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Mattel is looking for a mom blogger who lives in LA or NYC to participate in a spokesperson program for Mattel Games, which includes preschool and active play games (for kids ages 5 and up). This spokesperson would need to be available for about 5 – 10 hours of media work, including a local and national morning show broadcast segments, media interviews, contributions to press materials and a radio media tour – all within the timeframe of late-August/September.
Specifically, they're looking for a mom with young kids (preschool to elementary school-aged), who is relatable and has experience in lifestyle/family themed media work (i.e. whether it's blogging, broadcast appearances, or mentions in print/online articles).
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Finally I broke the silence, though I don't remember what I said. My mother-in-law, sitting in a chair on the other side of the hospital bed, lifted her head and looked at me as if she hadn't understood the words. She held my gaze for a pause, her small mouth pursed, and looked away, back down at my wife, her daughter, asleep between us.
Our corner of the room was dimly lit and beyond us was a black curtain of shadow. The bed rails were up. I leaned forward in my chair, my heels against the legs, elbows on thighs, and listened to the sound of breathing. Outside our door, two nurses spoke in a series of sh and sp sounds; one jangled her keys and walked away. Fingers together, I ran my hands back and forth through my hair.
It felt very late, the time of night when being awake was a transgression, some kind of act of defiance. Everything around us slept, including the cars in the parking lot where the pavement had cooled. Occasionally it dribbled rain.
Under the sheets, Abigail twitched and I looked up. Her expression hadn't changed; her mouth hung open slightly and her head was tilted back and toward her mother. Her skin was yellow and she was swollen all over. Her cheeks, her eyelids.
I looked at my mother-in-law again, but she did not look at me. She kept her gaze fixed on Abigail, nervously, as if afraid that her daughter might wake up. She reached in and stroked the back of her daughter's hand, her own hands swollen with worry and arthritis. I began to reach in too but stopped. An IV tube ran the length of Abigail's arm, across her wrist, and disappeared beneath a stitch of tape just below her knuckles. A purplish bruise had formed where the needle irritated the skin. A brown smudge of dried blood was beginning to crack and flake off.
In my mother-in-law's face I saw the hands of a clock, spinning backward toward the start of the day. She was pale. Her eyes sat upon deep, dark pockets and her black hair fell wearily from behind her ears.
"Alice," I said to her. "You want to sleep for a while? I'll wake you if…"
She looked like she was considering it, although I knew she wasn't. "No," she said. "I'll just stay up a little longer. I'd just really like to be here when she wakes up." She looked up now to see if I'd accepted that much, or if she should go on. I nodded and she nodded, and we both looked back down.
I sat back and scratched at the meat of my thumb. I opened my hand and noticed a spot of dried blood on my palm. I held it close to my face and ran a finger lightly across it. It could be all that's left, I thought. I touched my tongue with the tip of my finger and rubbed it on my palm in a circular motion like paint on a pallet, trying to make the red spot bigger. After a while I lay my open hand down on my knee and leaned my head forward against the cool rail.
I'm not sure if I slept just then, or if my neurons fired instinctually, flashing random images across my mind, to keep me from collapsing onto the floor. I saw the broad side of our house, where the ivy clings to brick, and our bedroom window. I saw the wooden birdfeeder that hangs by a rope from one of the lower branches of the maple tree twisting slowly in the wind, one way and then the other, empty. I heard wind chimes. The sun shone but the tint was off, casting our house in a dirty yellow light, making it look old, worn, and abandoned. It felt prophetic and wrong.
I saw Abigail contort and stiffen, pulling the IV stand over. I saw one of the nurses lunge for it clumsily. I smelled blood and feces. Tasted panic in the room. I watched the obstetrician pull an arm out of her.
I saw our bedroom from the inside. The sheets and covers kicked into a heap near the footboard. A damp towel, some worn clothes. The dirty yellow light slid across the carpet and over one corner of the bed.
My head bobbed up from the rail and I was awake. In the black glass of the window I saw my reflection blinking at me. I checked my watch.
Abigail was still, and then her chest rose and fell. Under the covers, her stomach was still big. Alice was leaning back in her chair, her head against the wall, resting her eyes. I shuffled my feet and she opened them. She had been holding a book on her lap for hours, which still sat there unopened.
I stood and rubbed my eyes. My contacts had been in too long and felt sandy and stiff. My knee ached. I stretched and my back popped twice. Alice didn't move, hadn't moved in hours. Hadn't slept in probably twenty. Had hardly spoken a word since we last saw the baby. The obstetrician had brought us both into an operating room to see it twenty-five minutes after they wheeled it away from the birthing room. Its naked body was small and gray. I looked at the doctor; he was speaking but there was no sound coming out of his mouth, no sound coming from anywhere. His mustache bobbed and twitched. He made small gestures with his hands that looked almost comic out of context, and a four-fingered smear stretched diagonally across his scrubs. The light above the baby began to brighten and I looked up at it, squinting. Next to me, Alice held her brow and wept, her shoulders bouncing up and down. The doctor's hands moved faster as he gesticulated and he shifted from one foot to the other like Charlie Chaplin. His mouth jerked around his face recklessly. A flash of tongue and teeth. Alice's shoulders beat up and down like a paint mixer and the light grew brighter. I held my hand up to it. I looked to the doctor and he stared back at me, his tongue frozen between his lips. He stepped toward me and the room went white.
"Alice," I whispered across the bed. "Can I get you anything?" She squeezed her face into a taut smile and shook her head no, then let the muscles fall slack.
"You've done plenty," she said finally. Her mouth was a dark crease across the horizon of her face. "Haven't you." I could see two squares of light in the lenses of her glasses. She sat perfectly still, one hand tucked underneath Abigail's forearm. I opened my mouth to speak and she turned her head away.
Along one wall was a table that, much earlier in the day, Abigail's family had covered with bags of chips, boxes of doughnuts, and a premature bouquet of flowers. I walked over and picked at the doughnuts. That afternoon, finding myself standing next to the table on my way from one place to another, I'd eaten four out of nervousness, with a cup of black coffee. They churned in my stomach. In the dim light, they looked gray and rotted, like wheels of mold. I felt my insides flutter and moved to the bathroom. I squatted in front of the toilet and waited, but nothing happened. I got on my knees, crossed my feet at the ankles, and lifted the seat. I propped my elbow onto the rim of the bowl and nestled my head into the crook of my arm.
It was the sex that saved us. Otherwise, I would have left. Had been leaving, actually, little by little, for months. It was in the kitchen. We hadn't made love in eight weeks, and I didn't miss it. I had taken to opening beers but didn't have the passion to drink them, so I tapped the sweating bottle with my fork instead of eating. The ceiling fan ticked above us.
Abigail sat across from me with her hands in her lap, staring at the floor where the tile had rippled and split, her long, dark hair draped down around her face. Our plates of rice and vegetables had gone cold and lost their smell. Abigail nibbled on the tip of her thumbnail.
"Are you finished?" she asked.
"I said, are you done?" She looked at me, her mouth ajar. Her mother's teeth, the bottom two angled in just slightly.
I looked at my plate and back up at her. I swallowed. "Yeah, I think I might be."
Her lip trembled and she came toward me. I thought she might hit me but she put her hands on my shoulders and kissed me, roughly. Her spit was cold on my lips and chin. She smelled of baby oil and cooking grease. She went right for my pants, undoing the clasp and shoving her hand down inside. Her breath was erratic, her eyes open. With her lips rubbing across mine, her tongue on my teeth, she pulled her T-shirt up above her breasts, her hand still down the front of my pants, squeezing, and undid the clasp on her bra. She pulled me to my feet and slid my jeans and boxers down toward my knees, then did the same with her own jeans and underwear. She wrapped her hand around the back of my neck and dropped backward toward the floor, looking up at me to make sure I was going down with her, and lay back on the dusty tile. The cold floor offered no cushion, no give, and she did her best to look like she was enjoying herself.
I finished quickly, and collapsed on top of her. Neither of us spoke. She wrapped her arm around my neck, put her hand over her eyes, and cried. Warm tears slid down the back of my ear.
I covered the rip in the tile with a strip of duct tape. We ate ice cream and pretended to love each other. Abigail dug in the garden in one corner of the back yard, planted her sweat in the soil. I stopped opening beers. On the couch, she put her hand on the cushion in between us and told me about the baby. The fabric had worn thin but still held together.
The baby.
I lifted my head from my arm and backed away from the toilet. Jesus, the baby. I saw Abigail in the sun, wearing a hat and gardening gloves, talking to our neighbor. We haven't picked a name yet, she said. We don't want to name it until we see its face. I saw its face. I saw the obstetrician pull an arm out of her. A head, a blue shoulder. He set it down and the arm flopped heavily. He put his hand on his heart and wiped his glove down diagonally across his torso, and began pumping its heart with his index and middle fingers. I saw Abigail contort and stiffen, her pupils dilate, her face go white. She inhaled deeply. I smelled blood and feces. Tasted panic in the room.
My stomach caved in on all sides. I lurched toward the toilet. My lips curled away from my face and I vomited, once, twice. I held on to the rim of the bowl with both hands, my mouth open, a string of mucus hanging from my bottom lip. My neck tightened and I vomited one last time.
I stood. My hands shook and my legs were unsteady. I leaned on the sink and turned on the hot water, brought some up to my face and into my mouth. I splashed my face again, and looked down at my palms. The red spot of blood was gone. I'd washed it away.
My face in the mirror looked pale, my eyes sunken. I felt hollow and abandoned. It was nearly dawn.
Alice stood over Abigail, her fingers laced together across her stomach. She stood as if at the foot of a grave. I looked at Abigail. Her head had drifted further away from me, her chest rose and fell.
"Are you all right?" I asked. Alice looked at me wearily, her lids half down and puffy, frowning. She lacked the energy to do anything else.
"Why are you here?" she whispered. I moved my lips to speak, but she spoke again. "Why?"
I looked at Abigail for some kind of explanation. She would be waking up soon in pain, confused, wondering what had happened. I looked back up at Alice.
"She did this for you," she said. "And now look…" She held her palms up and scanned Abigail's sleeping body. "Look what's left for you." She held her brow and wept, just like before. I stood there blinking, my arms at my sides, imagining the devastation beneath the covers. The ragged ends of split flesh pulled together and stitched, already bruised, puckered around the thick black sutures.
Alice put her face in her hands and breathed in, then rubbed her cheek with her shoulder.
"So why are you here? What are you waiting for?"
I looked at Abigail, swollen, yellow, her hair a greasy mat against the stiff hospital pillow. I took a step toward her. I didn't know what I was doing.
Copyright 2009, Joe Squance
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Rev. Paul Hebrew Jackson, 90, of Oneida, passed away September 26, 2013, at home surrounded by family and friends.
Born in Jamestown, October 26, 1922, he was preceded in death by his parents, Theodore and Fannie Belle (Neal) Jackson; and brother, John D. Jackson.
He served during World War II in U.S. Battery B 20 Artillery Battalion reaching rank Private Fist Class. He was a proud father and loving husband, but above all he was a devout servant to the Lord, and was a member of Second Bethlehem Baptist Church for more than 60 years. He never met a stranger and was always at home with anyone he met. He lived like he loved, with an open heart
He is survived by his wife, Patricia Carol Garland Jackson of Oneida; children: Pamela Smithers, Paula Morrow, Paul Jackson, Jr., and Jenny Posey, all of Huntsville, Christopher Jackson of Oneida, Anthony P. Jackson of Knoxville, and Ashley Hamm of Somerset, Ky.; sisters: Marietta Beatty and Nancy Jackson, both of Jamestown, and Faye Dixon and Eola Owens, both of East Nolle, Ga.; 12 grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren, and many other relatives.
Funeral service was conducted September 29, at 2nd Bethlehem Baptist Church with Rev. Jerry Massingale, Bro. Bert Burchfield, and Bro. Darren Duncan officiating. Interment followed at Jackson Family Private Cemetery with full military honors.
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I once saw Artie Shaw, live! As Shaw retired completely from playing in 1954 I have to explain quickly that I wasn't out attending big band concerts sixty years ago. No, Shaw was performing as a speaker, not a player. And the occasion wasn't that long ago - it was a big jazz education conference in Long Beach, California, in January 2002.
Despite the attendance of Gary Burton, Dave Brubeck, Bob Florence, Frank Foster, Percy Heath, Quincy Jones, James Moody, Tom Scott, Billy Taylor, McCoy Tyner and many more jazz legends among the 7,000 delegates, Shaw's presence turned the conference into a memorable occasion. By then Shaw, approaching 92, used a wheeled zimmer frame and suffered from hearing loss. Nevertheless he was alert and articulate, had impressive memory, outstanding vocabulary, and offered wry observations and mordant opinions. Shaw spoke for the best part of an hour.
"You can't teach that," he said. "It's not something you can do. You can't teach somebody to ride a bicycle. He's got to get on the bicycle and ride it until he finds out what he has to do. With playing any instrument, if you want to play this idiom that we're calling jazz for shorthand, you cannot teach him. What you can do is encourage him when he's doing the right thing, discourage him when he's doing the wrong thing, and steer him toward the people he should listen to."
The audience laughed and applauded. They loved every minute. Yet there was a slightly strange aspect to Shaw's behaviour. Several times during that hour, when the audience chuckled I had the uneasy impression that they were laughing at Shaw, rather than with him. Remember that this was a friendly group, a gathering of musicians aware of Shaw's talents, who understood what he had achieved. Yet Shaw didn't seem to notice the reaction. Yes, he was old. True, he was slightly hard of hearing. Granted, he was trailing his coat. And admittedly I was an observer within the culture of North America, which is different from the UK. Was I misunderstanding what I saw? Or was I witnessing clues to the nature of the unusual character of Artie Shaw? I still don't know for certain. But I regard his behaviour that day, demonstrating a quasi weak sense of social interaction, as one of the clues to understanding Artie Shaw.
Born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky on May 23rd 1910, for the first seven years of his life Artie Shaw lived on New York's Lower East Side. Financial problems then forced the family to move to New Haven, Connecticut where, after experiencing anti-semitism, he changed his name to Art Shaw. Later, Art became Artie, to coincide with the summer 1938 contract with RCA Victor records' Bluebird label. His 1952 biographical account The Trouble With Cinderella explains that one of the Victor executives decided that the name Art Shaw sounded rather like a fast sneeze. "When spoken rapidly it was difficult to tell whether the first name was supposed to be Art or Arch," he said.
Shaw began to learn the piano when he was in school, then took up the saxophone. He never completed his high school education, and never entered a full-time college course. At the age of 16 Shaw went to Cleveland, where he remained for three years, the last two working with Austin Wylie, then Cleveland's top band leader, for whom Shaw took over all the arranging and rehearsing chores.
Shaw was an autodidact. A vivid example of his resourceful manner of self-education is related in chapter sixteen of The Trouble With Cinderella. Shaw describes his first attempt at writing a band arrangement. No-one had told him about writing a score:
"I spread out all the parts on the floor of my living room, and got down on my hands and knees with a pencil (and an eraser), jotting down a few notes on one part, and crawling around until I located the part I wanted to go with it, and then the part to go with that, and so on until all twelve parts were more or less in accord. But of course I kept forgetting what I'd done on the third or fourth part by the time I'd come to the tenth or twelfth one, and this went on back and forth among all the parts, until finally, twelve or fifteen hours later, I was completely pooped out, physically and mentally." When played, Shaw's arrangement was full of mistakes. Most arrangers will have sympathy with that tale. Experience is a dear school
The New York saxophonist and writer Loren Schoenberg recalls going out to California in the mid-1980s to interview Shaw. "We became friends," Schoenberg told me. "He became my literary mentor. He would say, 'You must read Lafcadio Hearn.' Schoenberg's relationship with Shaw was much more of an intellectual one than the relationship Schoenberg already had with Benny Goodman, who had employed Schoenberg from 1980 as his personal manager.
"When one reads The Trouble with Cinderella you find out that in Shaw's early twenties he became aware of his intellectual deficiencies and, as an autodidact, taught himself about reading," says Schoenberg. "But he also took courses at Columbia University in the early 1930s. Then, when he became famous, he got to know all the great writers. Because he was so smart he became a member of their circle. Eventually, as we all know, it was that writing career that usurped his musical career, twenty years later.
Schoenberg's testimony is of great value, for a problem with writing about Shaw is the lack of commentators who have a professional knowledge about music, bands, clarinets and jazz history. For example, Mike Zwerin, jazz and rock critic for the International Herald Tribune for the last twenty years, is an entertaining and articulate writer for whom I have respect. He holds down a very competitive position in the world of jazz journalism. Most of what he writes is enjoyable. But Zwerin (like several others) edges beyond his own expertise when writing about Shaw. The high note ending to Concerto for Clarinet Zwerin calls 'a cosmic high C.' That's untrue. It's just a common-or-garden high C, which Shaw plays beautifully, but no more than many conservatoire clarinet students and professional reed players can manage. Zwerin than asserts that 'Nobody else could play that note - he had invented the fingering himself.' That's not true; many players can and do play that note. And concerning the fingering, don't take my word for it. Go into your local library, dig into a few clarinet method books, and you'll find fingerings for high C. All serious reed players are forced to invent their own high-note fingerings to cope with individual differences of reeds, mouthpieces and the instruments themselves. The great clarinettist Jack Brymer once told me that he knew 24 fingerings for top G alone.
When asked about Shaw's serious style of dealing with the Long Beach conference audience described above, Schoenberg is frank. "I was never an intimate friend of his," he says. "I was certainly never a peer of his, so I never saw him really laid back, having a drink and laughing. Artie, by his own definition, if you read the things he's written about himself, was a driven guy. I don't think he told jokes or anything like that. But that's what made him Artie Shaw. And what's fascinating about him is the improvisational style, his legato, flowing, harmonically adventurous. It would be fun at some point to contrast his approach to the clarinet and Goodman's. Their articulation is very different."
About the extreme high register playing, Schoenberg says: "Artie took it higher. Benny was much more a high-note goal man. The high note was a climax. With Shaw it was integrated. It's really fascinating. They were both taken with Lester Young early on, and the even phrasing of Beiderbecke and Trumbauer and Lester. Even before Shaw heard Lester Young, there is this big breakthrough in Artie Shaw, around 1936 and 1937.
"Hear him on those record dates in 1933 and 1934, with Red Norvo, those small group records he made at that time. There's a fascinating record date that never came out on 78, by Wingy Manone and his Orchestra. The personnel is Wingy Manone, Dickie Wells, Artie Shaw, Bud Freeman, two pianists - Teddy Wilson and Jelly Roll Morton. Then there's this big sea change. Artie gets his own band, that first band with the strings, in 1936. I love those records. By that point he had avowed pretty closely to this more even eighth-note approach, compared to Benny, who was much more dotted and swinging."
Shaw pursued many interests. After he left music he took up shooting, eventually to be ranked as the fourth-best precision rifleman in the United States. Shaw built a beautiful house on the coast at Bagur, in Spain, near to the French border. He took up fishing. He formed a film distribution company. He wrote fiction; in 1964 he published a trio of novellas under the collective title I Love You, I Hate You, Drop Dead. I have them on my shelves; they are unreadable. Writer Gene Lees expressed the truth: "Artie Shaw gave up being one of the most brilliant musicians ever, to become a second-rate writer."
A feature-length documentary by Canadian film-maker Brigitte Berman, Artie Shaw: Time Is All You've Got, appeared in 1985, and ran twice on British Television. In 1987 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded it the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature of 1986. After the film won the award, Shaw sued Berman in the Canadian courts, claiming ownership of the film. He lost his case. The legal difficulties prevented the film's release between 1987 and Shaw's death in 2004. Having viewed the film many times, I can recommend it, if you can obtain a copy.
An impressive aspect of Shaw in old age was that he hadn't stopped listening. He was aware of current developments in the music. He said of Brad Mehldau, "He's a very good piano player." On the training of an audience, he told the Long Beach delegates: "The first thing to do is to make the audience understand that this is music," he said. "If it's not music, I don't know what the hell we're talking about. Jazz is music, first, foremost and last. There's no such thing as jazz; it's music, it's American music and it's informal. So why do we have to call it jazz? Kenny G is called jazz."
The audience laughed. "Well, you're laughing," Shaw continued. "But if Kenny G were doing this lecture you couldn't get in this room. He has an enormous audience. I don't know what it is. It's basically elevator music. He plays the same thing over and over again. You might as well be a captive audience. I'm not knocking the guy. I don't think he knows what he's doing. But that has nothing to do with me. The audience buys it, in huge quantities. So we're back to what H.L. Mencken said: 'Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.'
"You cannot encourage stupidity. When you run into stupidity, it is your duty to say, 'That is stupid.' When an audience gets up and applauds a bad bass solo, that is stupid. If they know it's stupid, maybe they'll sit down next time."
An epitaph Shaw wrote for Who's Who in America a few years ago, read: "He did the best he could with the material at hand." However, at a late lecture to music students at the University of Southern California, he said: "I've decided it ought to be shorter, to make it more elegant." After a pause he added, "I've cut it down to two words: 'Go away.'"
First published in Jazz Journal, June 2010. Reproduced by kind permission of the editor.
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I was recently invited to Open Coffee Louisville at iHub to speak about our #ThinkBig initiative. #ThinkBig is a grassroots community discussion series aimed at bringing the right people together to combine ideas and know-how in order to propel Louisville forward economically. Each edition focuses on a different aspect of Louisville's economy. The focus is on building verticals on top of industries that are already doing well here in order to promote growth and attract talent.
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This iteration of #ThinkBig will focus on logistics and distribution. Historically Louisville has roots as a major shipping hub due to riverports and railways, but now it's poised for 21st century logistics thanks to businesses such as UPS and Amazon.
Now that we have the underlying infrastructure, we're an attractive city to large businesses – particularly eCommerce companies. Our great cost of living, lifestyle, and existing talent pool can bring us the highly skilled jobs we so desperately need to have a thriving economy. Building innovation from inside and outside Louisville can really take us to the next level, which makes this an important event for those within our business and entrepreneurial communities to attend.
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- Chad Miller from UPS on the progression of logistics in Louisville
- Kevin Gue from the Logistics and Distribution institute at UofL on the "Logistics in Louisville" project
- I'll be on Louisville's history as a major shipping hub and how it relates to the bourbon industry
It was great getting the word out about our event and I'm looking forward to seeing some of the Open Coffee attendees at our event next week. There are still a few tickets available, and you can reserve your spot by clicking here to register.
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This is a great dessert to make up for the holidays when we are all tempted by the indulging foods of the season. This pie is made with health promoting ingredients that satisfies the palate and gives you healthy fats from the avocados necessary to support optimal brain function. All that in a pie! Store this pie in the freezer and de-thaw for about an hour before serving, this pie is served cold but not completely frozen; leaving it at room temperature for too long will soften it too much.
What you will need: food processor, wax paper, 9″ springform pan, spatula, small saucepan and spoon
Makes one 9″ pie
- 1 cup shredded unsweetened coconut
- ½ cup raw sunflower seeds (soaked for an hour)
- ½ cup pumpkin seeds (soaked for an hour)
- 10 dates, pitted
- 2 tbsp coconut oil
- 4 ripe avocados
- 1 cup raw cacao powder
- ½ cup maple syrup
- 2 tsp peppermint extract
- 2 tbsp coconut milk
- ¼ cup coconut flour
- pinch of himalayan salt
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- 1 ½ cups fresh or frozen raspberries
- 2 tbsp filtered water
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tbsp chia seeds
- Make the crust by adding to a food processor, coconut, seeds, pitted dates and coconut oil. Process for a couple minutes until well combined and just starting to stick together.
- Line a springform pan with wax paper and add the crust on top, press down firmly and evenly. You can use your fingers or a spatula.
- To make the avocado filling, add the avocados, cacao powder, maple syrup, peppermint extract, coconut milk and flour and salt. Process until well combined.
- Pour on top of the crust and spread out evenly with a spatula. Place in the freezer to set.
- To make the raspberry topping, in a small saucepan over medium heat add the raspberries, water, maple syrup and chia seeds. Heat on low until raspberries are broken down, about 5 – 10 minutes. Mixture will thicken from the chia seeds.
- Pour the raspberry mixture into a blender or the food processor to puree.
- Once the mixture is cooled, you can take out the pie and pour the raspberry sauce on top of the avocado layer and spread evenly. Place some extra raspberries on top as a garnish. Put back in the freezer to set.
- When ready to serve, remove from the freezer, take out of the springform pan and place on a serving plate, thaw for about an hour. This pie is easy to cut when cold, do not let it get to room temperature or the pie will turn into a pudding. Enjoy!
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The company still faces thousands of talc and Xarelto lawsuits, and hundreds for transvaginal mesh.
Johnson & Johnson has been on a litigation rollercoaster after receiving major verdicts for talcum powder, transvaginal mesh, and Xarelto.
While the latest talc and transvaginal mesh verdicts were favorable for plaintiffs, Johnson & Johnson's subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceuticals was cleared of allegations in the first Xarelto bellwether.
Despite the outcomes of these verdicts, Johnson & Johnson still has a long road ahead of them before they are free from litigation. The company still faces thousands of pending talc and Xarelto lawsuits, and hundreds for transvaginal mesh.
$110M Talcum Powder Verdict is the Highest Yet
On May 4, Johnson & Johnson was hit with its highest verdict yet for talcum powder: $110 million, including $5.4 million in compensatory damages and $105 million in punitive damages. A St. Louis jury sided with Lois Slemp, who alleged her ovarian cancer was caused by using Johnson & Johnson's baby powder and shower-to-shower powder products for four decades.
Ms. Slemp's attorneys presented studies linking ovarian cancer to talcum powder use, and alleged that Johnson & Johnson's executives were aware of the risks.
"They chose to put profits over people, spending millions in efforts to manipulate scientific and regulatory scrutiny," said Ted Meadows, co-lead counsel for Ms. Slemp. "I hope this verdict prompts J&J to acknowledge the facts and help educate the medical community and the public about the proper use of their products."
The verdict comes after a string of major talc losses for Johnson & Johnson, including three substantial verdicts last year: $72 million in February, $55 million in May, and $70 million last October. These lawsuits similarly alleged that executives knew of talc's cancer risk but failed to warn the public and medical community.
The company still has 2,500 cases to battle in the Missouri multidistrict litigation (MDL), and have already said they will appeal the $110 million verdict.
J&J Subsidiary Hit with $20M Mesh Verdict
Just days before the record-breaking talc verdict, Johnson & Johnson's subsidiary Ethicon was hit with its third multi-million dollar verdict for its TVT-Secur device, a type of transvaginal mesh.
A jury in the Philadelphia mass tort awarded Peggy Engleman $20 million ($2.5 million in compensatory damages and $17.5 million in punitive damages) for the ongoing complications she still suffers from the device, including chronic vaginal pain, permanent urinary dysfunction, and pelvic floor spasms.
"While verdicts are important to the litigation, there is still work to be done."
Ms. Engleman received the device in 2007 for stress urinary incontinence. But within a month, she alleged the device failed and began to erode in her body. She underwent three surgeries to remove the device, but physicians were unable to remove it in its entirety.
It's a story that is sadly too common among plaintiffs, and it's not the first time Johnson & Johnson has shelled out millions for the mesh. They were hit with a $12.5 million verdict in 2015 and a $13.5 million verdict in 2016.
"While verdicts are important to the litigation, there is still work to be done," said Yaeger. "I expect J&J to appeal the transvaginal mesh verdict and continue their hard press to litigate the cases."
Plaintiffs Attorneys Still Hopeful After First Xarelto Trial
Amid the headlining verdicts came a somewhat rare victory for Johnson & Johnson when they won the first Xarelto bellwether on May 3.
Xarelto is manufactured by Bayer but marketed by Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary. The blood thinner has been linked to reports of uncontrollable bleeding in patients, for which there is no antidote.
14,000 of the nearly 18,000 Xarelto lawsuits are consolidated in a federal court in New Orleans under the jurisdiction of Judge Eldon Fallon. The other cases are consolidated in Pennsylvania and Delaware state courts.
The first bellwether in the New Orleans MDL was filed by Joseph Boudreaux who suffered gastrointestinal bleeding after taking Xarelto for irregular heartbeats and a high risk of stroke. The internal bleeding was so serious that it resulted in a week-long stay in the ICU and required blood transfusions and multiple heart procedures.
Boudreaux's suit rested on one allegation: That his cardiologist didn't receive proper safety information for prescribing Xarelto. Specifically, the lawsuit alleged, Bayer and Janssen should have instructed physicians to perform tests to assess the bleeding risk of patients. However, the jury did not find Bayer and Janssen liable for these failure to warn claims.
The narrow scope of Boudreaux's claims make it hard to predict the outcomes of the remaining three bellwethers, some attorneys point out.
"As plaintiff's lawyers, we wonder what it looks like if the full set of claims were there—here, it ended up being very limited to just this additional testing issue," plaintiff's attorney Max Kennerly told Law360.
The next bellwether is scheduled for the end of May. The lawsuit was filed by Joseph Orr who alleges his wife died from a brain hemorrhage caused by taking Xarelto. In addition to accusing the company of failure to warn, the suit also claims the medication lacked a reversal agent for fatal bleeding incidents.
Johnson & Johnson may have pledged to keep fighting, but so have our attorneys. If you or a loved one suffered injuries from a medication or medical device, contact us for a free, no-obligation legal review.


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Hey, Folks!
Are you enchanted by the cinematic exploits of Jimmy Stewart and all his leading ladies? Do you need a break from all the gloom and doom the 24 hour news cycle of today brings with it? Have I found a series of books for you! I was privileged to get an advance digital copy of Sarah Sundin's "In Perfect Time," which is the last installment in the "Wings of a Nightingale" trilogy. I was given this title as part of the "Revell Reads" review program, with no expectations from the publisher beyond a truthful analysis.
This novel continues the story of a squadron of World War II flight nurses, with the focus of the latest adventure on Lieutenant Kay Jobson. Kay breaks hearts as fast as she fixes up other parts of men's bodies, but is there pain behind the flirtatious smile? Can a pilot with a past as broken as hers show her true love through Jesus Christ? Or will the cruelties of battle tear her and Roger apart?
I approached this tale with equal measures of anticipation and trepidation. Before embarking on this chapter, I read the previous episodes of this saga, and I worried it wouldn't do the others justice, but that quibble was unfounded. The narrative remained solid from beginning to end, with equal parts romance and drama. Christian theology was a subtle yet powerful element , giving people lots to think about long after finishing. The characters felt very real to me and I am a little sad that this is the last outing because I want to know what happens next for them. Realizing that the plot contains events that revolve around life and death struggles, I think the subject matter was handled with great sensitivity, so it is a fun way for those twelve years and over to learn about little known facets of the past. I'm confident that a broad spectrum of individuals will find themselves absorbed in these books, even if they normally gravitate towards other periods in times gone by. While "In Perfect Time" is a treasure in itself, to understand the fullness of the writer's vision, it is best to enjoy them chronologically, so the order is as follows: "With Every Letter," "On Distant Shores," and "In Perfect Time." My rating for the end piece is five out of five stars, so go out in search of the complete "Wings of the Nightingale" set today, because they are all available at your favorite literary establishment now. Until we meet again…
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On the third day of conference tourneys, the Buffet gave to me...
- 3 more tournaments get under way
- A Buffet mea culpa
- Chalk walking in conference tournaments
- Taking Care of Bubble Business
- Intriguing night on the Waiting Line...
First thing First -- Buffet - SAY IT AIN'T SO.
Cue Kelly Preston from For Love of the Game
Somehow, some way we omitted a preview of the Patriot League, which got underway last night, with Army and Loyola-Maryland dispatching of the lower seeded American & Lafayette, respectively. Army handled it in dominating fashion, whereas the Greyhounds finally took the lead with just under 3 minutes left, and never looked back, en route to a 3 point win. As the tournament does not resume until tomorrow night, we will commence with the preview tomorrow before the next round gets going.
- March 1, 4 & 7 (ESPN2) - campus sites, tournament reseeds after results of quarterfinals.
- 8 Sacred Heart @ Mt Saint Mary's
- 5 Bryant @ St Francis-PA
- 6 Fairleigh Dickinson @ 3 Wagner
- 7 Robert Morris @ 2 LIU-Brooklyn
An old face returned to the top of the NEC heap, while no stranger to the NCAAs, having just visited in 2014, Mount Saint Mary's had not won the regular season crown since 1996. The Buffet was graduating HS, Braveheart was Best Picture, and the Macarena was the Billboard hottest music. Yes, people, that's 1996 for you. Well, it's 2017, and despite a late stumble, and a home loss to Long Island-Brooklyn that made things interesting, MSM took down St. Francis (NY) last Saturday to clinch the outright NEC title. Elijah Long is the straw that stirs this drink, leading the team in point, assist and rebounds.
The last paragraph had a note to keep your eye on. On February 23rd, Long Island went to Emmitsburgh and knocked off the Mountaineers, this after a thrilling 2-point buzzer beating loss to them in late December. The Blackbirds are a potential problem for the NEC champs. Then again when isn't LIU a tournament threat come March? But after all the turnover - With a trio of scorers this could be the non-chalk the Buffet's been waiting for. Would be so much nicer if key senior Joel Hernandez hadn't suffered a season-ending injury to his thumb back in a non-D1 game to start the season, but this inconsistent team and throw it in first gear - especially with their own NEC all-ever performer, Jerome Frink, who is joined by a pair of scorers - Iverson Fleiming and Jashuan Agosto.
Looking down the standings, where might the upsets come from? Well, we could've gotten funky and highlighted Central Connecticut State, who was 4-14 in conference and has wins over both LIU & Mount Saint Mary's, but, sadly these Blue Devils aren't playing in a conference tournament. Bryant, who knocked off MSM by 1 in early January, boasts the conference's leading scorer in Nisre Zouzoua, at 20 points per game. Wagner, who just lost a 4 point game and holds a win over the conference champs AND walked into Connecticut and won can't be ignored. Robert Morris enters the tournament playing good ball, having won 3 straight -- problem is they run right into a road game against a team who has won 6 straight.
The most interesting case? Fairleigh Dickinson. Why would the 7th place team be interesting? For one, Darian Anderson is good. Earl Potts has found a stride. But this team was hanging at the top, 8-1 in conference on January 27th. Then their inexplicable slide began, losing 8 of their final 9. That's not exactly playing your best basketball in March, but this team is capable, only 1 of those losses was double digits (1o points) and only 2 were even above 6. Watch for this team.
Prediction: LIU-Brooklyn is the conference's hottest team having won 6 straight entering the tournament. We like teams playing well. They avoid Mount Saint Mary's until the final, and then they get a chance to do what they did just about a week ago - beat the regular season champs in the road. We say here that they will.
Jack Leasure Madbomber Candidate: The previously mentioned Nisre Zouzoua of Bryant, 89 3s at 37%
- American East Tournament 3/1, 3/6, 3/11 (ESPN) - campus sites (no re-seed)
- 8 Maine @ 1 Vermont
- 5 UMBC @ 4 New Hampshire
- 6 Hartford @ 3 Albany
- 7 Binghamton @ 2 Stony Brook
When you run the table in conference, you get long period of the Buffet's previous of your conference tournament devoted to you. Vermont - you have earned the word count. An 18-game winning streak (which is an on-going program record for consecutive wins - previously 15), While they're never going to blow you away with their offense output (although they do sit 53rd in KenPom adjust offense) but they have 3 guys averaging 11+ per game, and another 4 between 6 and 9, but they also are the 19th best team, from a point allowed per game basis, are considered a top 50 win by those who believe in the RPI, but how good are they? The lack of at-large resume win and their height ceiling of 6'8, does draw their overall basketball team standing into question, but for now, until they actually hit the tournament, we just analyze them versus the rest of their conference -- and in that context, they have the newly crowned AmEast player of the year, Trae Bell-Haynes, the conference freshman of the year, Anthony Lamb 6th man of the year, Darren Payen and coach of the year, John Becker, oh yeah, they ran through the conference season 15-0.
Now, they did have a couple close calls -- none closer than Feb 12 in Baltimore, Maryland versus UMBC. After K.J. Maura of UMBC hit a baseline jumped to cut it to 2 with 20 seconds left, the Retrievers actually stole the ball and had a chance to tie, but questionable decision-making led to a rushed/forced air ball, a few free throws and strategic fouling by Vermont to prevent tying 3-point attempt later, and Vermont escaped But in 2 games versus UMBC, who had an inconsistent conference season to finish a 9-7 fifth place showing, but anytime you have Will Darley & all-world talent Jairus Lyles (18 ppg) taking the floor, you're a threat.
Speaking of threats, not possible to discuss the America East tournament without discussing Lucas Woodhouse and Stony Brook. The Seawolves started the conference season going toe-to-toe with Vermont at 5-0, then a couple stumbles (which against an undefeated juggernaut is fatal), but they figured it out to go on a 6 game February win streak -- but then came the 2 teams listed in the previous 2 paragraphs, and 27 points of losses later, the momentum was halted. But as the 2 seed and AmEast Conference tested, don't lose sight of them.
Who else not to lose sight of? The streaky Wildcats of New Hampshire. The team some folks thought would be the class of America East, showed flashes, but not enough light. In conference steaks of 2, 3, were paired with a 4 game losing streak that ultimately gave way to a season closing 5 game winning streak that makes them the hottest conference team not named Vermont. That opening rounder between them and UMBC should be fun, as both teams can offer some resistance of substance to the Catamounts. They do hold the conferences best non conference work -- both road games -- beating Winthrop in Rock Hill and Temple in Philly. Keep your head towards Tanner Leissner and his 17 points, automatic free throw shooting (and second most attempts in the conference), and 7 rebounds per game. And as you'll see below, Daniel Dion drop 3point BOMBS
Hard to see a path for the 3 seed, though they did win several impressive road games -- at Penn State, New Hampshire and swept UMBC -- but hard to see them as a threat (which probably means they'll win the thing). Equally tough to see Hartford taking a run, but Jalen Ross can score in this conference, so you never know...
Prediction: Except you do. Vermont.
Jack Leasure Madbomber Candidate: Daniel Dion, New Hampshire, 91 3s at 42%
The always complicated, but structured to give the top seeds the advantage, minus the whole part where they don't just play at campus sites, OVC schedule
3/1-3/4 (espn2) Nashville
- 3/1: Game 1 - 5 SE Missouri St v. 8 Tenn State; Game 2: 6 Tenn Tech vs 7 Murray St
- 3/2 Game 3 - Game 1 Winner vs. 4 Jacksonville State; Game 4 - Game 2 Winner v. 3 Morehead State
- 3/3 Game 3 Winner vs 1 Belmont; Game 4 Winner vs. 2 UT-Martin
- 3/4 Championship
For the fifth straight year, Belmont walks into the OVC tourney with the top seed and conference best record, losing only once in conference play. Problem is, they're only 2-2 in coming out of the tournament and into the NCAAs. Also, they've never advanced past NCAA round 1 (the best showing a 1 point loss to Duke in 2008). But let's focus on the hear and now. This is a veteran team,: there's still Evan Bradds along with Taylor Barnette, Amanze Egekeze and a much more significant contribution from returners Nick Smith, Dylan Winder and especially Austin Luke, who has slid into the floor leader spot vacated Craig Bradshaw, and, in our opinion, has been more effective. The issue with Belmont is they just didn't challenge themselves enough out of conference, and failed to stake a claim to a victory when they did (usually not terribly competitively -- losses to Florida, Middle Tennessee (at home), Rhode Island and Vanderbilt - all those teams are in, mostly in, or maybe in), but they ran through the OVC, finished the season winning 18 of 19, their only slip up was at Tennessee Tech, who would have to run through the entire bottom of the bracket to see Belmont again.
First, before evaluating spoilers we trim the fat -- Eastern Kentucky, Eastern Illinois, SIU-Edwardsville, and defending tourney champs Austin Peay all did not finish high enough in the OVC to qualify -- Austin Peay tried it, winning 3 of 4 to close the season, but ultimately the one in that 4 was one too many. Now, as for close shaves versus Belmont? We mentioned their loss to Tennessee Tech, Tennessee State gave them a run in Nashville (falling by 5) and Morehead held a second half lead before falling by 6. Other than that? We can manufacture close games, Murray State had it tied at 54, before losing 12? Just keep an eye on Jonathan Stark who fills the scoreboard 21 per game, as well Jacolby Mobley of Tenn-Martin and Antonius Cleveland of SE Missouri State, and hopefully watch Belmont cruise, so we can see exactly what they've developed in at the NCAA level.
Last night in the Waiting Line...
Last night was all about this:
- Seton Hall won at home over Georgetown 62-59
- Maryland went on the road and used a dominant second half to get a 20 point win
- Texas A&M, to whatever extent they're still in the conversation, won at Missouri 60-43
- South Carolina defending home against Mississippi State 63-57
- Creighton blew out St. John's at home 82-68, to quell some concerns about their tournament-ability
- Ohio State went into computer darling Penn State and came away with a 1 point, 71-70 win
- Providence handled DePaul at home 73-64
- Georgia Tech notched their 8th conference win, moved to 16-14 with a 61-52 home win v Pittsburgh. Hey #JonRothstein yes that;s 8 conference wins not ZERO - for those unsure what the Buffet is referring to, go HERE ASAP.
- There was even losing, TCOB, in the Buffet's opinion
- Oklahoma State wasn't in the waiting line, but other than a mishandled final possession with a chance to tie, they showed something impressive at Hilton, dropping a 3-point game, and even more important is if Jawun Evans found his long range jumped
- And yes, they blew a 19-point lead, but ignoring that, Vanderbilt showed they can hang with Kentucky at Rupp, in the midst of a very impressive run by Kentucky, thats tournament worthy play
- Only teams not to TCOB were marginally in the conversation anyway:
- Boise State dropped a home game to Fresno 67-74
- Penn St's aforementioned loss
- Indiana losing at Purdue by 11 isn't a bad loss or a tournament invite hurtful loss, but the win there meant more than the loss negatively impacted, and they couldn't do it.
Conference tournament results 2/28
- Patriot League results are found at the beginning of the post: Army over American 74-58 ; Loyola-MD def Lafayette 67-64
- Big South: Charleston Southern over Longwood 79-74 in a much more difficult fashion than should have been; Campbell handled Presbyterian 81-62
- Tonight, in the Waiting Line...:
- Georgia tries to stay in the discussion by not losing to Auburn.
- Rhode Island tries to add a road win to its ledger against a bad team, Saint Joe's
- Michigan, who almost assured themselves a bid winning against Purdue, can pay it forward by dropping its road game tonight at Northwestern
- Does Tennessee have a late season run to SEC title in them, and would that be enough? Road win in Baton Rouge is a must have.
- VCU at Dayton -- nothing to see here from the Waiting Line... but, 1 game separates these team in the Atlantic 10 regular season race with a game in hand over Dayton, a 1-game deficit to the Flyers in the standings, and a pair of gimmes for each team on deck, can VCU forge a regular season tie and snatch the tournament top seed?
- NC State v. Clemson -- Under consideration -- which is the nice thing you say about teams who really aren't making it into the tournament, but have enough going for them (good wins, or road wins, or conference wins, or computer numbers, etc) that they can't be outright dismissed. We're outright dismissing the loser here, even though, really we've outright dismissed them already. In reality, Clemson is more "under consideration" than the discarded Wolfpack.
- Ole Miss at Alabama - not sure if this is an elimination game or not, but both teams need this win, so basically, it is
- Kansas State at TCU - same here. Kansas State is either in or toeing the line depending on the formula, prognosticator, etc, you follow -- TCU is dying for another resume win. Kansas State ain't great, but they do offer some value. A road win for K-State would be equally valuable.
- Texas at Texas Tech -- Texas Tech, I don't think you can get in, but don't lose to awful Texas.
- Marquette at Xavier -- this one bears some discussion. Xavier is in free fall. Marquette has looked tournament worthy in stretches, and NIT worthy in other. Both teams are .500 in conference, Marquette finishes home to Creighton, Xavier with DePaul. A win here by Xavier means they likely (barring a disaster against the Blue Demons) a conference record over .500, and that should be enough for an invite (pending, of course, what their BE tournament matchup looks like, and they don't bomb out there). Marquette would likely equally cement themselves with a strong road win, no matter if they finish 10-8 or 9-9 in the Big East (of course, same tournament performance qualifier applies). Now if Xavier loses this game? That'd be 6 straight, all over tournament caliber teams, questions will be raised, and bids could be lost...
- Michigan State @ Illinois - Michigan State is in, and Illinois has redeemed their season where a loss by the Spartans wouldn't be considered negative anyway. Now could Illinois play themselves into the real conversation not the under consideration conversation? If they can get to .500 in conference (winnable road game at Rutgers closes the season), with 4 top 50 wins, 9 top 100 wins, no bad losses, and a decent Big10 tournament showing -- the Waiting Line... resumes are ugly, so yes, yes they could.
- Louisville @ Wake Forest -- Every time we run the BOOP, Wake Forest pops up higher than ever expected. Beat Louisville, and a long look will be taken. In fact, here's the vow -- beat Louisville and we'll do it tomorrow, with a social media link so the WF basketball program knows it happened.
- Washington State at USC -- Southern Cal lost to the curtain of distraction. That's not a typo. Which is a strong factor why you see them in the last 4 in. Don't lose to Washington State, the word next to your name won't be "in" anymore...


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Can the Kids Decide Where They Will Live?
Many times a client will ask can my child decide where he or she will live? The simple answer is no. There are several factors the court must consider. One of which is the child's wishes. So the child's wishes will always be considered but there are plenty of reasons why that might not be the final answer. For example if there are two parents and one of the parents is very strict about homework and does not have an extra car, and the other parent who has several extra cars and is not too strict about homework assignments there are obvious reasons why one child might prefer to be with one parent rather than the other. So the court, and the guardian ad litem, and sometimes the custody evaluator if involved, will listen to the child's wishes but will also make an opinion as to whether or not child's wishes are based in sound reasoning. As children mature, the weight of their wishes will be given greater deference by the court.


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Emerging markets have been delivering strong performances year-to-date, with the benchmark MSCI emerging markets index up by about 25%, which is double the rise in the MSCI world index. These results for emerging markets are driven by a confluence of factors, according to some fund portfolio managers, many of whom remain bullish about prospects for these markets.
"Number 1: the U.S. dollar has been weakening, and that's positive for emerging markets because local currencies have more breathing room and countries can cut interest rates," says Sammy Simnegar, portfolio manager with Boston-based FMR LLC (a.k.a. Fidelity Investments), who oversees Fidelity Emerging Markets Fund. "Number 2: commodities prices have been relatively stable. Number 3: because of the first two factors, earnings [of emerging markets stocks] have been very good in the first half of the year, meeting or beating expectations for the first time in several years. Valuations also have been relatively attractive, while the rest of the world has seen considerable [financial] multiples' expansion."
For the next 12 months, Simnegar notes, the MSCI benchmark for emerging markets will be trading at 12.5 times earnings. In contrast, the MSCI world index will be trading in the mid-teens, which amounts to an approximate 25% discount for the former.
But, Simnegar argues, emerging markets' fundamentals offer a very mixed picture.
"Look at Brazil, where, because of the corruption scandals, [the government] is passing meaningful reform, interest rates are coming down and we're seeing real structural improvements. Brazil, coming out of the crisis, will be much better than going in," he says. "On the other hand, Turkey is the opposite. It used to have a disciplined central bank, a pro-market government and so forth. Today, [the government] has been destroying institutions rather than building them. I've given two examples at the extremes. But in the next three to five years, the outlook for Brazil is much better than for Turkey."
Simnegar also lauds structural reforms in India, where the government has cleansed the economy of ill-gotten money by forcing people to deposit large rupee notes, which ultimately ended up in financial services products, and is streamlining the tax system by introducing a general sales tax.
As for China, Simnegar argues, investors shouldn't bet against China's authorities: "Are there large imbalances in the economy? Yes. Will [the government] have to deal with [those imbalances] at some point in a meaningful way? Maybe. But with time, if the economy continues to grow, it will gradually 'de-lever.' And state-owned enterprises are in better shape than they have been in the past. China's government has shown an uncanny ability to manage the economy."
Simnegar, largely a bottom-up investor, admits he prefers countries' domestic-oriented businesses that have stable growth qualities, good balance sheets and shareholder-oriented management teams: "I'm looking to compound alpha over time, without taking on too much risk."
From a geographical perspective, about 25% of the Fidelity fund's assets under management (AUM) are held in Greater China, which includes stocks listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong and American depositary receipts listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). There also is 13% held in India, 7.5% held in Brazil and 6% held in South Africa, with smaller holdings in countries such as Mexico.
A favourite holding in the 145-name Fidelity fund is Tencent Holdings Ltd., a Hong Kong-listed Internet firm that has emerged as a leader in gaming, e-commerce and payment services in China.
"In 2010, Tencent earned 0.89 renminbi a share. The consensus number for 2018 is 8.5 renminbi a share, which means a tenfold increase," says Simnegar. "The numbers speak for themselves. That's what I look for."
Tencent's shares are trading at 344.20 Hong Kong dollars ($52.65), or 33 times forward earnings. There's no stated target.
Another top holding is Housing Development Finance Corp., a leading mortgage and consumer lender in India. "It's been compounding its earnings at 20% for the past 20 years," says Simnegar. Shares are trading at 1,750 rupees ($33.40), or 22 times forward earnings. There's no stated target.
Much of the recent strong performance in emerging markets can be attributed to a so-called "catchup" phase, argues Rishikesh Patel, portfolio manager, India and emerging markets, with London,U.K.-based LGM Investments Ltd., BMO Global Asset Management Corp.'s specialist boutique investment manager covering Asian, global emerging and frontier markets.
"But from a longer-term perspective – five to seven years – developed markets have done better than emerging markets. Maybe [the improving fundamentals in emerging markets] is just a case of reversion to the mean," says Patel, who co-manages BMO Emerging Markets Fund with Irina Hunter and Damian Bird, senior portfolio manager and portfolio manager, respectively, with LGM.
Although some of the emerging markets have shown robust economic momentum, Patel says, he prefers to focus on structural trends, as he disagrees with Simnegar regarding improving fundamentals: "The fundamental case for emerging markets has not changed. It was the same five years ago and 10 years ago. And it will remain the same for the next five or 10 years. If you look at the world's population, about 80% is in emerging markets. Yet, emerging markets contribute only 60% of the world's GDP [i.e., gross domestic product] and only about 10% to 15% of the world's market cap. That's where the opportunity of emerging markets lies."
GDP per capita in developed markets is about US$30,000-US$40,000, but it's only US$4,000-$5,000 in emerging markets.
"As per capita income rises, it leads to higher consumption. In looking at long-term structural trends, we see several categories in which demand begins to take off when per capita GDP exceeds US$4,000," says Patel, adding that GDP growth rates in much of Asia are more than double those in developed markets. "We look to exploit those trends and the growing profit pools in emerging markets. There are strong growth trends owing to the larger populations, younger demographics and rising per capita GDP, which will give rise to exponential growth in goods and services."
Patel, like Simnegar, is a bottom-up stock picker and prefers to invest in domestic-oriented, quality companies that can grow their cash flow over the long term and the stock can be bought at reasonable prices.
"Every now and then, there are opportunities. For example, late last year, we saw opportunities in Mexico, because of the so-called 'Trump tantrum.' You could buy great [stocks] at wonderful prices," he says. "But you have to be brave when everyone is fearful. For us, risk is seen only in the fundamentals and valuations. How well do you know a company and how cheaply can you buy it? Those are the key risks."
By way of example, Patel points to a company that makes hair oil in India. "Are Indians going to change their patterns of using hair oil because the European or U.S. central banks are going to tighten monetary conditions? Probably not." Or take a snack-food processor in the Philippines: "Will Filipinos change their diets because the U.S. may tighten? Probably not. So, we ask ourselves: 'Will the cash-flow patterns of these companies change because of the impact of macro factors?' Probably, the answer is no. Will markets react? Of course, they will. Understanding the fundamentals of a company is more important than the macro risks."
From a geographical perspective, India represents the largest weighting in the BMO fund, at 22.8% of AUM, followed by: Indonesia, at 12.9%; Mexico, 12.4%; emerging markets stocks listed in the U.S., 7.9%; and South Africa, 6.6%; with smaller weightings in countries such as Malaysia.
One of the top holdings in the 44-name BMO fund is Yum China Holdings Inc. An NYSE-listed firm with a market cap of US$15 billion, Yum China receives 100% of its revenue from a network of 7,500 fast-food outlets in China that operate under the Pizza Hut, KFC and Taco Bell brands.
Yum China's shares are trading at US$39.80, or 26.2 times trailing earnings. There's no stated target.
"Most of Asia is all about rice and noodles. Bread is a very small part of the food plate. But here's a company that is the most dominant brand of Western-style, quick-service food," says Patel, noting that the firm was spun off from parent firm Yum Holdings Inc. in 2016. "Bread consumption is a small portion of diets, but it will grow. This is a structural trend that will unfold over a long period."
Another favourite is Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de CV, which serves Mexico and much of Central America. "The company is fairly dominant because it has a 25% share of the total retail market," says Patel. "But, most important, the firm has about 70% of the profits of Mexico's total retail industry, benefits from Western-style management and corporate governance, but operates in the emerging markets." The shares are trading at 42.25 Mexican pesos (C$2.92), or 21 times forward earnings. There is no stated target.
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After a 12 hour! sleep, I was ready to take on Paris. My hotel provides a robust breakfast bar with a fresh orange juicer, several cheeses, meats (not for me) yogurt, pastries, dried figs, cereals, etc. My kind of start to the day,
le petit dejeuner!
Then I was off in the rain to master the subway. I decided to go to the Musee D'Orsay to get out of the weather. it was a couple blocks front the subway and I had to pass such sites as these:
Yum! I didn't buy these (yet) but I may have to yet
The museum was astounding. I am always awestruck when I stand before original works of the masters. So many Renoir's, Cezanne's, Van Gogh's, and Monets!
Clocks in the museum, once a railway station.
|Clock in the D'Orsay Museum with view of the city across the Seine


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Formula 1 will no longer have 'grid girls' on the starting line because hot women are not a good imagePublished on 02-01-2018 12:13 AM
Thanks a lot feminists. You have even managed to get your hideous tentacles into the pinnacle of motorsport to strangle to death an aspect fans love. Those fans are predominantly men so you can understand why Formula 1 would be a target for the modern day feminist. ...
APR Stage I & 2 MK7.5 ECU software and DQ250 TCU transmission tuning software now available for the 2018 Volkswagen GTIPublished on 01-31-2018 06:44 PM
Volkswagen gave the MKVII GTI a minor facelift for 2018 and APR already has the car covered with engine tuning software as well as transmission tuning software. APR has Stage 1 and Stage 2 tunes available alongside TCU software. ...
APR offers IS20 and IS38 turbocharger upgrades for the 1.8T Audi A3, VW Golf, Alltrack, and SportwagenPublished on 01-17-2018 02:04 AM
APR is offering a factory reliable performance upgrade for 1.8T turbo four-cylinder equipped Audi and Volkswagen models. It is essentially factory reliable because APR is using factory turbochargers to boost output combined with APR's software. ...Published on 01-15-2018 07:09 PM
Dinan is leaving the Bay Area in California for APR's massive facility in Alabama. Why? Well, because as both are a part of Performance Driven Brands the move makes sense for development from an engineering, production, and cost perspective. ...Published on 01-11-2018 02:42 AM
Ever dreamt about having a job with a top tuner? Well, APR is the biggest name in the Volkswagen and Audi tuning world and they are hiring. Suffice it to say, jobs like this do not open up too often and there are nine openings that will go fast. ...Published on 01-10-2018 11:13 PM
You could say BMW drivers have a certain stereotype. What is that stereotype? That they drive like assholes. A recent UK survey reaffirmed the stigma surrounding BMW drivers with M3 drivers in particular singled out as the worst on the road. ...Published on 01-09-2018 03:01 PM
If you are a car enthusiast (why else would you be here?) this is good news. Why? Because the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) is getting funding cut and reducing its bloated budget which was used to bully guys who just want to enjoy their cars. ...Published on 01-06-2018 07:11 PM
With the holidays and New Year's officially over BoostAddict.com finally decided to compile of list of the best and worst in automotive performance from the past year. We toyed with this idea for a while and thought it would be good to recap what in our view was worth mentioning before getting back to our regularly scheduled programming. ...Published on 12-29-2017 05:22 PM
Car and Driver hosts a pretty good roadcourse competition every year at VIR (Virginia International Raceway) on the 4.1 mile long Grand West layout. They compiled a list of the top 25 times they achieved but keep in mind VIR was repaved at one point so it is not apples to apples for all the cars involved. ...Published on 12-23-2017 12:52 PM
Atco Dragway located in New Jersey is arguably the quickest and fastest strip in the country. Hell, maybe the world. Along with MIR (Maryland International Raceway) these dragstrips are magical places where C6 Z06's run 10's stock and records fall left and right when winter hits. ...
The internal combustion engine will continue longer than people think and past 2030 according to PorschePublished on 12-19-2017 12:34 AM
Let's hope Porsche is right about this. While discussing the hybrid 911 that is not coming to market anytime soon August Achleitner who is the head of sports car at Porsche stated he does not think the internal combustion engine will be dead by 2030. ...
How about a 10-second Volkswagen MKVII Golf R on pump gas, street tires, and the stock internals? APR Stage 3+ runs 10.8@127Published on 12-14-2017 01:44 AM
What APR is doing with the Golf R is amazing. This is a 10-second Golf on pump gas! Yes, pump gas and street tires. Essentially performance you can repeat every single day and they did not even have to open the motor. ...Published on 12-08-2017 09:03 PM
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It's time to admit direct fuel injection alone is a performance car liability with port fuel injection coming to the rescuePublished on 11-16-2017 02:22 PM
The new 2019 Corvette ZR1 LT5 motor illustrates the point well that direct fuel injection on its own is not the best choice for a performance car. You will notice an increasing trend of high performance cars coming to the market with dual fuel injection. ...Published on 11-15-2017 03:14 PM
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The following reports are both about the visualisation pipeline that I developed when working for ICRAR (International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research).
The first report was my final report for my internship with iVec and describes the process I went through designing the algorithm, reading from HDF5 files, the file structures, Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics code, saving data to volumetric files, 2D Occlusion, Periodic boundary conditions. This report also discusses alternate visualisation methods such as cube maps, fisheye and spherical projections for use on curved screens (domes).
Download the pdf here – Visualising Galaxy Simulations
The second report was completed as a final project for my degree. I described additions to the Gimic Visualisation Pipeline including exporting to the native file formats of Drishti and POVray, rendering images in parallel, tracking code, stereoscopic imaging, RGB volumes, cross platform support and parallel vs distributed benchmarking. This was my first report using Latex and I think it added a much more professional look than the first report.
Download the pdf here – Extending the Capabilities of the GIMIC Visualistaion Pipeline


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Business ideas with minimal investment
Business idea – the Foundation of any profitable business. There are business ideas that have brought their creators millions in profit and continue to work on them still. These people started their business from scratch, having only a great desire to achieve success. How to start a business from scratch we have described in detail one of the most popular articles on our site.
Business ideas for beginner entrepreneurs do not necessarily have to be a brilliant insight (although this option is also fine): you can use ready-made solutions and just start to work in a specific pattern.
In this paper, we propose business ideas with minimum investment for residents of metropolis, small town, village.
Below you will find projects for women, men, students and pensioners.
Some ideas for business involve work at home, others require their own production or at least a car.
Even in 2017, when part of the business ceases to trade due to sharp reduction in demand, there are niches that the correct approach can bring a good income.
Niches for business, and current in 2017.
receive income via the Internet. (read our article job online at home without investment.
providing various services to the population.
training and advising.
resale of goods via electronic Bulletin boards.
manufacturer of Handicrafts under the order.
All the business ideas described in the article are different, but one thing unites them: the lack of large initial investment.
The amount that will be spent to open a case in the range from 100 to 15,000 rubles (5$-300.
Agree, such tools can find almost every.
Initially, the idea to start their own business with minimal investment of money (or even without them) seems unrealistic. To be sure, just read our article how to start a business without investment.
However, there are many examples when people were able to achieve a stable material prosperity from scratch. These people are only brought to life their original and profitable ideas.
2. Why do so many business ideas fail even at the start.
The main causes of failures in the newly created businesses are usually organizational in nature.
In other words, you must have a business plan (we have already described in detail how to prepare a business plan)- step-by-step guide to action. No matter how small was no initial capital, it needs to be spent strictly to destination. If the money runs out at the start, this means that there had been a strategic mistake.
The most common causes of failure for young entrepreneurs.
The lack of customer orientation. You need to interest your potential customer. When starting a business, even a very original and new, consider how to convey its exclusivity.
Mistakes in cash flow management. Financial illiteracy, abuse of credit and the inability to properly allocate resources in the ruined lion's share of young projects.
A lack of purpose. If your business idea has a clear purpose, it either won't work at all, or stall in the process of its implementation. Decide what income level you want to achieve and what are you going to do with the initial profit. The best option is to start them in business.
The lack of good leadership. If a business deals with more than 1 person, must be the one who makes the decisions.
Procrastination is the postponement of business-critical phases for later. Act now and start with the basics.
On the side of caution. Unnecessary risk is also not helpful, but fear is even more detrimental for the development of profitable enterprises. If you constantly wait for the perfect moment to implement my idea, you can spend on a wait years. As stated in a humorous and at the same time, the vital sentence: "If I stare at a girl, you can see how she's getting married". This applies to those who hesitates and misses because of this good opportunity.
Lack of perseverance. Some aspiring entrepreneurs, the first failure is immediately unsettling. They say "didn't work" and move aside. This is the wrong strategy. To ensure the viability of the idea, you have to test it a few times – the more the better. But it should be done with the mind, constantly modifying and adjusting the selected direction. Again, correcting it, and not just doing the same thing the same way.
If one repeatedly repeats the same actions expecting to get different results then it can be called insane.
And do not expect instant gratification from even the most, in your opinion, a brilliant business plan. Remember that success comes to only the most patient and persistent.
3. How to choose the right business idea – tips for beginners.
The main criteria when selecting ideas for business personal interest in any direction. Ideally, to make money you need to, what you love and to really understand what.
In our opinion, 100% successful business idea in 2017 must meet the following criteria.
Based on your favorite. Even the great Steve jobs said it is not possible to achieve great results, being engaged in unloved business. As you will quickly abandon it if hard times come, and they will come necessarily.
The idea needs to be marketable. You love cross stitching or to learn the language of the tribe, "Tumba yumba", but it is unlikely that these classes can bring you a great income. Even if people are addicted to these directions, the amount of money in these market niches are very small. Even without a thorough analysis it can be understood. In other words with the same effort and talent you will be much easier to make money by selling real estate, building materials or vehicles than hats for hamsters or thimbles decorative fly swatter.
Contain unique benefits. If you choose a niche or business idea for a future project and don't know what it is that you will stand out from the competition, then this idea is unlikely to yield a good cash result. Be sure to consider your competitive advantages. They can be price, for example, if you were able to reduce costs by finding the very best supplier. Your unique benefits can also be strategic, for example, if you have given your product (service) unique consumer qualities.
The business idea must meet the legal and ethical standards. You can earn a lot of quickly, however it is worth considering whether the earnings honest. This is a fundamentally important condition for the choice of direction in the business. If you don't want to Wake up at night from the parishes of the police in the house or hear in his unflattering words from customers, attend only to honest means of earning. Do not spoil your karma and sleep well at night. Though, clearly there are people who are not confused by anything. But it's their choice and everyone in the end will be rewarded according to his deeds.
Substantial assistance may have received education or work experience in a particular area. For example, the plumber you can open the Internet-shop of sanitary goods.
If you like meeting new people, take care of organizational business. Conversely, if communicating with people you experience discomfort and feel better about alone, take care of business at home – say, sewing and clothing repair or technical translations.
Sometimes to open a business helps having a hobby. For example, people involved in the aquarium fish can make your hobby a source of income to start to breed fish (algae, plankton) for sale.
Beginners, we can give some more specific advice.
you should not take out a large Bank loan to start a business, especially if you do not have other sources of steady income (it is better to borrow from relatives, if their funds are categorically not), and if you clearly decide that you need money for your business, read our article "Where to get the money.
start small: set a specific task and do them consistently.
if your business is not connected to the Internet, and focused on the local area, think of whether or not income from potential customers that your business has earned (in other words, is unlikely to open a shop of elite clothes in the village with a population of 5 000 people.
And most importantly – do not worry if your project did not work: it did not happen now, be sure to get the next attempt. Experience in entrepreneurial activity is much more important than the availability of seed capital.
4. Business ideas with minimal investment – TOP 15 best business ideas.
And now, the specific ideas for those who want to start to work for themselves and make a profit today. Just say that use ready-made projects and ideas also need to be able to. Each option will need to consider and match with specific realities.
1) Business ideas for beginners.
If you have little experience in business or you're just going to open a business, take advantage of our selection of business ideas for beginners.
Business idea 1. Reselling things on Craigslist.
Avito, the most popular Russian free classified ads website. Here, every day processes thousands of transactions of purchase and sale: some people buy the goods necessary to them, others successfully implement this product.
Where swirling big money, we need intermediaries. It is not necessary to sell your own stuff: you can search for buyers and selling them other people's things, receive for their services a percentage.
Why is it important? A lot of people want to sell them unnecessary thing, but I don't know how to do it, or don't have enough time. In addition, there are sites where you can purchase goods cheaply in bulk, and then sell them in retail at best price for you.


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How to Acid Wash Limestone
An acid wash is one of the last resort solutions for cleaning stubborn blemishes and stains on limestone surfaces. Acid washing works by dissolving the limestone color to remove the stain. Limestone, like many other natural stones, is porous in nature and absorbs materials very easily. For this reason, it is important to acid wash limestone surfaces carefully. Acid washing limestone can lead to permanent damage if not done properly.
Step 1: Apply Muriatic Acid
Apply the required amount of acid on the limestone surface. Be careful not to use it in excess. Allow it to stay on the limestone surface only for a few seconds to prevent any damage.
Step 2: Rinse the Acid
Rinse off the acid from the limestone surface with a pressure washer. The ideal pressure should be between 2500 to 3000 PSI.
Step 3: Neutralize the Solution
Sprinkle a little baking soda over the treated area. This will help to neutralize the solution. Allow the surface to dry for a while.
Remember to use protective gear or clothing, like latex or rubber gloves and goggles. You should also read any application directions from the manufacturer carefully and follow them properly.


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Etsy Cambridge will have one more pop-up market in 2015 – the Christmas Fair! Over the upcoming few weeks, we'll introduce our vendors to you. Today's seller is:
Tish will mainly be focusing on ceramics for this fair – and her wares will include mugs, bowls, glass bottomed bowls, small creatures, dragons and jewellery. There may also be a few paintings on slate and canvas on offer!
"PipsqueakCraft: where clay comes to life.
I get inspiration for my work from animals tame and wild, and the expansive skies, silhouetted trees and sunsets of Cambridgeshire fenland. The leaves leave delicate prints on jewellery. The fen dragons are mythical creatures that make the fenland smoke, the other mythical beasts are their friends."
glass bottomed bowl
You can find the Etsy Cambridge Christmas Fair on the 3rd, 4th and 5th of December 2015 at St Andrew's Baptist Church, 43 St Andrew's St, Cambridge, CB2 3AR, United Kingdom. (Near the Arts Picturehouse Cinema)
PipsqueakCraft will be at the market on the 3rd, 4th and 5th of December.
Find the event on Facebook: Etsy Cambridge Christmas Market
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- Open Access
Genetic diversity of SIRE-1 retroelements in annual and perennial glycine species revealed using SSAP
- Catherine Chesnay1,
- Amar Kumar1 and
- Stephen R. Pearce2Email author
© University of Wrocław 2006
- Received: 11 July 2006
- Accepted: 6 October 2006
- Published: 13 November 2006
Sequence Specific Amplification Polymorphisms (SSAP) were used to measure the distribution and structure of SIRE-1 retroelement populations in annual and perennial Glycine species. For SSAP analysis, primers corresponding to a region immediately upstream of the 3'LTR of the soybean retroelement SIRE-1 were chosen. Analysis reveals that SIRE-1 is present throughout the Glycine genus and shows that the annual species have similar SIRE-1 populations whilst the perennial species have much more distinct and diverse populations. The high number of species-specific subgroups suggest that SIRE-1 has been active and evolving independently in each species during the course of Glycine evolution.
Key words
- Glycine
- Retroelement
- phylogeny
- copia


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For all Americans, September 11 brings to mind any number of powerful images. Whether it's the shot of First Responders lifting the American flag, or President Bush going impromptu on the loudspeaker, or even the photograph of Congress joined together to sing our national anthem in unison. But one that comes to mind for Classroom Furniture is the image with President Bush in a Florida classroom. The children are all seated with their chairs facing his general direction, then Bush receives the news. Although much was made about the lack of reaction from the president, the children who were there have said that on a day of great terror, the calm demeanor of the president made them feel safe.
Ms. Daniels, who had been sitting in the front of the room, recalls: "I had 16 little ones sitting in front of me, the media in the back of the classroom, and I had to keep going."
Of particular notice, perhaps of little grand significance, is that the children were seated in what is still considered an incredibly popular chair. We believe they were seated in Virco 9018 Chairs, designed with a 18″ seat height. This Virco brand was and is a stackable Chair with a soft plastic shell and a steel back support.
Today, eleven years after that fateful hour, we at Classroom Furniture remember Patriot Day with great reverence. May we never forget the sacrifice of those who gave and those who still give of their lives for the future of our great nation.
To find anything and everything related to classroom and school furniture, look no further than classroomfurniture.com. We have chairs, tables, desks, risers, stages, lockers and more. Our prices are reasonable, our quality is superb, and our quick ship delivery has a reputation of fast, friendly service dating back to 1972. Contact us immediately to find out more.


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Move over Eagles and Patriots, tonight was about Pteranodons and Raptors!
As was reported last weekend, we got a brand new look at Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom during Super Bowl LII this evening in the form of a 90 second spot right before kickoff. This is our first look at the new film since the first theatrical trailer dropped on December 7th.
Take a look at the Super Bowl trailer below:
Stay tuned – our in-depth breakdown, HD screencaps, and more will be coming soon. Plus, the fun isn't over! Another Fallen Kingdom video is airing later this evening.
What did you think of the new looks at Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom that aired during the Super Bowl? Has your excitment been elevated, decreased or stayed the same? Let us know in the comments below and on our forums!
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A couple makes a San Francisco home for their extended clan
That said, the team wanted to rethink the space. Embracing the spectacular views was a no-brainer, but building rules stated that the exterior could not be altered, therefore most windows couldn't change. However, the interior walls were fair game.
View the discussion thread.