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Here's what I'm reading about today and also what I'm quickly thinking about each subject:
Verizon Pre 2 makes an appearance in Best Buy inventory system http://bit.ly/gkTmsQ Pre 2? Was there a Pre 1? Oh yeah, there was. It bombed a lot like the Pre 2 will. To see my Revolution Investing rating for Best Buy, Verizon and Hewlett-Packard, please check out http://AppRevolutionStocks.com
Is Clearwire's Only Option: Sell To Sprint? http://dlvr.it/CRDXM I expect Clearwire's getting close to be a good long-side trade. But I'm still waiting to pull the trigger.
How To Avoid Getting Fired From Your Own Company http://tcrn.ch/hszY4M They should have interviewed Steve Jobs, who got once got fired from Apple only to come back and save the company years later.
What do you think? > Verizon iPhone, iPad 2, iPhone 5 to Use Dual-Core CPUs http://ow.ly/3wzPz Dual core CPUs in smartphones are the future and I expect Intel, now spending billions every year on smartphone/tablet CPUs to end up dominating that market within five years. To get detailed information on how I'd be trading Intel in 2011, please check out http://AppRevolutionStocks.com
There Are Some Trojans In Some Apps… Somewhere. Remain Vigilant, Friends. http://bit.ly/g1cCaM Trojan horses and illegal dissemination of your personal info is the single biggest issue that will hit the smartphone/app revolution in 2011. Get your act together now, Google and Apple, or the backlash is going to be ugly. To see my Revolution Investing rating on a scale from 1 to 10 for Google and Apple and 48 other app stocks, please check out http://AppRevolutionStocks.com.


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Only the dogged will survive "Kate," William J. Mann's exhausting — and frequently annoying — attempt to deconstruct the many myths surrounding Katharine Hepburn's private life. No inconsistency or passing phase is too minor to mull over and over again in this hefty tome, which assumes familiarity with all previous works about the woman once considered box office poison. Earnest and overwritten, it only truly comes to life when tackling Spencer Tracy's sexuality, but less determined readers will have long since given up on the book by then.
The big buzz around the book surrounds Hepburn's sexual preferences. The actress, as Mann makes clear, was dogged by lesbian rumors almost from the start, but he contends many previous chroniclers have been unwilling to delve into them, lest they risk tarnishing the mythic romance between Tracy and Hepburn.
Mann doesn't deny that Tracy and Hepburn had great chemistry — and love — for each other, but he does question how sexual their relationship was. He points out that the two never lived together and paints Hepburn as more caretaker than lover of the deeply alcoholic, and married, Tracy. What's more, he suggests that Hepburn ginned up their romance after he died.
"In truth, she only started speaking out about Tracy after most of those who'd known them in their prime were dead," he writes, listing George Cukor, Ruth Gordon, Joe Mankiewicz, Irene Selznick and his wife Louise. "For many of the people I spoke with, the question of Hepburn's sexuality was the elephant in the room that they tripped over, time and time again, picking themselves up and dusting themselves off without ever admitting that they'd fallen."
So, what was her sexuality? Well, she liked to wear pants when it was shocking for women to do so, had many lesbian companions, and once, at the age of ten, shaved her head and wanted to be called Jimmy. Mann makes much of that alter ego, relentlessly invoking the name Jimmy to the point of distraction. His ceaseless repetition of early nicknames "Kath" and "Kathy" — meant to remind us "Kate" was her public persona — is only slightly less irritating.
The scribe reads an awful lot into those nicknames — as he does other murky clues to Hepburn's true preferences.
At the very least, Mann makes the case that, high-profile romances with Howard Hughes, John Ford and Tracy aside, Hepburn greatly preferred the company of women. And he's pretty persuasive about her tendency to jettison galpals or cook up romances whenever the rumors — or the flops — became too dicey for her career.
Which leads us back to her frequent co-star. Mann suggests Tracy was equally fluid in his sexuality, describing his close friendship with playboy Tim Durant, before recounting his dalliances with a Hollywood "male madam" named Scotty. Almost in passing, Mann also mentions that Scotty set Hepburn up with femme consorts.
The book comes most alive here, perhaps because Mann's relying on a source that hasn't been exhaustively interviewed in previous Hepburn tomes — and one that's far less coy than other contemporaries seem to have been. Alas, the book soon reverts to a tedious review of Hepburn's later years. (The 621 page tome includes almost 90 pages of footnotes.)
For those willing it to slog it through, Mann does paint a detailed overview of Hollywood sexual politics of the 1930s and 1940s, and an intermittently compelling look at Hepburn's circle of friends, Cukor especially. But mostly, it's a reminder not to take stars at their words about their private life.
If only Mann had spared us the excruciating play by play — and not taken it all so seriously.
"I used to duck the press all the time, just for fun," he quotes Hepburn saying. "I think it was sort of a game."

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Audrey Helderman needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 45 designs submitted by 11 freelance designers.
Zivity is a premium subscription artist/fan interaction platform. Zivity celebrates artists through crowdsourced curation and editorial moderation of photography and videos featuring comedy, music, animation and performance art. Fans freely interact with artists and vote for their favorite content. These dollar-backed votes are then used to reward content producers with cash payments.
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- Incorporate our current logo into the brand
- no stock images should be used
- Official but fun looking, very striking, should make people proud!
It's a badge of honor to be an ambassador
- Will most likely be included on websites/biz cards/and tshirts. Will also likely be used as a "badge" on their profile page so something that can be an "icon" rather than a "banner" would work very well.
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Thanks for the info Spooky, I didn't really follow soccer until about two months ago when I played FIFA 10 with my friend. Since then, I've actually been pretty excited about it. Probably gonna follow Barcelona in the upcoming season, maybe a Premier League squad as well.
They do show it here. The Gold Cup is hosted in the USA they have to show it.
Yea but they never show soccer on TV here except the world cup. I doubt they'll show the Gold or Euro Cup on espn.
They usually show it on either Telemundo or Univision which you can get free over the air. Those same channels show Copa America as well. If you want it in English I'm sure ESPN will air it or FSC. ABC might even air the final.
And the Euro Cup was on ESPN and ABC in 2008 so I'm pretty sure they'll air it again.
As far as watching clubs from Europe, ESPN3.com will be broadcasting games from La Liga (SPAIN), Serie A (ITALY), Portuguese Liga (Portugal), and MLS.
And if you have cable/satellite they broadcast a lot of games from different leagues around the world. The main ones being: EPL (England), La Liga (SPAIN) and the Champions League. All can be found on FSC, GOLTV, Setanta Sports and ESPN/ESPN2. some of those channels also show replays throughout the week if you missed a game.
And if all else fails ATDHE.NET is your friend.


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"No sympathy for the devil; keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride...and if it occasionally gets a little heavier than what you had in mind, well...maybe chalk it off to forced conscious expansion"
Hunter S. Thompson (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas)
On our mailing list where we discuss all sorts of important development issues and organise pub trips, a mate of mine came up with an interesting problem to do with testing - It went a bit like this ..
"I've just been talking to someone who I has attempted agile without any QA or automated tests at all. Unsurprisingly they've seen an increase in regression issues and are now looking to retrofit done automated testing."
As the resident tester it got me thinking. What is the cost of regression testing in an agile project ? - well the cost in my opinion is actually 0, zip, nadda, snake eyes !!
Right about now everyone who has faced the cost of regression testing is thinking I am smoking crack? or maybe hill billy drunk on the 4th of july? - I'm not and here is why.
Lets say you have a project you estimated at 30 points - whatever - you figure as you are going along you can do roughly 5 points a week including getting it manually QA'd in a test environment and showed with great fan fare to your product owner - Happy days!! - you will be out of there cashing the check in 6 weeks...
or will you..
What was your ACTUAL velocity??
Easy I hear you all say - 5 points!!
The problem is, it wasn't really - The 5 points a week was stuffed with tech debit, Now I'm not talking the stupid tech debit i've cited before where you just sweep all the hard stuff into the tech debit backlog to temporarily inflate your velocity (and we all know how thats going to end) I'm talking about serious tech debit that wont bite you for a month or so. The question is actually what did you DO for that 5 points?
Write code that solved the problem?
Or write code that solved the problem with unit tests, integration tests, platform tests, automated UI tests that prove every build and deployment you haven't broken anything??
In most cases its the former - And here is where logically (though not financially I'm sorry to say) it doesn't cost. What is actually happening is your velocity gets corrected. You weren't doing 5 points, you were actually doing maybe 3 but incurring the tech debit of poorly tested code allowed the team to inflate their velocity to an unrealistic 5. The over all correction theoretically will be 4 weeks in this case - but anyone who has tried to go back and retrofit tests to poorly tested code will know its harder than writing them at the time. so in this case it will take longer.
I guess if you can guarantee some other poor stooge will have to deal with it later you *could* give them crappily tested code to work with but once the smell has pervaded the building you wont be working back there any time soon and your rep wont be the greatest.


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WOCCU Hosts Fifth SACCA Africa Congress
Record Attendance--300 Leaders Representing 19 Countries
October 20, 2004
Madison, WI-World Council of Credit Unions, Inc. (WOCCU) teamed up with the Canada Co-operative Association (CCA), the Irish Credit Union Foundation, and the Swaziland Association of Savings and Credit Cooperatives (SASCCO) to host the annual Savings and Credit Co- operative Association Africa (SACCA) Congress. Over 300 credit union leaders from 19 countries met in Mbabane, Swaziland to discuss issues affecting different regions and credit union movements in Africa.
Attendance this year was at a record high. "Attendance clearly demonstrates the increasing importance of credit unions in the microfinance industry in Africa," noted Erick Sile, WOCCU technical officer for Africa and a key organizer for the event. "Not only did we have credit union staff and volunteers eager to learn about ways to turn their institutions into more efficient and viable financial institutions, but we also observed an increasing number of government and central bank officials seeking best practices that will help them regulate credit unions in their countries," he continued. Sylvester Kadzola, WOCCU board director and Malawi delegate, added, "there is a growing interest in national movements to join WOCCU as direct members. It is very likely that before the end of this year there will be two or more membership applications submitted to WOCCU."
The King of Swaziland, His Majesty Mswati III was a special guest at the conference, as was the Prime Minister. In his opening speech, the King welcomed participants to his country and encouraged the SACCOs to continue to reach out to the underserved. He spoke of the threat HIV/AIDS poses to Africa and asked everyone involved in the cooperative movement to act as an agent to fight against the spread of this deadly disease. He also praised the credit union movement for the role it plays in the Swaziland economy by reaching out to people in the rural areas and offering financial services to the vast majority of Swazi who are not served by commercial banks.
The SACCA Congress gathers representatives of savings and credit cooperatives (African credit unions) on a yearly basis to exchange ideas and perspectives. Attendees to this year's Congress participated in informative lectures and workshops facilitated by credit union leaders from around the world, including WOCCU board member Sylvester Kadzola; WOCCU president and CEO Arthur Arnold; Louisiana Credit Union League CEO Anne Cochran; Canadian Cooperative Association's senior director of international development Jo- Anne Ferguson; WOCCU delegate and representative of the Irish League of Credit Unions, Kay Geoghegan; and Swaziland Credit Union League CEO Bongani Masuku among others.
Topics at this year's Congress focused on the importance of strategic planning, managers' responsibilities, financial disciplines, approaches to lending, business planning, asset liability management, savings mobilization, and marketing and the importance of technology. In addition, there were case studies on Rwanda, Kenya, Malawi, Ghana, Canada and Ireland.
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Plans for the 2005 SACCA Congress, hosted in Cote d' Ivoire (the Ivory Coast), will begin early next year.
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S. Dakota St. 71, North Dakota 70
For the second time in 12 days, Chad White hit a 3-pointer with
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South Dakota State (5-2) trailed by four points with just over a
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White finished with nine points on three 3-pointers, and Jordan
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The world's No. 1- ranked men's tennis player and the women's world champion figure skater earned the United States Sports Academy's 2013 Male and Female Athletes of the Year award.
Spain's Rafael Nadal, who won the French and U.S. Opens, and South Korea's Yuna Kim, who also won the award three years ago for winning gold at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, earned the awards decisively in online voting conducted worldwide this month.
Despite returning from a seven-month layoff because of a left knee injury, Nadal won two Grand Slam victories, beating Serbia's Novak Djokovic both times. The wins catapulted him to No. 1 over Djokovic.
Kim returned to the world stage in figure skating after a two year layoff following the 2010 Winter Olympics. The 22-year-old picked up where she left off earning the gold medal in the women's 2013 World Figure Skating Championships by earning a total of 218.31 points. She won by a 20-point margin, which is the largest victory at worlds since the current scoring system took effect in 2005.
Nadal and Kim dominated the voting in the 29th year of the Academy's Awards of Sport program. Online voting took place on the Academy's website at www.ussa.edu. from Dec. 1-20 and was done in conjunction with NBC Sports.
This year's ballot included 12 men and 12 women who came from 11 different countries, including two athletes each from Jamaica and South Korea. The nominees represented a wide variety of popular winter and summer sports from fútbol to football and figure skating to skiing. Their performances stood out and provided some of the best highlights and stories in sports in 2013.
The Athlete of the Year ballot is the culmination of the Academy's yearlong Athlete of the Month program, which recognizes the accomplishments of men and women in sports from around the globe. Each month, the public is invited to participate in the worldwide Athlete of the Month program by nominating athletes and then voting online during the first two weeks of every month. The votes, along with an Academy selection committee, choose the male and female winners monthly who then become eligible for the prestigious Athlete of the Year honor. The monthly winners are announced on the Academy's website and in the online edition of The Sport Update.
In 2012, the Male Athlete of the Year was Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, who successfully repeated as the Olympic gold medalist in the 100 meters and 200 meters at the 2012 London Olympics, and the Female Athlete of the Year was American tennis player Serena Williams, who captured gold in the women's singles and doubles at the 2012 Games to become the only person to hold a career Golden Grand Slam in Olympic competition.
Finishing second in the Male Athlete of the Year category was Argentine soccer star Lionel Messi. The 26-year-old Barcelona player earned a record third Golden Shoe trophy, after finishing with the most league goals in Europe last season. The Argentine netted 46 goals.
The runner up to Kim in the Female Athlete of the Year voting was No. 1-ranked Williams, who in 2013 added two more majors—the French and U.S. Opens—to become the fourth woman in the Open era after Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert and Steffi Graf to win each Grand Slam title at least twice. Williams, who has 17 Grand Slam titles in her career, won 11 titles total this year.
The third place winner on the men's ballot was Bolt. He flashed past American Carl Lewis into the world track and field championship record book by completing a triple gold-medal performance in Moscow. Bolt and the legendary Lewis both have won 10 world championship medals total, including eight gold medals. Bolt took gold in the 100 meters (9.77 seconds), 200 meters (19.66) and anchored Jamaica's victory in the 400-meter relay (37.36).
Meanwhile, Missy Franklin finished third in the voting for Female Athlete of the Year. She claimed a record six gold medals at the world swimming championships in Barcelona. The 18-year-old's gold medals came in the 200-meter backstroke, 100 backstroke, 200 freestyle, 4×100 freestyle, 4×200 freestyle and the 400 medley relays. She took fourth in the 100 free. Franklin eclipsed the women's record of five gold that had had been shared by American Tracy Caulkins (1978) and Australian Libby Trickett (2007).
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I reviewed Starlooks Boutique last year but even if you caught that post you'll want to check out their store again. They've remodeled their site to look even better and have beautiful spring dresses ready for Easter along with the other great stuff I previously mentioned which I'm sharing again . . .
You remember Little Red Riding hood—where a little girl's grandmother makes her a red cloak and hood that she wears everywhere? (Of course you do, why did I even ask?) Well Starlooks Boutique is where Red's grandma would have gone if she lived today.
Starlooks Boutique specializes in children's clothing and accessories and they have a special line of cloaks called Peri Ponchos that are like Little Red Riding Hood revisited—a hooded poncho that is hipper than ever. The Peri Ponchos come in more than a dozen different colors and patterns and they're a great thing for evenings when it's a little chilly or a drizzly day.
It's hard to choose but I really like the Retro Circles and Tangerine Twirl-- you see the Bubble Tea pattern pictured above.
In addition to the Peri Ponchos Starlooks also has toys, jewelry, accessories, high chair and car seat covers, diaper bags, skin and bath products and clothing for babies and children (I'm particularly taken with the Miko dresses in all their various patterns and shades). Basically, if a child can use it, they have it. There is so much in their store you'd have to go and look for yourself, I couldn't possibly list all the links here in this post. Lots of fun window shopping ahead!
This week's giveaway winner will get a $50 gift certificate from Starlooks Boutique, good for anything in their wonderful online store.
Here's how to win:
Before 12 am Monday morning click here to reach the giveaway entry form then enter your name and email. I will pick one of the names at random, contact the winner via their email and publish the winner's first name and home town in next Tuesday's post. See the bottom of the entry form for more details.
This giveaway is open to all readers so good luck!
And shifting gears from cute little clothes to the darker side of life . . .
Andrew decided to play hooky and take a couple days off of work while the kids were out for spring break. The two of us sneaked away Thursday afternoon and caught a matinee for Taken which we both thought was well worth it.
I thought it would be like the Mel Gibson movie, Ransom, where a man's child is kidnapped and things progress from there but while the plots are similar this movie is much better. Trust me.
I like Liam Neeson better than Mel Gibson--Neeson has the bulk, the quiet solidity, the haggard world-worn look yet the tenderness to properly play the part of an ex-CIA special ops guy who is out to rescue his teen daughter from bad guys who make Osama bin Laden look like Mother Theresa. I liked Neeson in Les Miserables and he has the same stuff here that appealed to me in Jean Valjean.
The previews I saw set up the movie without giving too much away and while you can kind of guess the general gist of things there was still enough left to discover after the plot was set in motion that I was on the edge of my seat. In fact I had a very hard time sitting still--first I'd lean back then I'd get tense and lean to the side, then to the other side, then I'd put my elbows on my knees and rest my head on my hands to soften the tension. I'm sure Andrew was sick of my tightening my grip on his arm and ducking with every punch that was thrown.
I warn you: it's a violent movie. It's a film that gives you the impression that there is a world outside of my own little safe bubble that is dark and seedy and horrifying and of which I know nothing and of which I want to know nothing. Just when you think that Hollywood can't give you anything new to shudder at this one does--which you'll feel acutely as a mother or father.
I'm probably making it sound more objectionable than I mean to, as I said it's violent but it's not gory or nasty. The body count piles up with every passing minute but honestly? Andrew and I both came out of the theater saying that with all the real life ranting and raving about CIA tactics and interrogation techniques I have a hard time criticizing anyone whose job it is to jump into that dark side of life in order to protect the rest of us.
This is a movie where the bad guys are so vile, so scum-of-the-earth that you don't really care what Neeson has to do to make things right. Yes I know it's only a movie and I know the difference between reality and fiction but a lot of bad things out there aren't just fiction and can happen in real life and I'm glad there are brave guys with gadgets and guns who stand between us and the evil stuff out there. Am I being to dramatic?
Anyway, if you like thrillers and edge-of-your-seat action complete with chase scenes, gun fights and extreme bad v. good guys then this is your movie. It's intense and it's bleak but it's sure worth the price of admission--though leave the kids home for this one. I'd let Grace (age 15) see it (she's to the age that she can pretty much see anything we see and if it's not appropriate for her then it's probably not appropriate for me) but I wouldn't let the boys see it yet. It would keep them up at night.


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JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — An icy wind made its way through the Meadowlands, cut across the Hudson River and into frigid Manhattan. Looks like Mother Nature is taking seriously the NFL's slogan for the upcoming Super Bowl: Best Served Cold.
One week before kickoff, on the day the Broncos and Seahawks are arriving in the frozen Big Apple, Sunday brought a bit of a thaw. Temperatures actually reached the low 20s.
Hardly balmy.
Not that the guys who will take the field at MetLife Stadium have any complaints or concerns. They'd play this one on the New Jersey tundra or in Death Valley.
"Absolutely," Denver linebacker Wesley Woodyard said. "We've been talking about that, our leadership group, that's something that's key for everybody. Enjoy the moment of New York, be there, enjoy the Super Bowl, but we are there for a purpose, and that's winning a football game. I think everybody understands that."
What they also understand is that the upcoming week is unlike anything else they experienced during the season. Or during any season.
More media, for sure. A glaring spotlight on everything. Spending a week away from home. Practicing in another team's facility: the Seahawks at the Giants' complex across the parking lots from MetLife Stadium, the Broncos at the Jets' place in Florham Park, about 30 minutes from the Meadowlands.
"I mean obviously it's the biggest game that we've ever played in," Seahawks receiver Doug Baldwin said. "It's one of the games that we've been dreaming about playing in it since we were 6 years old on little league fields. The distraction of the hype that surrounds it, it's definitely real.
"But, that distraction is something that we have to try and eliminate. It's going to be difficult. But in order for us execute as well as we want to, we have to eliminate that distraction."
Not one Seahawks player has been this far, giving Denver something of an edge in experience. The Broncos have four: receiver Wes Welker, tight end Jacob Tamme, cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and some quarterback named Peyton.
Manning, of course, is the only current Bronco to have won a ring, with Indianapolis in 2007. He also lost the Super Bowl in 2010 with the Colts.
"I think the biggest thing he's said is eliminate distractions, making sure you're taking care of the little details, doing extra, watching film, working out, getting your body right," receiver Eric Decker said.
"And then I think the biggest thing is he says he's won one, he's lost one. And it's a complete high; it's a complete low. So, really understand to give everything you've got because this is the last game of the year."
And it's the first Super Bowl ever played outdoors in a cold-weather city. There's snow on the ground, frost in the air, and plenty of forecasts for what might be ahead next Sunday.
The only truly accurate forecast, though, was delivered by Seahawks All-Pro safety Earl Thomas.
"I don't care where we play," he said. "I know when we play, all the feelings and the stuff I need to get ready and prepare. It'll be there."
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As grain and soybean prices rise to the roof, 2013 cotton acreage appears headed for the cellar, according to analysts speaking at the Ag Market Network's July conference call, broadcast from New York City.
"I can't think of anybody right now that would plant cotton unless they owned a gin. As far as the price structure is concerned, cotton is not even competitive," said Mike Stevens a market analyst based in Mandeville La.
In the Mid-South and Southeast, "anything less than a dollar a pound for cotton is not going to draw much interest," said O.A. Cleveland, professor emeritus, Mississippi State University. "With soybeans at $17 and corn at $8, you're going to see wholesale switching to soybeans and corn."
Acreage losses in Texas will not be as significant, according to Carl Anderson, Extension professor emeritus, Texas A&M University. "I would think we would go from 6.8 million acres to as low as 5.5 million acres."
Jarral Neeper, president of Calcot, Bakersfield, Calif., said "70-cent cotton just won't work. Land rents are rising now due to alternative crops. Fertilizer prices have not come down much at all. There are just too many alternatives in California for producers to not look at other things."
Of course, 2013 cotton acreage needs to come down anyway, as cotton ending stocks for this marketing year are projected at 72 million bales, an all-time high, and cotton consumption has declined around the globe.
Report: Experts project a 15.8 million bale U.S. cotton crop
Fortunately for those who do plant cotton, as long as grain and soybean prices remain high, cotton prices will not have to fall to discourage acreage, noted Joe Nicosia, CEO of Allenberg Cotton Co.
"We're going to be able to create a production deficit (in cotton) next year without the pain," Nicosia said. "Normally it would take 50-cent cotton to solve this surplus problem. Now cotton is still profitable (in the world), and alternative crops are extremely profitable. This will allow the world to have a cotton production deficit in 2013 and begin the process of working off the huge carryovers without a massive price drop."
Predictions difficult
It does make for challenging price prognostication for 2012 and 2013, according to the analysts.
Anderson noted, "as we look at December 2012, there are a lot of things that might happen. Between now and September, I'm thinking about a range between 65 cents and 75 cents. But once we get into September and October, and we can determine more about the size of the U.S. and Indian cotton crops, we could see December 2012 perk up to the 80-cent level.
"I would think that to get cotton planted in Brazil and other major cotton producing areas and in the United States, we would need to see December 2013 move on into the 85-cent to 95-cent range to hold acres against current levels of grain prices."
According to Stevens, the maximum potential for cotton prices "is 80 cents on the nearby December. And I would hope we could get to 90 cents for December 2013."
Read: Cotton needs a deficit in world production next year
"This market is telling you that it really doesn't know what to expect," Neeper said. "I don't expect a lot of price movement, especially in the near-term. If we can get to 77 cents to 80 cents on a whim, that would be great. I would be surprised to see it going back to 65 cents."
Neeper says in 2013, perceived tightness in old crop cotton could pull up new crop prices. "I don't see December 2013 doing a whole lot between now and planting time. If December 2012 manages to get to 77 cents to 80 cents, then 2013 can get up to 84 cents to 86 cents between now and next spring. But that's asking a lot given all of the headwinds and uncertainty out there."
Cleveland bullish on cotton
Cleveland is bullish on cotton. "I'm on an island by myself apparently. But you have to put your big boy pants on. December 2012 is 15 cents to 20 cents undervalued. Over the last four or five months, USDA has made significant changes to India's supply and demand report. It's been very difficult to get India's consumption right. And this week, all of a sudden, India shows up as a huge buyer of U.S. cotton. That's telling us that demand is stronger there than we realized."
Cleveland says the cotton market must also reflect India's faltering monsoon and the expectation that Brazil's production could drop by as much as 23 percent.
"December 2012 has to go to 85 cents, and I would not be surprised to see it go to 90 cents. December 2013 will go higher, but it won't be enough to keep acreage in cotton. Corn and soybeans will continue to dominate, and they will steal acres for 2013."
Nicosia says cotton prices will be protected somewhat on the downside by the expected loss of acres to grains and soybeans. "But to the upside, I don't see a big explosion in prices at all for 2012. Going into 2013, I think two things are going to happen. We're going to create a deficit in world production, and the available supply in the world from other exporters could be tight. The competition that the United States faces in the export market is going to be drastically reduced in 2013-14, which sets the United States up for a big year, where prices could really react and the market takes off."
Cotton consumption continues to be the bugaboo in the cotton outlook, Nicosia said. "I'm worried that we have only slightly over 5 million bales as demand base outside of China."
Nicosia believes U.S. prices and Chinese prices will eventually converge, "where U.S. prices move up slightly and China's moves down substantially. I think 2012 is going to be a flat year. In 2013, I wouldn't sell any of my cotton at 75 cents or 76 cents. I would wait for something with an 8 in front of it. But don't get too carried away. There are still 72 million bales of cotton in the world. Any explosion in price is still 12 months to 18 months off."
The Cotton Roundtable is sponsored by Cotton Incorporated, Intercontinental Exchange, Certified FiberMax, the Ag Market Network and Farm Press Publications.


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"Salt" and "lemon" or "cinnamon" and "orange" - what are you thinking of?
You have Tequila on your mind? Today - on International Tequila Day - is the perfect opportunity to rediscover the Mexican national drink.
Like wine, Tequila has many different flavours and a fascinating variety of aromas. And just like wine, tequila is supported in developing its full aromas by the right glass. Try a Tequila Reposado from the RIEDEL "O" Tequila. Connoisseurs drink Tequila warm and pure.
The three best known types of Tequila are:
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Tequila Reposado: golden, aged between 2-11 months in oak barrels
Tequila Anejo: rich golden colour, aged between 1-3 year/s in oak barrels
We wish you an enjoyable Tequila Day.
To go with Mexican Tequila we recommend Empanadas as a snack. Our suggestion for you: Arrange a tequila tasting with friends and serve the hearty filled dumplings. We have compiled the recipe and a compact tasting guide for you.
Ingredients: 800 g wheat flour, 2 tsp salt, 180 ml vegetable oil, 260 ml milk, 2 shallots, 1 clove of garlic, 20 g fresh parsley, ½ chilli pepper (red), 400 g minced meat (e.g. lamb, beef, pork), 200 g canned tomatoes, 100 g canned kidney beans, 100 g canned corn, ¼ tsp cumin, 1 egg, salt, pepper, flour for the working surface, vegetable oil for frying
Preparation: Put flour, salt and vegetable oil in a bowl. Slowly add milk and knead the mixture to a smooth dough. Wrap in cling film and leave to rest in the refrigerator for approx. 30 - 40 minutes.
Preheat oven to 180°C.
Finely dice the shallots. Finely chop the garlic. Coarsely chop the parsley. Cut the chilli pepper into thin slices. Heat some vegetable oil over medium heat in a large pan. Fry the shallots and garlic for 2 - 3 minutes until translucent. Add minced meat and brown for another 3 - 4 minutes. Add tomatoes, kidney beans and corn. Season with cumin, salt and pepper. Cook for another 3 - 4 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the chopped parsley.
Sprinkle the work surface with flour and roll out the dough thinly. Cut out circles of about 10 cm in size. Whisk the egg in a small bowl. Cover the dough pieces with the minced meat mixture only on one half of the circle, leaving one edge free. Brush the edge with egg and close the dough. Press the rim together with a fork. Bake in a preheated oven at 180°C for approx. 25 - 30 minutes until golden brown.
Tequila Tasting
Proceed as for a wine tasting:
- Look at the distillate in the glass.
What colour is Tequila - light or strong? Is it watery or oily?
- Smell the filled glass.
Do you notice spicy, fruity or woody aromas? A "Tequila Aroma Wheel" (e.g. from the Internet) can help you determine this.
- Taste a little sip.
What's the first impression? Fruity-sweet or bitter-sharp? Is the taste light, heavy, full-bodied or flat? Do more nuances such as fruity, floral, wood, chocolate, etc. appear after a few seconds? How does the taste change after swallowing? Does it stay in the mouth for a long time or do the flavours disappear quickly?
- Smell the empty glass.
What other aromas do you perceive?
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Rubble and flattened buildings have become commonplace in the Syrian city of Aleppo, where the government again lobbed barrel bombs–or containers backed with hundreds of pounds of explosives–at rebel-held districts on Sunday. Less common, it seems, are the small reminders that life once existed here: from cups and plates, to toys and cars.
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Overweight 9-Month Old
My son had his 9-month check-up on Friday and he is officially overweight, and quite significantly so. He weighs 12.3kg (27 lb) and is 73cm (29 â) long. The doc said that itâs not a problem now because he will likely slim down over the coming months as he becomes more mobile, but she said that we should be aware of it and act to prevent it becoming a problem. She recommended that we take him off formula and switch to half-fat cowâs milk and that we work on upping his food intake, particularly veg and fruit. I think he has definitely been drinking too much formula (heâs still waking for multiple feeds during the night) and he has been very slow to take to solids, but I was kind of surprised that she would suggest switching to cowâs milk since normally thatâs strongly advised against before age 1 and similarly half-fat milk is normally not recommended before age 2.
I feel like I have to trust that our paed knows best, but it`s hard not to question her recommendations when they seem to go against the normal advice. I hope his weight will just rectify itself as people keep saying, but I canât help but be a bit worried about it after reading online about research that seems to suggest that overweight babies and babies that gain weight too quickly during the first few months are more likely to become overweight adults.
I can certainly understand your confusion, it sounds like you are very concerned about your son. There may be a couple things to try before starting your son on cow's milk.
At his age, he should be getting about 24oz of formula each day. A typical feeding schedule for a 9 month old who is not breastfed would consist of about 6oz formula about 4 times over a 24 hour period, plus some baby cereal/fruits and vegetables a couple times throughout the day. Of course, this varies widely with each child, but that pattern should give him an appropriate amount of calories. If your son is eating more than that at this time, I would recommend trying to cut back a bit on the volume of formula before switching to cow's milk. Make sure to count any formula that you use to mix his cereal towards his total formula volume during the day. If you are breastfeeding at all, you should cut back even further on the formula.
When working with moms in your situation, I always have them double check that they are following the mixing instructions listed on the formula to be sure it isn't being prepared at too high of a concentration. Lastly, if you are mixing any solid foods in his bottle (cereals, baby foods, etc) that can lead to rapid weight gain, so any solids should be offered with a spoon only. Also, if you exclusively breastfed for the first several months of your son's life, it is fairly normal for him to be overweight at his age and generally it balances out over time. Finally, you should begin the process of thinking about introducing your child to soft table foods as his 12 month birthday rolls around.
I would recommend having another talk with your doctor, maybe find out if you have any other options before moving to cow's milk. The proteins in cow's milk can be difficult for some infants to digest and the fats found in higher fat milks are important in a young child's brain development. Good luck.
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Some of you may know that I am a big fan of Toastmasters and regularly visit a central London club. I highly recommend it for increasing confidence in public speaking, as well as gaining personal confidence and making some great new friends and contacts.
Last week I did my first speech – The Icebreaker.
It's good title for the first Toastmaster speech and one that every new Toastie probably dreads. I know I'd been thinking about doing mine for a month or two, before finally pushing myself out of my comfort zone and Continue reading


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A winner was selected from 67 designs submitted by 31 freelance designers.
We are looking to upgrade our logo, which is our first logo created in 2005. The new logo must reflect the companies growth and maturity over the past 3 years into a professional streaming media technology service provider.
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Simply put,Mediahouse Technology shoots video, edits it and publishes it to the web. Wehave a professional production crew who work onsite or within our Sydneystudio. We then edit the video with transitions, overlays, animations etc.. Wethen compress the content to Flash video specifically for the web (400x300 pixels, 25 fps 300kbps) andthen we publish it to what we call "Web Channels"which are custom built content management systems for media. We build thesechannels in Flash so that our clients can manage their own media library and upload and attach PDF files, PowerPoint slides ...you get the picture..
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Our clients are corporate's who use us for company announcements, videotraining and other business to business communications. They are multi-globalgiants who all have massive IT departments but prefer us over dealing with internal policies and bureaucratichassles.
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The idea behind this logo was the round circlerepresented a CD or DVD disc (meaning'media') and the font was just something we liked that looked modern. It wasonly ever meant to be a temporary design.
Whatwe want:
Itmust look like the logo of a technology company. Here are some other streaming media technologylogos.
Thelogo will mostly appear on a white background although we would like avariation for a dark grey background (#333333) like we have done for our existing logo.
Thecolours would ideally be the same as our existing logo. Although we are open toany variations you may suggest.
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sysctl is a tool for examining and changing kernel parameters at runtime (package procps-ng in official repositories). sysctl is implemented in procfs, the virtual process file system at
/etc/sysctl.d/* and
/usr/lib/sysctl.d/*. If you had customized
/etc/sysctl.conf, you need to rename it as
The sysctl preload/configuration file can be created at
/etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf. For systemd,
/etc/sysctl.d/ and
/usr/lib/sysctl.d/ are drop-in directories for kernel sysctl parameters. The naming and source directory decide the order of processing, which is important since the last parameter processed may override earlier ones. For example, parameters in a
/usr/lib/sysctl.d/50-default.conf will be overriden by equal parameters in
/etc/sysctl.d/50-default.conf and any configuration file processed later from both directories.
To load all configuration files manually, execute
# sysctl --system
which will also output the applied hierarchy. A single parameter file can also be loaded explicitly with
# sysctl -p filename.conf
See the new configuration files and more specifically systemd's sysctl.d man page for more information.
The parameters available are those listed under
/proc/sys/. For example, the
kernel.sysrq parameter refers to the file
/proc/sys/kernel/sysrq on the file system. The
sysctl -a command can be used to display all currently available values.
/usr/src/linux-$(uname -r)/Documentation/sysctl/. It is highly recommended reading these before changing sysctl settings.
Settings can be changed through file manipulation or using the
sysctl utility. For example, to temporarily enable the magic SysRq key:
# sysctl kernel.sysrq=1
# echo "1" > /proc/sys/kernel/sysrq
To preserve changes between reboots, add or modify the appropriate lines in
/etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf or another applicable parameter file in
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Hide kernel symbol addresses
kernel.kptr_restrict will hide kernel symbol addresses in
/proc/kallsyms from regular users, making it more difficult for kernel exploits to resolve addresses/symbols dynamically. This will not help that much on a precompiled Arch Linux kernel, since a determined attacker could just download the kernel package and get the symbols manually from there, but if you're compiling your own kernel, this can help mitigating local root exploits. This will break some perf commands when used by non-root users (but main perf features require root access anyway). See FS#34323 for more information.
kernel.kptr_restrict = 1
Improving performance
# reuse/recycle time-wait sockets net.ipv4.tcp_tw_reuse = 1 net.ipv4.tcp_tw_recycle = 1
TCP/IP stack hardening
#### ipv4 networking #### ## TCP SYN cookie protection (default) ## helps protect against SYN flood attacks ## only kicks in when net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog is reached net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies = 1 ## protect against tcp time-wait assassination hazards ## drop RST packets for sockets in the time-wait state ## (not widely supported outside of linux, but conforms to RFC) net.ipv4.tcp_rfc1337 = 1 ## tcp timestamps ## + protect against wrapping sequence numbers (at gigabit speeds) ## + round trip time calculation implemented in TCP ## - causes extra overhead and allows uptime detection by scanners like nmap ## enable @ gigabit speeds net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps = 0 #net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps = 1 ## source address verification (sanity checking) ## helps protect against spoofing attacks net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1 ## disable ALL packet forwarding (not a router, disable it) (default) net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0 ## log martian packets net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians = 1 ## ignore echo broadcast requests to prevent being part of smurf attacks (default) net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts = 1 ## optionally, ignore all echo requests ## this is NOT recommended, as it ignores echo requests on localhost as well #net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_all = 1 ## ignore bogus icmp errors (default) net.ipv4.icmp_ignore_bogus_error_responses = 1 ## IP source routing (insecure, disable it) (default) net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_source_route = 0 ## send redirects (not a router, disable it) net.ipv4.conf.all.send_redirects = 0 ## ICMP routing redirects (only secure) net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects = 0 #net.ipv4.conf.all.secure_redirects = 1 (default)
Small periodic system freezes
Set dirty bytes to small enough value (for example 4M):
vm.dirty_background_bytes = 4194304 vm.dirty_bytes = 4194304
Try to change
kernel.io_delay_type (x86 only):
See also
- The sysctl(8) and sysctl.conf(5) man pages
- Linux kernel documentation (
<kernel source dir>/Documentation/sysctl/)
- Kernel Documentation: IP Sysctl
- SysCtl.conf Tweaked for Security and Cable Speed [1]


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by Lou Mancinelli
In 2008, two years after the Rev. Eileen McCafferty DiFranco, a Mt. Airy resident for 36 years, was ordained a Catholic priest, DiFranco learned that she and her fellow women priests had excommunicated themselves from the Catholic Church.
"We're providing another model of priesthood," said DiFranco about herself and her fellow female priests during a recent interview.
DiFranco, who has worked as a school nurse in the Philadelphia public school system for 23 years, is currently at Roxborough High School. In 2007 she became one of two female pastors at the Community of Saint Mary Magdalene in Drexel Hill.
DiFranco was ordained along with seven other women by a group called the Roman Catholic Womenpriests at a ceremony in Pittsburgh in 2006. Her ordination prompted then-Philadelphia Archbishop Cardinal Anthony Rigali to send her a letter telling her she was going to become a public scandal.
In 2010, Roman Catholic Womenpriests officially responded to Vatican comments that listed the ordination of women priests as "delicta graviora," placing it in its list of most serious crimes against Roman Catholic canon law, the same category as sexual abuse of children by priests.
DiFranco is one of two women pastors who say Mass at the Community of Saint Mary Magdalene, where DiFranco celebrates Mass a few times a month. "Nobody can excommunicate you from the love of God," said DiFranco, 61.
"They're doing a terrible job," said DiFranco about the male priests who have led the church since its inception about 2,000 years ago. "I don't have to leave [the church] because we have disagreements," she said. "Mature people should be able to talk about disagreements … we're changing the model of the Roman Catholic priest."
DiFranco's road to God has been lined with objections from the very people purporting to guide the way, as well as support. According to DiFranco and fellow Magdalene priest the Rev. Caryl Johnston, members of their church are people who still connect with the Roman Catholic message but are willing to explore a reinterpretation of its doctrine. They want a church that has evolved beyond medieval ideologies they believe still plague the Catholic Church.
That's what DiFranco and her fellow woman priests stand poised at the pulpit to offer. DiFranco was raised in a church-every-Sunday Catholic kind of family in Port Richmond. She attended Nativity B.V.M. and graduated from John W. Hallahan Catholic Girls' High in center city in 1970.
At 21, two years into her college education DiFranco started to teach second grade. At the time, a college degree was not required for teachers to begin working in the Philadelphia parochial school system. In 1975, she graduated from Immaculata University. She had married her fiance Larry in 1974, and a few years later, when DiFranco was the mother of a 3-year-old and a baby girl, she decided at age 28 to go back to nursing school at Chestnut Hill Hospital.
In 1984 she started to work as a nurse in the neonatal care unit at Einstein Northern Medical Center. Her career with the Philadelphia school district began six years later when she took a job as school nurse at Olney Elementary. DiFranco said kids from 77 different ethnic groups walked the school's hallways. Since 1999, she has worked at Roxborough High School.
DiFranco is a mother of four adults, none of whom is religious. She described her own church attendance record during her 20s and 30s as "spotty." Even as a 6-year-old girl, she brewed in discontent over some church traditions. Why couldn't she be an altar server? "I felt like if the boys could do it, I could do it. I thought, 'I'm just as smart as they are.'"
But "questions weren't really encouraged," she said about voicing her opinion. She learned "This is the way God wanted it. What could you say?"
As she got older her counter perspectives strengthened. In high school she felt that "we didn't have top caliber teachers." She became disillusioned with the church.
"Every time I went, I would be angry," she said. Sitting through dull homilies disturbed her. She walked out of her last one. She was a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church in Mt. Airy, but 27 years ago she and her family planned to leave the church to become Lutherans. Instead, they found St. Vincent de Paul in Germantown.
DiFranco describes it as the first time she experienced a community where people lived a life according to Catholic ideals. They were feeding the sick and clothing the poor. It was as egalitarian as could be.
"That good role modeling brought me back to the church," said DiFranco. But there were still issues. Why did the church continue to fail to recognize gays' right to marriage, for example?
In 1999, DiFranco enrolled in the Lutheran Theological Seminary in Mt. Airy. She later was ordained in order to work towards equality in the church. In January, 2002, news of the Boston Catholic priest sex scandal dominated news media outlets. In June, 2002, the "Danube Seven," seven women, were ordained on the Danube River by the Roman Catholic Womenpriests. The following year, the Vatican excommunicated the women.
DiFranco wants the Catholic Church to expand its thinking and to reflect the times. Numerous other Christian churches and other religions support the ordination of women. In ancient Greece, priestesses served as oracles at many sacred sites, such as the Oracle of Delphi. In 1981 the first American women became ordained in the Tibetan monk tradition.
DiFranco, a woman with a sense of humor, said the letter she received from Cardinal Rigali "was really funny." Last year she had open heart surgery and decided if she died, Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind" and "If I Had a Hammer," by Peter, Paul, and Mary, would be sung at her funeral.
She suggests that if there were women priests, perhaps there would be more widespread respect for women. Perhaps domestic abuse would decrease. As for the church's dealings with sexual issues, "It's clearly not their purview," DiFranco said.
The Catholic Church is an institution where a majority of men who have never experienced marriage advise those who have. That type of perspective is considered a voice of no experience by DiFranco.
"As long as they [the traditional Catholic church and the Vatican] minimize our experience, nothing is going to change," said DiFranco. "I'm just waiting for Pope Francis to call me up."
For more information about the Community of Saint Mary Magdalene, visit marymagdalenecommunity.org. For more information about Roman Catholic Womenpriests, visit romancatholicwomenpriests.org.


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Motivation Monday - Synchronicity What?
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I completely agree! I haven't appreciated some of the information that I had because it wasn't sourced, but now that I have made connections in other areas I can see the names on the pages in my files are hints and clues to where I need to go next. I'm so excited to watch your journey through this!ReplyDelete
Yes! It happens all the time. A document doesn't seem to have any relevant information but them a few years pr months down the road I reread and discover tons of valuable clues and even answers to old questions.ReplyDelete
Laura, your main point is well taken. However, I've been tempted to follow the side trail you've tantailizingly laid out and am fascinated by the treasure trove of family papers you mentioned. What a fantastic find!ReplyDelete
I recently came across a stash of family documents, some of them 125 years old and ready to crumble at the merest mishandling. While I'm ecstatic at the privilege of being able to access such treasures, I'm quite concerned about how to best preserve these items so others in my family's future may also see these documents intact.
With your knowledge in the area of archiving, any blog posts you write with suggestions on how to preserve such discoveries would be much appreciated!
Jacqi, if you have an immediate concern about the docs, please send me an email (email@example.com) and I'll be happy to make some simple suggestions for you. I'm putting the finishing touches on a presentation I'll be doing next month at the Messenger Public Library on this very topic!ReplyDelete
How wonderful to have all those documents...and be able to make sense and apply an organization to them! Will you be sharing the presentation to the library on your blog? My Aunt has an old family bible that somebody wrapped with plastic wrap held on with stick pins! How sad is that? I'm sure they thought they were protecting it. :(ReplyDelete
I started in 1996 also. I happened to call the owner of my 3rd great-uncle's plantation and discovered he was having a festival on the grounds in six weeks. I turned out to be the only person there who carried the family name. As an interloper, I kept a low profile among the period dress and speechifying about the family.ReplyDelete
Synchronicity is a tremendous factor in my life. It happens so much my hair doesn't bother to stand on end any more. It did in 1996, though!
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The first three images are from a brochure depicting the 1952 or 1953 model 12 passenger Snowmobile, the fourth is from a maintenance manual & spare part catalogue.
"Joseph-Armand Bombardier was a mechanic who dreamed of building a vehicle that could "float on snow". In 1937 he designed and produced his first snowmobile in his small repair shop in Valcourt, Quebec.
Bombardier's technological breakthrough in the design of bush vehicles came in the mid-1930s when he developed a drive system that revolutionized travel in snow and swampy conditions. In 1937 Bombardier sold 12 snowmobiles—named the B7 and, in 1942, created l'Auto-Neige Bombardier Limitée company."
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Oct. 23, 2009
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - This season the UC Santa Barbara women's swim team is looking to capture another Big West Conference title for the fifth consecutive year. The Gauchos and their coaching staff hope to continue to build upon their sterling reputation with many strong competitors returning as well as the addition of several promising young freshmen.
The Gauchos will get their first test of the season this Saturday when they host UCLA and Oregon State in a triple dual meet at Campus Pool.
The Gauchos are hoping to once again be a threat in relays this season, which have been a major strength for the team in the past years.
Last year, UCSB placed 19th in the 400 medley relay and took 17th in the 200 medley relay at the NCAA Division I Swimming and Diving Championships. The free relays were also strong, breaking the Big West Conference and UCSB records in both the 200 and 400 free relays.
With a strong freshman class of freestylers including Emma Hunt and Emily Adamczyk, the free relays will be stacked once again.
The Gauchos will not be as confident as they were last season in the breaststroke events with the loss of their All-American and World University Games swimmer, Katy Freeman. This season, UCSB will be relying on senior Carri Cook to pick up where Freeman left off. Cook placed 10th in the 200 breaststroke and 12th in the 100 breaststroke at the Big West Championships in 2009.
UCSB's strongest stroke this season will definitely be the freestyle. The women will be under the leadership of captain Anne Marie May, an Academic All-American in 2009. May placed 15th in the 50 free at the 2009 NCAA Championships and was an All-American after taking third in the same event in 2008. The UCSB 50 free record-holder also competed in the 2008 Olympic Trials where she placed 14th in the 50-meter freestyle.
Returnee and senior, Naomi Javanifard will be the top competitor for the Gauchos in both the backstroke and butterfly events. Javanifard, an Academic All-American, competed in the 2009 NCAA Championships in the 100 backstroke and the 200 and 400 medley relays. Javanifard will have help from teammate senior Katie Ure, who placed second in the 200 butterfly, third in the 200 backstroke and seventh in the 200 IM at the 2009 Big West Championships.
Preseason Predictions
UCSB is getting ready to host its sixth consecutive tri-meet against UCLA and Oregon State this Saturday with hopes of shining even though the competition looks tough.
The win this weekend will not be easy against UCLA, who, according to coach Gregg Wilson, "has tremendous depth on their team."
UCLA has won all the previous meets between the teams and OSU's strong coaching staff headed by Larry Leibowitz, has propelled the Beavers to be top contenders in the Pac-10 this year.
Looking to help the Gauchos this weekend will be their stacked lineup of freshmen.
Wilson said he is going to have to rely on his freshmen more than before this season, but strong performances Adamczyk, Katie Tomkinson and Hunt could bring in big points for the Gauchos.
This weekend's tri-meet is not only going to be an important meet for the new swimmers, but the veterans will also need to step up.
"We are going to rely on Anne Marie May and Jessica Schwalb, our captains, to be strong their events as well," said coach Wilson.
The last two years have been very close meets between the three teams and this Saturday's meet is anticipated to be another hard fought competition. The 2009-10 swim season will commence at high noon at UCSB's own Campus Pool.
UCSB Athletics has a new weekly radio show called Talk'n Gauchos which airs every Tuesday from 6-7 p.m. on AM 1490 KIST. The show is broadcast live from State & A Bar and Grill, located on the corner of State Street and Anapamu Street in Santa Barbara. Fans are encouraged to attend the show for free gear and ticket giveaways or to even e-mail a question in to one of the guests and have it read live over the air. The show also airs live online via audio streaming and fans can click here to check out the entire lineup of live audio streaming online.


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Life Span: Older Adulthood/Seniors (From Ages 60 to 75)
Nancy P. Kropf
Although the terms older adult and senior citizen are commonly defined as individuals 60 years and above, later adulthood contains various life-course phases and developmental periods. The "young-old," defined as individuals in the age range of 60–75 years, often experience various health, social, and economic transitions. Both the individual and family systems must negotiate some of the concomitant changes that accompany the journey into later life. Therefore, this first decade of older adulthood is one that can simultaneously be enjoyable, exciting, demanding, and stressful for aging persons and their family.


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Los Feliz-based women's clothing and accessories boutique Native has put its mark on another Eastside neighborhood. Racked L.A. reports the store has opened its second location in Eagle Rock on Colorado Boulevard. The boho boutique's owner Michelle Helseth has been eyeing an additional location for some time now, waiting for the perfect spot. Native's new location is operates noon to 10 pm daily.
In other Shopper and Diner News:
- Brooklyn pizza mogul Paulie Giannone is looking for an Eastside outpost says, Eater LA. Paulie Gee's is partnering in select cities across the country, including Highland Park, to bring his Greenpoint pizza pies to the masses.
- From Pizza to Figs: Highland Park's shifting dining scene can now welcome Fig House to its fold. Highland Park Patch notes that Fig House is somewhat of a fine dining, party space, and catering hybrid. With Fig House owner Steve Fortunato aims to bring a full service establishment to the Eastside.
- As a nod to the holiday season, Moon Juice is making it easier to get the new year started on the right foot. Eater LA says, the juicery and raw snack shop is discounting their three day rainbow cleanse and three day rainbow cleanse package by 10% now through January 6.
- Atwater Village has said goodbye to small breakfast shop Atwater Grill, reports Eater LA. Plans for the Glendale Blvd location are currently unknown.
Marni Epstein is a freelance writer and music journalist who has also worked in both the film and digital media industries.


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John and Nannie (Biggs) Graves
His obituary is standard fare - 84 years old, prominent farmer, moved from his home in Stark county, Illinois to Madison county, Iowa, married Nannie, had children, etc. But the best part of the story isn't found in the obituary.
It was Christmas Day, 1954. John's niece, Zella and her family were on their way to her father's home for Christmas. They stopped to deliver Christmas greetings to John and Nannie. John and Nannie were not planning an early Christmas meal with their own family but were preparing to have a quiet lunch at home instead. They were both feeling well and in good health. After a short visit, Zella and her family continued on their way.
Later that afternoon while the family was opening presents, Zella took a phone call. After all the presents had been opened and "thank yous" given, she told the family that after lunch, Uncle John had laid down to take a nap and had passed away quietly in his sleep.
I can't think of a better ending to life - a nice visit with loved ones, followed by a quiet meal at home with my beloved spouse, and then simply relaxing and closing my eyes, all with a lovely white, snowy, glittery and joyous Christmas Day backdrop. A gentle drift into eternity. Rest in peace, Uncle John Graves, and thank you for a wonderful story.
Many thanks to cousin Gerald (and cousin William) for sharing not only family documents and photos, but priceless stories and memories such as these. Cousins, no matter how distant, add a richness and fullness to our mutual histories that cannot be obtained anywhere else, and are a true blessing.


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My hubby threw his back out and can barely stand up, so I am off to take our little 2 year old "fireman" trick or treating. Hope I can get some good pictures to show him!
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