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Anna Whetstone, 23, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis when she was 17. She was a high school junior in Hershey, Pa., playing on her school's field hockey team when she got hit in the head with a ball.
"I was feeling fine at the time," she said, but over the next few days she had trouble with balance and "wasn't feeling well overall." Computed tomography scans and an MRI discovered the telltale lesions that are signs of the degenerative disease.
After the diagnosis, Whetstone switched from playing to coaching field hockey, but she continued dancing and she earned a neuroscience degree, with honors, at Moravian College in Pennsylvania. She moved to Baltimore to accept a job as a clinical research coordinator at the Multiple Sclerosis Center of Johns Hopkins Medicine.
Since her diagnosis, her mother and brother have also been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a disease that damages the protective material around nerve cells, blocking messages between the brain and the body. Symptoms can include feelings of weakness, balance problems, numbness and tingling, and difficulty with memory.
Whetstone said the causes of MS remain mysterious. That's why research is so important, and why she supported the National Multiple Sclerosis Society by participating in Walk MS Baltimore, held April 28.
Whetstone and a team of about 25 from the Johns Hopkins MS Center supported this effort, raising $7,000. It was the largest amount raised by a corporate group, making the Hopkins team the first winner of the Maryland chapter's corporate challenge.
"It was a great day," said Whetstone, who participated in Pennsylvania events for multiple sclerosis before moving to Maryland. "It was really fun."
Walk MS Baltimore capped off a series of 5K walks held throughout Maryland in April, said Melissa Slizewski, the chapter's director of public policy and strategy relationships. Combined, the 11 walks attracted 8,000 participants and raised more than $1 million, she said. It's the largest fundraiser of the year for the Maryland chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.
This year was unusual because a walk was held in Baltimore City for the first time in six years, and because of the creation of a new initiative called Corporate Challenges.
Five teams participated in the Corporate Challenge, Slizewski said, including the Johns Hopkins MS Center, the Maryland Center for Multiple Sclerosis Treatment and Research at the University of Maryland Medical Center, the Maryland Athletic Club (MAC), ComforCare Senior Services, and PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP.
"The Corporate Challenge did help to bring in more fundraising dollars this year, its inaugural year, and we expect to see it grow next year," said Slizewski.
The Baltimore walk, which began at Power Plant Live, attracted 900 Marylanders and raised more than $125,000, she said.
About 2.1 million people worldwide and 10,000 in Maryland have multiple sclerosis. Many are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, but some, like Whetstone, are diagnosed when they are younger.
Whetstone believes that field hockey ball may have done her a favor by hitting her in the head, leading her to an early diagnosis that improves her ability to manage the disease. "I feel really good," she said, adding, "I've been lucky."
The Maryland chapter is also planning something else new: MuckFest MS, scheduled for June 29. The five-mile mud and obstacle challenge, organized by Event 360, will take place at the Trailway Speedway in Hanover, Pa.
Whetstone said she's already registered, and she's planning to compete with a group of friends.
"I'm excited to see what it will be like," she said.


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Dancing with the Stars has already found a replacement for Brooke Burke-Charvet.
Fox Sports reporter Erin Andrews will take over co-hosting duties on the reality dance competition alongside Tom Bergeron, ABC has announced. Andrews previously appeared on the show as a contestant, dancing with partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy in Season 10.
Quiz: Which celebrity is older?
On Friday, Burke-Charvet announced that she had beenunceremoniously fired from the show. Andrews has yet to comment publicly on her hiring.
Last month, ABC also fired DWTS bandleader Harold Wheeler and his entire band.
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During the course of the 19th century, L'Enfant's formal design for the Mall was largely forgotten. During the Civil War, the Mall grounds were used for military purposes, such as bivouacking and parading troops, slaughtering cattle and producing arms. In 1872, at 6th and B Streets, a 14 acre tract was given to the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad for the construction of a depot. The railroad was also granted permission to lay tracks north to south across part of the Mall.
In 1851, President Millard Fillmore hired New York architect Andrew J. Downing to design a landscape plan for the Mall and the President's Park. This landscape was to provide a wild, natural disposition of trees, shrubbery and open lawns, but it was never fully carried out.
In 1902 the McMillan Commission submitted their report to Congress. Their plan called for the restoration, development, and supplementation of the "Grand Avenue" ideal proposed by L'Enfant. The core of the Mall was to be a broad grass carpet, typical of those in Europe, 300' in breath and running the entire length of the Mall grounds, bordered on each side by four rows of American elm trees. Public buildings were to border the whole, separated from the elms by narrow roadways. The railroad station was removed from the area in 1909.
The Mall is lined with a number of museums, contains two entrances for underground museums, and the Department of Agriculture.
In the shadow of the U.S. Capitol, the National Museum of the American Indian opened its doors to the public in 2004. The museum is the first national museum in the country dedicated exclusively to Native Americans. The curvilinear exterior of the building is clad in Kasota limestone and invokes natural rock formations that have been weathered by wind and water. Surrounding the building is an eastern lowland landscape amid numerous water features. Douglas Cardinal, a member of the Blackfoot Tribe, designed the museum.
The National Air and Space Museum was completed in 1976 and designed by Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum. This is a monumental glass and granite building which contains 200,000 square feet and houses the Wright Brothers' Kitty Hawk plane as well as the Apollo II space capsule. In 1988 a restaurant designed by the same firm was added to the east side of the building.
The Joseph Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden was designed in 1974 by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. (Gordon Bundshaft, architect in charge) Lester Collins designed the sculpture garden in 1981. This round, concrete building, 231 feet in diameter houses one of the country's greatest collections of contemporary sculpture and painting. The garden, which is sunken, provides a pleasant oasis for viewing more of the collection. The Arts and Industries Building, a National Historic Landmark, was built in 1879-81 and designed by Cluss and Schulze, with Montgomery C. Meigs. This is a well-preserved example of 19th century "exposition" type of architecture. It was built to house the international exhibits left over from the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876, and is a fanciful construction of polychrome brick.
The Smithsonian or "Castle" Building is the earliest building on the Mall and was designed by James Renwick and built in 1847-55 with alterations by Adolph Cluss after a fire in 1865. The Gothic Revival 'Castle' building was built of local Seneca sandstone. It was named for James Smithson, an Englishman who willed his entire fortune to the US, in order to found "an establishment for the increase and diffusion of Knowledge among men."
The Quadrangle Museums Project was designed in 1987 by Shepley, Bullfinch, Richardson and Abbott. The quadrangle opens south from the Castle building and contains two small buildings which are staging areas for two underground museums, the Sackler Gallery of Asian Art, and the National Museum of African Art, and another smaller kiosk-like building which provides the entrance for the S. Dillon Ripley Center. The buildings are placed in the Enid A. Haupt Garden which is centered around a diamond-shaped 19th century parterre.
The Freer Gallery of Art was designed in 1923 by Charles A. Platt and is a Neo-classical building housing Charles Lang Freer's collection of the painting and sculpture of Asia and 20th century American artists, particularly James A. McNeill Whistler.
The Department of Agriculture was built in 1905 and designed by Rankin, Kellogg and Crane. This was the first building constructed on the Mall after the issuance of the McMillan Commission Report. It took the intervention of President Theodore Roosevelt to keep the building from the middle of the Mall. The National Museum of American History was designed in 1964 by Steinman, Cain and White and is a nondescript building which houses a fascinating variety of exhibits. The National Museum of Natural History was designed in 1911 by Hornblower and Marshall and the wings were added in 1965 designed by Mills, Petticord and Mills. This neoclassical building is the first building on the north side of the Mall to comply with the strictures of the McMillan Commission. It houses a variety of exhibits including one which features the Hope Diamond, and has recently installed an IMAX theater.
The National Gallery of Art (West Building) was designed by John Russell Pope in 1941. This building, designed in the neoclassical idiom, relates well to both the Natural History Museum and the Federal Triangle. The National Gallery is not part of the Smithsonian Institution. It was founded by Andrew Mellon who bequeathed his impressive collection of art and sculpture as well as a generous endowment for its operation. The Sculpture Garden located to the west of the Museum and designed by the Olin Partnership opened in the spring of 1999. The National Gallery of Art (East Wing) was designed in 1978 by I.M. Pei and Partners. This elegant building is based on a triangular module. The marble used on the building is from the same quarry as the West Building.
Adjacent to the Mall along 14th Street, can be found the Auditors Main Building (Bureau of Printing and Engraving) designed in 1880 by James G. Hill. This dark red-brick building provides a strong contrast to the neoclassical buildings in the vicinity, especially the Department of Agriculture. The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum designed in 1993 by Pei Cobb Freed and Partners is the American government's memorial to the Holocaust. This strong design provides a stark contrast to its more staid neighbors.
The National Mall is accessible to the public. Click on the National Park Service National Mall and Memorial Parks website for information on visiting the Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Thomas Jefferson Memorial, WWII Memorial, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Korean War Veterans Memorial, and Vietnam Veterans Memorial. A National Park Service Ranger Station is located on the Washington Monument grounds and is open from 8 am until midnight. For more information on ranger programs and National Mall activities call 202-426-6841. Visit the Parks & History Association's virtual tour of the FDR Memorial, one of the newest additions to the National Mall. Metro stop: Smithsonian


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- National Botanical Garden of Georgia: illustrious history dating back to 1845 and features more than 4.500 species of flora.
- Open Air Museum of Ethnography: features architectural monuments and Georgian artefacts.
- Peace Bridge: eye-catching, avant-garde structure of glass and steel.
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ok. I'm making an instructional on how to make some exterior wood storm windows. The final product will be a pdf file with plenty of information, but I thought I'd give bits and pieces here so you can track my progress as well as perhaps making a commitment that will push me further than my usual 85% completion record on any given project.
Of course there are like a billion different ways to make a storm window. Mine is intended to be done by just about anyone who can get there hands on the cheap tools I'm using. The final product will include a "tool list" as well as hints on material purchasing.
1) measure the receptical a million times.
2) cut wood once
3) fit up pieces in window to make sure it will fit and then label location and direction
3.5) clean up tools in living room to make room for your storm window
4) make joint, I used a dowel joint jig seen here:
5) here are some pictures of making those joints
6) Do a test fit
7) Route the Rabbets on the horizontal pieces.
Fit it together and mark the edge of the verticle pieces for the rabbet
9)Route the verticle pieces
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(coming soon... Chisel rabbet corners, sanding, measure and cut glass, putting in glazing points, test fit two, glazing putty application, making a seal, installation system.... two weeks later paint)


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During an early afternoon in November Joan Marie Classics clothing line launched the birth of a dream.A new line of lounge, party and pajama wear using the most luxurious, vibrant fabrics intended to bring high-end style and comfort to the discerning, modern woman.
The event held at Rossini's Restaurant was attended by NY Society, Influential Fashion and Society Media. Guests were found mingling with each other while viewing and touching the silky Joan Marie Classic creations. The afternoon was also spent giving back and Joan Marie Classics donated a precentage of their proceeds to their Joan Marie Classics Awards Charity which benefits Safe Horizons Organization, one of the nation's leading victim assistance organizations.
Once seated guests were treated to a fashion show where the dreamlike pieces were presented for the first time. The Fashion Show hosted by Dale Badway a Tony Award winning producer of hits like Pippin, Porgy and Bess and Bonie and Clyde; brought the house down with song and laughter.
Joan Marie Classics new line of lounge, party and pajama wear uses the most luxurious, vibrant and fabrics intended to bring high-end style and comfort to the discerning, modern woman. Joan Marie Whelan and her mother Joan Marie Ambrose announced the launch of their women's clothing line designed to make women feel caressed, colorful and extraordinary.
Joan Marie Classics is a dream come true for the mother/daughter team, who together have dedicated their lives to helping people around the world awaken to their inner truth and divine purpose. Gifted with powerful intuition and ability to receive messages from Creator/Universe/Source, they have been teaching, writing and leading others to tap into their own intuition and transformations for over 20 years. Giving back is an ongoing theme for the mother/daughter team of Joan Maries. With an already rich collection of products and services that can serve women everywhere on their inner journey. Joan Marie Classics will add to this legacy by creating a monetary fund to help women in need called the Joan Marie Classics Award. A percentage of all clothing sales will go into this fund, which will eventually award women who meet certain criteria for financial aid on an ongoing basis. Women supporting women" is at the core of the vision of Joan Marie Classics.
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The only way a vendor's merchandise will show up on Google Shopping this fall will be to buy a paid ad, according to a report.
Google announced in May that it would be changing its Product Search results under the Google Shopping banner based on paid listings, according to Mashable. Before, the search results occurred naturally and were a mixture of both paid and unpaid listings. However, at least one Google spokesperson said that results would be ranked by relevance and "bidding."
The paid listings will appear in the United States this fall and debut in Europe and Asia next year.
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To do or say something as a means of venting or coping with one's feelings, especially anger or frustration. You may feel compelled to relieve your feelings of frustration by spanking your toddler, but it won't make you feel better, and it will teach them that violence is an acceptable solution to problems. Whenever anxiety takes hold of me, I go out for a walk along the canal to relieve my feelings.


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Last week during all the memorializing of Apple founder/college dropout/cultural visionary Steve Jobs, I found myself watching the commencement speech he gave at Stanford University in 2005 — and, in all that wisdom, one line in particular gave me the chills: Don't Live Someone Else's Life, he said. Actually, what he said was:
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma–which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And, most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
Living someone else's life? Now, I (vaguely) recall being a fresh college grad, and I'm sure such words might have just made me chuckle then, but with a few additional years under my belt, I can say I know exactly what he's talking about. I think most of us do, if we're honest.
So often, we make choices based on shoulds, on expectations, biases, images, maybe even out of fear. Women in particular often find our decisions are colored by worries about being judged or getting approval, and we're often battling some deeply entrenched beliefs around it somehow being virtuous to put ourselves last — at the bottom of our own list. Sometimes we just drift. But, with each choice we make, our life picks up a little bit of steam, until, sometimes, before we know it, we find the life we're living is one that's being driven by inertia, heading off in some direction we never planned.
As Molly, a young Manhattanite we profiled in the book, told us:
I did everything my boss asked, I did it perfectly, I sucked up. In six months, I got promoted. It was one of the fastest promotions they'd ever experienced. I tried really hard, and I moved to the next step; I tried really hard, and I moved to the next step. And now I've gotten to the point where I'm like, wait a minute, how did I get this far? I just blindly tried really hard without really thinking, What's the end? Where is this getting me?
To quote the Talking Heads: Self, how did I get here?
Sounds familiar, no? But maybe the more important question is this: How do I take back the wheel?
Well here's the good news: You don't have to take back anything! You're not powerless. It was you who made the choices that got you to this point — this job, this relationship, this roommate, this pet chinchilla — and you are not powerless to make choices that'll take you down a different path from here. Those are your hands on the wheel — they've been there all along.
Once you acknowledge you're the one in control of those hands, your next step should be to take some time to notice where they're steering you, your focus, your time, your energy? Because here's the thing: everything is a choice — and every choice, by definition, entails a trade-off. Whether we go into it consciously or not.
Whether or not you consciously think to yourself: this time I'm spending baking cookies for the kids' bake sale or agonizing over which color to use in the graph on Slide 4 in this PowerPoint is time I am not spending in the garden, or researching the yoga teacher training course I've been thinking about since I dropped my first "Om," you're still making the trade. You can't be in two places at once. And the decisions you make about what to do with your time, where to focus your energy — well, they shape your life. So if you're feeling like you're living someone else's life, start going into those choices consciously — really thinking about what you are and are not choosing to do. Once you do, you might discover you're spending your time and energy on things (and maybe even people and jobs) that you don't really care about, letting the things you're most passionate about slip by the wayside, while you're on cruise control.
It can be scary — maybe our passion seems weird, our dreams too far out of reach. Maybe you'll fail. And maybe after that, you'll try again. But wouldn't you rather fail at your own dreams than succeed at someone else's? And hey, failure's recoverable — even Steve Jobs got fired.


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Chautauqua County is home to two of 105 teachers selected in the first round of an inaugural statewide teacher recognition program.
Tim Cook, of Sherman Central School, and Lon Knappenberger, of Westfield Academy and Central School, were both included among those listed as "master teachers" in a press release from the office of Gov. Andrew Cuomo earlier this month.
The fledgling New York State Master Teachers program was established by Gov. Cuomo to identify, reward and support master science and math teachers throughout the state. According to the press release, "the role of master teachers as professional mentors and content experts is key to developing the current cadre of outstanding educators as well as developing skilled future teachers."
The first group of master teachers has nearly 1,500 years of combined full-time teaching experience and is comprised of 78 high school teachers, 21 middle school teachers, and six with dual responsibilities. Subjects of expertise include calculus, algebra, physics, earth science, chemistry, engineering design and development and mechanics.
Each regional program, of which there were four in the first round, is paired with a SUNY campus to give participants additional content exposure. The Western New York region has been paired with University at Buffalo.
Cook - who teaches 11th-grade Regents chemistry, 12th-grade physics and AP chemistry - said the name of the program may be interpreted as a misnomer, but he is nevertheless viewing his selection into the program as a great opportunity.
"I'm really excited, and it was a complete honor to be selected for it," Cook said. "I know the program is called 'master teachers,' but I wouldn't call myself a 'master.' I enjoy the subjects I teach, and I try to make science fun for my students by applying it to real-world situations, but I don't consider myself as having arrived at being a teacher who never makes mistakes. That's something I look forward to.
"When I found out about the program, it just looked like something I would really be able to invest in by meeting with some other teachers who are also trying to really go and enjoy what they're teaching while being on the cutting edge of making it fun for their students. That's a cool idea," he added.
Knappenberger is a multi-faceted science instructor at Westfield, teaching a total of six classes including: all science A courses; 12th-grade anatomy; 10th-, 11th- and 12th-grade zoology; 10th-, 11th- and 12th-grade biotechnology techniques; and animal behavior via distance learning. Because some of these courses are administered through a partnership with UB, Knappenberger said his college connections may have helped in his selection to the program.
"I was honored and flattered to have been selected," Knappenberger said. "I think it validates a lot of things that I already do, which feels great, and it's a chance to help the next generation of teachers to get going. I think part of it was based on teaching style, and part of it has to do with the fact that I have constant communications with professors at UB. I asked them, 'How can I build you a better student?' and have applied some of those concepts toward shaping students for college."
Participants in the master teachers program will receive an annual $15,000 stipend over four years, a total of $60,000. Their duties will include engaging in peer mentoring and intensive content-oriented professional development opportunities throughout the academic year, working closely with pre-service and early career teachers to foster a supportive environment for the next generation of STEM teachers, attending required regular cohort meetings, participating in and leading several professional development sessions each year and participating in the training of pre-service and early career educators.
According to Cook, the first cohort meeting of teachers selected from the Western New York region will be held at UB on Tuesday, where the teachers will learn more about their responsibilities and forthcoming experience as master teachers.


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Disappointed because the very two songs I had noted as good in my review of Race -- Pehli Nazar and Zara Zara -- were plagiarized. The title song in Bhool Bhulaiyaa was too.
Frustrated because based on precedence, we seem to have a remarkable tolerance for instances such as these in Bollywood. Given that it is Pritam Chakrobarty, I am certainly not shocked. I dread the day we find songs in soundtracks to Jab We Met (2007) and Life in a Metro (2007), two of my favorite Pritam albums, to contain products from elsewhere as well.
Two songs in Chocolate (2005), my other Pritam favorite, were plagiarized. The irony is that the song Zehreeli Raatein was originally sung by none other than Atif Aslam, then part of Pakistani rock group Jal. Atif, of course, sang Pehli Nazar in Race to Pritam's plagiarized tune. Go figure. And I just discovered that my favorite song from the film, Bheega Bheega Sa, was adapted from an Abrar-ul-Haq (singer from across the border) song with the same title. Although for the latter, I'll give credit to Pritam for not lifting the music of the entire song and just that of the primary lines =)
We should have known to expect this after Chocolate and after a popular Pritam tune in Gangster (2006) was discovered to have been 'inspired'.
Anu Malik, move over. You have officially been dethroned.
Addendum 5/2/2008:
From this piece:
And no matter what some people say 'Yeh Ishq Haye' is an original composition. I'd say if today I'm doing original work it's because Kareena inspires me."
Yeah, right! Notice the word 'if' in 'if I am doing...'. LOL.


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Prairie dogs wreak havoc on Santa Fe graveyard
Fairview Cemetery organizers building $50,000 barrier to block the critters
There are a few extra holes in a graveyard in Santa Fe.
"If you walk around here you'll see gravestones that are getting tilted up," president of the Fairview Cemetery Association David Mason said.
That's because prairie dogs have dug their complex burrows under tombstones, through caskets, and yes, even around human remains.
"We've unfortunately had to re-inter pieces of bones and pieces of coffins that prairie dogs have dug up," Mason said.
Now, those who protect Fairview Cemetery are throwing a trench in the prairie dogs' plans.
"It'll be 6 to 7 feet high and 900 feet long," Mason describes. The trench ranges in depth from about 3.5 to 5 feet. It'll be filled with concrete, and then on top of that will be put another fence constructed out of concrete and fencing.
"We're hoping that it works," Mason said.
It's a pricey endeavor. Volunteers, like Mason, who protect the cemetery have raised over $50,000 to build the trench and fence.
Action 7 News was told the barrier will be completed in March. So when the critters are waking up after hibernation, they won't disturb those resting in peace.


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Skip to 0 minutes and 11 seconds Amongst the diabetes known as monogenic diabetes, there are two groups. There are ones that run in families that typically come on later or there's one known as neonatal diabetes which comes on in the first six months of life. Somewhere around six weeks or so, she developed a very high fever. Our paediatrician asked us to take her into the emergency room and they tested her blood work and her urine and her spinal fluid and found very high levels of glucose in those. And at that point in time, she was considered to be a diabetic. I was actually diagnosed with type 1 diabetes on the first of January, 1961. 25 years ago we discovered a protein that's extremely important for insulin secretion.
Skip to 0 minutes and 59 seconds And the name of this protein is the KATP channel. The key thing was to go and look in human patients with diabetes to see if they had any genetic changes. And the person who found those was my wonderful friend and colleague Andrew Hattersley. And I've never forgotten the day when he rang me up and he said, Fran I think you should sit down. I've got something exciting to tell you. And he told me that he'd found the first genetic changes. We took blood from people who had neonatal diabetes, and by a series of chemical process were able to extract DNA. And what we were able to show was that there were changes within the KIR6.2 gene.
Skip to 1 minute and 38 seconds And the people who had those changes had neonatal diabetes. In 2006, I got a phone call out of the blue from a Dr. Ewan Pearson from Ninewells Hospital asking me to come up for some genetic testing because there'd been a breakthrough made in the type of diabetes known as neonatal diabetes. On the 8th of May 2007, I was given a diagnosis of permanent neonatal diabetes with a mutation of the SUR1 gene. We were given an endocrinologist who came to us and at first was kind of baffled over the fact that she was so young. He had never seen a child so young with diabetes. But he had read an article a week or so previously by Dr.
Skip to 2 minutes and 24 seconds Hattersley describing a type of neonatal diabetes. So he contacted Dr. Hattersley by email, and within a few hours had a response that said I think this may be what your daughter has. Send blood samples to the UK and we will test her blood. And so we did that and sure enough, she has the potassium channel defect that causes neonatal diabetes. As soon as the mutations were found, the possibility of treatment was there. And that was because of all the research that had happened prior to what we discovered. Because we already knew that this channel was key in the beta's help. Importantly, we knew that this channel was the place where the sulfonylurea drugs bound.
Skip to 3 minutes and 12 seconds Patients with neonatal diabetes have lots of beta cells and they have lots of insulin. They just don't release it when the blood sugar level goes up. And because it was thought these children had a type 1 diabetes, they were given insulin injections from birth. But now we knew that they didn't need to have them and they could actually have sulfonylurea drugs. I was gradually started on glycoside to try and get me off of insulin. Over a 23 month period, I've been transferred from insulin to glycoside. I'm now on 640 milligrammes of glycoside twice a day. What we started to find was that indeed as we slowly increase the dose of the sulfonylurea tablets that the dose of insulin came down.
Skip to 3 minutes and 56 seconds And then, remarkably, they were able for the first time in their lives to stop taking insulin because now the tablets controlled it. And it's been like night and day. I feel a lot better and the diabetes seems to be a lot better controlled now than it's ever been. I've noticed it. She's really cheered up. She's totally different from what she used to be. She's absolutely, like she says, night and day. I don't know what the pills are, but they're obviously great. I said it's treated by a pill and that we were going to, as soon as possible, start the transition from the insulin pump to her glyburide. And so we did that. We went in, saw him and did it.
Skip to 4 minutes and 42 seconds Near the next two days– Within two days, she was off of insulin when she started the pill form of the medication, within 24 hours. That changed her life absolutely.
Sharing stories
Watch this Wellcome Trust video to find out more about neonatal diabetes, and how lives can be transformed through genetic discovery.
This video has been reproduced by kind permission of the Wellcome Trust, and is included on their Big Picture website.


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It's the official start of summer this WEEK AHEAD!
Saturday, June 21
GO (FREE)→ June 21 marks the summer solstice — aka the first official day of summer! The 8th annual Make Music New York festival celebrates the longest day of the year with over 1,000 free outdoor performances scattered throughout the city's streets, sidewalks and parks. (10 AM-10 PM, multiple venues throughout the five boroughs. Click here for a full schedule of events.)
GO (CA)→ The Hollywood Bowl officially opens for the season with performances by their 2014 Hall of Fame inductees. Included in that esteemed roster is none other than Tony winner Kristin Chenoweth, who will be presented her honor by Carol Burnett. Also on the list to appear/perform are Lea Michele, fellow Hall of Famers The Go-Gos and Helen Hunt. (8 PM, Hollywood Bowl, 2301 N. Highland Avenue in Hollywood. Info/tickets.)
Sunday, June 22
LAST CHANCE→ Mothers and Sons, Terrence McNally's Tony-nominated exploration of a mother's grief following the passing of her son during the early days of the AIDS epidemic, plays its final performance on Broadway. Tony winner Tyne Daly plays the mother in question, who pays a revealing visit to her son's ex-partner (Frederick Weller) to find he has moved on to a wonderful new, family-centered life, with his husband (Bobby Steggert) and young son (Grayson Taylor). (Golden Theatre, 252 W. 45th St., btwn. Broadway & 8th Ave. Click here for Playbill Club discount tickets.)
LAST CHANCE→ The 55,000-square-foot Park Avenue Armory has stunningly transformed into 11th-century Scotland for the critically acclaimed Macbeth, imported from the Manchester International Festival. Co-directors Kenneth Branagh and Rob Ashford set Shakespeare's Scottish Play in a mud-floored, rain-drenched, monolith-surrounded arena that serves as the perfect backdrop for Branagh, who also stars in the title role, to scream (and commit) bloody murder. Read our interview with Branagh about his NY stage bow here. (Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Ave., btwn. 66th & 67th Sts. Info/tickets.) GO→ Willem Dafoe and Mikhail Baryshnikov star in the absurdist avant-garde black comedy The Old Woman, based on the writings of Soviet-eva surrealist Daniil Kharms. Just think of it as a kind of Russian Waiting for Godot! (Through June 29, BAM's Howard Gilman Opera House, 30 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn. Info/tickets.)
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Monday, June 23
GO→ Norm Lewis, Andre De Shields, Larry Marshall, Adrian Bailey, Brandon Victor Dixon, Dule Hill and many others gather at Carnegie Hall to pay homage to African-American men and their contributions to the theatre. Black Stars of The Great White Way will feature performances from Motown, The Lion King, Dreamgirls, Five Guys Named Moe, Ain't Misbehavin' and Porgy and Bess, and will honor the pioneering efforts of innovative African-American artists like Berry Gordy, Robert Guillaume and producer Stephen Byrd. (8 PM, Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Ave., at 57th St., tickets start at $35. Info/tickets.)
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Tuesday, June 24
GO→ Lincoln Center's annual summer series, Midsummer Night Swing, kicks off this week at the beautiful open-air dance floor constructed in Damrosch Park. The three-week dance party/lessons encompasses myriad music and dance styles, from the Mambo to the Merengue to the Hustle and the Lindy Hop. (Through July 12, nightly at Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park, Amsterdam and W. 62nd St., single tickets start at $17. Info/tickets.)
GO→ Nathan Lane's Tony-nominated star turn in The Nance — Douglas Carter Beane's exploration of homophobia in the vaudeville era — will screen at more than 300 cinemas across the country and Canada. (Through June 30. Info/tickets on a theatre near you.)
Wednesday, June 25
GO→ In the Heights' onstage loves, Tony winners Lin-Manuel Miranda and Karen Olivo, star in the Encores! Off-Center production of Jonathan Larson's tick, tick… BOOM! "Smash" star Leslie Odom, Jr. joins the pair for Larson's autobiographical first musical about an aspiring composer approaching the age of 30. (Through June 28, City Center, 131 W. 55th St., btwn. 6th & 7th Aves. Info/tickets.)
Thursday, June 26
PREVEWS→ Piece of My Heart, a new musical about a prolific songwriter you've probably never heard of, comes to NYC. Heart explores the short life of Bert Berns (he died of a heart attack at just 38), scribe of hits like "Twist and Shout," "Tell Him," "I Want Candy," "Hang On Sloopy" and "Cry, Baby." Officially opens July 21. (The Irene Diamond Stage at The Pershing Square Signature Center, 480 West 42nd St., btwn. 9th & 10th Aves. Click here for Playbill Club discount tickets.)
Friday, June 27
GO→ Everybooty, a "multi-genre, multi-gender celebration of queer culture," celebrates New York City Pride Month. The one-night-only event, hosted by Justin Vivian Bond (Kiki & Herb) includes building-wide performances from musicians, dancers, visual artists, DJs and drag performers — all in the name of pride! (8 PM-2 AM, BAM Fisher, 321 Ashland Pl., Brooklyn, tickets start at $20. Info/tickets.)
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Photographer's Note
View upwards on the Katz castle, on a hill above the town of Sankt Goarshausen.
First built in the 14th century, destroyed and demolished several times and rebuilt, nowadays its a boutique-hotel. (source from Wikipedia).
Location along the Rhine river: 50.152, 7.724
Previousely posted on the Katz castle.
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pierrefonds (99316) 2014-04-14 4:21
Hi Ike,
The trees are framing well the castle. The point of view is showing the details and the colors of Katz castle. The quality of the light is enhancing the beauty of the colors. Have a nice day.
snunney (130967) 2014-04-14 4:33
Hello Ike,
A perfect place for a castle and a hotel:-) The upwards point of view accentuates the impressive architecture. The splendid sky makes and excellent backdrop. Very good colour contrasts and perfect sharpness.
federico (6099) 2014-04-14 4:48
hi ike, very sharp and colourfull shot with an interesting subject good composition too
well done
jhm (198439) 2014-04-14 5:12
Hello Ike,
Again a very nice picture of your trip to Germany previous year.
Formerly must all castles, are two or three time become destroyed, people are sometime devilish, learn never to today not out of past, looks to Ukraine, Syria, Egypt and a lot countries in the world.
Happy your picture is perfect and pleasant to look at.
Technical excellent taken
Excellent composition, good presentation too.
Very well done, TFS.
Have a nice day,
Romano46 (18472) 2014-04-14 5:58
Ciao Ike
i castelli lungo il corso del fiume Reno sono tutti belli e resto sorpreso nel leggere che questo è stato trasformato in un hotel.
Ma i tempi sono cambiati e probabilmente è giusto che sia così.
Una bella composizione per una foto che include un soggetto delizioso, colto con bella luce, ottimo contrasto e nitidezzaa superba.
Ciao, buona giornata e buon inizio di settimana
kato (11630) 2014-04-14 7:05
Hello Ike,
You're capturing well this architecture by a good angle and excellent tone/clarity, so it's interesting and impressive to see that there is a castle with elegant shape on hill top. I always wonder thinking about why do Germanic people build a castle on the top of a mountain or a hill.It harmonized beautifully with the surrounding lush green and blue sky.
Kind regads,
dip (23892) 2014-04-14 7:26
Hi Ike,
I was also many times there,the castle is very impressive,
beautiful photo!
amaryllis (37039) 2014-04-14 8:08
Bonjour Ike
une superbe photo avec un cadrage en contre plongée fort bien réussie avec cette paroi rocheuse et ce château-hôtel tout en haut, d'ailleurs la vue doit être magnifique
Merci de ce partage excellent
Nicou (193806) 2014-04-14 8:16
Quel château et vue superbe quel cadrage et mise en valeur sueprbe image sur son éperon rocheux dominant le tout sueprbe.
Bravo et amitié
Cricri (176) 2014-04-14 8:47
Hi Ike
Ce POV est plus impressionnant a voir que celle sur le lien, ici l'on voit mieux la construction au bord des roches joliment garnie de verdure, très belle réalisation
Belle journée
cornejo (61504) 2014-04-14 10:26
Hello Ike, very good picture of this beautiful and interesting view of this beautiful castle, very well captured with excellent perspective on this beautiful image with good sharpness, depth, light and beautiful color. Very good and interesting job well done, congratulations my friend. Thanks for sharing this beautiful work.
Good evening and happy start to the week.
Best wishes from southern Spain.
ourania (51103) 2014-04-14 14:03
Hello Ike,
a very attractive picture, your point of view is very effective and exalts the style and position of the castle. A fascinating building, it must have marvelous views all around too. I like very much the vividness and richness of the colours, the light is wonderful and gives a special allure to the atmosphere. Congratulations and thank you!
All the best, have a great day,
carlo62 (81237) 2014-04-14 15:44
Ciao Ike
questi castelli sulle cime delle rocce sono veramente belli, si sceglievano dei luoghi molto impervi per costruirli, ma adatti allo scopo.
RhodieIke (11752) 2014-04-14 22:32
Morning Ike,
Splendid castle you have captured so well, being down on the river gives us the scale of these castle up on their elevated positions.
Well managed, super colours.
Cheers, Iain.
fabbs99 (17179) 2014-04-14 23:56
Hi Ike,
Superb shot with great clarity and colors.Very well done.TFS.
macjake (95435) 2014-04-14 23:57
Hi Ike
on top of the world!
can't get any better than this eh!
now its a Hotel? oh man the original builders and owners would be turning in their graves if they ever found out!!!!!!!!!
wonderful subject and post for TE
Royaldevon (70197) 2014-04-15 0:43
Hello Ike,
This is a particularly effective view of the castle. The steep, upward ascent, with details of craggy rocks, and the castle standing proud in the sky, gives it a sense of strength, of impregnability.
Great sharpness to this exposure and lovely, natural colours.
Have a great day,
Bev :-)
williamcoombs1 (365) 2014-04-15 7:20
Hi Ike,
Terrific POV and fabulous rendering of rock, fortress and rich greens - you capture this brilliantly!
All the best,
UlfE (14641) 2014-04-15 10:58
Hi Ike,
You have chosen a very effective perspective from your position at the riverbank . There are several diagonal lines that meet where the castle is positioned atop of the rock. The nice blue sky is a perfect backdrop and the shrubs and tree that grow on the rock make the photo extra colourful and attractive. TFS and have a nice evening!
Kind regards,
marabu61 (11587) 2014-04-15 12:29
Shalom Ike
Quite a pleasant place for a castle and hotel. But I can't imagine the durance and hardships of the laborer of the old days when they where building this fairy tale castle at the time. The lush green scenery with the beautiful blue sky provide the perfect backdrop for this gorgeous place.
have a good evening
photoray (13981) 2014-04-15 16:47
Howdy Ike,
Excellent view of Katz Schloss on its craggy mountain perch overlooking the Rhein.
Cruising the Rhein even if my auto along the river road, is a wonderful journey.
Thanks for sharing,
danos (110395) 2014-04-16 4:48
Hi Ike,
very nice the presentation of the castle on the top of the woody hill and the way that outline against the sky.The brilliant light of the day,enhance the vivid colours as the beauty of the scene.
Silvio1953 (199910) 2014-04-16 6:53
Ciao Ike, great view of fantastic castle on beautiful hill, excellent clarity, wonderful colors and splendid light, very well done my friend, ciao Silvio
jcpix (14030) 2014-04-16 16:08
Hi Ike,
This castle sure has a grand stature, and even more so from this particular angle. It almost feels as if it's puffing out it's chest to be even more striking and visible. :) Not a bad take in the lot, each view is equally enticing and shows the beauty of architecture, color and surrounding landscape. You couldn't ask for a better blue sky as a backdrop, as it greatly enhances the greens. A proud image for a proud castle! enjoy the new day. All the best.
Friendly wishes,
Didi (61587) 2014-04-16 17:08
Shalom Ike
Great view on the castle in good lights ambiance
Very difficult for me to climb up :)
Best regards
mcmtanyel (58223) 2014-04-16 20:08
Hello Ike,
Blue skies for a change! I like your composition with castle perched on the hill appearing as the uppermost object in the frame. Very cleverly done!
eldancer1 (36343) 2014-04-17 10:18
Beautiful castle up on a hill. I just got back from San Diego and I really admire the houses they have down there that were built on top of the hills. I like your pov and it has sharp details. Well done, tfs.
nikkitta (17070) 2014-04-17 12:18
Hola Ike
Fabulous castle, building and location on top of the hill
Great composition in the form of a triangle and for once, good contrast with a blue sky
Well done, tfs
Felices fiestas
pajaran (98351) 2014-04-17 23:05
Dobar dan.
Interesantan tekst o starom zamku, lep pogled ...
Dobar snimak i kontrast, lepo pokazano brdo sa zamkom, lepe boje.
Lepo mesto na kojem je bio zasticen od osvajaca.
Imajte lep i uspesan dan, sve najbolje.
Good afternoon.
An interesting article about the old castle, a beautiful view ...
Good video and contrast nicely shown hill with the castle, beautiful colors.
Nice place where he was protected from invaders.
Have a nice and successful day, all the best.
delpeoples (60326) 2014-04-18 5:17
Dear Ike
Nice to see you got some blue sky on your trip. This hillside is wonderful and the karst reminds me a little of what I saw in Thailand and Malaysia. Except there were no medieval castles at the top of it! :) It amazes me to see how they built a church in a remote place like this. Excellent POV and good light management.
Warmest wishes
Hello dear friend
what a beautiful and impressive shot
what a beautiful castle too
on the top of the mouunatin
the question is :how did they built
this castle the old times it looks
very difficult indeed
the excellent chosen point of view
shows the details
have a nice evening
boa (8039) 2014-04-18 11:01
Hi Ike,
it is quite impressive to build a castle like this when you consider the placement on a hill! It looks like a castle from a fairytale and i would not mind to live there:)Good pov and colors,tfs!
Have a nice evening/
Waylim (25436) 2014-04-18 13:59
Hello Ike,
A very nice shot of the castle perched high up on the hill. I can imagine the view from up there. Lovely blue sky and green trees all around the hill. Like a fairly tale setting. Good quality image with rich colors and good light.
Gigidusud (21679) 2014-04-26 14:36
Hello Ike,
Amazing castle perched on the hill, what a view we must have. Excellent this POV too, well done!
Have a nice Week-end my friend.
mkamionka (56819) 2014-04-28 8:33
Hi Ike,
spectacular location of this charming castle makes the photo really eye catching. I like the sharp spires of the structure, it feels medieval. It must a pleasure to stay in a hotel like this I guess. You had a great weather this time which added so much color here.
Very well done!
papagolf21 (149503) 2014-04-29 4:00
Bonjour, cher Ike,
Superbe prise de vue de ce château construit sur les ruines d'un édifice médiéval.
Je plains les bâtisseurs pour l'édification de ce château.
Très bonne journée.
Robert1969 (7160) 2014-04-30 8:55
Hello Ike,
I like the open spaces in the picture arround the
castle, this with the lower position makes the
hill extra higher and the picture extra exciting.
Light management and the composition are good.
Friendly regards,
adores (46979) 2014-05-04 16:45
Hi Ike!
This one is situated in a very impressive place. Your pov is very good to show it and you even had a nice weather on that day.
siolaw (38294) 2014-05-06 10:23
Hi Ike!
A stunning place to build a castle, and you captured that well. Must be an expensive hotel to stay!
Good general quality and framing.
jmdias (98268) 2014-06-10 15:55
really only a cat would climb these slopes. haha.
I imagine this place is the same of a kind of a famous wine.
very nice view showing the impressive site of the castle and its shapes.
PiotrF (49200) 2014-06-25 15:41
Hello Ike,
Nice view of this castle.Wonderful composition of colors you framed. Composition and presentation make these picture attractive.
berek (50518) 2014-10-02 22:20
good morning dear Ike
a great shot with a framing against successful diving well with rock wall and castle hotel at the top, the view must also be beautiful. well framed
Best wishes.
swapankumarroy (3769) 2014-11-01 11:48
Dear Ike,
Very beautiful composition, the castle was placed at the center of frame surrounded by lush green at the top of hill under the blue sky make it gorgeous and rich in color, I like its POV.
warm regards,
Matyas (0) 2015-06-17 0:33
Shalom Ike! Fantastic castle. Wonderful landscape. Marvelous sky. Good POV and DOF. Good take. Sophisticated effect. Regards!
fabianoleite (13575) 2016-06-04 19:34
Castle on top of a mountain, very typical and beautiful, from a great perspective and with nice colors. Very good, congratulations!
ChrisJ (156713) 2016-10-25 12:48
Hi Ike,
A good upward pov on the Katz Castle with the the wooded green hill enhancing the scene. Excellent sharpness and framing. The blue sky makes a good backdrop. Tfs!
ruisc_pt (11518) 2019-06-23 7:00
Hi Ike,
Impressive POV niceluy posted.
A must see place after this post.
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Many have wondered why the 10-year cycle peak in late September/early October didn't produce a more meaningful correction in the broad market. Instead, the 10-year cycle peak produced only a marginal six percent pullback in the S&P 500 Index (SPX) instead of the much deeper one usually associated with the 10-year peak.
A look at the past reveals why: the first full year following a crash low has never produced a sizable correction in the stock market. That historical truism certainly proved itself out in 2009. But what of the second year after a crash? What can we expect in the coming year based on market history? We'll be taking up this question in the commentary that follows.
The two most persistent traits that investors displayed in 2009 were either the avoidance of the stock market altogether by remaining in the safety of cash or else to look for opportunities to sell short each time the market took so much as a breather. Both of these tendencies were direct consequences of the historic credit crisis of 2008. It has long been observed that retail investors typically shy away from equities for at least the first two years following a major bear market or stock market crash. The painful memories take time to heal and leave deep and abiding scars.
Even for those stalwarts who stay the course and continue trading and investing, a market crash creates a tendency toward conservatism. Traders tighten up protective stops on all their trades, avoid over-trading, refuse to buy large positions in any one stock and make a serious effort at avoiding the mistakes that were made during the heady days of the forgiving bull market. Indeed, the reversion to conservatism and self-examination among market participants is one of the redeeming qualities of a market crash. Bear markets are purgative in that they cleanse the system of lavish excesses and restore a sense of propriety to the market by and large.
For those investors who respond to the destruction wrought by a crash by refusing to participate, the resulting effect is equally beneficial to the overall soundness of the market. These non-participants, who comprise the great majority of all potential retail investors, will spend the next year building cash reserves and restoring their personal balance sheets. While this won't necessarily be of any benefit to the stock market, nor to those who make their living in the brokerage or advisory business, it will act as a reserve – or liquidity bank if you will – for the future. For at some point the market will need this liquidity and by the time those reserves are needed, the painful memories of the previous bear market will have dissolved from the public's collective memory. As their confidence grows they will become more enticed by the lure of the potential returns of stocks vis-à-vis the low-yielding safety of the bond market.
Returning to our original observation concerning market behavior in the 1-2 years following a crash, let's examine some chart examples of the past few bear markets. Perhaps the single best example and the one that most closely correlates to our time is the crash of 1973-74. This particular bear market was a function of the Kress 40-year cycle, which bottomed in October 1974. It produced a painful and persistent decline in the S&P 500 for the better part of two years, as well as an economic recession. At the time this happened it was the worst bear market stocks had suffered since the Great Depression. By the time it ended the SPX had lost some 45% of its value. As you can well imagine (and some of you may actually remember it), the feeling at the bottom in October '74 was one of unmitigated doom and gloom – a feeling that persisted in the public's mind well beyond 1974.
The market was anything but forlorn in the two years following this bear market. In the year 1975 the stock market rallied vigorously and with relatively mild corrections along the way. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) rallied 100 percent in '75, a record performance following a bear market and one that stands to this day. The market continued its recovery into 1976, and although its '76 performance wasn't anywhere near as stellar as the one in '75 it remains immune to major corrections and kept the recovery going for two full years following the bear market low in 1974.
Of course the market cycles which comprised the 1973-74 bear market were considerably different than the cycles underlying the 2007-08 bear market. Yet the market dynamics between the two eras are so remarkably similar that the inference can still be drawn that ours is a situation analogous to the 1975-76 recovery.
Notice in the above chart of the Dow that the 1976 follow-up to the explosive 1975 rally was much more volatile and less dynamic, yet it was still a positive year overall for the Dow. The possibility exists that 2010 could end up being a positive year overall in spite of the 4-year cycle bottoming later this year. The inference that can definitely be made is that the coming year will almost certainly show more bumpiness than 2009 and less dynamic market action.
If 1976 holds any clues for how 2010 will play out then we can expect more range-bound behavior from the major indices. This means stock selection will become more important as the sectors showing only the best relative strength, forward momentum and earnings growth should be favored over weaker sectors. The coming year is likely to reward good stock selection as opposed to the "buy with both hands" strategy that played out so well in 2009. Market timing will also be more critical in 2010 as opposed to last year since there are two major cycle bottoms scheduled this year: one in the first quarter of the year and one around late September/early October (namely the 4-year cycle).
The next example in our survey of bear markets is the bear market of 1981-82. From the depths of this bear was spawned an apocalyptic sentiment made infamous by several high-profile movies with Armageddon type themes in the early '80s. While the '81-'82 bear market wasn't as severe as the previous one of '73-74, it was strong enough to exert a profound influence on investor psychology and left the retail investment crowd with a revulsion toward equities for the next 2-3 years. It also launched the powerful '80s bull market, which didn't meet its apogee until the end of the decade.
Let's turn our attention specifically to the 1-2 years following the '81-'82 bear market. As you can see in the following chart example, the first full year following the bear market low saw no major correction in the SPX. Even 1984, which saw considerably more volatility than '83 due to the bottoming 10-year and 30-year cycles, wasn't as bad a year as it probably should have been.
This is significant for several reasons. Consider that 1984 by all indications should have been a bearish year, yet it wasn't that bad for stocks in the overall scheme in spite of the fact that a major long-term Kress cycle was bottoming. The reason for this was because the public was still scared to the point of non-participation and the lingering abhorrence to equities following the bear market from two years prior was still a major factor. This can't be is emphasized enough. As ephemeral as crowd psychology can be, when the retail investor is paralyzed with fear and revulsion toward stocks, the market enjoys a strong support regardless of the cycles that may be leaning against stocks as long as tight money conditions aren't prevalent. At extremes, negative crowd psychology is strong enough to contend even with the cyclical forces of the stock market up to a point, and assuming money isn't inordinately tight.
The next bear market in our survey was one of the shortest in history. I'm referring of course to the stock market crash of October 1987. Its after-effects in the public mind were profound to say the least. The SPX launched a recovery rally early in 1988 and continued its recovery into 1989 with nary a correction along the way. The '88-'89 period is an example of a 2-year period following a bear market with nothing bigger than an eight percent correction along the way.
Next we come to the bear market of 1990. The year 1990 was a painful one for stock market investors as it heralded a bear market and a serious crisis for savings and loan institutions. The year 1990 was the single worst year of the S&L crisis and saw the failure of more than 100 small banks. The SPX declined sharply between July and October, when the 24-year cycle bottomed. Following this important cycle bottom, the stock market regrouped and began a new bull market that lasted until the 30-year cycle peaked in late 1999. For our purposes we will only observe that the two years following the October '90 bottom saw the SPX launch a recovery that saw only mild periodic corrections along the way.
Next we come to the summer 1998 market crash and mini bear market. According to history we should have seen a 2-year recovery off the September '98 low. Instead, the turn of the century witnessed the commencement of the 2000-2002 "Tech Wreck" which saw the NASDAQ bubble burst. Internet stocks were particularly hard hit in the 2000-2002 period. The more conservative Dow 30 Industrial stocks fared considerably better than the tech stocks in 2000, which was the second year of the post-'98 crash period, however. The year 2000 proved to be more or less a lateral trading range in the Dow, which prepared the way for the next crash that was to follow in 2001-2002. The year 2000 was one of the rare exceptions to the 2-year recovery rule that normally follows a crash. It failed to extend the rally of 1999 because by '99 the Internet bubble had peaked, the Fed had begun tightening the money supply and conditions were simply ripe for a bear market to come one year earlier than normal.
Going back 100 years, the only other exception to the 2-year recovery rule we can find occurred in 1922-23 following the stock market crash of 1921. The market rallied the year following the '21 crash but didn't follow through in the second year, as per the norm. In fact 1923 was similar to the year 2000 in that it saw the Dow undergo a volatile trading range, closing for the year at roughly break-even. Even when the second year after a crash fails to show a clear upward bias, as in 1923 and 2000, the market still at least shows a relatively neutral bias and has rarely if ever experienced a decisive downward trend in the second post-crash year.
This brings us to the present. With the most recent bear market almost one year behind us, we've seen an extended market recovery since March 2009 with nothing worse than a six percent correction along the way. Our historical survey tells us to expect more headwinds in 2010 due not only to the above mentioned cyclical factors but also to the fact that the market will be running into more overhead resistance. Volatility is almost sure to become a bigger factor in 2010 than it was in 2009 and history shows that the second year following a market crash is nearly always more variable and bumpy than the first year. The two major cycles scheduled to bottom at various points in 2010 will be a factor in producing this anticipated volatility.
While the second year normally shows a gain for the broad market averages, the gain is usually considerably less than the first year. At worse, the market trades in a more or less lateral trend and closes largely unchanged on a year-over-year basis. Accordingly, technical strategies that utilize trading range opportunities will be important in the year ahead.
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In order to understand this mishnah, we need to define "buy" and define "friend."
Let's start with friend. We all have a lot of acquaintances -- people to say hello to and chat with. We may have a lot of casual friends -- people to go to a movie with, play tennis with, and go grab a bite to eat with.
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And real friends are also sometimes called upon to stop us from making serious mistakes -- from marrying the wrong person, from engaging in destructive behaviors.
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The only way to have a real friend is to be a real friend. To be there when your friend needs you, to take their concerns to heart, to agonize over their problems and, as I mentioned earlier, to rejoice in their happiness. If you just talk and they just listen, it's not a real friendship. (I remember baring my soul to my college roommate only to discover that she had fallen asleep halfway through the recital!)
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It's been a long time coming, but the White Sox reached the .500 mark today with a nail-biting 1-0 victory over the Cubs at Wrigley for their fourth straight win. Phil Humber (above), who has been nothing short of extraordinary all season, chalked up his eighth win in seven innings of work. The season's most pleasant surprise outpitched Matt Garza, who went all the way in the loss.
The South Siders went hitless for five innings before the red-hot Juan Pierre (who else?) collected the first Sox hit and drove in their lone run in the same at bat in the sixth.
With Sergio Santos having pitched three days in a row, Matt Thornton was called upon to preserve the shutout. He did, hurling two perfect frames for his third save. Another spectacular performance by a bullpen that has been nothing less than spectacular in recent days.
Nothing's perfect, though, and if an Adam Dunn resurgence is forthcoming it's going to have to wait. Dunn, playing in right field in place of Carlos Quentin, struck out three times. It seems his nightmare is never going to end.
Sox win 4 of first 5 against the Cubs to win Crosstown Cup with 1 game to go.