouse cartoon that Bossert called "a truly fascinating treasure," a cartoon from the Eisenhower era that was never completed nor shown outside the Disney offices.
"It's hard to find references to it, it's off the radar for even intense fans of Mickey Mouse and company history," Bossert said, adding that longtime Disney employee Bernie Mattenson, with Disney for 55 years, unearthed the six-minute cartoon, which is in various stages of animation but complete in plot.
"There are black-and-white unfinished panels, some parts are rough, others are cleaned-up, but it's an absolute lost treasure. It's perfect for the Expo, which is tuned in to the past. This is a must-see and this is the only place to see it."
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The business fallout from Detroit-based Wolverine Packing Co.'s May 19 recall of 1.8 million pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with potentially deadly E. coli bacteria won't be known for some time.
Investigations, both internal and by government officials, are underway. So is at least one lawsuit.
Wolverine, which had $1 billion in revenue last year, declined to discuss any business practices that may change, or how it may be affected financially, until it completes its own internal investigation.
"Since the voluntary recall was launched, the company still is conducting an internal investigation into the recall and assisting the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service as it continues to look into the matter," said Chuck Sanger, Wolverine's outside spokesman via Hartland, Wis.-based food industry public relations firm Charleston Orwig Inc.
"Once all investigations are complete, the senior management team can then analyze what was learned and what remedial steps might be taken. Therefore, right now the company is not in a position to make any final judgments regarding the recall's effect on Wolverine's policy, business or any changes that might be made moving forward."
The recall is the second in Wolverine's 77-year history, Sanger said. He didn't have details about the first, in 2003.
The company was founded in 1937 by Alfred Bonahoom and continues to be owned by the Bonahoom family. Jim Bonahoom is the current president.
The wholesale slaughterhouse, meat packer and distributor based in Detroit's Eastern Market issued a voluntary recall of 1.8 million pounds of Angus steak burgers and ground beef patties after the federal government said 11 people in four states were sickened between April 22 and May 2. The meat was packed between March 31 and April 18.
The recall came after the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, identified patients sickened by E. coli O157:H7. This type of E. coli can cause serious infection with symptoms including severe cramps, nausea and diarrhea.
Identified were five Michigan cases, four in Ohio, and one each in Massachusetts and Missouri. Those affected range in age from 19 to 46.
The meat was sold for restaurant use, but the federal government hasn't disclosed the restaurants. It has identified the wholesalers and retailers that took delivery from Wolverine, including Grand Rapids-based Gordon Food Service Marketplace and the M Sixty Six General Store in Orleans west of Grand Rapids.
The meat was bought by retailers in Michigan, Ohio, Virginia, Tennessee, Illinois, Minnesota, Georgia, North Carolina, Florida, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, North Dakota and Wisconsin.
No deaths have been tied to the meat. The bacteria involved is referred to as Shiga toxin-producing E. coli, or STEC. The bacteria can cause severe disease, including bloody diarrhea and hemolytic uremic syndrome, a type of kidney failure, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A woman filed a lawsuit in Kalamazoo last week seeking $25,000 from Wolverine claiming she was sickened by its meat and hospitalized for six days. She ate at an unnamed Farmington restaurant.
A co-counsel on the case is Seattle law firm Marler Clark LLP, which specializes nationally in high-profile food poisoning outbreaks, and says it has won more than $500 million for clients over the past 20 years.
Founder Bill Marler, who said he has sued every major U.S. meat manufacturer, outlined what he expects Wolverine's strategy to be.
"Wolverine is a grinding operation that likely sourced trim and other meat to use in producing hamburgers," he wrote in an email. "They will likely try and point the finger upstream to one of the sources of the meat. However, they likely used multiple sources of meat to make the hamburger in question, so it will be difficult, if not impossible, to sort that out. (Food Safety and Inspection Services) will not fine them or likely do anything. Civil litigation is the only recourse for the consumer."
Bad press and lawsuits trigger worry by suppliers, who may turn elsewhere.
"Trying to sell back to that industry that is purchasing can be an uphill battle," said Ben Chapman, an assistant professor and food safety extension specialist at North Carolina State University. He blogs about food safety at BarfBlog.com.
"The loss of that 1.8 million pounds is one thing. It's difficult to put a monetary value on (goodwill); it's more than just the product."
Companies that have closed in the wake of a major recall couldn't survive the combination of lawsuits and loss of trust, Chapman said.
In Wolverine's case, he expects customers to have questions no matter what investigations show.
"If everything is up to what's expected, the buyers may say, 'What are you to doing to address what went wrong?' " he said. "It's not a random act. Something happened. Either the system they have failed or the system they have wasn't good enough."
The amount of meat in question is small compared to national beef totals. Nearly 26 billion pounds of beef were produced in 2012; about half of that was ground beef.
If beef production has remained on that pace, Wolverine's recall would represent just 0.0069 percent of the beef supply.
The Wolverine recall pales in comparison to the largest recalls.
The largest U.S. ground beef recall was 25 million pounds from Rogers, Ark.-based Hudson Foods Co. in 2007. Rival Arkansas-based food processing giant Tyson Foods Inc. eventually spent $632 million to acquire Hudson, which had lost its largest client, Burger King, because of the recall. Congress passed stricter meat quality controls after the situation.
Elizabeth, N.J.-based Topps Meat Co. recalled nearly 22 million pounds of ground beef in 2007 after 38 people were sickened with E. coli O157:H7. The company closed within two months of the USDA's investigation, and was liquidated.
Kroger stores in 2008 recalled an undetermined amount of E. coli O157:H7-tainted ground beef that had sickened 21 people in Michigan and 20 in Ohio. That meat had been sold in Kroger supermarkets and supplied to other retailers.
Omaha-based Nebraska Beef Ltd. recalled nearly 7 million pounds of meat in 2008 after being linked to nearly 80 confirmed E. coli illnesses.
Nebraska Beef, which slaughters cattle for processing, later sued one of its cattle suppliers, Loveland, Colo.-based Meyer Natural Foods LLC, over the situation. The case was settled in 2011.
The last USDA meat recall in Michigan came in 2013, when about 1,000 pounds of salmonella-contaminated ground beef was recalled by Sterling Heights-based Jouni Meats Inc. and Troy-based Gab Halal Foods after it was sold directly to consumers and to an undisclosed restaurant in Macomb County.
Wolverine says it sells 4,000 products across 250 brands, and processes 8 million burger patties weekly. Besides beef, it deals in chicken, pork, lamb, veal, turkey, seafood, wild game, duck, geese and organ meats/variety meats.
It opened as a lamb and veal processor in 1937, and began producing beef products in the 1960s.
Bill Shea: (313) 446-1626, [email protected]. Twitter: @bill_shea19


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Harvey is the son of former Major League reliever Bryan Harvey, who was perhaps most famous for his mustache. His brother Kris Harvey was drafted first by the Atlanta Braves in the fifth round of the 2002 MLB Draft as a catcher, then by the Florida Marlins in 2005 draft as an outfielder. Now, he's a relief pitcher in the Marlins' system.
Harvey boasts a low-90s fastball that has touched 94 MPH in his high school career. Some reports have his fastball touching 97 this season, which would be incredible. It could be a plus pitch for him if he can command it and potentially add velocity.
His curveball is his best secondary pitch. It sits in the mid-70s and is his out pitch.
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"(H)e varied the shape of the breaking ball, although I'm not sure how deliberate that was, throwing some with real two-plane break and depth and others that were more vertical as he'd try to hit the inside corner to right-handers."He also has a 79-82 MPH changeup that he admittedly doesn't throw as much as he should. He'll need a consistent third pitch if he's going to make it as a starting pitcher.
Perhaps one of the most attractive parts about Harvey's draftability is the fact he's not committed to a college, thus making him an "easy sign." Harvey could go to a junior college if he doesn't get what he wants, but with his father advising him, it'd be surprising if Harvey passes up anything more than $1.5 million in a bonus.
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Every year it seems the holiday season gets more competitive for retailers. First it was free shipping, now it's free layaway and price-matching in guaranteed, speedy in-store pickup.
Promises, promises. But do the programs really work?
CNBC producers and I went shopping undercover so we wouldn't get any special treatment.
Many retailers say they'll match their competitor's prices, but there are certainly exclusions and nuances from retailer to retailer.
We chose the Sony WiFi Built-in Blu-ray Disc Player BDP-S390 for our mission, and three major retailers: Best Buy, Target and Wal-Mart Stores .
A little online research showed Target pricing the DVD player at $139.99. Wal-Mart's selling the same one for $129 dollars on its website. Best Buy offers a "special price" that you can only see at check out. It turned out to be the cheapest at $108.99.
(Read More: Will Electronic Device Sales Light up the Holidays?)
Both Wal-Mart and Target have price-matching policies posted online, and Best Buy also has a holiday price-matching program, but since it has the lowest price we didn't need to test it there.
Armed with a print out of the Best Buy deal, we made a stop at a Walmart store. There, the Blu Ray DVD player had a list price of $138, despite the fact that it was listed on the store's website for $129.
At first, an associate said he wasn't sure he could match Best Buy's price because it was from the web. However, after a discussion with a manager, it is decided Walmart will indeed match the price.
(Read More: Gift Ideas for Everyone on Your List.)
When I went to buy the Blu Ray player, a scan of the barcode revealed the price had been reduced to $98, much to our surprise. So in the end, the price-match wasn't necessary.
We then hit a Target store. Once again, the employee said he wasn't sure he could match an online deal. But after a little pushing, and a radio call to a manager, he did match the price.
We learned some lessons from our price-matching experiment. First, make sure you've done the research yourself, and have the print out—either from the web or physical advertisement—with you and make sure it has a date.
Second, if the associate isn't sure, or says no, push to speak with a manager. Some retailers will match online prices, some will only match brick and mortar competitors, and some will not match at all, but it's worth asking.
Our next test was in-store pickup.
Let's be honest, there's nothing more frustrating than battling holiday traffic, then fighting the crowds inside the store, only to wait in long lines to check out. A number of retailers hope to offer some relief by allowing shoppers purchase online and pick up at the store, cutting down wait times, at least in theory.
This year Sears is making the 5 minute pick-up promise. If you make a purchase online and drive to the store, they'll have the item loaded in your car within a surprisingly short 5 minute window. Even on Black Friday.
Best Buy and Walmart also offer in-store pickup, though with no time guarantee. So who beat the clock?
We went online and ordered the Nintendo Sports Console from each retailer.
(Read More: 10 Must-Have Videogames This Holiday Season.)
The clock started the moment we clicked buy, and stopped when we were notified the console was ready for pick-up.
Wal-Mart sent us a "ready for pick up" email in 41 minutes. Sears shot us an email for pick up in just 8 minutes. But after an hour and 15 minutes, there was still no notification from Best Buy. Though when we checked the order status online it said "ready."
Clear winner in round one: Sears.
Now for round two, the actual store pickup.
The clock started when we handed over the receipt and stopped when we got the console in our hand.
Sears claims it will get you in and out fast, promoting the "5 minute promise."
At the Jersey City location, there's a kiosk inside to scan the confirmation email. The 5 minute clock starts ticking. We're out the door 1 minute and 44 seconds later. The 5 minute promise achieved.
Wal-Mart makes no pick-up time promise, but we started the clock running after presenting the receipt at the store in Secaucus, NJ. We had the console in hand after just 2 minutes and 5 seconds.
There are no guarantees on speed at Best Buy either. But, we handed over the receipt, and we got the console just 1 minute and 48 seconds later
Sears won again, by 4 seconds.
We should point out that we did these tests before Black Friday, and there is a human element involved, so experiences and time will likely vary from store to store, maybe even region to region. But at least so far, retailers are passing our tests.
Now we'll test the return policies … I don't need three Blu Ray players and three Nintendo Sports Consoles!
-By Courtney Reagan, CNBC Reporter
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The DROP macro removes an element from a list in a place.
This code snippset has been posted by Erik Naggum in comp.lang.lisp. The original post is here
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Commerce City, Colo. - When Oscar Pareja began his first meeting with the team on Monday, he asked the players coming in to tryout to introduce themselves to the rest of the group. Goalkeeper Steve Cronin went first, followed defender / midfielder Aaron Pitchkolan. Oscar then pointed to Daniel Navarro in the center of the room.
His reply was, "What?"
The room broke out in laughter as 20-year old Brazilian had no idea what was going on, his English not at the level to follow the conversation. Matt Pickens, sitting next to the youngster, told him to say where he was from.
"I am born in Hyannis, Massechusetts," he said in a strong Portuguess accent, prompting more ribbing from players.
At the age of two, Navarro's Brazilian-born parents moved the family back to their native Curitiba, Brazil, where he began his professional career.
Now he finds himself back in the United States, dreaming big.
"I have a dream to play for the U.S. National team," he said in English after a morning training session. "I am very hungry to make it here."
The former Corinthian Paranaense and Avaí Futebol Clube product isn't alone in seeking his dream to play in Major League Soccer.
Cronin has spent some time in MLS with the San Jose Earthquakes, LA Galaxy, and most recently at DC United last year. Denver-native Pitchkolan knew Pareja from their time at FC Dallas. He most recently played in the lower divisions with Rochester and Puerto Rico. For these two, their dreams start with making and MLS roster again.
Other players on trial are 20-year Edrissa Jarra, a forward from The Gambia, Supplemental draft pick Joel Helmick, a goalkeeper, and Rapids combine invitees Sam Archer and Isaac Cowles. Academy standouts Dillon Serna and Shane O'Neill are also taking part in preseason training.
Draftees Tony Cascio and Kohei Yamada had previously signed with MLS before the drafts, so they are technically on the roster. Yamada is expected to arrive from Japan next week.
The trailists have been getting an extra look from Pareja and the coaching staff, along with players that didn't feature much in 2011. It's unsure how long their opportunity to impress is, but while they are here, they are keeping their dreams alive.


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On his blog Medinnovation, Dr. Richard Reece discusses the interconnectedness of innovation across domains of innovation activity in this post. It's interesting to see his commentary on 10 coming medical innovations in this regard. It is doubly so because this phenomenon is not unique to medical innovation.
Great and transformative innovation stem from the confluence of many different advances and observations. The accumulation of knowledge into the global pool of information provides the water of life for innovation. People seeking to find novel and valuable solutions to needs draw upon this fund of knowledge to synthesize new answers. This is the act of innovation creativity in its pure form.
We should understand the consequence of this as it relates to driving sustainable innovation in the enterprise. Knowledge worker need knowledge with which to work. Connectedness to knowledge of all types is an essential ingredient to create the working environment needed to drive continuous, value creating innovation. This must include seamless access to the enterprise's internal knowledge, global knowledge from both inside and outside the company's domain of expertise, and the tacit knowledge of team mates.
Have you ever noticed the degree of innovation serendipity? It is not by chance that different people seem to be creating the same innovation at the same time. Any really interesting, high value challenge is going to attract many potential innovators. Don't flatter yourself and think you are the only one working on your great project. Also, many potential innovators have access to the same informational resources that you do. This means there is a reasonable chance that when you find a great solution, you won't be alone.
Yet, it is also the case that most potential innovators have the same poor access to knowledge that you do. This means that you have an opportunity to create an innovation edge. By investing in establishing the best innovation intelligence infrastructure—one that provides seamless access to all sources of knowledge when and how you need it—you can tilt the scales of innovation providence in your favor.
This is a key lesson that innovation leaders must take to heart. You can influence the frequency and value of your innovation outcomes by making the right strategic investments in innovation infrastructure and methods. As we begin to emerge from the past years of economic malaise, companies are all beginning to renew their innovation agenda. Will you take the right steps to ensure that your innovation workers have the right tools to deliver the goods?


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Croissant Bread Pudding with Peaches and Rum
A decadent bread pudding, this is a creamy, warm and comforting confection. Scented with vanilla and brightened by lemon juice, it makes good use of day-old croissants.
Butter, for greasing hotel pans
6 cups peeled, pitted, and coarsely chopped California peaches
4 tsp. fresh lemon juice
5 cups granulated sugar
16 large eggs
4-5 qts. milk
1 1⁄3 cups rum
4 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. salt
24 day-old croissants; split in half lengthwise as for sandwiches
1⁄2 cup butter
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Generously butter 2 hotel pans (10-x12-x2-in. each). Set aside.
- In large bowl, toss peaches with lemon juice and 1⁄2 cup sugar. Set aside.
- Beat eggs and 31⁄2 cups sugar until light. Add milk, rum, vanilla, and salt; mix well. Set aside.
- Arrange single layer of croissant bottoms in prepared pans. Layer peach mixture on top. Pour 1⁄2 egg mixture over top. Let soak for a few min. Top with croissant tops and pour remaining egg mixture over all.
- Sprinkle top with 11⁄2 cups sugar and dot with butter. Bake until knife inserted in center comes out clean (about 45 min.). Serve warm.


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Historically, all
InnoDB tables and indexes
were stored in the system
tablespace. This monolithic approach was targeted at
machines dedicated entirely to database processing, with carefully
planned data growth, where any disk storage allocated to MySQL
would never be needed for other purposes.
tablespace feature provides a more flexible alternative,
where each
InnoDB table and its indexes are
stored in a separate
.ibd data
file. Each such
.ibd data
file represents an individual
tablespace. This feature is
controlled by the
configuration option, which is enabled by default in MySQL 5.6.6
and higher.
Advantages of File-Per-Table Tablespaces
You can reclaim disk space when truncating or dropping a table stored in a file-per-table tablepace. Truncating or dropping tables stored in the shared system tablespace creates free space internally in the system tablespace data files (ibdata files) which can only be used for new
Similarly, a table-copying
ALTER TABLEoperation on table that resides in a shared tablespace can increase the amount of space used by the tablespace. Such operations may require as much additional space as the data in the table plus indexes. The additional space required for the table-copying
ALTER TABLEoperation is not released back to the operating system as it is for file-per-table tablespaces.
TRUNCATE TABLEoperation is faster when run on tables stored in file-per-table tablepaces.
You can store specific tables on separate storage devices, for I/O optimization, space management, or backup purposes. In previous releases, you had to move entire database directories to other drives and create symbolic links in the MySQL data directory, as described in Section 8.12.3, "Using Symbolic Links". In MySQL 5.6.6 and higher, you can specify the location of each table using the syntax
CREATE TABLE ... DATA DIRECTORY =, as explained in Section 14.7.5, "Creating a Tablespace Outside of the Data Directory".
You can run
OPTIMIZE TABLEto compact or recreate a file-per-table tablespace. When you run an
InnoDBcreates a new
.ibdfile with a temporary name, using only the space required to store actual data. When the optimization is complete,
InnoDBremoves the old
.ibdfile and replaces it with the new one. If the previous
.ibdfile grew significantly but the actual data only accounted for a portion of its size, running
OPTIMIZE TABLEcan reclaim the unused space.
You can move individual
InnoDBtables rather than entire databases.
You can copy individual
InnoDBtables from one MySQL instance to another (known as the transportable tablespace feature).
Tables created in file-per-table tablespaces use the Barracuda file format. The Barracuda file format enables features such as compressed and dynamic row formats. Tables created in the system tablespace cannot use these features. To take advantage of these features for an existing table, enable the
innodb_file_per_tablesetting and run
ALTER TABLEto place the table in a file-per-table tablespace. Before converting tables, refer to Section 184.108.40.206, "Converting Tables from MyISAM to InnoDB".
You can enable more efficient storage for tables with large
TEXTcolumns using the dynamic row format.
File-per-table tablespaces may improve chances for a successful recovery and save time when a corruption occurs, when a server cannot be restarted, or when backup and binary logs are unavailable.
You can back up or restore individual tables quickly using the MySQL Enterprise Backup product, without interrupting the use of other
InnoDBtables. This is beneficial if you have tables that require backup less frequently or on a different backup schedule. See Making a Partial Backup for details.
File-per-table tablespaces are convenient for per-table status reporting when copying or backing up tables.
You can monitor table size at a file system level, without accessing MySQL.
Common Linux file systems do not permit concurrent writes to a single file when
innodb_flush_methodis set to
O_DIRECT. As a result, there are possible performance improvements when using file-per-table tablespaces in conjunction with
The system tablespace stores the data dictionary and undo logs, and is limited in size by
InnoDBtablespace size limits. See Section 18.104.22.168, "Limits on InnoDB Tables". With file-per-table tablespaces, each table has its own tablespace, which provides room for growth.
Potential Disadvantages of File-Per-Table Tablespaces
With file-per-table tablespaces, each table may have unused space, which can only be utilized by rows of the same table. This could lead to wasted space if not properly managed.
fsyncoperations must run on each open table rather than on a single file. Because there is a separate
fsyncoperation for each file, write operations on multiple tables cannot be combined into a single I/O operation. This may require
InnoDBto perform a higher total number of
mysqld must keep one open file handle per table, which may impact performance if you have numerous tables in file-per-table tablespaces.
More file descriptors are used.
innodb_file_per_tableis enabled by default in MySQL 5.6.6 and higher. You may consider disabling it if backward compatibility with MySQL 5.5 or 5.1 is a concern. Disabling
ALTER TABLEfrom moving an
InnoDBtable from the system tablespace to an individual
.ibdfile in cases where
ALTER TABLErecreates the table (
For example, when restructuring the clustered index for an
InnoDBtable, the table is re-created using the current setting for
innodb_file_per_table. This behavior does not apply when adding or dropping
InnoDBsecondary indexes. When a secondary index is created without rebuilding the table, the index is stored in the same file as the table data, regardless of the current
If many tables are growing there is potential for more fragmentation which can impede
DROP TABLEand table scan performance. However, when fragmentation is managed, having files in their own tablespace can improve performance.
The buffer pool is scanned when dropping a file-per-table tablespace, which can take several seconds for buffer pools that are tens of gigabytes in size. The scan is performed with a broad internal lock, which may delay other operations. Tables in the system tablespace are not affected.
innodb_autoextend_incrementvariable, which defines increment size (in MB) for extending the size of an auto-extending shared tablespace file when it becomes full, does not apply to file-per-table tablespace files, which are auto-extending regardless of the
innodb_autoextend_incrementsetting. The initial extensions are by small amounts, after which extensions occur in increments of 4MB.


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The St Paul's Theological Course of Studies is the initial program for the development of a diocesan theological school by Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand. The studies encompass classes in various aspects of Orthodox Christian theology. The school is currently conducting classes in Punchbowl, New South Wales, Australia. An expansion of the curriculum is planned toward accreditation of the course of studies.
The curriculum for the course of studies is still under development. Six semesters of study have been taught by the end of 2005. Topics covered during the initial semesters included: Church History, Introduction to Liturgics, the Old and New Testaments including Background to the Gospels and Epistles, Ethics, and Comparative Religions. The topics planned for the 2006 semester are:
- Biblical perspective on the marginalized
- The Apostolic Fathers
Additional information and applications for enrollment are available on the St. Paul Theological Course of Studies website:


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This area deals with switch interfaces for PCs. OneSwitch interfaces will work with most software as they make your switch act as a Joystick, Mouse or Keyboard..
Click on the images below for more details on each controller and where you can purchase these from.
Please feel free to e-mail for help on anything that is unclear, or to share new information.
From OneSwitch.org.uk (UK)
Reprogrammable PC Analogue joystick including four switch sockets. Can be set up in a wide variety of ways including Mouse emulation. Using a Windows PC and link-up system can be used to access an Xbox 360, Xbox One and PS3.
From OneSwitch.org.uk (UK)Versatile and inexpensive switch interface. Choose a version with one, two or three switch sockets. Comes with a free CD of switch utilities and one switch games. Can be used with most software applications, and is JoyToKey compatible.
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A very rugged switch interface, with fourteen switch sockets, an on/off switch to enable/disabled connected switches and Playstation compatibility. JoyToKey compatible.
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Crick Software's excellent robust switch interface. Very easy to set up and use for both PCs and Macs.
From Inclusive Technology (UK)
One of the simplest switch interfaces. Five switch sockets that can be set in one of four different modes. Great for standard switch access, although won't work on everything.
From Inclusive Technology (UK) and Spectronics (AUS)
A simple two socket switch interface that should be compatible with JoyToKey.
From QED (UK) and Spectronics (AUS)
A 12 socket switch interface that should also be compatible with JoyToKey.
From Origin Instruments (USA)
The most compact switch interface available for PCs. Works with up to two wired switches with an additional adapter, or three wirelessly through "Beam", this interface can output mouse clicks, joystick buttons or keyboard functions.
Compatible with JoyToKey in Joystick mode.
From QED (UK)
One of the simplest switch interfaces available, whereby the switch plugs straight into a USB port.
From TNI (International) and Mounts and More (UK)
Connect up to five switches and an additional Joystick controller. Any Atari or wheelchair style digital joystick with a D9 connector should work, including the MERU Moozi.
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Recently I logged onto LinkedIn, to belatedly answer to connection requests.
LinkedIn now has some fancy ajax stuff, so you can just click accept on an invitation, and instead of loading a page, it does a background request and, if all goes well, that invite just disappears with a success message, leaving you to deal with the next request without leaving the page.
That's great. I did a lot of that when doing web application work for DAZ3D. One of the hallmarks of efficient e-commerce is giving people tools to get things done faster - and that meant things like list filters, type-ahead searches, ajax'd add-to-cart buttons - you name it.
But LinkedIn has an issue. See the screenshot:
I've used Firebug to peek at what is happening when it makes the request. As you can see, there's an error. The first time, I wrote it off as something transient, but I came back days later and got the same error.
I decided to log off and log back on, and the issue was fixed. Clearly, the "remember me" was sufficient for a normal page view, but not sufficient for accepting a connection request.
The problem arises because the ajax request is getting a normal full pageview back with the 500 error. I've written before about detecting ajax; if you're going to send a request over ajax, then whatever is handling the request should be aware, even if it's an error. There's nothing wrong with a 500 code for an ajax request that errors out; but your javascript should be ready to handle it.
In this case, as you can see from the (slightly privacy-screened) screenshot, I had a "spinny" (that's the technical term) that was going to sit there forever. That's especially bad, as a normal user will have no idea if the request has failed or is taking a really long time. Ideally, you throw a good error to the user; or, in this case, since you're not accepting their stale credentials, even redirect them to a login box. What you don't do is just throw a 500 error the javascript can't interpret and then stop there.
I personally like returning JSON objects, and I prefer to return them regardless of the code: 200 or 500, you get JSON if you made an ajax request. Then, my javascript always "fails over" - it looks for success. If there's no success message, it's an error.
$.get(href, function (data, textStatus) { var res = handleJSON(data); if (res['success']||false) { tgt.after(""+(res['success']||'Subscription added.')+""); $("#subsvcmsg").attr("id", "").fadeOut(2500, function() { $(this).remove(); }); } else { tgt.after(""+(res['error']||'An unknown error occurred trying to modify that subscription')+""); $("#subsvcmsg").attr("id", "").fadeOut(2500, function() { $(this).remove(); }); } } );
As you can see here, this code tests for a success message - using javascript's || operator to avoid any error messages being thrown to the user even if that element doesn't exist - and unless a success message is available, it prints an error. It tries to use the error returned by the server, if one exists - but again, if the error isn't there, it has a default message.
The point here is: don't leave your users hanging. (Also, you may not want to tell people your crack team is springing into action to handle a 500 error if that's not the case and it will still be failing days later, but that's aside from the point.)


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Few companies have been the target of as much criticism in the Linux community as Nvidia. Linus Torvalds himself last year called Nvidia the "single worst company" Linux developers have ever worked with, giving the company his middle finger in a public talk.
Nvidia is now trying to get on Linux developers' good side. Yesterday, Nvidia's Andy Ritger e-mailed developers of Nouveau, an open source driver for Nvidia cards that is built by reverse engineering Nvidia's proprietary drivers. Ritger wrote that "NVIDIA is releasing public documentation on certain aspects of our GPUs, with the intent to address areas that impact the out-of-the-box usability of NVIDIA GPUs with Nouveau. We intend to provide more documentation over time, and guidance in additional areas as we are able."
It wouldn't surprise me if this is related to the SteamOS announcement.
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Well if you would like to learn more, type in "How Steam DRM works" along with "GPL V2 versus GPL V3" and "TiVo Loophole" into any search engine and that will give you a good overview of what we are talking about here and why its not as simply as merely porting steam to Linux.
But the "dirty little secret" nobody that advocates FOSS will talk to you about is how divided the community, especially the devs, have become. On the one side you have those that actually want Linux to be high quality and stand toe to toe against the best MSFT and Apple have to offer, and on the other hand you have the GPL purists, or "FOSSies" as I call them because like Moonies they treat the GPL like religious dogma, who would be perfectly content to have a broken OS that works on less than 5% of the hardware out there as long as it maintains "GPL Purity" and upholds the "spirit of the GPL".
At the end of the day the FOSSie side will do everything in their power to sabotage Steam as they see it as an attack on GPL purity, and the fact that Torvalds refuses to let go of the driver model he came up with back in 93, which just FYI but NO other OS free or proprietary uses, means Valve is gonna have hell just keeping the thing functional. I wouldn't be surprised if they don't have to do like Dell did and have a huge dev team to maintain their own fork and disconnect from the main repos to keep things from breaking and while that is going on mark my words you'll see plenty of critical projects come out with updates that break Steam and when this is pointed out you'll get the standard "If they release the source this wouldn't happen" extortion threat.


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- Sources tell Ken Rosenthal that the Dodgers are shopping outfielder Andre Ethier, primarily because they'd like to be able to pursue Michael Bourn or Nick Swisher (ALL. THE. PLAYERS.). We've heard this routine before, and it didn't make a lot of sense because of the extension Ethier just signed with the Dodgers, and because that extension – which pays him an average salary around $17 million through 2017 (plus a vesting option for 2018) – doesn't leave him with a whole lot of surplus trade value. If the Dodgers were looking to dump Ethier, I could see the Cubs having some interest, in the sense that they're always interested in any undervalued assets. Aside from that, though, he's not a great fit. He turns 31 in April, and has become a hitter who is really only effective against righties. He's a solid defensive right fielder, but it would be a whole lot of resources to devote to a guy who will be 32/33, at the youngest, when the Cubs are ready to compete. To give up prospects for the privilege of taking on that risk? Nah. No thanks. Even if the Dodgers ate enough of his deal to make the trade understandable, is he really the right fit for the Cubs? If they wanted to go that route right now, why wouldn't they just make a strong push for Nick Swisher? If the Dodgers seriously entertain eating a bunch of salary to move Ethier, I'm thinking one of the many teams closer to competitiveness who need an outfielder are going to step up much more aggressively than would the Cubs.
- Speaking of the outfield, on the flip-side, if the Cubs decide to ship an outfielder out, Alfonso Soriano remains the likeliest target (even if he's not going to be terribly easy to move because of his age, contract, and no-trade rights). Rosenthal writes separately that the Rangers aren't crazy about any of the free agent outfield options left on the market, and aren't crazy about committing to someone like Adam LaRoche. Soriano, who previously played for the Rangers, would come at a cheap price (the Cubs are said to be willing to eat enough of his deal to make him a $5 million player for the next two years), but is he the right guy for the Rangers? After missing out on Josh Hamilton, the whispers say the Rangers are content to just go with a combination of Ian Kinsler, Mitch Moreland, Mike Olt, and back-ups between first base, DH and left field (with Leonys Martin in center field, and Jurickson Profar at second base). Not really a bad setup, and although they've lost some serious pop between Hamilton and Mike Napoli, it's not really like they're desperate. If they added someone like Soriano, they'd probably have to find a home for Moreland (not a fit for Cubs) or Olt (way too valuable for Soriano). The Rangers could pick up Soriano and move one of those guys in a separate deal, but it's a lot of moving parts. I suppose it's worth keeping an eye on, though we don't know whether Soriano would consider a deal to the Rangers.
- Danny Knobler says the Cubs and Tigers did speak about Rick Porcello, now that he's expendable, but the two sides didn't find a fit. The Tigers are alternatively listening on lefty Drew Smyly, who might be a more attractive target for the Cubs. No word on whether they've reached out on Smyly, specifically, or what the cost would be. I'm thinking the answer would be "steep," given that he's just 23, under control through 2018, made it to the big leagues in just his second professional season, and pitched effectively during that stint.
- Anibal Sanchez's agent says his client "left money on the table" in the form of an offer at the Winter Meetings from a mystery team. Of course, he shared this tidbit as Sanchez was being reintroduced in Detroit, where the fans will now love him even more for taking less. It doesn't really matter, but I can state with confidence that it isn't true, at least not in the sense that the agent wants you to hear it. There's a whole lot of ways to play around with "left money on the table," and my guess is that – at most – he received an offer with a slightly higher average annual value than the deal he signed with the Tigers (five years, $80 million, plus a club option for 2018), but for fewer years. There is a 0.000% chance that he flatly turned down a deal better than the Tigers' two weeks ago, and then made the Tigers and Cubs sweat over a lesser deal.
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Sir Ian McGeechan has offered a ringing endorsement of under-fire Sale Sharks head coach Bryan Redpath.
The Sharks will look to snap a seven-game losing streak when they tackle London Irish at Salford City Stadium on Friday night with Redpath in a new head coach role having been removed as the club's director of rugby earlier this week.
Redpath paid for his side's disastrous start to the season with chief executive Steve Diamond opting to act in the wake of their latest reverse at the hands of Worcester last weekend. Initial reports suggested that Redpath had been sacked but the Sharks were quick to insist he had not been dismissed with the former Scotland international later confirmed in the post of head coach with Diamond taking charge of the side for the remainder of the season.
Redpath has long used McGeechan as a mentor and the British & Irish Lions legend has been on hand in recent weeks as the pressure has grown on the Premiership strugglers. And despite a woeful run of results, McGeechan insists Redpath's credentials are not in doubt.
"We speak on a regular basis and he is a good coach, a very good individual and has good character," McGeechan told ESPNscrum. "We've talked things through and I have just tried to use my experience and support him. And when you talk things through it sometimes makes the decisions you have to make easier or clearer."
Redpath's plight, and that of his former forwards coach Steve Scott who was shown the door by the Sharks last month, may well have attracted the attention of the recently-former Rugby Coaches Association that aims to represent the interests of coaches in both rugby league and rugby union.
McGeechan, who boasts an unrivalled coaching CV, is at the heart of the new organisation that he hopes will prove to be an invaluable support mechanism. "We felt there was a gap there," he explained. "Coaches did not have anywhere to share ideas or seek support which is sometimes quite important. In some cases it is just a matter of young coaches being backed by more experienced coaches because sometimes it can be a very lonely place.
One of the association's six directors, McGeechan also highlighted the tendency to point the finger at the coach when a side was struggling when the reasons for poor results may be more widespread. "The coach is always the easiest one to move on or question when often you have to look at the whole structure to see what support there is in the club," he said.
"It is important that coaches feel that they can pick up a telephone or meet to talk things through and just get good advice on what decisions need to be made. Sharing knowledge and having the opportunity to take ideas and use some, change some, and have a forum and support structure that coaches could buy into and relate to is very important."
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Stocks closed higher Wednesday, helped by an upbeat start to earnings season and the Fed's latest Beige Book report, giving investors a chance to breathe a sigh of relief following a string of declines.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied 89.46 points, or 0.70 percent, to close at 12,805.39, led by Alcoa and Bank of America.
The S&P 500 gained 10.12 points, or 0.74 percent, to end at 1,368.71, but closed below the 1,370 technical level for the second day. The Nasdaq advanced 25.24 points, or 0.84 percent, to finish at 3,016.46.
The CBOE Volatility Index, widely considered the best gauge of fear in the market, ended near 20.
All S&P sectors ended in positive territory, led by financials.
Despite the day's gains, some strategists warned that the rally may be fragile.
"The market's run on expectation and sentiment—the data isn't there to support the gains we've seen so far," Michael Yoshikami, founder and CEO of Destination Wealth Management Advisors told CNBC's Power Lunch. "I think it's time, at least for the short-term, to take some risk off the table…The market's run about as far as it can run without getting more positive news."
Still, others advised investors to buy the recent market dip.
"Concerns over the global risk and Europe seem to have been overdone," said Doug Cote, chief market strategist with ING Investment Management. "Countries like Spain tend to underestimate their problems, while the global markets tend to overestimate."
Cote added that the market will continue to be "supported by strong fundamentals."
The U.S. economy expanded at a modest to moderate pace in recent weeks, according to the Fed's "Beige Book" summary of national activity. Still, the central bank raised concerns that higher gasoline prices were beginning to worry producers and consumers across the country.
Alcoa rallied after the aluminum giant topped earnings and revenue estimates. Analysts had been expecting the Dow component to report a miss.
Google , JPMorgan and Wells Fargo are among major companies slated to post earnings throughout the week.
Banks were higher after a handful of upgrades. BofA gained after Guggenheim boosted its rating on the financial giant to "buy" from "neutral." Morgan Stanley also climbed after Evercore Partners raised its price target on the firm to $20.
Among techs, Apple ended lower after toggling between small gains and losses all day after the Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuitagainst the company and a handful of publishers over alleged e-book price-fixing, according to reports. Separately, Sterne Agee raised its price target on the iPad maker to to $750 from $740.
Apple's market cap briefly topped the $600 billion threshold on Tuesday.
Nokia plunged to a 14-year low after the Finnish cellphone maker lowered its quarterly outlook for its devices and services divisions, citing "competitive industry dynamics" that affected sales in emerging markets. Rival Research In Motion also traded lower.
Oil giant Chevron said it expects to outperform on earningsin the first quarter, according to its interim report. Still, shares were lower after UBS cut its price target on the company to $125 from $127.
Oil prices eased below $120 a barrel, trading traded near its lowest level in almost two months, pressured by rising inventories and concern over global demand. Menawhile, natural gas prices settled below $2 per million British thermal unitsfor the first time in more than a decade, putting pressure on names such as EQT , Chesapeake and Range Resources .
Homebuilders including Pulte, Lennar and DR Horton were sharply higher after Wells Fargo said in its recent note that 2012 may be the beginning of the recovery for the housing market.
J.C. Penney announced its CFO Michael Dastugue will leave the company. Current COO Michael Kramer will assume the CFO duties on an interim basis while the department-store chain searches for a replacement.
Treasury prices held their earlier losses after the government auctioned $21 billion in 10-year notes at high-yield of 2.043 percent and bid-to-cover of 3.08.
On the economic front, import prices rose 1.3 percent March, logging its biggest gain in nearly a year, according to the Labor Department. Economists polled by Reuters had expected import prices to rise 0.8 percent last month. February's data was revised to show a 0.1 percent decline instead of the previously reported 0.4 percent increase.
Weekly mortgage applications slipped last week as refinancing demand declined, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
European shares closed higher, putting a cap to a week-long slide, helped by gains in financials. Investors will be watching for Italy's bond auction on Thursday. The euro rose against the U.S. greenback after an ECB board member said the bank's bond-buying program remains an option as the euro zone continues to struggle to contain its debt crisis.
Meanwhile, investors will be keeping an eye on developments in Indonesia following a powerful 8.6-magnitude earthquake that hit the westernmost region of the country, triggering tsunami warnings in the area.
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