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Hedge funds got less bullish on gold (COMEX:GCG14), cutting their net-long position to a four-month low, before prices capped the biggest weekly retreat since September.
Net holdings in futures and options tumbled 20% to 44,291 contracts in the week ended Nov. 19, the lowest since July 9, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data show. Short bets rose 16% to the highest since Aug. 6 and long wagers slid 2.5%. Net-bullish wagers across 18 U.S.- traded commodities fell 12% as investors became the most bearish on copper since July and cut their silver holdings by the most in five months.
Gold fell 6.2% this month, heading for the worst slide since June, when the metal reached a 34-month low. The Federal Reserve signaled Nov. 20 that it may ease stimulus in coming months. Billionaire John Paulson told clients the same day he personally won't invest more money into his gold fund because it's not clear when inflation will quicken. The U.S. cost of living declined in October for the first time since April, while wholesale prices fell for a second month.
"With the Fed perhaps stepping back, it's hard to make a case for inflationary behavior out there," said Jeffrey Sherman, a money manager who helps oversee $53 billion at DoubleLine Capital LP in Los Angeles. "People aren't as worried about inflation, thus you're not seeing people buying gold."
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Futures dropped 3.3% last week, the biggest slide since Sept. 13, as Fed minutes released Nov. 20 showed policymakers project enough strength in the labor market to warrant slowing bond buying. Nineteen analysts surveyed by Bloomberg News expect prices to fall this week, nine are bullish and three neutral, the largest proportion of bears since June 21.
Gold slumped 26% this year to $1,242.20 an ounce on the Comex in New York, heading for the biggest annual loss since 1981. The Standard & Poor's GSCI gauge of 24 commodities dropped 4.2%. The MSCI All-Country World Index of equities climbed 18%, while the Bloomberg Dollar Index, a gauge against 10 major trading partners, rose 3.6%. The Bloomberg Treasury Bond Index fell 2.4%.
Billionaire Paulson, who had so much conviction in gold that he used the SPDR Gold Trust exchange-traded product to start share classes for his funds denominated in bullion, told clients last week that he personally wouldn't invest more money, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Cain And Abel
Cain said to Abel his brother, "Let us go out to the field." And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and killed him. Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" He said, "I do not know; am I my brother's keeper?" And the LORD said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the ground."
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Yes Eli - mint helps give them that nice fresh taste.
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Leryn Franco — Crush of the Day [PICTURES]
Leryn Franco is a Paraguayan model and athlete that has posed for Sports Illustrated and other popular magazines. She specializes in the javelin throw and became an internet sensation during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Her recent appearance at the Pan Am games brought her back into the spotlight and let all of the world know "there is still such a thing as the Pan Am games." Oh and that she might be the hottest athlete walking the planet.
Leryn has inspired us to host our own athletic events in the hopes of getting as many hot female athletes in the world into one place as possible. Then we let them face off in competition against men. Not athletic men. Just men. Normal guys that think they can throw a javelin far or beat a woman at basketball. Nothing would be more fun than to watch dudes getting whooped in sports by hot women. It should be a weekly show on G4 or SpikeTV.
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Chocolate Creameux at Cluny Art Bar
Mac and Cheese at Montée de Lait
Hot chocolate from Les Chocolates de Cholé
Last year I visited Montréal for the first time and ate some fabulous and delicious food. This year I had the opportunity to visit two more times and wanted to share some of my favourite spots. Here is a slide show of my Montréal eating adventure.
Cluny Art Bar – Fantastic lunch spot, yummy desserts
Pintxo – Spanish tapas
Montée de Lait – Lovely restaurant specializing in delicious milk and cheese inspired dishes
Trois Petits Bouchons – Nice wine and supper spot
Reservoir – Good reliable breakfast and brunch
Schwartz's – The one and only deli to get smoked meat sandwiches
Le Club Chasse et Peche – Possibly my favourite restaurant in Montréal serving top quality French food
Au Pied De Cochon – Everything Foie Gras you could ever want
Laloux – A lovely bistro with great desserts
Les Chocolates de Cholé – The best chocolate in Montréal
Santropol – Healthy and hardy sandwiches - homestyle
Patati Patata – Yummy mini burgers and poutine
If you are doing research on where to go to eat in Montréal check out the March 2006 issue of Gourmet Magazine and" the one and only Montréal Food Guide " written by the lovely and knowledgeable Michelle and AJ of the blog An Endless Banquet.
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Some weeks ago I mentioned the publication of Conor Brady's new historical crime novel, A June of Ordinary Murders. The book's publisher, New Island, was kind enough to send me a review copy and here, alas, is the review!
'J.G. Farrell, the Liverpool-born, Irish novelist, renowned for his historical fictions, who died, too young, in 1979, wrote: "History leaves so much out … It leaves out the most important thing: the detail of what being alive is like." In his debut historical crime novel, A June of Ordinary Murders, Conor Brady goes a long way toward showing us what being alive was like for a Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) detective working a murder case during a heat wave in Dublin, circa 1887. A crime novel rich in period detail and confident characterisation, the reader of A June of Ordinary Murders can almost feel the heat oppressing Dublin, smell the stench of the rancid Liffey at low ebb.
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Swallow is a believable and sympathetic protagonist and his relationship with the publican, Maria Walsh, is particularly well drawn. Another of the book's strengths, in fact, is its portrayal of female characters as rounded and modern in a way in perfect keeping with the waning Victorian setting. All of the characters in the novel live on the page in a way that is never anachronistic. It is the duty of the historical novelist to remind us that, while times change, people don't, and Brady pulls this off with panache.
His writing is clear and comfortable, as one would expect from a former journalist of Brady's stature, and the research, historical and criminal, exudes authenticity. Again, a minor quibble, but perhaps too much of this fascinating research is evidenced in the early chapters; there is a long explanation of the Land War which, while interesting, admirably objective and well presented, would be better suited to a history textbook and could have been summarised neatly in a paragraph or bedded in the dialogue. This tendency to over-inclusion of hard-won research--an occupational hazard for all historical novelists, myself very much included--fades, however, as the narrative progresses and we are left with a cracking whodunnit, rich in period detail and peopled with wholly believable, complex characters of whom I hope to see more of in future Joe Swallow novels. All in all, a powerful, well-researched debut from Brady. A June of Ordinary Murders is no ordinary historical novel and comes to you highly recommended by this reader.


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The labor market is showing signs of improvement, but some industries are mending quicker than others, offering more prospects to job seekers.
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Although it's still tough to get hired, hourly workers may fare better if they focus their hunt on the retail or restaurant industries.
"As the economy is improving, retail and the restaurant industries are feeling the improvement quicker than others and are ramping up hiring," says Courtney Moyer, a spokeswoman for Snagajob.com, a job search board dedicated to hourly workers. "It's still not an easy job market, but it's improving."
May's employment report was tepid, showing only a slight improvement from April, but there were a couple of hiring bright spots, including the restaurant industry. According to the Department of Labor, restaurants added 38,000 jobs in May and the National Restaurant Association is projecting close to 450,000 jobs to be added this summer, a 4.5% increase from last year.
The jobs are spread around various types of restaurants and all positions, but Moyer says hiring is particularly strong for fast-food and casual-dining chains. She says Snagajob is seeing "intense" hiring needs from Domino's Pizza franchise owners and Cracker Barrel operators. "While we are in the thick of things coming up to July 4, restaurants are still hiring
The retail industry is also gaining steam as consumers feel more confident in the economy. In May, retailers added 28,000 jobs, according to the Labor Department, a tick up from the average of 20,000 jobs added per month in 2012.
Workers looking to get into retail should check out general merchandise stores, since they added 10,000 jobs in May and account for a large portion of the sector, according to Moyer. She says Snagajob is seeing a lot of interest from The Hudson Group, an operator of retail stores in airports, and Bon-Ton, which has locations in 23 states.
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Frustrated older job seekers unable to find a job in the summer should reignite their efforts to get a job after August, say Moyer. Many employers hire college students to work over the summer, and they all return to school in August—leaving positions open.
She adds that employers looking to significantly increase their payroll are going to job fairs to find job candidates, so it's important job seekers monitor and attend local events. "Sometimes you feel like your application goes in a black hole put with job fairs you know the employer is hiring so you see results very quickly," she says.
Even though certain industries are looking to hire on a large scale, it's still the applicants' responsibility to follow up.
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Our Hospitality & Catering Department has an excellent reputation locally and nationally, due to the skills and professionalism of its learners, demonstrated by success in competitions such as the Future Chef competition, the UK Skills Challenge and Restaurant Magazine 'College Restaurant of the Year'.
In 2016 the restaurant was awarded the prestigious AA College Rosette, having impressed AA Hotel and Restaurant Inspectors with "Quality and consistent standards of hospitality, service and cuisine."
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Join Bedford College and you will benefit from the expertise and contacts of our tutors who have had successful careers and are members of the Craft Guild of Chefs, the Hotel, Catering & International Management Association (HCIMA), and the Master Chefs of Great Britain. They have also won awards for Education Chef of the Year.
Our students provide the best examples of our success. In the last few years, they have won over 35 awards in competitions such as the South of England Championships and the British Open. Student Stephanie Chou was awarded second place in the Student Game Chef Competition and student Abbigail Smith won the local finals of the Future Chef competition. You will have the opportunity to participate in exchange visits and a wide range of national and international competitions.
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Over the last quarter century, the opening range breakout has been one of the most powerful and successful trading tools. Not only did the analysis technique help Larry Williams turn $10,000 into more than $1 million in less than a year, but it achieved cult status with the work of Toby Crabel and his book, "Day Trading with Short Term Price Patterns and Opening Range Breakout."
The opening range breakout is a method of buying a given level off of the market open and selling a given level below. The strategy developed as an outgrowth of Arthur Merrill's work on a breakout off the close for the Dow Jones Industrial Average from 1960-1980.
Although the strategy has its variations, they remain the same: To define what is termed the "stretch" or "offset" off the open. Crabel did a lot of his analysis using a fixed stretch off the open. Williams used a percentage of a short-term average range, most commonly a three-day average. Another well-known trader and Futures contributor, Sheldon Knight, used a percentage of the difference between an N-day high and N-day low.
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Although simpler methods were effective, Crabel also had a dynamic formula for calculating his offset. The goal was to move the breakout point beyond the noise level in the market. His formula was to use the 10-day average of the minimum between the open and low, and the high and open.
Another major contribution of Crabel's book was providing a framework for testing opening range breakout patterns. It contained statistical analysis of different patterns triggered by breakouts: A fixed number of ticks above or below the open. These patterns are based on price action over the past one to seven days. There are some patterns that are biased, permitting trading in only one direction. The framework is as follows:
- If the price bar range is less than the previous bar range, it is a narrow range (NR) day. These NR patterns looked back over a given number of bars. For example, an NR4 pattern occurs when the range of the current bar is the narrowest in the past three. He also tested against other patterns, such as NR5 and NR7.
- The opposite of NR patterns are wide spread (WS) patterns. This occurs when the current range is the widest on the past N bars. Crabel also looked at both inside and outside bars as qualifiers for a breakout.
- An inside day is defined as "if the high of the current day is lower than the high of the previous day, and the low of the current day is higher than the low of the previous day."
- An outside day is defined as "if the high of the current day is higher than the high of the previous day, and the low of the current day is lower than the low of the previous day."
- A bear hook occurs "when you have an NR with the open less than the previous bar's low, and the close is greater than the previous bar's close."
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Special equipment: 4 metal skewers
Preheat a grill to medium-high heat.
For the lemon cream: Beat the cream, sugar, vanilla and lemon zest in a mixing bowl until soft peaks form. Add the sour cream and then hand whisk until slightly more thickened. Place in a 1-gallon resealable bag, chill and set aside. This can be made ahead of time and kept well chilled until ready to use.
For the shortcake and glaze: Slide 4 strawberries onto each skewer. Mix together the sugar and lemon juice in a small bowl.
Grill the cake slices using tongs until grill marks appear, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Follow by grilling the strawberries, flipping once, until grill marks appear, about 3 minutes. Transfer the strawberries to a cutting board and slice in half. Coat the strawberries in the glaze or brush on.
Build the sandwiches by putting lemon cream on one side of the cake, followed by 4 strawberry halves. Add another layer of lemon cream and top with the remaining cake slice.
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China's first cargo spacecraft, Tianzhou-1, was launched successfully at 7:41 pm Beijing Time Thursday, a crucial step for the country to build a space station by approximately 2022.
Lifted by a Long March-7 Y2 carrier rocket, Tianzhou-1 roared into space from Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan Province on Thursday evening.
The cargo ship will dock with the orbiting Tiangong-2 space lab, provide fuel and other supplies, and conduct space experiments before falling back to Earth. The launch of Tianzhou-1 was a "zero-window" mission, which means it had to be launched at precisely 7:41:28 pm, with no room for error, China Central Television reported.
The cargo ship is 10.6 meters long and has a maximum diameter of 3.35 meters. Its maximum takeoff weight is 13.5 tons, allowing it to carry over 6 tons of supplies. Tianzhou-1 is larger and heavier than Tiangong-2, which is 10.4 meters in length and has a maximum diameter of 3.35 meters, weighing 8.6 tons, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
"Tianzhou-1's cargo usually includes space food, medicine, water and so on, for three people's use for 30 days, but this time it is a unmanned flight, so we put simulated cargo that weighs the same in the spacecraft," Huang Weifen, deputy chief designer of China's manned space project astronaut system, told the Global Times.
The biggest challenge of this mission is that new spacecraft, new rockets and the new launch site need to match each other, Xu said. When Tianzhou-1 completes its mission, it will make an automatic destructive re-entry into Earth's atmosphere.
"This shows that China's environmental awareness of space has improved, and this is a good attempt to reduce space junk. Tianzhou-1 will fall into the South Pacific under our control when its mission ends," Xu said.
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Bai Mingsheng, chief designer of the cargo ship, told Xinhua that the cargo aboard the spacecraft weighs almost the same as the ship, exceeding the load capacity of Russian cargo ships in active service. If the Tianzhou-1 mission is successful, China will become the third country besides Russia and the US to master the technique of refueling in space.
"In general, Tianzhou-1's technology is definitely in the first-class around the globe, at the same stage as Russia and the US. Although Europe and Japan also have their own cargo spacecraft and their payload capacity is bigger than Tianzhou-1, they heavily rely on US and Russian technological support in various aspects," Song Zhongping, a military expert who served in the Second Artillery Corps (now known as the PLA Rocket Force), told the Global Times on Thursday.
From launch to automatic destruction, China's Tianzhou-1 doesn't need to rely on any other country's facilities or technology, and compared to the US' Cygnus and Dragon, its payload capacity is bigger and technologically more reliable and advanced in general, Song said.
Space ambition
China aims to build a permanent space station that is expected to orbit for at least 10 years, and the maiden voyage of the cargo ship is important as it will be a courier to help maintain the space station. Without a cargo transportation system, the station would run out of power and basic necessities, causing it to fall back to Earth before the designated time, Xinhua reported.
Currently, the only space station is the International Space Station (ISS), which was mainly pushed by the US and Russia and was launched in 1998. It should reach the end of its mission in 2020, but the US and Russia might decide to extend its lifetime a little bit, Song said.
According to previous reports in the Global Times, in order to prevent China from sharing in advanced space technology, the US always refused any attempt from China to join the ISS program, despite efforts China made in 2000.
"But we are going to have our own space station very soon. After 2020, China's Tiangong will very likely become the only space station in service, and will provide services to more developing countries so more countries can benefit from humanity's achievements in space technology," Song said.
Source: By Liu Yang in Wenchang and Yang Sheng in Beijing Source:Global Times Published: 2017/4/21 0:08:39
First cargo spacecraft boosts China's space dream
WENCHANG, Hainan, April 20 (Xinhua) — China has taken another step toward its goal of putting a space station into orbit around 2022, by sending its first cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1 into space on Thursday evening.
Atop a Long March-7 Y2 carrier rocket, Tianzhou-1 rose into the air from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China's Hainan Province at 7:41 p.m.
China declared the launch a success after it entered designated orbit minutes later.
The cargo ship will dock with the orbiting Tiangong-2 space lab where two Chinese astronauts spent 30 days in the country's longest-ever manned space mission, provide fuel and other supplies to the latter, as well as conduct space experiments before falling back to Earth.
If the Tianzhou-1 mission is successful, China will become the third country besides Russia and the United States to master the technique of refueling in space.
China aims to build a permanent space station that is expected to orbit for at least 10 years, and the debut of the cargo ship is important as it acts as a courier to help maintain the space station.
Without a cargo transportation system, the station would run out of power and basic necessities, causing it to return to Earth before the designated time.
"The Tianzhou-1 mission includes the breakthrough of in-orbit refueling and other key technology needed to build a space station, laying a foundation for future space station operations," said Bai Mingsheng, chief designer of the cargo ship.
Measuring 10.6 meters long and boasting a maximum diameter of 3.35 meters, the Tianzhou-1 cargo ship has a maximum takeoff weight of 13.5 tonnes, and could carry over 6 tonnes of supplies.
Tianzhou-1 is larger and heavier than Tiangong-2, which is 10.4 meters in length and has a maximum diameter of 3.35 meters, weighing 8.6 tonnes.
Bai said that supplies loaded on the cargo spacecraft are nearly as heavy as the ship's own weight, exceeding the loading capacity of Russian cargo ships in active service.
Tianzhou-1 will dock with Tiangong-2 three times, said Bai. After the first docking, aerospace engineers will test the controlling ability of the cargo spacecraft over the two spacecraft.
The second docking will be conducted from a different direction, which aims to test the ability of the cargo ship to dock with the space station from different directions.
In the last docking, Tianzhou-1 will use fast-docking technology. Previously, it took China about two days to dock, while fast docking will take about six hours, according to Bai.
Refueling is conducted during docking, a process that is much more complicated than refueling vehicles on land.
The refueling procedure will take 29 steps and last for several days each time.
This means the Tianzhou-1 will stay in space for about six months. It will fall into a designated sea area after fulfilling its tasks.
Space cargo ships play a crucial role in the maintenance of a space station.
Cargo ships can send all kinds of supplies to the space station which can be an experiment field for developing technology in space.
Huang Weifen, a deputy chief designer of the Astronaut Center of China, said that supplies carried by Tianzhou-1 include goods that will meet the basic living and working needs of three astronauts for 30 days in space, including drinking water, oxygen bottles and nitrogen bottles.
Also onboard include facilities for microorganism tests, and sensors are installed to obtain data such as mechanics and temperature for the future design of the space suit outside a spacecraft.
"We hope to gather relevant data through this mission and accumulate experience for sending material for the future space station," she said.
Although China has achieved many giant steps in space exploration, the country's space odyssey is far from over as it eyes building its own space station and far beyond that: landing on Mars.
In 1992, the central authority approved a three-step manned space program.
The first step, to send an astronaut into space and return safely, was fulfilled by Yang Liwei in Shenzhou-5 mission in 2013.
The second step was developing advanced space flight techniques and technologies including extra-vehicular activity and orbital docking.
The final step will be able to operate a permanent manned space station.
Chinese scientists said they plan to launch a core module of the country's first space station around 2018, followed by two experiment modules.
The station in the primary stage will be composed of three modules: core module, experiment module I and experiment module II. Each module will weigh more than 20 tonnes and together the three will be structured in the shape of T. The core module will be in the middle with an experiment module on each side.
During its operation, the space station could be linked to one additional cargo ship and two manned spacecraft at one time, and the maximum weight of the whole assembly could reach up to 90 tonnes.
Based on such design, scientists will keep updating capsules in accordance with scientific research and extend their abilities.
With the International Space Station set to retire in 2024, the Chinese space station will offer a promising alternative, and China will be the only country with a permanent space station.
So far, China has successfully launched 11 Shenzhou series spacecraft, including six manned spacecraft that lifted 11 astronauts into space.
The country strives to realize the third step of its lunar program in 2017: sending Chang'e-5 lunar probe onto the moon which will return with samples.
Source: Xinhua| 2017-04-20 21:17:45|Editor: Mu Xuequan
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This page contains the basic information about High Blood Pressure (Hypertension) .
High Blood Pressure (Hypertension)
What Is It?
Blood pressure has two components:
Blood pressure is measured in millimeters of mercury (mmHg). So blood pressure would be expressed, for example, as 120/80 mmHg.
High blood pressure is diagnosed when one or both of these numbers is too high. High blood pressure is also called hypertension.
Blood pressure is categorized as follows:
Normal: Less than 120/80 mmHg
Prehypertension: 120/80 to 139/89 mmHg
Stage 1 hypertension: 140/90 to 159/99 mmHg
Stage 2 hypertension: 160/100 mmHg and above
Usually, systolic pressure increases as we age. However, after age 60, diastolic pressure usually begins to decline.
Prehypertension is not a diseaseyet. But it does mean you are at increased risk for developing high blood pressure.
Although high blood pressure can cause symptoms such as headache and pounding heartbeat, it often causes no symptoms at all.
So why worry about high blood pressure? Because even when high blood pressure is not causing any symptoms, it can silently damage many organs, including the:
You may not recognize the damage that silent hypertension has been doing to your body until you suddenly are stricken with a major disease. For example, hypertension increases your risk of heart attack, stroke, and kidney failure.
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Juventus midfielder Andrea Pirlo was named Serie A's player of 2012/13 at Monday's Gran Gala del Calcio, organised by the Association of Italian Footballers (ACI).
"I really value this award because my footballing colleagues vote and it's very nice to be selected by your peers," the 34-year-old Italian international said after receiving the award for the second consecutive year. "They do the same job as me and they see better than anybody else what happens on the pitch."
Pirlo and Juventus team-mates Andrea Barzagli, Giorgio Chiellini and Arturo Vidal were selected in the team of the season, voted by the Italian top-flight's players, coaches, referees, current and former Italy coaches and selected journalists. Goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon finished second behind FC Internazionale Milano's Samir Handanovič, who received his award from Giorgio Marchetti, UEFA director of competitions.
Juventus boss Antonio Conte, who led La Vecchia Signora to a second consecutive Scudetto, was again named best coach. "I thank the players I have had the privilege of coaching these past three years," Conte said. "We had a long-term project but results came much sooner than expected. We won in the first season, we won in the second and now we want a third Scudetto in a row. We also have a plan for Europe. We need more patience but we have strength and ideas to do well."
Forward Domenico Berardi was named Serie B young player of the season after helping US Sassuolo Calcio earn promotion; he has already scored 12 goals in 16 games in his maiden top-flight campaign. Nicola Rizzoli, who oversaw the UEFA Champions League final last May, was voted as best referee. Italy winger Melania Gabbiadini was hailed as the best women's player for the second consecutive year.
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Samir Handanovič (FC Internazionale Milano); Christian Maggio (SSC Napoli), Andrea Barzagli (Juventus), Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus), Mattia De Sciglio (AC Milan); Arturo Vidal (Juventus), Andrea Pirlo (Juventus), Borja Valero (ACF Fiorentina); Edinson Cavani (SSC Napoli, now Paris Saint-Germain), Antonio Di Natale (Udinese Calcio), Mario Balotelli (AC Milan).
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ROME (AP) — Young patients at Rome's main children's hospital have presented Pope Francis with a basket full of notes expressing their wishes, most of all to get well.
Francis spent three hours Saturday visiting patients and their families at Bambino Gesu children's hospital. He was greeted by about a dozen children, who presented him with a bouquet of white roses and a large cardboard heart.
Among the wishes was one from Diego who asked for "no more needles" and Pietro who wished "there were no more illnesses."
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HOT SPRINGS, VA –– Duke's Brinson Paolini cemented his name and legend in commonwealth golf annals by scoring a 3 and 2 victory over Ji Soo Park, 20, in Saturday's scheduled 36-hole final at the 100th Virginia State Golf Association Amateur Championship at The Homestead's Cascades Course.
Competing in his last VSGA Amateur for the foreseeable future before turning professional later this summer, Paolini became the second golfer to collect four titles in six years; commonwealth golf legend Vinny Giles is the other, winning four of his record seven titles in 1966, 1968, 1969 and 1971. Paolini won an unprecedented three straight Amateurs from 2008-10. His four victories in the event are tied for the third-most of all-time with Billy Howell and Wynsol Spencer won five times.
Paolini has been the face of the VSGA Amateur as of late. In 2008, he became the youngest champion in seven decades and claimed three victories in the event before turning 20. Talk about exiting the stage in style—and doing so in the centennial year at the Cascades, where the Amateur has been conducted 40 times, more than any other course.
"To be able to win the centennial basically at the unofficial home of this event is very special, so I'm just very fortunate, blessed and happy," said Paolini, a spring graduate of Duke University. "It may take a couple of days for this to sink in.
"The VSGA has meant so much to me in my development throughout the years not only as a player, but as a person. To be able to win the centennial event at The Homestead is incredible."
Facing a two holes down deficit after lunch, Paolini hit the accelerator, playing the final 14 holes in four under par. A rising junior at the University of Virginia, Park, who rode a hot putter in the morning, took a 2-up lead by knocking in a 20-footer for birdie at the 20th hole of the day, the par-4 second.
Paolini responded in winning form by running off three consecutive birdies to take a lead he wouldn't relinquish. He started the surge at the 21st hole, the par-4 third, where he struck a great drive that settled 15 feet to the right of the flagstick. Paolini proceeded to take the next two holes, sinking putts of 14 and 16 feet to turn the match around and move to a one-hole up advantage. With the win at the 23rd hole, the par-5 fifth, Paolini gained the upper hand in the match for the first time since the 11th hole in the morning session.
He'd recovered after Park continued his strong play after lunch and the surge started by driving the green at No. 2, which is reachable, but requires a precise shot. Paolini also had a quiet determination to forge ahead and not let Park work his late magic, which had allowed him to win three straight extra holes matches to reach the final.
"Really, the turning point in the match was when he made that putt at [No.] 2 in the afternoon and he really hadn't made a mistake all day," Paolini said "Then I stepped up and hit that drive to 15 feet and made the three birdies in a row. From there, I was just trying to hold on and keep the momentum on my side. I was trying to win holes, but I was also trying to keep pressure on [Park] because I knew what he'd done on the last few holes, so I had to try to keep the momentum on my side."
Paolini seemingly had the pace on the Cascades' undulating putting surfaces all week and showed his touch, draining a slippery downhill 6-footer at the 27th hole, the par-4 ninth, to go two holes up. Counting the concessions that are typically a part of match play, Paolini shot 3-under 31 on the outward half in the afternoon.
Paolini gained a match-high 3-up lead after Park tugged his tee shot left and short-sided himself at the 29th hole, the par-3 11th, leaving a chip shot from heavy grass that was impossible to stop and resulted in a bogey.
Park got within two at the 31st hole, the par-4 13th where he stuffed his second shot to 18 inches for a conceded birdie, accounting for his first win since the 20th hole. Paolini showed great touch two holes later at the 33rd hole, the par-3 15th. With his ball nearly nestled against where the fringe meets the second cut of rough and 40 feet from the hole, Paolini rolled the big-breaking putt to a few inches from the hole for a par-win to go dormie-3. Park's tee shot came to rest in the left greenside bunker and he left his second shot in the sand.
Paolini made perhaps his last stroke at the VSGA Amateur at the 34th hole, the par-5 16th where he made a 4-footer for a birdie to win the match. The emotions would stay stored away no longer for Paolini. He tearfully embraced caddie Mac Thayer, who has been his looper at the Amateur since 2008, exchanged a congratulatory handshake with Park and hugs from his mother and father, as well as from a host of onlookers.
Park had a 1-up lead after the morning session. After shaking off some early nervousness, he played the final 11 holes in four under par, including draining a testing 16-foot left-to-right breaker at the par-3 18th that sent him to a 1-up lead at the break. After Paolini got rolling in the afternoon, Park's putter went cold and could only watch as his opponent rallied.
"Brinson had those three birdies and that was big. I wasn't swinging badly," Park said. "It hurts. I didn't play badly—he played a well. I didn't give him a hole. He took the holes from me. There's nothing you can do about that—he made birdies.
"He played a lot of good shots. He's obviously a really good player and I knew he was going to stay strong all the way through and he did."
Once Paolini retook the lead, he was on firm footing the rest of the way. He had a steely focus all week.
"I just wasn't going to lose—and if I was, someone was going to have to really beat me," Paolini said. "That's what [caddie] Mac [Thayer] kept saying: If we're going to go down, someone was going to have to play as good as anyone can play. I wasn't going to give anyone anything. That was kind of my mantra all week: just keep fighting and never give up and I was just fortunate to come out on top."
Even when he trailed, Paolini, the possessor of an enviable smooth and efficient motion with few moving parts, continued to strike solid shots and stayed strong mentally, a must in a match play setting. His name will again be engraved on the Schwarzschild Brothers Trophy alongside a host of other Virginia golf greats.
"I just kept telling myself to keep fighting. Match play is all about leverage. It's all about the next hole and how you can put pressure on your opponent on the next hole no matter if you're 6 up or 6 down," Paolini said "You have to put pressure on your opponent. That's all I tried to keep doing—no matter where I was, keep putting pressure on [Park], keep putting pressure on the golf course, keep the momentum on my side and I was fortunate that it worked out."
Paolini will turn professional in the next couple of months. He has a believer in Thayer, his longtime caddie, friend and a mentor, who has known Paolini since his junior golf days.
"He can work the ball both ways. He's a much better now than he ever has been before," Thayer said. "He's really worked hard on his short game so those are the elements that you really need to succeed on the PGA Tour. And he's learned a lot about composure, too—that's a lot of the formula you need to be successful out there."
Paolini hopes his experience competing in VSGA events, especially the Amateur, will be an ally as he makes his next career move.
"It's given me the belief and the confidence that I can compete and play at the highest level," Paolini said. "I'm hoping to be able to take the mindset that I had here all week and apply it to my future. If I can do that, hopefully, I'll have some good things happen."
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With U.S. stock and bond markets closed for a second consecutive day on Tuesday, October 30 because of Hurricane Sandy, it's an ideal time to look at exchange-traded products (ETPs). This time, let's focus on the five main product structures that ETPs use.
Open End FundsThe vast majority of traditional exchange-traded funds (ETFs) use an open-end structure. This product design is quite flexible and allows the usage of derivatives, portfolio sampling and securities lending. Dividends in open-end funds are immediately reinvested and usually distributed to shareholders either monthly or quarterly. The open-end structure is used by major ETF families like the iShares, State Street Global Advisors and Vanguard. Almost all open-end ETFs will follow either stock or bond indexes.
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Unit Investment Trusts (UIT)The UIT structure is considerably more restrictive compared to the open-end fund. For instance, it does not reinvest dividends, but instead holds them until they're paid out to shareholders. This creates a phenomenon known as "dividend drag." UITs are not allowed to loan securities in their portfolios and they must fully replicate their underlying indexes. Also, unlike open-end funds, UITs have expiration periods which typically last anywhere from a few years to decades. The SPDR Dow Jones Industrial ETF (NYSEARCA:DIA), PowerShares QQQ Trust (Nasdaq:QQQ), and the SPDRs S&P 500 (NYSEARCA:SPY) each use the UIT structure. UITs are generally very tax efficient.
Grantor TrustThis type of product structure is used by many popular single commodity ETPs like the SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEARCA:GLD) and the iShares Silver Trust (NYSEARCA:SLV). Since these particular products own the physical metal and not the futures contracts on the metal, gains are taxed at ordinary income rates, which are currently 28%.
The grantor structure is also used by other commodity focused products like the PowerShares DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund (NYSEARCA:DBC). Like many other commodity ETPs, DBC uses futures contracts to obtain its commodities exposure. ETPs that use futures contracts are taxed each year even if you don't sell them. Capital gains are currently taxed at a hybrid rate of 60% long-term and 40% short-term gains.
Limited Partnerships (LPs)The LP structure is used by many specialized and commodity focused ETPs like the United States Oil Fund (NYSEARCA:USO). Just like the previously mentioned DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund, USO uses futures contracts to obtain its oil commodities exposure. LPs that use futures contracts are taxed each year even if you don't sell them. Capital gains are taxed at a hybrid rate of 60% long-term and 40% short-term gains. At the end of each tax year, investors are sent a Schedule K-1.
Exchange-Traded Notes (ETNs)ETNs are debt instruments linked to the performance of a single commodity, currency or index. They have a set maturity date and they do not usually pay an annual coupon or specified dividend rate. ETNs can be traded or redeemed before the maturity date. If the note is held to maturity, the investor is paid the return of the note's underlying index, minus the annual expense ratio. ETNs carry issuer risk which is tied to the credit worthiness of the financial institution backing the ETN. If the issuer's financial condition deteriorates, it could negatively impact the value of the ETN, regardless of how its underlying index performs.
Gains on stock, bond and commodity ETNs are taxed at either long-term or short-term capital gains rates depending on how long you've held them. Typically these types of ETNs don't distribute dividends or interest income, so they are very tax-efficient. In 2007, the IRS ruled that currency ETNs should be taxed as bonds, regardless of whether the interest inside the note is automatically reinvested and not paid out until the note holder sells their ETN.
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The yield on 10-year U.S. Treasuries (^TNX) has surged 66% over the past three months. And bond investors, especially those with jumbo-sized positions, are getting hammered. How much money has the Federal Reserve lost?
At the end of July, the Federal Reserve held $1.98 trillion in U.S. Treasuries. (See chart below) That figure represents just over half of the Fed's $3.6 trillion balance sheet. Scott Minerd, the Global Chief Investment Officer at Guggenheim Partners notes:
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"Our estimate shows that the spike in bond yields since the first quarter of this year has caused a mark-to-market loss of $192 billion on the Fed's holding assets, equivalent to approximately all of the unrealized gains that the Fed had accumulated since it began to implement quantitative easing in late 2008. Although in keeping with their own accounting principles the Fed does not record mark-to-market losses, a continued increase in bond yields would incur actual losses should the central bank decide to sell assets."Investments benefiting from rising rates are leveraged short Treasury ETFs like the ProShares UltraShort US Treasury 20+ Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:TBT) and the Direxion Shares US Treasury 20+ 3x Bear Shares (NYSEARCA:TMV). Both ETFs have jumped between 30% to 50% over the past three months. Not bad when considering the total U.S. bond market (NYSEARCA:AGG) has lost 2.83% while long-term U.S. Treasuries have fallen an even harder 11% year-to-date. AUDIO: "The Lance Armstrong of the Investment Business" Granted, the Bernanke & Co. does not value its massive bond portfolio on a mark-to-market basis. But the surge in interest rates has already erased almost $200 billion in the Federal Reserve's capital. But that's not all.
If interest rates continue to head higher, the value of the Fed's liquid assets that it could sell would decline and further undermine its capital cushion. And if the velocity of rate increases intensifies, the Fed, with only $62 billion in capital, could see its entire capital base completely wiped out.
This could have a serious domino effect. It could paralyze the Fed's ability to defend the dollar's purchasing power, causing Treasury prices (NYSEARCA:TLT) to fall further and thereby push interest rates even higher. Just imagine the unimaginable; a weakened and impotent Fed.
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Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer TreatmentChemotherapy For Breast Cancer Treatment - Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment
Chemotherapy is the use of anti-cancer drugs to treat cancerous cells. Chemotherapy reaches all parts of the body, not just the cancer cells. The oncologist will recommend a treatment plan for each individual. Specific treatment will be based on:
Your overall health and medical history
Your age and whether you are menstruating
The type and stage of the cancer
Your tolerance for specific medications and procedures
Expectations for the course of the disease
Your opinion or preference
The oncologist will also determine how long and how often you will have chemotherapy treatments. Chemotherapy can be administered intravenously (in the vein) or by pill, and is usually a combination of drugs. Chemotherapy treatments are often given in cycles; a treatment for a period of time, followed by a recovery period, then another treatment. Chemotherapy may be given in a variety of settings including your home, a hospital outpatient facility, a physician's office or clinic, or in a hospital.
Chemotherapy can be given before surgery to shrink the tumor and sometimes make breast conserving surgery possible rather than a mastectomy. Many times it is given after surgery and may be given every three weeks or every two weeks in a ?dose dense? fashion.
What are the different types of chemotherapy drugs used for breast cancer treatment and their potential side effects?
As each person's individual medical profile and diagnosis is different, so is his/her reaction to treatment. Side effects may be severe, mild, or absent. Be sure to discuss with your cancer care team any/all possible side effects of treatment before the treatment begins. Most side effects disappear once treatment is stopped.
Doxorubicin (Adriamycin?). Doxorubicin (Adriamycin) is an intravenous medication. Doxorubicin is red in color, and it turns urine red for several hours following treatment. Women who receive doxorubicin often experience mouth sores and hair loss. This drug is most often given with cyclophosphamide. This drug combination is referred to as ?AC.? Four to six cycles of treatment over three to six months are commonly administered for breast cancer.
Cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan?). Cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan) is an anticancer drug that can be given either intravenously or orally in tablet form. The intravenous drug is clear. Cyclophosphamide can cause irritation of the lining of the urinary bladder and often nausea and vomiting. This drug is most often given with doxorubicin. This drug combination is referred to as ?AC.? Four to six cycles of treatment over three to six months are commonly administered for breast cancer.
Methotrexate (Folex?, Mexate?, Amethopterin?). Methotrexate is an anticancer drug that is usually given intravenously for women with breast cancer. The drug is yellow in color. Some women who receive methotrexate experience mouth sores following treatment. This drug is most often given with both cyclophosphamide and fluorouracil. This drug combination is referred to as ?CMF.? Four to six cycles of treatment over three to six months are commonly given for breast cancer.
Fluorouracil. Fluorouracil (5FU) is an anticancer drug that is given intravenously. The intravenous drug is clear. For some women, fluorouracil can cause mouth sores and diarrhea. This drug is most often given with both cyclophosphamide and methotrexate. This drug combination is referred to as ?CMF.? Four to six cycles of treatment over three to six months are commonly given for breast cancer.
Epirubicin (Ellence?). Ellence is a new drug similar to doxorubicin and is given intravenously. Its side effects are much the same as those caused by doxorubicin.
Paclitaxel (Taxol?), docetaxel (Taxotere?), paclitaxel (Abraxane?). These drugs belong to a group of drugs called taxanes. Taxol has been approved for treating early and advanced breast cancer. Taxotere has been approved for treatment of locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer. Abraxane is approved for use in advanced or recurrent breast cancer. Abraxane is a new formulation of paclitaxel that can be given over thirty minutes as opposed to three hours for Taxol and there is less likelihood of an adverse reaction to the drug. These drugs can cause mild allergic reactions (like fever, flushing, hives, and itching), peripheral neuropathy - which is numbness and tingling in the hands and feet; diarrhea, nausea and vomiting.
Capecitabine (Xeloda?). Xeloda is an oral chemotherapy that is converted into fluorouracil at the cellular level and is sometimes used for advanced cancer. It can cause diarrhea, nausea, mouth sores, and hand-foot syndrome (tingling, numbness, rain, redness or swelling of the hands or feet.).
Gemcitabine (Gemzar?). An antimetabolite used in treating advanced breast cancer. For some women, gemcitabine can cause loss of appetite, hair thinning, diarrhea, and nausea.
Vinorelbine (Navelbine?). Navelbine is sometimes used to treat advanced breast cancer. It can cause nausea, vomiting, mouth sores, and hair loss.
Ixabepilone (Ixempra?). Ixabepilone is a new drug shown to reduce tumor size or slow tumor growth in some patients with advanced or metastatic breast cancer. This drug belongs to a class of drugs called epothilone analogs, that work by binding to and interfering with structures called microtubules. Microtubules play a major role in cell division. Thus, cancer cell growth is slowed in the body. The drug is given by intravenous infusion once every three weeks. It can cause low white counts, low platelet counts, numbness or tingling in the hands or feet, constipation, nausea, and muscle and joint pain.
All of these drugs can cause changes in your blood counts that can make you feel very tired and make it harder for you to fight infections. Again, talk to your health care team about what side effects you should watch for and which, if any, need to be reported to the doctor right away. In most cases, there are things that can be done to help control or even prevent chemotherapy side effects.


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Stitch a whole quilt with perfectly matched seams
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from a single foundation
Learn innovative methods that make paper piecing
much faster
and easier
Choose the right
to make your miniature
Get started right away with 12 full-size foundations
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Terrie Sandelin
Published by
C&T Publishing
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Lectures and Workshops