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Stock surge continues as S&P 500 nears new high
(MoneyWatch) Stocks flirted with a new all-time high Thursday, as the S&P 500 closed just shy of its record.
The S&P 500 gained 9 points to close at 1,563.23, up 0.6 percent, just missing its previous high of 1,565 on Oct. 9, 2007. The Dow Jones industrial average has closed above its previous high, also reached on that same date more than five years ago, for eight straight days. It has risen for 10 days in a row, its longest winning streak since 1996. It added 84 points on the day to end at 14,539.
The Nasdaq closed at 3,259, up 14 points.
- Historic run for stocks ends on high note
- Why the Dow is just a number
- What the Dow's record says about the economy
While the Dow follows the stocks of 30 "blue-chip" companies, as a much broader index the S&P 500 is regarded by many to be a better gauge of investor sentiment. It may not be done rising.
"Our expectation that the U.S. S&P 500 would climb as high as 1,550 by mid-year may now look too cautious," analysts with research firm Capital Economics wrote in a report. "After all, the index has already nudged above that level this month and is showing little sign of fatigue. Implied volatility is also at a six-year low, suggesting few envisage a major setback around the corner."
Stocks were buoyed today by the Labor Department's latest jobless claims report, which showed that fewer Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week. Applications for aid fell to 332,000, while the four-week average shrank to 347,000, the lowest level since March 2008.
Other factors also have helped push stocks up in recent weeks. These include healthy personal consumption and retail sales; an ongoing rebound in the housing market; strong corporate earnings; falling oil prices; and expectations by investors that the Federal Reserve will continue to put downward pressure on interest rates well into 2014.}
Those trends have coincided with a period of relative calm in the eurozone, as European leaders meet this week in Brussels to discuss the region's economy and other matters. Fears that China, another engine of global economic growth, could suffer a sudden economic downturn also have abated. For now, that is keeping investors feeling bullish.
"Since the start of the year, institutional investors seem to have stopped reacting to headline risk as quickly and intensely as they did since the start of the bull market," said Ed Yardeni, president and chief investment strategist for institutional investor advisory Yardeni Research.
While stocks have continued their surge, experts caution that financial markets are an unreliable measure of the broader economy. Economists expect the U.S. economy to expand only modestly in 2013, with most estimates predicting growth of 1.5 percent to 2 percent. Those estimates are down from earlier forecasts this year, as the sequester -- mandated government spending cuts that took effect March 1 -- begins to slice into growth.
Stock gains also have only a limited impact on most consumers' purchasing power because most shares are concentrated in the hands of large investors and the wealthy. Although personal income rose sharply in the last quarter of 2012, most of that increase came from an acceleration in dividend payments and interest income.


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Elsbeth Riley
Elsbeth Riley is a writer and editor living in Oakland, California. As a content creator specifically in the health and wellness space, she enjoys living the values of the articles she puts together. She's a marathoner (running cures her writer's block), a hiker (she summited Mount Kilimanjaro in December 2018), and has her personal trainer certification. She's also on a life-long hunt to find the world's best hot tub.

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Directory Server also implements the Network Services Monitoring MIB defined by RFC 2788.
Directory Server support for SNMP has the following limitations.
SNMP support is for monitoring only, no SNMP management is supported.
No SNMP traps are implemented.
This rest of this section explains how the information flows from the monitoring application to Directory Server and back, particularly in the case where you use SNMP.
The SNMP interface is exposed by Java ES MF. See the Sun Java Enterprise System 5 Update 1 Monitoring Guide for details.
The monitoring framework is contained within the Common Agent Container, cacao, which is installed alongside Directory Server. Figure 6–1 shows the monitoring framework.
SNMP support for monitoring Directory Server is managed by a Directory Server agent in the Common Agent Container. On Directory Server startup, the Monitoring server plug-in registers theDirectory Server instance with the Directory Server agent within the Common Agent Container.
Figure 6–2 shows how SNMP information about Directory Server flows through the Common Agent Container.
SNMP information about Directory Server flows as follows.
The network management station sends a GET message through the master SNMP agent, which by default uses standard port 161, to the SNMP mediation layer, which by default uses port 11161.
For information about how to configure access to the SNMP mediation layer, see the Sun Java Enterprise System 5 Update 1 Monitoring Guide.
The SNMP mediation layer forwards any requests destined for the Directory Server to the Directory Server agent.
When the server state changes, Directory Server pushes SNMP information to the Directory Server agent.
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Still Fighting Animal Testing
The founders of LUSH Cosmetics have been fighting against animal testing for over 30 years. After all of this time it saddens us that still so little progress has been made. That's why we decided to run a global campaign in April 2012 to bring attention to the animal testing and cruelty that continues. We also decided to do something positive about it and launched the LUSH Prize to support new alternatives.
At LUSH we believe in making fresh, handmade cosmetics without testing our ingredients or finished products on animals. Unfortunately, this is not the case for all cosmetic companies in North America. We believe animal testing for cosmetics is not only cruel but is irrelevant and alternatives need to be further explored and ultimately replace animal testing for cosmetics. We believe that animals should not suffer and die to test cosmetics or their ingredients and we will continue to fight until it comes to an end.
Our Partners
In Canada we worked alongside Humane Society International (HSI) Canada and the Animal Alliance of Canada. In the US we partnered with HSI and its affiliate, the Humane Society of the United States.
HSI is working across the globe, with like-minded groups in countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and India, and our parent organization The Humane Society of the United States, to achieve a cruelty-free world where no animal has to suffer for the sake of cosmetics.
For the full history, to sign the petition, and to find out more about the LUSH Prize, please visit: http://www.fightinganimaltesting.com
Our Progress
On November 15, 2012 we announced the winners of the first-ever global LUSH Prize to help bring an end to animal testing in the wake of the continuing failure to ban these practices. The £250,000 prize fund, the biggest prize in the alternative testing sector, will be awarded annually and focuses pressure on safety testing for consumer products in a way which complements projects which already address alternatives to the animal testing of medicines.
The LUSH Prize winners were awarded in the following categories:
- Science Prize - the development of replacement non-animal tests
- Training Prize - training researchers in non-animal methods
- Lobbying Prize - policy interventions to promote the use of replacements
- Public Awareness Prize - public-awareness raising of on-going testing
- Young Researcher Awards - to five post-graduates specializing in replacements research


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Ron Paul and Arianna Huffington on Morning Joe (9-15-2009)
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(SUBTITLES BEGIN AT 00:22) Mika Brzezinski: And here with us now, the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington joins us. And with us from Washington, Republican representative from Texas and member of the financial services and joint economic committees, Congressman Ron Paul. Congressman, thanks very much for joining us. Your thoughts on the President's speech and hope that we actually are going to turn our economic problems around? Ron Paul: Well, at least he was a little bit cautious. He wasn't bragging that it was turned around and he shouldn't be because we have a long way to go. He suggests that the answer will be easy credit to make sure people get some low-interest loans. Without really looking at it, he should realize that we got into this mess because we had easy credit and artificially low-interest loans, and we pushed this on the people, caused all the malinvestment and a bubble to form so you can hardly solve the problem of a bursting bubble with trying to re-inflate and create a new bubble. We've gotten away with it now for several decades but it's not going to happen this time. Mika Brzezinski: Okay, but how do we not re-create a new bubble, how do we not find ourselves in — can you hear him? Joe Scarborough: Let's just stop right here. I actually lifted a speech that you made in the banking committee on September 10th, 2003. I remember that date because your words were so dramatic. Ron, while everybody else was saying, "Oh, if we don't help people out through these loans with Fannie and Freddie then we're just horrible people, we hate poor people," you said and you predicted, "If we continue to inflate this bubble this way the housing crisis is going to cause an explosion and there is going to be damage worldwide." What did you know, Ron Paul, in 2003 that nobody else on the banking committee, or the United States Congress, or in the media knew? What did you know? Ron Paul: I think it reflects an understanding of economics. I didn't know anything special other than the fact that I've studied Austrian Economics and their understanding of the business cycle comes from the Federal Reserve, the creation of credit. We've been working with Keynesian Economics since the Depression; we've had perpetual bubbles and recessions and ups and downs and inflation and Nixon really sealed it over when he said, "We're all Keynesians now," and we still are in Washington. They still use Keynesian Economics to try to solve these problems. It isn't all that complex. Interest rates are very, very important and prices are very, very important in a free market. When you distort prices, like wage and price controls, everything seizes up, nothing can happen. But when the Federal Reserve comes in and fixes the prices of interest rates you deceive the savers and the spenders and the investors People believe that there has been a lot of savings and interest rates are very low. And that wasn't the case, we weren't saving a penny. We were giving low interest rates because we were creating money out of thin air. That's why I keep coming back to the Federal Reserve, it was the policies of the Federal Reserve that created this and we shouldn't have been surprised at all that we eventually had this tremendous financial crisis. HOST IN GREY SUIT: So, Congressman, is your solution then to get rid of the Federal Reserve? What else are you proposing we do here to make sure this kind of stuff doesn't happen again? Ron Paul: Well, first off we ought to obey the Constitution, live within our means and balance the budget, quit war-mongering and quit the welfare state. Minor things like that. But eventually you don't need the Federal Reserve. No, it's caused too much trouble. Central banking has always been harmful. It's a seductive way of financing big government. Conservatives love it because you can pay the military bills. Liberals love it because you can pay the welfare state bill. But it's all deception, it's all a tax. It eventually destroys and hurts the very people you are trying to help. You try to help poor people by giving them stuff for free but you end up giving them inflation. They are the first ones to lose their jobs, they're the ones who suffer the most from inflation. We have inflation today much more so than anybody admits because that's why the cost of medicine is so high and the cost of education is so high. It's the devaluation of the dollar. So with all these good intentions of helping poor people, the very people who are doing this are actually making it more harmful and hurting those they want to help. Joe Scarborough: Arianna, let's talk about September 15th, today. You have been writing in the Huffington Post for some time about the fact that this administration and the last administration couldn't stand up to Wall Street, couldn't pass the tough regulations that need to be passed. You still think that's the case and now Andy was just saying you took on Larry Summers. Arianna Huffington: Yesterday, when Larry Summers spoke, I asked him whether he really believed that they would have fundamental reform of Wall Street, because they had been saying that since the administration took office. And the truth is that they are all like the captain of the ship telling us we are going to go in this new direction but the autopilot in the boiler room is set in a different direction than the one they want to take us. Joe Scarborough: The same direction. Arianna Huffington: The same direction we are going now, and the autopilot is really controlled by the lobbyists in Washington. You know, thousands of lobbyists spending literally tens of millions of dollars, undermining reform efforts. Remember what happened, this is critical, to the cramdown amendment? I would love to ask Congressman Paul about that. The cram down amendment was critical to the foreclosure reform effort, because without that, without being able to modify your mortgage purchase, nothing is going to work. Now we are having thousands of foreclosures everyday which is affecting the whole community. This is not just people who took crazy sub prime loans. They are people who are losing their homes because they lost their jobs. There was a moving article in the New York Times about over a million school children are going to school right now, homeless. This is having a huge impact, not just on this generation but on the next one, and the administration is still more concerned with saving Citigroup and saving the big five banks which are now much bigger than they were a year ago. Joe Scarborough: You started to bring it up and it's a question, Ron, that I keep raising on my show. Why is it that the same people, and I know Arianna you'll agree with me, the same people who got us in this mess, whether you talk about Tim Geithner who was at the reel of that ship for a very long time or whether you're talking about Larry Summers who was a part of some things that happened in 1998 and 1999 or whether you're talking about Hank Paulson that was pushing for 41 leverage rates. Why is it that these same people who got us in trouble in the first place are the same people who are still running this economy? Ron Paul: Well they're in charge and they have the power and they're believers in Keynesian Economics but they are the ones who caused the trouble. Look, the President wants to give more power to the Federal Reserve and if you come anywhere close to my understanding of the Federal Reserve that's the last thing, I want to get rid of the Federal Reserve and he wants to enhance it. But I think they are locked in, whether they are Republicans or Democrats, they are going to support the corporations, even in medical care reform. Who do you think is going to come out well in this? Corporations, drug companies, and insurance companies, they are being protected. You know, some conservatives accuse Obama of wanting socialized medicine. I don't think so, I think he wants to perpetuate corporatism, whether it is in the financial markets or in medical care or whatever. I just think the difficulty is the transition: how do you go to where we need to go without hurting people. And quite frankly, you can't do it, people are going to be hurt one way or the other. I just want to minimize the pain and I just don't want to put the pain on the taxpayer. Joe Scarborough: Arianna, you would agree with Ron Paul in that corporations, are getting, you believe, a free ride off of this administration as well as the last. Arianna Huffington: Well I would also agree with Congressman Paul that this is not capitalism. This is not free enterprise capitalism. Joe Scarborough: This is not capitalism at all. Arianna Huffington: This is absolutely not capitalism. This is really oligopoly. We have 92 smaller regional banks that have failed but the five big banks are bigger than ever, their profits are growing, their toxic assets are still on the books. That's what I want us to discuss. Congressman Paul, how come a year later, after the bailouts which were supposed to get rid of the toxic assets, the toxic assets are still there and still a potential time bomb for another economic meltdown. Joe Scarborough: And Ron, we are up against a hard break so give us a 30 second answer. Ron Paul: Well, because they haven't solved the problem. Some of the toxic assets are now owned by the taxpayer. That's one thing. But this is my argument: they won't get rid of them. You have to liquidate and you should allow the correction to occur in one year and get all those bad assets out of the way. The fact that they're propping them up means that we are working very hard to perpetuate this problem into the second great depression, if not as bad but much worse if we continue to do what we're doing by not allowing toxic assets to be liquidated. Mika Brzezinski: Absolutely right. Congressman Ron Paul. Joe Scarborough: He was right before. Mika Brzezinski: We are going to continue this conversation on the radio, you'll be our guest. It's 10:00 am to noon EST, on WABC radio. Congressman Ron Paul, his book is called End the Fed. Thank you so much for being our guest on Morning Joe, we will talk to you on the radio.
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When you think of Shakespeare, romance isn't too far behind. What better reason for theater.unmasked to open Shakespeare in the Mill 2013 on Feb. 14, Valentine's Day. Theatre.unmasked and the Washington Street Mills Business and Cultural Center bring Shakespeare in the Mill to Dover for its second year, with one of Shakespeare's most loved comedies, "As You Like It." Last year's "Romeo & Juliet" scored a wealth of audience praise, and this year it only gets better.
Original music, a historical venue, local food, and a team of your favorite Seacoast actors bring As You Like It" bursting to the stage in a family friendly event that is sure to delight. "All the world's a stage," one of Shakespeare's most famous musings, is the centerpiece for theater. unmasked's production of "As You Like It." Using villainy, buffoonery, and some lovin' in the shrubbery, "As You Like It" deftly explores the roles people play in life.
The tale of a Duke, who ousts his older brother from power, the play shifts from court intrigue to pastoral love, continually exploring human nature and, of course, the "nature" of true love, with the delightful banter of the hero and heroine, Orlando and Rosalind. In true Shakespeare comedic style, the play also comes complete with fools, a bit of wrestling, disguise, songs, heartfelt reunions, and a fantastical marriage ceremony. Original music in the production comes courtesy of the composing flair of John Berst, Director of Musical Theatre at UNH, and is performed by multiskilled cast members throughout the show.
With their passion for developing the Seacoast theater community, theater.unmasked brings together some of the Seacoast's favorite performers to tackle the task of fulfilling Shakespeare's comedic genius. Tim Robinson (Garrison Players, Players Ring), Leslie Hamblin (Garrison Players), Tim Jacobs (ShakesBEERience, Shakespeare in Prescott Park), Geoff Pingree (ShakesBEERience), and Jessica Miller (Players Ring, NHTP, ShakesBEERience) are just some of the familiar faces audiences can expect to see, not to mention both founders of theater. unmasked, Jamie Clavet and Aimee Blesing, who play the heroines of the play, giving locals a chance to see what these two ladies of the theater are really made of.
Clavet and Blesing started theater.unmasked in 2010 with the aim of having a small playwriting group. Realizing the talent that was around, and the fitting architecture of Dover's historic Mills, they decided to take things further and create theater. unmasked, Dover's newest theater company. Shakespeare in the Mill grew out of a love for the Bard and out of the inspiration found in the architectural features and unique businesses of One Washington Center in downtown Dover.
This blossoming annual production marks a unique cultural opportunity for Dover, as theater.unmasked brings a one-of-a-kind Shakespeare event to the city. With more regular readings and productions by Seacoast companies Seven Stages Shakespeare, New Hampshire Theatre Project, Garrison Players, UNH Theatre & Dance Department and more, the Seacoast is fast becoming a hub for Shakespeare lovers, young and old, proof positive that Shakespeare is still relevant, still inspiring, and most importantly, still entertaining!
The directorial vision of New Hampshire native Danielle Howard, brings a fresh and vibrant approach to Shakespeare in the Mill 2013, and adds zest to the unbeatable atmosphere of the event. Theatre. unmasked welcomes Howard's enthusiasm for creating an accessible, funny and heartwarming production of "As You Like It" that will delight even the newest Shakespeare enthusiast. Those who are well versed in the Bard's verse will delight in the subtleties and clarity that this team of professionals brings to the play.
In keeping with their passion for the community, theater.unmasked brings businesses from the Mill together to participate in the event, feeding audiences in more ways than one! Popper's Restaurant at the Mill will serve as caterer for the Valentine's Day date night. With a decadent three course dinner, personally designed by Head Chef John 'Popper' Medlin, couples will experience an intimate, romantic and delicious night out at the theater.
For the remaining shows, MillEats, purveyors of many of the Mills delicious offerings, will provide snacks, sandwiches and sweets to audience members who would like to make a night — or day — of their experience! Caf� tables and music will set the scene for audience members as they partake of picnic style fare and wait for the doors of the theater to open.
Tickets can be booked individually or in groups and start at $12. Valentine's Day tickets are very limited, and must be booked in advance. theater. unmasked strongly advises audience members to book in advance, tickets cannot be guaranteed at the door. "As You Like It" will open on Valentine's Day and run Friday, Feb. 15 through Sunday, Feb. 18, and Friday, Feb. 22 through Sunday, Feb. 24 in the t.u MillSpace, 1 Washington Street, Dover. Book online www.theatreunmasked.com, by email firstname.lastname@example.com or phone 207-358-9887.


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June in England signals the start of the grass court tennis season and for spectators it is the chance to witness the game's best players. Entertain guests in style with the Aegon Championships hospitality at The Queen's Club and Wimbledon hospitality at The All England Lawn Tennis Club. We have a huge range of tennis tickets and hospitality packages to suit all budgets and satisfy all your corporate entertainment needs.
Tennis in England has a magic that few sports can provide – a mixture of drama, tension, skill and less predictably, sunshine. The passionate and partisan crowds remain resolute in their support of all British players with the star attraction being Andy Murray. The Scotsman ended the 77 year wait for a British singles champion in 2013, when he triumphed over Novak Djokovic in straight sets. Add the sublime talents of Rafael Nadal, Juan Martin Del Potro, Roger Federer, and in the ladies' game, Britain's rising star, Laura Robson, and it makes for compelling viewing.


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William Marquardt
Bill is Curator of South Florida Archaeology and Ethnography and Director of the Randell Research Center, a research and education facility located in Pineland, Florida. He received his Ph.D. from Washington University, St. Louis in 1974. He has done archaeological research in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Kentucky, Missouri, New Mexico, and Burgundy (France). At the Florida Museum, he curates the South Florida archaeological and ethnographic collections. Since 1983, he has directed the Southwest Florida Project, focused on the ancient domain of the Calusa Indians (present-day Charlotte, Lee, and Collier counties). He is curator of the permanent exhibit People of the Estuary: Six Thousand Years in South Florida in the Florida Museum's Hall of South Florida People and Environments.
Karen Walker
Karen is an environmental archaeologist who received her Ph.D. from the University of Florida in 1992. She serves as a faculty scientist and collection manager for South Florida Archaeology and Ethnography at the Florida Museum. She undertook the defining zooarchaeological studies of the Charlotte Harbor Estuarine System, and has published several articles on Southwest Florida covering such diverse topics as ancient fishing technology, sea-level fluctuations, Calusa diet, the archaeology of twentieth-century logging camps, and the nineteenth and twentieth-century archaeology of Useppa Island. She serves as Chair of the Randell Research Center's Research and Collections Committee.


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This was a difficult column to write, but it's a true reflection of my past two weeks of travel in Europe. Many people at my stage of life have a bucket list of places to go before they're incapable of traveling anymore. I chose Austria and Germany, out of curiosity about whether their political trauma is anything like what we're experiencing in America today, and the answer is a resounding yes.
President Trump's scapegoat is immigrants. He demonizes them and labels them the lowest form of life. His script is identical to that of the newly chosen chancellor of Austria, Sebastian Kurz, and the leaders of the German opposition party. There isn't a person alive in the United States who isn't the descendant of immigrants, but the Trump stereotype is skillfully applied to the people fleeing violence in Central and South America and the members of any other ethnic group seeking to live in this country.
Austria is a beautiful country, and visitors are welcomed in all of its cities. Its countrymen are open to discussing almost any issue except World War II and the Holocaust. Somehow, in the minds of the Austrians I met, neither of those events ever happened. Their views are parallel to many Americans I know who are oblivious to the subtle changes taking place in American society that are eroding democracy.
Germany is another story. First, I have to say that Berlin could be mistaken for Manhattan's SoHo. People are friendly, engaging and enjoying their lives. There are dozens of happy places to go to where the hospitality is outstanding. Mass transit is efficient and easily accessible. Just like in any big city, bicycles compete with cars. Germany hosts thousands of major businesses, and you can sense that the country is an efficient enterprise loaded with talent and blessed with an abundance of high-tech opportunities.
But despite its economic achievements and its many historic sites, Berlin makes no effort to turn its back on the bitter chapter of the past. The Holocaust Memorial that covers three or four city blocks is a major attraction for locals as well as visitors. It is a living history lesson. The Jewish Museum, with its brilliant design by Daniel Liebeskind, is crowded with tourists and local citizens of all ages.
But what struck me the most were the similarities between the U.S. today and how Germany was destroyed by its political leaders in the 1930s. I do not in any way equate our president to Adolf Hitler. But step by step and action by action, their government was torn apart, and became an easy target for the world's best-known demagogue. Postings at historical sites described attacks on the free press. They didn't use the words "fake news," but the undermining of the media was one of the Nazis' first planned actions.
The next target for the teardown of the system was an attack on the courts. Judges were replaced by thousands of like-minded thinkers to assure that only one brand of philosophy would prevail. The people placed in government positions were ideologues whose thinking was mean-spirited and primitive (see: Steven Miller). In so many ways, our current government is stocked with people who have no feelings for the plight of the common man or woman.
The creation of concentration camps was a blight on the world landscape. I don't equate death camps to the detention centers being built to house the immigrants now making their way into the U.S., but they are a stain on our democratic system. The separation of families and the resettlement of children is a horrible act that reflects mindless leadership in Washington. And the German exhibits showing how elected state officials turned the government over to a despot and followed his every wish, mostly out of political fear, reminded me of how so many members of Congress have become pawns for Trump.
I don't believe we are heading in the direction that Nazi Germany went, but its history of the teardown of democratic institutions is chilling and has modern-day parallels. Balancing the good with the bad, my visit taught me that Germany is an enlightened nation, conscious of its ugly history and very much determined not to repeat its sins.
When you consider present-day America and the trauma of pre-World War II Germany, there are lessons to be learned about how not to fall into any of the traps that are being set for us on today's political landscape.
Jerry Kremer was a state assemblyman for 23 years, and chaired the Assembly's Ways and Means Committee for 12 years. He now heads Empire Government Strategies, a business development and legislative strategy firm. Comments about this column? email@example.com.


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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- J.J. Hickson had 18 points and 18 rebounds for his sixth straight double-double, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Denver Nuggets 101-93 on Thursday night.
Nicolas Batum had 22 points to give the Blazers their first four-game winning streak of the season despite missing forward LaMarcus Aldridge because of a sprained left ankle.
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The Blazers led by as many as 18 in the first half and while the Nuggets were able to close the gap, they were never able to pull even.
Andre Miller's fade-away for Denver narrowed Portland's lead to 84-81 with 4:06 left. Batum made a trio of free throws before Miller added a layup to make it 87-83. But Luke Babbitt hit a 3-pointer with 2:31 left to give the Blazers back a 92-83 lead.
Wesley Matthews all but sealed it when his 3-pointer a short time later put the Blazers ahead 97-87 with 1:31 left.
Aldridge sprained his left ankle in Portland's 95-94 victory over New Orleans on Sunday. The All-Star twisted the ankle in the final minute of the game, which was won on rookie Damian Lillard's 3-pointer with 0.3 seconds left.
Aldridge, who is averaging 21 points and eight rebounds a game, was off the crutches on Thursday night but he was wearing a boot and walking with a limp.
He was replaced in the starting lineup by 6-foot-11 Joel Freeland, who was making his first start with the Blazers.
Portland saw the return of Matthews, who missed two games with a sore hip, then tried to return against the Hornets but played only about four minutes. The injury had put Matthews on the bench in street clothes for the first time in his four-year NBA career. He had played in 250 straight games, second-most among active players behind Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook.
He seemed fully recovered for the Nuggets, coming out with 10 points in the first quarter alone and he finished 20 points.
Ty Lawson, Andre Iguodala and Corey Brewer had 13 points each for the Nuggets.
Babbitt hit three straight 3-pointers that put the Blazers ahead 36-20 in the second quarter. But after a poor first quarter, the Nuggets mounted a rally late in the second, closing to 38-32 on Danilo Gallinari's dunk, but they couldn't get any closer and trailed 50-40 at the half.
JaVale McGee's dunk pulled the Nuggets to 62-54 but again they struggled to get closer. And they still hadn't hit a shot from outside the paint through three quarters.
Denver closed to 69-65 on Brewer's fast-break layup. While the Blazers went nearly five minutes without a field goal, Ronnie Price's dunk put the crowd on its feet and extended Portland's lead to 67-75.
Brewer made a pair of free throws to make it 78-75, but Lillard answered with a 3-pointer for the Blazers.
NOTES: Freeland played for host Britain in the London Olympics last summer. ... Denver reserve forward Anthony Randolph returned after missing Tuesday night's game against San Antonio because of a sinus infection.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- J.J. Barea scored 14 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter and the Minnesota Timberwolves ended Oklahoma City's 12-game winning streak with a 99-93 victory over the Thunder on Thursday night.
Kevin Love had 28 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists and Nikola Pekovic had 24 points and 10 rebounds for Minnesota. But it was Barea who was the key, scoring 12 straight at one point for the Wolves to hold off the team with the best record in the league.
Kevin Durant had 33 points, seven rebounds and six assists and Russell Westbrook had 30 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists for the Thunder, who had not lost a game since Nov. 23 at Boston.
DALLAS (AP) -- LeBron James scored 24 points with some early baskets on nifty passes from Dwyane Wade, and Miami rolled to a victory over the injury plagued Mavericks.
James has scored at least 20 points in all 23 games, the longest streak to start an NBA season since Karl Malone's 24 in a row opening the 1989-90 season.
Dallas, still waiting for the season debut of 11-time All-Star Dirk Nowitzki after right knee surgery, was also without starting point guard Derek Fisher (right knee) and post players Elton Brand (right groin) and Brandan Wright (right ankle).
The Heat never trailed after James drove for a short floater 3 minutes into the game to make it 6-4. Wade had 19 points and six assists while Chris Bosh had 17 points.
Rookie Jae Crowder had 15 points to lead six Dallas players in double figures. Dahntay Jones and Bernard James had 12 points each.


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As many of you know or suspect, I prefer watercolor, pencil and digital to working in other mediums. There is a energy and vitality to working with lines that I can't seem to get in other ways.
Also, watercolor and pencil has become comfortable routine action for me; like making cheese toast, or asking someone else to make me cheese toast.
Oil Painting on the other hand is something more stressful, like amateur bomb defusal. (red wire or blue wire? I DON"T KNOW I'M CUTTING ALL THE WIRES)
Still, sometimes I get an image in my head that just won't work with watercolor and pencil. It needs more 'oomph'. And there is nothing like working in oil for achieving oomph.
And lacking a mast to tie myself to, I cannot ignore the siren song of Rembrandt. So I dig out the Old Holland paints and walnut oil to try my hand at it again.
So for this week's post I am sharing a work in progress of oil I have been working on. I hope you enjoy.
The final painting will be available to see in person at the KrabJab show, "Marriage is a Work of Art" debuting April 11. It will be there alongside Annie's gorgeous painting that she will be revealing later this week.
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Yesterday I read an article about "swallowable perfume," a new form of perfume that comes in capsules. That you swallow. Ergo, "swallowable perfume."
Look, I couldn't make this stuff up, guys.
Anyway, it got me to thinking: how long before this is incorporated into food? You know, like cake? And what would an ingestible perfume cake look like, anyway? Would decorators try to reflect the scent in the cake's design?
These are all important questions, which I think deserve answers. You know, for science. And laughs. But mostly science.
So, as a public service, here are a few suggestions for some classic perfume scents:
Lucky for me, I've developed an immunity to iocane powder.
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Q: Why did Tigger have his head in the river?
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Bridge to Terabithia
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After running in the fields around his farmhouse all summer, Jess Aarons hopes to be the fastest boy in his fifth-grade class. Then a new classmatea girl named Leslie Burkemoves into the next farmhouse, and she is faster. She turns out to be the fastest in the class. After Jess recovers from the surprise and humiliation, he discovers that he might like Leslie as a friend. The
two of them create an imaginary and secret kingdom across a gully in the nearby woods, which they name Terabithia. The children can travel to this secret place only by swinging across the gully on a rope. Their time together is rich in imaginative play and in real companionship, as they rule Terabithia as king and queen, defeat giants, and share stories. Then tragedy comes, and one child is
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Bridge to Terabithia is unusually believable on many countsits realistic characters, the real friendship between a boy and a girl, and the reality of tragedy. Even Jesse and Leslies fantasy kingdom of Terabithia obtains a reality; it is a place where children can be friends. Mrs. Hildagarde Gray writes that Bridge to Terabithia is a beautiful love story, "encompassing all the tones and nuances of deep feeling, all the entanglement lovers feel with each others sensitivities and interpretations of life [but it] is not a love story of physical encounter but a fusion of souls and minds. To shy Jess, Leslies philosophy opens new doors. Her sudden death threatens to crush him before he has learned to live her teachings. Her strength, however, continues to move within him, permitting him to move toward maturity and carry the land of Terabithia in his heart" (Best Sellers, Helen Dwight Reid Educational Foundation, February 1978).
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By Jason Piper, technical officer, ACCA
When is the exceptional "reasonable", and the predictable "unreasonable"?
When you're talking tax of course – or to be more precise, the excuses people have for not filing their UK tax returns. If you file late or pay your tax late, you're subject to a penalty, unless you can show you had a "reasonable excuse" for the delay. "Reasonable Excuse" is not by any means a new concept – it's in the Magna Carta, so the courts should have had a while to get used to it and maybe work out what it means.
But it seems we're still having trouble.
HMRC have published guidance on what grounds they think are "reasonable excuse" (fire, flood, bereavement, coma etc.) and what aren't (e.g. tax return too difficult, failure by agent), but emphasise that "[a] reasonable excuse can only exist where an exceptional event beyond the control of the taxpayer prevented completion and return of the tax return by the due date."
Historically, taxpayers have had to jump through hoops to demonstrate some "exceptional" circumstance, and HMRC set the bar high. In one recent case a taxpayer successfully appealed against a fine of over £3,000 for not setting up a payment instruction properly to service a capital gains tax payment plan. The taxpayer couldn't explain exactly why the relevant details hadn't been forwarded to HMRC on time, but the Tribunal agreed that the hospitalisation of his elderly father/business partner, and associated burden of caring for his mother, was certainly relevant. HMRC's conduct in writing to him and confirming that the payment plan was in place was a further contributory factor; he had done all that a reasonable taxpayer could be expected to, and the fine was overturned.
However, a recent run of cases has seen some robust criticism of the "exceptional" principle. In two out of the three cases where the tax Tribunal found there was a reasonable excuse without an exceptional event (so not including the one above), HMRC themselves had been responsible for providing, or failing to provide, the information which led to the late payment of taxes.
As a point of principle, it certainly feels wrong that HMRC could fine people for doing what HMRC led them to believe was the right thing. (It would also be nice to think that an error by HMRC was "exceptional" in itself.) And from a PR perspective you have to wonder what positive message the officials concerned thought that they would give out by punishing taxpayers for the authority's shortcomings; refusing to back down and pushing the cases to appeal has simply led to publicity for both the initial failings and the subsequent rigid adherence to the Manual.
But from a practical point of view, it's also led to the Tribunal stating very clearly that "reasonable" means just that, and "exceptional" is nothing more than an HMRC gloss which the Tribunal was not prepared to uphold. So, will we see a rash of appealed and overturned penalties? It's hard to say; every case should be judged on its merits, and Tribunal judgments aren't binding. However, there seems to be a marked reluctance on HMRC's part to suspend penalties even in cases which might meet their own guidelines. If that continues, we're bound to see more appeals, and if the Tribunal sticks to its guns, an even higher proportion of those appeals will be successful.


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Anderson wants `quiet´ England team to get loud ahead of New Zealand Tests
James Anderson will encourage a vibrant and opinionated England dressing-room as he continues his role as Joe Root's vice-captain.
England announced on Tuesday that Anderson, Root's deputy in Ben Stokes' absence for this winter's Ashes, will take on the same responsibility for two Tests against New Zealand.
Stokes was unavailable for the 4-0 defeat in Australia, while he waited to discover if he would be charged over a late-night fracas outside a Bristol bar last September.
He is back in the ranks after indicating a not-guilty plea to a charge of affray at Bristol Magistrates Court last month – but the day after Stokes' trial date was set for August 6, a direct clash with next summer's showpiece Lord's Test against India, England announced Anderson will remain as vice-captain.
The evergreen seamer insists the extra responsibility changes little about his demeanour – because he embraces leadership duties in any case.
Nonetheless, in his current guise, he hopes to hear more "chirp" from the youngsters in a 'quiet team'.
Asked if he enjoyed his experience in Australia, Anderson confirmed he did – although standing in when Root was laid low by a nasty bug on the final day in Sydney was not necessarily top of his wish-list.
"Until that last day when he was ill, yes!" he said, adding he will worry about stepping directly into Root's shoes again only if he has to.
"I'll cross that bridge if and when it happens.
"I know I can play it down a bit and say I didn't like it, but (I do like) that responsibility – it's the same as taking the new ball."
It can encompass addressing press and broadcasters, of course, as well as fellow players.
England´s James Anderson and Joe Root inspect the ball during day five of the Ashes Test (Jason O´Brien/PA)
"I enjoy trying to help the team – whether that's defending the lads in front of the cameras … trying to fend off Geoffrey Boycott, whatever it might be, I enjoy each challenge that comes my way."
Anderson, his long-time new-ball partner Stuart Broad and former captain Alastair Cook are all obvious go-to colleagues if Root needs support.
England's all-time leading wicket-taker added: "I think when you've got a group of senior players like we have, it's down to all of us to help this team progress and lead from the front.
"That's what I've done the last few years – trying to lead the attack, do my job on the field – and if I can do that I hope I can pull a few of the guys along with me."
That includes several newer members of a team with significantly varying international experience.
"It's a group effort, a team, we need everybody's input … and we need the younger guys to start chirping up a bit more.
"That's what we want to do as a team – get to a point where everyone has their say.
"We've got an open and honest dressing-room."
Anderson confirms the current line-up is not always especially vocal.
"It probably is one of the quieter ones," he said.
"I think the Ashes wouldn't have helped in that respect, because that's as pressurised an environment (as) you can get.
"We've got areas we need to improve – and we know that."
Honesty on that score is non-negotiable for Anderson – because a strong New Zealand team will expose any weaknesses too.
"It's not a huge preparation period for us," he said.
"So we've got to do as best we can in the next week and get up to speed – because it's going to be just as tough as Australia was."
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Hi Guys, welcome back to The Bookshelf. Each week I feature an author or book blogger and talk about their bookshelf with them. It's a light-hearted, book focused, Q&A.
This week I have the delightful Katherine from BibliomaniacUK. Her blog includes monthly suggestions for your book club which is an awesome idea and I'm a little jealous I didn't think of it first!
I hope you enjoy peeking into her bookshelf…
What was the first book you remember having on your bookshelf?
Oh gosh that is hard – I honestly can't remember…..all I can remember is there always being a lot of bookshelves and a lot of books! And fiercely writing my name in all of them even before I could spell it properly so that my sister could not claim them for herself!
What was the most recent book you added to the bookshelf?
I have just finished Fierce Kingdom by Gin Phillips. I was sent a proof copy and it is truly outstanding. I can't wait to review it and shout about it! The last non-ARC book I read was My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier which was actually a re-read for the week of posts I did on the author to mark her birthday in May. She's my all time favourite author.
Which book have you most recently read from your bookshelf?
I'm half way through The Wonder by Emma Donoghue which I bought in hardback and have been wanting to read since it came out. I have read a few of Donoghue's novels, obviously Room is a really remarkable book in so many ways but I have also enjoyed Slammerkin and The Sealed Letter. I'm intrigued to read this one, particularly after the fame of Room. It's interesting that she's gone for a historical novel again and something totally different from Room.
Which 5 books from last year would you not let go of from your bookshelf?
Oooohhh tricky. I have to be quite harsh about keeping books as we have so little storage so I only keep books which have really blown me away .That said, I still keep too many and it's impossible to choose 5 out of the 270 books that I read last year! But 5 that spring to mind first are: The Lonely Life of Biddy Weir by Leslie Allen, The Museum of You by Carys Bray, The Night Rainbow by Claire King, Unravelling Oliver by Liz Nugent, What Alice Knew by TA Cotterill.
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I bought Andrea Carter's Death at Whitewater Church and Lucy Cameron's Night is Watching at Crime Fest 17 last week and I am looking forward to reading them!
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10 Essential Elvis Presley Songs
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Elvis Presley is the undisputed King of Rock and Roll. He rose from humble circumstances to launch the rock and roll revolution with his commanding voice and charismatic stage presence. In the words of the historical marker that stands outside the house where he was born: "Presley's career as a singer and entertainer redefined popular music."
As far as his stature as a cultural icon, which continues to grow even in death, writer Lester Bangs said it best: "I can guarantee you one thing - we will never again agree on anything as we agreed on Elvis."
Here's 10 essential Elvis Presley songs. Presley built arguably the most impressive catalog of recordings in rock history, so it was understandably difficult narrowing the list down to 10 essential tracks. Let us know what songs would be on your list.
Released in the summer of 1954, "That's All Right" was Presley's first commercial single and a fairly faithful version of "That's All Right, Mama," the uptempo blues number originally recorded by Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup. The song was recorded "live" at Sam Phillips' Memphis Recording Service, with Presley on acoustic guitar and vocals, Scotty Moore on electric guitar and Bill Black on upright bass, and released on Phillips' Sun Records. This is arguably where the legend of Elvis Presley took root, his intensity driving the track and hinting at the Presleymania that was to come.
Presley's reworking of the song written by Sam Phillips and Junior Parker (and originally recorded by Junior's Blue Flames) was the b-side to 1955's "I Forgot To Remember To Forget." Like "That's All Right," the rollicking "Mystery Train" heralded the emergence of rockabilly, though Presley's trademark emoting carries a lament for his "baby's" departure that made for a memorable counterpoint to the arrangement.
By 1956, Presley had moved to RCA Victor, and his first release under the new label, "Heartbreak Hotel," would also be the first of many recordings to top Billboard's Top 100 chart. Although on RCA, producer Steve Sholes wanted to recapture the "Sun sound" and enlisted guitarist Scotty Moore, bassist Bill Black, drummer DJ Fontana, guitarist Chet Atkins, pianist Floyd Kramer and three members of the Jordanaires on backing vocals for the sessions that produced "Heartbreak Hotel." Led by Presley's signature baritone, "Heartbreak Hotel" was deemed the Number One single of the year by Billboard in 1956 – an unlikely feat for a song about a near-suicidal loner.
With its swinging groove, harmonized backing vocals and Presley's famous hiccup, "Don't Be Cruel" became a sensation following its release in the summer of 1956. The recording of "Don't Be Cruel"/"Hound Dog" was Number One for 11 weeks – among the longest Number One runs in the rock era. Brooklyn songwriter Otis Blackwell (whose credits would later include "Return To Sender" and "All Shook Up," among others) composed the song, and Presley injected it with the vitality it needed to reach the top of the charts.
The title track performance of Jailhouse Rock was the highlight of Presley's third film. The movie premiered on October 21, 1957, the same day the title track went to the top of the Billboard charts, where it remained for seven weeks. Penned by the team of Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (who also composed the enormously successful "Hound Dog," originally recorded by Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton), the song resonated beyond the U.S., becoming the first record ever to enter the British singles chart at Number One. Presley's charisma shined on the recording, and the song's two-chord riff is among rock's most indelible moments.
Viva Las Vegas is considered one of Presley's best movies, if not the best. The title track of the 1964 film starring Presley as Lucky Jackson alongside Ann-Margret as Rusty Martin was a lively romp thats lyrical sentiment – I'm gonna keep on the run / I'm gonna have me some fun / If it costs me my very last dime / If I wind up broke up well / I'll always remember that I had a swingin' time – was perfectly echoed in the song's frenetic percussive charge and Presley's convincing, passionate delivery.
"How Great Thou Art" was the title track of Presley's second gospel LP, released in early 1967. It was recorded in Nashville, and won a Grammy that year for Best Sacred Performance. Presley was a superb gospel singer, and this song really captured his passion and vocal range. It was a staple of his live shows throughout the 1970s.
The stirring "In The Ghetto" featured Presley's expressive, tender vocals as the vehicle for a narrative about a young boy's life of poverty in the inner-city. The song, written by Mac Davis, features suitably evocative instrumentation and became the springboard for Presley's comeback in 1969, peaking at Number Three during a 13-week run on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. The 1969 American Sound Studio sessions in Memphis with producer Chips Moman found Presley artistically awakened. The resulting soul material formed From Elvis in Memphis, including the gospel-rooted highlight "In The Ghetto."
"Suspicious Minds" was one of the better tunes prepared (it was written by Mark James) for Presley's January 1969 recording dates at American Sound Studio in Memphis (the same sessions that produced "In The Ghetto"), the city that gave Presley his start in the previous decade. The song found Presley embracing a sound that owed more to soul and R&B than rock and country, as his bellowing voice powered the ballad. The effort was enlivened by backing vocals (Ronnie Milsap and Jeannie Greene) and a vibrant horn section. It would become Presley's first U.S. chart-topper since "Good Luck Charm" seven years earlier – and his 17th and final Number One hit, holding that position the week of November 1, 1969.
The driving "Burning Love" was written by Dennis Linde, and among the final rock and roll numbers recorded by Presley. Released in 1972, it featured boogie piano, horn-laden chorus, choir-style vocals, pounding drums and fretwork by virtuoso guitarist James Burton. Presley's singing infuses the song with an edginess and the "hunka hunka burning love" coda closed the song on a punchy, gospel-inspired note. The song peaked at Number Two on the Billboard Hot 100 on the week of October 28, 1972.


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DANBURY, Conn.—UMass Boston (5-2, 1-0 Little East Conference) used a huge advantage at the free-throw line and double-digit points from three players to earn a 71-64 Little East Conference opening win over Western Connecticut State (0-5, 0-1 LEC) Saturday afternoon at the Feldman Arena.
After earning their first three-game winning streak since 2006 Thursday night, the Beacons kept the momentum going behind a team-high 14 points from Carl Joseph (Brockton, Mass.). Joseph finished 4-for-8 and knocked down five of six of his free throw attempts. He was joined in double-figures by fellow sophomores Brian Clarke (Miramar, Fla.) and Vinny DeLucia (Miami, Fla.) who scored 13 and 10 points respectively.
While the two teams were virtually even in every statistical category, the Beacons took the two team's Little East Conference season opener behind their dominance inside.
The Beacons used their superior size to outscore the Colonials 16-4 in the paint and forced a parade to the free throw line. Despite only hitting 60.6 percent of their attempts, UMB knocked down 20 shots from the charity stripe, compared to five, on 10 attempts, for the Colonials.
Junior Rahshjeem Benson (Boston, Mass.) finished with nine points, eight rebounds and four assists, while sophomore guard Joshua Mojica (Loiza, Puerto Rico) added nine points, four rebounds and two assists in 21 minutes.
Jahleel Moise (Brockton, Mass.) chipped in with six points off the bench for the Beacons.
The Beacons roared out to a 10-3 lead four minutes into the contest behind four points each from Joseph and Clarke. Western Connecticut responded with a 20-10 run over the next nine minutes, as the Colonials knocked down four of their seven 3-pointers of the day.
Trailing by a score of 23-20 with 7:39 to go, the Beacons went to work. UMass Boston scored nine straight points to grab a lead they would never relinquish behind five points from DeLucia, and two free throws each from Mike Mitchell Jr. (Dorchester, Mass.) and Joseph.
The Beacons would grab their largest of the lead of the game at 11 at halftime, behind five points from Mojica over the final 41 seconds.
Western Connecticut State would quickly cut into the deficit to start the second stanza with a 14-6 run to start the second half behind two 3-pointers from Phil Starks. Starks finished with a game-high 17 points on five 3-pointers for the Colonials.
UMass Boston answered the Colonials run with three straight free throws from Moise and a jumper from Clarke to push the lead back to 50-43 with 13:43 to play. While the Colonials would cut the deficit to as few as four on three separate occasions over the next three minutes, the Beacons lead was never seriously threatened.
The Beacons held Western Connecticut to just four made field goals over the final 10 minutes and knocked down nine free throws in the same span, to hold on for their first win in an LEC opener since the 2009-10 season.
For the game, UMass Boston held a 43-35 advantage in rebounds including 14 offensive boards. The Beacons hit 43.4 percent (25-53) of their field goal attempts and 5-of-13 (38.5 percent) of their 3-pointers, while Western finished shooting 40.0 percent (26-65) from the floor and 7-of-20 (35 percent) from behind the arc.
UMass Boston will stay on the road Tuesday when they face nationally-ranked MIT at 8 p.m. in Cambridge.