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View the article online at http://citywire.co.uk/money/article/a651084
Bullish investors ignoring risks, warns £11bn fund manager
Investec's Alastair Mundy warns equity investors may pay dearly for their bullish approach to global markets.
Investors in shares are too bullish and ignoring the considerable downside risks in the market, says Investec fund manager Alastair Mundy, in a warning that is at odds with many upbeat forecasts for world equity markets this year.
Banks and market commentators have started the year almost unanimously optimistic on the outlook for shares with debate over whether a 'great rotation' has begun with investors selling bonds in order to buy equities. The FTSE 100 is up 5% so far in 2013.
But Mundy, who runs a total of eight funds totalling around £11 billion at Investec, is wary of the fact that many investors are more confident now than at the trough for most global equity markets in 2009.
The veteran fund manager, who is known for his contrarian views, told Citywire: 'People appear to be more bullish now than 2009 even though there is far more downside risk now. We could see lots of stocks then, such as jeweller Signet and [housebuilder] Travis Perkins which have quadrupled since, and are much closer to fair value so we see far less upside than in 2009.'
Mundy's Investec Cautious Managed fund features in Citywire Selection, our pick of the best investment funds.
Mundy, who also runs the Investec American fund alongside Mark Wynne-Jones, has taken his Japan exposure to 11%, buying a raft of names across the market cap spectrum while his US exposure has fallen to around 5% of the fund.
Japan too cheap to ignore
The Japanese equity weighting is at its highest ever level as Mundy believes the market is too cheap to ignore.
'I find it amazing when the [Japanese] market is this cheap that people still don't bother with it. At what point would they bite? Maybe never. It seems everyone is looking for an excuse not to.'
Mundy's buys in Japan include regional banks, life insurers and global exporters such as Casio and Yamaha, many of which are still trading at around or below book value.
Further reading on investing in Japan:
The Japan funds really enjoying the Abe rally
Conversely, he has taken his UK weighting close to its lowest level, while he has been recycling what he sees as historically expensive US equities into Japan and is looking for selective opportunities in core Europe.
Three years ago the fund had no Japan exposure and he has also been steadily decreasing his UK weighting, finding a number of better value opportunities elsewhere.
Despite the poor performance of listed gold over the past few months, Mundy is reassured that his five gold miners have been relatively anaemic performers as it shows his hedge against a failure of the global fiscal easing programme remains intact.
Gold hedge
Mundy owns Kinross, Barrick Gold, Newmont, Anglo Gold and Gold Fields, which together make up almost 6% of the portfolio.
'Gold has been a poor performer and it is probably a mix of investors buying ETFs and gold companies wasting too much money on M&A and capex. '
'Gold shares are now cheap compared to their Net Asset Value (NAV) and other equities. I don't mind if they go down for the next five years because then they could go up again. They are also starting to grow a dividend culture.'
He is also mulling whether to buy platinum miners and despite the industrial and political unrest surrounding mining in South Africa, he is encouraged by the fact the metal's spot price should remain high as the country is its sole producer.
Mundy bought RBS last July, with insurer Direct Line and cruise operator Carnival his only other UK acquisitions he admits to being 'far more choosy' on the UK market.
He has watched RBS's share price rise from £2 per share to close to £3.60 over the last six months.
'We bought it because we think some bank franchises are very good at passing on costs to the consumer. We saw its downside as zero and a potential tripling of its upside. It has done a lot to turn itself into a better business and has cut its losses and raised a lot of capital.'
'I can see a point where RBS gets back to its pre-eminent position in the mid 90s. We would probably sell when it reaches £4.20 to £4.50.'
Mundy has also been mulling greater exposure to Europe's lowly valued market.
'Valuations look very low on any metric and you can find good shares across the market. You will not find ultra-low prices at the same time as unbelievable stories but there are opportunities there.'
Since the launch of the Investec GSF Global Contrarian Equity in November 2011 the fund's value approach has been somewhat out of favour as global markets have generally rallied, and the fund has returned 4.8% compared to the benchmark's 12.3% over the year to 14 January.
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Jan 24, 2013 at 17:13
I won't repeat the quote Matthew Goodburn attributed to Alastair Mundy
regarding the latter's views on gold, but having read them, I feel bound to think my investment skills are worth the much advertised 'upgrade'
Did I read it wrong, S.Africa is platinum's sole producer? Can I have another upgrade?report this
Jan 24, 2013 at 17:55
Having read Mundy's bearish comments I am more confident in the forward progress of my portfolio.. His views on Japan investing have been made every year for the last 15 at least by him and other so called experts. In fact Japan has barely moved at all for many years - except sideways.report this
Jan 24, 2013 at 18:34
So Mr Mundy makes his predictions about 2013.
Well let's see how he did against peers in 2012:
Global Equities : 224/240
UK Equities: 127/210
Now let's see how some of his funds performed:
Global Equities:
Investec Global Special Situations: 329/353 at 3.38%
(Top fund in this sector: 25.38%)
All UK:
Investec Capital Accumulator: 279/297 at 7.16%;
Investec UK Special Situations: 114/297 at 15.32%.
Skandia UK Select Acc 97/297 at 16.36%
(Top fund in this sector: 44.3%)
US Equities:
Investec American A Acc : 127/129 at minus 0.76%.
(Top fund in this sector: plus 23.68%)
(Admittedly some of the top US & Global funds need larger than the average retail investor's usual initial investment, but the best 2012 performing fund in all 3 sectors is an easily accessible fund managed by Standard Life's AA rated Edward Legget).
Even the Investec Cautious Managed Fund recommended in this blog by Citywire didn't attain top quartile in 2012 (5/12) although returning a respectable 12.73%. The top fund produced double that with a lower risk factor.
Maybe its worth taking Alastair's warnings and advice about 2013 into consideration and of course its good to heed the warning not to get carried away with the mood of the moment. We'll know this time next year whether Japan, Gold, and US Stocks are set to outperform other assets but based on the above 2012 performance, I think I'll get a second opinion on the year ahead!report this
Jan 24, 2013 at 21:26
Ian Holmes -
The one thing you didn't mention is his pay! Based on results I'm sure!report this
Jan 25, 2013 at 09:35
It's fear and greed. It's always just fear and greed.report this
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At the formal release of the Microsoft .NET Framework, Bill Gates promoted Web services by demonstrating the SQL Server 2000 Web Services Toolkit, which comes with XML for SQL Server 2000's third Web release (SQLXML 3.0). The Web Services Toolkit is a jewel, letting you graphically create a Web service that exposes database objects such as stored procedures and user-defined functions (UDFs). If you're handy at T-SQL and stored procedures, SQLXML 3.0 turns you into a Web services wizard with practically no learning curve.
SQL Server Magazine has chronicled SQLXML 3.0 since its inception. Brian Moran, for example, described how to get started creating Web services with the initial release of SQLXML 3.0 in his February 21, 2002, SQL Server Perspectives column, "Use the SQL Server 2000 Web Services Toolkit to Get Started with .NET." Since then, Microsoft has released two service-pack updates to SQLXML 3.0. In this article, I take you beyond the basics of building a Web service. The sample telephone-directory Web service application demonstrates how to invoke stored procedures and UDFs by passing parameters and capturing return values. Learning how to build the sample application will equip you to create flexible Web services solutions that expand the uses for existing SQL Server database objects. In addition, some organizations might find the sample application a quick and easy solution for an online telephone directory that runs behind a firewall.
Setting Up
When creating a Web service, you need a server component and a client component. This article tracks the development of a server component from its T-SQL origins through to its packaging by SQLXML 3.0. I also explore how a Visual Basic .NET (VB.NET) Windows Forms client application can use the Web service. You can download all the code necessary for the sample application along with the article's listings at InstantDoc ID 43366.
You can readily use Query Analyzer to create the T-SQL script for a Web service. The downloadable .sql file for this article (SSMWSEmpPhones) constructs a database and populates it with tables, stored procedures, and UDFs. After running the .sql file to create the sample database, invoke the SQLXML 3.0 IIS Virtual Directory Management tool that's available with a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) interface. This tool packages your database application so that it exposes its stored procedures, UDFs, and templates as Web methods for a Web service.
The IIS Virtual Directory Management tool lets you create a virtual directory that acts as a middle tier between your client component and database objects. Within your virtual directory, you make a Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) object that describes the Web service. You configure the SOAP object by selecting database objects that you want to expose as Web methods. The virtual directory can connect to the database through a login that you create with permissions appropriate for your Web service. At a minimum, the login must have access to the database that the Web service uses and EXECUTE permission for any database objects your application exposes as Web methods. Let's start by looking at selected elements of the T-SQL code behind the sample application.
T-SQL for a Telephone-Directory Application
The T-SQL code for the phone-directory application includes a set of database objects to let users look up fellow employees' telephone numbers. In addition, by entering their employee ID and password values, employees can use the application to change their own telephone numbers and first and last names—but not other employees' information. Users can also alter their own passwords but not other employees' passwords. An application administrator can modify anyone's password.
The downloadable T-SQL script starts by creating the SSMWSEmpPhones database. You need to update the location of the database file in the script if SQL Server is installed anywhere other than the default location on the C: drive. The script then creates and populates two tables. The EmpPhones table includes five columns for tracking each employee's employeeID number, first name, last name, phone number, and password. The CREATE TABLE script for EmpPhones includes three constraints: one for a primary key based on employeeID and unique and column check constraints for the phone column. A second table, AppVariables, holds the administrator's password.
The heart of the application's database component consists of scripts for three stored procedures and one UDF. The first stored procedure (LikeLname), which the following code creates, lets a user search for a phone number by typing in a string:
CREATE PROCEDURE LikeLname @Start nvarchar(40) AS SELECT Fname, Lname, Phone FROM EmpPhones WHERE Lname LIKE @Start + '%'
LikeLname can return the rows from EmpPhones that include a last name that starts with a user-supplied character string, such as a letter or a combination of letters. The procedure's @Start parameter lets the user specify a starting string.
Listing 1 shows the T-SQL script for the second stored procedure, UpdateEmpPhonesRow, which lets users update EmpPhones column values for first name, last name, and phone. By invoking the stored procedure, a user can update one, two, or three column values—although the stored procedure won't generate an error even if the user doesn't specify any changes. The @IDToEdit and @Password parameters in coordination with the Phone column values let the stored procedure determine whether any row in EmpPhones has an EmployeeID value that matches @IDToEdit and a Password value that matches @Password. The SELECT argument of the EXISTS operation at the top of the procedure identifies unique rows because Phone column values can't be null and they have a unique constraint.
If UpdateEmpPhonesRow finds a row that matches the @IDToEdit and @Password criteria, the procedure selectively tests for non-default values for @NewFname, @NewLname, and @NewPhone. Whenever the procedure detects a non-default value, it invokes the UPDATE statement to assign the non-default parameter value to the appropriate Fname, Lname, or Phone column value.
The telephone-directory application lets users change their passwords by editing the appropriate Password values in the EmpPhones table. Listing 2 shows a UDF and a stored procedure, which validate a new password and update the database with the new, validated password, respectively. By using the ValidateNewPW() UDF to return the new password as a scalar value, the application demonstrates how to expose a UDF as a Web method, capture its returned scalar value, and use that value as an argument for a stored procedure (UpdatePassword). Listing 2 includes the T-SQL script to create both database objects because they work together so intimately. You might have noticed that the application passes user ID and password information without encryption. To keep the examples for building a basic Web service simple, I didn't add encryption, but you'd want to add it to a production application.
Let's walk through the ValidateNewPW() UDF and the UpdatePassword stored procedure to see how they work together. The ValidateNewPW() UDF returns a valid new password if one of its input parameters matches a password column value in EmpPhones or is an administrator's password. An IF...ELSE statement that contains nested IF...ELSE statements implements the logic for the preceding T-SQL statement. The UDF returns the value of its @NewPassword parameter if a user correctly specifies his or her current password with the @OldPassword parameter. The current value of the administrator's password resides in the SuperPassword column of the AppVariables table. If the @OldPassword parameter value doesn't match any Password column value in EmpPhones and the @SuperPassword parameter value doesn't match the administrator's password, ValidateNewPW() returns a string value of Failed.
The UpdatePassword stored procedure, which updates the password validated by the ValidateNewPW() UDF, takes two parameters. The @IDToEdit parameter points to a unique row in EmpPhones. The reason for using this parameter instead of just the phone number is that anyone can know any other person's phone number, but you don't want everyone who knows the administrator's phone number changing the administrator's password, for example. The @NewPassword parameter specifies the new password for the row whose employeeID column value matches @IDToEdit.
Listing 3 shows the final bit of T-SQL code in the .sql file for the SSMWSEmpPhones database; this code sets up a login for use with the application. The login named SSMWSLogin has the minimum set of permissions necessary for running the Web service application because you don't want the Web service application users performing unauthorized functions on your database server. The minimum set of permissions for the Web service includes access to the SSMWSEmpPhones database and permission to execute the stored procedures and UDFs I described.
The Web Service Virtual Directory
Now that you have your database and objects built, the next step is to enable users to interface with the database through a Web service. The virtual directory for a Web service application is the middle tier between a database tier and a client tier. You can think of this middle tier as painting a Web services interface on your SQL Server database. Users can also pass parameters to middle-tier Web methods that perform tasks such as modifying a row in a table. Therefore, the virtual directory must know where the database is and which specific database objects to use for various tasks. The virtual directory must also know how to log in to the database because a login's permissions implicitly designate the Web service's scope of operations. In addition, the virtual directory must implement basic SOAP and Web Services Description Language (WSDL) functionality so that any Web service client can routinely interface with it.
To open the SQLXML 3.0 IIS Virtual Directory Management tool, choose SQLXML 3.0, Configure IIS Support from the Start menu. With this tool, you can either create a new virtual directory or edit the settings for an existing directory. Figure 1 shows the settings for this article's sample Web service on the General tab of a dialog box that lets you create and manage a virtual directory.
On the Security dialog box tab, you specify how Web service users will connect to the database tier of a Web service solution. Specify a login, such as the SSMWSLogin I described earlier, that has the minimum permissions necessary for running the application. This tactic gives you a tool to manage security as you add or drop database objects from an application. For example, I expanded the number of GRANT EXECUTE statements for SSMWSLogin as I exposed new database objects through the Web service solution.
Use the Data Source and Settings tabs to specify which database a virtual directory provides access to and how the virtual directory relates to the database (for this example, the SSMWSEmpPhones database). When setting up a virtual directory for a Web service, you need to select the Allow Post check box on the Settings tab (it's unselected by default). This box lets an application post values to a virtual directory and thereby communicate with the Web service. You can clear any other check boxes on the Settings tab without disrupting your Web service's operation. Note that the maximum size of a post must be large enough to accept the data that your client application passes to your Web service. By default, the maximum post is 100KB. Running empirical tests to find a smaller acceptable value can help you minimize your application's exposure to Denial of Service (DoS) attacks by reducing the amount of content users can pass to your Web service.
On the Virtual Names tab, select SOAP from the Type drop-down box to specify that your virtual directory contains a SOAP object for the Web service that the directory exposes. When you select a SOAP object, the tool automatically populates the Domain name box to match the name you gave the virtual directory on the General tab. However, you must manually enter the Web service name and the path for its folder. You use the Name text box to assign a name to your SOAP object. For example, this project assigns SSMWSSoap as the name for the SOAP object. In the Path text box, enter the local path for the Web service. The lower box in Figure 1 shows the local path I used as I set up the sample Web service for this article. Click Save to commit your settings for the SOAP object in the virtual directory, then click Configure.
Configuring a SOAP object primarily means designating the database objects that your Web service will expose and the format for the values the service will return to a client application. Figure 2 shows the Soap virtual name configuration
dialog box, with two stored procedures and one UDF already added. The LikeLname stored procedure is in the process of being selected as a Web method that has the same name. Use the Browse (...) button next to the SP/Template text box to select the name of a database object that you want to expose as a Web method. When you click the Browse button, the dialog box will show only the objects that the login on the Security tab has EXECUTE permission for.
The output format for the values returned to the client application depends on which Output as radio button you select as well as which database object you select to implement a Web method. The LikeLname stored procedure returns a result set, which the Web service represents as a dataset with one ADO.NET DataTable object corresponding to the result set. For this kind of output, you can choose the Dataset objects or Single dataset Output as radio button. Choosing the Dataset objects button lets you see the syntax for the client application to process multiple returned objects from a Web service. The other three database objects, which I've already selected, have their output formatted as XML objects. In the case of the ValidateNewPW Web method, selecting XML objects returns a scalar value as a string to a client application.
Creating a VB.NET Client
After completing a Web service, you'll frequently build a client to communicate with the Web service. The client application for the telephone-directory Web service consists of three Windows forms in the SSM0304 folder that corresponds to a VB.NET project of the same name. I used Visual Studio .NET 2003 to build the client application. The client application relates to the middle tier of the application through a Web reference. You add the Web reference to the project by choosing Project, Add Web Reference, then entering in the URL box the URL for the Web service followed by ?wsdl. Click Go. When Visual Studio navigates to the Web service and returns the service's description, click Add Reference to add a Web reference to the Visual Studio project for the Web service. Figure 3, shows the Add Web Reference dialog box for this application on my office network. You'll need to change the domain name from cab233a to whatever computer hosts the middle tier for your Web service.
You can run the client application on any computer that can connect to the computer that's running the Web service. Because you're using a Windows Forms client, the client computer needs to have the .NET Framework installed on it. The Microsoft Web page http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/technologyinfo/howtoget/default.aspx tells how to obtain the .NET Framework 1.1 Redistributable, which is available for free.
Figure 4 shows Form1, Form2, and Form3 from the client application. The main goal of Form1 is to show the column values for the rows whose Lname values begin with a given string, such as the letter D. Notice that the second row is selected in Form1. Clicking Edit selected row on Form1 opens and populates Form2 with the values from the Fname, Lname, and Phone columns of the row you selected in Form1. Form2 is primarily for editing those values; it requires users to validate their identities by entering the EmployeeID and password column values for the selected row. After correctly entering these values (as in Figure 4), a user can edit the values in the first three text boxes on Form2. Clicking Submit commits the new values in the text boxes to the EmpPhones table.
Clicking Validate new password in Form2 opens Form3 with automatically populated EmployeeID and Old Password text boxes from corresponding entries in Form2. After a user enters a string in the New Password text box and clicks Validate on Form3, the Validate button's Click event procedure assigns the value of the new password to a variable in Form2. If the user doesn't enter a valid value for the EmployeeID or Password text boxes in Form2 before clicking Validate on Form3, this click can still transfer a new password from Form3 to Form2. The user just needs to manually enter valid information in the EmployeeID, New Password, and Admin Password text boxes on Form3 before clicking Validate.
The Code Behind the Forms
Listing 4 shows the VB.NET code behind Form1. The module starts with the module-level declaration of a DataSet object. Within the btnStartswithlookup_Click procedure, two declarations are critical. The first is for a proxy variable, xws1, which points at the Web service through the Web reference. The second is an array of objects that's represented by the response variable. You'll need to replace cab233a in the proxy variable declaration with the domain name of the server hosting your Web service's virtual directory. Because you configured the LikeLname Web method to permit the return of multiple datasets, you need an array of objects to capture the Web method's output.
The rest of the code in the btnStartswithlookup_Click procedure applies the module-level and procedure-level declarations. A Try...Catch statement invokes the LikeLname Web method in the Try clause by passing the Text property value for TextBox1. The Catch clause prints diagnostic information for runtime errors. Besides catching runtime errors, using a Try...Catch statement can provide helpful diagnostic information as you debug an application. After the Try...Catch statement, an assignment sets the das1 variable equal to the first element in the response array. The procedure concludes by using the SetDataBinding method to bind the first (and only) DataTable object in the das1 DataSet to DataGrid1.
The btnEditselectedrow_Click procedure in Listing 4 begins by instantiating an instance of Form2 and opening the instance with the Show method. This method lets users switch between the parent form (Form1) and the child form (Form2) without having to close the child form. With the CurrentRowIndex property for DataGrid1, the procedure captures the index for the currently selected row. Before closing, the procedure assigns the Fname, Lname, and Phone columns from the selected row in DataGrid1 to TextBox controls on the Form2 instance.
Listing 5 displays the code behind Form2. This code builds on practices I used in the code behind Form1 but also involves new techniques. For example, the code starts with a Public Shared declaration for a variable named fldNewPassword. This type of declaration is an easy way to let a child form assign a value to a variable in its parent form. Form3 references the fldNewPassword variable to return the new password to Form2.
The btnSubmit_Click procedure behind Form2 primarily invokes the UpdateEmpPhonesRow method. Notice the syntax for assigning method arguments within the first statement of the Try clause. In particular, a Boolean variable set to True follows each Integer variable type. Without a value of True for each Integer variable, your method invocation fails. In addition, recall from Listing 1 that the method can pass back return values of -1 or 0. A value of 0 signals an invalid employee ID or password argument. The procedure recovers the return value as the first element in the response array and prints a diagnostic message if appropriate.
The btnValidate_Click procedure performs two functions. First, it opens Form3. Second, it copies TextBox property values from Form2 to Form3.
The btnUpdate_Click procedure behind Form2 branches to either invoke the UpdatePassword method or display a diagnostic message. The If clause in the If...EndIf statement that implements the branch is based on fldNewPassword's value. Form3 assigns a valid password to the fldNewPassword variable or gives the variable a string value of Failed. Form3 sets the variable to Failed when it can't validate the new password.
The sole procedure behind Form3, btnValidate_Click, appears in Listing 6. This procedure invokes the ValidateNewPW method, which is based on the ValidateNewPW() UDF that returns a string scalar value. The Web service returns this value as a string variable called response instead of as an element in an array. The procedure uses the value of the response variable to select one of the two radio buttons on the form. The selected button tells you whether the validation succeeded. The procedure concludes by assigning the value of response to the fldNewPassword variable in Form2.
Basing Web Services on Database Objects
By following this article's example, you can make the loosely coupled database, middle-tier, and client layers in a Web service application work together as one integrated solution. The SQLXML 3.0 IIS Virtual Directory Management tool constructs the middle tier as a virtual directory that refers back to objects in a database. In addition, you can create a SOAP object in a Web service, which exposes database objects as Web methods. This capability lets you leverage your T-SQL skills in Web service solutions. The client layer then handles data display and user interactivity, referring back to the database layer through the middle tier. By understanding the details of this article's sample solution, you're equipped to offer Web service solutions on any of your existing SQL Server databases.


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Moreno Ferrari
Born in 1952, he is a fashion and interior designer from La Spezia in Liguria, who spent his youth amidst swatches of fabrics and materials, followed by a professional career marked by his studies in philosophy, history of cinema and literature. Carlo Rivetti, of the C.P. Company, recognized his potential, allowing him to experiment and create some of his trademark pieces. Ferrari deconstructs his clothes and redesigns them as versatile and transformable objects, creating clothes that morph and change to suit our individual needs. Many of his works are exposed in renound International Museums.
Job: Fashion & Textile Designer


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The budget adds more than $1 billion in education spending and preserves many programs for the state's most vulnerable citizens.
It's been sort of a strange final day up here at the Capitol. House Speaker Johnnie Byrd and Senate President Jim King haven't been talking to each other and that leaves it sort of up in the air as to when the state budget will pass Friday night.
What we do know is it is not as painful a budget as we've seen in recent years. Education is one of the big winners in this year's state budget. More than a billion new dollars will go into kindergarten through 12th grade statewide.
As he watched the Legislature in action at the Capitol, Education Commissioner Jim Horne gave the budget an A plus.
"Our community colleges, it's probably the best ever budget, our universities, it was an awesome year. I mean we get to catch up on enrollment, there's a tremendous amount of funding for some of their other projects," says Horne.
But K-12 education gets just $250 more per student, which means no pay raises for teachers in many counties. Older folks also don't fare well.
Lyn Bodiford with AARP says the Legislature broke a promise to fund just a few minutes more a day of care for nursing home residents.
"There will be people harmed unnecessarily through no one's fault, just the fact that there aren't enough staff in these facilities to insure that people aren't harmed," says Lyn.
But lawmakers also found plenty of cash this year for projects some people call turkeys $25 million for a chiropractic school at Florida State University, $900,000 for a training center for Future Farmers of America, and $1.5 million for domestic security in a tiny Florida town where the Senate president happens to have a vacation home.
Democrats say the republican-led Legislature is out of touch with regular citizens.
Rep. Doug Wiles, Florida House Minority Leader, says, "To me it seems like in some areas we've lost our focus, but republicans say keeping state spending in check is the main reason Florida's in better shape than so many other states."
Lawmakers plan to vote on the state budget sometime after 7 p.m. tonight. The session is scheduled to end at midnight. Both tax breaks did pass the House and the Senate has agreed to include them in the budget.
Among the high profile issues that have not passed and aren't likely to are pre-k and a Constitutional amendment requiring parental notification for abortions.


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The offers are tempting: Make thousands of dollars in the comfort of your own home, but instead of making money, consumers end up spending their own.
"They misrepresented the truth to me and defrauded us of our money and hopefully we'll be able to recover that," says David Kingry, a victim.
The ad asks you to send money to a post office box in your area and, in return, you'll stuff envelopes for cash.
"Where have you ever applied and been asked to pay to go to work there? That should give you a clue that something is not right here," says Dennis Horton of the Better Business Bureau.
Instead of the green, you end up receiving a letter on how you can place the same ad and have someone send you money. But if you do that:
"The problem is, that's mail fraud, which makes you a criminal in the process of trying to make two, four or five hundred dollars," says Horton.
Working together the Better Business Bureau, the Illinois Attorney General and the U.S. Post Office are filing suit and cracking down on these con artists. They're urging anyone who receives these scams to return to sender.


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White Ribbon
Dark BlueAnimals have a sense, a particular alertness to danger much stronger than the hearing, smelling, and sight that we know. It's the sense that directs them in flight from a fire and the instinct that pulls them to safety before the ice begins to fall. My brother Ori had that sense. He peed in his bed every night for a week before they came, and when his little fingers touched my face to stir me from my slumber and to change his sheets and clothes, he asked me in a terrified little whisper, "Did Dad come back yet?" And when I told him no, he was working with the Police this month, little tears rolled down Ori's face, and he said, "Tell him not to come! Arcana, please, tell him not to come home!"
He ran for the News screen in the other room, frantically watching the Newscasters as they laughed about the recent victors of Pinbop, the national sport.
"Ori, come to your room now," I said after I cleaned up. "If you leave the Screen on you'll wake Mom."
The look of grief on his face could have ripped out my heart. "I need to watch for Dad."
I sighed. Only once did I let him stay to watch it, and I insisted that he change his pajamas and bring a blanket, but I wish we had watched it every time, just to see him. At about two in the morning Ori nudged me awake on the couch as an image of congressman Temblood appeared on the screen. "The team investigating the Temblood assassination," the Newscasters announced, "has made 'substantial progress' today, according to National inspector Anders Halloway." The camera moved to our father's face, standing outside the dark blue National Building. He was exhausted. I could see it instantly in his face. He was so overwhelmed that despite the snow in the background and the wind that muffled his words, he didn't even try to close his coat.
"We have found incredible leads in the past several hours," my father told the reporter, "and we are determined to get to the bottom of this case."
The Newscasters switched to another topic, and I had to watch them chat on and on about National fashion trends as Ori sobbed for an hour on my chest. Of course they didn't discuss the Suprema tribes, and they didn't count the number of people that the Suprema had already killed. Everyone knew about them without the News. And although the Suprema mostly targeted the lower classes and people Outside, we were afraid too. Whole families were found dead in their homes, factory workers faced an ever increasing number of suspicious "accidents" on the job, and individuals on the street faced the constant fear of the Suprema bullet. I wanted to cry too. None of this was on the News. These were things Dad had told me in secret.
We are not their targets, I told myself. There was no reason to fear the Suprema.
Dad came home at the end of the week. I watched the same exhausted man that I had seen on the screen trudge to the door, but when he entered and saw our faces he completely transformed. Now he was Dad, absorbing our presence with his smiling eyes.
Ori ran into his arms. My sister Gia gave him a red scarf that she made with yarn. She had a fascination with creating new things from raw materials. I stood by and watched as he made his way to our mother's bed. I'd have my turn eventually. I heard my mother cough and sob and kiss him, and eventually, after I restrained myself for so long, Dad came over to me and kissed my forehead.
But the moment was not as I had wanted our reunion to be. He drew back for a moment and pain seared across his face. He was deciding something.
He leaned into my ear and said quietly enough so Gia wouldn't hear, "The Temblood assassination was arranged in the National Building. They know I have almost enough evidence to prove it. Act normal, like you know nothing, but prepare a bag for you, Gia, and Ori. I'm sure they'll come for me tonight, so after we turn off the lights, we'll escape out the back."
I saw Gia crafting on the couch, so I struggled to keep my face calm. "Where are we going?"
"I know a family in the West Mountains," he said.
I thought about our escape. "They'll see the Auto," I worried.
"We won't use the Auto. We'll go on foot." I saw my father's face now. His eyes looked almost wild.
I had never been Outside. I never needed to, or wanted to for that matter. The National City was huge. It could probably be its own country, and it contained all I wanted, including safety. I could recall a vague idea of the terrain of the Outside from Geography class, but all I remembered from National History class was the war and devastation that destroyed the Outside. And from Dad, of course, I knew about the Suprema, and that they scoured the Outside for Nationals, aiming to rid the earth of them, to develop a dominant Suprema society. The Outside had no Grocer Boxes or Water Buttons. It had no screens and no electricity for Mom's machine. Traveling to the East River on foot, let alone to the West Mountains, was not an escape route. It was a death wish.
"What about Mom, Dad?" I asked slowly. "You know she can't leave the house. She's too sick."
Dad clenched his jaw. "Arcana, follow the plan. We leave at nightfall. You pack your bags, and I'll pack mine and your mother's. I'll figure something out."
Suddenly Gia decided she wanted his attention, "Dad, look at this necklace I made when you were gone."
"That's beautiful, sweetheart!" Dad said, turning to my sister. That was the end of the conversation. It was decided.
No one in the City really had much space behind their houses, but we were privileged, graced by my father's government position. My father had built a tree fort for my brother in our yard, and Ori, wanting to please him, declared the morning Dad came home that he wanted to paint it. Dad told us that lunch would be ready soon, so I helped Ori carry the paint cans out back, gather the brushes, and stir the paint up in the fort.
It was then I heard the shot. Clear, loud, and decisive, I have never forgotten that sound. Glass shattered and I heard four more quick shots. They hadn't even waited for nighttime. I hugged Ori to my chest. I think I whispered, "Don't make a sound," but I can't be sure. Perhaps I only thought it to myself: Don't make a sound. I pulled him into the corner and sat paralyzed.
My mother screamed, coughing spastically from her bed. I thought of Dad and Gia and Mom. They had no protection. They had no idea.
I knew that Dad was dead. It was a certainty that ripped me, tore me, but I was sure. I felt Ori's warm pee seeping onto my clothes. I hugged him tighter, praying that I would not hear another -
Three more shots punched. I didn't hear Mom anymore. Tears silently streamed down my face. I held Ori in my lap so tightly I almost crushed him. I prayed they wouldn't find us. Just don't kill Ori, not Ori, not my last one.
A spray of bullets fired in my house. It was a machine gun. I wondered why they used so many bullets. I heard deep and frustrated voices. I heard a man yell in rage.
It occurred to me that I should be hearing sirens, that someone must have called the Police to report the gunshots. But they never came.
I hugged Ori until long past sundown, but even then I feared that what I thought was an Auto leaving was a figment of my imagination. I had a vague awareness of what was happening but my thoughts were like bubbles, rising and disappearing, and all my attempts to catch them, to figure things out were in vain.
All that I knew was me and Ori. He needed me. That fact I could cling to, build upon.
I finally decided I had to do something. We needed help. The Mayersons lived right next door. I could tell them we were in trouble and they could find us a safe place to go. I knew I could walk to our aunt's house, but they might expect us there. No one would expect us to seek safety with a friend of the Mayersons. We weren't even that friendly with them, but they seemed nice enough.
It probably wasn't a well-established plan, but it was my only plan, the only idea solid enough for me to act on, so I did. I told Ori to wait in the corner of the tree fort. "If you hear any bullets, don't look for me. If you hear any bullets run straight to the Mayersons for help."
"Don't leave! Arcana, don't leave me!"
"Hush! Don't make a sound." I turned to leave the tree fort. "I love you, Ori."
I peeked out the entrance and saw no one. I did see shattered glass, and blood on the kitchen window. I changed my plans. I had to check first and seek help afterwards. I had to see if maybe one of them was still breathing. Maybe one of them faked dying. Maybe one of them was still alive!
The deadness of the outside air told me no, they were dead, but I wouldn't believe it. I descended the ladder quickly, very aware that I was totally exposed. Any bullet right now would bring me to the ground. I could be seen and shot from every side, every angle. I hurried, and I reached the ground without injury.
Crouching, I stole to the back door. I opened it slowly. The house was still and dark, as if their last breaths were still hanging there, bloody and thick, right in the air I was breathing.
Join the DiscussionThis book has 87 comments. Post your own now!
Apr. 1, 2012 at 9:10 am
This is a cool story. I'm only halfway through right now, I just finished chapter six. I noticed a few flaws, but not many. One was the pace was slightly too fast for my taste, because, think about it this way: when you go to barnes and noble or borders and buy a nice new book, it will take a while to get into the action, but in here, it's pretty much just the first chapter and then bang comes the action. Likewise between action, such as when Arcana and her siblings escape the police, it take... (more »)
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I spent days reading this over and over again. The plot haunted me throughout the instances when I was not reading the actual words. This was extremely well written, and I'd love if you continued the story!
I almost feel bad saying that I couldn't actually find anything to remedy with constructive criticism. I feel that way because someone might think that I'm only making them feel good when there's actually something there to fix. In this instance, that is not true! This work was trul... (more »)
Jun. 1, 2011 at 8:21 am
I'm sorry I took so long to comment. I searched for 'White Ribbon' and I couldn't find it, then Teen Ink re-added the 'My Contributions' thingy and I was able to find it instantly.
Just for the record, I NEVER reply to comments asking me to read their story. But you compared my story to "The Lady or the Tiger" which not only flattered me and made my big head swell, but also impressed me that you had heard of it.
Because that was definitely an inspiration to my story.<... (more »)
Jun. 1, 2011 at 8:20 am
I'm sorry I took so long to comment. I searched for 'White Ribbon' and I couldn't find it, then Teen Ink re-added the 'My Contributions' thingy and I was able to find it instantly.
Just for the record, I NEVER reply to comments asking me to read their story. But you compared my story to "The Lady or the Tiger" which not only flattered me and made my big head swell, but also impressed me that you had heard of it.
Because that was definately an inspiration to m... (more »)
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OMG this was totally awesome!!! This shoudl be a book...i would totally buy it!!!!!
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Forum Post: Nazi Persecution, US Foreign Policy & Corporate Behavior seem to be enough to Strengthen Individual Rights
Posted 4 years ago on July 3, 2013, 8:36 p.m. EST by Middleaged
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This is an attempt to provide 3 Cases or Types of Cases that would Instruct a Generation of Americans. The Premise is that Nazi Persecution, US Foreign Policy & Corporate Behavior seem to be enough to Strengthen Individual Rights, Study of the Constitution & Geneva Conventions, and to Re-Enact Anti-Trust Law and Break Down Corporate Power over Individuals in the USA.
The Trend seems to be toward Global Trade, Global Laws, & Global Treaties. The jury is still out on whether this is progress or a return to a time when Powerful Lords & Merchants ruled harshly over Peasants. Corporations naturally want to take advantage of low wages and move operations, manufacturing, engineering, accounting, and even corporate HQ to the best advantage. But there are problems 1) Wealthy Interests don't teach Labor about Individual Rights, Heath Benefits, Living Wages, retirement possibilities, Safety issues related to the health of workers and the industry 2) Laws are different in Different Countries and Taxes & Accounting Rules are very different 3) Fraud can be a problem in different countries, Child Labor, Slave Labor, extremely harsh work conditions may exist, extremely low wages may exist, no health care may be provided to a work force which can not afford any health care, and the Safety Record may prove the work not only kills people or maims them, but also leads to suicide.
Case #1 Nazi Persecution in World War II is still valid today in many ways related to Individual Rights, but also in that new financial structures were invented, slave labor was used, there were classes of people under this structure, there were privileged people under this structure, there were high tech industries that were held up on a pedestal as well as Inventors & Engineers who were "Heroes". Some things stay the same, Right??
We all agree that Nazis are an important Case in light of Human, Civil & Individual Rights. The Scenario proves the need for Human Rights, Individual Rights, Civil Rights, Privacy & Primacy of people over big Organizations, Anti-Trust Legislation & Enforcement, Minimization of State Intelligence organizations, Minimization of Police Powers, ... and all our law for Just Treatment of Prisoners, Freedom from cruel punishment, speedy trial, an attorney, the freedom to call family and attorneys from Jail or Prison, Freedom from Rendition, Freedom from Kidnaping and Disappearing at the Hands of the Police, Freedom from Torture, and Freedom to health checks, medicine, food, nutrition, and clean water while in US Federal Jails or Military Prisons.
Case #2 US Foreign Policy was to USE US Military Forces in the Caribbean, Central, & South America to Support US Business Interest in what was called the "Banana Wars". Later The Russian Revolution caused a huge policy shift in watching and checking the growth a Communism (which is anti-business, anti-capitalism, and a threat to Western Industry Ownership). Each US President may have had it's own War Doctrine and they are easily found. Clearly the US Fabricated reasons to go to war in Vietnam & Iraq. Behind the Policies is the huge Military-Security-Defense-Intelligence-Prison Industries which enjoy hiring former military and contractors formed by former military officers. Fraud in Defense Industry in the USA is at least as old as Pre-World War II when Truman was sent to clean it up. Today Tank Tanks & Foundations write opinion pieces to drive us into the War on terrorism (It is an Industry, a Network, a Career, and a Political Party).
The Problem is US Foreign Policy Creates Terrorist, Kills Civilians it does not see when it fires weapons, Uses Drones & Assassination, has a Long History of CIA Regime Change Operations, a Long History of CIA Scandals, our Intelligence Organizations are as big as Western European Armies, Entrenched Defense & Security Interest Groups in our Economy, and the $7 Trillion Dollars we spend on Defense in the Last 10 Years.
Anyway the US Foreign Policy is a Dinosaur which can be compared to Sharia Law:
A) We will deal with any Tyrant or Muslim Group as long as they say they will be our Ally and work with us... and as long as they are not Communists or Marxist Socialist (because nationalizing Resources is bad for US Business Interests) B) We will engage in Paramilitary Operations against any nation that no longer goes along with our Interests and who has some strategic or natural resources value C) We will ignore the Geneva Convention, human rights, & Individual Rights in Legal or Military Actions (since we can control the information, the press, the history, and the spin in most if not all cases especially in third world countries) D) We will promote War when it suits us and will say that we are sorry that women, children, and civilians are hurt by our high tech weapons (but we will refuse to count or keep track of civilian deaths, loss of business, losses to foreign economies, and to loss of homes and cultures) E) We will fund, train, provide weapons, and support Tyrants or Terrorists if we see Fit.
Don't you think we should stop going to war 5,000 miles away to use high tech weapons against people that can never mount an army, navy, or air force to attack this Nation?? Don't you think we should stop attacking and holding embargos against people that can never even fire a missile and hit the USA?? Don't you think the US Foreign Policy is the Equivalent of Sharia Law??
Case #3 is Corporate Behavior which can be built around the Fact that originally US Law Protected Individuals from Harm from Business or Commerce. This was the basis of Law besides Common law, Tort law, and many phrases and ideas from Roman Law. Today few Americans even know what Anti-Trust Law is or that it was used to limit the power of big business to dominate with their power and wealth.
1) Savings & Loan Crisis
2) Keating Five & Lincoln Savings & Loan & William K. Black
3) Dot Com Crisis
4) Deregulation & the Increase in Size of Wall Street Investment Banks
5) Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis, Fraud, Scandal, & DOJ & Regulator Lack of Action, Investigation & Solutions & Remedies
6) 2008 Global Financial Crisis, Loss of Face for US Business, Loss of Reputation for US Financial Organizations
7) The Cover-Up of the Wall Street banks in Deregulation & the Financial Crisis, Owning the Media, Owning the President & Congress, Owning the DOJ & FBI, Owning the Foreign European Governments as well through dependence on Banks & Capitalism for money, Campaign Funds, Networks, Contacts, Career Advancement, ... and it all looks like Duopoly & Crony Capitalism.
8) Best Guess $10 Trillion Dollars was lost to US Individuals in the Financial Crisis ... this should be a scope of magnitude large enough to strip any government official from "Sovereign Immunity"... to be sued or prosecuted for Willful neglect. The only problem is the waters are muddied by all the many managers involved in decisions and that no one is saying here is the main guy in not enforcing the old rules & older Policies. That is why you have to hold the top guy accountable along with his supporters.
9) TBTF is Bigger than Ever. So we still have to Break up all Large Corporations in all Industries, Especially the Media, Stop paying for Media if it is MSM. Read history & law as a defense is my only suggestion.
Nazi Persecution, US Foreign Policy & Corporate Behavior seem to be enough in Case Studies & Education to Strengthen Individual Rights & National Discussions.
Where is the MSM on this?? They are afraid that history sounds like a Conspiracy Theory!!


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Among B-Boys
Among B-Boys Previous Broadcasts
KQED World: Thu, May 14, 2015 -- 5:00 AM
Christopher Woon's first documentary feature explores the intersection of rugged urban b-boyin' (breakdancing) and the traditional roots of Hmong culture. But instead of the usual generational conflict, Among B-Boys unveils a story of the modern and the traditional actually affirming each other, visually weaving between the older generation's memory of ethnicity and war and the younger generation's toprocks, footwork, freezes and power-moves. Woon focuses on three breakers - Impact and Vlln of Underground Flow, and Sukie of Velocity/Soul Rivals Crew-who reveal the path towards b-boy cultural citizenship in America, but continually steer us back to their families, history and community. Produced as a short in 2004 and originally focused on the California Central Valley, the feature film follows the expansion of the Hmong community into the Midwest, with its main protagonists now in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Thursday, November 8th, 2012
Connor takes hostages and Elena takes a life.
Elena wakes up in bed and writes in her diary about how much she hates becoming a vampire. She's depressed and scared. Damon barges in, looking for his brother. He teases her about their 'dirty dancing' and says she's in a 'shame spiral'.
Connor returns to his RV with a head in a bag. He recalls his chat with Professor Shane about Klaus and the hybrids. Shane asked him to keep Bonnie out of harm's way. Connor wouldn't promise that. He heads over to The Grill and holds a blade to Jer's throat. Meanwhile, Matt is getting the place ready when April bursts in. She's looking for Beks. Connor comes out with Jer. The hunter makes it clear he's there to lure their friends out. He sends them a text to speed it along. April starts to freak out. Jer can't remember anything that Connor keeps alluding to. The hunter shows him the werewolf toxin bombs he's making and explains how his tattoo grows with killing. Matt and April go into the locker. She admits there is something familiar about Connor. He starts to hammer at the bricks over the entrance to the tunnels beneath.
Klaus calls Stefan from Italy and informs him that Connor has escaped with a head so he's got werewolf toxin. He needs the hunter captured alive. They argue about it. Stefan goes to meet his brother, friends and the hybrids. Stefan insists on doing reconnaissance first to avoid walking into a trap. Stefan goes off and calls Klaus to update him and request hybrid help. He checks out The Grill and calls his brother. They bicker. Elena hears Jeremy is there and wants to go over herself. Damon thinks she'll just get herself killed. They throw each other around and she says she needs to get her brother back. Stefan returns and starts bickering with his brother about Klaus. When Damon threatens to kill Connor himself, his brother vervanes him. He insists on doing this his way and promises Elena he will get Jer out. They kiss. He goes out to the woods and calls Connor, telling him that Klaus still wants him alive. He offers to tell him why if he'll release the hostages. Meanwhile, Damon wakes up. His brother took his daylight ring so he's stuck. He guesses Stefan is working with Klaus. Elena decides to go herself. Damon tells her to make sure she gets close and kills Connor.
Bonnie meets with Shane in his office. They have tea and he wants to put her under hypnosis. She doesn't think that will ever work. They do it for seven hours. He prompts her to light a candle with magic, telling her that she doesn't need to be afraid of anyone. She lights all the candles in the room.
Caroline goes to Tyler's and meets Hayley. They're not friendly. "I don't do teen drama," Hayley groans. Meanwhile, Tyler and hybrid Dean argue about following Klaus' orders. Dean challenges him to call Klaus. Ty does. Klaus starts teasing him about Hayley. Caroline hears this of course. Tyler plods off. Caroline looks heartbroken. Dean heads to The Grill and Klaus calls to repeat his order to keep the hunter alive. Inside, Connor gives Jeremy a lecture about killing. They hear Dean coming. When he enters, he trips the bomb. Nails and venom fly into his face. Once he's on his knees, Connor blows his chest out. Stefan has slipped in the back. Connor starts taking shots. Stefan offers him a deal. Elena bursts in. She begs for her brother. Connor isn't sympathetic. Stefan distracts him long enough for Elena to leap at the hunter. As he goes down, he shoots Jer in the side. Stefan drags him to cover before the bomb goes off. The hunter throws Elena down and is about the kill her when Stefan speeds over and drags him away. Later, Elena has a hard time looking at her bloody brother. He tells her about being able to see the hunter's mark. It becomes clear that someone has been compelling him to forget things and she guesses who it was.
In the tunnels, Stefan is dragging Connor along when Damon comes out from the septic tank. They start arguing over killing the hunter. Stefan lets hims captive run and then Damon tries to rip his brother's heart out. Stefan confesses about the cure. Damon backs off. Down the tunnel, Elena catches Connor. After she bites him, he stabs her. She snaps his neck. Later, the brothers find her burying him in the woods. She confronts Stefan for working with Klaus. "I killed someone," she begins repeating to herself in tears. That evening at the Salvatore house, Stefan catch Damon reading his diary. They agree it's better not to let Elena know she killed her last chance at being human. Stefan still has hope and wants to search for the other hunters. Damon asks him if he can still love Elena as a vampire. Stefan says he'll always love her, but she's not supposed to be a vampire. "I'm fine with her ether way," Damon says. If he helps, it will only be to help his brother. Across town, Elena writes in her diary that she has lost herself. Blood begins dripping from the ceiling. She follows it into the bathroom where 'killer' is written on the mirror is blood. This is hallucination.
Back at Tyler's, Caroline walks in on him hugging Hayley over Dean's death. Hayley wanders off. Caroline lectures Ty. He says that Hayley saved his life but nothing else happened between them. They want to help other hybrids and they can't do that if Klaus knows what's really between them. Meanwhile, April and Matt meet up with Jer. They're all disoriented. Jer gives her a vervane bracelet as she goes. As he and Matt walk off, Jer sees a tattoo on his hand.
Cryptic commentary: That was an action filled episode, although it felt a bit disjointed. Did they really need to drop that Bonnie stuff in the middle of everything. Poor Caroline. I'm not so sure I totally believe what Tyler told her. I'm looking forward to seeing her in some scenes with April though. They should have an interesting dynamic. There were a few nice bits between the brothers. Especially at the end. But I'm not looking forward to this emo-Elena trip that seems to be in the works. And since Jeremy seems to have this hunter curse, I'm guessing double-emo.
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The J.W. Eckford Memorial Clinic and Hospital
Dr. Feddy Eckford announced construction of the J. W. Memorial Hospital located at 6 Washington Street in 1946 in memory of his father, Dr. Jim Eckford, whose death was the same year. It was the first air-conditioned hospital in the county and one of the first in the state. The building was designed by Harry Stevens of West Point and cost $100,000. It was the very latest in design and featured glass brick non-glare windows and modernistic architectural lines. Originally, it had nine private rooms, one ward accommodating three, and a black ward and a private room. The hospital had an X-ray room, operating room, delivery room, and was equipped throughout with the latest medical equipment. The Health Department required an ultra violet light in each room to kill germs that might come from the new air conditioning system. The hospital utilized what was known as a "walking blood bank." They requested citizens who were willing to donate blood to come and have their blood tested to see what type it was. A card file was kept with the person's name, address, phone number and blood type. When a patient needed blood, they would call a person with the same type blood to come donate their blood.
Dr. Feddy did not enjoy the business part of the Clinic so he sold it to Dr. Kermit Laird who continued operating under the same name. The Clinic on Washington Street closed in 1978 at which time Dr. Kermit Laird opened The Laird Clinic in Doctors Park on Hospital Road where Dr. Feddy was affiliated until his retirement in 1985
Dr. J. W. "Jim" Eckford began his practice of medicine in Oktibbeha County in 1896 after receiving his medical degree from Tulane during the horse and buggy days. Thousands of times, in the middle of the night he went miles in the country, through all types of weather to relieve the suffering of some human when he knew that he would never receive a cent for his services. No person high or low, black or white could say that he turned him away for lack of money, or because of the time of day or night.
Dr. Jim delivered enough babies in his 47 years to populate a city the size of Starkville and he had more of them named after him than any other man in the State. This attests the love and esteem in which his patients held him.
He had a busy and fruitful life being a leader in church and civic affairs. The newspaper of 1946 stated, "Although entitled to the endearments of 'The Country Doctor,' his skill as a physician matched that of the modern doctors who may have earned for themselves accolades of success in broader fields. His amazing understanding of human nature and the application of psychology to the practice of medicine was an accomplishment peculiar to the talents and personality of the man who exercised a benign and lasting influence for good upon all with whom he came in contact."
Dr. Jim's native sense of humor made him a good conversationalist. He loved fishing and oftentimes fished with his patients. He was welcomed in more Oktibbeha County homes than any other man who has carved out his career among the people in this section. He was for about a half century a central figure in combating the numerous epidemics, which came to this section. People still remember the tragic influenza epidemic of 1918 when a heavy toll of lives was taken from the complement of soldiers at the College and from the county's populace.
Dr. John Featherston "Feddy" Eckford joined his father Dr. James W. (Jim) in his medical practice in 1927 and followed in his footsteps, meeting the medical needs of people as well as devoting effort to civic responsibilities. He had a distinct stern voice compared to the soft kind gentle voice of his dad, but in all his other ways he was so much like him. He was a mischievous child who tied frogs to doorknobs, hypnotized his brother, Jim Boy, and the man that looked after his father's horses, and stretched them across a ditch to walk across them. He married Nellie Korumpf Holmes and has two children, Nellie Kay Eckford and Adele Featherston Eckford Smith. He was graduated from Tulane Medical School in 1926. He delivered more than 5,000 babies (half of our population at one time). He attributed any success he had with the hospital or his practice to the loving support of his family and the people he served. Former hospital employees remember him as the first doctor to make his patient rounds in the morning and the last doctor leaving the hospital at night. When I recorded his life story, he took a nap every day at 1 pm sitting in a chair. He had trained himself to totally relax for 30 minutes which he said was equivalent to hours of sleep and that was how he could keep the long hard hours of taking care of his patients. His life's stories related to family, service, recreation, birth, death and recovery and told as only Dr. Feddy could do dressed in his handsome suit and bowtie. He had even made an appearance on the Ed Sullivan show.
Dr. Feddy was so loved that everyone in the county has a "Dr. Feddy " story to tell or has heard one to tell. The Dr. Feddy stories continue to touch the heartstrings of everyone. Even today, you will still hear people say, "Dr. Feddy delivered me, or took out my tonsils, etc. A lady came in the museum not long ago and said, "I wouldn't be alive today if it were not for Dr. Feddy…he knew what to do to save my life!" The Dr. Feddy stories contain such emotion and love from the person telling them that you can sense the truth and gratitude in them. Walking with him around his lawn once, he stopped at the stonewall around his rose garden and said, "one patient gave me the stone as payment and another laid them for his payment." He was an avid golfer, loved MSU athletics, fine restaurants and dancing. A large bronze plaque hangs on the left in the foyer of the Oktibbeha County Regional Hospital that reads, "In appreciation of these two dedicated physicians for their untiring efforts, skills, and over 100 years of faithful service to the medical profession."
It would be difficult to write about the Eckford doctors without mentioning Bessie. Bessie Love Wynn was the nurse to both Dr. Eckfords. She made house calls with them and sometimes was left to nurse the sick for days. She was introduced to nursing in 1929 when she brought her badly burned baby into the clinic for treatment. She fell in love with nursing, she stayed on at the clinic to learn the duties of a nurse's aide, studied a midwife's manual and qualified to deliver babies; and in 1952 she became a licensed practical nurse.
After Dr. Jim's death, she stayed on at the clinic to work with his son, Dr. Feddy. Bessie was known as Mama Bessie by many persons throughout this area and has really been a blessing sent by God to all that knew her.
The old yellow brick building with its glass brick windows is gone forever but parts of the building remain. The Oktibbeha County Heritage Museum erected a small Medical Exhibit that showcases the original door to Dr, Eckford's private office. The writing on the glass portion of the door reads, "Private, Dr. Eckford, Office Hours 9 to 12 am – 3 to 5 p.m., Appointments 2 to 3 p.m. except on Saturday and Sunday."
The double doors leading into the hospital part of the clinic reads, "Visiting Hours 9 to 12 a.m. – 2 to 4 p.m., Hospital is Air-conditioned, No visitors under 12 yrs. of age, Please Observe 7 to 9 p.m., No visitors with coughs or colds allowed." Many medical artifacts are contained in this exhibit such as medical bags, medical cabinets, surgical tools, homemade incubator, prescription bottles and others. Visit the museum for a step back in time; you will be glad you did.
Mrs. Marilyn Laird (wife of Dr. Kermit Laird) Remembers.
The Eckford Clinic was a very busy place. Times were different then because there were no specialists here such as cardiologists, orthopedists, pediatricians, etc. so the doctors at that time did the best they could with the training and equipment they had. Most often the doctors were at the clinic from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. at night taking care of patients. She remembered the strong bond between the doctors and their patients – patients were like part of the family. Dr. Feddy was a mentor to Dr. Laird.
Sonny Kelly Remembers
Dr. Feddy was still practicing medicine when I came to Oktibbeha County Hospital 35 years ago. I remember him as a charismatic, animated individual who was liked and highly thought of by his patients, other physicians on staff, and particularly the hospital employees who took care of his patients. He delivered enough babies in Oktibbeha County to populate a fair sized town.
Helen Evans Remembers
Mrs. Evans, the wife of Maurice Evans, deceased owner of Geo. Evans Shine Shop, worked in the clinic for 18 years. She remembers that they worked hard but enjoyed every minute. Some days they worked 10 hours depending on the situation at the hospital at closing. She remembers Dr. Feddy being so compassionate that he would save samples of medicine to give patients who could not afford it. While she was there, the doctors were Dr. John T. Copeland, Dr. Kermit Laird, Dr. D. C. Strange and Dr. J. F. "Feddy" Eckford.
Mary Frances Eckford Lolley Remembers
My Granddaddy, Dr. Jim, was one of the kindest, most gentle men I have ever known. I was six months old when my grandmother Eckford died and my daddy, mother, and I went to live with Granddaddy in his home for several years. I was eleven years old when he died but I remember him very well. He found out in 1923 that he had diabetes and wrote a beautiful letter to my grandmother thinking he might not live much longer. Fortunately, insulin therapy was discovered that year and he gave himself insulin shots for the rest of his life. In this letter to my grandmother, he told her of his great love for her and for the children and gave her advice about financial matters. One bit of advice was," Never lend anything to anyone who is kin to you or to me." As generous as he was, I am sure he would have made the loans but did not think it advisable for her to do so. At the end of the letter he wrote, "I have no fears as to the future. I gave my heart to God when about 18 years of age and I have not had any doubt since." He was a faithful member of the First Methodist Church here and was chairman of the Board of Trustees when the present sanctuary was built. He was always in his place at the church at eleven o'clock on Sunday mornings unless he had an emergency. Each one of the six children took turns staying at home on Sundays to answer the phone in case of an emergency.
Granddaddy graduated from Tulane Medical School in 1895 and opened his practice in Starkville in 1896. He and my grandmother, Mary Rice, were married in December 1896. Grandmother Mary assisted him in caring for patients. They had a large two- story home on South Washington St. and many times very sick patients would stay with them until they were well enough to return to their homes. She also kept his medical records and took care of small emergencies when he was out on a call. She did all this while raising their own six children. My daddy, J.W. Eckford, Jr, said he remembered that Granddaddy took out someone's tonsils on the dining room table and they had supper on that table the same night.
At the time of his death in 1946, Dr. Jim still had a mortgage on his home as he rarely, if ever, sent out a statement for his services. He never failed to see every patient who came to see him each day. Much of his pay was in chickens, beef; pork, vegetables, homemade pies, preserves, etc. that patients continually brought to his home as payment in gratitude for his services. People knew he loved to fish and though he didn't get to go as much as he would have wished, it is said that people saw to it that his minnow vat was never empty and he had a standing invitation to fish in any pond in the county. His firewood pile never ran low either.
He had one of the first (if not the first) car in the county and he would often pick up children who were playing in their front yards and take them for a ride around the block.
He was truly a remarkable man and it was fitting that Uncle Feddy named the hospital in his memory. My earliest memory of the hospital (we always called it the clinic) is having my tonsils removed there when I was twelve.
Later in my teens, I would go there and have lunch during the school year with my Aunt Fannie Delle and her husband, Sid. Fannie Delle was Uncle Feddy's older sister. She was his receptionist and bookkeeper from about 1945 until her death in 1966. Her husband, L. S Lundy, was the hospital administrator until his death in 1958. Mary Estelle Winston, a first cousin, was the hospital dietician and served wonderful meals, which we enjoyed, in the linen closet since there was no dining area.
In 1958, when our first child was born, my husband was just out of the army so we had no medical insurance. I stayed in the clinic (hospital) in a private room for eight days and our total bill was $99.00.The room was $10.00 a day and there was a small nursery fee. Uncle Feddy waived the $50.00 delivery fee since we were family. Several elderly or terminally ill patients who were not able to take care of themselves stayed there for months or even years at a time.
I am sure people have wondered through the years where Uncle Feddy got his unusual name. Granddaddy's father, who was also named James William, died in September before Granddaddy was born in December. When young Jim was four, his mother married Dr. John Featherston. There were no children born to this union so Dr. Featherston raised Jim as though he were his own son. He was most probably the reason Granddaddy went to medical school. Then when Granddaddy's first son was born, he named him John Featherston after the only father he had ever known. Since John Featherston was a heavy load for a little boy, everyone called him Feddy and the nickname stuck. Eight years later when my dad, the second son, was born, he was given the name, James William, since that name had been in the Eckford family for several generations.
I cannot close this without naming so many who assisted Dr. Jim and/or Uncle Feddie so ably: Frances, Bessie, Mary Louise, Leila, Louise, Helen, Juliaphene, Nancy, Fred and there were many others whose skilled and loving care helped make J. W. Eckford Memorial Hospital the wonderfully caring place that it was.
I have a favorite Dr. Feddy story: He was just out of medical school and had come home to join Dr. Jim in his medical practice. One of the local doctors had to go out of town and asked Uncle Feddy to take his house calls. A call came in from out in the county and Uncle Feddy grabbed his new medical bag and traveled far out into the country until the road ended. A young boy with a horse was standing beside the road. Uncle Feddy asked for directions to Mrs.-----'s house. The boy answered, "There's no road, you'll have to go on the horse." The young doctor got up onto the horse and slid forward so the boy could get on back. The boy said, "I'm going to stay here with the car." Uncle Feddy said, "I don't know the way to the house". The boy said, "The horse does." So the young doctor rode through the woods and sure enough the horse stopped right at the house. Uncle Feddy went into the house calling the woman's name and then followed her feeble voice into the room. When she saw he was not her doctor, she said, "Who are you?" He told her who he was and why he was there and she said, " I want Dr.-----." He answered, " Mrs.-----, I've gone through a lot to get here and I'm not leaving until I have taken care of you." And he did. The horse took him back through the woods to his car. There was a problem, however. The boy had tried to turn the car around and had backed off into a rather deep ditch. It took the boy, the new young doctor, and the horse to get it out.


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Rule #1 - Be Patient - Rule #2 - Don't ask when, if you don't contribute - Rule #3 - You have coding skills - LinuxMCE's small brother is available: http://www.agocontrol.com
Hi,I'm thinking about starting my linuxmce network with a hybrid based on B202. Later network will be expanded with dedicated core and multiple MDs. B202 will become one of them.My tasks for hybrid will be: playing music, playing SD video and rarely HD 720p (SPCR article says it handled 720p for most videos) and also web surfing.I was not able to find any explicit topic on using B202 as hybrid. It is only mentioned as MD (WiKi, forum).Could you pls let me know if B202 is capable to work as hybrid for my tasks?If there will be some kind of limitation of B202/LinuxMCE functionality like "it will fit but without UI2, etc), pls, let me know.
It might even make sense to use a eee PC, like the 901. Built in UPS. Just need to get one with a HDD instead of SDD.
he,he, makes you think of having a full LinuxMCE install ready to be deployed using a single suitcase
The 901 was more meant as a joke.For any stationary hybrid, I would take the B202.
Then I definitely still not getting it fully:) I'm sorry, but what am I missing that makes 901 not applicable comparing to B202 from you point of view?


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Burnley and Northern Ireland striker Martin Paterson has joined Huddersfield Town, signing a two-year deal with the West Yorkshire side.
Paterson makes the move across the Pennines after his contract at Burnley expired at the end of last season.
The Northern Ireland international joined Burnley in 2008, after making the move from Scunthorpe United. Paterson made 130 appearances for the Clarets, scoring 29 goals.
Paterson joins former Bristol City striker Jon Stead and former Wolverhampton Wanderers winger Adam Hammill in making the move to the John Smith stadium this summer, meaning manager Mark Robins' transfer deal now stand at three signings.
And the Terriers manager is delighted with his newest signing, and thinks that Paterson can add the goals needed to provide stability next season, after Huddersfield came close to relegation this year.
Speaking to Huddersfield's official website, Robins said: "In addition to his arrival, we will still be looking to add to our strike force as the summer transfer window progresses.
"I am a firm believer in putting round pegs in round holes and Martin has come to the club to play as a striker.
"He played three quarters of his 41 games for Burnley last season in a wide position, but his career history shows that he has flourished as a central striker and that is the role he feels is his best.
"I agree and he will fulfil that role for us."
Robins also believes that Paterson can offer something that his supporters will appreciate, hard work and resilience.
"Martin is a strong and resilient character with an excellent work rate which I think our our supporters will really appreciate.
"That is backed up with good technical ability and importantly a proven track record of scoring goals at Championship level.
"He is a different type of player to those already here and will complement our other strikers and pose a different threat to our opponents," Robins added.
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text: I have a problem with my mx700 in games my mouse wheel doese not work. Some games are gta vicy city, empire earth and Medal of Honor pretty much every games that uses a mouse wheel that I know of. I have the mogitech software installed that came with my mx cordless duo. I can use the wheel to scroll in programs and stuff but it dosent work in games. Please if you know how I can solve this I would like to know becasue i need the mouse wheel.


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Before the badges, before the T-shirts, before the flag
Dr Jay Arthur, National Museum of Australia
Collections 2009 series, 27 March 2009
Curator Jay Arthur on the creation of an exhibition on the struggle for Indigenous civil rights from 1920 to 1970 for the National Museum. She examines the notion of the 'untold' story and the challenge in assembling objects to tell this story.
Collections 2009 series
- From collections to exhibitions – welcome and keynote addressProfessor Howard Morphy, Australian National University and Dr Peter Stanley, National Museum of Australia
- What was it like: a perspective on history in museumsBrian Crozier, Crozier Schutt Associates
- A load of old rubbish: displaying archaeology of the modern cityDr Charlotte Smith, Museum Victoria
- No presence in the case: looking for Tahiti in world museumsDr Jenny Newell, National Museum of Australia
- Dead museum animals: from 'order of nature' to chaos of cultureDr Libby Robin, National Museum of Australia
- A cast of thousands: redevelopment of CircaBronwyn Dowdall, Dr Martha Sear and Jennifer Wilson
- Objects to stories: using thematic studies to develop exhibitions at volunteer museums in the Port Macquarie-Hastings regionLiz Gillroy, Port Macquarie-Hastings Council
- Flora Pell: Australia's first domestic goddessAlison Wishart, National Museum of Australia
- From flat things big things grow!Elspeth Wishart, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
- Into the lightNicola Smith, National Museum of Australia
- Victoria Police Museum: collecting crimeLiz Marsden, Victoria Police Museum
- Online exhibitionsMary-Elizabeth Andrews
- Before the badges, before the T-shirts, before the flagDr Jay Arthur, National Museum of Australia
- Review of the National Museum of Australia's Australian Journeys galleryDr Michael Cathcart, University of Melbourne and Dr Martha Sear, National Museum of Australia


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The public is invited to a concert featuring the BASICS (Brothers and Sisters In Christ Singers). The concert will be on Tuesday, June, 17, 2014, beginning at 7:00 PM at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Hutchinson. A free will offering of food items and/or cash for the McLeod County Food Shelf will be collected at the door. Door prizes will be awarded. The concert is sponsored by Thrivent Financial.


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University of Hawaii Student Named Pacific Century FellowUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Kristen Cabral, (808) 956-5039
Public Information Officer
Keliʻi Akina, a full time Ph.D. student studying East West philosophy in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, was selected to be a member of the Pacific Century Fellows Program's Class of 2003. The program is designed to identify, encourage and help develop future island leaders.
Akina is the CEO of Hawaiʻi Youth for Christ, a non-profit corporation that sponsors outreach work to teenagers. Akina also developed the Certified Youth Mentor program, which has trained more than 400 adults from over 100 community organizations and churches to provide mentoring to adolescents. Receiving a bachelor's degree in history and literature of world religions at Northwestern University, Akina went on to achieve a master's degree in philosophy at UH Mānoa and is currently working on his doctorate degree.
"I was delighted to hear that I'd been named a Pacific Century Fellow because one of my deep passions is to see Hawaiʻi become a center for global solutions. The fellowship will give me the opportunity to partner with leaders who share this vision and to apply my graduate studies at UH to practical outcomes for society," Akina said.
Modeled after the White House Fellows program, fellows are chosen based on a written application and personal interview conducted by a selected panel of judges. The selection committee considers educational background, current career responsibilities, special achievements as well as the comments of superiors, involvement in community activities, communication skills and strength of character. The objective of the program is to select individuals who have shown the intellectual and leadership abilities in the early and mid-stages of their careers necessary to succeed and have the potential to contribute to the community in the future.
The Pacific Century Fellows Program will provide participants with direct contact with senior community, social and government leaders. The goal of the program is to nurture relationships among individuals who are committed to exploring creative and constructive solutions for challenges facing the state.
"Having selected our sixth and largest class of fellows to participate in this unique executive leadership training program, we are continuing to build a cadre of talented young professionals who will positively contribute to the betterment of our state in the years to come" said Mufi Hannemann, former White House fellow and chairman of the Board of the Fund for the Pacific Century Fellows Program.


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Day of Prayer goal to gather locals
The community will be gathering together this week to celebrate a national event locally.
The National Day of Prayer is set to start at noon Thursday at Heritage Park in Wapakoneta.
The Rev. Mark Bauer, of St. Mark's Lutheran Church, said the national event is celebrated annual in Wapakoneta and the goal is to bring the community together in prayer.
"The National Day of Prayer is an opportunity for people in the community to gather and pray for the leadership in all the aspects of community life — government, military, media, business, education, police, fire, church, and family," Bauer said. "Join us as we give thanks to God for the freedom we enjoy in being able to gather freely to pray for our national and local leaders."
This event is sponsored by the Wapakoneta Area Ministerial Association (WAMA) and Mercy Unlimited. Local pastors from area churches will be hosting this special prayer service, and will include asking for God's guidance and blessing for each prayer group.
Prayer groups include government, military, media, business, education, Auglaize County Sheriff's Office, Wapakoneta Police Department, churches and family. Representatives from each group are scheduled to be in attendance at the prayer service.
In addition, two guitarists have been tabbed to lead the music and two tents are to be set up.
The service will take approximately 30 minutes, and participants are invited to bring their lunch and their own lawn chairs.
Approximately 100 people were in attendance last year.
This event is always held on the first Thursday of May, and invites all people of all faiths to pray for the nation.
"America the Beautiful," "God Bless America" and "My Country 'Tis of Thee" will be sung during the service.
In 1952, Congress established National Day of Prayer as an annual event by a joint resolution and signed into law by President Harry S Truman, and in 1988, National Day of Prayer became designated as the first Thursday in May, according to the National Day of Prayer website.
The mission of the day is to mobilize prayer in America, along with encouraging personal repentance and righteousness in the culture.
The public is invited to attend this event, and it will be held, rain or shine.
"The event has become a tradition for Wapakoneta," Bauer said.