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I found this to be quite entertaining. I admit to being confused as to what it was really about. It didn't add up to that much except for one joke. I don't care, that was funny! It's nice to have this good animation. It kind of reminds me of "Madness Combat".
Maybe next time, you could have him fight another ninja. That's kinda more what I was expecting. It's still pretty fun. The music was quite nice. I just don't think it's great like most people.
Ninja makes a sandwich
Nice Job......Though Ninjas will never make sandwiches....Not any time soon! The animation was simply genius...I like it make a sequel...
i would pay to see that at subway LOL great job !!
101 uses for ninjas
the slow beginning giving rise to the action was a good way to do this, the animation is good, the shinobi music was a very good choice.
i'd like to see subway work like this, have an everyday ninja


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Skateboard P neglected to don The Hat Heard Round The World™ until later in his performance of "Happy," in which he once again took a cue from Malcolm McLaren's "Buffalo Gals" video look and stomped around in ruby sneakers. But for the red carpet, he opted for super-cool shortpants with his tuxedo, going sockless and making all the longpants-wearers look stiff and fussy. That is, except his wife Helen Lasichanh, who wore a tuxedo suit that complimented his look, chic yet official. (We would have opted for a different shoe, though.) Well played, Shortpants P.

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Rome (Jan. 27)
— Four supplementary hours a month of voluntary lessons in the history of anti-Semitism with particular reference to World War II have been approved by a student assembly in a Rome high school as a direct reply to an anti-Semitic incident that took place on school grounds several days earlier.
Paola Caviglia, a 14-year-old Jewish high school girl had been pushed down a flight of stairs by a group of neo-fascist students who came from behind her muttering, "Get out of the way, dirty Jews." But the student body at the Virgilio school just across the Tiber from the Rome Jewish elementary, middle and high schools, were united in strong emotional and intellectual support of Paola.
"I am proud of the Virgilio lyceum", she said, addressing an assembly hall packed with over 1000 students and parents, including groups from neighboring schools– both Catholic and Jewish plus representatives from Rome's Jewish community.
Paola thanked the assembly for "the solidarity you have shown." She said she was unable to identify the assailants because she transferred to the school from the Jewish school system only a few months earlier. "Whoever they are, they will have realized that they have no hope here because you are all on my side," Paola said.
A measure of Italian public opinion's sensitivity toward the resurgence of anti-Semitism is the publicity the media gave the incident. Front page headlines referred to this "offence" to a Jewish girl. A poignant comment made by Paola immediately after the incident was extensively quoted: "My mother", she said, "often told me that there always comes a day when we are confronted with our identity as Jews."
Now the school's student body, of its own free will, plans to start filling the information gap which they consider a partial cause of this incident. Lessons in history, ranging from anti-Semitism, Nazism, Fascism and inevitably leading up to more controversial issues regarding the foundation of Israel and the present-day situation in the Middle East, will soon be initiated, subject to the final approval of the school authorities and parent-teacher group representatives.
Paola is a budding actress. She and her brother, Giacomo, founded a semi-professional Jewish theater group that debuted in 1977 with "The Diary of Ann Frank" under the direction of the well-Known Jewish actor-director, Cesare Polacco. It is currently presenting Bassani's "The Garden of the Finzi-Contini."


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Ivo Pulga: "It was a great performance, also with a bit of luck at the end. The result is an old-fashioned one and we dedicate it to President Massimo Cellino. It's a shame there was no crowd, as they would've brought the house down."
Giampiero Ventura: "With nine men we reacted very well, as losing at the 95th minute to a deflected shot is just bad luck. We give away too many penalties, even if some of them have been debatable."
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text: <snip> In Britain THERE IS NOT A CHAIN OF COMMAND IN RADIATION SAFETY. Every member of the lab is directly and inescapably responsible for their own safety and for the safety of ALL OTHER PEOPLE IN THE LAB. The radiation protection staff are around to co-ordinate this. They MUST be informed of all spills. In fact they MUST be informed of the fate of every microcurie that passes through the lab. This may be the case in the country where this spill occurs and if not perhaps itshould be. Because of this system, the student and supervisor are of equal rank AND RESPONSIBILITY in this area of their work. The supervisor has no right to filter information flow to the radiation officer. In addition, if the student tells his supervisor and not the raditaion officer, he is negligent because he is not taking sufficient steps to make sure that the information reaches the officer. Alternatively, if the student tells his officer and not his supervisor he may put his supervisor's nose out of joint, but the safety structure isn't there to maintain the supervisor's ego. The only problem is that the supervisor shpould know of the idiocy of the second student. This is where the first poster has failed, but if he gets dismissed for that he should sue. toby


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Firefighters on their way to tackle a blaze at a warehouse stopped to help a teenager hit by a car.
The 13-year-old girl had been injured after being hit by a car on Savile Road, Savile Town, just before 8pm last night (Monday).
A fire crew from Batley Fire Station who were on route to a fire at a waste site in Thornhill Lees passed by the scene of the incident and stopped to give first aid.
A spokesman for Batley Fire Station said: "A lady flagged down the crew when they were on their way to an incident. A young girl had been knocked down. The command unit continued on to the job but the fire engine stopped to give first aid.
"We would always stop if we saw something like that."
A police spokeswoman said: "A 13-year-old girl was in collision with a vehicle, suffering slight injuries. Both the fire and ambulance services were on the scene prior to the police being called."
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When I used to work in Ann Arbor, Le Dog was my favorite lunch stop. Right next to place that sold Birkenstocks and Patchouli (I love Ann Arbor). Open from 11:30-2:00 (M-F) all year round, this tiny hot dog stand serves up quick, delicious, very very non-kosher grub.
Le Dog's hotdogs are amazing – not so much because they are pretty tasty (which they are), but because they have the cojones to turn a hot dog into a cheese dog by throwing on a giant chunk of sharp cheddar. And somehow, it actually works.
I recommend the chili cheese dog, especially now that it is starting to get cold. The chili isn't amazing, but honestly, if you're getting a hot dog/cheese dog for lunch, there is no excuse NOT to get chili. Beware: the chili is sloppy and it WILL get on your hands, and WILL get on your shirt. There is no avoiding this. You might as well get yourself a lunch chili shirt (preferably with dancing chili peppers on it), and just plan for the inevitable. No bib can keep this chili off of you.
Le Dog also services some of the best soup in the area. Seriously. You will not find a better Lobster Bisque, anywhere. The Bisque is rich and creamy, but also amazingly light and oddly refreshing. Most Bisques tend to thicken pretty quickly, likely due to over-reduction after cooking for too long during the day. While Le Dog's bisque is very well seasoned, it remains light enough that the lobster flavor rounds the soup out very well.
If you plan ahead, you can even order a giant batch for Thanksgiving (which I HIGHLY recommend)! Just tell everyone you made it yourself – with lobster you caught with your bare hands (you then hold up your hands and show them fake claw marks all over your arms and hands). I live 1000 miles away and I'm considering getting it shipped. I wonder if they'd do that…


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Love it.
To me the story was funny and the animation was great for someone who has no experience with flash/animation!
If you do make another episode with these characters in it (Which i hope you do!) i recommend working on the backgrounds a little bit they are kinda bland and also next time add a preloader in there.
hey I'm glad you liked it! I'll take your advice into consideration (because in hindsight, the backgrounds are flat out atrocious) xD Don't worry, of course there will be more! (we also plan on fixing the audio, every time Ferb talked you could hear his laptop fan). Thanks for watching!
honestly given what i believe your age to actually be this was flat out impressive. your artwork needs work but that comes with time the animation was actually really good the sound was really good and the animation was optimized for minimal size all in all not bad man! just keep working on the art work and your good! remember PATIENCE is the key to good artwork.
thanks for the review! This is actually pretty generous of you and a very complimenting start for this episode. I'm gonna fill you in on a little secret: I had absolutely NO experience with animation before/when I was making this. So an 8 is a VERY nice start off! Thanks for watching!
You ought not have done that to that little fellar
PS: you have some serious issues
thanks man....
wait.... WHAT DO YOU MEEEEAAAAN BY ISSUES HUH?! ARE YOU SAYING THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH US BECAUSE WE THREW A FETUS IN A WASHING MACH- yeah we have an interesting style of humor xD
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On January 13, Montana asked the U.S. Supreme Court to restore the state law that makes it a crime for a political party to support, endorse, or oppose a candidate in state judicial elections. See this story. The case is Fox v Sanders County Republican Central Committee. Thanks to Mike Fellows for the link.
Montana Asks U.S. Supreme Court to Restore Ban on Political Party Endorsements for Judicial Candidates — No Comments
For the most part people knew which side of the isle these candidate judges sit on. So what's the difference. In principle these races aren't all the non-partisan.


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Update follows.
National Public Radio, which routinely calls Hamas suicide bombers militants or activists, rather than terrorists, has finally found some West Bankers it can comfortably refer to with the T word. And no, these terrorists are not from Islamic Jihad, or the Al- Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, or the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, or the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, or the aforementioned Hamas, or any other similarly blood-soaked Palestinian terror groups. Instead, NPRs new-found practitioners of terror are two Jewish settlers who have been accused of being part of a terror cell that attempted to carry out attacks against Palestinians. (NPR, July 21, 2003, report by Peter Kenyon – see the full transcript below.)
Of course, NPRs Palestinian militants and activists are responsible for the deaths of more than a thousand innocent civilians, while these two Jewish settlers are only charged with attempting to attack Palestinians. But such distinctions are a mere quibble at NPR, where Palestinians, literally by definition, are not terrorists, while Israelis are, at best, guilty until proven innocent.
Indeed, exactly this NPR double standard was at work in the same July 21st broadcast. Reporting yet another Palestinian bombing, newscaster Craig Windham informed listeners that:
A Palestinian militant was killed over night in a bomb attack on a military vehicle near the West Bank city of Jenin, according to the Israeli Army.
A Palestinian militant was killed over night in a bomb attack on a military vehicle near the West Bank city of Jenin, according to the Israeli Army.
In fact, the Israeli Army did not refer to a Palestinian militant, it reported that a terrorist detonated an explosive device [near] an IDF vehicle ... east of Jenin. But since NPR does not generally consider Palestinian attackers to be terrorists, the network simply changed the Israeli report to suit its own agenda.
The bottom line – when Israel refers to Jews as members of a terror cell, NPR is only too happy to use the word, but when at virtually the same time Israel refers to Palestinian terrorists, NPRs editors immediately spring into action, substituting words like militant or activist, lest anyone get the wrong idea.
NPR was created to deliver programming that meets the highest standards of ... journalism, but when it comes to Israel, the network seems to aim for the lowest standards of journalism, abandoning even the pretense of objectivity. Until that changes, listeners and financial supporters ought to continue abandoning NPR and its local affiliates.
To prevent any of NPRs predictable evasions, such as that the above quotes were actually paraphrases or were taken out of context, the full transcript of the NPR report is reprinted below (and contrary to NPRs claim that its Middle East transcripts are available on its website, this is yet another transcript that is omitted from the networks website):
NPR July 21, 2003
CRAIG WINDHAM: A Palestinian militant was killed over night in a bomb attack on a military vehicle near the West Bank city of Jenin, according to the Israeli Army. Israeli forces also seized an explosive belt near Nablus today. NPRs Peter Kenyon has more:
KENYON: An Israeli military source said an army patrol came under attack near Jenin shortly before midnight Sunday, when a Palestinian set off a roadside bomb near their vehicle. The army said the Palestinian was killed and the vehicle was damaged but no soldiers were injured. In Nablus soldiers seized and safely detonated a bomb belt containing between 20 and 35 pounds of explosives. Six Palestinians in the area were arrested for questioning.
The incidents came after the Israeli and Palestinian prime ministers held their fourth meeting on the latest peace efforts. It produced no new agreements. Meanwhile, an Israeli court revealed that two Jewish settlers now in Israeli custody are suspected of being part of a terror cell that attempted to carry out attacks against Palestinians. Israeli police said they caught members of the group planting a bomb in an East Jerusalem school. Peter Kenyon, NPR news.
UPDATE: NPR Corrects
In response to calls from CAMERA letter-writers that NPR set the record straight, the network aired the following correction on Aug.13:
We want to correct one story from a few weeks ago. In a broadcast on July 21st, we said that a Palestinian militant had been killed in a bomb attack on an Israeli military vehicle and we attributed this statement to the Israeli army. The official army statement actually used the word terrorist, not militant.


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You can find several interesting articles at this link: A tale of two tunes
I was taken with this claim cited in the first article:
A recent Jupiter study found that 7 percent of people buying music players prefer files in Microsoft's Windows Media format, versus less than 1 percent who prefer Advanced Audio Coding format.
If you go to the CNet article, what you actually get is:
The Jupiter Research survey also found that 20 percent of consumers said playing MP3 files is important, versus 7 percent who would prefer files in Microsoft's WMA format and fewer than 1 percent who prefer the Advanced Audio Coding format, an open standard that was developed by the Moving Picture Experts Group and which is supported on Apple's iTunes music store.
The power of selective quotation, IMHO


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The Lucy ShowLucy Gets a Roommate - Season5, Ep-sode 7 - 31 Oct. 1966 - In order to cut down on expenses, Lucy advertises for a roommate, selecting the shy Carol Bradford. In order to get Carol to come out of her shell, Lucy and Mary Jane throw a party and invite a group of musicians to perform.
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Today as I read my friend, Suzie Eller's words in today's Proverbs 31 Devotion, I could hardly believe they were about me.
Hi! Welcome to my blog…well I'm calling it a blog. As you can see, I haven't blogged in a while. But oh, how I've missed writing on my own blog and so I'm so happy to be visiting with you today.
If you have popped over here from Encouragement For Today (the Proverbs 31 Daily Devotions), welcome! And if you are an old friend, who used to frequent my blog, welcome back!
I was a victim of sexual abuse. I use "was" because today I am no longer a victim, but a victor. That road hasn't been easy, but because of our mighty, wonderful, caring, loving, and healing Lord, I can say that today.
In the devotion today, Suzie Eller talks about God's forgiveness of sins. Read the key verse she references~
"He gave his life to free us from every kind of sin, to cleanse us, and to make us his very own people, totally committed to doing good deeds." Titus 2:14 NLT
When I first read this verse, my thought was selfish. This verse is great for when I sin, and I accept God's freedom in forgiveness, but what about for my abuser…that man who sinned and took me as his captive? But then…read on.
Suzie writes~
We often give thanks for His sacrifice that removed the debt of our sin. But there is more. Jesus took our sins, but that same act freed us from the effect of others' sins upon our hearts and lives. ~ Suzie Eller
Not only am I free from my own sins through the power of Jesus Christ, but I can also find freedom from the sins of others who affected me also.
HELLO!!!! Can I hear a praise God and hallelujah about that!!!
My favorite line from today's devotion by Suzie is this one~
If you were to ask Melissa who she is, would say she doesn't see herself as a woman marked by a thief, but a woman reclaimed and restored by her Savior. ~ Suzie Eller
And she's right. It hasn't been the easiest road, but I'm here to tell about it. There is an unmatched power through Jesus that we cannot find anywhere else. How about you? I bet you've had trials in your life. Maybe some that even affect you still today. Are you marked by a thief who stole from you or are you reclaimed and restored by your Savior?
Today, why don't we take a step forward towards healing. There is freedom on the other side and we are not meant to live as victims, not with Jesus in our lives we aren't.
Our Turn For Action:
Pray today's key verse today. Pray if for yourself and pray it for anyone who has sinned against you. (I know you might not feel like doing that, I get that completely, but just do it 😉 Then give thanks for the sacrifice Jesus made that removes the debt of our sin and frees us from the effect of other's sins upon us.
I'm a woman reclaimed and restored by y Savior. How about you?
***Thank you Suzie Eller for sharing my story in your new book, The Mended Heart: God's Healing for Your Broken Places.
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Too bad then that we can't count you to take a stand. You are already cowering.
"Too bad then that we cant count you to take a stand. You are already cowering."
I understand what you are saying, but in all fairness, keep this in mind:
If there were ever a plan to ever confiscate weapons, any bold statements of armed rebellion or possession on the INTERNET would make you the first to be visited and easy to find.
Likewise, anyone provoking people to make such statements such as yours, could be an effort by law enforcement intelligence to flush out those with banned weapons or intentions.
don't make your stand at your front door partner.
To the contrary. That one's going to have the supplies we're going to need.


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South Boston News & Record
and Mecklenburg Sun
Cold snap throws HSCA for loss
02/19/18 - 8:30 am
Two new members take seats on IDA
02/19/18 - 8:29 am
Man gets 6-1/2 years for abduction, assault
02/19/18 - 8:27 am
Hall of Fame inductees named
02/19/18 - 8:57 am
Richardson, Saunders, Snead, Waller make up 2018 class
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Group sets environmental mission, goals
SoVaNow.com / March 14, 2013A new group has formed in the region to promote environmental education and stir action on everyday problems such as litter tossed by the roadside.
About 20 residents, including members of various resource organizations, gathered Monday at Smokin' Jakes House of BBQ to lay out a mission statement, goals and objectives for the new group, the Southern Virginia Regional Environmental Education Committee.
Representatives from Halifax, Mecklenburg and Pittsylvania counties brainstormed for nearly five hours before coming up with the mission statement.
The group first looked at the strengths of the area, citing the level of talent and skills in the community, good public facilities and strong school systems, and geographic diversity. They also noted recycling efforts in place in the region, the local strength of the Virginia Farm Bureau and adherence to the best management practices by local agricultural growers.
Other assets identified by the group include a favorable attitude among the population towards natural resources, good land use practices and a cherished and evolving rural way of life.
The top weaknesses: too much litter by roadsides and in fields, and a lax approach in dealing with the problem of litter. Also, a general lack of positive promotion by the region's leaders.
To address the litter problem, one participant suggested, for the sake of raising awareness, posting signs that she had seen used in another area: "Trashy people throw trash on the roads."
The committee acknowledged issues that could affect its ability to follow through on the mission statement, including funding shortages and a lack of volunter time. Members of the environmental team agreed to set a goal of enlisting the aid of outside groups, including churches and civic groups that might volunteer their services.
The environmental group set a five-year vision of achieving measurable results in reducing litter along highways and byways. Members also hope to educate local leaders on the importance of green spaces and work with civic groups to promote such efforts as VDOT's "Adopt a Highway Program." They also support more K-12 educational programs stressing environmental matters.
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Assembly member Barbara Lifton released this letter to Gov. Andrew Coumo, asking that a confidential Environmental Department study on potential health impacts from hydrofracking be made public now.
State lawmakers press Gov. Cuomo on fracking health study
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There is no study, fracking is poison and worse. Earthquakes, volcanic activity, poisoned land, water, air, animals, produce……
The gas which will enter the houses if it happens will have up to 70 times the amount of Radon that comes into your homes now. 70. Cancer…. Death…..
These people are evil. Say not to fracking in NY say no to fracking anywhere.


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Researchers at the helm of a University of Toronto study have found that racial discrimination in advertising is not only prevalent in Canada, but also reflects a variety of racial stereotypes. A series of food ads on primetime TV significantly underrepresented black and Asian actors in favour of white actors, and at the same time pigeon-holed both minority and majority actors into portraying inaccurate racial caricatures.
Sociology professor Shyon Baumann and recent PhD graduate Loretta Ho looked at food-related commercials aired on CTV, Global and CBC between 2008 and 2009 to study racial representation in advertising. They found the ads squeezed actors of different races into precise, stereotypical roles, like the "natural", holistic white persona, or the working class, "blue-collar" black caricature.
The ads in the study were aired in Toronto, where a 2011 National Household Survey* found non-whites make up almost 50 per cent of the population. However, Baumann and Ho found that the white actors starred in the largest array of positive roles in the commercials studied.
The study, "Cultural Schemas for Racial Identity in Canadian Television Advertising," has recently been published in the Canadian Review of Sociology.
Baumann and Ho sat down with a representative of the Global Migration Research Institute at the University of Toronto to talk about their study.
Could you talk about how your research filled a void in the study of racial representation in the media?
Ho: We decided to look more deeply at food advertising because that's where a lot of the racial diversity was seen. Food is something that absolutely matters to everyone; we all eat.
The first part of the paper looks at how races are represented in the different types of food categories. But that's just part of the picture. We wanted to go one step further and try to identify some of the different types of cultural schemas used in ads.
What is a schema?
Baumann: Whereas stereotypes focus on an association between a group and a trait, schemas can encompass more than one trait — so, a whole set of ideas that are connected to a group. Schemas also provide scripts for how to behave in social settings according to those sets of associations. They can guide behaviour.
Ho: We were able to find four major schemas that were used for whites and one schema each for Asians and blacks.
You mentioned four schemas for the whites which you call white natural, white nostalgia, white highbrow and white nuclear family. And then for the blacks there's the black blue-collar, and for the Asians, the Asian technocrat. What's the white nostalgia schema about?
Ho: One type of nostalgia that's used shows that whites are associated with products that are rooted in tradition.
So, in the Oka cheese commercial for instance, it's not just cheese that you buy at the supermarket, it's a tradition that has been passed on for generations and generations. It harkens back to a time when the craftsmanship of food was valued.
Moving on to the natural schema: that one is pretty prevalent in some of the advertising that we've seen, particularly in the relation to whole foods. The example that we brought up was from President's Choice. In these ads, Galen Weston, the president of a major Canadian grocery chain was tasting the food right from the field. All of the farmers are white, not representative at all of the diversity we have in the farming sector in Canada. It reinforces this idea, however inaccurate, that whites have a natural connection to wholesome and good food.
With the third highbrow schema, you see whites associated with highbrowness in some way. The ad that we tried to focus on is the Europe's Best frozen fruit ad. The cues that you see inside the ad kind of suggest that the white family consuming it are of a higher social status background. Their kitchen is very nicely done; it's all stainless steel, there's classical music playing in the background, the parents are dressed very well. It seems like each parent has a high-paying, white-collar job.
Baumann: The white nuclear family schema refers to the depiction of family settings. We saw this almost exclusively with white families, rather than families of other races.
For the black blue-collar schema (so, now we're looking at ads that featured black characters as prominent characters in commercials), we saw a recurring theme of the depiction of these characters not as professional characters, but more as blue-collar characters. On the other hand, these ads seem to be inclusive, but at the same time, blacks are only given some sort of peripheral status.
The Asian technocrat schema depicts Asians as unemotional robots, and plays also on the "overachiever" stereotype. There weren't a lot of ads like this, but what's significant is that there are relatively few Asian characters and they are all depicted in this limited way; so that is a powerful message.
Revealing these schemas also suggests that a diversification of portrayals is only available to white characters in our sample. There are more opportunities for flexibility and more realism, but for whites only.
In comparison to what has been done in the US or in Canada before your research, did you find anything that stood out or were surprised by or very original to your work?
Baumann: The rates of representation that we found were a little bit surprising to us because the market in Canada has large populations of East and South East Asians, and South Asians, and people of Middle Eastern ancestry and those categories are really quite small. So, some groups were really strongly underrepresented.
I also don't think we came across any work that focused as much as we did on the white schemas. Most of the prior work focused on the other racialized groups.
you mentioned towards the end of the paper research questions you thought would be more fruitful for others to work on. How would you recommend moving forward with these findings?
Baumann: We need to see if the schemas and rates of representation change over time, if they fade or if they remain strong.
We looked in depth at food and dining as a category, but we need to look beyond that product category to see if the results are the same outside of that category — and probably, we need a bigger sample in order to gather more information about non-white groups.
Was it your feeling, though, that the advertisers are trying to make it a little more representative or more diverse?
Baumann: I don't want to say that there hasn't been any progress, because there has been some. But commercials don't look like society. People in commercials are all more attractive, they're generally wealthier and they're younger than society.
How have people learned about your work? And you got lots of publicity — what has it done, what are the reactions?
Baumann: I think people intuitively think that there is an issue with racial representation, and that we kind of have just revealed or documented something that people already suspected. What we have done is show that the underlying racial 'messages' in advertising are more complex, and actually reinforce racial stereotypes*
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This interview has been edited and condensed.


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Tantrum Help for an old dude.
Having trouble doing a tantrum. Any tips? I have probably tried it 20+ times and land the same way every time. I am very frustrated and am thinking I am too old for this. :)
no height my man! You need to hold your edge longer into the wake then back off and use the trip flip at the top of the wake! You are releasing and trying to pop too early. Wait a little longer and stand tall at the top of the wake and im sure you will get enough height to land it!
I am trying to land this trick as well.I thik your a little closer than me. I have tried about 6 times. One thing I think would help would be to pull your knees in while flipping it does help speed up your rotation. i think if you add a little more pop along with tucking your knees you would have it. Good luck man.
To old I didnt start wakeboarding until I was 36/37. You got it man your close........dont let your son land it b4 you do!
learnwake.com has some drills that will help you with your timing and pop like said above you are trying too early and not standing tall to get all your height.
Ok be nice! This is like my 8th try. The trick attempt is at the very end I dont know how to cut the rest out. As you will see we are on a small lake so lots of turning. This is my brother driving who has never driven a boat before. I was scared out of my witts. The person with the camera didnt do very good either. But take a look and see what you think.
okay kevin YOU ARE ON A SMALL LAKE. the trick looked rushed lol. but it would have to be. you jumped rather than popped. also you didn't totally square your shoulders with the tantrum you have to get height , have some line tension and let the wake trip you. thats why you take it one step at a time. first is the cut drill . go out about 5 to 6 feet from the wake cut in and change edges at the wake and try to get height. this will help you get comfortable with edge change,timing and pop. then you do the same except let go with rear hand and point your arm at the boat. both of these drills should be done at 15 to 16mph then when you actually try it at 15 to 16 mph over one wake you can be confident you will get pop,height and to rotate just look straight back like you wanted your face pointed towards the sky don't look to one side or the other. you must build speed to th wake also to help you rotate. learnwake.com has drills in video you may find them on youtube also.you look like you are progressing well . your on a small lake which makes you rush tricks. good luck.
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I've had this in an exam, and I must say I can't see how to prove it...
How to prove that it's a real-valued function ?
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In general, if a distribution is symmetric (X has same distribution as -X), then its characteristic function is real. This is even an equivalent condition since we always have (for a real valued r.v.) for all .
That was easy...
Yeah, I know the part for the characteristic function, but it wasn't a probability exam (though I quickly tried to find a relationship with it, en vain), so I wasn't programmed for thinking about this
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April 14, 2015 | Wall Street has been remarkably bipartisan for much of the last 25 years, but a swerve to the right a few years ago cut its flow of campaign cash for Democrats practically to a trickle. That may change as Hillary Clinton's official announcement of a presidential bid returns to the spotlight a Democratic candidate whom Wall…
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January 15, 2014 | In anticipation of the Supreme Court's ruling in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, the Center for Responsive Politics and the Sunlight Foundation have teamed up to look at the deep-pocketed donors who could give even more if the justices strike down another limit on the amount of money in U.S. politics.
Capital Eye Opener, Sept. 21: Club for Growth Targets Graham, Pawlenty's New Gig, and a Super PAC Sits on Its Money
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August 22, 2011 | Earlier this year, Republicans in both the House and Senate introduced resolutions urging approval of the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement. At since then, hundreds of companies, unions and trade associations have set their sites on the proposal.
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May 2, 2011 | In all, 43 different companies, organizations and special interest groups last year employed at least three former congressmen as registered federal lobbyists, a Center for Responsive Politics analysis indicates.
Political Powerhouses Tell House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa to Gut Regulations
February 10, 2011 | Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), the chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, this week released nearly 2,000 pages of documents from more than 100 companies and trade associations outlining federal regulations they'd like to axe. Most of these groups have also invested significant sums in lobbying and donations to lawmakers to make their political points, according to an analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics.
The Nation's Oddest PAC Treasurer, Anti-Establishment Candidates Hire Lobbyists and More in Capital Eye Opener: December 10
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April 29, 2010 | Hoards of hired K Street guns are in high demand as President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats seek to implement grand legislative plans. And a Center for Responsive Politics review of recently filed lobbying reports indicates companies, trade associations, unions and other groups spent nearly $1 billion on lobbying during the first three months of 2010.
House Financial Services Committee Considers Regulating Industries That Heavily Fund Members' Campaigns
October 14, 2009 | The House Financial Services Committee today begins marking up a bill that would create a new consumer protection agency and increase regulation of a number of financial products. Even as members of the committee consider how to prevent another economic collapse, they may have another financial issue in mind -- the industries opposing the measure have contributed $77.6 million to the 71 members of the committee since 1989.
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Not Quite the Hard-Knock Life on K Street
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January 29, 2009 | While companies across the board were losing record amounts of money and laying off employees last year, at least one industry seemed to weather the recession: lobbying. Special interests paid Washington lobbyists $3.2 billion in 2008, more than any other year on record and a 13.7 percent increase from 2007, CRP has found. Corporations in the finance, insurance and real estate sector and automotive industry actually slowed or decreased their lobbying spending overall last year, relying instead on trade associations to represent them.
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Just one example for today, but it's a full one. It appears that in childhood I did not get so thorough a grounding in Western storytelling traditions as I had thought. I entirely missed the robber bridegroom stories and all variations thereupon, which explains why I sadly found Margaret Atwood's The Robber Bride an unfulfilling read. Of course, I read it immediately after her The Blind Assassin, after which, frankly, just about any piece of fiction would be unfulfilling. However, I have since been schooled in the matter of the robber bridegroom, and, just as Atwood keeps returning to this tale, I have returned to Atwood with her "Bluebeard's Egg". It is about a woman called Sally who is tasked with reimagining the robber bridegroom story in her writing course, all the while her life also fits along its features. Or maybe it doesn't – we'll see. Sally's a rather more ambiguous subject than she wants us to know her to be. So let's talk about the ambiguity of the feminine subject, shall we?
The thing about Sally is that she's both an uncertain subject and an unreliable focaliser, because she's presenting herself in the terms of all the established narratives on which she can get her hands. Sally both understands her world through popular texts and forms herself according to the frequently patriarchal understandings they represent. For example:
She was spoiled when young by reading too many Agatha Christie murder mysteries, of the kind in which the clever and witty heroine passes over the equally clever and witty first-lead male, who's helped solve the crime, in order to marry the second-lead male, the stupid one, the one who would have been arrested and condemned and executed if it hadn't been for her cleverness. Maybe this is how she sees [her husband] Ed
The word "spoiled" is interesting, because it both reinscribes and challenges Sally as a feminine subject. It has connotations of infantilised, feminised error. But the description also indicates that Sally believes reading has invested her with masculine qualities like wit and cleverness that "spoil" her for a subordinate gender role, don't you think?
So we as readers are textually trapped within Sally's perspective, one mediated and constructed by fictional forms – and one with a patriarchal influence. This is where knowledge of the robber bridegroom stories comes in handy, because her summary of the tale makes it crystal clear that Sally is having trouble centring women in her lived and written narratives both. The robber bridegroom stories begin with successive brides being trapped by an evil man, and end with the last woman triumphing over him. Sally only tells half the tale: 'There was more, about how the wizard met his come-uppance and was burned to death, but Sally already knew which features stood out for her'. Female subjectivity does not stand out for her. And Atwood's going to hit us over the head with that in just a minute.
The thing about patriarchal fictional forms is that they take on the assumptions of perspective in patriarchal society. The feminine and the female are minimised, and the supposedly universal subject is far from universal. The focaliser can never have everything in focus. The clinching moment for Sally comes when we learn that she has been given a writing assignment prior to the beginning of "Bluebeard's Egg". 'They couldn't use the Universal Narrator, however: they had done that […] this time they had to choose a point of view'. Not only does this become a source of frustration for Sally, making evident that she is having trouble moving past traditional viewpoints, but it's suddenly clear to readers that we ought to check our assumptions about the legitimacy of Sally's perspective, and how that might have been influenced by her reflections on point of view to which we have not been privy. This is a gorgeous way Atwood has of gently undermining patriarchal thinking in texts. My favourite bit is that we can't pin down our female subject, and she slips out of the textual grasp again – not to mention the grasp of a patriarchal perspective that would like to contain and subdue the feminine.
Patriarchy pits women against each other, makes us fight for scraps and tear each other down, where we do so much better when we band together. Sally worries about undermining her career by taking on traditional female tasks like bringing her boss coffee. She triumphs, because 'they both have a secretary that does that anyway'. Bam. Since Ed's ex-wives' 'actual fates have always been vague to Sally, she's free to imagine all kinds of things, from drug addiction to madness'. Sally can only consider herself valuable by undermining the other women in her world, because only by being her fairytale's heroic third bride can she gain any place of value under patriarchy. And, knowing Sally to have a skewed perspective, we don't take any of these values she's espousing on board. That's the use of hypodiegetic narratives like this one: incorporating patriarchal ideas into a feminist frame transforms them.
There are a thousand little ways in which Atwood unsettles Sally's desire to embody the feminine. She swaps about traditionally masculine and female symbols, but we'll be here all day if I start on those. Of her husband, Sally asks herself 'Why did she choose him (or, to be precise, as she tries to be with herself and sometimes is even out loud, hunt him down), when it's clear to everyone she had other options?' She's both a husband-hunter and this story's Bluebeard – as much as she tries to figure Ed as Bluebeard, it never fits. She's a fusion of narratives about the feminine and the masculine. She's not being precise at all, but is trying to stay in the role of the passive fairytale heroine rather than answering her question with an acknowledgement of her transgression.
I thought this was a great story, clever, subtly so. I love feminist reworkings of fairytales, like Angela Carter's. Fairytales are scary because they tap into culturally embedded fears – and cultural norms. Feminist treatments might not make them less scary, but they do open them up to examination. Not to mention examination of our own perspectives, and what we accept.


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I love making a delicious treat for my family that's healthier than what's out there, I know what's in it, and I can choose top quality ingredients! For 'specialty' desserts like this in bake shops you'd be spending a fortune, but baking at home is a lot less expensive, plus you really get a quality piece of cake or two! ;) If allergies are a concern – this is one way to avoid them and still enjoy life to the fullest! (nuts are in this recipe – but those could be entirely omitted for a nut-free cake, of course! ;))
If you're excited to start the journey of gluten-free and vegan baking – do not fear!
Whether you need to go with gluten-free, dairy-free and egg-free ingredients due to Celiac, allergies or lifestyle decisions – baking should still be fun and not complicated – and best of all Delicious!!! ;)
Making Banana Bread is quite possibly the easiest gluten-free and vegan baked dessert you can imagine! (that and my Sweet Potato Brownies that will be coming to the site soon! ;))
Now here's how to make an easy Gluten-free and Vegan Walnut Banana Bread :
Walnut Banana Bread : gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free/ vegan
Ingredients :
2 tablespoons ground flax
6 tablespoons warm water
1 cup all-purpose gluten-free flour
1 teaspoon baking soda, aluminum free
pinch of fine sea salt
1/2 – 3/4 cups raw cane sugar*
1/2 cup coconut oil, melted but not hot
2 small very ripe bananas (total of 1 cup smashed)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cups chopped walnuts
* (depending how sweet your like it with all the bananas in the recipe you get a little more sweetness from them)
Directions :
Preheat oven to 350F. And line a 6×9″ baking dish with parchment paper. Grease the top with extra coconut oil.
In a small bowl, mix ground flax seeds with warm water and set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, sift flour, baking powder and mix to combine.
In another bowl, smash the bananas and measure out 1 cup.
Add in all the liquid ingredients, including the ground flax 'egg' and sugar to the bananas and mix well.
Combine the wet and dry ingredients and mix well.
Add in the chopped walnuts and smooth the top.
Top with extra walnut pieces if preferred.
Bake at 350F for about 50 minutes or until golden on top and a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out dry and clean.
Allow to cool for about 30 minutes before cutting into it – I know – – the hardest part!! Enjoy!
We love making Banana Bread around here! It is so good, moist and tasty! And it's really fool-proof!
The ingredients are clean and natural and the end result comes out to be a lovely classic-tasting Banana Bread that you know and love – only better! ;)
If you've got little hands around as excited to make a Banana Bread as you are ~ don't forget to involve them in the process! My daughter loves smashing bananas – I think that's why our Banana Bread tastes so amazing, like no other!! ;)
This is a great dessert to make the night before and serve the next day. Or make in advance long enough so that you allow time to let it cool. My daughter could not resist the amazing smell in our kitchen and waiting 20 minutes was too long…. ;)
Whether you're on a specific diet or not, it's great to make healthier food choices. And choosing better ingredients that are naturally gluten-free and dairy and egg free, is fantastic for your health. By now, we don't have a single grain of wheat flour or white sugar in our home, and the ingredients we do stock up are at about 90% organic and 100% natural (unprocessed, foods with no preservatives, artificial flavours or colours etc. )
Cooking and baking from scratch is pure joy that brings warmth and smiles to the table…. and sitting down to a beautiful moist Walnut Banana Bread with your favourite people is just the best way to spend an evening… I think ;)
We enjoyed the last of this Walnut Banana Bread and another version when my sister and her boyfriend came over a little while ago (see it on Instagram)…. we ate over 1/2 of this one so quick that I needed to make another one immediately or else it wouldn't be enough to feed a crowd! Yes, this cake is so good that you might as well double up on your ingredients and make two! ;)
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I feel like I'm standing at the edge of a cliff – a precipice. I can see the cracks on the ground I stand on and know it's only a matter of time before the ground beneath me crumbles away. I'm about to step off into the unknown. Will a bridge form in front of me, or will I free fall forward and spread my wings and fly? Or stand there staring into the great abyss below me, too afraid to move forward in case I end up a mangled mess at the bottom?
This not knowing is scary, but I know I need to move forward no matter what the outcome. I'll try to do so boldly and bravely, but even if I do so with quaking and trepidation, I must still go forward. I hope the world will be kind, but really, what does the world owe me? I must go anyway. It's exhilarating and frightening, this not knowing. Full of hopefulness and terror. Who knows what the future will hold once you step away form the security of knowing into the world of the unknown?
I may have only an ounce of bravery in me right now, a faith as small as a mustard seed. But I've heard that's all you need to move mountains.


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Second-year XUMHSA student Ryan Toerner awarded Gerowitz Scholarship
From the graduate program in health services administration | December 4, 2006
This scholarship is named for Dr. Martin B. Gerowitz who taught within the program for 21 years until his death in 2000. The Gerowitz Scholarship is awarded each year to one or two students who demonstrate analytical and intuitive abilities, as well as team leadership in their capstone course. The Gerowitz Scholarship is supported by the Gerowitz family, GPHSA alumni, and faculty.
Congratulations Ryan!


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Clues to cocaine's toxicity could lead to better tests for its detection in biofluidsNovember 13, 2013 in Chemistry / Biochemistry
A new study on cocaine, the notorious white powder illegally snorted, injected or smoked by nearly 2 million Americans, details how it may permanently damage proteins in the body. That information, gleaned from laboratory tests, could be used to potentially detect the drug in biofluids for weeks or months—instead of days—after use, say scientists. The findings, which appear in the ACS journal Chemical Research in Toxicology, could also help explain cocaine's long-term health effects.
Anthony P. DeCaprio and colleagues explain that prescription and over-the-counter drugs intended for legal medical use undergo rigorous studies to determine how they work and how they might cause side effects. But there are very few similar studies on illicit drugs. Long-term use of the so-called rich man's drug is linked to depression, breathing problems, kidney diseases and sudden death. Researchers already knew that cocaine abuse can alter proteins in the body, but the exact details of how it makes these changes were not known. DeCaprio's team stepped in to investigate this mystery.
In laboratory tests, they discovered a brand-new way that cocaine breaks down and alters proteins. They speculate that these proteins could appear in users' biofluids for weeks or months after the drug is first taken. This finding could dramatically expand the window for determining past cocaine use, which currently is only detectable for up to several days. Also, the new details on cocaine metabolism contribute to a more comprehensive picture of the drug's toxic effects.
More information: "Covalent Thiol Adducts Arising from Reactive Intermediates of Cocaine Biotransformation" Chem. Res. Toxicol., Article ASAP. DOI: 10.1021/tx4003116
Exposure to cocaine results in the depletion of hepatocellular glutathione and macromolecular protein binding in humans. Such cocaine-induced responses have generally been attributed to oxidative stress and reactive metabolites resulting from oxidative activation of the cocaine tropane nitrogen. However, little conclusive data exists on the mechanistic pathways leading to protein modification or the structure and specificity of cocaine-derived adduction products. We now report a previously uncharacterized route of cocaine bioactivation leading to the covalent adduction of biological thiols, including cysteine and glutathione. Incubation of cocaine with biological nucleophiles in an in vitro biotransformation system containing human liver microsomes identified a monooxygenase-mediated event leading to the oxidation of, and subsequent sulfhydryl addition to, the cocaine aryl moiety. Adduct structures were confirmed using ultra-high performance liquid chromatography coupled to high resolution, high mass accuracy mass spectrometry. Examination of assays containing transgenic bactosomes expressing single human cytochrome P450 isoforms determined the role of P450s 1A2, 2C19, and 2D6 in the oxidation process resulting in adduct formation. P450-catalyzed aryl epoxide formation and subsequent attack by free nucleophilic moieties is consistent with the resulting adduct structures, mechanisms of formation, and the empirical observation of multiple structural and stereo isomers. Analogous adduction mechanisms were maintained across all sulfhydryl-containing nucleophile models examined; N-acetylcysteine, glutathione, and a synthetic cysteine-containing hexapeptide. Predictive in silico calculations of molecular reactivity and electrophilicity/nucleophilicity were compared to the results of in vitro assay incubations in order to better understand the adduction process using the principles of hard and soft acid and base (HSAB) theory. This study elucidated a novel metabolic pathway that may be of particular significance to the clinical and forensic toxicology of cocaine and provides analytical tools and methods that can be applied to the determination of these conjugates in humans, opening a new area of research on cocaine biotransformation and toxicology.
Provided by American Chemical Society
"Clues to cocaine's toxicity could lead to better tests for its detection in biofluids" November 13, 2013 https://phys.org/news/2013-11-clues-cocaine-toxicity-biofluids.html


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No-Size-Fits-All! An Application-Down Approach for Your Cloud Transformation
According to a recent report from Yankee Group, the Asia-Pacific region is worth $675 million in Metro Ethernet revenues, second only to Europe.
Within Asia, China is expected to be the fastest-developing market for Metro Ethernet revenues, while India is noted as being an important market.
Yankee Group cites a gradual network migration and growing bandwidth requirements as some of the reasons for Metro Ethernet growth in Asia.
Legacy packet data services may well be the losing side of the equation as Ethernet moves in.
"Ethernet is inching into the WAN environment at the expense of traditional packet data services, such as frame relay and ATM in the corporate market," Agatha Poon senior analyst at Yankee Group, told internetnews.com.
"With the imminent adoption of IP-based services, Ethernet will increase the pace of IP migration.
"That being said, the capability of Ethernet to scale up to tens of gigabits of bandwidth increases market appeal and drives 'organic growth.'"
The dominance of Ethernet in Asia, though, is not without its challenges, as there are still some barriers to adoption.
This article was first published on InternetNews.com. To read the full article, click here.


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Jefferson County prosecutors will investigate how the Denver city attorney wound up with a laptop computer stolen from the City and County Building, city officials said Saturday.
Mayor John Hickenlooper placed Larry Manzanares on "investigatory leave" after learning that police had traced the stolen computer to Manzanares' home.
Manzanares said Saturday he was trying to save money when he bought a used computer from someone in a parking lot.
"I unwittingly – and certainly in hindsight, without good judgment – bought a computer … and it turned out to be stolen," he said.
Manzanares was appointed by Hickenlooper at the end of last year and took office in January. Prior to that position, he had been a Denver District Court judge since 1998.
The computer was stolen from Denver District Court.
"It turns out it was owned by the District Court where, ironically, I previously had worked," Manzanares said. "Although not from where I worked. My understanding is that it was in a locked storeroom."
The issue, first reported by Denver's KMGH-TV Channel 7, sparked private speculation in city circles that Manzanares would have to step down.
Police informed Manzanares that they suspected he had a stolen computer more than a week ago, he said.
"We're concerned about the serious issues raised by this situation and the fact we were not made aware of the matter until yesterday," Hickenlooper said in a statement Saturday.
The statement noted Manzanares' "distinguished career in our community, much of it in public service as a judge."
The mayor added: "We fully expect the investigation to clearly lay out all of the facts."
Asked if his job was in jeopardy, Manzanares said: "I can't answer that.
"Certainly this is not one of the smartest things I've done in my life. I was embarrassed and mortified to find out that I had a stolen computer, but I'm going to be straight up about it and try to deal with it."
Staff writer George Merritt can be reached at 303-954-1657 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Home Affordability Set To Worsen On Thursday's Retail Sales Data
Filed under: The Economy
Consumer spending continues to rise nationwide, fueled by jobs growth and a rosier outlook for the U.S. economy. Unfortunately for mortgage rate shoppers |*STATE in % STATE**|, it may also lead to higher mortgage rates later this week.
Thursday morning, the Census Bureau will release its U.S. Retail Sales data for December. The report is expected to show an 18th consecutive monthly increase, with analysts projecting sales volume higher by 0.4 percent from November.
This would be double the increase from last month, which saw a 0.2 percent increase in Retail Sales.
The Retail Sales report tallies receipts collected by retail and food-service stores nationwide. When the sum of these receipts rise, it puts pressure on mortgage rates to do the same. The connection is straight-forward.
Retail Sales are the largest part of "consumer spending" and consumer spending accounts for the majority of the U.S. economy — up to 70 percent, by some estimates.
As the economy goes, so go mortgage rates.
Remember: today's ultra-low mortgage rates have been partially fueled by weak economies — both domestic and abroad — going back 4 years. Stock markets have sold off as economies have faltered worldwide, leading investors to seek refuge in the relative safety of U.S.-backed mortgage bond market. The new-found demand for mortgage-backed bonds has helped drop mortgage rates to levels never seen in history.
When economic recovery is apparent, therefore, we should expect a mortgage rate reversal, and should expect for it to happen quickly. Stock markets should rise; bond markets should fall. Mortgage rates will climb. Rate shoppers will lose.
Last week's strong jobs report sparked hope for the U.S. economy. If Thursday Retail Sales data reveals similar strength, the risk in "floating" your mortgage rate may be too great. The safer play is to lock your rate today.
The Retail Sales report will be released at 8:30 AM ET.
Retail Sales Expected To Rise; Mortgage Rates Should Rise, Too
Filed under: The Economy
The American Consumer is alive and well, it seems.
Friday morning, the Census Bureau will release its Retail Sales figures for September. The report is expected to show an increase in gross receipts for the 15th straight month with analysts predicting a 0.6 percent increase from August.
The projected increase represents the largest jump in Retail Sales in six months and would likely lead mortgage rates higher for buyers in Mason and nationwide.
The connection between Retail Sales and mortgage rates is fairly straight-forward. Retail Sales are the majority component of "consumer spending" and consumer spending represents the majority of the U.S. economy — up to 70 percent, by some estimates.
And, as the economy goes, so go mortgage rates.
10 months ago, mortgage rates shot forward to start the year. This is because expectations were high for a strong economic rebound. Conforming and FHA rates crossed 5 percent at the time and were headed toward six.
By mid-April, though, it was clear that economic data was falling short of predictions. As a result, mortgage rates declined, kicking off the 2011 Refi Boom. Then, by August, on ongoing economic softness, mortgage rates in Ohio fell further, making new all-time lows.
Expectations for a recovery have returned. Rates are now rising.
Last week's strong jobs report sparked hope for the U.S. economy and investors have been voting with their dollars. Mortgage rates are now up 7 consecutive days and Friday's Retail Sales report could cement the trend.
If you're shopping mortgage rates today, there's risk in "floating". You may want to lock your rate before Friday's Retail Sales report drives rates even higher.
The Retail Sales report will be released at 8:30 AM ET.


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It's looking like spring is coming early in Las Vegas, so if marriage is in the cards for the two of you, check out all the options for a unique Vegas wedding, Traditional, Elvis, or….?
St. Patrick's Day falls on a Friday this year, so if you're headed for a Las Vegas wedding, make it a lucky green one! Choose a leprechaun minister, or just order green roses, green ribbon, or a reception including green beer and green cake! We will customize your wedding, even adding an Irish jig down the aisle, if that's what you're wishin'—just ask!
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Enforcement Advisory Council Meeting: January 25, 2007
Response to Resolution 2007-02
December 18, 2007
Mr. Trey Strickland
Chair, Enforcement Advisory Council
Solid Waste Local Enforcement Agency (LEA)
Mendocino County Public Health Department
Division of Environmental Health
501 Low Gap Rd Rm 1326
Ukiah, CA 95482
Subject: Request for the CIWMB to clarify issues regarding the revised Permit Application Form (E-1-77) and Instructions for Completing the Application for Solid Waste Facility Permit/Waste Discharge Requirements (EAC Resolution 2007-02)
Dear Mr. Strickland:
This letter is in response to Enforcement Advisory Council (EAC) Resolution 2007-02, dated October 15, 2007, and passed at the January 25, 2007 EAC meeting.
This EAC resolution requested actions to clarify the issues regarding the permit application form (Excel | PDF) by assisting LEAs to determine consistent permitted maximum capacity, providing the rationale for adding the beneficial reuse tonnage to the peak daily tonnage, conducting a workshop to fully discuss the history, intent, and final permit application, and revising the permit application form (regulatory change) to address the quandary concerning the application form showing that the peak daily tonnage may have increased when there has been no waste flow change at the facility.
Before taking one or more of the suggested actions outlined in the resolution, I suggest that a workgroup be formed that would include LEAs and Board staff. The resolution describes the key issues and will be a good starting point for the group. The workgroup would be tasked with sorting through the details of the issues and developing specific recommendations to address the problems they identify. To this end I have asked Mary Madison-Johnson and additional staff to join with the LEAs you select to form the workgroup. The forth coming LEA Roundtables could be a forum for soliciting LEAs to participate. Please provide Mary with the names of the LEAs that will participate in the workgroup and she will facilitate getting the effort started. She can be reached at (916) 341-6329. I would ask that the workgroup not be tasked with implementing any of the recommendations but would be asked to provide their assessment and recommendations to the EAC and me for further action.
Original signed by
Ted Rauh, Program Director
Waste Compliance & Mitigation Program
Attachment: EAC Resolution 2007-02
Enforcement Advisory Council Members
Ray Ruminski, Chair, CCDEH Solid Waste Policy Committee
Margo Reid Brown, Chair, CIWMB
Wes Chesbro, Member, CIWMB
Jeffrey Danzinger, Member, CIWMB
Rosalie Mulé, Member, CIWMB
Cheryl Peace, Member, CIWMB
Gary Petersen, Member, CIWMB
Julie Nauman, Chief Deputy Director, CIWMB
Please note: Past meeting agendas and notes are retained for historical purposes. Over time, some information and links on these pages may become dated and/or inaccurate.
Enforcement Advisory Council (EAC) http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/LEA/EACouncil/
Leta Forland: firstname.lastname@example.com (916) 341-6395


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The Middle School houses the terminal level of elementary school (Grade 6) and the first two levels of junior high school (Grades 7 and 8). With its own set of administrators, supervisors, and coordinators, this unit works to provide a holistic learning environment that enables learners to be well-equipped for the challenges of the future. It produces students who are confident, cognizant of global issues, grounded in Christian values, and imbued with a sense of mission and purpose.
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A Federal Way man accused of exposing his genitals to a 12-year-old girl has been charged with luring and indecent exposure.
According to police reports, the girl told investigators she was walking near Lakota Park on Sept. 12 when a strange man pulled up near her in a truck. The man asked her to get into the truck, she told police, then exposed himself to her when she refused.
Using a description of the truck given by the girl, Federal Way police came to believe that Jaime Francisco-Alvarez, 25, was the man who approached the girl, according to court documents. After initially failing to identify her assailant in a photo montage, the girl picked Francisco-Alvarez out of a second photo line-up.
Questioned by officers, Francisco-Alvarez allegedly admitted to approaching the girl, according to court documents. He allegedly told police he had approached three other girls or women in prior months, but had not exposed himself.
At the end to the interview, police claim, Francisco-Alvarez told detectives he wanted "help for his problems."
Francisco-Alvarez was charged Sept. 24.


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Me and one of my homegirls were having a very interesting conversation this weekend in regards to the breakup our mutual friend [let's call her Mona Lisa] is going through. Mona Lisa has been in a tumultuous, drama-filled and frequently ratchet and rocky relationship with the same dude for about 3 years and it seems they have reached the point where they simply don't give a flying-F*^K about each other anymore – yet are having a hard-time just giving up and walking away. Me and my homegirl both agreed that that's one of the WORSE stages of a break-up because even though you are technically with someone, you feel extreme isolation and loneliness – and Mona Lisa is LONELY AS HELL. My homegirl feels so bad she has to watch our friend Mona go through this emotional hell, but what surprised me is that she doesn't feel bad for the dude at all, not because she doesn't know him, but because [in her words] "men don't need to FEEL wanted the same way women do."
She then quickly corrected herself and stated "STRONG men don't NEED to feel wanted the same way women do." Now even though she's my homegirl, I had to quickly check her ignorant comments because she was completely talking out of her ass on that point.
What she was essentially stating is that men can be such unemotional troglodytes even in the context of a committed, monogamous relationship, that our emotional needs only become equal or paramount to that of a woman's IF we are WEAK and essentially B*tch-made. And since "weakness" is OBVIOUSLY a trait no woman would desire in a man, the opposite quality, strength, becomes what women covet, and that is typified in her mind by being so physically, mentally and emotionally resolute that we'll dropkick a polar bear for her, feel no remorse and then go home and not even need a hug for his troubles because only "P*ssies need all that soft stuff." Ladies, if you think men [strong or weak] do not and should not NEED to feel wanted by their women, then you need to take your ass off the market of dating human dudes and start getting it in with Universal Soldiers.
The need to feel wanted by your significant other is not a female or B*tch-ass trait – it's a simple necessity of intense, personal human interaction and to degrade the quality of a dudes manhood based on him NEEDING to feel wanted makes you a DOUCHEBAG. But worse, it continues to perpetuate the same thing WOMEN complain about: The fact that men aren't MORE open and honest about our feelings. Well, THIS is exactly why. Because if we keep them hidden, we are strong and ignorant, but if we let them out, we are soft and hoe-made, and we realize that most women would prefer the former over the latter.
UNDERSTAND, when I talk about men needing to feel wanted, I am reminding women that there is a LOT of onus on YOU ALL to help maintain the quality of your man's emotional mind-state. We easily understand this concept as it relates to women, because it's easy for us all to agree that men need to make their women feel wanted, comfortable, safe, secure and desired – but when we turn the discussion around, it's interesting how easily we all believe a "real man" wouldn't need ANY of those things. Well let me bring that BULLSH*T to an end right now – even the strongest men in the world NEED to feel WANTED by his woman.
Obviously I am NOT advocating men to lack ANY emotional fortitude, but when we talk about needing emotional security and support, let's not ACT like those are just "feminine issues." Emotions AREN'T Secret Deordorant: Strong enough for a man, but made for a woman.
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