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Texas woman granted clemency by Obama ordered back to federal prison for multiple violations
A Texas City woman who was among hundreds of non-violent drug offenders granted clemency by President Barack Obama was ordered back to federal prison Thursday for violating the terms of her release.
Carol Denise Richardson, 49, was arrested for theft in Pasadena and violated other conditions imposed when she was released from prison last year, according to Acting U.S. Attorney Abe Martinez in Houston.
"This defendant was literally given a second chance to become a productive member of society and has wasted it," Assistant U.S. Attorney Ted Imperato said in a statement released by the office. "She has clearly shown a willful disregard for the law and must face the consequences for her crimes and actions."
ORIGINAL STORY: Texas City woman to serve life for drug conspiracy
Richardson was convicted by a federal jury in June 2006 for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of crack cocaine and two counts of possession with intent to distribute the drug.
She has an extensive rap sheet, and was sentenced to life in prison by U.S. District Judge Keith P. Ellison. She was released from prison on July 28, 2016 after Obama tapped her for clemency.
During his two terms in office, Obama granted clemency to 1,715 people, including 568 inmates, like Richardson, who faced life sentences. The bulk of Obama's effort focused on non-violent drug offenders who had been locked up under strict sentencing laws.
Richardson was ordered to remain under supervision for 10 years, but on April 13 was arrested by Pasadena police.
CLEMENCY: Obama lists 6 from Texas in latest clemency announcement
Imperato told Ellison Thursday that, in addition to the arrest for theft, Richardson violated five separate terms of her release including failing to report that she had been arrested, that she'd been terminated from a job for not showing up and that she had changed her address.
The judge Thursday told Richardson he was disappointed that she had wasted a rare opportunity at freedom. He ordered her back to federal prison for 14 months, after which she will serve five years of supervised release.
Attorney Mark Anthony Diaz, who was assigned to Richardson's case during the series of events that brought her back to court, said she cried throughout the hearing.
He said the theft involved $60 of stolen laundry detergent that she planned to sell to buy drugs.
Diaz said the root of her relapse is an ongoing addiction to crack cocaine, which is how she ended up in prison in the first place.
Diaz said he asked the judge to assign her to mandatory drug rehabilitation. He questioned why Richardson had not been assigned to treatment while in prison, and Ellison said the Bureau of Prisons does not provide treatment to someone with a life sentence.
Ellison said he'd make rehab part of Richardson's release plan.
According to Diaz, Richardson had a strong family support system she relied on to stay clean during the first few months she was out, but once she relapsed into drug use, she failed to maintain contact with them.


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Thursday, March 14, 2013
The attack of the dirty sock...
59 comments:
- houndstooth said...
BOL! Who knew socks could be so dastardly and ruthless? You'd better sleep with one eye open, Lorenza!
- March 14, 2013 at 9:55 PM
- Jo's World said...
Hey Lorenza, you should have called your Mom to help you! Or would that have worked? Maybe not.
You look so cute in your jammies.
- March 14, 2013 at 10:47 PM
- Millie and Walter said...
Poor Lorenza I think you were overcome by the fumes! BOL!!
- March 14, 2013 at 11:35 PM
- Sherry said...
Sometimes passive resistance is the best way!
- March 15, 2013 at 12:00 AM
- Ziggy Stardust said...
Lorenza, you gave it your best effort. Sometimes stinky socks are too powerful to overcome. Rest now my sweet pal.
Loveys Sasha
- March 15, 2013 at 1:17 AM
- Unknown said...
Ha ha Lorenza. Go and get the stinky sock and bite it , we say. Love your toothies. Have a fabulous Friday.
Best wishes Molly
- March 15, 2013 at 3:58 AM
- Lovable Lily said...
You make us laugh Lorenza! That was way too funny. We can truly see just how stinky that sock really was. Just looking at your face tells a thousand words.
Lily Belle & Muffin
- March 15, 2013 at 4:56 AM
- ♥♥ The OP Pack ♥♥ said...
We bet that was one battle you didn't mind losing, Lorenza. That looks like a very nice sock to us.
Woos - Phantom, Thunder, Ciara, and Lightning
- March 15, 2013 at 6:29 AM
- Berts Blog said...
What a battle that was. I was riveted to the screen, worried sick about your safety, and then so glad that you survived.
Great and fun Post.
- March 15, 2013 at 8:24 AM
- Frankie Furter and Ernie said...
OHM that is TERRIBLE... You were ATTACKED by a Vicious SOCK???
- March 15, 2013 at 8:30 AM
- sonia a. mascaro said...
LOL! Love always your photos, my dear Lorenza!
- March 15, 2013 at 8:59 AM
- Tibi & Toby said...
hi lorenza, Today it is bitterly cold, my arm hurts ... you made me laugh with your wonderful photos. Now everything is much better. greetings
Sylvia and Tibi
- March 15, 2013 at 9:41 AM
- Molly the Airedale said...
You should have sunk your toofies into it, Lorenza!
Love ya lots,
Mitch and Molly
- March 15, 2013 at 10:56 AM
- rottrover said...
Lorenza, I attack socks whenever I meet them. I really like the clean ones that are rolled up!!
- March 15, 2013 at 11:32 AM
- Sketching with Dogs said...
Those sneaky socks get everywhere! Better luck next time :)
Dip Bridge and Elliot x
- March 15, 2013 at 12:28 PM
- Angel Ginger Jasper said...
Defeated but a fun game.. Hugs GJ xx
- March 15, 2013 at 12:51 PM
- Stewey said...
Oh Nose, Lorenza - you were defeated by a dirty sock?!? How awful!
- March 15, 2013 at 1:57 PM
- Ruby said...
BOL!!! BOL!!! OMD gurl! I just fell out of the puter chair laughin' my tail off!!! (don't tell Ma, butts I thinks I peed in the puter chair laughin so hard!!!)
I say, plan your revenge Lorenza!!
- March 15, 2013 at 2:19 PM
- The Army of Four said...
Oh. no! Look out, Lorenza, look OUT!!!
Ha roo roo roo! What fun!
Play bows,
- March 15, 2013 at 5:04 PM
- Mary Lou said...
Well, you cannot always win, I guess!! Hee, hee, hee.... ;op
Love, Raelyn.... Plus Rose, my BEAUTIFULLY UNIQUE "Mystery Dog"!!
- March 15, 2013 at 6:32 PM
- Amber DaWeenie said...
Hmmmmm.....I think one good BITE would have won the war with the sock!
Just sayin!
- March 15, 2013 at 8:27 PM
- Khady Lynn said...
I think you did a great job of trying to fight the sock! Next time, try shaking it really hard!
- March 16, 2013 at 4:24 AM
- Doxie Rod said...
Hahaha!!! Looks like that sock didn't taste very good :) I'm impressed with the fight you put up - you'll get em next time!
- March 16, 2013 at 7:17 PM
- NAK and The Residents of The Khottage said...
My money is one Lorenza fur Round Two!
- March 16, 2013 at 9:36 PM
- Marg said...
Oh Lorenza, don't give up. We know you can beat that silly sock. Good luck next time and have a great day.
- March 17, 2013 at 5:34 AM
- My Mind's Eye said...
MOL Lorenza.. you are so funny
Looks like the dirty sock...took your breath away. Hugs Madi your BFFF
PS I've missed you and I'm glad you are back.
- March 17, 2013 at 9:31 AM
- Mango the Maltese kiddo said...
What a terrible attack that targeted on you. But don't you worried, Mango is coming to rescue you. I'll disable the dirty sock in a beat!
Trust me! Here I come!
- March 17, 2013 at 10:35 AM
- Sweepy said...
Lorenza, that was some nasty attack!
I would have torn it to bits.
Today I turn woofy 11.
Come have a cake with me ;-)
- March 17, 2013 at 11:48 AM
- Sweepy said...
Lorenza, that was some nasty attack!
I would have torn it to bits.
Today I turn woofy 11.
Come have a cake with me ;-)
- March 17, 2013 at 11:48 AM
- Bocci said...
Oh, you put up quite a fight, Lorenza-time for a nap!
- March 17, 2013 at 12:26 PM
- The Oceanside Animals said...
hello lorenza its dennis the vizsla dog hay sumtimes yoo ware the sock and sumtimes the sock wares yoo!!! better luck nekst time i hope!!! ok bye
- March 17, 2013 at 6:23 PM
- Poppy said...
Oh, you were so brave! I bet you'll win next time.
- March 17, 2013 at 11:02 PM
- Ellen Whyte said...
Ooooh, we bet you'll win next time!
- March 18, 2013 at 12:12 AM
- Baby Rocket Dog and Hootie said...
AHhh, the dirty sock wins every time! Loved the looks on your face while in combat though. Bol.
Smooches from pooches,
errr, we mean:
Besos de perros,
BabyRocketDog & Hootie
- March 18, 2013 at 3:12 AM
- Kess And Her Mama said...
Who knew that a sock could be so dangerous ;-) Take care Lorenza!
- March 18, 2013 at 7:28 AM
- Kari in Alaska said...
I am sure you win most of the time!
Stop on by for a visit
- March 18, 2013 at 8:28 PM
- The Daily Pip said...
Oh Lorenza, that sock looks very scary. I think you are very brave to take on the sock like that!
Your pal, Pip
- March 18, 2013 at 9:37 PM
- ShellePenn said...
Wow... Who knew socks could be so very difficult to contain. You are a very, very brave girl! :)
We are so glad you are back blogging again. We've missed you so much.
Hugs to your mom and all your family!
Shelle, Milo, Dixie and Newby,
- March 19, 2013 at 6:23 PM
- Unknown said...
It's not the win but the fact that you put up a brave fight that matters. So good to see you after a long time, Lorenza
Gin, Bud n Shadow
- March 21, 2013 at 5:13 AM
- Pinot and Angel Momo said...
That looks like fun!
Glad to hear your grandma is back. She's beautiful... and we know she's very talented. :) :)
Momo and Pinot xo
- March 23, 2013 at 5:46 AM
- JB's Big and Small Worlds said...
MOL, you are too cute! I would like to attack that sock too! Hope you and your family are all doing good!
- March 23, 2013 at 8:54 PM
- Unknown said...
"El Diario de Lorenza" has been included in the A Sunday Drive for this week. Be assured that I hope this helps to point even more new visitors in your direction.
- March 24, 2013 at 1:42 AM
- Chatty Crone said...
You are so cute - I know all about those darn old socks. Disco
- March 24, 2013 at 7:37 PM
- Bobby said...
Hi you little darling, We thank you for being so caring about me.
We thought that sock looked clean, well its just as bad being attacked
by any sock, We think you got a tickle off it.
We are glad your grandma is back and you are happy.
Licks Bobby & Pip
- March 25, 2013 at 1:44 PM
- Doxie Rod said...
this still cracks me up!!! that look after a face full of dirty sock...HAHA!!
- March 25, 2013 at 8:28 PM
- Lucy-Fur, as typed by Dr. Liz said...
You have to keep an eye on those dirty socks - you never know when they'll attack! But you gave that stinky sock your best effort! Heehee!
*kissey face*
-Fiona and Abby the Hippobottomus
- March 28, 2013 at 3:53 PM
- Dexter said...
Oh Lorenza, how nasty and scary. That sock actually touched you. I think you might want to change your outfit now and put that shirt in the washy machine to get rid of the cooties.
- March 29, 2013 at 11:24 AM
- CaninesCouture said...
LOL! The face he's making in that third photo is priceless!! So adorable.
Jules of Canines & Couture
- March 29, 2013 at 4:12 PM
- Dewey Dewster said...
Aw yes....attacking socks...remind me ta show ya some quick moves so ya can defeat the enemy next time it tries ta attack.....shredding the material is always a good second option....ya can chew a hole in that thing fast...
Dewey Dewster here...
- March 29, 2013 at 7:28 PM
- Charlotte said...
How much fun are you having attacking the dirty sock? lol!
We are wishing you a happy & blessed Easter.
(((hugs)) your friends
Oskar & Schatzi
- March 31, 2013 at 7:57 AM
- sonia a. mascaro said...
Hello dear Lorenza,
A Very Happy Easter to you and your loved ones!
- March 31, 2013 at 11:40 AM
- Pedro said...
Hi Lorenza! I was soooo happy to hear from you. My mom kind of gave up on blogging but we've been missing our friends lately so she decided to try to post occassionally. You look GREAT!!! Hope all is well in your dawg house. I'm gonna catch up on your blog!
- April 3, 2013 at 7:17 AM
- Enid said...
Oh yes, Socks are so very inconvenient, I never understand why my Humans wear them! Do you?
Have a wonderful week.
Enid x
- April 3, 2013 at 11:24 AM
- Jans Funny Farm said...
We heard you just received your Christmas mail from Frankie Furter. Seems it takes longer every year for you to get your Christmas mail.
Sorry you lost the battle of the sock. :(
- April 10, 2013 at 10:58 AM
- sonia a. mascaro said...
Hi dear Lorenza,
How are you? I miss you!
Today I found a blog, a Duchshund Parade Vintage and I think on you. The link is: Duschhund Parade Vintage.
I hope you have a nice week ahead.
- April 10, 2013 at 11:26 PM
- Wyatt said...
Ha ha, Love the picture...Not Winning!! Stinky Socks...that is a tough battle!!
- April 11, 2013 at 9:34 PM
- Pinot and Angel Momo said...
Hi Lorenza, how are you? Just wanted to come by and say Hello.
Momo and Pinot
- April 14, 2013 at 10:03 AM
- Golden Woofs! SUGAR said...
Woof! Woof! HEY A POST!!! So surprise to see a comment from you. Golden HAPPY! Be careful with that. Lots of Golden Woofs, Sugar
- April 30, 2013 at 9:11 AM
- World of Animals, Inc said...
Lorenza, you can't have a peaceful night without the attack for the dirty sock monster coming after you. Thanks for sharing the fun photos. Have a wonderful rest of your day.
World of Animals
- September 20, 2019 at 3:15 PM

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Supreme Court Discussion In Aereo: At Least The Justices Recognize The Harm They Might Do
from the but-will-they-still-do-it? deptThe oral arguments in the Aereo case happened this morning before the Supreme Court and you can read the transcript here (it's still a travesty that there is no live broadcasting (or any video recording at all) of the proceedings, but that's a different argument for a different day). As with any such case, this discussion needs to be prefaced with the fact that reading the tea leaves from what Justices say during oral arguments is a unlikely to yield much that is useful. You'll often see large segments of the arguments discuss issues that later don't appear at all in the final ruling. In some cases, Justices are just testing out certain theories or pushing the lawyers to see how they respond. Oral arguments do matter, but not nearly as much as the underlying briefs. We still have a few months (probably) to find out how the Court will rule, but we can at least comment on some of today's discussion.
The important thing to get from the discussion was that the Justices, for the most part, seem to actually recognize that with copyright law the way it is today, finding -- as the broadcasters would like -- that Aereo is engaged in a public performance -- may have long term consequences for all sorts of other industries. It starts off early on, with Justice Sotomayor jumping in with a very different question, concerning whether or not Aereo is a cable company, which would include a different set of issues (in fact, this was exactly the strategy that Aereo competitor/predecessor ivi sought to take -- and ran into trouble). She points out that there may be value in avoiding the whole public performance question all together, since it could get messy:
If we take public performance, maybe we run into what Professor Nimmer saw as a problem. Why isn't what used to be called a phonograph record store that sells phonograph records to 10,000 customers a public performance? It seems to fall within that definition. But if it is, there's no -- no first sale doctrine and it's a big problem. So we could avoid that problem.Meanwhile, Justice Breyer is clearly concerned about the possible impact on the cloud, again in discussing the possibility that the Court could avoid the issue by calling Aereo a cable company:
And what you've read in their briefs is they, in their supporting amici, have thrown up a series of serious problems not involving them, like the cloud, which the government tells us to ignore, and many others, which make me nervous about taking your preferred group.Which bounces back to Sotomayor, who notes that the public performance definition the broadcasters want "sweeps up" an awful lot of other businesses where it doesn't make sense:
I mean, Justice Breyer has already asked you -- said he's troubled about the phonograph store, and -- and the Dropbox and the iCloud. I'm also worried about how to define or -- public performance or the performance of a work publicly, which I guess is the better way to do it, according to you. How do I define that so that someone who sells coaxial cable to a resident of a building is not swept up as a participant in this? Or someone who -- the sort of passive storage advisors that -- this is really hard for me.Justice Kagan, also, quickly gets to the heart of the matter -- the point that we've been raising since the beginning with Aereo -- that this is all about the length of the cable. If someone were to do this at home -- with the same exact electronic setup, it's clearly legal. But the broadcasters want to make Aereo illegal, because the length of the cable between the "DVR" component and the "TV" component is much longer.
Suppose a company just gave the antenna and a hard drive, that's what they sold to the user, and the user was able to use the antenna and the hard drive in her own house or apartment in order to get all these broadcast programs. What would the -- would that be a performance?When the broadcaster's lawyer pushes back, Kagan points out that it does seem odd that where the hardware sits determines if there's a public performance or not.
But then it really does depend on, like, where the -- where the hardware is. In other words, if -- if Aereo has the hardware in its warehouse as opposed to Aereo selling the hardware to the particular end user, that is going to make all the difference in the world as to whether we have a public performance or not a public performance.Chief Justice Roberts highlighted the same issue:
Why isn't -- and I don't want to stretch it too -- but why isn't it like a public garage in your own garage? I mean, you know, if you -- you can park your car in your own garage or you can park it in a public garage. You can go to Radio Shack and buy an antenna and a DVR or you can rent those facilities somewhere else from Aereo. They've -- they've got an antenna. They'll let you use it when you need it and they can, you know, record the stuff as well and let you pick it up when you need itThere's then a discussion trying to see if there's a way to distinguish Aereo from the Cablevision decision (in the 2nd Circuit appeals court) saying that Cablevision's remote DVR was legal. The lawyer for the broadcaster says that he thinks the Cablevision decision was decided incorrectly, but the difference is that Cablevision already has a license. This is misleading, because the license in Cablevision was unrelated to the issue of the DVR feature. Furthermore, over-the-air broadcasts (which is what Aereo offers) have an implied license already associated with them (you don't have to pay to watch over-the-air TV for that very reason). So the distinction here is meaningless. Justice Breyer says that, even if that's true, there's still a real risk to cloud computing.
But then the problem is in the words that do that, because we have to write words, are we somehow catching other things that really will change life and shouldn't, such as the cloud? And you said, well, as the government says, don't worry, because that isn't a public performance. And then I read the definition and I don't see how to get out of it.When asked similar questions, the Deputy Solicitor General, Malcolm Stewart, (again, bizarrely, the US is intervening on behalf of Hollywood for no clear reason), appears to admit that there's no clear line, and that things should be decided on something of a case by case basis:
I think you would have to -- you would have to know both the details of the service and you would have to be making a harder call there about how to draw the line, because I don't pretend that there is a bright line between providing a service and providing access to equipment. If you look, for instance, at the extremes of a person putting a rooftop antenna at his own home, everybody agrees that the rooftop antenna manufacturer is not performing at all and the individual is engaged in a solely private performance.But that seems rather important, given that this case is asking for that line to be drawn. And the Justices were clearly struggling with that point. Justice Breyer responded:
The other extreme is the cable company, one big antenna, makes transmissions to a lot of people; Congress clearly intended to define that as a private performance. Somewhere in the -- you could come up with lots of hypotheticals that look more or less like one of the other extremes, they are somewhere in the middle. It's an authentically hard call as to where to draw the line. So I don't have a good answer for you.
How do we get out of the example? I mean, how do we get out -- what words do I write to get out of this, throwing into this clause a music store that distributes via Federal Express, a device, or the U.S. Postal Service or even someone over the counter, distributes to 10,000 people a copy of a record which they then will take and play it? They have, to the same degree, transmitted something that will electronically make a performance of the music. So are they when they sell the record violating the display clause?This isn't to say that the Justices are in agreement with Aereo. They expressed plenty of skepticism about the whole setup, arguing repeatedly that the whole thing seems to have been set up solely to fit within the law, using a technological setup that makes no sense. Aereo, in response, sought to argue that there were technical reasons for its setup, but frankly, that's bogus. The technological setup is insane, but the insanity is not because Aereo is trying to "get around" the law, but the exact opposite. Because it's trying to stay within the law. If the setup of copyright law itself wasn't so insane, there would be much better ways to do what Aereo is doing. But thanks to a bunch of interlocking "rights" buried within copyright law, and caselaw that is basically duct-taped onto the statute every time a new technology comes around, actually innovative requires the Rube Goldbergian-approach that Aereo took just to stay within the law. It's ridiculous that that is seen as a suggestion of illegality...
When the broadcasters lawyer comes back to rebut Aereo's lawyer, he argues that if Aereo loses, it can just get a license or go out of business. But Justice Breyer notes that it's really not that simple:
Once you take them out of the compulsory licensing system, they're going to have to find copyright owners, who owns James Agee's pictures? Who owns something that was written by -- like a French silent film in 1915? I mean, the problem is that they might want to have perfectly good things that people want to watch and they can't find out how to get permission. That is a problem that worries me and it worries me again once you kick them out of the other systemsIn the end, I think the Justices were rightly worried about how any ruling might impact the cloud. While there was some skepticism about Aereo's setup, Aereo's lawyer did a good job highlighting why those were wrong. Still -- and again, reading Supreme Court tea leaves is nearly impossible -- if I were going to guess, I'd guess that the Supreme Court will seek some sort of "narrow" ruling that tries to say that Aereo should get a license (possibly just throwing the issue back to the lower courts on the details), while doing everything it can to avoid a ruling that throws the entirety of cloud computing under the bus.
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University researcher has discovered that the amount of an enzyme present in neurons can affect the mechanism thought to cause cell death in Alzheimer's disease patients and may have applications for other diseases such as stroke and heart attack.
Sandra Rossie, a professor of biochemistry, found that increasing the amount of protein phosphatase 5, or PP5, in rat neural cells resulted in less cell death associated with reactive oxygen species, which chemically damage cell molecules. Conversely, decreasing PP5 caused greater cell death. The results of Rossie's study are published in the early online version of the Journal of Neurochemistry.
Alzheimer's, a degenerative neurological disease affecting around 5 million people, results in memory loss and dementia. One theory on the cause of Alzheimer's is that overproduction of certain forms of amyloid beta protein by neurons leads to the generation of reactive oxygen species, which activate stress pathways.
"If stress pathways remain active for a prolonged period, the cell will die," Rossie said.
Rossie's lab found that PP5 overexpression prevents neuronal death by amyloid beta and shuts off the stress pathways. When reactive oxygen that wasn't created by amyloid beta was used on the cells, the results were the same. In contrast, neurons with reduced PP5 are more sensitive to death caused by amyloid beta.
"That suggests to us that PP5 protects neurons from cell death induced by reactive oxygen species, not just the presence of amyloid beta," Rossie said. "This means that PP5 may protect against other health problems involving reactive oxygen species as well, such as stroke and heart attacks."
It is possible, Rossie said, that finding a way to increase PP5 activity could help prevent the loss of neurons by amyloid beta.
Rossie said PP5 also could play a role in inhibiting other responses of neurons to amyloid beta. Her lab will work to determine which pathways PP5 affects, and which of those is most responsible for neural protection by PP5.
The National Institutes of Health funded Rossie's research.
Writer: Brian Wallheimer, 765-496-2050, email@example.com
Source: Sandra Rossie, 765-494-3112, email@example.com
Sandra Rossie found that an enzyme blocks a mechanism that can lead to neural cell death. (Purdue Agricultural Communication photo/Tom Campbell)
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Over the last couple of years, we've all heard how the collective rush to low-quality stocks has left active, long-only equity managers in a vacuum. True enough, from March 2009 to June 2011 the S&P 500 Low Quality Index outperformed the S&P 500 High Quality Index by an astonishing 1,100 basis points. Since so many of the managers we cover at Prima Capital have a high-quality bias, it's particularly important that we understand the logic behind this reality, if there is any. To that end, we want to take this opportunity to dig a little deeper into the 'high quality versus low quality' debate to see if there really is a payoff for the so-called quality premium.
First, let's set an acceptable definition for quality. Given that the vast majority of professional money managers use the S&P Quality Rankings to characterize their common stocks, we believe this is the best definition for quality. More than that, the Quality Rankings, which by S&P's definition reflect the long-term growth and stability of a company's earnings and dividends, can also be used as a proxy for risk. Several academic studies, most notably those of Muller and Fielitz in 1987 and Felton, Liu and Hearth in 1994, found a close relationship between a common stock's S&P Quality Ranking and its beta and standard deviation of returns.
With all of that as a given, we can then hypothesize this: High-quality biased strategies should provide above-average downside capture statistics and below-average upside capture statistics.
What Do We Know?
As the chart below shows, high-quality stocks, with the exception of 2008, protected investors on the downside and trailed the gains associated with low-quality rallies. We consider the outlying year to be unique in that the massive hedge fund de-leveraging brought on by the credit crisis put outsized pressure on high-quality stocks. The resulting price declines reversed themselves in 2009, allowing investors to recoup these losses.
Our internal analysis of the Morningstar mutual fund universe supports this observation. Employing a broad range of quality factors, including ROE, low debt-to-capital ratios, high and consistent dividend yields, and long-term earnings growth, we found a statistically significant relationship between quality and the direction of the market.
Specifically, our work confirmed that high-quality factors offered downside protection during market downturns while low-quality factors outperformed in outsized market rallies.
What If It's Different This Time?
Of course, now that we know when the quality premium should work, just how do we use this information? First of all, we should view quality in the same light we view other factors like size and style in that it is subject to rotations in various market environments. In other words, quality—just like other risk and reward factors—does not provide a consistent payoff. In fact, payoff may not exist for extended periods of time. Across the decade from January 2000 to December 2010, for example, low-quality stocks actually outperformed high-quality stocks by 1.48% (annualized). More recently, however, the quality premium has been very much in vogue…in the third quarter alone, high-quality stocks outperformed low-quality stocks by approximately 10%.
It's difficult to predict with any certainty how long the current trend will continue as it will be highly dependent on the economy and the broader stock market. Still, we can conclude that high-quality biased strategies are doing a relatively good job of preserving capital right now, which to many investors, especially those with shorter time horizons, may be of primary importance when selecting a long-only U.S. equity investment.
What Do We Do?
While we don't even pretend to have a crystal ball that actually works, there are some unique developments today that tell us a lot about the potential return profile of high-quality stocks. One of the more unusual is the relationship between dividend yields and the average 10-year Treasury yield.
As the graph shows, dividend yields for the S&P 500 Index are in line right now with the average 10-year Treasury yield. Believe it or not, the last time these two yields were the same was in the 1950s. Given this relationship, we wouldn't be at all surprised to see a dramatic new interest in dividend-paying stocks as investors search for yield. We've already seen a significant divergence this year between higher-yielding stocks and the overall market, as evidenced by the outperformance of the Dow Jones Select Dividend Index versus the S&P 500 Index.
So is there a payoff for the so-called quality premium? Our analysis says yes…in time. And today might indeed be a good time. Between the search for yield due to historically low fixed-income rates, the significant valuation gap between high-quality and low-quality stocks, and the anticipated slow growth environment, we could see higher quality stocks outperform—no matter the direction of the market.
Author's disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed are provided for general information only and do not constitute specific investment advice or recommendations from the author.


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4 - 10 Years
Thrissur, Kochi, Akola, East Khasi Hills, Tiruppur, Shillong
Job Description
Job Purpose – Business Development Manager
• The purpose of this job is to recruit quality advisors (free lancer) & support / train them to
enable them procure insurance policies from the market & subsequently service the
• Branch Head/ Branch Manager
Principal Accountabilities of Business Development Manager .
• To recruit good quality prospective insurance advisors and ensure that they acquire
licensing in order to achieve the sales target set by the company.
• Ensure that the advisors achieve business targets set for them.
• Provide on the job training & manage and monitor performance of Advisors so that they can
achieve their goals.
• Relationship Management
• Maintain persistency for the policies procured by team of Advisors to overall achieve the
profitability of the team.
Qualification: Graduate mandatory
Exp: Mini. 4 year experience in Sales & Marketing
Functional Expertise: Sales in any sector & willingness to work in Insurance Sector.
Salary - 2.88 to 5 lpa + Incentives ,Onroll Job
We consider only currently working candidate .( Max gap consider only 10 to 15 days only )
Location –
Kindly Share Your Resume
|2 Lac 75 Thousand To 4 Lac 50 Thousand P.A.
|Work Experience
|4 - 10 Years
|Other Bachelor Degree
Key Skills
Company Profile
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SAN RAMON, CA -- 24 Hour Fitness announced today that four U.S. Olympians and two Olympic hopefuls have joined Team 24 Hour Fitness in preparations for the Summer Olympics in Beijing, which take place Aug. 8-24. 24 Hour Fitness is the official fitness center sponsor of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team.
Olympians Kerri Walsh (beach volleyball), Jeremy Wariner (track and field), Adam Wheeler (wrestling) and Brian Olson (judo), along with hopefuls Alicia Sacramone (gymnastics) and Adler Volmar (judo), will appear in the brand's advertising, make promotional appearances at local clubs and develop signature workouts for members that will be available in 24 Hour clubs and on the company's Web site.
"These inspiring athletes were selected because they share 24 Hour Fitness' vision of making fitness accessible for everyone and know the importance of setting goals, working hard and remembering to have fun along the way," Tony Wells, 24 Hour's chief marketing officer, said in a company statement.
Walsh won a gold medal with beach volleyball partner Misty May-Treanor at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. Wariner won two gold medals in the 400 meters and the 4x400-meter relay at the Athens Games. Sacramone has not yet qualified for this year's Olympics but is the current U.S. national champion in the vault.
Olson, Wheeler and Volmar are also 24 Hour employees. Olson, a three-time Olympian, is a fitness manager in Fort Collins, CO. Wheeler, already an Olympic qualifier, is a personal trainer in Broadmoor, CO. Volmar, who has not yet qualified for the U.S. Olympic team but did compete in the 1996 Olympics for Haiti, is a personal trainer in Coral Springs, FL.
24 Hour has worked closely with the U. S. Olympic Committee (USOC) to plan, develop and implement its High Performance Training Center (HPTC) in Beijing. The HPTC, located at Beijing Normal University, will be a base for the U.S. Olympic Committee during the Games, offering services to include training facilities.
As part of its partnership with the USOC, which was launched in 2003, 24 Hour also offers eligible U.S. Olympic athletes and hopefuls free and reduced-rate club memberships to support them as they train in their hometowns. 24 Hour also partnered with the USOC for the 2004 Athens Games and the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy.
In addition to its sponsorship of the U.S. Olympic team and its partnership with the USOC, 24 Hour sponsors nine national governing bodies: USA Cycling, USA Gymnastics, USA Judo, USA Softball, USA Track & Field, USA Volleyball, USA Water Polo, USA Weightlifting and USA Wrestling.


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Dietmar Strasser is director of quality assurance at Borland Software.
Q: Is the "traditional tester" a dinosaur, or are testers and test managers evolving?
A: Yes and no. There seems to be an increase in uptake of Agile across many businesses. If people chose to not adapt and change to this new way of working, they will become extinct like dinosaurs. Those that look at the change and see it as an opportunity to take their existing skills and apply them to this new process, those individuals will evolve and become very valuable to their teams.
Testers have a unique set of skills and experiences that can be lost if not carefully integrated into the team. The programmers tend to be focused on the technical solution, whereas the testers take in the big picture. Testers can really facilitate the communication between the customers and the developers by trying to capture examples from the customers that can then be turned into functional tests.
Testers have been accused of "making stuff up" -- every time they execute a test, it is under the assumption that the expectations are valid. In reality, the expectations don't have to be valid, they just have to be in alignment with the customer's overall expectations. That alignment is gained by bringing to the table very early on all the "bug hunting" questions that testers usually bring to end-phase testing. By injecting the question "how would we test this" into the customer conversation, requirements solicitation becomes a very powerful -- and much more effective -- process. Agile truly infuses QA throughout the development cycle and makes testers active counterparts to developers throughout the entire process. In Agile, testers move from being a quality gatekeeper to becoming a trusted expert on the team.
Q: What tool paradigms will rule in Agile?
A: In the Agile environment the tools need to be more lightweight. The paradigm shift comes from developers' interest in testing. It drives innovation to new tool ideas from a developer's perspective and taking into account the customers' involvement in Agile. As open source and tool vendors get on board, there's a real explosion that inject creativity and takes the tedium out of the testing job.
Traditional tools support a "test last" environment, but in Agile it's a "test first" situation. New tools will allow the expression of expectations in a technology-agnostic kind of way. It speaks directly to the problems you're trying to solve, and expresses the requirements as what needs to be accomplished at a business level. Then, rather than "translating" that business-level conversation to technical specifications, Agile tools actually hook that artifact to the code that connects to the software under test. It's a fundamentally different paradigm. The programmers are the ones creating this linkage, which drives testability into the software from day one.
This also creates customer readability of the test, which is another difficult shift for team members, testers and even tool vendors. Specification by example is the applied Agile principle for automated testing -- it takes a vague user story and provided examples of input and desired results that then create an executable framework. It infers what the software needs to be, based on anticipated real-life usage.
Q: What is the role of automation within Agile?
A: Automation becomes incredibly important as customers push to have a potentially releasable version of the software result from each iteration. The number of tests increases exponentially with each story, so much so that if the tests were done manually, the testing actually can exceed the length of the total iteration. It becomes imperative that you have the ability to automate the repeatable tests and performance regressions.
Automation also provides detailed documentation that is always up to date and current as the developing software needs to keep passing each testing iteration.
Q: Is Agile testing possible with globally distributed or outsourced teams?
A: Agile can work with distributed teams, but the whiteboards, post-it notes and index cards of co-located Agile teams need to be adapted. Additionally, self-managing teams make several decisions and changes in "plans" each day, and keeping everyone on the same page can become extremely challenging. Further, separate sets of boards and notes mean that managers and executives have no cross-project visibility. Distributed teams need a solution that gives all the visual impact and information import of the physical-board approach in a virtual package that is accessible from anywhere, at anytime, and that updates in real-time.


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Customise your Converse exclusively at Schuh's London flagship store until 15th August. To celebrate this year's Represent, Converse's series of free gigs at the capital's 100 Club, a customisation service has taken over the windows of Schuh's Oxford Street store, offering you the chance to pimp up your sneakers.
At the studs and laces bar (below) you can choose hardware in the shape of spikes, stars and skulls, as well as laces in every colour of the rainbow. You can also get your Converse inked. Simply choose a design from the two iPad stations and your shoes are printed in-situ.
Graphics range from London imagery (think bowler hats, red telephone boxes and Big Ben) to sport-inspired pictures to tattoo designs, patterns and much, much more – including typefaces so you can print anything from your name to a slogan.
Here's how it works. First pick your Converse. Next choose your artwork, hardware and laces. Then work with one of Schuh's 'maestros' to create an original, unique design.
You get a free pair of laces or a bag of studs and grommets with your Converse purchase (which are £43 for lo-tops and £45 for hi-tops). Then additional studs and grommets are 50p per pack of four and laces are £5.
To get your Converse inked, it's £10 for one side, £15 for two sides and £25 for an all-over design. Your customised Converse are finished within hours, but due to the popularity of the service during its first week, it may take a little longer.
For my customised Converse, I opted for a pair of white hi-tops and chose an all-over wallpaper print and red laces. The baroque pattern is very next season, don't you think? I was lucky to see them being inked, too (below). The soles are covered in masking tape so that the racing stripe remains untouched.
Finished shoes are put on display until customers pick them up, which makes for an ever-changing wall of inspiration. Below are some of the designs other customers have created, from an all-over zebra print to a personalised typeface (the other shoe should have read 'Bargainista'!) to punky studs.
How would you customise your Converse? Let me know and share your design on Twitter with the hashtag #getinkedatschuh.


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UK-Zimbabwe: BAE linked to Zimbabwean arms dealer
BAE Systems,
the British arms manufacturer under investigation in several countries
for alleged bribery, paid at least £20m to a company linked to a
Zimbabwean arms trader allied to President Robert Mugabe, documents
seen by the Financial Times show.
John Bredenkamp,
who has indefinite leave to remain in Britain, has had a controversial
career ranging from supplying military equipment to the Zimbabwean
military to mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
properties owned by Mr Bredenkamp were raided by the Serious Fraud
Office more than 18 months ago as part of a long-running investigation
into BAE
aircraft sales to South Africa. The payment of at least £20m is the
first detailed evidence of a financial relationship between Mr
Bredenkamp and the group.
The payments raise fresh questions
about BAE's dealings with outside agents, intermediaries who sometimes
act as brokers in arms deals. Agents have featured in investigations
into whether BAE channelled bribes to foreign officials to win
BAE refuses to provide details of its relationships
with agents, although it has pledged to introduce reforms as part of an
effort to improve its image after the corruption investigation into its
multibillion-pound al-Yamamah arms deal with Saudi Arabia.
The payments linked to Mr Bredenkamp were made between 2003 and
2005 by Red Diamond Trading, a BAE subsidiary registered in the British
Virgin Islands, from a London-based Lloyds TSB account, according to
documents seen by the FT. The money was transferred to Kayswell
Services, also registered in the British Virgin Islands, a company in
which the documents list Mr Bredenkamp as a beneficiary.
Virgin Island company records show Red Diamond was liquidated on May 30
last year, just two weeks before BAE announced that Lord Woolf, the
former lord chief justice, would investigate its ethical conduct and
compliance with anti-corruption rules. BAE, Mr Bredenkamp and Kayswell
all declined to confirm the payments or comment on what the money was
Less than two weeks ago, BAE unveiled a plan to achieve
"benchmark standards of governance" as part of its response to Lord
Woolf's recommendations.
Mr Bredenkamp has been involved in tobacco trading, oil
procurement and - according to the United Nations - the supply of
equipment to the Zimbabwe air force. Mr Bredenkamp says he has always
complied with European Union arms sanctions, in force against Zimbabwe
since 2002, which ban "the provision of financing related to military
Mr Bredenkamp, who prospered under Ian Smith's white
Rhodesian regime, is now a close associate of Zimbabwe's rural housing
minister, Emmerson Mnangagwa, head of the Mugabe government's Joint
Operational Command, a body widely identified as leading the campaign
of violence against the government's political opponents.
The Serious Fraud Office raids on Mr Bredenkamp's UK properties
were part of an ongoing investigation into BAE's 1999 £1.6bn jet
fighter sale to South Africa, when several ruling African National
Congress officials allegedly received bribes.
A spokesman for Mr
Bredenkamp denied he had any involvement in the South African sale and
said it was "wholly inappropriate" for him to make any comment while
the SFO inquiry continued.
BAE said: "It is our policy not to comment on payments to
individual parties or organisations, or on the individuals, parties or
organisations themselves."
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- 106 Money & Politics
- 176 War Profiteers Site
- 185 Corruption
- 204 Manufacturing
- 208 Regulation


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|Version 18 (modified by 10 years ago) (diff),
- Description
- Bugs/Feature Requests
- Download
- Source
- Example
- Configuration
- Bundled Task
- Bundled Scheduler
- Bundled Listener
- Recent Changes
- Author/Contributors
Trac Cron Plugin
This plugin add a scheduler inside Trac process that can handle any sort of task writing in python language. Main features are:
- Task are plugin
- Bundled out-of-the-box task
- Scheduler are plugin
- Bundled out-of-the-box scheduler
- Listener mechanisme to be notified of task execution
- Bundled out-of-the-box listener
The plugin provide an administration panel to help scheduling.
Bugs/Feature Requests
Existing bugs and feature requests for TracCronPlugin are here.
If you have any issues, create a new ticket.
Download the zipped source from [download:traccronplugin here].
You can check out TracCronPlugin from here using Subversion, or browse the source with Trac.
My company need to synchronize trac user with an external source of account. The job was made by an ETL but fine tuning of trac user was still done by a our modified version of Trac by clicking on a button on the admin panel that call a well designed API. So instead of manually clik on the button i searched a way to automate it. Unfortunately, i did not find any plugin for this and even if i could use a unix cron task or an windows AT command to plane the task, i thought it would be better done inside Trac process.
So if you have any function for entry point of a process (i mean trac related process) and you want to plane it as a job, Trac Cron Plugin is for you.
Simply create in a module (.py) a class that implement the ICronTask and put it inside plugins directory. Then you can either trick the trac.ini either comfortably use the dedicated admin panel.
How to write a task
You have to write python class that inherit of ICronTask which code is below:
class ICronTask(Interface): """ Interface for component task """ def wake_up(self, *args): """ Call by the scheduler when the task need to be executed """ raise NotImplementedError def getId(self): """ Return the key to use in trac.ini to configure this task """ raise NotImplementedError def getDescription(self): """ Return the description of this task to be used in the admin panel. """ raise NotImplementedError
Let's take a look at the heartbeat task packed with TracCronPlugin:
class HeartBeatTask(Component,ICronTask): """ This is a simple task for testing purpose. It only write a trace in log a debug level """ implements(ICronTask) def wake_up(self, *args): if len(args) > 0: for arg in args: self.env.log.debug("Heart beat: " + arg) else: self.env.log.debug("Heart beat: boom boom !!!") def getId(self): return "heart_beat" def getDescription(self): return self.__doc__
You need to implements the interface and to put the definition of the task inside the wake_up method
How to install the task
Since task are component you just have to put the class definition of your task in a python module in plugins directory. You can either create a .py file and put it in plugins directory or package the .py file into an eggs you'll leave in plugins directory.
TracCronPlugin will show up the task in it administration panel. Enjoy !
The plugin can entirely be configured both witn trac.ini or administration panel. The section name of TracCronPlugin is traccron, here is a full sample
[traccron] ticker_enabled = True ticker_interval = 1 heart_beat.daily = 21h19, 21h20 heart_beat.daily.enabled = True hear_beat_daily.arg = Good Morging heart_beat.enabled = True heart_beat.hourly = 17, 18 heart_beat.hourly.enabled = False heart_beat.monthly = 15@21h15, 15@21h16 heart_beat.monthly.enabled = False heart_beat.weekly = 4@21h28, 4@21h29 heart_beat.weekly.enabled = False
Global setting
ticker_enabled = True
This control the object called ticker which is the thread that launch tasks. If False, no ticket (no thread) is created so your Trac is merely like no cron is installed. This is the more global setting you can act on to enable or disable ALL task. Default value is True.
ticker_interval = 1
This key control the interval between each wake up of the ticker. The ticker thread periodically wake up to see if there is task to execute. Then the ticker thread go sleep for the amount of minutes specified by this key. You should not have modify this value except if you have system load issue. Default value is 1.
Task setting
For each task loaded by Trac Component manager, Trac Cron Plugin have those parameters. Let's look at hear beat task:
Enable/Disable a task
heart_beat.enabled = True
This is the second way to enable or disable a task. Since ticker_enabled is global and so all task will be affected, this key only affect one task. If False, wathever schedule the task have, no one will be trigged, so this is a way to disable a task while keep all the schedule in place for the time you will enable the task. Default is True.
Task scheduling
heart_beat.daily = 21h19, 21h20
This control the daily scheduler. As this name suggest, it trigger the task every day. You need to provide time you want the task to execute. You can give a comma separated list to trigger the task at multiple time everyday. Default is no value.
heart_beat.hourly = 17, 18
The goal of this scheduler is to trigger task every hours. You provode minute when you want the task to be executed. Accept comma sparated list of values. Default is no value.
heart_beat.monthly = 15@21h15, 15@21h16
This sceduler trigger task that need to be executed once a month. You provide the day in month and the hour when the task will be launched. The day is the index of the day starting at 1. Accept comma separated value. Default is no value
heart_beat.weekly = 4@21h28, 4@21h29
This sceduler trigger task that need to be executed once a week. You provide the day in week and the hour when the task will be launched. The day is the index of the day starting at 0 (Monday is 0). Accept comma separated value. Default is no value
Enable/Disable a schedule
Each schedule can individualy be enabled or disabled. This the configuration for daily scheduler:
heart_beat.daily.enabled = True
This enable or disable the trigger. If False, the scheduler will not trigger the task. Default is True.
Pass argument to a task
You can pass argument to the task in a per schedule basis. Here an example for daily schedule:
hear_beat_daily.arg = Good Morging
When the daily schedule will trigger the task, the value of the kay will be passed to the wake_up call. Parameters can be coma separated multiple value. Default is empty
Bundled Task
Beside the HearBeat task provided for testing purprose, TracCronPlugin come with following useful task.
This task remind reporter about orphaned ticket and assiged user about sleeping ticket. Orphaned ticket is a ticket in new status since more than a given amount of day. An email notifcation is sent to the reporter in such a case. A sleeping ticket is a ticket assigned to an user, but the user either did not accepet it or did not touch the ticket(make comment for exemple) since more than a gievn amount of day. The assigned user is notified in such a case. The delay is an optional parameter associated with each schedule. Default value is 3 day.
Bundled Scheduler
Hourly scheduler
See task scheduling section.
Daily scheduler
See task scheduling section.
Weekly scheduler
See task scheduling section.
Monthly scheduler
See task scheduling section.
Bundled Listener
Email notification of task event
This listener notify by email about task execution. You can choose the number of event sent by email by setting the value of email_task_event.limit. When the listener has received at least the number of task execution,it will send the mail. Default is 1. The value of email_task_event.recipient must be filled otherwise no mail will be sent.
Here the configuration for this listener
email_task_event.enabled = True email_task_event.limit = 1 email_task_event.recipient = admin
Here an sample of the email :
The above task has been run by Trac Cron Plugin task[heart_beat] started at 0 h 47 ended at 0 h 47 success task[heart_beat] started at 0 h 48 ended at 0 h 48 success task[heart_beat] started at 0 h 49 ended at 0 h 49 success
Recent Changes
- 15468 by rjollos on 2016-04-14 00:01:45
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- 12591 by t2y on 2013-02-04 08:50:52
added TracCronPlugin-0.2 version
- 12590 by t2y on 2013-02-04 08:50:25
added TracCronPlugin-0.1 version
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Federated Claim Exception Management
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Story highlights
- Libya's interim PM says he expects Libya to have a new government within 10 days
- Presentation of the country's new flag draws a standing ovation
- "This is a historic day," says U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
- The group will address the Palestinian quest for membership this week
Libya's interim prime minister said on Tuesday that he expects the county to have a new government within 10 days.
Mahmoud Jibril, head of the National Transitional Council's executive board, spoke at a Group of Eight conference on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly.
"I expect the government to be announced within a week, 10 days maximum from now ... most of the work has been done," he said. "I think this government, when formed, will help tremendously, bring about stability and order in Tripoli and the rest of the country. Therefore, I am not bothered by the time we are consuming to bring about some sort of national consensus behind this government."
Jibril said negotiations include discussion of the number of ministries the new government will have and where they will be located.
Earlier Tuesday, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon congratulated Libya's transitional leadership on the apparent success of that country's revolution, ushering in a post-Gadhafi era for the North African nation as part of the international body.
"For Libya, this is a historic day," said Ban, who directed that the country's new flag be presented alongside the U.N. flag amid a standing ovation from those in attendance.
The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly voted to accept the credentials of the country's new leadership after rebels last month all but ousted Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi after more than four decades in power.
"I am sure you saw your new flag this morning, flying so proudly outside this building," the U.N. chief said.
The rebuilding of Libya and the Palestinian quest for statehood are expected to be the dominant topics this week as world leaders converge on the United Nations in New York for the 66th annual session of the General Assembly.
On Tuesday, Ban met with Mustafa Abdul Jalil -- head of Libya's ruling National Transitional Council -- to discuss the deployment of a support mission to be run by British diplomat and U.N. envoy Ian Martin.
The mission is thought to largely center on post-conflict planning, with particular focus on security-building and electoral assistance.
But American participation, the U.N. chief says, is instrumental in supporting the new government, noting challenges facing transitional leadership as it confronts pockets of resistance and the specter of Gadhafi, who remains at large.
U.S. President Barack Obama vowed to continue to protect Libyan civilians for as long as they remained threatened by the former regime, pledging to reopen the American embassy in Tripoli later this week.
"Six months ago, as his tanks approached Benghazi, Gadhafi predicted that his opponents would be slaughtered like rats," said U.K. Foreign Secretary William Hague. "But he had not counted on the courage of the Libyan people, the principled stand of the Arab League and the resolve of the international community."
Hague said he sought to send to a clear message to the former dictator and his remaining supporters that "their time is up," adding that the unfreezing of Libyan assets will help pay for the country's critical services.
Tuesday's Libya summit at the U.N. General Assembly was billed as an event designed to give world leaders a chance to figure out ways to help Libya rebuild from the battle against their former leader.
The meeting was in stark contrast to two years ago, when Gadhafi gave a rambling General Assembly address where he floated conspiracy theories, urged probes into U.S. military activities and took aim at the structure of the Security Council itself.
Meanwhile, the international body also focused on what it described as an alarming increase in global desertification, and wrapped a two-day meeting on noncommunicable diseases, now the world's leading killer.
It is only the second time a health issue has been debated at a special meeting of the General Assembly, following the group's pledge to take on AIDS a decade ago.
Delegates unanimously approved a "political declaration" on Monday, addressing illnesses including cancer, cardiovascular disease, chronic lung diseases and diabetes in developing countries, which often struggle with limited budgets and overwhelmed health care systems.
Also on the plate of U.N. activities this week is an expected address from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who will take the podium Thursday to address recent changes in the Middle East.
His visit marks the seventh time the Iranian president has traveled to New York since he took office in 2005.
Ahmadinejad told Iranian state media on Monday that the U.N. must meet the international community's "real demands," raising questions as to whether the Iranian leader will broach the issue of Palestinian statehood, a lightning-rod topic and the subject of much diplomatic wrangling.
The U.S. has pledged to block a Palestinian membership application should it reach the Security Council, but is likely eager to head-off a scenario that would involve an American veto -- a move widely seen as unpopular in the Middle East.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has, however, seemed largely undeterred.
In a speech Friday that appeared both an attempt to manage domestic expectations and push the statehood issue, the Palestinian leader told an audience in Ramallah, "We are going to the United Nations to attain full membership."
He has said the Palestinian territories should be represented by their "natural borders" -- with Israel remaining within its 1967 boundaries, which would afford Palestinians the Gaza strip, East Jerusalem and the West Bank.
He called disputed territories inhabited by Israeli settlers "illegal."
On Friday, the body will address the controversial bid.
Abbas is scheduled to speak, and has said after he gives that speech, he will deliver a formal membership application to the U.N. secretary-general.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who opposes the measure, is scheduled to speak later in the day and has called the move provocative and pushed for a return to the negotiating table.
The Palestinian territories currently have "observer" status, meaning delegates can speak in the General Assembly but not vote.
A "yes" vote in the General Assembly -- where only a majority vote would be needed -- could afford Palestinians with the status of "permanent observer," similar to the position the Vatican currently holds.
A vote in their favor would be all but assured, meaning they could pursue legal actions against Israel, though analysts suggest that the elevated status could prematurely raise expectations for change in the region.
Hamas, the Palestinian organization that controls Gaza, has warned Abbas against making the request, saying it would show a willingness to acknowledge and negotiate with Israel, which would "deprive the Palestinian people from their right to come back to their homeland."
The five permanent members of the Security Council are the United States, China, France, Russia and the United Kingdom.
The General Assembly, the U.N.'s main policy-making body, has 193 member nations.


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Some of you have mentioned that you're building up ideas for foul-weather-indoor-play, and I've got something for you that requires very little preparation and can be pulled together with materials that we all have on hand.
- marker/pen/pencil
- paper
- tape
- cups
I taped a sheet of paper to the table and showed N how to trace around a cup. I'm in love with blue painters tape, and can hardly imagine what we'd do without it. I wasn't sure how this activity would go…would she find it too simple, boring, thrilling, or challenging? Turns out it was a good challenge for her, as she requested cups and markers for more tracing the next day.
And as you can see from her circles, this involves a lot of fancy handiwork, small motor skills, and hand-eye coordination for wrapping the marker all the way around the cup. I think my child is inherently right-handed, and it's interesting to see her draw with both her right and left hands in order to draw all the way around the cup. Good problem-solving!
If your child enjoys this, a good extension would be tracing cookie cutters, tape rolls, food storage containers, etc. Even better…ask your child to think of other objects to trace. And if you move away from tracing disposable things, shift from markers to pencils. A good lesson in preservation!
What are your favorite simple rainy day activities?
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George Zimmerman's wife filed divorce papers electronically in a Florida court Thursday, her lawyer told NBC News.
"The documents have been received by the Seminole County clerks," attorney Kelly Sims said in an e-mail.
The filing comes a week after Shellie Zimmerman pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor perjury charge for lying during a bail hearing after her husband's arrest in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin of Miami Gardens.
Her husband of six years wasn't in court with her last week as she was sentenced to a year's probation and 100 hours of community service.
George Zimmerman was acquitted of second-degree murder and manslaughter charges in July.
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The organization of Cass County and the establishment of Walker as the county seat was taking place but at the same time George Barclay was also involved with business, local events, and family happenings. I return to the gossip columns in the newspaper and learn that Grace and Amarilla were both mentioned as well.
January 2, 1897: "Mr. Barclay made a flying trip to Brainerd and returned with his wife and daughter. The later came up to spend vacation." Grace was sixteen years old at this time.
"Mr. Barclay is still buying ties and is very busy, but his health is not good, as he is lame in his left shoulder. "
Source: Local News – Pine River, The Cass County Pioneer Newspaper, 1/2/1897 to 6/2/1898, January 2, 1897
July 1: "Geo Barclay has been down to Minneapolis ever since the 14th of this month. He was down on a lawsuit, which is now over. He returned on the 28th."
"Andrew Whitesides, Mrs. Mickleson, Phil Reeler, Billy Pickler and The Moose were all down to the city as witnesses for Mr. Barclay. Miss Barclay was down also. She returned last Monday."
"Mrs. Barclay is not feeling very well, but she is still working."
"Mr. Barclay and party including his daughter stopped in Minneapolis about a week. Miss Barclay took down a couple of her father's witnesses."
Source: Local News-Pine River, July 1, 1897, Thurs, Cass County Pioneer Newspaper. 1/1/1897-6/2/1898.
July 15: "Mr. George Barclay was down to Brainerd Saturday last and reports the washouts as bad."
Source: Cass County Pioneer, Jan. 2, 1897 to Jan 2, 1898 – July 15, 1897 Front page, 3rd column at the top.
Note: I do not know what lawsuit the gossip column was referring to? I am a bit curious but have not had time to research it. It would require looking at court documents and that could get tricky depending on which court it was in, state, federal or county? The fact that my grandmother Grace was involved is very intriguing. If I was to speculate it might have had something to do with the railroad or his past partner?


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Premier League: Man City 6 Arsenal 3
Manchester City boosted their hopes of regaining the Premier League title and dealt Arsenal's hopes a major blow with a 6-3 win on Saturday.
The 2011-12 champions went into the game six points adrift of Arsene Wenger's league leaders, but moved within striking distance of the London club by claiming the spoils in an enthralling encounter.
Sergio Aguero opened the scoring for City, volleying home from a corner, only for the returning Theo Walcott to level midway through the first half.
Alvaro Negredo turned home Pablo Zabaleta's cross to put the hosts back in front and City looked to have made the game safe when Fernandinho scored his first goal for the club early in the second half.
England winger Walcott curled home a delightful second as Arsenal rallied, yet David Silva converted Jesus Navas' cross to make it 4-2 and Fernandinho struck again in the 88th minute.
An injury-time header from Per Mertesacker provided little consolation for the visitors, particularly as there was still time for Yaya Toure to add City's sixth from the penalty spot.
Walcott made his first start since September for Arsenal, while City manager Manuel Pellegrini once again preferred Costel Pantilimon to Joe Hart in goal.
The hosts started the stronger and were rewarded after 13 minutes when Aguero met Martin Demichelis' near-post flick-on from a corner with an acrobatic volley that flew past Wojciech Szczesny.
City's advantage was almost doubled seven minutes later when Negredo shot wide from Vincent Kompany's throughball.
Despite offering little in response, Arsenal equalised after 31 minutes when Walcott finished a flowing move with a shot from the edge of the area that left Pantilimon flat-footed.
Negredo wasted a gilt-edged chance soon after, but the Spain striker atoned for that miss when scoring from point-blank range in the 39th minute following good work from Toure and Zabaleta.
To make matters worse for Arsenal, Laurent Koscielny sustained an injury as Negredo found the net and the defender was forced off to be replaced by Thomas Vermaelen.
Aguero was also withdrawn through injury after the break, but City grabbed a third when Fernandinho capitalised on sloppy Arsenal defending with a curled finish.
Wenger's men produced a determined response, Olivier Giroud heading wide before a penalty appeal for handball against Zabaleta went unanswered.
Walcott's exquisite second provided genuine hope for Arsenal, but City were not to be denied and soon restored their two-goal advantage through Silva.
Jack Wilshere forced Pantilimon into a fine save with a shot from distance, but the midfielder was at fault for City's fifth as he conceded possession to allow Fernandinho to score his second.
That goal came with two minutes remaining, yet there was still time for Mertesacker to pull one back and Toure to finish from 12 yards after James Milner had been brought down by Szczesny.
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PBN's Dicus to keynote UH Hilo's fall commencementUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Hilo
University of Hawaii at Hilo
HILO, Hawaii - Hawaiʻi business reporter Howard Dicus will deliver the keynote address during the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo's fall commencement, scheduled for Saturday, December 16, 2006 at the UH Hilo New Gym beginning at 9:00 a.m. Degrees or certificates will be awarded to students representing the College of Arts and Sciences (198), College of Business and Economics (28), College of Agriculture, Forestry & Natural Resource Management (12), and Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikolani College of Hawaiian Language (6). Dicus has become one of the most recognized individuals in Hawaiʻi' business community through his extensive work in print, radio and television. As the Web and Broadcast Editor for Pacific Business News (PBN), Dicus writes most of the local business stories that appear on the PBN Website, which he also airs live each weekday morning on KHON TV and Hawaiʻi Public Radio (HPR). He separately writes, produces and hosts the weekly television program "PBN Friday" on PBS Hawaiʻi (KHET) featuring interviews with members of the local business community, workers and entrepreneurs on how Hawaiʻi works. Dicus also files technology and economic reports which air on WTOP Newsradio in Washington,D.C.
Before moving to Hawaiʻi, Dicus worked as a radio network newscaster whose reports were heard on AP Radio, UPI Radio, the Mutual Broadcasting System, and National Public Radio. His love for broadcasting and journalism has led him to pursue other interests within the field. While with United Press International, Dicus reviewed books and CDs and wrote a humor column. And he recently began hosting a Saturday morning classical music program on Hawaiʻi Public Radio called "Howard's Day Off." Melvin Jadulang, a communication major from Kapaʻau, will be the student speaker. Jadulang, who carries a 3.71 GPA, has compiled a lengthy list of academic achievements. He has made the Dean's List eight times since Fall 2001, earned a UH Hilo Leadership Scholarship in 2001, was named a UH System Presidential Scholar in 2003 and received honorable mention to USA Today's 2005 All-USA College Academic Team.
His campus activities include serving as a senator and secretary for the UH Hilo Student Association (UHHSA), which twice recognized him for outstanding contributions, president of the Filipino Club, an agricultural development program peer advisor, Web designer for the University's student newspaper and a student volunteer in the UH Hilo Admissions Office.
Equally active in community affairs, Jadulang served as a legislative youth issues co-chair, working with high school and college students to develop and lobby for legislation concerning secondary and post-secondary education, agriculture and world community development. He currently serves as treasurer for the Hawaiʻi Future Farmers of America Foundation Board and regularly speaks at civic forums in public schools. His address, entitled "A Leaders Choice," will focus on the choices students make and their impact on the future.
For more information about commencement, please contact Commencement Coordinator Justina Mattos at 936-1193 or email email@example.com. For accommodations, contact Susan Shirachi at 933-0816 (V) or 974-7335 (TTY). Requests for special accommodations should be made at least 10 business days prior to the event.


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Lehigh Valley Planning Commission Predicts Huge Growth
The Lehigh Valley Planning Commission has completed a study to predict the growth of the Lehigh Valley over the next thirty years. The Reader's Digest version would say that there are A LOT of people coming to the region. Our population is projected to add another 226,722 people by 2040. The total population will be 873,954 in the LV at that time.
Using 2010 census data, the Planning Commission is able to detect trends in the growth patterns of Lehigh and Northampton counties and is able to break them down by age group to show specifically where we'll be growing. It's no secret that the baby boomer generation is aging, and that is shown clearly in the report. The largest growing age demographic will be the 75 and over crowd, who will add 54,265 people to their ranks. Coming second in growth rate are the 70-74 year olds, growing by 20,946.
As much as the elderly seem to love the Lehigh Valley, the young are leaving the region. One of the largest exits from the area is from 20-24 year old males with college degrees who lived here when they were pursuing their education and then moved away for jobs or other opportunities upon graduation.
Countering this trend is the influx of those in their later twenties, who often move to the region when they begin to start a family. As far as starting families goes, birth rates in Northampton County are expected to top the state average for every 5 year range that was studied. Lehigh County's will stay closer to the state average or below.
Northampton County will also grow at a higher rate of 11.9 percent compared to Lehigh County's 11.5 percent. The Planning Commission predicts that this is because of Northampton County's proximity to New Jersey and New York as more employees from those states choose to live in Pennsylvania.
You can read the full report by clicking here!
So, what do you think of all of this population growth? If you've got ideas or opinions on how the Lehigh Valley can better prepare or improve its existing stature, visit http://www.envisionlehighvalley.com and share your feedback or take one of the surveys about economic development, fresh food access, transportation and job/housing balance. With the massive growth in our region, we have to plan ahead so that residents, new and old, will have access to jobs, transportation, housing and food. People are flocking to the Lehigh Valley for a reason, let's plan ahead to keep it great.
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CHICAGO -- Club Industry 2009 ended last Saturday at McCormick Place in Chicago. The three-day show attracted more than 7,000 attendees, speakers and exhibitors.
Jack LaLanne, who turned 95 last month, highlighted the show with his keynote address on Thursday. LaLanne's wife, Elaine, introduced her husband of 50 years with a video montage of his career highlights, which included "The Jack LaLanne Show." After the address, LaLanne was presented the Club Industry Lifetime Achievement Award before spending more than an hour signing autographs and posing for photos with attendees.
Mark Mastrov, founder of 24 Hour Fitness and co-founder of his newest company, New Evolution Fitness Co., delivered the keynote address on Friday. Mastrov discussed the basic principles of club development and stressed that with the recession nearing its end, this may be the best time to open or acquire clubs.
Prior to Mastrov's address, Club Industry presented its Best of the Best awards to six fitness facility operators in the categories of best behavior modification program, best children's program, best community-based program, best group training, best new member integration program and best nonmember program.
Friday's town hall meeting "How Will You React in a Crisis?" involved tips about how to handle emergencies, such as the LA Fitness shootings in August. The meeting included an AED demonstration.
Read more about the show on the Club Industry 2009 blog.
The Club Industry East show will take place May 5-7, 2010, at The Javits Center in New York.


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ORGAN needles are manufactured from special
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Organ Needle Company has managed to combine the functionality of sewing machine
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Lasts Five Times Longer Than Chrome-Plated Needles
Productivity of automated and unmanned sewing equipment is limited by the life
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(1) Heat Buildup in penetration of synthetic, chemically treated, or very dense
(2) Materials or residue sticking to the needle surface or in eye
(3) Excessive sewing thread breakage due to friction in the eye
As a needle penetrates synthetic, chemically treated or very dense materials a
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melt or fuse the sewn material along the seam. The needle's heat may melt the
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The nature of some materials makes them rather "sticky." Materials such as
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as these materials push through or pull up trough needle holes.
Synthetic threads often have a higher friction coefficient than natural fiber
threads such as cotton. Passing through the eye of the needle increases, the
heat of the needles rises, often to temperatures which will melt the synthetic
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Chemical coatings or treatments of threads and materials may cause troublesome
sewing problems. Bonded layers, waterproofing, dyes, starches, adhesive, sizing,
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The COOL-SEW finish needle's surfaces, even in the eye, are resistant to
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When COOL-SEW needles are used under conditions described above you can
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COOL-SEW needles are ideal for sewing through vinyl, synthetics,
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Natalie Nourigat & Cat Farris appear on Friday, April 15th, 2011 from 8:00-11:30PM
Press Release:
Drink & Draw Like a Lady returns to Portland for a second year Friday, April 15 at the Hollywood Things From Another World (TFAW) at 4133 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland, OR from 8:00 p.m. to midnight.
This is a very special women-only event! All ladies–whether they create comics, love comics, or just want to learn more about them–are invited to take part in some female positivity, as well as complimentary hors de'oeurves, beer, and wine (with valid I.D.).
Founded in 2009 by Hope Larson as a pre-MoCCA event and organized this year by Lucy Knisley, Drink & Draw Like a Lady is an excellent opportunity for women to sketch, socialize with the local comics community, and network. Do you have minicomics and business cards to share? Bring 'em! Are you new to comics and want to get the female perspective? This is the perfect event for you.
Periscope Studio artists Cat Farris and Natalie "Tally" Nourigat are spearheading the West Coast edition this year. "There are so many incredible female creators, editors, and fans of comics in Portland," said Farris. "It's the perfect place for an event like this–we were really happy about the energy it generated last year."
"I grew up reading comics in the '80s and '90s," said TFAW Marketing Manager Elisabeth Forsythe, "but there wasn't really a female support system for me back then. I'm so happy there are so many women in comics today, and that TFAW can host an event of this stature."
Things from Another World
4133 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland, OR 97214


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Anti-glare for optimal viewing: A 39.6cm (15.6) anti-glare screen with HD resolution gives you the clarity you crave, so you can work comfortably in any environment.
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Easy connectivity: Simplify connections to projectors and external monitors with a VGA output . Connect to your external media with three USB ports and an SD card reader, or download files quickly with a built-in optical drive and Gigabit Ethernet.


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I was killing some time this morning, and, reading some old posts about Lean Mac, and saw that you had a grandson out of O'Malley.
I'm strongly considering a pup out of O'Malley, and, just wondering if you could share any insights on your dog, and traits that O'Malley presumably threw.. Strengths, Weaknesses, Physical, etc. How you use the dog? Hunt, test, trial, and how he's doing, etc
Any feedback is Greatly appreciated!
Brian Smith
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BlogHer Book Club: Reflected In You
If you haven't figured this out by now, I love to read. I love reading books I wouldn't normally pick up, partly because I've exhausted my favorite writers. And their favorite writers. Reflected in You by Sylvia Day is probably not one of the books I would have picked up on my own, even though it is currently the #1 New York Times bestseller.
Reflected in You is the second novel in the Crossfire series, featuring Gideon Cross - another mid-twenties billionaire who owns companies with a twisted past - and Eva Tramell, who has recently graduated college and is working her first job in Manhattan - and of course she comes with a twisted past of her own. Sound somewhat familiar?
It actually has its own nuances and is a different story from the 50 Shades books, though there it falls into the same erotic genre - sans naughty play - with the disparity in power of the relationship. Eva, however, comes from money on her mother's side and has a best friend she lives with in her spacious apartment, paid for by her stepfather. I had similar queasy stomach issues reading this book and seeing the decisions that the characters would make as I have in reading similar novels.
That said, I'm awaiting the next Crossfire novel (and I'm slightly ashamed to admit that). I did read the first novel in the series, Bared to You, prior to reading Reflected in You, but the book has enough backstory that you can read the second novel without having read the first. The first does provide much of the detail that helps the second flow more smoothly, however.
I have never been in a relationship that started with all-consuming passion from the first moment, where there is a question of where the line between obsession and caring needs to be drawn. And I have certainly never been in a relationship with such a power discrepancy, nor where the passion/obsession has been maintained at such a high level for so long.
It worries me a little to think that young adults might view this as a typical or expected relationship, when there is so much about it that is unhealthy - both individually amongst the characters and with their relationships. That was hard to close my mind to as I was reading because I worry about the wee ones as they grow older and develop their own relationships, not just romantically but with friends. And all those relationships are pretty messed up, too, in this book.
And fortunately, this book is more about the relationships amongst the characters and less about the raw carnality, which makes it a much easier read for me. I'll admit that I get bored when there is more intercourse than story. And Reflected in You certainly has plenty of story, disturbing as much of it is.
Have you read either of the Crossfire novels? Do you plan to? Regardless, jump in with the BlogHer Book Club discussion. This week, we're talking about how we recharge when life is too overwhelming. I certainly can't afford to jet off to Vegas or have a spa come to my home for a day of pampering, but I find my ways. Share with us what you do!
In the interest of full disclosure, I received a copy of the Crossfire novels for review purposes. I am also compensated for participating in this campaign. That said, all opinions remain my own.