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Monday, September 22, 2014
Chattanooga Lookouts, Twins announce four-year player development agreement
The Chattanooga Lookouts are pleased to announce that the organization has signed a four-year player development contract with the Minnesota Twins. The partnership with the Twins marks the team's first affiliation with an American League team since 1987 when the Lookouts were with the Seattle Mariners.
Glen Perkins named Twins' nominee for the 2014 Roberto Clemente Award
Major League Baseball and Chevrolet, the official vehicle of MLB, today announced that Glen Perkins was named the Minnesota Twins' 2014 nominee for the prestigious Roberto Clemente Award presented by Chevrolet.
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HOMESTAND HIGHLIGHTS - Monday, Sept. 15 - Wednesday, Sept. 24 - Detroit Tigers, Cleveland Indians, Arizona Diamondbacks
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MINNEAPOLIS - ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Minnesota Twins today announced that season ticket renewals for the 2015 season are underway with no price increases for the fourth straight year.
Minnesota Twins Announce 2015 Schedule
The Minnesota Twins today announced their preliminary regular season schedule for the 2015 season; the team's 55th campaign in Twins Territory.
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HOMESTAND HIGHLIGHTS Tuesday, September 2 - Sunday, September 7
Twins select left-handed pitcher Aaron Thompson
The Minnesota Twins announced today that they have selected the contract of left-handed pitcher Aaron Thompson from Triple-A Rochester.
Trevor Plouffe and Danny Santana named the AL Co-Players of the Week
Minnesota Twins third baseman Trevor Plouffe and center fielder Danny Santana have been named the American League Co-Players of the Week for the period ending August 24th.
Twins return Nolasco from rehab assignment and reinstate from disabled list
The Minnesota Twins announced today that they have returned right-handed pitcher Ricky Nolasco from his rehab assignment at Single-A Cedar Rapids and reinstated him from the disabled list.

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The brewer of my favorite lager, Samuel Adams, Boston Beer Company (NYSE: SAM), just made an announcement and issued new guidance. The company now expects 2012 earnings of $4.30 to $4.60 a share, up from its earlier estimates of $3.80 to $4.20.
The news delighted investors to say the least. On the day after the announcement was made shares appreciated by over 15% at one point and are now nearing a 52-week high. All the more impressive was the fact that the overall market in general declined.
However, the announcement shouldn't surprise anyone. Boston Beer, which has 1% of the domestic beer market, has had strong fundamentals in place for a long time. The company has low debt levels (long term debt/equity is 0.14%) and EPS has been growing on average more than 30% per year over a five period. The business has positive free cash flow, currently at $53 million, a strong brand (who wouldn't recognize the distinctive drinking glass?) and engaged management with a vested interest in the long term success of the company. The chairman, Jim Koch, is the founder and uses an old family recipe for the signature beer. He wouldn't want to let down his great-great grandfather. A potential negative is a relatively high P/E ratio of 29.
Boston Beer also made another headline recently, announcing its latest limited quantity release of the Utopia brand. The beer, which sports a hefty price tag of $190 per bottle, contains a 29% alcohol level. A typical beer has 5%.
By contrast, the fundamentals at one of its competitors in the craft brewing space, Craft Brew Alliance (NASDAQ: BREW), are more mixed. Average annual EPS growth over the past five years has been robust but is expected to slow down a bit to around 40% a year. The P/E ratio is 49, higher than Boston Beer, the beverage industry and the overall market. Debt is reasonable with a long term debt/equity ratio is 12%. A negative is that free cash flow is below zero right now. However, for a company in a growth mode maybe that's not too much of a concern.
The world's leading brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev (NYSE: BUD), controls nearly 50% of the U.S. market share right now. For the most part the company also has strong fundamentals. Earnings are growing (EPS increased 47% for the trailing 12 months) and the valuation is good with a P/E of 19. Anheuser-Busch has over $4 billion in free cash flow but has a relatively high debt level. The company, based in Belgium, pays a dividend once a year.
Molson Coors Brewing (NYSE: TAP), the holding company for brewers Coors and Molson doesn't appear as strong as its competitors on the earnings front with decreasing growth over the last few years. At least the debt level is relatively low --- it has a long term debt/equity ratio of 36%. Molson Coors does have a positive free cash flow of $405 million and has several well-known brand names. I'm sure everyone recognizes the Rocky Mountains on each can of Coors Light.
Anheuser-Busch used to have an advertisement campaign for its Budweiser brand which included the phrase "This Bud's For You". I kinda wish Boston Beer could have one too. How about "This Sam's For You"?
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Funeral arrangements have been set for a woman killed in a drunk driving accident.
Samantha Ownby died May 25, when the driver of the car she was in crashed. Ownby was ejected from the vehicle and died at the hospital.
READ MORE | Man charged with vehicular homicide after fatal crash
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The family will receive friends Tuesday from 4 – 8 p.m. and Wednesday from 12:00 p.m. until the funeral hour at the South Crest Chapel of Lane Funeral Home & Crematory, located at the end of historic Missionary Ridge, Rossville.
The driver of the vehicle, Lucas Rippy, was arrested and charged with vehicular homicide.
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Here's a video of DeMeco Ryans. It's in HD. Notice where he is lined up on the field. He's not quite all the way in the back and he's not along the defensive line. He plays this position, I think it's called, I don't know, linebacker? Yeah, that's it.
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Number of Potential Rookie Minutes for 07-08 Dwindling
Last season the Edmonton Oilers had a very high number of minutes devoted to rookies. The total number of rookies (14) and their minutes (listed below) is extremely unlikely to be duplicated again this season just because it was a perfect storm of injuries pretty much throughout the roster.
The blueline especially will have a much reduced TOI total, and I don't think there will be two rookies who get the total minutes Thoresen and Pouliot got up front either.
Add in the fact that some of the newcomers, while not established in the NHL are not rookies, and the Oilers are going to be sending the Schremp's and the Cogliano's and the Trukhno's to the farm until injuries hit.
Here's a list, by position, of minutes played 06-07 with rookies in bold:
- Jason Smith (1733)
- Ladislav Smid (1481)
- Matt Greene (1373)
- Steve Staios (1240)
- MA Bergeron (939-est)
- Daniel Tjarnqvist (840)
- Jan Hedja (795)
- Danny Syvret (295)
- Tom Gilbert (241)
- Mathieu Roy (226)
- Bryan Young (151)
- Sebastian Bisaillon (28)
That's 3,217 minutes devoted to rookies, and let's be honest Matt Greene barely missed the rookie qualification a year ago. Here's the trend under MacT:
- 00-01: 7 (Chris Hajt only rookie)
- 01-02: 30 (Pisa only rookie)
- 02-03: 991 (Semenov top rookie)
- 03-04: 973 (Bergeron top rookie)
- 05-06: 439 (Greene top rookie)
- 06-07: 3,217 (Smid top rookie)
Tom Gilbert would be the obvious option for minutes, but he's behind at least 7 guys as we speak. Unlikely (unless there's a trade or an early season ending injury) any rookie defender gets more playing time than 500 minutes in 07-08.
- Shawn Horcoff (1666)
- Marty Reasoner (999)
- Jarret Stoll (928)
- Marc Pouliot (600)
- Petr Nedved (591)
- Kyle Brodziak (103)
- Rob Schremp (14)
Left Wing
- Petr Sykora (1366)
- Raffi Torres (1174)
- Ryan Smyth (1068-est)
- Patrick Thoresen (776)
- JFJ Jacques (293)
- Ethan Moreau (106)
- Robert Nilsson (69)
- Alexei Mikhnov (14)
Right Wing
- Fernando Pisani (1301)
- Joffrey Lupul (1263)
- Ales Hemsky (1087)
- Toby Petersen (875)
- Brad Winchester (476)
- Zack Stortini (276)
Thoresen, Pouliot and Winchester were the guys who got significant minutes, but Jacques and Stortini also got extended looks this past season. Here's the year-by-year under MacT:
- 00-01: 1,726 (Dominic Pittis top rookie)
- 01-02: 126 (Brian Swanson top rookie)
- 02-03: 1,943 (Ales Hemsky top rookie)
- 03-04: 1,269 (Jarret Stoll top rookie)
- 05-06: 341 (Winchester top rookie)
- 06-07: 2,552 (Thoresen top rookie)
With the top 12 forwards close to wrapped up (Horcoff, Stoll, Reasoner, Pouliot at center, Penner, Torres, Moreau and Nilsson at LW, and then Hemsky, Pisani, Thoresen and Sanderson on right wing) there's room for a Brodziak type and then they'll probably bring in a Petersen/Pittis/Swanson type for the 14F slot.
Oilers have a bunch of rookie forwards knocking at the door. These kids will have to push out ineffective veterans (Reasoner, Sanderson), count on injuries (they always happen but not to the degree of a year ago), shoot lights out in camp (Thoresen did exactly that a year ago) or rip up the AHL and get an early recall.
The road blocks being created for Oiler rookies is encouraging. The Oilers need to have as many NHL players as possible from the beginning of the year with this roster. Rob Schremp may be an NHL player, but breaking him in with this bunch might be impossible to watch.
4:36pm NOTE: Did the math on this just now (I forgot MA Bergeron on D) and the Oilers had a tremendous number of minutes devoted to rookies. I'm counting Hejda as a rookie even though he falls through the cracks, but then again Greene was basically a rookie too.
Either way, rookie D played 3,217 of the 9,342 minutes (estimated) Oilers defenders played this season. That's 34%. Incredible.


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Ahmed's tears, after his dad was killed by the Syrian army، Syria.
دموع أحمد، بعد مقتل ﻭﺍﻟﺪﻩ ﻣﻦ ﺍﻟﺠﻴﺶ ﺍﻟﻨﻈﺎﻣﻲ، ﺳﻮﺭﻳﺎ
25 October 2012 is the annual Arafat Rite, Islam's holiest day of the year and marks the peak ritual of the annual Hajj (Pilgrimage). Pilgrims will spend the entire day from dawn till dusk praying and supplicate to Allah for mercy and riddance of bad deeds committed throughout the lifetime. It is also known to be the largest annual peaceful gathering on the planet with approximately 3 million pilgrims in one single place at the same time. For more information, read on this article on Hajj from Wikipedia.
A Syrian man cries while holding the body of his son near Dar El Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria, Oct. 3. Three suicide bombers detonated cars packed with explosives in a government-controlled area in the embattled city of Aleppo, killing at least 34 people, leveling buildings and trapping survivors under the rubble.
أسماء أبو اللبن. رفعت هذة اليافطة من أسابيع وكان حلمها ان الثورة السوريّة تنتصر قبل ما ييجي دورها في مذابح قوّات بشار اﻷسد. امبارح حصلت مذبحة بشعة على يد قوات المجرم بشار اﻷسد في مدينة داريا جنوب دمشق، وكانت نتيجتها اكتر من 300 شهيد. أسماء كانت منهم
حسبنا الله ونعم والوكيل
(Translation of the comment)
Asma Abu-Allaban, her dream was the triumph of the Syrian revolution before she was involved in a massacres of Bashar al-Assad forces. Yesterday, a heinous massacre has happened in Darya city, South Damascus. 300 were killed, including Asma.
(Translation of the sign)
"They killed the children in Alhulah ( a city)
Homs (another city) is not that far from our home!!
Oh God make the revolution win
before my turn comes …."
A Syrian government fighter jet bombed a residential neighborhood, killing more than 40 civilians and wounding at least 100 others in the town of Azaz, including many women and children, Human Rights Watch said today after visiting the town. In the attack on August 15, 2012, at least two bombs destroyed an entire block of houses in the al-Hara al-Kablie neighborhood of Azaz, in Syria's northern Aleppo province.
Human Rights Watch investigated the site of the bombing two hours after the attack and interviewed witnesses, victims, medical personnel, and relatives of those killed.
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BATON ROUGE - Bobby J. Jackson, Chief of Enforcement for the Louisiana Office of Alcohol and Tobacco Control, recently graduated from the 205th session of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's National Academy Program at Quantico, Virginia.
The National Academy Program began in 1935 and is known for its academic excellence. The 10-week program addresses advanced legal, investigative, management, and fitness training for selected officers with proven records as professionals within their individual agencies. FBI Academy staff and special agents that hold advanced degrees provide the program's training. Many are recognized internationally as experts in their fields.
Jackson, a native of New Iberia, is Chief of Enforcement for ATC, which is responsible for regulating the alcohol and tobacco industries and enforcing underage alcohol laws within Louisiana. He is a 1982 graduate of New Iberia High School and holds a Bachelor of Criminal Justice degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Jackson also serves as a Captain in the United States Army Reserve and has graduated from Army Officer Candidate School, the Military Intelligence Officer Course (basic and advanced), and the Army Combined Services and Staff School.
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The dog is now under quarantine and could be taken away from its owner if it is judged to be a dangerous animal.
City Code Enforcement Officer Joe Caruso says he doesn't know the severity of the injuries of the three people bitten. The pit bull bit three people as they tried to stop it from attacking the other dog.
The incident came just two weeks after the City Council approved an exemption for service and therapy dogs under a city ordinance that otherwise bans pit bulls.
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Presented by the Academy's Science and Technology Council
Alex McDowell, Science and Technology Council member and production designer ("Watchmen," "Minority Report")
Ed Lantz, immersive art and entertainment expert
Eric Haseltine, neuroscientist
Jordan Weisman, transmedia storytelling expert
Writer-director-producer Jerry Zucker hosted an evening exploring what could be in the future for motion pictures. The program examined topics ranging from artificial intelligence to performance capture, 3D and non-traditional theatrical venues.
Zucker's interest in the future of cinema is evident in his role as a co-founder of the Science & Entertainment Exchange, a program of the National Academy of Sciences that provides entertainment industry professionals with access to scientists and engineers. His feature film credits include "Airplane!" (1980), "Ghost" (1990), "My Best Friend's Wedding" (1997), "Rat Race" (2001) and "Fair Game" (2010).
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TVCC Lady Cardinal coaches Kenya (left) and Michael Landers keep an eye on the action during a recent game.
Story No. 1 – TVCC basketball teams in Regional Tournament:The Cardinals and Lady Cardinals are playing in the NJCAA Regional Tournament in Tyler this weekend with a berth in the National Tournament on the line.
Why it is important: Both the men and women are red hot and playing well. The women are the No. 1 team in the nation and finished the regular season unbeaten for the fifth time in school history. They are a team with legit National Championship aspirations.
Learn more: Here's Jayson Larson's preview on the women and the men.
Story No. 2 – County looks at premises use policy: Henderson County Commissioners' Court tabled a policy detailing the rules for outside use of county property Tuesday, but the policy is expected to come before commissioners again next week.
Why it is important: Remember the nativity scene fiasco (like you could forget)? Well the Freedom From Religion Foundation is expected to be back next month, and when it asks to place a banner on the courthouse lawn it will run square into the county premises use policy.
Learn more: Here's a little bit from the Athens Review, but expect to hear more about this next week.
Story No. 3 – What elections?: Filing for municipal and school board elections in Henderson County closed on Monday. Most of the elections were cancelled because of a lack of candidates.
Why it is important: In Athens, only incumbents filed for the City Council and School Board. Malakoff, Log Cabin, Star Harbor all also cancelled elections because there were the same number of candidates as seats. This is either proof of deep satisfaction with our local government officials, or a sign of apathy. I'll leave it to you to decide.
Learn more: Elections that are not.
Story No. 4 – Christians showing love to atheist: In the strangest twist to the nativity scene saga, a San Antonio atheist who is going blind is finding support from among Henderson County Christians.
Why it is important: Opposite sides loving each other? Dropping differences to focus on a real problem? Is Congress watching and learning anything?
Learn more: There's not really a story on this yet; instead it is all playing out in the comments section of The Malakoff News.
Story No. 5 – Clownzo hurt in accident: The man who says he invented Ronald McDonald and who hung out with Buddy Holly the night of his death was critically injured when hit by a tow truck while riding his bicycle in Tyler.
Why it is important: This is one of those strange, strange stories you are going to love telling your friends.
Learn more: The Tyler Paper has an interesting read on Clownzo.


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Keep it simple. The secret at new paladar Dona Eutemia is there is no secret. Just serve decent-sized portions of incredibly tasty Cuban food (the ropa vieja – shredded beef – and minced beef picadillo both deserve mentions) from a pretty spot next to the cathedral and charge highly reasonable prices. The rest is history – or it soon will be.


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A little more than a decade ago, Chicago's strategy for fighting homelessness mainly involved stopgap measures like pointing people to a temporary bed in a shelter and giving directions to a soup kitchen.
But then city officials, with the help of advocates, set about to better understand the needs of Chicago's homeless population and offer services aimed at putting a permanent roof over their heads.
As a result, they say, the number of homeless people has not spiked despite a harsh economic recession. And now, as officials and advocates embark on a new seven-year plan to fight homelessness, they say they have a good shot at ending the problem altogether.
"We strongly believe that homelessness can be eliminated," said Nonie Brennan, chief executive officer of the Chicago Alliance to End Homelessness, "and we believe that we can be the first major city in the nation to do it, and do it well."
Even the most optimistic acknowledge that it won't be easy, given the complexity of the issue. Not all homeless people have the same needs.
It won't be cheap, either; the city Department of Family and Support Services plans to spend almost $48 million on homelessness in 2013 alone. And the sluggish economy is a persistent worry.
Yet city officials say they can do it by marshaling a variety of strategies. For example, a struggling family about to lose an apartment might get help paying the rent. That's cheaper than trying to help after they are homeless.
Officials want to assist more homeless young people so they don't become the next generation of homeless adults and help homeless people find jobs so they can better afford stable housing.
The city is providing subsidies directly to landlords who agree to rent to people who are homeless and helping to fund development of low-income housing for the homeless, such as single-room occupancy buildings.
The most potentially controversial part of the plan involves finding housing for people with problems like alcoholism and drug addiction who might never be able to pay for it on their own.
Such help represents a major change in thinking, but advocates say the approach stands the best chance at moving the most hard-core homeless people off the streets — those who have been living for years under bridges and in other public places.
Alexandria Banks, who has been homeless for 21 years and has battled addiction throughout her adulthood, realizes some people might see her as a lost cause. But Banks says she wants to contribute to society.
"Me, myself, I cannot come up with enough money for deposits and rent for an apartment; I need help. I desperately need housing," said Banks, 51, who earns money selling StreetWise newspapers and doing odd jobs at a Hyde Park taco restaurant. "I am willing to do whatever I have to do to get it (housing), work whatever program, work community service — whatever I have to do."
Not everyone agrees that the city's effort, however laudable, can end homelessness. 49th Ward Republican committeeman Suzanne Devane called the plan "more PR spin than an achievable goal."
The services being offered don't get to the root causes of homelessness, and not all of those problems can be fixed by government intervention, Devane said.
"Many adult homeless have substance abuse and mental health problems. It is questionable whether much can be done in the way of intervention that will enable these folks to be contributing members of society," Devane said in a statement. "There needs to be some type of supportive housing available to those willing to use it. Many won't."
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In 2002, Chicago was one of the first cities to sign on to a 10-year national plan aimed at ending homelessness.
The plan focused on three main strategies: preventing homelessness whenever possible, placing people who lost their homes back into housing quickly and providing services to help them become self-sufficient.
From 2005 to 2007, the number of homeless people declined, according to a "point in time" census the city conducts every other year during the last two weeks of January.


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FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) - Atlanta's Roddy White has had success like only a handful of wide receivers in NFL history.
So missing three games this season and entering December with just 20 receptions has left the four-time Pro Bowler, "yelling and screaming at myself, trying to get my body to act right."
Last season White became just the fifth NFL receiver to have three consecutive seasons of more than 90 receptions and 1,200 yards, and the sixth to register at least 80 receptions and 1,000 yards six straight times. Heading into December with just 209 yards and one TD hurts White almost as much as the high ankle sprain that's plagued him since the preseason.
Compounding White's misery has been the Falcons(2-9) disappointing season, which he says is "probably the toughest" of his career
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A 36-year-old man is dead after his pick-up slid off a bridge on eastbound Highway 152.
Kansas City police identified the driver as Michael R Brocato. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The crash happened just before 4 p.m. Saturday near the Indiana Street exit.
Police said Brocato's pick-up went off the south side of the highway, overturning as it went down the embankment. He was ejected from the vehicle.
Contributing circumstances may be weather and failure to wear seatbelt, police said.
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Gold, silver extend losing streak
The precious metals continue their downward slide on reports that large hedge funds are selling off gold and silver positions.
By Alix Steel, TheStreet
Updated at 2:20 p.m. ET
Gold and silver prices tanked again on the heels of Tuesday's painful sell-off.
Gold (-GC) for June delivery lost $25.10, or 1.6%, to settle at $1,515.30 an ounce at the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Gold traded between $1,543.50 and $1,505.50 on heavy volume. The spot gold price was down $24.40, according to Kitco's gold index.
Silver (-SI) prices lost 7.5% for the second consecutive session, falling $3.20 to settle at $39.39 and taking out the $40 support level. The U.S. dollar index was losing 0.1% to $73.07, reversing steeper losses after the services sector contracted in April.
A weaker U.S. dollar and news of an official $116 billion bailout of Portugal weren't enough to buoy gold and silver. Prices were also under pressure after a report in the Wall Street Journal said that George Soros's hedge fund, a firm operated by investor John Burbank and some other leading firms have been selling gold and silver.
Silver has tanked more than 20% from its high last week of $49.82, almost wiping out April's gains, led in part by oversold conditions and three margin hikes by the CME as the futures market tried to handle the volatility.
"The reason why the exchanges and clearing houses are raising their rates is because of these violent moves we have been having in silver, anywhere from 5%-10% moves on a daily overnight basis," says Anthony Neglia, the president of Tower Trading, who says the hikes are not affecting his silver positions.
Neglia likes silver above $42 and still believes the metal will hit $50, but said he would get bearish below $40. He said, "$38 is your next level, because that is where this whole move started from."
Gold, on the other hand, is a deeper and more liquid market, which helps it absorb volatility better. Mihir Dange, a trader at Arbitrage, thinks that margin hikes won't hit the gold market. Dange is still bullish on the metal, thinking it can hit $1,600 in 2011.
"If you're playing the macro picture, you can buy dips and hold," he said. Dange is selling into strength to book profits.
Dange says that if gold holds steady below $1,520, then it could sink to $1,500, and that around $1,515 he would be a long-term buyer. If gold breaches $1,477 an ounce, Dange says, he would bet against the metal.
Adrian Ash, the head of research at BullionVault.com, notes that "since the close of London trade last week, wholesale silver is down 10.5%, but gold is up at new record highs. Gold up, silver down is a very rare event -- less than 14% of all trading days since 1968."
There are two events this week that will provide direction for the precious metals: the European Central Bank meeting Thursday, and Friday's U.S. jobs number. The ECB raised rates at its last meeting in April by 25 basis points, and it is unlikely to do so again at the next meeting. Some experts are looking at July for the next hike.
Neglia, however, seems pretty convinced the ECB will raise rates to fight inflation that is now at 2.7%. He thinks traders are looking to "flatten out" their silver positions ahead of the move, which could have contributed to silver's recent dramatic sell-off.
Dange thinks Friday's jobs number will be more significant for gold prices, arguing that even if the ECB raises rates, the Federal Reserve has made it clear it won't until at least the fall.
The U.S. unemployment rate is expected to rise to 8.9%, according to Briefing.com, while the private sector is expected to have added 200,000 jobs. The number of people filing for unemployment benefits for the first time has been rising in recent weeks over the pivotal 400,000 level, which could put a crimp in a better jobs picture. Initial claims are a leading indicator, while the jobs number is a lagging indicator.
If the number beats expectations, gold and silver could sell off, as the Fed might be prompted to reduce its balance sheet or talk more seriously about raising rates. If the jobs picture remains weak, investors can be assured that the Fed's loose-money will continue for at least the next five months, and some may even talk of another round of quantitative easing.
Gold mining stocks have yet to see the benefit of higher gold prices. Out of the 12 stocks in the CBOE Gold Index (GOX), down almost 4% year to date, only three have positive returns for the year: Harmony Gold (HMY), Iamgold (IAG) and Goldcorp (GG), which reports earnings after the close Wednesday.
Goldcorp was losing 0.9% Wednesday at $50.74, while Barrick Gold (ABX) was down 0.8% to $48.22 and AngloGold Ashanti (AU) was off 0.7% at $47.86. Newmont Mining (NEM) was gaining 0.8% at $56.57.
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WEDNESDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) -- Some U.S. soldiers
returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are suffering unexplained
breathing problems that may be related to exposure to unknown
toxins, a new study indicates.
"Respiratory disorders are emerging as a major consequence of service in southwest Asia," said study author Dr. Matthew S. King, an assistant professor of pulmonary and critical care at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn.
"In addition to our study, there have been studies showing increases in asthma, obstructive lung disease, allergic rhinitis and a general increase in reports of respiratory symptoms," he added.
The report was published in the July 21 issue of the
New England Journal of Medicine.
For the study, King and colleagues had 80 soldiers with
difficulty breathing from Fort Campbell, Ky., undergo physical
exams that included tests to determine how well they were breathing
and CT scans.
In addition, 49 soldiers had lung biopsies when the exam
couldn't find a reason for their breathing problems. Some of these
soldiers had been exposed to a sulfur-mine fire in Iraq in 2003,
the researchers noted.
All the biopsies were abnormal, and the researchers diagnosed 38
soldiers with constrictive bronchiolitis. Constrictive
bronchiolitis is a rare non-reversible lung disease in which the
small airways in the lungs are compressed and narrowed by scar
tissue or inflammation.
"This a very rare condition in otherwise healthy individuals and is generally untreatable," King said. "We believe that it is caused by an inhalational exposure with which they have contact while in southwest Asia."
The other soldiers were diagnosed with other conditions that
explained their breathing problems.
All those with constrictive bronchiolitis had normal chest
X-rays, but about 25 percent had nodules in their lungs that were
related to their breathing problems, King's team reported.
And, while the results of the breathing tests were within normal
ranges, they were worse than seen in other soldiers, the
researchers found.
"The evidence that an inhalational exposure is the likely underlying cause of these problems is mounting, and we owe it to our military to launch further investigations so that we may improve prevention, detection, and treatment of these deployment-related respiratory diseases," King said.
Dr. Michael Light, a professor of pulmonary medicine at the
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, said that "pulmonary
abnormalities probably are real after exposure to whatever it might
be, from Middle Eastern deployments."
However, whether the people who live in these areas have similar
problems isn't known, Light said. "They're exposed to the same
things," he said. "We don't know if they get this problem."
The theory is this is caused by the inhalation of a toxic
substance in people who have not been exposed to it before, Light
said. However, he noted that the damage seems to be minor. These
same problems were seen during the first Gulf War, he added.
Whether the problem is permanent isn't clear, Light said. "There
are treatments," he added. These include steroids and Zithromax, an
antibiotic used to treat bronchitis and pneumonia.
"This is a wake-up call that there may be ways that can reduce the impact of these exposures," Light said.
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Does philosophy help one make tough decisions in life or lead to a career asking 'do you want fries with that?'
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Abercrombie & Fitch and Hollister Stores
CitationCCDC, et al. v. Abercrombie & Fitch Co., et al., 09-cv-02757-WYD-KMT
Hollister stores are designed and constructed with separate, segregated access for customers who use wheelchairs. Hollister stores, owned by Abercrombie & Fitch, designed and constructed brand new stores with stairs at their main public entrances. Plaintiffs are CCDC and individuals who use wheelchairs who complain about these and other barriers in Colorado Hollister stores. Plaintiffs also allege Hollister st
Defendants filed a motion to dismiss challenging Plaintiffs' standing to bring this lawsuit. On May 18, 2011 the Court denied that motion.
On March 16, 2011, CCDC and the Colorado Plaintiffs moved for partial summary judgment saying in new construction, separate entrances for people who use wheelchairs are inherently unequal and violate the ADA. On May 31, 2011 The U.S. Department of Justice filed a Statement of Interest in support of Plaintiffs' position. See the Statement below.
On April 9, 2012, the Court certified a nationwide class of "of all people with disabilities who use wheelchairs or electric scooters for mobility who, during the two years prior to the filing of the Complaint (Dkt. 1) in this case, were denied the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations of any Hollister store in the United States on the basis of disability."
On August 31, 2011 United States District Court Judge Wiley Daniel ruled that building steps at the entrances of Hollister stores is in violation of the ADA. "Defendants have unnecessarily created a design for their brand that excludes people using wheelchairs from full enjoyment of the aesthetic for that brand. The steps to the center entrance are a legally unacceptable piece of that branding and violate Title III of the ADA." Defendants have requested that the Court vacate that order. Plaintiffs have requested that the Court require Hollister make all of its stores accessible to customers who use wheelchairs.
The Department of Justice issued a Statement of Interest in support of Plaintiffs.
On January 24, 2013 the court held a hearing on the remaining pending motions for summary judgment. The court granted plaintiffs' motion and denied defendants'. This means that all 248 Hollister stores with steps must provide equal accessibility to customers who use wheelchairs. The court ordered the parties to meet and confer and attempt to arrive at a solution that provides equal access within 45 days. If the parties are unable to reach a solution they will request another hearing with the court. A transcript of the hearing can be found below as well as the order granting the Motion for Summary Judgment.
The court ordered the parties to meet and confer regarding the proposed injunction to try to reach agreement. The parties met, but they did not reach agreement. On May 6, 2013, Plaintiffs filed their Submission of Proposed Permanent Injunction.
The Court entered Final Judgment on September 5, 2013.
WE WON! At a hearing on August 16, 2013, Judge Daniel ordered Abercrombie & Fitch to make all of its 231 Hollister stores with steps at their front entrances accessible to customers who use wheelchairs. Unless they appeal, they will have 3 years to do so at a rate of no less than 77 stores per year. They must send us reports of their progress every 6 months. Because Hollister had argued - in defense of the raised porches- they were merely visual displays and not intended to be part of the Hollister experience, Plaintiffs also proposed, in the alternative, that Hollister be permitted to rope off the porches, so that they would be purely a visual experience for all customers and not just those who use wheelchairs. Plaintiffs also proposed that Hollister have the option to ramp the entrance. They have 3 options: make the front entrances level so everyone can enter the store the same way, ramp the entrances, or close off the front entrances to everyone, making it a visual display if they like, and have customers go through the side entrances they use for customers who use wheelchairs.
THEY WILL APPEAL. On September 9, 2013, Defendants filed a Notice of Appeal and a Motion to Stay Injunctive Relief Pending Appeal. This means Abercrombie & Fitch does not intend to make the porch-like entrance spaces accessible any time soon. If the Motion to Stay is granted, no changes to the inaccessible structures will need to me made until after the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals rules on the issues on appeal and if Plaintiffs win the appeal. The fight continues. Hollister stores' porches may remain inaccessible to customers who use wheelchairs for now.
On November 15, 2013, we received a great ruling in the Hollister Case. Abercrombie & Fitch asked the Court to stop them from having to make their porches accessible until their Appeal is done. The Court said no and agreed with Plaintiffs, that the "worst result of the denial of a stay is that Defendants are required to ensure even better access for individuals who use wheelchairs than what the Tenth Circuit determines that the ADA requires."
On November 22, 2013, Abercrombie & Fitch filed nearly the same motion requesting a stay with the Appeals Court. Even though Plaintiffs let the District Court know that they were marketing a new Hollister storefront image, they still did not tell the Appeals Court they plan to make these changes. They claim that they main reason why they should not start making Hollister Co. stores accessible now is the cost, the disruption to using the stores during renovation, and loss of "goodwill" with their customers. This argument is undercut by the fact that they plan to change the store fronts and make them flat anyway. All of this is explained in Appeals Court Motion for Stay and our Response. Photographs of the new storefront Abercrombie & Fitch proposes for Hollister Co. stores are in the response.
Abercrombie & Fitch once again lost this Motion. The 10th Circuit also denied their request for a stay. As of January 1, 2014, Abercrombie & Fitch should have started making their Hollister Co. stores accessible.
On February 3, 2014, Plaintiffs filed their response to Abercrombie & Fitch's Opening Brief on Appeal.
On February 10, 2014, nine of CCDC's friends and colleagues submited a Amici Curiae brief in support of CCDC. The organizations were the Legal Center for People with Disabilities and Older People, American Association of People with Disabilities, Center for Rights of Parents with Disabilities, Disability Rights Advocates, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Disability Rights Legal Center, Legal Aid Society - Employment Law Center, National Disability Rights Network, and the National Federation of the Blind. CCDC is very grateful to all of these extremely important disability rights adovcacy organizations for all of their work and for assisting with this brief. Special thanks goes to Michelle Uzeta, of the Law Offices of Michelle Uzeta, who authored the brief. The brief is posted below.
On February 11, 2014, the U.S. Departement of Justice also submitted a friend of the court brief in support of Plaintiffs. It is nice to have the United States as an ally.
On February 12, 2014, the District Court will hear Plaintiffs' motion for attorneys' fees and costs.
On February 21, 2014, Abercrombie & Fitch filed its reply brief and an unopposed motion requesting an expedited determination.
After numerous victories in this case, on August 29, 2014, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against plaintiffs on the ADA claims. Two of the three judges on the panel made the decision that the porch-like structure at the front of each Hollister store that is only accessible by stairs is not a "space" subject to the ADA's requirements that all spaces (with very limited exceptions) must be made accessible. They also determined that the broad language of the ADA statute, which requires that services, facilities, privileges, accommodations, and amenities provided by places of public accommodation be integrated and equal for people with disabilities, including those who use wheelchairs, is not sufficient if a specific ADA Standard for Accessible Design is not violated. Despite testimony from corporate executives of Abercrombie and Fitch, the company that owns and operates Hollister Co. Stores, that the porch-like entrances and the steps are a central feature of what makes Hollister different from all other stores and an integral part of their branding and part of the Hollister experience, the Court held the denying customers who use wheelchairs from this experience does not violate the ADA. Despite the fact that the United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division submitted two statements of interest in favor of plaintiffs' position in the case, the Court rejected their positions as well.
Plaintiffs and their counsel are considering options at this point. This is a very dissatisfying decision given the ADA's broad goals of mandating separate is not equal for people with disabilities. The decision is available here.
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Religion may be good for the soul, but there's now evidence it's good for a healthy mind, too. A study by researchers in Canada has discovered that regular attendance at religious services can provide "significant protection against depression" —...
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Atlanta police say a Frederick Douglass High School student was walking to school on Tuesday morning when a car hit her at the corner of Collier Road and Hamilton Homes Drive.
Investigators say the driver -- who stopped at the scene -- is not at fault, and will not be charged. They say the student stepped out in front of the car, which had a green light."The student was transported to Scottish Rite Hospital. We immediately alerted the parent. In fact, the parent was on the scene," said Atlanta Public Schools spokesperson Steve Alford.It is not clear if the student was walking by herself. Investigators say the driver who hit the 10th grader did stop after the collision. Police say the girl suffered a leg injury, and is recovering at the hospital.APS officials stressed safety is a top priority, especially in a traffic-congested city like Atlanta. "We'd like for all our students, and parents for that matter, to follow all safety and security protocols when they are walking to school. Whether it's traveling across a crosswalk or making sure you look both ways even when you are in a crosswalk," said Alford.Police say the incident remains under investigation.
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Title text: Maybe I haven't been to Iceland because I'm busy dealing with YOUR crummy code.
The comic presumably shows part of a computer software file from an old project written by Cueball. The part shown in the comic consists entirely of comments. A number of computer languages, including several popular ones, use "#" to indicate "the remainder of this line is a comment". A comment is a line, or a portion of a line, of code which should not be executed. The comment symbol tells the compiler to skip to the next line, ignoring everything after the symbol. Programmers make use of comments to leave notes about what a particular line or section of code is meant to do, places that require debugging, ideas for future revisions, etc.
These comments were written with apparent foresight by Cueball's "younger self" in anticipation of being read by his "older self" at some point in the future. The language in the comments is similar to how people address themselves in personal time capsules, in which they put letters away to read years later to see how much they've changed.
A "parse function" is code that interprets some form of input and makes sense of it in a way that enables functionality in some other part of the code. Parsers are commonly used to to extract useful information from the text of a web-page that has been "scraped" off the web, or to understand the command-line arguments of a program, or in an interpreter which runs computer code. Parsing can be a difficult problem to solve, and programmers will often take shortcuts based on assumptions on the kinds of input that the parsing function will have to handle. If the programmer does not have control over the input, such as reading a page from someone else's web-site, then any changes to the input syntax in the future can cause the parser to spontaneously break even if the parsing function has not changed. In the case of a web page, the difference may be in the structure of the page and not even visible to someone looking at the page in a web browser, or it could be the result of a "site refresh" where the look and feel of the entire web-site is changed to avoid appearing dated, or the website may no longer exist, or any number of other possible differences.
Programmers often don't spend much time looking at previously written code that is working, so the younger self has made the assumption that the parsing function, which worked at one point in time, has 'failed'. Possibly it was originally kludged together with no expectation that it would handle future changes, since the comments indicate a firm belief that the parsing function could not be easily "re-kludged" to handle the new situation but instead would need to be re-written. This may be because the parsing function was written using regular expressions or in some other write-only language style, where the program is typically created through means of trial-and-error, and it is considered easier to start from scratch than try to determine how the original program worked. Or it could be that the new situation has "mightier" inputs that can not be parsed by regular expressions, for example when a regular grammar is replaced by a context-free grammar.
The parsing function has held up to the younger Cueball's expectations as it has lasted a year past 2013 (comic published in September 2014). So he has correctly judged how external factors would affect the parsing function.
Current-day Cueball feels the need to rhetorically reply to his younger self's commentary, and then notices a forward-looking, mean-spirited remark that is both prescient and emotionally hard-hitting. Past Cueball has the advantage that it is easy to predict that his future self might not follow through with aspirations or resolutions. But in the title-text current-day Cueball is refusing to accept any blame, preferring to blame someone else (his past self), a form of projection that is very common human behavior.
- [Cueball is sitting at a laptop, reading code. The two separate parts of code as well as the two comments by Cueball is connected with "speak" lines, with the line from the code going down to the computer screen.]
- # Dear Future Self,
- #
- # You're looking at this file because
- # the parse function finally broke.
- #
- # It's not fixable. You have to rewrite it.
- # Sincerely, Past Self
- Cueball: Dear Past Self, it's kinda creepy how you do that.
- # Also, it's probably at least
- # 2013. Did you ever take
- # that trip to Iceland?
- Cueball: Stop judging me!
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I hear the name Jenelle Evans and I just seriously can't help but shake my head anymore. For the last couple months, it really seemed like she and husband Courtland Rogers had their acts together. But after being found with 12 bindles of heroin earlier this week and being arrested for possession, everything's seeming a little dismal.
Despite these new charges, Jenelle's lawyer Dustin Sullivan swears that the 21-year-old Teen Mom star has NOT gotten off easy with the law in the past. This is the same man who tells Wetpaint that after having several trials in the last three years, she's never been found guilty.
Well HELLO, she DEFINITELY shouldn't be getting off easy with the law. I feel like every time I turn around, Jenelle is walking in and out of court rooms and police stations. If you ask me, what this Teen Mom star needs is to sit in a jail cell for a while. A good while.
Let's look at the past here, shall we? This girl has been to rehab. She's been slammed by the media and her zillion Twitter followers for her ridiculous decisions. I'm sure she's gotten an earful from her family, too. It just seems like NOTHING is getting through to her. Just when we have hope that things are actually getting better, BAM, she's found with heroin.
This is the same woman who says she wanted to get better for her son, Jace. Last time I checked, getting mixed up with hard drugs doesn't exactly sound like the way to go about that. It's clear this girl is blinded to how dangerous this life she's living really is. Although I don't know if she'd actually take the time to think things over, at least putting Jenelle in a jail cell for a while will give her an opportunity to do so. Plus, it would also get her away from Courtland, who clearly isn't the best influence.
For now, Jenelle is home -- let out of jail on two $10,000 bonds just days after her arrest. She's charged with simple assault, possession of drug paraphernalia, heroin possession, and simple possession of a controlled substance. I think it's safe to say the girl needs to get it together.
Do you think Jenelle deserves some serious jail time? Do you think it would do her well?
Image via Brunswick County Jail
The only statement I agree with is the Eye Roll at the top! And unfortunetly the Eye Roll is at You again! To say that a length jail stay will help an encourable depressed addicted person is INSANE!!
The only thing that helps if anything can because lets face addicts die in denial all of the time and Jenelle is absoluetely in denial an justifies everything, Is extended stay, serious rehab. I'm talking a minimum of 6 months and real rehab, not a resort with narcotics meetings. Addicts only learn more ways and means in jail or prision. They usually do not commit violent crimes,so their stays are usually only long enough to learn more tricks and gain more contacts....thus the reason that drug courts were established. Since drug courts with strong guidelines have been established the rate of sucsessful rehab of defendants has increased by over 37% a year.
I realize that these are only your opinions, but any journalism worth it's salt deserves some research!!
money and snitchs talk and the drug addict walks!!!!!!!!
I believe she should spend sometime in jail. I mean serve her time for the crimes. Come on if that was you or me we would have to sit there. She is not a good mother. She makes horrible choices . She blames everything on depression. NOT AN EXCUSE!!!! Get help for it. Take your meds like you are suppose to. She was doing very well off drugs when she was on her meds... I feel no sorrow for her at all. And yes if she was my daughter I still would say the same thing. And My 2 adult kids will tell you that.
They need too do something with her this time because wether taking that stuff or selling it or it justing being there and not hers is always the excuse there nis no more excuses start making her grow up and take some responsibility and top of that would she like someone trying to sell that to Jace in another ten yrs or so wake up girl even certain drug dealers want that stuff off the streets becaus eof how bad it is take that and you've pretty much signed your own death certificate your mum needs too buy some life insurance on you dear for that lil boy!!!!!!!!!!
I must say, I am at a loss on Jenelle Evans. Up until I read this article, I had SOME respect for her lawyer, Dustin, but after reading this, I have to wonder if he's just as delusional as she is or is just a savvy P.R. guy. The girl is an addict and addicted to one of the worst drugs there is. I've never even tried heroin, but it seems like it's a drug that an addict will never get over. I just don't know what it's going to take for Jenelle to get the help she needs. I actually think, that perhaps an untimely death will be her end. Love her or hate her, she's a human being and it's heartbreaking. Jenelle is a shattered human being and I don't know if she can be repaired. I pray for her, her family, and above all, her sweet baby boy whose life she's missing out on.
She needs jail time to get her act together for her baby boy! she act like she love s him on the shower but we all know she don't care at all for him!


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HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!! With a 42% approval rating? I think not, you poor deluded fool.
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The abortionist sounds like a racist to me. Someone who enjoys saving the taxpayers and the world from "ugly black babies". There's some scary people out there...
@wotanofazgard (a pagan, I suppose) Talk about regressive throwbacks, but I digress. You presume to know my opinion of welfare. Let me explain it to you like this...I have no problem with the safety net for society's needy...it's the hammock that I am against.
Enjoy your life in the vile gutter where your mind resides...
As for her children...since they are not given the traditional courtesy of not being targeted, they, too, will give as good, or better, than the hyenas can dish out. They are the children of Todd and Sarah, after all. Wouldst that we had thousands, no millions, of such stock.
While the Leftist hyenas nip at the ankles of their betters, Sarah is removing RINO's and replacing them with Constitutional Conservatives. She was instrumental in the political tsunami of 2010, and she is being equally as active in the Primary and General election of 2012. Many of her winning Primary endorsements will move forward to defeat their Democrat rivals. Consider...she is accomplishing this despite the combined attacks from the Left, the Moderate/RINO Republican Establishment, and the media hyenas. They have every reason to fear and hate her. She is a political force of nature who is successfully taking every barb they can sling, and beating them into eventual defeat and irrelevance.
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Attempting, on your part, to pass hubris off as intelligence isn't very smart, either.
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Who inspires you?
So I was wondering what photographers really inspire you?
who got you into photography?
why do you like them? Should we interview them?
Tell me in this post on our messageboard the club house!
A few years back I was lucky enough to meet Paul Octavious through threadless.com, back then he'd just taken a job as the head photographer for the site although when we met in person at the 2007 meet up this hadnt been announced.
Paul is super talented and an awesome guy who's had his work featured by the new yorker and has worked for Nike, McDonalds, NY Times Magazine, The Wallstreet Journal.
If you have time go check out his work at Pauls flickr and and follow him on tumblr
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hey guys hows it going?
So over the past couple of months we've been getting the cameras back to the H.Q we've been printing them and uploading them for everyone to see and its been awesome but…
I've kind of been wondering what the story is behind with your photos, where you took them, what motivated you to take them and what it means to you.
So without futher a do heres Cameron Crowhurst with his series of photos:
Me and my brother experimenting with a famous internet recipe in which you take the ingredients for cake mixture, put it in a cup, stir it, put the cup in the microwave, and put the microwave on for 30 seconds. Judge for yourself from the photo whether it worked or not. It was edible and didn't give me chronic food poisoning at all, so I call that success!
Just a random photo of my mantle-piece over Christmas. On my mantle piece are two cans of Monster Energy. One is a regular can. One is what they call the BFC (work out what that stands for yourself), and it was a prize my older brother won at Mountainboard competition. The warning on the side said don't drink it all in one go. I did. Then I put a mini Christmas tree on top of it and put it next to a regular sized can. Also, there is a story to the random stuff on the wall. Whenever people come over to mine, I make them rummage through their belongings for something to stick on the wall. At the point this photo was taken, the tradition was barely a week old. You can only imagine what it looks like now.
I befriended a skeleton and decided to give him some of my spare clothes. I needed my shoes so I let him wear my skates. He wasn't very good company, he just laid there doing nothing, so after the photo was taken I took my clothes back and kicked him out.
This is what happens when you have a very small bath, a jet stream blower thing, and bubble bath liquid. Yes I did lay in it. No it didn't eat me.
Thanks Cameron!
If your interested in taking part in the travelling camera club drop us an email at
In the subject, write travelling camera club sign up name your name, tell us your address, if you'd be awesome and be willing to buy a camera or if you'd be down for shipping internationally.
Please note we get a lot of americans signing up, whilst thats awesome, it does mean if you live outside of the states its harder for us to make up routes that travel within your country.
North Americans, if you are signing up it would be a major help if you can post the camera internationally, I'm the last person on a route (even if I'm not taking photos I hold all the negatives and scan the photos) and unfortunately right now I'm UK based so I always need someone from North America to post it to me.
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by Susan Leem, associate producer
Photo by Pedro Figueiredo/Flickr, cc by-nc-nd 2.0
Moving beyond the debate of whether Facebook or other Internet use causes depression, researchers at Missouri University Institute of Science and Technology found that students who show signs of depression clearly have different patterns of Internet use. These students are more likely to share large files, send email, and chat online. Also, they are more likely to switch from application to application in a random manner, which is thought to reflect a difficulty with concentrating, and is one marker of depression.
Researchers hope this data can be used someday to help diagnose mental disorders by unobtrusively monitoring and analyzing the Internet behavior of a wider population. It may even alert the user when their usage starts to reflect a depressive pattern.
by Chris Miller, guest contributor
As a social media nerd and a nonprofit worker with a heart for Africa, the past month has been fascinating. In that time we have witnessed the rise of the "KONY 2012" campaign and the fall of the mastermind behind it, Jason Russell.
On March 5th, an organization named Invisible Children launched an online movement to make Joseph Kony, a Ugandan war criminal and rebel leader known for his use of child soldiers, famous. The goal was to bring so much attention to him that governments would work together to bring about his arrest. Invisible Children produced a sleek thirty-minute video presenting this idea. The video went viral, racking up more than 86 million views.
However, not everyone thought the video was a good idea. (Myself included.) The Internet had a bipolar reaction. Many supported the campaign, posting links on Facebook and Twitter. Many others criticized the movement and the organization behind it.
The video featured Jason Russell, a co-founder of Invisible Children. Because of this, he came under personal attack. Sadly, the burden of this criticism was too much to bear. Suffering from "exhaustion, dehydration, and malnutrition," he had a nervous breakdown. Ten days later, he was detained outside of his home, where he was found nude, pounding his fists into the pavement and yelling profanities at the devil.
The Internet was quick to respond. He was mocked in every possible way. In fact, many of the top tweets were so offensive I do not feel comfortable sharing them here. To make it even worse, TMZ.com obtained a thirty-second video of his breakdown and posted it on their website. It went viral.Comments
by Pádraig Ó Tuama, guest contributor
There's an internet site called The Nicest Place on the Internet that I came across the other day. I'm not sure how I saw it — a link from a tweet, or something somebody wrote.
When you open the site, an acoustic version of "I Have Never Loved Someone" by My Brightest Diamond begins playing. While it's playing, short videos of people hugging a camera are played. There seems to be an unending slew of people who have sent in these YouTube videos of themselves approaching the camera. That's all it is: the song on repeat and these videos of people hugging the camera that's filming them.
My first time meeting Protestants from the north was at a church camp in August 1987. I was eleven years old. I spent my camp asking the poor Protestants if they were Irish or English, with a curiosity I usually reserved for asking whether certain characters in Wonder Woman were goodies or baddies. At the end of the church camp, one of the Protestant women, a woman with blonde hair called Annette, said "Give me a hug."
I didn't know what she meant. I didn't know what hugs were to give her one. I didn't know that I had one to give.
by Matthew L. Skinner and Joshua M. Z. Stanton, guest contributors
Photo by Trey Ratcliff/Flickr, cc by-nc-nd 2.0
Picture this: an Iraqi reporter becomes interested in the work of a Jewish student in Israel after reading an article about Jewish-Muslim relations in medieval Spain that the student published online. The reporter contacts the student and interviews him about future prospects for Jewish-Muslim coexistence.
As the student in this story and co-author of this article, Joshua Stanton knows first-hand how technology is reshaping the way people of different religions interact. To start with, he and the Iraqi reporter would never have connected without the Internet, which enabled them to bypass regional politics and borders.
Yet the Internet's potential can yield various outcomes. Despite our increased connectivity, people of different faith traditions remain all too likely to talk past one another. Just look at the comments section of any online news article.
The Internet also allows people to perpetuate longstanding arguments over the most central of religious identifiers: sacred texts and the figures within them. Which son was Abraham prepared to sacrifice — Isaac, a central figure in the Jewish and Christian traditions, or Ishmael, whose story is central to Muslims? Did Isaiah predict the birth of Jesus in the Hebrew Bible? And of course, who was the religious prophet of ultimate importance? Recycled ignorance and nasty disagreements over disparate prophetic texts often leave online dialoguers depleted and demoralized.
The key, it would seem, is not whitewashing the differences that exist between religions and their sacred texts but clarifying them and using them as a basis for informed discourse online.
People of faith do well to read their own sacred texts with curiosity about how these writings influence their understanding of what a life faithfully lived looks like. Yet we also become more responsible and more informed practitioners when we allow those outside our traditions to read along with us, over our shoulders. Too many people have not looked seriously at other traditions' texts. And too many interpreters do not interpret in ways that invite "outsiders" into the conversation.
For example, Muslims and Jews may know that the Torah and the Qur'an differ over which son God called Abraham to sacrifice — Isaac or Ishmael. But do they know that some rabbinic commentaries affirm the Qur'anic position that the events must have taken place in a dream? And have Christians considered how such ideas might inform their interpretations of the story that view it as foreshadowing Jesus' obedience and death? Without opportunities for more public, hospitable investigations of one another's scriptural traditions, Jews, Christians and Muslims might simply reassert old stereotypes, even as their leaders and scholars model isolationism.
Technology allows people to learn about sacred texts, their origins, their histories of interpretation and their ongoing relevance from informed leaders and scholars they would not otherwise be able to learn from.
ON Scripture, a new initiative launched by Odyssey Networks, a multi-faith media coalition, in collaboration with the major online news site, The Huffington Post, aims to create this sort of online space. It presently offers resources focused on the study of Christian scripture, but is poised to launch ON Torah in the coming months, which will focus exclusively on sacred Jewish texts. Odyssey Networks also hopes to launch ON Quran in order to highlight the rich textual traditions of Islam and thus enable all three Abrahamic traditions to have centres of text study housed on the same website, making it easier for individuals to find out information about all three faiths.
While initially operating independently, the weekly online articles from ON Scripture about the Torah and the Christian Bible offer interpretations that religious leaders put forth about their own tradition's sacred texts, guided by the traditional cycle of scriptural reading of that particular tradition.
In time, we hope to expand the conversations, perhaps having rabbis, pastors and imams in dialogue with each other in videos that broadcast respectful dialogue about scriptural texts, even in light of real differences. While the forum is currently in English, it may come to span multiple languages, bringing people of faith from across the globe into constructive dialogue aided by cutting-edge translation technology.
As people of faith open their scriptures in full public view, they open themselves to grow in mutual understanding and appreciation of how ancient scriptures continue to shape and motivate people of faith. Even in disagreement, there can be understanding.
Matthew L. Skinner is Associate Professor of the New Testament at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota and Founding Editor of ON Scripture.
Joshua M. Z. Stanton is Founding Co-Editor of the Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue and of ON Torah, as well as a Schusterman Rabbinical Fellow at Hebrew Union College.
A version of this article was published by the Common Ground News Service on November 8, 2011. Copyright permission is granted for publication.Comments