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The S&P 500 stock index's stunning run since the start of the year has made many bullish analysts look conservative.
As the benchmark S&P has roared to record highs this year with a gain of more than 11 percent, many Wall Street analysts have been forced to concede their prior targets were too low and adjust accordingly. In fact, it has taken less than four months for the S&P to surpass year-end 2013 targets of about two-thirds of the strategists polled by Thomson Reuters in December. Of 47 analysts surveyed, 30 of them expected to see this year end at a level already exceeded by the index.
The midyear targets are even more lopsided, as the S&P is above the midyear forecast for 27 of the 28 analysts who estimated where the index would be by the end of June.
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"When we started the year at 1,425 that implied about a 15 or 20 percent total return," said Phil Orlando, chief equity market strategist, at Federated Investors, in New York, who has a 1,660 year-end target for the index. "Here we are now 3 1/2 months into the new year and stocks are up 11, 12 percent - there's not a whole lot left. Either there's going to be a pullback at some point, or maybe things really get even better than we thought and our 1,660 target is too low."
The more recent Reuters poll in March showed some analysts had revised targets following the strong start to the year, with the S&P above the midyear target for 21 of 34 analysts surveyed and the full-year target for 18 of 43 analysts surveyed. The run has been notable for its resilience. As investors buy into weakness, dips are short-lived while bears are forced to cover short positions and asset managers chase performance.
So far this year, the S&P has only experienced three consecutive losing sessions once, and the deepest "correction" was a brief 2.8 percent slide in late February.
Thomas Lee, U.S. equity strategist at JPMorgan in New York, this week decided to throw in the towel on a call for a correction, saying in two recent notes to clients that his 1,580 target for the year-end S&P "seems low." Data in the last six weeks has not been as weak as some expected, and the equity market managed to look past it, anyway. Lee, in his commentary, notes that JP Morgan estimates 2013 currently is the worst year for active-manager performance since 1995, with an estimated 68 percent of funds falling short of their benchmark. Fund managers, as a result, are taking on more risks in order to play catch-up, he wrote.
Now that Lee is more bullish, he noted the biggest risk to this new view is "that the market begins to correct just as we capitulate on it happening. That is potential irony."
Fred Dickson, chief market strategist at D.A. Davidson & Co in Lake Oswego, Oregon, who is maintaining his target of 1,450 for midyear and 1,500 for the year-end sees a strong likelihood of a significant pullback, partly due to the current market structure which contains a large number of program-driven traders that follow trends.
"It will take a combination of fundamental events to pull people from a buying mode onto the sidelines and when that happens we will start to see prices decline. As those prices decline the program traders flip the switch from buy to sell or buy to short and you get a fairly rapid 8 to 10 percent decline," said Dickson.
One potential catalyst for a pullback could be company results as the pace of earnings season begins to pick up. Earnings for S&P 500 companies are expected to grow at a modest 1.1 percent in the first quarter, down from a January forecast of more than 4 percent, according to Thomson Reuters data. Just 6 percent of companies have reported thus far, but companies so far have been notably pessimistic, with a 4.7-to-1 ratio of negative to positive warnings.
"The only thing that happens now is do we start to see something in the company earnings reports - these are really important because that is where the rubber meets the road," said Gordon Charlop, managing director at Rosenblatt Securities in New York.
Next week 74 S&P companies are expected to report results, across a wide swath of sectors. Financials dominate the week, including reports from American Express Co (AXP.N), Goldman Sachs (GS.N), Bank of America (BAC.N) and Citigroup Inc (C.N).
Internet companies Google Inc (GOOG.O) and Yahoo Inc (YHOO.O), along with Dow components Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N), Coca-Cola (KO.N), McDonald's Corp (MCD.N) and General Electric (GE.N) also report results. In addition to earnings, investors will also scrutinize regional manufacturing data from the New York and Philadelphia Federal Reserve banks, the Fed's Beige Book and data on consumer inflation and housing starts.
Additonal reporting by Caroline Valetkevitch of Reuters.


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Qiushuo Li-Better-Ray Battery Packaging
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Interview with Qiushuo Li : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Qiushuo Li : A package that can be easily used by children, elders, or blinds people. The users can get what they want without thinking. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Qiushuo Li : The structure is the key to achieve the function, that make sure users only get new batteries out. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Qiushuo Li : I would like to applying for a patten and drive the awareness of the sustainable design. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Qiushuo Li : It takes me about two weeks. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Qiushuo Li : The trigger is my bad experience with the battery packaging in the market. The dull design and poor function drove me to redesign it. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Qiushuo Li : It is not being produced or used by any companies, but I would like to sell the patent. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Qiushuo Li : I always challenge myself in different categories of design. However, I believe even if the form varied, the soul of design doesn't change, which is how we love and care about the world. The metrology of solving problems can be applied to any platform, too. The style and form of this case is basing on the innovation of better user experience. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Qiushuo Li : I figured out the design all by myself. However, technically speaking, there's hardly any designer in the world that can create great design without seeing any visual productions. I view some certain website everyday and collect the great one for inspiring. I am influenced by other designs of course, but in this case, not a particular one. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Qiushuo Li : The battery users. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Qiushuo Li : As I believe, the structure is unique because it rules the moving direction of the batteries inside. And there is only one way to get the batteries in and out. I haven's seen any design with the same function. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Qiushuo Li : Better-ray sounds like battery, which means the product can provide a better service. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Qiushuo Li : I used Adobe softwares to design; hard boards to build the prototype; Nikon camera to shoot the video. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Qiushuo Li : As I see it, the structure of the box is innovative. It can contain both new and used batteries and can remind the user when all the new batteries are taken away. The piece of hard board inside prevent any used batteries coming out, ensures no single used batteries come to polluting the earth. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Qiushuo Li : I did everything all by myself, and got some advices from two instructors, who are Wen Che and Kevin Brainard. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Qiushuo Li : It makes the structure working. .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Qiushuo Li : No, it was driven from personal experience. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Qiushuo Li : Finding a appropriate design style for the graphic on the package. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Qiushuo Li : To get exposure. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. Qiushuo Li : I learned that there is a reason behind every factor in design. .Frank Scott: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?. Qiushuo Li : No, thank you. .
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Long Beach Preview
The IZOD IndyCar Series heads west this weekend. They traveled a lot of miles in a short amount of time. The teams had to load their cars in Alabama on Sunday, haul them back to their respective shops and send them cross-country to the west coast to hit the streets of Long Beach on Friday. It's a tall order for any team, even worse if one of their cars suffered damage at Barber.
The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach is a big event – make no question about it. I've heard it referred to as the Monaco of the US, the Indy 500 of street courses, etc. I've never been to Long Beach – OK…I've been to the city, but not the event – but I hear it's quite the party atmosphere. The problem is that it seems like one giant three-day party that happens to have a lot a racecars zooming by in the background. It's great that people enjoy themselves, but we'd sort of like to hook a few new fans in the process.
Something tells me that the majority of those in attendance this weekend won't be setting their DVR's for the Brazil race two weeks later. But who's complaining. It's better to have a lot of people there having a great time and filling the stands than it would be to have a lot of empty aluminum seats for the TV cameras to show the world. If it looks good on TV, that's all that matters. As for the racing, that may be another story.
As they said on Trackside last night, it's funny how so many people complain about the lack of passing at Barber, yet they seem to love Long Beach. I've seen some exciting and compelling races at Long Beach over the years, and I've seen some duds. But the same can be said for just about any track – even Texas. So, let's see how Sunday plays out before we pronounce it to be another parade.
While the theme for the crowd may be to party, there is one word that can describe the mindset of a lot of top drivers this weekend – urgency. It's not time to panic, but for some it's getting close.
Ryan Briscoe's season has been a disaster so far, and none of it is his doing. His day at St. Petersburg was over before it started. Last week at Barber, he was headed for a solid finish when Ryan Hunter-Reay suddenly veered into him. Briscoe has finished eighteenth and twenty-first respectively in his first two races and finds himself buried in twenty-fifth in the point standings. He desperately needs a good run this weekend.
Briscoe's teammate, Helio Castroneves, is a little better off. He sits in eleventh after a seventh place finish at Barber. Still, Helio needs a podium finish at Long Beach to stay in touch with his teammate Will Power.
Scott Dixon did what he needed to do by finishing second at Barber and now sits in fourth place in the standings. Others that expected to be higher up the ladder are Justin Wilson and Mike Conway. Wilson was expected to excel on the road/street courses, yet he sits in fifteenth behind rookies JR Hildebrand and Charlie Kimball. Just one point back is Danica Patrick who hasn't really flourished turning right. Justin Wilson is another that is close to desperation when it comes to a strong finish this weekend.
Mike Conway's season has started off poorly, to say the least. After being fast all weekend in St. Pete, he failed to make it past the first turn at the start of the race. He struggled at Barber, then was taken out at the midway point. He needs for something good to happen this weekend.
I've been impressed with this year's rookie class, so far. James Hinchcliffe suffered a rookie mistake on the first lap at Barber, but was able to continue albeit from the back of the field. Still, he qualified well and doesn't seem the least bit intimidated by these cars. JR Hildebrand has been solid as well as Charlie Kimball. The iron-man (or woman) award in this young season goes to Ana Beatriz. She broke her wrist on Lap Five at St. Pete, yet finished the race in fourteenth. Remember that IndyCars do not have power steering. The injury was bad enough that it required surgery and she missed the race at Barber. She has now been cleared to drive for Long Beach. Good luck to her. I'm impressed. James Jakes has been unspectacular but is holding his own.
The tight turns and concrete barriers are Long Beach are unforgiving. Be prepared for more griping about the double-file re-starts as they go two-by-two through the concrete canyons on every single re-start. When I heard that the IZOD IndyCar Series was adopting double-file re=starts, I was not happy. I saw it as a gimmick and it looked as if we were just trying to copy NASCAR. After St. Petersburg, I was still not crazy about them, but felt like the series should stick with their plan. After seeing them in person at Barber last weekend, I've reversed my position. The fans were cheering before every re—start. That's something that was not common before. They add excitement. I know the drivers don't like it, but drivers didn't like having to use seat belts either. They got used to it.
This will be the first race for Paul Tracy to sample the double-file re-starts. He is back in a car with Jay Penske's revived Dragon Racing. I still want to know what went on behind the scenes when Gil de Ferran threw in the towel just before Jay Penske re-opened the team under his leadership.
So unless there is mayhem at the start or on a re-start, my pick for Long Beach goes way out on a limb. I have to go with Will Power. He is just too good on road/street courses. Right now he is on another planet than the rest of the field on road courses. He has still not proven he can win on an oval. If he ever does that start engraving his name on that bizarre looking trophy. My dark horse pick is Ryan Briscoe if you can really call a Penske driver a dark horse. He needs it.
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I am going with Ryan Brisco.
re: long beach. yeah, it's a big party. but for all of my formative years, so was the Indy 500.
re: winner. hard to pick against willpower.
Nice shout out from Cavin in todays IndyStar!
Long Beach is owned by Tracy and Boudais. I doubt either will win in their current equipment, but they both will run well. Power will win it. He had it last year but oddly stalled on the front stretch and gave it away. not this year.
I'll be there today for 1st day of practice. This is the race that's local to me, the only one I've seen live, so I can't compare it properly against any other. Having seen it both on tv and from the grandstands, I'll take the former on Sunday. But for being to tour the paddock, see the sites, and generally blow a day off work at the beach instead of my gray fabric-walled office, 1st day of practice is a hoot.
I went to Long beach last year and was pleasantly surprised by the level of engagment the fans had with stuff other than the Tecate beer stands. frankly this "Long Beach is nothing but a party" stuff is a bunch of crap put forward by midwestern Oval fans who have to find a way to discredit the street events that draw well to make themselves feel better that their Ovals (other than Indy) have been drawing such pathetic crowds in recent years.
The reserved seating bleacher I sat in was loaded with knowledeable race fans who knew exactly who was in what car, who was racing fair and cleanly and who was in the way. The ALMS Pits, which admission was free, were stuffed full of fans of all ages and knowledge levels wandering through on raceday. I have wondered since then, if for IndyCar the amount of fan connection and fanbase building a free paddock would have would far out weigh the gate revenue they collect from selling access.
The truth is that even for the 500, Carb day and the snake pit are as much a bacchanalean party as long beach. If the argument can be made that Carb day and the snake pit can help build a fan base for the 500 and the sport, then the same argument holds true for the GA attendees of Long Beach.
I made it to Long Beach last year and have to agree with JP on the crowd.
I agree, oval fans have been deriding (whining about) road and streets for years, but as each year passes the crowds grow larger and larger at both St. Pete and Barber. Note: I have been attending St. Pete since it's inception in 2005 and attendance on all days has grown exponentially from what it was in 05….
Come on, man.
St. Pete had 20,000 people tops there this year on race day. They take bleachers away every year.
That race isn't growing.
Long Beach is a ghost town compared to what it used to be.
You road racing (actually street racing, since many real road racing fans HATE street racing) fans need to realize that street races are money losers that usually go away and that most have fewer fans in attendance then the worst oval race attendance on the Indy Car schedule.
20,000 at St. Pete is considered "great". 20,000 at Richmond or Phoenix? Got to get it off the schedule.
Hinchcliffe has definatly caught me eye and it was good to see Briscoe and RHR bounce back.
Of course, after qualifying it is apparent that it is Will Power and RHR. The qualifying format is fantastic.


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Big holes for Badgers as season approaches
Gasser, Brusewitz hurt in practice
Entering his 41st year of coaching, Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan says he doesn't get nervous, alarmed or excited when people use the word replace around him.
But Ryan has some big holes to fill.
All-American point guard Jordan Taylor is gone after guiding the Badgers to the Sweet 16 last season. His replacement, Josh Gasser, was lost for the season over the weekend after tearing the ACL in his left knee.
Forward Mike Bruesewitz is recovering from a freak accident in practice, when he gashed his shin against an exposed screw securing the basket. He needed 50 stitches, and is limited to the exercise bike. The Badgers will two other seniors back in Jared Berggren and Ryan Evans.


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Dear blog reader, sorry I've been out of touch. I've been doing a lot of reporting on Nation's Restaurant News' web site, which is my main job. In fact, this blog is hosted there, too, as part of our Food & Beverage page. Check it out there, or here; whichever you prefer.
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When it comes to eating, it's a well-established rule that good taste trumps good nutrition, almost all the time. It's true that a growing number of Americans will lean toward eating something that seems to be better for them as long as it's delicious, but it has to be delicious first.
That's not necessarily true with drinks. We Americans might be loath to eat our medicine, but we seem O.K. about drinking it, whether it's vaguely life-sustaining antioxidants, restorative electrolytes, oddly named probiotics, or fast-acting energy boosters. I think that's why salty, weird-tasting sports drinks remain popular even as carbonated beverage sales continue to decline, and why sales of energy drinks are booming despite the fact that many of them taste like sweetened battery acid.
The last time I checked statistics for sales of ready-to-drink tea in the United States, 40 percent of it was green tea.
You can't tell me that most Americans actually like the subtly bitter, grassy taste of green tea. Besides, most bottled green tea is sweetened (these days often with cane sugar or agave nectar) and mixed with enough fruit flavoring that you'd have no way of knowing there might also be some tea in there somewhere.
But if we don't necessarily embrace the flavor of green tea, we certainly seem to like the idea of it and all its antioxidants — and, I suspect, the fact that it comes from the exotic Far East, where, for some reason, we think everything they eat is good for you.
With the exception of the explosion of smoothies everywhere, from hotel brunch menus to McDonald's, restaurants are really just in the early stages of capitalizing on the drink-as-health-tonic trend.
Some furtive experiments have been made to sell branded energy drinks, but from what I've heard they've generally been drunk more by staff than customers.
Starbucks has finally introduced its own line of energy drinks called Refreshers. They're sparkling beverages boosted with caffeine-charged green coffee extract that the chain's web site promises "looks and tastes nothing like coffee," as well as ginseng and B and C vitamins.
Aaron Jourden, an editor with foodservice research firm Technomic's information services, whom I interviewed for a story I wrote earlier this month on cold drinks, pointed out that both Honey Dew Donuts and Sheetz were spiking some of their beverages with branded energy drinks, and that 7-Eleven now has Big Energy Coffee, which has no sugar, but does have ginseng, gingko and vitamins.
I also interviewed Regan Jasper, the director of hospitality and beverage for Fox Restaurant Group in Scottsdale, Ariz. For Fox's True Food Kitchen, a four-unit concept with food based on the anti-inflammatory diet of Andrew Weil, he developed an energy drink called the Medicine Man.
To make the drink he steeps 10 black teabags in a teapot for about an hour to make a dark, bitter caffeine extract.
He mixes two ounces of that with pomegranate juice and cranberry juice, both of which are supposed to be anti-inflammatory; muddled blueberries that are reported to have anti-aging qualities as well as being awesome for your prostate; and extract of sea buckthorn, a favorite ingredient of Dr. Weill's despite its medicinal taste and extreme sourness. Jasper tells me that if you sweeten sea buckthorn extract with agave nectar, it takes on a flavor reminiscent of peach or apricot.
That concoction is topped with soda water and sold for $6 for a 16-ounce glass. It's the restaurant's most popular beverage, a clear indication that drinks-as-medicine is a trend with legs.


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Oh, hullo Downton Abbey fans. Have a seat. Are we all ready for season 3? Managed to avoid reading those spoilers? Excellent. Now, it's been a long while since we left off from season 2. And I have to admit -- I'm kind of scrambling to remember where we are with all the DA drama. And some of you are just checking the show out, wondering what all the hype is about!
So I thought a little cheat sheet might be helpful. Where we've been, where we are, and maybe a bit of where we're going. But not TOO much about where we're going! Here's what you need to know before you watch the Downton Abbey Season 3 premiere Sunday night.
Lady Mary Crawley and Matthew Crawley: Mary is the eldest daughter of Robert, the Earl of Grantham. Matthew is the surprise heir to Downton Abbey and the family fortune. After much drama and longing glances and denials and a dreadful accident, these two finally got engaged at the end of Season 2.
John Bates and Anna Smith: John is Lord Grantham's valet. He and Anna, head housemaid, fell in love but faced many barriers. They married quietly in season 2, but John is in prison for the murder of his former wife. He's probably innocent! At any rate, we're hoping he gets off because he and Anna are pure in heart and deserve happiness together.
Lady Sybil and Tom Branson: Sybil, youngest daughter in the Crawley family, eloped with Tom Branson, the family chauffeur AND A SOCIALIST!!! They are expecting a baby at the beginning of season 3.
Downton is drained: The Crawleys seem quite comfortably rich and fabulous, but in season 3 they experience financial hardship. Oh dear, what happened to all of Cora's lovely, lovely money?!?
Shirley MacLaine FTW: Perhaps you heard she's joining the cast as Cora's mother? Squee! Feathers fly with my other favorite, the Dowager Countess. By the way, I loved this interview with Shirley MacLaine.
There's more, of course. Middle sister Edith (the Jan to Mary's Marsha) learned to drive an automobile and is pining over disabled vet Sir Anthony. Scheming underbutler Thomas has just been made a valet.
I just wanted you to know that there are two posts about the major heart-breaking horrible, nasty, utterly unacceptable surprise in the Christmas episode. DON'T CLICK ON THESE LINKS IF YOU HATE SPOILERS. I'M WARNING YOU!
SHOCKING 'Downton Abbey' Spoiler: Season 3 Will Break Our Hearts
'Downton Abbey' Season 3 Shocker Explained by Creators
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Antarctic Circumpolar Current Carries 20 Percent More Water Than Previous Estimates
Data is key to validating accuracy of climate models
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Newswise — NARRAGANSETT, R.I. – February 26, 2014 – The Antarctic Circumpolar Current transports water around Antarctica and into the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, transferring heat and energy around the globe. Quantifying how much water it carries is an important step in understanding climate change and validating the accuracy of climate and oceanographic models.
By analyzing four years of continuous measurements of the current at Drake Passage, the narrowest point in the Southern Ocean, three University of Rhode Island oceanographers have concluded that the current carries 20 percent more water than previous estimates. They also found that the current remains strong all the way to the seafloor.
"It's important to understand the dynamics of the current so we can understand the impacts of our changing climate," said Kathleen Donohue, associate professor at the URI Graduate School of Oceanography. "We want to know how the current will respond to changing conditions, so quantifying the transport gives important guidance to the climate models that are trying to predict the future."
Donohue, along with URI Professor Randolph Watts and Marine Research Specialist Karen Tracey, will present the results of this research this week at the biennial Ocean Sciences Meeting in Honolulu. The meeting is sponsored by the American Geophysical Union, The Oceanographic Society, and the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography.
The Southern Ocean is warming faster than other oceans, and the easterly winds that drive the current have increased significantly in the last 30 years. How the current will respond to these changes is not fully understood. Eddies, or ocean storms, are essential for transferring momentum from the circumpolar winds that drive the current to the sea floor.
To study the dynamics of the current, Donohue, Watts and Teresa Chereskin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography deployed 35 current and pressure recording inverted echo sounders, which measure oceanic fronts and currents, across Drake Passage in 2007. They retrieved them in 2011. Another more closely spaced array of instruments was also deployed to map circulation and eddy patterns. The instruments collected higher resolution data over a longer period of time than the only other similar study of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, which was conducted in the 1970s.
Drake Passage is an important site for oceanographic measurements because it is one of the few places around the globe where ocean currents travel through a somewhat narrow passage. Drake Passage is 800 kilometers wide and runs from the southern tip of South America to the northernmost point of Antarctica.
"We're never going to be able to measure the whole ocean," said Watts. "So if we're going to make accurate predictions of future climate, we're going to have to accurately measure processes like water transport and heat flux at key locations like the Drake Passage to guide our understanding."
The next step for the scientists is to develop a method of monitoring the Antarctic Circumpolar Current using a smaller array of instruments so the measurements can continue well into the future. They also hope to travel to the South Pacific and South Atlantic to make additional measurements of how ocean storms transport heat toward the pole.


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United States American Indians Arizona Indigenous Peoples of Arizona Kaibab Indian School (Arizona)
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This school was temporarily under Shivwits from 14 August 1916 to 24 January 1917. It was transferred to Paiute, 1 July 1927.
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Microfilm copies of ...Narrative and Statistical Reports... for the Kaibab School, 1910-1927, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, Roll 68, available in the National Archives system and in the collections of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City (their microfilm number 1724286).
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- American Indians: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications. Washington DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, National Archives and Records Administration, 1998.
- Hill, Edward E. (comp.). Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to American Indians. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, 1981.
- Preliminary Inventory No. 163: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Washington DC: National Archives and Records Services. Available online
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I enjoyed that moment too. She is from the Seattle area which is my home area but I will not vote for her. When you state your political preferences, I no longer will respect your art. You really have to keep your opinions neutral.
ALL of ugot's were fabulous! I couldn't take the sniping and the over the top faux stuff the last seasons.....but if this is how it is going, I may be in...WERE there bad auditions too? Or is there some serious pre-screening going on?
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And even so, the judges are not like damn rude to the rejects!
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Social networking phenomenon Facebook is making moves to become a political player, donating thousands of dollars to fundraising groups that help elect government officials.
The website gave more than $20,000 to political groups over the past year, divided equally between Democrats and Republicans, the Washington Times reported.
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Half of that money went to an organization that helps raise cash to elect Republican state attorney general candidates, while the other half went to the Democratic Attorneys General Association, according to the Times.
Facebook has been working with attorneys general nationwide to keep pornographic content off the site, visited by millions of users daily.
"We have been working collaboratively with state attorneys general on issues of online safety, security and privacy for years, and they're on the front lines for these issues," Facebook spokesman Barry Schnitt told the Times.
"Thus, we thought it appropriate to make contributions to their organizations - equal amounts," to each party's group, he said.
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By Ursula the Widow
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Dozens of SCAdians responded to a serious traffic accident on I-79 Thursday evening, just north of N19.
The sounds of the crash were heard all along the Serengeti. Many campers rushed to help, carrying first aid kits, fire extinguishers and jugs of fresh water. So many calls were placed to 911 that the emergency phone system was temporarily disabled.
Lord Antonio Vicini, was among the first on the scene, along with a fellow member of the Barony of Brendoken who has EMT training. The two saw an overturned vehicle on the southbound side of the median. A man was on the ground a
few feet from the car. A woman was trapped in the car.
The EMT from Brendoken, who asked not to be named, assessed the male casualty and stayed talking to him and
keeping him motionless. Other SCAdians arriving, including an emergency room doctor and nurse, attended to the female
casualty. NorthWest EMS was there very shortly thereafter and administered oxygen to both casualties. "We were probably
six deep in medical field personnel before the outside authorities showed up," Antonio said.
Two Pennsylvania state police cars, a Portersville ambulance and a fire rescue truck were on the scene in less than
ten minutes. At that point a decision was made to Life Flight both injured people to hospitals.
The injured man told those on the scene that he had been traveling north when the accident occurred.
Lord Antonio commented, "One of the cool things was that, as the medical people began helping the injured, the SCAdians
who were on the scene who were unable to assist them began directing traffic until the troopers got there." A trooper took Lord Antonio's and his friend's statements.
A PI reporter witnessed two STAT Med Evac helicopters land on the highway then take off shortly after. It is not presently known to what hospitals the two were taken.


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The Northern Territory Government has released what it has called a "terrible" budget, with a deficit of more than a billion dollars.
Treasurer Dave Tollner today revealed a $5.7 billion budget, with a focus on infrastructure and health.
Mr Tollner described it as a "belt-tightening" rather than a "slashing" budget.
"$1.7 billion has been set aside for health and $1.2 billion for infrastructure," he said.
Education will get $847 million, and $637 million has been set aside for community safety.
The budget deficit will be $1.1 billion.
The Government says that is higher than it predicted in its minibudget, and put much of the blame on cuts in GST revenue from the Commonwealth.
Mr Tollner says the budget was strained because the Territory is getting $16 million less GST revenue than expected for the next financial year.
"As a result, we have taken the sensible step to defer the achievement of a fiscal balance by two years, to 2017-18," he said.
"Not to have done so would have been irresponsible and would have meant more pain for Territorians."
Mr Tollner says the Government won't be following in the footsteps of other states and territories to target public service job cuts.
"There will be a reduction in staff numbers through natural attrition and the like, but we don't have a target," he said.
The Treasurer admitted the Government has slightly wound back its spending on infrastructure.
The former Labor government allocated about $60 million more on the sector in its last budget.
Mr Tollner says the Country Liberals' $1.2 billion infrastructure spend is only $23 million below the six-year average.
About half will go on housing, roads and transport.
The Government is yet to make an announcement on whether it will bring back open speed limits but it has allocated about 9 per cent more for road repairs and maintenance than Labor did in Budget 2012.
The Government plans to spend $101 million in this area.
Earlier, Mr Tollner said the Government did not try to bury the Northern Territory budget by releasing it on the same day as the Federal Budget.
The Territory budget was this morning after being delayed by two weeks, following a leadership upheaval and a change in forecast GST revenues from the Commonwealth.
The Government is also releasing its contentious mandatory alcohol rehabilitation draft laws today.
Mr Tollner told ABC radio's Julia Christensen that the Government knew it was releasing the Territory Budget on the same day as the federal budget, but had no choice.
"We did realise that," he said.
"I mean, you know, I'd be lying if I said that I didn't.
"But the fact was, at the time in March, we were just notified that we lost $120 million in GST revenue and that was an enormous change."
Opposition Leader Delia Lawrie says more jobs will be lost in the public and private sectors as a result of the budget.
"They are stripping some $300 million across their estimates from the public service, that is the agencies who are there to serve us," she said.
"At the same time, they're sending the state final demand, the domestic economy, into the negative, plummeting to a minus-15 per cent in their first year."
"It's a disaster for jobs."
Ms Lawrie says budget cuts will also hurt Territory businesses.
"We are about to see businesses go to the wall because the state final demand figures in the CLP budget show the Territory economy going from a strength of 26 per cent in the positive to a negative 15 per cent in just one year," she said.
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As they've done all season, Auburn and Oregon took care of business on the field Saturday, leaving nothing to the vaguries of voting or rankings systems and ensuring their spots in the BCS National Championship Game on January 10.
The 12-0 No. 1 Tigers punched their tickets to Glendale with a 56-17 rout over No. 18 South Carolina in the SEC Title game. Heisman front-runner Cam Newton powered Auburn's offensive attack, throwing for a career-best 335 yards while tossing four touchdowns and running for another two on the way to the victory.
No. 2 Oregon, which also finished a perfect 12-0, had a slightly tougher time with in-state rival Oregon State, but the Ducks were able to hold on for a 37-20 win in the Civil War. Star running back LaMichael James ran for 134 yards and two touchdowns as Oregon claimed the Pac 10 title and its first trip to the national title game.
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The game will feature two of the nation's highest-scoring teams, as both squads finished in the top 10 in points per game, averaging more than 40 points a contest.
As the match ups were announced, Fiesta Bowl president John Junker summed up the consensus around the game.
"It will be a night of fireworks in Glendale," he said.
The four other BCS contests offer an intriguing set of pairings. The nation's third undefeated team, the No. 3 TCU Horned Frogs, will head to Pasadena to take on the No. 4 Wisconsin Badgers in the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day. That game could also be high scoring, with both teams finishing in the top five nationally in points per game. TCU won the MAC and grabbed one of the at-large BCS bids, while Wisconsin grabbed the Big 10's automatic birth by claiming the league's title, despite a three-way tie with Ohio State and Michigan State.
The No .6 Buckeyes were not shut out of the BCS party, as they grabbed another at-large bid and will take on the No. 8 Arkansas Razorbacks from the SEC in the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans. The game has two of college football's best quarterbacks, featuring dual-threat Terrelle Pryor from OSU and classic drop back signal caller, Ryan Mallett, for Arkansas.
The fourth at-large bid went to the No. 5 Stanford Cardinal, who rode the arm of star quarterback Andrew Luck into an Orange Bowl battle against the No. 13 Hokies of Virginia Tech, who beat Florida State 44-33 in the ACC Title game. Both teams are balanced on both sides of the ball, leading to what should be one of the most evenly matched contests of the bowl season.
The final game pairs the Connecticut Huskies against the No. 9 Oklahoma Sooners in the Fiesta Bowl. The match up of the Big East and Big XII champs looks like a blowout on paper, but UConn ran off five straight victories after a 3-4 start and feature a strong running attack, led by the nation's second-ranked rusher, Jordan Todman. Oklahoma brings a typically strong team into the game, but the Sooners have been snake bitten when it comes to the BCS, where they're on a five-game losing streak, which includes three BCS National Championship games and two Fiesta Bowls.
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If it was 1861 and you knew there was a big land battle in the neighboring town of Manassas, VA, what would you do? You would grab your telescope, pack up the family carriage, and check it out, of course.
History podcaster Nate DiMeo tells the story of these Civil War tourists who traveled over 25 miles to watch the battle action unfold. It must have been a sight to see. About 50,000 soldiers took part in the First Battle of Bull Run and 4,700 lives were lost. The Confederates overtook the Union Army in what became the largest and bloodiest skirmish America had experienced to date.
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June 5, 2016 – Pictures Of Igbo Woman, Deeper Life Bible Church Member, Pastor's Wife Stoned To Death In Kano For Banning Hausa Man From Praying At Her Shop
The identity of the Igbo woman murdered in Kano few days ago has been revealed.
The deceased has been identified as 74-year-old Bridget Patience Agbahime who hailed from Orodo in Imo state, the wife of Pastor Mike Agbahime of DLBC Brigade Quarters in Kano state.
Contrary to the false report that hit the web like wildfire shortly after the murder, Pastor Mrs Agbahime was not beheaded, she was stoned to death by angry Muslim youths on Thursday after she banned a Northerner from praying in her shop.
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Mummy Bridget as she is fondly called reportedly got into a serious argument with a Muslim youth and in the process, the two got into a religious argument that turned violent.
Eyewitnesses said violence erupted at her shop at Kofar Wambai market around 4pm when she was accused of saying blasphemous things against Allah.
They later dragged her to the head of the community where she was stoned to death as her husband watched in horror.
The deceased was a top leader in DLBC in Kano State
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Cry out for water, feeling thirst.
They are like the son of the rich man,
Who, wandering away from his father,
Goes astray amongst the poor.
It is all due to their ignorance
That beings transmigrate in the darkness
Of the Six Paths of existence.
When they wander from darkness to darkness,
How can they ever be free from birth-and-death?
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The Six Paramitas–beginning with the Giving, Observing the Precepts,
And other good deeds, variously enumerated,
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Where then are the Evil Paths to misguide us?
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You find that the self-nature is no-nature –
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When you understand that thought is the thought of the thought-less.
Your singing-and-dancing is no other than the voice of the Dharma.
How boundless is the sky of Samadhi!
How refreshingly bright is the moon of the Fourfold Wisdom!
Being so is there anything you lack?
As the Absolute presents itself before you
The place where you stand is the Land of the Lotus,
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Its one of the few (or maybe only?) books which addresses the needs of the advanced Flex developer, who is interested in creating enterprise grade robust applications. Hopefully it is as enjoyable reading, as it was writing it!
It was a great experience working with my co-authors (Elad, Jack and Joshua) and having my wife and kids support me through the entire process. Not to forget my parents and in-laws supported me too, 'cause I was busy writing even on vacation in their homes. (Book writing can make you ill mannered )
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (Oct. 5, 2012) – Forgive Vince Lucero if he's a bit star-struck at the idea of facing former six-time World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) champion Dave Bautista tomorrow night in front of a worldwide Pay Per View audience.
Even his own kids are in awe of the 6-foot-6, 265-pound giant known throughout the world for his death-defying moves inside the squared circle.
"When I told them I was fighting Bautista, they didn't say, 'Good luck, dad!' They asked, 'Can you get his autograph?'" joked Lucero at Friday's pre-fight weigh-in at the Providence Downtown Marriott Hotel. "The guy is a freakin' monster, but how do you say no to this fight? This is what I'll be remembered for, so I need to leave it all in the cage."
Two weeks ago, the Casa Grande, Ariz., native had no idea he was about to be thrust into the spotlight, but when Bautista's original opponent, Rashid Evans, fell through, Lucero (20-22, 11 KOs) accepted the fight on short notice. He and Bautista will clash tomorrow night in Bautista's long-awaited mixed martial arts debut at The Dunkin' Donuts Center in the main event of "Real Pain," presented by Jimmy Burchfield's Classic Entertainment & Sports in association with June Entertainment and 4zero1 Entertainment Group.
"When you're a fighter, you fight," Lucero said.
Lucero has faced elite competition throughout his career, former two-time Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC) heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia, former UFC heavyweight contenders Justin Eilers, Homer Moore and Christian Wellisch, Strikeforce veteran Ruben Villareal and former World Extreme Cagefighting (WEC) contender Jimmy Ambriz.
"I've been in there with some prime UFC veterans. I've been around the world. I know what it takes," Lucero said.
"This is truly an honor. When they asked me to fight Sylvia, I had already retired. I had a full-time job, but I said, 'Sure, why not?' It was like facing Michael Jordan in basketball. You can't say no to opportunities like this. I'm a fighter, so I fight."
Added Burchfield: "Vince isn't coming here to lose. He knows what this fight can do for his career. For Dave to accept this fight against a guy with 42 fights and say, 'I'll take him,' that says a lot. He doesn't have to do this – he wants to do this."
The 43-year-old Bautista is a six-time WWE world champion, winning the World Heavyweight Championship four times and the WWE Championship twice. He also won the World Tag Team Championship three times and is the longest-reigning World Heavyweight Champion in WWE history. The former bodybuilder and wrestler is also one of the stars of the upcoming Quentin Tarantino motion picture The Man With The Iron Fists, which is scheduled to hit theaters Nov. 2.
"I'm doing this for my love and passion of MMA, not for personal reasons," Bautista said. "I'm tired of talking about myself at this point, but I want to thank everyone who has supported me and supported this event.
The undercard features 13 fights, including three UFC veterans. Charleston, S.C., middleweight Chris McNally (5-4) will face former UFC title contender Dave Loiseau (20-10, 13 KOs); former UFC welterweight Marc Stevens (14-7, 6 KOs) of Lorraine, N.Y., will face dangerous Providence native Luis Felix (7-6, 4 KOs); Boston native John "Doomsday" Howard (17-7, 6 KOs), a veteran of seven UFC shows will take on middleweight Brett Chism (16-11, 7 KOs) of Valdosta, Ga.; and former UFC welterweight Chad Reiner (29-13, 9 KOs) of Omaha, Neb., will face Pawtucket, R.I., veteran Keith Jeffrey (8-2).
The remainder of the undercard is littered with Top 10 regional fighters, including a dynamic showdown between No. 1 ranked 145-pounder Saul "The Spider" Almeida (12-2) of Framingham, Mass., and No. 4 ranked Calvin Kattar (12-2, 6 KOs) of Methuen, Mass. Pawtucket's Todd "The Hulk" Chattelle (10-7, 8 KOs), the former CES MMA middleweight champion, will end his five-month layoff and face Boulder, Colo., native Chandler Holderness (9-3, 4 KOs) in a bout originally scheduled for June before Chattelle suffered an arm injury during training camp. In the 205-pound division, Providence's Greg Rebello (13-4, 7 KOs), No. 3 in the northeast, will look to get back on track against Chris Guillen (13-12, 1 KO) of St. George, Utah. Providence's Mike "The Beast" Campbell (11-4, 7 KOs), now ranked No. 5 among lightweights in the northeast, will face Philadelphia's Gemiyale Adkins (7-3, 3 KOs), a former welterweight making his first appearance in the 155-pound division.
"Real Pain" also features another battle between two Top 10 fighters, this time in the heavyweight division with No. 3 Josh Diekmann (12-4, 8 KOs) of Groton, Conn., facing No. 5 Tyler King (4-1, 2 KOs), a former NFL offensive lineman from Norwood, Mass. King and Diekmann actually fought on the same card in separate bouts in Rhode Island back in February; King beat Eric Bedard while Diekmann lost to former UFC contender Josh Hendricks.
Also on the undercard, No. 6 ranked middleweight Brennan Ward (3-0, 2 KOs) of Providence will face Shedrick "Chocolate Thunder" Goodridge (2-2) of Rahway, N.J.; Providence's Nate Andrews (1-0) will battle Leon Davis (2-0) of Springfield, Mass., in an interstate welterweight showdown; bantamweight Andre Soukhamthath (2-1, 1 KO) of Woonsocket, R.I., will face Rob Costa (2-0) of Fall River, Mass.; and Waltham, Mass., welterweight Tyson Chartier (3-2, 1 KO) will face Kevin Horowitz (4-4) of Queens.
Tickets are available at www.cesmma.com or www.ticketmaster.com and are priced at $20.00, $35.00, $55.00, $75.00, $125.00 and $250.00. The show will also air live on Direct TV Pay Per View for $29.95 ($39.95 in high definition) beginning at 8 p.m., or through Livestream via www.bautistamma.com in high definition.
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The weather is getting warmer which means we can make the most of the outdoor area and enjoy all of the wonderful learning experiences that we can have outside. We cleared the weeds out of the raised vegetable bed and planted some baby carrots. For the first time in ages we put water in the water trolley, pushed up our sleeves and had a great time.
We set up a 'Pie Shop' on the edge of the sandpit. Sticks were used for stirring, candles and as food! There were measuring spoons, potato mashers and all sorts of pots, pans and plastic crockery. We added egg cartons which didn't last very long as there was a lot of water used in our mud pies.
As beans are the fastest growing seeds that I know of, we planted beans in some disposable cups.
Hopefully next week we will have some lovely bean plants to look at. Jack and the Beanstalk was an obvious book to read and discuss and the children loved it. All children were hoping to grow a beanstalk like Jack.
We also planted some sprouts in a tray and watered everything -Very well!!
As we were talking about the needs of plants we examined some different leaves up close and made leaf prints in some lovely natural playdough.
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In a similar vein, consider the idea that additional high-end graphics settings, even if they are not fully usable at the time of a release, are never a bad thing compared to not having those settings available in the first place. Their presence doesn't make a game unoptimized. I've always believed that coming back to a high-end game many years later and seeing it in even more splendor is one of the many major perks of the PC platform, and it would be sad to see this diminished due to shortsighted judgments about optimization.


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Afghan team returns with medals from Invictus Games
Afghan team returns with medals from Invictus Games
KABUL (Pajhwok): The Afghan army's team of disabled players on Tuesday arrived to a warm reception at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul from just concluded Invictus Games in Canada.
Acting Defense Minister Tariq Shah Behrami was among senior government and military officials who welcomed the athletes from Canada where they won two medals.
More than 550 competitors from 17 countries took part at the week-long competition for injured and ill members of the armed forces.
This was the third edition of the annual competition with previous stops in London, England and Orlando, respectively. The Invictus Games heads to Sydney, Australia in 2018.
MoD spokesman Dawlat Waziri told Pajhwok Afghan News the defense minister called the athletes as heroes of the nation and the national army.
Waziri said the Afghan team took part in various competitions with counterparts from 17 other countries and were able to find their place among top teams.
He said the Ministry of Defense praised the team's success and wished the players more achievements in future.
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The Dell Latitude E6220 probably isn't for you, unless you're a business traveler who needs something more rugged than a MacBook Air, has a nearly infinite budget, and requires TPM or vPro.
I don't mean to be dismissive, but this admittedly powerful 12.5-inch Dell laptop, while having impressive performance and battery life, tops the charts at a whopping $1,663 starting price for specs that are really no different than you'd find on a laptop that costs half as much. The Latitude E6220 dates from the end of 2011, but even so, it seems like a device that's out of step with the thin ultrabook trend in laptops, despite having a handful of military-spec rugged features.
If the Latitude E6220 started at a reasonable price--$700, for instance--I'd be more inclined to recommend it. After all, while it's thick and not entirely attractive, it's well-featured and gets the job done in a reasonably compact package. Still, when a laptop makes the MacBook Air look like a bargain, you know you're in for a tough sell...even for a rugged business laptop. If you're not working on a construction site or in the desert, the HP Folio 13 is a far better alternative bet--or, wait for the soon-to-be-released Dell XPS 13, but if you need hard-core protection, be prepared to pay through the nose for it.
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|$2,016 / $1,663
|2.6 GHz Intel Core i5-2540M
|4GB, 1,333MHz DDR3
|Hard drive
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|Intel HD 3000
|Operating System
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|0.97 inches
|Screen size (diagonal)
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|3.7/4.4 pounds
The Dell Latitude E6220 is solidly built and meant to take a beating somewhere between a ThinkPad and a ToughBook, but from a distance it looks like a plastic-clad, inferior version of Dell's Vostro series. It's actually the other way around: this Latitude is the high-end cousin to the Vostro.
A "Tri-Metal" design refers to an anodized aluminum back lid, magnesium alloy corners, and a powder-coated magnesium base. The rear hinges are steel; the keyboard is spill-resistant. You get the picture: this is a laptop that can take a beating. It's also pretty lightweight: ours weighed in at 3.7 pounds. That's more than an ultrabook like the HP Folio 13, but less than a standard laptop. It feels thick and chunky, though, for two reasons: while the Latitude E6220 is actually 0.97 inch thick, the 12.5-inch laptop has a small footprint, accentuating the thickness. Plus, a rear lip behind the lid adds secret chunkiness to the back end, even more so if you're clipping on the six-cell battery. The whole package is thicker than any 12-inch laptop we've seen in recent memory. Yet, this Latitude lacks an optical drive. There doesn't seem to be any advantage for the extra thickness besides shock absorption, although there's, except that there's a dock port on the base.
The backlit keyboard has a semi-raised design like recent Dell laptops, but it feels comfortable to type on. The wide but small touch pad is similarly quite responsive, but it's too small for multitouch gestures. Discrete buttons lie underneath. A few dedicated volume control buttons above the keyboard are appreciated.
A 12.5-inch matte screen protects against glare, but the picture, while bright, wasn't especially vivid when watching movies on Netflix. It's better suited for office work: the 1,366x768-pixel resolution matches anything normally seen on a 13-incher. Stereo speakers seated on the underside of the Latitude's front edge offer fair sound at middling volume; you'll need to put on headphones in a moderately noisy room.
The included Webcam takes 1,280x720-pixel pictures and has a fair image quality, nothing impressive.
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Processor-wise, the Latitude E6220 starts with a 2.5GHz Intel Core i5-2520M CPU; at the top end, you can upgrade all the way to a 2.8 GHz Core i7-2640M for an extra $120. Our configuration had the middle-level 2.6 GHz Core i5-2540M CPU, which served up zippy speeds comparable to the HP Pavilion dm4-3090se (both have the same CPU). This Dell Latitude outperformed the HP Folio 13, which used, like all ultrabooks, a lower-speed Core i5 CPU. This Latitude only has Intel HD 3000 integrated graphics: that's more than enough for a business traveler, but it's not sufficient for a power graphics user.
The base Latitude E6220 comes with 4GB of RAM and a 250GB, 5400rpm hard drive. RAM can be expanded up to 8GB on Dell's Web site for an extra $175, while users can shift over to a solid-state 128GB SSD for an extra $230, or 256GB for $580. Thus it comes as no surprise that we added up our 128GB SSD-equipped model and rang up a total of $2,016. For matters of reference, consider that you could get a 256GB SSD-equipped MacBook Air for $1,599.
Sure, the MacBook Air isn't vPro-enabled. It lacks a fingerprint reader option, and it doesn't come with a three-year warranty, which the Latitude E6220 includes standard (AppleCare costs an extra $300). Still, what Dell's asking for this Latitude is quite a lot to swallow, durability or no.


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The picture I posted for this week's Wordless Wednesday is an image of the U.S. Patent Office. I'm not sure what year that picture was taken, but the image you see to the left was taken in 1870.
The building is now known as the Old Patent Building. The Smithsonian took it over and today it houses the Museum of American Art and the National Portrait Gallery.
The patent office figured greatly with another article I posted this week titled William Thornton: A Capitol Life. Thornton was the superintendent of the patent office. Thornton did not get to serve in the magnificent building you see above. During Thornton's tenure the Patent Office was located in a building known as Blodget's Hotel. Today a well known structure called the Tariff Building is located on the spot where the hotel was located. It is directly across the street from the lovely Old Patent Office.
When the British invaded Washington D.C. during the War of 1812 they burned the White House, the U.S. Capitol, and most other government buildings. Thanks to William Thornton who was one of very few government officials still in Washington as the British marched into the city the patents and other important papers in the Patent Office were saved from the torch.
Thornton persuaded the British not to burn the building because of the importance of the building's contents not just to America, but to the world in general. Another reason why Thornton should be remembered for saving the Patent Office is Congress needed a place to meet after the Capitol burned, and Thornton made the Patent Office available.
Thornton had always been interested in the art of design, and the U.S. Capitol was not his first step into structure designing. He also designed Woodlawn belonging to George Washington's nephew and step-grandaughter who were married. He also designed Tudor Place
for Martha Washington's granddaughter.
The home you see here is known as the Tayloe House originally owned by Col. John Tayloe of Mt. Airy Plantation. During the early days of our nation he was known as Virginia's largest landowner. His friend, George Washington, had convinced Tayloe a man of his social standing would need a house in the new capitol city so he hired William Thornton to develop a plan. Today this house is also known as the Octagon House and is currently owned by the American Architectural Foundation.
The Tayloe House also has a connection to the War of 1812. Following the destruction of the White House the Madisons needed a place to serve as the Executive Mansion. Col Tayloe offered his home and the Madisons accepted. The Treaty of Ghent which ended the war with Britain was signed by Madison in the circular room above the entrance.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
More on William Thornton
Posted by EHT at Thursday, April 19, 2007
Labels: War of 1812, William Thornton, Wordless Wednesday
3 comments:
- Teacha said...
please explain what wordless wednesday is for me? I'm newto teacher blogs and I don't quite get it. Thanks a bunch.
- Unknown said...
I walk by the octagon at least twice a work day.
- EHT said...
Thanks for commenting....
Proverbs, I left the link for you to follow to learn more about Wordless.
Sherpa, I don't know how I would live a normal life walking by all of that history. I'd never get anything done!
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I am pleased to join you this morning for release of the first Nation's Report Card on economics for at least three reasons. First, I clearly think that economic knowledge, and hence economics education, are very important. Although I am speaking only for myself today and not for the Federal Reserve System, it seems clear to me that economic policy-making becomes easier and more effective the better the general public understands economics, and I will return to this theme shortly.
Second, like many economists, I think that incentives, and thus accountability, matter. For that reason, I welcome the decision of the National Assessment Governing Board to extend their program of educational assessment to include economics. Assessment programs can be costly, for the assessors and the assessed alike. By drawing on its broad experience in educational assessment, the National Assessment can minimize these costs, so that they are outweighed by the benefits of enhanced incentives and accountability.
Finally, and especially, I am pleased to see that our nation's economics report card is perhaps a bit better than I would have guessed. As a member and former chair of the board of directors of the National Council on Economic Education, I certainly see plenty of room for improvement, and I think this assessment can help guide our efforts toward more effective education in economics. As a result, I hope to see even better results, and smaller disparities among students of different backgrounds, in the next economics report card in 2012.
But as an economic policy maker, I am encouraged that even now a large majority of American high school seniors have at least a basic understanding of economic principles and that over 40 percent have reached the Proficient achievement level set by the Governing Board. That's a good base to build on and a credit to the teachers, parents, and others who guide our nation's youth and need our support to achieve even better results.
I'd like to draw on my experience as a Federal Reserve Bank president to expand a bit on how the public's understanding of economic principles contributes to good policy-making. As I have discussed at greater length elsewhere (Top of the Ninth, The Region, June 2006), enduring economic progress and prosperity depend on public institutions' ability to commit to policies that are optimal over the long haul, across the temporary ups and downs of the business cycle. In a democracy, such policy commitments can only be sustained with broad public support, and public support for good policies depends, in turn, on voters' competence in basic economic reasoning.
Tangible evidence of the connection between good policies and public understanding can be found in our experience with monetary policy during and after the 1970s. Over a decade before today's high school seniors were born, the U.S. economy experienced a period of sustained high inflation. From 1973 to 1981, consumer prices rose by about 9 percent per year, on average. These high inflation rates distorted economic decisions, hindered growth, pushed interest rates to record levels, and weakened our financial system. Adding to the problem was the widespread view that high inflation was here to stay, a "fact of life" to be accepted and adjusted to. Today we know that this view was too pessimistic.
Under Paul Volcker, the Federal Reserve made a commitment to get inflation down and keep it down. Chairman Volcker kept that commitment, and it has been unambiguously extended by his successors, Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke.
Although the Federal Reserve's firm commitment to a policy of long-term low inflation was essential in this process, support from the public was critical as well. This was especially so during Chairman Volcker's tenure, when the shift to a consistent anti-inflationary policy entailed painful adjustments for many consumers and businesses. Chairman Volcker's public statements helped guide the public to a consensus that inflation hurts economic growth and thereby, over time, most citizens.
Inflation has now been reasonably well contained for roughly two decades or so, and the consensus in favor of price stability has been sustained. One reason, I think, is that under Chairman Greenspan, the Federal Reserve took a series of steps to communicate more clearly with the public, including financial market participants, about its objectives and its policies. Chairman Bernanke has embraced and extended that effort. As a result, the public continues to understand the long-term benefits of low inflation and thus to support the Federal Reserve's pursuit of this objective as one important element of our dual mandate. I think this is an excellent example of the value of economic knowledge.
The public was educated about inflation at a high price, amidst the economic dislocations of the 1970s and early 1980s. I prefer that economic education be pursued more benignly, in the classroom and the press, and more proactively, before rather than after it is needed. So I regret to note that today we are again witnessing some painful and belated learning, by policy-makers and consumers alike, in our consumer financial markets.
As you are probably well aware, consumers today have access to a wide array of borrowing and savings options. In itself, variety is good, because it expands choice and opportunity. However, variety also fosters complexity, which challenges both consumers in their decision-making and financial regulators in their writing and enforcement of rules.
This is not the time to go into the details of how the Federal Reserve and the other financial regulators are responding, but I would like to use some simple economics to make a connection between financial regulation and economic education. In short, I view consumer regulation and consumer education as substitutes. If consumers are more educated and able to make good decisions on their own, regulations can be narrower and more focused on clearly abusive practices such as deceit and fraud.
This is valuable, because as the scope of regulation widens, so does the cost. I'm not just referring to enforcement costs, which are high enough. More significant, in my view, are the extra compliance burdens that broad regulations impose on legitimate transactions and the opportunities forgone when legitimate potential transactions are prevented outright.
Don't get me wrong. In some cases it is necessary and appropriate that we bear these costs in order to prevent even greater abuses elsewhere. However, regulation involves a tradeoff between preventing harm to some and allowing innovation, gains from trade, and free choice for others. At any given time, we write regulations as best we can to balance that trade off. Over time, however, we hope that better economic education will soften the trade off and allow us to rely more on the informed decision-making of consumers and less on formal restrictions.
In closing, I hope my remarks help to highlight the importance of economic education and of The Nations Report Card on Economics. I and many other Federal Reserve staff are actively involved in supporting economic education. We know that clear communication about public policy and an economically well-educated public are crucial in sustaining good monetary and regulatory policies and, in turn, a prosperous economy. Accordingly, we value the economics report card as a solid benchmark for measuring progress toward the complementary goals of better education, better policy, and economic growth.
Thank you.
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One of the unsung particularities of New York Fashion Week is the vast spectrum of celebrities in brings out over its eight-day run. There aren't a lot of parties that could draw both Paris Hilton and Barbara Walters, but at Fashion Week, there's literally a spot for any celeb who's interested in cashing a check and sitting upright in the front row for a few minutes. In the interest of journalism (or, you know, something similar!), we felt it our duty to catalog the handbags that these celebs toted into and out of the tents over the past week.
For reasons that I cannot totally explain, there was a ton of Chanel and less Hermes than one might expect. Also popular: a bag from whatever designer's show you're attending (or, in the case of models, that you just walked in). Below, the bags of everyone from the fashion-famous to the famous-famous, plus a bunch of people somewhere in between.
Let's start with model (and John Legend fiancée) Chrissy Teigen, if for no other reason than that she's funny on Twitter and I like her all-black getup. Her bag of choice was the Saint Laurent Betty Shoulder Bag. Buy through Net-a-Porter for $2,150.
Despite the relative dearth of Hermes that I mentioned previously, there were a few Birkins to be found. Padma Lakshmi's, for example.
Of course figure skater Johnny Weir carried an Hermes Birkin. That's just how he rolls.
We'll excuse you for not knowing who Michelle Violy Harper is (after all, we're not entirely sure), but I'd recognize her Hermes Birkin anywhere.
Nicky Hilton, whose handbag collection is perhaps the best that we've ever profiled, toted her favorite Hermes Medor Clutch to the tents.
At first I thought Barbra Walters' bag might be Hermes, but on further inspection, she's just got her Ralph Lauren Ricky Bag flipped around the wrong way. Buy through Ralph Lauren for $2,500.
Not everyone carried incredibly expensive bags to Fashion Week. Here's supermodel Karlie Kloss with a petite, affordable Coach Urbane Mini Crossbody Bag, which is a brand new design that's not yet available. Shop Coach via the brand's official site.
Karlie also sported the relatively accessibly priced Rebecca Minkoff Elle Mini Studded Satchel Bag. $395 via Neiman Marcus.
That doesn't mean Karlie's dedicated to tiny contemporary bags, though - her big, pricey Jason Wu Jourdan 2 Tote is on the opposite end of the spectrum. Buy through Net-a-Porter for $1,895.
Supermodel Karen Elson was spotted carrying the same Jason Wu Jourdan 2 Tote, which makes us think they were probably a gift to models who walked in the designer's show. Buy through Net-a-Porter for $1,895.
After the Michael Kors show, we spotted Karlie again, this time with a Michael Kors Miranda Tote. Fellow supermodel and Kors show-walker toted a Celine Phantom Luggage Tote. Pick up Karlie's Kors tote for $1,195 via Bloomingdale's.
Speaking of post-show models, Lindsey Wixson toted a Reed Krakoff Mini Atlantique Tote out of the Rodarte show. Pick one up for $1,290 via Saks.
Some stars carrying evening bags to fashion shows like they're going to a swanky cocktail party, which I don't entirely understand, but okay. Whatever. If I were going to go that route, I'd definitely choose something like Christina Hendricks' Edie Parker Flavia Clutch. $1,095 via Neiman Marcus.
Rose McGowan also went with Parker, choosing instead the Edie Parker Lara Clutch. $995 via Matches Fashion.
For a daytime clutch look, model Nazanin Mandi's Alexander Wang Pelican Clutch is a much better idea. Her boyfriend Miguel looks pretty good, too. Buy through Barneys for $750.
Nicky Hilton and her Valentino Rockstud Flap Clutch also have the day-to-night clutch scale conundrum solved. Buy a similar clutch for $1,695 via Bergdorf Goodman.
Katie Holmes and her Michael Kors Envelope Clutch are also a good daytime match. (Plus I kind of love her supremely ladylike outfit.) Shop Michael Kors via the brand's official site.
Our photo service doesn't love fierce magazine editors as much as we do, but we did find this picture of Giovanna Battaglia and her Bulgari Serpenti Shoulder Bag alongside Anna Dello Russo who is, sadly, not carrying anything. (Check out the Saint Laurent boots, though.) Pick up a similar bag for $2,650 via Bulgari.
Another industry-insider fave is Bergdorf Goodman fashion director Linda Fargo, seen here carrying a leopard print Loewe Amazona Bag. Shop Loewe via Neiman Marcus.
None other than ultra-supermodel Noami Campbell was also on the Loewe Amazona Bag bandwagon. Buy through Net-a-Porter for $2,650.
Actually, the supermodels-turned-personalities at Fashion Week provide some of our favorite bag-spotted, like Petra Nemcova carrying a Prada Saffiano Cuir Open Top Promenade Bag. Buy in brown for $2,390 via Neiman Marcus.
We also have the especially radiant Molly Sims carrying a tiny ZAC Zac Posen Mini Eartha Crossbody Bag to the designer's show. Buy through Last Call for $147.
Not many people are in the business of carrying one of their own clutches to Fashion Week, but not many people are Victoria Beckham, either. Pick up a similar clutch for $595 via Net-a-Porter.
And then, probably the least expected bag at Fashion Week: Dylan Lauren carrying a LeSportsac Weekender Bag. (It makes more sense when you remember that her store, Dylan's Candy Bar, just launched a candy-printed bag collab with LeSportsac.) Buy through LeSportsac for $168.
And now, ready yourself for a cavalcade of Chanel! We spotted more than ten celebs toting the venerable French brand, and we'll start with the biggest example we could find: Christina Ricci and her enormous Chanel Classic Flap Bag.
Almost as big: Kelly Osbourne and her Chanel tote.
Rose McGowan's Chanel Grand Shopping Tote also comes in at the larger end of the Chanel spectrum.
Selita Ebanks isn't competing size-wise, but her Chanel Python Flap Bag does get points for exotics.
A post-show model (Crystal Renn) and her Chanel bag (a Chanel Classic Flap Bag) - is there a more typically Fashion Week sighting?
Why, yes there is - uber-stylist/designer Rachel Zoe, clad all in black, and her Chanel tote.
Surprise: People still invite Paris Hilton to fashion shows. For this one, she showed up in a daytime evening gown with a Chanel Quilted Clutch.
Model Nicole Trunfio and her petite Chanel Classic Flap Bag, on the other hand, kept things daytime-appropriate.
Fashion Week is at its best when someone like Goldie Hawn (carrying what I'm guessing is Chanel) shows up.
I'm into Giuliana Rancic's Chanel Mini Flap Bag, of course, but I'm REALLY into her totally awesome bob.


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This just in: counter to conventional wisdom Latinos are just as likely to vote as other racial and ethnic groups, and they don't have a deep commitment to either political party.
Those are the findings of the California-based magazine Miller-McCune in a fascinating project on Hispanics (their term), with a particular emphasis on voting behavior.
Miller-McCune is relatively young and little known, but that is likely to change. The magazine has made a specialty of translating complicated research for the popular audience. Most recently, the magazine's database of Hispanic voting behavior showed that being Hispanic doesn't make one less likely to vote and have not made a deep commitment to either political party.
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This runs counter to conventional wisdom that Hispanics have become loyal Democrats and don't vote in the same numbers as other racial and ethnic groups.
From Miller-McCune:
Once we accounted for demographic differences known to affect turnout, we found that Hispanics actually vote at rates very similar to those of whites and blacks. In other words, much of the explanation for the low turnout rates for Hispanics is not related to being Hispanic but to Hispanics being younger and having less education on average than whites or blacks.
Similarly, we found that in terms of both party identification and the strength of that partisanship, the differences between whites and Hispanics disappears when individual-level characteristics such as age and education are taken into account. In short, the data suggest that Hispanics have not been genuinely incorporated into the party system or made anything like a deep commitment to either party.


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When all else fails, you can always count on a Nathan Bedford Forrest monument to stir up a mess. This one's in Selma, AL and got vandalized back in March. Now it's about to get repaired, but there's a petition going around asking the city council to take the whole thing down.
The thing is, neither the monument nor the land on which it sits belong to the city. It was on public property when first erected in 2000, but a ruckus ensued which resulted in its relocation to a plot owned by the UDC following year. What do the petitioners expect the city council to do about a monument on private land? Your guess is as good as mine.