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Translation Conference to highlight identity and cultural bridging
The Third Abu Dhabi Conference for Translation, which will run alongside this year's Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (ADIBF) from May 2-5, will focus on 'Identity and Cultural Bridging.'
The conference is being held under the auspices of the Kalima translation project, an initiative of Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi). It will shed light on specialised English, Spanish and Italian texts dealing with issues related to identity and cultural communication, in a workshop series tailored for young Arab translators and professionals.
Launching the programme, Dr. Ali Bin Tamim, Director of National Library Programme Management, commented: "We wanted to create a platform for translators and editors to understand the process of cultural interpretation between Arabic and other languages. Translators play a pivotal role in promoting identities and removing barriers to cultural communication and interchange. This conference will develop inter-cultural knowledge and awareness, and create an environment where translators can identify and avoid potential misinterpretation of texts.
"From our Kalima experience, we have noticed the slow pace of translation into Arabic is creating a knowledge lag in comparison with other leading world languages. Through Kalima efforts, we have been able to transfer knowledge and science from 13 languages and translate more than 700 books, but there remains a need to highlight the importance of translation to address this, especially with the increasing pace of knowledge production."
This year, the conference hosts four training workshops supervised by top academia specialised in translation. The workshops will discuss a wide range of diverse texts, and investigate the best translation methods, while maintaining language identity and relevant linguistic and cultural contexts.
Workshop supervisors are professionals who have translated works and enjoy recognition in their field. The UAE University's Prof. Said Sheyyab will oversee the Arabic to English workshop, accompanied by Dr. Mohammad Asfour from the University of Philadelphia who will supervise the corresponding English to Arabic workshop. Arabic to Italian will be moderated by Dr. Azzedine Enayah from Roma University with Dr. Zeinab Beniayah, an accredited translator with the Ministry of Justice in Spain taking the lead of the Arabic to Spanish workshop.
In total, 20 young translators from different Arab countries will take part in the workshops, having been selected by the Organising Committee after completing their applications via the Kalima website.
Eligibility was limited to participants between 28-45 years old with translation experience of not less than five years, and selected from graduates from the faculties of arts, translation and languages.
Additionally, 20 students from the UAE will attend as listeners to nurture national translation experts.
"The overwhelming response to the conference by young translators is a promising sign that encourages us to move forward with our project, which is focused on preparing and training new translators who will carry the torch of knowledge and cultural openness", added Dr. Ahmad Al-Saqqaf, Isdarat and Kalima Project Manager.
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Law students present at Stetson Showcase
Law students Lindsey Plyler Blankenbaker, Matt Newton and Heather Woods were selected to participate in the Stetson Showcase on April 15 at Stetson University in DeLand. It was the first time Stetson Law students were asked to participate in the daylong event for undergraduates, showcasing Stetson's best and brightest students presenting on a broad range of topics. (L-R): Dr. Tim Kaye, Dr. Kirsten Davis, Heather… » Read more

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Making bizarre statements in court doesn't necessarily mean a defendant is mentally unfit to stand trial, or even to act as his own lawyer. But an Orange County judge might have gotten a hint that something was off-kilter about Michael Craig Murdoch when he said the man he allegedly assaulted was not a human being but an angel.
Murdoch, 50, was accused of hitting his roommate in the head with a beer bottle on the front porch of their mobile home in Seal Beach in August 2009. Psychiatric reports concluded he was mentally ill but could control his condition with medication.
According to court records, however, Murdoch told a psychologist that even when he took his medication, it didn't stop the voices in his head. And he told a psychiatrist he had stopped taking the medication.
A judge nevertheless found him competent to stand trial, then let him act as his own lawyer.
At a pretrial hearing, Murdoch told Judge James Marion he planned to argue that his roommate and another witness in the case were from another plane of existence. "Shoulder blades are symbolic of angelic beings," Murdoch said. "These two that are going to be taking the stand do not have shoulder blades."
The judge let the trial go on, and when the roommate took the stand, Murdoch asked him only one question: "Can you shrug your shoulders like this?" The roommate shrugged, and Murdoch commented, "This isn't the man that I believe attacked me."
The jury didn't need to deliberate long before convicting him of assault, and Marion sentenced him to three years in prison.
Last week, the state's Fourth District Court of Appeal tossed out the conviction, saying the judge had ignored too many alarm bells about Murdoch's mental condition.
A judge isn't required to order a competency hearing based on "bizarre statements or actions, taken in isolation," the court said. But in this case there was more: the psychiatric reports of Murdoch's fragile mental health, and the evidence that he had stopped taking his medication.
What's more, the court said, a post-trial report disclosed that Murdoch wound up in the hospital in 2002 after using a blowtorch to burn off what he believed to be aliens crawling out of his skin.
Marion should have halted the trial and ordered a hearing into whether Murdoch understood the proceedings and was able to defend himself rationally, the court said. It overturned his conviction and sent prosecutors back to square one.
For now, Murdoch remains in prison. His appellate lawyer, Patrick Hennessey, said Murdoch had opposed the appeal but had eventually withdrawn his objections.
If he is found unfit for a retrial, Hennessey said, Murdoch will be sent to a state mental hospital until he regains his competence.


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Compensation payments to Northampton General Hospital patients totalled almost £24 million over five years, latest figures show.
The exact total was £23.9 million, which was paid between 2008 and 2013.
Payments by year (rounded) were: 2008/09 £3.7m, 2009/10 £3.1m, 2010/11 £6.6, 2011/12 £5.2m and 2012/13 £5.3m.
And the hospital's own figures also show there were 44 new clinical negligence claims, for unspecified amounts, made between April 2013 and March 2014.
NHS hospitals cannot reveal details about claims because of patient confidentiality and solicitors rarely give figures in relation their client's compensation.
However, part of the £23.9m compensation - which is paid from an insurance-type NHS scheme rather than hospital funds - is likely to have gone to Martin Balfe, whose 62-year-old wife died when surgeons failed to spot a bile leak in June 2011. It was later found this caused her organs to fail.
Meanwhile, more figures show the number of 'serious incidents' - those that staff believed had the potential to harm to a patient - reported in 2013/14 were 118 versus 76 in the previous 12 months.
The hospital said some of this was down to better reporting procedures, particularly around pressure ulcers.
Discounting these, serious incidents rose from 47 to 54 in the 12 month period.


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Twitter #Music launched as a bit of a curiosity and has since fallen into obscurity, but the service could gain some lift thanks to Apple's newly announced iTunes Radio. A station based Twitter's #Music trending algorithms will be featured as one of the presets for all to enjoy.
Unlike Apple, Twitter never intended to create an internet radio application, instead focusing on the power of its userbase to aid in curation and discovery of music. The app, which relies on services like Spotify for song playback, has lost some steam since its initial launch in April. Whether or not its inclusion in iTunes Radio will alert more tweeps to #Music is an unknown, but it's good to see Twitter doing something the service that could have so easily been forgotten.
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disclaimer: all i own is a lot of glitter and artpop, sorry friends.
for: giselle, bc it's still technically her birthday in alaska, and i love her more than ke$ha loves glitter or isayama loves making us cry.
because: happy birthday you fabulous girly you, i hope it's filled with wonder, and magic and a whole lotta love /smooches
Sakura doesn't quite know what it is about the dark eyed Slytherin that has her so enraptured. But she does know that when he catches her staring during their shared potions class, her blood boils almost as fiercely as the Draught of Living Death in her cauldron.
"Ohh, someone's got their eyes on you, Haruno." Came the familiar snark of her deskmate, and best friend, Ino. "Sod off, Piggy." The rose haired girl retorted with a counter clockwise stir of her brew. It wasn't as if he had anything better to do, everyone in their year knew the potions teacher was soft on the Uchiha boy.
"Oh look, he licked his lips, gee I bet we know who's going to be wank-" "INO!"
Sakura can easily say that her favorite part of term is the start of Quidditch season. The skies are a bright, crisp blue, the air is cold enough to bite at your nose, but not burn your lungs, and most of all, training is at it's roughest. Which was how the seventh year Gryffindor found herself running circuits around the pitch with her fellow Chaser, Tenten. "So I hear you fancy the Slytherin Seeker, then." Quipped the muscular witch, groomed brows waggling suggestively. And that, that sun drenched, sweaty moment was when Sakura knew she was going to kill Ino.
Plus, the blonde's death would mean that Sakura could move into those cute shoes she had brought back over the summer. How convenient.
"You know," Her best mate begins innocently one passing period, baby blue eyes fixed on her reflection in the grungy mirror, "I was talking with that Beater you keep around today and-" "He has a name, Ino." "Fine," the blonde huffed, perfectly glossed lips pulling into a line, "I was talking with Kiba today and, his complete lack of manners aside- which incidentally are quite diminished by the fact that-"
"Right. He said that he thinks the Uchiha boy fancies you as well."
Knapsack rummaging ground to a halt as Sakura's wide, green gaze shot up to meet Ino's in the mirror. "He, h-"
"Oh, but that's right," the blonde nodded as she slipped her wand and cosmetics back into her bag, "you don't fancy him." Breezing past the shell-socked girl, the Hogwarts heartthrob paused in the doorway, "C'mon, Potions is about to start."
"I don't fancy him." The rose girl staunchly insisted, reply muffled by the set of Quidditch robes she was trying to remove. "Alright," Tenten agreed with a shrug as she sat down to pull off her boots. "No, I really, honestly don't." A curt nod, as Sakura solidified her point, tossing her robes to the floor as emphasis. "Sure thing," the brunette said with a light glance, her pseudo-seriousness lost in her ungraceful attempt to dress.
The two Chasers ambled out of the locker room, Sakura still protesting her matters of the heart, when they were caught up by a familiar blond.
"Sakura, Tennie!" Naruto Uzumaki, captain of their team and best friend since first year, cheered as he clapped the girls' backs warmly.
"Excellent flying today, we'll have those garden snakes pissing their pants for sure tomorrow-"
"Oh," the windswept boy smirked as he cut himself off, lips pulling into a toothy grin. "Well if it isn't his Highness, the Snake Prince himself!"
Said 'Prince' shot the boy a droll stare, followed by a rude hand gesture from across the pitch, where his team had gathered around him. With a nod from their captain, the Slytherins dispersed towards the locker rooms, smirking at the Gryffindors they passed gleefully.
"Wanker," "Tosser," "Incompetent" "OI."
"Well," the dark boy sneered, eyeing the hand on Sakura's shoulder cooly. "At least I don't have to flirt with my Chasers to keep them on the team." Screeching, Naruto reached for his wand before charging at the boy, "I don't need to flirt with no-"
A light step to the side, and Sasuke was breezing past, dark eyes studying Sakura's face intently. "Whatever you say, dead last."
Cold feet dragged against the bright grass of the turf as Sakura made her way back up towards the castle, trailing behind the rest of her listless team. We lost we lost we lost we lost- racing through her head disparagingly. Where had they gone wrong? Where in their tactics, their formations, where had the damn snakes found a hole? They had just lost the first game of the season, lost it by a huge margin, lost it to Slytherin.
(Lost it to a team captained by a dark eyed boy who had smiled softly at her as she shouted expletives towards his beaters.)
Oh she could scream.
But instead she sighed and pushed her free hand through her loose hair. It was unbearable, knowing that they had let their whole house down. Even the broom in her hand, and the thought of an illicit ride wasn't enough to cheer her.
Up and ahead of her team, the silhouettes of the Slytherin team could be seen, laughs and cries floating back towards them on the wind. It was unfair. They had put so much effort into this game. Why- Her inner diatribe was cut short by the sound of footsteps approaching from behind, their confident fall beating out a tattoo against the frosted ground.
"Nice flying today," came the low rumble of her new companion. Brows furrowed, the witch turned to face the man now walking with her, blinking in surprise as one Sasuke Uchiha offered a smile. "I especially liked the part where you nearly pegged Hōzuki for his foul."
"Yeah, well, the tosser deserved it."
Silence fell, and Sakura tried her best not to (let her racing heart get the better of her) fume. But she had never really been one for holding her tongue, and so-
"Shouldn't you be up ahead with your team? You'll miss the celebration."
Dark eyes caught the moon as Sasuke watched her, lips pulling into a smirk. "Nah," he began, leaning towards her as if to tell a great secret. "I had other plans."
Suspiciously, "oh?"
"Yeah," the dark Seeker said with a boyish grin, pulling his broom around to mount it. "Care to go for a fly?"
"Where were you last night?"
"We had a pity party in Tennie's dorm, you should have been there."
"Sakura, it's not all that cold anymore, why wont you take your scarf off?"
"So, Forehead, still don't fancy him?"
"Sod off, Ino."


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Distance Learning in Postsecondary Career and Technical Education
Descriptive analysis of questionnaire responses and telephone interviews from 512 community colleges (response rate of 53.3%) sought to determine the following in relation to postsecondary CTE: (1) how prominent is distance education; (2) what are the institutional drivers and desired outcomes of distance education; (3) which institutions and students participate in distance courses and programs; and (4) what types of technologies are used to deliver distance courses. Some of the conclusions are as follows: (1) community colleges are providing CTE courses via distance learning to meet the needs of students by increasing access and convenience, but not to reduce costs; (2) lack of faculty interest and program development costs are the primary reasons for not offering CTE courses via distance learning; (3) a significant portion of community college CTE courses are offered via distance learning; (4) community colleges are offering few CTE programs that can be completed fully via distance learning; (5) enrollments in distance learning courses and programs are expected to increase; (6) distance learning CTE courses attract more working professionals, employed students, and single parents compared to on-campus classes; and (7) Internet-based courses are the most prominent form of distance learning. (Contains 28 tables, 2 figures, and 62 references.) (MO)


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Be Alarmed: The Black Americana Epic
Movement I – TheVisions (completed 2014)
Movement II – TheSeamstress
Movement III – TheDeities
Movement IV – TheSoldier
I'm currently exploring themes such as biomythography, re-memory, and magical realism which I'm using as aids in challenging my personal methods of delivering visual narrative through the use of film, sound, and sculpture. Biomythography, is a term coined by poet and author Audre Lorde in her book, Zami: A New Spelling of My Name. Biomythography is rooted in intersectional practice and encourages "toeing the line" of myth, historical references, and biography in epic narrative form. It's all about standpoint and one's personal point of view of the world in an objective and subjective space, simultaneously. With my experimental series Be Alarmed, I've created a conceptual epic film, sound, and visual art work rooted in my personal familial history, my current biography, and themes that may relate to the greater African-American experience.
My series Be Alarmed: The Black Americana Epic has given me room to place my physical self within my work both literally and figuratively. This is a series derived from my experience watching film trailers at a time in my childhood where I was not allowed to watch a great number of films due to parental censorship. During this period of time I came to see the film trailers that played before the films I had access to as the film "itself". Be Alarmed as a series will be comprised of four parts, with the first part being Movement I - The Visions and each series contains a set of trailers and scenes that will eventually function as the overall film. Except in this case there is no full linear film, just trailers, scenes, narrative objects and film stills that give insight to the overall narrative arc of the "film".
Be Alarmed is an epic film. An epic film is a genre of film that emphasizes human drama on a grand scale, is often set during a time of societal crisis, and covers a long range of time. With Be Alarmed I am deconstructing and exploring this idea alongside the format of film trailers which will include key elements of my personal familial history in America from the 1930s to present day. With each movement within the series to accompany the trailers I have also created a series of sculptures and artifacts that are situated within the narrative of the film, creating my own Black Americana in the form of sculptural objects that also serve as a form film memorabilia, outside and within the film, that aid in the telling of the overall narrative story. With each object there is an integral sentimental value embedded within these objects' due to their relationship and use within the film, therefore making them also a part of the overall films narrative. I am also taking a look at the idea and genre of an epic film and what that looks like if deconstructed to represent a larger work through the use of the shorter film sequence format.
BeAlarmed: The Black Americana Epic, Movement I - The Visions
Tiona McClodden
January 1, 2014
Be Alarmed: The Black Americana Epic
Movement I - The Visions
Tiona McClodden (solo exhibition)
Jan. 31 - March 15, 2014
Esther Klein Art Gallery - Philadelphia, PA
(group show)
On View: May 17 – June 7, 2014
Project 4 Gallery - Washington, DC
Be Alarmed: The Black Americana Epic, Movement I - The Visions
The film
Be Alarmed: The Black Americana Epic,Movement I – The Visions
, set in North Philadelphia, PA, introduces the main character, The Haint, portrayed byactress
Danielle Deadwyler
. The Haint is a spirit who that is a mute, exceptfor the few times that she speaks, which is in a "screwed" tone,otherwise she communicates through the use of film subtitles. Her primarycommunication is with The Heroine, who is portrayed by McClodden.
The Haint
embodies emotional andphysical characteristics of the maternal, paternal, and spiritual elements ofMcClodden's personal and familial history. By presenting a series of minimalisttrailers, scenes, and film press kit displays McClodden hopes to
encourage the viewer to 'fill in the blanks'in regards to the larger narrative of the idea behind the work
SCENE I: Offerings.
SCENE II:Bout' Time, Protection
SCENE III:The Hem of Her Garment.
SCENE IV:Vulnerability
Trailer I,Family Tree
Trailer II, Spirit Away
Trailer III, Steal Away
Trailer IV, Initiation
Bonus Scene,SCENE V, One year and seven days
The Third attempt 2012, The Puzzle
Box, The Legend, 2013
Sweet Brown, 2013
The Deities, 2013
The First Attempt, Wade in De Water,2013
The Second Attempt, Follow The Drinking Gourd, 2013
The Etymology of A Surname, 2013
The Haint's clothing, 2013
dem silvers, 2013
crooked ass teeth, 2012
Protection from all bad things, 2013
Portrait of my mother and father, 2013
The Etymology of A Surname, 2013
The Seamstress
: Film Poster #1 Dear Papa, Matte Digital C-Print 27 X 40in. Film Poster #2 Marvis, Matte Digital C-Print 27 X 40in. Film Poster #3 Mother, Matte Digital C-Print 27 X 40in. Film Poster # 4 Father, Matte Digital C-Print 27 X 40in. Be Alarmed The Black Americana Epic, Movement I – The Visions Presskit, Matte Digital C-Prints, 9 - 8 x 10 Film Stills, 4- 11 x 14 in. Lobby Cards


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At 10:16 AM 7/6/2004 +0100, Jeremy Carroll wrote: >... key thing is the subheading instead of reading > >"W3C Working Draft 10 June 2004" > >reads > >"W3C Editor's Draft 17 May 2004" I heartily endorse this approach. Some editors are inclined to make everything appear as close to 'final' published form as possible. However, as we generally need to edit the title section anyway when the document moves to /TR/, it's not a problem to modify the document maturity ("Editor's Draft" vs. "Working Draft" in the process. I prefer explicit clarity. >Another aspect that should read differently is the "Status of this Document". Technically that part of the document belongs to the W3C team (i.e. Ralph), hence omitting it is plausible (the QA note takes this line), although as a reviewer I prefer to have some text. The Director, Team, and Webmaster may modify the Status but the editors are strongly encouraged to make the Status section accurately reflect the version of the document as it is in the Web. It is very appropriate to describe the status of this particular editor's draft, for example. Like Jeremy, I appreciate it when the editor's of a document tell me something about what it is I'm reading. > With the OWL Test Cases I tended to have the editors drafts come out as >=== >Status of This Document > >This is an editors' draft and has no official status. The rest of this section is fictitious. No need to be fictitious. Tell it like it is. The document's maturity level is better documented as "presented to the WG for consideration as a WG Working Draft" than as "no official status". >... [[Intended status]] ... That's a helpful string to delimit text that does not yet apply but that warrants review and/or endorsement. >The reason for worrying about this is merely to avoid a misunderstanding by some member of the public, that some text that has not been approved, has a higher standing than it in fact does. not just the Public but the rest of W3C as well. (not disjoint, I realize) Thanks for raising this, Jeremy.Received on Wednesday, 7 July 2004 15:08:14 UTC
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A stranded traveler waits outside South Station on Friday in Boston. South Station was shut down and heavily guarded with police in response to the early morning shootings in Cambridge and Watertown, Mass.
The transportation lockdown in Boston began to lift Friday evening after being shut down during the day's house-to-house manhunt for the second suspect in the deadly Boston Marathon attacks.
With limited service, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority resumed all modes of transportation, except for commuter rail. Ferry service resumes Saturday.
Amtrak service between New York and Boston remains suspended indefinitely, though an announcement about Saturday service appeared to be pending, according to an Amtrak tweet. Passengers who purchased tickets choosing not to travel on Amtrak because of the service disruption can get refunds or travel vouchers.
Planes continued to takeoff and land at Boston Logan, but the airport is operating under heightened security, airport officials told NBC News.
Driving poses its own challenges: Authorities are prohibiting some street traffic and cars having to pass through police roadblocks when entering and leaving the airport. Official taxi service was suspended for several hours this morning, the Boston Police Department said, though it has since resumed.
After exiting a terminal patrolled by police officers holding assault rifles, AirTran passenger Hunter Wallace told NBC News his group skipped the line of people waiting for a taxi this morning, entered their hotel's address in their phones, and started walking toward the Hyatt Regency. After walking two miles, they still saw cars backed up on the highway waiting to take the airport exit, Wallace said.
They were eventually picked up by what he described as an early '90s Crown Victoria-type car running without a meter or badge, operating despite the ban on taxi service at that time. Their driver was a teenager who had his skateboard in the front seat. Once they arrived at their hotel, the check-in desk told them the police had said to not leave the hotel.
"We were going to go to the Red Sox game tonight but I don't know if it's going to happen, said Wallace. "We're going to be here for a while." The ball club announced later that the game was postponed.
"It's pretty weird," Manasseh Oso told NBC News from a Dunkin' Donuts at Boston Logan airport, where he and 30 other fellow Harvard pre-freshman students were stranded after Boston's T-line service shut down. The scene in Terminal E was "quiet," said Oso, with everyone "staring into their iPads and phones, glued to social media about what's going on" and trying to arrange rides from friends and family or rental car companies.
In a sign of the day's transportation confusion, despite their social media immersion, the students were still under the impression that taxis service was suspended, though the Boston Police had tweeted an hour earlier that service had been restored.
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Stranded travelers wait outside South Station on Monday.
All forms of transportation in and around Boston have been affected by the city-wide lock down. Amtrak announced it had suspended Acela Express and Northeast Regional service indefinitely in the Boston area.
Regional bus lines, such as Megabus, Greyhound, Bolt Bus, and Peter Pan bus lines have also suspended service, with customers receiving options for refunds or rebooking, according to an AP report.
Most of the airlines flying to Logan waived ticket change fees for those traveling today through Monday to Boston, and gave refunds to those with canceled flights, including AirTran, American, Delta, JetBlue, Southwest, Spirit, United and Virgin Airlines. Some also waived fare differences.
The Federal Aviation Administration shut down airspace over a Boston neighborhood Friday morning to give police a "safe environment for law-enforcement activities."
The agency issued a 3.5 nautical-mile (roughly 4 miles) radius temporary flight restriction over Watertown early Friday up to 3,000 feet. Effective immediately, no pilot may operate an aircraft in the restricted area until further notice, according to an FAA bulletin. The measure is similar to one enacted Monday following the bombing.
Friday evening the agency issued an additional 2 nautical-mile (roughly 2.3 miles) radius restriction over Boston up to 2,000 feet, also on behalf of law-enforcement activities.
The AP contributed to this report.
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- Who are the brothers accused of the Boston Marathon bombing?
- An empty metropolis: Photos show deserted streets of Boston
- What we know: Timeline of terror hunt
- 'Dedicated officer' gunned down by Boston Marathon suspects at MIT
- Slideshow: Bombings at Boston Marathon
- Boston bombing spurs Senate debate on tighter immigration screening
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Nat Z. Punx
Biography of Nat Z. Punx
well read (semi-literate) hooligan purging and celebrating a complex and chaotic life
everything else is just details.
well this has been alot of fun, but now is the time for changing modes though. when you are writing, you aren't living. i have been given a chance to do a little living. i am still going to write, but mostly in a different mode. i will be continuing my blog 'studies in gutter elegance - finer things on the skids' at http: //ohferfuksake.blog-city.com. this will document a light resto of a '77 stroked and raked glide. that is what i anticipate anyway. if you would like to contact me during this absence you can e mail me at email@example.com. i hope you enjoy this short time in my life.
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Nat Z. Punx Poems
Don'T Mctell
i'm having a problem now listening to blind willie mctell i don't want it to end don't want to hear it again
A Quick Drink In Hell
death sit at the end of the bar dressed as a dancehall slut full of danger and unknown love drools on the bar
Notion On Noah
last week the highs were in the sixties this week lows in the sixties i watch the sky tonight but i won't learn the names of the stars
Ezra Pound Escapes Me
richard hell kicks my ass and robert frost of all people nailed me yesterday i'm a convert
Judas Priest
i was listening to this man
Slip Of Faith
things get bad sometimes things get confusing sometimes so confusing a person cannot tell
When You Are Quiet Enough For Your Imagi...
certain days i really feel like writing something anything
Dog Eat Dog
angus and bon really could do it it's a lie that's the truth greek mythology
I Have Lust-
i have lust- in the mad bowl of la brea gases push through
Student Of Hell
humanity's social classrooms on the job training grooming the best of scum uncommonly common
Prayer To The Powergods
spring is in the air and somewhere there is a union electrician he's got my number
Introduction Of Rat To Koo
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The Mode Less Babbled
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Saint Peter and Saint Paul
Apostles and Martyrs
Jesus chose his closest followers very carefully. He needed people He could trust to send out his message and to continue the work when He was no longer around to lead the nascent Christian movement. The word "disciple" refers to a "learner" or "follower." The word "apostle" refers to "one who is sent out." While Jesus was on earth, the twelve were called disciples. The 12 disciples followed Jesus Christ, learned from Him, and were trained by Him. Jesus sent the disciples out (Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8) to be His witnesses. They were then referred to as the twelve apostles.
The names of the twelve apostles are:
Saint Peter
Matthew 16:18: You are Peter; and upon this rock I will build my (chair) church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
His life is prominently featured in the New Testament Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles. Saint Peter was originally named "Simon, son of Jonah". His mother is nowhere named in Scripture. He was born in Bethsaida, a town on Lake Genesareth. The Apostle Andrew, who first brought him to Jesus, was his brother. Simon was renamed "Peter" (rock) by Jesus to indicate that Peter would be the rock-like foundation on which the Church would be built. Peter was married.
He and Andrew, both fishermen, were called by Jesus to be disciples at the same time as James and John, the sons of Zebedee. Peter's honored position comes out most clearly in two high points of Jesus' ministry, when Peter confessed Jesus to be the Christ and was told": "Upon this rock I will build my church"; and when he, together with James and John, was chosen to see the Transfiguration. After the Last Supper he, again with James and John, witnessed Jesus' agony in Gethsemane. When Jesus was betrayed, Peter drew his sword to defend him, but denied him later in the same night, as Jesus had predicted he would. After the Resurrection, Jesus appeared by the Sea of Galilee and charged Peter to "feed my sheep".
Saint Peter suffered martyrdom under Nero. He was crucified in the year 64 with his head downward, because he claimed he was not worthy to die in the same manner as Christ. His body is buried on the hill of the Vatican where recent excavations have revealed his tomb on the site of the basilica of Saint Peter's. He is traditionally regarded as the first bishop of Rome.
Saint Paul
The second important founder of Christianity is Paul of Tarsus, originally Saul of Tarsus, also called the 13th apostle. Saint Paul was born about the same time as Our Lord. He called himself the Apostle to the Gentiles. Paul did not know Jesus in life but was converted by a miraculous event known as the Road to Damascus. Saul, the Jew, hated and persecuted Christians as heretical, even assisting at the stoning of Saint Stephen the Martyr.
On his way to Damascus to arrest another group of them, the most famous conversion in the history of Christianity took place. Saul was knocked to the ground. A heavenly light shone down suddenly from heaven, encompassing Saul. He heard Jesus Christ's voice, "Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou Me?" This man, who hated Christ and all Christians, capitulated in the front of the living God. Then Jesus told him to go into Damascus, and there he would be told what to do. Paul became blind and did not eat or drink for three days. In Damascus, the Lord sent a disciple called Ananias to him, who restored his vision, filled him with the Holy Spirit and baptized him.
After he was baptized, he changed his name to Paul to reflect his new persona, and began travelling and preaching about Jesus in the synagogues in Damascus. The Jews wanted to kill him, but he escaped with the help of some Christians who lowered him in a basket from the top of the city wall. He spread Christianity. Many Christians view him as an important interpreter of the teachings of Jesus. He is considered by many Christians to be the most important disciple of Jesus, and next to Jesus, the most important figure in the development of Christianity. Three years after his conversion, Paul journeyed to Jerusalem to meet with Peter and stayed with him for fifteen days.
The apostle Paul was executed in Rome during the persecution of the emperor and madman, Nero. Nero's persecution of Christians lasted for four years, from 64 to 68AD. It was also during this persecution that the apostle Peter was executed. As a Roman citizen entitled to a quick death, Paul was beheaded with a sword near Rome, possibly on this day, June 29, 67. Paul was the most notable of the earliest Christian missionaries, together with the disciple St. Peter. His body was interred with Saint Peter's in the the catacombs, "ad Catacumbas". Via Appia, where it remained until moved by Lucina and Pope Cornelius into the crypts of Lucina.
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Perinatal nurses provide health care services to women during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. They comfort, educate, and treat pregnant women.
Perinatal nurse practitioners (NPs) and perinatal clinical nurse specialists (CNSs Duties:
-prepare patients for diagnostic tests
– guide them through labor
-conducts physical examinations at scheduled interviews during a patient's pregnancy
-address the physical and emotional issues that may arise before and after a child is born
-provide expert assistance to physicians to preserve the well-being of babies and mothers
-attend actual deliveries to comfort mothers and assist obstetricians.
– educate families after babies are born
Perinatal nurses work in many different health-care settings, including obstetrics wings of hospitals, birth centers, and public health clinics. Most nurses choose to work at general hospitals and birth centers, though some professionals join private practices.
Perinatal nurses practitioners and CNSs must hold a Master's Degree in Nursing (MSN) and a post-master's certificate in their specialty. Passing that certification exam can translate into greater career opportunities and increased salary potential. After meeting educational requirements, new nurses often begin their careers as assistants to established perinatal professionals who provide guidance and practical training. Perinatal CNSs and perinatal nurse practitioners may practice independently, or work for a health care facility.
Perinatal clinical nurse specialists earn a median annual salary of $80,645. The median salary for nurse practitioners is $82,790.


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Today the City of Pompano Beach will have a ceremony (7:00 pm – 10:00 pm) to officially open its first parking garage to the public. The Pier Parking Garage is close to the beach on the lot where the old library and fire station used to be be (near NE 3rd Street.)
Fish Sculptures in Pompano Beach
Painted Pompano
"The Painted Pompano series is Pompano Beach's first large public art installation. The project consists of 12 five foot tall fish sculptures which are being placed at various locations throughout the City. Each of the Painted Pompano sculptures has been individualized by artists in a variety of styles and finishes…" (SOURCE: City of Pompano Beach)
I photographed these sculptures today while visiting the Pompano Beach Library near A1A.
Bleak Morning on Hollywood Beach
Passing Through Margate
Memorial Fitness Zone at Brian Piccolo Park
Facelift for Brian Piccolo Park Office
The View from Riverwalk Park
Riverwalk Fort Lauderdale is the organization that manages Riverwalk Linear Park. The park runs along the New River in Fort Lauderdale and offers spactacular views of downtown Fort Lauderdale.
I stopped by the western end of the park at lunch time and came away with some decent shots. Here are a few taken near The Performing Arts Centre.
All Aboard Florida Fort Lauderdale
The Quiet Part of Hollywood Beach
The population of South Florida has grown to 6 million recently and many locals have seen and felt the effects. The roads are more congested and access to popular attractions is more difficult.
Surprisingly many parks in Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade are fairly quiet on weekdays. Hollywood North Beach Park at A1A and Sheridan Street is worth a visit if you have never been there. Just a few steps east of the park is Hollywood Beach. This part of Hollywood Beach is considered the "quiet end" by many because it does not get the traffic that is seen near the beach at Johnson Street. I like visiting early in the mornings or late in the afternoons. Stop by when you can.
Tower View at Anne Kolb Nature Center
Today was the day I was waiting for for weeks. It was a sunny and cool December day with few clouds in sight.
I was on A1A in Hollywood when I decided to stop by Anne Kolb Nature Center to get some photos from the observation tower. The view from about 70 feet up is spectacular on a clear sunny day. Here are some of the photos I took today while at Anne Kolb Nature Center.


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By Austin Laymance
1984: Beating the Doctor
The NBA introduced the dunk contest to its All-Star Game in Denver, with Phoenix's Larry Nance Jr. outlasting Julius Erving for the title. Erving, who won the ABA's inaugural dunk contest in 1976, took off from the foul line for one of the most memorable dunks in the event's history. Still, Nance earned a higher overall score to become the West's only winner during the first eight years of the contest.
1988: Home cooking
In front of his hometown fans in Chicago, Michael Jordan triumphed over Dominique Wilkins to win the dunk contest in back-to-back years. Jordan and Wilkins combined for five perfect scores out of 16 dunks, including four of their final six attempts. Jason Richardson and Nate Robinson would later join Jordan as the only back-to-back winners in contest history.
1991: When a dunk isn't enough
The dunk contest changed its course forever in Charlotte, N.C., as Dee Brown introduced props and gimmicks to the event for the first time. Brown's antics included "pumping up" his black Reeboks before a dunk, shielding his eyes with his right arm for a lefthanded slam and dunking two balls at once. In later years, competitors would utilize props ranging from cars to cupcakes to cardboard cutouts of other contestants.
2000: Return engagement
After a two-year absence from the dunk contest, Vince Carter brought the event back to its former glory with arguably the best all-around performance in event history. Carter shoved his forearm through the hoop on his most iconic dunk of the night, while adding a 360 windmill and a between-the-legs slam on a lob from cousin and Toronto teammate Tracy McGrady. That evening in Oakland, Calif., Carter became a household name.
2009: A giant leap
Listed at 5-9, Nate Robinson jumped over the 6-11 Dwight Howard and into the hearts of fans, who voted the Knicks guard the champion in Phoenix. With a neon green New York jersey and matching shoes, Robinson dunked over Howard and his Superman persona to become "krypto-Nate." The diminutive guard retained the title the following year in Dallas to become the dunk contest's only three-time winner.


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It's a little shocking that it took this long for Denver to get its own, real-deal beer garden in the brand-new Lowry Beer Garden. Beer and being outdoors are like bread and butter around these parts.
There are bars with gardenlike drinking areas — the tree-filled back patio at My Brother's Bar springs to mind — but the LBG does it in traditional German style. With a few modern twists, of course.
Most of the garden's seating is outside at long, blond-wood picnic tables, as it should be. Walk through the entrance arch and pick a seat — it's all first come, first served. Behind the main seating area is a smaller, sheltered spot with heat lamps and huge flat-screen TVs. A couple of pingpong tables and a shelf of board games provide extra amusement. (All the comforts of home.)
Servers take drink orders, or guests can hit up the bar in the back. There's no pressure; the wait staff seems fine with either delivery method.
The beer list is diverse but easily navigable. Sixteen beers, mostly from Colorado, make up the tap selection. Nearly twice as many brews are available by the bottle, too. Somewhat strangely, there are few German beers listed, and none of the beers are available by the liter. How are we supposed to link arms and sing with strangers without overflowing beer steins? But then, this is a beer garden in Denver, not the Hofbrauhaus in Munich.
Wine drinkers and liquor lovers shouldn't fret — both styles of booze are on offer, too. Just don't expect the same variety of choices, or an extensive list of intricate cocktails. The LBG likes to keep things simple.
The garden's hearty chow pairs well with a drinking session: burgers, sausages and, of course, fresh pretzels. A counter at the back takes orders and notifies diners when their food's ready via text message. It's nifty, and extremely efficient.
Lowry Beer Garden is one of the first businesses to set up shop in the neighborhood's Hangar 2 development. The garden sits on the southeast edge of the massive airplane hangar, a remnant of Lowry's past life as an Air Force base. It's a tricky spot: If the temperature's not ideal later in the day, it can get chilly as the sun goes down. Still, the shade will be very welcome on scorching summer days.
It'll be interesting to see how the garden deals with the colder months to come. For now, though, with a Colorado summer just warming up, life in the garden is very nearly perfect.
THE TIP: Lowry Beer Garden is set back a bit from the neighborhood's main drags. Aim your car at the gigantic Hangar No. 2, then look for the Air Force bomber outside the Wings Over the Rockies Museum — the Lowry Beer Garden's practically under its wings.
LOWRY BEER GARDEN. A German-style outdoor-drinking oasis in the Lowry neighborhood, it's open 11 a.m. to midnight daily. Happy hours: 3-6 p.m. Monday-Friday; $1 off beers and wines, $3 well cocktails. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; $3 micheladas, Bloody Marys, mimosas and "beer-mosas." 7577 E. Academy Blvd.; 303-366-0114; lowrybeergarden.com


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GOP Fervor for McDonnell Mounts as Election Nears
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Virginia Republicans are heading into the homestretch of a campaign season with a level of enthusiasm unparalleled in recent years as gubernatorial hopeful Robert F. McDonnell surges ahead in the polls and gives hope to a party that has experienced a series of demoralizing defeats over the past decade.
McDonnell led his Democratic opponent, R. Creigh Deeds, by a significant margin in a Washington Post poll this week. But his supporters are also expressing a high level of excitement, a factor that could be key in motivating voters on Election Day.
In the poll, 41 percent of Republican McDonnell backers said they were very enthusiastic about his candidacy, compared with 21 percent of Democratic Deeds supporters about his candidacy.
Democrats have struggled this year to recapture a measure of the excitement that was pervasive last fall, when flocks of supporters helped Barack Obama become the first Democratic presidential candidate to carry Virginia in 44 years.
Only half of the poll respondents who backed Obama a year ago said they are certain to vote next month, compared with the two-thirds of voters who backed Republican John McCain.
The enthusiasm gap has been evident at county fairs, back-to-school nights and other spots in Northern Virginia that typically overflow with campaign volunteers. McDonnell backers were quicker to blanket highway median strips with signs.
In Fairfax County, a community that has solidly backed Democratic candidates in recent years, more than 300 activists attended a recent GOP breakfast pep rally -- triple the number at a similar event last year, and so many that the pancakes ran out.
"I think it would be fair to say that the Republicans are feeling the urgency of the campaign far more than Democrats have been," said C. Richard Cranwell, chairman of the Democratic Party of Virginia. "But I think as the election approaches, more and more Democrats are engaging and focusing on the race. I think between now and Election Day, the enthusiasm gap will close."
GOP leaders say the energy in their ranks stems in part from a hunger to reverse the trend that has favored Democratic candidates and sent the state and the country down what they see as the wrong path. Once a solidly Republican state, Virginia has two Democratic U.S. senators, a Democratic state Senate and a Democratic governor.
GOP leaders also credit McDonnell, whose pragmatic focus has made inroads among moderates and independents. Brian W. Schoeneman, 32, who attended the GOP breakfast rally, said he has gravitated toward the former state attorney general because he had moved away from the extreme conservative views outlined in a widely publicized 1989 graduate school thesis.
"I think our candidates are waking up and realize that's not what's going to win elections," Schoeneman said. McDonnell, he said, "had that background, but in this campaign, he's talking about policies. He's talking about transportation. He's talking about education. He's talking about the things that matter to me as a moderate."
The shift in energy has been particularly dramatic in light of last year's history-making presidential campaign. Republicans and Democrats say that George W. Bush's absence from the White House has robbed the Democrats of a motivating force. They also say Deeds and most candidates lack Obama's charisma.
Bernard Hill, 71, of Ashburn said he has diligently voted for most of his life but never felt inspired to become politically active until Obama came along. He has done some volunteer work for Deeds, but he said he does not expect to become as absorbed in the state senator's campaign as he was in Obama's. "He is our Democratic choice, and I have to back him," Hill said.
Mitch Stewart, director of Organizing for America, a Democratic National Committee offshoot that grew out of Obama's campaign, said it is unfair to compare last year's "once-in-a-generation" campaign with this year's Virginia gubernatorial race.
The group spent much of the summer devoted to Obama's health-care agenda but has recently stepped up its efforts for Deeds. This week, Stewart e-mailed about 500,000 Obama supporters to urge them to back Deeds.
The attempt to galvanize Obama supporters has been complicated by Deeds's uneasy relationship with the president. A key part of Deeds's strategy is to appeal to voters in rural Virginia where Obama's endorsement of the Democratic nominee could be a liability, but Obama remains popular in Northern Virginia.
On Friday, Deeds (D-Bath) signaled that he plans to continue an aggressive push in rural Virginia, where polls have shown him trailing badly and with no momentum. His campaign released ads Friday airing in southwestern and Southside Virginia that say he is "from here, for here."
Strong support in Northern Virginia will be crucial if Deeds is to win Nov. 3. He began airing ads Thursday about transportation in Northern Virginia, and his campaign quickly released a statement reacting to the news that Obama had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
"I join the Nobel Committee in standing by President Obama as he continues to spread his message of hope throughout the world," he said.
McDonnell has highlighted the few views he shares in common with Obama, notably his support of charter schools. He also congratulated the president Friday.
"I'm delighted to see the president of the United States bring honor to our country by receiving the Nobel Peace Prize," he said in a conference call with reporters.
Staff writer Rosalind S. Helderman and staff polling director Jon Cohen contributed to this report.


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The Alaska State Chamber of Commerce kicked off its 51st Annual Fall Conference and Business Trade Show on Monday with a series of workshops designed to show Alaska businesses what various organizations can do for them.
Representatives from chambers of commerce from across the state, plus some independent businesspeople, turned up for a chance to gain some insider insight.
"We're thrilled to be the host city this year," said the Juneau Chamber's chief executive officer, Cathie Roemmich. "Any community is very fortunate when the conference is in town."
The annual conference rotates between Alaska cities each year. It was last here in 2004.
Roemmich said the conference can bring in around 200 people from all over the state.
Chamber members from Juneau, Anchorage, Fairbanks, Seward, Sitka, Palmer, Wasilla and others showed up to learn about chamber member satisfaction and development.
Jim Durland, president of Chamber Max in Seattle, gave a lecture about helping chambers nationwide cater their programs to fit the needs of their members. He said this was important in teaching Alaska's chambers about both obtaining and retaining members.
"A chambers is the collective voice of business and a way to promote and generate more business," he said. As such, he focuses on telling the ones here about how to be the voice of businesses that don't have time to represent themselves. He also talked about gauging member satisfaction, effective communication and enhancing member value.
"Chambers are probably the most vital business organization helping businesses succeed and are comprised of some of the leading business owners from their individual cities from small business to big business," he said.
Other workshops addressed various topics for local business owners, including marketing strategies, financing, social media and government affairs.
Both small and large organizations had a presence in these workshops. Nelida Irvine, a lender relations specialist, represented the U.S. Small Business Administration. She was there to provide information to business leaders on the SBA's role in helping to access capital, government contracting programs and counseling and mentoring services.
She said SBA helped secure 139 loans in Alaska last year that totaled more than $29 million.
Another presenter was Richard Wolk, who teaches marketing and entrepreneurship at University of Alaska Southeast. He presented his participatory action research called Green Gazelles, where Alaska entrepreneurs can work on increasing their hiring numbers and becoming more environmentally positive.
He said the research also concentrates on using social media to determine who would be the best opinion leaders for different segments in individual markets.
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I just finished John Dewey's Education and Experience. Dewey's main argument, as I understand it, is that education should be based in the life experiences of students. Educators should understand students' current life experiences and facilitate opportunities for building on these experiences. These opportunities should be cooperatively created and, indeed, facilitated by the educator, not imposed by him or her. Rather than expecting students to adhere to a rigid set of externally-imposed guidelines, these cooperatively-created opportunities should enable exploratory freedom within thoughtful frameworks of progressively-increasing rigor. Dewey is clear that he thinks this is a much, much more difficult way to educate than traditional education, but believes that it more closely adheres to the ideals of a democratic society than more authoritarian methods.
Several things occurred to me as I was reading this book. First, Dewey gave the address on which the book was based in 1938 – over 75 years ago. Progressive educators at the time were reacting against rigidly structured education systems that seemed to stifle the natural desires of students to learn. This can lead one to either hope or despair; one either sees hope in the enduring power of progressive thought applied to a similar contemporary confrontation, or despairs that even with the best efforts of progressive educators over three-quarters of a century very little seems to have changed. No matter which view one takes, there is no denying that the questions and conversations about how best to educate have been around for a long time and are likely not amenable to quick fixes. A good deal of hard work, presumably of the sort that Dewey prescribes, will be necessary to effect change in a very old system.
Second, the purpose of education – the why of education – is deeply embedded in this argument. What is education about for Dewey? Nothing less than the ability and desire of students to continue learning throughout their lives: "The most important attitude that can be formed is that of desire to go on learning. If impetus in this direction is weakened instead of being intensified…. the pupil is actually robbed of native capacities which otherwise would enable him to cope with the circumstances that he meets in the course of his life" (Dewey, 1938/1963, p. 48). Education should be about helping students mature to self-actualization, though I don't think Dewey actually used this phrase. Education is the dynamic interplay between exploration and educator guidance, the connections formed and nurtured in cooperative learning spaces, and the development of self-regulated and self-motivated learners.
Third, themes of connected learning run throughout this book. Most obvious is the connection between educator and student that is fundamental to Dewey's conception of cooperative creation of meaningful experience-building activities. Educators need to know enough about their students, to understand their students well enough, and presumably to care about their students enough to facilitate these experiences. Connection among students in a class is also part and parcel of Dewey's philosophy, with the cooperative aspect taking center stage in activity formation. Perhaps most importantly from Dewey's perspective is the connection of new educational experiences to prior student experiences and the opportunities created for students by these connections. Thus, even in an age that predated most forms of electronic communication, Dewey believed connected experiences to be at the core of good educational practice.
Which leads us back here, to 2014, to ask ourselves what lessons we might take from Dewey's eloquent statement of education's purpose. One might argue that the ability to connect has expanded significantly since Dewey's day, especially with the advent of the internet. Very good – but what does this mean? Are we getting better at working cooperatively with our students to foster learning experiences that build on their prior experiences? We might be getting better at quantifying the prior experiences of our students – if proponents of "big data" are to be believed – but are we putting this toward the creation of meaningful experiences? Are we providing students the freedom to co-create their own learning experiences on the way to self-actualization? Or are we still rigidly defending curricula to be mastered in an order and logic that we (or, perhaps worse, textbook publishers) decide is correct, without input from our students or reflections on their past experiences? In short, are we any closer to achieving the goals for which Dewey advocates because of our greater ability to connect today?
Reference: Dewey, John. (1963) Education and experience. New York: Collier Books. (Original work published 1938)


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Good day! Wednesday was a choppy day for the market. The indices continued to react to the daily resistance from the zone of the 100-day moving averages that I targeted last week, but volume has been light and the intraday action was more volatile than usual. Even though the technical biases held throughout the session, reacting well to support and resistance levels, changes in momentum, etc., the indices experienced a lot of overlap in price from one bar to the next on a five minute time frame. This lasted into the closing bell and tends to make things more difficult for traders because the overlap makes it easier to get flushed out of a trade and it increases the stop size compared to the reward, thereby lowering the overall reward one could expect compared to a typical session.
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The session's data on Wednesday did not provide the bulls any encouragement. Durable goods orders fell 1% in June. Economists had anticipated an increase of 1%. In May they had fallen 0.8%. "Durable goods" are those that are expected to last at least 3 years. In additional economic news, the Fed's beige book showed a modest improvement in the economic recovery with economic activity holding steady or improving in 10 out of the country's 12 districts. Despite the improvement, the Federal Reserve suggested that the economic recovery is starting to soften. This is not something the bulls prefer to hear.
Company data did not improve things either. Boeing (BA) was the largest drag on the Dow. it fell 1.89% after reporting a quarterly decline in profits and a disappointing outlook. Alcoa (AA) also had a difficult session, falling 1.52% after also restating a negative outlook. Moody's lowered outlook on Bank of America (BAC) and Wells Fargo (WFC) pulled down the financials.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DJI) fell 39.81 points, or 0.38%, and closed at 10,497.88 on Wednesday. 9 of the Dow's index components posted a gain on the day. The top performers were Verizon (VZ) (+1.12%), Caterpillar (CAT) (+0.78%), Cisco (CSCO) (+0.39%), and Chevron (CVX) (+0.35%). The top losers were Boeing (BA) (-1.89%), Pfizer (PFE) (-1.77%), Home Depot (HD) (-1.75%), Alcoa (AA) (-1.52%).
The S&P 500 ($SPX) fell 7.71 points, or 0.69%, and closed at 1,106.13. Wyndham Worldwide (WYN) (+8.04%), CB Richard Ellis Group (CBG) (+7.59%), CH Robinson Worldwide (CHRW) (+6.00%), and Waters Corp. (WAT) (+4.65%) were the top S&P 500 performers, while Eastman Kodak (EK) (-15.21%), International Game Tech. (IGT) (-10.06%), Cephalon Inc. (CEPH) (-8.39%), and New York Times (NYT) (-7.89%) posted the largest losses.
Nasdaq Composite
The Nasdaq Composite ($COMPX) ended the session lower by 23.69 points, or 1.04%, and it closed at 2,264.56. Illumina Inc. (ILMN) (+6.76%), CH Robinson (CHRW) (+6.00%), Research In Motion (RIMM) (+4.19%), and Virgin Media (VMED) (+3.59%) were the top gainers in the Nasdaq-100. The worst were Cephalon (CEPH) (-8.39%), Hologic Inc. (HOLX) (-6.52%), Marvell Tech. (MRVL) (-3.58%), and Teva Pharmaceutical (TEVA) (-3.33%).
Stocks to watch on Thursday include Visa (V), which beat earnings estimates, and Apache Corp. (APA), which announced that it will be buying oil and gas fields in the U.S., Canada, and Egypt from BP. The government will also be releasing its latest jobless claims data on Thursday, so keep an eye on this early-morning report to cause some initial morning momentum. Other earnings stocks that trade well intraday for strong follow through with the smallest stop size are AKAM, CEPH, BDX, WLL, CRS, WYNN, LIFE,
My overall bias into Thursday is not much different than on Tuesday. We are seeing the greater day-to-day overlap that I wrote about heading into the resistance zone.We can easily continue to see this slowdown and rounding off at highs as the indices continue to test the daily resistance zone of the 100 and 200 day moving averages.
Note: Unless otherwise stated, the index action described in this article relates to the E-mini futures contracts for the respective indices. Actual index action may differ slightly in terms of pattern formation, although the market bias will remain the same.
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I am happy to say I completed my first river race yesterday and it was a real challenge. My friend Scott was also doing it for the first time and we finished under three hours but it was a pretty demanding event. There was no slacking and I felt like I'd run a marathon after I had finished. The biggest difficulty was getting water out of the boat. We had to stop three times to turn the boat over. The difference in performance without the water was very considerable. There were some really nice stretches on the river where I felt I was a long way from civilization.
I am told that the water was exceptionally low this year due to the fact that someone pulled out the boards retaining the water and spilling a great deal on Saturday. That was a mean spirited act considering this is such a wonderful community event. It was particularly nice to see boats with parent/child teams- except when they were passing me! I would like to thank the people who worked so hard to put this thing together. Everything is becoming so corporate nowadays and it is so refreshing to see something as real as the boat race continue to prosper.


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The National Security Guard, which is engaged in a gun battle with the terrorists at Taj Hotel in Mumbai, said all but one terrorists were killed in the encounter and hoped to wrap up the flush-out operation at the Trident-Oberoi hotel and Nariman House very soon.
"There is one terrorist in the Taj Hotel. He has been injured and I think we will be able to mop up the operation there very quickly," Director General of NSG J K Dutt said.
He said the injured terrorist has not yet been captured but "we will be able to do so soon".
Dutt said two terrorists are holed up on the 8th floor of the Trident Hotel.
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From Bloomberg:
Hewlett-Packard Co. said it is suing former Chief Executive Officer Mark Hurd, who was hired by Oracle Corp. as a president.
"Mark Hurd agreed to and signed agreements designed to protect HP's trade secrets and confidential information," HP spokesman Hani Durzy said in an interview. "HP intends to enforce those agreements."
HP also followed up with a blog post, noting an excerpt from its court filing:
"Despite being paid millions of dollars in cash, stock and stock options in exchange for Hurd's agreements to protect HP's trade secrets and confidential information during his employment and following his departure from his positions at HP as Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and President, HP is informed and believes and thereon alleges that Hurd has put HP's most valuable trade secrets and confidential information in peril.
"Hurd accepted positions with Oracle Corporation, a competitor of HP, yesterday as its President and as a member of its Board of Directors.
In his new positions, Hurd will be in a situation in which he cannot perform his duties for Oracle without necessarily using and disclosing HP's trade secrets and confidential information to others."
Full text of court filing here.
The Wall Street Journal anticipated this in its story on Hurd's hiring on Sunday:
One sticking point in Mr. Hurd's move could be the terms of his severance package from H-P. That package, which could be worth more than $35 million depending on H-P's stock price, doesn't contain a noncompete clause as those are typically difficult to enforce in California. However, Mr. Hurd did agree to a 24-month confidentiality agreement, which prevents him from disclosing sensitive information related to H-P.
"Going to work in the same industry or for a competitor would violate" that provision, said Mark Reilly, a partner at 3C Compensation Consulting Consortium in Chicago. H-P probably will ask a court to "stop him from going to work there," Mr. Reilly speculated.
Mr. Hurd's former employer would argue, "We already have paid you for the confidentiality agreement and we assume you are going to violate that," the pay consultant said. H-P also "could sue him for a lot more than they paid him" for leaving, Mr. Reilly said.
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Marathon prediction and junk mile calculator
Posted by Christof at 11:35 19 comments
Saturday, 30 January 2016
Can we calculate what might constitute a junk mile in marathon training?
|Runners often worry that they are wasting their time and effort doing slower additional miles - distance that is referred to as junk miles. But, how do we know when we are heading towards junk miles and the quantity no longer makes up for a lack of quality? What follows is a simple logical extension of a marathon performance prediction equation and how it can be used to calculate when it is not worth running an additional mile - just how slow does it need to be before it is junk?
Posted by Christof at 23:38 1 comments
Friday, 29 January 2016
What makes you a faster runner - pace or distance?
|Before I show what actually happens if one trains in the lands where 'dragons may lie' (long distance slow running), I thought it might be a good idea to consider what we know or think we know about those lands. Common phrases suggest that running high mileage at slow pace is not a useful strategy for a performance runner - Running slowly makes for a slow runner - Junk miles - Quality not quantity - Race pace training - Tempo running is a key session - He's a plodder - No pain, no gain!
However, we also know that elite runners engage in high mileage - or at least relatively high mileage - compared to most club runners. So, what does that training space look like when plotted on a graph?
Posted by Christof at 17:41 6 comments
Thursday, 28 January 2016
Filling the training parameter space
|The marathon prediction equation produced by Tanda (2011) did not look at the performance of any sub-elite runners, his fastest was 2:47. In this post I have added in some data from a few faster runners - the results are surprising.
Posted by Christof at 17:20 0 comments
Tanda (2011) - A viewpoint
Giovanni Tanda (2011) looked at the marathon performance of 22 runners who had run a total of 46 marathons (over a 5 year period) at near flat-pace race effort (halfway splits <±4 min) - i.e. near optimal aerobically limited efforts. He looked for correlations between marathon performance time and the following elements of the training diary (warm-ups and recoveries were included):
Posted by Christof at 11:12 0 comments
Wednesday, 20 January 2016
Predicting marathon performance from training data
|Those who train for a marathon following a pre-prepared plan, of which there are many available, should have a reasonable expectation of achieving their goal: a 3:15 marathon plan should get you a 3:15 marathon time if you execute both the plan and the race appropriately. Unfortunately runners train in the 'real-world' where sessions get skipped and targets missed. The effect of failing to precisely execute 'The Plan' is hard to predict. Can missing one day/week really have a measurable effect? The lack of predictability presents a serious problem to many runners and can lead to injury as they attempt to make-up for missed sessions or bonk badly in the race by failing to scale back their speed to match their lack of diligence in training.
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text: If you missed last night's special "Brandon's Buzz" with Michael Fairman, you can hear the show in it entirety below. The special 2 hour episode featured discussions and insight into soap opera's hottest topics: from Crystal Chappell's signing with "DAYS" and the end of Otalia, to "AMC's" Stuart Chandler murdery mystery, to the just announced gay storyline between Fish and Kyle on "OLTL's" and the departure this week of the amazing Kathy Brier. Also, the SORASing of "GH's" Michael and Kristina. and the return of Martha Bryne. Brandon and Michael also took on "Y&R's" sensatonal storylines involving Mary Jane Benson and Adam Newman.


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Pre Rovers: Fat Sam Allardyce
Having been unceremoniously dumped by Newcastle after only 8 months, Sam Allardyce has backed his own record at Newcastle and called for our fans to do as they please, following his previous Blyth abuse. Completely geared up for this one, Allardyce said:
"My question is - why should I get any stick? When we went to Blyth, which is just north of Newcastle, for our FA Cup tie, I was told I was going to get it, and yet I`ve never signed so many autographs and posed for so many photos. There was the odd one shouting 'you fat *******` but I get that wherever I go!
Newcastle had 26 points when I was sacked and we were 11th. There seems to be a perception put about that I did a bad job - even though, in our first 10 games, we had the best start for a decade. If you look at Kevin`s and Joe`s records, I think mine stands up against theirs."


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When did you first discover you had breast cancer?
"In 1992, at age 47, I had discovered a lump/knot in the middle-chest area, but I had a very busy year with a daughter's graduation, so it was in June of '93 I had a mammogram done only to get a clear report. I did a follow-up the next week with a biopsy to find three tumors and hear the words 'breast cancer' for the first time in my family history.
"I now have yearly mammograms in August."
What was the first thing that went through your mind when you found out you had breast cancer?
"My first thoughts, after looking around the room at family members, were, 'These people need my support. They think I'm dying.' To help them I said, 'Let's go get some breakfast … I'm starving.'
"I think my attitude through all of my cancers — first breast cancer, then endometrial cancer and skin cancers on my lip — has been the answer to coping. I met with doctors and set up an appointment for surgery the following week and said 'lets get 'er done.'"
What was the breast cancer process like for you?
"On June 24, 1993 — my daughter's 19th birthday — I had a mastectomy and had the lymph nodes removed on my right side, followed by six months of chemo. I just took it one day at a time and was so very thankful, despite the scars, to be alive."
How did you deal with the emotional impact of your diagnosis?
"I made my motto 'Pull up your big girl panties and deal with it.' I now like to tell that to my kids and grandkids as well. I was emotional about not getting to hold my granddaughter born Sept. 29 because I was going through chemo treatments … that was very hard for me not to be there for her birth."
Did you have a support system?
"I had family and friends to stand behind me through each one of my cancers, and I am so thankful to God for each and every one of them."
What did you learn about yourself through this experience?
"It's like my husband says, 'Never underestimate the power of this woman!'
"I found that to be so true. And again, to know each day was a new day for me to cherish with such a new outlook on life. I learned to appreciate each and every day, take the good with the bad and make the best of the most difficult situations. I learned to care more about others before myself."
Many women talk about how breast cancer impacted their spiritual life. Is that a part of your story?
"I only know God has plans for us that we will not always understand. There's always a reason for everything that happens in our lives, and I feel very blessed to be alive today. God has given me this time to continue to help others who may need someone in their journey. I just pray there will be a day my kids and grandkids will not have the 'C' word to deal with."
Do you have any advice you would like to offer?
"My advice for everyone today is just like that Tim McGraw's song, 'Live Like You Were Dying.' How powerful are those words? Go get early screening done (men also), and don't put your loved ones through the route cancer will take you."
Is there anything extra you would like to add?
"I participate in Relay for Life, Race for the Cure, and Friend to Friend. I have lost several members of my family in the past 10 years to cancers. I am moved each time I walk the Survivor Lap to the tune of, 'I'm alive.'
"I headed the Survivor Committee for RFL for many years. Our County Extension started a program last year called 'Friend to Friend,' and I receive many phone calls to help others who may not have insurance set up mammograms. Many of the women who have called me ask that I not say anything because they don't want people to know they have no insurance. Embarrassment is one of the leading reasons these women don't get a mammogram done, but there are so many ways to get around not having insurance."


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Old is an imminent stage of life. The old age takes a toll on the physical and mental capabilities of a person. The body loses its vigor and strength. Moreover the nervous system becomes less active to stimulus and creating a reflex. Hence in old age person tends to loose his alertness levels and speed of reflexes. Somewhere he also loses his ability to take prompt and correct decision. All these limitations limit the driving capabilities of a driver. Hence drivers should be even more cautious in their old age than they were in their youth.
The effects of old age
The body loses its capabilities drastically as the old age falls in. This is particularly marked with poor vision, poor audible reception, slow reflexes and ability to think and judge properly. All these parameters are considered to be of utmost importance for driving skills. Also the old experience fatigue very much early than their young counterparts. They observe neck, knee and shoulder pains after small durations of drive. Leg pains incurred due to sitting in a single position for few minutes can hamper their ability to apply brakes. All these can distract the attention of the driver off the road leading to a possible mishap. It is obvious that at the old age body looses its ability to bear stress and hence is not for driving in many ways.
Things to remember
Considering so many physical shortcomings, old age people should follow certain regime so that his shortcomings will not affect his driving skills.
- The old people who wish to keep driving should go for regular checkups and get themselves checked for vision, hearing and motor reflexes.
- They should also make attempts to learn defensive driving which is an art of driving making correct decisions regardless of the mistakes done by others in order to save life, time and money.
- If they are undergoing any medication, they should ensure that they take it before going for a drive. Having any medical emergency conditions in middle of driving can be very fatal for both the driver and other people on road.
- If the old person feels that he is tired during driving, he should stop his vehicle at somewhere safe and rest for a while before going for a drive again.
- They should hire a driver or use a public transport if going on long journeys.
- There are many safe cars coming in the market loaded with safety features. Though they are expensive but provides best safety features.
The old people should quit being stubborn and accept the fact that it is not safe for them to drive after reaching a certain age which differs from person to person. It is in the benefit of both the old age person and other fellow people driving or commuting on the roads.


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