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WASHINGTON — Earlier this year, President Obama joked that his daughters wanted to spend less time with him now that they were older, so he might ask Republicans to the White House to keep him company.
Maybe he wasn't kidding.
After fitful attempts in his first term to improve testy relations with congressional Republicans, Obama has launched a very public campaign to build stronger ties with his GOP rivals.
He treated a dozen senators to dinner Wednesday and plans to lunch with more lawmakers next week.
On Thursday, Obama's charm offensive set the table for one of the hardest nuts to crack — the top Republican budget expert, Rep. Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin, who as the GOP vice presidential candidate tried to evict Obama from the executive mansion where he was invited to lunch.
Ryan, chairman of the House Budget Committee, and his Democratic counterpart, Rep. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, sat down with Obama for lentil soup and sea bass in a meeting that Ryan described as a "frank" and the White House called "constructive."


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Prelude to the 2012 Bully Breed Brigade: "Goliath" (a.k.a. "Sigmund," now "Siggi") is the last dog you'd expect to see sitting at a table in a Starbucks or enjoying himself at the beach. Ten months ago, this amputee Pit Bull was about as aggressive as a shelter dog, or any dog, could be. Deemed extremely dangerous, Goliath was on the euthanasia list. That was before Roman Gottfried, founder of Holistic Pet Services in Greenwich, CT, met him behind the scenes during last year's Bully Breed Brigade.
In June 2011, Goliath had been hit by a car or intentionally injured by someone, and then tied to the door of a vet's office. The leg was set but the casting didn't take and gangrene set in. Amputating his leg was the only way to save his life. Months passed before he healed enough to be released to Hempstead Shelter as a stray. And as Roman would say, by that time, "the deepest emotional issues had arisen. He had become so aggressive that there was no chance of adopting him out in that state." Goliath displayed extreme food, toy and dog aggression. He lunged at humans, although his infirmity and long confinement weakened his leg muscles.
And as I would say, "It is impossible to save every shelter dog, but it remains especially heartbreaking when faced with the decision to "pull the plug" on a dog for temperament reasons when there has already been a huge investment of passion and money." Trust me; determining if an unsafe dog lives or dies is the worst judgment call a rescue person ever has to make. Public safety must always be top priority for a dangerous dog is a danger to himself also.
Roman Gottfried was coming to the first Bully Breed Brigade last November to do training demos with difficult dogs. Roman has that rare talent of being able to read a dog's mental state and restore balance to the human/animal bond, a sixth sense that is complemented by his astute observation of behavior and interaction. Wendy Cariello, off-site adoption event coordinator at Hempstead Shelter, had reached out to Roman on Goliath's behalf. Roman was Goliath's only hope.
If a meeting showed promise, Roman had arranged with Cindy Iacopella, shelter director, that Goliath become Holistic Pet Services' first "pilot" rehab project in conjunction with Hempstead Shelter. His goal was to show that even the worst aggressive cases can be turned into loving pets. Escorted by an animal control officer, Roman, wearing a bite suit, walked past the "Danger" signs to greet Goliath. "I was curious about him," remarked Roman, and despite an aggressive first encounter, "I looked at him and said, I'd like to see who you really are." So, he and his wife Loukia adopted Goliath and drove him back to Connecticut to begin the process of delving into the dog's soul.
Roman was born in Greece, raised in Austria and lived in Saudi Arabia before settling in Greenwich in 2007. As a child, he spent a lot of time with his father's Salukis, and later served in an Alpine K9 regiment. He approaches dogs with a worldly perspective and an intriguing integration of spiritual and philosophical teachings, including the ancient sages' views of human personality development extrapolated to a canine lifespan.
Roman never blames the dog but instead looks for the causes of behavior, often working backward in time to help in his search. His work focuses on handling the dog a natural way with calm, yet balancing energy. He believes a healthy diet enables a sound dog to rise from the wreckage, and that chemicals can have a negative influence on certain dogs like Goliath. Those of us who work with dogs must be educated to identify the triggers of a behavior so we can treat them, and pass this knowledge on to potential adopters so the dog isn't surrendered or abandoned again.
According to Roman, dogs perceive the world differently from us. They see less color, less resolution, yet have sharpened input from other senses. Where we may focus on one thing; dogs take in the whole vista. Our visual framework is square where theirs may be a cluster of triangles. Introduce a hat on a man in view; the cluster changes. That is one reason why the man wearing a hat may elicit fear in a dog.
It took three weeks before a breakthrough. Still in the fear stage, Goliath's tail was between his legs, growling while Roman stood a safe distance as he ate pumpkin and lean beef. Then his tail wagged, and Roman knew he was responding. Roman says you must be able to read emotional indicators. An agitated dog sends out a signal similar to an electrical discharge to warn he is about to react, giving you (or another dog) 1.5 seconds to reply, comply or correct; otherwise the dog will attack.
The metamorphosis of Goliath into Siggi was gradual. Now he plays with Roman's other dogs including a Presa Canario, Mastiff and Cane Corso. He is very intelligent and his best obedience student. Siggi became the dog that helped Roman read through other dogs. He is comfortable at home with his people and in social settings like Starbucks but not within a crowd. Siggi has You Tube videos and Facebook photos along with his profile on Roman's website.
Why so much attention for one incorrigible dog? What are Roman's ramifications for thousands of other Pits languishing in shelters, or for all dogs? Roman renamed Goliath after Sigmund Freud to remind him to stimulate "Siggi's" brain and focus on their relationship.
To emphasize, Roman states: "Sigmund is a great benefit to the canine community. With his help, I was able to understand a completely new approach to animal rehabilitation that is based on relationship, emotional connection, respect, brain stimulation and exercise, precision, boundaries and limitations - this inspired my Holistic rehab method."
This weekend, you have two opportunities to see Roman Gottfried's minor miracles in action. Roman and Loukia will be at our Yappy Hour benefit at Mulcahy's in Wantagh from 6 to 9 p.m. There will be a sevenminute video depicting Siggi's transformation, as well as entertainment by a comedian and a band, appetizer buffet, dessert, coffee, beer/wine/soda; raffles, for $35 in advance (see the PayPal on the www.lasthopeanimalrescue.org homepage) or $40 at the door. On Saturday at our 2nd annual Bully Breed Brigade outside Hempstead Town Shelter on Beltagh Ave. in Wantagh from 11 to 5 p.m., Roman will be doing training demos with rescue dogs. For more details about the Bully Breed Brigade, see last week's "Pets" in the Archives at the Beacon online.
Note: Tia Torres from Pit Bulls & Parolees on Animal Planet is scheduled to be at both events too.


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February 06, 2013 08:45 ET
Note to Editors: The Following Is an Investment Opinion Being Issued by the EQUITY NEWS CIRCUIT
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NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Feb 6, 2013) - The Bedford Report has released new equity reports today. As a leading provider of free in depth reports and timely market updates, Bedford is an essential resource for hundreds of thousands of investors across the country.
Arch Coal Inc. (NYSE: ACI) shares plunged 11.5 percent on nearly three-times the average daily volume Tuesday. The company reported a wider-than-expected net loss of $295 million for the quarter of 2012, this compares to a net income of $70.9 million in the year ago quarter.
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Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) shares spiked 3.25 percent on nearly 7 million shares traded Tuesday. The company reported net earnings of $510 million, or $0.77 per share in the second quarter. The company's results were driven by a strong performance from their Oilseeds unit.
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The SAT Reasoning Test, which was originally known as the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), is a standardized exam that many of the undergraduate college and university programs within the United States require their applicants to take. The SAT test is designed by the College Board and administered by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) in order to determine whether or not an individual has the basic knowledge necessary in order to succeed in a college program. In many cases, commercial SAT prep can be extremely expensive.
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The SAT test is comprised of three primary sections: a critical reading section, a mathematics section, and a writing section. The critical reading section includes a series of multiple-choice questions that are related to reading comprehension and vocabulary. The mathematics section includes a series of multiple-choice questions and a group of fill-in or "grid-in" questions that are related to basic mathematical concepts. The writing section includes a series of multiple-choice questions related to grammar, sentence structure, and flow. The SAT test writing section also includes an essay question.
Even though the SAT test is one of the most commonly used exams for college admissions, not every undergraduate program requires it. Certain programs and universities may require other admission tests for acceptance into academic programs instead of, or in addition to, the SAT. The exact score that an individual must achieve on the SAT in order to gain entrance into a particular program varies from program to program and from college to college, and most universities and programs do not use the SAT as the only factor considered for admission. When deciding whether a particular student should be accepted into an undergraduate program or not, most universities and programs consider entrance essays, grade point averages (G.P.A.), and other related factors in addition to the individual's SAT scores. SAT preparation is always recommended if you are trying for scholarships or looking into competitive schools.


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By: Mark McGrouther, Category: Science, Date: 11 Mar 2011
It was a 'week of sharks'. The highlight was the addition of some quite disturbing images of a White Shark being 'strangled' by a plastic packing strap. Other less upsetting images, including two of Galapagos Sharks, were also added to the site. Thank you as always to all of you who contributed and commented throughout the week.
Galapagos Sharks at Lord Howe Island
Galapagos Sharks near the surface
Head of a Western Blue Groper
Western Blue Groper, Achoerodus gouldii
Head of Acanthias megalops
Holotype of Acanthias megalops
White Shark in peril
Zebra Lionfish at Pumpkin Patch
Yellowfin Scorpionfish, Scorpaenopsis neglecta (first record from Sydney Harbour)
Do you really need that shopping bag?
Aploactinidae - Velvetfishes
Caracanthidae - Coral Crouchers
Hoplichthyidae - Ghost flatheads
Neosebastidae - Gurnard Perches
Pataecidae - Prowfishes
Platycephalidae - Flatheads
Sebastidae - Ocean Perches
Solenostomidae - Ghost Pipefishes
Synanceiidae - Stonefishes
Syngnathidae - Pipefishes and Seahorses
Tetrarogidae - Fortescues
Triglidae - Gurnards
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Your Life Has Meaning
Posted September 9, 2011
"You have something unique to offer. Your life, because of who you are, has meaning."
No Veteran should commit suicide. No man or woman who dedicated their life to preserving freedom for Americans should ever feel so hopeless that they would want to end their life.
If you are reading this and have considered suicide, know this: you are not alone. Thousands have been there and have made it through.
Here's about ten of them who have. Watch their stories and you will see you are not alone.
At some point in everyone's life, we all...hit a wall.
That's why VA has the Veterans Crisis Line.
The Veterans Crisis Line connects Veterans in crisis, and their families and friends, with qualified, caring, Department of Veterans Affairs responders through a confidential toll-free hotline and online chat.
Veterans and their loved ones can call 1-800-273-8255 and Press 1 or chat online to receive confidential support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
The caring professionals at the Veterans Crisis Line are specially trained and experienced in helping Veterans of all ages and circumstances. Many of the responders are Veterans and understand what Veterans and their families and friends have been through and the challenges Veterans of all ages and service eras face.
Call them and tell them about anything that has been particularly stressful for you lately — the death of a loved one, relationship break-up, loss of job or unemployment, money problems, losing your home, or anything else that might be contributing to how you are feeling.
This website explains it all: www.veteranscrisisline.net.
It is not unusual to face disappointments, frustrations, loss, and the wear and tear of daily stress.
People experience emotional and mental health crises in response to a wide range of situations — from difficulties in their personal relationships to the loss of a job.
For Veterans, these crises can be heightened by their experiences during military service. When emotional issues reach a crisis point, it's time to call on the Veterans Crisis Line for support.
Sometimes a crisis may involve thoughts of suicide.
Learn to recognize these warning signs:
- Hopelessness, feeling like there's no way out
- Anxiety, agitation, sleeplessness, or mood swings
- Feeling like there is no reason to live
- Rage or anger
- Engaging in risky activities without thinking
- Increasing alcohol or drug abuse
- Withdrawing from family and friends
The following signs require immediate attention:
- Thinking about hurting or killing yourself
- Looking for ways to kill yourself
- Talking about death, dying, or suicide
- Self-destructive behavior such as drug abuse, weapons, etc.
If you are a Veteran or know a Veteran who is experiencing any of these signs, call the Veterans Crisis Line immediately. Responders are standing by to help.
Anonymous On-Line Quiz That Will Help
Crisis, stress, depression, and other issues affect people in different ways. Maybe you're having trouble sleeping or feel out of control. Maybe your energy level is down or you feel anxious all the time. If these issues and others seem to be leading to a crisis, treatment can help.
On the Crisis Line website you can take a confidential, anonymous, risk assessment to see how you might benefit from VA or community-based services.
You don't have to give your name. You just answer some questions that may be very familiar. Such as:
- During the last 4 weeks, how often have you been bothered by any of the following?
- Feeling nervous or worrying a lot?
- Having arguments or fights?
- Feeling out of control?
If you are a family member or a friend and you know a Vet in crisis, here's how to recognize the signs and what you can do.
"No one is in control of your happiness but you. You have the power to change anything about your life that you want to change."
Since its launch in 2007, the Veterans Crisis Line has answered more than 450,000 calls and made more than 16,000 life-saving rescues. In 2009, the Veterans Crisis Line added an anonymous online chat service, which has helped more than 20,000 people.
In 2011, the National Veterans Suicide Prevention Hotline was renamed the Veterans Crisis Line to encourage Veterans and their families and friends to make the call. People who know a Veteran best may be the first to recognize emotional distress and reach out for support when issues reach a crisis point — well before a Veteran is at risk of suicide.
To make sure all Veterans and their loved ones are aware of the Veterans Crisis Line, VA is coordinating with communities and partners nationwide to let Veterans and their loved ones know that support is available whenever, if ever, they need it.
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PITTSBURGH (AP) Dri Archer just kind of laughs. He can't help it. Spend most of your life as the smallest player on the football field and you get used to the incessant questions about beating the odds.
''I've always been the littlest guy out there,'' Archer said. ''I don't even think about it.''
Fear is not an option for the 5-foot-8, 173-pound Pittsburgh Steelers rookie. He doesn't worry about how his slender frame will hold up to the rigors of the NFL because it wouldn't do any good. Archer has been playing football since he was in first grade, when he would wrap flags around his waist imitate Hall of Fame running back Barry Sanders.
The 22-year-old never met a tackle he couldn't walk - or better yet, sprint - away from. There's no reason to think it will be any different as a professional.
''I just want to come in and contribute, do what I've always done,'' Archer said Thursday.
For the Steelers, that will be a little bit of everything. Offensive coordinator Todd Haley figures to get creative with how to use Archer, whose eye-popping 40-yard dash time of 4.26 seconds at the NFL combine earlier this spring was the second fastest in combine history.
It's that number - and not the ones next to his height and weight - that leapt out to the Steelers.
''Whatever way we can find to get this kid the ball or to have him involved in our offense we are going to do that as a staff,'' running backs coach James Saxon said. ''(Offensive coordinator) Todd Haley is going to do a great job with that. We are all going to work together to get this guy in the right place.''
The right place could be any place. Though he spent most of his time at Kent State at running back - where his 7.2 career yards per carry looks like a misprint - Archer is more than just 68 inches of kinetic energy who hides behind his massive offensive linemen. He also caught 99 passes and returned four kickoffs for touchdowns during his college career.
Though the NFL is one step - more likely two - over what he saw on a weekly basis while playing in the Mid-American Conference, Archer is confident he can make the leap. This is the same player, after all, whose Twitter profile picture is a drawing of him wearing a No. 1 jersey with a cape on the back.
''You've just got to learn to do the right things,'' he said. ''I'm just trying to learn the playbook and be where I'm supposed to be at all times.''
Archer is just the latest attempt by the Steelers to find a Swiss Army knife in the backfield. Pittsburgh grabbed sprinter/running back Chris Rainey in the fifth round of the 2012 draft. Rainey was ineffective on the field and a problem off it, eventually getting cut in January 2013 after being charged with slapping his girlfriend.
There are no such character concerns with Archer, who has quickly ingratiated himself with his teammates no matter which meeting he happens to be in, whether it's with the running backs or the wide receivers.
Saxon praised Archer for his toughness and it's worth noting Archer missed only a handful of games across four seasons at Kent State despite handling the ball nearly 500 times. He averaged a touchdown once every 13 times he touched the ball in college.
While it's unfair to expect that kind of production in the NFL, Archer understands his unique skill set gives the Steelers a speedy yin to the powerful yang of top running backs Le'Veon Bell and LeGarrette Blount. He understands there are skeptics who will wonder if he was worth a third-round pick. That's fine. The skeptics haven't been right yet.
''That's why I play with a chip on my shoulder,'' Archer said. ''Everyone tells me I am too small. I can't take hits. I can't do this and I can't do that. I am just out here to play football. And I know what I can do.''
NOTES: The Steelers signed first-round draft pick Ryan Shazier to a four-year contract on Thursday. Financial details were not disclosed. Pittsburgh took Shazier with the 15th overall pick after a standout career at Ohio State.
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Israeli parliament passes charged parties bill
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's parliament passed a contentious bill Tuesday that will raise the threshold needed for parties to enter parliament, a move boycotted by the opposition who derided it as undemocratic and aimed at sidelining representatives of Israel's Arab minority.
The bill passed unanimously 67-0 after the opposition sat out the vote, calling it one of several strong-arm tactics by the ruling coalition. Backers of the bill say it is necessary for government stability. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the new law will increase governability by doing away with the current multitude of tiny parties.
Under Israel's system of proportional representation, voters cast ballots for parties, not individuals, and parties receive seats in parliament based on the percentage of votes they win. Currently 12 factions serve in the 120-seat parliament. The bill raises the threshold from 2 percent of the vote to 3.25 percent, meaning parties will have to win at least four seats to enter.
The bill could particularly harm Arab parties unless they band together. There are currently three separate small Arab parties in parliament. But the move may also kill off fringe nationalistic right-wing parties and ultimately play into the hands of the left-wing.
The bill is one of three being promoted this week that could have far-reaching consequences. The opposition charges that clumping the bills together is a ploy to swiftly pass contentious legislation that deserves more room for reservations.
Aside from the governance bill, parliament is slated to vote on a bill that will require a referendum on any territorial withdrawal that comes as a result of a peace deal. The third bill deals with the drafting of ultra-Orthodox Jews into the military.
Such controversial laws are usually debated individually and slowly and then voted on independently. But the three coalition parties promoting the three separate laws have apparently agreed to vote for each other in order for them all to pass in bulk.
The opposition boycotted the first vote in a rare move in protest, and held an alternative meeting instead.
Isaac Herzog, the head of the opposition, called the move "a step of dictatorship."
"This is how our democracy is shattering in front of our eyes," he said.
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The case for a modernized gold standard.
Gold, a fundamental, metallic element of the earth's constitution, exhibits unique properties that enabled it, during two millennia of market testing, to emerge as a universally accepted store of value and medium of exchange, not least because it could sustain purchasing power over the long run against a standard assortment of goods and services. Rarely considered in monetary debates, these natural properties of gold caused it to prevail as a stable monetary standard, the most marketable means by which trading peoples worldwide could make trustworthy direct and indirect exchanges for all other articles of wealth.
The preference of tribal cultures, as well as ancient and modern civilizations, to use gold as money was no mere accident of history. Nor has this natural, historical, and global preference for gold as a store of value and standard of measure been easily purged by academic theory and government fiat.
Gold, by its intrinsic nature, is durable, homogenous, fungible, imperishable, indestructible, and malleable. It has a relatively low melting point, facilitating coined money. It is portable and can be readily transported from place to place. Gold money can be safely stored at very low cost, and then exchanged for monetary certificates, bank deposits, and notes—convertible bills of exchange that efficiently extended the gold standard worldwide.
Like paper money, gold is almost infinitely divisible into smaller denominations. But paper money has a marginal production cost near zero. Producing gold money, like other articles of wealth, requires real labor and capital.
This investment of real labor and capital gives gold an objectively grounded value on which to base proportional exchanges—a value that can be compared to that invested in producing a unit of any product or service. Prices for goods and services always vary with subjective preferences. But the real costs of production persist as an underlying market-price regulator. Despite subjective preferences, a mutual exchange of real money—a gold monetary unit—for a good or service is a transparent, proportional, equitable exchange, grounded by real costs of production, namely labor, capital, and natural resources.
In contrast, almost no marginal labor or capital is required to produce an additional unit of paper money. Thus, legal tender paper money is subject only to quantitative control and the discretion of political authorities. Historical evidence shows that inconvertible paper money is overproduced, tending always toward depreciation and inflation, interrupted by bouts of austerity and deflation. Over the long run, government-forced and spurious paper money has not maintained equitable exchanges between labor and capital. Market exchanges based on depreciating paper money and floating paper currencies issued through the banking system always lead to speculative privilege of insiders, generally the financial class.
Because of its imperishability and density of value per weight unit, gold can be held and stored (saved) permanently at incidental carrying costs. Precious metal monetary tokens (gold and silver) survived millennia of experiments with inferior alternatives such as shells, grains, cattle, tobacco, base metals, and many others. These alternatives are either consumable, perishable, bulky, or of insufficient value for large-scale commercial exchange over long distances. For example, perishables like wheat or cattle are not storable for long periods at very low cost; nor are they portable cheaply over long distances to exchange for other goods; nor are they useful and efficient to settle short- and long-term debts promptly.
Through a process of long-term economic evolution in tribal, interregional, and national trading markets, gold's natural properties were discovered and utilized in almost all cultures. Gold thus became universally marketable and acceptable as the optimum long-term store of value, uniform standard of commercial measure, and durable medium of exchange. Universal marketability and acceptability is a hallmark of global money. Silver, with its much lower value per unit of weight, was the suboptimal monetary metal of modern civilization, exhibiting many but not all of the properties required for large-scale international exchange.
Merchants, bankers, farmers, and laborers may not have consciously considered these facts, but over the long run, they behaved as if they did. Thus gold became an unimpeachable, universally accepted currency, to be held as reserves and passed on as a reliable store of future purchasing power. People, even hostile nations, freely accepted gold, a non-national currency, from one another in exchange for other goods, even as they rejected the sovereign risk of holding national currencies as their exclusive reserves. All who cherished the value of their saved labor—pensioners, working people, those on fixed incomes—came to rely on the gold monetary standard as a stable, long-term proxy for goods and services to be purchased later, perhaps much later.
Today's global stock of aboveground gold in all its forms is approximately 5 to 6 billion ounces, perhaps more—close to one ounce per capita of the world population. Because of gold's lasting value from time immemorial, and the human incentive to conserve all scarce resources, these 5 to 6 billion ounces represent most of the gold ever produced. Yet the aboveground gold stock today may be enclosed in a cube of approximately 70 feet on each side. Gold may be easily converted to substantial amounts of monetary coin to underwrite convertible paper money and bank deposits for convenient exchange in the market.
Moreover, the empirical data demonstrate that the stock of aboveground gold has grown for centuries in direct proportion to the growth of population and output per capita. The average, annual, long-run growth of the stock of gold in the modern world is approximately 1.5 percent. This remarkable fact accounts for the unique, long-run stability of its purchasing power. New output of gold money, joined to its rate of turnover, is sufficient for both economic growth and long-run stability of the general price level, as modest but regular output of gold does not affect the relative value of the large existing stock.
This hidden but crucial commercial equation of the social order was a fundamental reason why the true gold standard, i.e., gold-based money, became the foundation of the monetary institutions of modern civilization. Gold-based money not only stabilized the long-term price level, but its network effects also integrated and compounded the rapid growth of the advanced, competitive trading nations of the Western world during the Industrial Revolution. For the purpose of global trade, exchange and investment currencies convertible to the universally acceptable gold monetary standard had engirdled the earth by the beginning of the 20th century.
As the technology and productivity of the payments mechanism evolved, banknotes and checking account deposits (among other credit and transfer systems), came into modern circulation as substitutes for physical, monetary tokens. But these banknotes and checks derived and sustained their value from the fact that everyone knew they were credit instruments convertible to gold. Still, actual gold transfers were used to settle residual balance-of-payments deficits among nations, a necessary and efficient international adjustment mechanism by which to rebalance domestic and international trade and exchange.
Despite legal tender inconvertible paper money and the disabilities presently imposed on gold by the political authorities, gold retains the same inherent properties that make it the least imperfect monetary standard. Indeed, all inconvertible paper money systems, based on contemporary fractional reserve banking, use the vestigial forms but not the substance of their original convertible currency systems.
In sum, gold is natural currency, not least because it provides in a single, indestructible substance the primary functions of money—i.e. a standard unit of account, a stable medium of exchange, a stable store of value, and a stable deferred means of payment. By reason of these facts, the market guided the authorities over time to bestow on gold coin the status of an official monetary standard. Gold money was, moreover, endowed by nature with profound but simple national and international networking effects, the digital standard by which free prices could be communicated worldwide. Thus, the gold standard exhibited natural economies of global information scale, a necessary virtue in the present electronic age. The adoption of the gold standard by the major trading nations in the 19th century led to a radical reduction in the settlement costs of international trade and transactions, a crucial confidence and reliability factor stimulating an unparalleled boom in trade that was constantly and promptly rebalanced by residual deficit settlements in gold.
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Christmas Serenity
This is a totally original Christmas theme for the holiday and festive season. Gentle, calm and beautiful, this hope for the season features calming choral vocals and an operatic choir. Features two edits, a 1:12 loopable version and a full 1:56 version. Sleigh bells accompany the wistful bells, while harp and a nostalgic brass ensemble take the listener on a magical and peaceful journey through a picturesque snowscape.
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What a complete dud!
Ericson Core tries to reboot Point Break and lands face forward in his own muck. There isn't a plot to bind the characters properly. A story that is totally implausible, and devoid of substance. Not at all sticking to its roots and contorting the original beyond limit.
What was a complete disaster was the direction bit. Frames would jump to an unprecedented area almost abruptly, chipped right in the middle of a conversation. It is a poorly made flick that just crawls on without a point and breaks often too.
The only good thing about the movie was the stunt bit. All stunts were inscribed under nature's aegis. A lot of time was spent on the waves, in the mountains, mid-air, skiing that manifested sheer nature power. The eight ordeals the team was pursuing were given plenty of screen time. But it was extended too much to cover up holes movie bore throughout.
Sure thing Luke Bracey looked phenomenal with his tattoos and Edgar Ramirez coolly played Bodhi to impart a different outlook to his perversion, but there was nothing they could do to uplift the poor editing and direction of Point Break. Befooled by the trailer that showed rad incessant stunts, the movie doesn't cash in on them properly either. The skydiving stunt that was sold in the teasers ends up in mediocrity. Thrilling were the afterthought shouts that would complement the uplifting music. Inclusion of Delroy Lindo seemed like an exercise in futility. If you try to look at the screenplay, there are two or three lines in the movie that are good but have been reiterated quite many times for emphasis.
In a nutshell, it looks like a discovery channel documentary of people that are good in extreme sports. It was more like a Pointless Break!


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Chariot of Fire wrote:It wouldn't be TOFU-KORT without some needle and occasional sledging. A lot was riding on this challenge: a replay of the infamous 2010 fixture, a place in the final of CC's most prestigious clan tourney, and a contest of wits between the clans ranked 1st & 2nd with a possible switch at the top of the F400. Whilst undoubtedly there's a clash of personalities, I'd like to think a lot of the reason behind people's motivation has been due to an unspoken respect for the other's playing ability. In 60 games there was not a single fixture that could be taken for granted. There is no 'weak' KORT team and there are seldom, if any, poor KORT moves. It has been a competition played at the highest level that also happened to have a history of rivalry. It's ManUtd/Liverpool, Yankees/RedSox, USA/USSR (that was), etc etc.
This challenge had got off to a good, friendly start. Perhaps not what some outsiders wanted to see, but it sat well with the combatants on either side and I believe they were happy to see it progressing as it did. Where it went of the rails was after the post of 19th Feb (bottom of p.6) where a particularly poor display of sportsmanship was shown. And that pales in comparison to the remark made in a PM (by the same author) to one of my fellow clan members:if you beat us on the board, you are the first who deserve to be congratulated (not CoF, his score is again negative like in PACK war, but rest of TOFU).
Frankly I don't have time for people who display such bad sporstmanship. I also don't have the inclination to gloat once this challenge is officially over. I merely wish to congratulate everyone (100%, not 90% or 95% either) who participated in a very hard-fought contest. There are winners and losers in every contest - whether it be over a series of individual games or as a challenge overall - and each should be applauded for having tried his or her best.
So well done KORT, I for one salute you =D>
Chariot of Fire wrote:And that pales in comparison to the remark made in a PM (by the same author) to one of my fellow clan members:if you beat us on the board, you are the first who deserve to be congratulated (not CoF, his score is again negative like in PACK war, but rest of TOFU).
josko.ri wrote:Reading your example, I agree that is normal, if you are suspicious your teammate will miss and time is low, you will sit. I think I read once you sat for raketen when I think he was playing other turns, but I never did and never wil investigate if he really played other turns or not. In my opinion that is normal, you wanted to be sure that you will avoid turn missing. I even think you would find some other KORT member sitting for someone who was online in 24 hour timeframe if you do deep research. It is normal it happens sometimes.
BUT, the one who think it is NOT normal, if CoF, judging by his constant accusations towards me, starting from the first case against me when he (and other TOFU members) were the most loudest in pointing fingers at me, which was the only motive that I show to the whole clan world that they are even worse by filling report against CoF. Then second time he again pointed fingers to me for case that I was even cleared. Then third time he not only reported case to hunters (where we were cleared) but also besides the report put all his suspicions (which were wrong suspicions, as officials cleared us) into the thread in order to taint our names over decision of officials. And now count, how many times I tried to taint his name in public by pointing fingers to his abuse? Only twice, and both times it was just putting back into his face for what he accused me. I think this is enough to conclude who was hostile in our "relationship" and who every time started with throwing on negative feelings.
Also, we know rules very well, and we play according to rules. In this war, a my clan mate counted we had 8 missing turns, and you had 2 missing turns. For us, 8 is the lowest number of missing turns in all recent wars, other wars had even more. Now at the end it happens that with equal field of missing turns we could go 31/29 or 30/30 instead 29/31, if for example P.Harbour, M. Ages, HRE was not screwed by miss. Logically, he questioned if that is legal one person to have all passwords, even password of Head Moderator Dako in period when he is not absent (i.e. his color were not removed and he was normally playing in 13 other games the day when sitting appeared). In my clan, there is no normal user who knows password of Moderator user, with exception of absence time when Moderator color is removed and normal user is sitting. I personally know passwords of maybe 5 players total which I sat for during absence and did not forgot password (I use just my memory, without memorizing pw on paper or on computer, and pm disappears after 75 inbox messages). Other KORT members also have passwords of just several others, we do not share it. And there comes fact that maybe you will not believe of, and it is that KORT has in every recent war more than 10 misses. If you do not believe this statement, say to CoF to investigate, he anyway has a ton of free time. Maybe reason for that is totally opposite that CoF (again) try to present us in public, which is that we play this game for fun, and we think even less active members deserves to have fun. It often costs us to achieve better result by putting them into games, but we are proud that fun is not divided just by players who are online 24/7 but the fun is also given to players who care less about CC. And there is no sitter who can do great move in urgent sitting in foggy game for anyone, so with that we risk losing a lot of games.
And then we see what happens from other side, at first pointing fingers to us that we are the ones who are intentionally doing sitting abuse, and at second many worse sitting cases done by CoF for several others. It is not weird that some of my clan mates are questioning did we have equal rules level, when we follow rules, costing us to have final 8v2 turn missing rate, and CoF is doing what he is doing together with pointing fingers to us that we are intentionally avoiding rules. Yeah, the clan who has 4 times more misses than opponents are for sure serious intentional account sitting abusers. And you see, KORT has like 30+ active players, and TOFU has like 20+, so where is more chance that someone will notice a turn will maybe be missed? 10 more people for sure have more possibility to notice possible missing. If we share passwords among each other, (almost) no missing would happen, 30 persons are pretty high number in possibilities to notice someone is low on time. Another fact that we do not share passwords but only give it to 2/3 who are(were) your sitters during absences.
Also, your arguments in pm even more proved my statement that he did not stopped cheating, but he only improved it to more proficient level. Why more proficient? Before, when he noticed that someone is low on time, he logged in and sat. Now, when he notice that someone is low on time (Pedro/catnip case presented to you) then he finds some sitter outside the game (logically, if sitter is outside the game, his/her sitting will be less suspicious), ask him/her to sit, but actually the sitter is just clicking in the game moves which CoF are dictating. In essence, there is no difference between CoF sitting and other player sitting because the move is anyway ordered by CoF (just clicking was done by other player). So, previous amateur level (CoF log in and sit) is now improved to professional level (CoF pm or wall someone to sit while he is on the same time online and dictates the move). The case I forwarded to you is just one the most obvious example of that, but I found several cases, and I have some suspicious cases which hunters can check if CoF and sitter were logged on the same time when turn was done.
I see you think my motives are only revenge. You are wrong, my motives are having finally top fun in clan wars, without one who constantly, war after war, are pointing fingers to us about wrongdoings while he personally is much worse. Imagine how clan world would look like without that. In our first war there would not be dice whiner who caused me to reply to his whining by arguments that they played bad. I know, it is not ok saying in public that someone played bad, but is is also not ok to cover your loses by saying they are lucky as a hell. He started, I replied. Then the whole TOFU was flaming me the whole war because of that. Then started accusations that I sit for everyone, when actually CoF were playing 21 games and sitting for 13 players at the end. I have only played 17 games so even with several sitting I was way less used in the war than I could have been. So, as reply to accusations, we made program which generates "josko for X" whenever someone plays his turn. It was all continued by rude accusations towards me on personal basis, series of event that caused us to accept non popular decision of TOFU forfeits due to breaking rules. Then Bones accused me for sitting abuse that was not abuse at that time. Hats of to Bones, I investigated him and he really never did similar sitting doings. He was the right person to throw fingers at me and ask for equal playing field. And he made success in that, the precedent verdict was done. In my opinion unfair, I was punished for breaking rules which were declared AFTER the verdict. But again, there were CoF and many others from TOFU pointing fingers into us and being the most loud in seeking for punishment, while they were in the same shoes, proven by C&A report against CoF that followed. After the verdict against me, I was the one who forever stopped to do any shady sitting, while CoF only improved his sitting practices on higher level. That revealing by Chuuuuck was pain in the ass for clan world that something of that can even happen. Then it followed another report from CoF to me, I wonder was it chosen timing just before our war to eliminate me from it? 1 month ban in case I was guilty would serve great for TOFU in our war, together with blame, moral falling for KORT and everything which happens with that. Nice try to increase his chances to win upcoming war but fortunately, hunters were protecting us from false accusations. And then again, in this war I had only 1 sitting total. The 1 sitting was enough to report it to hunters, together with additional accusations of proxy log in for Moonchild, and together with putting all that in public thread, which has nothing to do with C&A cases.
So there is in short summary of history of his accusations. And now you are saying my motive is revenge. Funny. My only motive is finally having fun in playing clan wars. My clan and me had very high fun in all other wars in our history, except in wars vs TOFU. Our 2 the strongest players Rodion and sjnap refused to play just because they knew it will come a ton of shit from TOFU in forums and they are here to have fun and not to have pain in the ass over and over again. You see, they both played in wars before TOFU, and they both will play in CL5 and CC4, but somehow they did not play vs TOFU. Now you know reasons. I also want to have fun in clan world in general, the constant point fingering to me together with numerous of false accusations hurts the rest of clan world as well, you see it the best from Leehar's reply to my post. In conclusion, in the same manner like GLG ban was increasing overall CC fun, I am sure CoF ban will increase clan area fun. For my clan it will for sure increase, we want to have fun in playing games, not in being ass fucked over and over again, especially not from person who is doing and was done much bigger abuses than we could ever think of. However, as I promised, nothing will come out before our war ends, we let it finish by result achieved on board. What will happen after, I will do in agreement with my clan mates, if majority of them say let it go without report, I will agree. I lost a lot of time for investigation, but as I said already in the forum "Honest person seeking for justice does not mind to spend his precious time in order to achieve that goal".
Chariot of Fire wrote:Your sitting abuse claims are laughable. So now I'm guilty of sitting abuse when I'm not sitting! Feel free to waste your time. Knock yourself out.
Pedronicus wrote:Glad to see that korts tactic of holding back from winning certainly won games to give them some sort of hollywood comeback has failed.
cocky fuckers.
Extreme Ways wrote:Stop it, both of you.
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Plot Summary: In a world where humans serve as livestock for the ruling beastman, and where sand fills the roles of water and fire. Kyrie is recruited by the "World Destruction Committee" to assist in putting an end to their world. Kyrie alone holds the power needed to do it.
In a world where humans serve as livestock for the ruling beastman, and where sand fills the roles of water and fire. Morte Ashela , A member (or the only member) of the so called World Destruction Committee is wanted and hiding. She goes to a beastman bar to eat lunch where she meets Kyrie , A young human boy working at a beastman bar concealing his true identity as a human. When her enemies The World Salvation Committee found her she used Kyrie as a hostage only to know that he's a human , disposable to the enemy , together they run from the WSC to complete their goal of destroying the world to save humans from slavery. Kyrie ends up traveling with her and unwillingly joins the committee. Little does Morte know that Kyrie is the key to their goal.
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IT Management Slideshow: CEO Confidence Shows Sharp Decline
By Dennis McCafferty | Posted 07-12-2012
Has your CEO lost his swagger? Chances are he or she is not alone. The confidence level of many CEOs has taken a plunge in recent months, according to the latest report from The Conference Board. In The Conference Board Measure of CEO Confidence, overall chief executive confidence has taken a double-digit dive, and the current index has slipped under the 50-mark, indicating a trend toward pessimism. All of this means that CIOs will likely face more scrutiny when it comes to getting new IT projects approved as cost-cutting remains a key objective. "CEOs began the year quite upbeat," says Lynn Franco, director of economic indicators at The Confidence Board. "But the lackluster performance of the economy so far, and expectations of more of the same, has clearly impacted attitudes." On the positive side, many CEOs feel that profits will continue to increase over the year. And CIOs will play a big role here, as senior leadership will depend greatly upon technology innovation to reduce costs and increase efficiencies. More than 80 CEOs took part in the research.
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The Magical 2005 Burgundy Vintage
Just because the holiday season of 2006 is now behind us does not mean that there will be no more gift giving in the next twelve months, as Mother Nature's gift giving season is about to begin. The luxuriant 2005 Burgundies are coming! The 2005 vintage in Burgundy has produced some of the greatest red wines to ever emerge from this bucolic region, and these inimitable pinot noirs are just now being prepared for release. Over the course of the next six months, more profound pinot noir will find its way to these shores than has ever been the case before. A generation down the road, wine lovers the world over will recall the majestic splendor of the 2005 red Burgundies, as the quality of this vintage is the finest since the Burgundy twin titans of 1945 and 1949 emerged from a war-weary Europe to assist in the celebration of peace and prosperity. And the best thing about the 2005 red Burgundies is that they will drink beautifully from the day they arrive, so that gratification need not be deferred.
I began visiting the cellars of Burgundy in 1989, and I have never tasted a greater young red vintage than 2005. These wines have everything, with sumptuous and velvety palate impressions, brilliant purity and focus, and the depth and complexity that only pinot noir grown in perfect conditions can deliver. The wines are complex, tangy wines where the ripe and opulent fruit is beautifully framed by zesty acidity, which keeps these wines fresh and succulent from beginning to end. There are tannins in many of the wines that will carry them far into the future, but the tannins are supple and beautifully integrated into the fruit of the wines, making them utterly irresistible to drink in their youth. One of the most beautiful things about the class of 2005 Burgundy is that all this opulent fruit is coupled to most extraordinary expressions of minerality and soil, which the French call terroir, and for which the greatest red Burgundies are so prized. It is this combination of opulence and terroir that will make the 2005 vintage one of the greatest of all time.
The growing season of 2005 in the Burgundy region was absolutely perfect for the sometimes fickle pinot noir. During the eighteen days that I spent in Burgundy in November tasting through the 2005 reds, I constantly heard refrains from winemakers that they had never seen such perfect grapes coming in from the vineyards, and that the quality of raw materials was so high that the wines nearly made themselves. One of Gevrey-Chambertin's brightest young stars, Jean-Marie Fourrier of Domaine Fourrier, stated that he "used the fermentation time to catch up on his internet research into cork issues" that had been plaguing recent vintages of white Burgundy, "as there was simply nothing to do in the cellars other than listen to the vats gently bubbling away." Sorting out grapes that are not of top quality has become one of the cornerstones at the best addresses in Burgundy over the last dozen years, but the sorting tables were unnecessary in the fall of 2005, as the crop was in stunning condition. This was true from the northern reaches of Marsannay and Brochon (small villages just north of Gevrey-Chambertin) all the way down to Chassagne-Montrachet and Santenay in the south, as pinot grapes this consistently beautiful have not been seen in Burgundy in several generations. In between, in the lyrical villages such as Morey St. Denis, Vosne-Romanée, Savigny-les-Beaune and Chambolle-Musigny, the treasure trove of magnificent wines that are about to be unleashed on a thirsty world is simply unprecedented.
Burgundy is often portrayed as a difficult region to master, and one in which the best wines are only available at stiff tariffs. In some vintages this may well be the case, but this is emphatically not true of the 2005 reds. In fact, the 2005 Burgundies will offer some of the greatest values to ever emerge from the region, as the sheer quality of the vintage has allowed lower level bottlings to perform as if they were Grand Crus. Burgundy's hierarchy of quality is essentially a three-tier system, with vineyards (rather than producers) ranked as either Grand Cru (the very highest level), Premier Cru (superlative wines as well, but not as long-lived or as complex as the grand crus) and Village wines (sometimes an inconsistent category, but shockingly superb in 2005). In this vintage the differences between the three categories is nowhere near as broad as is often the case, as many 2005 Village wines and some of the less well-known Premier Crus are the quality equivalent of most vintages' Grand Crus.
The key to unlocking the best wines of Burgundy remains learning who the best producers are, as the top winemakers make good wines from every level of vineyard. A great producer such as Joseph Drouhin, Frédéric Lafarge or Christophe Roumier will make profound Grand Crus in virtually every vintage, but in 2005 this same magic can be found in virtually every wine in their cellars. A less accomplished winemaker will never make as good of a wine from his plot of Grand Cru vines as one of the top producers' Premier Crus (or even their Village wines), so it is essential to get to know which vignerons are currently at the top of their games. The beauty of this approach is that some of the most talented winemakers today are outside of the best known villages, with many not even owning vines in any Grand Crus. But their wines remain reference point examples of the vineyards from which they work, and when this perfectionist expertise is coupled with the extraordinary raw materials of the 2005 vintage, the resulting wines utterly transcend their less-exalted origins. The link at the bottom of the page provides a snapshot of who, in my opinion, are the best red wine producers in each village in Burgundy today, and whose 2005s are guaranteed to delight the senses and set free the heart.
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Troubled Prison Time for Colo. Suspect
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) — The man suspected of killing Colorado's prisons chief threatened to kill a guard while he was in prison, according to state records.
It's just one episode in a long history of misconduct behind bars for Evan Spencer Ebel, who died after a shootout with Texas authorities last week.
Within nine months of entering prison in 2005, Ebel misbehaved so badly he was placed in solitary confinement. He spent much time there because of continued threats and attacks against prison workers and other inmates.
The new information comes from Ebel's prison record, which was released to The Associated Press on Thursday after an open records request.
Investigators are looking into how much the woman who allegedly bought the gun used to kill Colorado's corrections director Tom Clements knew about the slaying, authorities said Thursday.
Stevie Marie Vigil, 22, is accused of buying the gun in early March at a gun shop in Englewood and later giving it to Evan Ebel, a felon who was barred from possessing a firearm. She was arrested late Wednesday and was being held on $25,000 bond.
Ebel is suspected in the shooting deaths of Clements on March 19 and of pizza deliveryman Nathan Leon two days before.
Investigators are trying to determine whether Leon was killed for his uniform with the intent of persuading Clements to open his front door. They haven't determined yet whether Ebel, 28, acted alone but say the Smith & Wesson 9 mm he used in Texas is the same gun used to kill Clements.
El Paso County Sheriff's Office spokesman Sgt. Joe Roybal said investigators are looking into whether Vigil knew about what Ebel was planning to do with the gun.
Vigil made her first court appearance Thursday in Arapahoe County dressed in an orange jail jumpsuit. Her hands were cuffed and her feet shackled.
Vigil faces one count of unlawful purchase of a firearm, a felony which carries a penalty of between two and 16 years in prison.
The statute makes it illegal for someone to buy a firearm to transfer to a person that they know or should know isn't legally allowed to have a firearm. Vigil has no criminal record in Colorado so she would be able to pass a background check to buy a gun.
Mark Hurlbert, assistant district attorney for Arapahoe County, declined to comment on whether there were any other charges being considered against Vigil or whether she was suspected of being a part of a conspiracy.
Vigil's lawyer, Normando Pacheco, left the hearing without comment.
It's not clear how Vigil and Ebel knew each other.
Most documents in the case have been sealed, including an arrest affidavit that details the events leading to Virgil's arrest. Unlike other states, the sealing of court records is increasingly common in high profile cases that are under investigation.
A judge is scheduled to consider the evidence against Vigil at a hearing on April 30.


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By: Dr Lynda Kelly, Category: At The Museum, Date: 20 Nov 2012
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Own a Piece of Architectural History: Frank Lloyd Wright's La Miniatura
If you're an architecture buff like me, you've probably spent plenty of time admiring great buildings, in person and on the pages of glossy magazines. But have you ever thought about living in one? Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece La Miniatura is for sale, and if the price is right, this could be your chance to own a piece of architectural history.
La Miniatura, built in 1923 for Alice Millard, was the first of Wright's 'textile block' houses. Seeking a departure from the Prairie style for which he was best known, Wright created a series of homes from simple concrete blocks, patterned with motifs inspired by pre-Columbian ruins. Although critical response at the time was distinctly unkind, and concrete block construction never caught on quite the way the Prairie style did, time has vindicated Wright's creation: in 1980 the New York Times identified it as one of the best-known buildings in Los Angeles and a "classic work of the 20th century."
The main house is a relatively modest 2,400 square feet, with 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and a two-story living room spread out over three stories to take advantage of the hilly site. There's also a studio designed by Wright's son Lloyd. 90 years after it was built, the house still seems strangely modern, with its simple concrete and wood construction and connection to the outdoors. And all this can be yours — the Pasadena home is currently for sale, for an asking price of $4.5 million (according to Canadian House and Home). I'm saving my pennies.
Interested? You can see the full listing from Crosby Doe Associates here.
• Designer Dossier: Frank Lloyd Wright
• Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian Houses
• Dream Vacation Rentals: Frank Lloyd Wright Edition
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Put the scalpel down and turn up the volume. Now.
Welcome back to BracketRacket, the one-stop shopping place for all your offbeat NCAA tournament needs. In today's edition, we make the rounds at a Memphis hospital, look in on 'The Most Prevaricating Man in the World," check Bill Belichick's basketball pulse and find out if Jim Calhoun has had a change of heart. Without further ado:
After what she went through the other night, 81-year-old Memphis resident Colleen Beck isn't going to let three broken ribs and a collapsed lung keep her from watching her beloved Tigers play Virginia on Sunday night.
"She's a tough old bird," Bob Beck, her son, told The Commercial Appeal. "They did a CT scan and found out the lung was collapsed. They had to put a needle between the ribs, insert it into the lung and fill it up with air."
But first, Colleen Beck asked the emergency room doctors at Methodist Hospital, "Could we wait until we see how this ends?"
By "this," she meant the basketball game on the overhead TV. The one that was showing Memphis battling George Washington on Friday for a spot in the second round.
"Honestly," Colleen Beck said, "it didn't take much persuading. Everyone wanted to watch."
Beck suffered the injuries after falling at home Wednesday, but couldn't get an appointment until Friday. Referred to the emergency room, she drove herself to Methodist instead. As soon as the Tigers had the game locked up, the doctors ordered the room cleared and went to work on Beck.
Uncomfortable after the surgery, but otherwise fine, she plans to watch Sunday night's game in her hospital room.
"I don't want to jinx 'em. I think I'll just keep my mouth shut on that one. But it would just be wonderful if they could do it," Beck said finally, "it really would."
BracketRacket has often wondered how NCAA president Mark Emmert gazes into the mirror every morning without cracking up.
He's a tone-deaf monarch whose organization is being sued left and right, mostly by former college players seeking a few crumbs from the ever-expanding NCAA revenue pie they helped bake. Making money — and keeping plenty — might be the only thing the NCAA has done right since he showed up in 2010.
Small wonder, then, that during a contentious question-and-answer session following last year's "State of the NCAA" address, Emmert described his tenure this way: "If you're not getting sued today, you're not doing anything,"
So naturally, he doubled down this year with yet another self-serving commercial mythologizing the "student-athlete" — an increasingly rare specimen in big-time college basketball and football, which provide nearly every penny of the NCAA's $6 billion annual budget, not to mention Emmert's nearly $2 million compensation package. And just as naturally, the commercial mostly features distance runners, soccer players, gymnasts and rowers.
We see them fail at first and then finally succeed. A solemn voice-over calls them "the provoked, the determined, the unified." But just like basketball and football players, you could also accurately call them as "the unpaid."
There's not time nor space to litigate the "pay-for-play" issue here; that's why we have courts. But if you're up early before Sunday's games with nothing to do, catch Emmert defending his version of shamateurism on "Meet the Press."
Especially if you happen to be a lawyer.
You know this guy: http://bit.ly/1h7AbDz
He was watching Florida overpower Pitt, but he's really a football guy and besides, his B.A. in economics is from Wesleyan University and not Florida, despite the "Gators" logo on his visor.
OK, so maybe he's just a huge fan of "Swamp Brothers."
But even that may not explain what New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick was doing Saturday in Orlando, Fla.
"Well, he put the scouting report in today," Gators coach Billy Donovan said after the game.
"Coach has been great to me," Donovan continued, once the laughter died down. "I don't know how many years it's been, I went to Boston and met with him maybe after their third Super Bowl and have developed a very, very good relationship with him and got a great respect for him.
"He was in Gainesville, I guess. It may have been a pro day or watching practice, and he called me and said he wanted to come down for the game. I left him a couple tickets."
Now we're getting somewhere.
Florida's Patric Young stands 6-foot-9, weighs 240 pounds and is such a good athlete that he's often described — in sporting parlance — as a "beast." The senior center is projected as a second-round NBA pick, but last year Young showed up at Florida football practice and looked good enough catching passes to touch off speculation he could play tight end in the NFL.
New England's incumbent at that position, perpetual party animal Rob Gronkowski, hasn't been healthy enough to count on recently and is up to his usual offseason antics (video courtesy of TMZ here: http://tmz.me/OJ2nG9 ). Another of Belichick's once-outstanding (and now former) tight ends, Aaron Hernandez, is in jail facing murder charges.
Donovan said he didn't get the chance to sit down with Belichick during the visit, but added, "I always appreciate the amount of time over the years he's given me."
No doubt, Billy.
But it might not have been about you at all.
You won't be able to look at Creighton the same way, not after reading this: When the Bluejays face Baylor, they'll trot out not only the nation's top scorer, but apparently two of the best-looking players in the game as well.
Teeny-bopper website Seventeen.com said so, naming scoring machine Doug McDermott and his bearded wingman, Ethan Wragge, as Nos. 6 and 7 on its "guy candy" tournament list. Decide for yourself here: http://bit.ly/1kTSiBt
While McDermott's selection barely raised a ripple, Wragge's loosed a tidal wave of boos. AP's Jim Vertuno tracked the fallout:
"Wildest thing I've ever heard in my life," teammate Grant Gibbs said.
"The bearded bomber is ... what he actually looks like," added Jahenns Manigat.
To which Wragge replied: "Sounds like a lot of jealousy. But I noticed they both read it, so they must be following me a little bit. I'll just leave it at that."
If nothing else, you'd think Wragge's teammates would be resigned to this kind of thing by now. Last year, Cosmo magazine put him on its "Hottest Guys of March Madness" list, prompting this classic response from Creighton coach Greg McDermott:
"There are a lot of things in life that maybe aren't accurate," he said, "but that has to be close to the top."
Connecticut was sluggish and down by a handful midway through the first half when CBS went into the stands to interview Jim Calhoun.
"I feel a little shift," said the man who won three national titles in 26 seasons there and single-mindedly transformed the sleepy state school into a national powerhouse.
And shift UConn did.
The Huskies went on to beat Villanova, giving former player and current coach Kevin Ollie — Calhoun's hand-picked successor — a trip to the Sweet 16 in only his second season running the program.
Now 71, Calhoun still casts a long shadow over the program. He stepped down two years ago to deal with health issues, but looking rested and ready again, he told AP's John Wawrow earlier in the week that he hasn't talked to anyone about getting back in the business.
But he didn't exactly rule it out, either.
"Nothing's changed. I've said in general that I didn't think I'm going back to coaching. I'll never say never," Calhoun said, "but nothing's changed over the past week."
Small wonder that became a topic of conversation.
"It would be great. If that's what he wants to do, more power to him," Ollie said. "I know he's enjoying his vacations he's taking in January playing golf. I don't know if he wants to pass up on those."
Added senior guard Shabazz Napier, one of Calhoun's recruits: "If he feels like he wants to get back in coaching, then so be it. If he does, wherever he goes, I'm going to be a fan of that team."
The only thing Calhoun is sure of is that it's tough watching games from the stands.
"Sure it is," he said. "I feel great, so you stand on the sideline and you say, 'Hmmm.'"
Exactly what we were thinking.
Stats LLC knows why the first day of games in the Round of 32 seemed ho-hum. For the first time since 2005, seven of the eight contests played were decided by seven points or more; the lone exception was also the day's biggest surprise, as No. 11 Dayton scored its second straight nail-biting win, a 55-53 upset over No. 3 Syracuse. One reason for the lack of drama could have been fatigue. Four of the 16 teams that played Saturday had to survive overtime thrillers Thursday to advance.
"When I saw him raise up, I didn't feel good about it. But Buffalo's been good to us these last couple of days on the buzzer shots." — Dayton coach Archie Miller, whose Flyers beat Ohio State with a last-second shot two days ago, after Syracuse guard Tyler Ennis' top-of-the-key jumper clanged off the rim as time expired.
Third Round
At Buffalo, N.Y.
UConn 77, Villanova 65
At Spokane, Wash.
Michigan State 80, Harvard 73
At Buffalo, N.Y.
Dayton 55, Syracuse 53
At Orlando, Fla.
Florida 61, Pittsburgh 45
At Orlando, Fla.
Louisville 66, Saint Louis 51
At Milwaukee
Michigan 79, Texas 65
At Milwaukee
Wisconsin 85, Oregon 77
At Spokane, Wash.
San Diego State 63, North Dakota State 44
Third Round
At Raleigh, N.C.
Virginia vs. Memphis, 8:40 p.m.
At San Antonio
Iowa State vs. North Carolina, 5:15 p.m.
At St. Louis
Kansas vs. Stanford, 12:15 p.m.
At San Diego
UCLA vs. Stephen F. Austin, 7:10 p.m.
At Raleigh, N.C.
Mercer vs. Tennessee, 6:10 p.m.
At St. Louis
Wichita State vs. Kentucky, 2:45 p.m.
At San Antonio
Creighton vs. Baylor, 7:40 p.m.
At San Diego
Arizona vs. Gonzaga, 9:40 p.m.


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Paul Davis Teams Up to Support MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation
May 31, 2012 // Franchising.com // Jacksonville, FL - Highlighting the importance of academics and physical fitness in youth, Paul Davis Restoration, Inc., a national franchise company and leading provider of water damage cleanup and fire damage restoration services for residential and commercial properties is pleased to announce its support of the MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation, founded by former tennis professional MaliVai Washington. The Foundation is located at 1096 West 6th Street in Jacksonville.
Paul Davis has pledged to support the foundation by paying for the cost of sponsoring a child and the equivalent of one week paid time off to spend time with the child on assigned days for any employee that volunteers for the program. The many Paul Davis employees who are volunteering love it and say they receive more than they give.
"MaliVai Washington has taken his championship spirit from the tennis courts at Wimbledon and works tirelessly to instill this same spirit into the hearts and minds of countless Jacksonville area youth," said Scott Baker, CEO of Paul Davis Restoration, Inc. "Paul Davis has a long history of community involvement where we work and live, and we are pleased to support Mal and all the wonderful children involved in his foundation."
Baker further commented that given all the uncertainty facing young people today, it's important that they establish a solid foundation both mentally and physically early in life. According to Baker, Mal Washington's foundation has an impressive record of accomplishment through the efforts of Mal and his staff as well as a significant number of community volunteers. He encourages all businesses in the Jacksonville community to get involved with the foundation. For more information about the MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation, visit the website at www.malwashington.com.
About MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation
MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation is a local, non-profit youth development organization which operates the TnT (Tennis-n-Tutoring) afterschool program. The TnT program serves more than 170 underserved youth in the community and provides free homework assistance, tennis lessons and life skills classes to youth in grades Kindergarten-High School Monday- Friday. The mission of the MaliVai Washington Kids Foundation is to develop champions in classrooms, on tennis courts and throughout communities.
About Paul Davis
Paul Davis Restoration, Inc., a subsidiary of FirstService Corporation (NASDAQ: FSRV; TSX: FSV), is a national franchisor and leading provider of restoration services for residential and commercial properties since 1966. Paul Davis Restoration also provides advanced mold cleanup services and has franchise locations throughout North America with owners and technicians who are certified by The Clean Trust. For more information, visit the website at www.pdrestoration.com.
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Grace Kelly: Understated Elegance & Stylish Serenity
Over the weekend, I had a house guest who wanted to watch Cary Grant movies and drink champagne cocktails. To Catch a Thief seemed to fit the bill perfectly, and we found ourselves wrapped up in one of the few films where Grant's suaveness is upstaged by his co-star, the inimitable Grace Kelly. Grant famously said of her, "with all due respect to dear Ingrid Bergman, I much preferred Grace. She had serenity."
Grace Kelly enjoyed a privileged upbringing in Philadelphia. Her father was an Olympic gold medalist and self-made millionaire, and her mother founded the women's athletics program at the University of Pennsylvania. In her late teens, Kelly moved to New York, where she lodged at the Barbizon Hotel for Women, an Upper East Side institution that gave posh young singles a "safe retreat" in the city.
In New York, she worked as a model, had an affair with an older man (an actor/director), and attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She acted in plays and screen tested for films, eventually landing a small role in the police drama Fourteen Hours (1951). Her first starring role came just one year later, in 1952, when she played Gary Cooper's wife in the critically acclaimed Western, High Noon.
Over the next four years, she would enjoy a brief but brilliant run as one of Hollywood's most celebrated actresses. Alfred Hitchcock enlisted her to star in three of his films in just two years: Dial M for Murder (1953), Rear Window (1953), and To Catch a Thief (1955).
Hitchcock dressed Kelly in Edith Head gowns and placed her in conservative, restrictive settings for two movies — Dial M for Murder is set in a Chelsea apartment decked out in traditional landscape paintings and oversized lamps, while Rear Window takes place in a modest, almost drab, bachelor's one-bedroom. In To Catch a Thief, the sets open up, and she's photographed lounging on the beach in Nice, speeding through the French Riviera in a convertible, and scoping out European mansions for heists. Her natural elegance seems at home in high-style settings and provides sharp contrast when she's filmed in a spare, confined interior.
In a 2010 profile, New Yorker writer Anthony Lane commented on Hitchcock as "the figure who wraps together the opposing views of Grace Kelly, and folds them into a single mystery." Hitchcock said that in To Catch a Thief, he deliberately shot Kelly's cool, classical profile and juxtaposed those shots with her aggressive seduction of Cary Grant's character. She comes across as refined and elegant, but far from pristine.
On a trip to the Cannes Film Festival in 1955, Grace Kelly met Prince Rainier III of Monaco and their whirlwind courtship began. Her engagement to the Prince was highly publicized, and much was written about her trousseau and wedding gown, created by Academy Award–winning designer Helen Rose. The two were married in 1956, the year that also marked the release of High Society, a musical co-starring Kelly, Bing Crosby, and Frank Sinatra. It was Kelly's last major movie, as she settled into her new role as Princess Grace of Monaco. In five short years, she had acted in eleven films.
In the 60s and 70s, Princess Grace became a different kind of style icon, championing European designers such as Dior, Balenciaga, Givenchy and Yves St Laurent. She helped to redecorate the Prince's palace, she raised money for children's organizations and threw numerous charity balls, and she founded a Garden Club and served as an advocate of Monaco's arts organizations. Kelly and Prince Rainier had three children: Caroline, Albert (the current Prince of Monaco), and Stephanie.
In 1982, Kelly was driving on a mountain road with her daughter Stephanie in Monaco, when their car crashed. It was reported that Kelly suffered a stroke while driving and lost control of the car. She died the day after the accident, while Stephanie survived.
Her legacy reflects her life — she is best remembered for her films, her fashion sense, and her understated elegance. The Princess Grace Foundation was established in her memory to assist emerging theater, film and dance artists, while in Monaco, Prince Rainer created a public rose garden and dedicated it to his late wife.
Her life continues to fascinate and inspire people — the last few years have seen the publication of multiple books and exhibitions about her life, style, and films. Her former co-star, Jimmy Stewart, summed up her appeal eloquently after her death: "Grace brought into my life as she brought into yours, a soft, warm light every time I saw her, and every time I saw her was a holiday of its own."
• The Legacy of Grace Kelly from the New Yorker, January, 2010
• Grace Kelly: Style Icon at the Victoria & Albert Museum
• High Society: The Life of Grace Kelly by Donald Spoto
• Grace Kelly: A Life in Pictures by Pierre-Henri Verlhac
• Grace Kelly on Wikipedia
Photos: (1) Screenshot from To Catch a Thief, 1955, used under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons; (2) John B. Kelly, 1920, from the University of Pennsylvania archives, used under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons; (3) Barbizon Plaza Hotel, 1942, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, NYWT&S Collection, used under "No known restrictions on publication" advisory; (4) Grace Kelly arriving at the Academy Awards, 1956, Los Angeles Times, used under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons; (5) Louis Armstrong and Grace Kelly on the set of High Society, 1956, Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, NYWT&S Collection, used under Creative Commons License 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons; (6) Rear Window / Paramount 1954 via IMDB; (7) To Catch a Thief / Paramount 1955 via IMDB; (8) View of Monaco, 2006 by Hampus Cullin, used under GNU Free Documentation License via Wikimedia Commons; (9) Monaco - Palais la nuit by Flickr member fr.zil used under Creative Commons license 2.0; (10) Grace Kelly: A Life in Pictures, published by Pavilion, 2007, available on Amazon.com


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Today marks the day my Mutterpass (*) officially goes into retirement. I've had my final medical examination at the gynecologist. This examination takes place 6-8 weeks after the pregancy.
The outcome wasn't well… and might end in a personal catastrophy, but that's another story.
However, the Mutterpass is conceived to contain 2 pregnancies. It contains Luis' an Lily's datas which makes… so many treasured memories.
(*) The "Mutterpass" is a document issued to pregnant women by the gyn. It contains medical information relating to the pregnancy lists blood reports, past history, presentation and postion of baby, fetal heart details, blood pressure, urine data, edemas, weight, etc. - It's similar to the materinty card.


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|Location in Kentucky
|Bardstown Cemetery
Bardstown City Cemetery in Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky was established in 1852 with land purchased from Joseph Hart and James Doom. The current City Cemetery is comprised of 15.5 acres and located in the northern section of town. Over 3,100 people are interred here.
|Bardstown Cemetery
|Fenced Plot
Bardstown City Cemetery has many interesting and detailed stones. Although few are 'famous,' you will find many that catch your eye.
|James B. Beam
|James Beam's Marker
One very famous interment is for Colonel James (Jim) Beauregard Beam, grandson of the man who developed a style of whisky known as Bourbon. Beam was born in 1864 in Kentucky and took over the family business from his father, David Beam. Despite 13 years of Prohibition in this country, Beam kept the business profitable, turning it into a legendary American company. He was integral in the rebuilding of the distillery in 1933 in Clermont, Kentucky near Bardstown. In 1935 the bourbon was renamed Jim Beam Bourbon in J.B. Beam's honor. He died in Kentucky in 1947.
|White Bronze Confederate Soldier
Bardstown Cemetery is also known for the white bronze Confederate Soldiers Statue. The memorial is cast from zinc, standing on a limestone base. The four side panels show the image of General Robert E. Lee, cannons and other war artillery. The statue cost $900 when it was erected in 1903. It stands among the sixty-seven Confederate graves of soldiers who died during area Civil War battles. Sixty-six of the soldiers died in 1862, including those at the Battle of Bardstown. Seventeen soldiers are unknown.
|Battle of Bardstown
|Unknown Soldier
The Battle of Bardstown occurred on October 4, 1862 between the towns of Bardstown and Nazareth, on what is now Highway 31 East. Confederate troops had marched into Bardstown before four Union regiments encircled them. During this battle the Confederates broke free and withdrew to Perryville.
|8th Texas Cavalry
|Confederate Graves
During this battle, the Eighth Texas Cavalry and its leader, Colonel John Wharton, were stationed at the Fairgrounds, ready to intercept the Union Army. But the Rangers found themselves confronted by far superior numbers of the First and Fourth Kentucky, the Fourth Ohio and the Third Indiana Cavalry regiments. The Texas Calvary fought hard and won. It would be called the unit's finest hour. The battle is still reenacted each August in Bardstown.
|Confederate Marker
|Confederate Soldier
In May 2000, the Confederate Soldiers Statue was damaged when a tree fell on it during a storm. The pieces were shipped to New York and the statue was restored by the Conservation and Sculpture Company. Restoration cost was around $50,000 and over 90% of the monument was reconstructed from original pieces. Two years later the statue returned to its place of honor in the cemetery. It was listed on the National Registry of Historic Markers in 1997.
|Ben Johnson
|Bardstown & St Joseph Cemeteries
St Josephs' Cemetery is adjacent to the Bardstown City Cemetery. It has over 4,500 interments, including U.S. Congressman Ben Johnson. Johnson was born in Bardstown on March 19, 1858 and died there on June 4, 1950. Johnson began as an attorney in 1882, and then was appointed as a member of the State House of Representatives in 1885. He served as Speaker of the House in 1887, and was appointed as a collector of the Internal Revenue in 1893, a position he held for four years. He served as a U.S. Congressman from 1907 until 1927.
|St Michael Defeating the Devil
|Close Up of Statue Base
Another monument of interest in St Joseph's, is the statue of St Michael defeating the devil. The details and the red coloring of the statue draws your attention from throughout the cemetery.
|Bardstown Cemetery
|Statue Descending Steps
Bardstown City Cemetery is located in the 800 block of North Third Street. Contact Cemetery Sexton Bobbe Blincoe at (877) 348-5947 for hours and genealogy information. The cemetery does not have a web site.
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Gianluigi Buffon has stressed Italy are still improving as a team and that people cannot expect too much from the Euro 2012 finalists just yet.
The Azzurri had a difficult evening against Netherlands at the Amsterdam ArenA on Wednesday, and had Marco Verratti to thank for leaving the Dutch capital with a 1-1 draw following the midfielder's stoppage-time equaliser.
"It's true that we need a bit more character. We have a lot of young players, though, and are going through a growth process," Buffon told reporters.
"We will have plenty more tests from here until the Confederations Cup and the World Cup. The younger players have time to improve, and to get in great shape in time for Brazil.
"It always depends a bit on your opponent how you can play. Netherlands were never going to be an easy opponent. They made things difficult for us and it looked as if we were not giving our all.
"The truth is that we were looking to hit them on the counter-attack, though."
Italy's next game is the 2014 World Cup qualifier away against Malta on March 26.


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Talk:Heaven's War
Although not directly related to Tolkien or M-e, I think it's quite impressive that Tolkien was featured as a 'character' in a fiction story and deserves a reference. Anyone curious, can see this frame featuring the three protagonists [1] (perhaps it would be good to include in the article). Sage 06:16, 12 August 2008 (EDT)