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The minarets of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey.
A few weeks ago, The Wall Street Journal published an article with the catchy title "Intrigue in Turkey's bloodless civil war." It was referring to the ongoing "cold war" climate between Turkey's Islamic-leaning ruling party—the Justice and Development Party (AKP)—and the country's old laicist elites who describe themselves as "Kemalists" and seek to keep religion and politics entirely separate. But that's just the latest battle in the cold war between political Islam and Turkish laicism that started nearly 100 years ago.
Understanding the history of the two sides and their relationship with one another is key in resolving Turkey's cold war so the country can make peace with itself.
It started in 1923 when the Turkish Republic emerged out of the ashes of the Ottoman Empire. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey, immediately launched his "cultural revolution." He believed that Islam had no place in the state's affairs and embarked upon a campaign to subordinate religion to the state. He abolished the caliphate; closed all religious schools, orders and institutions; replaced Islamic law with Swiss civil law, German trade and commercial law, and Italian criminal law; replaced the Arabic script with the Latin one; introduced compulsory education and female suffrage; and banned the display of religious symbols in public institutions.
But Atatürk's cultural revolution was a revolution "from above" and never reached the hearts and minds of the majority.
The first major run-in between political Islam and Turkish laicism occurred during Atatürk's heyday with the Menemen incident of 1930 when the Dervish Mehmed Efendi incited rebellion. The rebellion was quelled and the instigators were eventually killed or jailed by the Turkish army.
After Atatürk's death in 1938 and the first multi-party elections of 1950, political leader and soon-to-be Prime Minister Adnan Menderes and his Democratic Party campaigned and won on the platform of incorporating Islam back into public life by legalizing Arabic and lifting the ban on the call to prayer. However, the Turkish army launched a military coup in 1960, proclaiming itself the guardian of Kemalist laicism, and arresting Menderes on charges of violating the constitution.
Political Islam went underground again, only to reemerge with the election of former Turkish Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan and his Welfare Party (RP) in 1996. It was Erbakan who politicized the headscarf issue for the first time and also promoted closer cooperation with Muslim-majority countries. However, the RP was also overthrown by the army in 1997 and banned the following year.
Despite the ban, in 2001 the reformist wing of the RP created what was to become the greatest success of political Islam in Turkey to date. Current Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's AKP won the majority vote in the 2002 general elections and has been governing the country ever since.
The AKP has brought Turkey to the doorstep of the European Union, politicized religion with the headscarf as its flagship issue, and tacitly encouraged the conservative transformation of Turkish society through its rhetoric and policies at the top level, translating into "neighborhood pressure" to become increasingly religious at the grassroots level.
Eight years later, Turkish society is increasingly polarized. There is an ongoing struggle by the government and its supporters to take control of the media, the police and the judiciary out of the Kemalists' hands, though a large share of the country's media, including Zaman newspaper, is already said to be pro-government.
At the same time, one cannot fail to notice a shift in Turkey's foreign policy, focusing on the so-called Muslim world and distancing itself from its traditional Western allies.
But for genuine sustainable progress, Turkey has to address its own internal cold war without polarizing the two sides as winners and losers.
After all, it takes two to tango. The country's laicist elites have to come to terms with Turkey's distinctive religious landscape and sensitivities, and political Islamic activists have to realize that many believe Islam is a religion, not a way to run the state, and that it should stay in the private sphere.
The European Union and its Copenhagen criteria for accession eligibility—which includes respect for democracy, rule of law, human and minority rights, and a functioning market economy—seem like the best way to ensure Turkey's two worlds finally meet so that the country can make peace with itself, through a socio-political framework both sides can compromise on.
For this to be achieved the European Union needs to play the major peacemaking role, which involves a great deal of responsibility. Europe is the orchestra playing this tango. And in order for the dance to continue the music has to keep playing.
Leonidas Oikonomakis is a research associate at the University of Crete, as well as at the Center for European Studies of the Middle East Technical University. This article was originally published by the Common Ground News Service: www.commongroundnews.org.
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I love retelling Sarabeth the legacy life of Hannah. She may not fully comprehend the story, so we focus on the fact that Hannah prayed and that God answered her prayer! Sarabeth's favorite page in her Bible Belles story of Hannah is the page of Hannah holding a baby. She cries out "a baby!" and signs it, rocking her arms back and forth.
Bible Belles calls Hannah the Belle of Prayer. And that description is so correct. Hannah teaches us the power of perseverance and bringing our requests to God.
The Legacy Life of Hannah
Hannah was a woman with deep sorrow. She wanted a child so desperately, but the Bible tells us that God closed her womb. Because of her lack of a child, Hannah was teased mercilessly. She was scorned and shunned even within her own home.
However, Hannah did not let this interrupt her journey with God. Instead, she allowed this tragedy to draw her closer to God. She prayed earnestly and sought God in the places where she knew he could be found – the Temple.
One thing that always strikes me about her story is that Hannah is not bothered by outward appearances. While she is asking God so earnestly for a child, Eli – the priest – observes her and believes she is drunk. Hannah is so focused on God while making her requests that she has little or no regard for anyone else around her.
When she was interrupted by Eli, she told him her request for God. Eli saw how strong her desire was, and how earnestly she was seeking God for the desires of her heart. His parting words to her were to go believing because God had heard her prayer and would answer it.
Persevere, Seek and Go
We've entered into a series on Prayer at church this week. One of the takeaways from the service yesterday was the reminder that we must actively believe that God is going to do what is best for us when we seek his heart in it.
Hannah wasn't just praying for a child. She was praying for the child that God wanted her to have. A child that could be used by God.
She persevered, she sought God and His heart, and she went in faith.
And when she did this, she received as Sarabeth says: A baby!
God heard and answered. Hannah fulfilled her promise to give baby Solomon back in service to the Lord.
What are you asking God for today? Have you sought His desire in this situation? Are you believing in faith that it's going to happen?


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Maicol was born into a family with limited financial resources. His father is a taxi driver and his mother works in the home. Having suffered the loss of a previous pregnancy, Maicol's parents were determined to raise a healthy child. The couple faithfully completed prenatal check-ups on schedule, noting with concern that the child's heartbeat was hard to detect. Just a week after his birth, Maicol suffered high fevers and his parents took him to the emergency room at the Children's Hospital in Santa Cruz. The hospital's cardiologist determined that the baby suffered a condition which accounts for about 10% of all congenital heart anomalies – the persistence of the patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). In Maicol's case, surgery was required to close the ductus, using a clip of appropriate size to gently close the open ductus. Untreated PDA of this child could have led to obstructive pulmonary disease and heart failure.
Maicol's parents expressed their deep gratitude to all those who made this surgery possible:
We would not have had the resources for our child's surgery. We are grateful for those who came to our rescue.


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In this section we should again mention the names of Mark Antun Dominis and Rugjer Boskovic, whose work was veritably encyclopaedistic.
The first known manual about book-keeping was "Della mercatura e del mercante perfetto," written by Benko Kotruljic (born in Dubrovnik, 15th century). Its French translation appeared under the title "Parfait négociant" in Lyon in 1613.


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Children attending an Islamic jihad-run kindergarten in Gaza celebrated their graduation by wearing army uniforms "to recognise the importance of Palestine and its enemy", an Israeli online daily reported.
During the graduation ceremony, the children wore uniforms of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine's armed wing, the al-QudsBrigades, and carrying toy rifles they had received as presents while they chanted anti-Israeli slogans, the Israeli Ynet reported.
Many of the relatives who attended the ceremony are members of the Islamist group or other Palestinian political factions, according to the report.
"It is our obligation to educate the children to love the resistance, Palestine and Jerusalem, so they will recognise the importance of Palestine and its enemy," the kindergarten's director was quoted as saying.
Ynet also reported one of the teachers as saying the school aims to teach the children to "grow up to love the resistance and serve the cause of Palestine and jihad".


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Following up on the post about earth hour, I celebrate Human Achievement Hour. For those who wonder why, look at the photos of earth at night here:
In particular, look for North Korea, compared to South Korea and Zimbabwe compared to South Africa. Two sets of nations that were at equal points in advancement at the end of the second world war. In both instances, the first suffers grinding poverty, no freedom and a short life span (and not coincidentally, a low carbon footprint). The second has embraced a free market approach to society and has reaped the benefits (and also not coincidentally, a high carbon footprint). Though one can talk about the lot of blacks in South Africa, they are better off than if they lived in Zimbabwe and now that they have the real human rights of speech and rule of law, their lot is improving fast.
Energy use and the necessary high carbon footprint is THE indicator of a society that does not suffer the ravages of poverty. One cannot have true freedom while enforcing a low carbon footprint.


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A Christmas Eve Reflection
December 24th, 2010 by A.G.J.
Often when we go to church, it's the adults who've come to listen and the children who are told to sit still and behave. A lot of kids – not all but many – think church is boring and hard to understand. I think a lot of times they're right. And on behalf of God and Jesus, I want to tell all of you how sorry I am about that, and I want to ask you not to turn from God because of what has or hasn't happened in church. Church and God are not the same thing. There's a wonderful story about an elderly gentleman down south sitting on the steps of a church. God comes and sits next to him. After a moment, the man says, For twenty years, I been trying to get in this church, and they won't let me in. God just nods his head, I know, son, they won't let me in either.
So here's my Christmas Eve confession: I don't always love going to church either – unless it's here. This chapel makes my soul sing. If it hadn't been built, I probably wouldn't be a minister. My point is please do not confuse Jesus and God with going to church. In fact, it oughta be said that no one was more critical of organized religion than Jesus. Can we hear that? He knew it wasn't about going to Temple and doing what we think we're supposed to do. For Jesus, our bodies are the real temples. They house the God within all of us. We don't encounter/experience/express the divine through "should's. I should go to church. I should pray. I should help others. The deeper truth is that beyond the "should"s lies our Truth and that love that we are, in our core, is like a snowflake or a fingerprint. No two are the same. How you experience God is unique. Your path is not mine. And remember, Family, the door to God is everywhere. We don't even need a key because the door itself is an illusion. God is here/now/still/always. Isn't it ironic? We've "never left the house and yet we're all trying to find our way home". (Old Eastern Saying)
I want to inspire you today. I want to lift your spirits up and connect you with who you truly are – that magnetic love, that power, creativity, and beauty. I want to remind you that You are the miracle you've been waiting for, that within you is pure peace and ocean-deep joy. No matter what you've been through. No matter what you struggle with. Your story is unfolding to reveal your beautiful, incandescent heart and remarkable, rare spirit.
And yes, there was a time in my life when I didn't believe that at all. When words like that actually stung and cut like jagged glass. I believed I was damaged, ugly, fat, untalented, and dumb. I thought that maybe the doctors were right. Maybe I really was sick and in need of daily medication. Most painful of all was the hidden, core belief I carried: that I was unlovable. If you have ever felt that way, then, as my five year old niece, Georgia, would say, we have a connection. (Then she'd hold her thumb and pinky up gesturing back and forth from me to herself.)
What brought me through that and enlightened me otherwise was my discovery that other people weren't rejecting me. I was rejecting me. I was so full of fear and fright. And what I've learned is that my fear blocks god's flow. It really is that simple. Fear is a product of the mind, God is not. The choice is a clear one: trust in your mind's fear or God's love. Period.
I read the other day about a woman who was asked if she'd ever had a mystical experience, oh yes, she replied. Every time I gaze into an infant's face. It makes such sense to me that God would appear to us as a child – as a baby, that he'd start with that remarkable vulnerability, acceptance, and presence. Here are some of the wonderfully wise and profound things children said when asked what Love means: Billy age 4 said, "When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth." Bobby age 7 said, "Love's what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and listen." And Nikka age 6 said, "If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend you hate."
I could go on and on quoting children and the marvelous, funny, wise things they say – and if you want to hear more, just ask me – but for now consider reflecting on this: the story of the birth of Jesus is anything but boring and typical. Jesus' birth story sets in motion a tale that defies the odds. It is a miracle – his birth, his life, his death, and his redemption. All of it a miracle…. Just like you.
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Plant & Food Research's response to the outbreak of Psa in New Zealand has been recognised with this year's Prime Minister's Science Prize.
When the kiwifruit vine-killing disease was first discovered in New Zealand in 2010, Plant & Food Research moved quickly to mobilise a team of more than 100 people, including plant pathologists, breeders and orchard management specialists.
Initially, the Plant & Food Research team worked with the industry to contain the spread of the disease by developing new orchard management techniques. The science team also developed diagnostic tests to inform growers' management decisions and identified agrichemicals that could protect against the disease.
"Psa was potentially devastating for the New Zealand kiwifruit industry," said Dr Bruce Campbell, Plant & Food Research's chief operating officer. "When the disease was discovered, we knew we had limited time to find the solutions the industry needed to manage the disease and remain viable.
"It was an incredibly stressful time for our scientists, not only in terms of how fast the scientific process was having to deliver answers but also the emotional impact the disease was having on their friends and neighbours. I'm incredibly proud of how the Plant & Food Research team responded, and this prize really demonstrates the importance of their work to New Zealand."
Longer term, it was determined a new gold cultivar would be required to support the ongoing growth of the kiwifruit industry, after Hort16A, marketed globally as Zespri Gold, was found to be particularly susceptible to Psa.
A new gold kiwifruit cultivar 'Zesy002', referred to by growers as Gold3 and sold around the world as Zespri SunGold, was already in the initial commercialisation phase. After an intensive screening programme of the hundreds of genetically-diverse varieties from the breeding programme, 'Zesy002' was discovered to be tolerant to the disease.
"Identifying a new cultivar is complex, as it has to have the right characteristics to meet grower requirements as well as meet consumer demands for taste," said Campbell.
"Having a cultivar that met these requirements and also had tolerance to Psa was an important step in the industry's recovery. We screened hundreds of plants to make sure Gold3 was the best option for the industry, we really didn't want to get that wrong."
Fast forward to the 2017 season and 48m trays of Zespri SunGold were sold, with an export value of NZ$686m, up 70 per cent on the previous year.
The Prime Minister's Science Prize includes a NZ$400,000 fund to be used to support the team's work. Plant & Food research said the money would be used to establish New Zealand as a hub for bioprotection technologies and further the development of new science technologies to protect plants against biosecurity threats.
"This prize will help us to accelerate the strong positioning of New Zealand internationally as the leader in ensuring food security," Campbell added.


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Well friends the convention came and went. I cannot believe we wait in anticipation for the weekend to come and before you know it, it is all over.
I had an amazing time with friends and it was so nice to be on the other side for a bit. Just to sit and be taught for once and not for me to be in the front.
I must admit. I still get so envious when I have to teach and all the girls are sitting and enjoying the scrapping!!! I suppose that will never go away!!
Unfortunately I cannot show yet just so the Cape Town girls can at least have a surprise when they do their projects.
So be sure I will post on Monday some of the projects we have done!!!
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It's a hot-button issue that caused controversy at the Brisbane Writers' Festival ins 2016. Can an author from a dominant cultural background write stories that involve characters from other walks of life? What's the line between writing fiction and cultural appropriation?
To discuss this issue, Claire G. Coleman, and indigenous author whose debut sci-fi novel Terra Nullius imagines a new dawn in Australia; Marie Munkara, whose memoir Of Ashes and Rivers that Run to the Sea recounts her first-hand experience of Australia's past assimilation policies; Michael Giacometti, whose short story collection puts a spotlight on the borderlands of black and white, and Leonie Norrington, whose writing reflects her early life, raised in Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory.
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The mystical self meets the practical. The spiritual meets the mundane. Analysis meets structure. Both 7 and 4 are heavily focused on detailed work, albeit for different reasons. When the analyst meets practical reality, their ideas become tested with the laws of nature. This can create difficulties, particularly with finances. However, such seeming limitations are there to test the spiritual self in its inspiration and its ability to pierce through illusions and false realities in order to arrive at the truth of matters. Because of the amount of material to work with, this can seem to be a slow, plodding number when in reality much data is being processed quickly.
Because of being swamped inside so many structural details, its skills will be tested on the social front (-3). It must be careful to not work too much and learn how to relax. Balance is a key word for this number on multiple fronts, including talents, emotions, responsibilities and relationships. Karma is also strong here. It is important to first give in order to receive. Otherwise, too much self focus will have one receive the same in return and disorders can develop. Dishonesty and "cheating the system" will result in losses and inauspicious life circumstances. It is spontaneous and quick to act and is not afraid to make peace when necessary. 74 has a skill to salvage what it can from difficult or lost situations and make the best out of what is left.


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My Name
My name is a bush, most well known for Christmas time. I wasn't born in christmas though, even though I get asked if I was all the time. I was actually born in May, which is when holly bushes blossom. Even though I was born in the spring and not around Christmas time, I still have always loved christmas. The whole month of December is a time of giving and hope and joy. It is my favorite time of year. I love being with my friends and family in the first snow of the season and hearing "Jingle Bells" playing in the distance. I love being able to see my breath in the cold winter air and the feeling of entering my warm house after being outside, like the ice melting off the top of a pond, allowing the fish to swim to the surface. I love hearing my name being sung in Christmas songs in the mall, in my house, and many other places. When I was young, I would run around my house singing "deck the halls with boughs of 'me', fa la la la la". Holly berries remind me of my favorite time of year.
My last name may be rare where I live now, but not where I came from. My dad's side of the family is from Canada. Tremblay is a very common name amongst french-canadians, which I found out when I went to meet my relatives, in Canada, when I was eight. My family only knew how to introduce themselves in french, so my response to everything was "Je m'appelle Holly". Once we were able to get past the language barrier, which was harder to get through than the Canadian border, we visited the small cemetery next to the town church. I am not exaggerating when I say that every single tombstone had the name Tremblay on it. Every. Single. One. I've only met one or two people throughout my life that have the same last name as me, so when I stood and looked around in that cemetery it was like a room of mirrors since I saw the same tombstone over and over again. Going to Canada reminded me where I came from and it made me feel connected to my family members who grew up there, even those that I have never met. I guess it's weird to think that while I still live in a small town today, I ended up here from that farm town of only 1,328 people.
Overall, I like my name. Sure I have no plan of naming my kid Holly someday, but I wouldn't change it. It's who I am. It's the girl that always tries her best, that is afraid of failure, that sings probably a little too much, that doesn't go a day without playing a sport, that loves Harry Potter, and that just wants to have fun. So to me, Holly doesn't mean a bush. It means me.
I have loved to laugh my entire life. Laughter comes with happiness, and brings even more happiness. Laughter feels like a volcano that is erupting after holding in it's lava for years and years. It sounds like happiness as it explodes like fireworks. Laughter is when the sun comes up after a long, dark night. It brightens any situation and is as contagious as the flu. Sometimes I laugh so hard I cry or so hard that I can't even make a noise and it's just my body shaking. Everyone's laughter sounds different. I know what my friend's laughter sounds like because we laugh together so much.
One day, I was hanging out with my friends just like any other time we hang out. We started laughing and we just couldn't stop. No one even said one particular thing that was hilarious, we just all thought everything was so funny. In the beginning we were pretty loud, but then we were all laughing so hard that it was dead silent except for when we were gasping for air since we couldn't breathe. By the time our giggles had subsided, I was almost positive that my cheeks were stuck in a smile that was way too big for my face and I felt like I had just done an ab workout because my stomach hurt so bad. Tears were running down all of our faces and we just looked around as all of us caught our breath. Of course someone said something hilarious a few seconds later and we were all lost into a sea of roaring laughter all over again.
Looking back of that day, I don't even remember what we were laughing about, but I can still feel my face and stomach aching and see the black streaks of mascara on our faces from crying. I think that day was the hardest I have ever laughed in my life and just thinking about it makes me smile. Laughter is contagious, whether it's hearing someone else chuckle which makes you laugh, or like me, when I remember the day I laughed so hard that I cried, and I can't help but crack a smile.
I've only broken one bone in my life. It was my fifth metatarsal, which is a really fancy name for the bone on the outside of your foot. I had always imagined walking into school with a big cast on being the coolest thing ever because everyone would sign it and they would all think I was so tough. Let's just say, that's not how it worked out.
It was a Friday night and my brother and I were playing soccer in our family room. We pushed the coffee table over so we had maximum playing space, and we lined pillows up like soldiers to block the gap under the couch so we could use it as a goal without the ball going underneath. We used one of those rubber balls you win from the claw crane machine in an arcade that has all of the little spikes on it. It looked just like a sun since it was yellow and the spikes were like tiny rays of sunshine. My brother was in goal and it was my turn to shoot when the incident happened. Instead of kicking the ball, like I had intended, I somehow sort of stepped on it. Thud. The ball flew out from under my foot like a bird when its cage is opened, and my body came crashing down in an avalanche of limbs. I had landed on the side of my foot, a bone I would later learn to be called a fifth metatarsal. I heard a pop like the sound a cork makes when it's pulled out of a bottle. I screamed when I hit the floor and my mom came running to see what had happened. By that time, I had produced a tsunami of tears and my brother had gone to the freezer searching for ice.
"I think it's broken," I repeated again and again over the next three days.
"If it hurts tomorrow we will go to the doctor," my parents kept saying, and then I carried on with my usual life as best as I could. Well, tomorrow inevitably rolled around and my foot still hurt, so I finally went to the doctor.
"It's broken," the nurse behind the X-Ray machine said. I had to hold in the huge temptation to turn to my mom and say I told you so. However, this wasn't the worst part. I had to go into school the next day and whenever anyone asked me what happened, I had to say I fell. I kept telling myself it wasn't a total lie since I did fall, it was just during a game of family room soccer, but part of me still felt like my nose was growing like Pinocchio's. Eventually I told my friends the real story but when I did I was so embarrassed. Wearing that boot around was a constant reminder of my humiliation. So, breaking my foot wasn't what I expected. I in no way felt heroic or tough and on top of that, it also brought an end to my family room soccer career. Luckily it turned out to not be a bad break, so I wasn't in a cast for too long, but it stunk for the time that I was. It's been many years since then and even when I talk about it today, I am still embarrassed that I have no epic story to tell about the cause of my broken foot, but instead I have to say I was playing soccer in my family room.
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The Fed meeting was the big news today. The Dow recovered from its slide on Monday with a +228 point rally by mid morning but declined into the impending Fed announcement at 2:15. After the announcement the Dow dropped sharply to a -220 point loss. After a period of high volatility the index rebounded +649 points to close with a +429 point gain. To say the market was volatile would be an extreme understatement.
The Fed did lower its economic outlook saying it has been growing "considerably slower" than the committee expected. Other comments included, "Household spending has flattened out" and "unemployment rate has moved up." They also said the impact from Japan appeared to be fading. Inflation moderated as prices of energy and commodities declined from their earlier peaks. Longer-term inflation expectations remained stable.
Also, "the committee now expects a somewhat slower pace of recovery over coming quarters" and "unemployment rate will decline only gradually."
Link to Fed Statement
The most important sentence was "downside risks to the economy have increased." The Fed is acknowledging inflation is no longer the biggest worry and there is the potential for a recession if conditions don't improve soon. To further stimulate the economy without actually taking any action the Fed said it would keep rates exceptionally low for the next two years and continue reinvesting funds from the payoff of existing securities into new securities. This is a continuation of QE1 and QE2 without committing any new funds. They will simply keep the size of the Fed balance sheet at the same level by reinvesting funds from maturing assets. Nobody expected this to change.
There was no talk of a QE3 program and there were three dissenters, Fisher, Plosser and Kocherlakota. Those three inflation hawks wanted to keep the extended period language rather than establish a firm timeline for keeping rates low. They are afraid the economy could begin to accelerate and the Fed would be stuck at near zero interest rates that would dramatically feed inflation in an accelerating economy. Ironically these are the same members that voted to remove that language in prior meetings because they thought the inflation risk was rising. This change in posture should be a clue to the group mindset.
Apparently the rest of the committee, the seven remaining members, were concerned enough about the potential for a return to recession that they wanted an insurance policy in the form of a guarantee of low rates for the next two years. With a guarantee rates will be low, businesses can plan for expansion knowing their cost of capital will remain low. Banks will be free to invest appropriately knowing rates won't be rising.
The stock market benefits because investors are faced with nearly zero returns in bonds and treasuries for the next two years and will be forced to move money to equities in order to get a return higher than the inflation rate. There are hundreds of stocks now paying dividends well over the 10-year treasury yield. These stocks will be the favorite investment vehicle in our slow growth environment.
The market drop after the announcement was clearly a sell the news program trade. Some large fund(s) were still looking to exit some positions and expecting a post meeting pop to provide an exit point. Once the sell the news trade was over the market took off and closed at the highs of the day.
Even though the Fed lowered its growth outlook they are still predicting growth. Slow growth is still better than no growth so bargain hunters appeared in volume and the shorts were forced to cover. Some analysts were negative on the news saying this was the equivalent of a forecast for two years of slow growth.
There is one caveat here. The actual Fed statement says, "Conditions are likely to warrant exceptionally low levels for the federal funds rate at least through mid-2013." There is no hard promise they will hold this line. If economic conditions improved significantly they can change the game plan.
If the Fed sticks to its statement on rates this will not expire until well after the 2012 elections and until the end of Bernanke's current term as Fed chairman. This takes the Fed somewhat out of the political arena for the 2012 cycle.
The Fed basically told the markets there would not be a QE3, a TARP 2 or similar asset purchase program. The Fed promised the market low rates until the economic recovery occurs but no additional help should be expected. Bernanke's speech at Jackson Hole later in the month will be very critical to further interpretation of the Fed outlook and expectations.
The yields on the various bonds collapsed. The ten-year note yield declined to 2.17% and the lowest level since January 2009. The dollar collapsed and gold prices rallied to $1751 but that was that was well off the intraday high of $1782.50.
Ten-Year Note Yields
30-Year Bond Yields
Gold Chart
The only other economic report for the day was Productivity and Costs for Q2. Nonfarm business productivity fell -0.3% when the consensus was a +0.2% increase. This was the second consecutive quarter of productivity declines after rising +2.2% in Q4. The Q1 decline was -0.6%. Productivity declines with hours worked increase more than products produced. Hiring increased slightly in Q2 but growth was soft. Businesses added to staff in anticipation of the recovery but it failed to appear in any meaningful way.
Moody's Productivity Chart
The economic calendar for the rest of the week is busy but most of the reports are generally ignored. Jobless claims and Consumer Sentiment are probably the two that will garner the most attention. There are whispers of a potential jobless claims number under 400,000 and that would be mildly bullish. However, sentiment could see a significant decline that reflects the last week of the high profile debt debacle and the first two weeks of the market correction.
Economic Calendar
In other news there were a several earnings reports of note beginning with Disney (DIS), which reported earnings of 78-cents compared to estimates of 73-cents. Revenue rose +7% to $10.68 billion. Revenue from theme parks rose +12%. Apparently the high gas prices did not keep people home and business was good. The fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film and Cars 2 helped Disney to a breakeven performance at the box office. Other films were less well received. The Bachelorette on ABC was a hit with the final shows at the top of the most watched list according to Nielson. Disney shares rallied +5% into the close but gave back some of their gains after the report.
Beazer Homes (BZH) posted a loss of 80-cents compared to estimates for a loss of 42-cents because of a sharp decline in closings. New home sales rose +23.7% but revenues were still light. Prices did rise and inventory is declining so maybe there is light at the end of the tunnel for new home sales. Shares of Beazer declined -6%.
Cablevision (CVC) reported earnings of 31-cents that rose +9% but they missed the street estimates of 42-cents and shares were crushed for a -13% loss. The earnings were complicated by the spin-off of the AMC networks last month. The company also lost 23,000 video subscribers in competition with Verizon. Cablevision only added 5,000 broadband subscribers and that was the lowest number in three years. They also said the weak economy was pressuring subscribers in lower income areas.
AOL posted a smaller loss in Q2 even though revenue fell due to an accounting charge. The company said advertising revenue increased for the first time since 2008. AOL is expanding its acquisitions of content websites like the Huffington Post, which it acquired for $315 million earlier this year. That brings their content stable to more than 50 websites. For Q2 AOL posted a loss of -11 cents but there were 15-cents of charges. Without the charges AOL would have earned 4-cents. Subscription revenue fell -23% to $201 million as fewer people access AOL through the dial-up service.
AOL Chart
Fossil (FOSL) fell -13% after reporting guidance that missed estimates. Fossil expects earnings of $4.44 to $4.50 and the analyst consensus was $4.63. The company said costs were rising rapidly with labor rates in China up +32% this year alone. They also complained that the price of silver had more than doubled. Earnings were 73-cents and 2-cents below analyst estimates.
Fossil Chart
Earnings due out on Wednesday include CSCO, M, MBI, RL and RATE. Cisco will be the highest profile event given the recent guidance warnings in the networking sector. Cisco shares were flat on Tuesday. Given the recent high volatility moves after their earnings I am not surprised traders would be hesitant to jump into those shares.
Apple (AAPL) became the U.S. stock with the largest market cap for a brief period on Wednesday. Apple shares rose to $374.01 a share for a market value of $346.7 billion. Exxon rallied to $71.64 and a market cap of $348.3 billion. For a few minutes Apple held the top spot before oil prices rallied into the close and pushed energy equities higher. Apple will move into the top spot eventually and likely remain there for many months. However, as we get closer to peak oil and crude prices move back into triple digits Exxon will move back into the top spot.
Oil prices recovered from a very negative overnight session. Crude prices dropped into the $75 range overnight as Asian markets opened significantly lower. As the overseas markets recovered oil prices began to rise and closed well off their lows. Crude is trading tonight at $81.35 and rising. That is a six-dollar rebound and that produced some big winners in the energy sector. National Oilwell (NOV) gained +$6, COG +6, CRR +9. OXY +5, etc.
OPEC updated their monthly oil demand outlook and predicted a 1.2 million barrel rise in demand in 2011 and another 1.3 mbpd in 2012. Demand was expected to continue growing from Asia and Latin America while austerity programs in Europe and slow growth in the USA restraining demand growth in those regions. China's oil demand slowed in June, the first time in eight months, but they are still expected to show 6.5% demand growth for the full year. Demand for 2012 is now expected to be 89.4 mbpd, a downward revision of only 19,000 bpd over their last estimate. Slower demand growth is still demand growth. OPEC said production in July totaled 88.3 million barrels. That was an increase of 800,000 bpd over June thanks to increases from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the UAE. Nearly every analyst believes OPEC nations are pretty close to full capacity today and that means adding another 1.3 mbpd in 2012 is going to be a challenge. Unless the world falls back into recession oil prices are going higher longer-term.
U.S. WTI Chart - 90 Min
The S&P declined -6.6% on Monday for the worst single day decline since December 2008. The Dow declined -634 points and the sixth biggest one-day decline ever for the Dow. The S&P rebounded +6% off its intraday lows on Tuesday to close well over 1150 at 1171 after trading down to 1101 intraday. The closing gain of +4.7% was the best gain since a +7% day in March 2009. Financials rallied +8.2% after a -10% decline on Monday.
All of this volatility came on extremely high volume. On Monday's decline there was 16.55 billion shares of volume with 15.84 billion in down volume. Clearly a capitulation day. Tuesday's rebound, despite the intraday dip, had volume of 16.51 billion shares with 15.24 billion is up volume. As a trader you want to see at least the same amount of volume on an upside day as a downside day and we have not seen that recently until today. The internals completely swapped directions and in theory that is a bullish sign.
Market Internals
Translating theory into reality is always tough for the markets. In theory Tuesday should have been the start of a rebound and a sign the bottom has arrived. In reality what we saw was a monster short squeeze where the millions of traders short various ETFs were forced to cover.
Fortunately that is how most correction rallies begin. The key will be what happens on Wednesday. I would expect Asia to open higher and have that translate into a higher open for the U.S. on Wednesday but there are probably some sellers still lurking on the sidelines. The technical damage is far too great for a rebound to just begin with a +600 point intraday swing and then continue to blast higher. There will be some sellers who want to get off this roller coaster. Once the rebound appears to lose traction I would expect a new round of sellers to appear. If the bulls can hold off that attack and make it through the rest of the week then we can start looking at long-term predictions again.
The S&P dipped to 1101 after the Fed announcement and while 1100 is not specifically a critical support level it is definitely psychological support. To drop from 1350 to 1100 in three weeks is a terrible nightmare for traders they may relive in their dreams for weeks to come. The key for the rest of the week would be support at 1120 and a Fib retracement level for the QE2 rally. I would hope 1150 will hold as a key support level but hope is not a valid trading strategy.
If you are bullish I would be careful about buying the dips until we have another support test that tells us where that support really is. That should appear during an intraday dip over the next couple days. Initial overhead resistance is 1175 from November and then 1215 from Friday's intraday bounced that failed.
S&P Chart
The Dow fell to 10,604 before rocketing higher to close at 11,239 and another 600 point swing. Those are becoming relatively common over the last couple weeks. The increased volatility is a sign of a bottom trying to form. Shorts are not as aggressive and they are exiting positions quicker. The bulls may not be convinced the bottom is in but with the S&P trading at a PE of 11 there are plenty of bargains available. Fund managers scrambling for cash last week may start putting some of it back to work on stocks that are down 20% to 30% in just a couple weeks.
The Dow closed just over near-term resistance and futures are up late in after hours. Typically after a blowout day the futures would be negative from traders protecting profits and preparing to exit the following day. Being positive is a mildly bullish sign but there is plenty of darkness left before morning.
Dow Chart
The Nasdaq rebounded a whopping +151 points from the lows at 2331 to close at 2483. Those numbers are simply amazing and demonstrates the power of a serious short squeeze. Google gained +27 and Apple +21 as examples. That also only counts the gain for the day and not the rebound from the intraday dip.
Nasdaq 2500 should be round number resistance on Wednesday and it could be a decent barrier. Time will tell. Nasdaq futures are up +8 points but in this market that is about five heartbeats. There is no conclusion you can draw from today's trading other than the strong gain off the bottom will be harder to erase.
Nasdaq Chart
The Russell tested support at 650 at the open and then again after the Fed announcement. The second test was followed by an unbelievable +7% gain, +8.75% off the intraday lows. That kind of move is astounding and illustrates how heavily shorted the small caps were. The chart is extremely ugly but the strong rebound is encouraging.
Russell Chart
I would like to think the rebound will continue on Wednesday but so many technical and psychological levels have been broken we are trading in uncharted waters. Normally a monster rebound like today would be sold as the remaining sellers celebrate a chance to exit at a higher level.
Wednesday's market action could be very tentative as buyers and sellers test each others resolve. Rather than simply go long on any continued rebound I would rather hang back and wait for a pause for some profit taking. However, I am sure we have all seen rallies that begin with a strong short squeeze simply continue unabated for days as disbelieving shorts continue to sell into the rally expecting the decline to return.
Whether your bias is long or short for Wednesday it would probably be a good idea to watch the opening signs before stepping into the traffic.
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10. Delighting and rejoicing. The community of both Testaments, Old and New alike, is remarkable in how frequently it expresses the intense joy the faithful are routinely expected to experience in the course of their daily lives. They seem to know nothing of boredom. This delight is mentioned over and over again in the psalter and in the prayer life of the Church. Our hearts and our flesh are to thrill with gladness in the living God as we sing alleluias to him as the very source of the thrilling (Ps 84:2). We exult in this Lord and in his marvels (Ps 9:1-16; 40:5; 75:1), and this we do with endless shouts of exultation and triumph (Ps 5:11, 20:5). With the exception of the Lenten season the Church through the year repeats in her daily liturgies these shouts of alleluia.
11. The sound of music. As though all this were not enough, both the inspired word and the contemporary Church elicit the resources of musical talents and instruments. As one of our recent popes remarked, echoing St. Augustine, they who sing pray twice. All this God's people did with gusto. They sang the wonders the Lord had wrought in salvation history (Ps 105:1-5). Their prayer was expressed with music sounding to their King (Ps 47:1, 5-6; 57:7-9; 59:16-17). At least on one occasion they set aside timidity in their celebrations: they praised the transcendent greatness of God with lyre and harp, strings and reeds, the beating of drums and the clashing of cymbals -- and yes, with dancing, too, in praise of his name. For example, David and the community "danced before Yahweh with all their might, singing to the accompaniment of lyres, harps, tambourines, castanets, and cymbals: (2 Sam 6:5; Ps 87:7; 149:3; 150:1-6). Nothing dreary and dull here. Perhaps they were praying three or four times!
12. Amen! In Greek, Latin, and Hebrew, "amen" meant "yes indeed, certainly, so may it be." And so our last words here are reserved to Jesus and his Mother. Both insisted on the identification of their and our wills with that of the Father: "Our Father ... Your will be done ..." and "Let it be done to me according to your word." Yes, amen: let your will be done. So be it. Identifying our will with the divine will is the veryheart of sanctity. And the more perfect the identification, the more lofty the holiness. Both the transforming union in contemplative prayer and the practice of heroic virtue (there is an intercausality between these two traits of perfect sanctity) involve complete identification with the divine will.
The single word "amen" is an affirmation of what God positively wills or of his permitting something to occur (for a still greater good). It reminds us of St. Francis de Sales remarking that if we knew all that God knows, we would will to happen exactly what does happen (see also Rom 8:28). Amen, the conclusion of many prayers in the Church's liturgy, is a proclamation of the all-knowing wisdom of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (For more on this variety of biblical prayer, see CCC 2623-49.)Prayer Primer, Thomas Dubay, S.M.
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Biblical Prayer Themes, Part V
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The Top 12 Young Guns of Wine for 2016
2016 marks the tenth year of the Young Gun of Wine Awards
Media release
Nick Stock, Rory Kent, Philip Rich, Josh Elias, Mike Bennie, Pip Anderson and Adrian Rodda gathered at Circa in April for the final round of judging to find Australia's best young winemaker.
Chief judge Nick Stock noted on the evolution of the competition, "Just as the leading edge of Australian wine continues to evolve fast in all directions, we've expanded and refreshed the judging panel to draw on broad experience and varying backgrounds and we welcomed a record number of entries this year.
"Judging this award has always been as challenging as it is thrilling and this year, our tenth anniversary, was the toughest and most rewarding ever. It was incredibly competitive to make the final round of 12."
The confirmed finalists for 2016 are:
Brendan Keys, BK Wines (Adelaide Hills, SA)
Chris Tyrrell, Tyrrell's (Hunter Valley, NSW)
Gilli & Paul Lipscombe, Sailor Seeks Horse / Home Hill (Tasmania)
Jasper Button, Commune of Buttons (Adelaide Hills, SA)
Joanna Marsh, Billy Button Wines (Alpine Valleys, VIC)
Josephine Perry, Dormilona (Margaret River, WA)
Marty Singh, Precipice (Yarra Valley, VIC)
Michael Downer, Murdoch Hill (Adelaide Hills, SA)
Richard Evans, Two Tonne Tasmania (Tasmania)
Simon Killeen, Simao & Co (Rutherglen, VIC)
Tessa Brown & Jeremy Schmolzer, Vignerons Schmolzer and Brown (Beechworth, VIC)
Yoko & Andries Mostert, Brave New Wine (Great Southern, WA)
Competition founder Rory Kent pointed out some of the key numbers: "2016 was our biggest field of 'shortlisted' winemakers to date. After the judges' nominations round, we tasted around 100 wines from 50 invited winemakers to find the top 12. Amongst these there are eight first-time finalists and each of the five major wine states are represented."
New panelist Mike Bennie described the uniqueness of the competition: "As a first timer on the inner sanctum of Young Guns of Wine, I was struck by its open weave nature of discourse that draws on everything from zeitgeist of Australian wine culture through to reverence of historical context for wine, and looks to an appreciation of experimentation yet at the same time embraces an understanding of 'fine wine culture'.
"Diversity of entrants is striking; to be making exquisite wine yet have the weight of generational family responsibility on one's shoulders, including winemaking duties, business acumen, vineyard understanding, and touchstones of marketing/sales, as say Chris Tyrrell of Tyrrell's does, through to the graffiti-esque thrill of avant-garde approach from Andries Mostert of Brave New Wines, or Jo Perry of Dormilona, says something about relevance and currency of this excellent wine competition."
Trophies are the "Wine Australia Best New Act", "Ocean Eight Winemaker's Choice", "People's Choice" and the "Riedel Young Gun of Wine". Winners will be announced on July 1 following presentation at the POW Kitchen and Bandroom
Finalists are coming to Sydney and Melbourne for the People's Choice Decider:
Melbourne: 6 - 8pm, Thursday 30 June, Prince Wine Store in South Melbourne. Book here »
Sydney: 2 - 5pm, Saturday 25 June, Nomad Wine Store in South Melbourne. Book here »
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On June 20, we co-hosted with PayStream Advisors a Webinar titled "The Keys to Success in AP Automation" moderated by PayStream's Henry Ijams. As the featured speaker, I had the chance to share three challenging facts of life that are probably familiar to most AP professionals:
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Greg Bartels, CEO, Image Processing Systems
When you want to improve the efficiency of invoice approval and processing, those are hard facts to swallow. But the truth is that you can't control what vendors send you (unless you're Walmart): paper invoices in multiple layouts, email invoices, attachments to email messages or PDF downloads from the Web. Whatever automation solution you use, it has to deal with just about any kind of input.
You also can't dictate to other departments in the organization. You can't tell IT, for example, that your project deserves higher priority than something the CFO ranks at the top of his or her list. You have to stand in line with everybody else in the organization.
And if your automation solution is going to require a large capital investment, it is probably stuck at the starting line. Organizations are squeezing their capital budgets hard these days, and a gain in AP efficiency is probably not on anybody's list but your own.
What's an AP professional with vision to do?
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How? See my presentation on SlideShare or the Payables page here on our Web site


text: Mohamed El-Baredi had met with Egyptian Acting President Adli Mansour, and had reportedly accepted the appointment as Interim Prime Minister. The press conference, which was supposed to publicly announce the appointment, apparently was abruptly called off. It seems that the Ultraconservative Islamist Party, which said that it could not work with El-Baredi, due to his Secular Views. That spooked the Generals, and we are back in Limbo. So, how long will this impasse last? The linked update, from ther NY Times, is: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/07/world/middleeast/egypt.html?hp&pagewanted=print.


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Placard: Signs of the Times
06-25 July 2011
Basement and museum grounds
Opening: 6 July 2011, 04:00 PM
The University of the Philippines (UP) Vargas Museum, in collaboration with the Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP) and the Ugatlahi Artists Collective, presents Placard: Signs of the Times from July 6 to 25, 2011 at the Vargas Museum basement and grounds.
Placard: Signs of the Times collects more than a hundred placards produced by visual artists and people's organizations: signs and slogans historically used to convey messages and calls for social change. The show examines placards as a form of material culture and as a mobile conveyor of protest.
Participating artists are Aba Dalena, Aldrein Silanga, Andrew Florentino, Anna Villena, Ayra Sayat, Bobert Elyas, Boy Dominguez, Boyet de Mesa, Buen Abrigo, Buen Calubayan, Caloy Gernale, Cat Mendoza, Chino Corrales, Chuckie Calsado, Cian Dayrit, Claro Ramirez, Con Cabrera, Crisanto De Leon, Dennis Bato, Egg Santos, Eleanor De Guzman, Elizabeth Lolarga, Eunice Lacaste, Eshei Mesina, Francis Bejar, Francis Diaz, Ivan Reverente, Imelda Cajipe-Endaya, Jaco Payawal, Janus Nunez, Jed Nacabuan, Jessie Mondares, Jimuel Magat, JL Burgos, Joel Quiñones, Johnny Manajo, Jucar Raquepo, Joey Cobcobo, Julius Dimanlig, Karen Dematera, Kawayan De Guia, Kiri Dalena, Kirby Roxas, Kuro, Lec Cruz, Leeroy New, Leslie de Chavez, Lisa Ito, Manolo Sicat, Max Santiago, Mark Bardinas, Mervin Pimentel, Mideo Cruz, Mity de la Pena, Neil Doloricon, Nikki Luna, Odoi Villalon, Piya Constantino, Ralph Guibani, Renan Ortiz, Raquel De Loyola, Rene Jose Bituin, Retired Artist, Shalimar Gonzaga, Tawnie Tantay, Teta Tulay, Tilde Acuna, Vermont Coronel, and Vivian Limpin.
Participating collectives and organizations are AKAP Bata, Anakbayan-UP, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, Kalikasan People's Network for the Environment, Center for Environmental Concerns-Philippines, CAP, GABRIELA, HABI-ARTS, Free Ericson Acosta Movement, Migrante, and SABAK San Juan.
The show also marks the closing of People's Art: Shaping the Society of the Future, a conference of progressive artists, cultural workers, and media practitioners from 5-6 July 2011 at the UP College of Mass Communications, organized by CAP, Habi Arts, and the New York Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines.
These two events are part of the International Festival for People's Rights and Struggles (IFPRIS), a gathering of peoples from Asia and the Pacific, Africa, North America, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East to share and learn about new and longstanding threats to the people's rights, from 5-6 July 2011 at the UP Diliman campus, Quezon City, Philippines.
Placard: Signs of the Times runs up to July 25, 2011. For more information, please contact the Vargas Museum at 928-1927 (direct line) or 981-8500 local 4024 (UP Trunkline), or send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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How to Pass a Hair Follicle Drug Test Easily?
Drug test is now common exercise in various places from schools to workplaces to roads and other several places. Initially, urine test was common for drug screening but it is true that it was tedious and sometimes impossible.
Take for instance it is practically hard and even impossible to ask for a urine sample from every driver on the road for drug screening. Besides, many drug users are now up for the challenge using formulated products that mask the appearance of drugs in the system.
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When will you take the drug test?
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And the weather doesn't help much. Yesterday was cloudy and every so often it sprinkled which meant me dropping everything I was working on and move the drying cabinet doors and drawers into the garage so they wouldn't get wet. Of course, as soon as they were all inside, it stops sprinkling.
If it wasn't for the humidity rising last night, my drawers would have had a final coat of varnish and would have been called done. So the kid and the dogs are being kicked outside so that I can finally get the cabinets finished. Or at least the ones I have on hand. There are still 2 cabinets, 2 drawers and a door MIA and should be here tomorrow, I hope.
I really need to sit down and get all the pictures of the renovations organized. They are sitting in folders all over the place just as much in a mess as the rest of the house. Maybe I'll get to that before leaving for our camping trip on Sunday.