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Guggenheim Partners: Taper Will Not Disrupt Markets
Scott Minerd, chief investment officer for asset manager Guggenheim Partners, tells WSJ's Francesco Guerrera why the Fed's decision to reduce stimulus will not roil markets, why emerging markets might recover and why U.S. equities could keep rising. Photo: Getty Images
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... I ... the firm babbles I'm you know when to stop my note that the chief investment officer of Guggenheim up on its ... QE two thousandnine ... hundred and ninety billion dollars the more ... on the mountain and still plenty to be with its excess ... my pleasure ... thus the form of the deeper you know we are in annuity I when the Fed the street you see nastiness to the economy and the bond market that help you position yourself for what should investors do ... what you know at this point the game for Tesco ... the market is really price to anticipate further withdrawl ... or reduce purchases ... so ... you know this one is free stay on past that about ten billion per meeting ... I think the the the yield curve is fairly priced ... and that to be too short to ration at this point I think would be a mistake ... with the ... ten year notes yielding in a ... two and three quarter to three percent ... you pretty much discount to the Fed move ... in terms of raising short-term rates maybe two to three years out ... another long got along so that read yes he's sixteen seventeen well I think so much ... I'm a ... pretty optimistic that the Fed will stay committed to reducing the unemployment rate ... and with the new chairman Janet Yellen I think Janet will ... be more willing to experiment a little bit ... and so she would probably tolerate much lower unemployment rates before raising rates may be the current chairman ... and so what does that mean frankly is that we had on us to run in U S equities ... we would wait with eager to see ... I think the dead yet historically ... go when we had this much momentum ... the start of a rally ... typically equities will continue to run and with season rolls being so strong them first and second quarter ... I would expect to see it you know ... another five to ten percent in first half the year ... the second half of the year though were well overdue for ... a correction or a pullback ... well I would I would say a pullback ... you know maybe somewhere in the neighborhood of ten percent or so ... of course a lot of people been predicting that for a long haul ... you can still buy valuations of ... was that ... I am but no one other things I remind myself this bull market still ... and because again overvalued ... a matter fact I often tell the guys that work with me that markets to go over value to get more overvalued or call bull markets ... that were clearly audible market if the boom on yes exactly ... and ... one all the casualties of the tapering effect is being not emerging markets and some some thoughts on the management in particular so I would expect them to get ... through the pain and ECB ... no I don't because I think that to ... the one on a valuation basis a number of markets offer interesting India ... China will ... look very interesting to me ... I probably would avoid places like Brazil for the time being ... one of the reasons being ... China ... and India will probably benefit from the pressures on commodities ... and so as the industrialized nations begin to recover more ... import demand increases their commodity costs go down ... their margins will expand so I think will be fairly well ... on the happy note that the with time for the thank you so much for being with us but mine are not big on ...


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The Delaware State Police arrested five teenagers, all of Milford or Bridgeville, in connection with the abduction of an 89-year-old Lincoln woman.
The Delaware State Police arrested five teenagers Wednesday, all of Milford or Bridgeville, in connection with the abduction of an 89-year-old Lincoln woman.
On Tuesday, at around 9 p.m., troopers responded to the 22000 block of Slaughter Neck Road, Lincoln, where they spoke with a relative of Margaret E. Smith, who was reporting her missing, Delaware State Police spokesman Gary Fournier said.
Information was received that she had not been seen or heard from since around 11 a.m., that morning, when a neighbor saw her getting into her car and leaving the residence. Relatives grew concerned due to her not contacting anyone and the fact that she had medical conditions that required medication, Fournier said. A Gold Alert was issued that same evening with the victim's vehicle description along with information containing her physical depiction.
At 8:20 a.m., Wednesday, troopers were dispatched to the area of a cemetery located on Calvary Road off King Road east of Seaford for a report of an elderly woman wandering around the graves. Margaret E. Smith was contacted and appeared to be confused and suffering from exposure. Her automobile was nowhere around. She was immediately transported by the trooper to Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, where she was treated and released, Fournier said.
Later that evening, the victim responded with relatives to Troop 4 in Georgetown, where she was interviewed by detectives about the incident. As she was giving her account of the event, troopers in Bridgeville were conducting a traffic stop on the victim's car on Chaplains Chapel Road.
The driver of the vehicle, Junia McDonald, 14 of Milford, along with Jackeline Perez, 15 of Milford, Deniaya Smith, 15 of Bridgeville, Phillip Brewer, 17 of Bridgeville and Rondaiges Harper, 17 of Bridgeville, were all taken into custody without incident, Fournier said.
It was determined through interviews that on Monday the victim was at the Chicken Man Convenience Store in Milford when she was approached by two females. The girls, who were later identified as McDonald and Perez, asked for a ride to the Lincoln area and the victim agreed.
When they arrived at a residence, the two girls demanded the victim's keys and a struggle ensued between the victim and the girls when Margaret E. Smith refused to hand them over. Once in possession of the keys, the girls then ordered the victim out of the car and forced her into the trunk of the car before driving off with her inside. At one point during the kidnapping, the two girls demanded money from the victim before removing more than $500 from her coat pocket. After almost two days of being trapped in the truck, the girls then dropped her off at the cemetery where she was located on Wednesday morning by a visitor on the grounds.
All five teenagers were transported back to Troop 4 where they were processed.
McDonald and Perez were both charged with first-degree robbery, first-degree carjacking, second-degree kidnapping and second-degree conspiracy and were both placed in the custody of the Stevenson House Detention Center on $122,000 cash-only bond.
Harper and Brewer were charged with second-degree kidnapping, receiving stolen property and second-degree conspiracy and were both incarcerated at the Stevenson House on $27,000 secured bond.
Deniaya E. Smith was charged with receiving stolen property and second-degree conspiracy and is being held on $2,000 secured bond. A photo of Deniaya E. Smith was unavailable, police said.

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The furlough of nurses, doctors and other staff at the LBJ Medical Center has been canceled and the new fees have been reversed. This was the announcement by Gov. Togiola Tulafono in a meeting with LBJ hospital senior officials and staff yesterday afternoon at the hospital chapel.
At the meeting, the governor officially signed the $3 million loan bill providing immediate cash infusion to address the hospital's financial crisis. At the same time, the governor along with hospital board chairman Moananu Va and LBJ chief executive officer Michael Gerstenberger, also signed the loan agreement.
The loan is being funded by the Workmen's Compensation account, and is to be repaid with a new 2% wage tax. After it is paid off, all revenues collected will go to LBJ — 50% for operations and 50% for the off island medical referral program.
With the bill and the loan signed, the hospital agreed to the following conditions:
• Effective 8 a.m. today, the fee hikes, implemented Feb. 6 are rescinded and revert back to the previous fees — for example, $10 for outpatient visits;
• Effective yesterday, the Feb. 19 furlough previously announced has been canceled;
• Effective with the start of the pay period on Mar. 4, LBJ will implement "a temporary hour reduction for non-exempt employees".
The reduction in hours will be stepped according to salary. For example, an employee getting $20,800 annually will get a four-hour reduction every two weeks, while those in higher wage categories will get a higher number of reduced working hours;
• Effective with the start of pay period on Mar. 4, temporary voluntary wage reductions will be sought from contract and exempt employees, not affected by the reduction in hours; and,
• Beginning Mar. 4, all outpatient clinics will be temporary closed on Fridays until further notice.
In his speech, the governor told LBJ staff that the current problem faced by the hospital is everyone's problem. "Not just the medical center — this touches each and everyone's lives… in this territory," he said.
"The fact that regardless of what the issue is going to be [at LBJ], I think it was a mistake for some of you to assume that we (ASG) don't know and then some of you went further to assume that we don't care," Togiola said.
"This is our island, this is our people, this is our country, this is our government. There's nothing that we do not know about on what's going on and there's nothing we do not care about, and care seriously about. And for some of you to assume that we don't care, it's a terrible mistake," the governor said. "If you can all just concentrate on doing your jobs that you were called to do, we can all get through anything that happens."
Togiola commended the legislature for approving the $3 million appropriation the way it was passed, in that it becomes a loan to the authority, addressing some of the temporary and short term needs to get the hospital through the difficult times.
However, at the same time, lawmakers have also authorized a form of revenue that will replenish the workmen's compensation fund, because the government also needs to protect the ASG employees, he said.
Togiola reminded the LBJ staff that when they are injured or sick while carrying out their duties, it's his job to provide for them and that's what the workmen's compensation is all about.
"Some of the employees who face the most serious hazards that we insure through the self insurance plan are you (LBJ staff), because you work with some very dangerous conditions everyday — nurses and doctors... we need to protect under the workmen's compensation," he said.
He commended Moananu, Gerstenberger and the hospital administration for agreeing to the loan terms, but was quick to point out that the $3 million loan will not help solve the problem.
"This will allow you to go back to work, get some of the clinics open sometimes, it's going to roll back some of the charges, so that our people will come back — I understand they are not coming here because it's too expensive — it will allow the population to do some things that allow us to take care of them and to serve them," he said.
The governor revealed that the $3 million loan will help the hospital until April and said that he has put forth another request to the Fono to authorize ASG to borrow money from the ASG Employees Retirement Fund and the hospital will not pay a penny.
Instead, the $8 million retirement fund loan is proposed to be paid with a hike in excise taxes for alcohol, tobacco, beer and business licenses. (This measure was submitted early this week to the Fono and not yet introduced in either chamber.)
"So we're spreading the load and the burden of repaying this $3 million as wide as we can to lighten the burden, [and] at the same time allow our sick population who need help to come to the hospital and be served and to be taken care of," he said.
According to the governor running the hospital as a business is not going to work.
"It will never work, there are some business ideas, concepts that we need to engage in order to have adequate and cost efficient services, but we're not in this business to make money, we're not going to be charging any rates, to give you a lot of reserve," said Togiola, who reminded everyone in the room that it's the hospital's mission "to serve the people... not to make money, not to get rich."
He told the staff that they need to work together.
"The authority comes under the jurisdiction of the governor and if you have this idea to keep running back and forth to the Fono, it's not going to help anything ... it just makes things too difficult at the end of the day,"the governor said. "No matter what the Fono does, it ends up on my desk and If I don't like it, it's not going to work".
Togiola did not touch upon the hospital subsidy that is still delinquent, and is used by LBJ to pay the medicaid match; nor did he speak about the $10 Million bill before the Fono to finance the off-island referral program; and the subject of dissolving the authority was also not mentioned during the meeting.
Samoa News reporter Fili Sagapolutele contributed to this report.


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Q: What is the World Baseball Classic?
A: The World Baseball Classic is an unprecedented baseball event that will feature many of the best players in the world competing for their home countries and territories for the first time ever. This tournament will give fans around the world a chance to see baseball in an exciting and compelling new format.
Q: Why conduct the World Baseball Classic?
A: The World Baseball Classic was created to provide a platform that will increase worldwide exposure of the game of baseball and further promote grassroots development in traditional and non-traditional baseball nations. The tournament's primary objectives are to increase global interest and introduce new fans and players to the game. The World Baseball Classic acknowledges and pays tribute to the tremendous growth and internationalization of the game.
Q: Which leagues and/or organizations have been involved with establishing the World Baseball Classic?
A: Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) have joined together to establish the World Baseball Classic. The tournament, sanctioned by the International BAseball Federation (IBAF), will be conducted jointly by MLB and the MLBPA in cooperation with Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO), their respective players associations and other professional leagues from around the world.
Q: Where will the World Baseball Classic games be played?
A: Round 1, featuring four pools of four teams, will take place at five different sites: (1) Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, Japan; (2) Hiram Bithorn Stadium, San Juan, Puerto Rico; (3) Cracker Jack Stadium, Orlando, FL; (4) Chase Field, Phoenix, AZ and Scottsdale Stadium, Scottsdale, AZ. Round 2, featuring two pools of four teams, will take place at two sites: (1) Hiram Bithorn Stadium and (2) Angel Stadium, Anaheim, California. The Semi-Finals and Final game will take place at PETCO Park in San Diego, California.
Q: Which countries and/or territories will participate in the World Baseball Classic?
A: The following National Baseball Federations are scheduled to participate in the World Baseball Classic: Australia, Canada, China, Chinese Taipei, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Italy, Netherlands, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, South Africa, United States, and Venezuela.
Q: What is the format of the World Baseball Classic?
A: The World Baseball Classic will feature 16 teams in a four-round tournament. The 16 teams will be divided into four pools of four teams for Round 1. Round 1 pool play will be held in a round-robin format as all teams within each pool will match up one time (total of six games per pool). The top two teams by record* from each of the four Round 1 pools will advance to Round 2. These eight qualifying teams will be split into two pools for Round 2 and will again play one another in a round-robin format of games (total of six games per pool). The top two teams in each pool by record* will then advance to the two single-elimination Semi-Final games. The winners of the Semi-Final games will advance to the tournament's single-elimination Final. In total, 39 games will be played. (*Tiebreaking methods for Rounds 1 and 2 will be announced prior to the start of the tournament.)
Q: Will there be one champion named or a medal format?
A: There will be one champion. The winner of the World Baseball Classic Final will receive a championship trophy.
Q: How will the teams be divided for the Round 1 pools?
Pool A: China, Chinese Taipei, Japan, Korea
Pool B: Canada, Mexico, South Africa, United States
Pool C: Cuba, Netherlands, Panama, Puerto Rico
Pool D: Australia, Italy, Dominican Republic, Venezuela
Q: How were the pools determined?
A: Teams were divided into their respective pools based on geography and competitive balance.
Q: When will World Baseball Classic games take place?
A: The World Baseball Classic will take place over a 13-day period (18 days for teams in the Asia pool). To allow time for travel, the Round 1 Asia pool will begin on Friday, March 3 with the remaining three Round 1 pools beginning play on Tuesday, March 7. Both Round 2 pools will begin play on Monday, March 13. Both Semi-Final games will be played on Saturday, March 18 and the Final will be held on Monday, March 20.
Q: How many games will each team play?
Teams eliminated in Round 1 will have played: 3 Games
Teams eliminated in Round 2 will have played: 6 Games
Teams eliminated in the Semi-Finals will have played: 7 Games
Teams in the Final will have played: 8 Games
Q: Who is eligible to play in the World Baseball Classic?
A: The following criteria will govern player eligibility in the World Baseball Classic:
The player is a citizen of the nation the team represents, as evidenced by a valid passport the player holds as of January 15, 2006; or
The player is a permanent legal resident of the nation or territory the team represents, as evidenced by documentation satisfactory to World Baseball Classic Inc. and the IBAF; or
The player was born in the nation or territory the team represents, as evidenced by a birth certificate or its equivalent; or
The player has one parent who is, or if deceased was, a citizen of the nation the team represents, as evidenced by a passport or other documentation satisfactory to World Baseball Classic Inc. and the IBAF; or
The player has one parent who was born in the nation or territory the team represents, as evidenced by a birth certificate or its equivalent.
Q: How are players selected for the World Baseball Classic?
A: Each National Federation, in cooperation with the professional leagues in each country/territory (to the extent that such an organization exists), selects the players that will represent their team. The selection of all players under contract with MLB Clubs must be approved by World Baseball Classic, Inc., the tournament entity jointly governed by MLB and the MLBPA.
Q: What is the roster size for each team and when will rosters be set?
A: Each team may comprise a roster of up to 30 players (with a minimum of 13 pitchers and three catchers). Federations will be required to submit provisional rosters of up to 60 players by January 17 and final rosters must be submitted 24 hours before commencement of the tournament.
Q: How many players will come from Major League Baseball?
A: It is estimated that more than 60% of the players participating in the tournament will be under contract with Major League Baseball organizations (Major League and Minor League contracts). The remaining players will be selected from various professional and amateur baseball leagues throughout the world.
Q: Will there be substitutes for injured players?
A: Rules will allow for substitute players in the event of injury, bereavement or other special circumstances.
Q: How are managers and coaches selected for the World Baseball Classic?
A: Each National Federation, in cooperation with the professional leagues in each country/territory (to the extent that such an organization exists), selects the manager and coaches that will represent their team.
Q: Who will select the umpires for the World Baseball Classic?
A: Umpires will be chosen by World Baseball Classic, Inc. The majority of the umpires selected for the tournament will be professional umpires familiar with Major League Baseball's Official Baseball Rules.
Q: What are the playing rules for the World Baseball Classic?
A: The tournament will be played under the Official Rules of Major League Baseball with modifications to accommodate the format of the tournament (e.g. pitch count limitations, mercy rule). The Designated Hitter will be used in tournament play.
Q: Is there an anti-doping policy for the World Baseball Classic?
A: All players on provisional and final rosters will be subject to Olympic-style drug testing in accordance with an Anti-Doping Agreement signed by MLB, the MLBPA and the IBAF.
Q: Will there be training camps for the teams?
A: Prior to the commencement of the Tournament, each team will hold a training camp so that all players can prepare for competition.
Q: When will MLB players report to their team training camps?
A: Players under contract with Major League Baseball organizations selected to represent Japan, China, Chinese Taipei or Korea will be required to report to training camps on Sunday, February 26, 2006. MLB contracted players representing any of the other 12 participating countries/territories will be required to report to team training camps on Friday, March 3, 2006.
Q: Will players report to their MLB Club spring training camps before the World Baseball Classic?
A: MLB players will be required to report to their Club spring training camps on their normal reporting date. Training facilities will be made available at Major League spring training sites for players that wish to report early in order to ready themselves for competition. Players under Major League and Minor League contracts will rejoin their respective Club's regular spring training as their teams are eliminated from the tournament.
Q: Where will team training camps take place?
A: Participating Asian countries will host their training camps in either their home countries/territories or in Japan. All other participating teams (with the possible exception of Cuba) will be hosted at training camps in Arizona or Florida (See Training Camp document included).
Q: Will teams play exhibition games?
A: Teams participating in the Round 1 pool in Asia will likely play exhibition games in the days leading up to the tournament. Similarly, teams participating in the other Round 1 pools (located in the U.S. and Puerto Rico) will play exhibition games against MLB teams at spring training venues in the U.S. in the days leading up to the tournament. It is also anticipated that the two qualifying teams from the Round 1 pool in Asia will play exhibition games against MLB teams at spring training venues in the days leading up to the second round of games.
Q: What is World Baseball Classic, Inc.?
A: World Baseball Classic, Inc., is the organizing entity of the tournament, which is jointly governed by MLB and the MLBPA. The entity was established to oversee and administer all transactions and operations involving the tournament.
Q: What is the role of the Steering Committee?
A: The Steering Committee advises World Baseball Classic Inc., regarding the general operational issues of the tournament. It is composed of 13 representatives from various tournament entities, including Japanese and Korean baseball and the IBAF.
Q: What is the role of the Technical Committee?
A: There are two arms of the Technical Committee. The first is composed of seven members, including WBCI's Japan and Puerto Rico sponsors; it advises and reports to WBCI on overall tournament policy as it relates to the actual play of games. The second is responsible for on-site management of game day matters, such as monitoring conformity to playing rules, disciplinary issues, protests, delays, etc. Each country has a representative on this committee and each game will be monitored by three members of this committee.


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Release date
Anyone know what month this movie will be released?
Always A Jim Carrey Fan!
cool I love the anticipation that comes with waiting for a film
"You Cant Stop Me No Matter Who You Are"
yeah I´m waiting for, The Da Vinci Code, Pirates of the Carribean 2, X-men 3, Superman Returns, Lady in the Water and Eragon this year.
and of course "The Number 23".
I sooooo want to see this movie....the anticipation is killing me, much more so than for FWDAJ. You would think that a bit more info would leak out ,with the amount of people that are involved in making a feature film that someone would be able to give a smidgin of inside info.
It's probably going to be a fifteen so I wont be able to see it. Untill it comes out on video, that is if i dont go to the cinema and ask for a ticket to see something like ice age and just slip in to the number 23. The set up at my local cinema is terrible. You can just get your ticket go up the stairs, an attendant checks the ticket and tells you where you should. All that remains to do from here is just to walk in to another screaing. There isn't anybody monitering who goes in and out, just a guy on the stairs.
"You Cant Stop Me No Matter Who You Are"
Brakin the law brakin the law...
You go for it....sneek into the Da Vinci Code while your there to!!!
Just stand up and vouch the virtues of consequentialism.....
"a morally right action is an action which produces good consequences. "
It's good to see Jim.
Everybody should believe in something.
I believe I'll have another coffee!
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Kay Schubach
author of Perfect Stranger
Ten Terrifying Questions
1. To begin with why don't you tell us a little bit about yourself – where were you born? Raised? Schooled?
· Born in Melbourne, Australia. Local high school then Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Bachelor's Degree in Media Studies and currently studying my Master's Degree in Applied Linguistics. Growing up in suburbia gave me an unquenchable thirst for exploration.
2. What did you want to be when you were twelve, eighteen and thirty? And why?
At 12: an astronaut, from reading science books and the scary mystery of it all. At 18 and 30: writer and writer – there was no choice.
3. What strongly held belief did you have at eighteen that you do not have now?
I can't think of anything I've been so disillusioned by that has changed my fundamental beliefs. I briefly lost faith in humanity but surviving cancer and witnessing the love and generosity of friends, family and medicos, I have my faith completely restored. I believe in myself more than did at 18.
4. What were three big events – in the family circle or on the world stage or in your reading life, for example – you can now say, had a great effect on you and influenced you in your career path?
Deciding, against prevailing wisdom and financially tricky times, to take a year off work to write fulltime. It changed the way I thought about myself, gave me confidence and thoroughly exercised the writing muscle.
Deciding to risk everything for love and having it blow up in my face.
Deciding to write about those events.
5. Considering the innumerable electronic media avenues open to you – blogs, online newspapers, TV, radio, etc – why have you chosen to write a book? Aren't they obsolete?
An amazing book deal from Penguin is pretty persuasive.
6. Please tell us about your latest book
A true story, my story, of turning forty, wanting a baby and falling for a charming charismatic handsome man – who turned out to be a violent narcissist. He almost killed me and turned my life upside down. It's a story of love and war. I wanted to tell people about this monster preying on women so that hopefully he can't do it again.
(BBGuru: the publisher's blurb –
Kay Schubach almost has it all – a great job, a beautiful apartment, a life of champagne and mixing it with Sydney's A-list, and a steady relationship.
By chance she meets handsome and charismatic Simon. He sweeps her off her feet with promises the one thing her younger boyfriend won't give her – a baby. She takes the biggest risk of her life, leaving all certainties behind for love.
All too quickly, the romance turns sour, and Simon goes from charming to controlling, from magnetic to threatening. By the time Kay uncovers his violent past, Simon has decided he will not let her go – and he's not a man to be argued with. Trapped in a terrifying relationship, isolated from friends and family, Kay must decided what she values most, and fight for it.
A brutally honest cautionary tale, this is a true story of obsession and desire.)
Click here to buy Perfect Stranger from Booktopia,
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7. If your work could change one thing in this world – what would it be?
I want to explore and explain people's motivations and the forces acting on them: from mental illness to domestic violence to the difficulties and wonder of human communication and relationships. I hope to help some people who might otherwise feel isolated by the circumstances they might find themselves in.
8. Whom do you most admire and why?
My friend Dr Phillipa Castle. A single mum who raised a gorgeous son, gained her Doctorate, paid off the mortgage and has worked tirelessly without fanfare and little financial reward for 'at risk' children and vulnerable families. She has been the most amazing friend to all of us, and I hold her in the highest regard.
In general, for the 'quiet achievers'. I really admire people who are driven to make a difference for the sake of the cause, not their egos.
My family: extraordinarily generous and non-judgemental people with the kindest hearts in the world
9. Many people set themselves very ambitious goals. What are yours?
Having my first book published in my forties and recovering from cancer, I now want to write as much as I can while I can.
10. What advice do you give aspiring writers?
If you can, take some time off from EVERYTHING else and concentrate on doing nothing but writing and researching. You need to hone the writing muscle.
Kay, thank you for playing.
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About the Contributor
John Purcell
While still in his twenties, John Purcell opened a second-hand bookshop in Mosman, Sydney, in which he sat for ten years reading, ranting and writing. Since then he has written, under a pseudonym, a series of very successful novels, interviewed hundreds of writers about their work, appeared at writers' festivals, on TV (most bizarrely in comedian Luke McGregor's documentary Luke Warm Sex) and has been featured in prominent newspapers and magazines. Now, as the Director of Books at booktopia.com.au, Australia's largest online bookseller, he supports Australian writing in all its forms. He lives in Sydney with his wife, two children, three dogs, five cats, unnumbered gold fish and his overlarge book collection. His novel, The Girl on the Page, will be published by HarperCollins Australia in October, 2018.


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LITTLE ROCK — Gov. Mike Beebe conceded Wednesday that the election of a Republican opponent of the "private option" to a vacant state Senate seat just weeks before the Legislature's fiscal session will make it more difficult to reauthorize Arkansas' alternative health care expansion under the Affordable Care Act.
LITTLE ROCK — Gov. Mike Beebe conceded Wednesday that the election of a Republican opponent of the "private option" to a vacant state Senate seat just weeks before the Legislature's fiscal session will make it more difficult to reauthorize Arkansas' alternative health care expansion under the Affordable Care Act.
On Tuesday, GOP candidate John Cooper of Jonesboro defeated Democrat Steve Rockwell of Jonesboro for the state Senate seat vacated by Democrat Paul Bookout, who resigned in August amid an ethics scandal.
A three-fourths majority in the House and Senate is necessary to reauthorize the program that uses federal Medicaid dollars to subsidize private health insurance for low-income workers. The measure passed the Senate with just a single vote to spare in the 2013 regular session. Bookout voted for it.
Cooper, who campaigned against the private option, maintained his stance Wednesday at the state Capitol, where he met with Senate leadership.
"I want to do what the constituents elected me to do, and right now I'm just trying to absorb the orientation today and I don't see anything has changed from yesterday," Cooper told reporters.
Beebe told reporters the "importance (of Tuesday's election), as far as I am concerned, is it makes it more difficult to sustain the private option."
Lawmakers have all of the facts about the private option and it's up to them now to decide its fate, he said.
"The facts are there. We can't explain it anymore than we've explained it," the governor said. "An overwhelming majority of the Legislature believed it was the right thing to do, obviously, over three-fourths."
Nothing has changed, he said, adding that the federal government has met every demand made by the Legislature before the private option was passed last year and nearly 70,000 Arkansans have already enrolled in the health insurance program.
The Joint Budget Committee, which is reviewing budgets this week in advance of the fiscal session that begins Feb. 10, is expected to discuss the private option Thursday when it reviews the state Department of Human Services budget.
Beebe said if the Legislature fails to reauthorize the private option, major spending cuts will have to be made in his proposed $5 billion budget for the next fiscal year because it factors in about $89 million in savings from the health care expansion plan.
The governor said he has no plans to ask the Legislature to reduce or repeal the tax cuts approved last year, even though $140 million in tax cuts over a three-year period were tied directly to the savings the state would see from the private option. About $10 million in tax cuts took effect Jan. 1 and about $85 million are to take effect July 1.
"That would be a preference … but I'm pragmatic and realistic, and I don't think there is a snow ball's chance that that Legislature will repeal those tax cuts, and if they don't we will balance the budget," he said.
Beebe said a number of states with Republican governors have expressed interest in creating something similar to the private option.
"It would be ironic if all the Republicans have figured out they don't want to send their money to somebody else that they're paying taxes for and Arkansas goes the other way," he said.
Rep. Duncan Baird, R-Lowell, and Sen. Larry Teague, R-Nashville, co-chairmen of the Joint Budget Committee, said the governor was probably right about the Legislature not repealing the tax cuts if the private option is not reauthorized.
Neither would speculate on what impact Cooper's election would have on the Legislature's vote to reauthorize the program.
"The whole purpose of the budget process is to get everyone down here and just start examining where everybody is," Baird said. "We can start doing the math, but what we really need is to get everyone here and starting discussing the issue. I think it would be premature to form a definite opinion on what's going to happen."
Cooper said Wednesday he hopes to be sworn in as early as Friday.


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Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Machiavelli and the Difficulty of Change
I have been reading many classical books lately. The current on my list is The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli. Despite popular opinion, it is not a book about doing evil for power. Quite the contrary, Machiavelli believed rulers should be full of virtue. However, he believed good rulers would have to "enter into evil" on occasion for the greater good. Those rulers who did not would invariably create more evil by failing to act. The relatively recent example of Truman dropping atom bombs on Japan to end World War Two is a good example of a leader making the best of many hard moral choices to pick the one that will probably lead to the least deaths and the best outcome.
This quote from chapter six of The Prince on initiating change struck me, "We must bear in mind, then, that there is nothing more difficult and dangerous, or more doubtful of success, than an attempt to introduce a new order of things in any state. For the innovator has for enemies all those who derived advantages from the old order of things, whilst those who expect to be benefited by the new institutions will be but lukewarm defenders. This indifference arises in part from fear of their adversaries who were favoured by the existing laws, and partly from the incredulity of men who have no faith in anything new that is not the result of well-established experience. Hence it is that, whenever the opponents of the new order of things have the opportunity to attack it, they will do it with the zeal of partisans, whilst the others defend it but feebly, so that it is dangerous to rely upon the latter.''
In my career, I have been the head of two academic departments at two separate American institutions of higher education. In each case, I have seen faculty members block needed change because they perceived it as threatening their power base or because it was different than how they "have always done things." How ironic that faculty members who advocate major change at the national level at the same time resist even minor change at the university departmental level. Maybe this is why only one American President has had a doctorate? Academia is perhaps a bad place to learn how to make successful changes?
I have always carried through with the changes I have proposd but I have literally seen what Machiavelli is describing as real. Change is perceived as bad for many people. Academics are no excption.
Is it any wonder then that is so hard for nations to make changes in policy and direction? True change leaders will threaten those who benefit from the powers that be but will only have lukewarm support from those who could benefit from a change because the change leader is unproven and could actually make things worse if they fail. This makes it hard for rebels but also for those who suggest moderate or less radical changes.
However, changes can and do occur on a regular basis in the world. Many of these are done at the national level. Some of these require leaders to make hard moral choices for the greater good. Others are the results of leaders who "entered into evil" and decided never to leave it.
I think Machiavelli did a good job of describing power and one way it can be exercised for the benefit of all. I wonder if he was alive today if he would amend his work? Or, have the last 500 years just reinforced what he wrote in the first place?
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- Alcione said...
Estou trablhando Machiavel e, após ler "O Principe" várias vezes só pude entever boas intenções em suas ações, embora aperentemente, sejam de uma dureza medonha, digamos, mas necessária, pois se assim não fosse não lograria êxito. É assim: asações ou são definitivas ou não atingem o objetivo, isto é, nem são boas para o autor, nem a ninguém. É nula.
A paz da maioria é o resultado que conta, mesmo que sendo conseguida com à violência a outra minoria... que importa?
- M said...
This is what Babel Fish translates the above comment to:
I am trablhando Machiavel and, after to read "the Principe" some times alone I could entever good intentions in its action, even so aperentemente, they are of a direful hardness, say, but necessary, therefore if thus it was not would not cheat success. It is thus: asações or are definitive or they do not reach the objective, that is, nor are good for the author, nor to nobody. She is null. The peace of the majority is the result that counts, exactly that being obtained with the a violence to another minority... that it matters?
Alcione, you are welcome to post but please do so in English.


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Hamda Saber turned to be a simple citizen who was not protesting in the area. He was in the area along with his family "his wife and daughter" because they were doing some shopping for their daughter Randa who is engaged and was supposedly getting married. It seems that the family was curious to see what was happening when the clashes started and everybody was running. When the CSF units started to push back against the protesters in the streets of Heliopolis people began to run everywhere.
To make it easier here is a a simple timeline using video clips from TV shows since the start of Hamda's agony and tale.
Friday February 1st 2013 :Hamda Saber appeared an unknown completely naked citizen on air while being beaten mercilessly by CSF forces. He was detained during the clashes. We do not know his name or where he was taken to for hours. His nephew and family recognized him.
Saturday February 2nd 2013 Early morning.We knew the name of Hamda. His wife speaks on air through the phone on ONTV in a very strange call from Police Hospital where she was clearly detected what to say on TV. "Hamda is fine and the police is good to us, we are treated extremely well"
Saturday February 2nd 2013 MorningHamda's family and human rights lawyers tried to reach to him but failed as the police refused to let them see him.
Radio Misr , a popular state owned radio station got a call from concerned citizen claiming that he saw Hamda taking off his cloth from the 8th floor before arrested by the security forces !!
Well we saw Hamda live on TV and we got eye witnesses including my friends who saw him being stripped by the police.
Then in the afternoon Hamda appeared on National TV defending the MOI and claiming that the CSF conscripts who were dragging and beating him on TV were actually saving him from the protesters who attacked him and stripped him from his clothes !!!!!!!!!!!! He thanked the ministry of interior and kept smiling amazingly on Camera.
Amazingly he repeated these statements that one believed at all on Al Hayat TV.
At the same time on MBC Misr we knew that the mobile phone from which Hamda's wife spoke live on ONTV was actually the mobile phone of some officer working in the public relations department in the ministry of interior.
Hamda : I will set you on fire when I return home , you are not my daughter anymore.You were not with me that night.
Sunday February 3rd 2013 :Hamda Saber admitted at last that he was beaten and stripped by the police yet the big ranks and generals apologized to him and even kissed his head "as a gesture to forgive them".
Now again a TV history made when Hamda says on air : The equivalent of the F-Bomb in Arabic "Fuck the Money when TV Host Sherif Amer asked him about that news he got money to lie.
Can you imagine the amount of intimidation this man has been subjected to !?
Now Islamists found out that Hamda Saber used to go to Mubarak's trial and is from the so-called Mubarak children. Already I do not know what the big deal is in this matter. They want to justify the attack by all measures without realizing that they are becoming like Mubarak regime members when they used to justify the crimes of torturing Islamists in the past.
For me Hamda is a human who has been violated twice : When he was stripped and beaten and when he was forced to lie in the Media in this way.
|Hamda smiling amazingly !!
|Ashraf Hamdi made this amazing cartoon about Hamda
|It happens all the time behind closed doors
I am not from the team that says Hamda's case is a waste of time and the media should focus on other issues. I do not know what else the media should focus on , it is as important as other stuff.
Yes the ministry of interior got ton of disasters that should be exposed including the crimes it did in Suez cities but we should not ignore Hamda or his case.
Hamda's story got many details that are direct reflection to many of our social and political problems when you think about it.
What is scary is that there are hundreds of Hamdas being violated and tortured in Egypt yet behind closed doors


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Now that I had my porchetta, an Italian style slow roasted pork, it was time to start enjoying the leftovers! Given that my introduction to porchetta was by way of sandwich, I moved right on to the sandwiches and it is a good thing that the roast was so large as I have been enjoying different variations of porchetta sandwiches all week. I started out with simple version consisting of the oh so moist and tender porchetta in a soft and crusty bun along with a dollop of grainy mustard and a side of braised rapini, or broccoli rabe.
From there I thought, why serve the braised rapini separately when I could just put it right in the sandwich and with the rapini in the sandwich I figured that a dab of creamy mayonnaise spiked with a drop of so of truffle oil would work wonders. Adding cheese like some freshly shaved parmigiano reggiano also works amazingly well in a porchetta sandwich. It seems like you just cannot go wrong starting with the base of tasty porchetta in your sandwich and the sky is the limit to what you can add to make each sandwich unique!
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- 1 tablespoon parmigiano reggiano, shaved, optional
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The so-called bulb syringes commonly sold over the counter for ear wax removal may work as advertised — at least for some people, a new study finds.
In most cases, ear wax buildup can be managed with home treatments that soften the wax — like placing a few drops of mineral oil or glycerin in the ear, according to the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.
Another at-home option is ear "syringing," which involves placing drops of a wax-softening solution into the ear, then using a rubber-bulb syringe to flush the ear with water and clear the wax.
Home bulb-syringe kits are widely available in the U.S. and many other countries. But there has been little research into whether they actually work — and no studies on whether they allow people to avoid visits to the doctor for ear wax removal.
For the new study, UK researchers followed 237 patients who visited a clinic for ear wax removal. They were randomly assigned to either use a bulb syringe at home, or have their ears "irrigated" by a nurse at the clinic.
Over the next 2 years, 73 percent of the professionally treated patients returned to the clinic for a repeat treatment. That compared with 60 percent of those in the bulb-syringe group.
And on average, patients in the syringe group had almost half the number of clinic visits versus those given a professional treatment the first time.
Presumably, some patients in the syringe group had kept the device and were using it to self-treat at home, according to study leader Dr. Richard Coppin, of The Surgery in Hampshire.
In an email, he told Reuters Health that bulb syringes could be worth a try for people bothered by ear wax.
"They appear to be effective, at least for some people," Coppin said.
And, he added, "it's probably easier to buy a bulb and clear your ears at home in your own time than to book up to be seen in a physician's office."
Despite its name, ear wax is not "wax," but a mixture of secretions from the outer ear, along with dead skin cells and hair. It is normal and necessary for healthy ears, acting as a self-cleaning agent with lubricating and antibacterial properties.
However, ear wax can accumulate inside the ear to the point where it causes an impaction and symptoms including hearing loss, "ringing" in the ears, pain or a feeling of fullness in the ear.
In those cases, wax removal may be necessary.
In general, experts advise against using cotton swabs, which tend to only push the wax farther into the ear. People should also avoid home "oral jet irrigators" — which operate at a high pressure — as well as so-called ear candling, which involves inserting a hollow cone-shaped device into the ear canal and lighting the exposed end.
Bulb syringes appear to be low-risk, according to Coppin. A recent research review concluded that the treatment appears "reasonably safe."
Ear irrigation in general carries some risk of perforating the eardrum. But with bulb syringes, Coppin noted, it is unlikely that a person would exert so much pressure as to harm the eardrum.
Unlike in the U.S. and many other countries, bulb syringes are not sold over the counter in the UK. Coppin and his colleagues estimate that if Britons could try bulb syringes before going to the doctor, that would nearly halve the 2 million professional ear wax removals done in the UK each year.
In the U.S., about 12 million people visit the doctor each year for ear wax buildup.
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ETSU (18-35, 9-21) was out hit by the Eagles 21-8 as the Bucs stranded ten runners on the day. FGCU starter Casey Coleman really stymied the ETSU bats as he was able to only give up two runs as he spread out seven hits over six innings.
The Eagles jumped on the board first in the bottom of the third as they plated three runs on a two run double by Stephen Rassel and a RBI single by Vinnie Scarduzio to make the score 3-0 FGCU.
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In the bottom of the third, the Eagles scored three more runs on a Ozzie Borrell double to right center and a two run home run by Scarduzio to give the Eagles a 6-2 lead.
FGCU added to the lead in the bottom of the fourth as the Eagles scored four more runs on an RBI singles by Josh Upchurch, Jason Peacock and Sacrduzio and a grounder to short by Mikel Alvarez to make the score 10-2 FGCU.
In the bottom of the seventh, the Eagles scored five runs on six hits as FGCU increased its lead to 13 runs making the final15-2.
Hoilman and Herbold each led the Bucs with two hits as Hoilman had a double and two RBI, while Herbold scored one of the two runs for the Bucs.
The Bucs are back in action next weekend as they will host Stetson in the final series of the season
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For once, biotech wasn't the market's pariah at the close Wednesday. It wasn't even the butt of jokes in the health-care sector.
The troubled sector that has given back virtually all the gains obtained during a steep run-up in share price managed to notch its second-straight positive session, and this one left no doubts.
All four major biotech exchange-traded funds were up more than 2% each, with the SPDR S&P Biotech ETF /quotes/zigman/477927/delayed /quotes/nls/xbi XBI — clobbered in recent sessions — managing a near-3% gain by the close.
Two ETFs tied to biotech indexes, the iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF /quotes/zigman/85342/delayed /quotes/nls/ibb IBB and the First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index Fund /quotes/zigman/1497293/delayed /quotes/nls/fbt FBT moved back above their 200-day moving average.
The lion's share of biotech stocks moved higher as well, led by ImmunoGen Inc. /quotes/zigman/73731/delayed /quotes/nls/imgn IMGN , which climbed 11% on a "buy" rating from Canaccord Genuity to $14.21.
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They (whomever they may be) say that Israel is the homeland of the Jewish people. After a bit of mental wandering and dreaming I have decided that this simply is not true. After all, there is not a decent potato knish in all of Israel!
A true potato knish must be at least 1.5 inches (3.75 cm) thick. It must be packed full of potato puree so dense that it does not slide down the gullet but rather falls, resounding and probably even making a great noise as it hits the stomach, it must be peppery, coated with a breading, and so full of flavor that it makes you absolutely gasp for joy. And there simply ain't no such thing in any part of Israel.
Looking back (with fondness), the three very best potato knishes I have ever tasted (alas, too many years ago) were at the now defunct Isaac Gellis Delicatessen Shop on Essex Street on the lower east side. Both before and after that of course at Yonah Schimmel's, still located at 137 East Houston Street between 1st and 2nd avenues, also on the lower east side, and believe it or not at a street side stand in Weisbaden (not far from the spa) where an older Jewish couple, their children and their grandchildren continue to make the knishes by hand, to serve them with dark brown mustard and, if one likes, a soft drink.
At this moment, if t'were just a bit more easily available, I would book first class to New York, take me a taxi from the airport to Yonah Schimmel's and feast on one of their knishes.
By the way, even though Yonah Schimmel's recommends buying to take away and to reheat at home, I am not in favor. The way to dine on a knish is to purchase it, to spread it with mustard (or, if you prefer, just additional salt), and to stand either in or immediately outside of the shop and to feast on the spot.


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The steps are easy to follow but alittle time consuming during the process.
200g bread flour
50g superfine cake flour
30g butter
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130g water
130g pastry margarine
*1 egg yolk (beaten)
~ Mix all ingredients together except pastry margaring and egg yolk into a dough.
~ Press till form a smooth dough. Rest for 10-15 minutes.
~ Roll pastry margarine into square shape on a plastic sheet. Flatten dough and place the pastry margarine on top of the flatten dough.
~ Wrap up then roll out into a big rectagle sheet. Fold in 4 folds and rest for 10-15 minutes.
~ Repeat this folding process for 3 times.
~ Roll dough into a thin sheet, use a cutter to cut out base and top (as shown below)
~ Brush egg yolkon the base and stick the top together.
~ Place on the tray with parchment paper and bake for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown at 180'C.
~ Cooled and fill with jams.


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A business consortium led by former Cessna CEO and acting EAA President Jack Pelton has started taking orders for a "remanufactured" Cessna 421 they call the Excalibur and say they have plans to add other designs. The Aviation Alliance, a partnership of 10 individuals and companies that represent a cross section of aviation experience and disciplines, plans to offer "remanufactured, modernized turbine-powered aircraft to the aviation and defense industries." Pelton is the managing director of the ambitious enterprise, which includes Clay Lacy Aviation, Oklahoma Jet Center, Capital Aviation and Aircraft Technical Service/Ventura Aerospace, plus aviation industry executives from a variety of high-profile businesses. "We've assembled a who's-who of aviation leaders and resources on this team to ensure both our mutual success and our customers' satisfaction," said Pelton, who suddenly retired from Cessna a couple of years ago amid a shakeup at the company. "We're optimistic about the business and proud to announce our first offering."
The Excalibur, which is based on the last high-performance twin piston aircraft made by Cessna (starting in 1968), will be powered by PT6A-135A turboprops and have all new cockpit, systems and interior. The Aviation Alliance is projecting 327 knots and a 1420 IFR reserve range for the twin. "The Excalibur will be attractive to existing 421 owners as well as operators considering the purchase of single- or twin-engine cabin-class turboprops, new or pre-owned," Pelton said. "We're going to deliver an airplane that redefines the category." Pelton said there's a prototype in the air and first deliveries are planned for the end of 2013.


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Reports in London say a ghost has been wandering the streets at night, scaring townsfolk and spooking tourists.
This ghost is said to have short black hair and is clad in a short, purple geisha-like dress.
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Accessing Your Database with C++ Is as Easy as DTL
In the late 1980s, when I first learned to program in C, I cobbled together data structures and algorithms from books and pretended they were generic or they could be generalized, perhaps even by macros. Invariably, however, I would end up copying them or tweaking them for every new task that came along. A typical application in those days might have dozens of implementations of linked lists, each coded with varying degrees of usefulness.
Fortunately, the Standard Template Library (STL) came along in the mid-1990s, and the ANSI/ISO committee for C++ standards quickly embraced it. Thus, STL put an end to code cloning and by most accounts ushered in the era of generic programming. Other programming languages rarely match the power of the STL, even those that offer loads of built-in containers and iterators.
This article explores the Database Template Library (DTL), which goes one step beyond the STL to enable programmatic database access.
Database Template Library (DTL)
The goal of DTL is to make Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) query results look just like a STL container. ODBC is an ISO standard that identifies a specific set of APIs to access SQL databases efficiently while hiding the databases' backend proprietary (a.k.a. "native") interfaces. Essentially, this allows you to write one set of source code that can pull data equally well from a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet on your PC or an IBM mainframe in another continent. You've likely used the ODBC Data Source Administrator applet in the Control Panel (ODBCCPL32.CPL) without even knowing it.
DTL provides all this in a portable abstraction, which can run on an impressive array of platforms and C++ compilers (see Table 1).
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Table 1. Platforms and C++ Compilers on Which You Can Run DTL
DTL works with any ODBC 3.0, Level 1-compliant driver, including Oracle 8 and 9, SQL Server 2000, Access 2000, MySQL, Postgres, Sybase, and DB2.
STL Iterators and Containers: A New Face for Your Old Database
Now comes the best part: Programmatically, you can move through DTL containers using standard STL iterators. That's right, you don't need any proprietary, native, or unfamiliar API or syntax. If you insert(), erase(), or replace() records inside a DTL container, changes can be automatically migrated to the database for you. The library's compliance with the STL iterator and container standards means you can plug your abstractions into a wide variety of STL algorithms for data storage, searching, and manipulation. In addition, the C++ reflection mechanism DTL uses to bind to database tables enables generic indexing and lookup properties quite easily. Because DTL takes full advantage of the template mechanism, it adds minimal overhead compared with raw ODBC calls to access a database.
Hello DTL
So far, the discussion has been fairly abstract. Now, dive into a simple "hello world" program in DTL that prints the contents of a table. The program's function is (1) selecting all records from the SALES_Q3 table, (2) iterating through the entire recordset, and (3) pushing the data through cout:
1 #include "DTL.h" 2 #include <iostream> 3 using namespace dtl; 4 using namespace std; 5 6 int main() 7 { 8 try 9 { 10 // Connect to the database 11 DBConnection::GetDefaultConnection().Connect( "UID=johndoe;PWD=secret;DSN=sales2005;"); 12 13 // Create a container to hold records from a query. 14 // In this case, the query will be "SELECT * FROM sales_Q3". 15 DynamicDBView<> view("sales_Q3", "*"); 16 17 // Read all rows from the database and send to cout 18 copy(view.begin(), view.end(), ostream_iterator<variant_row>(cout, "\n")); 19 } 20 21 catch (std::exception &ex) 22 { 23 // Show any database or other standard errors 24 cerr << ex.what() << endl; 25 } 26 27 return 0; 28 }
The first thing to notice is that all the DTL routines can throw exceptions, so you'll need to enclose all DTL code in try/catch blocks. To select all records from the SALES_Q3 table, the DBConnection global object uses a standard ODBC syntax to specify user, password, and Data Source Name (DSN) in line #11. To iterate through the entire recordset, the code creates a DynamicDBView object (on line #15), which binds the query fields to a class called variant_row. Last, to push the data through cout, it uses the STL copy algorithm to cycle between two input iterators, view.begin() and view.end(), and in each case performs the assignment to cout. It's quite cool what just three lines of code can do!
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Electronic mail message from Carol Just Halverson, St. Louis Park, Minnesota
Perhaps because my four older siblings only spoke English to me... and my parents had relocated to a non-Ger-Rus community , we only said the "Come Lord Jesus" at our table. It wasn't until twenty years ago when I asked my parents to teach my young daughter some verses and prayers from their childhood that I heard my father say "Abba Lieber Father Amen" for the first time. He remembered that it was the first prayer they learned as children, but didn't indicate that it was only a mealtime prayer. My children use it as a prayer to this day.
During that same visit Dad sang, without faltering, three verses to the lullaby "Mude Bin Ich, Geh' Zur Ruh" (Weary am I, to Rest Must Go). He said he hadn't heard it since his mother died in 1925 when he was 11-yrs-old. Memory is an amazing and powerful gift. Dad is the 5th of 10 children and remembered his mother singing that lullaby when she rocked the babies to sleep. At a family reunion this past summer, Dad again led the singing of the same lullaby as descendants circled the grave of my maternal grandparents. Sadly, there were only four of his generation who could sing it with him.
It was a powerful moment for all who were there. The grandchildren were especially moved by the entire scene. I can only hope it provides a wonderful story for them to tell their own grandchildren about a rare and poignant scene on a blue sky day in the middle of the North Dakota Prairie.
Does anyone remember the tradition of singing "Wo findet die Seele die Heimat, die Ruh" at the graveside?
Electronic mail message from Sherrie Gettman Stahl
Meal time prayer
Thank you for the sun
Thank you for the water
Thank you for the fish
Thank you for the food
That is coming to my table.
The German translation is as follows:
(Herr) wir danken Dir fuer die Sonne und das Wasser,
wir danken Dir fuer den Fisch und die Nahrung* (das Essen),
die wir auf unserem Tische haben.
(either "die Nahrung" or "das Essen" - the latter is more common).
German Table Prayers from Arthur E. Flegel, Menlo Park, California
Vater, segne diese Speise, uns zur Kraft und dir zum Preise, Amen.
Father, bless this food to our nourishment and to your praise, Amen.
Kom, Herr Jesu, Sei unser Gast, und segne was du uns bescheret hast, Amen.
Come, Lord Jesus, be our guest, and let this food to us be blessed. Amen
O Gott, von dem wir alles haben, wir preisen dich fuer diese Gaben; du sorgst fuer uns, weil du uns liebst, O segne auch, was du uns gibst, Amen.
O God, from whom we have received everything, we praise you for these blessings; you care for us, for you do love us, O bless also what you have given, Amen.
Herr, wir gehen zu den Essen, las uns Deiner nich vergessen; segne uns weil Du uns libst, Segne auch was Du uns gibst, Amen.
Lord, as we partake of this meal, let us not forget your presence; bless us because you love us, bless also what you have given, Amen.
Reprinted with permission of the Golden State Chapter Newsletter, AHSGR.