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Last Thursday evening I attended a reception at the home of Deacon Chuck Clough and his wife, Gloria.
Deacon Chuck and Gloria (center) greets Joan and Al Lagan
In attendance were Craig and Nancy Gibson seen here along with Damien DeVasto from our staff
There were a hundred or so people there
Father Jack Ahern spoke of the opportunities ahead as he begins as the pastor of three parishes in Dorchester
Mary Ryan along with David and Judy Castaldi
We are very grateful for all of the support that Chuck and others are giving to the Church's development activities. In these times of economic distress, the demands on our services are ever-increasing, so we are very, very grateful to all of those who have come forward to help us.
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On Friday afternoon, we made a lightning trip to Houston for the annual cardinals' dinner to raise scholarship money for The Catholic University of America.
The evening started with a Mass at the new cathedral in Houston. This was the first time that I had been in the cathedral and I was very impressed.
Archbishop Joseph Fiorenza built it towards the end of his tenure as bishop of Galveston-Houston and, of course, now they not only have a new cathedral but they also have a new cardinal, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo.
The archdiocese has grown considerably. There are probably 1,200,000 Catholics in Houston now and the cathedral was built in response to that growth.
I remember when I was Bishop of Fall River the people in Sandwich wanted to build a parish church. They said: "We want a Church that looks like a Church," because sometimes churches are built today that you could mistake for a bowling alley.
Well, I think the people in Houston got a cathedral that looks like a cathedral — it is very bright, large and the artwork is stunning.
They had a wonderful diocesan choir that sang for the event. The church was filled and I and eight other American cardinals attended the Mass.
Father David O'Connell preached the homily and he always gives a very inspiring talk. Cardinal DiNardo, of course, presided at the Mass. The nuncio, Archbishop Sambi, was with us as well.
Father O'Connell
After the Mass, we went to a hotel for the gala dinner. There were a number of students there from Catholic University who gave speeches. It was very impressive to see the very strong Catholic identity and commitment of faith of the institution as reflected in the testimonies of the students.
There were also a number of musical programs. One student played the violin, another sang opera and a duet performed some more contemporary pieces.
At the dinner, they presented the "American Cardinals Encouragement Award" to Sister Maureen O'Connell, the executive director of Angela House, which is a transitional housing facility for women recently released from prison.
I think they raised close to a million and a half dollars for scholarships!
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So, having been in Houston for a few hours, we jumped on a plane the next morning and came back to Boston in time to be here for another fundraiser, the third of the week!
This time it was for St. Elizabeth's Hospital. That was also a very successful fundraiser. There was a lot of enthusiasm and hope among the hospital staff and personnel with the recent dedication of the new Emergency Room, so it was a beautiful evening.
I am comforted by reading St. Paul, who spent a lot of his time taking up collections for Jerusalem, so we are following in that tradition!
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That same evening, Father Ignacio Larrañaga came to see me. Father Larrañaga is a Spanish Capuchin who is Basque and has spent most of his life in Chile in the Capuchin province there.
With Father Larrañaga
He is probably the most read spiritual writer currently in the Spanish speaking world. He has authored several books, many of which have sold over a million copies. But, beyond his great ability as a spiritual writer, he is a retreat master and a preacher and has gone around the world giving workshops on prayer, called "Talleres de Oración."
During all the turmoil in Latin America at the time of liberation theology and so many other things, he never lost sight of what his role was to teach people about the interior life. He draws very much from our Franciscan traditions, but also from the Carmelite spirituality, St. Ignatius of Loyola and the other spiritual masters. His book on the Blessed Mother, "The Silence of Mary," is one of my favorite books on the Blessed Mother. It is a beautiful biography and I encourage you to read it. Many of his books have been translated into English.
I first met Father Larrañaga back in the 1981 when I was in Washington. I invited him to come give conferences on Our Lady of Guadalupe. It was the 450th anniversary of the apparition of the Blessed Virgin to Juan Diego.
He gave a number of conferences, but the most striking was the a standing-room only Mass he preached at the Basilica Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. I recall it was just an extraordinary event.
Now, at 80-plus years, he is still traveling around the world giving workshops on prayer. He came to Boston to give a talk at Boston College. They had 300 people come to this workshop, and they said that they had to turn away at least as many people because they didn't have room!
Father Larrañaga speaking at BC
I am sorry he couldn't have stayed in Boston the next day to have Mass in one of our Hispanic parishes, but he was off to Washington where he was having another event and then going on to Mexico to continue his work.
It was a joy to see him again and he has always kept in touch over the years. I am very proud of him as Capuchin and also very grateful for his extraordinary ministry that has helped so many people to find the path to God in their spiritual life and life of prayer.
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Sunday we arrived in Charlestown for the 150th anniversary of St. Francis de Sales Parish. The firemen had two fire trucks with the American flag in front of the church. For those of you who may not know, Father Dan Mahoney, the pastor at St. Francis, is Chief Chaplain of the Boston Fire Department.
The Mass was very well attended by parishioners and former parishioners, representatives of the ecumenical community, firemen and scores of altar servers.
It was a very beautiful celebration of their 150th anniversary and we thanked Father Mahoney for his ministry in the parish, and to the firefighters for their presence and support.
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Sunday afternoon I attended the Holocaust Remembrance Day celebration at Faneuil Hall.
Several Holocaust survivors were in attendance
I had been asked to make some remarks at the ceremony.
Nadav Tamir
The Israeli Consul General, Nadav Tamir introduced me and spoke very beautifully of Pope John XXIII and all that he had done to save Jews when he was nuncio in the Middle East at the time of the Second World War. There was also a rabbi, a holocaust survivor, who spoke. It was a very moving talk.
Many people told me they were very grateful to the archdiocese for hosting the rededication of the holocaust menorah at the Pastoral Center in March and for having inviting Cardinal Kasper to the event.
Speaking with Nancy Kaufman and Israel Arbeiter
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On Monday evening, I celebrated Mass marking the one year anniversary of the passing of the foundress of the Focolare Movement, Chiara Lubich, at Our Lady Help of Christians in Newton.
Father Tim Murphy of Immaculate Conception in Salem
Local people from the Focolare Movement and representatives of other faith traditions, including Rev. Diane Kessler and Imam Taalib Mahdee, were there to honor the memory of Chiara Lubich.
She started the Apostolate when she was a 23-year-old elementary school teacher in Trent, in northern Italy. She was a lay member of the third order of St. Francis of her Capuchin parish.
In the midst of the violence of the Second World War, she gathered in a bomb shelter with some of her companions and began reading the scriptures and picking out the words of life, the "parola di vita." The first "parola di vita" was: "Father, may they all be one," and this has become the overriding theme of the movement's beautiful spirituality based on Christ's prayer for unity.
With BC professor Michael James
There are 100,000 members of the movement in the world; they have used the theme of unity to reach out beyond our own Church to other religious groups as well.
There are about 35 Mariapolis, which are like small cities that they have set up, like Loppiano in Italy and Luminosa in New York, where they come together and live in the way that the first Christians did: in a spirit of great unity, following the teaching of the apostles, in fellowship, prayer, breaking of bread and communion of goods.
I was privileged to have met with Chiara Lubich many times over the last 30 years and was very honored to celebrate the Mass for her. I pray that her spiritual family will grow and particularly here in the archdiocese. I think that their theme of unity and love is a great gift for us.
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On Tuesday, Father Bill Kelly organized a conference on St. Paul.
Father Frank Santilli, from the Diocese of Providence, gave the conference, which was attended by priests, deacons, seminarians and myself.
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On Wednesday, I had two very important meetings.
Twice a year the bishops of the Province of Boston — which includes the four dioceses of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine — gather to reflect on the pastoral challenges facing us, share information and be together.
This was our spring meeting, and for a couple of the bishops it was the first time they had been to the Pastoral Center and they were very pleased to see the beautiful headquarters that we now have.
Later in the evening I met with all the Boston seminarians who came to the Pastoral Center for Holy Hour, dinner and dialogue—questions and answers. I always enjoy having an opportunity to spend some time with our men who are studying for the priesthood.


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(CNN) -- Justin Bieber was under the influence of alcohol, pot and Xanax when police stopped him for drag racing in Miami Beach last week, police documents allege.
"Yeah, we were smoking all night at the studio," the singer told a police officer who told him he "reeked of marijuana," according to documents released Thursday.
Bieber was "excited," "talkative," "insulting" and "cocky" and "used profanity," according to a intoxication evaluation conducted by police in the Florida city.
His speech was mumbled, his pupils dilated, his face flushed and his eyes bloodshot, the assessment said.
The lab test results and details of Bieber's sobriety tests were released just hours after the 19-year-old singer was booked on an assault charge in Canada, accused of hitting his limousine driver in Toronto a month ago.
Bieber, who will turn 20 in four weeks, apparently sought refuge Wednesday night in Stratford, the Canadian town where he grew up before becoming a pop star.
His father tweeted a photo of Bieber asleep in a bed with Justin's younger half brother, Jaxon. The Twitter message posted by @JeremyBieber read: "Safe and sound #homesweethome"
Earlier Wednesday, Bieber's lawyer entered a "not guilty" plea to the Florida charges of DUI, resisting arrest and driving with an expired license, according to court records.
The prospect of a third criminal arrest for Bieber hangs on a decision expected as soon as next week, after detectives investigating an alleged egg attack on his California neighbor meet again with a Los Angeles prosecutor.
Bieber told police in Miami Beach that he had taken "medications for anxiety" that night but that he did not know what it was or whether he had a prescription for it. "Well, my mom takes care of all that stuff for me," the police report quoted him as saying.
The preliminary toxicology report on Bieber's urine sample said it tested positive for "metabolite of THC," which indicates marijuana use, and alprazolam, the generic name for the prescription sedative Xanax.
At the police station, Bieber failed a series of sobriety tests, including "horizontal gaze," "Romberg balance," "walk and turn," "finger to nose" and "one-leg stand" tests, the police report said.
When Bieber was asked to estimate when 30 seconds passed, he failed by thinking a half-minute was over in 17 seconds, the report said.
He had "great difficulty" completing the Breathalyzer test, the officer wrote. He "continuously forgot basic instructions."
Bieber told the officer "that he was blowing as hard as he could, and told me to look at how red his face was," he wrote. "He advised he was blowing into the hose like he blows into his trumpet."
When he was finally successful, he blew .011 and .014 in two Breathalyzer tests, the report said. Florida's legal limit for drivers under the drinking age of 21 is .02.
Bieber was briefly jailed in Miami Beach on January 23 after he was stopped by a police officer who said he was drag racing in a Lambourghini on a residential street.
Opinion: Money and Justin Bieber's teenage brain
Toronto assault charge
Safe and sound #homesweethome pic.twitter.com/qGoCFj90hs— Jeremy Bieber (@JeremyBieber) January 30, 2014
Bieber arrived at a Toronto police station for booking Wednesday evening amid a chaotic scene as determined photographers, reporters, screaming fans and the curious converged around his SUV. About a dozen Toronto police officers shoved their way through the crowd to escort Bieber, getting him through the door only after a struggle.
The alleged incident happened after the limo driver picked up a group of six people outside a Toronto nightclub just before 3 a.m. December 30, according to a police statement.
"While driving the group to a hotel, an altercation occurred between one of the passengers and the driver of the limousine," the police statement said. "In the course of the altercation, a man struck the limousine driver on the back of the head several times. The driver stopped the limousine, exited the vehicle and called police."
The singer attended a Toronto Maple Leafs hockey game at the Air Canada Centre earlier in the evening, according to the CBC.
Bieber left the Toronto police station through a rear exit after about two hours inside Wednesday night. He is set to appear in a Toronto court on March 10, police said.
Bieber's Los Angeles lawyer said the charge was "the equivalent of a misdemeanor in the United States."
"Our position is that Mr. Bieber is innocent," attorney Howard Wietzman said. "As the matter is now before the court, it would be inappropriate to address the specifics of either the allegation or of our defense at this time."
Bieber's manager, Scooter Braun, posted messages on Twitter that appear to be related to Wednesday's arrest:
"for all those asking @JeremyBieber and @pattiemallette love their son. Stop passing judgement on a situation u dont understand. i ask people to be kind and hope for the best in people. not assume the worst. thanks"
Bieber's latest criminal arrest came just an hour after the television debut of his newest video, for his song "Confident."
Bieber's bad behavior: We've seen it before
Egging investigation 'tightening up'
Detectives are "tightening up" their case against Bieber in his alleged egg attack on a neighbor's residence, an investigator said Tuesday.
The neighbor accused Bieber of tossing eggs over a fence and onto the mansion next door on January 9, causing an estimated $20,000 in damage.
A dozen Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies raided Bieber's $6.5 million home in the exclusive Oaks community in Calabasas, California, two weeks ago, taking the security video system as evidence.
A prosecutor reviewed the security video Monday and asked detectives to do more investigation before a decision is made about charging the pop star with felony vandalism, according to Lt. David Thompson.
Detectives will probably meet again with prosecutors in the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office next week, Thompson said. The district attorney will then decide whether a charge will be filed against Bieber.
'Deport Justin Bieber' petition reaches 100,000+ signatures
CNN's Tory Dunnan, Carolyn Sung, Stephanie Gallman and Susan Candiotti contributed to this report.

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Anyone who reads this blog knows that I love Ruby, and I love Automation.
Ian Dees is wise enough to realize that automation is not the Ultimate Solution to Everything, pointing out that "some domains are better suited than others for automation". "So," he asks, "why not let the computers and people each do what they're good at?" To that end, he offers his new book "Scripted GUI Testing with Ruby", a book for testers who code and coders who test -- and maybe for others, as well.
As the title implies, test scripts are written in the Ruby language -- and its Java implementation, JRuby -- and the author assumes that readers will have some experience with Ruby. If you've written and run a few Ruby scripts, you'll be fine. Ian doesn't require you to be a black-belt Rubyist to understand what's going on here, and his humor helps keep it interesting.
Ian's guinea pig for client-side testing is LockNote, a simple text editor that saves your notes with password-protected encryption. The program is freely available for Windows, and Ian has developed his own cross-platform Java/Swing version, dubbed "JunqueNote". Using these two applications, Dees teaches us how to automate testing of GUI applications on both the Windows and Java platforms. You'll learn how to launch the app and use API calls to find windows, automate keystrokes and mouse-clicks, and more. This can be valuable as either a means to an end, or as the end goal itself; whether you're testing software, or simply looking to automate it via the user interface.
In one chapter, Dees provides a gentle introduction to the popular RSpec Behaviour Driven Development framework. In another, he shows how we can simplify our test code by separating out the common code from the platform-specific code.
Because the focus is on software testing, the author devotes a chapter to leveraging randomness to expose bugs that might otherwise be missed. Another chapter focuses on the ZenTest test matrix library. A later chapter delves into testing web-based applications using Selenium and WATIR, and how to combine these with RSpec.
As a Ruby on Windows advocate, I'm pleased to see a book that devotes more than just a half-dozen pages to Windows-specific task automation. But "Scripted GUI Testing with Ruby" spends a good deal of time discussing Java-based testing, as well.
This book is targeted at software testers, and they'll certainly be the section of the market that gets the maximum value from it. But it has potential value beyond that niche. There's something useful to be learned by both testers and non-testers, on both Java and Windows platforms.
Thanks for stopping by!
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Scripted GUI Testing with Ruby
Anyone who reads this blog knows that I love Ruby, and I love Automation.
3 comments:
Thank you very, very much for information on this book. Where I work we are beginning an Identity Management project and will need to programatically control applications. From you description this book is what I have been looking for.
We have to control the admin applications because most of our apps don't natively work with any Identity Management standard.
- September 30, 2008 at 10:21 AM
- Siva Phaneendra krapa said...
Thanks a ton. I think I can stop searching her and there once I found this book.This book speaks about every thing I want.Thanks for introducing such a great book.
Siva Phaneendra krapa
- August 3, 2009 at 2:23 PM
- Ar Vicco said...
Great book, lots of valuable stuff that you can use for Automation scripts - both for Windows and Java! Thanks for pointing to it in your blog.
- November 13, 2009 at 12:30 AM


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A Plea to Teachers with iPads: Make Your Practice Visible
Here's my main insight from the iPad Summit that I helped host over the last two days:
If you are teaching and creating learning experiences with iPads, we really need you to share your practice online.
From a scientific study, we know that schools have spent a gazillion dollars on 43 zillion iPads. They are being adopted and piloted at an extraordinary rate in the U.S.
There is a great risk that teachers will simply adopt these new tools to extend existing practice—making them expensive notebooks and PDF textbooks. One of the ways to avoid that risk is to give educators a compelling vision for how these tools can be used to nurture creativity, innovation, media literacy, and collaboration. To spread that compelling vision, educators need to share how these devices are being used in classrooms. If everyone reinvents the wheel in their own building, we're going to have a lot of crummy wheels.
The challenge in sharing with iPads is that so much of student and teacher work is locked on the iPad. One of the great virtues of the explosion of social media in the classroom was that exemplar technology-rich projects were published and shared broadly. I think, because of the walled garden nature of many apps, that won't happen as quickly with iPads. But it's needed more desperately because of the rapid adoption of the platform.
So what we need is videos like this example of a first grade writer's workshop with iPads (from Kristin Ziemke's classroom, with Carolyn Skibba behind the camera). I can't embed, but go watch it and come back.
This video made a big splash when Tom Daccord showed it in his morning keynote at the EdTechTeacher conference. It sparked a rich discussion. How were the students actively engaging with the text? What do we make of the decision to allow students to use paper or iPads? How cute is it that the kids have a special iPad-carrying walk?
Maybe it's a best practice, maybe people will identify problems, but it is unquestionably a vivid picture of emerging practice with a new device, and we only have it because someone put up a camera and shared it online.
We need many, many more teachers to be sharing these kinds of examples of practice: to inspire, to dissect, and to spark conversation and innovation. For the educators who are on the crest of this wave, by sharing your work in this moment, you have a tremendous opportunity to inspire those coming behind you.
Ms. Ziemke is from Chicago, and her peers in the Chicago Public Schools seem to be way in front of the crowd on the sharing front. I'm grateful for their work. Four CPS teachers gave a fabulous, buzz-generating presentation at the iPad Summit, and they and their colleagues are maintaining a terrific site on iPads in CPS with lots of other videos from classrooms.
I can think of no better group to join these Chicago teachers in their efforts to make practice visible than the community who came together for the iPad Summit. It was a group of teachers and leaders with an entrepreneurial spirit: the will to bring new ideas to life.
My last conversation of the day was with a former principal and current graduate student at Harvard's Ed School who said that the conference wasn't really about iPads, it was about good teaching and learning. That's my kind of iPad conference. Those are the people I want sharing their stuff.
Be brave. Get your permission forms signed. Get your stuff up online, so we can see it and learn.
For regular updates, follow me on Twitter at @bjfr and for my papers, presentations and so forth, visit EdTechResearcher.


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It's funny how Branson reminded me of two of North America's raciest cities – Las Vegas and New Orleans – because Branson is far from racy. It's rather the opposite and unquestionably driven by pure-hearted religious forces. You'd be pretty hard pressed to find the seedy side of life in this small, wholesome Missouri city. There are massive churches everywhere – primarily Baptist and Methodist. No casinos. No chicken ranches (brothels.)
Yet, Branson is filled with neon lights and endless stage show entertainment reminding the visitor of nights 'on the strip' in Las Vegas. (Perhaps it was more so because we visited during the holidays and Branson is very big on Christmas and Christmas lights.)
But the fact that you can find performances going at any hour of the day, and free spontaneous entertainment at any eating venue in the city … really reminded me of New Orleans and made me pinch myself several times throughout our week-long visit. Just where were we, and how did we find ourselves in Branson?
It was my husband's choice. We take turns choosing vacation destinations and Branson was his choice. He'd heard there was good live entertainment at reasonable prices. And he was right! I'm told there are 100 choices for live entertainment daily in this tiny city of just 10,000 permanent residents. It's no surprise that Branson hosts approximately 8 million toe-tapping visitors each year. There is lots to do, and much of it won't cost you a bundle.
Country music is prevalent, with a heavy dose of gospel thrown in. With music greats like Elvis Presley and Ray Charles having gotten their start in gospel, it's no surprise that Elvis and Ray Charles impersonators are big draws in Branson. We took in the "Legends In Concert" show at the Dick Clark's American Bandstand Theater. It was fabulous! As a huge fan of Alan Jackson, I especially enjoyed the performance of Doug Brewin, who didn't miss a beat in his well-executed tribute to Alan Jackson!
We also enjoyed the Legend of Kung Fu production, which featured a troop of 65 dancers and acrobats from China who had performed during the Bejing Olympics and were definitely worldclass. (Click on the link to see online video clips of the production.) Reg and his friend Neil really liked the intimacy in the smaller "Little Opry Theater" used for the Tribute to Marty Robbins (which they thoroughly enjoyed) while I ate chocolate at a local chocolate shop. Yes, I found some terrific chocolate in Missouri! Stay tuned to a future post for that.
We had the pleasure of staying at the Wyndham Branson at the Meadows resort as I am a Wyndham timeshare owner. It was a terrific facility, and thanks to reviews on Trip Advisor, I had requested a top floor suite which gave us great views of the Ozark Foothills and lessened any noise from neighbouring suites. The atmosphere at the resort was very laid-back, just like the rest of Branson. No high pressure sales tactics like we'd found on our previous Wyndham stay in Orlando.
Please join me back here the week of December 19th for more on Branson and our taste tantalizing exploration of Missouri.


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"The most haunting evocation we have of a world dying of radiation after an atomic war." —The New York Times
"The most shocking fiction I have read in years. What is shocking about it is both the idea and the sheer imaginative brilliance with which Mr. Shute brings it off." —San Francisco Chronicle
"A novelist of intelligent and engaging quality, deservedly popular. . . . Nevil Shute was, in brief, the sort of novelist who genuinely touches the imagination and feeling." —The Times (London)


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Yet another high-profile restaurant is coming to Yountville. A few weeks ago, we reported that Michael Chiarello, founding chef ofTra Vigne and owner of NapaStyle, will open Bottega Ristorante there later this year. Now Laura Cunningham, who was the driving force behind the service and front-of-the-house operations at the French Laundry, and Per Se in New York, has signed a lease to take over the space that once housed Pere Jeanty (6725 Washington St.).
The opening won't be until mid-2009 because she plans to revamp the space, which will seat about 130 people and include a full bar and private dining rooms.
Cunningham, who has been consulting since leaving the Thomas Keller Restaurant Group nearly two years ago, has a very personal stake in the restaurant she's calling Vita. It's named after her grandmother, Vita Morrell, and the food will be Sicilian and Southern Italian. Cunningham says she'd been toying with taking over the space for some time. When she was back east, she had a long conversation about the project with her 90-year-old grandmother, who encouraged her to move forward. She started dictating recipes and telling her granddaughter about many specialties that are no longer around and should be put on the menu. Three weeks later she died, so Cunningham decided to open the restaurant in her honor.
While the entire project will be closely overseen by Cunningham, daily operations will be managed by culinary director Jeffrey Cerciello of Ad Hoc and Bouchon, and the team at the Thomas Keller Restaurant Group.


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Guidance as regards the holding of a Derbfine or Family Convention
Derbfine was the name given in Old Irish Law to a four generation agnatic kin group of importance in determining succession and the ownership of property. More recently the term has been used to describe what might be termed a Family Convention, held when the identity of the Chief or Head of a historic Family or Name is in doubt, the object of which is to recognise a new Chief or Head of the Family or Name; or to indicate a suitable Commander for a term of years.
A Family Convention should be composed of the leading members of the Family or Name in question. It has not proved easy to define who exactly qualify as leading members, but the term certainly includes the heads or representatives of leading branches of the family. In the past the term has been defined in terms of armigers and substantial landowners. Although being an armiger does suggest a certain status and a degree of commitment to the Name, this definition has not proved entirely satisfactory, being on the one hand too exclusive and on the other open to abuse. For example, such a definition might exclude non-armigerous heads of leading branches; also, in theory at least, definition in terms of a given number of armigers may make a Family Convention open to "packing". There is also the possibility that someone unconnected to the Name in question, might adopt that name as his or her surname and become an armiger. It is not appropriate that someone in this position should then be regarded as a leading member of the family. It does seem appropriate, however, to consult with a well established clan or family association where such exists.
There are a number of circumstances in which it would seem appropriate to hold a Family Convention:
(1) Where a blood link to a past Chief or Head of Name is likely but is not conclusively proven and it is wished to propose a particular person in that situation to be recognised as Chief.
(2) Where the main line of descent from a past Chief has died out and it is wished to recognise the Representer of a cadet line as Chief.
(3) Where neither blood link to a past Chief nor Representer of a cadet line can be identified but it is wished to propose a particular person of the surname as Commander. It is generally desirable that such a Commander should live in Scotland.
It should be noted that the Lord Lyon is unlikely to recognise a person recommended by a Family Convention as Chief or Head of a Family or Name, unless that recommendation is unopposed or, at the very least, has been approved by a substantial majority of the Family Convention.
The Family Convention should take place in Scotland although members outwith the jurisdiction may participate by video link or similar.
It is anticipated that the number of those participating in a Family Convention will be relatively small, of the order of ten to twenty-five people.
The Conduct of a Family Convention
It is desirable that one of HM Officers of Arms, or some other person approved by the Lord Lyon King of Arms, be appointed to supervise the Family Convention. The supervising officer's role is to act as an impartial Chairman and to make an objective report to Lyon.
In case of dispute, the supervising officer will determine which individuals shall comprise the Family Convention and, in reporting back to Lyon, shall also take into account the views of any well established clan or family association.
At least six month's notice of the intention to hold a Family Convention should be given to the Lord Lyon to be posted, at a minimum, on the Lyon Court website.


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Getting There
Up until January 2001, the majority of flights into Turkey arrived in Istanbul's Ataturk Airport which lies about 15 km west of the city centre. Sabiha Gokcen which lies about 25km east of Istanbul city centre is now the country's busiest airport, however, and like Ataturk offers flights to all of the other airports in Turkey. There are also international terminals at Adana, Ankara, Antalya, Bodrum, Dalaman, Izmir and Trabzon.
The country's international carrier is Turkish Airlines or THY operates direct flights from Istanbul to New York, Miami, Chicago and several destinations in the Middle East, North Africa and Asia. From the US and Canada, Delta Airlines is the only other airline which offers a direct non-stop service to Istanbul flying from Atlanta and New York. Other than this, however, a huge number of airlines offer indirect flights from one country to the other.
In Europe, Air France, Alitalia, Austrian Airlines, British Airways, Iberia, KLM, Lufthansa, Sabena and Swiss Airway operate direct services to Istanbul. In addition, Lufthansa flies to both Ankara and Antalya, Austrian Airlines flies to Ankara and Swissair flies to Ankara and Iamir.
Finally, if you wish to fly from Australia or New Zealand several airlines work in partnership with Turkish Airlines including Alitalia, British Airways, Lufthansa Olympic Airways, Qantas and Singapore Airlines offering flights to Istanbul with connections to the rest of the country's main international airports.
Another popular alternative for entry into turkey is via ferry. The country's major ports are Antalya, Bandirma, Istanbul, Izmir, Marmaris, Mersin and Turkish Maritime Lines (TML), and Turkey's national shipping organisation operates the majority of the sailings to and from the country. As well as this, however, numerous cruise ships now operate in the Mediterranean including Costa, CTC, Epirotiki, Golden Sun Cruises, Linblad Expeditions, Norwegian and Sun Line. The main sea connections are with Greece and Italy but there are also several services which travel to Cyprus. Furthermore, as well as the main cruise ships, several foreign shipping companies are now offering regular services to Alanya, Antalya, Bodrum, Cesme, Dikih, Iskenderun, Istanbul, Izmir, Kusadasi, Marmaris, Mersin, Samsun and Trabzon.
A final alternative for travel to Turkey is by bus or rail. Turkey has regular bus services to and from Austria, France, Germany, Iran, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland and Syria. Or if you wish to travel by rail, Istanbul has connections with Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Georgia, Yugoslavia and the UK.
Getting Around
For those of you who can afford it, Turkish Airlines operate a series of internal flights from Adana, Ankara, Antalaya, Dalaman, Istanbul, Izmir and Trabzan to all the other major Turkish cities. It is also helpful to know that holders of an International Student Identity Card or ISIC are entitled to a 10% discount when booking.
Despite this, however, the reality is that the majority of you travelling internally while you are in Turkey will probably avail of the bus or rail service in the country. If you choose to avail of the former service, numerous private tour companies provide frequent day and night services to and from all the major cities in the country. Quite often these connections are faster than the rail service, they travel to more destinations and thanks to healthy competition between companies, fares are considerably lower. If you wish to purchase a ticket for a particular coach service you need to go to the company's branch office which you will find at the bus station or in city centre. And, when you know there's competition between companies when it comes to price, you should also know that it's a good idea to shop around before choosing on a company.
The rail network of Turkish State Railways (TCDD) now connects to most major cities and when compared to the rest of the continent, rail fares are quite reasonable. Most trains have couchettes, sleeping cars, restaurants and lounge cars offering both a first and second class service but none are air-conditioned. Express trains are more expensive even though they can be quite slow and usually offer indirect services. Tickets for all services can be purchased in TCDD offices at all railway stations or at TCDD appointed agents and again, if you are an ISIC holder you are entitled to a 20% discount.


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Stars Come Out for 'American Hustle' Screening in New York
Director David O. Russell has been building what he calls a repertory company of actors over his past three films.
His latest, "American Hustle," unites the top-notch talent of Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper and Robert DeNiro in story about a couple of con artists who are forced to help an FBI agent bring down bigger fraudsters.
The film screened at Lighthouse International's Academy Theater in rainy New York on Friday night and was followed by a swank, A-list party at Monkey Bar on the East Side. There, stars Messrs. Bale and Cooper, Ms. Adams and Jeremy Renner greeted guests including Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick and Robert Wuhl. Absent was Ms. Lawrence, who is filming the next installment of the Hunger Games series.
Attendees were buzzing about the film's performances and the connections between the characters, to which the cast attributed to being part of Mr. Russell's so-called repertory.
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The 15-character message stretches more than 1,800 feet from start to finish and was identified in images captured by a satellite and visible on Google Earth.
Etched into hills close to a reservoir in Ryanggang Province, close to the border with China, the message reads, "Long Live General Kim Jong-un, the Shining Sun!"
The project is regarded as just the latest expensive effort to promote the cult of personality that is being built around Kim, who took over as leader of North Korea after the death of his father on December 17 last year.
Kim Jong-il had similarly attempted to win the support of his subjects with grandiose building plans, ranging from larger-than-life statues to claims that he wrote 1,500 books during his three years at Kim Il-sung University, penned six full operas in two years and designed the Tower of the Juche Idea, a 170-metre-tall monolith on the east bank of the Taedong River in Pyongyang.
Similar worship is being lavished on his son, with the state publishers releasing the first in a planned series of books detailing Kim Jong-un's exploits and achievements.
In August, a set of stamps featuring Kim was released, according to the Chosun Ilbo newspaper, while there are reports that lapel-badges featuring his face are being distributed to key members of the regime.
In October, South Korea's National Intelligence Service estimated that North Korea is spending around $330 million on the cult surrounding the Kim family.
Funds are also being spent on building amusement parks and improved housing and entertainment facilities for the elite residents of Pyongyang.
The NIS estimated that amount of hard currency would be sufficient to purchase 1.1 million tons of corn. That would be enough to feed the entire population of the country, which is again experiencing a food shortage, for as much as four months.


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For those not infected by the baseball stat virus, I imagine it is hard to determine what is a bigger waste of time – people spending countless hours obsessing over fantasy baseball versus those that pore through historical baseball statistics and debate things like Hall of Fame worthiness. It must be like a nutritionist determining the relative unhealthiness of fried foods vs. processed snacks.
With that, I give you the fried Oreo that is the Historical Fantasy Baseball Player Rater.
Some quick basics:
- It includes every hitter and pitcher season since 1903.
- Based on 12-team MLB (C/1B/2B/SS/3B/5 OF/CI/MI/UTIL/9 P) with a $260 budget and 5×5 categories (R/HR/RBI/SB/AVG, W/SV/ERA/WHIP/K)
- All players are given a total $ value as well as a $ value per category (we will likely change all player raters to this going forward vs. showing Point Shares)
- Please check out the extensive FAQ document for any methodological questions (and post there with similar questions).
Below are the various reports you can pore through. Our data table allows for some cool filtering/sorting that will be familiar to anyone who uses our tools such as Player Rater, Stream-o-nator, or Hitter-tron. There are quick instructions at the top of the table and more in-depth instructions below the report grid.Please, blog, may I have some more?


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"Fractured Yet Rising" is a juried multi-media exhibition of works on the subject of violence against women. In addition to works submitted by artists, the artist-members of ARC, a women's co-op gallery, worked with residents of a domestic violence shelter on collaborative pieces, giving voice to their experiences.
Dates: March 5-29, 2014. Details here.


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Gerald M. Levine, Esq, co-author
The U.S. Constitution grants to authors and inventors for "limited times … the exclusive right to their respective writing and discoveries." Fair use is an exception to a copyright holder's right to exclusive use of an original work and works derived from it. The Fair Use privilege is embodied in Section 107 of the Copyright Act. The Prologue to the section states that it is applicable for purposes such as "criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research." An author who falls into these categories and uses no more copyrighted material than necessary will more likely than not be entitled to assert the privilege.
What a later author cannot do is take wholesale the substance of another's work. Although fair use appears broad, the privilege must be earned; that is, when challenged by the copyright holder in a court of law the author has to be prepared to defend what has been taken. There have been a number of recent cases including Salinger v. Colting, 641 F. Supp.2d 250, 256 (S.D.N.Y. 2009), affirmed 607 F.3d 68, 80 (2d Cir. 2010) . in which the defendant wrote a sequel to The Catcher in the Rye. Salinger commenced an action to prevent the distribution of the "sequel" in the United States. Defendant argued that his work came within the statutory defense of fair use. The District Court did not agree that Colting was entitled to assert the defense for Sixty Years Later Coming Through the Rye.
In considering whether a taking is a fair use, the Court considers four factors, namely: 1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes; 2) the nature of the copyrighted work; 3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and 4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.
Under the first factor, the Court considers the extent to which the new work is "transformative." The question is "whether the new work merely supersede[s] the objects of the original creation . . . or instead adds something new, with a further purpose or different character, altering the first with new expression, meaning or message." Successful satires and parodies are examples of transformative works. Colting argued that his work was intended as a parody of Salinger's novel as well as of Salinger himself. The law holds that "the more transformative the new work, the less will be the significance of other factors, like commercialism, that may weigh against a finding of fair use." The reverse is also true: the less transformative the more the other factors will be significant. The first factor is always critical to the analysis.
The District Court held that "[i]t is simply not credible for Defendant Colting to assert now that his primary purpose was to critique Salinger and his persona, while he and his agents' previous statements regarding the book discuss no such critique, and in fact reference various other purposes behind the book." Further, with reference to the third factor, "[w]hile some allusion and reference to Catcher would certainly have been necessary for Colting's purpose of critiquing Salinger . . . the ratio of the 'borrowed to the new elements' in 60 Years is unnecessarily high." In effect, Colting created a derivative work which is an infringement of Salinger's copyright in his novel. [Authors have an exclusive right to prepare derivative works].
An example of a transformative work is the parody of Gone with the Wind, Suntrust Bank v. Houghton Mifflin Co., 268 F.3d 1257 (11th Cir. 2001) (Whereas the original novel "describes how both blacks and whites were purportedly better off in the days of slavery," Randall's highly transformative parody "flips GWTW's traditional race roles, portrays powerful whites as stupid or feckless, and generally sets out to demystify GWTW and strip the romanticism from Mitchell's specific account of this period of our history.")


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MY RIDE- Scottie B: Cadillac Eldorado 1983
For Scottie B., his 1983 Cadillac Eldorado is more than just a perfectly preserved car with a glossy black exterior and a stunning red leather interior; it's also a connection to his past and to his uncle– the car's original owner. When his uncle died several years ago, he left the car to Scottie, in part, he says, because "We had the same birthday."
He's been driving the Cadddy for only two months now and describes the experience as "floating on a boat; it's like being on the water cruising."
What's his favorite part? "The tilt steering wheel," he says without hesitation.
His uncle kept the car in great condition by driving it only to and from church, and Scottie plans to keep miles down, too. Though he's been driving it a lot lately, he plans on cutting back to take care of it.
"I feel blessed to have it," he says, beaming toward the fancy wheels.


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Mod group releases Call of Pripyat Complete details
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat is getting some fan-made enhancements as part of the previously released Complete mod series...
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat is getting some fan-made enhancements as part of the previously released Complete mod series, and now we know the details. Artist Pavel released a thorough run-down today, including everything from bug fixes and graphical enhancements to new features.
Graphical adjustments include distant scenery texturing, 11 weather cycles, 26 weather sky cube textures, more landmarks visible on the horizon, a high resolution constellation map for night, and more. Textures on buildings, weapons, forest, terrain, and vehicles have also been improved.
The sound is also getting a bit of an overhaul, with new ambient sounds, sound themes, and weapon sounds. The Complete mod will also include 23 new compositions, and new guitar tracks for the campfire music sets created for the game.
The AI tweaks let NPCs choose appropriate weapons, use add-ons, avoid friendly fire, and use melee attacks and medkits. Players will also be able to equip their allies with their own weapons of choice by dropping or selling them.
Various bug fixes include unreachable stashes, jupiter scanners, the one shot mission bug, the helmet fix, and the removal of bodies to improve performance. The mod will also fix various localization errors like grammar and misspellings.
This is all wrapped up with general tweaks, like loot money from dead NPCs, modernized scopes and improved nightvision, teleporting, and an item spawner. For a spot of fun, players will also be able to opt to turn NPCs into zombies upon an emission wave.
All of this barely scratches the surface of all the modifications in Complete, so check out the blog for full details. We've slipped the trailer above, and you can always enjoy some pretty screenshots as well.
Comment on Mod group releases Call of Pripyat Complete details, by Steve Watts.
Cromm's new emissions look great. I wonder if it has the radioactive and acid rain emissions as well. Played a different mod with them all active and it barely allowed you time to run between missions and areas. Having the stalkers caught outside turn zombie was good though providing a lot of action and loot opportunities.


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- Basilica Cistern: an underground water system built in the year 532, using 336 columns salvaged from ruined temples.
Visit our travel guide to find out more on the city of Istanbul, where Europe meets Asia. This populous city has been the centre of power struggles between the old empires since its foundation around the year 1000 BC. Its historical legacy is everywhere you look, sharing the space with the modern art and music scene. The Bosphorous Tour will show you great landscapes, and if you take a boat to the Prince Island's you'll find beautiful beaches to dip and enjoy.
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Readers' theatre group to perform works of local writers
PLAINVIEW - A group of Wayland Baptist University speech students will be spotlighting the work of local writers during a free performance slated for 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25, in the Harral Studio Theatre.
University Readers, composed of six students from speech department chair Virginia Myers' oral interpretation class, will be performing prose and poetry pieces in interpretive theatre style. The performance style features dramatic reading using scripts and relies heavily on vocal inflection and emotion.
According to Myers, the performance will feature works primarily from the Plainview Writers' Guild's 2002 anthology of poetry and prose, titled "Diamonds and Dust" and other pieces by area writers. Selections by Wayland student and performer Josh Davis will also be featured.
"We decided that it would be good to highlight our local writers and their work," Myers said. "We're trying to do more reader's theatre and get the word out that it's fun and enjoyable. The students chose these pieces and we're really excited about the work."
Writers to be featured for the evening include Davis, Bettye Givens, Billie Jameson, Cotton Lewis, Eleanor Howard Macewicz, Joe McWilliams, Colquitt Nash, T.J. Ticer, Eric Willard and Reb Willard.
Performers include Jenni Combs of Portales, Josh Davis of Bledsoe, Alfred Gomez of Hale Center, Britany Lewis of Borger, Kevin Parker of Plainview and Jason Smith of Lubbock. Set and lighting assistance is provided by WBU technical director Chris Moore and his crew.
Admission to the performance is free, but donations for the organization are welcome.


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Economy Adds 162,000 Jobs in July, Unemployment Rate Dips to 7.4%
The Labor Department's monthly jobs survey had some mixed results for July. The economy added 162,000 new jobs, a bit below expectations, and the unemployment rate ticked down slightly, from 7.6 percent to 7.4.
The report showed continued slow progress as the nation struggles to get back up to speed, economically. A Bloomberg survey of 93 economists had predicted a rise of 185,000 jobs, while those polled by Marketwatch foresaw a gain of 180,000. The July figure will likely be revised in the following months, but it may go either upward or downward. The May and June jobs numbers, for example, were revised downward by 26,000 in the July report.
The unemployment rate lowered two tenths of a point, but that's due as much to people leaving the labor force as it is to job seekers finding new work. The 7.4 figure is the lowest it's been since December 2008, but it still looks like it will be quite a while—some say as long as seven years—for the employment picture to return to its pre-recession levels, if it continues at this rate.
Another bit of bad news in the report is a drop in workers' average hourly wages, from $24 to $23.98, along with a dip in average hours worked per week, from 34.5 to 34.4. These aren't big losses, but they are signs of a struggling labor environment.
There are also some bright spots in the economic outlook. Consumer confidence continues to rise, and housing is enjoying a sustained comeback. Car sales reached 15.9 million and 15.6 million for June and July, respectively, the best two-month performance since 2007. And the Federal Reserve expects economic growth to pick up in the third quarter of the year, which should lead to a further drop in the unemployment rate. The Bloomberg survey of economists predicted GDP growth of 2.5 percent next quarter, as compared with 1.1 and 1.7 percent in the previous two.


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Kuranes wrote:Sidestepper (and Avatar and Darvin for that matter) this has been a thoroughly enjoyable read! And I am gonna keep a close watch on this thread. Considering I made a profile here today and a few days ago didn't understand the importance of "Popcorn" this has been truly enlightening.
Darvin wrote:Assassin actually is a terrible regen fighter. He's only played that way because he starts with APHEELSIK.
I think I'll demo an Assassin run on Creeplight Ruins later today (it's about time I did one of these).
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Peanut Butter and Banana Streusel Muffins
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Peanut butter and banana is one of my favorite flavor combinations, so when I saw this recipe I knew that we needed to try these soon. My daughter whipped up a batch of these with all whole wheat flour and they were gobbled up in no time. The flavor was good, the texture was just right--not too moist and not too dry--and they're healthy too! Can't beat that!
The ingredients:
3 Tbs. flour ( I used whole wheat)
3 Tbs. brown sugar
1 Tbs. butter, melted
1 tsp. honey
2 cups flour (I used whole wheat)
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup pureed ripe banana (about 1 medium banana)
1/2 cup oil (or applesauce)
1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 egg
3/4 cup milk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Directions: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. To make the streusel: Stir together the flour, sugar, butter, and honey with a spoon until the mixture forms wet crumbs.
To make the muffins: In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt until combined. In a large bowl, whisk together the banana puree, oil, peanut butter, sugar and egg until blended. Whisk the milk and vanilla into the banana mixture just until combined.
Stir the flour mixture into the banana mixture with a spoon, just until blended. Do not overmix. Spoon the batter into greased muffin cups, dividing evenly. Crumble the streusel mixture on top of each muffin, dividing evenly.
Bake for 15-17 minutes, or until muffins are golden brown and test that they are done. Serve warm with fresh fruit and eggs. Makes 12 muffins. Enjoy!
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Goldberg's Picks: The 6 Best Exchange-Traded Funds for 2012
Funds that hold mega-cap, high-quality stocks are poised to do well. But don't give up on emerging markets.
Stocks of high-quality, blue-chip companies led all stock categories -- domestic and foreign -- in 2011, and I think they'll continue to do so this year. So in picking exchange-traded funds for 2012, I like those that focus on huge companies that have sustainable competitive advantages, boast strong balance sheets and pay dividends.
Last year's results mark a reversal of a long pattern of small- and midsize-company stocks topping their larger-capitalization brethren. Today, large caps are cheaper based on price-earnings ratios and other measures. What's more, blue chips should hold up better if the euro-zone crisis boils over.
Before I reveal my picks, a quick review of ETF basics: ETFs are simply mutual funds that trade on the stock exchanges. Most are index funds. ETFs are usually cheaper than other funds. I favor Vanguard ETFs because they're often the cheapest and because Vanguard has a long and distinguished record of running index funds. ETFs from iShares are my second choice because they're typically the next cheapest.
Vanguard Dividend Appreciation (symbol VIG) is my single favorite ETF for 2012. It tracks the Mergent Dividend Achievers Select index, which tracks stocks of companies that have increased their dividends at least ten years in a row. Mergent screens out stocks of small firms, as well as companies that may not be able to keep hiking their dividends. What's left is a portfolio of America's top brands, including McDonald's, International Business Machines, Coca-Cola and Procter & Gamble. More than half of the ETF's assets are in consumer staples and industrials. The average P/E of the ETF's 127 stocks is just 12, based on analysts' estimated 2012 earnings.
By the standards of 2011's mediocre, sometimes harrowing stock market performance, VIG had a great year, returning 6.1%. That beat Standard & Poor's 500-stock index's 2.1% return by 4 percentage points. Over the past five years, the ETF gained an annualized 2.4%, compared with a 0.3% annualized loss for the S&P 500 (all returns are through the end of 2011). Yet, thanks to the ETF's focus on dividends and quality, it has been 13% less volatile than the S&P 500. Incidentally, you shouldn't confuse a rising-dividend strategy with a high-income approach. VIG yields 2.3%, little more than the S&P 500's yield. The fund's annual expense ratio is just 0.18%.
After loading up on dividend-paying stocks, look for just plain large companies. You get nothing but the nation's largest firms with iShares Morningstar Large Core Index (JKD). The average market value (share price times number of shares outstanding) of the fund's 95 stocks is $62 billion, compared with $36 billion for the S&P 500. One-third of the ETF's assets are in consumer-staples companies, and the average P/E of its holdings is 13.5. The fund, which returned 3.3% last year, charges annual expenses of 0.20%.
Europe is on the brink of disaster, and Japan seems a perpetual mess. Still, you can't neglect foreign stocks. For stocks in developed markets, Vanguard MSCI EAFE ETF (VEA) is a fine choice, with an expense ratio of just 0.12%. The silver lining for investors in developed foreign markets is that stock prices have fallen as the euro-zone crisis has deepened. The average P/E of the 909 stocks in VEA is just 10, and the ETF yields a healthy 3.4%. Nearly two-thirds of the fund's assets are in Europe; the rest are in Asia.
Emerging-markets stocks got creamed last year. The MSCI Emerging Markets index tumbled 18.2%, thanks to jitters over a slowdown in China's torrid growth and concerns that Europe's debt crisis could trigger a decline in demand for both commodities and finished goods from developing nations.
The notion that emerging markets will decouple from the rest of the global economy anytime soon is ridiculous. But these are still the world's fastest-growing economies. When investors regain confidence in the health of the global economy, emerging-markets stocks will thrive. The average P/E of the stocks in the MSCI Emerging Markets index is 10.
Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF (VWO) is a better choice for this volatile part of the global economy than any of the actively managed no-load emerging-markets funds. The ETF was launched in 2005, but its mutual fund clone, Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index (VEIEX), returned an annualized 13.4% over the past ten years. Expenses are 0.22% annually. Nearly 60% of the fund's assets are in Asia, 22% are in Latin America, 18% are in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
For bond investors, consider iShares S&P National AMT-Free Muni Bond ETF (MUB). The fund's tax-exempt yield is 2.5%. That's the equivalent of 3.7% for a taxpayer in the 33% federal bracket. If yields on similar bonds rise by one percentage point, this ETF should lose about 7% in price, so it does have some risk. But I'd be surprised to see rates rise much anytime soon. Its bonds' average credit quality is single-A, and the fund's annual expense ratio is 0.25%.
In tax-deferred accounts, use Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond Index ETF (VCIT). One of its attributes is that it owns virtually no low-yielding Treasuries. The ETF invests in high-quality corporate bonds and yields 3.8%. If rates rise one percentage point, the fund's price should fall 6%. Expenses are just 0.14%.
As for how to allocate your money among these ETFs: An investor with an average tolerance for risk should put 15% in the Vanguard dividend ETF, 20% in the iShares large-cap ETF, 20% in the foreign developed-markets ETF and 15% in the emerging-markets ETF. I'd put 30% into the bond ETFs.
Steven T. Goldberg (bio) is an investment adviser in the Washington, D.C. area.


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Social media has introduced new forms of digital communications to the litigation landscape. The explosion of social media has put technology, collaboration, and communication at everyone's fingertips. This includes your employees. From messaging, to file sharing, and even video chatting, the means by which people can create, store, and distribute electronic information is endless. These end-user benefits represent the latest round of technology challenges that lawyers face when crafting discovery strategies. The answers to questions such as "What data exists?," "How do we find it?," "Is it discoverable?," and "How do we collect it?" are no longer simple answers.
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A bull's behavior changes significantly during the rut. They will have swollen necks, much like whitetail deer, and will be seen rubbing their antlers against trees or the ground. They will scrape a bare spot on the ground with their hooves and antlers and urinate in it before wallowing there.
This spreads their scent evenly across their body, announcing their presence to females and other bulls alike. A more noticeable announcement of their presence is bugling — a call the bulls make that can be heard up to a mile away in some terrains. This advertises his fitness to the cows or challenges other bulls.
If another bull accepts the challenge, the two will lock antlers and fight until an order of dominance is established. Typically, only the bigger, stronger bulls have a chance to mate with the females, ensuring that the strongest genes are passed on to the offspring. When a cow cycles into estrus it lasts for less than 24 hours, so the herd bull must remain attentive, even while other bulls are challenging him.
Throughout the rut this year the cows and calves split into two separate harems. Bull No. 16 traveled with one group while bull No. 3 traveled with the other. Both defended their respective harems against the subordinate bulls and were each seen breeding within their group.
Bull No. 16 is currently traveling with all of the cows, but has allowed younger bulls to once again travel with the herd, a signal that the rut is over. Bull No. 3 has since left the Valley and traveled back to the Big Cove area near Cherokee.
Several bulls that had not been seen out in the fields for several months have returned. At least three of these are now seen daily traveling with the group that has been there all summer and fall. Another, bull No. 68, has left Cataloochee Valley and has been seen traveling with several other elk in the White Oak community outside the park in Haywood County.
Visitation has dramatically decreased with the closures of the campgrounds and the elk of the Valley often remain out in the fields throughout the entire day now that temperatures are cooler. These two factors combine to make a great time for visiting Cataloochee to view the elk without the relative commotion of the higher visitation seasons. For your safety and theirs, please remember to remain on the roadway when any wildlife is present.
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I am tryting to set up Recovery Manager. When trying to run catrman.sql, the system complains "file not found". I went to ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin directory, not able to locate this file: catrman.sql. Did I miss something here? Help, please.
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text: CP&LERR Fan 23 Report post Posted December 13, 2013 (edited) To make the off season fly by a little faster I thought we can have a photo competition. There are a couple of rules. This contest will start Monday of next week. Once it start's the contest will last Monday through Friday. Once you post a photo on one of the days in the week you cannot post another one until that round ends. When there is a tie we will have the tiebreaker round on the weekend(You also get extra points. You can post roller coaster related photo's and other photos. If you are not in a tiebreaker you can submit a photo for extra points. At the end of every round I will Post the results for each week. At the end of the off season the user with the highest point's tallied up wins. - Photo must be your own. - Photo must follow park rules (exception if you had a backstage tour) - Must be TOS appropriate. - No excessive Photo shop filters. - No illegal activity. Enjoy and have Fun. Edited December 14, 2013 by CP&LERR Fan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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A couple of years ago you may have read the exciting news that a 2.5 year old girl has been cured of HIV. What caught our attention when following the story was the fact that this girl is reported to be the second person in history to have been cured of HIV. Here is how some of the big news agencies are reporting it.
Researchers say the only other documented case of an HIV cure is that of Timothy Brown, known as the "Berlin patient." In 2007, Brown, an HIV-positive American living in Germany, was battling both leukemia and HIV when he underwent a bone marrow transplant that cured not only his cancer but his HIV. CNN
Dr Persaud thinks her patient, a two-and-a-half-year-old girl whose identity is confidential, has joined Timothy Brown, a man known to many as the "Berlin patient", as a human being who was once definitively infected with HIV and now no longer is. Economist
The only fully cured AIDS patient recognized worldwide is the so-called "Berlin patient," American Timothy Brown. He is considered cured of HIV and leukemia five years after receiving bone marrow transplants from a rare donor naturally resistant to HIV. The marrow transplant was aimed at treating his leukemia. Discovery
In 2007, Timothy Ray Brown became the first person in the world believed to have recovered from HIV. BBC
What about all those supposedly healed of HIV at SCOAN? On their website currently they have multiple testimony videos of people claiming they were cured of HIV at SCOAN. Multiple identical news articles (usually proof that it is the work of SCOAN PR rather than genuine a journalistic piece) on African news sites state that "HUNDREDS of people from across Africa have said they were healed of HIV/AIDS after visiting Nigerian Prophet TB Joshua" (e.g. here and here).
Whatever the real number of people SCOAN claim have been healed, it is a lot more than what some of the biggest and most respected news agencies in the world are aware of.
What can we make of this discrepancy? Simple:
Nobody has ever been healed of HIV at SCOAN or by TB Joshua
How can we say this with such certainty? Consider the following:
- Proving that someone once had HIV and no longer does is a fairly simple process.
- "Hundreds" of people being healed of HIV is world-shaking, front page news.
- If people really were being healed at SCOAN they would have flown in world-renowned experts in the virus to validate their claims instead of showing dubious 'before and after' medical certificates (who knows whether they are genuine or if the doctor signing them was bribed?).
HIV is an epidemic in Africa. False healing only spreads it faster and more widely. This must be stopped. If SCOAN are to continue claiming people are healed of HIV, they should open their doors to any researcher who wants to come and investigate and validate their claims, in fact they should actively encourage it and publish the findings in full. The fact that they have not done this is strong evidence that the claims would not stand up to this kind of scrutiny. For this reason we have no choice but to assume it is all a lie. It is too important an issue to sit on the fence.
If you are a supporter of SCOAN, you should encourage this call for transparent and independent research into their claims. If the claims are true, TB Joshua will become the most well known and celebrated minister on this planet, if the claims are not true – anyone involved in upholding them is contributing to the death and misery of many.


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Rodarte Opening Ceremony Autumn Winter 2011 Collection Lookbook: See the full collaboration here:
Coolest Collab: Rodarte for Opening Ceremony
The Rodarte X Opening Ceremony collaboration has been a match made in heaven since its inception in February — and the love is still going strong for A/W. For their second collection with OC, designers Laura and Kate Mulleavy culled inspiration from Scandinavia, creating a soft and textural collection comprised of long silhouettes, pretty blush hues, and fur coats. The look book, modeled by twins Gwen and Donna Loos, shows a nice mix of themes with silk ruffled maxi dresses, mohair cardigans, and Fair Isle knits for the girly girl and black leather skirts, sheer dresses, and long-haired fur toppers for the dark angel. The collection will be available early in October both in stores and online. Here are some style pointers we gleaned from the collection:
- Pink is here to stay. Instead of a hot pink hue, opt for lighter blush tones for a new take.
- Get textural. We love all of the furs, ruffles, and embellishments seen in this collection.
- Embrace printed trousers. Instead of opting for a pretty LBD at your next dressed-up event, experiment with a pair of standout trousers.
See the full collection . . .


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Whaleoil quiz: When the heck?
Hooker Phil is a dyed in the wool 2 eyed Cantabrian, one red – one black. Loves his sports and especially stirring up those who support the Hurricanes but willing to take as good as he gives.
Has travelled all over New Zealand and to over 40 countries but still wonders where the heck he is sometimes.


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With early voting beginning on Thursday, this is a big week for local politics � and the folks here at The Free Press are doing everything we can to make sure you cast an informed vote.
With help from Clark Tutt and our good friends at TACC-9, The Free Press is sponsoring a pair of candidates� forums this week in downtown Kinston.
On Monday at 7 p.m., all eight city council candidates � Teddra Hussey-Smith, Marc McKnight, Adrien Meadows, John Nix, Lennie Peterson, Robbie Swinson, Carol Tokarski and Wynn Whittington � will participate in a forum at the TACC-9 studios at 136 N. Queen St.
At 7 p.m. on Tuesday, the three mayoral candidates � Ralph Clark, John Marks and B.J. Murphy � will take center stage in a forum, also at the TACC-9 studios.
The forum will be emceed by TACC-9�s Rick Vernon, moderated by myself and aired live on TACC-9 throughout Kinston and Lenoir County. Tutt said he will also replay the forum several times before Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
Candidates will have three minutes to make an opening statement, and then there will be an even number of questions asked of each of the candidates in which they will have two minutes to answer each question.
Every question will be asked of each candidate. The questions have been written by me, Free Press local government writer Junious Smith III, Tutt and other members of the media.
This is where you come in, dear reader: there will also be questions called in by viewers and submitted by audience members. Please send your questions to my email address (listed below) or call them in at the number provided during the live TACC-9 broadcast.
Following the questions, candidates will have three minutes to make a closing statement.
Be sure to pick up a copy of Tuesday and Wednesday�s Free Press, because Junious will have a solid coverage of both forums.
The forums are just one part of your election education, though � Jon Dawson, Junious and I spent the better part of Wednesday and Thursday last week taping interviews with all 11 Kinston mayoral and city council candidates at The Free Press. Those interviews will be available at Kinston.com beginning Wednesday and will remain live on our site until Election Day.
All you�ll have to do is click on the candidate�s name or picture and you�ll be able to hear the candidates in their own voices, answering the same five questions.
Finally, I know you want your voice heard in our letters to the editor about your favorite candidate. Two weeks from today on Oct. 27, our entire LTTE feature will be made up of candidate endorsement letters; the deadline to get those letters to us is Wednesday, Oct. 23. Remember: try not to go over 300 words and preference is given to letters that are emailed instead of snail-mailed.
At The Free Press and TACC-9, we take seriously our civic responsibility to educate you about the candidates on your ballot. Now, it�s your turn � learn everything you can about all of them before you cast your ballot this week, in early voting or on Nov. 5.
Bryan C. Hanks is the editor of The Free Press; his column appears in this space every Sunday. You can reach him at 252-559-1074 or at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at @BCHanks.


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Conn. GOP hopes to build on local election success
HARTFORD — While Democrats in Connecticut hold a strong grip on state and federal offices, it's the Republican Party that controls the majority of local elected offices such as mayors and first selectmen.
The GOP hopes to build upon those successes Tuesday, when voters head to the polls in most cities and towns, and possibly tap into that momentum next year when U.S. House and statewide seats including the governor are up for grabs.
"We absolutely expect to expand upon the majority of cities and towns under Republican control, just as we did in 2011," said Jerry Labriola Jr., chairman of the state Republican Party. "Success this Tuesday will set the stage for the epic midterm election in 2014, which will be a referendum on Connecticut's last-place economic standing under (Gov.) Dan Malloy."
Democrats disagree, arguing that local elections are often about local issues and people.
"There's not a Democratic or Republican way ! to fix a pothole," said Jonathan Harris, executive director of the Connecticut Democrats, who has worked as a local official. He said he hasn't heard about the governor and his performance being brought up as an issue on the campaign trail.
Of the 169 cities and towns throughout Connecticut, Republicans control about 57 percent of the top offices, according to accountings by the Republicans and Democrats. The Democrats, meanwhile, have the majority of seats in the General Assembly, control all the constitutional offices including governor, and hold the five U.S. House and two U.S. Senate seats.
Labriola contends that Republicans are successful locally because they stand for keeping local taxes low and spending under control.
Malloy, a former Stamford mayor, has yet to announce whether he plans to seek a second term as governor. However, he has played a role in this year's local elections.
Malloy has been actively involved in fundraising efforts for t! he state Democratic Party, signing an email to supporters Friday - fou r days before the municipal elections - that urged people to make a minimum $5 contribution to "help campaigns organize more efficiently, use campaign tolls more strategically and contact even more voters between now and Election Day."
Harris said the party has stepped up its efforts to help local candidates this year, saying, "We expect that this long-term strategy is going to pay dividends over time."
Malloy also actively supported state Sen. Toni Harp in her Democratic primary for New Haven mayor. Harp won that primary and now faces Democratic Alderman Justin Elicker, who gathered enough signatures to petition his way on to the ballot.
Malloy also backed state Rep. William Tong in his Democratic primary in the Stamford mayoral race, but Tong lost to David Martin, a senior partner with a management consulting firm.
Martin will face off Tuesday against former Republican Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele, a businessman who has been endorsed by his former runnin! g mate, former Gov. M. Jodi Rell. It is an open seat because Republican Mayor Michael Pavia decided not to seek a second term in office.
While there are races for other open seats in communities such as Torrington and Vernon, strong challenges are also predicted for the top positions in Norwalk, East Haven, Southbury, New Britain, Bristol, Branford, Cromwell, Southbury, Westport and Guilford.
There are no mayoral elections this year in the state's two other large cities, Hartford and Bridgeport, where school board races are the hottest contests on the ballot.
Polls will be open Tuesday from 6 a.m. until 8 p.m.


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I'm trying to play Socom2 online via Xlink Kai over lan but i'm in Aus and Pal cant play with NTSC. So i aquired a NTSC version but now my problem is i dont have the patch. I searched the web and think i've found the patch but when i put in on the ps2 memory card it says it's corrupted.
If possible can someone confirm the patch name is APACHE00.ZDB and that it is 1569kb in size. Also i'm useing ulaunchELF to transfer the file from flash drive to PS2 memory card and suspect this might be part of the problem.
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If you are using Kai, you do not want to use the patch anyway.....it will boot the room if you try and login/connect with the patch.
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Also the patches are signed to the console they were downloaded on. Even if you transfer them they won't work on another console. That's why it's corrupt.
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Linear Regression
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RoseMorninStar wrote:The guy who flew the plane into the IRS building had a long-standing beef with paying taxes going back to the 1980's. So he flew his plane into the building.. but he must have also had a problem with his family because before he left to get his plane from the airport he set his house on fire.. with his wife & daughter in it. Nice guy. Neighbors helped them out of the house.. I suppose they were wondering where the husband was. Hmpf. Wonder no longer. I guess he left behind a 3,000 word diatribe/manifesto/suicide note.
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1. To find one's distinctive style or vision of artistic expression. I think this is your best story yet, Betsy—you've really found your voice as a writer. It takes time to find your voice, but I'm confident you'll get there by the end of our photography class.
2. To regain the ability to speak, especially after something frightening or startling has happened. It took him a minute, but Pete found his voice again after we startled him at his surprise party.


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Experts discuss Latino vote, impact on Texas
With a rapidly growing Latino population in Texas, experts are split on whether the heavily courted electorate will help turn the red state blue and if partisanship matters above participation.
Assembled in a packed ballroom of the Hyatt Regency on Saturday, panelists debated the impact of the Latino vote in the November election and the future of the voting demographic.
Congressman-elect Joaquín Castro predicted the Republican-led state would see a Democratic voting majority in eight to 12 years.
"I just wanted to throw cold water on everything you have all said," responded Nina Perales, vice president of Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. Perales warned that if Latinos in Texas do not mobilize to increase voter registration and turnout, there will be no such change.
Perales continued to underscore the bottom line: "We're losing ground," she said. "We have more U.S. citizen Latinos turning 18 every day than are getting registered. The gap between eligible and registered in the Latino community is widening, not narrowing."
The morning session opened the National Association of Hispanic Journalists' Region 5 Conference, "Encuentro en San Antonio," hosted by the San Antonio Association of Hispanic Journalists.
John Quiñones, co-anchor of ABC newsmagazine "Primetime," moderated the discussion titled "The Latino Vote: How Did It Count?"
"Everyone was talking after the elections — the power of the Hispanic vote and how it was so instrumental in immigration and how the GOP messed up by taking the Hispanic vote for granted," Quiñones said.
He recalled watching national news coverage of the recent elections and noticing that non-Latinos were telling the Latino story.
"They could have reached out to any of us," he said and motioned to the panel.
As Quiñones illustrated, panelist Lydia Camarillo emphasized the need for more Latino voices on the subject.
Camarillo, vice president of the nonpartisan, nonprofit Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, sat with Sylvia Manzano, senior project manager with Latino Decisions, Perales and Castro.
A vast majority of the national Latino vote went for President Barack Obama in the 2012 general election, spurring further discussion in Texas about the influence of Latino voters.
Camarillo suggested that cultivating a powerful Latino electorate could take 25 years or more.
She argued that though Latinos are key for Texas to become a left-leaning state, as Castro predicted, ultimately, "there aren't enough Mexicans" who vote to overcome the Republican vote unless other minorities join in.
For the Latino vote to be effective, the panel agreed, more eligible Latinos must register to vote.
Improved registration and turnout will help dispel misconceptions about the issues that are important to Latino voters, Manzano said.
She noted misconceptions that Latinos only care about immigration or only care about the economy. "We are very capable people. We can care about both," she said.
"They seem to get lost in the discussion about what matters to Latino voters, as if it were a choice between the two," she said.
The conference drew more than 150 professional and student journalists, and local and national leaders, on the subjects of diversity, border affairs and the media industry. The daylong conference included topics from covering the drug war in Mexico and the impact of social media on the media to the health of Texas and the future of Spanish-language television.