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Cardinal Paul Shan Kuo Hsi S.J., Bishop of Kaosiung in Taiwan , was born on 3 December 1923 at Puyang, Hopeh, in China. He entered the Society of Jesus on 11 September 1946 in Beijing, where on 12 September 1948 he took his first vows. He studied philosophy in the Regional Seminary of St. Joseph in Chiughsien (1944-46) and in the Jesuits' philosophical institute in Manila (1941-51). He completed his theological studies at Bellarmine College in Baguio in the Philippines (1952-56). He was ordained a priest on 18 March 1955 in Baguio and completed the final stage of his formation in 1956-57 in Araneta Farm, Novaliches, in the Philippines.
He was appointed Director of the Chinese Section of Sacred Heart School in Cebu City in the Philippines and worked there from 1957-59.
From 1959-61 he undertook studies for a doctorate in spiritual theology at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.
He was appointed Minister of the house and Socius of the Master of Novices at the Jesuit Novitiate in Thuduc in Vietnam and he held this position from 1961-63.
He took the four solemn vows on 2 February 1963 at Thuduc, and was appointed Master of Novices and Rector of Manresa House in Changhua, Taiwan, where he worked from 1963-70. Then he was appointed Rector of St. Ignatius High School, Taipei (1970-76).
He was elected President of the Catholic Schools' Association in Taiwan (1972-76), and was appointed President of the Kuangchi Program Service, Taipei (1976-79).
In 1976 he was named Episcopal Vicar of Taipei, and on 15 November 1979 he was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Hwalien. On 14 February 1980 he was ordained to the episcopate and took possession of the Diocese of Hwalien.
In 1981 he was elected President of the Bishops' Commission for Evangelization within the Chinese Regional Bishops' Conference (CRBC), and in the same year he was named a member of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC) Office for Social Communications (1981).
In 1983, he was elected episcopal organizer of the celebrations for the 400th Anniversary of the arrival of Father Matteo Ricci in China.
In the same year, he was elected President of the FABC Office for Interreligious Dialogue and served until 1985.
From 1985-91 he was President of the FABC Office of Social Communications, and on 7 April 1987 he was elected President of the Chinese Regional Bishops' Conference for the term 1987-91.
He was named a member of the Central Committee of the FABC in 1987.
On 25 January 1991 he was appointed President of the National Council of Churches in Taiwan.
On 4 March 1991 he was transferred to the Diocese of Kaohsiung and was installed there on 17 June 1991.
On 16 April 1991 he was elected President of the Chinese Regional Bishops' Conference for a second term from 1991-95.
In 1991, he was appointed a member of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, in 1992 a member of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, and in 1993 a member of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.
On 18 April 1995, he was elected President of the Chinese Regional Bishops' Conference for a third term from 1995-99.
He was appointed a member of the Pre-Synodal Meeting in preparation of the Special Assembly for Asia of the Synod of Bishops (1996-98).
Despite his many commitments, he has found time to translate two good books into Chinese: How To Be a Guide and Commitment and Leadership, published by Kuangchi Press. Both have become best-sellers, and the second is used in training Government leaders.
He has undertaken many tasks for the Holy See and for the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences (FABC).
Besides participating in international conferences, he has taken part in many other meetings such as the visit of the Papal Legate to Taiwan and other international conferences in Taiwan.
He has always had a particular commitment to interreligious dialogue. He was elected President of the Association for Faith-Links between Chinese Religions, and he organized the visit to the Holy See of the Buddhist Master Hsing-Yun.
President of the CRCB for eleven years, he very skilfully co-ordinates the pastoral and evangelical action of the entire Catholic Church in Taiwan. In 1988, he convoked the National Symposium on Evangelization which set the directions for evangelization in the last years of the twentieth century. Recently, responding to the great changes in Taiwanese society, he has proposed for the year 2000 activities based upon the theme New Era, New Evangelization.
For all his international and national involvement, he has still managed to attend to his own Diocese in a most effective way. Thanks to his organizational ability, all the diocesan commissions and groups operate with no difficulty.
In his service of the Church, he has focused his energies on the formation in Taiwan of a well prepared laity. At the beginning of his ministry in the Diocese of Kaohsiung, the Pope named a young Taiwanese priest as his Auxiliary Bishop. Cardinal Shan named a young aboriginal priest as his Vicar General. He has established a new seminary in an isolated place to form new priests for the Church.
He is also involved in charitable works: in his Diocese he has set up the Catholic Charitable Foundation for Social Welfare, and at the national level he has promoted the creation of a Catholic Mission Foundation in Taiwan to meet the needs of Taiwanese society and to evangelize it.
The Catholic Church in Taiwan is regarded as a great benefactor of the poor, the sick, the elderly, and as a great defender of exploited women, of those who are forced to work overseas, of the marginalized, of prisoners and of the cause of human life.
Created and proclaimed Cardinal by John Paul II in the consistory of 21 February 1998. Titular church, St. Chrysogonus.
He is currently serving his fourth term as president of the Chinese Regional Bishops' Conference.
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Physicians who are confused and mislead by drug companies can rest easy-maybe, the government is coming to help
The plan is for the government to hire unbiased docs who will go forth and detail the office docs but this time the detailing will be done by folks who know the truth. It has become very difficult for someone with only a college degree, four years of med school and from 3-8 years of further education to sort the truth from the hype in regard to medication use. Fortunately, once the government hires someone with similar educational background to disseminate the unbiased truth they apparently- through the magic of government funding- become able to pluck the nuggets of truth from the dung of pharma manufactured propaganda and the razzle-dazzle of the traveling hired guns.
There are some cynics who believe that government decisions themselves have an unfortunate but predictable tendency to be biased, confused and self interested but the high-school civics class notion of the governmental agency or agent who is free of self interest and serves only the public good has considerable currency in spite of overwhelming evidence to the contrary.
As suggested by "The Last Psychiatrist" blog -does it not worry anyone that Congress believes or claims that physicians are so clueless that the government has to send out "academic detailers" to instruct the docs as to proper patient care?
I also wonder how have they been able to practice medicine before without that help?
Were not the "academic detailers" hired by the medical education companies hired by the drug companies thought to be part of the problem? Well, with a different source of funding things will change.
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After years in pre-production, including a well respected but unproduced John Milius draft, an aborted Red Sonja redux and a countless hours of fan casting, Conan The Barbarian returns to theaters this Friday with Marcus Nispel directing Game of Thrones' Jason Momoa, as the titular warrior. Rose McGowan, Rachel Nichols, Ron Perlman and Stephen Lang round out the cast of this 3D bloodbath.
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Baked Chimichanga Salad
Total TimePrep: 30 min. Bake: 5 min.
Makes10 servings
- 3 to 4 cups chopped fresh tomatoes
- 1 can (4 ounces) chopped green chilies
- 1 to 2 jalapeno peppers, seeded and finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon white vinegar
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 2 ripe avocados, peeled and pitted
- 1/2 cup chopped seeded tomato
- 1-1/2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt
- 6 to 8 drops hot pepper sauce
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 1/2 cup chopped green pepper
- 1/2 cup finely chopped celery
- 1 medium carrot, shredded
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 2 tablespoons chili powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 4 tablespoons canola oil, divided
- 5 cups shredded or chopped cooked pork
- 1/2 cup water
- 20 flour tortillas (6 inches)
- Shredded lettuce
- Sliced ripe olives
- 2 cups shredded Colby, Monterey Jack or cheddar cheese
- 1 cup sour cream
- In a large bowl, combine all salsa ingredients; cover and chill for at least 2 hours.
- In another large bowl, mash the avocados. Add remaining guacamole ingredients. Cover with plastic wrap touching surface of guacamole; chill.
- For filling, in a large skillet, saute vegetables and seasonings in 2 tablespoons oil until vegetables are tender. Add pork and water; reduce heat to low and cook until water is absorbed and mixture is heated through.
- Heat tortillas according to package directions. Place about 1/4 cup filling in center of each tortilla. Fold ends and sides over filling and roll up. Place, seam side down, on a lightly greased baking sheet. Brush each chimichanga with remaining oil.
- Bake at 450° for 5 minutes or until crisp and lightly browned. To serve, arrange lettuce on 10 individual plates. Top each with two hot chimichangas. Sprinkle with olives and cheese. Serve with salsa, guacamole and sour cream.
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We all loved the filling. I did not have time to make the salsa and guac, but the filling was yummy. I used purchased green salso. I mixed a bit in with the filling and then heated the rest on the stove so folks could use it on top of the chimi. Great meal.
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My family really enjoyed this. I was a bit taken aback by the name when I first saw this recipe, but fortunately it does not match the picture that was originally in my head. It's just a really good baked chimichanga, cooled slightly, then placed on a cool green salad. It was so refreshing to try these chimichangas baked. The fried ones can be tasty, but they often leave me with a little guilt and regret after I eat them so it's great to have the part you like and skip the part you don't!


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We have developed a multimodal multiphoton laser-scanning microscope for cell imaging featuring simultaneous acquisition of differential Coherent Antistokes Raman Scattering (D-CARS), two-photon fluorescence (TPF) and second harmonic generation (SHG) using a single 5 fs Ti:Sa broadband (660–970 nm) laser. The spectral and temporal pulse requirements of these modalities were optimized independently by splitting the laser spectrum into three parts: TPF/SHG excitation (> 900 nm), CARS Pump excitation (< 730 nm), and CARS Stokes excitation (730–900 nm). In particular, by applying an equal linear chirp to pump and Stokes pulses using glass dispersion we achieved a CARS spectral resolution of 10 cm−1, and acquired CARS images over the 1200–3800 cm−1 vibrational range selected by the time delay between pump and Stokes. A prism pulse compressor in the TPF/SHG excitation was used to achieve Fourier limited 30 fs pulses at the sample for optimum TPF and SHG. D-CARS was implemented with few passive optical elements and enabled simultaneous excitation and detection of two vibrational frequencies with a separation adjustable from 20 cm−1 to 150 cm−1 for selective chemical contrast and background suppression. The excitation/detection set-up using beam-scanning was built around a commercial inverted microscope stand providing conventional bright-field, differential interference contrast and epi-fluorescence for user-friendly characterization of biological samples. Examples of CARS hyperspectral images and simultaneous acquisition of D-CARS, TPF and SHG images in both forward and epi-direction are shown on HeLa cells, stem-cell derived human adipocytes and mouse tissues.
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- 1 pound cooked peeled medium shrimp, cut into 1/2-inch pieces (2 cups)
- 1 cup 1/2-inch cubes andouille sausage* (about 4 ounces)
- 2 tablespoons (1/4 stick) butter
- 1/2 cup minced green bell pepper
- 1/4 cup minced onion
- 1/3 cup mayonnaise
- 1 1/4 cups fresh breadcrumbs made from crustless French bread
- 1 green onion, minced
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- Coarsely chop shrimp and sausage in processor, using on/off turns. Melt 1 tablespoon butter in small skillet over medium heat. Add bell pepper and onion; sauté until vegetables soften, about 5 minutes. Transfer to medium bowl; cool. Add shrimp and sausage to vegetable mixture. Stir in mayonnaise, 1/2 cup breadcrumbs, green onion, and mustard; season with salt and pepper. Cover and chill 30 minutes.
- Form shrimp mixture into eight 1-inch-thick cakes. Place remaining 3/4 cup breadcrumbs on plate. Coat each cake with crumbs, patting to adhere. Transfer to plate; cover and chill 15 minutes or up to 1 day.
- Melt 1 tablespoon butter in heavy large nonstick skillet over medium-low heat. Add shrimp cakes; sauté until brown, about 6 minutes per side. Transfer 1 cake to each of 6 plates and serve.
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Warmth from the furnaces and from the pleasant company. Sing-along and curd cake. Hot-shop herring
in the glassblowing room is more than a meal – it is a historical way of making an evening of it!
At the beginning of the 20th century, times were tough for many Småland residents and some were forced to become vagabonds. When the glassblowers finished the day's work in the blowing room, the furnaces were used to prepare food. Fellow workers and hunters from surrounding forests gathered in the warm area around the furnace, and vagabonds also came there to warm themselves and get a bite to eat. In return, they provided the entertainment.
The party night evolved from this tradition. Traditional Småland food – owen baked herring, crisp-fried bacon, Isterband sausage and baked potatoes – is prepared in the annealing furnaces in the blowing room. To round it off, you munch on genuine Småland curd cake. There's no chance that you will leave a hot-shop herring evening hungry! While you eat well, the glassblowers and musicians provide entertainment. You also will get a chance to try your hand at glassblowing
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Coated Cookie Drops
Total TimePrep: 25 min. + chilling
Makesabout 7-1/2 dozen
- 1 package (15-1/2 ounces) Oreo cookies
- 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 15 ounces white candy coating, coarsely chopped
- 12 ounces milk chocolate candy coating, coarsely chopped
- Red and/or green candy coating disks, optional
- Place the cookies in a food processor; cover and process until finely crushed. In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and crushed cookies until blended. Roll into 3/4-in. balls. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
- In a small saucepan over low heat, melt white candy coating, stirring until smooth; dip half of the balls to completely coat. Melt chocolate candy coating and dip remaining balls. Place on waxed paper until hardened.
- Drizzle white candies with remaining chocolate coating and chocolate candies with remaining white coating. Or melt red or green coating and drizzle over balls. Store in the refrigerator.
Nutrition Facts1 each: 84 calories, 5g fat (3g saturated fat), 3mg cholesterol, 49mg sodium, 10g carbohydrate (8g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.
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I made this for the chocolate lovers (myself included) for Christmas and none of us liked them so this recipe is not a keeper!
Nov 23, 2011
These are a cookie exchange staple at my house, people request them every year. We also call them "oreo balls". Although I make many Xmas candies these are definitely the easiest ones by far! Try them, you won't be disapointed.
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Nov 29, 2010
I normally shy away from recipes that use prepared ingredients, but these could accompany me to the fabled 'desert island'!
Sep 1, 2009
I made these for our son's wedding reception this year. I added green food color to half the white coating and red food color to the other half white coating before I dipped the the balls. Green & pink polka dots were the print of the flower girl dresses!!! The 'oreo balls'(as we call them) were a BIG hit.
Aug 25, 2009
A lady made these for the cookie exchange last year. They were this hit of the party!
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Fox News Sunday: Rep. Jeb Hensarling, (R-TX) Texas; Rep. Xavier Becerra, (D-CA); Mark Zandi, Moody's Analytics; Brit Hume, Fox News; A.B. Stoddard, The Hill; Bill Kristol, The Weekly Standard and Fox News; Juan Williams, Fox News; Sandy Lerner, Ayrshire Farm, ABC's This Week: Rahm Emanuel, Mayor of Chicago; Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL); Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE); Matthew Dowd, ABC News; Paul Krugman, The New York Times; Peggy Noonan, The Wall Street Journal; George Will, CNN's State of the Union with Candy Crowley: Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA); Condoleezza Rice, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and former Secretary of State, CBS' Face the Nation: Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA); Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV); Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX), NBC's Meet the Press: Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ); Sen. John Kerry (D-MA); Dee Dee Myers, Democratic strategist; Mike Murphy, Republican strategist; Eugene Robinson, Washington Post; Ed Gillespie, former chair of the Republican National Committee, Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal: Major Garrett, National Journal; Jeanne Cummings, Bloomberg News; Deborah Solomon, The Wall Street Journal; Joan Biskupic, USA Today, NBC's The Chris Matthews Show: Dan Rather, HDNet; Helene Cooper, The New York Times; John Heilemann, New York Magazine; Lizzie O'Leary, Bloomberg
- White House 2012's Cinema Politico: This week's feature presentation comes from C-Span and it takes us back to very different America, the pre 9/11 America.
Tonight's Cinema Political feature film is only for the most discerning of political junkies. It is a look back at how the Republican presidential candidates and how they fought for the Republican nomination back in 2000, when there was no incumbent and the field was wide open. Political observers will not be able to avoid how much of the debate back then is similar to the debate today. That despite what we now realize was a much more innocent and different America than we live in today. One of the most striking remarks comes from Utah Senator Orin Hatch who during the debate made a very Nostradamus-like prediction and actually warned us about Osama bin Laden.
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|Jan Alojzy Szerejko (1902-1974)
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Have you ever had a breakthrough that was so amazing that you can't believe it when it happens? Back in 2004 I posted a message on a genealogy discussion board looking for information about my grandfather's family. For years I wondered what happened to the family in Poland. Imagine my surprise when I received an answer to my discussion board query in 2010, six years after I posted my initial message. To say I was surprised to be contacted by a grandchild of my grandfather's brother is an understatement. It was also interesting to learn that while we in the States were wondering what happened to the family in Poland, they were wondering what happened to us.
Jan Szerejko was the youngest of the six brothers and was only 11 when my grandfather Adolf and his brother Aleksander immigrated to the United States. I learned that Jan remained in the greater Warsaw area where he married, raised a family, and operated a grocery store.
It's amazing to think that it's been almost a hundred years since my grandfather left Poland and our families are still in touch. My cousin tells me that his parents and family read my blog. For a genealogist it just doesn't get better than that.
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U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan became the first U.S. cabinet secretary to address a transgender event when he gave the keynote speech Nov. 15 at the eighth anniversary celebration of the National Center for Transgender Equality.
Mara Keisling, executive director of NCTE said, "Having Secretary Donovan keynote our event is an important symbolic and historic advance for transgender Americans."
Keisling said that having a cabinet member address the group, "really shows tremendous societal movement." She attributes this progress to "all the great education that transgender people and allies are doing all over the country."
"It's added up to a lot more visibility and understanding," said Keisling.
Prior to Donovan's appearance, the highest federal official to address NCTE was Kathy Greenlee, Assistant Secretary for Aging at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Greenlee spoke at the organization's policy conference in March. And Lynn Rosenthal, the White House advisor on Violence Against Women, met with NCTE staff and other transgender advocates Nov. 16 to discuss violence against transgender people.
But Donovan's speech, at the historic Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., garnered almost no attention in the mainstream press.
HUD included a copy of his speech on its web site. And, following his speech, Donovan spoke to a reporter from a Washington, D.C., gay newspaper, Metro Weekly. When asked whether he supports marriage equality, Donovan replied "absolutely." He also agreed with the reporter's suggestion that marriage equality should be the subject of "more work" in a second Obama administration.
But, at NCTE's annual event, Donovan spoke of the Obama administration's accomplishments towards equality for transgender people.
He said the administration is the first to view the fight for transgender equality "not as an issue — but as a priority."
Quoting figures from a February 2011 study by NCTE and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Donovan said an estimated one in five transgender Americans have been refused a home or apartment, and more than one in ten have been evicted because of their gender identity or expression.
There are currently no explicit federal protections that ban housing discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. Only 15 states plus the District of Columbia have protections specific to gender identity. (Massachusetts will become the 16th when Governor Deval Patrick (D) signs a bill just passed by its legislature, as he is expected to do.) Approximately 150 cities, towns, and counties have LGBT protections as well, according to HUD.
Such protections are needed, Donovan said, because of experiences such as that of Mitch and Michelle DeShane. When Michelle wanted to add her partner Mitch, a transgender man, to her housing voucher, the local housing authority refused because the couple did not meet its definition of "family." It referred them to a neighboring housing authority, which, they said, "accepts everyone–even Martians."
Donovan asserted, "That's just wrong."
Donovan said "the most significant step" HUD has taken to address this type of discrimination has been by proposing new regulations to "ensure transgender individuals and couples can be eligible for our public housing and Housing Choice Voucher programs that collectively serve 5.5 million people."
The proposed rule would prohibit owners and operators of HUD-assisted or -financed housing from inquiring about applicants' sexual orientation or gender identity, and prevent them from excluding otherwise eligible families if one or more members is or is perceived to be LGBT. It would also prevent lenders from using sexual orientation or gender identity of an applicant as a basis to determine eligibility for Federal Housing Administration (FHA) mortgages, which represent one-third of all new mortgages in the country.
Donovan said that HUD is still reviewing comments before final publication of the rule.
A HUD spokesperson said that the agency cannot say exactly when the final rule will be published, since it must also be reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget.
Donovan noted that HUD has provided its staff with guidance that they can pursue cases of housing discrimination when a person's identity or expression doesn't conform with gender stereotypes, because such discrimination violates the Fair Housing Act's ban on sex-based discrimination.
The Act is a pivotal civil rights act that prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, and familial status–but does not specifically cover sexual orientation- or gender identity-based discrimination.
Since that guidance was issued in July 2010, Donovan said, the number of complaints from LGBT individuals to HUD about housing discrimination has increased 15 times compared to the same date range the previous year, according to HUD.
Donovan also said that HUD is working to better understand the challenges that transgender people face. It included a session on gender identity- and sexual orientation-based housing discrimination in its annual National Fair Housing Policy Conference this year, and launched the first-ever national study of LGBT housing discrimination.
A HUD spokesperson said the target date for publication of the study is late 2012.
Donovan also spoke of accomplishments by the broader Obama administration, where, he said, "the LGBT community has had a seat at the table since day one."
He cited the administration's "record number of LGBT appointments," including openly transgender appointees; the Office of Personnel Management's prohibition of discrimination on the basis of gender identity in federal employment; the Veterans Administration's directive for non-discriminatory care for transgender veterans; the State Department's efforts "to ensure greater dignity and privacy" for transgender passport applicants; and the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention law.
NCTE's Keisling said, "Secretary Donovan's presence echoes what we at NCTE have long known about HUD and the rest of the Obama Administration, and that is that transgender people matter. We are a priority for the Administration, and it shows in the policies that we are winning."


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Walk of Shame
You all know what I'm talking about: the morning after a long night out, you wake up in a strange bed with someone whose name you didn't quite catch. Quietly, as not to wake said stranger, you put on the same sweaty, rank clothes you wore the night before. Your back hurts and your leg is numb. The taste in your mouth is probably what the inside of an ashtray inside a toilet inside a Taco Bell might taste like and your hair is sticking up on one side and you have strange cuts on your face that weren't there before and there is a loud thumping in your head and now you have to find the front door and make a discrete exit only to face a bright, loud sunlight that makes hiding absolutely impossible.
That's what I've felt like all day (sans the stranger and her strange bed; see this link as to why those two are not in this real life catastrophe) as the White Sox got swept by the Cubs in part one of the Windy City (or Crosstown) Classic.
I'd like to extend a special thanks to all of those US Americans who wrote me emails, called me and texted me over the weekend just to make my life miserable, to pour ketchup in my canker sores, to ridicule me and chide me for my pain. I must especially thank you, Laura, for providing me with the proper instructions for killing myself. Had I not had a Tombstone pizza in the oven, I probably would've followed them.
Seriously though, I really appreciate the sentimental salutations — mean and cruel as they were — that I received from everyone.
Now I hope you all die.
That's not true. I don't hope you die. I mean, yes, you will die — someday — but I won't have anything to do with it. That I promise. Don't feel bad. I will die too. It will probably be on the #8/Halsted or #62/Archer bus. If you don't hear from me for a while, check the Metro section of the Tribune for 'tragic bus accidents caused by irresponsible paparazzi chasing a self-promoting, egotistical MLBlogger'.
Back to the series, the best part of this weekend was that I wasn't in Chicago for the melee. No. I was on a farm in the middle of nowhere hanging out with good friends, which included about 20 Romanian nationals intent on getting me to play soccer, eat loads of garlic and listen to Madonna. Apparently (and this is straight from the Romanians' mouths) these are the three Romanian national pastimes — in that order — and there is no deviating from them (*note: drinking is an integral part of each pastime. In fact, drinking is an integral part of everything Romanian). So, I did what I do best: I fit in.
I played soccer (got my ^ss kicked).
I ate a ton of garlic (you can probably still smell it through the interweb).
I listened to a lot of Madonna (Hard Candy is awesome… and so is the new album).
But like all good things, Romaniafest had to end and once back in the Chi, there was no hiding from the shame and despair we Southsiders were made to endure. That being said, I am thankful that I missed seeing the series in person. Apparently, the usual suspects (Cub fans) were up to no good and I can only imagine what type of trouble would've found me. As you all know, I'm a sucker for basebrawls.
The Buddha taught: "Life is suffering." Without knowing agony, pain and destruction firsthand, how can one ever really know what happiness feels like? The same goes for the flipside, which explains why Cub fans born after 1908 (almost all of them now) don't really know what real misery is; they've never felt happiness.
Sucks to be them.
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I am one female amoungst three men (husband and 2 grown sons), so as one can imagine I have many herb books geared towards women and of course many Materia Medica but no books just for and about men's issues...so...
We purchased James Green's book "The Male Herbal" (perhaps I have already mentioned this? ), and I am slowly working my way through in a random haphazard way....I pick up the book open and read what my eyes fall on first, today I opened the book to chapter 10, page 169, A WESTERN CONSTITUTIONAL HEALTH MODEL, Know Thyself Well.
This chapter has been very helpful and insightful in that it helps one determine their constitutional type which then makes it easier to pick herbs, formulas, foods and physical activities to match, much like the Ayurvedic VATA, PITTA, and KAPHA dosha/constitution types...James uses SEER, WARRIOR and MONARCH (William Sheldon-1889-1977 created the terms ectomorph, mesomorph and endomorph)....Seer, Warrior, Monarch, how masculine is that, masculine and empowering!
It would have been nice to have this book when my boys were teens, don't know if they would've read it but I would have !!!
SEER: Usually tall, slim/thin, wiry, with slight sinewy muscles...thin chest, long limbs, fragile looking hands and feet,...triangular face, skin dry, cold, rough...
WARRIOR: Muscle and bone structure well developed, square hard body, large trunk, big chest narrow waist, heavy square jaw, coarse thick skin
MONARCH: Large frame, round soft looking body, with most around middle, head is round, skin soft and smooth.
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Summer usually means sticky sweaty skin and mosquitos who love to bite that sticky sweaty skin. How do you prevent mosquitos from biting you? Certainly not with sonic bug repellants and definitely not with sonic bug repellant smartphone apps. They don't work. They never did. They never will.
BuzzFeed FWD asked Dr. Roger Gold, a professor of etymology at Texas A&M University, and he says that "based on the testing we have done through the years, the claims of repelling insects [with sound] are unfounded." His tests included putting insects inside boxes and blasting them with different kind of sonic devices (ultrasonic, subsonic, audible, etc.) and none of them did anything to the bugs. So people, stop buying any sonic bug repellant—they don't work.
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The band Tropicoso was officially formed in February of 1999 from a core group of musicians holding down a monday night Latin jam session at The Mad Frog in Cincinnati, OH. Through several personnel additions and transformations, they performed their monday night show for over 14 years, making it one of the longest running musical events in the Greater Cincinnati area. That monday night tenure recently ended, but not their long association with The Mad Frog. Frequent participants in many regional Latin festivals and events, the band has been the recipient of a number of awards over the years, including the Cammy award for "Best World Beat Band" in 2003 and two Cincinnati Entertainment Awards (2002, 2006), an award for which they have been nominated eight times, most recently in 2013.
Tropicoso released their first CD "Un Cuento" in 2005 to critical acclaim.
In short, Tropicoso is a very experienced, professional and seasoned Latin ensemble.
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Due to their comparatively long life and tough working environment, the Stator Plate units on the earlier VESPA models are often defective in some way or another which lead to those niggling little electrical problems that add to the 'character' of your scooter. You don't need to accept this state of affairs! We have a large supply stator plate units in stock, at very agreeable prices.
Most stator plates for the earlier VESPA models, with a points ignition system, are no longer produced by PIAGGIO. BAJAJ, on the other hand, can deliver reproductions for most older models electrical systems. The price is very competitive, with a more than adequate quality for the job in hand. If you still cannot find the replacement part for your particular VESPA model we recommend a complete stator plate rebuild or even an upgrade to an electronic ignition.
There are an enormous variety of stator plates available for the VESPA PX and PK model ranges. Always pay attention to the number of electrical cables attached, type of coils used and the various electrical components peculiar to your individual VESPA model (indicators, battery, electric starter etc.). The LML, COSA and T5 VESPA models OE stator plates assemblies produce between 90 and 120 Watt. A noticeable increase compared to the original PX models stator plates power output of only 80 Watts. With an 80 Watt Voltage Regulator to complete the set up, all PX models can be powered up to date. Throw in a complete bulb upgrade and you will be lighting up the place in no time!
SIP-TIP: When ordering the stator plate with an external ignition coil (electronic unit) do not forget to order one as well. A flywheel remover, piston stopper and degree disc make ignition work a lot easier. Check your wiring loom for defects and repair as necessary.
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LogMeIn differs from other remote access software by being almost entirely browser-based, aside from a tiny program that needs to be installed on the host PC.
It's also (almost) free: the Pro edition expires after 30 days or two hours usage – whichever is sooner – and then the software rolls back to the free edition, which cuts out some of the features such as mini meetings and file sharing.
The software includes remote printing, file synchronisation and the ability to stream audio from the host PC.
The browser-based guest software will even run on ageing PCs; it includes an HTML interface if ActiveX can't be run.
LogMeIn's remote access software was responsive, but the file transfer was rather slow – although this may have been down to using the browser-based client.
The free trial is a great way to experience the LogMeIn software. However, if you find you miss the features that are disabled when your time's up, the commercial offering BeAnywhere might offer better value in the long run.


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nor do they show listings past 11pm for a late night person like me.
I also can't stand the grid style of listings.
I really only read it for an occasional entertainment value anymore . It seems the original purpose of the "TV guide was to be a guide for TV Listings" but they nixed all that info to a mere few pages in the book now.


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A delicate and timeless olfactory poem
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An ardent aficionado of opera, Jacques Guerlain couldn't help but fall under the spell of Puccini's Turandot. It is difficult to resist the charm of Liu, a woman as beautiful as she is heroic, for whom he composes this olfactory poem in which aldehydes play one of their most amazing roles. They dominate the head notes and, like cymbals, announce the entry of rose and jasmine, which brilliantly sing a melody of sensuality. Like a musical score, the fragrance had to mellow into calm and voluptuous notes. The challenge was met, as vanilla quickly harmonises its carnal accents with those of iris and wood.
The fragrance is showcased in the iconic Bee bottle, which exceptionally takes on an oh-so-chic 125 ml format.
1929 re-edition.
Aldehyde Floral.
Rare, feminine, timeless.
Top notes: aldehydes.
Heart notes: rose, jasmine.
Base notes: vanilla, woody notes, iris.
After L'Heure Bleue, which introduced aldehydes into fragrance compositions for the first time, Jacques Guerlain uses these synthetic molecules again to compose Liu. A timeless and legendary fragrance in which aldehydes "make white flowers sing."


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A version of American Idol was a hit on English shores long before the wail, weep and warble festival ever made it to North America. In the UK, they sure love their SingStar, too, and as Sony Computer Entertainment America reminded us, SingStar PS3 is emigrating to North America today.
SCEA's U.S. debut on PS3 features songs and videos from the likes of The Killers, U2, Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead and Britney Spears. The release is bundled with a pair of USB microphones; SingStar PS2 fans can also use their old ones. This is the kind of thing you want to close your window shades for, lest anyone peek in and see you singing Britney Spears songs with a fake microphone.
Posting yourself looking foolish online is always okay, though — players can use the PlayStation Eye to record and share their performances via SingStar Online, where they can also view and rate others' videos. SCEA also says the UK players have been making good use of SingStar Online, registering 140,000 users with some 20,000 videos all told.
This actually sounds a little bit awesome. If you are into shameless, exhibitionist karaoke. 'Cause, y'know, I'm not. Yeah. I mean, no.
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Multi-Million Selling Global Singing Franchise Grows Worldwide Next Generation Community with North American Debut of SingStar(TM) on PLAYSTATION(R)3
SingStar PS3 Elevates Social Gaming with Personalization and Community Functionality
FOSTER CITY, Calif., May 20 /PRNewswire/ — Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. (SCEA) announced today the North American release of SingStar(TM) exclusively for PLAYSTATION(R)3 (PS3(TM)) computer entertainment system. Developed by Sony Computer Entertainment's Worldwide Studios, London Studio, SingStar PS3 takes the successful interactive singing experience established with the popular PlayStation(R)2 franchise to the next level by giving players access to purchase hundreds of songs and videos across multiple genres, build and customize party playlists and build a community of user-created performances.
With more than 12 million franchise units sold worldwide on the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, SingStar makes its US PS3 debut with a Blu-ray Disc(TM) containing 30 chart topping singles and videos from today's hottest artists and legends including The Killers, U2, Smashing Pumpkins, Outkast, R.E.M., Radiohead, Britney Spears and The Pussycat Dolls. In addition to the new songs available on the disc, SingStar PS3 provides players with access to a catalog of hundreds of downloadable songs featuring the real artists and videos, via the PS3 online SingStore(TM). Available at $1.49 for each individual track, players can choose from songs and videos across multiple genres to create their own personalized party playlists. Over 200 downloadable songs will be available within the North American SingStore on day one with the goal of adding approximately 25 to 50 new songs each month.
Bringing social networking and user-generated content to the forefront of social gaming, through utilizing the PLAYSTATION(R)Eye camera, players can become global stars with My SingStar Online(TM) where they can share their personal SingStar performances with the online worldwide SingStar community via captured video, audio and photos. Players also will be able to view and rate videos created by others, as well as check out the community's top performers with the newly added feature of weekly highest-rated videos. My SingStar Online already has proven to be a top destination for SingStar fans abroad following the game's European release this past holiday, attracting 140,000 registered users who, combined with visitors to http://www.singstargame.com, have shared over 20,000 videos of their SingStar performances that have been watched a total of 2.5 million times.
"The worldwide success of SingStar continues to spread across North America due in large part to its casual-friendly, social gameplay," said Jeff Reese, director, software marketing, SCEA. "PS3 has allowed us to evolve the SingStar experience, growing beyond simply expanding the library with new tracks. Adding new next-generation features such as the SingStore and My SingStar Online, SingStar PS3 is the complete party package with an
ever-growing downloadable catalog, global community-driven content and innovative, social networking features."
In addition to the inclusion of the weekly highest-rated video feature, a number of other enhancements were added to the game today via a free patch for North America. New features include enhanced harmony duets, separate Battle mode difficulty selections, a lag calibration feature for different TV types, and PSP Remote Play. The new Harmony Duet mode allows for scoring of melodies with specifically selected duet tracks, while the Battle mode difficulty selection lets players choose their own individual difficulty rating when in Battle or Duet mode. For those on-the-go wanting to have their playlist ready when they arrive home, they can now access the SingStore and My SingStar Online with PSP Remote Play. With Remote Play, players can browse, stream and remotely launch downloads from the SingStore, as well as check out their profile on My SingStar Online.
SingStar PS3 will be available both as a stand-alone disc and as a bundle packaged with two high-quality USB microphones. Fans who own microphones from the SingStar PS2 library can put them to use with SingStar PS3. Since the franchise launched on PlayStation 2, the North American SingStar catalogue has grown to 150 songs and includes a mixture of genres from 90's to pop.
The independent Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) has rated SingStar "T" for Teen. For more information about the ESRB visit http://www.esrb.org.


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Real time jobs report data summary. Figures are based on the latest data provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS.gov). All jobs numbers are for non-farm employment.
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA Jobs Report
August 2020 Jobs Report
Jobs Added
- Month Over Month: -0.6%
- 3 Month Average: 4,167
- Year Over Year: -12.0%
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- Month Over Month: +1.0%
- 3 Month Average: 2,628,667
- Year Over Year: -6.8%
Unemployment Rate
- Month Over Month: -1.6%
- 3 Month Average: 13.57%
- Year Over Year: +5.7%
- Month Over Month: +0.5%
- 3 Month Average: 13.43%
- Year Over Year: +9.3%
- Month Over Month: -1.8%
- 3 Month Average: 9.9%
- Year Over Year: +4.7%
A Steady Ascent
That's the theme of this month's jobs report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). There isn't any alarmingly bad news, and there isn't any over-the-top good news, but there is a fairly positive vibe. And it starts with the national unemployment rate.
Unemployment Falls and Jobs Rise
Last month, the unemployment rate was 10.2%; this month, it's only 8.4%. That means hundreds of thousands of Americans became employed, even amid the pandemic. It correlates with the nearly 1.4 million jobs gained in August. Speaking of jobs, here are the industries leading the way:
Retail trade +248,900 jobs
Leisure & hospitality +174,000 jobs
While it may seem surprising that these two industries set the tone in a socially-distanced world, when you dig a little deeper, it should actually be expected. Because many major cities are slowly opening restaurants and bars. Sporting events are proceeding with somewhat regular scheduling, albeit with less fans. And people are growing stir crazy, fighting some cognitive dissonance regarding COVID-19. A "let's live our lives but do it responsibly" approach is increasingly common.
Job Growth Caveat
Remember, the BLS numbers often need context, even the seemingly simple numbers.
Dan North, senior economist at Euler Hermes North America, offers that context for the job numbers in NBC News, "We have had three huge months of job gains, but so far have regained less than half of the losses in March and April. Job gains so far have probably been the easy ones to get, where a business opened back up and brought back in its employees."
Again, there is reason to be optimistic. People are going back to work, and there are undoubtedly people taking entirely new jobs. But let's temper the optimism a slight bit, especially while the fluctuations in COVID's numbers remain a major economic factor.
A Note on Labor Force Participation
An often forgotten stat in this report is the labor force participation rate. How is this defined? It's essentially the percentage of the population who is eligible to work that is actually working or looking for work. So if the labor force participation rate is 63% (like it was pre-COVID), that means an average of 6.3 people out of 10 eligible people are working or looking for work.
Today, the rate is hovering around 61%. While a 2% drop seems minimal, when you do the math, it's major—to the tune of a few million workers. Traditionally, people elect not to work for various reasons from financial well-being/retirement, to attending school, to taking a break to raise children. Now, there are additional reasons: unprecedented unemployment assistance and safety concerns. If someone can have roughly the same income (via unemployment) that they had in their previous job, and stay in the safe confines of their own home, why not?
What do these numbers mean for your business?
One month worth of BLS numbers might not be so impactful, but it's important to keep up with the trends. Will unemployment continue to decline, shrinking talent pools and straining your recruiting efforts? Will a potential increase in the labor force participation rate bring people back to work and offset lower unemployment? And, most importantly, what exactly is occurring in your local market? Does it match or counter the national trends?
Like anything, time will tell. Stay tuned. And stay flexible.
Local Industry Job Growth from the B.L.S.
- From Last Month: +0.6%
- 3 Month Average: 264
- From Last Year: +0.1%
- From Last Month: -0.8%
- 3 Month Average: 27
- From Last Year: -4.0%
- From Last Month: +11.6%
- 3 Month Average: 297
- From Last Year: -28.6%
- From Last Month: -2.5%
- 3 Month Average: 23
- From Last Year: -10.5%
- From Last Month: -0.4%
- 3 Month Average: 26
- From Last Year: -9.3%
- From Last Month: -5.9%
- 3 Month Average: 252
- From Last Year: -7.2%
- From Last Month: +1.0%
- 3 Month Average: 10
- From Last Year: -28.1%
- From Last Month: -0.6%
- 3 Month Average: 33
- From Last Year: -16.0%
- From Last Month: +0.2%
- 3 Month Average: 41
- From Last Year: -3.3%
- From Last Month: -1.6%
- 3 Month Average: 31
- From Last Year: -15.6%
- From Last Month: -0.1%
- 3 Month Average: 265
- From Last Year: -3.5%
- From Last Month: -0.3%
- 3 Month Average: 29
- From Last Year: -3.3%
U.S. Job Growth for All Sectors
Local Job Reports
- Alabama
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Ontario
- Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, Metro Division
- Fresno
- Modesto
- Napa
- Chico
- Stockton-Lodi
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
- Redding
- Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
- Sacremento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville
- Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley Metropolitan Division
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
- San Diego-Carlsbad
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Sarasota
- West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, Metro Division
- Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater
- Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville
- Panama City
- Tallahassee
- Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach
- Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall
- Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford
- Lakeland-Winter Haven
- Jacksonville
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- Louisiana
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- Maryland
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- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
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- Oklahoma
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It's rained more this week than I can imagine. The roads are finally getting flushed of the build-up sand, salt, and sludge, but in its wake remains a healthy layer of water, and the rain just keeps falling.
Of course, today had to be the day that my front fender bit the dust:
I've had to patch up my rear fenders a few times. The front one was, until now, holding up. This is the nail in the coffin for SKS fenders. I'm not sure why the front one failed. I could have damaged it during Monday's crash and it may have finally split all the way through this morning, so I'm not laying the blame squarely on SKS. When I get the funds, I'll replace these with Planet Bike Cascadia fenders. I've heard nothing but good things about them from other commuters, and I look forward to the longer mudflaps on the Cascadia.
From a few days ago. Park Tool makes my favorite bicycle tools, and they know what matters. Built-in bottle opener as found on the Park MTB-3.
A friend of mine pointed out that I'm using a bottle opener on a twist-off cap in the above photo. I honestly don't even bother looking at beer bottle caps anymore. Some of the ones I buy twist off. Others do not. They all open with a bottle opener, though. Whilst grilling supper and cleaning The Twelve off on the one nice afternoon Mother Nature graced us with this week, a nice, cold Boulevard Wheat was the perfect complement.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Heck of a day for fender failure
It's rained more this week than I can imagine. The roads are finally getting flushed of the build-up sand, salt, and sludge, but in its wake remains a healthy layer of water, and the rain just keeps falling.
6 comments:
- The Unabashed Blogger said...
Context: Sometimes I splurge and get a new 6 pack I've never tried before; I also am a homebrewer.
Couple weeks ago I excitedly went to open a new donor bottle full of beer and searched, and searched, and searched for my bottle opener that was not in it's spot! 10 minutes later I finally found it, popped the top, poured, rinsed the bottle and doh! It was a twist off. Sheesh.
- April 30, 2009 1:21 PM
- Noah said...
Unabashed: Heh.
- April 30, 2009 1:27 PM
- The Unabashed Blogger said...
Hah! I like it. Looks Mad Max-ish. You could use the rest of the ring to make more and sell em or, using the Mad Max reference, mount them to your helmet. Now that I'd like to see. Commuter Hell
- April 30, 2009 2:23 PM
- Darius said...
You can fix that... silicone, some rivets, a piece of plastic...maaybe from a detergent bottle and wala... you have a fender again.
I have the planet Bike Cascadias... love em.
- May 01, 2009 9:06 AM
- AJ said...
I have stainless steel Gilles Berthoud fenders, still going strong after nearly two years and maybe 7000 miles. Perhaps they wouldn't look right on your bike, but you might want to check out the aluminum and steel fenders that Velo Orange is creating and distributing.
Love the blog, btw!
- May 02, 2009 2:14 AM
- Noah said...
I gave up on "looks" a long time ago. I got to thinking metal fenders wouldn't look too bad either. The back half of my bike is clearcoat over raw brushed aluminum.
- May 02, 2009 10:32 AM
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Fund Basics: Start Investing
From first choice to final check, here's how to find the best funds for you.
Funds offer plenty of benefits to busy investors. Here's how to start finding the right ones to add to your portfolio.
Your first step is determining whether you'll pick funds entirely on your own or rely on the help of a broker, financial planner or other adviser.
If you seek help, you will likely pay a load when you buy your fund shares. Studies show that the commission does not buy better fund management. In general, loads compensate the sales people who sell the funds to their clients.
If you're picking your own funds, there's no point in paying a load for advice that you haven't gotten. On the other hand, if you go to advisers for help, don't begrudge them the commission you owe for their advice.
If you decide to stick with no-load funds, you will slice the universe of funds you need to consider roughly in half. Once you find a no-load you like you can purchase shares directly from the fund company, or through a discount broker, which may or may not charge its own transaction fee (see Kiplinger's 25 favorite no-load mutual funds).
Study Past Results
This is arguably the trickiest part of the process, because past performance is no guarantee of future returns. Not even the best and brightest beat the averages every year.
Focus on three- and five-year returns rather than one-year figures. A ten-year return is even better, especially if the fund is still managed in the same way (and by the same person) now as then and hasn't changed in some fundamental way. The longer a manager has achieved superior results, the more confident you can be that those numbers are meaningful.
Concentrate on the consistency of a manager's return. Even five-year results can be exaggerated by one spectacular year.
Examine how a fund has done each year of the period you're looking at relative to its peers or against an appropriate benchmark index (such as the S&P 500 index for large-company funds or the Russell 2000 for small-company funds).
Incidentally, there may be times when it makes sense to invest in funds with less-than-stellar records. For instance, aggressive-growth funds that invest in small companies with strong earnings momentum have performed poorly over much of the past three years. If you want to invest in such a fund because you feel those kinds of stocks are attractively valued or because you need to round out a portfolio, be prepared to accept a fund with poor recent results.
Who Runs the Fund?
Look at how long the most experienced manager involved in running the fund has been associated with the enterprise. If the current manager took over the job in the past few years, the fund's long-term record is probably meaningless. This may not disqualify a fund from consideration, but it does serve as a yellow light.
How Risky Is It?
There is nothing inherently wrong with investing in risky funds. But if you are going to take big risks, you ought to be compensated with big returns. What you don't want is a fund that takes big risks but delivers just so-so returns for more than a year or two.
The Costs of Owning
All funds charge investors for the cost of management, sending out prospectuses and shareholder reports, legal services, accounting and other administrative matters. These costs are expressed by the fund's expense ratio. An expense ratio of 1.00 means a fund extracts $1 a year for every $100 invested. (Performance results, incidentally, include these ongoing expenses.)
It's always better to invest in a less costly fund. Expenses vary among different types of funds, so it's important to view expenses in the context of a fund's category. See Sales Loads and Other Charges for more information.
Is Size a Problem?
All things being equal, it is easier to manage a modest amount of money than a huge amount. Managers who invest in large, easily traded U.S. stocks or government bonds can hold many billions in assets without unduly hampering results. But funds specializing in small-company stocks or junk bonds might be overwhelmed by even $1 billion in assets. With small-company funds in particular, think twice about any fund with assets greater than $1 billion.
Study the Style
Once you've identified consistent, high-performance, low-cost funds with acceptable levels of risk, learn how the managers run them. The fund's style will help you understand which market conditions are conducive to great returns and which are likely to hurt. See Focus on Categories for details on the different kinds of funds.
You'll smooth the volatility of your overall portfolio if you choose funds from a variety of investment objectives and, in the case of stock funds, a cross section of investment styles. Request both a prospectus and a shareholder report. The prospectus contains information about the fund's objectives, its strategy for achieving those objectives, and its risks.
A shareholder report will list a fund's recent holdings. Also check management's letter to shareholders. It sometimes contains useful information about the manager's strategy or an assessment of his or her recent performance.
What's the Yield?
In general, the higher the 12-month yield (that is, income distributed to shareholders the previous 12 months), the riskier the fund. Because bond-fund yields tend to be modest, low expenses are even more important.
Read the Prospectus
If a fund catches your eye, call the fund company and ask for its prospectus. Read the section on the fund's investment objectives and policies, which tells you what types of securities it may invest in. Also be sure to read the sections that describe the fund's risks and expenses to verify your research.
QUIZ: Test Your Investing IQ
A fund's annual and semiannual reports will give a snapshot of the fund's recent holdings. Also look at which industry sectors a stock fund is emphasizing. If a fund says it invests in blue-chip stocks and you don't recognize any of the names of the stocks in the annual report, that should set off an alarm.


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The term nomophobia, meaning the fear of being out of mobile phone contact, was first coined by British researchers in 2008.The full story is HERE.
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Tobacco Everywhere
For making cigars, tobacco is grown all around the world, from Poland to South Africa, from Argentina to Canada and, westbound, from Philippines to Mexico. But cigar tobaccos are mainly grown in the intertropical areas.
Tobacco Origin
Tobacco is known as a plant originally from America. Some species were identified in South Pacific. There are many species and varieties. Not all of them are used in smoking products. Many are grown as ornamental plants as they are frequently blooming, showing colors from white to dark red and purple.
Here are some of the countries in which tobacco is grown, to produce your cigars.
Argentina grows dark air-cured tobacco in the provinces of Misiones and Corrientes, and flue cured tobacco in the area of Salta. Misiones has also a production of Burley type. These tobaccos are mainly for cigarettes but Corrientes is appreciated for short filler cigars because of its smooth taste. Argentina used to be a big producer and exporter but changes in the economic and income tax policies have seriously damaged the production, making the tobacco too expensive to be competitive on the international market. Consequently, production volumes have decreased.
Brazil is one of the largest world's tobacco producers. The East Central State of Bahia is an important cigar tobacco growing area, about 100 miles west of the state capital, Salvador da Bahia, an active port on the Atlantic Coast. The Northern State of Alagoas hosts a production around the city of Arapiraca where maduro cigar wrappers are grown. The Southern states of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina produce tobacco for cigarettes and pipe.
Cameroon cigar wrappers are grown in the East part of the country. The growing area spreads over the eastern border, into the Central African Republic. Wrappers are air grown, without fertilizers and pesticides, by small farmers. The average plantation size is about one acre. The seed is originally from Sumatra, introduced in the country just after WWII. Grown first for French Monopoly needs, the tobacco was offered on the international market when production was too large for this single use. Well appreciated by European manufacturers and large American cigars companies, Cameroon wrapper production dropped down during the late 1980s, due to poor management. Today, quantities are small and quality could be better.
Dark air cured tobaccos are produced in Mexico, mainly in Vera Cruz and Tampico provinces, on the East Coast along the Golf. There is also some production in Yucatan. Previously a state-owned operation, it is now handled by private individuals and cooperatives. Mexican tobacco is very dark and the best leaves can be used as maduro wrappers. In San Andres de Tuxtla (Vera Cruz), there is a very interesting production of Sumatra seed wrappers.
In Philippines, tobacco growing is concentrated in the Northern part of the main island of Luzon. Traditionally, dark tobacco for cigars was grown and Philippines' cigars were very famous, under the powerful Compania General de Tabaccos de Filipinas. They probably declined because they were too mild. Today, Philippines still grows dark tobacco and has developed a production of flue-cured tobacco for blond cigarettes.
Zimbabwe is among the top three countries for high quality flue cured tobacco (with the USA and Brazil). The embargo that hit the country, when it was still Rhodesia, did not hurt the production. It made the Rhodesians more inventive and they went on producing. At this time, Zambia and Tanzania, the neighboring countries were selling a lot! When the embargo was lifted in 1980 allowing us to deal directly, we discovered a fascinating organization and equipment, the best in the world. Tobacco was the top activity of the country and getting a job in tobacco was a challenge for many young men. The actual Zimbabwean agrarian policy , which we won't discuss here, will probably strike this country off the list of tobacco producers. Cigar industry will not suffer as flue-cured tobaccos are mainly concerned. Brazil should be the major beneficiary of this situation.
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SMOKELESS TOBACCO. Two words. Most people might have heard of it but really do not have any idea of the impact of the product that these "two words" can have on the millions of, "users" of smokeless tobacco.
1) Pouch tobacco - this product is a stringy cut of tobacco that is marketed in a pouch about 4" X 6" or so in size.
2) Powdered snuff - this product is a finely ground dry tobacco that comes in tins or glass bottles. It is used by placing it in the mouth either by pinching it between the fingers or using a "brush", a stick sometimes chewed to make a brush end and then placing the wet end into the bottle or tin and getting the powder on it. The brush is then placed in the mouth.
3) Moist ground tobacco: This product is placed in round cans about three inches or so across. They are reported to have up to 5 times the nicotine as cigarettes.
4) Plug tobacco: This product comes in a block, resembling a candy bar.
5) Twist tobacco: This product is strands of tobacco that are formed into rolls and them twisted and wrapped in plastic. If the "twist" were removed, they would be about 12" or so long.
Is smokeless tobacco safe to use?
The tobacco companies give the impression that it is a safe alternative to cigarette smoking but smokeless tobaccos, like cigarettes, are sometimes more addictive and contain high concentrations of cancer-causing chemicals.
Smokeless Tobacco Users Should Check For The Following
1) Sores that fail to heal and bleed easily
2) Whitish patches ( leukoplakia)
3) Sensation of something in the throat
4) A lump or thickening
6) Difficulty in chewing or swallowing food
Anyone who is using smokeless tobacco and is interested in quitting this dangerous and sometimes fatal habit can discover more information on the subject of quitting by reading a free eBook that can be found at the following link below:
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