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I guess I'll pick Texas -- since I'm already here. : )
Yes, I agree with you Loren, we have one shot to get it right -- one life to live.
Jeez, I missed this posting Loren. It is good! To the point! As I experienced submission. Thanks, dear friend. I'm reposting on Facebook, OK?
Please do so, Joan, with my hearty endorsement.
It seems to me that anyone who is a former believer and now wishes to be self-possessed needs to know this lesson, regardless from what source it comes, and recognize the pernicious lessons like this which come from the bible and are aimed at no other purpose than to keep people DOWN.
As for myself and for you as well, Joan, we're not having any.
Job or a beaten dog. Either one comes crawling back to their master. And, the master is a psychopath. Allow me to differentiate. A sociopath is someone like Dick Cheney. If morality works to get what he wants, he'll be moral. If immorality works to get what he wants, he'll be immoral. A psychopath, on the other hand, actually enjoys and finds pleasure in being immoral and inflicting pain on others. A god, a cruel animal owner, a brutal control freak in what is supposed to be a loving relation, are all psychopaths. They all enjoy the pain they inflict.
I recall, as a former prosecutor, one of these wife beating bastards being arrested and on my case load - and he was a professor at a university. I recall walking into court as the chief prosecutor, with him in custody and listening to him whine and snivel about 1) how he was going to lose his job, 2) the public humiliation of being arrested, 3) he really didn't do anything wrong, etc., etc., etc. I recall telling him, in front of his attorney and the judge, that I was recommending holding him without bail (you can actually do that in certain cases), and turning to the Sheriff and requesting that he be put in cell with a man of a different ethnic background, who was about 6'6" being held on murder, and whom I believed was incredibly horny.
Like a true psychopath who is cornered, caught, and has no way out, he broke down in tears and cried like a 3 year old who was just disciplined. Maybe there is a streak of psychopathy in me, but watching him quiver, cower, snivel and cry, I enjoyed it more than than a chocolate cake with vanilla frosting (my favorite) on my birthday. Served you right, you SOB.
So god is a psychopath. Like THAT's a reach!
it's true - if there was a god
He was a little "god" in his own kingdom. That is, until he walked into my kingdom. Ahh, maybe I'm revealing too much of a dark side to me. I thoroughly detest bullies, child abusers, and women beaters. The proponents of YHWH, Jesus, Allah, and the rest fall into this category. They are my enemies - pure and simple.
And the very best punishment you can give to ANY of them ... is to IGNORE them ... to treat them as though they don't exist ... mostly because THEY DON'T.
I would blame the sick, greedy Levite priests who invented the dominant Middle Eastern "god."
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Light and white
Added Aug 19, 2011
by pampula
Helsinki, Finland
I've wanted to have a simple and easy white summer dress for warm and bright summer days for a long time – In these hot days you just want something nice you can slip into instead of dressing into it. I found an old slihtly sheer sheet and thought it would be perfect for my light and loose summerdress.
It was really fun making those details, the hair-pleats on the bodice and hem and the "collar". The pleats, looseness and lenght of the dress also reminds me of edwardian underwear, which is quite nice I think:)
Material Notes
old cotton sheet, buttons
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Sep 16, 2011, 11.36 PMby lilybart
It's so much like Edwardian underwear. So incredibly gorgeous. Well done with the pintucks. I tried to the do them the other day and they don't look anywhere near as neat as yours do.
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Sep 17, 2011, 08.11 AMby pampula
oh, thank you, you're so kind!! And as for the pintucks, I ironed them carefully every time before sewing and I think it helped a lot:)
Aug 21, 2011, 03.16 PMby nettevivante
The pleated front and the little collar are simply adorable! :D
Aug 21, 2011, 04.43 AMby nouvellegamine
Very pretty & perfect for summer. I love the pintucks & collar.
Aug 20, 2011, 04.37 PMby Dee Durrant
Love this dress – it is very sweet!
Aug 20, 2011, 12.59 PMby janene
Really sweet dress. The pintucks and the little collar make it so special. Very well done. You look lovely :-)
Aug 20, 2011, 03.34 AMby lunadelmar
Cute dress =)
Aug 19, 2011, 08.58 PMby mojo elgin
I love the details you added! It's very sweet and feminine. Great job!
Aug 19, 2011, 08.24 PMby irmchen
OMG – there are so many projects I love, this evening: Your dress is simply beautiful and quiet perfect!
Aug 19, 2011, 07.42 PMby emily-marie
this is wonderful! great use of pintucks, and the hat is perfection!
Aug 19, 2011, 05.33 PMby cyndi-de-crafti
Simple but sweet. I like how you added all the details with the lines, the collar and the back with buttons. :)
Aug 19, 2011, 04.03 PMby ilksen bahşi
simple but very good design
Aug 19, 2011, 03.59 PMby Priscilla Folley
It's perfect. The back is lovely.
Aug 19, 2011, 03.40 PMby zsyzu
Love this. Very sweet, and I like the detailing. Wonderful job!
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Both Evenson and Wadsworth could face life in prison if convicted.
A Fargo man and a Grand Forks woman have pleaded not guilty to federal charges alleging they distributed heroin that killed a Fargo blues guitarist.
Twenty-seven-year-old Nathan Evenson and 24-year-old Nicole Wadsworth are accused in connection with the June death of 30-year-old Cody Conner. The Forum newspaper reports (http://bit.ly/QgEYXM ) that they entered their pleas in federal court in Fargo on Tuesday.
Both Evenson and Wadsworth could face life in prison if convicted. Assistant U.S. Attorney Chris Meyers wants them held in jail until trial, which is to begin Dec. 11. Detention hearings are to be held within a week.


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Contain Your Kicks in Style: Shoe Boxes
Even as I was putting this post together I could feel the fingers of commenters hovering over their keyboards. "Why would you buy shoe boxes when they already come in one?" I imagine them asking. Read on to find out why…
So why would you want to buy shoe boxes? For starters, if you want to create a uniform look on open shelving, these boxes would be crucial. And even if your shoes are in a wardrobe or closet, keeping them in a shoe box will contain odor and protect surfaces from their dirty soles. Nice shoe boxes are also great for those special occasion shoes that you don't break out very often but want to keep around. And, of course, you can think outside the (shoe) boxx. Some boxes (like the $.48 option from Lowe's) would be perfect for containing smaller items like belts, gloves and other accessories.
• SKUBB Shoe Box from IKEA $7.99 for 4 pack
• Linen Drop-Front Shoe Box from The Container Store $14.99
• IRIS Large Drop Front Shoe Box from Target $46.74 for a set of 6
• 6.5-Quart Plastic Shoe Box from Lowe's $.48
• Rubbermaid Canvas Dual Access Shoebox from Neatly Smart $7.15
• Hupbox $40
• Modular Hardwood Shoe Organizing System from Frontgate $29.50 - $49.50
• Small Shoe Box from Storables $1.75
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Tom's Modern Unisex Nursery in the Netherlands
Name: Tom (3 months)
Location: Haarlem area, The Netherlands
Tom's room used to be his sister's. Not knowing the gender we decided to choose the unisex approach in decorating and furnishing.
We did not want a typical nursery but a more ageless feeling to it. It is a mix of (personal) vintage things like my first shoes, my yellow seventies baby blanket and new pieces. The handmade elephant was a gift when Tom was born by sweet friends.
Most of the stuff is from IKEA (LACK book shelf, PS Cabinet, rocking moose, red glass lamps and the one hanging from the ceiling) and the crib and big white dresser are from Prenatal. The silver paint on the wall is a beautiful metallic grey by Histor (a Dutch paint brand).
Lovely - thanks Kirsten!
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[Dr. Fierro]: I am Dr. Marcella Fierro. I am a forensic pathologist and I serve as the chief medical examiner for the Commonwealth of Virginia. My career track began, I think probably, when I was in college and I was a science major and planned to go to medical school, which I did. I went to the State University of New York at Buffalo and received my doctor of medicine degree in 1966. I completed a clinical internship, and then I entered a residency in pathology, which I thought would be very exciting because it's the study of the nature and causes of disease processes. So I did that and that was four years and then I completed a fellowship in forensic pathology, which I found to be even more interesting because the problems there were extremely interesting. Problems of cause of death, you know what is the disease, the injury, or poison that resulted in the physiological death of the person.


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While state biologists wait for federal authorities to declare a second species wolverines endangered by climate change, one lone male wolverine is making the case that Colorado mountains are a critical refuge.
But the wolverine, M56, arrived on his own, and it likely would take an act of the state General Assembly to import any others.
Now entering a fourth winter after trekking from Wyoming across the Red Desert into Rocky Mountain National Park, M56 has not only survived but thrived. Food apparently hasnt been a problem marmots in summer, meaty elk bones during winter. State tracking data from a cigar-size transmitter in his belly show M56 roving as far as 100 miles from forests west of Fort Collins across Interstate 70 to Mosquito Range mountains southeast of Leadville.
Biologists say M56s exploits have demonstrated that wolverines can climb down from tundra and slink through human territory undetected when necessary, dealing with roads, and probably would not attack cattle.
One day last April, nature photographer Cameron Miller heard a thrashing ruckus beneath the Sawtooth ridge on Mount Bierstadt and thought a large bear was approaching. M56 then emerged silently. When I saw it, Miller said, I wasnt scared at all. It looked curious.
Like polar bears, wolverines are directly imperiled by climate change. Only 250 are known to exist in the lower 48 states. They typically weigh around 30 pounds the size of cocker spaniels, though fiercer. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service calculates that 63 percent of habitat suitable for wolverines will vanish by 2085.
Polar bears in 2008 became the first animal assigned endangered-species protection because of climate change. Melting Arctic sea ice increasingly prevents polar bears from reaching seals for food
For wolverines, vanishing high-mountain habitat with enough late-season snow is the problem. Wolverines have to choose dens in February that can hold snow until May, said Bridget Fahey, regional chief of endangered species for the federal government.
A new Wildlife Conservation Society study finds that wolverines also need snow to cache food in structured chambers that serve as refrigerators. They crave the coldest, rockiest, steepest terrain they can find, relying on claws that can carry them straight up cliffs.
The listing decision that the government is poised to make could compel action to prevent extinction.
Federal officials could decide that protection is not warranted, but theyre expected to propose a species-recovery plan including designation of critical habitat. The potential snowy bastions for wolverines include the mountains of Montana, Idaho and Wyoming, the Sierra Nevada in California and the southern Rockies in Colorado. Colorado mountains, according to some climate models, could be the last resilient snow zones.
Wolverines historically lived here, but until M56 arrived in the spring of 2009, none had been seen since 1919.
Colorado wildlife commissioners responded a couple of years ago by directing staff members to explore the feasibility of re-introducing about 30 wolverines as state biologists did with lynx. Wolverines would not solve the states problem of needing predators but, unlike wolves or grizzlies, are seen as relatively easy to reintroduce on native terrain.
However, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials, unable to forge consensus among stakeholders, which include the mining, logging and ski industries, dropped the project a year ago. State officials waited to take their cue from the feds.
They declined to discuss the issue publicly, saying to do so could prejudice a delicate political process.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will announce a decision Jan. 18, and M56s experience means wolverines certainly can survive in Colorado, said Shawn Sartorius, the biologist who is conducting the federal agencys wolverine status review.
Colorado looks promising for wolverines, Sartorius said. It does not look like wolverines are particularly sensitive to human activities. Wolverine habitat in the northern Rockies overlaps Idaho ski slopes, and there has been no conflict as wolverines move around.
I dont think whether we list it or not the ski areas activities are going to be changed much, Sartorius said. Ski areas are a small impact on the landscape compared to the areas these animals use.


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Intel Matrix Storage Manager 8.9 problemToddLC Oct 23, 2009 2:46 AM
Yesterday, I upgraded to Intel Matrix Storage Manager (IMSM) 18.104.22.1683 in preparation for upgrading from Windows Vista Home Premium x64 to Windows 7 x64. I was previously running IMSM 22.214.171.1241 without any problems.
After installing IMSM 8.9, I encountered an annoying problem after resuming from a system sleep state. The desktop environment came up almost instantly as before upon system resumption, but access to the RAID array was delayed by around 30 seconds. Thus the system essentially froze when disk access was requested. This happened consistently.
I was hoping that the problem was isolated to an incompatibility between IMSM 8.9 and Windows Vista. But unfortunately it is not. Upgrading to Windows 7 did not resolve the issue. Thus I must conclude that a bug was introduced between IMSM 8.2 and 8.9. I'm not sure reverting to 8.2 is viable. I tried 8.8 without success.
This is a nuisance issue and not fatal. But still, having to wait for around half a minute every time after sleep resumption is not acceptable.
Here is my config from a partial IMSM report:
Shell Version: 220.127.116.113
OS Name: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
OS Version: 6.1.7600 Build 7600
System Name: TODD-PC
System Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
System Model: P35-DS3P
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz
BIOS Version/Date: Award Software International, Inc. F12B, 09/18/2008
Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager
Intel RAID Controller: Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R/DO/PCH SATA RAID Controller
Number of Serial ATA ports: 6
RAID Option ROM Version: 126.96.36.1997
Status: No active migrations
Hard Drive Data Cache Enabled: Yes
Size: 1863 GB
Free Space: 0 GB
Number of Hard Drives: 4
Hard Drive Member 1: ST3500320AS
Hard Drive Member 2: ST3500320AS
Hard Drive Member 3: ST3500320AS
Hard Drive Member 4: ST3500320AS
Number of Volumes: 1
Volume Member 1: Volume_0000
Status: Normal
System Volume: Yes
Volume Write-Back Cache Enabled: No
RAID Level: RAID 10 (striping and mirroring)
Strip Size: 64 KB
Size: 931.5 GB
Physical Sector Size: 512 Bytes
Logical Sector Size: 512 Bytes
Number of Hard Drives: 4
Hard Drive Member 1: ST3500320AS
Hard Drive Member 2: ST3500320AS
Hard Drive Member 3: ST3500320AS
Hard Drive Member 4: ST3500320AS
Parent Array: Array_0000
Have you experienced a similar problem? If so, are you aware of a fix? Intel, if this has not been reported, how can I file a bug report?


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Cabins & Cottages Gaining Traction Nationwide
May 24, 2013 by RVBusiness Comments Off on Cabins & Cottages Gaining Traction Nationwide
It used to be that to go camping you at least needed a tent and a sleeping bag. But in California and across the country, that's no longer case.
Privately owned and operated campgrounds are increasingly investing in fully furnished park model cabins and cottages, which enable people without camping equipment to enjoy a camping experience, according to a news release.
"California's campgrounds are located in some of the most scenic locations in the state, so it makes sense to make them accessible to as many people as possible," said Debbie Sipe, executive director of the California Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds, which hosts Camp-California.com, the travel planning website.
Sipe added that all consumers need to do to find campgrounds with rental accommodations is visit Camp-California.com and search for campgrounds using the "Lifestyle Options" function on the website.
"You can check 'lodging' to search for campgrounds that offer rental accommodations," Sipe said.
While park model cabins and cottages are the rental accommodation of choice for most campgrounds, Sipe said campground operators are finding growing demand for other types of rental accommodations, too, including furnished safari-style tents, yurts, Native American-style tipis and RVs.
The San Diego Metro KOA in Chula Vista just received two more park models this month, which it hopes to have ready in time for Memorial Day weekend.
Meanwhile, Flying Flags RV Resort & Campground in Buellton, near Solvang, has doubled its number of park model cottages this year from six to 12 in an effort to keep up with rising demand. But the resort isn't stopping there. It's also installing several vintage Airstream trailers this summer, which will be available for rent.
Other campgrounds, for their part, are offering consumers unique camping rental experiences they're not likely to forget. Rancho Oso in Santa Barbara, for example, has covered wagons arranged in a circle around a campfire pit. The wagons sleep up to four people and are equipped with four cots and an electrical outlet.
The Ventura Ranch KOA in Santa Paula even has furnished Native American style tipis for rent, and the campground is hoping to eventually offer furnished tree houses for rent.
Even government-run campgrounds are getting into the act.
Mount Lassen National Park now offers park model rental cabins.
And Santee Lakes Recreation Preserve in Santee, near San Diego, has installed floating park model cabins, which are available for rent. Seven of the park's cabins are right on the water's edge, while three of its cabins are actually floating on the water. The campground is operated by Padre Dam Municipal Water District.
For other ideas on other exciting camping opportunities across California, please visit www.Camp-California.com.


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Aikido Sa Kuru was born when fate brought together a number of Yudensha at the visit to the United Kingdom of the present Doshu Moriteru Ueshiba. A seminar followed in Cornwall and the a deep respect and friendship became bonded. The head instructor Barry Gibson 5th Dan working along-side John Shields 5th Dan were long term students of Master Shigeho Tanaka 9th Dan and Pat Stratford 8th Dan. Their dojos in the North are situated in Derby and work with other linked associations in the North. Masatatsu Aikido based in the South West of England is ran by Andy Watkinson 2nd Dan and Dan Hopkins 2nd Dan. Their back ground being that of traditional Aikikai styled Aikido, having been tutored by Guillermo Perez 5th Dan of the Spanish Aikikai. Aikido Sa Kuru continues to grow and work towards uniting the dojos who have been fortunate to have studied under Master Tanaka 9th Dan.
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Traditional Aikido as taught by Master Shigeho Tanaka 9th Dan. Weapons work is that of Kashima Shinryu (Bokken, Jo and Tanto) as taught to Master Shigeho Tanaka 9th Dan by Master Kuni Zen`ya. Our style teaches flowing, dynamic and practical budo, with a strong emphasis on Ukemi.
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During Reunion weekend, the Alumnae Association shines a spotlight on those distinguished graduates who have achieved renown for their professional accomplishments, or those who have dedicated themselves to the College as volunteers. Here, we present highlights of their careers and contributions.
Woman of Achievement
Beryl Benacerraf '71
Developed the genetic sonogram...Original research changed screening protocols for pregnant women…Work in diagnostic ultrasound recognized by the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, American Institute of Ultrasound, Association of Women Radiologists, and the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound…Medical director and president, Diagnostic Ultrasound Associates, PC…MD from Harvard, where she's clinical professor of ob-gyn, reproductive biology, and radiology
Millicent C. McIntosh Award for Feminism
Bonnie Sherr Klein '61
Author and documentary filmmaker, focusing on disability rights after a catastrophic brain stem stroke in 1987…Created radio features about her stroke treatment and rehabilitation…MA from Stanford in broadcasting and film…Emigrated to Canada with her husband as Vietnam War resisters…Director and producer for the National Film Board of Canada…Lifetime achievement award from Women in Film and Television Toronto... YWCA Women of Distinction Award
Claudia Ford '76
Advocate for improving social and medical conditions for women in the developing world…Director of the Office of International Programs at Rhode Island School of Design since 2008…Founder and director of The Princess Trust…Former program manager and country director for the Asia Foundation…Supervised health and education services at a Rwandan refugee camp...Honored by USAID, University of Witwatersrand, and George Mason University
Service to Barnard
Adair Brasted Gould '36
Former president of the Barnard Club of Wilmington, Delaware…25 years as class fund chair, renowned for her personal, hand-written thank-you notes…PhD in biology from University of Rochester…Retired professor of biology, University of Delaware…Member of the Genetics Society of America…Expert in Renaissance art, teaching at the University of Delaware's Academy of Lifelong Learning and at the Delaware Art Museum
Nora Lourie Percival '36
75 years of continuous devotion to Barnard…Three-terms as class president…Reunion chair for the 55th reunion…Class correspondent for the past 20 years…Member of the Barnard Fund Committee, as well as contributor since the Fund was launched…Former director of Alumnae Affairs…Former editor of Barnard Magazine…Author of the autobiography Weather of the Heart: A Child's Journey Out of Revolutionary Russia
Janet Bersin Finke '56
Former chair of the Fellowship Committee…Served on the AABC Board…Former vice president of Barnard-in-Bergen Club…Founding member of Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative…Two terms as class president…Vice president/reunion chair for her 55th reunion…Former class correspondent and treasurer…Caller for Barnard Phonathon…Member of Class Reunion and Reunion Fund committees…Jewish Family Service of North Jersey
Distinguished Alumna
Alessandra Comini '56
Author, lecturer, and university distinguished professor of art history emerita at Southern Methodist University…14-time winner as "outstanding professor"…1996 recipient of the United Methodist Church Scholar/Teacher of the Year Award…SMU established Comini Lecture Series in 2005…Expert in German Expressionists…Awarded the Grand Decoration of Honor by Republic of Austria in 1990…Lifetime Achievement Award from Women's Caucus for Art…MA from UC-Berkeley, PhD with distinction, Columbia
Tamar Lewin '71
New York Times writer/reporter since 1982…Contributor to the Times' Pulitzer Prize-winning series, "How Race is Lived in America" in 2000 and "Class Matters" in 2005…Columbia Law '74…National reporter on issues such as day care and equal pay…Ground-breaking reporting on sexual harassment and insider trading…Former legal affairs reporter for the Bergen Record…Investigative research on behalf of Common Cause… Former Washington bureau chief and managing editor of the National Law Journal
Young Alumna
Erinn Smart '01
Silver Medalist women's fencing, 2008 Olympics…Competitor, 2004 Olympics…Alternate, 2000 Olympics…Second woman fencer to win three gold medals, 1996 Junior Olympics…Captain, Columbia fencing team junior and senior years…Three-time All Ivy League and All American…Five-time U.S. National Champion...Member of Bronze medal team, 2001 Senior World Championships…Columbia Athletic Hall of Fame, 2010…Teacher/mentor, Peter Westbrook Foundation…MBA candidate at Wharton School
—by Merri Rosenberg '78
—Photographs (except Gould) by Dorothy Hong
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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.
Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses.
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You may not know it but yesterday you had a first hand lesson in one of the things that Nassim Taleb, author of the Black Swan and the forthcoming Antifragility, has tried time and again to explain—often to know avail.
The lesson took the form of the turkey on your family's dinner table.
Now from your point of view, the end of the turkey's days appears inevitable. But consider the turkey's point of view.
"Every single feeding will firm up in the bird's belief that it is the general rule of life to be fed every day the friendly members of the human race "looking out for its best interests," as a politician would say.
On the afternoon of the Wednesday before thanksgiving, something unexpected will happen to the turkey. It will incur a revision of belief," Taleb writes in the Black Swan.
In other words, it is very dangerous to believe that we can properly forecast the future based on past and present events.
There's another Taleb-style error that can be picked up here. With our knowledge of what happened to the bird, it no doubt looks obvious that this was the plan all along.
We can confidently pat ourselves on the back and say, "Of course! The dumb turkey should have asked why he was being fed, then he would have known his destiny."
The error here is that we are using our knowledge of what happened to project backward in time a pattern that would not have been available to the turkey.
There were plenty of possible outcomes from his daily feedings, plenty of motives for the farmer to feed him. We are fooled here by our post-hoc knowledge into confidence about our ability to forecast the future.
To put it differently, we're really making the same error as the turkey—supposing that the present and the past gives us more certainty about the future than it does. Actually, we're even dumber than the turkey.
We just heard about how the turkey was misled by the evidence into a bad forecast—yet we're insisting on forecasting ourselves. The turkey at least didn't know about bad forecasts. What's our excuse?
"In a way, all I care about is making a decision without being the turkey," Taleb writes.
It's harder than it seems.
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BEDFORD, N.H. — Sharpening his message ahead of voting in Iowa and New Hampshire, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Tuesday attacked President Barack Obama as Newt Gingrich, his chief rival, accused Romney of running a "negative smear campaign" in the GOP primary.
"We will not surrender our dreams to the failures of this president. We are bigger than the misguided policies and weak leadership of one man. America is bigger than President Obama's failures," Romney said. "This America of long unemployment lines and small dreams is not the America you and I love. ... These troubled years are President Obama's legacy, but they are not our future."
Romney's allies escalated their negative ad campaign against Gingrich on Iowa airwaves as Romney accused Obama of deepening the economic crisis and backing policies that will redistribute wealth instead of creating equal opportunity for people to do well.
Romney, a former businessman, told voters in an evening speech that his policies would turn the U.S. into an "opportunity society" while Obama's vision for an "entitlement society" would make more people dependent on government welfare.
Romney said that Obama "believes that government should create equal outcomes. In an entitlement society, everyone receives the same or similar rewards, regardless of education, effort and willingness to take risk."
Romney's message contrasts with the argument the Democratic president has begun to articulate for his re-election, in which he calls for a society that offers "fair play, a fair shot and a fair share." Obama argues that Republicans put the interests of the wealthy above the middle class.
"Giving more handouts to millionaires, billionaires and large corporations and making the middle class foot the bill are the same flawed policies that led to the economic crisis in the first place," Obama campaign manager Jim Messina told New Hampshire reporters.
Restore Our Future, a special political action committee, or "super PAC," that backs Romney, launched a caustic ad tying Gingrich to Freddie Mac, the quasi-government mortgage company, and House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi. The spot also hits Gingrich for ethics violations and criticizes his record on abortion.
In Iowa, Gingrich accused Romney of allowing the super PAC to fuel a "negative smear campaign" and called on Romney to demand that ads run on his behalf by such groups be positive. Gingrich said Romney's comments aimed at distancing himself from the anti-Gingrich ads were misleading and false.
"Understand, these are his people running his ads, doing his dirty work while he pretends to be above it," Gingrich told reporters after a campaign appearance at a heavy machinery plant in Ottumwa, Iowa. "I don't object to being outspent. I object to lies. I object to negative smear campaigns."
During his remarks to about 100 people at the Al-Jon Manufacturing plant in eastern Iowa, one voter asked Gingrich about a political mailing he had received describing the former congressman as a globalist.
"I think these guys hire consultants who get drunk, sit around and write stupid ads," Gingrich replied. "Every one of these candidates should take responsibility for the lies they are putting up." He offered no evidence for his assertions.
Gingrich has pledged to remain "relentlessly positive" as he campaigns for the nomination and said Tuesday that he wasn't violating that promise but simply correcting the record.
Romney refused earlier Tuesday to disavow the group's ads, saying it would be illegal for him to coordinate with the super PAC. He did say that such groups are a "disaster" and have made a "mockery" of the presidential campaign.
"I'm not allowed to communicate with a super PAC in any way, shape or form," Romney said. "If we coordinate in any way whatsoever, we go to the big house."
Gingrich read Romney's remarks to reporters and then promptly labeled them "baloney." He again urged Romney to demand that the negative spots be taken down.
A 2010 Supreme Court decision paved the way for such groups to accept unlimited amounts of money from donors. The political campaigns are limited to accepting $2,500 per donor.
Gingrich said Restore Our Future was created by Romney's former staff and funded "by his friends' personal wealth."
Gingrich's own former top aide, Rick Tyler, has joined a pro-Gingrich PAC called Winning Our Future. The former House speaker said he would expect the PAC to adhere to his positive strategy.
"If Rick Tyler runs a single negative ad, I will disown the PAC and discourage anyone from giving them a penny," Gingrich said.
Gingrich has seen his candidacy slide in polls as a barrage of ads attacking him blanket the Iowa airwaves in advance of the state's first-in-the-nation caucuses Jan. 3. He has been trying to counter the assault while still maintaining a positive campaign.
Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, didn't mention Gingrich during his speech. He was using the address to open four straight days of campaigning in New Hampshire, which holds the nation's first primary on Jan. 10. He must win the state if he hopes to become the Republican nominee.
Two weeks remain until voting begins Jan. 3 with the leadoff caucuses in Iowa, though Romney will campaign in New Hampshire through Christmas in a sign of the state's importance to his political strategy.


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An animal control officer in New York had 850 snakes in his home, including two 6-foot Burmese pythons, which are illegal in the state.
Authorities discovered the snakes while investigating whether Richard Parrinello was working while on disability leave from his civic job.
Parrinello, who has worked intermittently as an animal control officer in Brookhaven, was caught on camera claiming he had $500,000 in "inventory" during the course of the fraud investigation.
His inventory included snakes, tarantulas, turtles and turtle eggs in a two-car garage he'd converted into habitat. Authorities also discovered three small frozen alligator carcasses.
"I personally have never seen this many reptiles in one area," said chief of the Suffolk Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Roy Gross.
The pythons will be moved to a sanctuary in Massachusetts, and its unclear what will happen to the remaining reptiles.
Parrinello was issued two violations by the state's Department of Environmental Conservation, which carry fines of $250 each. He also faces multiple charges of owning the pythons and running a business at his home without a permit.


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PATASKALA, Ohio -- Down to a fierce finish, President Barack Obama accused Mitt Romney of scaring voters with lies on Friday, while the Republican challenger warned grimly of political paralysis and another recession if Obama reclaims the White House. Heading into the final weekend, the race's last big report on the economy showed hiring picking up but millions still out of work.
"Four more days!" Romney supporters bellowed at his rally in Wisconsin. "Four more years!" Obama backers shouted as the president campaigned in Ohio.
With Ohio at the center of it all, the candidates sharpened their closing lines, both clutching to the mainstream middle while lashing out at one another. Virtually all of the nine homestretch battleground states were getting personal attention from the contenders or top members of their teams, and Romney was pressing hard to add Pennsylvania to the last-minute mix.
Urgency could be felt all across the campaign, from the big and boisterous crowds to the running count that roughly 24 million people already have voted. Outside the White House, workers were setting the foundation for the inaugural viewing stand for the Jan. 20 tradition.
Obama, for the first time, personally assailed Romney over ads suggesting that automakers General Motors and Chrysler are adding jobs in China at the expense of auto-industry dependent Ohio. Both companies have called the ads untrue. The matter is sensitive in Ohio, perhaps the linchpin state of the election.
"I know we're close to an election, but this isn't a game," Obama said from Hilliard, Ohio, a heavily Republican suburb of the capital city of Columbus. "These are people's jobs. These are people's lives. ... You don't scare hardworking Americans just to scare up some votes."
For once, the intensely scrutinized monthly jobs report seemed overshadowed by the pace of the presidential race and unlikely to affect the outcome.
Employers added a better-than-expected 171,000 jobs in October, underscoring that the economy is improving. But the rate is still short of what will be needed to seriously shrink unemployment. The jobless rate ticked up to 7.9 percent from 7.8 percent _ mainly because more people jumped back into the search for work.
No issue matters more to voters than the economy, the centerpiece of a Romney message called the closing case of his campaign.
He said an Obama presidency would mean more broken relations with Congress, showdowns over government shutdowns, a chilling effect on the economy and perhaps "another recession."
"He has never led, never worked across the aisle, never truly understood how jobs are created in the economy," said Romney, a former private equity firm executive, in a campaign stop in Wisconsin.
"This is why I am running for president," Romney said. "I know how to change the course the nation is on."
Democrats sought to kick the legs out of Romney's late-campaign theme of bipartisanship.
"Mitt Romney's fantasy that Senate Democrats will work with him to pass his `severely conservative' agenda is laughable," said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
For his part, Obama claimed he would deal with Republicans _ "I love working with them" _ but not at the expense of budget cuts that hurt college students and the elderly.
While the politics intensified, real-life misery played out in the Northeast.
The death toll and anger kept climbing in the aftermath of the massive storm Sandy. Millions were without power, and many drivers could find no gasoline.
Obama noted at the top of his campaign speeches that he was still commanding the federal storm response. He also managed to tie it to the theme of his political bid. "We rise or fall as one nation and as one people," he said, before launching directly to the economic recovery under his watch.
Polling shows the race remains a legitimate toss-up heading into the final days. But Romney still has the tougher path to victory because he must win more of the nine most-contested states to reach 270 electoral votes: Ohio, Florida, Virginia, North Carolina, Colorado, Nevada, Wisconsin, Iowa and New Hampshire.
The Republican was making a late, concerted push into Pennsylvania, drawing jeers from Obama aides who called it desperation. Obama won the state comfortably in 2008. Romney appeared to making his play as one more path to the presidency should he lose Ohio.
But Romney's foray into Pennsylvania is not folly. Unlike states that emphasize early voting, Pennsylvania will see most votes cast on Election Day. The state has not been saturated with political advertising, giving Romney and his supporting groups _ still flush with cash _ an opportunity to sway last-minute voters with a barrage of commercials. Obama is countering by buying commercial time in the state as well and is sending former President Bill Clinton into the state to campaign.
The candidates' wives and running mates fanned out to the South, Midwest and West to cover more ground.
"Here's what it comes down to: We can't afford to wait four more years for real change to get us on the right track," said the Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan, rallying for votes in Montrose, Colo. "We only need to wait four more days."
Meanwhile, Vice President Joe Biden was in Beloit, Wis., in a middle school near Ryan's hometown of Janesville.
Referring to Ryan, Biden said: "I know the guy next door doesn't recognize it, but we actually did rescue the auto industry." The crowd roared.
Obama reached beyond the big cities of Ohio before heading back to the White House. Romney was holding larger rallies up to an evening kickoff for the final campaign weekend, joining up with his running mate and their wives.
AP White House Correspondent Ben Feller reported from Washington. Associated Press writers Ken Thomas, Julie Pace and Julie Carr Smyth in Hilliard, Ohio, Steve Peoples in Pataskala, Ohio, Daniel Sewell in Cincinnati, Ann Sanner in Springfield, Ohio, Matthew Daly in Beloit, Wis., Philip Elliott in Montrose, Colo., and Jim Kuhnhenn and Mark S. Smith in Washington contributed to this report.


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Can the onslaught of low-fat, fat free or otherwise "healthy" foods that continue to appear on grocery store shelves be partly to blame for rising obesity rates? Some researchers say yes.
It's called the health halo effect. Simply put, the health halo effect leads people to overestimate the overall healthfulness of a food based on a health claim. Health halos are proven to cause people to eat more food than they intended. For example, studies have shown that people eat far more low-fat foods than they do traditional versions.
So, how do you not fall prey to the hype? The following tips should help.
Trans fat
Trans fat-free foods generally contain the same amount, or more, total fat and saturated fat as foods that do not have trans fat. Continue to avoid trans fats but don't overlook the total fat and saturated fat content of foods.
Only foods that are animal based (meat, poultry, eggs, cream and cheese) contain cholesterol. Plant based foods such as peanut butter have always been cholesterol free. A low cholesterol label doesn't mean a thing unless it's describing a food that contains animal products.
Multigrain foods are not necessarily higher in fiber. For instance, 12-grain breads are not high in fiber if enriched or refined grains are listed as the first ingredient. Multigrain simply means more than one grain has been used in the product. Look for the word "whole" to describe the grains.
High-fiber foods
Yogurt, juice, crackers, cereal bars and other foods that are billed as "high fiber" do not necessarily contain the same amount of nutrition as found in whole foods that have naturally occurring fiber. Products fortified with fiber use isolated fibers that do not offer the same health benefits. Choose fruits, vegetables, grains and beans to get your fiber quota.
A food that contains no high-fructose corn syrup usually contains at least as much total sugar as other similar products. Both forms of sugar are void of any nutrients.
"All-natural" means absolutely nothing. All-natural maple syrup and honey contain as many calories and as much sugar as table sugar.
Sea salt contains as much sodium ounce for ounce as table salt. You only benefit if you can use less because of a unique flavor or larger crystals. The only way to know if processed foods made with sea salt — such as canned soup — are more healthful is to check labels carefully.
Snack foods
Snack foods, such as fruit chews, that are fortified with vitamins (most often vitamin C) are not worth the extra cost. Even if they contain "real fruit juice" they are not nutritionally equivalent to a piece of fresh fruit. Fresh fruit always is the better choice.
So what's the bottom line? Be careful not to judge a food based on one nutrient or characteristic. Enjoy real food, and be mindful when eating so portions don't get out of hand.


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TX2K17: A World Record Weekend at Royal Purple Raceway
If you've never had the pleasure of attending TX2K, you may not know what you're missing out on. Some have referred to it as "The Super Bowl of Street Car Racing," and we'd have to agree. It's an event that's gone from being Supra-centric, to a full on clash of automotive titans. #TeamXPEL en route to TX2K17 After a brief stop at XPEL Houston, we pressed onward to Royal Purple Raceway for the main event. David set the pace in his XPEL ULTIMATE wrapped Dodge Challenger SRT 392. Consequentially, it was the perfect opportunity for snapping rolling shots! We weren't alone on the drive in either. A few miles out from the track, we came upon a lone Chicane Grey McLaren 570s that was also making its way to TX2K17. The driver surprised us with a lightning fast flyby before putting a few car lengths on our convoy. On Location at Royal Purple Raceway With our tent all set up close to the staging lanes, we were in a prime position for event's festivities. While the yellow XPEL Tundra is eye catching on its own, we opted to draw a crowd in proper TX2K fashion: horsepower. Over the course of our stay at RPR, we had a combined excess of around 3,000+ HP on deck between two Lamborghinis. First up was a beautiful Underground Racing Superleggera. The following day, a bright orange Heffner Performance Gallardo graced the booth. Amidst Facebook Live streams, we took some time to educate attendees on the advantages of XPEL ULTIMATE & STEALTH self-healing clear bra as well as our PRIME window films. We saw a lot of familiar faces and we also made a few new friends. One attendee even told us he's hoping to expanding the XPEL Dealer Network all the way to Jamaica! As luck would have it, our neighbors from Eat Sleep Race brought out a crazy RHD Rocket Bunny S15 with a Nissan RB26 motor swap. It was quite a sight to behold and definitely attracted a lot of attention from event goers. Car Spotting Around the Grounds There was a wide variety of vehicles to see at TX2K17, from tuners to exotics & beyond. Most of all, the Nissan GT-R presence at TX2K has grown stronger with each passing year, and 2017 was no exception. For example, it's not every day that we get to see a line up of GT-R's spanning four generations! Between the rows of tents & team trailers, we spotted a Radical RXC, the same elusive grey McLaren, and even a new Ford Raptor. One of the great things about an event like TX2K is that a majority of the cars there came to race. Hard parking isn't on the event schedule. Venturing over towards the dyno zone, we spied a lone Mazda RX-7 prepping for a pull. As spectators looked on, the FD grumbled to life in an eruption of boost. One of the nice things about dyno days at TX2K is the fact that it's open to all makes & models. Anyone can test their power output whether they're running AWD or 2WD. It's hard to resist snapping a pic of anything that's XPEL yellow. A well-kept Ford GT sat unassumingly near the tail end of the staging lanes a few feet away from the action. While it seemed to be stock in nature, you can never be too sure of what's lurking below the surface at an event like TX2K. Beyond our booth, there were quite a few cars on-site protected with XPEL ULTIMATE clear bra as well. A UR8 Lamborghini Huracan, Huracan Spyder, and a Murcielago sat near the track entrance looking as good as the day they got wrapped. Even a brand new 2017 Acura NSX found its way to TX2K, shining bright in metallic pearl white. No doubt, it was a perfect candidate for paint protection! Trackside at TX2K17 Exploring the pits at the track is an experience in itself, but the real reason to attend is the racing. As Gold Tier sponsors of TX2K17, we had access to get right up in the thick of it, and it didn't disappoint. With our team polos caked in tire fragments, permeated by the smell of exhaust, we ended every day wide eyed & grinning. As a result of our proximity, we may have suffered some minor hearing loss, but it was worth it. Next time we'll make sure to bring some ear protection. From the tower walkways, we got a bird's eye view of the action. If you're not familiar with roll racing, the concept is simple: cars have to maintain a designated speed as they approach the start point. Once they reach the flag, it's wide open throttle till the end of the pass and as a result, whoever gets there first, wins. In a sense, roll racing brings the rush of freeway pulls to a safer, more controlled environment. With multiple brackets & classes competing, there was plenty of high-horsepower entertainment to take in. As the days events progressed, the anticipation for automotive insanity continued to elevate. WITNESSING HISTORY IN THE MAKING We saw quite a few passes during our four day stay at Royal Purple Raceway. Breaking records at TX2K is by no means a rare occurrence and it's always mind blowing to see first hand. With trap speeds reaching into the 200s, a few measly seconds can feel like a century waiting for the results to come in. One of the first record breakers was none other than a twin turbo UR4 Huracan piloted by KC Howeth of Underground Racing. In the first round of roll racing, KC set a new track top speed of 217 MPH. Working his way through eliminations, Howeth wound up in the finals placing 1st in the Unlimited Class. Excitement brewed over with exhibition drag racing from AMS Performance and ETS. While multiple teams were gunning for the elusive 6 second quarter mile pass, only one emerged victorious. Despite suffering an engine fire the day prior, the AMS Alpha G GT-R brought the quickness. For a moment, time seemed to slow to a near halt. The announcer boomed over the loudspeaker, and the clocks confirmed it: Gidi Chamdi set a new world record. Cheers erupted from the crowd. The media swarmed around Gidi & the AMS team while they took in the moment. For those who missed out, check out the video clip below and watch the Alpha G's insane 6.9 second pass for yourself. Video courtesy of 1320 Video WRAPPING UP & ROLLING OUT All in all, it seems safe to say that TX2K17 was one of the best ones yet. It's an epic showcase of automotive awesomeness, and exactly the type of event we love to sponsor. We're already looking forward to sharing the benefits of XPEL clear bra & window films with attendees next year. TX2K18 can't come soon enough! CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL LIST OF RACE RESULTS TX2K17 GALLERY


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Rated 5 out of 5 by trusunlight from LOVE THIS DRESS! BEST FIND ALL YEAR! I am head over heels in love with this dress! Everything about it excites me -- the color, the cut, the length, the practical yet luxurious texture, the quality of the fabric, the sexy side zipper and on and on and on. It's so comfortable I want to wear it all day. And it looks even better on me than it does in the photo! When does THAT ever happen? I so wish it were available in more colors! This is my first time ordering from bebe, and my only criticism about the dress is the sizing. I'm a thin/athletic 5'7 and usually wear an XS, but I couldn't fit into the XS of this dress. On a whim, I ordered the M and it feels a tad bit "loose" but looks amazing and I absolutely love it! I've never before worn an M in anything and will keep this in mind when placing future orders.
Date published: 2013-08-19
Rated 5 out of 5 by LBHB from Extremely Versatile Dress! This dress is amazing!! I got it in my usual size (XS - I'm usually a size 2 in Bebe) and it fits perfectly. It isn't too short so I can wear it to work and still feel great heading into happy hour. Also great when I have family functions because it fits almost every occassion. Bebe, please make this in more colors!! I would definitely buy more :)
Date published: 2013-08-06
Rated 5 out of 5 by DMen83 from PERFECT!! I absolutely love this dress! It fits perfect in all the right places. Flatters a curvy figure and accentuates the waist very well. The material is nice and soft, very comfortable to wear. Would love to see this dress in other colors.
Date published: 2013-08-02
Rated 5 out of 5 by dm1018 from great material, fits perfectly material is super soft... fits body perfectly ... great traditional piece to add to a clothing collection
Date published: 2013-07-30
Rated 5 out of 5 by Deni from A Must-Have! Thanks Bebe for making this dress available again as I missed out last year. Worthy of more than 'excellent' rating. Fits TTS. Structured well so very flattering. Love the wide band at bottom of skirt...very flattering and does not at all restrict movement. Material has smooth feel and look to it so looks very rich. So comfortable. Will go great with a colored or lace cami peaking at bust. Agree with all the great things said about this dress from previous reviewers. Want to add my agreement for Bebe to issue in other colors... red or emerald please! Can't go wrong with this dress! A classic shape and style.
Date published: 2013-07-26
Rated 5 out of 5 by Ky07 from Great dress for work! This dress is the epitome of sexy yet sophisticated & great for the office or for happy hour. I ordered a size small and it fits true to size & isn't too short for the office. I received many compliments wearing this dress! Bebe please make this in more colors... red, navy blue, etc..
Date published: 2013-07-15
Rated 5 out of 5 by GlizNGlam from great dress for work or night out Pretty dress ...dress it up with belt and heels or dress it down with wedge shoes.. bebe come out with more colors...like brown..pink..green..etc..
Date published: 2013-05-14
Rated 4 out of 5 by Diane from Nice for work I like this dress but the material does tend to wrinkle easily
Date published: 2013-05-13


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The Trayvon Martin case has generated thousands of news stories and scores of speeches and public proclamations. Sometimes the facts get confused. Here are a few examples:
The Volusia County Medical Examiner refused to release Trayvon's body to his family for three days, an unusually long wait.
Not true, according to the medical examiner. It picked up the body at the scene just after 10 p.m. Feb. 26 and notified a Fort Lauderdale funeral home 39 hours later that the body was ready. The funeral home, Roy Mizell and Kurtz, did not pick up the body for an additional 24 hours, the medical examiner reported.


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2005 Mother's Milk, Brock Common Sculpture, Longwood University, Farmville, VA
2004 Revisited, Forest Hills Educational Trust, Boston, MA
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2003 the 4 Elements, Forest Hills Educational Trust, Boston, MA
2002 Summer Sculpture Exhibition, Bellevue Arts Commission, Bellevue, WA
2001 Outdoor Sculpture, Environmental Arts, Fuller Museum of Art, Brockton, MA
1999 Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, The Fuller Museum, Brockton, MA
1995 Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood, Stockbridge, Ma
1998 Common Space: Outdoor Sculpture, ParkARTS, Boston
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1995 Environmental Sculpture, Acton Arboretum, Acton, Ma
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1993 Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood, Stockbridge, Ma
2009 Animal Wall, Vet Technology Building, Mount Ida College, Newton, Ma
2005 Art and Community Landscapes Public Art Fund Grant, a program of the New England Foundation for the Arts – Member of an artists team chosen to propose an artwork for the Allston Brighton Lincoln Green Strip in Allston, Ma
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2005 Annual Summer Invitational, Tufts University Art Gallery, Medford, Ma
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2003 Unbuilt Visions, Brickbottom Gallery, Somerville, MA, Curator; Leila Daw
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1987 Special Exhibitions Gallery, Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington, IN
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1979 Greater Boston Women Artists1, AAMARP Gallery, Northeastern University
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2010 Lecturer, University of New Haven, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2005 Visiting Artist, Longwood University, Farmville, Va
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2003 Senior Seminar Critiques – Montserrat College of Art
2002 Visiting Artist, Bellevue Sculpture Commission, Bellevue, Wa
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Guest Critic - Newbury College, Brookline, MA, 3-D Design Class final projects
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1996 Visiting Artist, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, Ma
1995 Lecture, Adams House Pool Theatre, Harvard University
1988 Sculptor's Assistant, Ritsuko Taho, Boston
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Following the turbulence of the first quarter, we believe that markets continue to be at risk of price spikes and falls, with volatility and liquidity risk being particularly concerning.
Alarm bells: After a volatile first quarter, investors appear to have calmed during the last two months. However, the problems that caused the turmoil at the start of the year have, if anything, become more acute. China's growth continues to slow, the political risks presented by the US election and the Brexit referendum have become critical and the Federal Reserve's guidance on interest rates is increasingly unreliable. Since the global financial crisis, markets have become more susceptible to nervousness, with the average time between peaks of anxiety, as shown by market sentiment, shortening from nine to three months. This new normal, aggravated by the macroeconomic concerns discussed, means that markets remain at a precarious point.
Five key measures of risk: Within the Hermes Investment Office, we continually consider five prominent forms of risk, with several indices contributing to our understanding of each. Our current views are as follows:
- Volatility is likely to remain heightened during the second quarter. Although some volatilities rose dramatically during the quarter, they subsequently dropped well below the average for 2015 and are much calmer than the surrounding uncertainty suggests. The increasing speed of market transactions, crowding, herding and short-term liquidity evaporation are likely to lead to sudden drops and spikes in the markets during this quarter, a pattern that forward-looking indices have also pointed to ease.
- Correlation risk can be an imperfect measure, as it is problematic during periods of market stress such as now, in which correlation levels can change rapidly before reverting at a later date. One way to address this is to use the standard deviation of the correlations between asset classes, which shows the stability and historical reliability of correlations. This indicates that correlation risk is currently subdued, as asset classes decoupled during the tumultuous first quarter. However, a deterioration of market conditions would return correlation risk to the fore.
- Stretch risk reflects the likelihood of a 'snapback' for an asset class, where medium-term trends have masked longer term risks and volatility levels. Many of these trends were broken during the first quarter, causing stretch risk to subside.
- Liquidity risk is particularly high in the credit markets, but low trading activity has been a feature in almost all markets and has clearly contributed to the number of violent dislocations in asset prices. This also means that the illiquidity of corporate bond markets could spread to other asset classes in the event of further shocks. As liquidity can come and go, dislocations can occur even among assets that are currently very liquid.
- Event risk measures continue to present a mixed picture. While the turbulence index suggests that event risk is subdued, the absorption ratio, which captures the market's systemic risk by measuring its ability to absorb shocks, rose during the first quarter, pointing to heightened fragility in the markets. We emphasise the latter measure and suggest that investors should remain vigilant of event risk during this quarter.
Cushioning the fall: Systematic strategies helped spur the equity rally during the first quarter and suppressed realised volatility, as many had bought call options. However, due to costs, this may not be repeated amid further market wobbles and if risk remains skewed to the downside. This is troubling as we are in a fragile risk environment where markets are capable of experiencing severe dislocations. Although we have seen some divergence between equity and bond markets this year, we believe that the benefits of diversification remain overstated given current market risks, and that portfolios that rely on correlation analysis may be more risky than they initially appear.
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My two sons got a 7″ tablet from Grandpa for Christmas. Non-branded, but could be from MID. Boxes got thrown away, all I have to go on is the physical device.
I'd like to get high-quality screen protector for these two devices, but canot find a similar-sized device. Root cause: can't accurately determine the size of the glass on a device without actually looking at one.
For example: The Nexus 7, Galaxy Tab, and Excite all belong in the 'Android 7″ tablet' class, but looking at a picutre of each shows quite a difference in the area between the edge of the display and the edge of the device. Also, it's difficult, time-consuming, or both to determine where exactly the glass on the display ends. Does it end at the edge of the display? Does the whole top surface have a glass coating? I have the dimensions of the glass I'd like to put under an invisibleSHIELD (7″ x 4 ½", 7 ½" diagonal), but don't know which device reasonably (as small as 6 ½" x 4″) matches these. Also, doesn't have to be an Android-device protector. That leaves a lot of possibilities: B'berry PlayBook, Excite 7.7, Google Nexus 7, Galaxy Tab 7, HTC Evo View 4G, HTC Flyer, Iacona Tab A100, Lenovo IdeaPad A1, Samsung Galaxy 7.7, or a Thrive.
Any idea on a best approach? Does it maybe make sense to visit a BestBuy/MicroCenter/Staples store and look at the tablets they have on display?
Thanks in advance.
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My two sons got a 7″ tablet from Grandpa for Christmas. Non-branded, but could be from MID. Boxes got thrown away, all I have to go on is the physical device.


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Six chefs in downtown Memphis will join an international cook-off called Battledish Saturday, competing in entrees and cocktail categories with 60 other chefs around the world.
Local foodies can sample dishes and cast a vote for favorites during the Battledish competition from 2 to 6 p.m. Participants will receive menus and maps to participating restaurants when they check-in at Jerry Lee Lewis Café and Honky Tonk on Beale Street.
The event's impressive lineup of chefs includes Daniel Cathren of Automatic Slim's cooking pan-seared sesame encrusted tuna with spiced rice and wakame; Sam Miller of Tamp & Tap cooking autumn Napoleon of horseradish brioche French toast with roasted butternut squash puree, quinoa and heirloom tomato relish; Michael Patrick of Rizzo's Diner cooking grit and grind of duck confit and goat cheese wrapped in grits, rolled in Panko, and served over sautéed spinach; Chef David Johnson of Belle Diner cooking braised short rib with grit cake and sautéed Brussels sprouts; Kaia Brewer of Lunchbox Eats cooking short rib chili; and Andrew Armstrong of Twelve Bar cooking Flammkuchen, a thin crust pizza fried in butter and topped with Gruyere, bacon, sage, and crème Fraiche.
A portion of the proceeds from Battledish will benefit Roots Memphis Farm Academy, an incubator program to teach business and sustainable practices to new farmers. Event tickets are $5 with the discount code "stew," and individual samplings are $5 each.
Complete ticket details are available at Dishcrawl Memphis, along with information on the tour group's other events. Under the local direction of Kim Fuqua, Dishcrawl has been staging culinary tours in Memphis since January. The tours, which keep restaurant stops a secret until the tours unfold, started in San Jose, California, in 2010, and continues to expand through the United States in Canada.
I participated in a tour in Cooper-Young and was impressed with the sociability of participants and Fuqua's upbeat leadership. Afterward, I asked her a few questions about her involvement with Dishcrawl and the future expansion of activities in Memphis. Here is what she had to say:
Memphis Stew: How did you got involved with Dishcrawl?
Fuqua: I found myself looking for a Memphis Dishcrawl event to attend and did not see any on the schedule. I did, however, see that they were looking for an ambassador to represent Memphis, and I thought, what the heck, that sounds like fun! My background is in food writing, event planning, and marketing, so the position seemed to be in my wheelhouse. Plus, I love doing anything I can to help promote the evolving Memphis dining scene.
The Cooper-Young tour was 40 people strong. Are the Dishcrawl tours always that popular?
Every Dishcrawl we've run in Memphis this year has sold out at 40 tickets. Memphians are really embracing this concept of a food adventure.
How do you decide which restaurants to include on your tours?
Once I decide on a neighborhood and a theme, I begin reaching out to the restaurants I feel would be a good fit. I consider my personal dining experiences, menu selection, online reviews, and word of mouth. If there's a brand new restaurant in the neighborhood, I like to get them on the tour to help them gain some exposure. We're all about supporting the local restaurant community.
Is the format always the same or do you mix it up?
We definitely like to mix it up! The first four Memphis Dishcrawls were neighborhood based without any particular theme. Then I ran a crawl called Chefs Choice, the theme being what the local chefs like to eat. In September, we did a Vegan Crawl and a Taco Crawl. I think we need to continue to keep the concept fresh with fun new themes that will reach a variety of foodies' preferences.
Are participants always asking you to spill the beans on which restaurants are on the tour?
It's actually become a bit of a game for dishcrawlers at this point. We have a lot of repeat crawlers, and they like to try to catch me off guard by casually asking, "So... where are we going next?" Someone offered me $100 to divulge the next stop at my last crawl! They also love to guess where we're heading as we walk to the next stop. I try to keep the destinations surprising. It's a lot of fun.
I was surprised a food truck was included in the Cooper-Young tour. Will you be including food trucks regularly?
Yes, that was an idea I had to mix things up and add an element of surprise to the crawl. I think food trucks have become a wonderful new part of the Memphis dining landscape, and I'd like to find ways to include them in my events.


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Cirstea wins Charleston opener
Charleston, SC – Eleventh seed Sorana Cirstea was among Monday's opening-round winners at the Family Circle Cup tennis event.
The Romanian Cirstea topped German Tatjana Malek 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) on the green clay at Daniel Island Tennis Center.
In action involving Americans on Day 1, Mallory Burdette got past France's Kristina Mladenovic 6-1, 1-6, 6-0 and Belarusian Olga Govortsova doused Jamie Hampton 6-4, 6-7 (3-7), 6-4.
Additional wins came for France's Mathilde Johansson, Puerto Rico's Monica Puig and Italian Camila Giorgi, who is rewarded with a second-round match against last week's Miami champion Serena Williams. Puig will meet Williams' older sister Venus in the round of 32.
The two-time Family Circle champion Serena beat Czech Lucie Safarova in last year's finale in Charleston.
The top seeds this week are the reigning titlist Serena and former champs Caroline Wozniacki (2011) and Sam Stosur (2010).
The winner of this $795,000 tournament will earn $125,000.