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Torquay are returning to the Football League and Cambridge must linger a little longer in the Blue Square Premier after their second play-off final defeat in succession. It is not so much a funny old game as a cruel one but Torquay deserved their victory and had, on the last day of the league programme, done Cambridge a favour in defeating league the champions, Burton Albion. Had Cambridge beaten Altrincham they could have gone up automatically, but now they must wallow in what might have been.
Perhaps the experience gained in last year's play-off final defeat by Exeter City helped Cambridge to settle quicker, passing the ball with confidence back and forth across the latest (seemingly healthy) incarnation of the pitch. Torquay's game plan was more simplistic, centre-forward Tim Sills proving an effective conduit for long balls.
Cambridge's captain, Paul Carden, and Jai Reason were exemplary in the middle of the field and the latter combined well with Scott Rendell to free Robbie Willmott, but his centre found no one in particular. On the half-hour the right midfielder went closest for Cambridge – he showed an impressive turn of pace to leave Anthony Tonkin in his wake before blasting the ball goalward. Unfortunately it was directed just above the head of the goalkeeper, Michael Poke, who turned it over with aplomb.
The Torquay following, considerably smaller than Cambridge's due to a ticket distribution problem, had plenty to cheer about as the half progressed. First their centre-half Chris Robertson volleyed just wide from distance before the captain, Chris Hargreaves, opened the scoring. Sills won the ball in the air and his strike partner Elliot Benyon squared it to Hargreaves who did not break stride as he lashed a powerful right-foot shot beyond Adam Bartlett from the edge of the area.
Torquay sat back for much of the second half, absorbing the Cambridge pressure and seeking to counter-attack. Credit to the manager, Paul Buckle, as the tactic worked; Cambridge were restricted to a Dan Gleeson shot, cleared off the line, and soon their understandable urgency turned to panic.
With 20 minutes left Cambridge were reduced to 10 men when the centre-back Phil Bolland received a second yellow card for a poorly timed tackle on Benyon. From the free-kick Sills had an effort tipped on to the post and Hargreaves volleyed over. Five minutes later the Gulls exploited the gap in the Cambridge backline and secured their return to the Football League after two seasons. Benyon passed wide to Wayne Carlisle, whose measured cross from the right allowed Sills to run on to the ball and head beyond the helpless Bartlett. For the second year running Devon had confounded Cambridge at the last.
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School children from across the Eastern Suburbs will be busy 'Little Builders' when they celebrate Social Inclusion Week 2016 on Tuesday 22 November at Paddington Public School.
Students from Paddington Public School, Clovelly Public School, Maroubra Junction Public School and La Perouse Public School will come together in small teams and build Lego models.
Paddington Public School have partnered with Ability Links, a program run by St Vincent de Paul Society NSW, to coordinate the'Little Builders' day. According to Michael Bones, Ability Linker with the East Sydney team, it is based on the principles of Lego Play Therapy.
"'Little Builders' provides an opportunity for students experiencing social isolation, or who find it difficult to communicate with other students, to be included in play and social activities with other children," says Michael.
"Lego Play Therapy is known to help children to improve their verbal and non-verbal communication, sharing and turn-taking, as well as their collaborative problem-solving skills."
This year Paddington Public School introduced a Lego Club, running once a week at lunchtime in the school library. Jono, a teacher and the Lego Club facilitator, has seen the positive outcomes.
"Lego Club has helped promote communication and social skills amongst those students with autism, ADHD or even those who feel they need that safe space to come at lunch time," says Jono.
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I hate these stories about pit bulls harming or maiming people or children. And I'll tell you why. But first let's get to this horrific story. A family pit bull reportedly attacked a newborn boy in Burleson, Texas, while the police were at the home responding to a domestic disturbance. The cops had responded to a hang up 911 call, and arrived to find the mother and father of a newborn baby in an argument. The woman and her baby had moved out of the father's house a few days before but she had returned for whatever reason. As both parents were telling the police their version of events, the baby's grandfather put the baby boy in his bedroom. That's when something horrible happened.
Apparently a short time after the grandfather put the baby to bed, he heard a noise and returned to the bedroom to find that the dog had attacked the infant. The baby was rushed to the hospital, but later died. The dog was euthanized by animal control.
It's unfortunate that stories like this make the news when stories about babies who grow peaceably into adults with a pit bull in the home never make the news. And there are many more of them than tragedies like this one. Any animal around a baby is a risk. I know of a neighborhood baby who was also killed by the family dog -- which was NOT a pit bull. But let's face it, a kitten is probably not going to be able to seriously harm a baby (though even a kitten could potentially get a claw in a baby's eye). But a large, strong dog can cause harm even if it does not mean to. This is why animals and babies shouldn't be left alone together.
While I understand why this dog was put down, in an ideal world it wouldn't have been put to death. None of us know why a dog might attack. Did it feel threatened? Was it upset and confused because of all of the stress of that evening? Did the baby look like a toy? Dogs shouldn't be held to the same standard of conduct that humans are, for the simple reason that they're not human. We do not know what they're thinking and feeling. The dog committed a capital offense and was given capital punishment, yet is not an adult. It's not even a child. It's a dog.
But the reality is that each year millions of dogs are euthanized in shelters due to overbreeding. So it is hard to plead for the case of a dog who killed a baby, even if it was unintentional. So many dogs get killed for NO reason at all except that no one wants them anymore.
In an ideal world, this dog wouldn't be put to death. But this isn't an ideal world, and it did show it's capable of being dangerous. Yet all dogs -- and most animals -- are capable of being dangerous. Humans most of all.
Should this pit bull have been euthanized? Do you feel sorry for it?
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Lahore Suicide Attacks:Indian Proxy War against Pakistan
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By Zaheerul Hassan
On March 13, 2010, two suicidal bombers walked up to Pakistan military vehicles and exploded themselves in densely populated area RA Bazar of Lahore cantt. In these attacks 45 persons included five soldiers killed and more than 120 individuals sustained injures. This is the second attack of on going week.
Earlier on March 8, 2010 Pakistani Intelligence Agency's "sub-office" in Model Town Lahore was rocked at the time of a suicide attack and killing 15 people and many injured. It is also added here that since January 2010 twenty suicidal attacks have been launched against soldiers and citizens. In the night at about 0830 PM third bomb exploded near Moon Market ,in which many individuals got injured. Out of revealed suicidal attacks, 12 have been carried out against the security forces. President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani and Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kiyani condemned the Lahore blasts of March 12. They expressed condolences with the families of those who lost their lives in the dastardly terrorist act. The President said the government and people are determined to defeat terrorism and such gruesome acts cannot deter the national spirit is ready to defeat terrorists. It is also mentionable here that last year five attacks were launched in Lahore:
15 October 2009: Terrorists attacked Federal investigation Agency
12 June: a prominent anti-Taliban cleric killed by a suicide bomber at his religious school.
27 May: a car bomb attack on police buildings killed 23 persons.
30 March: Gunmen attacked a police academy, killing eight people
3 March 2009: Gunmen killed six police guards in an ambush of the Sri Lankan cricket team.
The conspicuous increase in volatility has been noticed since after 'Mumbai attack". India has started all out proxy war against Pakistan. Her Intelligence agency is using criminal elements of FATA and remote areas of Pakistan for fomenting terrorism. Indian Interior minister P Chidambaram and chief of Army Staff repeatedly threaten Pakistan. In a ceremony held on March 12, 2010 Indian home minister once again alleged Pakistan for their domestic ongoing violence and militancy. He said that any act of terrorism from Pakistani territory against India will be taken as not be tolerant in future. In fact the purpose of such types of statements political and military leadership is to justify Indian covert and open sabotage activities against Pakistan. The statements have to be analyzed keeping in view of the on going war on terror. New Delhi is using criminal and militants to terrorize the determined Pakistani Security Forces and general masses. Pakistan Ambassador at New Delhi Shahid Malik while answering to journalists rejected Chidambaram stance and said that India is involved in spreading terrorism in Balochistan instead of resolving burning issue of Kashmir and water.
Indian Chief OF Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor has also clearly shown her desire of striking Pakistan on November 22, 2009 when he warned that a limited war under a nuclear overhang is still very much a reality at least in the Indian sub-continent. On November 23, 2009 Pakistan Foreign Office Spokes man Abdul Basit asked the world community to take notice of remarks passed by the Indian Army Chief. He also said that India has set the stage and trying to impose a limited war on Pakistan.
In this context, earlier Pakistan Army Chief of Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani has categorically expressed at number of occasions that Indian attack would be responded in full strength while using all types of resources.
Pak investigation agencies have collected the solid proves in the shape of fake Pakistani and American currencies, Indian made armaments, medical equipments and passports. The dossiers composed of evidences regarding Indian involvement in fomenting militancy in Pakistan has been provided to Indian authorities in recently held sectary level negotiations at New Delhi. It is also notable here that the terrorist are also being imparted training in Afghanistan and India for launching and targeting security agencies and important installations. A wave of suicide and bomb attacks across Pakistan has killed more than 3,000 people since 2007.
Hindus extremists are creating problems in Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. India is giving the money and weapons to the terrorists in these countries. India wants to destabilize his neighbours. But she should not forget the result of the Russia / Soviet Union. If India did not changed its behavior then soon would be disintegrated into in 27 parts. Though secular India claimed that she is the most religious in tolerance but on ground facts are quite difficult. Muslims, Christens and Sikhs even cannot shake hand with extremist Hindus. India is the only country in which there are always riots, killing of minorities, raping Tamils, Maoists and Kashmiries innocent women. Yearly more than 3000 individuals of minorities are being killed by Hindus extremists. Sikh still crying for justice and cannot forget the incident of Golden Temple in 1984. The killings of Muslims after Babri Masjid Shahdat went to its extreme where more than 3000 Muslims killed in Gujrat in 2002.
Indian extremists Hindus even don't spare their own Sikh Prime Minister and use obnoxious language while criticizing him. In one of the comments posted in Indian Express called his Prime minister as "Manhoos Singh Govt'. The commentator also said that Indian government is appeasing all anti national elements. Talks with Pakistan, free entry to kashmiri militants, punishment to Tytler and Sajjan Kumar, everywhere this man (Manmohan Singh) is hurting India. He further stated that Kashmiri Muslims are our enemies. They will never be loyal to India. Crush them with an iron hand. The commentator has written these comments in response to news of killing a sixteen year old Zahid Farooq by a soldier of 68th BSF Battalion in the Kashmir Valley.
Research Analysis Wing (RAW) is known as brain of Indian Hindu Extremists. The radical Hindus are working in the nucleus of RAW. They are famous in elimination of their government and civilian personalities for the completion of their entrusted tasks. It is worth mentioning here that wife of Late Anti – Terrorism Squad Chief Hemant Karkare in an inquiry also alleged Col Prohit for murdering of her husband during Mumbai Drama. Col Prohit was also involved in killing of minorities and blasting of Samjota Express. Islamabad has at number of occasions demanded handing over of the Col to Pakistan for detailed investigations but New Delhi neither took any action against him and nor ready to hand him over to Pakistan. Reportedly, former Indian Intelligence officer Lt Col Prohit would soon be released.
Anyhow, coming back to the topic, I would say that India has chosen a calculated time frame for fomenting militancy in Pakistan i.e. (One) Pakistan Security Forces have met remarkable victory against foreign sponsored militancy; (two) American and NATO forces are no more interested to stay in Afghan region,(three) Indian stay in Afghanistan would be difficult after depart of US led ISAAF forces,(four) President Karzai has carried out successful visit of Islamabad , Pakistan Army Chief has offered the training of Afghan forces and police , (five) Pakistan recently stepped up its drive against the Taliban leadership (six) arresting Taliban second most senior commander, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, (seven) news about arresting many top figure heads of Al-Qaida, (eight) national unity against militancy, (nine) rising political and economical stability of Pakistan, (ten) to change world attention from Indian domestic violence, (eleven) American are stressing to resolve Kashmir and water Issues with Islamabad.
Thus the success of Pakistan, its security forces and intelligence agencies are not being digested by India and she has started a planned fresh wave of targeting heart of Pakistan (Lahore). New Delhi might be trying to force Pakistan to invest more forces on domestic fronts which would be helpful in case of already planned aggression against Pakistan. If it is true then World community should forces India to stop proxy war against Pakistan otherwise it would be proved another disaster for the global peace. USA and Russia should stop providing arms and transferring of nuclear technology to irresponsible country which is busy in spreading terrorism in the neighbouring countries.


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State says it can't reduce inmate total
PRISONS Adequate health care possible at higher levels, lawyers say
California officials, under U.S. Supreme Court orders to lower the population of its crowded prisons by 33,000 to bring a shoddy health care system up to constitutional standards, say they can't comply and shouldn't have to.
In a filing late Friday with a three-judge federal panel in San Francisco, the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said it can provide adequate medical care at higher population levels - about 6,000 higher - than the Supreme Court required in its May 2011 ruling.
Department officials rejected the three-judge court's suggestion that the state could comply with the population standards by releasing some prisoners early without endangering the public. Those possibilities would include granting inmates greater sentence reductions for good behavior and expanding Gov. Jerry Brown's realignment program, which has moved low-level felons from prisons to county jails.
"The Supreme Court did not authorize the early release of prisoners," state lawyers told the court. Continued enforcement of the requirement to reduce the inmate population to 112,000 by next June, they argued, "will come at a significant, and legally unnecessary, cost to the state" and also "interferes with the state's democratic processes."
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Instead, state lawyers said, the court should increase the population target to 118,000, a goal the prisons can meet by March 2013. Recent improvements in prison health care - which has been under federal court supervision since 2006 - show that "constitutionally adequate" care can be provided without further reductions, the lawyers said.
They said independent monitors had given the prisons good grades in recent inspections and also cited the construction of a 1,700-bed prison hospital in Stockton, due to open in July.
Donald Specter, a lawyer for inmates who sued the prisons over their medical care in 2001, said the filing shows that California "never intended to comply with the Supreme Court's order."
Describing Brown's actions in the case as "disgraceful," Specter said the prisoners' lawyers would ask the court to hold state officials in contempt if they defied the population-reduction orders.
The three-judge panel has overseen the case since 2007, a year after one of its members, U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson of San Francisco, found that substandard medical care was responsible for the death of, on average, one inmate a week.
High court's orders
Last year, the Supreme Court upheld the panel's conclusion that overcrowding in a prison system that held almost twice its designed capacity was the main cause of poor health care. The court ordered the population lowered to 137.5 percent of capacity by June 2013.
The state responded with Brown's realignment program, which in October started shifting lesser felony sentences to county jails and is largely responsible for a drop of 24,000 in the state prison population.
But the pace of that reduction has slowed in recent months, and Brown has not sought to change sentencing laws or endorsed Proposition 36, a November initiative that would limit the scope of the state's "three strikes" law for repeat felons.
Friday's filing was in response to the judges' order Aug. 3 that the state take "all steps necessary" to meet the June 2013 target of 112,000 inmates.
If that target stands, state lawyers said, California's only recourse would be to cancel plans to return about 5,000 inmates from prisons in other states, where they have been temporarily transferred. That would help lower the population to 112,000 by December 2013, they said, at a cost of more than $300 million to the state, while keeping the inmates separated from their families.
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By Cheryl Martin, Partner, Fiona Capstick, Associate Partner and Sarah Rench, Senior Manager at EY.
From the smartphone to smart homes and smart cities, technology is becoming ever more integral to our domestic, social and business lives.
As consumers we all want seamless services that are both endlessly scalable and highly personalised. We recognise that businesses who satisfy those needs will likely succeed in gaining our trust and a share of our wallet.
Firstly, the skills required to build our increasingly technological future will need to be drawn from the biggest possible talent pool. Secondly, a lack of diversity in the design, build and decision-making stages of products, technologies and services will make them less likely to appeal to the fickle consumer and therefore succeed.
History shows several failures resulting from a lack of diversity at the early stages of product development: the first voice recognition software for the automotive industry did not recognise female voices because there were no women on the design team; early software for a major gym stopped female medics entering the women's changing area, because it assumed the prefix 'Dr' denoted a male gym user.
If we think examples like these are in the past, think again. Instances crop up in the news with depressing frequency: from facial recognition systems that are optimum for white faces to rogue, misogynist robots.
Studies repeatedly show that gender balanced companies are the best financial performers, and yet women are still under represented in the tech sector. According to our recent survey, System reset: highlighting diversity issues in the technology industry, less than a fifth of technical jobs in many major technology companies are filled by females.
Many of you will be familiar with this narrative and work for companies who are already trying to address the issue, why does progress still appear to be so slow?
There is a lot of catching up to do. Coding, began as a very male pursuit and the 'brogrammer' culture takes time to shift. Girls at school have for whatever reason avoided STEM subjects. Similarly, women in the workplace have been less likely to apply for, or indeed be appointed to, technical posts and some feel there are less role models to lead the way.
We are working hard at EY to support women in overcoming these barriers. Our Women in Tech group plays a leading role, from organising schools events that promote STEM subject choices and technology careers, to providing networking and mentoring opportunities within our organisation. It's vital that female pioneers are both celebrated and highly visible, so we take every opportunity to recognise and learn from them.
We're also working hard on specific hurdles, for example by breaking down the mystique around coding. By holding in-house coding boot camps that are open and welcoming to all, we are seeing a dramatically more balanced gender uptake.
It would be a major mistake to think that this is an issue purely for women to address. Creating an organisation that is truly diverse requires cultural change. And cultural change requires the effort and engagement of the whole organisation.
At EY, our aim is to build a better working world where different perspectives and experiences are valued and rewarded. We're committed to helping diverse talent thrive, whether it's through our support for working parents, our approach to student recruitment, or targeted action to level the playing field for women and ethnic minorities. Some of the initiatives we've introduced in the last few years allow us to tap into candidates who have taken breaks in their careers or are looking for a completely different career path altogether. These include: EY Reconnect, our flagship career returner programme for Managers and above returning from an extended career break; and GigNow, an online portal where contractors (or those working in what's known as the "gig economy" can find out about and apply to contract opportunities "Gigs with EY."
We actively participate in a number of government initiatives such as the Equalities Office's 'Think, Act, Report' framework, and HM Treasury's Women in Finance Charter. We also founded and sponsored the National Equality Standard (NES) in 2013, helping to create the UK's first universal assessment scheme for diversity and inclusiveness (D&I) compliance.
We are committed to all these actions because the future of our business depends on our ability to provide innovative solutions for our clients, which can only happen if we recognise and harness the most diverse range of thoughts, experiences, and skills in our teams.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is set to be one of the biggest technology disruptors of all our lifetimes and we are helping businesses with the positive and disruptive changes it brings. Stephen Hawking helped to highlight the need for diversity in AI during a Q&A session for Reddit. He said, "A super intelligent AI will be extremely good at accomplishing its goals, and if those goals aren't aligned with ours, we're in trouble."1 In other words, if we are programming computers to think and act like humans, it is critical that they are not programmed (intentionally or otherwise) with the same prejudices we are trying to change across the business world and beyond. To ensure the aims and objectives of all are represented, it is essential that women and minorities are involved and lead in the development and delivery of AI. This is why we actively hire diverse and inclusive teams, and actively promote all organisations to do so. We are helping to give women in technology a voice and encouraging organisations to listen.
As disruption gathers pace, there is hope that the tech sector's rapid cycles of innovation will accelerate diversity. After all, what is disruption about if not examining the traditional way of doing things, then finding a new, better way?
For those who find that better way, the rewards will be huge – not only for the women who will be able to achieve their full potential but for organisations as a whole. In the UK, greater gender diversity on the senior executive team corresponded to the highest performance uplift in our data set: for every 10% increase in gender diversity, EBIT rose by 3.5% 2.
*1 https://futurism.com/stephen-hawking-finally-revealed-his-plan-for-preventing-an-ai-apocalypse/
*2 https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/our-insights/why-diversity-matters
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How to list all computer in a network?
Hi, I'm a newbie in this forum but I have a question...
What are the possibilities to list all computer in a network?
I've already wrote a program and it does what it should do but it's really inefficiently. It checks all IP-addresses between two IP's if they're reachable with isReachable(). I had to set the timeout to 2000ms and you can imagine how long it takes to check a whole class C net.
So far I know is isReachable() implemented by the ECHO-protocol.
Can I send a request to broadcast and every active PC answers to it? Is that possible? Or what about ARP, NetBios/SMB, LLMNR?
Anyone has an idea?
I hope you can help me!
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Richard G. Hewlett
Richard G. Hewlett was already a widely recognized and respected historian in the history of science and technology before he co-founded History Associates.
He began his career as an intelligence specialist in the Division of Finance at the U.S. Air Force headquarters in Washington, D.C. He transferred to the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) in 1952, where he established the historical office and archives. He served as chief historian of that agency and its successors until leaving government in 1980. During his time at the AEC, he co-authored three volumes of the AEC history: The New World, 1939-1946, Atomic Shield, 1947-1952, and Atoms for Peace and War, 1953-1961. He also coauthored Nuclear Navy, 1939-1962, a history of Admiral Rickover and the U.S. nuclear fleet.
He received the David D. Lloyd Prize from the Harry S Truman Library Foundation, the Distinguished Service Award from the Atomic Energy Commission, the Richard W. Leopold Prize from the Organization of American Historians, and the Henry Adams Prize and Franklin D. Roosevelt Award from the Society for History in the Federal Government.
After retiring from government, he co-founded and was chairman of History Associates, where he guided numerous projects and helped mentor younger colleagues. At History Associates he also published Jessie Ball duPont, a biography of the prominent southern philanthropist.
He attended Dartmouth and Bowdoin Colleges and, after serving with the U.S. Army Air Corps in China during World War II, received his MA and Ph.D. in modern history from the University of Chicago. He died in 2015 at the age of 92.
At History Associates, we recognize colleagues who have done exemplary work with a monthly "Hewlett Award," given in his honor.
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Does anyone else find it pretty strange that two people can look at the exact same set of data and reach two dramatically different conclusions? I'm speaking of market strategists who try and determine if the overall equity market is overvalued or undervalued. The bulls think we are 20 or 30 percent undervalued and the bears see the exact opposite scenario. How can people differ that much on the outlook for the domestic stock market? It's not like we're are trying to value a single company, where I could understand widely varying outlooks. The stock market as a whole can't be overvalued and undervalued at the same time.
The key to analyze this dichotomy is to look at the S&P 500 P/E ratio, which is the most widely used metric to value the overall market. This isn't as simple as it sounds though. You arrive at different numbers depending on if you use the trailing twelve month (TTM) P/E or the forward P/E. Personally, I use forward P/E ratios when valuing stocks, because equities are claims on future earnings, not profits already earned. However, the most bearish market strategists use trailing numbers because doing so results in higher P/E ratios, which imply higher valuations. For the purpose of this piece, I'll use TTM P/E ratios, mainly because historical data is easier to find.
Another point of contention is which earnings calculation to use. The two most commonly cited are operating earnings and GAAP earnings. Operating earnings are meant to gauge how much cash a firm's operating businesses are generating, whereas GAAP numbers are really more of an accounting standard and don't always reflect true profitability. For instance, one of the biggest contributors in GAAP earnings is stock options expense. Accountants insist that companies issue GAAP income statements that place a value on expenses incurred by issuing stock options, even though no economic cash cost is incurred.
Currently, the P/E on the S&P 500 index is anywhere between 15.4 (forward operating earnings) and 18.0 (trailing GAAP earnings) depending on which of the four measures (forward vs trailing/operating vs GAAP) you use. I don't think we need to agree on which P/E to use to analyze whether or not the market is wildly overpriced or underpriced. For the most part, the bears think P/E ratios should be lower, or will be lower shortly. The bulls think if P/E multiples do anything, they should go up, not down.
Keep in mind, I am referring only to those people who think the market is meaningfully mispriced right now, say by 20 percent or more in either direction. I fully understand that this is only a subset of all market pundits. I'm simply interested in looking at the dichotomy that exists between them.
Let's take a look at an interesting chart that should shed some light on this debate. The graphic below shows the historical trailing P/E of the S&P 500 index (blue) along with a five-year moving average (black).
As you can see from the chart, the stock market typically trades at a P/E of between 10 and 20. Depending on which number you use, we are currently either right smack in the middle of that range, or on the upper end of it. If you are using P/E ratios as your yardstick, you really can't make a compelling argument that stock prices are dramatically too high or too low.
The real question in this analysis, if we assume the historical range is a pretty good guide to stock market valuation, is whether we should be closer to 10 or 20. How much investors are willing to pay for equities can depend on many variables, but the most important ones are interest rates and inflation. Don't take my word for it though, both logic and historical statistics back up this assertion.
Since stock prices reflect future earnings discounted back to present day values, there is a negative correlation between interest rates and stock prices. When rates are low, investors are willing to pay higher multiples of earnings, and vice versa. Inflation measures have the same effect on demand for equities. When inflation is high, the "real" (net of inflation) return on stocks goes down or becomes negative, which crimps investor demand for equities, lowering multiples.
Since the economic backdrop is crucial in determining the appropriate valuation level for stocks, the fact that the United States currently is operating a growing economy in a low interest rate, low inflation environment sheds a great deal of light into where stock prices might trade. The middle or upper end of the historical range is not only not unrealistic, but it makes a lot of sense.
Making the argument that P/E ratios should be dramatically higher is simply not prudent given the historical data. Defending a P/E toward the low end of the range also isn't very compelling given the current economic backdrop. As a result, I think a simple look at history, coupled with a basic overview of current economics, shows that the market is neither wildly overvalued, nor wildly undervalued.


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U.S. embassy is biggest secret in Baghdad
Embassy is biggest secret in Baghdad
Security is tight, but it's hard to hide Americans' 104-acre facility
BAGHDAD, IRAQ - Don't ask about the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. It's a secret — security reasons.
But it's hard keeping a 104-acre complex rising on the banks of the Tigris River hidden. Anyone who cares to know can easily see four giant construction cranes towering over the river at the largest such project ever undertaken by the United States — a symbol of American presence that will last well into the future.
When the complex is completed by June 2007 — this one apparently is on schedule, unlike most construction projects here — it will be an American oasis in the heavily fortified Green Zone, away from the fear and lack of services that permeate the rest of Baghdad.
Among the 21 buildings will be a recreation center to rival any in the United States with, among other amenities, a pool, gym, food court, beauty salon and, of course, the American Club.
Baghdad may have little potable water and only a few hours of electricity a day, but the embassy complex will have its own water treatment facilities and electricity generator.
First Kuwaiti General Trading and Contracting, a subcontractor of Houston-based Halliburton's Kellogg, Brown and Root, was granted the $592 million construction contract. By December, it had already been paid about $483 million.
The company is a relative novice when it comes to embassy building and has been criticized for its treatment of Asian workers, who critics claim are imported for their low wages and work under hard conditions.
About 900 laborers live on site as they build the complex, according to a report by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which has oversight responsibility for the project.
But little else can be gleaned about the expansive complex, which will sit on some of central Baghdad's most desirable real estate and will, when finished, dominate the view of anyone on the other side of the river.
U.S. officials here greet questions about the site with a curtness that borders on hostility. Reporters are referred to the State Department in Washington, which declined to answer questions for security reasons.
The only person who would comment on the reasons behind the massive size of the rising embassy was the spokesman for Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., the chairman of the foreign relations committee.
"The anticipation has always been that the U.S. will have a large diplomatic presence in Iraq," said Andy Fisher.
Money for the project was approved as part of a separate emergency appropriation for embassy security, construction and maintenance and wasn't part of the $18.4 billion set aside for Iraq reconstruction.
The construction project is larger than that of any U.S. Embassy built on foreign soil. In 2004, the Bureau of Overseas Building Operations said the U.S. Embassy in China was the largest embassy construction project, but at a 10 acres and five buildings, it isn't even comparable to what's going up here.


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Reckless Space Pirates
An unforgettable journey aboard a pirate spaceship!
Reckless Space Pirates is a text-based adventure game where you control the main character by making choices as you read. Buy it now at the Apple App Store, Google Play, or Amazon.
- You've been kidnapped by space pirates!
- Join the crew--or foil their plans.
- Fight, hack, or charm your way out of difficult situations.
- Build your reputation with the pirates or the aliens.
- Solve mini-puzzles to boost your intelligence score.
- Indulge in a shipboard romance if you choose--be male or female, gay or straight.
- End as a ship captain, a diplomat, a rover, or more!
This game is rated 12+.


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Nakasendo Trail – Villages of old Japan
The Nakasendo trail linked Kyoto to Tokyo during Japan's feudal period. It was the 'road through the mountains' (as opposed to the Tokaido route which travelled the Pacific coast) travelled by feudal lords and their retainers, samurai, merchants, and travellers.
Along the route were 69 'post towns', where weary travellers could rest before continuing on the next leg.
On this village-to-village walk, travellers can stay in traditional country inns enjoying exquisite regional cuisine prepared from the freshest ingredients, soak in natural hot springs, and enjoy the warm hospitality of their hosts.
For an in-depth experience of the Nakasendo trail, please see the following video:
Oku Japan's journey starts in Tokyo, known as Edo during Japan's period of rule by the Shoguns.
Then, for four days, the travellers walk along the ancient route as it passes through beautifully-preserved villages along an easy path. Oku Japan's guests can explore the exquisitely-preserved villages of Narai, Tsumago and Magome. Then heading to Mount Koya, travellers stay in monastery lodgings in the temple town of Mount Koya.
Here is the link to access the tour: http://www.okujapan.com/trips/nakasendo-trail-1


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MADISON, Wis. (3/14/16)--Credit union organizations have until March 31 to apply for a Biz Kid$ Financial Education Grant from the National Credit Union Foundation.
The foundation is looking to distribute up to $100,000 in grant funds to credit union organizations as part of this effort.
The grants are awarded to organizations that would use the funding for innovative programs that incorporate Biz Kid$ to improve youth financial literacy. The projects can leverage partnerships with teachers, students, local PBS stations, or other community stakeholders who can help plan events, organize activities or circulate curriculum.


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There is currently a deep and widening fracture between the British people and their political parties, apparently. The chasm is so big that the political party as a concept is in terminal decline. The main two parties are in particular danger because their joint share of the national vote has fallen dramatically in the last six decades: it's all over now, baby blue and baby red.
These assertions have become truths all but universally acknowledged; it's all a bit boring really. People do not join parties in large numbers any more. The electorate has slammed its doors on the main parties after saying "you are all the same". People feel alienated and disenfranchised, believing that politicians are only in it for themselves and only come round at election times when they want votes and are nowhere to be seen during the rest of the electoral cycle. Yada yada yada.


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I'm not a music critic, nor am I particularly qualified to deliver musical criticism, so these are my personal thoughts on attending the King Crimson Friends & Family concert on June 11, 2017 in Seattle. My intention is to be positive. I have some criticism of the show at the bottom, which I didn't include in my Facebook note.
Last night, I saw King Crimson perform in its new 8-headed beast configuration (3 drummers, 2 guitarists, 1 woodwind, 1 bassist, 1 keyboardist). It was an absolutely incredible concert. They performed for more than three hours across two sets of complex music proving themselves to be one of the most present, focused, energetic, and powerful configurations of the band's 48-year history.
The true highlight of the evening for me was a ripping performance of Fracture, a song I never believed I would see KC perform in my lifetime. I have been studying and failing to play this impossible song for almost 20 years. This band, with its 71-year-old founding guitarist, performed it with new life at a breakneck pace (I'm guessing 136-138 beats per minute during the grueling moto perpetuo). The performance of this song was an unforgettable life experience for me and left me stunned.
The arrangement included a beautiful passing of notes between Robert Fripp and Jakko Jakszyk , incredible percussive and drum additions across the three (three!) drummers, a deeper exploration of the song's motifs, and a new musical direction after the moto perpetuo. The performance and arrangement were so impressive, the performers received a near-immediate standing ovation. The friends and family crowd were screaming, standing in the aisles between seats, clapping above their heads, and shaking their heads in disbelief. It was the kind of performance that kicked you out of your seat and made you feel like you could run a marathon. It was overwhelming.
I won't spoil any more of the setlist, but it is worth noting there is brand new KC music being performed and some great additions to the band's repertoire. And the decades-old music being performed takes on a new life. Robert has said that the music is new no matter when it is being performed, which is philosophically true, but I can personally attest that this lineup brings new life to many KC "standards."
The 8-headed Crimson is significantly better than the 7-headed incarnation I saw in Los Angeles on September 30, 2014. They clearly have much more internal alignment and practice as a band. I remember several rough spots during that show, which was still a great show but did not make quite the impression this new KC made last night.
Every band member contributed meaningfully to the performance. Throughout the show, I would look at someone in the band and think, "Wow, what an amazing player! I love what he's doing tonight!" Near the end of the first set, I realized I had done that for each of the eight members. I entered the second set with complete admiration and respect for the musicians on stage, each performing at the top of their game.
Mel Collins was the highlight of the 2014 show for me, and he was equally impressive last night. Tony Levin was shredding on the Stick and bass like I've never seen, even after catching Stick Men in January in Phoenix. Jakko played several extremely difficult guitar lines, offered a very solid and passionate vocal performance, and still had energy through the end of the encore. He clearly gave his all. Bill Riefin's keyboard parts were great and contributed a lot of atmosphere that rounded out the songs. Jeremy Stacey's drums were a beautiful complement to Pat Mastelotto's percussive exploration and sound library. Gavin Harrison was… well, Gavin Harrison–a precise master of his craft with excellent tone and clarity at every tempo.
Then, of course, there's Robert. This is a man that has had such profound impact on me and many others. In fact, I was in Seattle for a "Seattle Guitar Work Weekend" led by Steve Ball (see our interview with Steve on MWM). What struck me most about Robert last night was not his playing nor his smiling throughout the show (some smiles of joy, some smiles of laughing at mistakes). What struck me most about Robert was the community he has built around the world, particularly in Seattle.
The Seattle Guitar Work Weekend was a wonderful event bringing together a group of guitarists (and a few non-guitarists) from across the globe to make and appreciate music together. Some of the musicians in the group have known each other and performed together for decades. These are people who connected via Robert and his Guitar Craft/Guitar Circle efforts. Steve Ball and several other Seattle-based guitarists have familial relationships through music, craft, and love. What Robert has brought together in these people is so special and so far beyond the music. I am awed and humbled to have been invited to take part in a very small way.
Robert's impact on these good human beings is profound. He has helped foster an adoration of silence, understanding of self, mastery of craft, and love for others through music, relationships, and study. And these achievements have changed the course of my own life and my own relationship with music and the guitar. I cannot overstate the significance of what I've experienced through the Guitar Circle teachings and through the relationships I've been privileged to have through the Guitar Circle. And I cannot overstate the impact I've seen in others much more experienced than I. Several of us flew thousands of miles just to participate in the Guitar Work Weekend and to attend the KC show.
Yes, Robert played incredibly last night. Yes, he wrote some great music. Yes, he has assembled a cadre of expert musicians that will melt thousands of faces this year. But most importantly to me, he has selflessly given himself to music and to others in a way that's only understood when you spend some time with his friends and family.
[NOTE for KC fans, I filmed an interview with David Singleton before the show and another interview with Alex Anthony Faide , the only other guitarist in the world that can play Fracture. So stay tuned on the site for more KC-related fun…]
Similar to the live show in 2014, the sound was poorly mixed in Seattle. It was really the only disappointing part of the experience, but it was a clear disappointment for myself and many others. For the first half of the first set, Tony's bass and vocals could not be heard. For most of the show, Pat's electronic drum pad couldn't be heard. Robert's guitar parts were hard to hear. Jakko's amp sounded like it was submerged in a lake and key guitar parts were indiscernible in the mix.
Having the three drummers at the front of the stage is amazing for stage setup and visual presence, but it's pretty brutal for the audience. When all three are playing at the same time, it's nearly impossible to hear anything else, especially when the cymbals are blaring (there are a lot of cymbal crashes throughout the show). Nearly all the frequencies of the band are smothered by the drums.
The mix got much better into the second set, but it still wasn't great. That being said, having done some live sound, I do not envy the work of a sound crew working with three entire drumsets and unamplified instruments. It's an incredibly difficult task, but some of the mix was difficult to excuse. Key guitar parts were too quiet or inaudible in certain songs, which made me feel like the sound engineers were unfamiliar with the music. In fact, two of my favorite/most anticipated guitar parts were nearly inaudible in the show.
I kept wondering if Robert or David had sat in the venue to listen to a song or two being performed because it was legitimately distracting. Everyone I talked to was disappointed with the sound. The show in 2014 was so, so badly mixed, but that may have been due to the fact that I sat up front. Nevertheless, I remember I couldn't hear bass or vocals at that show, either.
My hope is that as they get further into the tour, the sound and mixing quality improves. Part of the risk of attending a Friends & Family show is you are the testing audience, but the performances all night were so strong that the sound issues stunted the potential of the performance.


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7.25.18 obituaries
Alice Mae Reaves
Jesup—Alice Mae Reaves, 62, died July 19, 2018, at Memorial Health University in Savannah after an extended illness.
A resident of Wayne County for more than 45 years and Jesup for the past 35, she was born on March 12, 1956, in Palatka, Florida, to the late Willie Henry and Mary Elizabeth Mc-Millen Brown. She was a devoted mother, foster mother, grandmother, aunt and friend. She spent most of her life caring for her loved ones as well as the loved ones of others at Beverly Health and Rehab (now Harborview) of Jesup. She loved her children "more than anything" and always made sure that they were taken care of, according to her family. No matter where she was or who it was, she gave what she could to those in need, according to her family. She extended her generosity to the community by taking the initiative to feed the homeless once a month with a group of a few other women called Sister 2 Sister.
She enjoyed cooking, sewing, gardening, dressing up, and spending time with family and friends. "She was a phenomenal woman to say the least," her family said. "She will be forever loved and truly missed by all of her family and friends."
In addition to her parents, her siblings, Johnnie Mae Williams, Willie Henry Brown Jr. and Martha Ann Brown, all preceded her in death.
Survivors include her husband, Clifford Reaves of Jesup; three daughters and a son-in-law, Cassandra Jones, Aina and Lamar Hardy and Tynina Reaves, all of Jesup; brothers and sisters, Peter James Brown of LaGrange, Peggy Sue Smith of Baxley, Mary Jane and Howard Evans of West Palm Beach, Florida, and Leroy Williams of Marathon, Florida; grandchildren, Javora Brooks, Navarrow Jones, Anijah Bryant, Alischa Reaves, Antonio Reaves, Evondreius Jones and Alyssa Hardy; a host of nieces and nephews including Sarah Brown, Willie Brown and Luviser Brown; her beloved dialysis nurse, Cindy, and her special friends, Louise Sapp, Eva Fabian, Cindy Harper, Lucy Hopson and Chaffonia Walker; and many other cousins, nieces, nephews and extended- family members.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at Unity Church of God with the Rev. Calvin Anderson officiating.
Interment will follow in Sunset Oak Memorials.
Pallbearers will be family.
Family and friends may sign the guestbook online at www.jesupfuneralhome.com.
Howard & Jones Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Rinehart & Sons
Eola Christine Miley Claycamp
Mershon—Eola Christine Miley Claycamp, 88, of Mershon, died July 21, 2018 at Jesup Health and Rehab Nursing Home.
Memorial services will be held by family.
Rinehart and Sons Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Harvey 'Jackie' Ledbetter
Jesup—Harvey "Jackie" Ledbetter, 70, of Jesup died July 13, 2018, after an extended illness.
Private memorial services will be held by the family.
Rinehart and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.


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Toronto family lawyer Jennifer Samara Shuber has gained accreditation as a certified family mediator, using her broad experience in family law and social work to help couples craft lasting solutions to family disputes. Shuber, a partner with Basman Smith LLP, has been conducting mediations for several years but pursued her accreditation to demonstrate her commitment to quality and professionalism to her increasingly "discerning" clientele.
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NC TLC Trust is a Northamptonshire based children's cancer charity set up by Janet Walker-Smith in 2008 after her son TJ was diagnosed with (ALL) Leukaemia. The charity was formed following a lack of aftercare support to help them through their journey of treatment; now the charity supports families both regionally and nationally.
Today the charity and its board of Trustees ensure that the charity meets all the compliancy requirements set out by Charities Commission, which include policies, procedures to govern its operation and meet charity law.
"Finding out your child has leukaemia has to be among the worst news a parent can hear, for us it was a terrible shock and that day our lives changed forever. TJ was 17 months old and due to having his MMR vaccination in May 2005, but I noticed he didn't seem very well and refused the inoculation. They did a blood test on him and by 4 pm that evening, he was admitted to hospital and they started treatment. He had a blood transfusion that evening.
TJ's consultant Dr Shahid Ali asked if we had noticed TJ being sleepy and a change in his skin colour? He told us that TJ was very poorly and he had leukaemia. I burst out crying and KC (TJ's older brother) ran down the corridor screaming, 'No! No! No!'"
It is unique in it is run by a family that after going through 3 years of treatment, wanting to offer all the support they found and felt they needed during this time. The charity has a team of volunteers that aim to provide practical and emotional support from the point of diagnosis, giving families the knowledge and national signposting for where to go for help; while making new friendships along the way.
NC TLC Trust is a Northampton based children's cancer charity dedicated to supporting families living with Tumours, Leukaemia and other cancers. We provide practical and emotional support from the point of diagnosis.
The charity was set up by families undergoing treatment in Northamptonshire and surrounding areas and is unique in that is run by likeminded people supporting each other and forming new friendships along the way.
"Lions Club International are celebrating one hundred years of service in the community and clubs around the world have been challenged (among others) to support those organisations involved in the care and treatment of children suffering from cancer, Northampton Eighty Lions Club is therefore delighted to have chosen NC TLC Trust to be the principal beneficiary of its annual golf day"
"For me, the over-riding reason we wanted to have the NC TLC as our chosen charity again for 2017, was as a direct result of attending their Charity Ball in 2016. Normally, most people are sceptical as to the final recipient of charity funds. However, we spoke to some of the brave parents who had gone through the tragic loss of their child, who were eternally grateful for the full emotional, practical and financial support of the NC TLC. This proves with no doubt that our challenging fund raising efforts had gone to such a deserving cause."
My brother (Dave Rainbow) and I would just like to say what an absolute honour it has been to be able to run the marathon on behalf of your amazing charity – thank you for giving us the opportunity – what you do is an inspiration to us all! Thank you all again and keep up the fantastic work for what is an amazing cause. Bless you all xx
The charity is unbelievable, not only supporting families through the toughest time of their lives but also bringing fun to all the children that really deserve it, whether it be car racing at Rockingham or a trip to Skegness or Blackpool. Each trip gives such valuable memories, PRICELESS! The amount of love and care these guys offer is touching and endless. Keep up the good work.
A charity where I believe the money donated goes to help those who need it and who it is intended for. They have done a lot of good things for a lot of families at their time of real need.
Thank you for a truly memorable couple of days at Crowhurst park. We all had a wonderful time and it provided us with a real break from day to day back in Northampton.
I was slightly apprehensive as our daughter was on 'steroids week' and the thought of us all being in a confined space was a bit daunting, but it was all a breeze, thanks to the beautiful location, fresh air and sunshine.
We were all new to the area, and really enjoyed spending a day at Battle Abbey and exploring Bexhill (great ice cream and loved the De La Warr Pavilion), paddling, fish and chips in Eastbourne, spectacular Beachy Head and even more ice cream and the i360 in Brighton. We have come home with so many happy memories and are truly grateful for your generosity and commitment which made it possible.


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This country club needed to resurface their pool and fix tiles that were cracking due to a lack of expansion joints. They also need this work done quickly so they could have the pool ready for opening day. We worked night and day to install new tile, coping and plaster throughout the month of May in order to give White Beeches a successful pool opening on Memorial Day.


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Fire Prophet by Jerel Law
What if you could actually see angels and fallen angels engaging in battle—and you were expected to join the fight?
It's been one year since Jonah Stone and his sister, Eliza, discovered that their mother is a nephilim, the product of a union between a human and a fallen angel, which makes them and their little brother, Jeremiah, quarterlings, or one-quarter angel. After embarking on an epic journey to rescue their mother and the other nephilim, who were kidnapped by fallen angels, the Stone kids have enjoyed a little peace and quiet.
But when Jonah and Eliza are attacked by fallen angels at school, they learn that quarterlings all over the world are being targeted, and separating them from their parents is the only way to keep them safe. The kids undergo special training to help them discover their own unique angelic gifts, which come in handy when they embark on a mission to find a mysterious prophet who they believe holds the key to Abaddon's defeat in a massive battle between good and evil.
Parents today are looking for fiction that makes Christianity and the Bible exciting for their kids. This series is the first Christian answer to Percy Jackson and the Olympians, the Kane Chronicles, the Secret Series, and other middle grade series packed with adventure, action, and supernatural fights. But the message is solidly scriptural in that God alone is always in control.
This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to our winner.


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The cowardly scions
You know that famous movie scene, when the Cowardly Lion quivers and quakes in the presence of the purportedly Great and Powerful Oz, and finally he flees in terror down the hall, and hurls himself head first through a window? Need a reminder?
What a perfect metaphor for today's Democratic party.
The cowardly scions of the party's Capitol Hill majority announced yesterday that they will flee in terror from one of their own signature campaign issues – tax cuts for the middle-class, not for the rich – an abject surrender that will give Democratic voters a brand new reason to stay home on midterm election day. The party's congressional leaders fear that if they staged House and Senate votes on this issue prior to the election, oooooo, the Republicans might say some mean things about them in TV ads.
If the Democrats had the requisite guts to stand up for their own convictions (just as the GOP does all the time), they would pay no attention to the smoke and clamor orchestrated by the man behind the curtain. In this gutsy alternative universe, Democrats would craft a simple, repeatable message – something like, "We support the extension of tax cuts for the middle-class; the Republicans support more tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires." Then they'd schedule those House and Senate votes, and force the Republicans to stand up for the millionaires and billionaires.
The Republicans would naturally block the middle-class cuts, insisting that no such bill should proceed unless the rich got the same bounty. But so what if they did? The Republicans would then be on record with a vote that thwarts new tax relief for the average Joe, and the Democrats would be able to show their base that they battled on the issue all the way to the floor.
But a party can't be bold when it's folded in a fetal position.
Apparently, a few dozen politically vulnerable Democratic congressmen, running for re-election in swing states and districts, are afraid that if the party went to the wall on this tax issue, the GOP would run nasty TV ads. And that fear was enough of a reason for Democratic leaders to cave.
Democrats live in perpetual fear of being tagged as tax-hikers in TV ads. The GOP claims, for instance, that the cancellation of Bush tax cuts for the rich would hurt small businesses. That's actually a phony assertion – because tax experts say that only three percent of small-business taxpayers are in the rich-income brackets – but Democrats, being Democrats, have zero faith in their power to refute. Nor do they seem to realize – despite years of cruel experience – that the Republicans will run nasty and deceptive attack ads regardless of whether the Democrats stand up for themselves or not.
Here's the essential difference between the two parties: In 2001, President Bush and congressional Republicans pushed hard for big tax cuts despite having no mandate from the American people. Bush had just lost the popular vote in the '00 election, the Republicans had lost congressional seats in that election, and the early '01 polls reported that people were skeptical about Bush's tax plan (according to Gallup, only 41 percent wanted the Senate to pass the plan, and roughly 75 percent wanted the plan to give more benefits to lower-income taxpayers). Yet the GOP hewed to its convictions anyway.
By contrast, the current Democrats control both chambers, and they're on the upside of a winning campaign issue. A late-August Newsweek poll reported that only 38 percent of Americans want to extend the tax cuts for the rich; Gallup puts that figure at 37 percent; CNN, 31 percent. And yet they're too scared to take the tax fight to those chambers, even with the wind at their backs, and give their own grassroots supporters a reason to vote.
Heck, they're too scared to even give their own beleaguered candidates an issue to run on. Witness this cry of frustration from Pennsylvania senatorial candidate Joe Sestak, who said in a statement late yesterday, "This is no time to shy away from this fight….We were elected to fight for ordinary Americans, and this is the moment when we prove we can fulfill that public trust….We cannot afford to kick the can down the road. Let's stand up and say 'enough is enough.'"
But a party can't stand up for itself if it lacks what the Cowardly Lion called "duh noive." Unless or until the Democrats finally get the nerve, they don't deserve to be king of the forest.


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I spent the day at Sea World in San Antonio with my family and as we went through the park I searched for signs of the digital and social media age. I was surprised not to find any. In fact, the amusement park today is much like the amusement park I remember as a child and teenager. The focus is on selling the season pass, the end-less refill soda, the gift shop at the end of the ride, and other extras not part of the base ticket price(not that I recognized that as kid). I did a quick scan on Facebook for Sea World and Six Flags and found they do have fan pages, but the pages appear to be more of a bulletin board for information. I didn't see anything immediately engaging to the fans. So here are some quick thoughts about how amusement parks can use social media to engage their audience and employees better:
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Six Flags. More customer focused flags = more fun
I spent this past Saturday at Six Flags Over Georgia compliments of the employee activity group at work. It's been many years since I've been to the park. I once roamed there periodically as a teenager. I'll admit, my expectations were pretty low about how my consumer experience would be, because I had some preconceived ideas about uncleanliness, wild teenagers, long lines, smoking, etc. To my surprise though, the park was clean, smoking was only allowed in designated areas, and the other park patrons were well behaved. It did get crowded around lunch time and wait-time for the roller coasters quickly went above one hour. But all things considered, I had a great time and enjoyed the opportunity to hang-out with my kids.
It's typical that when I play Johnny Consumer at places now that I look at how they approach customer focused principals and processes. I cannot guarantee that the experience in all 20+ properties is the same, but I'd like to think the company applies similar processes and rules across their portfolio of amusement and theme parks. Things that I graded highly:
- Cleanliness – To be fair, the park is only open on weekends right now, so it better be clean on a Saturday.
- Variety of food choices – While I did not eat at one of the many eateries, I did notice that they had a large variety of choices.
- Signage – The directional signage was clear and easy to understand for in-park navigation.
Things where I saw room for improvement:
- Line queue management. Despite long lines for rides, I noticed that on almost every ride there were empty seats for a particular run. The empty seats are created by a riding party not having the exact number of people to fill a row in a ride. Empty seats means less customers served per run and results in longer queue times. Six Flags would do good to look at how Disney World parks make use of single rider lines and asks their ride operators to try to fit a party exactly into the allotted seats.
- Courteous employees – I should say that none of the employees treated my family disrespectfully. Everyone did their job, dressed well, and kept-the-peace. But a world class customer focus rating requires employees that are going above an beyond to give you an experience that makes you smile and feel that you have been served. It can be done with hourly employees if the system that's put in place properly teaches, encourages, and rewards it.
Using the tag line of the company from the last couple of years, Six Flags can up their flag-meter by focusing on queue management and putting in a system that makes their customers feel like they are appreciated. More flags, more fun!
As an aside, Six Flags is struggling financially right now. One recent move is an attempt to pay some of their debtors with company stock lieu of cash payback. I hope they make it out their financial difficulties by making some sound management decisions and financial structuring. It's a nice place for young people to hang-out with friends and provides some thrilling roller-coasters.


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Weeks Dye Works Floss
All sales are FINAL!! Weeks Dyed Works floss is a hand over dyed, 6 stranded cotton floss. It comes in an extensive array of colors, some solid and some variegated. The color changes are very subtle for a soft effect. I will sell only what I have in stock, which is in limited quantities.
We are transitioning to a fabric only store.


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Journal of Hebrew Scriptures - Volume 4 (2002-2003) - Review
Shimasaki, Focus Structure in Biblical Hebrew. A Study of Word Order and
Information Structure (Bethesda, MD.: CDL Press, 2002), Pp. xvi, 314.
Hardcover. ISBN 1883053-625. $ 35.
A misfortune with fresh linguistic explorations is
that readers can drown in freshly-coined terminology and the proliferation
of sub-hypotheses that qualify and complicate.
Here, however, a lucid arrangement coupled with persistent
reminders of the trajectory of the author's argument help the reader to
keep coming up for air. Terms
such as "emphasis," "intensification," "contrast," and
"focus" may have been promiscuously used by Hebrew grammarians, but
these are in no way synonymous to Shimasaki (see p.75).
The book's title proclaims that "focus" is his focus, by
which he means marking an item as a prominent piece of information in a
clause. This prominence, or
focus, in Hebrew is identified by placing the focused item in first
position and in recognizing how a clause relates to information provided
in preceding clauses. This
results in three possible syntactic structures: 1) placing the predicate
first (thus commenting on or adding new information to an entity), 2)
placing something other than the predicate first (thus identifying an
entity), and 3) making an entire clause prominent (for a variety of
purposes including the presentation of a new topic or episode, expressing
a contrast, etc.).
Much of this is of course not new, and he
repeatedly orients his readers to the ways in which he builds upon and
differs from his predecessors. Indeed,
what are
exceptions in previous analyses become integrated into a coherent,
comprehensive picture (e.g., pp. 201-202). Sentence
structures that others have found unique, and thus problematic, can be
integrated successfully into Shimasaki's system. His analysis of the notoriously perplexing Deut 6:4, for
example, presents an unremarkable syntactic structure of two clauses, both
exhibiting the features of the third category noted above where two entire
clauses are made prominent, supporting a traditional rendering: "YHWH is
our God, YHWH is one" (p.196). Shimasaki's
data for his generalizations come from a corpus that includes one extended
slice of some seven chapters from the Hebrew Bible (Deut 4:44-11:32), in
addition to over 800 isolated clauses compiled in earlier grammatical
Those who pursue poetic analysis, and especially
those who appreciate chiasm as a structuring device, will find food for
thought here (e.g., p. 195). Chiasm
to his credit does not remain a vaguely defined sign of literary art but
is actually a meaningful function of syntax (in particular his third
category indicating clause prominence), but there are times when he
discovers its presence where others may not readily see it (e.g., Deut
8:9b, p. 275). Elsewhere, Shimasaki devotes an extended discussion (pp. 90-96) to
an analysis of ambiguity resolution as one of many important elements in
clause structure. But much
more attention is needed on this subject for at least two reasons: 1)
biblical Hebrew tolerates an often frustrating density of ambiguity for
modern readers that is simply unresolved for reasons that may conceivably
range from high art to poor writing, and 2) passages that Shimasaki
discusses are not all cases of ambiguity resolution (e.g., Deut 5:27
[p.94] where the subject of the verb – with YHWH removed - is not
I am baffled by the repeated elaborations on the presence of pitch in ancient spoken Hebrew and its relevance for the untangling of the written remnants of Hebrew that show no traces of this pitch. This "working hypothesis" (p. 58), repeated from beginning to end, is never buttressed with evidence that moves the discussion beyond guesswork. Sometimes pitch is "probably" present (e.g., pp. 135, 154, 171, 193), at other times he "assumes" (e.g., pp. 106, 196) or "infers" (e.g., pp. 107, 112, 182) or "speculates" (e.g., p. 92) upon its presence, and often he simply affirms its presence as something as equally validated as are his arguments for word order (e.g., pp. 136, 183, 194). When Shimasaki moves from a position of probability to a position of simple affirmation on the same page (e.g., p. 135), he does a disservice to his otherwise well-argued comments on word order: let this drowning swimmer sink without dragging down with him the more able which is quite capable of staying afloat on its own. This is important, for if even native speakers of languages that employ pitch find themselves often in disagreement before a text in their own language that does not formally provide cues for pitch, it is quite likely that ancient Israelites would have justifiably disagreed about where to place the pitch in many of the written utterances now preserved in the Hebrew Bible. If varieties of pitch are as predictable from a text as he often in practice assumes (e.g., p. 185), then it is a redundant feature of the language. If pitch is significant but not redundant, then detecting its presence in a written text is speculative and unhelpful. A far more defensible approach is to affirm that focus is expressed in Hebrew by word order at the least (with a nod to other devices - such as pitch - that are presently beyond recovery), rather than to insist upon both word order and pitch as equal partners in this semantic play (e.g., pp. 56, 73, 145).
There are irregularities that do not fit
comfortably in the theory, such as the behavior of participles and the
verb hyh, but these do not compromise Shimasaki's presentation,
for such exceptional phenomena are exceptional in any descriptive grammar.
This work advances the analysis of Hebrew syntax, refining earlier
theories and introducing some new features with welcome clarity and
stimulating insight.
Samuel A. Meier,


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Oh lord. Mums food. Mum's been back on the cooking recently, she's taken to the stove like riding a bike. She did not forget how to cook. Cycling home is such a treat and before I even arrive at the door the smells have wofted down the street. The neighbours used to ask to buy curry from mums when they walked past the house! My stomach is rumbbling literally as I write this. You can just see how tender that rib is right? Like when I ate it, it literally fell of the bone. It was like butter! Oh sweet baby Jesus. The thing that blows my mind the most, is when I compliment her and she's all like.. "Oh that, I just made that really quickly. It's not even the proper version."
Like, Mum. Teach me your ways!
This soup is similar to Pho, a really famous Vietnamese dish. With some beef ribs for stock, she boiled up a broth with onions and garlic. Used leeks, which worked amazingly well. They just soaked up all that flavour and then some flat noodles. Simple. To dress the dish, she added a little sesame oil, a few chili flakes, squeeze of lemon and a little dash of soy sauce. I like salty. What does your mum cook for comfort?


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The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, by Avi, was published in 1990 by Orchard/Scholastic.
In 1832, thirteen-year-old Charlotte Doyle is returning from her school in England to her family in America. Charlotte's voyage takes place on the Seahawk, a seedy ship headed by a murderously cruel captain and sailed by a mutinous crew. When Charlotte gets caught up in the bitter feud between captain and crew, she winds up on trial for murder…and is found guilty!
Rating: 4/5
I read The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle once more than ten years ago and it stuck pretty well with me all these years. Though some of the details were muddled in my mind, I remembered very vividly one of the last lines in the book and the overall gist of the story.
It's not that this book is particularly complex or amazing, which is usually the sort of book I remember well these days. It's incredibly straightforward and simplistic, and Avi doesn't leave a lot of time to develop much of the other characters beyond Charlotte. We don't know much about anything about Charlotte's family except that they're pretty stereotypically Victorian upper-middle-class, which means they're prim and proper and gasp in horror at their daughter's adventures, and we don't know or learn much about any of the crew members that Charlotte meets, except for Zechariah.
Yet somehow, it doesn't seem to matter. There are no frills, no bells and whistles attached to this book. It is, as Charlotte herself will tell you, a detailed description of what happened to her—and it works, or at least it did for me. Though things happen quickly, they happen realistically. They make sense. Charlotte's trust in Jaggery at the beginning of the book makes sense, as does her increasing unease, her heel-face-turn (and, subsequently, the crew's), and her ultimate loyalty to the ship. I don't even mind how it ends, because everything that came before it made sense.
I also think that Zechariah's character is a pretty interesting one, in that he's not the (stereo)typical portrayal of a black man in Victorian England or America. He's the most eloquent, which I think is a good contrast for a lot of black characters we see in historical fiction that speak in dialect. It shows a different side and I like that.
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle is a simple story, but it's one that's stuck with me as I grew up, and one that I expect will continue to stick with me in the years to come.
Recommended Age Range: 12+
Warnings: None.
Genre: Historical Fiction, Middle Grade
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"What do you mean?" I said, frightened anew. "Why would they say that?"
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BRAVE Matthew Johnston gave his parents a big hug and ran into the playground to start his first day at school.
Michelle and Ian shed tears of joy on the day they feared they might never see - as Matthew went into Corinthian Primary in Old Swan.
Matthew, four, was born with the potentially fatal hypoplastic left heart syndrome. It means only half of his heart is working because he was born with a small left pumping chamber.
So far, the courageous child from Old Swan has had three major operations to reconstruct his heart and faces more critical surgery in the next 12 months.
Michelle, 32, said: "I felt so happy and proud that he had got this far but I also felt sad that he's growing up so quickly."
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First setting up, I tried to load my site and it took ages to finally load. Tested Google PageSpeed against my site and was getting a score of 0/100. The site was taking roughly 16 seconds to load. This lasted maybe half an hour to an hour. I was disabling plugins left and right trying to decrease load time, but nothing was helping. I'm not blaming CloudFlare (it could have been anything) but maybe it was being processed over or something.
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I'm pretty anal about load time, so it drives me crazy when my site is taking longer to load than it should. I checked the site again and again every 10 minutes or so. Like I said, after about an hour, load time was back to normal and it did seem pretty fast… although this could be because all the other load times were so slow! I continued to test load times throughout the day and was getting mixed results. I was really anticipating the results after 4 hours for the minification to start taking effect (hoping maybe to see better results).
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Later in the day, I noticed great results. This would be after minification has taken effect and even during peak hours. It was a huge difference than earlier. Best results are under 3 seconds but I keep getting mixed results. It hasn't been very stable, but that's expected. It definitely seems to be quicker than it was before I tried CloudFlare. I'm still not sure if I'm ready to commit my site, the thought of having a middle man makes me nervous. The next week or so, I have been seeing these errors pop up once in a while.
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"Cloudn enables enterprises to manage and optimise their hybrid, multi-cloud deployments. The solution provides visibility into usage, performance and cost, coupled with actionable recommendations for confident cloud growth," said the IT major in a regulatory filing with stock exchange BSE in Mumbai.
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For more than three months after Raman's removal from the post of Noida CEO and chairman of three authorities functioning of public work had faced a lull in Noida.
Agarwal, who is a 2000-batch IAS officer of UP cadre, while speaking to TOI from Lucknow on Tuesday said that his focus will be to revive industrial development in Noida and to bring in investment. Besides aiming for holistic development of the area, Agarwal also promised a transparent working environment. "My priority will be to improve civic amenities in the city, adopt best digitized services and cut paperwork so that less people need to come to the Authority," he said. "I will ensure that technology is used to provide best online citizen-centric services immediately," he added. The officer further said that concerns of general public will also be given equal importance besides strengthening law and order, connectivity and public facilities in terms of infrastructure.
Agarwal who is familiar with Gautam Budh Nagar district has been the GNIDA chief since September 2015. He was formerly also posted as district magistrate of Gautam Budh Nagar from February 2009 to March 2013. Considered an upright and daring officer, Agarwal had sustained a bullet injury in his leg during the famed Bhatta Parsaul farmer-administration clashes in May 2011. As DM, Agarwal was also instrumental in reining in the sand mining mafia in the region.
Meanwhile, P.K Agarwal, will continue to disburse his duties as Additional CEO (ACEO) of Noida Authority.


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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
The book that made my mom giddy
fabulous review of the book. And here is a great interview with the authors. I will be doing a book giveaway in a few days - 12/30. Tune back in here for your chance to win. Meanwhile, enjoy reading the review and the interview.
1 comment:
- Unknown said...
I love the title of your post! And congrats on your inclusion in the book; very cool! Would love the book; what do I need to do?
And, again, congratulations!
- December 28, 2011 at 9:15 AM
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