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Fox News Falsely Blames Obama For Median Income Decline
A Fox News report dishonestly pegged a decline in median household income to the beginning of President Obama's first term. In fact, median income has trended downward since 1999.
Fox Highlights Decline In Median Income Since 2008
Fox's Earhardt: Three Years Into Obama's Presidency, Median Income "Dropped More Than $2,000." During a discussion of Obama's second inauguration, Fox & Friends First co-host Heather Nauert said "a lot of folks are now criticizing President Obama for putting social issues before the struggling economy. Some are arguing that the economy is simply not one of the president's priorities." Co-host Ainsley Earhardt then highlighted the drop in median income, framing the drop as beginning during Obama's first term, saying: "If you look back at 2008, the year before the president took office, the median household income, $52,546. Three years into President Obama's presidency, the average for 2011, well it dropped more than $2,000."
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[Fox News, Fox & Friends First, 1/22/13]
But Median Income Has Declined Over The Past Decade, Not Just Since Obama's Presidency
CBPP: Drop In Median Household Income "Continues A Decade-Long Downward Trend." In a September 17 report, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) found that the recent decline in median household income is part of a decade-long trend. From the report:
Median household income -- the income of the household in the middle of the U.S. income distributed ranked by income -- fell to $50,054 in 2011, down $777 from the year before, after adjusting for inflation.
Particularly for working-age households, median income is largely a function of labor market opportunities, mainly wage rates and hours of work. In the slowly recovering economy, employment remained fairly flat in 2011 as a share of the working-age population, while the average number of hours worked per week edged up slightly. Real hourly wages, however, edged down by 1 percent. For working-age households, those headed by someone younger than 65, median income fell $1,210 in 2011, or 2.1 percent, to $55,640.
Since the recession started in 2007, median income for working-age households has fallen by 9.3 percent, after adjusting for inflation. This continues a decade-long downward trend. Median income for this group has declined in eight of the last ten years, falling from $63,517 in 2000 (in 2011 dollars) to $61,336 in 2007 and to $55,640 in 2011, a cumulative loss of 12.4 percent or $7,877 since 2000.
The drop in median household income was tied to a substantial rise in income inequality. Household incomes fell in the middle and rose at the top, as income gains from the economic recovery were very unevenly shared. For the 20 percent of households in the middle, average household income fell 1.7 percent, or $876. For the top 20 percent, average income rose 1.9 percent, or $3,286. For the top 5 percent of households, average income rose 5.1 percent, or $15,184.
With the gains from economic growth going disproportionately to those at the top of the income scale, the share of the national income that goes to households in the middle and bottom has fallen. [Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, 9/17/12, emphasis added]
EPI: Median Income Fell More Than 10 Percent From 2000-10. In a September 14, 2011 report, the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) found that median household income has declined over the last decade:
Between 2000 and 2010, median income for working-age households fell from $61,574 to $55,276, a decline of roughly $6,300, which is more than 10 percent. [Economic Policy Institute, 9/14/11]
U.S. Census Bureau: Median Income Has Trended Downward For More Than A Decade. Data from the U.S. Census Bureau indicates that median household income has trended downward since 1999:
[U.S. Census Bureau, accessed 1/22/13]
For previous instances where Fox News blamed President Obama for the decline in median income, click here and here.


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Five Talking Points on Vouchers
"What have you got against private school vouchers?" your brother-in-law demands over Sunday dinner. Ah, if he only knew the facts. Next time someone puts you on the spot, use these talking points to debunk the most popular voucher claims.
- Fact: There's no link between vouchers and gains in student achievement. There's no conclusive evidence that vouchers improve the achievement of students who use them to attend private school. Nor is there any validity to claims that, by creating a "competitive marketplace" for students, vouchers force public schools to improve. In fact, the most dramatic improvements in student achievement have occurred in places where vouchers do not exist — such as Texas, North Carolina, Connecticut and Chicago. Instead, those states and communities focused on teacher quality and extra help for students who need it.
- Fact: Vouchers undermine accountability for public funds. Private schools have almost complete autonomy with regard to how they operate: who they teach, what they teach, how they teach, how — if at all — they measure student achievement, how they manage their finances, and what they are required to disclose to parents and the public. The absence of public accountability for voucher funds has contributed to rampant fraud, waste and abuse in current voucher programs.
- Fact: Vouchers do not reduce public education costs. Actually, they increase costs, by requiring taxpayers to fund two school systems, one public and one private.
- Fact: Vouchers do not give parents real educational choice. Participating private schools may limit enrollment, and in many cases may maintain exclusive admissions policies and charge tuition and fees far above the amount provided by the voucher. Unlike public schools, private and religious schools can — and do — discriminate in admissions on the basis of prior academic achievement, standardized test scores, interviews with applicants and parents, gender, religion, income, special needs, and behavioral history.
- Fact: The public disapproves of vouchers. By overwhelming margins, Americans prefer improving their public schools to spending scarce tax dollars on voucher programs. Since 1966, vouchers or voucher-related measures have been placed before voters in 13 states and the District of Columbia 22 times. With the lone exception of South Dakota — which approved the provision of textbooks to parochial schools in 1986 — voters have rejected public aid to private and religious schools every time. In those 22 elections, nearly two out of three voters cast "no" votes.

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Johan has tear in shoulder, surgery set for Tuesday
VIERA, Fla. -- Johan Santana has torn his left shoulder capsule for the second time in three years, the Mets announced Thursday, almost certainly ending the two-time Cy Young Award winner's time in New York and thrusting his career in jeopardy.
A second surgery on Santana's shoulder is scheduled for Tuesday.
"We just don't know when this occurred," Alderson said. "We don't know when it happened, how it happened. But what we do know is that at some point, symptoms appeared, and they worsened rather than improved."
Battling what the Mets diagnosed as left shoulder weakness throughout this spring, Santana flew to New York this week for an MRI at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan. After team orthopedist Dr. David Altchek diagnosed a probable re-tear of Santana's shoulder capsule, the left-hander sought second opinions from renowned surgeons Dr. James Andrews and Dr. Lewis Yocum. That pair confirmed the diagnosis.
"I'm not a doctor or a medical historian, but these injuries are very difficult to recover from after one surgery," Alderson said. The GM was unwilling to speculate on Santana's chance to recover from a second, identical operation.
Santana, 34, missed the entire 2011 season following surgery to repair his torn left shoulder capsule in September 2010. He returned to the Majors 19 months later, going 3-2 with a 2.38 ERA from Opening Day 2012 through his June 1 no-hitter, the first, and only, in Mets history. But he was not the same pitcher after that, posting a 3-7 record and 8.27 ERA in his last 10 outings.
With Santana battling ankle, back and shoulder issues, the Mets finally shut him down in mid-August; he went 0-5 with a 15.63 ERA over his final five starts.
Santana reported to Spring Training in mid-February ostensibly healthy after a winter of rest, pitching a bullpen session within days of arriving at camp. But the Mets quickly diagnosed him with left shoulder weakness, and Alderson sparred publicly with the pitcher over his general conditioning. Santana had been limited to a long-toss regimen in recent weeks.
In one much-publicized early-March episode, Santana threw a surprise mound session the day after Alderson criticized his lack of preparedness for Spring Training. Manager Terry Collins and pitching coach Dan Warthen both speculated afterward that Santana did so solely to prove he was healthy.
Whether that contributed to his injury, however, is impossible to say.
"There was a belief on our part that his arm was fine," Alderson said.
With one guaranteed season remaining on his six-year, $137.5 million contract, Santana's time in New York is almost certainly finished, and his career could also be in jeopardy. Alderson said that the final year of Santana's contract is not insured, meaning the Mets will still pay him his full $25.5 million salary in 2013, as well as the $5.5 million buyout on the 2014 option year of his deal.
One of the most successful pitchers of his generation, Santana went 111-51 with a 2.88 ERA from 2003-09 with the Twins and Mets, winning the AL Cy Young Award in 2004 and 2006 while with Minnesota. He finished third in NL Cy Young Award voting in his first year in New York, pitching the penultimate game of the season with an injured right knee. Santana underwent knee surgery in 2008 and elbow surgery in 2009 before his shoulder operation in 2010.
Now that he appears headed for a second shoulder surgery, the Mets must decide who will replace him. The team had already been bracing to play most of the early season without Santana, naming Jon Niese its Opening Day starter and sliding Jeremy Hefner into the rotation. But with Shaun Marcum battling a neck injury and Jenrry Mejia shut down for two weeks due to elbow tendinitis, the Mets' depth chart is perilously thin.
"We are not terribly deep right now with Santana out indefinitely," Alderson said. "On the other hand, we do feel that we have some -- not just depth in the system, but also some exceptional talent coming through the system. We'll just have to see how our needs and the maturation of that talent connect."
The unspoken reference is to top prospect Zack Wheeler, one of the most talented pitchers in all of the Minors. The Mets have made it clear that they will not call up Wheeler until at least midseason, and Alderson reiterated that in light of Santana's injury.
"We will bring him up when he is ready," Alderson said. "No immediate need will impact that."


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Wanna Be Startin' Somethin': Google announces Chrome OS
I've been soooo busy at work (impossible deadlines as always) that I've been a bit silent, but alas who could not be excited to hear about Google's venture into the netbook market just to shake things up?
It's been an exciting nine months since we launched the Google Chrome browser. Already, over 30 million people use it regularly. We designed Google Chrome for people who live on the web — searching for information, checking email, catching up on the news, shopping or just staying in touch with friends. However, the operating systems that browsers run on were designed in an era where there was no web. So today, we're announcing a new project that's a natural extension of Google Chrome — the Google Chrome Operating System. It's our attempt to re-think what operating systems should be.
Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year we will open-source its code, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010. Because we're already talking to partners about the project, and we'll soon be working with the open source community, we wanted to share our vision now so everyone understands what we are trying to achieve.
Thats right, whilst many claimed the Google Chrome browser was infact an OS, now the company has come around with an actual OS with the Chrome moniker just to confuse the hell out of journo's who just didn't get the difference between a browser and an operating system.
Mind you, I do use Chrome quite a bit, especially not that I've switched full-time to GMail, its a great browser – just missing a few addons that Firefox has to really make it shine – like Adblock Plus, XMarks and web developer like extensions.
CNet has an interesting tidbit too. Whats important here is that it will be available for x86 and ARM processors and aims for a different breed of devices to their Android platform. Its based on a Linux Kernel with a new desktop environment (so another Gnome or KDE like desktop environment). As the Google Blog puts it:
Google Chrome OS is a new project, separate from Android. Android was designed from the beginning to work across a variety of devices from phones to set-top boxes to netbooks. Google Chrome OS is being created for people who spend most of their time on the web, and is being designed to power computers ranging from small netbooks to full-size desktop systems. While there are areas where Google Chrome OS and Android overlap, we believe choice will drive innovation for the benefit of everyone, including Google.
The idea was mocked by many several years ago, but I guess they had the last laugh now.
Confused about the direction Google is heading? You Are Not Alone, looks like Google's Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' telling Microsoft that We've Had Enough, that They Don't Care About Us and to just Beat It. They are Here To Change The World which will no doubt turn into one heck of a Thriller coming up.
I figure most of you would be Speechless by now, some may even be Scared Of The Moon but fear not, they're working Day and Night to make sure you get One More Chance to get On The Line as soon as your hardware will allow it! Google, you Rock My World. Does anyone even Remember The Time without Google now a days?
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Lady Gaga attends the "Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology" Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2016 in New York City.
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The Dalai Lama greets Lady Gaga, right, before a question and answer session at the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Indianapolis, June 26, 2016.
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Singer Lady Gaga tries not to cry while reading some of the names of the dead at a vigil for the worst mass shooing in United States history on June 13, 2016 in Los Angeles.
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Singer Lady Gaga arrives at the 88th Academy Awards in Hollywood February 28, 2016.
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Singer Lady Gaga performs a tribute to the late David Bowie onstage during the 58th annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center on February 15, 2016 in Los Angeles.
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Lady Gaga places her hand over her heart after singing the U.S. National Anthem before the start of the NFL's Super Bowl 50 football game between the Carolina Panthers and the Denver Broncos in Santa Clara, California February 7, 2016.
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Lady Gaga arrives at the 88th Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills, California February 8, 2016.
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Lady Gaga speaks after winning Best Actress - Limited Series or TV Movie for her performance in "American Horror Story: Hotel," at the 73rd Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, January 10, 2016.
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Lady Gaga, left, and Taylor Kinney arrive at the Los Angeles premiere screening of "American Horror Story: Hotel" at Regal Cinemas L.A. Live on Oct. 3, 2015.
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Lady Gaga takes the stage to present the award for Outstanding Lead Actor In A Limited Series Or A Movie at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, Sept. 20, 2015.
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From right, Britain's Prince Harry, Elton John, Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett pose backstage for photographs after Bennett and Lady Gaga's performance as part of the Cheek to Cheek Tour at the Royal Albert Hall in London, June 8, 2015.
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Lady Gaga shows off a more natural look, posting this makeup-free selfie from bed on Instagram in January 2015.
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Lady Gaga arrives at the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscar Party on March 2, 2014, in West Hollywood, California.
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Lady Gaga arrives for the 2013 American Music Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles, Nov. 24, 2013.
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Lady Gaga walks the red carpet during the unveiling of her new album "ARTPOP" in New York, Nov. 10, 2013.
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Lady Gaga walks through the campus prior to an event at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., Feb. 29, 2012. Gaga launched her Born this Way Foundation at Harvard.
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Lady Gaga poses in front of her fans on her arrival at a hotel in Hong Kong, April 28, 2012.
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Lady Gaga performs for Canal+ on the Croisette during the 64th Annual Cannes Film Festival on May 11, 2011, in Cannes, France.
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Singer Lady Gaga performs onstage at the Staples Center on March 28, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.
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Lady Gaga performs at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
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Lady Gaga arrives at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2011, in Los Angeles
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Lady Gaga performs onstage at "We Are Plastic Ono Band" at the Orpheum Theater on Oct. 2, 2010, in Los Angeles.
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Lady Gaga accepts the Video of the Year award onstage during the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 12, 2010, in Los Angeles.
Singer Lady Gaga accepts the Best Pop Video award onstage during the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards on Sept. 12, 2010, in Los Angeles.
Lady Gaga arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010, in Los Angeles.
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Lady Gaga performs at the Staples Center on Aug. 11, 2010, in Los Angeles.
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Lady Gaga performs on NBC's "Today" at Rockefeller Center on July 9, 2010, in New York.
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Lady Gaga performs during an AIDS-awareness event in Tokyo, Tuesday, April 20, 2010.
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Lady Gaga arrives at the New Tokyo International Airport in Narita, east of Tokyo, Tuesday, April 13, 2010.
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Lady Gaga performs at the Brit Awards 2010 at Earls Court Exhibition Center in London, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010.
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Lady Gaga arrives at the Brit Awards 2010 at the Earl's Court Exhibition Centre in London, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010.
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Lady Gaga arrives at the Grammy Awards on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010, in Los Angeles.
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Singer Lady Gaga appears at the Monster Cable exhibit during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010.
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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II meets American singer Lady Gaga, right, following the Royal Variety Performance in Blackpool, England, Monday Dec. 7, 2009.
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Artist Lady GaGa performs onstage at the 37th Annual American Music Awards on Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009, in Los Angeles.
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Lady Gaga at The Museum of Contemporary Art's 30th anniversary gala in Los Angeles on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009.
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Singer Lady Gaga attends the 13th annual Ace awards in New York, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009.
Singer Lady Gaga, responds to acknowledgement from President Barack Obama, as he speaks at the Human Rights Campaign national dinner, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2009, in Washington.
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Lady Gaga performs during the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009 in New York.
Lady Gaga arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday Sept. 13, 2009 in New York.
American pop star Lady Gaga poses for fans upon her arrival at the Changi International Airport on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009, in Singapore.
Singer-songwriter Lady Gaga poses for a portrait at Interscope Records in Santa Monica, Calif.
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I don't, however, recommend you emulate this woman speaker, who "won" the backchannel by auto-posting tweets timed to her remarks, making it appear that she was live-tweeting her own speech. And you can do more than just share the date, time, location and hashtag for your talk, though those are a fine start.
Instead, there are at least 8 more fun and effective (and less controlling) ways for speakers to post about their speeches on Twitter. Here are just a few types of speaker tweets I'd like to see more often in my own Twitterstream:
- Pre-speech thinking. It might just be jitters, or thinking out loud about the issue on the table. Either way, a little public musing before your talk gets me interested and helps me understand you better. You don't have to be a superhero professional whose tweets are all "Looking forward to another exhiliarating presentation to the Rotary Club!" In fact, I'd love to see more speakers share real thoughts and feelings about their upcoming gigs. Give us some details.
- A call for questions. Why not use Twitter to ask the audience for its questions ahead of time--whether they plan to be in the room for your talk or are just eavesdropping online? You'll get a better sense of the crowd and your topic that way. Bonus: Everyone can see your answers, no matter where they are, and those who might miss the session can still get a question in.
- Something about your introducer. Speakers ignore their introducers, for the most part. Be gracious and talk about the person who'll set the stage for you, with a couple of tweets about what you have in common, how you met or why she's the right person to talk about you.
- Links to your book. Don't just have it on the signing table after your talk. If you're speaking about a topic related to your latest book, share links on Twitter and tell us what you'll be addressing that's covered in the book in more depth.
- Special discounts. If you can share a discount to that book, your next webinar or training session, or some other product related to you talk, Twitter's a great, trackable place to do so.
- Links to "handouts." I wish more speakers would tweet links to further reading, detailed charts or lists of tips that would have been handouts in your presentations of the past. No need to save them until after your talk--you may get smarter questions this way. It's also an excellent way to plan a talk when you want to use detail and data wisely, but not too well.
- Shout-outs to the live-tweeters. If you know ahead of time who'll be live-tweeting your talk, alert your followers--and send those hard-working live-tweeters some love in advance. (Don't forget to thank them afterward, either.) While you're at it, go ahead and encourage others to tweet, perhaps with pointers to those "handouts" and other background they can study in advance.
- Photos of the audience and the backstage scene. Show the assembled crowd as they're gathering, like this view from the stage at the Pennsylvania Women's Conference, or when the hands are in the air at Q&A. It'll help the rest of us sense the energy in the room. Likewise, some backstage or green room photos give us a sense of being there.


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[Must-Watch] Awramba Times Presents Minister Redwan Hussein
Awramba Times (Addis Ababa) - Awramba Times editor, Dawit Kebede sits down with ato Redwan Hussein, head of Ethiopia's communication affairs office under a ministerial portfolio and executive committee members of the ruling EPRDF.
Before taking up this new position, ato Redwan served as head of EPRDF Secretariat and Public Mobilization and Participation advisor to the late prime minister, Meles Zenawi.
In his exclusive interview with the Awramba Times, Redwan spoke about his political career, press freedom, human rights and current & past political events of Ethiopia.
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When divorced parents threaten to flee with a child, divorce lawyers have a quick reply: Don't even think about it
A few times in his 20-year law career, Lawrence Levin has heard an angry parent threaten to flee with a child who's the center of a custody battle.
Every time, the Quincy divorce lawyer tells his client: Don't even think about it.
This week's dramatic Boston abduction of a 7-year-old British girl has put custody kidnappings back in the news, as police and the FBI search for Reigh Storrow Boss and her wealthy father, Clark Rockefeller.
Rockefeller lost joint custody of the girl to her mother, Sandra Boss, and had finished his first supervised visit with Reigh on Sunday when he fled with her to New York in a black SUV.
He's believed to be trying to escape to Bermuda on a yacht he recently bought. Investigators say he appears to have carefully planned the abduction.
While such a case may stir the worries of any divorced parent who's dealing with custody questions, Levin and other legal experts say actions like Rockefeller's are extremely rare.
High-powered Boston divorce lawyer Gerald Nissenbaum said abductions occur more often in international custody cases, which involve parents of different nationalities or religions.
But even then, he said, "a very small percentage" of parents – perhaps one in a thousand – ever take the extreme step of fleeing with a child.
Suffolk Law School professor and associate dean Marc Perlin said custody disputes seldom even reach the level of verbal threats to flee,.
That's what Levin has seen, too, in a small number of more than 500 divorce cases he's handled over the years – one parent may fling words in a moment of anger and frustration, after a missed visit or the overdue return of a child by the parent who doesn't have custody.
"They'll say, 'Next time, I'm not coming back,'" Levin said. And when a parent says that, Levin has the same response:
"If you leave, it's kidnapping, period, unless you get permission from the judge," he tells them.
Having handled more than 1,000 divorces – including complicated international cases – Nissenbaum said overseas and domestic abductions typically happen in families with an abusive spouse – more often the father but not always.
Often, he said, "the kidnapping has nothing to do with the child. One parent is trying to harm the other parent at the expense of the child."
With or without the threat of a kidnapping, Nissenbaum said custody issues rarely focus on the best interests of the children.
"It's about money and or control of the other spouse," he said. "And no matter which parent thinks they won or lost, the child always loses."
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Geology faculty member gains exposure through geoscience training, presentations
September 24, 2010
PLAINVIEW – Dr. Tim Walsh spent most of his summer honing his craft as he participated in a field program and three workshops in which he presented posters on research done at Wayland Baptist University in geology.
An assistant professor of geology at Wayland, Walsh was selected from professors across the nation to help facilitate the Bighorn Basin Field Program in Montana and Wyoming, an all-expense paid week-long "school" for undergraduate students. Cosponsored by the Geological Society of America and Exxon Mobile,, the program provided intensive study into the petroleum industry and its use of sequence stratigraphy in the interpretation of geologic features.
Walsh and four other faculty members worked with 20 students during the busy week in August, which included various lectures on geology topics and much hands-on study in locations including Elk Basin, Cedar Mountain, Buffalo Bill Dam, and Bighorn Canyon. The students examined stratigraphy and the individual hydrocarbon system play elements within the structures, such as source, seal, reservoir and structure.
Walsh also attended three workshops in Montana after the program, presenting posters of his own research findings at each. The workshops were titled "Using GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and Remote Sensing to Teach Geoscience in the 21st Century" and "Teaching Geoscience in the Field." Both were programs by "On the Cutting Edge," which produces professional development for geoscience faculty as part of a multi-year project administered by the National Association for Geoscience Teachers, supported by the National Science Foundation.
The posters he presented dealt with the Coyote Creek Field Exercise, a mapping project Walsh did with students in south central New Mexico; and the use of GNOME (General NOAA Oil Modeling Environment) to model oil spills in an environmental geology course.
A third workshop dealt with using Geopads – various levels of computer technology – in the field. Walsh said that workshop involved the use of everything from advanced hand-held GPS units to slate computers to the newer Apple iPads. In addition to his sharing of his own work, Walsh submitted activities and teaching materials for the workshops as well.
While the experiences were extensive, Walsh said the information will be valuable for him and his students in the WBU geology department.
"Altogether this was eight days of intensive work, with some days running from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., but it was very worthwhile," Walsh said. "I am implementing many of the ideas and concepts from these workshops into our geology program and courses at Wayland this year."


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Haskell Virtual FS -- generic support for real or virtual filesystem in Haskell
Copyright (c) 2004-2005 John Goerzen, email@example.com
The idea of this module is to provide virtualization of filesystem calls. In addition to the "real" system filesystem, you can also provide access to other, virtual, filesystems using the same set of calls. Examples of such virtual filesystems might include a remote FTP server, WebDAV server, a local Hashtable, a ConfigParser object, or any other data structure you can represent as a tree of named nodes containing strings.
Each HVFS function takes a HVFS "handle" (HVFS instance) as its first parameter. If you wish to operate on the standard system filesystem, you can just use SystemFS.
The MissingH.HVFS.IO.InstanceHelpers module contains some code to help you make your own HVFS instances.
The HVFSOpenable class works together with the System.IO.HVIO module to provide a complete virtual filesystem and I/O model that allows you to open up virtual filesystem files and act upon them in a manner similar to standard Handles.
|Implementation Classes / Types
Convenience function for working with stat -- takes a stat result and a function that uses it, and returns the result.
Here is an example from the HVFS source:
vGetModificationTime fs fp = do s <- vGetFileStatus fs fp return $ epochToClockTime (withStat s vModificationTime)
See epochToClockTime for more information.
|Similar to withStat, but for the vOpen result.
|Re-exported types from other modules
|File and directory names are values of type String, whose precise meaning is operating system dependent. Files can be opened, yielding a handle which can then be used to operate on the contents of that file.
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Hello All,I have a question not so much about why you converted but rather why did you select the particular church or jurisdiction you are in. We have many who post on this board from across the Orthodox spectrum ranging from the more liberal (the new calendar loving ecumenists ) to the more conservative (if the Julian calendar was good enough for St Paul it's good enough for me types ). I realize that it doesn't all hinge on the calendar you follow and I realize it's all Orthodox but why do some people end up in ROCOR, OCA, ACROD or ROAC?I guess my second question is do those of you who came into Orthodoxy via a more liberal jurisdiction ever find themselves moving toward a more conservative one and vice versa?Carpo-Rusyn
Seems to me there's a good give-and-take between the so-called "more conservative" and the "more liberal" jusrisdictions...I know a few who've gone to ROCOR from OCA and vice versa...that's just my experience.Really, what it came down to with me was this: the two parishes available to me for chrismation were Antiochian and Greek. There was a ROCOR parish several miles away, but it was, shall we say, so "interesting" that it made a few people join our Antiochian parish who, while remaining faithfully ROCOR, said that that ROCOR parish actually scared them.I am now OCA because I feel more at home in the Russian tradition. Why not one of the more "traditionalist" groups, like ROCOR? IMO -- and I'm speaking in generalizations -- they really seem to be breaking off for reasons that don't warrant it, as in, they break communion with groups A, B and C who practice X (which they deem a heresy), yet maintain communion with groups D and E, who do not practice X, yet who nonetheless are in communion with A, B, and C! Doesn't seem all that consistent -- doesn't an absence of criticism on the part of D and E imply a heretical agreement with A, B, and C? -- so I stick with OCA.
In my OCA parish, almost everyone in the past few years have been rebaptized. I think in most cases that it was the person's choice, with many of these being former RC's.
You're not in the "Diocese of the South" then, are you? OK, biting my tongue...
There is NO continuity among the OCA bishops on rebaptism of converts. It is a bit absurd in my opinion.
Can you "unpack" this?
Anastasios,So now you are pare part of the "only the Orthodox have grace" party?The canons may have had a specific context but the principle remains the same. The Fathers did not consider the baptisms of schismatics or heretics graceless. And the heresies they held were in some cases much more serious than what seperates Orthodox and Catholics today.Fr. Deacon Lance
Why would it be absurd to baptize a Catholic or a Protestant? I don't know of anyone in the Orthodox world saying that their baptisms "count" in and of themselves (except a few people at SVS and on the WCC staff) so why would it be wrong to baptize them Orthodox?
Personally, I think the best solution is obedience to bishop. But, I would like to figure out why there is such a deviation in methods of reception.
Obedience is part of being Orthodox and you might as well start your Orthodox life by being obedient to what you're told to do.
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Suboxone (Buprenorphine) is a medication that is used by people withdrawing from narcotics (opioids). It helps alleviate withdrawal symptoms and most people end up able to experience a smooth withdrawal while on this particular drug. In people that have either extreme or treatment-resistant depression, many have turned to trying a variety of drugs besides that of SSRI's, TCA's, and MAOI's. Some individuals have discovered through personal trials and research that the drug Suboxone can have profound antidepressant effects.
However, it is considered a Schedule III substance in the United States and is not approved by the FDA for the treatment of depression. In order to get your hands on this substance for the treatment of depression, you'd either need of have a comorbid opiate addiction or you'd need to have a very liberal psychiatrist and prove that absolutely nothing else works. In most cases, people explore other, more proven and studied treatment options for depression as Suboxone is a highly unorthodox option.
Suboxone (Buprenorphine) for Depression: Research
Recently, researchers have began to take a look at whether this medication could be used to treat depression. In the mid 1990's, Harvard Medical School conducted a clinical trial and demonstrated that in individuals with non-psychotic, major depression that was unresponsive to a traditional antidepressant or electroconvulsive therapy, Suboxone successfully treated their symptoms.
Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7714228
Although the use of narcotics is not approved for the treatment of depression, some doctors are starting to realize that they do have antidepressant effects in their patients. In cases where patients are non-responsive to traditional antidepressant treatments, they need other options. Some would argue that it's better to feel happy and be addicted to a medication like Suboxone than it is to be depressed, unproductive, and highly suicidal.
Research has shown that both mental and physical pain are regulated with the same chemical networks in the brain. Many people who are depressed also report feelings of pain. Newer medications like Cymbalta – attempt to address both physical pain and mental pain associated with depression.
Suboxone acts as a partial agonist against the mu-opioid receptor which releases both serotonin and dopamine in the central nervous system. It should be noted that these neurotransmitters are released to a lesser degree than full agonists. Some would hypothesize that the antidepressant properties of Suboxone can be derived from the release of dopamine and serotonin.
Taking Suboxone for Treatment-Resistant Depression
Obviously if you are taking Suboxone to treat depression, you either have a comorbid opiate addiction or you have a very liberal psychiatrist. At one point when I was feeling really depressed, I talked to my psychiatrist about testing this medication. He actually is a licensed Suboxone doctor and he advised that I explore other options. At the end of the day I'm glad I didn't end up on this stuff because my depression did improve with other treatment.
This medication is not approved as an antidepressant and is considered to be a pretty potent drug. My psychiatrist did acknowledge that maybe one day this would be a valid treatment option – but it needs to first be approved. With that said, most people who end up taking Suboxone for their depression end up having positive experiences. I would classify this as an unauthorized, last-resort type treatment if absolutely nothing else works to pull you out of your black hole.
Why consider Suboxone for treatment-resistant depression:
- No other relief – If you can't find any other relief via other drug classes (SSRI's, TCA's, MAOI's), have explored electroconvulsive therapy, tried adjunctive treatments such as (Lithium and Adderall) talk therapy, etc. and nothing works.
- Highly suicidal – Feeling highly suicidal is a huge problem.
- Coexisting opiate addiction – In individuals that are having a difficult time coming off of heavy opiates, this may be ideal to help treat both the addiction and depression.
- It works quickly – Most people that try this medication report that it works very fast.
Benefits of Suboxone for Depression
1. Improved mood: Many people report an immediate improvement in mood upon taking Buprenorphine. It works as a partial agonist on the mu-receptor and increases serotonin and dopamine – both of which are linked to mood improvement.
2. Increased pleasure: It is common for activities to become more pleasurable as a result of taking this medication. Since the pleasure chemicals are increasing in your nervous system, it makes sense that you'd have an increased sense of pleasure.
3. Feeling normal: Some people take this medication and report that they feel "normal" for the first time in years. If you have significantly low levels of serotonin or dopamine, this can help boost them.
4. Decreases anxiety: In some people, they report decreases in anxiety and increases in relaxation. This is in part due to the fact that it acts on the mu-receptor in the brain and increases both serotonin and dopamine.
5. Increased wellbeing: Some people report overall improvement in wellbeing. They are able to be productive members of society, wake up in the morning, be social, and positively interact with the world.
Why you may want to avoid Suboxone for depression
Even if you are gung-ho about trying Suboxone to treat your depression, and end up with a prescription, there are some things you may want to think about. As with any drug, or medication, it is important to know how it will affect you, how powerful it is, and the long term effects. If you ever want to come off of the medication, the withdrawal process must be properly understood.
- Strength: Some people may want to stay away from this medication because it may make them feel "too good." Many people that use this medication for depression have reported feeling a sense of euphoria. If you are feeling "too good" it may be a sign that the dosage is too high.
- Feel "high": Although not everyone reports feeling "high" on a drug, this is a medication that could give a non-opiate user a "high." Despite the fact that this may be pleasurable, it may not be what you need in order to function normally in society.
- Dependency: Due to the production of serotonin and dopamine and this drug's effect on the mu-receptor, people can easily become dependent. There are many cases of people that have become so psychologically and physically dependent that they plan on using it for life. Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11408600
- Long term effects: What are the long term effects of Suboxone? We really don't know. This is a major problem because if there are detrimental side effects, it may affect your decision to use this medication in the first place.
- Side effects: As with any drug, not all side effects are going to be feelings of pleasure and joy. Some people may not respond well to this medication and may actually end up more depressed. Even though this seems to be pretty effective at treating depression, some people end up with bad experiences.
- Withdrawal: The withdrawal associated with this medication is extremely difficult. It typically requires a gradual "weaning" process depending on the dosage. Some people claim that the withdrawal is so difficult that they plan on staying on Suboxone forever.
Suboxone for depression verdict: More research needs to be conducted
I suggest that further studies be conducted in patients with opiate addiction and comorbid severe depression to determine the effectiveness of Suboxone. Additionally, further research needs to be conducted regarding the long term effects of Suboxone. If this medication really works well in cases of severe and/or treatment-resistant depression, it may be very beneficial to use.
We aren't sure about the long term effectiveness of this medication either. Does it eventually stop working or "poop out" like most antidepressants? Do we have to keep increasing the dosage over time? These are some questions that need to be addressed. With that said, I'd say that the rate of SSRI dependency is pretty high for people.
Most people that end up on SSRI's stay on them for as long as they work – which could end up being for a lifetime. Researchers should further explore Suboxone. There were some clinical trials with Suboxone for treating depression in the works. If you have used Suboxone to help treat your depression or noticed that it helped you, feel free to share your experience in the comments section below. Also be aware of the new formulation of ALKS-5461 for depression, which is very similar to Suboxone.
Source: http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01407575


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Friday, December 01, 2006
AMC Breaks New Ground
In what will be a first for daytime television - or any scripted series on broadcast television - All My Children will reveal that a new character, Zarf, is a transgender person.
While I am all for this new development, I am not so sure about the name "Zarf." Sounds like a character from a Poppy Z. Brite novel. If the show is trying to promote "transgenders as people too," perhaps they should have opted for a more normal name? I know the character is an international rock star, so hopefully that is just his/her stage name.
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Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Sneak Peek for the Week of Nov. 27
Semi-spoiler zone, kiddies. So, don't read iffen you don't wanna know!
AMC: Zach makes a big purchase for Kendall.
ATWT: Dusty aims a loaded gun at Craig.
B&B: Stephanie revisits old ghosts with a phone call to Chicago.
Days: Marlena and John go on an Italian adventure.
GH: Robin loses her gracious bedside manner.
GL: Olivia uncovers something in her deep-seeded memory of the night with Jeffrey.
OLTL: John catches Natalie in a compromising position.
Passions: Ethan finds dirt on Jared.
Y&R: Jill worries about Kay's health, and Kay continues to have disturbing dreams.
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Backlogs: most of us have 'em, and most of us don't have a chance of wading through it. Well. Not unless we're willing to go all the way with 'em.
For some, this will mean taking their backlog seriously—making schedules, sticking to certain amounts of play time every day. But there's another solution, which Dorkly highlights in this comic.
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Dinner Tonight: Spaghetti with Crab, Chile, and Mint Recipe
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Who knew that crab, jalapeños, and mint played so well together? Before I had a version of this dish at Chicago's Cibo Matto, I'd never seen the three mentioned together in the same sentence. But I was astonished by how they balance each other with the pasta. The sweet crab meat is kept in check by the spicy chiles, and the mint somehow cools it all down.
I searched for a while for a good recipe, before settling on this bare-bones one from WNYC. I cut back on the excessive butter, but basically that's it. For crab, I just used the canned stuff from Whole Foods. Some shallots help add a bit more sweetness and the lemon cuts through the butter's richness.
But it's still all about this odd trio. The end result isn't quite as perfect as the restaurant dish, but it is close.
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- 1/2 pound spaghetti
- 6 ounces crab meat
- 1 jalapeño, stemmed and finely chopped
- 2 small shallots, minced
- Juice of 1 lemon
- 2 1/2 tablespoons butter
- Handful of mint, thinly sliced
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cook the spaghetti according to the directions on the box.
Meanwhile, melt 1 tablespoon of the butter in a large skillet set over medium heat. Add the jalapeños and shallots. Season with salt and pepper. Cook for three minutes, or until tender.
When the pasta is done, transfer with a pair of tongs to the skillet. Turn the heat to high, add the rest of the butter, and the crab meat. Cook for a minute to warm the crab, and then add the mint and lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve.
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Grant Balfour's no stranger to brawls in the ALDS sparked by profanity, and he was at the center of one again today in the ninth as he attempted to close out a win for the A's against the Tigers. Alas, Victor Martinez was going to make sure today's bottom of the ninth would be punctuated with pugilism.
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Is Coffee a Performance-Enhancing Drug? (And Do We Care?)
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Much has been made about doping in sports: Between the skeptical clearance of Roger Clemens, the gave-up-his-defense-so-he-must-be-guilty fate of Lance Armstrong, and the public shaming of track star Marion Jones, it seems like every athletic venture has been tainted by drugs in one way or another. But does coffee count?
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The question becomes, then, whether ingesting caffeine before play or contest gives one athlete an unfair advantage over another, and whether the drug (and its most popular vehicle, coffee) should be banned from competitive sports.
Some say no: I say...well, to be honest, I don't know. The coffee-loving side of me insists that, when taken in moderation as a regular part of the diet, coffee is no more or less impactful than over-the-counter vitamin supplements. But the less-caffeine-addled (and more athletic) side of me concedes that a drug's a drug, and any substance that alters performance for the better suggests an unfair advantage indeed. Personally and anecdotally, I don't always have coffee before a regular ol' morning run, but I do tend to enjoy a cup before I race; my average race pace is way faster than my average jog pace, and while I can't be sure it's the cuppa joe that does the trick, I do admit to not wanting to find out by cutting it from my pre-race ritual.
But that's me, and my races are recreational: What does the addition of a little caffeine to an Olympian's contest preparation mean? Should there be a drug test for speed-boosting espresso or high-jump pumping pumpkin-spice lattes?
What do you think: Should caffeine from coffee (as opposed to, say, pills) be banned or regulated when it comes to sports? Or doesn't it matter?
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The March 10 edition of The Daily News contains a two-page Associated Press article titled, �Stories chronicle a single deadly day.�
To the editor:
The March 10 edition of The Daily News contains a two-page Associated Press article titled, �Stories chronicle a single deadly day.�
This article gives a very brief synopsis of a number of people who were killed in violation of existing laws on Jan. 19. In some cases, only the fact that they were shot is presented. Unless one reads the entire article, they would conclude that all the victims were innocent and pure as the driven snow.
And, while that may be true in some cases, it is not true in all the cases. It is a tragedy that the life of anyone is unlawfully shortened; however, it is a fact of life that sometimes it is necessary to take a life to preserve a life or to punish a criminal.
My concern with this particular article is its bias. Much of the mainstream media is hell-bent on presenting only one side of an issue � their side. To make sound decisions, however, it is necessary to have all relevant information pertaining to a particular issue � any issue. While it�s possible that some news media present all relevant information pertaining to a particular issue, most apply their own slant usually by omission.
The bulk of the news media relentlessly bombard us with daily examples of lives that were cut short with guns. This same group seldom, if ever, presents information where a gun was used in a positive way. I have only encountered one source that routinely publishes articles in which guns were lawfully used in defense.
First Amendment: �Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.�
Although I have not personally spoken with any of the original First Amendment drafters, I do believe that their intent for protecting the press was to ensure that the press had both the ability and responsibility to present to the public all relevant information on a given issue. Thus, an appropriately informed public could make sound decisions on public issues.
I do not believe that the authors of the First Amendment intended a so-called free press to present lopsided, distorted or incomplete information. When such tactics are used, as in the aforementioned article, it is a disservice to all and in fact could be classified propaganda.
There are millions of law-abiding gun owners in this nation, and in the words of Obama, �they (also) deserve a vote!�
I sincerely hope, but seriously doubt, that when the gun-control vote is taken, it will be based solely upon the relevant factual information. I strongly suspect it will have been based upon incomplete, misinformation and/or disinformation presented by the anti-gun mainstream media. Again, millions of law-abiding gun owners will be left defenseless.
If the Associated Press and other news outlets would present their reports in a so-called fair and balanced manner, I am fairly confident the public would more readily respect such reporting.
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Well, I am still around though it doesn't seem like it. I have been taking lots of time to hang out with my family and friends and enjoy the holiday season. :) I have had a really wonderful last few weeks and hope that all of you are getting to spend a lot of time with your loved ones too!
I'll be back in blog land soon!
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Still Here
Well, I am still around though it doesn't seem like it. I have been taking lots of time to hang out with my family and friends and enjoy the holiday season. :) I have had a really wonderful last few weeks and hope that all of you are getting to spend a lot of time with your loved ones too!
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Monday, November 12, 2012
Everyone Can Paint
In college I minored in Theatre. For one course, we had to draw and paint costumes/sets. When I started out, I was really nervous about the course because I had never drawn well and knew we would be drawing for pretty much the whole semester. Well, the first day of class we walked in and the teacher said, "Do not tell me you cannot draw. Everyone can draw." I was thinking, "OK... I won't tell you, but I don't think I can."
That very day we had to get our sketch books and draw people in the class and draw our own hands. I really did not want to draw someone else's face for fear of making them look horrible with my lack of skills. The teacher said to just draw what we saw and so I followed his very simple instructions and what do you know? The drawing I did actually looked pretty much like the person. It took forever to draw him, but I was glad I did it.
Later on in the semester, we painted as well and I really enjoyed that, but after the class ended I retired my sketch book and paints. A few weeks ago, some friends at work invited me to go to a painting class here in town. They have a different painting each day and they teach you step by step how to paint it. I thought it sounded like fun and it would be cool to paint something again so of course I went with them. :)
We had a fun time and it was easy to follow the teacher's instructions.
Here's my painting!
The original painting had red and orange too, but I left that out so that it would match the color scheme of my house. I love how it turned out and think it's cool cause I painted it myself.
Now I just have to figure out where to put it. Maybe here?
This area is void of excitement, but we'll see where it ends up. Do any of you have this kind of thing in your area?
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
On Halloween at work every year there is a costume contest. Not very many people dress up unfortunately. I think most of the people at my work are too self-conscious to dress up (i.e. afraid of looking silly). I am not at all afraid to look silly so of course I dressed up (as I have done in years past).
I even found a co-worker willing to join me!
For those of you that weren't children of the 90s, there was a magnificent kid's TV show on Nickelodeon called Legends of the Hidden Temple. It was an awesome game show that my sister and I used to watch. My co-worker loved the show just as much as me so we dressed up as 2 contestants. It was great fun, but unfortunately there weren't a lot of people that knew who we were.
After work I visited my family and got to hang out with London! :)
She was wearing her pumpkin outfit for Halloween, but kept moving so I couldn't get a good picture.
On October 20, my friends Bobby and Kelly got married. :) It was a really fun day and I was so happy to be a part of it. The reception was one big party and it's always fun to see old friends.
Love my BFF! :)
Hope you all had a fun and safe Halloween!
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After sliding 6% in May, the price of gold jumped 3.7% on Friday. Skeptics say it is a temporary rise in a longer downturn. Fans of the metal say it is the start of another glorious run.
Picking a side is pointless. Gold defies efforts to calculate its worth—or even to describe how it behaves as an investment. That means there isn't a clear reason to invest in it.
If you must own some gold to sleep better, stick with a multivitamin approach: A little bit won't hurt. A lot can prove toxic.
Gold is prone to long booms and busts. Before its latest dip, it multiplied five times in value over a decade, mocking stocks and other investments. Before that, it lost money for 20 years.
Some investors look to gold as a safe haven. It is one—but only when it wants to be. Just over two years ago, when investors learned that Greece's deficits were much larger than officials there had reported, the metal followed U.S. Treasurys higher while Greek government bonds crashed.
Yet last month, with Greece's fiscal crisis intensifying, Greek government bonds again tumbled while U.S. Treasurys rose, but this time investors dumped gold.
To study how gold behaves, we asked FactSet Research Systems to analyze the metal's short-term correlation with two other investments: the 10-year Treasury note, representing safe havens, and the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index
"Correlation" is a measure of how closely two assets track each other. A reading of 1.0 means they trade in lock-step, while zero means they are independent and a reading of minus-1.0 means they act like opposites.
What did FactSet find? Chaos. The correlation between gold and the 10-year Treasury has jumped above 0.6 at some points over the past five years and has fallen below minus-0.8 during others, changing direction several times. The one between gold and stocks has had similar spasms, with the highs topping 0.9.
In other words, gold might suffer from a multiple personality disorder.
Some investors say gold is a hedge against inflation. That is true of any good or service that consumers can be counted on to want in coming years, such as oil or poultry farms. Gold's wild swings have made it a poor proxy for the consumer-price index, a key inflation measure.
Perhaps that is because only 12% of gold's demand comes from industrial applications, according to the World Gold Council, a trade group. The rest comes from jewelry and investment (and the divide between those two isn't always clear).
Still others view gold as "real money" —the one thing that will hold its value if governments create so much new currency that those currencies lose their value. Taken to its logical conclusion, this means governments would eventually agree to once again use gold as the basis for their currencies, says James Swanson, chief investment strategist at MFS, a mutual-fund company.
That is a fantasy, he argues, because some powerful nations have relatively little gold and some gold-rich nations have little power.
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Investors sometimes use the cost of producing the world's next ounce of gold as an approximate floor for its price. That cost is between $1,200 and $1,400 now, depending on the efficiency of the mine, reckons Michael Dudas, a mining-stock analyst at investment bank Sterne Agee. Gold sold for $1,620.50 an ounce on Friday.
There is a catch, however: The cost of mining gold has followed the price of gold higher, as mining firms have bid up machine prices and countries with plenty of gold underground have raised the royalties they charge to miners, Dudas said. If production costs are a floor for gold's price, the floor is made of straw, not concrete.
Of course, gold's price is ultimately based on supply and demand, and demand has surely soared over the past decade. Exchange-traded funds such as SPDR Gold Shares
But ultimately, as Swanson put it, you need a psychology book rather than a calculator to decide how to trade gold, and that means you shouldn't rely on it to do anything specific.
Investors who are determined to stock up on gold following May's dip might wish to give gold stocks a look instead. Year to date, gold's price is up 3.5%, but the Market Vectors Gold Miners
Adrian Day, an Annapolis, Md., money manager overseeing $170 million, said gold miners look unusually cheap relative to the size of their gold reserves. Joseph Foster, manager of the Van Eck International Investors Gold fund, can place fund assets in either gold or mining shares. He said he heavily favors the latter now.
Foster's top holdings include Randgold Resources
For investors who won't feel comfortable without having some physical gold within easy reach, one last piece of advice: Forget about Krugerrands. Buy your spouse something expensive, lovely and high-karat.
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(NaturalNews) Both Congress and the White House are said to be in the process of frantically trying to concoct an appropriations bill to thwart the impending "fiscal cliff," which is expected to arrive at the end of 2012 when the provisions of the Budget Control Act of 2011 come into effect. But corporate agriculture and the biotechnology industry both want a piece of the legislative pie as well, which is why they are pushing to basically turn any proposed fiscal cliff bill into the ill-fated Monsanto Protection Act by attaching so-called "GMO Riders" onto its primary provisions.
The health freedom advocacy group Alliance for Natural Health - USA (ANH-USA) has issued a warning about the developing appropriations bill that Congress is currently working on to solve the fiscal cliff crisis, as it will more than likely contain special provisions for the biotechnology industry to continue thrusting genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) into the food supply with little or no resistance. According to ANH-USA, Monsanto and its cronies already know that any proposed fiscal cliff bill will more than likely pass with flying colors because the "crisis" it addresses is urgent, so the industry is heavily lobbying Congress to add special provisions for GMOs that must be stopped.
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In addition to this, another GMO Rider expected to sneak its way into the fiscal cliff bill would outlaw the scientific review of any and all GM crops under the guidelines of the National Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, or any other federal or state environmental laws. Under this scandalous provision, only the U.S. Department of Agriculture would be allowed to provide any type of analysis for GMOs -- and even if the agency ultimately produced negative findings with regards to a particular GMO, such evidence would have no effect on the "Frankencrop's" approval.
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Just couldn't resist including a pic of the true fashionista of the day! You know how much I love dogs:) Emil spotted this cutie just outside of Lincoln center wearing a lovely mix of pastels. She turned out to be a great model and within a few minutes gave us a variety of poses and expressions. Which made choosing which one to post that much harder, but in the end, the smiling one won me over:)
I am completely in love with this dress, I got to wear for Milly show. I tried on a few at Milly studios, yet as soon as I put this one on, I knew it was the one! Talk about Milly studios, I am so glad I got the chance to meet with wonderful people behind one of my favorite brands. Personally, I am particularly interested in taking a look behind the scenes, understanding the creative process and seeing how everything comes together. And after meeting everyone and getting a tour of the studious I completely understand why collections by Milly are always so playful, joyful and fun! The clothes are a true reflection of everyone behind this brand! Special thank you to Michelle, Sarah and Natalia! It was such a pleasure to meet all of you!
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