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Fiber optic network cables are the best among the technologies that have revolutionized the wired communication systems. These cables have high-speed carriers with a good bandwidth capacity. Rather than using copper wires; the light signals are used to carry the signals and messages. Depending upon the usage, this could help different things.
These cables, also known as optical fiber channels. The common part of using the cables is the requirement of high-quality and high-speed wired communication. Before looking upon the deeper uses of a fiber optic network cable in an every day usage. Let's have an idea of how internet communication works worldwide. That is these cables have been laid out below the seas and oceans to carry terabytes of data every second with huge quality maintained and hence Internet can really work all across the globe.
Even at home you could use these cables for your wired communication to get the best of quality and the best place to use this cable is to access Internet. The quality of the signal of Internet will be high. And as a result, the activities such as watching videos,movies,web cams or talking to your friend over the VoIP phone all this is possible. And your Internet sessions will become very enjoyable than earlier.


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Scenes From the Tsunami Relief Effort
USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN, BANDA ACEH, Indonesia—On my first relief run aboard a U.S. Naval Seahawk helicopter, I was uncomfortably full from a turkey and mashed potato lunch and battling the lethargy of a tryptophan low from the meat. The day before we journalists had been flown from Pattaya, Thailand, to the USS Abraham Lincoln naval carrier 10 miles off the coast of Aceh, and we'd been held up there for the next 30 hours, unable to leave. From nearly atop the epicenter of the Dec. 26 earthquake, we'd been forced to watch CNN to learn about new developments. Choppers on relief flights were catch-as-catch-could, and, understandably, there wasn't much room for the press. So, for lack of anything else to do, my photographer colleague Kris and I made it a point to try and learn our way around the 18-floor, half-mile-long ship and had spent the entire day running around like gerbils. When Day 2 rolled around and we hadn't yet been assigned a helo, we ate a huge lunch and talked about what else we could hunt for on board.
Wandering after lunch, we ran into one of the bored jet pilots who'd been forced to escort befuddled media around the enormous ship. He seemed surprised to see us. "You guys haven't gotten ashore yet?" he asked. "Come with me; I'll get you a helo." And he did, three minutes later, at just about the time I was regretting my gluttony.
My notes from the early part of that day look like those of a woman in the throes of a tryptophan stupor. Sentences run off the lines. Every half page, in capital letters, reads: "DRAMAMINE." At one point, there's a series of tic-tack-toe games with the helo crew chief, Jeff Gareis. The irony of going out to feed starving, desperate people in that condition didn't escape me, but it was almost too ridiculous to contemplate. I didn't feel guilty, especially since I live in Cambodia and haven't had turkey and mashed potatoes in years. The physical discomfort was something of a blessing, since it created a buffer between me and the survivors, kept me from confronting something I may have been too timid to face. For that first day, I couldn't bring myself to meet anyone's gaze.
Our first relief run was to a village 70 miles south of Banda Aceh, and it took us 45 minutes to fly there. Long stretches of quiet in the helicopter afforded us the opportunity to see just how vast and complete the destruction had been. Palm trees were grounded like chopsticks, the coastline scalloped out like the rind of a spooned-out melon. A mosque stood pristine and gracefully sculpted against the rubble; seconds later, an intact house floated by us. I did half a dozen or more helicopter relief runs a day all over Sumatra, and I never saw the end of it. I remembered covering Hurricane Mitch in Honduras in 1998, how the storm changed the topography so completely that cartographers had to go out and draw new maps of the country. They would have to do the same thing here.
The helicopter crews were sleeping in two- and three-hour intervals. Normally, the Navy deployed them in teams of one or two as support for the fighter jets in wars, or on search and rescue missions; they'd never been organized and sent en masse. The fighter jets usually parked on the carrier's deck had had to be moved to the hangar to make room for the 17 or so choppers that were on the USS Abraham Lincoln. In the hangar, the planes were crammed in like a jigsaw puzzle—a model of the ship held plastic scale replicas of all the aircraft aboard so the flight controllers could figure out how to fit all the planes in. Walking through the hangar, which was the length of three football fields, involved dodging wing tips, engines, tie-down points and chains, forklifts, trailing edge flaps, noses, bomb hard-points, supply stacks, engine cans, and even two boats.
The choppers were pushed on every run, loaded down with the maximum weight they could carry, and when landing, debris would sometimes fly up from the rotor wash: two-by-fours and corrugated metal sheets and cupboard doors. Sometimes they'd land and the wheels would sink into mud. Or they'd have to shimmy the bird down onto the small foundation of what was once a house. Once, when we boarded a helicopter overloaded with dozens of 5-gallon jugs of water, one of the crew said, "If there's a problem, we'll start dumping the water; just push that shit overboard." On average, Gareis delivered 1,500 to 2,000 pounds of Mona biscuits, rice, ramen noodles, salt, and water per drop. The helicopters weren't made this for this kind of work; they'd been stripped down inside to fit aid and Medevac'd people and journalists, and everyone knew it wouldn't be long before major maintenance would be needed. The commander of the air group, Capt. Larry Burt, told me that the Navy had used up their entire first-quarter budget for helicopters in the first five days of the relief operation in Aceh. The day we arrived, in early January, they had managed to deliver 60,000 pounds of aid, and by the time we left a week later, that amount had doubled. Six days in, they had to change their first helo engine; eight days in, they had their first crash—luckily, with no serious casualties.
Makeshift tarp cities dotted the coast like mile markers underneath us. Some of them were atop hills surrounded by water with no way out. People waved and jumped as we flew over, but most often there was nowhere to land. Sometimes, if the pilots spotted small groups of people on a chunk of road waving in desperation below, they'd do what they called a "freelance drop"—an unscheduled relief stop—but those opportunities were few.
On our first drop, Indonesian government soldiers armed with AK-47s ran in flip-flops toward the chopper. They conga-lined the supplies, and in the frenzy a box occasionally dropped into a ravine below, but it was so far down, we could only stare. The soldiers shook our hands quickly, and every time we lifted off with an empty bird, Gareis clapped his gloved hands. There was an unspeakable grandness of mission here, a sense, unlike that of war, of something wholly moral.
As we flew, the helicopter vibrated so hard that even the skin on my wrist shuddered. We made four drops that afternoon, then headed back to the naval carrier for the night. In the sunset, I saw the ship from afar; a wedge of gray in the vast, black ocean, an impossibly large small thing. It loomed closer and closer until we landed. Gareis slept against the wall of the bird, his legs out in front of him, in three-minute intervals. This job was hard on a body; sitting on vibrating metal all day, hauling boxes in and out, wearing a flight suit in 100-plus-degree weather.
On the carrier that night, after a quiet dinner, I thought of the people I hadn't looked at. True, I didn't want to confront their pain, but I also knew I couldn't. It wasn't just a language barrier—that would have been easy to overcome. It was that I'd seen many of them on television, recounting for faceless journalists lost husbands, children, and mothers, and every time I saw it, I felt discomfited, like it was a frail diminishment of their pain.
That night after those first helicopters relief runs, I couldn't sleep for a long, long time. Lying in the top bunk, I found that my body still vibrated. My back was sore, and my knees throbbed. Even hours after landing, my body trembled, as if caught in the afternoon's rotor wash and still careening over a disassembled world.

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What is Abuse in a Deaf Relationship?
Many people do not know what abuse is. Sometimes abuse isn't easy to recognize; some forms of it, such as emotional, psychological or sexual abuse, cannot be seen like cuts and bruises.
Domestic Abuse is also called domestic violence. Domestic violence happens when your intimate partner (husband, wife, boyfriend, girlfriend or partner) scares you, threatens you or forces you to do things you do not want to. This happens in the Deaf community. Forms of abuse common to Deaf individuals include:
- signing very large and wild
- signing close to your face
- making fun of your speech
- emotional, psychological, physical or economic abuse
- a combination of any of the above
Domestic violence and sexual assault occur in every community and it doesn't matter if you are rich or poor, young or old, hearing or Deaf, or Hard of Hearing.
What is Domestic Abuse?
What is domestic violence? Learn about domestic violence and if you or someone you know is in an abusive relationship.
Domestic violence can happen if you are married or dating, gay or straight. It can happen once, or it can happen over and over again.
Domestic violence involves one person in a relationship attempting to control another person. This control is over someone called an "intimate partner," someone that you have a relationship with (like a wife, husband, boyfriend or girlfriend). You shouldn't be controlled like this.
- Are you afraid of your husband, boyfriend, wife, girlfriend or partner?
- Does your husband, boyfriend, girlfriend, wife or partner tell you what you can do? Do they tell you what people you can see?
- Has your husband, boyfriend, wife, girlfriend or partner ever said he or she will hurt you?
- Has your husband, boyfriend, wife, girlfriend or partner ever pushed you, thrown things at you or forced you to have sex if you didn't want to?
- Do you feel like you are embarrassed by your husband, boyfriend, wife, girlfriend or partner?
If you answered yes to any of the questions, you could be in danger. Please chat live with us or call the HAVEN 24-Hour Crisis Line at 248-334-1290 (through Relay).
What is Sexual Assault?
Learn about the many types of sexual assault. See how you can tell if you are being sexually assaulted and how to prevent it.
Sexual assault means someone has sexual contact with you without your permission. This could be if someone forces you to have sex, makes you feel that you have to have sex, touches you where you don't want to be touched, or if you are raped. Watch the ASL video above to learn more.
Who Are the Victims of Rape?
It doesn't matter if you are rich or poor, young or old, black or white, Asian or Hispanic, male or female, Deaf, hearing or Hard of Hearing. We have a program called START (Safe Therapeutic Assault Response Team) located in Royal Oak, MI. The people who work there are Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE). Our nurses see people from different backgrounds because anyone can be raped.
We need to work together to help people who have been raped or sexually assaulted. We need to give people power to prevent this from happening to others.
If you have been raped or sexually assaulted, it is not your fault. You didn't do anything wrong. It can be very scary, but you are not alone. HAVEN is here to help.


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The Actuarial Committee met on Wednesday, May 4, 2016. The major topics covered at this meeting included:
Please refer to the minutes of the meeting for any pertinent discussion on each topic. The presentation for each of the listed topics is contained in either the agenda or the minutes for the meeting as indicated below.
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The next two versions of the iPhone may have been developed during the time of Steve Jobs, a report in the San Francisco Examiner said.
If the report is to be believed, it said that Apple's government liaison Michael Foulkes admitted that the next two iPhones that will be released by the Cupertino company "preceded Tim Cook," Apple's current chief executive officer.
Cook replaced Jobs when the latter died of pancreatic cancer in October 2011.
Foulkes' information was supposedly imparted to San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon during their discussions on how to address the growing problem of mobile phone theft in the country. In New York, almost all cases of mobile phone thefts include the iPhone and the iPad. In fact, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg even blamed the surge in mobile phone theft for the slight upswing of the city's crime rate.
Two Years in the Making
This piece of information may both surprise and excite Apple fans. There has been a lot of speculations after Jobs' death concerning the future developments of the company. Jobs is believed to be the backbone of Apple's success, and his death has raised concerns that Cook may not have what it takes to maintain that success.
But for those who are in-the-know about the development of technology, this bit of information shouldn't be a surprise. It is a well-known fact that new smartphones take years to be developed, which means that the phones released this year have been existing since about two years ago.
Horace Dediu, a former manager at Nokia and a well-known Apple analyst, told UK's Telegraph that the phones currently being developed will only start shipping by 2016. So does this mean that the rumored iPhone 5S was a Steve Jobs invention? Well, Apple won't let that tidbit come out just yet.
It's only a matter of time before we get to know the truth behind this. Apple still doesn't want to comment about the reference made by Foulkes to his former boss. Whether or not that is true, Apple for now is enjoying its stay at the top of the smartphone universe. It would take someone as big as South Korea's Samsung before Apple is toppled from its lofty position. Or maybe that is what ticking Apple off these days?
Tough Competition
Maybe Samsung hasn't fully infiltrated the US market just yet, but it's slowly getting there if sales are to be the basis. This little bit of news might change the perception of smartphone consumers, however, since a majority of them are still fans of the late Steve Jobs.
The fact that the new coming iPhones have already been developed before the death of Steve Jobs is also seemingly the reason why Apple cannot commit into creating a technology that will lock their devices once they have been stolen. That and the fact that mobile phone theft is highly profitable for smartphone manufacturers, Gascon said. After all, once an iPhone or iPad has been stolen, the consumer would have to buy one again, he added.


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Firefighters face trauma crisis: union
A new study of Victorian firefighters shows high levels of psychological distress could make them more prone to suicide, alcohol abuse and depression.
The University of Newcastle research, commissioned by the firefighters' union, reveals fresh concerns about the stress of being the first to respond to medical emergencies.
The national secretary of the United Firefighters Union, Peter Marshall, has told ABC News Breakfast that it is not the first study of its kind.
He says a survey in 2001 found 68 per cent of Victorian firefighters showed symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.
"Since then, firefighters have taken on a role of emergency medical response," he said.
"We are really sitting on tip of iceberg of seeing a large percentage of firefighters who are going untreated because of the type of roles that they're expected to do."
He said at one station alone, there were three firefighters on different shifts who did not know they had post traumatic stress disorder.
He is calling for a reworking of the support mechanisms for the fire services.
"What we need here is an injection of resources to be able to support the firefighters," he said.
"We need a change of culture to not just expect firefighters to front up every day and confront this trauma and then go home without adequate support mechanisms."
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text: ## Memorandum of Understanding with Chandigarh University During their recent visit to India the SIU team has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with one of the leading Indian Universities, [Chandigarh University](http://www.chandigarhuniversity.ac.in/) in Punjab. This new cooperation will enable students from Chandigarh and SIU to **spend semester abroad** and will allow **faculty exchange programs** that will strengthen academic value for both universities. In the famous New Delhi Taj Mahal Hotel the MOU was signed by the Chandigarh University Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dr. R.S. Bawa and our European Director of Admissions, Branislav Lujic (see photo).


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pink eyed panther
so i woke up this morning with a nastified swollen eyeball. it was lovely. quasi modo came over and knocked me right upside the head. i decided i didn't want to go blind...i had had issues with my eyes the WHOLE time i was in texas...burning, couldn't open them, lights blinding me, the works...so i went to urgent care. it's pink eye folks! how in the heck i received this lovely gift i don't know but it kept me out of work today...bored out of my mind! ahhh i can't drive...i can't do nada...but tomorrow's a new day. : ) i watched fried green tomatoes today and enjoyed tishy time as much as i possibly could...in between five minute eye drops.
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The Normandy landings on 6 June 1944 marked a major turning point in World War II after Allied forces unleashed the largest seaborne invasion in history.
However, it wasn't just a fleet of ships that helped the Allied forces take back German-occupied western Europe on what became known to the world as D-Day. It was also the success of the airborne assault and the on-land armoured vehicles that helped troops get into action.
So, to mark the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings, IBTimes UK decided to take a look at the vehicular innovations that helped Allied forces to turn the tide and push the Nazis back.
Neptune's Wrath
After an entire year of planning, the D-Day landings, codenamed Operation Neptune, saw 156,000 Allied troops descend on the beaches of Normandy, conveyed in 6,000 ships and landing craft.
The invasion was a triumph for innovation, with a profusion of novel technologies involved. For example Dwight Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied forces at the time of D-Day, said the war would not have been won without the thousands of Higgins boats, which were designed to skim on the surface of the water - and which allowed thousands of troops to hit the beaches.
The creation of the amphibious tank also proved to be a major asset towards the success of the invasion. The tank, which was also dubbed DD because of the vehicle's duplex drive engine, was able to float thanks to an air-filled frame of rubber tubes, and used twin propellers to move in the sea.
The DD innovation made it possible for large numbers of tanks to be conveyed from landing craft under enemy fire, and thus gave the Allies a crucial advantage in their quest to penetrate the heavily fortified German beaches.
Airborne Assault
D-Day also marked the successful deployment of Douglas Dakota DC-3 planes which helped the Allies assault the enemy from the air.
The DC-3 Dakota plane, first flown in 1935, became one of the most significant forms of transport aircraft ever made .
During WWII, it helped in parachute dropping and was "renowned for its ruggedness and reliability," say curators at the Yorkshire Air Museum.
Furthermore, D-Day marked the biggest-ever military deployment of gliders, which were used during the landings.
Gliders were primarily intended to obviate the Germans' attempts to counter airborne landings, after the Nazis started sticking stakes in fields to stop planes from landing.
So the planes were designed to be collapsible; while the wings were designed to be easily broken off, the tail section could be immediately blown, which therefore allowed troops to disembark quickly.
On Land
Once the troops made it to land, they had to deal with myriad threats: the incessant fire of German machine-guns, the mines which were undetectable to the human eye, and the sand itself, which could easily become a bog which would make the transit of large numbers of people extremely difficult.
To deal with the mines, Allied inventors came up with the flail tank, which had a drum with weighted chains attached. The drum drove a rotating chain of balls into the ground in front of the tank, blowing up mines up to nine inches deep and clearing a path for troops following behind.
Meanwhile, one of the most simple yet highly effective forms of machinery to help troops and transport was the Bobbin. The Bobbin effectively laid out carpets (reinforced matting) that allowed armoured vehicles or heavy guns to move deftly over beach sand or loose shingles.


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In the previous post, we had advertised this Mass.
A reader sent us this photo, from Facebook showing the Mass held at St. Paul's Chapel.
Between 50 - 60 people, including many young ones, attended this celebration.
It was a great success, bearing also in mind that a heavy downpour had just occurred.
We look forward to more Masses.
Special thanks to Canon Nicholas Doublet, who was the person behind this Mass and who also delivered a wonderful homily.


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When Bonds Look Like Stocks
New bond ETFs offer equity-like variety.
March 2, 2012
Bonds have been getting a lot of love in the ETF space so far this year – especially a few niche and emerging areas in the fixed income space.
ETFs tracking junk-bond indexes saw investors push an additional $5.5 billion of cash into them this year – four times the $1.4 billion that high yield bond ETF saw during the same period in 2011.Investors' appetite for junk makes sense – especially when you consider the dearth of AAA companies in the investment landscape these days. High yield bonds offer exposure to companies whose rating might just be down, but they're definitely not out.
While high yield ETFs surged, iShares is stepping up their bond game with seven new targeted ETFs to help feed investors' appetite for off the beaten track fixed income securities. The seven are:
Utilities Sector Bond Fund
Industrials Sector Bond Fund
Financials Sector Bond Fund
Barclays U.S. Treasury Bond Fund
Barclays GNMA Bond Fund (targets mortgage-backed pass-through securities issued by the Government National Mortgage Association)
Barclays CMBS Bond Fund (targets commercial real estate)
Aaa-A Rated Corporate Bond Fund
Investor interest in the broader fixed income universe is proof that low interest rates on treasuries and other government bonds are pushing the boundaries of bonds.
It's an interesting transformation to watch given that just a decade ago fixed income was mainly limited to government bonds. Right now, the sheer number and range of fixed income products is making the bond space look like the equity space, where a diversified portfolio can be sliced and diced across a huge variety of countries, sectors and products.
Big changes in fixed income ETFs are a sign of the times with bond portfolios looking more like a typical stock portfolio. (Benefits Canada)


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Sep 2, 2011
Is it symbolic of something? Well, that is one question I have always had but never had the courage to ask. His blogger 'about me' says nothing much; if you won't take my word for it, check it out yourself.
As you scroll down the mountain, you would wonder what is there in store for you that day. Some of his posts are way serious for my simple mind, however, the posts where he opens up himself about his dreams or pasts or happenings, it is such a treasure to read. These are my favorites. I guess it is because real life amuses me more than discussing politics or serious affair. Anil has started to open up more these days as we can see from some of his recent posts...
I normally read these posts very slowly - word by word, forming the sentences and musing over them and going back to read the last two sentences together and then move a little forward only to come back to the beginning of the post to repeat all the same... I cherish these posts and enjoy his language. Oh! not to forget, I'll always keep a web dictionary open on the other tab for looking up some of his words; the fun he has with words is amazing.
If you are a serious reader who loves politics and the like, you would be in love with most of his posts where Anil welcomes your comments for and against his views thus enjoying a hearty discussion. On the other hand if you are a light reader like me who likes real life stories, following are my suggestions for a must read at Musings!
* August 23,1988
* The odd couple
* A journey into fantasy
* Little romance
* Sweet Caroline
11 comments:
- kavita said...
I am so happy that you wrote a post on Anil's musing .He is definitely one of the finest blogger i have come across.
- 02 September, 2011
- anilkurup said...
Oh dear this was compliment at its devastating best !
Are you serious?
Thank you for the appreciation.I hold it forth as the mountain in my post and me the tiny speck of stardust, the man at its foot hills.
Have I begun opening up? Was I cloistered in a cocoon?I guess cocoons are translucent!
Thank you much for the words you have for the Blog.
May be you may force yourself to read my first post,"Why I'm not a Christian" and express your comments. And the post that is close to my heart, "The Dream".
Thanks again
- 02 September, 2011
- Anonymous said...
:) Loved this post. Exactly what I feel about Anil's posts. Some of them I am not sure how to comment on. They go way above my realm of understanding. :)
- 02 September, 2011
- ....Petty Witter said...
Hmm, a frequent visitor to Anil's website I must confess I have never really considered that mountain peak before but now you mention it you have me wondering.
- 02 September, 2011
- Rachna said...
I seem to be the only one who hasn't visited his blog. I will visit now for sure :).
- 02 September, 2011
- Bikramjit said...
Indeed very true what you have described About Anil sir...
thanks to him people like me are learning how to write ...
- 02 September, 2011
- A said...
Visited his blog from this post. I can safely say he shines like the snow shines on a mountain on a sunny day :)))
- 02 September, 2011
- dr.antony said...
Wow...that was a well deserved compliment.This is far better than many of those awards I see being distributed around.
Anil is a man of exceptional qualities.His language skill is exemplary.To be honest,I often refer to some dictionaries to get to the meaning of words.And he uses them with such eloquence and ease.
It takes time for any person to openly communicate.And only after you know to whom you are talking to.
- 02 September, 2011
- deeps said...
reading this post, what came to my mind is
"Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard
Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on;
Not to the sensual ear, but, more endeared,
Pipe to the spirit dities of no tone." By John Keats
- 03 September, 2011
- Balachandran V said...
Having been one of Anil's close friends for nearly 27 years, I am happy to note that his language skill is finally recognized, though friends know the depth and breadth of his vocabulary well enough! ;-)
Blogs have a way of bringing the real person from behind, however one may try to hide.
- 04 September, 2011
- R. Ramesh said...
congrats 2 u and anil:)
- 04 September, 2011
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My son Duncan loves tall buildings - Burj Khalifa, WTCs, Sears Tower, CN Tower, Eiffel tower, Tokyo Sky Tree, The Great Pyramid
He loves engineering shows - Mega Structures, Big Bigger Biggest, Pricing the Priceless
He loves cities - Sydney, London, New York, Paris, Toronto
He loves shows about cities - 'Megacities', 'Greatest Cities of the World'
|'Greatest Cities of the World' with Gryff Rhys Jones
This is what he picked for his 2nd project. He chose to use the red linen. He sewed the outline of the building. I have sewn the teeny windows and the filling stitches to create the shadow.
It is a needle case pattern by Aneela Hooey from her book 'Little Stitches'. Perfect for a new hobby. Perfect for a boy who loves The Empire State Building. Perfect.
He also loves to draw and won a competition recently to design a mug celebrating the London Olympics. The teacher had his design made into a t-shirt for him to wear. Can you pick the London icons? He knew them all. I didn't. Isn't Aspeger's a fabulous super power?


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By Stacey Nosek | Pajiba Love | November 26, 2008 |
Since tomorrow is Turkey Day, let's get a little better acquainted with the animal most of you will be ravenously consuming to the point of vomiting. (AnimalReview)
And for those of you who have now been effectively guilted out of eating turkey, here are your substitute options. (Onion)
Conspiracy alert!!! Did everyone's favorite fuckface reality show couple really get married? The plot is thickening like a delicious Thanksgiving gravy. (WIMB)
From my favorite mix tape lady, here's a Thanksgiving mix for ya. (MixTapeTherapy)
Hey, who doesn't leer at Eliza Dushku? I'm doing it myself, right now. (Celebslam)
Kanye West has finally gotten to the point that his arrogant bitchfacing is no longer mutually exclusive from his music. (FourFour)
And while I'm on Kanye, whenever he opens his mouth it really hits home that he's not just arrogant, but pretty fucking dumb, too. (Celebitchy)
What? This is bullshit if this is true. Apparently Chelsea Handler isn't content being respected for her sense of humor and wants to get naked for Playboy. (Yeeeah!)
This is kind of sad. Here is a list of the Top Ten Female Directed Box Office Hits and most of these movies totally blow. (Film Experience)
Reader DemonWaterPolo sent me this local news clip featuring some guy he went to high school with, who compares a restaurant he worked at burning down to 9/11. I admit, I had my doubts before I watched it — but it is, indeed, unintentional comedy at it's best. (WGME)
Apropos of nothing, here are the Top Ten Songs About Female Masturbation. I'm pretty big on the top ten lists today, huh? (Jezebel)
Topic: The new Enterprise design from J.J. Abram's upcoming Star Trek remake. Shatner: Thoughts? (Popoholic)
Today in "I Feel Old As Dirt" news, MST3K is twenty years old. (YBNBY)
My coworker sent me this link yesterday afternoon and it totally made me laugh. Here are a bunch of ridic senior portraits and the reasoning behind them. (Nextround)
And I'll leave you with these couple clips from Atom's short series, "Great Moments in Human Interaction." I'm sure more than a few of you will be experiencing your own tomorrow.
And on one final note — because overworked, harried pop cult bloggers need a vacation too — I'm shutting this shit down for the rest of the week and TK will be filling in for me on Monday. See you bitches Tuesday!
Pajiba Love brought to you by Stacey Nosek, who can be reached via email here.
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Welcome to the future of film distribution
Indie Screenings is a cunning bit of software which allows anyone anywhere to organise their own screening of Spanner Films' three feature documentaries, The Age of Stupid, McLibel and Drowned Out.
We are big believers in the power of a bunch of people sitting together to watch a film, rather than those same people all watching on their own at home. Have a read of some of these emails we've received after screenings if you need persuading. For example What an UN-BE-LIE-VABLE evening.... I was moved to tears, like many, many in the big cinema hall. The director of X, a well-known airline, who was present too, said: "It makes me think: shouldn't we ground all our planes today?" or We just finished our screening at Nambawan Cafe's seafront open air cinema in Port Vila, Vanuatu – one of the first pacific island countries to have to relocate villages due to climate change – to a standing ovation! Thanks for a fantastic night!. From the feedback we've received, we reckon about 40 local 10:10 or Transition Town groups have been formed at Age of Stupid screenings.
If you'd like to organise a screening, you enter the details of your proposed event - where it'll be held, how many people you're expecting, whether you're a small scout group or multinational corporation etc - and then the software works out a fair price for your license fee. Obviously if you're in India it's much cheaper than if you're in London. And if you're Shell it's waaaaaay more expensive than if you're Tiverton Climate Kids. Then you choose either to download a high res version of the film or to get a DVD in the post. Then get busy organising and publicising your event - loads of tips here. You are free to sell tickets at your screening for any price you like, keeping the profits for your campaign or your pocket. 100% of your license fee goes to the filmmakers and their crowd-funders – rather than anonymous middlemen – thereby helping the filmmakers make a living and encouraging the funders to back more films. Genius eh?
Indie Screenings was invented by Spanner Films, coded by Torchbox – and launched with a bang in May 2009, with Franny Armstrong's climate blockbuster The Age of Stupid. Since then, Stupid has been screened 1561 times, generating more than £110,000 for the filmmakers and their crowd-funders and many thousands more for the people who organised the screenings.


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In September I went on a field trip to pick up a flask of Laelia anceps 'Barkeriana' x 'Jerry Boyd' from Steve Christoffersen. This is only the second flask I have attempted and the fact that at least one of the plants in each of the original compots that I made is victory enough for me.
My understanding is that, although Laelia anceps are hardy and easy to grow, their seedlings are more difficult than other Laelia and Cattleya species. One the other hand, I have seen some of the compots the Steve made at the same time and mine are quite a ways behind in development. I have not had a single one develop a pseudobulb yet.


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A few things have crossed my desk in the last few weeks that indicate that Computer Sciences Corp.'s efforts to right the ship are paying off.
First off, CEO Mike Lawrie pledged that he'd bring focus to the company by establishing clear lines of accountability, and a streamlined cost structure. He'd also vowed to fix poor performing contracts, in particular the U.K. National Health Service.
More recently, CSC sold off two business units. Its credit services business was sold to Equifax for $1 billion. CSC also sold an Australian IT staffing business for $73.5 million.
In its last quarterly report, CSC reported its operating margin as 7.7 percent, compared to -1.9 percent a year earlier, and up from 4.6 percent from the quarter before.
The markets have noticed the improvement. As recently as late July, the company hit its 52-week low of $22.19 a share. August saw a significant jump to the 30s, though, and November and December have seen another climb. The company's stock is now trading over $40 a share, a 52-week high.
So, Lawrie has to be feeling good as 2012 begins to wind down, but he's probably the first to admit there is still work to be done.
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Performances start on 11 August, but early booking is recommended – the first week is sold out! There's limited availability 21-26 August, with a wider choice of seats available from 28 August.
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Time is an illusion.
Albert Einstein
Today I missed an interview in Second Life (SL) with an artist whose work I'd encountered on display at Naked. The reason for this miss was because I messed up calculating the time difference between where I live on the East Coast of the United States in Real Life (RL) and where my interviewee lives in Madagascar.
(Now, don't worry, there's a great story here with this artist, Mi, and as soon as I figure out what to do, you'll have this story about this woman and her extraordinary work on view at Naked.)
This all got me thinking about the concept of time inworld. (Don't worry, I'm not about to develop a theory of relativity for SL.) I'm not talking about the present not the past like the Regency Era or 1920's Berlin. How do we track time inworld and how does it relate to RL? (I'll bet you don't get these heavy philosophical discussions in those other SL blogs that you read.)
For me, there are three types of time inworld. First, there is Second Life Time (SLT) which, since Linden Lab is based in San Francisco, California, is measured in Pacific Standard Time (PST). (To my British and Commonwealth friends, to forestall your queries, I have no idea why they don't use Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).)
Then there's my time, Eastern Standard Time (EST) here on the East Coast.
Finally, there's everyone else's time. You may ask why is this an issue to me and is this just another example of me having too much time on my hands? Well, I'm a writer and I meet people. So, being able to figure time out is important to me. (Significant Other feels I have a problem with just one time zone, let alone multiples.)
So, which time do we use? Our own, whatever that may be. SLT? Or, someone else's time zone?
Upon first arriving inworld, I learned about SLT and thought it was a great idea. A standard time that we could all use. (I love standards.) Well, most folks I've encountered inworld aren't too such what SLT is. Or, if they have heard of it, they don't know how to relate it to their own time zone. This inevitably leads me to attempting to figure it out then compare it to where I am, well, you get the picture. Something drops somewhere and I miss an appointment. (That's my story and I'm sticking with it.)
Which leads me to another question. (Notice how subtly I did that?) Have those of us who are inworld regularly reconciled inworld time with RL time? While I haven't gotten it perfected yet, I find myself thinking in terms of multiple time zones. (Having a RL job which involves phone calls at all hours of the day or night doesn't help.)
I find that I get the outliers wrong like Madagascar, Australia, or New Zealand. (Sorry guys!) I won't go into what happens when we allow for Daylight Savings Time twice a year in this country.
So, to wrap my verbal meanderings up, I want to apologize to those whom I missed interviews with. (Even those of you who weren't there anyway for your own scheduling issues.)
I'll continue to struggle along and sort out my scheduling issues and stop being a menace to my fellow residents.
And , I promise to get that interview with Mi out very soon!
As always, I'm grateful to all inworld for their kindness and time in stopping to talk with a stranger who was passing through their lives.
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Look what we found as we waited to be ferried across the Savitri River! While looking for mud-skippers at the Bankot creek this octopus made a surprise appearance! We went crazy photographing this beautiful creature!
Commonly known as 'Monsters of the Sea' these molluscs are abundantly found in tropical warm waters. These active predators are considered among the most intelligent invertebrates. They feed on crabs, shrimps and lobsters and can even attack sharks. They drop on their prey and with the help of the suckers on their arms pull the organism into their mouth. Their saliva is venomous and helps to subdue the prey. The Octopus is known for its defence mechanism. When threatened it releases an inky fluid from the ink sac which darkens the water and helps it escape. At times the octopus can lose its arm to escape the predator and re-grow it later without any permanent damage!
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Requests for Special Collections materials may be made to the Reading Room staff only until 5 p.m. and all items consulted should be returned by 5:45 PM. Requests to consult archival materials should be made to the archivist in advance via this form. Materials from Special Collections may require extra time to retrieve from storage, and patrons should plan their visits accordingly.
Patrons are advised that where a microform or digital surrogate of an item in Special Collections is available, this will be provided instead of the original where appropriate.
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Use the HOLLIS Classic or HOLLIS+ catalogs to locate all Special Collections materials except images that are held by the Berenson Library. These are classified in two collections -- Special Collections, and Microforms -- which are indicated immediately preceding the item's call number or shelf mark. The Special Collections designator includes rare books, photographs, archival documents, maps, rare auction catalogs, and CD-ROMS.
For archival collections, more detailed finding aids are available in the OASIS catalog, but box numbers used for requesting archival materials are found in the HOLLIS record of the collection. For images, summary collection-level records that describe the library's photograph holdings mainly by artist and occasionally for named collections are available in the HOLLIS catalogs; for records of individual artworks, consult the HOLLIS Images catalog. Note that in-line links to archival finding aids in OASIS and records for images in HOLLIS Images also appear in the HOLLIS+ catalog record.
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Original Title: THE RIVER MURDERS
Release Date: 01/07/2011 ( U.S.A )
Genres: Thriller
Director: Rich Cowan
Starring: Ray Liotta, Ving Rhames, Christian Slater
Plot: A homicide detective, Ray Liotta, while investigating a series of murders becomes the prime suspect when the FBI uncovers his close personal ties to all the victims. Source: IMDB
IMDB Ratings: 7.8/10 from 9 users.
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Cheshire on Ciabatta with Roasted Peppers and Tomatoes
Quick, healthy snacks don't come any tastier than this - and it's so easy to make.
Serves 4
1 part-baked ciabatta loaf (plain or with olives)
4 teaspoons sun-dried tomato paste or puree
3 - 4 tomatoes, sliced
100g (4oz) roasted peppers in olive oil or vinegar, drained
1 teaspoon dried mixed Italian herbs
salt and freshly ground black pepper
150g (5oz) red or white Cheshire cheese, thinly sliced
a few herbs or salad leaves, to garnish
1. Preheat the oven to 200°C / 400°F / Gas 6.
2. Split the ciabatta loaf in half horizontally, then cut each piece in two. Arrange the pieces, cut side up, on a baking sheet. Spread with the sun-dried tomato paste or puree and top with the sliced tomatoes.
3. If the peppers are in thick strips, slice them into thinner ones, then arrange an equal amount on top of the tomatoes. Sprinkle with herbs, season with salt and pepper and top with the sliced cheese.
4. Bake for 10 - 12 minutes, until the bread is hot and the cheese has melted. Serve at once, garnished with a few fresh herbs or salad leaves.
Cook's Tip: Whisk up a quick dressing with 2 tablespoons of virgin olive oil, a tablespoon of red or white wine vinegar and a pinch of mustard and seasoning. Use it to drizzle over the melted cheese just before serving.


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This comprises projects envisaged for the future but not yet ripe for immediate development, or preliminary work, such as better definition of a project for new work, data collection or round-robin tests necessary to develop standards, which is not part of the standardization process.
The preliminary stage is applied for work items where no target dates can be established. This stage can be used for the elaboration of a new work item proposal and the development of an initial draft. These work items are subject to approval in accordance with the normal procedures before progressing to the preparatory stage.


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Prince's overdose: How painkillers unleashed a deadly epidemic
With prescription opioids, tolerance to painkilling effects can rise faster than resistance to an overdose. It's a deadly catch-22, says Samantha Murphy
HOW did America's problem with opioid painkillers get so bad?
Since 1999, sales of prescription opioids have nearly quadrupled, and close to 200,000 people in the US have died after overdosing on them, while related emergency hospital visits number almost 400,000 a year. In 2014 alone, close to 20,000 died of an overdose, according to an editorial in the journal JAMA. It doesn't have to be this way.
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I love this passage of Scripture. I have experienced childbirth but naturally I should not have. I am barren. Yet I have a lineage established. I have children, the wonderful amazing blessing of children! I also love how this passage talks about the humiliations of my youth being forgotten. I found infertility so humiliating and that pain has been redeemed. God is so good!
"Sing, barren woman, who has never had a baby.
Fill the air with song, you who've never experienced childbirth!
You're ending up with far more children
than all those childbearing women." God says so!
"Clear lots of ground for your tents!
Make your tents large. Spread out! Think big!
Use plenty of rope,
drive the tent pegs deep.
You're going to need lots of elbow room
for your growing family.
You're going to take over whole nations;
you're going to resettle abandoned cities.
Don't be afraid—you're not going to be embarrassed.
Don't hold back—you're not going to come up short.
You'll forget all about the humiliations of your youth.... Isaiah 54: 1-6 (part of)
His promises are Yes and Amen!
P.S. And Dida gets 100% for "helping" Rupi and Cate with their Mothers Days gift- a spa treatment!!!! The best ever!!!!! Woohoo!


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If you are running a business, you would be requiring financing from time to time. Getting a loan approved by a bank is not that easy; especially, if a business is having a poor credit score. This is when an MCA can be of great help. MCA is an alternative form of financing that allows business to get cash quickly. If you are thinking how it's possible, you just need to go through how merchant cash advance Canada works. Well, an MCA is designed so that it can help businesses who are struggling with the finances.
No longer, businesses would find their hands tied up when opting for some loan. An MCA would give them an instant loan or cash as per their eligibility. In fact, they would get the required amount of capital from the MCA provider within a week.
Often, the hands of a business house get tied up, when they opt for traditional business loans. They might not be provided with the loan if they have a bad credit history. On the contrary, MCA loan provider doesn't take into account such facts. They just see if the business has a good credit card sale history and if the business has the capability to pay back the advance. If the business fulfills the criteria, they become eligible for the advance or MCA. This fact clearly states how merchant cash advance Canada works. Still, if you want to know the details, follow the blog.
Understanding MCA and its Working
If you are interested to learn how merchant cash advance Canada works, first of all, you need to know about MCA. Basically, MCA is not any kind of loan; rather, it is a form of an advance that is given to a business solely depending on the purchase and sale of future credit card payment receivables.
It can be said that the premise on which MCA works is pretty simple. A business needs to sell the rights to a certain amount of future credit card sales to the MCA provider. While a business might get instant money, they can easily repay the amount within months. The time frame can vary from 6-12 months depending on the loan amount.
If a business takes a closer look at how merchant cash advance works, they will get to see that an agreement is signed between the MCA provider and the borrower. Usually, the MCA provider assesses the risk and weighs the credit criteria. This helps the provider to judge if the business can repay the amount on time.
Once the agreement is signed between the two parties, the amount gets transferred into the bank account of the business. After that, a certain percentage of the daily revenue is kept aside for the provider. This process carries on till the full advance amount is repaid. However, businesses need to maintain the holdback percentage and payback amount.
The flexibility of MCA, allows businesses to get instant cash for their business. Once one knows how merchant cash advance works, a business won't stumble while repaying the amount.


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By Nicol Jenkins
Not a day goes by that John Napolitano doesn't remember his son's smile or his search for him under rubble after the World Trade Center Twin Towers collapsed on September 11, 2001.
Sixteen years later, time doesn't heal his broken heart and there is no form of closure over the loss of his son, John Napolitano, Jr., one of the fallen heroes of 9/11 who was a Lieutenant for FDNY Rescue 2 and died while saving others in the North Tower of the World Trade Center. John was a wellrespected firefighter, everyone admired him including his Captain, and he left behind a wife and two daughters.
"There is no closure. There is not one day in the 16 years that I do not find myself at the World Trade Center, that I do not think of my son and others lost on that day," said Napolitano.
The father spoke about his experience on 9/11 to local firefighters, students and staff at the 4th Annual JP Taravella 9/11 Memorial Stair Climb. During the event, over 100 participants climbed flights of stairs symbolizing the 110 stories of the WTC Twin Towers. The event benefited the National Fallen Firefighter Foundation, a commemoration for the firefighters who lost their lives as a result of the 9/11 tragedy and a fundraiser for families of firefighters lost in the line of duty.
On that tragic day, Napolitano, a retired NY police officer, and his friend Lenny, went to the Trade Center to look for their family members. Describing the scene as "a horror", they sifted through rubble and searched under fallen steel beams looking for any sign of life. At one point, he wrote a message in the ash for his son, "I'm here and I love you. Dad." He went back to the site every day for one year and then every week for the next six months, but never recovered his son's body.
John is part of the 9/11 family, people who embrace each other and understand the pain of losing a loved one.
"There are no words between us, just hugs. Each year when I go to the 9/11 memorial site, I hold my son's photo up and people say your son was a hero; he didn't have to be there but he went into danger to save my daughter or son," he said.
Joanne Elliot is also a member of the fallen firefighters community. Her son, Bill Elliot, a beloved Pompano Beach firefighter passed away on January 6, 2012, after he fell to his death during a training exercise with a new ladder truck. Bill was admired and loved by everyone in the community, was always willing to help others and was very close to his family.
"Everyone loved him, and he shared this talent in helping others. It was not difficult to remember Bill's last words to me because he never hung up from a phone call without
saying, "I love you, Mom". I will miss him forever and literally a piece of my heart went with him. I had a heart attack the night he died," said Joanne. "The message I hope to send to others and my firefighter family is to continue to love and help one another. My family and I are so thankful for the brotherhood of the firefighters and the Fallen Firefighters Foundation."
James Simmons, teacher and DECA Advisor, says the school's DECA, SHAPE, and SADD clubs wanted to honor those former students lost in 9/11 and the fallen heroes.
"I learned about NFFF Stair Climbs from my nephew, who runs a climb as a firefighter in Alabama, and found it to be an excellent opportunity to educate my students about the tragedy that occurred when they were very young," said Simmons. "Overall, I hope attendees gain a remembrance of the selfless acts of the firefighters on 9/11 trying to save others while risking their own lives. For students, an awareness of the tragedy and an increased respect and appreciation of their local firefighters."
Melissa Livermore, Taravella student and Co-Chair of 9/11 Stair Climb, believes, "students can definitely benefit by learning how hard 9/11 hit the nation."
For those who have been directly impacted by 9/11, their lives will never be the same. They are part of the 9/11 family. Donations to the National Fallen Firefighter Foundation can be made at http://www.firehero.org.


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2016 Presidential Election Betting: Here Comes Bernie!
In our last post, we explained how the 2016 presidential election was down to a three-person race between Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders.
This may have taken some readers by surprise because, according to the corporate media and political insiders, the general election is already set. It's a done deal. It will be Clinton vs. Trump in November.
However, something very interesting is happening that almost no one is talking about: Bernie Sanders is making an epic 4th quarter comeback.
Sanders hit rock-bottom after losing the New York Primary. His nomination odds plummeted from +400 to +1,400 while his 2016 odds sank from +700 to +3,300. (Odds via Bovada)
Sanders was left for dead. His grassroots revolution was completely written off. Talking heads and party elites demanded that he drop out of the race and "unite" the party behind Clinton.
But over the course of the last two weeks, Sanders has surged.
First, Sanders won the Indiana Primary with 53% of the vote. Then, earlier this week, he won the West Virginia Primary by more than 15 points. Along the way, Sanders' odds have improved substantially.
.@BernieSanders' nomination odds improved from +1200 to +1000 following his #WVPrimary win. His 2016 odds went from +3300 to +1600. (Bovada)
— Sports Insights (@SportsInsights) May 11, 2016
Meanwhile, Clinton's odds continue to fall. Since New York, she has gone from -5,000 to -2,500 to win the nomination while her 2016 odds have slipped from -340 to -275. (Bovada)
Clinton still leads Sanders by about 280 pledged delegates; however, the two candidates are trending in the opposite directions. And we expect this to continue.
As it stands now, there are eight states left who haven't voted yet. And there's an outside chance that Sanders could win almost every single one.
Don't believe me? Let's take a look at the odds at 5Dimes.
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As you can see, Sanders is expected to win Oregon, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota. It's pretty much a toss-up in Kentucky, California and New Mexico. The only state Clinton is expected to take handily is New Jersey.
Of all the remaining states, California is the most important (475 delegates are up for grabs). Right now, Clinton holds a slight lead but that will likely evaporate in the coming weeks as Sanders builds momentum and barnstorms through the state.
Another wild card to take into account: the ongoing FBI investigation of Clinton's emails. Rumors are swirling that a decision regarding whether or not to indict is coming down the pike in late May.
Interestingly, BetOnline recently started posting Joe Biden's odds.
In this case, it appears that the Democrats may be prepping for a Clinton indictment.
More closely, establishment insiders will turn to Biden if Clinton is forced to drop out. This would set up an epic Sanders vs Biden showdown at the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia later this summer.
What do you think?
Is the Sanders surge much ado about nothing? Are you sticking with Trump or Clinton to win the White House? Or is Sanders primed to pull off the greatest comeback in modern political history?
Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments section below.


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I spotted a note on ITV Teletext itself: an offer of a free guide. I sent a request email to them asking for one but the message failed to send, leading me to think that the service has been discontinued. I will look to follow this up, maybe writing to the address though I am not hopeful of getting a reply.
On a more positive note, I did find a guide from 1995:
Source, and a higher res version - mb21


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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) — Young college graduates in California are facing a bleaker job outlook than just five years ago.
The number of young Californians with degrees working in restaurants and retail jobs has nearly doubled over the last five years. Those jobs had often been filled by those without college degrees.
About 260,000 young adults with degrees in California are taking jobs in the food service, and retail industries according to the Census Bureau.
The news has many college students nervous about their prospects after graduating.
"All my friends with high degrees had to work in places like McDonalds because the higher jobs are hard to get nowadays," said Bill Song, a college student.
Tuitions for California schools are also rising, making it more difficult for students to pay off loans after graduating.
"One of my friends bartends, and works in a restaurant just trying to pay off the loans that she got," said Zekiah Wright, a law school student.
The trend has parents worried as well.
"It's really distressing," said Maria Stokes, a parent of a young child.
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Past Decade Belonged To BRIC, Will This Decade?Published January 5th, 2010 in Geopolitical, Natural Resources
While this past decade was rather unkind to developed stock markets around the world, emerging markets and especially BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) were huge winners:
Source: Bloomberg
There is a caveat to the chart, as mesmerizing as it is. The time axis begins in late 2001 - when Goldman Sachs' Jim O'Neill coined the term BRIC and predicted that their growth would overtake developed countries. By that time, stock markets had almost finished the decline which began in 2000 and escalated with the September 11 WTC attacks.
But even so, when we took a not so random walk through the world stock markets in May of last year, as stock markets had begun their rebound, it was obvious that emerging markets had much higher relative strength.
This is a secular trend that will continue for some time because BRIC economies are largely commodity based. Right now we are smack dab in the middle of the 18 year long cycle which alternates between equities and commodities. And in case you hadn't already noticed, we are in the cycle which favors raw materials (and hurts equities).
So emerging markets which rely on the extraction and sale of natural resources are a great place to "hide out" during a prolonged bear market. That is assuming that you want to be long equities as an investor. Last year, US retail mutual fund investors showed a surprising amount of shrewdness as they added $80 billion to their emerging equities exposure even as they were selling their US equity mutual funds. And if you want to be a trader, you can easily trade the volatile market, even as it remains range bound in the medium to long term.
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One Response to "Past Decade Belonged To BRIC, Will This Decade?"
Jan 6th, 2010 at 7:33 pm
agree that BRICs still have some room to run as global economy rebounds in 2010. However, maybe time too look beyond BRICs for "new new thing". You might find this of interest: http://seekingalpha.com/author/etf-desk-com/instablog
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