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Dr. Larry Dossey is former co-chair of the National Institutes of Health, Alternative Medicine Division. He is author of "Space, Time and Medicine" and "Healing Words" where he discusses the scientific evidence supporting the power of healing intention.
DiCarlo: In your work you describe three eras of medicine: Era 1, Era 2, and Era 3. Using that as a framework, could you explain the emerging paradigm of medicine as you see it?
Dossey: I formulated this three era approach to medicine basically to make sense of all the therapies that are out there and to characterize the way that we define ourselves as human beings. If you start at the time when medicine first became scientific, which began in the decade of the 1860s and move forward from there, at least 3 different eras "shake-out" in terms of the nature of health-care and how we think about the nature of who we are.
Era 1, which began in the 1860s, is plain old mechanical medicine. It looks at the body and the mind as purely physical, as purely pursuing the blind laws of nature. The therapies that shake out of that approach are medications, surgery, radiation and so on. The body is not functioning properly, so the "doctor-mechanic" uses whatever tools of treatment are available to fix the problem.
In the 1940s, a different way of thinking about who we are emerged as people started talking about psycho-somatic diseases. This was the second era, Era-2, or what is today called "Mind-Body Medicine". Originally, it suggested that negative thoughts can do bad things to the body, thus the term psycho-somatic disease. Now, this has been sort of turned on its head and we recognize that thoughts, emotions, attitudes and feelings can really be used to make people healthy. You can even make dreadful diseases go away by activating these positive emotions. An example of this is the scientific work of Dr. Dean Ornish in reversing coronary artery disease. So basically Era 2 is the impact of thought, feeling and belief within an individual.
DiCarlo: Would you say then, that television programs, with titles like "Healing and the Mind" and "The Heart of Healing" are basically rooted in Era 2 medicine?
Dossey: Almost totally Era 2. One of my frustrations with these types of TV programs is that they neglected a tremendous body of evidence which supports putting a third era on the table, Era 3, which I want to call "Transpersonal Medicine" or "Non-Local" medicine. This emerging era of medicine--although it has probably been around as long as human beings have been here--is contingent upon the ability of the mind to function non-locally. That is to say, the ability of the mind to function beyond the person, beyond the individual.
In Era 2, you are concerned about what your thoughts, feelings and attitudes can do to your body. Period. That's what most of these television programs have centered upon, and that's great. But there is compelling evidence, such as the evidence for the effectiveness of distant intercessory prayer--that the mind has some quality which allows it to reach out across space and time to affect the physical course of a distant living organism--whether that's a human being or something else. So many people in the alternative health care movement think that Mind-Body medicine is just about as far out and exotic as the new model is going to get. But I think that's just the tip of the iceberg. We need to begin to focus upon and acknowledge this emerging Era 3-type data which shows the ability of the mind to function at a distance--irrespective of the spatial separation from the object of its concern. We need to begin to ask questions about what this may mean.
Prayer is not the only body of available evidence which supports the ability of the mind to function at a distance. In the book, "Healing Words" I look at several categories, among which is transpersonal imagery. Most people think this is just the use of positive images to you do something nice for your body. That's one definition and one use. But Dr. William Braud has shown that people who hold positive images of a distant person in a way that is caring, compassionate and prayer-like can actually bring about physical changes in that distant person.
So you see, we can differentiate three different categories or eras to define consciousness, and its relationship to the body which exists in space and time. Although my personal interest in the 1970s and 80s centered on Era 2, "Mind-Body" medicine, today, my interest has been captured by the emerging Era 3 medicine. There is a lot of neglected data that I want to make public. And secondly, I think there is more philosophical, spiritual, and practical "bang-for-your-buck" in this Era 3 medicine. Era 2 can still be explained based upon the chemistry and the anatomy of the brain and body. And you can still say, "So what? That's great while you are alive, but take away the brain, and you've got nothing." So there's nothing more following death when the mind is confined to the brain. But in Era 3, the stakes are completely different. You can't hold on to the idea that it's all brain and body. If you honor this Era 3-type data, it is patently obvious that consciousness is capable of things that brains are incapable of. In other words, you cannot completely account for the workings of consciousness by studying the brain. This means there must be something about the psyche over and above the brain and the body. Working out the implications of all this has been my task.
DiCarlo: I'm wondering what might have sparked your interest in research the effects of prayer?
Dossey: As a child I was naturally curious. I grew up in a Protestant religious community in Central Texas where a lot of praying went on all the time. I was involved in that. At sometime or another I think that most people who pray wonder if their efforts are working, and ask themselves "Is it doing anything?" I was curious about that.
After I became a physician, I began to notice that some people got well even though no medical treatment had been rendered, except prayer. Sometimes these people had fairly dreadful diseases. So one wonders again, "Is the prayer operative? Did it do anything or is this one of those funny coincidences?"
I think many physicians have this sense of curiosity. I was propelled forward again when I discovered a 1988 controlled study out of San Francisco General Hospital which involved nearly 400 patients in the coronary care unit. The group that was prayed for appeared to do much, much better than the group which received no prayer. I went to the medical literature to see if there had been any previous studies involving prayer to support this. I was astonished to discover over 130 studies in this general area showing that prayer really does something remarkable--not just in human beings but in a great many other living things, from bacteria and germinating seeds, to rats and mice and so on.
So it was a curiosity which propelled me to the discovery of scientific data in the area of the prayer and its observable effects.
DiCarlo: What would you say has been the essential finding of your research?
Dossey: The essential message is that belief in prayer is no longer just a matter of faith. We've always said, "You can believe in this stuff if you want to, but you are on thin ice and shaky ground. It's no longer just a matter of faith. There is overwhelming evidence that if you take prayer into the laboratory and subject it to testing, you can show that it works. So, that's the big news. This information has been marginalized and it is practically unknown, even to physicians. It is not taught in medical schools. But it's out there. Through my work I hope to bring this information forward, so that it can be placed out on the table for discussion and dialogue.
My primary interest is not the practical applications of prayer to make diseases go away. It's really the larger message about who we are, and what our origins and destiny may be. How consciousness manifests in the world. Those are the real issues that go far beyond whether you can use prayer to bail yourself out of a difficult situation or illness.
DiCarlo: How do you define prayer?
Dossey: The prevailing notion that prayer is asking for something--basically talking out loud to a cosmic male parent figure who basically prefers English--either for yourself or somebody else is woefully incomplete. I want to get away from that common way of looking at prayer. Prayer for me is any psychological act which brings us closer to the transcendent. It's not the territory of any specific religion. Belief in a personal God is not even necessary. For example, Buddhists pray all the time, but Buddhism is not a theistic religion.They don't even believe in a personal God.
Prayer may involve words. We don't want to disenfranchise people who like to talk when they pray. That's fine. It's just that it goes deeper than that. It can involve silence, non-activity. It can even be done in the subconscious or when we sleep at night. So I prefer to use the term "prayerfulness" to capture those activities we have traditionally called prayer. One of the common features of prayerfulness that really makes a difference in the world is empathy, caring, compassion, love and so on. This has been demonstrated in the laboratory. It is clear that the experiments don't work very well if a person does not have empathy, love, compassion and caring for the object or subject they are trying to influence. The experiments work so much better if there is an empathic connection, a unity, a caring bond.
DiCarlo: So in the case of these experiments that you have uncovered, love was found to be more than a nice sentiment or feeling--a real force critical to the healing process itself?
Dossey: Let's say this. Love is a felt quality that can change the state of the physical world. We are beyond metaphor and poetry here. We are talking about something that literally can make a difference in outcomes in the world.
DiCarlo: I have to say that I was struck by the comprehensive number of studies you have reported on.
Dossey: That's one of the things I have taken pains to do. Every book I have ever written has at least 20 pages at the end which list references--mostly from scientific journals--to exemplify the fact that we're not just talking anecdotes here. This stuff flows out of science. If you want ammunition, there it is.
DiCarlo: How would you respond to the materialists who explain away the concept of realms of existence that go beyond the physical? That the mind is the brain and nothing more?
Dossey: I think the best response is to play science. You see, the theories and hypotheses of the materialists work fine as long as you restrict yourself to a certain class of data and ignore other data. The materialists cannot account for non-local events. There is currently nothing within the field of biological science that can explain distant, non-local, consciousness-related events. Period. To discover an explanation, you have to revise the materialist manifesto, which states that there is nothing beyond matter, there is nothing beyond what is perceivable through the five senses.
The problem is, the skeptics and the materialists won't look at non-local data at the level of biology and psychology. They will grant you that non-local phenomena occur at the quantum level--the level of the very small, such as atoms and subatomic particles. That has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt. But the notion that these things can happen at the level of the psyche and at the level of biology is just not being entertained. They have some classical ways of dismissing the kind of data that I have been focusing on. They paint it with the term, "parapsychology." They will say, "Oh, that's just parapsychology." But it doesn't matter what it's called. The real question is, "Is the data good?" And if the data is good, then the materialists are in a world of trouble, and the materialist way of looking at things by saying that "It's just all matter and energy" falls flat on its face.


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All signs point to a taller screen for the iPhone 5. For many, that alone will redefine Apple's iconic phone.
Probably more than any other single hardware feature, Retina screens are what consumers of the iPhone and iPad are focusing on these days -- not to mention Apple marketing folks.
And Apple won't disappoint with the iPhone 5. 9to5Mac says the taller screen will boast a resolution of 640-by-1,136. (iPhone 4 and 4S are 640-by-960.)
Those tweaks will yield a resolution "very close to a 16:9 screen ratio, so this means 16:9 videos can play full screen at their native aspect ratio," the Apple enthusiast site said.
A build of iOS 6 for the new iPhone's display may have a home screen with a fifth row of icons and an interface that offers views of more content.
(And see a mockup of the iPhone 5's screen from OverDrive Design.)
That will be more than enough to send millions to Apple stores or online to buy the phone in the first month of sales.
That would probably include me, too. I've always thought that relative to the phone's size, too much real estate on the front of the iPhone 4/4S is devoted to nondisplay, nonfunctional space compared with other top-tier phones.
And I think Steve Jobs did too. He was very involved in the design of the iPhone 5, financial analyst Ashok Kumar told CNET last year. It "was the last project that Steve Jobs was intimately involved with from concept to final design. For that reason...this product will establish the high-water mark for iPhone volumes," Kumar said in October.
Of course, most people will waltz into an Apple store and see the new design with the larger screen and immediately part with their cash, oblivious to Jobs' input. But I think Jobs would be OK with that.
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"There was a stool there, and some fella kept asking me if I wanted to sit down," Eastwood said. "When I saw the stool sitting there, it gave me the idea. I'll just put the stool out there and I'll talk to Mr. Obama and ask him why he didn't keep all of the promises he made to everybody."He went back to the hotel, ate some room-service dinner, and went to bed — apparently without checking the TV or the internet and not knowing we were all talking about him. He's seen it now, and he says the media folk who disparaged him "are obviously on the left."
He asked a stagehand to take it out to the lectern while he was being announced.
"The guy said, 'You mean you want it at the podium?' and I said, 'No, just put it right there next to it.'"...
Originally, he was told he could speak for six or seven minutes, and right before he went on, he was asked to keep it to five, but he said, "When people are applauding so much, it takes you 10 minutes to say five minutes' worth."
Also, there were no signals or cues of any kind, so "when you're out there, it's kind of hard to tell how much time is going by."
He also said he was aware he hesitated and stumbled a bit, but said "that's what happens when you don't have a written-out speech."
Beautiful! I'm glad he waited a week to say that. And that he said it to The Carmel Pine Cone.


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"It's like drinking from a fire hose."
Forgive us for using the cliché (again), but it really is the best way to describe a conversation with Chip Roame. The managing partner of research and consulting firm Tiburon Strategic Advisors employs a rapid fire delivery of critical information that industry leaders want; so much so that in addition to purchasing his services, they clamor to attend his twice-annual CEO summits, a who's-who of the best and brightest that financial services has to offer.
He's been named to lists of top industry thought leaders and influencers so many times that it must be old hat.
"It is, until I go home to my family and I'm reminded that I'm no big deal," he says.
Although Tiburon intends to remain a mid-sized, boutique management consulting firm, Roame is looking to the future in how its information is delivered.
"We used to send our reports to clients, but no longer," he explains. "We're building out our research topics and now sending links to our reports. We want to blanket financial services in terms of researching industry trends, as well as specific companies. The client will have live access to updates as they occur, some of which are updated daily and others that are updated maybe five or 10 times a year."
He also has a growth strategy at the senior management level, one that most recently involved hiring well-known broker-dealer executive Matt Lynch away from Capital Analysts.
And, of course, there are the CEO summits.
"These are the other people your readers read about," he says before adding in typical Roame style, "They're the studs of the industry."
Asked about near-term trends that most affect advisors (his specialty), he doesn't hesitate.
"The trends are perfectly clear, and each has its own inflection point," he says. "The first is the issue of breakaway brokers and the differing views of how substantial it is currently and how much bigger it will get. I don't mean the 'broken' breakaway brokers; the guys at the bottom of the Merrill training class that got fired. I mean the guys that are leaving on their own."
Roame says the overall number of breakaway brokers might not be big, but the assets they take with them certainly are, which have an outsized impact when moved because of the independent channel's smaller size.
"It's the big dogs that get the attention, and they're moving to HighTower, Aspiriant, etc.," he adds. "Other wirehouse reps sit and think 'If Mr. Moneybags is doing it, why shouldn't I?'"
The inflection point, he says, is whether or not wirehouses will shut this down, either by increasing up-front payments or creating a halfway house model like Wells Fargo. (See our profile of John Peluso for more about Wells Fargo).
The second issue Roame sees is the increased polarization of the investment space, in which "the tails are growing, but the middle is not."
"Low-cost indexing is growing, high-cost hedge funds are growing, long-only managers are not," he says. "ETFs are going well, for instance, and hedge fund managers certainly aren't lowering their fees. The inflection point here is whether or not the long-only managers figure out a way to beat their benchmarks or lower their costs to keep assets."
The third trend he sees concerns the motivation of leading advisors; will they choose to be a mass marketer like Ric Edelman or Ken Fisher or a niche marketer like Hanson-McClain?
"This will also affect the technology strategy they employ," Roame says. "Wirehouses were traditionally proprietary, while the independents used third-party platforms. The third-party platforms have one. The inflection point here is whether or not the wirehouses will begin to outsource their technology. Will we see an announcement from Merrill that they've partnered with Black Diamond or Orion." (See our profile of Eric Clarke for more about Orion Advisor Services.)
"If they begin using third-party technology, it might exacerbate the breakaway broker trend, as it would be easier to make that transition if the platforms are aligned."
Find out who was named on the 2012 IA 25 in Investment Advisor's May issue.
Check out more extended interviews of the 2012 IA 25 at AdvisorOne.
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A man and his wife were on their honeymoon. The husband took off his pants and handed them to his wife.
"See if they fit."
"They don't."
"Now you see who will wear the pants in this house." She thought a little while, and took off her panties and asked him to try them on.
"I can't get into these."
"And you won't, either, with that attitude."


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Putin's D-Day Diss
How Russia's leader is rewriting WWII history to justify his aggression.
The D-Day invasion is sanctified in the collective memory of the West. Starting at dawn on June 6, 1944, 150,000 men braved withering German resistance to secure a foothold in Europe and hasten the defeat of Adolf Hitler. No one questions that interpretation today, or so you would think. But as U.S. and European leaders gather on the windswept beaches and bluffs of Normandy to commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day on Friday, one of the invited guests is likely to be … skeptical.
It's no accident that he's the same guy who's causing a lot of fresh trouble in Europe today: Vladimir Putin.
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We already know that the Russian leader has been revising the history of the Cold War to justify his annexation of Crimea and his claims to Ukraine—by suggesting, for example, that Ukraine was never really an independent country. What is less well known is that Putin and his acolytes have also depended on a flagrantly distorted history of World War II—or what is known in Moscow as the "Great Patriotic War"—to rally Russians to the Kremlin's expansionist new policies.
Since Putin's return to the presidency in 2012, this new version of World War II has been turned into the spiritual backbone for Putin's resurrection of Russian power. In the new mythology contained in textbooks and official histories, victory in World War II came mostly from the "flawless" and "selfless" actions of the heroic Red Army, which is portrayed as a model for the future in the region. Putin himself, asked recently about Ukraine's contributions to victory in World War II, replied bluntly: "The war was won mostly due to the human and industrial resources of Russia."
Today many Russians would agree with him. They have come to believe that D-Day was late and not militarily significant—and was driven mostly by fear that Stalin would "liberate" the rest of Europe on his own.
Early last month, Putin even signed a law that criminalizes the purposeful distortion of the Soviet Union's actions during the war. Based on recent court actions, the law appears to be an effort to prevent Russian historians from portraying Stalin as a war criminal or blaming him for huge casualties, and from characterizing the USSR as an ally of Nazi Germany at the beginning of the war (all of which happen to be mostly true).
Gone as well is any realistic discussion of the moral compromises that marked the beginning of World War II, in particular the Molotov-Ribbentrop (or Hitler-Stalin) Pact of August 1939, which freed up Hitler to invade Poland. At that time, with Josef Stalin allied with the Nazi dictator, Soviet propaganda was portraying Germany as a friendly country.
Today, the Russian government officially acknowledges the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, but it denies all interpretations that portray the USSR as an aggressor at any stage of the war. The joint German-Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk that marked the division of Poland on Sept. 22, 1939, was recently described by the minister of culture, Vladimir Medinsky, as "the withdrawal of German troops under the supervision of Soviet authorities."
It is true that Hitler might never have been defeated without the Red Army, which lost at least 11 million soldiers, compared to just under 300,000 fatalities on the American side. Obama himself, in a speech in Moscow in 2009, quoted John F. Kennedy as saying, "No nation in the history of battle ever suffered more than the Soviet Union in the Second World War." What is left out is that, once they stopped the German army at Stalingrad and began advancing, the Soviet forces ended up terrorizing much of Eastern Europe. This behavior, sanctioned initially by the Soviet commanders and even by Stalin personally, accounted for much of the suspicions, mistrust and resentment the Soviet Union faced when occupying large swathes of Europe during the Cold War. Long memories of this behavior in the last two years of the Second World War—followed by Moscow's takeover of East Germany and invasions of Hungary (1956) and Czechoslovakia (1968)—is still the basis for much of the deep mistrust Moscow faces in countries such as Poland and the Baltic states. It is also one reason why so many Ukrainians sought to join the EU and NATO why Georgia would still like to do so.


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PHILADELPHIA and REHOVOT, Israel, April 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Rosetta Genomics Ltd. (NASDAQ: ROSG), a leading developer and provider of microRNA-based molecular diagnostics, announces that two posters related to the Company's microRNA-based diagnostic assays will be featured at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2013, to be held April 6-10 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Both posters will be presented by Mats Sanden , M.D., Medical & Laboratory Director, Rosetta Genomics and will be available for viewing Sunday, April 7 from 1:00-5:00 p.m. local time in the Molecular and Cellular Biology 12 Session in Hall A-C, Poster Section 34. The two posters are as follows:
Title: "Development and validation of a microRNA-based diagnostic assay for the classification of renal cell tumors"
Abstract number: 802
Summary: This poster describes the development and validation of the miRview® kidney assay, which differentiates between the four main types of primary kidney tumors. The assay was developed on a microarray platform using 181 training samples and validated blindly on an independent set of 201 samples. The assay was able to return results for 92% of the validation samples, with 95% accuracy.
Title: "A novel microRNA-based test demonstrates 92% accuracy in the classification of metastatic tumors from patients diagnosed with carcinoma of unknown primary"
Abstract number: 816
Summary: This study reports the performance and clinical utility of miRview® mets2, a microRNA-based molecular diagnostic assay for identifying the tissue of origin in real cases of cancer of unknown or uncertain primary (CUP) patients collected by leading academic centers in Greece. The assay demonstrated agreement in 92% of the cases with all pathological and clinical information, including patient follow-up data. Results of this study demonstrate the assay to be a helpful tool for identifying the correct final clinical diagnosis and in facilitating the selection of optimal therapy, including targeted agents, early in the disease course.
"Attendees at the prestigious AACR annual meeting are an important audience for Rosetta Genomics, and we are delighted that studies involving our microRNA-based diagnostic assays in kidney cancer and cancer of unknown or uncertain primary are being featured this year," said Kenneth A. Berlin , President and Chief Executive Officer of Rosetta Genomics.
"The classification of tumors into subtypes of renal cell cancer (RCC) has historically been less than definitive by histology, cytology and immunohistochemistry, particularly in the growing context of smaller, non-resection derived diagnostic specimens. Expanded clarity of RCC diagnosis through the availability of the miRview® kidney assay will help lead to improved rationalization and optimization of therapies both new and emerging," said Bob Wassman , M.D., Chief Medical Officer of Rosetta Genomics.
Regarding the second poster on CUP diagnosis by Rosetta's proprietary microRNA-based miRview® mets2 assay, he added, "Where clinical and immunohistochemical data are available, but uncertain, the resulting molecular diagnoses from our assay will generally fall within the range of possible cancers but more precisely and with no subjectivity, and will, with much higher confidence, identify one tumor type. There are also hallmark cases where unusual tumors of origin have actually been found only after molecular analysis, both of which are critical advances for these patients."
About miRview® Testing Services
miRview® assays are a series of microRNA-based diagnostic testing services offered by Rosetta Genomics. miRview® mets² accurately identifies the primary tumor type in primary and metastatic cancer including cancer of unknown or uncertain primary (CUP). miRview® meso diagnoses mesothelioma, a cancer connected to asbestos exposure. miRview® lung accurately identifies the four main subtypes of lung cancer using small amounts of tumor cells. miRview® kidney accurately classifies the four most common kidney tumors: clear cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC), papillary RCC, chromophobe RCC and oncocytoma. miRview® assays are designed to provide objective diagnostic data; it is the treating physician's responsibility to diagnose and administer the appropriate treatment. In the U.S. alone, Rosetta Genomics estimates that 200,000 patients a year may benefit from the miRview® mets² assay, 60,000 from miRview® meso, 65,000 from miRview® kidney and 226,000 patients from miRview® lung. The Company's assays are offered directly by Rosetta Genomics in the U.S., and through distributors around the world. For more information, please visit www.mirviewdx.com. Parties interested in ordering the test can contact Rosetta Genomics at (215) 382-9000 ext. 309.
About Rosetta Genomics
Rosetta develops and commercializes a full range of microRNA-based molecular diagnostics. Founded in 2000, Rosetta's integrative research platform combining bioinformatics and state-of-the-art laboratory processes has led to the discovery of hundreds of biologically validated novel human microRNAs. Building on its strong patent position and proprietary platform technologies, Rosetta is working on the application of these technologies in the development and commercialization of a full range of microRNA-based diagnostic tools. Rosetta's miRview® testing services are commercially available through its Philadelphia-based CAP-accredited, CLIA-certified lab. Frost & Sullivan recognized Rosetta Genomics with the 2012 North American Next Generation Diagnostics Entrepreneurial Company of the Year Award.
Forward-Looking Statement Disclaimer
Various statements in this release concerning Rosetta's future expectations, plans and prospects, including without limitation, statements relating to Rosetta's development or commercialization of molecular diagnostics, the market acceptance of Rosetta's miRview® assays, particularly miRview® mets2, Rosetta's capitalization of its microRNA platform, Rosetta's patent position and Rosetta's development of personalized medicine products and services constitute forward-looking statements for the purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including those risks more fully discussed in the "Risk Factors" section of Rosetta's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2012 as filed with the SEC. In addition, any forward-looking statements represent Rosetta's views only as of the date of this release and should not be relied upon as representing its views as of any subsequent date. Rosetta does not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements unless required by law.
Company Contact:
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Ken Berlin , President & CEO
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The capital markets abhor a vacuum, and as exchange traded funds grow more popular, their uses keep multiplying to fill every space that their creators and investors can identify.
In the world of registered investment advisors, many RIAs are now working with ETF firms to create custom-made funds to suit their clients' portfolios.
For example, New York-based ETF firm IndexIQ routinely consults with registered investment advisors about what they're looking for, "where their pain points are" and problems with existing products in the marketplace, says CEO Adam Patti (left). And after doing the market research, IndexIQ custom-designs products capable of making Savile Row's bespoke tailors turn green with envy.
"We talk to many clients who say, 'You should launch an ETF based on this.' Then we'll compile that data and bring out a product," Patti said in an interview on June 20. "Over the past couple of weeks, we have launched a Japan mid-cap product and a small-cap real estate investment trust product. Those were directly because of the conversations we've had in the field."
Sometimes the ETFs that get created as a result of those conversations are relatively simple "pure play" creations focused on a single market niche, such as the aforementioned IQ U.S. Real Estate Small Cap ETF, which goes under the ticker symbol ROOF.
But other times, the quants on IndexIQ's academic board create a more complex set of proprietary investments capable of making hedge fund managers turn red with rage. How? By using a rules-based philosophy that combines the beta benefits of traditional index investing with the high alpha returns sought by active managers.
In short, the firm designs cheap, liquid ETFs suitable for portfolios of any size that replicate the returns of expensive, locked-up hedge funds.
When an RIA recently came to Kevin Malone (left), president of Greenrock Research, which offers asset allocation strategies, Malone recommended an IndexIQ portfolio combining three hedge fund replication ETFs, a mutual fund and an absolute-return, inflation-hedging ETF:
- IQ Hedge Multi-Strategy Tracker ETF (QAI)
- IQ Hedge Macro Tracker ETF (MCRO)
- IQ Merger Arbitrage ETF (MNA)
- IQ Alpha Hedge Strategy Fund mutual fund (IQHIX), which is a mutual fund
- IQ Real Return inflation-hedging ETF (CPI)
"What happened was, the RIA called us and said, 'George Smith has $50 million, and these are his goals. What should the portfolio look like?' We worked collaboratively to come up with the asset allocation strategy," Malone recalled. "When we got to alternatives, we said, 'This should be half of your alternative
allocation, these IndexIQ ETFs.' Then two months later, the same client called and said, 'We've got this $100,000 portfolio. We used the same solution.' That's the brilliance of it—it's not just the solution for a small client. It's the solution because it has intellectual integrity. This is a great idea for anybody of any size."
Malone pointed to Roger Ibbotson and Peng Chen's 2011 study, "The ABCs of Hedge Funds: Alphas, Betas, and Costs" (Chen was president of Ibbotson Associates when Ibbotson sold the firm to Morningstar in 2006) which concludes that hedge funds between 1995 and 2009 have resulted in about 10% to 15% of alpha return, 60% to 65% of beta return and 20% to 25% in fees.
"Why would you pay hedge fund fees where you're only getting alpha return that's 10% to 15%? We think we have fee structures that are about a third or a quarter of what hedge funds are by using ETFs, and we're probably going to get similar returns and have complete liquidity. That's what we use IndexIQ for," Malone said. "We could take our clients' money out of those ETFs tomorrow. That's why we are perfectly happy with beta. We can get beta as the core, like you would with an alternative investment fund of funds, and we can do it for a third or a quarter of the cost and have liquidity."
The five IndexIQ funds achieve a similar return pattern to a hedge fund over approximately 18 months, Malone said.
"We studied those five funds and came to the conclusion that over time, those five funds should replicate hedge funds," he said. "The core of one's hedge fund strategy, we believe, should be a diversified group of funds similar to the diversified group of hedge funds you would get in an alternative investment fund of funds."
The key, Malone said, is that ETFs can be invested in the very same asset classes that hedge funds invest in. "You can do anything in ETFs that you can do in hedge funds. We think hedge fund replication is the core of one's alternative space," he said.
IndexIQ's Patti agrees.
"If you look at the hedge fund marketplace today, it looks just like the mutual fund market," Patti said. "You've got 10,000 hedge funds in the marketplace, and you've got 10,000 mutual fund managers. We all know that 85% of
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Top 10 Scenes I'd Like to See on "Who Do You Think You Are?"
10. Scene showing Celebrity sitting at microfilm reader in library. Microfilm roll suddenly snaps, sending film spinning wildly. "@#$% microfilm reader! And I'm out of quarters, too!"
9. Shot of Ancestry.com screen. "Our servers are over capacity at this time. Please try again later."
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6. Scene at courthouse basement door. Celebrity: "Yuck, that place is filthy - I'm not going in there!"
5. Celebrity and Genealogist are purposefully tromping across a field to reach a small, overgrown cemetery. Suddenly Celebrity stops and looks down at shoe with a look of dismayed recognition slowly creeping over her face. Chagrined genealogist: "Um, yeah, I forgot to mention - the cemetery is in the middle of a cow pasture...."
4. Genealogist and Celebrity at front desk of repository. Employee at desk: "Oh, that old stuff? We dumped it ages ago - we had to make room for the new gift store."
3. Scene in home of Celebrity's Relative. Celebrity asks Relative about Grandpa Bolter. Relative screams at Celebrity: "Don't you ever mention that skunk's name around here again! We don't talk about that branch of the family!"
2. Shot of Ancestry.com screen: "Someone is already logged on to your account. If it is not you, please call xxx-xxx-xxxx between the hours of 9:00 and 5:00 EST to report a problem. If you are logged on on another computer, log off and try again."
1. Scene of Genealogist reporting to Celebrity: "Sorry, all of your ancestors were farmers and day laborers. They all got married, stayed married, and stayed together. They committed no crimes, never sued one another in court, and were involved in no disasters. To be quite honest with you, your ancestors were boring!" (Oh, wait a minute - this is what happens with celebrities who don't make it to the final cut. Off camera, of course.)
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Bravo, Greta! The celebrity's shoes were, of course, Jimmy Choo or Prada, right?ReplyDelete
All great, but, think # 7 may be my fav! Course, when I stop laughing so hard, I will wipe away the tears and try again - -ReplyDelete
Too funny, Greta! Congrats on being named to FTM's 40 top blogs, by the way.ReplyDelete
Thanks for starting my weekend out right - with a really good laugh!ReplyDelete
Perfect post for Friday night and I've been laughing a few minutes now. Thanks for the treat.ReplyDelete
ROTFLOL. Excuse me, the cemetery is the cornfield AND the cow pasture.ReplyDelete
Oops, I meant BETWEEN the cornfield AND the cow pasture.ReplyDelete
11. The celebrity clicks on a link that hints at having the exact info needed, only to get "404 Not FoundReplyDelete
The requested URL was not found on this server."
LOL - very funny.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the laugh! It would certainly make the show more realistic ... lolReplyDelete
My family just doesn't understand how I can be laughing out loud and yet NOT watching any moronic YouTube video! They've stopped rushing over to the computer asking me what is so funny ;-)ReplyDelete
These are just ALL too true!! Loved 5 - tromped through some of those places myself...but I was wearing appropriate clothing.
Too, too funny!ReplyDelete
Hilarious, Greta! (I was wishing for a No. 3 last night as I rewatched the Kim Catrall episode!)ReplyDelete
So true!! Love it.ReplyDelete
Almost spit coffee all over the screen from laughing so hard! Thanks, Greta!ReplyDelete
It's #8 for me. I'm always so jealous of the amount of money they have to throw around on this stuff.ReplyDelete
Greta, keep it up and you might have your own TV show. Laughed alot -- loved it.ReplyDelete
Susan - That would be so neat if they were!ReplyDelete
Carol - I couldn't resist putting #7... especially since the Cattrall tree thing.
Tina - Thank you!
Cynthia - Yes, messy hair and Jimmy Choo shoes in a cow pattie - doesn't get any better!
Nina - Yeah, that's what I thought: "The real life of a genealogist."
Diana - I know what you mean about families not understanding genealogy humor ... though I may be starting to have an effect on my husband and children. They are starting to say, "Oh, they can't do that!"
T.K. - If any of these could happen on screen, I'd say it would be #3.
Travis - The thought that I could write to cause someone to spit coffee on the screen brings a smile to my face!
Dorene, Michelle, Barbara, Linda, RAH, Lisa, TC, Heather - Thank you all for your kind comments!
Judy - Yes! #8 was actually the first one I thought of.ReplyDelete
Joan - You are too kind. Though a genealogy comedy sounds really high-concept and kinda fun....
Kerry - Thanks!
LOL - Fantastic list Greta!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 12, 2011 at 8:36 PM
Love this list.ReplyDelete
Love this, Greta!ReplyDelete
Excellent, and so true!ReplyDelete
Too funny, Greta - laughed until I almost cried! I dub you "Most Humorous Blogger!"ReplyDelete
I love it Greta! Great post! Good laugh ~ we all need those now and again! Congratulations on the top 40 too! :-)ReplyDelete
Excellent! I am sure that most of these thoughts have occurred to most of the genealogists watching the show! Doesn't it look just so easy?ReplyDelete
Loved everyone of them!!ReplyDelete
I absolutely loved the post! :)ReplyDelete
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Great post -- and all perfectly realistic! I've often wondered how many celebrities the producers had to go through before they found the ones with fascinating enough discoveries to warrant a one hour show! Such is TV Production!ReplyDelete


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12 weeks ago today, October 5 at 4:33 pm, Addison Leigh was born into this world by God's grace alone! The journey to how we got there was mostly captured on my blog... but I have let 12 weeks go by and haven't told you the birth story... UNTIL NOW!
My alarm went off at 4:00 am. My eyes popped open... and instantly I thought, "I am going to be a mother today!" Any other day if I had to get up at 4, I would be dragging. But I bounced out of bed and into the shower, but not before giving Adam a kiss and we both just looked at each other and we knew what the other was thinking ... today, WE would be parents! Wow!
I got ready, put on make-up, rolled my hair... I was determined to look "good" when I delivered this baby! We got the car all packed up and we were ready to go... but one more thing we had to do, love on our furbabies and let them know we would be home soon (my parents and in-laws took care of them while we were at the hospital). Before we walked out the door, we took one last picture of my big belly! HUGE is the only word to describe it!
We arrived at the hospital around 5:15 am (late as usual)! No one was in the emergency room so checking in only took about 30 minutes. Next thing I knew we were walking through the hospital to the Labor and Delivery floor. I get to my room and immediately they are telling me to change clothes into the backless gown (I was so concerned about my butt shining)! I crawled into the bed and only got out once (to tee tee) over the next 10 hours. Before any big events happened, Adam and I prayed together... I will never forget that moment as long as I live! It was so sweet and it gave me such a sense of peace! I knew God was in total control and I was ready! I was all settled in around 6:15 am and they started my IV and the Pitocin at 6:25. I was warned it could be a long day. I was ready. My blood pressure was good and I had no strange side effects from the Pitocin. WHEW! My Dr came in at and checked me, I was only dilated to a 2 so he broke my water at 7:26 am.
Let me pause here and say the worst pain I felt from beginning to end was when they out in the IV and when he broke my water!! After that, it was a dang breeze (pain wise)! I am not a big wuss, but I am not the best pain manager in the world, but holy moly when he broke my water I thought I might pass out, but the pain only lasted maybe 30 seconds! After that, it was relaxing time. My parents arrived around 8:30 am. So the 4 of us hung out in my room as things progressed. Looking back, the next 8 hours absolutely flew by. I remember thinking I wasn't ready... I wanted that day to last a long time... I wanted to remember every tiny detail. I remember feeling that exact way on my wedding day.
My Dr said he would like for me to get the epidural when I was dilated to a 4. Over the course of an hour and a half, I dilated to a 4... and was feeling the contractions. I had always heard contractions were like BAD menstrual cramps... and that is EXACTLY what they felt like. Not bad at all. I got my epidural at 9:00 am on the dot! There was never ANY QUESTION IN MY MIND that I wanted that thing! Yes, the needle is scary looking. But NO it does not hurt when you get it! They give you a little shot to numb the area before giving you the epidural and that hurt like, well, like getting a flu shot! Then I felt nothing until they pushed the medicine in and it felt like cold water running down my back! That's it. No pain. No tears. No nausea. No blood pressure drop. Just instant relief from the contractions! How in the world people do it without the epidural, I will NEVER understand!
After the epidural, I got a little loopy! I remember saying several times, "I feel gooood!" But I remember everything! We were watching contractions on the monitor and I couldn't feel a thing! It was insane! The Dr came back to check me several times... I wasn't progressing very well. But that is expected because the epidural usually slows labor down some, but not a lot like most people say (that's what my Dr said anyway)!
Over the next 8 hours or so I... ate ice, talking with Adam and my parents, updated Facebook and Twitter, relaxed, shut my eyes (but never napped), fixed my makeup, etc. I didn't play games or listen to my ipod or anything, I was too anxious! I remember being checked around lunchtime and I was dilated to like a 5. Then again at around 3 and I was dilated to a 7. At that point, I was hurting a little, the epidural felt like it was wearing off, so the anesthesiologist came back in and gave me some more meds in my epidural. Things were moving along and I was READY! That epidural really hit me hard that time and my legs were completely numb! That was the weirdest feeling ever!
Then all of a sudden, at around 3:45, I remember the nurse saying, "Ok, are you ready to push?" "WHAT??? NO I AM NOT READY!" I thought there would be some big production leading up to the pushing part. It was so fast and I wasn't ready. I wanted to hang out some more. But Addison had a different plan. She was ready. So I pushed with the nurse for about 20 minutes... my mom stood behind me and took pictures while Adam and another nurse held my legs up. I couldn't feel if I was pushing or what because I was so numb. My legs felt like they weighed 100 lbs a piece! I pushed and pushed and she finally crowned.
Then came in the Dr... yeah he was really only there for like 20 minutes. Side note: I had the BEST nurse ever. She was amazing. And as I talked to her more and more, turned out we went to the same church. She just attended the early service! And she was actually in the Sunday school class that we had been wanting to visit. Small world!
So back to pushing... I pushed for 45 minutes before Addison's arrival. I will tell you... that was exhausting. It felt like 12 hours of pushing! My body was completely worn out. I didn't say a word during the 45 minutes of pushing. I was completely focused and wanted to get her OUT! I didn't cry, I didn't scream. I didn't cuss. I just grunted. And finally at 4:33 my sweet baby girl was born! It was amazing. They laid her on my chest and then the tears started flowing. God had just given me such a blessing and I was completely overwhelmed! I remember thinking "She's so big!" And turns out she was. The doctor informed me that because she was so big, she broke her right clavicle coming out. I was worried at first, but he assured me that it would heal perfectly fine (and it is!) Turns out, that's pretty common.
Addison Leigh weighed 8 lbs 15 oz. And was 21.5 inches long. One more ounce would have given me a 9 pounder :) She was just perfect! I was literally awestruck! I don't know really how else to describe it! Adam cut the cord and then they took her away to begin working on me!
YES, working on ME! I barely remember the placenta being delivered. I didn't even push. The Dr pushed on my belly when a contraction came and it just came out. Blunt I know, but that's how it happened! Over the next 20 minutes, I was SOOOO uncomfortable! I had a 2nd degree tear so I was being sewn up. But that wasn't what was hurting. I couldn't figure out why I was hurting. But I was in pain! Turns out that all it was... I had to teetee! They took my catheter out before I started pushing and I couldn't feel anything so apparently I was holding it. They put my catheter back in (which didn't hurt at all-I was freaking out before they did it-i was scared i might die) and instant relief!
About 2 hours later I was moved into another room where I would spend the next 2 days. I will say, standing up was tough the 1st time. There was so much pressure on my bottom. I didn't understand (still don't). And of course I was sore and walking REALLY funny! I never felt any pain really from the stitches. Just soreness. And for you ladies that are wondering... the 1st bowel movement is scary, but not painful... yes I know... prob TMI, but I told you I would be honest and open about all this :)
Let's see, what next... everything else started getting jumbled together. Breastfeeding wasn't working out so well. So after the 1st day, I pumped. And I pumped for 6 weeks and she is now on formula. It's been 12 weeks and I just now feel completely healed "down there." It is true what you hear... you bleed a lot for the 1st 3-4 weeks. And wearing diaper-like pads isn't fun but you get used to it quickly!
Have I left anything out?? I am sure I have. But if you ladies have any questions about ANYTHING, I am more than happy to answer them. You know me, open and honest! I plan to do a post about weight and weight loss very soon. I would talk about it here but that's a story on it's own!
If you have questions, leave them in a comment. I will do a separate post answering them if there are enough, if not I will answer them individually. If you want to email me and ask me something, feel free! Giving birth was an amazing experience for me. I seriously enjoyed the entire pregnancy and delivery! I was beyond blessed to not have any complications for 10 months! And now that I am a mother, I know that this is what I was meant to do! I was DEFINITELY meant to be a mother and am thankful to God that he allowed me to be just that!
Monday, December 28, 2009
My Birth Story: The Delivery
12 weeks ago today, October 5 at 4:33 pm, Addison Leigh was born into this world by God's grace alone! The journey to how we got there was mostly captured on my blog... but I have let 12 weeks go by and haven't told you the birth story... UNTIL NOW!
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Um yeah, I lied.
So I realize that the last post I did was titled "I'm baaaack!" But I really wasn't! Sorry for that little white lie! I really had every intention of blogging at least twice a week but I didn't! Having a sweet baby at home took most of my time and when she was napping, sometimes so was I :) Well, now I am back at work (SO SAD!) and I have lots of time to BLOG.
I just looked back and realized that I have only blogged 3 times since she was born! SHAME ON ME, I know! I realize I still have the birth story to tell and I think that might be a great story for next week :) So look for that post to be next week. I PROMISE! That is my Christmas present to you all... you can hardly call that a Christmas present but hey, it's the best I can do :)
Before the post I will give a warning. I think you all know I am very open and honest and NOT MODEST AT ALL! So it will have lots of details that some may or may not want to hear but I think it's things I need to share with those of you who are interested or those that might be having a baby any time soon (and I know I have some preggo readers and I want to make sure that you have the option of hearing my non-horrifying birth story because I am sure you have heard enough horror stories!)
Ok so enough about that... let's talk Christmas! MERRY CHRISTMAS to all of you ladies (and maybe a few gents)! What an exciting time of year, expecially for our family, with our new addition! We are so excited about Addison's first Christmas! We went to Alabama this past weekend to celebrate with my family and needless to say, Addison is a blessed baby!! She got lots of toys and fun clothes and even some diapers and formula (which mommy and daddy are mostly thankful for) :) Christmas Eve we will go to Adam's family and then my parents are coming in town to spend the night so they can be here to see what Santa brings Addison! Santa won't be going overboard but gifts will be dropped off for my sweet baby girl! Pics are promised!
I promise to post some December pics of Addison tomorrow, she is getting so big! Here are a few updates!
- She is 11 weeks old! HOLY COW, I know!
- She has her first cold and there is nothing more sad!
- She is currently flailing her arms A LOT!
- She coos a little, but it's more gurgling!
- She smiles big as life, but no giggle just yet!
- She weighs 12 lbs and 11 oz. and is 24.5 in long!
- Wearing 3-6 months clothes!
- She loves bath time.
- She is a teetee-ing machine!
- She loves to look at ceiling fans! It's hilarious! They mesmerize her!
More Addison updates to come... but for now I leave you with her newborn pics!


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Similar legislation at the state level by Assemblyman Bill Berryhill, a Republican from Stockton, failed earlier this year.
"If they're going to build something, what's it going to cost and what's the benefit?" Garamendi said last week. "This is something the Republicans scream they've got to have on every project - 'Do a cost-benefit analysis.' OK, we agree. Let's do it."
Garamendi authored the bill along with Democrats Jerry McNerney, George Miller, Mike Thompson and Doris Matsui.
Brown's plan, known as the Bay Delta Conservation Plan, would pipe Sierra snowmelt toward San Joaquin Valley farms and Southern California cities. Less water would flow through the Delta.
The cost of the tunnels has been estimated at $14 billion, with billions more needed to restore Delta habitat. Officials are also calculating the potential benefits for those who receive the water and would have to pay for the tunnels.
However, no broader statewide analysis of all costs - social, environmental and financial - has been undertaken.
Garamendi's HR6484 requires the U.S. Secretary of the Interior to conduct such a study and report back by June. The bill also requires officials to study at least one solution that does not involve building the tunnels.
Those who would receive the water have said a cost-benefit study is not necessary, because the project already must go through what they consider a rigorous process of analysis and approval.
Garamendi said he believes they don't want a study done because the results will not support their cause.
"This project will have to be sold to the farmers and the Southern California urban water users, and they're going to find out it's going to be extremely expensive water," Garamendi said.
Tom Zuckerman, an attorney for central Delta farmers, said south-state interests will try to "squash" the bill as they did in the Legislature but said the difference is those interests are proportionately less numerous in Congress. "It's worth a try, I think," he said.
Officials say some water will continue to be sent through the Delta even if the tunnels are built, so Garamendi's bill also calls for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to assist in maintaining the levees that are needed to securely convey that water. Most maintenance today is paid for by local landowners and by the state, despite that the federal Central Valley Project relies on the levees, too.
The Bureau of Reclamation said Friday that it has no position on Garamendi's bill.
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Interview Date: 06/04/2010
Run Date: 06/15/2010
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Given his dual roles of Nick Twisp and Francois Dillinger, there's no question that Michael Cera is the star of "Youth in Revolt," but the film – which, for the record, hits DVD on June 15 – surrounds him with a heck of an ensemble, one which includes Zach Galifianakis, Justin Long, Steve Buscemi, Portia Doubleday, Ray Liotta, M. Emmet Walsh, Fred Willard, and, as Nick's mother, Jean Smart. Bullz-Eye was provided with the opportunity to chat with Ms. Smart, and we jumped at it, making sure to ask her not only about her most famous sitcoms ("Designing Women," "Samantha Who"), but also about her work on the late, great "24."
Jean Smart: Hi!
Bullz-Eye: Hi, Jean, how are you? It's a pleasure to talk to you.
JS: Thank you! I'm sorry if I kept you waiting. My little girl's not feeling well.
BE: That's okay. I've got a 4-year-old, and I work at home, so I know where you're coming from.
JS: There you go!
BE: Well, I checked out "Youth in Revolt" last night, and I really enjoyed it.
JS: Oh, thank you! It's really fun!
BE: It's a great ensemble, to be sure. So did they come looking for you, or did you happen upon the part?
JS: Well, apparently, and I have always meant to ask him about this, but Michael Cera wanted me for the part. I always meant to ask him what he saw me in that made him think of me, but I was very flattered and delighted.
BE: So you'd never worked with him before, then?
JS: No, but I'm very impressed with that young man. I was a big fan already.
BE: Of course, the obvious question for you, I guess, is who's the better kisser: Zach Galifianakis or Ray Liotta?
JS: (Laughs) Well, actually, if you go back and see the film again, I never actually kissed Zach.
BE: Really? I blame it on the beard, personally.
JS: (Laughs) It's not that I didn't want to. It's just that it didn't happen. Oh, he is just a hoot. I'm just crazy about him. He's hilarious.
BE: What was it like playing against such disparate acting styles as Zach and Ray?
JS: Well, Zach, of course, had done mostly stand-up and things like that up 'til then. I think he might've done a couple of films, but now he's in every film that comes out, I swear. But he really is a terrific actor, and Ray, of course, everybody knows he's a terrific actor, so in terms of that, it was just that the characters were so different. I didn't think I'd ever be taking a shower with Ray Liotta, so that was interesting. (Laughs) He's a lot of fun.
BE: That begs a question: what was it like shooting the shower scene? How much did you actually have to bare?
JS: Well, to tell the truth, we both had bathing suits on, or the equivalent thereof. At first, they wanted to sort of see, uh, stuff through the shower curtain, but I said, "Oh, no, no, no. Please. I have a 19-year-old son. He'll be totally humiliated." And they said, "Oh, that's alright, we don't need to do that."
BE: Speaking of motherhood, not so very long ago, you were playing Christina Applegate's mother on "Samantha Who," and here you're playing Michael Cera's mother. Do you recall that specific moment when you started getting mom roles?
JS: I guess it was actually several years ago when I did one of my favorite projects, a movie called "Guinevere," that Audrey Wells wrote, with Sarah Polley and Stephen Rea. Yeah, it's sort of a shocker when it first happens. You think, "Whoa, when did this happen?" (Laughs) But, y'know, if it's a good part, it doesn't really matter. I mean, I have a friend who was a grandfather when he was 36 years old, so it's all just sort of numbers. It doesn't really mean much after awhile.
BE: How was Miguel Arteta to work with as a director? I mean, it's not like he isn't an experienced director, but it had been a few years since he'd helmed a feature film.
JS: Oh, I would do any project with him again. He's so bright, and he's so kind. He's so fond of actors. He so likes and respects actors, which isn't always the case. (Laughs) Unfortunately. So that was a real pleasure.
BE: Had you been familiar with his other films, like "Chuck and Buck" and "The Good Girl," prior to this?
JS: Yes. One of the things I really liked about this film was that I thought it had such a great style. He obviously had a real strong sense of what he wanted and how he wanted it to look and feel, and I just was incredibly impressed with it. I thought it came out even better than I'd expected going in.
BE: Actually, I first bought the book more than a decade ago, and I was really impressed with the adaptation.
JS: Yeah, they certainly did a good job! The writer came to the set, and we all got to meet him…and he autographed my book!
BE: I wanted to ask you about a few other projects you've worked on over the years, and I actually brought one of them up a few moments ago: "Samantha Who."
JS: Oh, thank you. Yeah, that was a big disappointment and kind of a shock when that ended.
BE: Yeah, I mean, it seemed like it was progressing along nicely, but for whatever reason…I guess ABC hadn't quite become a place to go for comedy yet.
JS: Yeah, I don't know. You think, "God, what more could a network want?" Right away, we got great ratings, we got great reviews, we won the People's Choice award, I won an Emmy, Christina got nominated for every award humanly possible…and then they took us off the air. Then they put us back on at very odd times months and months later, and they said, "Gosh, your ratings aren't great." Gee, y'think?
BE: What was it like having Kevin Dunn for a husband?
JS: Oh, I'm crazy about that man. I just adore him. I'd always been a big fan of his, so…he's just an actor's actor, and he's such a nice guy, and so smart and funny. I think he can do just about anything. I think he's great.
BE: It was a very interesting chemistry that you guys had on the show, with your character spending half the time completely oblivious to anything he was doing or saying.
JS: (Laughs) Well, you know, that's marriage after a few years! Yeah, that was fun. A lot of fun. I was very, very sad to see that go. We all were. We occasionally still have little reunions. We all meet at a little bar in Studio City, so that's fun.
BE: How did you enjoy the experience of working on "24"? Was it as action-packed as you'd hoped?
JS: That was one of my favorite things that I've ever gotten to do. That year, I told anybody who'd listen, "I have the best job in Hollywood." It was actually a lot more fun than it looked. (Laughs) It probably didn't look like that much fun. There were only a couple of days where I kind of dreaded the scenes that we were going to be doing, just in the sense that… (Hesitates) It wasn't so much that I was afraid of it. It was just that I knew that it was going to be physically and emotionally difficult. My only regret is that I never got to do a scene with Kiefer. I never was onscreen with Kiefer. But Gregory Itzen…what a husband. (Laughs)
BE: Was it a pleasant change to do some drama? Because it's not like you haven't done plenty of it, but you're better known for your comedic roles.
JS: Um, if you say so. I don't know.
BE: Well, from your perspective, what would you say is the percentage of comedic versus dramatic that you tend to do?
JS: Well, the thing is, I would probably say that, over my career, I've done more dramatic roles, but of the ones that were higher in profile, many of them have been comedic.
BE: You've done some voiceover work. In fact, you were one of the voices on "The Oblongs."
JS: Oh, yes, that was so much fun. I kind of understand why that didn't continue…although, apparently, the very few episodes that we did are re-run even still in different venues… (Laughs) …but, yeah, that was a lot of fun. Will Ferrell played Bob, and, my God, he's…well, you know, he's brilliant. I can understand why they were kind of frightened by the scenario, but the thing is, when you really looked at the characters, they were actually an incredibly loving family. It's just that it sounded awful… (Laughs) …because I was a drunk, and we had kids that were Siamese twins, one of whom was gay. Just that right there, you go, "Oh, no, I don't know if I want to go there…" We had a daughter who had a giant growth coming out of her head, and…I mean, we were this family who lived near toxic waste, and all the beautiful, "normal" people lived on top of the hill and we lived down in the valley. And my husband had no arms or legs. (Laughs) So I think people said, "Oh, no, we can't go there," but when you looked at the stories, they were actually very charming and very sweet.
BE: Another one of my favorite voiceover roles that you've done was for "Kim Possible."
JS: Oh, that was a fun show, too, but I didn't do too many of those. But I'd love to do more. Voiceovers are a lot of fun.
BE: How did you first get started doing that?
JS: Oh, I actually do very, very little. I'd love to get into that, but it's just very, very hard. And once you sort of break through, apparently, it's a little better, but there's a lot more work for men than for women. I was very excited, because I got an animated Disney movie, and I thought, "Oh, wow, this is going to be fun." Dolly Parton was going to be in it, she was also the producer, and…who else? Lily Tomlin, I think Hal Holbrook. It was sort of a Romeo and Juliet kind of story, set in the Appalachians. But then there was a change of regime at Disney Animation, and it just went away. So that was a big disappointment. It would've been fun.
BE: I would think, with a cast like that. Actually, bringing up Hal Holbrook reminds me that I haven't asked you about the experience of working on "Designing Women." I'm sure you were pleased when the series started to be released on DVD through Shout Factory.
JS: (Hesitates) Well, all I know is that there was one DVD that came out that had a handful of episodes on it. I think that's it.
BE: Oh, no, they've started releasing the full seasons now.
JS: Oh. Uh, I guess that's good. It would not be reflected in my bank account, let's just put it that way.
BE: Fair enough. But the experience itself was valuable, I'm sure.
JS: Oh, you mean doing the show? Oh, gosh, yes, it was great fun. Of course, we were all heartbroken to lose Dixie (Carter), and it was incredibly sad, but it's brought Annie (Potts) and Delta (Burke) and I back together, which I treasure.
BE: Which of the projects that you've worked on would you say didn't get the love you thought it deserved?
JS: Well, "Guinevere" pops to mind. That was released in sort of an art-house kind of way, unfortunately, so it didn't get seen as much as it might have. And…oh, I did a TV movie, actually, that was one of my favorite things I've ever done. It was called "Just My Imagination," and it got absolutely wonderful reviews, but it was just such a treat. It was sort of a romantic comedy, and it was based on a book about a spinster school teacher who went to school with a kid who became sort of a Bruce Springsteen type of character, in terms of rock music, and became incredibly famous. So he was their little town's claim to fame, and since it was his childhood home, there's a museum and all that kind of stuff. And Mary Kay Place (who's also in "Youth in Revolt") was in that, too! Oh, my God, we had so much fun! She played his old girlfriend, and she gave tours, showed off his stuff, and still had his class ring. (Laughs) He never came home, though, but all of a sudden, he writes this song, it comes out, and it talks about…me! And it infers that we had some wild sexual romp or something, which couldn't have been further from the truth: I had been a wallflower, and he'd never given me the time of day. I didn't really know him; I just sort of worshipped him from afar. Of course, it's horrifying, and I lose my job as a school teacher, my mother won't speak to me, and it turns my life upside down, but I'm finally offered a chance by some entertainment news magazine to go to Hollywood and confront him. And I'm so upset that I finally say "yes," and, of course, I become absolutely dazzled with the whole scene, because I've never been outside this little town. And she finally shows up at his concert with this publicist, and he doesn't have any idea who I am. He doesn't have any idea why he picked that name. It's just one that was stuck in his head from high school. So he decides that he'd better romance her…that's what he's advised by his advisors… (Laughs) …and she falls for him big time. Once she sees him in concert, that's it. She's gone. And he ends up really caring about her, but she finally goes back home. (Pauses) Sorry, I didn't mean to go off on that for so long!
BE: No, no, that's exactly what I look for when I ask that question!
JS: Well, the problem was that the other two big networks were doing movies about Joey Buttafuco and the girl who shot his wife. What was her name?
BE: Amy Fisher.
JS: Thank you! Amy Fisher. And they were in such competition to get theirs on first that…no, wait, I guess the network I was on was doing one, too. But, anyway, they sort of moved our schedule around so that we ended up getting no publicity at all. So that was sort of upsetting.
BE: Well, I'm sure we're coming up against the wall here, but…I know you're in the pilot for "Hawaii Five 0," but are you anticipating being a regular on the show?
JS: No, I can't be a regular, because I'd have to move to Honolulu. (Laughs) But I'm going to be doing a recurring role, yes.
BE: Were you a fan of the original series?
JS: Oh, sure. Who wasn't? Absolutely.
BE: Well, it's been a pleasure talking to you, Jean.JS: Thanks so much!
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I've known Ashley Sloup since she was in grade school and a charter member of The First Tee of Brunswick County. She was always smiling, interacting with the coaches, hitting the ball long and straight for a 10-year-old, and demonstrating the Nine Core Values of The First Tee in everything she did. I was on the board of directors then and we all speculated on where and how far she would go.
Sea Trail Golf Resort, home of the Maples, Jones and Byrd courses, is renovating the Jones Course this summer. And in the middle of this flurry of activity is its new head golf professional, Andrew Galbraith.
Early this year, Mo Spada of Sea Trail was recognized by the Carolinas Golf Association as having played the most rounds of any woman golfer in North and South Carolina for 2015. She posted 275 rounds of golf.
Figure it out, folks. That's an average of 5.3 times a week, year-round. Think of rainy days and Nor'easters, ice storms and summer heat waves, Mo Spada is either out on the course or sitting in her house, just waiting to grab her clubs. I love it.
What a difference a few years makes. When I first started writing this column almost 13 years ago, I remember speaking with Marcia Heady. At that time, she was the athletics director for West Brunswick High School.
"We can't get enough kids to field a golf team," she moaned. "We have to beg kids to play. We hardly need tryouts. It's sad, because we live in the golf capital of the world and our kids just aren't into golf."
Brunswick County is a beehive of charity golf events. During much of the year, two or three charity golf events take place each week at courses from Leland to Calabash.
Some raise funds for national charities like the Wounded Warrior Project, the American Cancer Society and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Other charity events are for a local need. Someone's house burns down; a family experiences a life-changing accident or devastating illness. Sometimes funds are raised for the hungry and the homeless.
The Queens University of Charlotte women's golf team won the South Atlantic Conference championship tournament April 13, the first SAC title for the program.
West Brunswick graduate Cameryn Smith, a freshman, is a member of the championship team.
The Royals shot a final-round 313 and finished at 938, four strokes ahead of
2015 conference champion Carson-Newman College. The tourney had 11 teams.
Oyster Bay Golf Course in Sunset Beach has been one of my favorites since the early 1980s, when the course first opened. Designed by Dan Maples (who also designed Pearl East, Sandpiper Bay and the Maples Course at Sea Trail), Oyster Bay is a gem that requires the golfer to think before hitting.
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Baseball season is upon us and one man in Brunswick County is doubly excited.
Jerry Linnell lives across the pond from me at Brick Landing. He and wife Jane live on the fourth hole; Gene and I are on the third.
Linnell is an avid golfer who didn't have much time to play during his 32-year career in the U.S. Senate as an official reporter of debates for inclusion in the official Congressional Record. For the last 16 years before retiring, he was the chief reporter.
Golf course superintendants are dedicated, highly intelligent, well-educated professionals, but most folks think they are grass cutters. OK, maybe they trim some bushes and rake a few traps, but it's an easy job.
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I recently needed to automate retrieving protected data from a secure web site. I had to:
- Log into the website with a POST request.
- Download the protected data with a GET request.
All this had to be done using SSL, and I suspected I'd need to handle cookies too.
I had read that libcurl had support for sessions and cookies spanning multiple requests, and knew that it could handle SSL. I was aware there is a Haskell binding to libcurl (aptly named "curl" but hereafter referred to as Network.Curl to avoid confusion) on Hackage so I had my tools cut out for me. While I had used the command line curl utility quite a bit I had never programmed against libcurl before and had some learning to do.
It wasn't entirely clear to me from the haddocks how to use Network.Curl. This may not be a problem if you are familiar with libcurl already (I couldn't tell) but for me it was quite a hurdle. Googling on the topic I found some blogged examples that got me started but I was unable to find an example demonstrating a multi-request session. However, with the basics from the blogs I was able to return to Network.Curl and figure things out by inspecting its source code. I'll share an example here for the benefit of others who find themselves in the same situation. I'm using version 1.3.4 of Network.Curl.
As a contrived example let's assume we want to write a small program that, given a user name and password, fetches the user's API token from GitHub. Here is the code (literate Haskell, just copy and paste into a .lhs file):
> import Network.Curl
> import System (getArgs)
> import Text.Regex.Posix
> -- | Standard options used for all requests. Uncomment the @CurlVerbose@
> -- option for lots of info on STDOUT.
> opts = [ CurlCookieJar "cookies" {- , CurlVerbose True -} ]
> -- | Additional options to simulate submitting the login form.
> loginOptions user pass =
> CurlPostFields [ "login=" ++ user, "password=" ++ pass ] : method_POST
> main = withCurlDo $ do
> -- Get username and password from command line arguments (will cause
> -- pattern match failure if incorrect number of args provided).
> [user, pass] <- getArgs
> -- Initialize curl instance.
> curl <- initialize
> setopts curl opts
> -- POST request to login.
> r <- do_curl_ curl "https://github.com/session" (loginOptions user pass)
> :: IO CurlResponse
> if respCurlCode r /= CurlOK || respStatus r /= 302
> then error $ "Failed to log in: "
> ++ show (respCurlCode r) ++ " -- " ++ respStatusLine r
> else do
> -- GET request to fetch account page.
> r <- do_curl_ curl ("https://github.com/account") method_GET
> :: IO CurlResponse
> if respCurlCode r /= CurlOK || respStatus r /= 200
> then error $ "Failed to retrieve account page: "
> ++ show (respCurlCode r) ++ " -- " ++ respStatusLine r
> else putStrLn $ extractToken $ respBody r
The first thing to note is that we use
do_curl_ rather than e.g.
curlPost and
curlGet. The latter two don't actually give you access to the response body but instead prints it on stdout! The general process is:
- Initialize a curl instance.
- Set options.
- Call
do_curlwith the URL and request-specific options.
- Inspect
- Repeat from 3 until done.
Note that the all used of libcurl should be wrapped by
withCurlDo. In the example I wrapped the entire body of
main. Also note that the type of
do_curl_ must be specified explicitly unless it can be inferred by later use. The
CurlResponse type specified above uses vanilla
Strings for everything.
For the POST request I added some
CurlPostFields to the
method_POST options predefined in the Network.Curl. For the GET request's options since the predefined
method_GET is sufficient.
A GitHub-specific peculiarity here is the error checking after the POST request. GitHub returns a 302 ("Moved Temporarily") on successful login and a 200 ("OK") when the credentials are bad. Stuff like this needs to be figured out on a site-by-site basis.
For completeness here is the function that extracts the token from the response body using a regular expression:
> -- | Extracts the token from GitHub account HTML page.
> extractToken body = head' "GitHub token not found" xs
> where
> head' msg l = if null l then error msg else head l
> (_,_,_,xs) = body =~ "github\\.token (.+)"
> :: (String, String, String,[String])
If you Load this code in ghci and type
username password the Octocat will deliver your token.