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We live blogged all the action in the stock market on Wednesday. For a concise rundown of the day\'s trading activity, see Market Snapshot.
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- 9:29 am
- Alcoa rising
- by Victor Reklaitis
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Alcoa has kicked off earnings season in a positive way, topping forecasts with its report late Tuesday.
Stock futures are pointing to a higher open after two down days in a row.
Photo credit: Bloomberg
- 9:32 am
- Green at the open
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The main indexes are in the green in the early going.
Dow +0.2% but still under 17K
Nasdaq +0.3%
- 9:43 am
- Southwest, F5 gaining
- by Victor Reklaitis
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Beyond Alcoa /quotes/zigman/246295/delayed /quotes/nls/aa AA , other big gainers in the S&P 500 this morning are Southwest Airlines /quotes/zigman/241463/delayed /quotes/nls/luv LUV and F5 Networks /quotes/zigman/65238/delayed /quotes/nls/ffiv FFIV — both up about 3%.
F5 is getting a lift from D.A. Davidson starting coverage with a buy rating.
Delta /quotes/zigman/463579/delayed /quotes/nls/dal DAL is also bouncing back from its recent weakness, last up 2.3%.
Delta and other airlines lately have been taking a beating, as MarketWatch's Tomi Kilgore has reported, so it might be that today they're just recovering a bit from the recent selling.
On the downside, Garmin /quotes/zigman/118648/delayed /quotes/nls/grmn GRMN is off about 3%. Pacific Crest downgraded the GPS company to underperform.
Read more about today's jumpiest stocks in our Movers & Shakers column.
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- 10:00 am
- Ignore the correction chatter?
- by Victor Reklaitis
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MarketWatch contributor and "Start Day Trading Now" author Michael Sincere has been bearish on stocks for months, and he has penned another warning today, saying "there is nowhere to go but down."
Meanwhile, Carmine Grigoli — chief investment strategist at Mizuho Securities — is among those who see this bull market having more room to run.
Grigoli writes in a note that "unless we see a shift in the Fed's dovish rhetoric and officials begin to prepare investors for the next phase of monetary policy, we would ignore the correction chatter."
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- 10:04 am
- More from Mizuho strategist
- by Victor Reklaitis
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Grigoli also says in that note:
"Although we have repeatedly stated that we plan to head for the exit once the first federal funds rate hike is on the horizon, we continue to maintain a positive approach to the equity markets. Despite the improving economic data, consensus expectations for the timing of the Fed's first federal funds rate hike remain anchored at mid-2015, according to forecasts embedded in futures market."
So a Fed rate hike isn't likely to spark a slide, according to the Mizuho strategist:
"Considering the uncertainty surrounding such predictions and past market anticipatory patterns, a prospective shift is unlikely to become a stock market catalyst unless the rate increase trajectory moves forward by six months or more."
- 10:08 am
- Russell 2000 turns negative
- by Victor Reklaitis
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More than 30 minutes into today's session, the 3 main indexes are still up but have pulled back from their session highs.
But the small-cap Russell 2000 has turned negative in the last few minutes. MarketWatch has been writing about this index's tumble this week; it's down 3% for the week so far.
Dow +0.2% but still below 17K
Nasdaq +0.2%
Russell 2000 down a fraction
- 10:16 am
- Nasdaq now also negative
- by Victor Reklaitis
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The tech-heavy Nasdaq has now joined the small-cap Russell 2000 in negative territory, dipping just slightly into the red.
Dow +0.1%
Nasdaq -0.01%
Russell 2000 -0.1%
- 10:22 am
- Alcoa shores up support?
- by Victor Reklaitis
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Colin Cieszynski, chief market strategist at CMC Markets, gives Alcoa /quotes/zigman/246295/delayed /quotes/nls/aa AA credit for today's positive action.
"There had been growing fears in recent days that earnings might not be strong enough to justify the higher valuations and expectations built into stocks over the last few months, but Alcoa's strong report has put those fears to rest at least until we get more reports next week," he writes in a note this morning.
The Toronto-based strategist adds: "Alcoa's results suggest that we could see a positive quarter from mining companies, at least on the base metal side which has the potential to help markets with a higher weighting in mining like Canada over time although it didn't work for Australia overnight where stocks sold off despite a positive consumer confidence report."
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- 10:35 am
- Fed minutes at 2 p.m.
- by Victor Reklaitis
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The Fed minutes due at 2 p.m. Eastern are expected to provide today's main economic news, and they're probably this week's big event.
"The market is currently obsessed with when, and how, the Federal Reserve will lift interest rates," writes MarketWatch's Steve Goldstein. "And the central bank can't tell you."
He adds that "there's a little less suspense than usual because Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen had a news conference immediately following the meeting. She let it be known that the Fed hasn't completely decided what to do."
Read more here.
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- 10:37 am
- MarketWatch Radio newscast
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Wall Street back in the plus column. And Amazon has made an offer to authors of book publisher Hachette. MarketWatch's Ann Cates reports.
- 10:38 am
- Nasdaq, Russell positive again
- by Victor Reklaitis
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And now the Nasdaq and Russell 2000 are back in the green over the last few minutes.
Dow +0.2%
Nasdaq +0.3%
Russell 2000 +0.2%
- 10:59 am
- Goldman: 22 gems this earning season
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Via Ben Eisen:
Goldman Sachs analysts have 22 reasons for investors to look forward to earnings season.
As quarterly corporate reporting kicks off in full force this week, the investment bank's equities team, led by Amanda Sneider, has handpicked nearly two dozen stocks that it expects to benefit from above-consensus profits.
- 11:06 am
- Joe Bell on why he favors financials this earnings season
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Joe Bell, senior equity analyst, Schaeffer's Investment Research favors financials this earnings season.
"There is a combination of a lot of skepticism and strong price action in financials, that we think they will surprise on the upside.
Consensus expectation for the sector's second-quarter profit is a 3% drop year-over-year, while the prices of the Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund /quotes/zigman/246222/delayed /quotes/nls/xlf XLF saw a nice run-up in the past few months."
- 11:23 am
- Winners and losers today
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Today's gainers and losers:
Micron Technology Inc. MU -2.81%
Container Store Group Inc. TCS -10.16%
Gigamon Inc. GIMO -30.64%
Reynolds American Inc. RAI +2.71%
- 11:39 am
- WSJ Live: buyback slowdown may signal bull run's end
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Marketwatch columnist Mark Hulbert says there's another sign the bull market in stocks may be nearing an end: Companies have dramatically reduced share repurchases. Photo: AP.
- 11:49 am
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$SPX 200-day streak now at 409 trading days. The '95-'96 streak ended in Jul '96. S&P still comfortably above it here pic.twitter.com/xyAGS725x3
— Charlie Bilello, CMT (@MktOutperform) July 9, 2014
- 11:58 am
- Market update
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Stocks have notched up very modest gains after two days of selling.
Dow +0.18%
Nasdaq +0.36%
- 12:00 pm
- Real Goods Solar
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Real Goods Solar /quotes/zigman/109405/delayed /quotes/nls/rgse RGSE stock fell 3.5%, one of the few to see red as most solar and renewable-energy stocks rose after a two-day, broad-market skid.
Expectations of thinner profit margins led analysts at Cowen and Co. to downgrade shares of Real Goods Solar Inc. on Wednesday.
- 12:18 pm
- Airline stocks are safe again
- by Sue Chang
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It's safe to start buying airline stocks again, according to a Deutsche Bank analyst.
With the stocks having gone from being overbought to the cusp of being oversold in less than a month, we see an emerging opportunity for long-term investors to initiate/add to positions in names that we think are the biggest beneficiaries of consolidation/restructuring
The favored ones are American Airlines /quotes/zigman/24849617/delayed /quotes/nls/aal AAL , United /quotes/zigman/617037/delayed /quotes/nls/ual UAL , Southwest /quotes/zigman/241463/delayed /quotes/nls/luv LUV , and Delta /quotes/zigman/463579/delayed /quotes/nls/dal DAL , according to analyst Michael Linenberg.
The comments helped Delta and Southwest shares recover after two days of losses.
- 12:32 pm
- Lorillard-Reynolds deal still likely despite new rumors
- by Sue Chang
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Despite a report by the Daily Mail that British American Tobacco may buy the 58% stake in Reynolds American /quotes/zigman/334469/delayed /quotes/nls/rai RAI that it doesn't already own, analyst Bonnie Herzog at Wells Fargo Securities believe a deal between Lorillard /quotes/zigman/511272/delayed /quotes/nls/lo LO and Reynolds is a more likely scenario.
"While we think this [BAT-RAI] combination is possible and makes strategic sense, we continue to believe that ultimately an RAI/LO deal is more likely. We believe Susan Cameron's return to the helm of RAI was driven by the board's vision to have her lead the company into the next stage of growth, not simply to help facilitate a sale transaction to BAT within a few months."
Reports about a possible union between Lorillard and Reynolds have been circulating for a while with some suggesting a deal as early as end of this month.
Shares of Reynolds are up 2.5% and Lorillard gained 0.6%.
- 1:04 pm
- Sterne Agee says buy Micron when down
- by Sue Chang
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Micron /quotes/zigman/75433/delayed /quotes/nls/mu MU shares are lower Wednesday on worries of more intense competition from Samsung as the Korean chip maker moves to boost its DRAM output by 100,000 wafers per month.
However, analyst Vijay Rakesh at Sterne Agee believes the concerns maybe exaggerated. "We see little reason for Samsung to bring on 100K wafer per month here," he said.
Rakesh added that the pullback in Micron's shares is a good opportunity to buy into the stock and reiterated his buy rating.
- 1:21 pm
- Stocks drift higher after weak Treasury auction
- by Wallace Witkowski
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Stocks ticked up a bit higher following a weak 10-year Treasury auction Wednesday.
At last check:
DJIA: up 0.3% at 16,955
SPX: up 0.3% at 1,970
COMP: up 0.5% at 4,413
- 1:36 pm
- Yellen could get less dovish by end of year: DB
- by Wallace Witkowski
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Deutsche Bank's chief U.S. economist Joseph LaVorgna expects a change in the dovish tone from Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen some time "later in the year."
With job growth picking up and rising inflation, LaVorgna writes:
While there is no question that Yellen is a dove, we wonder whether she will be able to explain away much lower unemployment and much higher inflation should the economy grow well above trend over the back half of this year.
LaVorgna said that unemployment could be within 5.4% to 5.7% by the end of this year and that core inflation could growth faster than the conservative monthly Fed estimate and end this December at 2.0%.
- 1:56 pm
- Home Depot short positions jump ahead of earnings season
- by Walace Wiitkowski
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Who's taking the big short on Home Depot Inc. /quotes/zigman/229488/delayed /quotes/nls/hd HD before earnings season ramps up?
The Dow component has seen the number of short positions on its stock jump 165% over the past month, to 30.6 million shares currently from 11.6 million shares on June 13. While the current number of short positions only represents 2.24% of outstanding Home Depot shares , the sudden short interest increase dwarfs any other stock on the Dow Jones Industrial Average /quotes/zigman/627449/realtime DJIA .
In the previous quarter, Home Depot reported quarterly results that fell below Wall Street expectations and raised its earnings outlook for the year.
Plus, there's these 10 things that home-improvement stores won't tell you.
- 2:05 pm
- And that dip you see is....
- by Wallace Witkowski
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- 2:08 pm
- Fed minutes...
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Via Greg Robb:
Federal Reserve revealed in the minutes of their June meeting released Wednesday that they have decided to end its asset purchase program in October if the economy stays on track.
According to the new plan, the Fed will make a $15 billion final reduction at its October meeting, after trimming it by $10 billion at each meeting up to that point.
- 2:18 pm
- Market update
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Stocks dipped immediately after the Fed minutes were released, but quickly recovered
Dow +0.35%
N asdaq +0.59%
- 2:24 pm
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Fed eases, market rallies. Fed tapers, market rallies. It's almost like we're in a bull market.
— Irrelevant Investor (@michaelbatnick) July 9, 2014
- 2:28 pm
- Shepherdson: QE to end in October; investors too "complacent". But so is the Fed.
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Ian Shepherdson, chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics:
The FOMC agreed at its June meeting that QE will end with a final $15B taper in October, assuming the economy moves more or less in line with their forecasts.
Looking ahead, policymakers agreed they should communicate their post-QE plans to the markets "later this year, well before the first steps in normalizing policy". This pre-supposes the incoming data will afford the Fed the luxury of time to ponder; we think the inflation and labor data will force their hand early next year.
The minutes show no sign of concern at the run of three straight core inflation increases, but that view will change in the face of further gains. The FOMC is concerned investors aren't "factoring in sufficient uncertainty about the path of the economy and monetary policy"; Amen to that, but the Fed isn't worrying enough about inflation.
- 2:33 pm
- Gold continues to climb in electronic trade
- by Myra Saefong
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Gold futures continued to gain ground in electronic trading, after minutes of the Federal Reserve's June meeting showed that the central bank has decided to end its asset purchase program in October if the economy stays on track.
August gold /quotes/zigman/11829489/delayed GCQ4 was at $1,325.60 an ounce in electronic trading. Ahead of the release of the Fed Minutes, it settled at $1,324.30 an ounce, up $7.80, or 0.6%, on Comex — gold's first gain in four sessions.
- 2:38 pm
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FOMC minutes mentions of "inflation" over last 5 meetings.. December = 107 January = 58 March = 106 April = 47 June = 109 Not a big move up.
— Bespoke (@bespokeinvest) July 9, 2014
- 2:48 pm
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Equity mkts reading #FOMC minutes as bullish (ie lower for longer) Bond mkt can't make up its mind. Fischer tomorrow, Yellen next wk up next
— JohnCanally (@JohnCanally) July 9, 2014
- 2:57 pm
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Wow quite a reversal, #Dow shrugs off post #FOMC selloff and jumps 50 points in taking another run at 17,000.
— Colin Cieszynski (@CCieszynski_CMC) July 9, 2014
- 3:01 pm
- Nymex oil futures settle under $103
- by Myra Saefong
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Oil futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange extended their losses to a ninth straight session to settle below $103 a barrel.
August oil /quotes/zigman/2196851/delayed CLQ4 fell $1.11, or 1.1%, to close at $102.29 a barrel on Nymex. Tracking the most-active contracts, that was the lowest close since mid-May.
- 3:02 pm
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Stocks and bonds haven't been this closely correlated since January 2007. $SPY $TLT http://t.co/XsumDPCsyV
— Bespoke (@bespokeinvest) July 9, 2014
- 3:11 pm
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I want to go on record, with Jeff Saut, Marc Faber, Tony Dwyer et al and just say, for posterity, that there could be a correction coming.
— Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker) July 9, 2014
- 3:13 pm
- Dow just a few points off the round number level
- by Anora Mahmudova
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The Dow Industrials is 5 points off from 17,000 – most of those gains came after the Fed minutes.
- 3:29 pm
- Reader alert: Premarket coverage of the U.S. stock market has moved
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MarketWatch has combined its coverage of the U.S. stock market in the premarket and regular sessions to give readers seamless coverage from before 6 a.m. to after 4 p.m. You can find the latest report here.
For additional premarket insight, read our "Need to Know" report .
- 3:37 pm
- Dow got within 1 point of 17K
- by Victor Reklaitis
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The Dow has come within about 1 point of 17,000 in late-afternoon action, according to FactSet data.
But the blue-chip index has trimmed its gain and stood around 16,981 at last check.
It probably read that MarketWatch column about how being at 17K would put it on the wrong side of history and opted to slink back a bit.
- 3:40 pm
- Market Doggerel
- by Tom Bemis
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With the minutes now out from the Fed
The bull, by the horns, will be led
Though the taper will die
It's a signal to buy
'Cause the market it seems isn't dead
- 3:52 pm
- Final minutes of trading...
- by Victor Reklaitis
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With less than 10 minutes to go in today's session, here's where we stand.
S&P 500 +0.4% to 1972
Dow +0.4% to 16975
Nasdaq +0.6%
Russell 2000 +0.1%
So all four indexes are on pace to finish higher after falling for two sessions in a row.
- 4:03 pm
- The close!
- by Victor Reklaitis
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U.S. stocks close broadly higher; Dow up 0.5%
S&P 500 ends up 0.5%, while Nasdaq gains 0.6%
The main indexes managed to finish near session highs, as investors appeared to cheer the Fed minutes.
What was so great about the minutes? One possibility is they didn't say anything about rate hikes… which might have spooked stock investors.
- 4:19 pm
- That's all, folks -- and one more limerick
- by Victor Reklaitis
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As we wrap up…
That markets limerick posted at 3:40 p.m. Eastern has attracted a riposte from Twitter's Limerick King:
Market Watch still doesn't know It's only by fraud that stocks grow The Fed keeps it hid The old QE bid As the last market bubble they blow!
— The Limerick King (@TheLimerickKing) July 9, 2014
And that's it for this live blog today.
If you need a live blog fix, check out this live blog of the Argentina-Netherlands match that's now underway.


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October 1, 2008
Introductory remarks for the inaugural
John W. Evans Lecture in Black Studies
Good evening Wabash African American alumni, friends, and supporters of MXIBS. It is a great honor for me to welcome you back to Wabash and to the MXIBS, and to join with you in celebration and acknowledgment of a milestone in Wabash College's history.
I refer to the 100th year anniversary of the graduation of John W. Evans, Wabash College's first African American graduate. A coal miner, bootblack, cowboy, elevator operator, table waiter, roustabout on passenger and freight steamers on the Great Lakes, and a Pullman porter, John Evans was also the first African American to graduate from the Rockville, Indiana high school, the first executive secretary of the first African American branch of the YMCA in Indianapolis, which he organized, and the first black volunteer juvenile probation officer in Indianapolis. He moved to Crawfordsville in 1905 to serve as principal of the local African American elementary school attending classes at Wabash on Saturday and after his workday ended at the school. It took him three years to complete the program. He had previously studied at Wilberforce University, the University of Michigan, and the University of Chicago. After graduating from Wabash, Mr. Evans moved to St. Louis where he served in principalship positions of several elementary schools, including the Lincoln School, which he built to become the largest elementary school in the city. But that was not all. To that he added principalships of the continuation school, the grade manual school, the evening, and the summer schools for African Americans in St. Louis.
John Evans involvements were many. He presided over the School Men's Club, an organization of school principals. Importantly, he was a lifetime member of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, founded in 1915 in Chicago by Carter Woodson, later to be renamed the Association for the Study of African American Life and History. The mission of the ASALH is "to promote, research, preserve, interpret and disseminate information about Black life, history, and culture to the global community." From that mission in 1926 came the creation of Negro History Week, which later evolved into African American History month.
John Evans's vocation, his life as a teacher/educator, was congruent in the deepest ways with the founding purpose of Wabash College itself, namely to provide an education second to none to meet the wants of the country's young men.
And John Evans' avocation as an historian of African American life and history anticipates by 60 years the mission of the MXIBS itself to provide for Wabash students of color, indeed all Wabash students, an academic engagement with Black life, history, and culture that promotes, researches, preserves, interprets and disseminates information to the community and the nation. Critical thinker, responsible citizen, effective leader and humane gentleman, it is only fitting that we commemorate John Evans' success at Wabash and beyond, and to claim him as a little giant.
In order to remember and to recognize his accomplishments, and also to challenge each one of us—students, faculty, alumni and administrators alike—to do more, to do better, to live up to his example and to the deepest values and highest principles upon which Wabash College is built so that we make Wabash College a welcoming, creative and nurturing place for all persons of color, I am pleased to announce this evening the establishment of the John W. Evans Lecture In Black Studies, an annual presentation to the Wabash College campus community by an individual who will engage the College in reflection upon and interpretation of Black life, history and culture. Along with the College's prized Lafollette, Rogge, Peck, and Brigance lectures, the Evans Lecture will become a recognized moment and moment of recognition of the accomplishments of African Americans in Wabash College history and beyond.
In photo: Dean of the College Gary Philllips receives a gold pin from Malcolm X Institute of Black Studies Director Tim Lake for his support of the MXIBS.

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PSY's definitely doing something right.
Recently, the South Korean rapper beat a world record when his video for "Gentleman" surpassed 100 million views on YouTube in less than a week, and now, less than a week after that happened he's breaking yet another record.
His latest viral video was viewed 38 million times on April 14, according to YouTube's trends manager Kevin Allocca, which means he beat the single-day record of 30 million set by the KONY 2012 short film.
NEWS: PSY's "Gentleman" banned by South Korean broadcaster
Right now, "Gentleman," which also holds the day-of debut record with 18.5 million hits, is well over 200 million views.
The only record left to beat is the most-viewed video of all time on YouTube, currently held by none other than PSY's original single "Gangnam Style" with over 1.5 billion views.
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The new owner of a car wash at 2515 Covington Pike in Raleigh has filed a $1.3 million construction loan on the property.
Baha Hajjeh filed the construction deed of trust May 3 through First Citizens National Bank.
Hajjeh is founder and president of Hajjeh Oil Co., a Memphis-based company that "supplies wholesale petroleum products to business and individuals (consumer, commercial, aviation, farming, trucking, construction etc. ...)," according to its website.
Hajjeh bought the 32-year-old car wash May 3 for $245,000 from James Wesley Bevels, who had acquired the property for $375,000 in 1999.
Built in 1981, the 600-square-foot car wash sits on 0.5 acres at the northwest corner of Covington Pike and Raleigh-LaGrange Road. The Shelby County Assessor of Property's 2013 appraisal is $153,400.
Source: The Daily News Online & Chandler Reports
– Daily News staff
Gov. Bill Haslam has signed a bill that allows school districts to let people with police training be armed in schools.
The measure passed the House 82-15 and was approved 27-6 in the Senate.
It allows schools to hire retired law enforcement officers after they meet certain requirements, such as completing a 40-hour school security course.
The measure makes information about which teachers are armed or which schools allow the guns confidential to anyone but law enforcement.
Haslam included $34 million in his budget for local government officials to use on their priorities, which could include security measures.
– The Associated Press
On the opening day of the Memphis In May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, the Memphis barbecue community was mourning the loss of two icons in the business of barbecue.
John Willingham, a past winner of the contests, restaurant owner and former Shelby County Commissioner died Wednesday.
Willingham tested his turbo cooker as well as seasonings and sauces at the 1982 barbecue contest and his team placed first for ribs and as the overall champion of the contest. The recognition boosted Willingham's profile in the restaurant business.
Don Pelts, founder and owner of Corky's Ribs & BBQ, also died Wednesday. Pelts founded Corky's in 1984 after 13 years operating another barbecue restaurant that he didn't own.
For Pelts, his business plan includes a 1950s decor and slow-cooked ribs that were hand pulled.
The original Memphis location in the Poplar corridor has since expanded to include other locations.
– Bill Dries
The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development has tapped Gwyn Fisher to be the Greater Memphis regional director of economic and community development.
She'll be responsible for leading Gov. Bill Haslam's economic developments in the Memphis area and will be a key point of contact for issues related to job creation. She'll oversee efforts to attract businesses, help businesses expand and support other regional economic development efforts.
Her regional area encompasses Lauderdale, Tipton, Shelby and Fayette counties.
– Andy Meek
A new Memphis-based air carrier, Southern Airways Express, announced non-stop flight service to Destin and Panama City Beach, Fla., Gulf Shores, Ala., and New Orleans earlier this week.
Southern is the only airline that will offer non-stop flights from Memphis to the Gulf Coast between New Orleans and Tampa, Fla.
Southern Airways is not yet offering tickets for sale, but the company expects its website, www.iFlySouthern.com, to be online shortly. The first flights will take off on May 29, and fares on all flights will range from $129 to $249 one-way.
"All of us at Southern are very excited to call Memphis our home and to offer these new destinations to the people of the Mid-South," said Southern Airways Express CEO and Chairman Stan Little. "Rather than having an air carrier that needed another city, we have a city that needs another air carrier."
Little says the airline won't charge baggage or parking fees and that passengers will be able to arrive for flights from Olive Branch Airport and General Dewitt-Spain 15 minutes prior to departure. The airline will operate nine-seat aircraft.
– Jennifer Johnson Backer
The annual Beale Street Caravan Blowout party will be June 13 at A. Schwab Dry Goods Store, at 163 Beale St.
This year's party will feature live music by Reba Russell and catering by Mac Edwards of the Elegant Farmer. Tickets are $75 per person, and the party will last from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
The party, which also will feature a silent auction, comes against the backdrop of sad news for the organization, which lost its co-founder recently. Beale Street Caravan co-founder Sid Selvidge lost his battle with cancer earlier this month.
The Beale Street Caravan radio show has more than 400 radio stations.
Tennessee's ignition interlock law will apply to more drunken drivers under legislation signed by Gov. Bill Haslam.
Currently, ignition-locking devices, which force drivers to pass breath tests to start vehicles and keep them running, are required for DUI offenders whose blood alcohol level topped 0.15 percent.
This bill drops the level to the intoxication threshold of 0.08 percent and would require first-time offenders to get the devices.
In turn, those convicted of DUI won't get a restricted driver's license and will be allowed to drive anywhere.
The measure was unanimously approved 95-0 in the House and 31-0 in the Senate.
It was sponsored by Republican Sen. Mae Beavers of Mt. Juliet and Republican Rep. Tony Shipley of Kingsport.
Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages rose this week but stayed near their historic lows.
Cheaper mortgages have helped the economy by spurring more home buying and refinancing.
Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac says the average rate for the 30-year loan increased to 3.51 percent from 3.42 percent last week. That's still near the average of 3.31 percent reached in November, the lowest on records dating to 1971.
The average on the 15-year loan rose to 2.69 percent. That's up from 2.61 percent last week, which was the lowest on records going back to 1991.
Low mortgage rates have helped sustain the housing recovery that began last year. Home sales and construction are up from a year ago, and prices are rising in most U.S. markets.
A plunge in the cost of gas drove down a measure of U.S. consumer prices last month by the most since December 2008. Excluding the drop in fuel costs, prices were largely unchanged.
The consumer price index fell 0.4 percent in April from March, the Labor Department said Thursday. The main reason the index fell was that gas prices plunged 8.1 percent.
For the 12 months that ended in April, overall prices rose 1.1 percent – the smallest year-over-year increase in 2 1/2 years.
Excluding volatile energy and food costs, "core" prices ticked up 0.1 percent last month. Core prices have risen only 1.7 percent in the past 12 months. That's just below the Federal Reserve's 2 percent inflation target.
Scant inflation is allowing the Fed to continue its extraordinary efforts to stimulate the economy. Worries about lower inflation or even deflation might push the Fed to step up its low interest-rate policies to stimulate more borrowing and spending and push prices higher.
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Much of the reaction in the market may depend on H-P's guidance, given the expectation that restructuring will continue this year. For the current quarter, analysts are looking for adjusted earnings of 77 cents a share on revenue of $28 billion, based on current estimates.
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Have you ever started reading one blog, then followed a link to another, then to another and another until suddenly you're smack in the middle of nowhere, enjoying a totally new blog and have no idea how you found it and you'd have to be like Hansel and Gretel with your trail of cyber breadcrumbs to ever find your way back again?
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Her family has lived in California and New Mexico but Chelle's husband J was recently offered a job in Halifax (doesn't that sound exciting? I mean Toronto is just Toronto but Halifax sounds like the edge of the earth!) so they'll soon be moving home to Canada. You can read more about their family history here, enjoy some of her pictures here or enter her week's worth of Great White North celebration giveaways here.
Like so many bloggers Chelle started her blog as a way to keep in touch with family living far away but as she got deeper and deeper into things she soon got her friends into the blogging habit as well and has now firmly established herself as a Real Momblogger. No turning back now!
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As an interesting note, one question I often ask other bloggers is if they think of themselves as a writer. I'm always interested in what their response is--for goodness sake is there anyone on the planet that writes as much, as profusely as a blogger? If quantity of words produced is part of the criteria then I think that puts bloggers first in line. Furthermore, is it fair that bloggers can suffer from writer's block but not be considered writers? It's like suffering through morning sickness or PMS but not being considered a woman. But you've caught me in a bit of a rant, where was I?
Oh yes--too many bloggers think their words are inferior to those reserved for print media and when I asked Chelle whether she was a writer she said,
"No, Yes, Maybe? lol. Really I am not sure. I do write, but the caliber is not what I would consider professional. A lot of times my mind just throws up all the thoughts and my fingers type like mad to keep up. I am just happy to relate to others out there. Nothing makes me more happier being a blogger than when someone comments or emails saying I helped them or made them feel sane."To have your fingers flying with words, conveying emotion to those reading your sentences, well that sounds like honest-to-goodness writing to me!
While it's true that perhaps blog posts, by their immediacy, aren't not as polished as their printed counterparts that doesn't negate their existence. If you produce words in a way that communicates with another person you are a writer--can't guarantee that you're a good writer but a writer nonetheless. If you're looking for quality maybe the question should be: "Are you an editor?" Writing is one thing, editing another.
So now that I've spent three paragraphs arguing that my friend Chelle is indeed a writer I'll leave you with something else she said that proves she is also a mother. When I asked her about her plans five or ten years down the road she admitted that being a mom was her Dream Job and said: "In five years I will be taking my baby to kindergarten. How crazy is that? I will be car-pooling, blogging and learning. I hope to be all settled into our own house, have a garden and hang dry my clothes on a clothesline in the summer."
Sounds fabulous to me.
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10.14.12: The CCRI Lady Knights volleyball team traveled to Holyoke, MA to compete in the Holyoke volley all Invitational over the weekend. The Lady Knights went a perfect 8-0 over the weekend amassing an impressive 16-2 game record over the two-day tournament. The teams included: New Hampshire Technical Institute (NHTI) from Concord, NH; Springfield JV from Springfield, MA; Word of Life Bible Institute from Pottersville, NY; Mass–Amherst Club Team from Amherst, MA; Northern Essex Community College from Haverhill, MA; and the host Holyoke Community College form Holyoke, MA.
On Saturday the Lady Knight began a little slowly but gained momentum as the day progressed. Here were the scores: CCRI defeated NHTI: 25-9, 25-27 and 15-10; Springfield JV: 25-21, 23-25 and 15-12; Holyoke CC: 25-17 and 25-14; and lastly UMass-Amherst: 35-21 and 25-18 to go 4-0 in matches 8-2 in their games on the Saturday. On Sunday, the Lady Knights were pretty much perfect. First they defeated Word of Life; 25-16 and 25-12; Northern Essex CC: 25-9 and 25-7; Word of life again in the tournament Semi-finals: 25-7 and 25-20; then defeated Springfield JV in the Championship match: 25-18 and 25-19. On Sunday the Lady Knights were 4-0 in matches and 8-0 in their games. With the eight victories the Lady Knights improve to 20-5 on the season.
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The next matches for the Lady Knight will be Saturday the 20th when they will travel back to New Rochelle, NY to play No. 18 ranked Monroe College for a tri-match with them and Delaware Technical Community College and once again look to exact revenge on the Mustangs.
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MDMA: Essential Guide
by Orlando and PuristLove
with additional writing by Simon and masheadatronic
Special thanks to babydoc_vic, fairnymph, forgotten, johnboy, MezZedUp and Negro-kitty
Bluelight has operated continuously since October 1999. During this time, many people have learned everything they know about drugs (and in particular MDMA) from our website. FAQs have been written but some material has been covered in depth while other information has been overlooked. This is forgivable because of the time and effort required to prepare an "essential guide" to MDMA. Even this FAQ, which is over 10000 words long and growing, cannot provide answers to every question. We are optimistic that this guide will provide a way for people to learn the basics about MDMA. Harm reduction is encouraged wherever possible, but hopefully the simple facts will allow people to make more informed decisions about what they put in their body.
In the past, FAQs sometimes were ignored because they were too disjointed or too tedious to read. This guide is organized to give answers in a succinct and organized manner that does not sacrifice accuracy. The correct terminology is used throughout the guide but slang terms are mentioned at least once to allow for context. Citations are included wherever possible and the reader is free to explore certain topics more in depth. Attempts have been made to clearly distinguish between specific facts, generally accepted information, and speculation. For most people who are new to MDMA, it would be a good use of your time to sit down and spend one hour reading the entire guide. If you are in a hurry, this guide is divided into different sections and you can use the table of contents to go directly to the topic you want.


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I'm not a fan of Acer, but I did like the look of their 24" except for the silver shiny bezel. I don't like reflective surfaces around the screen. And you can regularly find the 24" Acer for less than the $600. If I were going to spend $600 for a 24", I'd go for the Dell with a 5 year warranty. You can get it for $579 with a 3 year, and then upgrade to the 5 year for $50. Same resolution as the Acer, but it has card reader, USB, and stereo inputs built in
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Alan Alda in Scientific American Frontiers "The Intimate Machine" They're called personal computers, but human interactions with them are utterly impersonal, via keyboard and mouse. Alan Alda gets to communicate with computers that know who he is, where he is, what he' s doing and even how he's feeling. The ultimate such computer - actually a cute and cuddly robot - is being developed in a unique collaboration between Hollywood and MIT. D
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Space Shuttle: A Horizon Guide This chronicle of 30 years of service by America's space shuttles is characterized by incredible triumphs and devastating tragedies. Engineers designed the shuttle program initially as an economy measure because the disposable Apollo crafts had cost billions. This film presents a biography of the shuttle and asks what its legacy will be.G
2:00 am
African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross "Rise! (1940-1968)" This episode examines the long road to civil rights, when the deep contradictions in American society finally became unsustainable. Beginning in World War II, African Americans who helped fight fascism abroad come home to face the same old racial violence. But this time, mass media - from print to radio and TV - broadcast that injustice to the world, planting seeds of resistance. Part 5 of 6G
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Outdoor Idaho "Nature's Healing Power" This episode features stories of Idahoans who have found strength and solace in nature as they confront illness and injury. It also shines a spotlight on four Idaho nonprofits that offer outdoor retreats for cancer survivors and disabled veterans - and the dedication of their volunteers.G
3:30 am
Dialogue "FRONTLINE's Michael Kirk" The former Idahoan has been a part of the investigative documentary series since its beginnings, starting as its first senior producer. Host Marcia Franklin talks with Kirk about his most recent show "League of Denial," which examines whether the NFL covered up the numbers and severity of concussion-related injuries among professional football players. They also talk about his other works for the series.G
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Sesame Street "Gotcha!" A hidden camera show pops up on Sesame Street to try and catch bad manners in action. Educational Objectives: Self-Regulation. D
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Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood "You Are Special/Daniel Is Special" You are Special: The children are putting on a show at school today, each doing something that makes them special. O the Owl wants to be just like the others and, with a little encouragement, he learns that owls are special too. Daniel is Special: Daniel and Dad take a fall walk through the neighborhood, admiring the colors of the leaves. D
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Martha Speaks "The Return of Ralph/Little Bo's Sheep" The Return of Ralph - Buying a bigger TV usually means a better entertainment experience. For the Lorraine's, it means the return of Ralph, the conniving duck whose obsession with television has Helen's family desperate to be duck-free. But this time, Ralph has an even bigger surprise under his feathers. D
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Austin City Limits "Jim James/The Black Angels" This program showcases some of the best alternative rock. My Morning Jacket leader Jim James plays tunes from his debut solo album. The Black Angels highlight cuts from their album Indigo Meadow.G
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Rick Steves' Europe "Budapest: The Best of Hungary" Actually two cities - busy Pest and noble Buda - straddle the Danube. Rick finds capitalism has taken hold with gusto as he explores thriving shopping boulevards. He finds Gypsy orchestras featuring smoking violins, venerable mineral baths, and 19th-century coffeehouses enjoying a renaissance.G
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Smart Travels - Europe with Rudy Maxa "Munich and Bavaria" Rudy samples Bavarian beer, joins Schuhplattler dancers clad in lederhosen and visits Residenz, palace of Bavaria's rulers.G
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In The Americas with David Yetman "The Pride of Guatemala: Tikal of the Mayas" Yetman accompanies archaeologists who explain the unfolding of Tikal as new discoveries emerge in this large urban center that dates as far back as the 4th century BC and existed as an urban center for six centuries or more.G
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Chef John Besh's Family Table Pickled Shrimp; My Grandmother's Fried Chicken; My Favorite Potato Salad. D
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America's Heartland Discover how sea oats are helping one state save its shoreline. Visit a North Carolina nursery using robots to deliver plants for your garden. Examine the research going into creating new plants at Burpee Seeds. D
9:30 am
New Scandinavian Cooking "Pyramids of the North" Andreas visits the island of Spitsbergen in the far north, the northernmost inhabited place in the world, and Longyearbyen. This barren land offers some surprising delicacies, like wild geese that summer here and a variety of fish. Andreas makes goose with port wine and broccoli puree, pan-fried Svalbard cod and king crab, seafood-flavored vegetables and chocolate cake with orange marmalade and coffee. D
10:00 am
America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "Great American Classics" Host Christopher Kimball heads into the test kitchen with test cook Bridget Lancaster to uncover the secrets to the ultimate Carrot Layer Cake. Next, equipment expert Adam Ried tests springform pans in the Equipment Corner. And finally, test cook Julia Collin Davison reveals how to make the best Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies. D
10:30 am
P. Allen Smith's Garden Home "Garden Fun with Kids" P. Allen Smith brings kids in the garden for some fun! They learn how to make flowers turn a different color, make mosaics with rocks and homemade salt dough, and assemble a birdbath for the garden. Allen takes us to the Children's Garden at the Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago, and the turn-of-the-century Children's Farmstead in Kansas City, Kansas. D
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Song of the Mountains Wolfe Brothers; Jeff Brown & Still Lonesome. D
12:00 pm
Sesame Street "Leela's Cell Phone Addiction" Zoe and Abby get frustrated with Leela's constant texting. Chris helps them realize that they need to tell Leela how they feel and apologize for hiding her phone. Educational Objective: Self-Regulation. D
1:00 pm
Dinosaur Train "Dinosaur Train Submarine: Shoshana Shonosaurus/All Kinds of Families" The Pteranodon family goes under the sea again, to ride the Dinosaur Train Submarine - this time they go to meet Shoshana Shonisaurus, an enormous marine reptile that's something between a dolphin and a whale. Since Shoshana loves to dive down very deep, Shiny has a problem with following her down to the bottom of the sea. Shoshana kindly helps Shiny get over her fear of diving deep. D
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Peg + Cat "The Parade Problem/The Halloween Problem" The Parade Problem - Park. Peg and Cat need to sort out recyclables to clean up the park in time for the nursery school's Halloween Parade. Primary Content: Sorting; Secondary Content: Estimating. D
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Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "Babies/Fast" Babies - Sally is looking after some baby hamsters, but how can she and Nick hold them right? Well, different animals hold their babies different ways. A trip to Ozzie-Wozz Outback will help them, Cat has some friends who know all about carrying babies! First up is Wilma the spider, who carries all her babies on her back. Then it's off to see Dilly the crocodile, she carries her babies in her mouth! And the last stop, Coco the Koala who uses a pouch to carry her little one. D
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WordGirl "Robo-Camping/The Stew, The Proud...." Robo-Camping - It's off to the woods for a serene camping trip with Becky, Violet, Tobey. and his robots. While the other campers attempt to rough it, Tobey commands his robots to do all of his tasks and create a luxurious weekend free from work. D
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Science Trek "Trees" The oldest living thing on Earth is a tree. It is also the heaviest and the tallest. Trees keep our air clean, reduce noise pollution, improve water quality, help prevent erosion, create shade, provide food, building materials, homes for wildlife, and make our world beautiful. Joan Cartan-Hansen and her guests Brian Jorgenson, City of Boise Forester, and Michelle Youngquist, Educational Coordinator, Idaho Forest Products Commission, answer students' questions about trees.G
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Dialogue "FRONTLINE's Michael Kirk" The former Idahoan has been a part of the investigative documentary series since its beginnings, starting as its first senior producer. Host Marcia Franklin talks with Kirk about his most recent show "League of Denial," which examines whether the NFL covered up the numbers and severity of concussion-related injuries among professional football players. They also talk about his other works for the series.G
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When famed hedge-fund manager John Paulson speaks, people listen.
And it's no wonder.
Paulson made his way into the financial history books thanks to what many now call the "greatest trade ever".
Paulson & Co. shorted the subprime mortgage market before the collapse, banking a $15 billion gain.
So when Paulson went big again by buying gold in 2009 and 2010, investors took notice.
At the time he said, "As an investor, I became very concerned about having my assets denominated in US dollars," Paulson told his audience. "So I looked for another currency in which to denominate my assets in. I feel that gold is the best currency."
In fact, Paulson's holdings in the SPDR Gold Trust (NYSE: GLD) make his firm the biggest stakeholder in this ETF, with a position currently valued at $2.9 billion.
So that begs the question....
Is Paulson still a gold bull?
In a recent letter to investors he wrote, "By the time inflation becomes evident, gold will probably have moved, which implies that now is the time to build a position in gold."
And he's not alone.
Recent filings showed that another legendary hedge-fund investor, George Soros, has nearly doubled his stake in GLD to 85,450 shares.
But "Bond King" Bill Gross's latest words and actions may well be the most significant of all.
In his February newsletter, Gross mused "Recent central bank behavior, including that of the US Fed,... may as well induce inflationary distortions that give a rise to commodities and gold as store of value alternatives when there is little value left in paper."
So not only do some of the largest and most successful fund managers all agree on gold, but now even central banks and entire nations are figuring this one out.
Last year global demand for gold hit the highest level since 1997 – 4,067.1 tonnes.
Most of the gains are thanks to a 5% increase in investment demand which largely originates in Asia.
What's especially eye-catching is the stepped-up buying by central banks.
Last year, they bought 439.7 tonnes, which is six times the level in 2010, and the most since the gold standard ended in 1971.
According to the World Gold Council (WGC), China became the largest gold market in Q4/2011, overtaking India's top seed, and soaking up 770 tons for the year.
(Chart Sourced from US Global Investors)
Overall for 2011 however, India remained the leader, consuming a total 933 tons.
But China's appetite for gold seems insatiable. Hong Kong imports were 10 times their average levels from January through November.


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BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The York College women's track and field team had a strong day at the Greyhound Invitational at Moravian College. Jess Miller (Dauphin, Pa./Bishop McDevitt) had a peak performance and set a new school record in the 5,000-meter race.
Miller finished the 5K in 18:26.38 to beat the record of 18:46.44, set in 2011. Nicole Danielewicz (Bensalem, Pa./Nazareth Academy) also had a really strong race. She finished in 18:49.38 for 13th place.
In the 100-meter dash, Bria Jones (Medford, N.Y./Patchogue-Medford) looked solid with an eighth place finish and recorded a time of 13.16.
Cutting 50 seconds off of her 3,000-meter steeplechase was Jenna Roberts (Stewartstowns, Pa./Kennard-Dale). Roberts recorded a 12:05.70 and finished in seventh place.
Laura Rowlands (Dover, Pa./Dover) looked to beg getting back into form with a sixth place finish in the triple jump. Rowlands recorded a jump of 11.00 meters.
The Spartans return to action on Thursday for the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, Pa. The meet begins at 10:00 am and runs through Saturday.


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DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke freshman Jabari Parker was named to the 2014 Integris Wayman Tisdale Freshman of the Year Award Preseason Watch List as announced by the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Monday. Members of the association's board of directors chose the players to be included on the list as initial contenders for the national freshman of the year award.
Parker, a preseason All-America selection by several publications, has quickly established himself as a key contributor for the Blue Devils. In two exhibition contests, the Chicago native averaged 14.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 2.0 blocks and 2.0 steals per game. He also shot 52.9 percent (9-of-17) from the field and 71.4 percent (10-of-14) from the foul line in exhibition play. Parker officially opens his collegiate career Friday, Nov. 8 at Cameron Indoor Stadium against Davidson (7 p.m. on ESPNU).
The Tisdale Award is to be presented to the national freshman of the year at the Devon Energy College Basketball Awards on April 14, 2014, at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City. The Oscar Robertson Trophy and the Henry Iba Coach of the Year Award will also be presented at the gala to be held annually the Monday following the NCAA Men's Final Four.
Parker is joined on the list by; Kansas' Andrew Wiggins and Wayne Selden; Kentucky's Aaron Harrison, Andrew Harrison, Julius Randle and James Young; as well as Syracuse guard Tyler Ennis, Arizona forward Aaron Gordon and Florida guard Kasey Hill.
Pos. Player, School
G Tyler Ennis, Syracuse
F Aaron Gordon, Arizona
G Aaron Harrison, Kentucky
G Andrew Harrison, Kentucky
G Kasey Hill, Florida
F Jabari Parker, Duke
F Julius Randle, Kentucky
G Wayne Selden, Kansas
G Andrew Wiggins, Kansas
G James Young, Kentucky
By conference: SEC (5) ACC (2) Big 12 (2), Pac-12 (1)
The USBWA has chosen a national freshman of the year since the 1988-89 season when LSU's Chris Jackson was the recipient. Last season, Oklahoma State's Marcus Smart became the third winner of the Wayman Tisdale Award. Other notable previous winners of the national freshman of the year award include Anthony Davis, Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony, Jason Kidd and Chris Webber.
The Tisdale Award winner will receive a statuette designed by nationally-recognized sculptor Shan Gray. The April 14 banquet will also honor the recipient of the Wayman Tisdale Humanitarian Award.
The late Wayman Tisdale was a three-time USBWA All-American at the University of Oklahoma. Following a stint on the 1984 U.S. Olympic basketball team, he played 12 seasons in the NBA before retiring in 1997 to focus on a blossoming jazz music career. In March 2007, he was diagnosed with cancer and, following a courageous and difficult battle that included the amputation of his right leg in 2008, he passed away in May 2009.
The Integris Wayman Tisdale Freshman of the Year Award is produced by Access Sports, an Oklahoma City-based 501(c)(3) not-for-profit foundation responsible for creating the Wayman Tisdale Freshman of the Year Award. Access Sports produces all events associated with the award, including the annual awards dinner. Proceeds from the activities affiliated with the award are used to support various worthy charitable causes, including providing opportunities for disadvantaged youth to participate in basketball leagues, clinics, and training throughout the state. In addition, Access Sports supports the Wayman L. Tisdale Foundation which helps fund prosthetics for those who cannot afford the cost on their own and may not be covered by insurance.
Tickets and sponsorship information for the Devon Energy College Basketball Awards are available at collegebasketballawards.com or by contacting Scott Hill (405-749-1515, email@example.com).
The U.S. Basketball Writers Association was formed in 1956 at the urging of then-NCAA Executive Director Walter Byers. With more than 900 members worldwide, it is one of the most influential organizations in college basketball. It has selected an All-America team since the 1956-57 season. For more information on the USBWA and its award programs, contact executive director Joe Mitch at 314-795-6821.


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Next week, as I'm sure you're aware by now, is 2008's Tales of the Cocktail. This will be my first time attending, and I'm pretty excited about it. And also more than a little scared of it–all the pounding my head and liver will take.
Regretfully, I have to tell you that Jen will not be joining me this year. She's working a new job and doesn't have ample vacation time amassed yet. We talked about having her fly down on Friday after work, but that's a little grueling. She'd have to get up at 6am, work a full day in Boston, grab a flight from Logan to NOLA, and arrive probably no earlier than 10:30pm. So, alas, this ain't the year. But 2009? Stay tuned.
So, I'll be arriving Wednesday and flying back Sunday morning. Unfortunately, this means missing one of the most intriguing discussion of the week, Sunday morning's look at the life and times of Gentleman Charles H. Baker, Jr. Gah! I don't know what I was thinking when I made my flight arrangements, and I can't change them now without incurring a huge penalty. Blast and damn.
For those of you who will be at the Baker panel, please write up a kickass blog post about it. Please? Baker really fascinates me, and I'm kinda pissed off at myself for my scheduling gaffe.
Onward. Instead of lamenting what I won't get to do, lemme talk about what I will be doing instead.
Wednesday: I drop in at around 10:30am and will be getting the airport shuttle to the Monteleone, where I'll be staying. I'll probably grab a muffaletta or some gumbo and then hit Toast to Tales, the blogger reception, and the Beefeater-sponsored welcome reception that evening.
Thursday: I've got the Hemingway panel at 10:30 and then a dilemma at noon-thirty. Should I attend Juniperlooza or Molecular Mixology? 2:30 is Hausgemacht, followed by Artisan Still Design at 4:30. I have nothing from 6 until 8, so I'll probably explore the city a bit, or just drink at the Carousel Bar. At 8 are the Spirited Dinners, and although I had a tough time deciding, I finally chose the dinner at Bourbon House, in part because of the bar chef, LeNell Smothers, whom Jen and I know from shopping at her store.
Friday: Another busy day. It begins with the Jerry Thomas panel, slides into the absinthe discussion, louches along to the history of the bar trade talk (which I might skip in favor of more exploration–we'll see), and finally dribbles out into Essential Guide to American Whiskey. This latter panel conflicts with one on rye, and it still baffles me that two American whiskey panels were programmed opposite each other. But Essential Guide is hosted by Gary Regan and the aforementioned LeNell, and if you've never seen those two together, you're in for a hootenanny. Gary did an event at LeNell's a few years back that Jen and I attended, and it was great fun.
Saturday: Beachbum Berry's tiki panel leads the morning, assuming I'm not in my undies in my room, watching cartoons and holding a gun or an ice pack to my head. I may do the Herbsaint panel at 12:30, or I might wander through town. I remember some charming shops on Magazine Street, from a pre-Katrina visit in 2002. I'd love to know whether they're still open. At 2:30 is Cracking the Egg, hosted by Eric Seed and that LeNell woman again, and if she hasn't gotten a restraining order by then, I'll probably be there. At 4:30 is the Roll Yer Own talk, and I'm eager to see whether Paul and Erik are going to poison us.
Sunday: Plane leaves at 8:45am. I just know I'm going to deeply and bitterly regret this.


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Policy & Politics
Federal Ban on Gay Men's Blood Donation to Be Reconsidered
June 2, 2010
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A lifting of the lifetime ban on blood donations from gay men is being urged by activists, blood organizations, and several US senators in advance of the policy's next federal review.
The US Federal Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and Availability is scheduled to take up the issue when it meets June 10 and 11 in Rockville, Md. The committee advises the US Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Calls for easing the lifetime ban against blood donation by men who have sex with men (MSM) have come from the Human Rights Campaign, the American Red Cross, America's Blood Centers, and AABB (formerly the American Association of Blood Banks). The first priority of blood donation is safety, the blood groups said in a joint statement, while also asserting that potential donors should be screened more fairly, independent of sexual orientation.
FDA's policy is "outdated," 18 US senators said in a letter to the agency in March. They noted that while gay men have a lifetime exclusion from donating blood, a heterosexual who has had sexual contact with a prostitute can donate blood after a one-year waiting period.
FDA affirmed its policy during reviews in 2000 and 2006. In a statement e-mailed to CNN, FDA defended its current policy as "based on scientific data that show that certain medical, behavioral, and geographic factors are associated with increased risk of transfusion-transmitted diseases."
The hemophilia community, some members of which received HIV-tainted blood products before effective screening techniques were developed, remains wary about a proposed relaxation of the ban.
"We readily recognize the MSM ban is discriminatory, but it's discriminatory for a reason," said World Federation of Hemophilia spokesperson Mark Skinner.
"What we're looking for is a thoughtful review. We're not opposed to the change. We want to understand what additional risk patients might be asked to accept," Skinner said.
This article was provided by CDC National Prevention Information Network. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.
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