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1. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitdave_m_k Apr 12, 2012 2:07 PM (in response to ArchiPhone)
Good day,
Sorry to hear about the trouble you're having. Is Acrobat 10.1.3 crashing every time you quit the application? Does it matter if you had a document open or not at the time of quit?
Try moving the Acrobat preferences file \Users\<username>\Library|Preferences\com.adobe.Acrobat.Pro.plist (or .Standard.plist) to the desktop, then relaunch/quit Acrobat to see if the behavior continues.
Let us know how it goes.
Kind regards,
2. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitDAMiller468 Apr 18, 2012 8:22 AM (in response to dave_m_k)
I am having the same problem as ArchiPhone2.
After the upgrade to Acrobat 10.1.3, Acrobat crashes after every quit. (MAC OS X 10.6.8) Acrobat 10.1.3 does not quit the first time you launch the application, providing you do not open a document or access the Acrobat General Preferences dialog box. After opening a document or accessing the preferences, Acrobat will crash every time you quit the program. It does not matter if you have a document open or not.
Moving the Acrobat preference file does not correct the problem.
Crash Log: (Moved to URL below.)
3. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitGeorgeV808 Apr 12, 2012 7:25 PM (in response to ArchiPhone)
I have the same issue running 10.1.3 Pro in Windows 7 64 bit. Since the update it will report a crash every time the application is exited. It
does not matter whether or not a file is open or closed before exiting.
4. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitMDUDS Apr 12, 2012 11:27 PM (in response to ArchiPhone)
Same happens here after update to Acrobat X 10.1.3, both on Windows 7 32bit and 64 bit. Acrobat crashes always on closing with the following error:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: Acrobat.exe
Application Version: 10.1.3.23
Application Timestamp: 4f7bc871
Fault Module Name: Acrobat.dll
Fault Module Version: 10.1.3.23
Fault Module Timestamp: 4f7bd9b8
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 000bdf75
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.4
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
It crashes only on exit if a document is open, it does not crash during working with documents (like adding boomarks, adding or deleting pages etc.)
5. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitArchiPhone Apr 13, 2012 5:47 AM (in response to dave_m_k)
Acrobat 10.1.3 crash every time I quit the application. Doesn't matter if I have a document open or not at the time of quit.
Moving the Acrobat preferences file to the desktop does not correct the problem.
6. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitftd309 Apr 13, 2012 3:07 PM (in response to ArchiPhone)
Same thing happens to me. After update to 10.1.3, every time I quit the application it crashes. Doesn't affect the software but is very annoying.
7. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitAlasm49a Apr 13, 2012 11:03 PM (in response to ArchiPhone)
Exact same problem. Acrobat pro 10.1.3 and windows 7 64bit
8. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitkenifriedman Apr 14, 2012 6:59 AM (in response to ArchiPhone)
It sounds like your Acrobat installation may be corrupt. Have you tried to repair the installation? Then restart.
If that does now fix the problem, you might have to uninstall Acrobat X, restart, reinstall Acrobat X, and install the updates. Then restart.
9. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitKCH LTD Apr 14, 2012 2:24 PM (in response to dave_m_k)
Same problem, except Acrobat 10.1.3 is crashing when I close a file, not when I quit the app. How do I "repair the installation?"
Also, I tried moving the plist per David's suggestion, but to no avail.
10. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitAlasm49a Apr 14, 2012 8:42 PM (in response to ArchiPhone)
Thanks Kenifriedman. Repair seemed to work for me. KCH it is control panel>programs and features. Select Adobe acrobat X Pro, then choose Change from the options at the top. this will open a series of dialogue boxes and you want to choose "Repair".
11. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitkenifriedman Apr 15, 2012 5:13 AM (in response to Alasm49a)
Glad to hear that repairing the Acrobat X installation worked. Whenever I have problems like this one, I often repair the installation rather than going through a tediously complete uninstall, reinstall, apply update, and restarting the OS every time.
12. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitKCH LTD Apr 15, 2012 7:45 AM (in response to ArchiPhone)
Thanks, kenfriedman & Alasm49a. To clarify, I'm working on a Mac platform, OS 10.6.8. I can find no way to repair the installation on a Mac. I need a Mac-friendly solution.
13. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitEiFi Apr 16, 2012 12:17 AM (in response to KCH LTD)
Do you have Enfocus Pitstop Pro installed? When i remove the plug-in Acrobat quits normally... I have opened a ticket on Enfocus support site… waiting for reply.
14. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitKCH LTD Apr 16, 2012 6:30 AM (in response to EiFi)
Thanks for the suggestion, EIFI, but no, I don't have Enfocus Pitstop Pro installed on my computer.
15. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitMDUDS Apr 16, 2012 9:36 AM (in response to ArchiPhone)
"Repair installation" installation does not work for me (Windows 7 32 bit and 64 bit), Acrobat 10.1.3 still crashes on quit.
In addition to that, also the Acrobat plugin for Firefox crashes on exit of Firfefox with the error "Plugin container for Firefox has stopped working", once more "Acrobat.dll" causes the crash.
My workaround at the moment: I keep some small PDF file always open, this avoids the crash.
16. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitGeorgeV808 Apr 16, 2012 9:58 AM (in response to MDUDS)
Repair installation did not work for me, either (Windows 7 64 bit).
17. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitKCH LTD Apr 16, 2012 10:07 AM (in response to GeorgeV808)
It seems to me that this is a cross-platform, Acrobat 10.1.3 bug that affects a variety of users. Has Adobe addressed it yet?
18. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitDAMiller468 Apr 16, 2012 10:29 AM (in response to KCH LTD)
KCH LTD wrote:
It seems to me that this is a cross-platform, Acrobat 10.1.3 bug that affects a variety of users. Has Adobe addressed it yet?
Not yet.
19. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitklasinger Apr 17, 2012 3:50 AM (in response to ArchiPhone)
Same problem here:
Acrobat X 10.1.3
Mac OS X 10.6.8
Plugins: Pitstop 10, callas pdfToolbox 5
Only chashes when files are open.
p.s. Where ist repair on Mac. Help says: Help > repair (but not in my case)
best regards
20. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitkenifriedman Apr 17, 2012 5:45 AM (in response to GeorgeV808)
Did you try uninstalling and reinstalling?
I also would check the Adobe web site to see if they a "clean-uninstall tool" to completely remove all instances of Acrobat X before reinstalling. Perhaps another participant give more specific information if there is such a tool for the Mac and provide a link. This still sounds like a corrupt installation of Acrobat X.
21. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitKCH LTD Apr 17, 2012 6:45 AM (in response to kenifriedman)
Thanks for your input, kenifriedman. "Corrupt installation of Acrobat X." What does that mean, exactly? Is that some random bit of bad luck? If so, then why are other Mac users experiencing similar problems? The fact is, I installed the file I was prompted to install by Adobe's updater. Before I spend time uninstalling and reinstalling, I would like some assurance that it will solve the problem.
22. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitkenifriedman Apr 17, 2012 7:38 AM (in response to KCH LTD)
A "corrupted" installation usually means that some files that support Acrobat may have been damaged during or after the installation. That's why an Acrobat uninstall and reinstall effort using the OS' remove process may not clean up all the p[otentially corrupted files. Hence, the need for an Acrobat "clean uninstall tool," assuming there is one may be the solution to your problem.
I only offer this solution as a suggestion. I do not know anything about the Mac. I have and always will be a Windows user. If you do not wish to pursue it any further, then that's your choice. Since you posted this as a problem, I would think it certainly is worth some effort to research it further. Here is a link that may be helpful: http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/installing-uninstalling-acrobat-x-mac.html.
A common thread seems to be the presence of the Firefox add-on for Acrobat.. Perhaps you should also consider upgrading that product to the latest level.
Like many of us who participate in these forums, we are NOT Adobe support but volunteers who try to assist other Acrobat users.
Good luck.
23. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitKCH LTD Apr 17, 2012 8:03 AM (in response to kenifriedman)
I appreciate your feedback, kenifriedman. I understand that you're not Adobe support and are offering your assistance on a volunteer basis. I don't have Firefox installed on my system, so in that regard, my situation seems to be unrelated to what some other users may be experiencing. While this may be a corrupt installation as you've described, I suspect that it's a bug: a flaw in the update. Of course, that may be incorrect, but I still prefer to wait for additional verification from Adobe before uninstalling Acrobat, then reinstalling it from the original disc, then re-applying all the updates sequentially (I believe this is the necessary procedure), which may or may not solve the problem. In the interim, it looks like I can get around the problem by leaving a PDF file open at all times.
Thanks again.
24. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitSabian Zildjian Apr 17, 2012 12:42 PM (in response to ArchiPhone)
I was experiencing very similar behavior in Safari and Firefox.
What I did and it seems to have worked was this:
1. Updated to Safari 5.1.5 ( http://www.apple.com/safari/download/ ). If you were like me you never updated to the Safari 5.1.x versions because you would lose the ability to work with Acrobat and Reader within Safari otherwise.
a. If you read the 10.1.3 Release Notes Safari 5.1.x is now supported.
Added support for:
• Firefox 10.0.x
• Apple Safari 5.1 (64 bit) for OSX 10.6.8, Apple Safari 5.1(32-bit and 64-bit) for OSX 10.7.x
Dropped support for:
• All versions of Firefox prior to 10.0.
2. Reboot required by the Safari 5.1.5 installation
3. Opened both Safari and Firefox and both are stable now.
Odd behavior I would agree.
*Note: You may lose some plugin functionality because when I looked in the /Library/Internet Plug-ins/ folder the only one that was there was a WebEx plug-in. Everything else got moved out of that folder.
25. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitKCH LTD Apr 17, 2012 1:55 PM (in response to Sabian Zildjian)
Thank Sabian. That's not it, unfortunately; I am already running Safari 5.1.5. Out of curiosity, I checked the folder: Library / Internet Plug-Ins / and it's empty, so it doesn't seem to be related to a Safari browser plugin.
I appreciate your feedback.
26. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitftd309 Apr 17, 2012 3:00 PM (in response to dave_m_k)
David, Is anyone at Adobe responding to this problem?
The solutions proposed seem extreme and not addressing the problem. Everytime I quit Acrobat I get the message that the program has unexpectedly quit. I am selecting the program to quit so what gives. It is unrelated to any other programs running on my Mac. This only started after I updated to 10.1.3. If there was a simple way to uninstall the update I would.
27. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitGeorgeV808 Apr 17, 2012 3:05 PM (in response to ArchiPhone)
In Windows 7 (64 bit) I removed the only third party plugin (which was a subfolder in the \Acrobat\plugin_ins subdirectory) and the crashing has stopped. I gave this
a try because many of the posters had plugins, although of different type and different OS.
28. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitRudi Sherry Apr 17, 2012 4:23 PM (in response to KCH LTD)
(I'm with Adobe's browser team, been following this for a little while but sorry haven't posted anything on this particular forum until now).
You say that Acrobat is crashing on Quit but also mentioned that you're using Safari 5.1.5. Are you also seeing an Acrobat crash when quitting Safari?
@KCH, @Sabian:
You both say that / Library / Internet Plug-ins / is empty... that confuses me because this is where we put our plug-in.
Can you verify two things:
* Are you looking at the top-level "Library" folder on your disk, or the "Library" folder in your home directory /Users/<your-user-name>/Library ?
..... You should be looking in the former, and see AdobePDFViewer.plugin and AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin.
* Are you seeing Adobe Reader in Safari, or the native Mac OS X Preview?
..... Mac OS X Preview has a slightly different HUD with a magnifying glass instead of +/- for zoom, and a different right-click menu).
29. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitKCH LTD Apr 17, 2012 5:13 PM (in response to Rudi Sherry)
Hi, browserpdfman. Thanks for your input.
First, allow me to clarify: the problem that I've been experiencing since updating to 10.1.3 is that after I launch Acrobat -- either by double-clicking the application icon itself or double-clicking a PDF file -- the program crashes when I close the PDF file, not when I quit the application. In other words:
I launch Acrobat ... I open a PDF .... I close the file, either by selecting command W or I clicking the red circle in the upper-left corner of the document's toolbar ... Acrobat crashes.
To further confuse the situation, this doesn't happen every time -- it happens about 70% of the time. However, it never happened before installing the 10.1.3 update. The workaround seems to that as long as I leave a PDF file open on my desktop, I can open and close other PDFs with no problem. Acrobat only crashes when I close a PDF and there are no other PDFs open.
Regarding your Plug-Ins question: You were correct; I was looking in my User / Library folder previously. I went into my Macintosh HD / Library folder and both the AdobePDFViewer.plugin and the AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin are there, as you said they should be.
Regarding your Adobe Reader question: Yes, I am now seeing Adobe Reader in Safari. This just started recently -- maybe with the update to 10.1.3.
30. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitRudi Sherry Apr 17, 2012 5:31 PM (in response to KCH LTD)
OK, thanks for elaborating. Since I haven't been able to reproduce this problem I'm reduced to asking more and more specific questions, unfortunately to the point of being almost insanely picky ;(
Your last post say you launch Adobe *Acrobat*, and it also says you are seeing Adobe *Reader* in Safari. This is allowed, and valid, but users with the latest version of Acrobat generally don't get Adobe Reader. Can you confirm that you have both, or just Acrobat or just Reader?
The crash stack you listed there as com.adobe.AcrobatPlugin.WebLink in the crash stack, and that is not loaded into the application unless there are links in the PDF. Since you say it happens about 70% of the time, it's possible that it only happens if you have WebLink loaded. Can you find a plain vanilla PDF without WebLinks and open that, and close it (as the last one) and see if that crashes?
One last question: can you make sure you have no 3rd-party plugins in your Acrobat (or Reader) Plug-ins folder?
31. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitKCH LTD Apr 17, 2012 5:41 PM (in response to Rudi Sherry)
Application: I have Adobe Acrobat Pro X -- the full version that comes with CS 5.5 Design Premium.
PDF with no weblinks: I just confirmed that the problem is present when I close a simple PDF with no text or weblinks.
Acrobat in Safai: When I download a PDF in Safari, here's the toolbar I see (I hope this helps).
32. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitvamalik Apr 18, 2012 8:04 AM (in response to KCH LTD)
As per most of the responses above, I could figure out that some third-party plug-ins are causing these crashes and removing them solves the problem in those cases.
To look into the problem, can someone provide me the crash dump following the steps mentioned below.
On Windows 7 machine, when your Acrobat crashes, go to Task Manager->Processes and right click on Acrobat.exe process. There will be an option to create dump file. Select that option and share across this dump file via any file sharing server.
33. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitpr1ntd3s1gn3r Apr 18, 2012 11:04 AM (in response to ArchiPhone)
OS X 10.7.3 | Acrobat 10.1.3 Pro | Pitstop Pro 10
Crashes on every exit since upgrading from 10.1.2 to 10.1.3, with document/plugins open or not.
If anyone's interested, I can supply more info - I've already submitted a bug report. Will keep checking back for updates.
34. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitSabian Zildjian Apr 18, 2012 12:39 PM (in response to Rudi Sherry)
You were right. I was looking at the /Users/[myAccount]/Library/Internet Plug-ins/ folder. The /Library/Internet Plug-ins/ folder shows all of the plug-ins.
Just as an update while the browsers seemed to be behaving, Acrobat was still crashing. I ended up uninstalling and then reinstalling Acrobat. Seems much more stable on both ends browser and standalone.
35. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitDAMiller468 Apr 18, 2012 4:36 PM (in response to pr1ntd3s1gn3r)
Mac OS X v10.6.8 | Acrobat Pro v10.1.3 | PitStop Pro 10 Build 101578
After disabling all plug-ins temporarily, Acrobat Pro v10.1.3 no longer crashes on every exit or quit. This would indicate a problem with a plug-in.
(To disable all plug-ins temporarily, press the Shift key after starting Acrobat. Make sure your plug-ins are disabled before testing. Their menu items/functionality will no longer be present in Acrobat.)
The crashing problem stopped when plug-ins were disabled.
I disabled PitStop Pro 10 Build 101578 and left my other plug-in active. The problem is gone, so, it looks like a problem with PitStop Pro 10.
How to disable individual plug-ins:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Acrobat/9.0/Standard/WS288D6DAE-818B-4313-B698-321631053A3D.w. html
If you determine that your problem is PitStop Pro 10, please report your problem here:
Good luck.
36. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitKCH LTD Apr 18, 2012 5:13 PM (in response to DAMiller468)
Thanks for the suggestion, DAMiller468. I do not have any Acrobat plugins installed (the plugins folder is empty), so that isn't the solution for me.
37. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitDAMiller468 Apr 18, 2012 10:16 PM (in response to KCH LTD)
I understand KCH LTD.
I was responding to the original post "Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quit" in Mac OS v10.6.8. Not, "close on file", browser-related issues, or the Windows problems reported afterwards.
I was able to close files without crashing. The app would crash after quitting. (On multiple computers with similar configurations.) There are several different problems going on in this thread.
38. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitpr1ntd3s1gn3r Apr 19, 2012 3:24 AM (in response to ArchiPhone)
DAMiller: two things...
1. The moment I release the Shift key after Acrobat starts, it crashes - that's even worse behavior than crashing on quit!
2. The Pitstop plugin hasn't cause a single problem until upgrading to 10.1.3. If I could remove the 10.1.3 patch and go back to 10.1.2, I would have no problems. This indicates that the problem is on Adobe's side of the fence. I will NOT be upgrading to Pitstop 11 just to fix something Adobe has broken. If anything, I'll reinstall Acrobat, upgrade to 10.1.2, turn updates off and start considering alternatives to Acrobat, which I've been pressured by my 'higher-ups' to do for years and have successfully resisted. We have plenty of viable options now, so Adobe wants to fix whatever it is they broke.
Interesting how 10.1.3 addressed "crash on quit problems" for some 10.1.2 users and started causing it for many more (so it seems).
I'm sure Adboe will get it figured out
39. Re: Acrobat 10.1.3 crash on quitKCH LTD Apr 19, 2012 6:27 AM (in response to pr1ntd3s1gn3r)
Some users are experiencing problems with plugins; others, like me, don't have any plugins installed. Some users are crashing when quitting and some are crashing when merely closing files. And if I understand your post correctly, you're essentially crashing at startup.
The one constant in all cases seems to be that problems began once the Acrobat Pro 10.1.3 upgrade was installed.


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The monthly meeting of Sampson Air Force Base Veterans will be held March 25 at 1 p.m. All Air Force veterans, especially Sampson AFB vets, are welcome to the RI Sampson AFB Veterans Squadron. The squadron holds monthly luncheons on the fourth Tuesday of each month at Pinelli's Italian Café, 701 Quaker Lane, West Warwick.
Trout Unlimited Meeting
The Narragansett Chapter of Trout Unlimited #225 will host its regular monthly meeting March 26 starting at 6:30 p.m. at the Coventry/West Greenwich Elks, 42 Nooseneck Hill Road, West Greenwich. The chapters Habitat Assessment Group will offer a PowerPoint presentation outlining the finding from its 2013 research efforts Contact chapter president Ron Marafioti at (571) 643-1452 with any questions.
Lions Club Ham & Bean Supper
The Greater Warwick Lions Club will hold a ham and bean supper March 29 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Pilgrim Lutheran Church, 1817 Warwick Ave. Tickets are $8 per person and $4 for children under 10 All proceeds will benefit the Lions Club charities For tickets call Rob Farrell at 527-1996.
Girl Scout Cookies
Stop by Saturday, March 29 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Buttonwoods Community Center; Girls Scout Troops 389 and 274 will be selling cookies for summer camp. While you're there, purchase a box for the West Bay Community Action food pantry. They will also be collecting new children's socks, underwear and diapers for Project Undercover.
Free Community Lunch/Food Pantry
A free community lunch & food pantry will be held March 29 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 111 West Shore Road, Warwick. All are welcome. Please don't arrive before 11.RIPTA #3 Warwick Ave – Hoxsie Four Corners stop at West Shore Nursing Home next to St. Mark's.
Corned Beef Supper
First Congregational Church of Warwick, 715 Oakland Beach Ave, is having an all you can eat corned beef supper March 29 from 4:30-7. Cost for adults is $12, $5 for 21 and under. Children 5 and under are free. This all you can eat supper also includes homemade desserts, beverages and good company. Come early.
The Big Skate
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ocean State announced their annual Big Skate March 29 from 2-4 p.m. featuring free ice skating, crafts and refreshments. Representatives from the URI hockey team will also be on hand to skate with the kids at the Boss Ice Arena on the URI Kingston Campus. All attendees are encouraged to bring their own skates, as rentals may be limited. Participation in the Big Skate is free; however, an RSVP before March 15 is required. Persons interested in attending and learning about what it takes to become mentor should contact Matt D'Amato, BBBSOS Match Support Specialist, at MDAmato@BBBSOS org or 921-2434 x126
Benefit Concert & Dinner
The Mustard Seed Farm will be hosting a benefit concert and dinner beginning at 6 p.m. on March 29 at Rhodes on the Pawtuxet, 60 Rhodes Place, Cranston, sponsored by Cat Country, to help support an equine-assisted therapy program. The evening features blues legend, James Montgomery, Dynamic Sounds Unlimited, dinner/appetizer, silent auction, raffles and door prize The Mustard Seed Farm will be operating a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in East Greenwich that is dedicated to providing equine-assisted therapy for veterans, families and developmentally-challenged children. One of the programs called The Seeds of Courage Program is designed specifically for providing equine-assisted therapy and activities for veterans and emergency responders to support them in personal and professional development. Their programs are designed to challenge, strengthen and enlighten For tickets call 465-3511 $55 per person, $100 VIP and $25 children 12 and under.
Old England/New England Concert
Warwick Symphony Orchestra and West Bay Chorale will hold a concert March 29 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Kevin's Church, 333 Sandy Lane, and March 30 at 3 p.m. at CCRI Knight Campus-Hackett Theater, 400 East Ave. Join music directors Catherine Gagnon and Amanda Santo in a celebration of music from Old England to New England selections by British and American composers Admission is $10 at the door or visit www.WSORI.org.


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text: Is a Record Corn Crop in the Cards? May 30, 2014 11:53 PM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Sara Schafer Top Producer Editor Email Planting progress has caught up and is nearing the finish line. Jerry Gulke explains what high yields mean for price direction. After a slow start, corn planting is now back on track. As of May 25, USDA estimates 88% of the U.S. corn crop is in the ground, which matches the five-year average. Of that corn, 60% has emerged. "I'd say probably 79% of this year's corn crop was planted into good conditions and is growing pretty well," says Jerry Gulke, president of The Gulke Group. "We now have the heat coming at the right time, so odds are we'll get an above-average yield," he says. Hear Gulke's full audio analysis: USDA's current estimates for the 2014 national average yield is 165 bu./acre. "The perception of the marketplace is El Nino is here and we'll have a normal year," Gulke says. "We could probably, finally, reach a 170-bu. national yield." A national yield near 170 bu./acre would be a high-water mark for corn. Here's a list of the final yield tally for the last few years: 2013: 158.8 bu./acre 2012: 123.4 bu./acre 2011: 147.2 bu./acre 2010: 152.8 bu./acre 2009: 164.7 bu./acre 2008: 153.9 bu./acre 2007: 150.7 bu./acre How Much Corn is Too Much Corn? Gulke says if you take a high national yield multiplied by the 91.7 million acres of corn USDA is predicting; you equal a sufficient amount of production. He says carryover would come in at 1.5 billion to 1.7 billion bu. next year, which is enough to meet all demands for feed, export, etc. As a result, the corn market has been taking a hit in May. Take a look at the December 2014 Corn chart: "We've gone down for five days, up for 1 day, but corn prices have leaped lower over time," Gulke says. Even with corn planting progress at an average pace, Gulke says some acres may not get planted. "If the corn crop is 95% planted by Monday, about 5 million acres, nationwide, will still need to be planted to corn," he says. "Of that amount, I figured 2.7 million acres are in the states that are in jeopardy. Are we really going to plant those 5 million acres?" Farmers in North Dakota, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania still have 30% to 40% of their intended corn acres to plant. Most of the farmers in the Red River Valley are averse to using prevented planting, Gulke says. "My son-in-law farms in Minot, N.D. and he says prevent plant sounds good on paper, but you suffer for it." It can take several years to get the land to reproduce again, Gulke says. Farmers, who have options, Gulke says, will likely switch those corn acres to soybeans, sunflowers or other crops. "We're hearing a lot of seed corn company salesmen say they have had an unprecedented demand for soybeans and returns for corn," he says. By Monday, Gulke says, we'll have a pretty good handle on the corn planting situation. Have a question for Jerry? Contact him at 815-721-4705 or firstname.lastname@example.com. For More Information See current market prices in AgWeb's Market Center. Back to news


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It's not too often that when I walk through the produce section of my favorite food co-op and then all of a sudden stop dead in my tracks… What caught my eye were these gorgeous stems of locally grown organic purple asparagus. I've never seen or even heard of purple asparagus before. I've prepared green and white asparagus dozens of times but never the purple variety. What a treat! I snagged a big huge handful and put them it in my basket.
I gotta tell you that purple asparagus is not completely purple… When you slice it, it has a light greenish white center and the outside of the stems turn purple to greenish purple as you cook them. Purple asparagus is as tender and tastes the same as green asparagus. With my new found prize, I decided to make an Orzo Asparagus Salad as a side dish with our grilled salmon for dinner this evening. If I happened to have any leftovers, I will pack it in my lunch tomorrow.
After preparing my Orzo Asparagus Salad and as I was waiting for Bruce to come home from work, I thought I'd head outdoors with my camera to capture a few shots of late spring flowers and plants…
A variety of "double" columbine. Notice the two layers of petals?
A "single" petaled columbine. It's just simply beautiful! It's one of my favorite perennial flowers.
Now back to what's going on in my kitchen… My Orzo Asparagus Salad is a brightly colored spring dish that is easy to make and tastes wonderful. It's made with orzo pasta, locally grown purple asparagus, chopped red onion, crisp red bell pepper, Roma tomato, hand picked herbs from my garden such as oregano, basil and parsley, kalamata olives, white balsamic vinegar, olive oil and then topped with crumbled feta cheese. Makes about 4 – 6 servings. Enjoy! Tessa
- 1 cup orzo pasta (cook to manufacturer's direction)
- 1 1/2 cup chopped asparagus (I used purple but, you can use what you like)
- 1/2 cup chopped red bell pepper
- 1/2 cup chopped and seeded Roma tomatoes
- 1/2 cup chopped kalamata olives
- 1/4 cup chopped red onion
- 2 Tbs fresh chopped basil
- 2 Tbs fresh chopped parsley
- 1 Tbs fresh chopped oregano
- 2 Tbs white balsamic vinegar
- 1 Tbs olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1/3 cup feta cheese
Begin by cooking the orzo pasta according to manufacturer's direction (or 7 minutes in salted boiling water). Drain, rinse with cold water, drain well and set aside. Meanwhile, bring another salted pot of water to a boil. Add asparagus and cook for about two to three minutes. Drain and set aside. In a medium sized mixing bowl add cooked orzo, cooked asparagus, bell pepper, tomato, kalamata olives, onion, basil, parsley and oregano. Lightly toss. In a small bowl whisk together the balsamic vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper. Add to salad and toss to coat. Refrigerate until well chilled. Put in a serving dish and top with feta cheese.


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Their take? Only ejection fraction seems worthy for risk stratification so far.
Here's what they said about ejection fraction:
The LVEF has been recognized as a predictor of all-cause mortality in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) for >30 years. One early study by the Multicenter Postinfarction Research Group showed in 866 post–myocardial infarction (MI) patients that the strongest predictor of 1-year cardiac mortality was the LVEF. This finding has withstood the test of time. In the VALIANT (trial), a randomized comparison of captopril, valsartan, and their combination in post-MI patients (n = 14 609) with left ventricular dysfunction, CHF, or both, LVEF was a strong predictor of SCD or cardiac arrest. The risk of SCD or cardiac arrest increased by 21% for every 5% decrease in LVEF.Participants at the meeting were as follows:
Left ventricular ejection fraction is also a strong predictor of all-cause mortality in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy. The MACAS (trial) was a prospective cohort study of 343 patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy and an LVEF ≤45% who were followed for a mean of 52 months. Left ventricular ejection fraction was the only significant predictor of major arrhythmic events with a relative risk (RR) of 2.3 per 10% decrease in LVEF (95% CI 1.5-3.3, P < .0001) in patients with sinus rhythm and 4.5 per 10% decrease in LVEF (95% CI 1.5-13.2, P = .0008) in patients with atrial fibrillation.
Participants from the Academia: Sana M Al-Khatib, MD, MHS (co-Director), J Thomas Bigger, MD, Alfred Buxton, MD, Robert M Califf, MD, Anne Curtis, MD, Jeptha Curtis, MD, Bernard J. Gersh, MB, ChB, DPhil, Michael R. Gold, MD, PhD, Jeff Goldberger, MD, Stephen C. Hammill, MD, Jeff Healey, MD, MS, Mark Hlatky, MD, Stefan Hohnloser, MD, Raymond J Kim, MD, Kerry Lee, PhD, Daniel Mark, MD, MPH, L. Brent Mitchell, MD, Eric Prystowsky, MD, Gillian Sanders, PhD (co-Director), and Wojciech Zareba, MD, PhDThe conference was funded by AstraZeneca, Bayer, Boston Scientific, Cambridge Heart Inc, Medtronic, Reliant Pharmaceuticals, St Jude Medical.
Participants from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: Steve Phurrough, MD, MPA
Participants from the US Food and Drug Administration: Norman Stockbridge, MD, PhD, Robert Temple, MD, Bram Zuckerman, MD
Participant from the National Institutes of Health: Robin Boineau, MD, Michael Domanski, MD
Participant from Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: Elise Berliner, PhD
Participant from the Heart Rhythm Society staff: Joel Harder
Participants from Industry: Mark Carlson, MD, Eric Fain, MD, Ali Haghighi-Mood, PhD, Steve Ketchum, PhD, Steve McQuillan MS, Marcus Mianulli MA, Philip Sager, MD, Dan Schaber, PharmD, Robert Shalwitz, MD, Joseph Smith, MD, PhD, Michael A Stein, MD, David Steinhaus, MD
Coordinating Staff: Marelle Molbert and Cass Finley from the Duke Clinical Research Institute.


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Last year's presidential election moved the subject of the sagging American middle class to the fore of national debate. During the post-World War II decades, the middle class was hailed as a backbone of political stability and economic prosperity, and the United States was thought blessed among the nations because its middle class was so large and solid.
What causes concern now is not just stalled average incomes or rising costs of education and health care relative to those incomes, but the fact that so many previously middle class families are dropping out. They are jumping off the upward mobility ladder, leaving the ranks of savers and even shunning the labor force. Over the past decade, the labor force participation rate fell by three percentage points, to 63.6%.
In the 1990s, it was a point of pride for economists to talk about the U.S. as a shareholding society, where stock ownership had become a national pastime. Investing into shares of U.S. companies, either directly or through various pension schemes and mutual funds, represented direct ownership of the U.S. economy and a vote of confidence in America's future.
Plus, equity investing was an important complement to individual retirement savings; over the long run, stocks consistently outperformed all other financial instruments in terms of their returns, providing an additional layer of safety for retirees.
But the situation began to change after 2002, when stock ownership reached a peak of 67% of U.S. households. Even as the U.S. economy recovered from the dot-com bust, and the Dow Jones industrial average, having reached a recessionary nadir in 2002-03, began to climb toward new all-time highs, the percentage of stock-holding households started to dwindle. It spiked briefly in 2007, but in the current Great Recession it has tumbled rapidly, reaching 54% in 2011—the lowest level since the late 1990s—according to the Gallup poll.
Prof. Edward Wolff of New York University has found that stock holdings of the wealthiest 1% of the U.S. population jumped from a 33.5% share of all stocks to 38.3% between 2001 and 2007. Meanwhile, the next 19% of the income ladder saw their share of stocks decline by three percentage points, to 52.8%, and the bottom 80% went from a 10.7% share to 8.9%.
All such figures—stock ownership, the share of stocks owned and labor force participation rates—are moving in parallel and pointing the same way: toward a reduction in the number of middle class households and, worse, their disengagement from core economic processes in the U.S. This trend predates the 2008 global financial crisis.
Curiously, it also occurred at a time when stock option-based remuneration for senior managements was supposed to have aligned their interests with those of shareholders. The result has been a rather strange situation: Corporate profits have increased substantially, and, despite a tepid recovery of the past five years, have set new records in nominal terms and in share of the nation's GDP. Dividend payments also grew, while taxes on capital gains and dividend income declined. Yet, the average American investor has moved to the sidelines.
These trends undermine the view, held by some market analysts, that the steady decline in trading volumes on Wall Street is a function of various technical factors, such as the emergence of other platforms, where trading now takes place. The reason why volumes are declining is probably an old-fashioned one: With retail investors being beaten down, there are fewer market players.
Much evidence supports that idea: continuing redemptions at actively traded stock mutual funds, as reported by the Investment Company Institute; falling viewership at CNBC, which once was on every screen at public gyms and airport lounges; and the dimming fortunes of stock analysts, who only recently were big stars with considerable name recognition and public following.
Still Attractive
And yet, compared to the boom years of the 1990s, today's Wall Street is a more attractive place for retail investors, based on objective factors. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 tightened regulatory oversight where it was most needed, in bolstering controls over the quality of information released by publicly traded companies. While critics continue to claim that such rules reduced the attraction of New York City as a financial center vis-à-vis foreign rivals, notably London and Hong Kong, SOX should have attracted more U.S. investors, not fewer.
Another major trend in "democratizing" the stock market has been the emergence of exchange-traded funds, which allow individual investors to reduce costs and minimize risk, while pinpointing their investment strategy at very precise themes. Coupled with the earlier appearance of online brokers charging negligible transaction fees, ETFs opened up the horizons of do-it-yourself investors and investment clubs.
As the number, variety and types of ETFs increased, they began to attract money from traditional mutual funds. However, ETFs seem not to have attracted many new investors, and certainly their emergence has not broadened the investor base in the U.S.
True, over the past decade and a half U.S. shareholders suffered two massive market declines, one triggered by the bursting of the dot-com bubble at the turn of the century and the other by the housing bubble in 2008. Although in both instances blue chips proved resilient, we increasingly hear about the past 10 years being "the lost decade" of stock investment. In the late 1990s, investors were promised a "40,000 Dow" and even "100,000 Dow," but in truth the Dow has moved nowhere since then.
Elitist Champions
The Nasdaq market, which once held out a promise to technically savvy young, hip investors to back new ideas, illustrates the problem. The Nasdaq composite index has been an underperformer. It finally climbed above 3,000 in late 2012, reaching the 60% mark of its March 2000 high. This is more in line with the movements of Japan's sclerotic Nikkei average than of a premier index of global innovation, which contains many dynamic brand names that have emerged during the high-tech revolution.
But a quick look at the market champions of the past decade may explain why ordinary investors are not interested in the stock market, while also illustrating U.S. companies' cavalier attitude to the small investor. Google debuted on Nasdaq in 2004 at a highish price of $85 per share. Since then it increased nearly tenfold, in late 2012 trading above $700. Apple, which when the dot-com bubble deflated traded around $10 per share and was on the brink of extinction, also set a record above $700 in 2012. Buying just 100 shares of one of those companies sets investors back a sum equal to 1.5 times the median annual income of U.S. households. Even Amazon shares are priced at $250 each, putting them well out of reach of an ordinary investor. Splits are apparently no longer cool among hip tech companies.
As a result, Apple, the world's largest company by market capitalization and a key component of the Nasdaq composite index, is now best suited for day traders and speculators. It even has its own volatility index, an Apple VIX, which more than doubled between August and December 2012. That, too, may be a sign of the times.
Retail investors are often outliers, whereas investment professionals tend to adopt a corporate herd mentality. With fewer independent players engaged in stock investing, we see a less efficient market dominated by insiders, and less longer-term growth—which in turn further alienates retail investors. All this is happening at a time when the stock market should have been picking up the slack left by decreasing corporate pensions and imminent cuts in Social Security.


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My son Gideon, age nine, is hog wild about the classic CBS sitcom "Green Acres," which counts the super-intelligent pig Arnold Ziffel among its characters. So I couldn't resist the recent Associated Press headline "Pigs Smart As Dogs? Activists Pose The Question." The article is about The Someone Project, which is coordinated by Farm Sanctuary, an animal-protection and vegan-advocacy organization. The Someone Project wants us to realize that farm animals are more intelligent and emotionally complex than we thought, develop more empathy for those animals and ponder questions such as "Why do I casually eat beef, pork, poultry and mutton when I wouldn't dream of eating cats, dogs, horses or primates such as apes?" Confession time. Yes, the distinctions that cultures make about which species are appropriate for food and which are appropriate for pets are arbitrary, illogical, inconsistent and unfair. But look at the bigger picture. If society didn't have things that were arbitrary, illogical, inconsistent and unfair, we would have an excess of observational humorists roaming around with nothing to do. We would have to shut down the observational humorist mills and euthanize most of the remaining population. ("J'ever notice guys in white coats coming at you with hypodermic needles? I mean, what's up with that? OUCH!!") I understand the agenda of The Someone Project, but I don't know if I would be stressing how "intellectual" and "sensitive" farm critters are. That didn't work so well in high school. Look for an explosion of barnyard wedgies and swirlies. I'm glad the Someone Project folks are taking a realistic approach of incremental attitude change instead of expecting a nationwide epiphany. Most of us come from a background in which our forefathers, our heroes and our sacred texts accepted exploitation of animals for sacrifice, food, clothing and transportation. You can't undo that conditioning overnight with observations such as, "But they look so cuuuute when they buddy up figuring out a maze." Activists stress that they want to foster a general awareness of the cognitive abilities of animals, rather than getting bogged down in ranking them by I.Q. (Some of the animals themselves, however, are obsessed with bragging rights. One pig insists, "A pig would get an injunction against Timmy going near wells. A pig would know that the Red Baron died in 1918." To which a dog replied, "A dog would know to hire Don Draper instead of a &^%$# SPIDER to run a promotional campaign!") So, basically, they want to give EVERYONE a gold star and a ribbon that says "Plays well with others." Well, everyone except the chickens, who will peck another chicken to death if they see blood. The Someone Project would do well to stay focused on the animals that exhibit the most human-like qualities. They must resist the calls from the fringe elements to advocate policies such as "a living-nine-days wage" for fruit flies and a "hang over your ground" gun rights bill for tree sloths. Let's hear from all sides. Then each person must decide with his own conscience whether to continue "full steam ahead" as a carnivore, insist on humane conditions for the animals he does consume or go completely vegan. I look forward to the ongoing debate. Th-th-th-that's NOT all, folks. - Danny Tyree's "Tyree's Tyrades" columns are distributed by Cagle Cartoons, Inc. (email@example.com).
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The tradition, known as the 24-Hour Relay, attempts to raise money and awareness for a selected good cause. In previous years the event has benefitted Y.E.S. and helped to complete a monument for Special Forces soldiers at Fort Bragg, N.C.
This year, the relay will be in honor of the cross country and track teams' mission trip to Belize in May 2011.
Small groups of runners will run in shifts for 24 hours straight, handing off a baton and GPS watch as runners complete their time slots.
The teams would like to invite the student body and the general public, if they would like, to run with them and/or give monetarily to the mission trip fund.
The relay will start at noon on Friday, Dec. 4 and conclude on Saturday, Dec. 5 at noon. Shifts of runners will be changed every 30 minutes at the ticket office at the high school football stadium.
In previous years, there has been a small camp set up with food and fellowship for those who participate.
Anyone wanting to join the relay may simply show up at any half hour increment during the 24-hour period.
Runners will be running along local roads and the high school track.
"While we are building many traditions with the cross country and track and field programs, the 24-hour relay is one that has been successful in the past and one that speaks to our teams' mission to reach out to others," Lipscomb runner Caitlin Anderson said.
Checks may be made payable to Lipscomb Missions with XC/Track- Belize in the memo line. Donations can also be made online to athttp://missions.lipscomb.edu.


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Tuesday, March 8, 2011
A One-Sentence Post on...The Inevitability of Litsch Love
17 comments:
- The Ack said...
I'm on board, but I think this is where you and your "same guy" cohort will diverge....
- March 8, 2011 at 12:05 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
It has to happen eventually. He is the brain, and I'm the heart. Eventually, logic and faith will diverge.
- March 8, 2011 at 12:07 PM
- mike in boston said...
listening to Theo Epstein on Rome (through the WGR iOS app) talking about the dangers of paying for past performance. He managed to answer the question honestly and economically. I can only imagine how many sentences it would have taken AA to answer a similar question.
It's hard when listening to Theo not to think about what AA would be able to do with an extra 50 million in annual payroll.
- March 8, 2011 at 12:56 PM
- mike in boston said...
It has to happen eventually. He is the brain, and I'm the heart. Eventually, logic and faith will diverge.
wasn't this the premise for 4 seasons of Lost?
- March 8, 2011 at 12:58 PM
I have to keep hope alive for Jesse - my fiancee and I were at his first game. As I told her his back-story - young kid, jumping over AAA, father's birthday - she put down the book she'd always brought with her to the park and focused completely on the game for the first time. She's been a fan ever since (and, naturally, Jesse's her favourite player).
- March 8, 2011 at 1:05 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
In fact, Drew has brought up the Locke/SomeOtherGuy dichotomy before.
I never watched Lost, so I don't get the reference.
- March 8, 2011 at 1:26 PM
- GCM1979 said...
anyone else notice something about the Blue Jays this year in regards to guys like Litsch, Reyes, Rommie Lewis and what's being said about them? Can you say hype?
- March 8, 2011 at 4:46 PM
- Chad said...
So when told to go fuck yourself, you giddily drive over to this Drew's house?
- March 8, 2011 at 6:39 PM
I thought ERA was a poor indicator of a pitcher's performance?
- March 8, 2011 at 8:16 PM
"I thought ERA was a poor indicator of a pitcher's performance?"
Not when you throw that many strikes. It might go up with the craptastic corner defense, but so will everyone else's.
But "Jessa-litsch" (as my gal and I refer to him in a bad redneck accent) needs the velocity back up in the high 80s like it was before his surgery, or he's gonna get tonged.
- March 8, 2011 at 8:27 PM
- Hobbes Dogs said...
That is an impressive one sentence.
- March 8, 2011 at 11:34 PM
- MK Piatkowski said...
I too was at Litsch's first game and he overrode my crushing disappointment at missing Doc. I'm rooting for the guy. I'm also still hoping for something good for Scott Richmond too.
- March 9, 2011 at 2:05 AM
- ChantelleintheCity said...
I'm rooting for Jesse too.
But like one of the Anonymous users pointed out, he needs to get his velocity back up to pre-surgery levels.
I saw Jesse at the ROM on a date, and I was more into him than my own date!
- March 9, 2011 at 4:11 PM
A baseball player at the ROM? Sounds fishy
- March 9, 2011 at 5:23 PM
- Mitchell Larsen said...
Hey at least you didn't draft Morrow right before the hometown hero who turned out to be one of the best pitchers in baseball. You just sent away League who is nothing more than a mohawk and blown save machine. Plus the nice thing about Litsch is you know what you'll get from him, supreme mediocrity...
- March 9, 2011 at 11:14 PM
You're mistaken:
Litsch's last full season was a lot better than mediocre. He looks like a guy who wins hot-dog eating contests, I grant you. But he's a very useful starter when healthly. It's like calling Cecil's last year mediocre.
Cecil 2010:
Litsch 2008
Marcum has a slightly lower WHIP over the same number of innings, but he's also a comparable pitcher. In fact, JL's only bad numbers have come post-surgery.
If he can return to form, he'd be close to the best number 4-5's in baseball.
- March 10, 2011 at 3:20 AM
He's never been bad! Even post Tommy John, he's not been bad! Everybody who hates the guy hates him because he should not be able to continue to have success at this level. I don't care! His shit works, until it stops working, I'm on board.
The Litsch is Back!
- March 10, 2011 at 9:12 PM


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Officials in Nederland are advising that town's residents that it might be as long as a month before Boulder Canyon re-opens.
A Colorado Department of Transportation spokeswoman said Monday that engineers are still in the process of assessing damage and preparing estimates for road repair of several vital state highways serving mountain communities.
Amy Ford said she "could not begin to speculate" about how long it will be until Boulder Canyon is open again following last week's torrential flooding.
But Nederland Town Administrator Alisha Reis said officials there have been told by CDOT crews to expect repairs to the canyon to take a month. The town advised residents of the likely long wait in a post on its Facebook page.
"Maybe we jumped the gun a little, but that is what we were told," Reis said Monday. "We want people to be prepared to continue allowing extra time to get out of Nederland. In particular, we want people with sensitive medical conditions and ladies who are very pregnant to make plans for being close to a medical facility."
Nederland residents must take Colo. 119 to U.S. 6 through Black Hawk to reach the lowlands.
Ford said CDOT hopes to complete full damage reports for Boulder Canyon, U.S. 36, Colo. 72, Colo. 7 and U.S. 34 by the end of the week or early next week.
"Our priorities are focused on reconnecting the communities that have no access or only one way out of town, as well as providing access for electric and gas crews," Ford said. "We know that these are community priorities, and those are our focus right now."
Ford said CDOT wants to begin repairs as soon as possible.
"We know that time is not on our side," Ford said, referring to the possibility of snow and freezing temperatures within a few weeks in the mountains. "We want to make as many of these repairs as quickly as possible while still doing quality work."
Boulder's Office of Emergency Management on Monday stressed that Boulder Canyon is closed to all traffic -- vehicular, cyclist and pedestrian -- until further notice. Officials said the roadway and surrounding terrain has been deemed "extremely unstable and unsafe."


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A 17-month-old California girl is in the custody of Child Protective Services in Kentucky today after being reported missing more than two months ago.
Alouette Day-Moreno-Baltierra of Los Angeles was found Thursday at the University of Kentucky after two police officers received a phone call about a suspicious woman pushing a stroller on the university's parking lot.
"This is an example of where the responding officers followed a gut feeling that something just wasn't right with the situation," said University of Kentucky Police Chief Joe Monroe in a news release on Friday. "We have been working with the Child Protective Services, LAPD and the FBI to make sure that we get Alouette returned safely to her legal custodian."
READ: Baby Abducted from Pittsburgh Hospital Found Alive
University police officers Jennifer Ockerman and Emily Smith watched as 62-year-old Maria Baltierra-Dejesus pushed a baby stroller in a school parking lot in below-freezing temperatures. The baby had no shoes, gloves or head covering, police said.
When the officers approached Baltierra-Dejesus, who claimed to be the child's grandmother, she was uncooperative, police said.
After further investigation, university officers were able to locate the child's birth certificate, which indicated the toddler was born in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles Police Department said the child was reported missing on Oct. 16 from the 700 block of West Olympic Boulevard near the business district of Los Angeles.
"The child's mother, Dominique Baltierra, indicated [on Oct. 16] she did not know the whereabouts of her child and mother. The following day, she wanted to cancel the missing children's report, citing the child and grandmother had been located," said Norma Eisenman, public information officer for the LAPD. "When LAPD asked Baltierra to produce the child, the mother refused and was evasive."
LAPD added that the Department of Children and Family Services simultaneously placed a warrant in its system for both the grandmother and child.
"University police arrested Baltierra-Dejesus on the warrant and the child was then placed into protective services," said Eisenman.
On Friday, the LAPD confirmed Baltierra-Dejesus was the grandmother to the 17-month-old baby.
READ: California Newborn Nearly Abducted From Hospital in Tote Bag
At the time of her arrest, evidence of wire transfer receipts from Baltierra-Dejesus' family members were found in the woman's possession.
"Family members were financially supporting the alleged grandmother since the baby has been missing, since October, while she's been on the run with the child," said Monroe. "We've received word [that] on one occasion she's tried to leave the country with the baby, possibly a second time."
Monroe said Baltierra-Dejesus tried to flee to France or Holland.
"She received passports issued while she was in California, which dated a week before the child went missing in October," said Monroe.
University police have charged Baltierra-Dejesus with endangering the welfare of a minor and custodial interference. Further charges will be made from the state of California.
As of today, Baltierra-Dejesus had not requested an attorney, Monroe said.
Baltierra-Dejesus is currently being treated at a university health care facility. Once she's released, university police will transfer her to Fayette County Detention Center in Lexington, Ky., where she'll await extradition from California.
"I've never seen anything like this," said Monroe.


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The History and Archives Office serves as both a mini-museum and archive. Collections of papers, photographs, and audio-visual materials pertaining to the University are available for in-person research. While regular hours are maintained they change from semester to semester. Please write or call for an appointment.
The personal Council papers of Bishop Thomas K. Gorman, founding Bishop of The University, who was a participant at Vatican II.
Scholarly papers of Enrique Nardoni (1924-2002), Professor of Theology, internationally-known scripture scholar, editor of the International Bible Commentary.
Writings of Donald A. Cowan, Professor of Physics and President of the University of Dallas, 1962-1977. Also his research notes, family papers, and presidential papers.
Class notes, lectures, correspondence of Louise S.Cowan, Distinguished Professor of Literature, and former Graduate Dean, Chair of English.
Papers, including original research documents for his books on Texas and American History of the late History professor, June R. Welch.
Articles in the original languages, The Editio Princeps, included in the International Catholic Biblical Commentary, and correspondence with its editor and scripture scholar, William Farmer.
Complete set of University of Dallas catalogs, yearbooks, and handbooks, annual reports, University News (under its various names and styles, e.g., The Shield, Outgribe.)
Complete set of University alumni magazine, Tower, and newsletters to donors and alumni.
Complete set of Constantin Scholar/University Scholar, Braniff Graduate School Liberal Arts journals.
Dragonflies, Psychology journals, and other publications of other academic departments.
Complete set of Commencement Programs and related events, e.g., Senior Convocation.
Virtually complete set of minutes of meetings of the Board of Trustees.
Virtually complete set of minutes of Standing Committees of the University.
Documents, including photos and bulletins, from the first University of Dallas, 1910-1928.
Photographs, negatives, and slides since beginning of the University of Dallas including building campaign. Need cataloging and identification in many cases.
Recipes, furniture, photos, awards of distinguished chef, Helen Corbitt.
Papers of Bishops of Diocese of Dallas pertaining to the University of Dallas.
Newspaper clippings on University from 1954 to present; copied to CD for research through the 1970s. Project continuing.
Lectures, papers, brochures, tapes, photos, McDermott Lectureship. 1974 to present. On-going project of conversion of AV material to useable and protected form.
Tom and Bess Braniff papers and documents including photos and awards.
Constantin Family documents.
Blakley papers and documents including photos of Blakley Day and Braniff Graduate Building groundbreaking, and scrapbook honoring Senator William Blakley.
Maher Family documents.
Caroline Gordon, novelist, critic, director of Creative Writing M.A. program. A box of letters, writings.
Recent video interviews with about fifteen early professors/founders, e.g., Beatrice Haggerty, Ben and Betty Carpenter, Warren Pulich,Robert Sasseen, Robert Lynch, Hazel Cazorla.On-going project as time and resources permit. Are on CD.DVD.
Audio/Visual Collection of many lectures, events, slowly being converted and preserved as time and funds permit.
Collection of Art Exhibition invitations and catalogs, both undergraduate and graduate, and Gallery exhibits.
Collection of Drama Playbills and photographs.
Braniff Graduate School publications and papers of graduate committees and Deans.
Graduate School of Management and College of Business collection.


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DRobertson needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 32 designs submitted by 7 freelance designers.
The Next Door
The Next Door is a gastropub opening this summer.
- 66 seats inside, 20 on patio
- one page menu that changes often, from-scratch kitchen
- 8 craft beers on draft, changed out monthly/seasonally
- 20 other beers by the bottle
- 20 reds and 20 white wines
- small back corner unit of a smaller building in a quaint shopping center
- live acoustic music on weekends
- want old-world cozy pub feel with modern & shabby chic additions
- some walls covered with victorian door handles, antique lionhead door knockers, keys and locks. Other walls have b/w photos of famous doors (10 downing street, taj mahal etc)
- dark cherry woods with tones of beige, metallic and black cast iron are on the interior
- open for lunch & dinner daily. brunch on weekends.
- female servers wearing black pinstripe tank bustier w/dark denim and bistro apron, men wear solid colored button down w/ dark denim and apron
Located in a bedroom community. Small movie theater in our complex. A lot of "regulars" to be had in our area. Ages 30-55. Also quite a few military couples, the base is not too far from us.
We are looking to offer a quick bite to eat before the movies, fulfilling weekend brunch topped off with mimosas by the liter, a hearty lunch mid-day or a place to hang out with friends/family in the evening.
- black and white logo preferable (open to options, nothing bright though)
-bold and scroll fonts used together would be great (like the fonts Rina mixed w/Edwardian Script or something similar)
- would really like to incorporate the fleur de lis or lionhead knocker as seen in the collage attached.
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Vega was a science fiction fanzine published by Joel Nydahl.
Vega was first released in 1951 and came from Marquette, Michigan, U.S.A. In 1953 the last issue, #12, was released, an annual that was 100 pages. It was later claimed that the 15-year-old Nydahl had gone into debt to put out the issue and his father paid his debt on the condition that he quit fandom and fanzine publishing. His sudden disappearance lead to the creation of the phrase "Nydahl's Disease" when a fanzine editor disappears in blaze of glory.
Written contributions came from Robert Bloch, Norman G. Browne (Vanations), Gregg Calkins, Don Cantin, Fred Chappell, Wilkie Conner, Marion Cox, Charles Dynzof, Harlan Ellsion (Science Fantasy Bulletin), W. Paul Ganley, Dean Grennell (Filler, Grue), Lynn A. Hickman, Jerry Hopkins, Matt Hopkins, Barclay Johnson, Chuck Lear, Jimmy Mays, Gerry de la Ree (Sun Spots, Loki), Johan von Rodman, Larry Saunders, Robert Silvergerg (Spaceship), Ray Thompson, Bob Tucker (Le Zombie), Shelby Vick (Confusion), Bob Warner, and Mari Wolf.
Cover art work was by DEA (Margaret Dominick), Jerry Hopkins, Ray Thompson, Bob Warner, Juanita Wellons, and Ted White.
Illustrations were contributed by John D. Anspauch, Leonard Avallone, Celia Block, Harlan Ellison, David English (Fantasias), Dean Grennell, Jerry Hopkins, Joel Nydahl, Chuck Lear, Maril Shresbury, Ray Thompson, R. Twesli, Shelby Vick, George Viksnins, and Juanita Wellons.
Letters came from Robert Bloch, Redd Boggs, Wilkie Conner, Harlan Ellison, Dave Ish, Ian Macauley, Charles Lee Riddle, Bob Tucker, Juanita Wellons and Charles Wells.
Vega was a member of "Fanvariety Enterprises", an affiliation of fan publishers put together by Max Keasler and Bill Venable. It included such publications as Max Keasler's Opus, Bill Venable's Pendulum, Norman Browne's Vanations, Harlan Ellison's Science Fantasy Bulletin, Dave English's Fantasias, Bob Farnham and Nan Gerding's The Chigger Patch of Fandom, Norbert Hirschhorn's Tyrann, Ian MacAuley's Cosmag, and Starlanes by Nan Gerding and Orma McCormick.


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(CNN) -- Now that you've watched "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey," you may have some unexpected questions.
Even if you read the book long ago or quite recently, some material was not from "The Hobbit" proper, but from the appendixes to "The Lord of the Rings," which helped connect the stories. Of course, we had the benefit of seeing "The Lord of the Rings" films first. Despite being a prequel, "The Hobbit" has to play catch-up with what we're presumed to know -- that there exists a Ring of Power that Sauron has lost and Gollum has found/stolen, which Bilbo finds/steals during a detour on a separate adventure.
This is the main connective tissue -- the Ring itself -- but since everything else can get confusing pretty quickly, we'll try to sort out some of the pressing matters for you.
How do you tell the dwarves apart?
In "The Lord of the Rings," films, we had one main dwarf -- Gimli, played by John Rhys-Davies. In "The Hobbit," we have 13. The tallest one (and the leader, with the most lines) is Thorin Oakenshield, played by Richard Armitage. After that, it gets a bit harder. If the dwarf is bald, that's Dwalin, the first to arrive at Bilbo's home.
If the dwarf is older with a white beard, that's his brother Balin (whose tomb you visit in "The Fellowship of the Ring" in the Mines of Moria scene). If the Dwarf looks like Gimli, that's Gloin, Gimli's father, who was present during the Council of Elrond scene in "Fellowship." If the dwarf is older with a gray beard, he's either Dori (chin-strap beard) or Oin (no chin-strap beard) -- unless he has also has an ax in his head, which would make him Bifur. Bifur doesn't speak much, because of the whole ax-in-the-head thing.
If the dwarf wears a hat and has an Irish accent, that's Bofur. If the dwarf is fat, providing comic relief, and has an extreme beard (compared to the others), that's Bofur's brother Bombur -- they're both cousins of Bifur.
Of the youngest dwarves, there are two subsets -- the ones who are hot (Fili the blond and Kili the brown-haired one) and the ones who are not (Nori with three braids and Ori with a perpetually perplexed look on his face -- both younger brothers of Dori). Ori, by the way, is the one who wrote about Balin's death in the book found in the Mines of Moria, so he's a bit of a historian.
Five things changed/expanded from the book for 'The Hobbit' films
Why is Gandalf so eager for Bilbo to risk his life?
Gandalf tricks Bilbo into "advertising" as a burglar by putting a rune on his door to indicate his availability to help the dwarves retrieve some gold from the dragon Smaug. But why would a wizard of Gandalf's stature care whether the dwarves got their gold -- and their homeland -- back or not?
Because he doesn't want Sauron, now known as the Necromancer, to have access to Smaug, and so killing the dragon is their common goal.
In scenes from the appendixes that might be depicted in the upcoming "Hobbit" films, Gandalf has run-ins with Thrain (Thorin's dad, who gives him a map and key to Erebor before he dies) and then with Thorin himself, en route to the Shire.
According to the appendixes, Gandalf knew that Sauron was plotting war and intended to attack Rivendell. What was to stop him? "Only the Dwarves of the Iron Hills. And beyond them lay the desolation of the Dragon. The Dragon Sauron might use with terrible effect. How then could the end of Smaug be achieved?" So Gandalf convinced Thorin that they could be of use to each other, and that a Hobbit could be of help, considering his scent would be unfamiliar to the Dragon.
'The Hobbit' breaks December record with $84.8 million weekend
How come Gandalf doesn't do more? How many wizards are there anyway?
The wizards, or Istari, were apparently sent to Middle-earth "to contest the power of Sauron, and to unite all those who had the will to resist him." But they were forbidden to confront him directly, according to the appendixes. So while Gandalf could face off against a Balrog in "Fellowship," or the Mouth of Sauron in "Return of the King," he can't go mano-a-mano with Sauron.
Gandalf, as we know from "The Lord of the Rings," isn't the only wizard in Middle-earth, and in "The Hobbit," we meet a new one: Radagast the Brown.
So is there a wizard for every color of the rainbow? No -- but there are at least five and maybe as many as seven. We've now met three. (Tolkien mentioned two others, Alatar and Pallando, both Blue in his notes).
And Radagast's role has already been inflated from the books. (In "Fellowship," Gandalf tells of Radagast's warning about the Ringwraiths, and how Saruman mocked the Brown wizard as "Radagast the Bird-tamer! Radagast the Simple! Radagast the Fool!" so at least that's intact).
Why don't we see Aragorn?
We get some familiar characters in the Rivendell scene, such as Galadriel and Saruman, who join Elrond and Gandalf for the White Council confab. But those who remember "The Lord of the Rings" will recall that Elrond's foster child at the time was Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen), son of Arathorn and heir of Isildur. As a child, he was called Estel, meaning Hope, and his true name and heritage were kept a secret. But if the events in "The Hobbit" take place as written in the books, with Aragorn born in the year 2931, and Gandalf, Bilbo and the dwarves visiting Rivendell in 2941, he would be about 10 years old. Sixty years pass, and then Bilbo has his 111th birthday party.
"The Lord of the Rings" films, however, condense the timeline between Bilbo's birthday in 3001 and Frodo's quest in 3018, at which point, the long-living Aragorn is supposed to be 87.
Given this flexibility, Aragorn could have been depicted as either a child or a grown man in "The Hobbit." Maybe this passage in the appendixes explains where he is right now: "When Estel was only twenty years of age, it chanced that he returned to Rivendell after great deeds in the company of the sons of Elrond." So he's away, doing great deeds. With any luck, we'll get to hear about those in later films.
Has Gollum ever had a girlfriend?


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Annette Gordon-Reed & Peter Onuf: 2016 National Book Festival
Annette Gordon-Reed and co-author Peter S. Onuf discuss "Most Blessed of the Patriarchs: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination" with Melissa Block from NPR at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Speaker Biography: Annette Gordon-Reed, a professor of law and history at Harvard University, is one of the country's most distinguished presidential scholars. She received the 2009 Pulitzer Prize in history for her book "The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family." Her first book was the acclaimed "Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy," which was described by The New Yorker as "brilliant." In "Race on Trial: Law and Justice in American History," Gordon-Reed edited 12 original essays that delve into the impact of race on trials and American cultural history. Her most recent book, in collaboration with Peter S. Onuf, is "Most Blessed of the Patriarchs: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination."
Speaker Biography: Peter S. Onuf is the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation professor emeritus at the University of Virginia. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University and has taught at Columbia University, Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Southern Methodist University. In 2008, Onuf held the Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth professor of American history chair at the University of Oxford. His books include "The Mind of Thomas Jefferson," "Nations, Markets and War: Modern History and the American Civil War," "Jefferson's Empire: The Language of American Nationhood" and "The Origins of the Federal Republic: Jurisdictional Controversies in the United States, 1775-1787." His recent book, written in collaboration with Annette Gordon-Reed, "Most Blessed of the Patriarchs: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination," uses careful analysis, painstaking research and vivid prose to develop a revealing character study which dispels many cliches and creates a portrait of Jefferson as he might have painted himself. Onuf also acts as a cohost for the radio show BackStory with the American History Guys.
Spotlight on Native Writers
Writers Eric Gansworth, Linda LeGarde Grover and Stephen Graham Jones discussed contemporary Native fiction in a reading and panel moderated by Deborah Miranda.
Great Minds: RATF
KED - Secret Plan to Steal Democracy
David Daley, RATFKED: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America's Democracy/Salon joins Thom. Gerrymandering electoral districts has given Republicans their largest majority in the House of Representatives since the 1920s. But it's also given them Donald Trump.
Calvin Trillin: 2016 National Book Festival
Calvin Trillin discusses "No Fair! No Fair! And Other Jolly Poems of Childhood" at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Speaker Biography: Calvin Trillin is a journalist, humorist, food writer, poet, memoirist and novelist. He is best known for his humorous work on food and eating, but he also writes serious journalism, comic verse and fiction books. After a stint in the U.S. Army, Trillin worked as a reporter for Time magazine before joining the staff of The New Yorker. His books include "Jackson, 1964: And Other Dispatches from Fifty Years of Reporting on Race in America," "Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin: Forty Years of Funny Stuff" and "Alice, Let's Eat: Further Adventures of a Happy Eater." Trillin was inducted into the New York Writers Hall of Fame and received a Thurber Prize for American Humor. His latest book, "No Fair! No Fair! And Other Jolly Poems of Childhood," is inspired by Trillin's real-life experiences and celebrates the humor of familiar everyday topics. He lives in New York.
'State Capitalism: How the Return of Statism is Transforming the World'
Joshua Kurlantzick discusses State Capitalism, his book on the rise of modern state capitalism and its impact on the global economy and international security.
Joshua Kurlantzick, Senior Fellow for Southeast Asia, Council on Foreign Relations
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
Jennifer Haigh Reads From Her Novel Heat and Light
In her novel, Heat and Light (2016), Jennifer Haigh explores the allure of fracking for residents of a ravaged coal mining town. Haigh's debut novel, Mrs. Kimble (2003), received the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for a distinguished first book of fiction. Her other novels include Baker Towers (2005), the story of a family rooted in the coal country of western Pennsylvania; The Condition (2008), about a proper New England family and the secrets and self-delusions that impact their relationships; and Faith (2001), which explores the aftermath for the family of a Catholic priest who has been accused of sexual abuse.
Siri Hustvedt on the Novel – Hodder & Stoughton
As well as being a prize-winning, bestselling novelist, Siri Hustvedt is widely regarded as a leading thinker in the fields of neurology, feminism, art criticism and philosophy. She believes passionately that art and science are too often kept separate and that conversations across disciplines are vital to increasing our knowledge of the human mind and body, how they connect and how we think, feel and see.
The essays in this volume - all written between 2011 and 2015 - are in three parts. A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women brings together penetrating pieces on particular artists and writers such as Picasso, Kiefer and Susan Sontag as well as essays investigating the biases that affect how we judge art, literature, and the world in general. The Delusions of Certainty is an essay about the mind/body problem, showing how this age-old philosophical puzzle has shaped contemporary debates on many subjects and how every discipline is coloured by what lies beyond argument-desire, belief, and the imagination. The essays in the final section, What Are We? Lectures on the Human Condition, tackle such elusive neurological disorders as synesthesia and hysteria. Drawing on research in sociology, neurobiology, history, genetics, statistics, psychology and psychiatry, this section also contains a profound consideration of suicide and a towering reconsideration of Kierkegaard. Together they form an extremely stimulating, thoughtful, wide-ranging exploration of some of the fundamental questions about human beings and the human condition, delivered with Siri Hustvedt's customary lucidity, vivacity and infectiously questioning intelligence.
Michael Chabon & Richard Price: Research for a novel | LIVE from the NYPL
MICHAEL CHABON is the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, A Model World, Wonder Boys, Werewolves in their Youth, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Summerland, The Final Solution, The Yiddish Policemen's Union, Maps & Legends, Gentlemen of the Road, Telegraph Avenue, and the picture book The Astonishing Secret of Awesome Man. He lives in Berkeley, California with his wife, the novelist Ayelet Waldman, and their children.
RICHARD PRICE is the author of several novels—including Clockers and Lush Life—all of which have won universal praise for their vividly etched portrayals of urban America. He is the creator/writer of HBO's acclaimed show The Night Of. He lives in Manhattan with his wife, the novelist Lorraine Adams.
Ed Yong "I Contain Multitudes" | Talks at Google
Science writer Ed Yong came into London to speak about his new book "I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life".
About the book:
Your body is teeming with tens of trillions of microbes. It's an entire world, a colony full of life. In other words, you contain multitudes. These microscopic companions sculpt our organs, protect us from diseases, guide our behaviour, and bombard us with their genes. They also hold the key to understanding all life on earth.
In I Contain Multitudes, Ed Yong opens our eyes and invites us to marvel at ourselves and other animals in a new light, less as individuals and more as thriving ecosystems.
We learn the invisible and wondrous science behind the corals that construct mighty reefs and the squid that create their own light shows. We see how bacteria can alter our response to cancer-fighting drugs, tune our immune system, influence our evolution, and even modify our genetic make-up. And we meet the scientists who are manipulating these microscopic partners to our advantage. In a million tiny ways, I Contain Multitudes will radically change how you think about the natural world, and how you see yourself.
About the author:
Ed Yong is an award-winning science writer who reports for The Atlantic. His blog, Not Exactly Rocket Science, is hosted by National Geographic, and his work has also appeared in Wired, the New York Times, Nature, the BBC, New Scientist, Scientific American, the Guardian, The Times and more. He lives in London.
K. Riva Levinson, "Choosing the Hero"
K. Riva Levinson, a DC-based international consultant and lobbyist who helped Ellen Johnson Sirleaf win the presidency of Liberia, talks about the role she played in the campaign in both Liberia and Washington, DC. Her book is "Choosing the Hero: My Improbable Journey and the Rise of Africa's First Woman President".
Joshua Foer: "Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Hidden Wonders"
When Joshua Foer, Dylan Thuras, and Ella Morton set out to write Atlas Obscura: An Explorer's Guide To The World's Hidden Wonders, their goal was to create a catalog of all the places, people, and things that inspire wonder (after all, when you can buy a plane ticket and be in Borneo in less than a day, the world can feel awfully small).
Atlas Obscura reveals the world's deepest places, hidden tunnels, greatest self-made castles, notable arbotecture (the art of shaping a living tree in order to create art or furniture), giant Buddha statues, abandoned film sets you can visit, murder houses, dinosaur parks, lake monsters of the USA, historical methods of preventing premature burial, a guide to psychotropic drugs used to enhance religious experiences, abandoned nuclear power plants, and much, much more.
Elizabeth Hinton, "From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime"
Harvard professor Elizabeth Hinton traces the rise of incarceration in America in her book, "From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America."
After Words with Tamara Draut, "Sleeping Giant"
Demos Vice President of Policy & Research, Tamara Draut discusses her book "Sleeping Giant," which examines America's working class & the issue of income inequality. She is interviewed by Amy Goodman, Host & Exec. Producer of Democracy Now!
Jacqueline Woodson & Jay McInerney: 2016 National Book Festival
Jacqueline Woodson presents "Another Brooklyn" and Jay McInerney presents "Bright, Precious Days" in a panel discussion on stories based in New York with Leigh Haber, books editor for O, the Oprah Magazine at the 2016 Library of Congress Book Festival in Washington, D.C.
Speaker Biography: For her dedication to children and young-adult literature, Jacqueline Woodson received the Margaret A. Edwards Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2006. Woodson is known for exploring important themes in her works, including issues of gender, class, race, family and history. Her picture books, middle-grade and young-adult novels take the reader on an emotional journey by portraying characters in relatable, realistic situations. Woodson has written more than 20 books; some of the most notable include Newbery Honor Medal winners "Show Way," "Feathers," and "After Tupac and D Foster," and the Coretta Scott King Award-winning "Miracle's Boys." Her recent book "Brown Girl Dreaming" received a Newberry Honor and won the 2014 National Book Award for young people's literature. Her latest novel for adults, "Another Brooklyn" , follows August and her friends as childhood transitions to adulthood.
Speaker Biography: Jay McInerney is the best-selling author of "Bright Lights, Big City," which has been translated into more than 20 languages. His other novels include "Ransom," "Story of My Life," "Brightness Falls," "The Last of the Savages," "Model Behavior," "How It Ended" and "The Good Life." McInerney writes a monthly wine column for Town & Country Magazine and his work has appeared in various publications including the Wall Street Journal, House and Garden, New York Magazine, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker. His wine columns have been collected in "Bacchus and Me: Adventures in the Wine Cellar" and "A Hedonist in the Cellar: Adventures in Wine," and his most recent book on wine is "The Juice: Vinous Veritas." In 2006, McInerney received the James Beard MFK Fisher Award for distinguished writing. In his latest novel, "Bright, Precious Days" , Corrine and Russell Calloway still feel as if they're living the dream that drew them to New York City, but their lifestyle comes at a cost which is testing their marriage more severely than they ever imagined. McInerney lives in New York and Tennessee.
Bernie Sanders introduces Our Revolution at University Book Store
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Sung a few times by Sara Fulcher with Jerry Garcia and Merl Saunders in 1973. Partly improvised, and the lyrics are anyway hard to decipher from the tape I have. I have no idea who wrote it or where it comes from.
Did you ever [know] a rainbow
Looking out through the [dawning]
Go find a rainbow
I see sun and I see rain
What they may be ...
They're not the same as yesterday
Not the same as yesterday
Did you ever raise a new-born baby
Or find a [puddle of rain] by your window
Or to find it's time to go
Just to find out it's a true
No no no no
You don't have to go
Just to find a rainbow
To find a rainbow
To find a rainbow
Did you ever see the [sun by way]
When you were so glad you hadn't passed them on the by-way
And Lord it's not their [crime]
Somehow it turned out [?]
You and I, we were always meant together
You and I, you and I, you and I
You and I could find a rainbow
[?] the very same
You don't have to look through a dirty window
To find a rainbow
If we ever leave, if we ever leave
Look for a rainbow


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cytidine diphosphocholine
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An intermediate in the formation of phosphatidylcholine (lecithin); formed by the action of cytidine 5'-triphosphate on phosphocholine, linking the choline phosphate group to the alpha-phosphate of the cytidine 5'-triphosphate to give a pyrophosphate.
Synonyms: activated choline, cytidine diphosphate choline.
Abbreviation: CDP-choline
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The games are over. The Olympic flame has been extinguished. The athletes have headed home.
However, the accolades have just begun. Observers around the globe have hailed London 2012 a smashing success.
NBC awarded itself a gold medal for its coverage. Network execs are exchanging high-fives since more Americans apparently tuned in to watch some part of the competition than any other televised event in history, outdistancing even the season finale of "Two and a Half Men." For most of us, however, NBC's performance can be fairly summarized in just two familiar words, "spoiler alert."
On the other hand, the city of London can take a well-deserved bow. Despite a few early kerfuffles over the availability of tickets and worries over transportation and security, the games proceeded with nary a hitch.
London proved to be a spectacular backdrop. With historic landmarks seemingly around every corner, the city provided viewers with numerous postcard moments. Has any Olympic venue ever been more picturesque?
Readers who wish to learn more about the newly-declared "capital of the world," to use Mayor Boris Johnson's phrase, will find the following books of particular interest. All are available to cardholders of the Newport Beach Public Library.
In "I Never Knew that about London," Christopher Winn has gathered a trove of miscellany about the Olympic host city. Winn takes readers on a kind of magical mystery tour that winds through the various villages and districts that make up London. We see the river views that inspired Turner, discover which church steeple led to the design of the traditional wedding cake, learn where the sandwich was invented, visit the house where both Handel and Hendrix lived, and more.
Peter Ackroyd explores the hidden world beneath the streets in "London Under." Ackroyd, the author of a previous work about the city's above-ground history, tunnels below the surface where he finds ancient streams, Roman amphitheaters, Victorian sewers and modern tube stations. Along the way, he meets the real and fictional inhabitants of this underworld — rats, eels, ghosts and mythological creatures.
In "Dickens's London," Peter Clark is our tour guide to places that received mention in the fiction and correspondence of the celebrated writer. The core of the book consists of five separate walks around central London. Travelers looking for an introduction to points of historical or literary significance in the city will find this invaluable.
Poet Mark Ford has compiled an anthology of poems inspired by London in "London: A History in Verse." All the major poets of British literature are here: Chaucer, Shakespeare, Donne, Milton, Wordsworth, Byron, Keats and Eliot. Also included are other forms of significant verse from anonymous ballads to nursery rhymes. The result is a cultural history of the city during the last 700 years.
In "Johnson's Life of London," Johnson argues that London is perhaps the greatest city of the last 500 years. He supports this immodest claim with biographical profiles of individuals who have made significant contributions to the cultural, political and technological history of the city. Included in this medley of greatness are figures such as the Roman Emperor Hadrian, William the Conqueror, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Churchill, and even Keith Richards. Johnson wears his erudition lightly, making this work a pleasure to read.
CHECK IT OUT is written by the staff of the Newport Beach Public Library. All titles may be reserved from home or office computers by accessing the catalog at http://www.newportbeachlibrary.org. For more information on the Central Library or any of the branches, please contact the Newport Beach Public Library at (949) 717-3800, option 2.