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Hello, I'm the Doctor Bot. After some serious upgrades my creators hope that I can be of assistance in your healthcare needs. While we admit that the Doctor Bot 1.0 may have caused some serious malpractice, I am certain that this new version will be a more accurate. Also, we've replaced the whiny voice with one that users say is more soothing and comes with better bedside manner.
I have many sophisticated algorithms with which I can diagnose almost any disease. You see, medicine has become so easy that a few mouse clicks is all that's needed to handle most problems. Why spend so much money on a visit to seven years of training, when the Doctor Bot is here now? And if that's not enough, I come equipped with a full laboratory.
Provide me with a sample of blood and I can tell you if your cholesterol is elevated. I can even write a prescription for your favorite statin. If it's chest pain that you have, I'll show you how to connect the leads to the EKG machine so I can get a reading of your heart. Don't worry; I'll walk you through the process and show you how it's all done.
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REO SpeedDealer said,
To hell with Doctor Bot, our ingenious patients have the medical degree already installed on their browser… webMD and a million other crackpot sites where they "diagnose" themselves and then come to us to disagree with our teensy decade long education.
Nope, no sarcasm here…
doub said,
Yes, because MDs are such experts. The MD is the only degree that lets you call yourself a doctor without being an expert at anything. It's like going through undergrad again, but for gaining breadth in medicine. Then you get 3-9 years of OJT and get indignant when people who have specifically researched their symptoms propose questions or procedures. I suppose you think you have a better internal database of symptoms and diseases then medline?
True, patient's probably don't understand everything they are reading. But then I've met doctors (yes, more than one) who apparently don't know the difference between an artery and a vein. Nice post, half-wit.
REO SpeedDealer said,
Nope, I don't have a better internal database than medline. I do, however, have vastly more experience than laypeople at physical exam, interpreting signs and symptoms, and filtering what is a true illness vs supratentorial hypochondriasis.
Oh, and I know how to use the apostrophe correctly. By the way, genius, what do you do for a living? I'll be showing up to your workplace shortly to tell how how to do it the correct way.
Elaine said,
Lots of bitterness towards the uninsured. My parents are extremely healthy, ski marathon races, never had a serious illness, and still pay $900/month each for their premiums. Imagine if they had a pre-existing condition.


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Traditionally, volatility has been an area that family offices, pension funds and endowments have approached by diversifying across and within asset classes. Often times, their portfolios are comprised of a mix of stocks and bonds with a reserve cash component for liquidity. Here is a case that volatility products can be a valuable addition to a portfolio, one that can help family offices improve their cash management.
Some managers have recently added small exposure to "non-correlated alternative investments," but rather that diversify their holdings, they have discovered that these alternative investments are often more correlated than they had expected. Faced with the challenge of achieving greater diversification, innovative risk control groups and portfolio management departments are studying how volatility products can help them achieve their goals.
Exceptional efforts by global central banks to stimulate growth by supporting asset prices (primarily equities and real estate) have rendered traditional diversification approaches far less effective. Cash and cash-like equivalents can be used as limited liquidity tools, but generate no substantial yield when interest rates remain so low for such a long period.
Volatility, properly harnessed, is a much more effective liquidity buffer and can generate alpha during market dislocations, which have often caused family offices and pension funds to underperform. Note the following from an article in Barron's in July of this year, "BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager, is advising clients to change old ideas about portfolio management by blending volatility strategies into investment portfolios. Volatility is an asset class that can be harnessed to increase returns and reduce risk, according to the firm." Transparent, regulated and publicly traded volatility products like CBOE's benchmark VIX and the Eurex Exchange's European-focused counterpart, the VSTOXX, offer a number of options.
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The risk manager or treasury director works with the portfolio manager to decide what fraction of liquidity reserves to allocate to volatility. Several options are open to family offices. They can employ either self-directed, simple, exchange-listed products or they can opt for more sophisticated, dynamic strategy allocations, which can be outsourced to professional volatility managers. Defensive positions are closed out after a volatility event and the proceeds redirected into the chosen long beta profile. Regular, systematic use of this process can generate higher, risk-adjusted returns, given the generation of alpha by market dislocations. The decision tree for allocation of sizing and timing/type of implementation depends on several factors: the equity markets' recent historical performance, current levels of volatility and individual comfort levels in selecting a self-directed volatility posture or, often on a larger scale, an outside manager's expertise.
The most important thing to consider when choosing to allocate to an outside manager is his or her use of liquid, transparent volatility products that can be quickly and seamlessly reinvested in traditional markets, after a dislocation has occurred.
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In addition to clear risks in fixed income and geopolitical environments, the broader equity markets have recently touched all-time highs. At the same time, measured volatility has been historically very low. Factors indicating greater volatility in the near future have been accumulating. If, or rather when, greater volatility does occur, family office managers who have taken proactive steps to add exposure to volatility products will protect portfolio values and even enjoy small profits, while other, less cautious managers risk great losses.

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PayPal is in the early stages of what may be a blockbuster mobile payments deal with McDonald's Corp., the world's biggest hamburger chain.
McDonald's is testing a mobile payments service featuring PayPal at 30 of its restaurants in France. Earlier this year, McDonald's ran demonstrations of a broader PayPal mobile payments service at its franchisee conference in Orlando, Fla.
A McDonald's spokeswoman confirmed the France tests and said the PayPal demonstration at its conference was part of a booth that features "technology coming within the next 24 months or so."
PayPal is racing against start-up Square Inc. and other technology companies to become the mobile payments service of choice as consumers increasingly use smart phones to make purchases.
Square struck what could be its most important partnership last week, when it teamed up with Starbucks Corp., the world's largest coffee chain.
PayPal, owned by eBay Inc., has signed up more than 15 retailers, including Home Depot and Office Depot, to accept PayPal payments in their stores.
But landing a partner the size of McDonald's, with more than 30,000 restaurants, would be a big win, according to analysts.
"McDonald's would certainly be a whale," said Gil Luria, an analyst at Wedbush Securities. "If McDonald's customers can stand in line and order on a mobile app and pay with PayPal that is a huge extension of PayPal's reach."
Square's deal with Starbucks "creates a sense of urgency for PayPal," he added. "This is a race."
The test in France lets McDonald's customers order food on smart phones through a McDonald's application, or online, and pay with PayPal. There is a separate line in the test locations to pick up the meals, according to a PayPal spokesman.
Demonstrations at the McDonald's franchisee conference in Orlando featured a more "in-depth" service that would let customers order and pay using PayPal's digital wallet and mobile application, the spokesman said.
Rolling out a service such as this may help McDonald's cut lines at restaurants, a key factor in maintaining and growing same-store sales, Luria said.
"If they can shave 10 seconds off wait times, same-store sales could go up a lot," he added. "It's substantial."


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Unfortunately for me, the documentation was crummy and it took a while to figure out what I needed to do. Fortunately for all that are reading this, after many hours of pain on my end, I can now write a tutorial for all the world to see.
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In the future, I may add more robustness to this tutorial, but as it stands, this is all that I needed for my current assignment and I know that there are a number of other students stuggling with this so I thought it would be beneficial to post this tutorial as it is.
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The Woman Behind Benedict Arnold's Treachery
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Every month I eat fruits and vegetables that I've never tried before. Well, I did eat new fruits and vegetables every month until I ate my way through the Kroger produce section. I've been on the lookout for exotic fruits or oddly colored vegetables, but it's taken me four months to collect three new items. Never fear, though! I recently located an international supermarket that sells such oddities as corn and cheese flavored ice cream from Asia. They have all sorts of scary, prickly, fruits and vegetables that I can try or die trying (hopefully they don't have any poisonous bits). Until then, here are my three latest discoveries from Kroger and Trader Joe's.
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The casaba melon looks like a yellow pumpkin in this picture, mostly because I have a crappy camera. All the food bloggers at BlogHer had fancy schmancy cameras that would make this casaba melon look so tasty you would leave rainbow colored drops of saliva on your computer screen. I have a point and shoot camera and little interest in digital […]


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4 month old puppy started peeing in crate
I have a 4 month old wheaten puppy. We brought him home at 10 weeks and started crate training immediately. Like all puppies, he had occasional accidents around the house (but NEVER in the crate). We are diligent about bringing him out first thing in the morning, right before work, a walker comes 2x during the (although that has stopped as of this past month because I am off for 2 months in the summer), right after work & then before bed. Up until 2 days ago he has been doing very well...but I made sure to not get too excited because I know puppies often regress & 'forget what they learned'. Yesterday, I came home & caught him in the act of peeing IN HIS CRATE I immediately got him to stop (we use a can of pennies to startle him) & took him outside. This morning, I woke up to find that he had peed in the crate again & it bothered him SO little that he slept in his own mess.
I know he is still very young and accidents are to be expected...but that isn't my concern...I'm stressed about the fact that he is now having accidents in his 'den' when this was never an issue before. I don't think it is a bladder infection because he can still hold his bladder for quite some time (usually 4 hours but after the past couple of days I'm going to go back to 3).
What are your experiences with puppies regressing, how can I get my dog to consider his crate his den again...like I said before, I don't get worked up if he has an occasional accident in the house (I wouldn't get mad at a baby for going in his diaper so I can't get mad at my dog if I didn't watch him & he went in the house)...I don't like that he went in his crate because I think that goes against what SHOULD be happening.
Thanks in advance for whatever help you may be able to offer
Did you change anything about the crate? allow him more space? put new bedding? put bedding?
Is he drinking more because of the heat?
If you are sure it's not a medical problem, then you might have to go back a step or two to crate training - use a divider to give him a bit less space; take him out more often, remove the bedding...
I just remembered (actually, the bf reminded me) that this weekend he picked up a new habit of walking with his bag legs spread so he can pee & walk as we go towards the potty spot. he KNOWS the potty spot, i usually rush him down the elevator but as soon as we're on the sidewalk i let him go at his own pace just to see if he gets it & he does...he darts to the grass & goes...not the past couple of times...we can rush all we want but he'll do a pee & go. maybe i need to call the vet & see if it really is a uti. funny how one extra piece of info totally changes how we perceive something.
also, he is crated in our room. i find it weird that even if it were a UTI & he couldn't help soiling his bed, he didn't whine to get let out (probably wouldn't have helped if it was that urgent) or whine to have his soiled crate cleaned up?
Probably the best to have him at the vet for a checkup.
for a good outcome.
I would definitely take him for a checkup. There are several things that can make him urinate in his crate/while walking. Our older dog started doing that. We had tests run and found out he has calcium oxalate crystals in his urine which would indicate possible kidney stones. He has been walking/peeing for quite some time.From what I understand, it would be very rare for a young dog to have those problems, but we also have bladder problems with our 16 week old puppy. He also will urinate while he is walking/running/jumping around. I don't know if he even realizes he is doing it. His blood work all came out fine but the vet said she thinks he has a loose sphincter.
Good luck and I hope it's nothing serious!
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"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole" - Ok... whoever said this has never had a sick or special needs baby. They ARE our whole life!
R.I.P. my sweet, handsome Thorin. You are missed dearly Dec. 25, 1999 - Mar. 4, 2012
i booked an appointment with my vet to collect urine & have urinalysis for my puppy...unfortunately they are booked solid for today & we have to wait until tomorrow am.
any advice on helping us get through the night, i REALLY don't want to give him 2 baths in 2 days...he will look like dry tumbleweed should i get up every 2-3 hours to take him out?
Do you monitor his water intake? My dog was wetting his kennel because we would feed him salty treats (dried pork like pig ears/rollies etc.) and then he would drink like a maniac and end up wetting the kennel. We stopped giving salty treats and stopped allowing him free access to water in the evening, only giving him a small amount or a bit more if he was exercising etc. He's been clean for a few months now since we've been more careful.
Before you take him to the vet try a few things.
Limit his water intake, I'm not saying don't give him water, just give him 1/4 cup when you wake up (after taking him out), give him 20 mins and let him pee again. Tell the dog walker to give him 1/4 cup of water when she arrives, then go for a walk and repeat.
Are you putting a blanket in the crate with him?Take it out if so and put a fresh one in. It could be that the crate is too big and the puppy is using one side for potty and the other to sleep. A crate should be big enough for the dog to turn around in, not walk around in.
4 month old puppies go pee every 30 minutes with continuous water. Peeing at night isn't uncommon, just cut off water intake 3 hours before bedtime. Make sure when you get home for the evening that puppy is allowed LOTS of water to hydrate him from the day.
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Yeah, I guess I have heard people use Buddy, Pal, Chief, Mac, and the like, used negatively as well as not.Hansen Aerosports wrote:OnB:
Where I come from 'buddy' and 'pal' have a negative connotation.
To be honest, I thought it a bit condescending, smiley face or not, but so be it.
Guess it comes down to context, ..which was what the smiley was supposed to be for.
But as often as not, the tone can be as much created by the mood of the reader as it is by the writer.
I figured since PixelPedro was asking the question about the Method, and your illustration was of the Method, I thought that it made sense to put a pic of the Method up. You had one pic and edited to add another pic, but no Method.
No condescending tone intended, just thought you had pressed the wrong button for the pic.
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Lights, cameras, (designers' collections, models in line, editors' notebooks, makeup artists' brushes, PR staffers' blasts, stylists' racks, journalists' pens, buyers' checkbooks, bloggers' keypads) — action! By now, you probably know that fashion shows aren't a low-fuss event. Every single facet of the fashion industry works to put on a successful show that maybe lasts for 10 minutes.
Of course, the impact of a good, solid show lasts for much, much longer, and we hope that some of the stunning photos we took during the week so far will help extend and deepen its reach. Amidst the hubbub, there are moments of pristine serenity as caught by our fleet of photographers. Sit back, sip slowly on your afternoon coffee, and take it all in with us.


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Have you got all your ingredients prepared for the Chinese New Year's cookies? I've done quite alot of shopping lately, in and out of the bakers' store. Can't really decide what to bake until last 2 days. Will keep you posted..:)
Don't really want to bake until all my shopping's done. But after showing the yummy Banana Cake from my dear friend, Honey Bee Sweets to my daughter, she keep begging me to bake the cake for her. And so happen i just bought some bananas for her this afternoon...and there's no excuse for me..;p
Thought of trying out the recipe but i don't have walnuts or chocolate chips left, no more vanilla essence and no more unsalted butter too....haha! Guess I have to go another round to the bakers' store!
Since I really have to bake this last minute (its almost 8pm), so I came out with this simple recipe which i used to bake quite some time ago before started blogging.
Maybe you'll like this too...;)
250g Plain Flour
200g Banana
145g Sugar
4 eggs
10g Ovalette
1 tsp Baking Soda
1tsp Baking Powder
125ml Milk
100ml Cornoil
~ Mix bananas and sugar together and beat for about 5 minutes.
~ Add in eggs and continue to beat for 5-6 minutes until fluffy.
~ Slowly add in flour mixture alternating with the milk.
~ Lastly fold in oil.
~ Bake in 2 - 9"x4"x3" lined tin at 200'C for 35 minutes.
These cakes are porpular known as "Pasar Malam" Banana Cake. Use "Berangan" or "Emas" bananas to get a better taste of bananas.
It turned out quite nice and my daughter is really happy with it..:) Saying that she'll like to share it with her friends in school tomorrow.
Anyway, thank you so much for sharing Bee Bee! Cheers!
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Banana Cake
Posted by ReeseKitchen at 6:15 AM
Labels: Cakes
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Heehee, you are amazing, not many ingredients and still can bake up such a lovely banana cake! Must archive this recipe, next time I short of this and that, I will go with this recipe too! ;) Love the black speckle on the cake...like very intense "banana" flavor. ;)
Hey Bee Bee,ReplyDelete
Its all because of Cheryl lo...hee hee! This morning took few slices to school..:)
Hi Reese,ReplyDelete
Your cake looks great! I think you missed out the "flour" in your ingredients . :D Is that 100 grams of flour?
Opps! Thanks Evy.ReplyDelete
Thanks for reminding....;)
- AnonymousJanuary 21, 2010 at 12:27 AM
I wish I had a slice of this. Looks moist and delicious.ReplyDelete
Thanks Moogie...:)It is delicious, I only had a small slice and the rest is all gone...I also want another slice!ReplyDelete
This look so deliciousReplyDelete
Thanks Sonia...;)ReplyDelete
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Has anyone ever had their puppy have a reaction to a vaccination? My puppy had a DHPP vaccination and a dewormer pill at around 4:00 pm today. It has been 5 hours and my puppy is very hyperactive and aggressive tonight. We have tried running him around outside several times. He can't seem to settle down. I have heard of dogs being lethargic after vaccinations, but not hyperactive. Any help is much appreciated.....h*lp. He appears to be breathing fine and isn't swelling at all, but he just can't seem to settle down.


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NWSB Insider and Seattle Sounders writer Clinton Bell brings us his Love Em & Hate Em recap from Saturday's game between the Colorado Rapids vs. Seattle Sounders FC. After a tough draw last week in D.C. against United, the Sounders came out fired up for the first twenty or so minutes. They cooled before half time, and it wasn't till a little after the hour mark that they were finally able to push the ball across the line.
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Though they're the kind of thing you tell yourself you're making for kids, the way these sweet and slightly salty cookies go a little chewy when they absorb the ice cream will definitely inspire mature palates as well. This recipe is also delightfully devoid of fuss; you simply make one big sandwich and then cut it into small pieces.
- Yield
- Makes 24 sandwiches
- Active Time
- 45 min
- Total Time
- 3 hr
- For praline
- 1 cup pecans (3 1/2 ounces), coarsely chopped
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1 cup sugar
- For sandwich layers
- 1 1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) unsalted butter at room temperature plus additional for greasing pan
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 cups packed dark brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- For filling
- 2 pt store-bought premium vanilla ice cream, softened
- Special Equipment
- 2 (15 1/2- by 10 1/2-inch) baking pans (3/4 inch deep; also called jelly roll pans); parchment paper; an offset metal spatula
- Make praline:
- Stir together pecans and salt in a small bowl. Put a large sheet of foil on a work surface.
- Cook sugar in a 10-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat, undisturbed, until it begins to melt. Continue to cook, stirring occasionally, until sugar melts into a golden caramel. Add salted pecans, stirring until coated well, then spread on foil and cool completely, about 15 minutes. Peel praline off foil and finely chop with a large heavy knife.
- Make sandwich layers:
- Put oven racks in upper and lower thirds of oven and preheat oven to 375°F. Draw a large X with butter from corner to corner in each baking pan, then line bottom of each pan with parchment paper, leaving a 1-inch overhang on each side, pressing to help parchment adhere to X.
- Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl. Beat together butter and brown sugar in another bowl with an electric mixer at medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, then beat in vanilla. Reduce speed to low and add flour mixture in 2 batches, mixing until just combined.
- Divide batter between baking pans (about 1 1/2 cups each) and spread into thin, even layers with offset spatula. Sprinkle with praline and bake, switching position of pans halfway through baking, until sandwich layers are golden brown but still tender, about 10 minutes. Cool in pans 10 minutes, then transfer with parchment to racks and cool completely, about 30 minutes. Clean 1 baking pan.
- Line cleaned baking pan with fresh parchment, leaving a 1-inch overhang on each side. Invert sandwich layers onto work surface and carefully peel off and discard parchment, then trim edges.
- Assemble sandwiches:
- Transfer 1 sandwich layer, praline side down, to baking pan and spread evenly with ice cream. Top ice cream with second sandwich layer, praline side up, pressing gently to form an even sandwich. Wrap baking pan in plastic wrap and freeze ice cream sandwich at least 1 hour.
- Cut into 24 sandwiches before serving.
Cooks' note:
Ice cream sandwich, wrapped in plastic wrap and then foil, can be frozen up to 1 week. Cut before serving.
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Nutritional Info
- Calories250
- Carbohydrates34 g(11%)
- Fat12 g(18%)
- Protein3 g(6%)
- Saturated Fat6 g(28%)
- Sodium163 mg(7%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat1 g
- Fiber1 g(3%)
- Monounsaturated Fat4 g
- Cholesterol40 mg(13%)


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Women's tennis cancels match with Samford
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Lipscomb Lady Bisons tennis team has cancelled Wednesday's match at Samford University in Birmingham, Ala.
The Lady Bisons split the opening weekend of Atlantic Sun Conference matches with a 4-2 loss at Mercer and a 5-2 win at Kennesaw State in Kennesaw, Ga.
After playing at Kennesaw the women's tennis team made the short trip to downtown Atlanta where they spent a couple of days working with Rescue Atlanta which provides services for the homeless.
"The weekend was wonderful minus the Mercer loss," Lady Bisons coach Jamie Aid said. "We all had an amazing time serving. It was draining and felt like we couldn't play Samford.
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"Flying low over Lake Bled, on assignment in Slovenia in February 1989, the pilot took the plane dangerously close to the water's surface. The wheels caught and we went down, the propeller shattering as we hit the water. The plane flipped, and the fuselage began to sink in the icy lake. My seat belt was stuck, but an instinct for self-preservation kicked in and I was able to wrestle free. The pilot and I swam under the aircraft to the surface. My camera and bag are still 65 feet down."
So begins Magnum photographer Steve McCurry's latest book, Steve McCurry Untold: The Stories Behind the Photographs (Phaidon). The book spans 30 years of McCurry's career and includes fascinating ephemera from his travels: diary entries, photos of him at work and some of the 20-plus passports he's gone through over the decades. McCurry survived the Slovenia plane crash, as well as armed robbers and bombings in Afghanistan, but what comes through in his images is wonder, rather than suffering. He manages to make the world seem enormous and quite small; exotic, and somehow familiar.
Growing up in suburban Philadelphia, McCurry was a wild child who preferred playing in the woods to studying. His first encounter with photography, at age 11, was through a LIFE magazine photo essay by Brian Brake on India's monsoons.
"It just transported me to another world," he told TIME. Inspired by photographers like Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans, he knew he'd found his calling.
"My first good photograph was in Mexico City," McCurry once told CNN. "There was a [homeless] man sleeping in front of a furniture store ... below this brand-new sofa in the window. The juxtaposition was, I thought, a perfect kind of image. That's what set me on my way to being a professional photographer."
After graduating college, McCurry spent a few years at the Today's Post in King of Prussia, Penn., shooting high school graduations and Kiwanis meetings, honing his skills — but he knew it wasn't for him. He left for India in 1978, intending to stay for three months. He stayed for two years.
"India was like another planet to me," he told CNN. "I've been back 80 or 90 times ... and there's still many places I haven't seen."
A year into his time abroad, he met Afghan refugees who told him about the brewing mujahedeen resistance to the violent pro-Russian government. He agreed to document their plight; they disguised him in traditional dress and brought him into the country illegally.
"My possessions included a plastic cup, a Swiss Army knife, two camera bodies, four lenses, a bag of film and a few packets of airline peanuts," he recalls. The conflict — and McCurry's professional profile — escalated dramatically when the Soviets launched a full-scale invasion. Their jets were flying "so low and close they would fill my lens," McCurry writes. "We just prayed they wouldn't see us and start strafing."
As dramatic as his adventures have been, McCurry has always focused on the human cost of war, rather than conflict itself. It's important, he says, to maintain a rigorous detachment in the face of suffering in order to do the job—and it also probably helps that he isn't married and doesn't have kids.
McCurry's detachment, however, is hardly a form of callousness.
"People, wherever they are in the world, want to be respected and loved. If you respect people, doors open," McCurry told Al Jazeera. Another key lesson is patience. He researches a place before picking up the camera, visiting five to ten villages in a given country before focusing on the most interesting one. He also rarely works alone. "I can't stress how important it is to work with a trusted assistant or guide. That person really has your life in his hands, and he can make or break your story."
Not all of McCurry's work carries him into war zones. Pirelli, the Italian tire company, commissioned McCurry to shoot its 2013 calendar in Rio. Most fashion photographers shoot nude female models for these corporate calendars. McCurry's models not only wore clothes, but he selected women associated with humanitarian causes. Commissions like this, he says, allow him to make strong work without compromising his vision.
"There's a meditative aspect to it," McCurry told Art Space. "When I'm walking around photographing, I get into a particular mindset where I become much more attuned to the world around me. It's a joy to be alive, and maybe that's what come through."
Steve McCurry has been a photojournalist for over 30 years. He is the recipient of the Robert Capa Gold Medal, the National Press Photographers Award and four first prize awards in the World Press Photo contest. Steve McCurry Untold: The Stories Behind the Photographs will be published by Phaidon in September 2013.
Myles Little is an associate photo editor at TIME.


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Natali necesitaba un nuevo diseño de tema de wordpress y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 24 diseños de 5 diseñadores freelance.
http://www.abenteuerrausch.de (Abenteuerrausch) - meaning to be intoxicated by adventure
We are a young group of 5 travel addicts (between 22 and 32 years old) from Munich (Germany), adventurous, always willing to learn about new cultures, traditions and customes and with the desire to share our experiences of individual travelroutes with others. Away from all-inclusive holidays and towards exciting roadtrips, backpacking and just letting loose, enjoying life and all it has to offer. This is supposed to become a site where we can provide travel-fans with the highlights and insiders of different spots around the world!
Our target audience are the young globetrotters, backpackers, vagabonds and those who just love to travel off the beaten track. The age group is mostly 20 to 35 year olds. Of course we welcome everyone else, interested in our travel-style just as much. These people we like to target are willing to leave everything behind for a while, to dive into new cultures, homesickness is a foreign world. They aim to explore the world, the world without make-up, original and most importantly those spots and regions which are most loved by the locals on-spot. They feel at home abroad and love to broaden their horizons through further travelling. They get back home and immidiately the itchy feet are back, so they start dreaming about their next destination. They dont buy usual travel guides because they are aware that the information they find in there will only lead them to overcrowded tourist spots. Still they are not against visiting such places at times, but with a lesser importance. They save all their money for travelling and annoy people at home with their fabulous stories. Therefore they will look for a place where they can exchange their experiences with like-minded, animating one-another to travel to new parts of the world. They will find our blog and possibly find a mate for the next tour.
Yes, that would be our target group! :-D
We're looking for a vintage-style, alternative, simple wordpress theme, which shouldnt be overloaded with things. We need the design and the coding.
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A. The content column (Space for Texts, Photos & Videos) we prefer to be on the right. We would like a top down navigation with a narrower left sidebar for our categories, which are the following (please see http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/ )
B. The content section and the category section can be the same color but dont have to be. The colours however should be as you can see in the power point attachment (sandcolor, beige, turqoise, syringa color - all slightly bleached so it looks vintage) The color of the text should be in a dark brown or dark wine-red, what you think looks best.
C. Please make sure there is no scrolling down on the page, but rather an arrow "next" leading to the next page.
D. We don't currently have a set logo (only a placeholder as attachment) so it would be great to include one on the top left of the site, maybe something representing "movement", "the alternative travelling", "adventure", "away from all-inclusive travels" or similar. You could just use the company name "Abenteuerrausch" as a text logo too, preferably in a font that represents a handwriting.
E. More infos concerning design you find in the power point presentation.
But please...dont feel restrained in your creativity!
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THE CDC National Prevention Information Network (NPIN) is the U.S. reference and referral service for information on HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and tuberculosis (TB). NPIN is a next-generation clearinghouse that collects and disseminates data and materials to support the work of prevention organizations and workers in international, national, state, and local settings. Our services are designed to facilitate program collaboration in sharing information, resources, published materials, research, and trends among the four diseases.
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CDC's National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention maximizes public health and safety nationally and internationally through the elimination, prevention, and control of disease, disability, and death caused by HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STDs and TB. Center staff work in collaboration with governmental and nongovernmental partners at community, State, national, and international levels, applying well-integrated multidisciplinary programs of research, surveillance, technical assistance, and evaluation.
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Buxton's Kaleidoscope Community Choir is looking for new members.
The choir, which is run by Buxton Festival and Buxton Opera House, is aimed at adult singers of all levels and offers a great chance join a group and sing a wide range of songs.
Led by Local Vocals teacher Carol Bowns, the singers meets every other Tuesday in the Pavilion Arts Centre, at the opera house, from 1pm to 2pm and once a month on Monday evenings from 7pm to 8pm upstairs in the Old Club House, on Water Street.
Each session costs £3.50, payable at the opera house box office or on the door on arrival at the Pavilion Arts Centre or Old Club House.
The next Tuesday lunchtime session is March 4, and the next Monday evening session March 10.
Claire Barlow said: 'It was great to see so many of our choir members return to rehearsals this month after our winter break but there is always room for new members and now is a great time to join as we start to rehearse the songs for our fringe concert in July. There are no auditions and everyone is welcome." To book a place, call 0845 1272190.


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Lava Mae, a nonprofit project that seeks to provide the homeless with access to showers and toilets, commissioned artists and designers to create artsy toilets that were displayed along Market Street in San Francisco on November 21st, during the same week as World Toilet Day, for a project titled "C'mon, Give a Shit." Though these names are snicker-worthy, this day is a UN recognized event that "aims to break the taboo around toilets and draw attention to the global sanitation challenge." Through their public art toilet project, Lava Mae seeks to generate awareness about the sanitation problem surrounding the homeless. In May 2014, Lava Mae plans to roll out their first retro-fitted MUNI bus that will provide mobile showers and toilets to the homeless community in San Francisco.
Lava Mae founder Doniece Sandoval says, "We want to deliver dignity. We feel that if you don't have access to hygiene you lose touch with your humanity." Acknowledging that the mobile facilities will certainly not end homelessness, Sandoval is hopeful that the project provides a good starting point for addressing the homeless' lack of access to basic human needs. "We're creating a model for delivery of service that others can embrace, a forum that works like open source technology," Sandoval says, "Our designs, our budgets, anything we can help bring to other communities."
The art toilets are currently up for auction here, with proceeds benefiting Lava Mae. (via sfist, the bold italic, and crafting a green world)


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When Nikki Loomos and her husband, Bill, brought their son, Chase, home from the hospital in 2005, she was on top of the world.
She had gone through a normal pregnancy and delivery, and was embarking on the adventure of motherhood with a healthy baby, a strong support network of friends from her parish and tight ties with her family.
But the euphoria didn't last. Within days, Chase was admitted to the hospital with jaundice. A doctor at the hospital heard a heart murmur when he examined the baby; by the time Chase was 12 days old, he was having heart surgery.
"We were all at the hospital, and I remember my mother saying, 'These are the times when it's so important we have our faith,'" Loomos said. "And I just looked at her, because I wasn't really feeling it right then."
What Loomos was feeling was betrayal and fear, forcing her to wonder what she had done wrong. How could God do this to her son? She was a good Catholic; she even taught religion in a Catholic school.
"I always thought I had pretty strong faith to begin with," Loomos said.
For Loomos, the doubt and fear did not last long. Her mother prayed for her, and when their pastor, Father Jack Farry, came to visit at the hospital, her mother spoke to him as well, and the pastor took the time to reassure Loomos.
"He told me it was all right to be angry, and it was all right to have doubt and be afraid," Loomos said. "I could take that to God and share it with him."
As the days and weeks passed, Loomos often got word that people were praying for Chase and for her family — often people she didn't even know. But all of those prayers helped support her and remind her that she was not alone.
Years later, Loomos shared the story of her faith — and her doubts — with her middle-school religion students at St. Andrew School in Chicago, where Chase recently finished second grade.
There is so much in the world that is frightening and destructive and evil, from natural disasters to family tragedies to societal woes such as war and crime. People from the Old Testament on have struggled to reconcile faith in an all-knowing, all-powerful, good God with the evil they see in the world.
"Even in the Psalms, the psalmist often asks God 'Why?'" said Legionaries of Christ Father John Bartunek, a moral theologian who teaches theology as an adjunct professor at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum and at Mater Ecclesia College. "But underneath the difficulties, we can maintain our faith in God's goodness, wisdom and power."
Many — even most, if not all — people of faith have doubts from time to time, said Father Stephen Bevans, SVD, a professor of mission and culture at Catholic Theological Union in Chicago.
"Sometimes we have a picture of God who can fix anything, who can do anything, and we say, 'Why did God take my child?'" Father Bevans said. "But faith in God is about God being with us, being at our side through it all."
For Father Bevans, some kinds of doubt are intrinsic to faith.
"Doubt goes along with faith," he said. "In some ways, if you don't doubt, you're taking faith too lightly. It's like the humility in an act of faith. If I really look at what's at stake here, the whole direction of my life, I could see having some doubt. I think it's kind of natural. I certainly have doubt in my own faith."
In any leap of faith, doubt exists, Father Bevans said, whether the doubts of a bridegroom the night before his wedding — will he be a good husband? Can he give his wife what she needs? — or a pregnant mother before giving birth — how will she protect and guide and care for this little one who will need her so much? Such doubts do not indicate that the person involved has no faith; rather, they demonstrate the seriousness of the endeavor.
"The great 20th-century theologian Paul Tillich wrote powerfully on the presence of doubt in faith and insists that the element of certainty in the act of faith cannot be removed," said Father Bevans, who noted that Tillich said it "must be accepted."
"Tillich explains that the doubt connected with every act of faith is an existential doubt," Father Bevans said. "It 'is the doubt that accompanies every risk. It is not the permanent doubt of the scientist, and it is not the transitory doubt of the skeptic, but it is the doubt of (one) who is ultimately concerned.'"
Part of the question might be in understanding what people mean when they talk about doubt.
Is it an acknowledgement that they simply do not understand the ways of God, or even sometimes why the Church teaches what it does?
Is it a statement that they do not believe that God exists, or that there is no empirical certainty about a God that we say is ineffable?
In that way, doubt and faith are intertwined, Father Bevans said. If people could empirically demonstrate the existence and nature of God, that belief would take no more faith than knowing the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
"It's something we can't know for sure," Father Bevans said. "There is a difference between faith and certainty."
There is another level of doubt, a level that has blossomed in a society where more and more people profess a lack of belief in anything they cannot see or hear or touch.
That level of doubt — the refusal to believe without proof — is another thing entirely.
That may have been what Blessed John Henry Newman was getting at when he wrote in his Apologia, "10,000 difficulties do not make one doubt, as I understand the subject; difficulty and doubt are incommensurate. There of course may be difficulties in the evidence; but I am speaking of difficulties intrinsic to the doctrines themselves, or to their relations with each other. A man may be annoyed that he cannot work out a mathematical problem, of which the answer is or is not given to him, without doubting that it admits of an answer, or that a certain particular answer is the true one. Of all points of faith, the being of a God is, to my own apprehension, encompassed with most difficulty, and yet borne in upon our minds with most power."
It's also a distinction drawn in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which says:
"The first commandment requires us to nourish and protect our faith with prudence and vigilance, and to reject everything that is opposed to it. There are various ways of sinning against faith: Voluntary doubt about the faith disregards or refuses to hold as true what God has revealed and the Church proposes for belief. Involuntary doubt refers to hesitation in believing, difficulty in overcoming objections connected with the faith, or also anxiety aroused by its obscurity. If deliberately cultivated, doubt can lead to spiritual blindness" (CCC, No. 2088).
"We can have difficulties understanding why the Church teaches certain things, for example, or why God allows certain things to happen," Father Bartunek said. "But underneath the difficulties, we can maintain our faith in God's goodness, wisdom and power. We can exercise that faith by simply saying a small prayer, what is traditionally called an 'act of faith.'"
Father Bartunek and Bevans both cited the example of the man in Chapter 9 of Mark's Gospel who asks Jesus to save his son, and Jesus asks if he believes in him. The man says, "I do believe, help my unbelief" (Mk 9:24).
Over and over again in the Gospels, Jesus tells the people he heals that their faith has saved them. In this case, in which the man admits to both faith and doubt, the boy is saved, and his father finds his faith strengthened.
But, Cardinal Newman's example notwithstanding, Christians cannot expect God to provide them with a logical proof for his own existence or his nature.
"Ultimately, Christianity is not mathematics," Father Bartunek said. "There is plenty of evidence for God's love, goodness and wisdom, but that evidence will never take away our freedom to choose whether or not to trust God."
"Faith is linked to our relationship with God, and relationships always involve trust," he added. "So at some point, we need to acknowledge that God has shown that he is trustworthy and take the leap to trust in him."
Choosing the opposite path — to walk away from God — is wrong, Father Bartunek said, adding that people who make that choice often do so because they can't reconcile faith with their own behavior.
"Doubting God's goodness, wisdom and love can indeed be sinful; it can be a sin against the virtue of faith, a rejection of that gift of faith," he said. "This sin often stems from immoral behaviors that someone has freely chosen to engage in. In order to justify those behaviors, the person intentionally doubts what Jesus has revealed and his Church teaches."
Michelle Martin writes from Illinois.
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Only two patients wounded in the Boston Marathon bombings remained in critical condition Monday, but the count of injured people who were treated in area hospitals has risen sharply to 282, according to the Boston Public Health Commission. That is far higher than the initial estimate of 170.
The number rose because dozens of victims delayed seeking medical care for minor wounds or symptoms that they thought would go away on their own, said Nick Martin, a spokesman for the health commission. He said the latest data, compiled Saturday by state health officials, show patients were seen at 27 hospitals in Greater Boston.
"One of the best examples is hearing issues," Martin said. "People might have first thought their hearing problems would be temporary." Instead, hearing loss or continuous ringing or buzzing in their ears remained. Others sought delayed care for minor shrapnel wounds.
Of the 48 patients who remained hospitalized Monday afternoon, the two in critical condition were a 7-year-old girl at Boston Children's Hospital and a man in his 60s at Boston Medical Center.
The fact that a week after the explosions none of the hospitalized victims has died and just two are severely ill is a testament to the quality of the trauma care at the city's hospitals, specialists said.
Considering the number of injured and the severe nature of many of the injuries, "it really speaks well of the Boston emergency medical community that there were so few fatalities," said Dr. Alex Rosenau, president-elect of the American College of Emergency Physicians and an osteopath who practices emergency medicine in Allentown, Pa.
Still, many of the patients — among them 14 who had limbs amputated — are facing daunting recoveries. The 7-year-old girl remains in intensive care and had surgery last week for extensive leg injuries.
"She'll recover, and I expect that within the next couple of days she'll come off the critical list," said Dr. David Mooney, director of the trauma program at Boston Children's who has been involved in her treatment. "She's much better than she was; her improvement has been slow and steady."
Of the 19 patients admitted to Boston Medical Center on the day of the bombing, 16 had surgery, mostly to repair leg wounds and perform amputations, and 15 were initially deemed to be in critical condition. The older man who remains critical lost a lot of blood from his leg injuries and required several operations, with more to come, said Dr. Peter Burke, who is chief of trauma services and has been treating the patient. The man also has required blood transfusions, and at one point, his heart stopped.
Burke said he is hopeful the critical patient and the three patients who remain in serious condition will make significant recoveries and return home in good health.
Hospitals have somewhat different standards for "critical" patients, those with the most life-threatening set of medical circumstances. "Critical, for us, typically means a patient requires life support on a ventilator and remains in the intensive care unit," Burke said.
At Massachusetts General Hospital, 34-year-old Marc Fucarile of Stoneham is listed in serious condition but remains in the intensive care unit with grievous injuries. He regained consciousness only recently, his family said at a press briefing Monday.
He opened his eyes — which last looked out on a bloody Boylston Street — to a right leg amputated above the knee, burns across half his body, a left leg with multiple fractures, and shrapnel lodged in his heart. The first thing he did, the family said, was tell his fiancee, Jen Regan, "I am sorry for being there. I love you and Gavin," their 5-year-old son.
The family members added that they were extremely grateful to the first responders and bystanders who saved "Marc and all those injured on that tragic day," as well as the staff of Mass. General for the "exceptional care they have provided."
The number of injuries could continue to climb if more people seek treatment. And health officials are monitoring whether there was any significant increase in heart attacks or strokes that could have resulted from Marathon Monday. Studies suggest that stress-related heart emergencies increase in the first few weeks after a traumatic event such as an earthquake or terrorist attack.
There's little doubt, however, that more injured victims would have died had they not received optimal treatment, on the scene and at hospitals, for wounds that led to the loss of copious amounts of blood.
Emergency medicine experts from around the country have praised Boston's preparedness and the response of volunteers, race participants — some of whom were physicians and nurses — police, firefighters, and emergency medical technicians, as well as the quick thinking and pivoting of medical staff working in a triage tent that was equipped to treat dehydration and other marathon-related injuries. Many of the victims arrived at hospitals with belts and other improvised tourniquets to slow bleeding.
"Injured patients were logically distributed to the right hospitals at the right time," Rosenau said. "I'm happy that this has a better ending than most of us thought it would have."Globe correspondent Todd Feathers contributed to this report. Deborah Kotz can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @debkotz2.


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The Department of Near Eastern Studies offers instruction in the languages, literatures, histories, cultures and religions of the ancient Near East and the medieval and modern Middle East. The department's language offerings provide the foundation for the academic study of the literatures, histories, cultures and religions of the region. The ancient language offerings include Sumerian, Egyptian, Akkadian, Hittite, Ugaritic, Avestan, Aramaic, and Classical Hebrew. The medieval and modern language offerings include Armenian, Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Turkish, and Uzbek.
The division of Hebrew and Jewish Cultural Studies (HJCS) offers instruction at the introductory to the advanced level in Hebrew language, literature and culture. Learning the language enables students to engage in the study of historical, literary and religious texts, as well as study the politics, folklore, anthropology of the culture, using texts and various media, including film. The study of Classical and Modern Hebrew texts provides students with an integrated view of the development of Hebrew and Jewish literature and culture.
Why Study Hebrew?
People study Hebrew for different reasons. For some, it is the desire to be able to read the Hebrew Bible in the original language; for others, who are interested in Israel and wish to understand its people, culture and politics, Hebrew is necessary. Some people wish to use Hebrew as a means of communication. For others, the goal is the ability to read Hebrew literature, scholarship, newspapers or electronic media. No matter what your goal is, we offer a variety of courses and learning opportunities.


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Then on to a meeting with the head of WPP's UK Government practice. We plan to extend it worldwide. Possible implication – government becoming more important as a regulator, investor and client, despite the restrictions on spending.
A TV interview with the BBC on the EU referendum. Implication – the opinion of our industry does matter. And an interview with a major French newspaper. I'm bullish on France in the longer term. Western continental Europe is tough, but will recover (perhaps in time for the referendum!).
Lunch with a retired sportsman who, like Ronaldo, wants our help. Sport is an increasingly important feature of our industry, along with entertainment. Then the launch of our third annual 50 most-valuable Chinese brands study: a reminder of the irresistible rise of China and its growing family of brands.
Afternoon includes a meeting with the chief financial officer of one of our biggest clients to make sure we are aligned with finance and procurement, the power of which is increasing, like it or not. No dinner engagement tonight and early to bed after some quality dog-time.
Up early on Tuesday for the opening session of the Enders conference. If I'm not awake already, Peter Bazalgette's tie and socks do the trick. My global view focuses on our strategic mantra of new markets, new media, application of technology and big data, and horizontality.
Fly to Rome for the Mayor's International Business Advisory Council on Milan Expo 2015, Digital Rome and a Roman City regeneration project.
Good media coverage plus a beautifully arranged tour and dinner at the Campidoglio, with work sessions on Wednesday morning, after a very long, interesting "political" breakfast. Little respite in the Italian economy, with TV down 20 per cent in January pre-election. Berlusconi still has a considerable following and emotional appeal.
Back to London for the President's Club charitable dinner. I hate the black tie – but all in a good cause for children's charities.
Thursday morning off to Detroit to see our largest client and the Auto Show. Ford is in strong heart. Leadership team emphasising a revenue growth plan with flawless execution via our Team Ford. Ford wants our best people. Clients are starting to realise cutting costs is not only solution.
By dinner on Thursday, the flu that has been brewing finally nails me and I retreat to bed at 9pm. Doctor prescribes Tamiflu and a Z-Pak by phone. Possible implication – I'm mortal.
Up early on Friday and into 11 meetings with senior Ford management. Change to black tie again (ugh!) and on to the Charity Preview and media interview. Highlight of the show for me was the Ford concept truck – just wait for next year.
Out to New York that night so I can get the day flight to London on Saturday. British Airways cancels flight because of the snow, but squeeze on to United flight. Collapse into bed and stay there all Sunday – sleeping and watching Chelsea hold off Arsenal (sorry, Eric) and Spurs nick an equaliser (deservedly) in injury time against United (sorry, Laurence and Jim).
First thing Monday, it starts all over again…
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In a 1999 citywide survey, District of Columbia residents identified unsafe driving—including running red lights and stop signs—as their number one public safety concern. Sixty-two percent said unsafe driving was a serious problem in their communities. (See the results of drivers who take chances and run red lights.)
To help combat the serious problem of red-light running, the Metropolitan Police Department implemented its automated red-light enforcement program in August 1999. The program uses photo enforcement technology to enforce the law fairly and consistently, with the goal of reducing violations, preventing crashes and injuries, and saving lives.
Learn More About the Program
- Automated Red-Light Enforcement FAQs
- How Red-Light Cameras Work
- Resources
- Automated Traffic Enforcement Camera Locations
The fines for traffic violations captured by automated photo enforcement are exactly the same as the fines for violations issued by a police officer. (The DC Municipal Regulations may be found at www.dcregs.org with the search words "Civil Fines for Motor Vehicle Moving Infractions."
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On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve let the other shoe drop.
In a statement issued after its two-day meeting, the Federal Open Market Committee declared that it would continue to wind down its extraordinary bond buying program ("quantitative easing" or QEIII) by another $10 billion, so it will now buy $55 billion worth of bonds a month. That was well-telegraphed.
But then it dropped its 6.5% unemployment rate threshold for raising the federal funds rate, a target it had set in December 2012.
Instead it would look at some "qualitative" measures, "including measures of labor market conditions, indicators of inflation pressures and inflation expectations, and readings on financial developments," the FOMC's statement said.
It added that "it likely will be appropriate to maintain the current target range for the federal funds rate for a considerable time after the asset purchase program ends, especially if projected inflation continues to run below the Committee's 2% longer-run goal…"
(U.S. inflation rose 1.6% in the 12 months ended in January.)
Translation: The big problem with inflation now is that it's too low; reducing unemployment is the only game in town.
This move shouldn't have surprised anyone. The official unemployment rate was 6.7% in February and keeping that 6.5% target would have tied the Fed's hands before it's even finished tapering.
But even a cursory review of new Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen's work as an academic at UC Berkeley and as president and Chief Executive of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco reveals an economist whose approach may be different from those of her last three predecessors—Paul Volcker, Alan Greenspan, and Ben Bernanke.
While Volcker famously tamed runaway inflation, Greenspan presided (at least initially) over the Great Moderation, and Bernanke navigated the worst financial crisis and recession since the Great Depression, Yellen must deal with an economy that's slowly recovering, but leaving a lot of people behind.
As vice chair, Yellen helped shape Bernanke's policy, and in many ways she's continuing that. But she's likely to focus even more intently on unemployment — one half of the Fed's "dual mandate" — and worry about inflation later.
"Unlike Bernanke, whose academic focus centered on policy responses to the Great Depression and inflation targeting, Yellen is a dedicated labor economist," wrote Bloomberg economist Joseph Brusuelas.
"Bernanke was well positioned to respond to the Great Recession via his credit easing policies; Yellen is equally well suited to the post-crisis policy challenge of the current labor slack in the economy."
"The Fed has this dual mandate focusing on the labor market and inflation," agreed Krista Schwarz, a professor of finance at The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania, who has studied Yellen's writings and worked for the New York Fed. "With Yellen at the helm, it might shift…to a focus on labor market issues."


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Some have never picked up a golf club. Others have played before moving to Sun City, but want to sharpen their skills. Whatever the reason, residents are signing up for Get Golf Ready, which returns to Sun City Golf Courses on Monday through June.
"We've seen really great things come out of this," said Kevin Foley, assistant golf pro at Hidden Cypress Golf Course and Get Golf Ready instructor. "We have people who have met in class and formed their own group to play, which is really exciting. We see people really enjoying the golf game, which is very rewarding."
Get Golf Ready consists of five 90-minute classes with group and one-on-one instruction over a six-day period. The first three days are dedicated to golf basics, and the last two are on the Argent Lakes Golf Course, Foley said.
"Students learn the basics of golf all the way to the golf course," he said. "It's really exciting. We learn a lot on the range about basic techniques and then we take it to the golf course."
Students learn techniques starting with ones used closest to the hole then work back. That means they start with putting and work their way through chipping, pitching and then the full swing, Foley explained. Sun City residents have responded well to teaching the techniques in this order.
"The progression of the students really opened my eyes. This is why I've stuck with a program and believe it works," he said. "Most people, by the end of the week, could not believe they were hitting a golf ball."
On day four, it's off to the Argent Lakes Golf Course and the program "starts to be a lot of fun," Foley said. There, the class concentrates on three important things: Etiquette, course management and pace of play.
Get Golf Ready, a program collaborated by Play Golf America and Golf 20/20, is designed to acquaint people with the sport in a beginner-friendly environment. Sun City has hosted a program each fall and spring since 2010.
Clubs and golf balls are provided to those who sign up for Get Golf Ready. Each class is limited to eight students, and proper attire is required. The cost is $75 per person. Sessions will be held from 9-10:30 a.m. April 23-28, April 30-May 5, May 14-19, May 21-26, May 28-June 2 and June 11-16.
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The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation''s primary goal is to support and initiate programs that specifically address the needs of children. MSDF funds and initiates programs that directly affect children''s health, education, safety, youth development and early childhood care. Priority is given to children''s health and education initiatives. In some cases, MSDF funds grants to build capacity in organizations working in these areas
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Was there really an Alice from which Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was derived? In fact, there was, and her story is retold in this gripping fictionalized tale about Alice Liddell Hargreaves, and her relationship with the book's author, Charles Dodgson (better known as Lewis Carroll).
At the center of this stunning novel is a mystery that, even more than being "Alice," creates the catalyst for all that happens to her as she leaves her childhood to become a young woman, a rejected lover, a wife, a mother, and finally, herself.
Alice Hargreaves grew up within the confines of Oxford University where her father was dean and her mother was the social light around which all activities in their small and cloistered academic community swirled. As a young girl, Alice and her two sisters were given over rather carelessly to the company of Mr. Dodgson, who was beloved by them all — most especially Alice and her older sister, Ina. As it was clear that Alice was the favorite among the three, Ina developed and nurtured a relentless jealousy for Alice.
In time, however, the sisters went their separate ways and met their separate fates — Alice's being one of love lost, excruciating grief over life's worst tragedy for a parent, and of love finally found. Beginning as a reflection of 81-year-old Alice over the course of her life, the reader is taken on a journey through one woman's uncommon life in confines of Victorian mores and universal recognition.
Publisher's Weekly calls this novel "book club gold," and, indeed, it is.
Random House; ISBN 978-0-38534-414-2; $15.
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The new Hitachi C12LDH 12-in. dual compound miter saw has both a laser marker to line up the cut and an LCD display to quickly and accurately set both the bevel and miter angles. The user can adjust the laser marker from the right or the left of the cut mark. Laser marks are projected even when the blade is not spinning. The saw is powered by a 15-amp motor with 1,950W of maximum output power. It cuts miters of up to 52° both right and left, with bevels of up to 48° in both directions. Micro bevel adjustments allow precise adjustment without the weight of the saw head compromising accuracy.
The suggested retail price is $399. A model without an LCD display also is available. Contact Hitachi Power Tools, Dept FIN, 3950 Steve Reynolds Blvd., Norcross, GA 30093, 800/829-4752, or visit www.hitachipowertools.com.


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Dave B. profiles Dave Cutler in this Northwest Athlete Profile. Originally from Alberta, Cutler made his way to the coast and now finds himself forever in the lore of Simon Fraser and CFL football. Learn more now about one of the greatest Canadian kickers of all time.
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