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Sometime back I reviewed a home-grown blaxploitation flick/folk art cinema entitled The Guy From Harlem (1977), which chronicled the exploits of P.I./Kung Fu Master/International Security Contractor Al Connors. (Read that review here, if you know what's good for you!) While not by any stretch an accomplished piece of filmmaking, The Guy from Harlem was not without its peculiar charms, one of which was a scene-stealing turn in a supporting role by one Steve Gallon as local crime lord Harry Dubaul, who enlists Connors' aid against the more powerful and eeeviler crime boss Big Daddy. Charismatic, profane, and absolutely irrepressible, Gallon made such an impression that I quickly scampered to his imdb page to find out where I could see more of his idiosyncratic dramatic stylings.
As it turns out, despite a 40-year career as a DJ, media personality, stand-up comic and recording artist under the stage name "Wildman Steve" (according to this affectionate if sparse tribute site, Gallon was "the first black comedian to chart on Cash Box and the first to sell a million records"), he only appeared in front of the camera in three films: the aforementioned Guy from Harlem, the legendary Rudy Ray Moore vehicle Petey Wheatstraw, the Devil's Son-in-Law, and the movie under discussion today, Super Soul Brother, aka The Six-Thousand Dollar Nigger.* Released in 1979 and directed by Rene Martinez Jr., who also helmed The Guy from Harlem, Super Soul Brother is Gallon's only starring role, and clearly designed as a showcase for his bombastic comedic talents.
*Don't blame me, folks--I didn't come up with the title.
Dr. Dippy (Peter Conrad), a dwarf mad scientist with a spectacularly bad German accent who is working on a kind of Super Soldier Serum that will give its subject enhanced strength, agility, and invulnerability. Dr. Dippy's research is being funded by small-time crooks Jim and Bob (Lee Cross and Benny Latimore), who hope to use it to knock over a strip-mall jewelry store that inexplicably has ten-million dollars' worth of diamonds in its safe.
Alas, the course of SCIENCE never did run smooth, and while the serum does what it says on the tin, it also has a rather unfortunate side effect: exactly seven days after being injected, every super-powered lab rat in the trial group has invariably dropped dead. While Dr. Dippy and his comely research assistant Peggy (Joycelyn Norris) keep working to find "the neutralizer" (apparently through test-tube mixing trial-and-error), Jim and Bob grow impatient to see a return on their $6000 investment. Unwilling to take the shot themselves and trust the diminutive doc to save them in time, they decide to recruit "a wino out the ghett-o!" to be their short-lived strong man.
Of course their unwitting guinea pig is Wildman Steve (Gallon), a down-and-out homeless drunk prone to mouthing off to other hobos and getting beat up by wandering gangs of toughs. When Bob picks him up and promises him an apartment, money, and all the food he can eat, Steve is too astonished to say no. He's taken back to Dr. Dippy's lab, examined by Peggy, and told to rest up and get healthy for the upcoming experiment.
As in The Guy from Harlem, each scene in Super Soul Brother seems mostly improvised around
a central idea, be it exposition about the serum, details of the heist plans, or the preliminary examination of the subject. However, here the supporting characters' dialogue serves the dual purpose of bookending Steve Gallon's frenetic physical comedy and shameless stereotype baiting. It's nothing short of astounding: Wildman Steve makes Mantan Moreland (King of the Zombies) look like Morgan Freeman. Add the fact that Gallon seems to have only two comedic settings--Full-Bore Insanity and Unconsciousness--and you've got a one-way ticket to Over-the-Over-the-Top Town.
"My name is Steve: S-T-V, all capital letters!" He does a Scared Mantan Moreland impression when Peggy proposes an anal thermometer probe ("You gonna stick THAT pole...in MY ass-hole?"), then screams to the doc, "This girl thinks my asshole is a Tunnel of Love!" After this ordeal, though, he quickly makes up with Peggy, admitting, "My 20/20 tells me you is a Mighty Mighty!"
Incredibly, it just gets worse from there. Given his own apartment by his benefactors (the same apartment Al Connors used in The Guy from Harlem--I'd know that orange shag carpet anywhere!), Steve is further treated to the services of lady-of-the-evening Addie Williams, who says she's there to do "anything he wants." He responds by having her cook him dinner (hilarious?) and then by requesting something special he remembers from his childhood, when his mother would put him in the bath and give him a good "butt-washin'!" After this joke is exhausted (it takes a while), he tells the girl, "Before I got down on my luck, I was a playa! I used to make my money making love to WHITE WOMEN!" He then opens his robe to show her his equipment, which is apparently just as impressive as the stereotype would have us believe.
His later seduction of virginal Peggy is even less restrained from a comedic standpoint, as he literally jumps up and down with excitement over "gettin' that cherry!" Later, he amazes her with his formidable lovemaking skills. Sample dialogue:
"Don't hurt me, Steve, don't hurt me! That ring on your finger!"
"That ain't no ring on my finger, baby...that's the watch on my wrist!"
As expected, Steve Gallon does almost all of the comedic heavy lifting in the movie, though we do get a couple of borderline surreal interludes with Dr. Dippy and his lover, the Amazonian burlesque-girl-gone-to-seed, Monica (Wild Savage--seriously), who refuses to sleep with the Doc until he buys her the diamond pasties he promised her. Instead the two exchange backrubs and play chess, with Dr. Dippy all the while dressed like a middle-aged female spa-goer. Get ready for a sight you can't un-see:
The rest of the movie is basically a series of vignettes constructed to give Gallon the opportunity to get as wild as he wants to be, which is plenty wild, believe me. Eventually he's given the injection, leading to more jumping and wide-eyed face-pulling ("Is he a monster? Is he a wildman? Is the n*gger crazy?" Bob helpfully narrates), gets his revenge on the gang that roughed him up, and out of gratitude to his new friends agrees to play a "practical joke" on the jewelry store clerks by walking out with the safe (under cover of a bizarre diversion courtesy Dr. Dippy and Monica). The effects here are as low-rent as possible (a cardboard safe that doesn't even budge the car into which it's loaded), and the fight scenes are choreographed with less skill than a backyard wrestling tournament. (The fights in The Guy from Harlem are spectacular by comparison.) Of course the silly but good-hearted Soul Brother eventually tumbles to his friends' nefarious schemes, and with Peggy's help tries to stop them and find the neutralizer before he's another dead superhero.
It's a maxim that there can be too much of a good thing, and in comedy this is doubly true, it seems to me. Limited to five minutes of screen time in The Guy from Harlem, with a specific role to play and certain dramatic strictures in which to work, Gallon showed himself a memorable, scene-stealing screen presence, a shining light in the otherwise dim-bulb cast. He obviously needed those constraints, because without them, he's really too much to take. (Think the difference between Jim Carrey's performances in Earth Girls are Easy and in Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls. Then amplify that difference and add race humor.) Though Gallon does manage to wring a few laughs out with sheer energy and ebullience, most of the time he's so far over the top he's absolutely impossible to connect to.
The rest of the cast are mostly forgettable, and unsurprisingly many have only this movie in their acting credits. A notable exception is Peter Conrad as Dr. Dippy, who went on to assay such roles as "Midget with Lady" in Tobe Hooper's The Funhouse, "Midget" in Smokey and the Bandit Part 3, and "Mule Train Driver" and "Sandy's MC" in Porky's and Porky's II: The Next Day. Conrad is no Peter Dinklage, but at least his chronic bed-head hairstyle and atrocious German accent add a little texture to the character.
As for the direction, it seems Rene Martinez Jr. had his best work behind him at this point (i.e., The Guy from Harlem, faint praise as that may be). The pacing is terrible, though to be fair if we shortened Gallon's comedy bits to manageable lengths and focused on the plot, the movie would likely be 30 minutes long. The script clearly never got beyond outline form ("Say something about Steve needing to get some rest. Let Steve go for a while. Cut to..."), and most scenes are filmed from a static mid-range shot that does nobody any favors. The whole thing is even more amateurish than Martinez's other flick, and lacks that film's sense of energy and purpose. And yes, of course there's a boom mike cameo.
After watching Super Soul Brother, I still like Wildman Steve, but I'm more acutely aware of his dramatic limitations--more perhaps than either he or his director were. As a supporting character he's a stick of comedic dynamite. However, strap a movie to his back, and what you've got is a bomb. (See what I did there?) If you like dwarfs, mad scientists, pre-PC race humor, and a good ol' fashioned butt-washin', I'm still not sure I'd recommend watching Super Soul Brother. It's not surprising that the promised sequel (we fade out on Gallon in a t-shirt that reads, "This N*gger is Coming Back!") never materialized. Though I certainly wish Gallon had done more character work before his death in 2004, I still must sadly give his sole starring effort a paltry 1 Thumb. He deserved better--but then again, so did the audience.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Super Soul Brother (1979): or, Wildman Steve is Wild, Man
Posted by The Vicar of VHS at 9:22 AM
Labels: '70s, 0-1 Thumbs, Blaxploitation, Boom Mike Cameo, Comedy, Little People, Mad Science
4 comments:
- The Duke of DVD said...
Oh Vicar, you do know the key to my heart. You had me at "dwarf mad scientist", but "old-fashioned butt washin'" is just the icing on the diminutive cake!
I need to watch this just to see how what should have been an instant 3 Thumb's Up instead careened off the cliff in a fiery wreck of 1 Thumb Up.
- May 24, 2010 at 1:28 PM
- prof. grewbeard said...
that's a long way to go for one thumb but i bet your review is much more entertaining than the film itself, still i don't think i'd kick a vhs copy of Super Soul Brother out of bed for eating crackers(so to speak)...
- May 24, 2010 at 11:44 PM
- The Vicar of VHS said...
@The Duke--As you well know, one man's trash is often another's slightly less-trashy trash, so perhaps the sheer force of personality displayed by Dr. Dippy would be enough to pull you through. I would urge caution, but I know such warnings are lost on a cinematic adventurer such as yourself. :)
@Professor--It ended up being a much longer consideration than I had imagined at first; perhaps my verbiage was all backed up from a week without release. Thanks for reading it anyway!
- May 25, 2010 at 10:48 AM
there was a sequel that came out you just can't find it now. It was called Aint That Some Honky or something like that.
- April 17, 2011 at 9:37 PM


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This is a recap of Tuesday\'s market action, as told through live blog. You can read a wrap of pre-market actions here and a compact rundown of the stock market in Market Snapshot.
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- 9:46 am
- Putin push
- by Laura Mandaro
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Monday's Ukraine-relief rally has given way to Tuesday's Putin push. That's one way of looking at it, on a day of so-so economic data and negligible corporate news.
Stocks opened higher, allowing the S&P 500 /quotes/zigman/3870025/realtime SPX to take another stab at year-to-date gains, after Russian President Vladimir Putinsignaled he doesn't want to partition Ukraine. Though at the same time, he signed a treaty to annex the breakaway Ukrainian region of Crimea.
- 9:52 am
- Healthcare, tech in the lead
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Here's a look at the indexes:
DJIA /quotes/zigman/627449/realtime DJIA + 52 points at 16,300
S&P 500 /quotes/zigman/3870025/realtime SPX + 6 points at 1,865
Nasdaq Composite /quotes/zigman/12633936/realtime COMP + 18 points at 4,297
Microsoft is leading the Dow with a 1.7% gain. Healthcare and tech are fronting gains on the S&P 500, where all but utilities (last week's best performer) are in the green.
- 10:01 am
- Microsoft tops Dow gainers
- by William Watts
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Talk that Microsoft /quotes/zigman/20493/delayed /quotes/nls/msft MSFT will be rolling out a version of its Office software suite for Apple's iPad next week sent Mr. Softee to the top of the Dow leaderboard.
Microsoft shares are up 2.8%, while Apple /quotes/zigman/68270/delayed /quotes/nls/aapl AAPL is also on the rise with a more modest 0.3% rise.
- 10:13 am
- Data won't stand in way of Fed: Naroff
- by William Watts
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Putin stole the show Monday with his remarks on Ukraine, but investors also found some modest comfort in economic data.
While housing starts fell to an annual rate of 907,000 in February from an upwardly revised 909,000 a month earlier, permits climbed 7.7% to the highest rate since October.
Meanwhile, consumer prices rose slightly in February, up 0.1%, but remain subdued overall.
"The downside of the winter is that it has slowed a variety of sectors, but in doing so, it has kept inflation in check," said economist Joel Naroff of Naroff Economic Advisors.
"It looks like weather kept builders from using their permits and thus we can expect that going forward, construction will improve. I suspect that is what the [Federal Open Market Committee] members are thinking as they meet today and tomorrow," Naroff said, in a note. "Expect another $10 billion to be cut from asset purchases as the tapering continues unabated."
- 10:35 am
- Putin skeptics abound
- by William Watts
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Putin's speech seemed heavy on threats and defensive rhetoric in the wake of moves by Western powers to impose light sanctions on Moscow for its annexation of Crimea. But investors seemed eager to look past all that, with U.S. stock index futures buoyed by Putin's reassurance that Russia really doesn't want to go grabbing other parts of Ukraine .
Stocks are rallying modestly, while safe havens such as gold and the dollar retreated and Treasurys trimmed gains.
So far, so nice, but there's understandably a lot of skepticism. For example, here's Kathy Lien at BK Asset Management:
Unfortunately we feel this positive sentiment is still wishful thinking because sanctions from Russia could lead to a more aggressive response from the West. Russia has already been suspended from the G8 and could be isolated even further. They also boosted their troops at the Ukraine border, raising concerns that they are poised for a quick invasion that explains why euro has given up its initial post Putin gains. So while Russia's statement today could be negative for the dollar, actions speak louder than words and so far, there are plenty of reasons to believe that the crisis in Ukraine will worsen before it improves.
- 10:48 am
- MarketWatch Radio newscast
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Walmart wants to take on Game Stop. MarketWatch's Ann Cates reports.
- 11:05 am
- Hewlett-Packard rallies on upgrade
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Share in Hewlett-Packard jumped 3%. The stock price got a boost from an upgrade from Barclays.
Barclays analyst Ben Reitzes raised the rating to overweight form equal weight saying H-P "could gain share for several quarters" in the low-end server business at the expense of Lenovo which has acquired IBM Corp.'s X86 server business.
- 11:12 am
- Brad Sorensen: Markets are relieved
- by Anora Mahmudova
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The main indexes are off their session highs, but still firmly in positive territory.
Brad Sorensen, director of market and sector research at Schwab Center for Financial Research, says markets are relieved for now that there is not going to be a military action in the immediate future.
While countries engage in a rhetoric over the legality of Russia's move to annex Crimea, they also realize that it is difficult to impose too many sanctions without hurting their own interests.
SPX /quotes/zigman/3870025/realtime SPX +0.5%
DJIA /quotes/zigman/627449/realtime DJIA +0.6%
COMP /quotes/zigman/12633936/realtime COMP +0.9%
- 11:32 am
- All eyes on Yellen
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Today's economic reports were 'clean' – e.i. not distorted by weather. Headline numbers were mostly in line with expectation, even as the details were worrying.
As Russia news dominated this moring, markets' reaction to the data was muted. What investors really care about is the FOMC meeting, which begins today and concludes tomorrow. Markets seem to have priced in the continuation of the tapering at a $10 billion a month.
From our team in Washington, there are a number of stories to read on the subject ahead of the statement and Yellen's press conference:
What's your question for Janet Yellen?
Interactive look at the evolution of the Fed's forward guidance
Yellen's communications style will be tested
Kellner: Fed's plate is getting full
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- 11:58 am
- Vix drops
- by Anora Mahmudova
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As stocks continue to gain for the second day in a row, the measure of implied volatility – Vix – dropped another 9%.
Though, in the past 12 month the Vix index has steadily moved higher.
- 12:09 pm
- S&P 500 sectors
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Today's broad-based gains on the S&P 500 are led by technology and healthcare stocks. Only utilities sector is trading lower.
On the Dow average – 26 of 30 components are trading higher. Microsoft, Pfizer and UnitedHealth Group are leading gains.
- 12:20 pm
- Art Hogan on markets
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Stocks are rallying for a second day. Traders are setting aside their worries about Ukraine. Chief market strategist Art Hogan at Wunderlich Securities says he'd categorize that as "for the time being." The Fed is also in the spotlight as a two-day FOMC meeting gets underway.
- 12:46 pm
- Barclays tech moves
- by Sue Chang
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Three big tech players are moving Tuesday in response to a report from Barclays.
Hewlett-Packard /quotes/zigman/229301/delayed /quotes/nls/hpq HPQ rose 3.6% after its stock rating was upgraded to overweight from equalweight.
Cisco Systems /quotes/zigman/20039/delayed /quotes/nls/csco CSCO is fractionally off after its stock was downgraded to equalweight from overweight.
Microsoft /quotes/zigman/20493/delayed /quotes/nls/msft MSFT added 3.8% after the price target on its stock was raised to $44 versus $43.
- 1:12 pm
- MSG gains as Phil Jackson takes charge of the Knicks
- by Sue Chang
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Shares of Madison Square Garden /quotes/zigman/116238/delayed /quotes/nls/msg MSG rose 0.9% after Phil Jackson, one of the most successful NBA coaches, was named president of The New York Knicks.
Needless to say, fans were euphoric as the following tweet demonstrates.
I'm so happy about Phil Jackson joining the knicks I can hug my brother
— Piero Di Lorenzo (@pierooD) March 18, 2014
- 1:32 pm
- Solar stocks shine
- by Sue Chang
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Solar power is big in the U.S. but who knew New Jersey was such a big player in generating solar energy? Check out MarketWatch's slideshow and see which states are outdoing others at harnessing the sun.
Meanwhile, solar stocks were mostly in the green Tuesday with SolarCity /quotes/zigman/13139813/delayed /quotes/nls/scty SCTY rallying 4.3%.
First Solar /quotes/zigman/102025/delayed /quotes/nls/fslr FSLR rose 2.3% and SunEdison /quotes/zigman/17430636/delayed /quotes/nls/sune SUNE climbed 2.9%.
- 1:47 pm
- Goldman Sachs hikes Tesla's price target
- by Sue Chang
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Tesla Motors /quotes/zigman/118681/delayed /quotes/nls/tsla TSLA extended gains for a second day, adding 2.7% after analysts at Goldman Sachs raised the stock's six-month price target to $200. That is still below its current level of $240.
- 1:51 pm
- Why stocks rallied in face of new cold war
- by Anora Mahmudova
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What were investors thinking as they propelled the stock market higher this week in the face of heightened geopolitical tensions?
Mark Hulbert, MarketWatch columnist analyses how stocks behave in times of geopolitical crises.
Yet how did the stock market react on Monday? By soaring: The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 182 points.
And, after Russia made it official by formally annexing Crimea — a news development that came before the market opened on Tuesday morning — the Dow rose even more. See slide show: 5 Russian crises and how the Dow performed.
Is the stock market nuts?
No doubt.
- 2:00 pm
- WH spokesman: 'Don't buy Russian stocks'
- by Anora Mahmudova
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From the Capitol Report post by Steve Goldstein:
White House press secretary Jay Carney on Tuesday turned into a White House investment adviser, saying Russian stocks aren't a good bet.
Discussing the costs incurred by Russia for its annexation of Crimea, he said: "I wouldn't, if I were you, invest in Russian equities right now. I think — unless you're going short."
However, investors do not seem to be as politically inclined – Russian stocks as well as ETFs are rallying. Meanwhile, U.S. stocks are doing well too.
S&P 500 +0.7%, Dow +0.6%, Nasdaq +1.2%
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- 2:18 pm
- Plug Power triggers short-sale circuit breaker
- by Anora Mahmudova
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From out market pulse:
Shares of Plug Power Inc. /quotes/zigman/5142101/delayed /quotes/nls/plug PLUG triggered a securities short-sale circuit breaker on Tuesday. When triggered, the circuit breaker imposes a restriction on prices at which securities may be sold short. Shares of Plug Power declined 9%, and are off 11% so far this week following heady gains in previous weeks that lifted other fuel-cell shares.
- 2:32 pm
- Record close?
- by Ben Eisen
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It's worth noting that the S&P 500 index /quotes/zigman/3870025/realtime SPX is less than 6 points away from notching a new record. It's currently at 1,872.63. The last record close was on March 7, when the index hit 1,878.04
- 2:58 pm
- The anti-1929 chart
- by Ben Eisen
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So you've seen the scary 1929 chart that shows stocks are poised to fall off a cliff. Here's the opposite: another overlay of different historical points that shows stocks are poised to rise another 300% to 400%. Is this the real deal, or is this, as one strategist said, "proof that you can make ratio charts do just about anything you want?" Read the full piece here.
- 3:05 pm
- Can't get enough of this Langone gif making the rounds
- by Laura Mandaro
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This is Ken Langone talking about how HFT "market makers" enter bids and offers today http://t.co/OVEyd7STVp
— Sal Arnuk (@ThemisSal) March 18, 2014
The clip is of Ken Langone, former NYSE board member. According to the title on the TV screen, Langone was talking about Eliot Spitzer's tactics. We're looking into the sourcing now. Early conclusion: need more crazy hand gestures on business cable.
UPDATE: The gif is made out of CNBC interview featured in an August 2012 Business Insiderstory about Langone, a co-defendant when Spitzer prosecuted former NYSE CEO Dick Grasso over pay packages. According to the BI story, Spitzer started waving his hands when he called Spitzer a "spoiled kid." Shake it out, Ken, shake it out!
"Where is Maria? I need new puppets to dance!" RT @TheStalwart: Ken Langone http://t.co/UoXabJQX6H
— Duke (@DukeStJournal) March 18, 2014
- 3:05 pm
- Pushing ahead
- by Ben Eisen
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We're less than an hour away from the closing bell, and the expertly named Putin push is still going strong. Here's where we are:
Nasdaq: +51
- 3:12 pm
- Corporate credit watch
- by Ben Eisen
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HSBC is out with a report this afternoon claiming that its economic leading indicators are starting to skew to the negative, suggesting slower growth is ahead. In light of that, suggest cutting down on certain high-valuation assets. Fredrik Nerbrand, global head of asset allocation, writes:
"From a valuation point of view, we find that both corporate high yield and periphery debt are relatively rich. In addition, positioning data suggest that carry assets and corporate credit in particular are where most assets now sit. Hence, any deterioration in the economic backdrop should penalise the relatively expensive assets that have aggressive positioning."
Keep in mind HSBC said it thought the 10-year Treasury yield (currently at 2.68%) would fall to 2.10% by the third quarter, so take from it what you will.
- 3:34 pm
- Mr. Softie
- by Laura Mandaro
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Microsoft Corp. /quotes/zigman/20493/delayed /quotes/nls/msft MSFT shares up up 4.2% to $39.63, hitting 2000 levels. That's helping the Nasdaq Composite outpace other indexes, with a 1.2% gain.
Driving gains: reports Microsoft will make a version of Office software available for use on Apple Inc. /quotes/zigman/68270/delayed /quotes/nls/aapl AAPL products. Can we say — finally??!
- 3:45 pm
- Labor market reads
- by Ben Eisen
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Speaking of things we're reading Tuesday afternoon, here's a thorough, well-presented report on the U.S. labor force from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, which is making the rounds on social media. It does a nice job of explaining the nagging issues that are keeping the labor from returning to pre-crisis levels.
- 3:47 pm
- Time to call a top?
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This headline is hoisting the Irrational Exuberance flags all over Twitter.
3 reasons to tap home equity to buy stocks
Somebody please timestamp this…yikes. 3 reasons to tap home equity to buy stocks http://t.co/gVyYF5SzAQ
— Todd Harrison (@todd_harrison) March 18, 2014
3 REASONS TO THINK BEZINGA HAS GONE BAZOINGA 3 Reasons To Tap Into Home Equity To Buy Stocks http://t.co/0BQo5bLM8e
— Barry Ritholtz (@ritholtz) March 18, 2014
- 3:58 pm
- Past Russian crises
- by Ben Eisen
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As markets hone their watch on the situation in Crimea, MarketWatch's Tom Bemis is taking a look at how stocks performed during the past five Russian crises. Here's one of them, during the Berlin Airlift:
"In June 1948, Soviet forces isolated jointly occupied Berlin from the rest of Germany, preventing any supplies from traveling by rail or road into the city… U.S. stocks drifted downward over the period as the markets absorbed the postwar economic slowdown in the U.S. economy. Other than an initial slip at the start of the blockade, the Dow showed little sensitivity to the confrontation itself, however."
- 4:03 pm
- That's all folks
- by Ben Eisen
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Ding ding ding. Here are Tuesday's closing levels:
DJIA: +89 points, or 0.5% at 16,335.10
S&P 500:+13 points, or 0.7% at 1,872.21
Nasdaq: +53 points, or 1.2% at 4,333.31
- 4:06 pm
- Microsoft
- by Ben Eisen
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Among the biggest gainers Tuesday are Microsoft Corp. /quotes/zigman/20493/delayed /quotes/nls/msft MSFT , which jumped 4% to close at its highest level in 14 years. From an earlier report:
"The impetus appeared to be reports that Microsoft will soon make a version of its Office software suite available for use on Apple Inc. /quotes/zigman/68270/delayed /quotes/nls/aapl AAPL iPads. Microsoft Chief Executive Satya Nadella is scheduled to attend a press conference in San Francisco on March 27 to talk about "the intersection of cloud and mobility" in which it is believed he will unveil Office for the iPad.

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There will be a meat raffle for 10 weeks every Saturday from 2-5 p.m. at the Johnson Gilchrist Goff VFW Post 183, 172 Washington St., Warwick. All proceeds go to A Wish Come True. Call 467-8940.
Improv Comedy Classes
Six weeks of improv comedy classes are being held on Mondays through March 11 at Warwick Museum of Art. Daniel White, founder of BYO Improv troupe, will lead classes for youth (ages 10-16) from 3-5 p.m. and adults (ages 17+) from 6-8 p.m. Students will learn the basics of sketch comedy - prepping for stage, starting and maintaining a scene using emotion, changing character with movement, and more - during 2two hours of weekly instruction. Classes are fast-paced with games, scenes and lots of laughs. The 12 hours of instruction costs $150 and registering is easy: by phone with a credit card (737-0010) or stop by WMOA with check or cash. Sign up soon because there's a seven-student minimum and 12-student maximum per class. More information is on Facebook (Events tab).
Behavioral Meeting
The Kent Center Board of Directors Behavioral Health meeting will be held Feb. 26 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at 2756 Post Road, Warwick. The public is invited. The facility is handicapped accessible. If you require special accommodations or need directions call 691-6000.
Ham & Bean Dinner
Join Warwick's Boy Scouts Troop 1284 for a ham and bean dinner and an evening of fun Saturday, March 2 at 5 p.m. This year mark's the troop's 30th annual dinner celebration. It will be held at St. Barnabas Church, 3257 Post Rd. Current and former troop members, their families, friends and the general public are invited to attend. Tickets will be available at the door. The cost is $10 for ages 13 and up and $5 ages 6-12. Kids under 5 are free. Dessert, beverages, salad and a full dinner are included. There will be a unique and fun penny social, where almost everyone goes home with a prize. There will also be various raffles. All proceeds help support Troop 1284 scouting programs.
There will be a bingo held March 2 at St. Kevin's Church Hall, 333 Sandy Lane, Warwick. Doors open at 5 p.m., bingo starts at 6 p.m. Fun, prizes and refreshments.
Beekeeping Classes
Rhode Island College will host two five-week beginner beekeeping courses offered by the Rhode Island Beekeepers Association (RIBA) through March 2 at Rhode Island College, Forman Center, Room A, from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Cost is $65. Topics will include getting started, the honeybee life cycle, choosing an apiary site, buying bees and equipment, assembly of the hive, installing package bees, catching swarms, nectar sources, bee diseases and pests, hive inspections and wintering and a demonstration of a variety of beekeeping equipment. Call instructor Betty Mencucci at568-8449 or email email@example.com.
Daughters of Isabella
All current members of St. Benedict's Daughters of Isabella, join them for our business meeting March 4 at 7 p.m. They will be meeting in the school at St. Benedict's.
United Fly Tyers Monthly Meeting
The regular monthly meeting of the United Fly Tyers of Rhode Island will be held March 6 at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 245 Sandy Lane, Warwick, at 6:30 p.m. The club will host Marla Blair from Ludlow Massachusetts, author of "Positive Fly Fishing," she is an experienced fly fisher, guide and fly tier for western Massachusetts and northwestern Connecticut. She owns and operates Marla Blair's Fly Fishing Guide Service & Instruction. She is a federal fly fisher certified instructor. She also belongs to many local and national flyfishing organizations. She will present a very enthusiastic and knowledgeable Power Point presentation on "The Hatch and Body Language of Trout for Choosing the Right Fly Pattern" at the meeting. There will be a raffle for a guided flyfishing trip for two with Marla Blair, donated by Marla. This meeting is open to members of the club free of charge and non-members for a nominal fee of $5, payable at the door. She will give everyone loads of hints and secrets to get you ready for spring fresh water flyfishing. Refreshments will be served.
Grange Get-Together
The Rhode Island State Grange, headed by their president/master Stephen Logan, has invited all Rhode Island Grange members to attend a get-together, featuring a special guest, Michael Martin, National Grange Leadership/Membership Director, on Friday, March 8, at 7 p.m. at Slocum Grange Hall, 96 Slocum Road, North Kingstown. Michael Martin will be discussing National Grange programs and discussion will be held on how Grange members are doing in Rhode Island. Members will be having "Cracker Barrel" discussions on membership and Grange growth in Rhode Island. A special invitation is being offered to all officers and directors of each local Grange, as well as other members interested in growing the Grange through increased membership. There will be cheese and crackers and pastries, as well as coffee, tea and cold drinks available. For more information, call Stephen Logan at 783-3551 or e-mail email@example.com.
Gorton Monthly Luncheon
The Gorton monthly luncheon will be held March 13 at Chianti's, 195 Old Forge Road, Warwick, at 11:30 a.m. Cost is $15. Email Barbara Kane at firstname.lastname@example.com or call Barb Kane at 821-0161 or Fran Allin at 463-8679 to make reservations.
2013 Wednesday Senior Softball
Registration is now underway for those 57 and over to join a recreational slow-pitch softball league. All games are played at City Park in Warwick on Wednesday mornings. You do not have to be a resident of Warwick to join. The application fee is $20. Deadline for registration is March 15. The playing season is May through September. The league's priorities will be fun, recreation and friendly competition. For more information contact Bill Russo at 739-3973 or email him at email@example.com.
Damhsa Irish Step Dance
The Trudeau Memorial Center welcomes back Damhsa Irish Step Dance March 15 at 10:30 a.m. in the Larkin Recreational Building, with special guests Jimmy Desrosiers, pianist, Jay Brunelle, entertainer, Dr. Timothy Hudyncia, unicyclist and juggler, Alexandra and Nathaniel Nichols, violinist and guitarist, and Michael Stone, bagpiper. There will also be face painting with Donna Lepore and sound system by Vito Georgio.


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By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — The Patricia A. Hannaford Career Center (PHCC) board will present county voters on Town Meeting Day with a 2009-2010 spending plan of $3,322,229, representing a 3.8 percent increase compared to the current year's plan.
The per-pupil, district assessment (tuition rate) for students choosing to attend the PHCC is projected to increase to 5 percent to $10,271 — a hike of $493 per student.
PHCC offers 12 technical and six foundational programs in such things as agriculture, automotive, health careers, culinary arts and theater. The majority of students come from Middlebury, Mount Abraham and Vergennes union high schools, plus some students come from other union high schools and private schools and some are homeschooled.
The $121,620 overall budget increase is primarily associated with contracted salary and benefit increases, according to PHCC Director Lynn Coale. He noted the career center board and its teachers recently ratified a new, four-year agreement through which faculty will receive the same health insurance benefits they currently enjoy, along with annual increase of 4 percent in base pay (see related story). The contract retroactively includes the concluded 2007-2008 academic year.
"We're certainly seeing increases in salaries reflective of the new master agreement, and an increase in energy costs," Coale said on Thursday, the day after the PHCC school board approved the 2009-2010 budget proposal.
The main budget drivers, according to Coale, include an additional $118,238 in salary expenses; another $18,908 for "supplies and materials" (largely fuel); and a bump of $21,188 for equipment — primarily new computers, which are part of a five-year technology improvement plan.
MIDDLEBURY — Let's get the puns out of the way early.
Ilsley Public Library Youth Services Librarian Carol Chatfield has decided to close a long chapter in her professional life. She is ready to turn the page on a lengthy career. Her performance speaks volumes about what a learned, compassionate person can do to instill good reading habits in children.
Now we can focus on Chatfield's career, which has been far from a punch line. It has been 37 fruitful years of delivering the gift of literacy to thousands of children throughout Addison and Rutland counties.
But all good things must come to an end, and Chatfield has decided to retire from her duties as a librarian at the end of this month.
"I feel like I want to do something different," Chatfield said on Thursday, as children of all ages cavorted through the rows of books in the Ilsley Library's youth section.
"Change is not necessarily bad; it can be revitalizing," she said.
Chatfield learned that first-hand — back in 1970, when she decided she had had her fill of her first career: Teaching. She'd been working as a French instructor at Waterbury Elementary School, but wasn't happy about having only 15-minute sessions with her groups of students. Moreover, the children she was teaching had to take beginners' French classes all over again when they began middle school.
"The idea of (teaching French) and then having to say, 'I'm sorry, it doesn't count, you have to go back to square one when you go to middle school' didn't appeal to me," Chatfield said.
So, after one year as a teacher, Chatfield had come to a professional crossroads. She knew she wanted to continue working with children, but women of that era, it seemed, became either teachers or nurses — vocations in which she had no substantial interest.
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In order to continue to MySPC and use Technology resources provided by South Plains College, you must read and agree to the Technology and Acceptable Use Policy as presented below and as article C.J. of the South Plains College Policies and Procedures manual.
South Plains College reserves the right to amend or otherwise revise this document as may be necessary to reflect future changes made to the Information Technology (IT) environment. All users of South Plains College IT are responsible for reviewing this Policy periodically to ensure your continued compliance with all South Plains College IT guidelines. In accepting a user account, the user agrees to this policy.
This document has been reviewed and endorsed by the Technology Committee and its members, while enacted and enforced by the Associate Dean of Information Technology and the staff of Information Technology.
This document establishes general guidelines that apply to all users of Information Technology resources owned or managed by South Plains College, including but not limited to SPC employees, students, external individuals (such as SPC contractors) or organizations and individuals accessing external network services, such as the Internet, via SPC's Information Technology facilities.
The policies described in this document apply to all information technology owned or managed by South Plains College and represent the minimum acceptable use policies for IT. Individual departments may have additional (and more restrictive) policies regarding IT resources held in those departments. Users should contact the specific departments for questions about each department's specific Acceptable Use Policy.
Information Technology resources are provided to support and enhance the mission of South Plains College. South Plains College encourages the use of information technology resources for this primary activity and supports such activity to the extent that resources permit. Other activities are considered to be secondary. As such they are not necessarily prohibited or even discouraged. However should such secondary activities in any way interfere with primary activities, they may be terminated, whether or not such activities are explicitly detailed in the information technology policy statements.
Examples of primary uses:
1. Communication with others in support of teaching, scholarly work, service, and administrative activities (professional email and associated applications, web page management, social networking applications, etc.)
2. Completion of coursework and course management activities
3. Preparation of academic papers and projects and conducting scholarly activities
4. Completion of job responsibilities
Example of secondary use:
1. Non-academic activities such as personal electronic mail (email), web page creation, and/or web browsing
2. Individual Rights: South Plains College respects and promotes equitable and fair access to resources, intellectual property, real property, and civil rights. Activities which threaten these rights are prohibited and may be terminated, whether or not such activities are explicitly detailed in the information technology policy statements.
3. Information Technology Resources at South Plains College: Information Technology at South Plains College encompasses the use of all campus computing, telecommunications, electronic educational media, and management information systems technologies. These IT resources support the instructional, research, and administrative activities of the College. Examples of these resources include, but are not limited to, the central administrative, academic and library computing facilities; the campus-wide data, video and voice networks; electronic mail; video conferencing systems; access to the Internet; voice mail; fax machines; classroom audio-video; departmental and general use computing facilities and related services.
4. Acceptable Use of IT Resources: South Plains College campus computing facilities and network are provided as a service to employees, students and other members of the College community to support the mission of the College. The College strives to provide fair and distributed access to computing and network facilities for a large number of users. Proper use follows the same standards of common sense, courtesy, and restraint in the consumption of shared resources that govern the use of other campus facilities. Improper use violates those standards by preventing others from accessing shared facilities.
The following list, while not exhaustive, provides some specific guidelines for appropriate IT use:
1. Authorization: Use only the Information Technology facilities for which you have specific authorization. Do not use another individual's SPC account, or attempt to capture other users' passwords. Users are individually responsible for all use of resources assigned to them; therefore, sharing of SPC accounts is prohibited. Users will develop and maintain a secure password for their account.
2. Facilities: Observe established guidelines for any information technology facilities used both inside and outside the College. For example, individuals using SPC's computer resource centers must adhere to the policies established for those centers; individuals accessing off-campus computers via external networks must abide by the policies established by the owners of those systems as well as policies governing use of those networks. Contact the Technology Information Center for more information about specific departmental IT policies.
3. Alter, Delete or Destroy: Do not attempt to inappropriately alter, delete or destroy any hardware or software on any SPC IT system. This constitutes a violation of acceptable use of IT facilities no matter how weak the protection is on those products.
4. Plagiarism: Because electronic information is volatile and easily reproduced, respect for the work and personal expression of others is especially critical in computer environments. Violations of authorial integrity, including plagiarism, invasion of privacy, unauthorized access and trade secret and copyright violations, may be grounds for sanctions against members of the academic community.
5. Illegal Downloading: The official South Plains College position on peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing utilities (e.g., KaZaa, iMesh, Gnutella, BitTorrent, etc.) is that the software itself is not illegal, nor banned by South Plains College. It is illegal, however, to download or share copyrighted material for which you do not hold the copyright or have written permission to copy/share.
6. Appropriate Standards: Use appropriate standards of civility and common sense when using IT systems to communicate with other individuals. Do not use email to transmit confidential information relative to personnel matters, internal investigations and litigation. Encrypt any file containing sensitive student or employee data. Any information not considered directory information shall be deemed sensitive. When sending personal messages to other users, participating in a chat room discussion, posting on bulletin boards or leaving a voice mail message, identify yourself as the sender. Using SPC's IT resources to harass, threaten, slur, embarrass, libel, slander, or demean other individuals is explicitly prohibited.
7. Volume Usage: Moderate use of public IT resources. South Plains College has a large and growing body of employees and students, all of whom need access to IT resources. There may be times when these resources are in high demand, and as such, you should limit use of public IT resources to primary purposes only.
Disciplinary action for violation of these guidelines may include but is not limited to:
Loss of access to SPC IT resources.
Loss of access to SPC email services.
Extremely limited use of email and Internet services.
Criminal prosecution
South Plains College's IT facilities and services—such as the computer-equipped classrooms, video conferencing rooms, voice mail, and training—are available only to members of the College community and authorized guests.
In the event that any employee or student leaves, resigns or in any way concludes his or her relationship with South Plains College for whatever reason:
1. Employees: Access to all IT resources, including voice mail and email, will be terminated within 90 days (all deletions will comply with the records management system requirements) of termination or immediately (if requested by the appropriate parties). All electronic storage will be deleted simultaneously. Retirees may elect to maintain their SPC email account.
2. Students: Access to all IT resources, including email services will be terminated after one year of non-enrollment at SPC and all electronic storage will be deleted.
For information concerning access to departmental IT resources, contact the appropriate department chair.
SPC provides VPN connection for employees. Additionally most resources are accessible through the commercial Internet, the SPC website and MySPC.
SPC IT provides reasonable security against intrusion and damage to files stored on the central IT facilities. Neither the College nor any IT staff member can guarantee protection against media failure, fire, floods, etc. Neither can IT guarantee protection from unauthorized access of personal data on College IT facilities. Users should use all available methods to protect their files, including the frequent changing of their passwords and storing back-up copies of information off site. In the event that data have been corrupted as a result of intrusion, IT should be notified immediately. Every reasonable attempt will be made to restore files to their status prior to intrusion; however, IT cannot guarantee restoration.
Upon request, the IT staff will assist in implementing procedures to maximize individual user security. Although IT backs up some departmental servers at departmental requests and makes reasonable attempts to protect those servers from intrusion, it does not provide the same level of protection or offer restoration of files stored on all departmental servers. Therefore, it is especially important that each department has a back-up strategy and security plan for their IT resources. IT will consult on those plans upon request.
Information Technology reserves the right to manage the College's voice, data and video bandwidth allocation based on criteria for bandwidth management involving the integrity and robustness of College owned equipment, data, and services as well as the appropriateness of bandwidth use when compared to the College's academic goals, administrative missions, and acceptable use policy for information technology.
Users of SPC IT resources and the SPC email systems shall not expect personal privacy. The IT department reserves the right to monitor all activity on the SPC network and email systems. The IT department may copy certain emails or material if criminal or unsavory usage is suspected. Personal or private information stored on South Plains College IT equipment, software, or systems runs the risk of not remaining private.
Title 18 United States Code, Section 2792:
"A government entity may include in its subpoena or court order a requirement that the service provider to whom the request is directed create a backup copy of the contents of the electronic communications sought in order to preserve those communications. Without notifying the subscriber or customer of such subpoena or court order, such service provider shall create such backup copy as soon as practicable consistent with its regular business practices and shall confirm to the governmental entity that such backup copy has been made. Such backup copy shall be created within two business days after receipt by the service provider of the subpoena or court order.
Notice to the subscriber or customer shall be made by the governmental entity within three days after receipt of such confirmation, unless such notice is delayed pursuant to section."
South Plains College has established guidelines related to ownership of copyright property. The exact policies and procedures relating to copyrights may be found in Board of Regents Policy DBD (Intellectual Property Policy)
Information Technology in conjunction with department points of contact makes its best effort to maintain an error free IT environment for users and to ensure that the IT staff is properly trained. Nevertheless, it is impossible to ensure that IT system errors will not occur or that IT staff will always give correct advice. South Plains College presents no warranty, either expressly stated or implied, for the services provided. Damages resulting directly and indirectly from the use of campus resources are the responsibility of the user. However, at the request of the user, when errors are determined to have occurred on IT facilities, members of the IT staff will make a reasonable attempt to restore lost information to its state prior to the failure, at no cost to the user. As part of maintaining the IT environment, the IT staff applies vendor-supplied or locally developed fixes as appropriate when problems are identified. Given that vendors may be involved and that staff resources are finite, no guarantee can be made as to how long it may take to fix an error once it has been identified.
When software errors are considered major problems or could produce inaccurate results, users will be notified as soon as possible using appropriate electronic and/or other media.
When significant changes in hardware, software or procedures are planned, Information Technology will notify the affected departments/business units. The affected departments/business units will then notify their departmental user community through email and other media to ensure that all users have enough time to prepare for the changes and to voice any concerns that they might have.
Questions concerning this or any other Information Technology Policy can be directed to Information Technology at firstname.lastname@example.com .
• Policy rewritten and approved by South Plains College's Information Technology Committee on Feb 8, 2013.
• Original policy created 1996


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StrataShops was contacted by Daniel Walker of The Currituck Club who requested a quote for 80+ pieces of outdoor furniture to update one of their clubhouse pools. We were able to work with the manufacturer and freight company to secure a deal that fit within their budget and time frame.
Here are Daniel's comments about the order:
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There is no match for the warranty of the outdoor furniture that we ordered. After assembling each table and chair, we are confident that the stability far surpasses other products on the market.
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The case is meant to resemble Han Solo being frozen and imprisoned in carbonite by Darth Vader, in the film "The Empire Strikes Back", this time however, it is Steve Jobs instead of Han.
The case is available now from Society 6 and comes in iPhone 4, 3GS and 3G flavors. It is manufactured in one piece from impact resistant flexible plastic. Society 6 also do a few other similar products including t-shirts and laptop / iPad skins.
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OK so it's only six games, but the main intention of this post is simply make you all aware that I have started tracking scoring chances for and against the Toronto Maple Leafs this year. I'm a bit late to the party – not everyone realized that Slava Duris was unable to do it this year – but I'm in the process of catching up on games, and as soon as I'm there, I'll begin posting this information on a game-by-game basis, so stay tuned.
Below the jump is a chart that shows each player's chances for (green), and against (red), in EV, PP, and PK game states. For reference, I've also thrown in their total TOI in each category to help make sense of which player is most productive/counterproductive in this regard.
A few quick notes on my tabulation strategies:
– In order for a chance to be counted, there has to be a shot on net, or a near miss. Scrambles in front of the net where the goalie winds up smother the rebound do not count.
– Blocked shots are excluded.
– The tallied results are for how many chances for and against that a given player was on the ice for, not just how many were taken or given up by that individual player.
– Here is the area in which a shot has to be taken in order to be counted:
So without further ado, here are the numbers:
So the only players in the EV negative column after six games were Schenn, Franson, Dupuis, Kulemin, Bozak, and Gustavsson. Of course, at this point, the Leafs were 4-1-1, and had just come off their first (albeit devastating) regulation loss to the Bruins (the only game that Gustavsson played in).
Looking at the team totals, the Leafs didn't look like a team that was 4-1-1, but then, most statistical indicators (team Fenwick, goal differential, PDO, etc.) would tell you the same story.
When single-game numbers are posted, you'll see the information tallied in a few different ways, but for now this'll do.


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2 Days, Jamaica Bobsled and Irie Blue Hole Tours from Ocho Rios
- Duration: 2 Days (approx.)
- Location: Ocho Rios
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Come with us on an Epic Adventure through the hills of Ocho Rios and experience the real Jamaica on your two-day tour package in the beautiful town of Ocho Rios.
- Hotel/port pick up & drop off
- Two-day tour package packed with fun and adventure
- Spend the time filled with splashing, high diving and rope swinging like Tarzan at the Irie Blue Hole
- Epic Bobsled adventure at Mystic Mountain Rain Forest Adventure Park
- Complimentary lunch and shopping stops (Meals not included)
Day 1 - Irie Blue Hole Adventure
Please wear your swimsuit under your clothes and get ready for fun! Cliff jumping is optional and those who do not participate can have just as much fun watching. Your adventure starts with your pick up at your hotel lobby and you are driven in comfort on a scenic roadway to the Cascade Rainforest.
At the Island Gully Falls and Blue Hole, you will enjoy rustic nature at its best. Jump, dive or swing from ropes into the pristine watering hole. Swim under the waterfall and discover hidden caves or just sit on a rock and relax under the calming waters of the falls.
Hike along the stream and discover more pools and waterfalls or relax on a rock and just absorb the sun's rays, all while in the capable hands of expert tour guides.
On the way back from the Blue Hole have lunch (meals and drinks not included) at one of the local eateries, enjoying the delicious jerk meal with an ice cold Red Stripe beer or tropical fruit drinks before heading back to your hotel.
Day 2 - Jamaica Bobsled at Mystic Mountain and Shopping
Hold onto your hat: this is one wild ride! Inspired by the famous Jamaica bobsled Olympic team, the bobsled ride at Mystic Mountain Jamaica near the Dunn's River Falls is the park's signature attraction, ranked by TripAdvisor.com as one of the top attractions in Ocho Rios Jamaica. You'll be safely strapped into a custom-designed, high-tech sled and whooshed down a 1000-meter long track installed into the side of the mountain, completely driven by gravity: yes, Newton, it really works!
This exhilarating bobsled ride is one of our favorite things to do in Mystic Mountain, Ocho Rios Jamaica — and we know it will top your list too. As you slide through the dense tropical landscape you'll be able to control the speed with a special handbrake, allowing you to slow down just enough to drink in the wonder of your vacation in a Jamaican rainforest.
On the way back stop at a local craft market to look at local souvenirs and stop for lunch (meals and drinks not included) at one of the local eateries, enjoying the delicious jerk meal with an ice cold Red Stripe beer or tropical fruit drinks before heading back to your hotel.
- Hotel Pick-up and Drop-off
- All Admission Fees (Mystic Mountain's Jamaica Bobsled and The Island Gully Falls and Blue Hole)
- Complimentary Highlight Tour of the famous Fern Gully
- Complimentary shopping stop after your Bobsled Tour
- Complimentary bottle of water for each tour.
- Food and Drinks
- Gratuity (Optional)
Additional Information
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Minimum of 2 Adults per reservation
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Not suitable for pregnant women or persons with back problems
- Dress code is smart casual, wear swimwear under your clothes and water shoes for the blue hole
- Not Wheelchair accessible
- The Blue Hole attraction not available on Saturdays, and for bookings that include a Saturday, the Bobsled Tour with shopping will be done on that day.
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Love is the final end of the world's history, the Amen of the universe.Novalis Hardenberg
James Knox Polk (2 November 1795 - 15 June 1849) was the eleventh President of the United States.
- Well may the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when incurring responsibilities on which may depend our country's peace and prosperity, and in some degree the hopes and happiness of the whole human family.
- By the theory of our Government majorities rule, but this right is not an arbitrary or unlimited one. It is a right to be exercised in subordination to the Constitution and in conformity to it. One great object of the Constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities or encroaching upon their just rights. Minorities have a right to appeal to the Constitution as a shield against such oppression.
- Inaugural Address (4 March 1845) QOTD 2007·11·02 Sound file
- Foreign powers do not seem to appreciate the true character of our Government.
- Inaugural Address (4 March 1845)
- The world has nothing to fear from military ambition in our Government.
- Inaugural Address (4 March 1845)
- Although in our country the Chief Magistrate must almost of necessity be chosen by a party and stand pledged to its principles and measures, yet in his official action he should not be the President of a part only, but of the whole people of the United States. While he executes the laws with an impartial hand, shrinks from no proper responsibility, and faithfully carries out in the executive department of the Government the principles and policy of those who have chosen him, he should not be unmindful that our fellow-citizens who have differed with him in opinion are entitled to the full and free exercise of their opinions and judgments, and that the rights of all are entitled to respect and regard.
- Inaugural Address (4 March 1845)
- It becomes us, in humility, to make our devout acknowledgments to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe, for the inestimable civil and religious blessings with which we are favored.
- The passion for office among members of Congress is very great, if not absolutely disreputable, and greatly embarrasses the operations of the government. They create offices by their own votes and then seek to fill them themselves.
- Diary entry (22 June 1846)
- Thank God, under our Constitution there was no connection between church and state.
- Diary entry (14 October 1846)
- There is more selfishness and less principle among members of Congress, as well as others, than I had any conception [of], before I became President of the U.S.
- Diary entry (16 December 1846)
- With me it is emphatically true that the presidency is "no bed of roses."
- Diary entry (4 September 1847)
- Under the benignant providence of Almighty God the representatives of the States and of the people are again brought together to deliberate for the public good. The gratitude of the nation to the sovereign arbiter of all human events should be commensurate with the boundless blessings which we enjoy.
Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world.
- No president who performs his duties faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure. If he entrusts the details and smaller matters to subordinates constant errors will occur. I prefer to supervise the whole operations of the government myself rather than entrust the public business to subordinates, and this makes my duties very great.
- Diary entry (29 December 1848)
- I am heartily rejoiced that my term is so near its close. I will soon cease to be a servant and will become a sovereign.
- Diary entry (13 February 1849)
- I love you Sarah. For all eternity, I love you.
- Last words, spoken to his wife (15 June 1849); as quoted in Famous Last Words: The Ultimate Collection of Finales and Farewells (2004) by Laura Ward
External links
- Extensive essay on James K. Polk and shorter essays on each member of his cabinet and First Lady from the Miller Center of Public Affairs
- Inaugural Address of James K. Polk.
- Biography of James K. Polk. The White House (Official Site).
- First State of the Union Address (1845).
- Second State of the Union Address (1846).
- Third State of the Union Address (1847).
- Fourth State of the Union Address (1848).
- Works by James K. Polk at Project Gutenberg
- Obituary of President Polk in The Liberator (June 22, 1849)
- Smithsonian's "Establishing Borders: The Expansion of the United States, 1846-48" with essay and lesson plans


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As the usual sponsorship transfer window looks to come to an end, Astrid Muldoon has snuck in a last minute change to the North Sails / Fanatic team for the start of the 2009 season.
Leaving her long time partnership with JP-Australia and NeilPryde, here's what Muldoon has to say about her recent change:
"The last strong Tramontane winds brought me new toys. I'm very happy about this change, and pleased to announce you this marvellous news. First of all I want to thank my partners who have followed me since the footstraps entered my life - JP Australia and NeilPryde. They allowed me to follow the World Cup and to live entirely my passion.
Today I am very proud to come into a team of exception: Fanatic and North Sails. These new "toys" will accompany me now along my trips on the French and international coasts, as well as on the competitions of the AFF (French Championships) and the PWA (World Cup).
Since many years I have already been sharing the waves with the national and international team of Fanatic and North Sails. This will be a great pleasure for me being able to work with the team and to represent this fabulous equipment, which they have developed, conceived and produced for all of our biggest happiness."


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DIXON – The Park District has agreed to leave the gate open at the dog park.
Users of Park 4 Paws, just east of Washington Avenue, no longer will be required to pay $50.
Since 2011, the public has been locked out of the park. Those who paid a fee were given a key.
But quite often, the entrance gate was left unlocked, allowing some who didn't pay a fee to still use the park.
"Anyone can use the park now, 24 hours a day," Carey said.
The district instituted the fee as a way to keep the pet park open when costs were becoming prohibitive. Carey said the park since has been made smaller.
Also Monday, board members decided to nix the weekly jumble sale, which was hosted each Friday at Haymarket Square this past summer.
The first-year citywide rummage sale was popular initially, Carey said, but fizzled toward the end of June and into July.
"There is a possibility we have one jumble sale this summer, but it will no longer be a weekly thing," Carey said.
Budget constraints led the park board to pass on purchasing a canopy for the farmers market. The idea was introduced by Vice President Ron Pritchard at past meetings.
With a capital revenue budget of $157,200, buying netting at Reynolds Field, a Toro lawn mower, a small pickup truck, new software for administration computers, and making repairs to its maintenance building were listed as priorities for infrastructure projects.
The park district also decided to keep its own girls fast-pitch softball league, instead of combining with an independent travel league in Dixon. Both leagues share field time at Ballou Park. Carey said the park district's league grew to 13 teams last year and has been successful.


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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 8, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Xoom Corporation (Nasdaq:XOOM), a leading digital money transfer provider, has announced that it will contribute 100% of money transfer fees for all donations sent to the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) from Xoom.com in support of those affected by Typhoon Yolanda. From today through November 30, customers can visit www.xoom.com/philippines to send a donation directly to the PRC's Peso bank accounts.
"The most powerful storm ever to make landfall has hit the Philippines and has devastated much of the Visayas," said Julian King, Xoom's Senior Vice President, Marketing and Corporate Development. "Our hearts go out to those affected by this powerful storm and our thoughts are with the victims and their families. Xoom is encouraging people to help the Filipino community in their rescue and recovery efforts by donating to the Philippine Red Cross."
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We need a logo for a software company/system that helps IT guys support all their customers remotely and help them do remote technical support more effectively.
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We give them a way to work from home in their boxers, and give them a single web interface that tracks & collects more technical information on the network/PC's than they ever could manually.
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LITTLE ROCK — From Bella Vista to Lake Village, hundreds of Arkansans will be donning their running shoes and racking up as many walking minutes as they can between Sept. 30-Nov. 24 for the fall 2013 edition of Walk Across Arkansas.
"For almost a decade, Arkansans statewide have been taking advantage of this eight-week opportunity to get into the habit of daily exercise, or reinforce the good habits they've learned," said LaVona Traywick, associate professor-gerontology for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.
Participating is easy: Collect a team of between two to 10 people, choose a captain, a team name, find a stopwatch and good walking shoes and set a personal goal and track your progress.
This past spring, nearly 2,000 people from 27 counties took part in Walk Across Arkansas. They walked more than 1.6 million minutes, which translates into an estimated 80,009 miles — enough to go around the world more than three times.
"Those who took part saw a double benefit. Not only did they improve their fitness, but also chalked up an estimated $160,019 in healthcare costs," Traywick said. "That's a savings for all of us."
She said that 82 percent of WAA participants achieved or exceeded the 150 minutes a week exercise recommended by the Centers for Disease Control. More than half of that 82 percent recorded more than 300 minutes of exercise per week.
To sign up for Walk Across Arkansas go online to http://survey.uaex.edu/WAA/WAAdefault.htm or click on the WAA logo at www.uaex.edu. For information, contact your county extension office.


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After significant Bozeman Creek restoration and upgrading and straightening of the access-road, the Sourdough Canyon Trailhead, 6 miles south of downtown Bozeman, MT, reopened Friday, October 21, 2011.
Work included an emergency vehicle turnaround, road-straightening, and restoration of portions of Bozeman Creek, aka Sourdough Creek.
In 2010 the Gallatin Valley Land Trust (GVLT) added 15 parking spaces and a vault toilet to Bozeman's most popular trailhead, aka the Bozeman Creek Trail.
This newest trail access work readies Bozeman's portal to the Gallatin Mountains for winter skiing, snowshoeing, and hiking.


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- Contributor: Bonine, R. (Robert K.) - American Mutoscope and Biograph Company - Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)
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Cool Devices Episode 02
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Welcome to a series of tapes the likes of which you've never seen before! Strong stories, highly charged with erotic content are all presented without Japan's export censorship (as they were intended to be seen). They do not follow a single story. They break all the rules. They are Cool Devices. They aren't for kids, but they might be for you if you have the guts. Welcome to a new world… and be sure to wash your hands when you're done.


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Media Molecule, the UK studio behind LittleBigPlanets big and small are taking a break from the PlayStation series that has spawned two PlayStation 3 games and one PSP game. They're moving on to "new ideas," according to the studio's director.
Edge reports from Gamelab 2011 in Barcelona, citing Siobhan Reddy, who says the developer is "stepping away" from LittleBigPlanet to direct its focus elsewhere. There's an LBP game in the works for Sony's new PlayStation Vita, but that game is in the hands of developer Double Eleven Studios.
Don't fret, though. Media Molecule says its not getting out of the Sackboy business entirely.
"Loyal sackfolk," reads the studio's official Twitter, "please be reassured that we will always be involved with LBP, at least a bit, and there's lots more fun yet to come!" And then they put a little emoticon heart at the end to show they're sincere.
After two LittleBigPlanet games on the PS3, I'm pretty OK with this. Let's see what Media Molecule can cook up next.


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Former NHL Star Mike Danton Saves Teammate's Life After Seizure
Former NHL player Mike Danton has faced adversity after he served five years in federal prison for attempting to murder his former agent.
Now, though, Danton is a hero to at least one person.
During a Swedish professional hockey game, Danton's teammate, Marcus Bengtsson, was having convulsions — an apparent seizure — on the ice after taking a hit along the boards. That's when Danton stepped in. Danton wrote on his blog:
As his eyes continued to roll into the back of his head, his mouth finally opened a bit. It was at that time that I jammed my fingers into his mouth and clawed his tongue. While I did that, Max and Roger tilted Bangan [Bengtsson] on to his side to keep his tongue and blood from sliding into his throat."
After a summer full of tragedies in the NHL, it's nice to have at least one heroic tale.


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Singer and Buddhist monk finds balance between music and spirituality
September 25, 2012
Singer and songwriter Stuart Davis, who is also a TV and Internet personality, author and Buddhist monk said melding music with spirituality helped him express himself the way he had been trying to do since he was a preteen.
"For me as an artist, the beautiful conundrum has always been that the items I encounter in these inner vistas of the mind are simultaneously more immediate and real, but also paradoxically difficult to verbally articulate," Davis said during a phone interview from his home in Boulder, Colo. "So, I immediately found music and mysticism was a tandem match made in heaven, when it came to sounds, pitches, production and melodies coupled with language. That moved me from a literal, representational lyricist to being more metaphorical, abstract and colorful."
Davis, who will bring his unique blending of music and spirituality to Park City Live, 427 Main St., on Friday, Sept. 28, said the discovery of blending music and the spirit came after a long and troubled journey.
"I started to write songs at the same time I learned how to play music and the two have always been fused and synonymous for me," he said. "When I learned to play the guitar, I was 11. At that same time, I was in my basement recording on a four-track recorder and making 15-song cassette tapes of my original material."
The songs he recorded were the frustrated results of being raised in a fundamentalist Christian family in Minnesota.
"I had a real contentious relationship with religion and I would express my feelings through music," he said. "I began selling my cassettes, which was horrible stuff, in high school, but I think the positive aspect was I immediately felt that music was an expressive vehicle for me.
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"When I became an adult, I looked back and realized what I was actually doing was exploring my inner world and non-physical dimensional experiences," he said. "I'm not saying this to be melodramatic, but music probably saved my life many times over and kept me from going down a dark and destructive road."
Even then, the music Davis was drawn to wasn't hard rock or heavy metal, but the intellectual compositions and lyrics of XTC, Elvis Costello and Joe Jackson.
"I liked their sense of humor, which tends to run a little dark at times," he said.
He then began to seek out other artists that approached their craft in an intellectual manner.
"As an instrumentalist, I would also follow Spanish classical guitarist Andrés Segovia to American classical guitarist Christopher Parkening and fellow Minnesotan Leo Kottke, and went to college to study classical guitar and orchestration," he said. "That was when I discovered Randy Newman, and that was the first time I heard an American songwriter singing from the perspective of certain characters, and that appealed to me, too."
While Davis was recording one of his first CDs, he discovered Buddhism.
"When I was 24 years old, I was recording an album and the drummer was a Buddhist priest," Davis said. "I knew nothing at all about Buddhism, except for the romantic notion that it was an exotic practice from a foreign land."
The drummer changed that notion.
"He took me to some meditation retreats and began attending Buddhist centers around the country," Davis said. "At that time, I was also exploring Sufism and generally groping for something that wasn't just a belief system, but a practice."
Buddhism, especially Zen Buddhism, appealed to Davis because of its openness.
"Zen, I would later discover, placed little or no emphasis on a belief system," he said. "It doesn't matter if you're Christian or an atheist. It just provides you with a set of tools that will cultivate inner intimacy with reality."
After a period of time meditating the Zen Buddhist way, Davis began to notice changes within himself and his experiences.
"It was like removing dirt and debris and finding the perennial core that was there all along," Davis explained. "I felt like I had put glasses on my soul for the first time in my life. I didn't know how bad my vision was and then I began seeing things that I never thought existed, and that amplified and focused my creativity."
Davis utilized the Zen method while recording his new CD, "Music for Mortals," his 15th release, last year.
"For the first time in my career, I didn't have any deadlines and had all the free time and support from my fans in terms of funding," he said. "So, I just sort of wandered around in the desert of music."
Davis, along with his longtime producer, Alex Gibson, recorded the CD three times in two years.
"I had reached a point that was sort of my dark light of the soul," Davis said. "The recording was very therapeutic, but we looked at the songs, and while we thought they were interesting, we decided to sweep them off the table and started from zero."
The process, he found, was exhilarating.
"We felt something we haven't felt since we were kids discovering something for the first time," Davis said. "So, we went through it again and started the entire process over a third time with musicians."
Drummer Blair Sinta, guitarist Joel Shearer, bassist Justin Meldal-Johnsen and multi-instrumental Nathan Jenkins were the final pieces that were needed to finish the puzzle, Davis said.
"The third set of songs were the right ones artistically and spiritually," he said. "We actually wanted to do it again, but realized the CD was finished."
During the recording process, Davis fell in love with music again and while he still has his other outlets, has decided to remain in touch with his musicality.
"I want to maintain the loyalty to the sense of wonder and mystery and when I leave this world that that philosophy is intact," he said. "I'm back in touch with my creativity again and the next step is to recommit to the process, even though I don't know when or when it will come again."
Stuart Davis will perform at Park City Live, 427 Main St., on Friday, Sept. 28, at 8:30 p.m. For more information, visit http://www.stuartdavis.com/event/park-city-ut.


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|Sinai gunmen: "Unknown assailants"
Our last post about the spiraling-downwards state of the Sinai peninsula ["3-Nov-12: Sinai: Spinning out of Cairo's grip, creating major Israeli headaches"] went up only three days ago. Today, the situation there grew a notch worse.
Gunmen critically wound Egyptian general in Sinai attack
Attackers shoot security officers and steal their cars in series of incidents against security forces
Associated Press | November 6, 2012
EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — A senior Egyptian police officer was shot and wounded Tuesday in the second recent attack of its kind on security forces in the country's turbulent northern Sinai region. Security officials said Inspector General Selim Said el-Gamal was riding in a police car with other officers in the provincial capital of el-Arish when attackers in an unmarked white truck opened fire at their vehicle. Officials said el-Gamal stumbled out of the car after he was shot and that the driver and other officers ran for cover by fleeing the vehicle. Some of the assailants — who had fired from the bed of their truck — took off with the police vehicle. Later the same day, officials said gunmen ambushed an army truck in the town of Sheikh Zuweyid just outside el-Arish, stealing the vehicle that had been transporting fuel to nearby bases and checkpoints.Oddly, or perhaps not, Al Ahram, Egypt's largest newspaper and entirely controlled by the Egyptian state [source], relegates its brief report of the attack to a minor, almost invisible location on its website. It says the attack was carried out on the Egyptian Inspector of General Security, whom it names as Lieutenant General Selim El-Gammal, by "unknown assailants". The rather laconic report ends with this sentence:
...el-Gamal was shot in the neck and is in critical condition. He was airlifted from el-Arish to Cairo for treatment... Since Mubarak's ouster, militants have said they aim to create an Islamic emirate in Sinai... The attacks are the latest in a string of assaults on Egyptian military and police in northern Sinai, where militants have grown emboldened since last year's uprising that left a security void in the Sinai Peninsula. The area borders the Palestinian Gaza Strip and Israel.
The Sinai Peninsula, a largely desert area bordering Israel, has been the site of several attacks by unknown assailants, generally believed to be extremists.The events being reported are bad enough, but the news reporting, and what it signifies, is worse. AP frames these increasingly disturbing attacks as the work of 'militants' while Egypt's most widely circulated paper says they are 'unknown assailants' who might be 'extremists'. Neither one of them manages to use the "T" word.
Haaretz here in Israel is less delicate. It carries an analytical piece today by Zvi Barel entitled "With Egypt's Morsi distracted by politics, Sinai's volcano of terror is about to erupt". While the headline says it all, Barel explains what neither AP nor Al Ahram evidently will:
In August it really looked as if the Egyptian army and Morsi intended to operate intensively and continuously against the radical groups, and Morsi even obtained the support of Hamas' Khaled Meshal and Ismail Haniyeh, who promised to confront these groups' offshoots in Gaza. But apparently these armed cells have gathered in the mountainous regions of the central Sinai, in areas where it is difficult for the regular army to operate. It also seems that the relative calm in September led to a thinning out of the military forces... It's difficult for Morsi to use the required measure of military pressure against the Salafist groups in the Sinai. He is trying to maneuver between these two Salafist streams, but Sinai can't wait. Any day now it is liable to erupt beyond the "routine" violence to produce terror attacks against Israel and make managing foreign policy vis a vis Israel even more complicated for Morsi.