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In last week's issue of Findings & Forecasts I stated,
"The Baltic Dry Index continues to collapse at an alarming rate. In the month of January alone it has given up almost 63 percent of its value. Today's reading was 680, just 17 points above the 12/05/08 low of 663. After that, the BDI levitated back to 4661 by 11/19/09 and has meandered lower until December when it really collapsed. From the 11/19/09 peak, it has given up over 85 percent."
Well, it broke through to a new low at 647 on Friday, and has three consecutive higher closes on Monday, Tuesday and today. At 647, the BDI is at the lowest point since February 3, 1986, or 26 years ago!
Shipping companies are wilting as rates go into the red. Bloomberg reported on Monday, "Glencore Gets Free Ship With a Fuel Discount as Charter Rates Go Negative",
Glencore International Plc paid nothing to hire a dry-bulk ship with the vessel's operator paying $2,000 a day of the trader's fuel costs after freight rates plunged to all-time lows.
Glencore chartered the vessel, operated by Global Maritime Investments Ltd., a Cyprus-based company with offices in London, Steve Rodley, GMI's U.K. managing director, said by phone today. The daily payments last the first 60 days of the charter, Rodley said. The vessel will haul a cargo of grains to Europe, putting the carrier in a better position for its next shipment, he said.
"Our other option was to stay in the Pacific and earn poor revenues or ballast to the Atlantic and pay the fuel ourselves," Rodley said. Ballasting refers to sailing without a cargo…
The Baltic Dry Index, a measure of commodity shipping costs, advanced 1 point to 648 points today, rising from the lowest since August 1986 on Feb. 3. Owners and operators of vessels are paying as much as $50,000 a day in fuel to travel to ports to win work, or agreeing rates at zero cost as rates fall to records.
Australian Grain
Charters for the so-called backhaul routes that reposition ships to the Atlantic Ocean region from the Pacific are falling to the lowest since indexes started, exchange data show. Rents for Capesize ships that haul ore and grain on backhaul routes were at minus $7,342 a day, the lowest since that index began in 1999, exchange data show.
GMI will pay Glencore as the Panamax-sized vessel travels from near the coast of Yosu, South Korea to Australia to load grain, reverting to a daily rate linked to a Baltic Exchange index level once the 60 days expired.
Details about the ship hire were included in a list of vessels charters published daily by the Baltic Exchange, the London-based assessor of freight costs. This is the first time the exchange has published vessel charters with rates at less than zero, said Derek Prentis, 86, the exchange's longest– serving member.
D/S Norden A/S, Europe's biggest publicly trading commodity shipping company, said Feb. 3 it hired a Supramax vessel at no cost other than fuel charges, its first such transaction in a quarter century.
Obviously, this cannot go on for long without a real shakeout in the shipping fleet. Fleet capacity has been growing as new ships are brought into service, but growth of bulk tonnage shipped has lagged at the same time.
The HARPEX index that pertains to shipping rates on inter-modal container ships has also continued to fall, but not as sharply as the BDI.
Dependence on Government
The Heritage Foundation just released its 2012 Index of Dependence on Government. The abstract state,
"The great and calamitous fiscal trends of our time — dependence on government by an increasing portion of the American population, and soaring debt that threatens the financial integrity of the economy — worsened yet again in 2010 and 2011. The United States has long reached the point at which it must reverse the direction of both trends or face economic and social collapse."
Some selected highlights:
- 49.5 percent of Americans pay no income tax
- 70.5 percent of Federal spending goes to dependence programs
- Housing assistance jumped 42 percent between 2006 and 2010
- Welfare and low-income health care assistance surged 41 percent between 2008 and 2010
- Excluding government employees, 20 percent of Americans are dependent on government
- Federal government dependence spending (per capita) is now higher than disposable income
- 80 million baby boomers will be added to the roles in coming years, at a rate of 10,000 per day
There is no political will to face these problems head-on. Perhaps the denial comes from the perception that the problems are too large to deal with and thus unsolvable.
Nevertheless, reality is on our side here. A massive multiple train-wreck is in our future.
President Obama is exacerbating this entire picture by creating additional government dependence. This is the socialist's dream, of course, but also a politician's dream: Maximizing government dependence guarantees a continuance of establishment power. In other words, "we the people" are in a minority.
Derivatives vs. stocks?
I have written previously that most estimates of derivative market size range as high as $700 trillion. Some have suggested $1.2 quadrillion. It's an inconceivable size.
There is no regulation or standardization in the derivatives market. There is no centralized market maker or exchange. Any kind of "bet" can be written into a contract. Any kind of "penalty" can be specified.
There is some evidence that the big Credit Default Swap (i.e., derivatives) issuers have been pledging U.S. stocks against the possibility of loss in the Greek (and others, too) bond market. If Greece goes bankrupt and triggers these contracts, the issuers must deliver a fixed amount of stocks to the opposing side. Yes, such a deal could have been made promising plain old cash, but apparently that isn't exotic enough for these risk-on bankers and insurance company execs.
As Greece is headed for bankruptcy, those exposed to massive CDS losses may be buying up stocks early in order to protect themselves. This is roughly akin to a "short-squeeze" in a market where a large number of short sales are forced to cover at the same time when prices move unexpectedly higher, thus spiking prices even higher.
My thoughts are admittedly speculative because so little is known about the derivatives market. There is no statistical reporting service to break it down for us. However, we know from experience that you cannot underestimate the banksters' ability to screw up every market that they touch. After a taxpayer bailout during the sub-prime meltdown, they learned no lessons about tempering risk; if anything, the propensity for risk today may be even greater than before because the taxpayer could be soaked again.
Stocks persist in subdividing higher but the Elliot Wave count shows that the move is fully ripe and poised for a reversal. Trader sentiment is as high as it was at the April/May peak, just before the major indexes started a wicked decline.
Market pundits are heralding the start of a new bull market, and if true, it would be the very first time in this writer's lifetime that a bull market was launched under conditions like these.
So, the topping process is taking its time and getting as many as possible to go "risk-on" before the hammer drops. The new recovery high in the DJIA means that Primary Wave 2 is extended, and that Primary Wave 3 down has not yet started. The S&P 500 has not hit a recovery high (yet) and thus it's Primary Wave 2 top is unchallenged.
The purpose of a Primary Wave 2 up is to fool the maximum number of traders, investors and analysts into thinking that it is really the first wave up in a new bull market. This happens on large and small scales alike. Whatever the given fundamental reasons, this hope quickly turns to fear when prices decline. During the second half of 2011, we saw rampant bullish sentiment change to abject fear in a matter of a few trading hours.
Gold and silver have kept pace with rising stocks, while the dollar has declined. The "all-the-same" phenomenon is still in place, indicating that when one market turns, the others will respond in kind.
As investors moved to equity investments, long term bonds have decreased in price, pushing yields up. The pattern clearly looks corrective.When stocks move down, money should travel back to bonds while seeking safety. Thus, I expect that the record low yield of 2.69 percent in 30-year U.S. Treasuries will ultimately be broken. Bernanke and the Fed are not helping matters by pledging to keep inter-bank lending rates near zero.
Low bond rates is a killer to investors who must live on fixed income. A person who retired in 2005 with a $1,000,000 portfolio would have expected an annual income of about $50,000. At today's rates, he is lucky to make $35,000. That is not a real-life situation, but it underscores the point: Low rates decimate pension and retirement funds. Those who turn to more risk to compensate for the loss of income usually wind up losing principal as well.


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This is an activity during Solar Week, a twice-yearly event in March and October during which classrooms are able to interact with scientists studying the Sun. Outside of Solar Week, information, activities, and resources are archived and available... (View More) online at any time. This is an activity about reflection. Learners will create a foil funnel to focus light that can be detected by various means. This activity is scheduled to occur during Thursday of Solar Week. An optional part of this activity recommends use of a digital multimeter, an amp meter, and/or a solar cell. (View Less)
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This is a lesson about the electromagnetic spectrum. Learners will read two pages of information about the electromagnetic spectrum and answer questions in an accompanying worksheet. This activity is from the Stanford Solar Center's All About the... (View More) Sun: Sun and Stars activity guide for Grades 5-8 and can also accompany the Stanford Solar Center's Build Your Own Spectroscope activity. (View Less)
This is an activity about boundaries. Participants will imagine they have taken a journey from Earth through the Solar System out into the Milky Way Galaxy. Using images on the front of the My Place in Space lithograph, they will write or draw on... (View More) the back of the lithograph to tell their friends about their journey and the real and imaginary boundaries they crossed on their journey. The activity includes connections to science related to the Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, spacecraft. This activity complements other IBEX informal education materials. An instructional video explaining how to facilitate this activity is available: http://bit.ly/14IoHVN. (View Less)
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This is a lesson about the states of matter. Learners will participate in a kinesthetic activity to reintroduce them to three states of matter, solid, liquid, and gas and introduce them to a fourth state of matter, plasma, its connection to the Sun,... (View More) and connections to science related to the Interstellar Boundary Explorer, or IBEX, spacecraft. This activity also demonstrates how the addition of energy can transform matter from one state to another and reviews common examples of matter in each state. This activity complements other IBEX informal education materials. An instructional video explaining how to facilitate this activity is available: http://bit.ly/16eHjJh. (View Less)
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In this activity, students will create their own travel brochure or poster inviting people to visit a place where they could see an aurora. It is recommended that the class complete Lesson 1 in this series - What I know about the Aurora - prior to... (View More) this activity. Includes teacher notes and instructions, student workshops and an online, animated story, and related teacher resources on aurora. This is lesson four of a collection of five activities that can be used individually or as a sequence; concludes with a KWL (Know/Want-to-know/Learned) assessment activity. (View Less)
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In this final lesson of the Dancing Lights curriculum, students will reflect on and discuss what they learned about the aurora. First, students will compare what they know now with what they knew at the beginning of the program, and discuss their... (View More) answers with a partner using Think, Pair, Share. The entire class will create a new KWL (Know/Want-to-know/Learned) chart on the board before turning in their individual work. (View Less)
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This is an activity about challenges that humans face in future space travel as analyzed through news articles highlighting discoveries about the Sun. Learners will read and analyze a series of related articles and answer questions to determine the... (View More) most newsworthy points. Ultimately, they will investigate a given problem and present their findings to their peers in their very own "In the News" broadcast. (View Less)
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Flop Stars @ World Twenty20Big names disappointed again! Ten players who foundered at the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka...
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The West Indian skipper is the weakest link in the team. As a batsman, in 4 innings, he could score just 28 runs, at an average of 9.33. As a bowler, in 15 overs he took just 2 wickets, conceding 125 runs. His economy rate was 8.33 runs per over and strike rate was 45.


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1998 Nissan Altima:
Jeanne Cinotti (Driver/Injured)
Address: 6833 Bay Street, St. Pete Beach
Michael Cinotti (Passenger/Injured – Jeanne's husband)
Address: 6833 Bay Street, St. Pete Beach
1997 Ford Explorer:
Wesley Middleton (Driver/Injured)
Address: 5110 69th Way, St. Petersburg
Joel Sanchez (Passenger/Injured)
Address: 4514 66th Avenue North, St. Petersburg
1998 Ford Expedition:
Elena Pleskov (Driver/Not Injured)
Address: 6108 Pasadena Point Boulevard, Gulfport
Lev Beyzerman (Passenger/Not Injured)
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What: The Sheriff's M.A.I.T. Team is investigating a three car crash in South Pasadena. As a result of the crash, four people were transported to area hospitals with non life-threatening injuries.
Where: The crash occurred at 985 Pasadena Avenue South (intersection of Hibiscus Avenue).
When: The crash occurred just after 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 4, 2012.
According to investigators,the Nissan Altima driven by 76-year-old Jeanne Cinotti was northbound on Pasadena Avenue making a left hand turn onto Hibiscus Avenue.
Deputies say Cinotti turned left in front of the Ford Explorer driven by 42-year-old Wesley Middleton which was heading south on Pasadena Avenue.
Middleton's Explorer struck the Nissan Altima causing it to strike the Ford Expedition driven by 41-year-old Elena Pleskov which was stopped at a stop sign facing east on Hibiscus Avenue.
Cinotti and her passenger 88-year-old Michael Cinotti were transported by ambulance to Bayfront Medical for treatment of non life-threatening injuries.
Middleton was transported by ambulance to Palms of Pasadena for treatment of non life-threatening injuries. His passenger, 44-year-old Joel Sanchez was transported to Bayfront Medical Center with what initially were thought to be life-threatening injuries. His injuries, however were non life- threatening.
The driver and passenger of the Ford Expedition were uninjured.
Speed does not appear to be a factor in this crash.
One lane of southbound Pasadena; and Hibiscus Avenue at Pasadena Avenue South were closed for several hours while the investigation was conducted.
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E-mail Etiquette (Netiquette)By Chris Pirillo
You may be new to the electronic publishing game, and a fresh perspective is typically a positive trait. But don't get too far ahead of yourself-e-mail has been around for decades. Chances are, you're not going to rewrite the book on effective communication tactics. Just because a method may seem smart to you doesn't mean that it's electronically savvy. There's a reason this chapter was written: to stop you from making a potentially damaging or offending mistake. "When in doubt, take the safer route."
Now you'll be minding your Ps and Qs, but do you understand why e-mail is a better means for your service or product? It isn't just for keeping in touch with your folks. .
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SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) - Doctors and nurses aren't the only ones who make a difference during a hospital visit. So do the volunteers.
You may not realize how many volunteers help from day to day, but the people who work at hospitals sure do.
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FRIDAY, April 4, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Just one exercise education session works as well as expensive, long-term physical therapy in reducing pain in whiplash patients, a new study shows.
The results, published in the April 4 issue of The Lancet, add to previous findings that longer physical therapy programs provide little additional benefit over shorter ones in treating the neck injury. However, leading whiplash guidelines worldwide recommend extensive physical therapy for these patients, the authors of the new study noted.
"The need for an extended course of treatment for whiplash-associated disorders is being challenged, and our study provides further evidence that prolonged expensive clinical interventions for chronic whiplash injury are no more effective than briefer treatment programs that teach the patient how to self-manage their pain," study author Dr. Zoe Michaleff, of the University of Sydney in Australia, said in a journal news release.
Whiplash can occur when your head suddenly moves backward and then forward, as often happens when a car is rear-ended. Neck muscles and ligaments get stretched beyond their normal range of motion, and some people develop long-term pain as a result.
The new study included 172 people in Australia with chronic whiplash caused by a traffic crash. The patients, who suffered their injury five years to three months before the study, were divided into two groups.
One group received one half-hour consultation with a physical therapist who went over an information pamphlet about whiplash, offered advice on how to self-manage pain and outlined a simple exercise routine. This group also had the option of two phone consultations.
The second group had 20 one-hour physical therapy sessions over 12 weeks. These sessions included aerobic and strength training, stretching routines and posture training.
Both groups of patients had similar levels of pain reduction after 14 weeks, six months and 12 months, and similar levels of improvements in flexibility, according to the study.
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A 9-year-old girl who was in a horrific car crash with her father in Southern California hiked more than one mile at 1 a.m. to try to save her unresponsive father. Sadly, she was unsuccessful and her father died. But her heroism won't soon be forgotten.
The idea of this poor girl making such a horrific trek is terrifying and tragically poignant. But it's also a sign that our children are capable of so much more than we think or expect from them. After their SUV drove over a cliff, this little girl was able to assess her dad's condition, crawl out of the car, and walk through deep darkness on rough terrain. All of this was in order to save her dad.
The love is overwhelming. But it's more than that, too. See below:
As parents, we try so hard to make our kids independent, but we also coddle them. I am not indicting any parents because I do it myself. I still put my son's shoes on his feet even though I know he can do it. I still carry him part of the way on long walks just because he asks. Part of this is because he is my last baby (my daughter does much more for herself), but part of it is because he claims to not be able to and it's easier if I just do it.
Everyone is so shocked by this girl's walk because this story is being read in homes that are in "civilization." Whether urban, suburban, or rural, many parents in the US aren't asking their kids to do walks like this on a daily basis.
There is no doubt that what this girl did was heroic. Beyond. It's hard to imagine the fear that must have coursed through her, all alone at night on a dark road. Police suspect alcohol may have been a factor in the crash, which adds an extra layer of sadness. This girl was being so responsible and brave, while the man who was supposed to protect her may not have been.
Regardless of what caused the crash, this is a tragedy and this girl is a hero from whom we can learn so much about all of our kids. They are capable of so much more than we believe.
My heart breaks for her and I hope her healing starts soon.
Do you think we underestimate kids?
Sad what she went thru and I hope she doesn't blame herself which I'm sure she will. But God gave her that strength to try to help her father no matter if he was drinking and he should've been more responsible. God was watching her!!
Yes we underestimate children in general. A nine year child has some ability to reason. Her survival instinct and perhaps a guardian Angel went into high gear. If she had stayed there and they had not been found she would have perished one way or the other. Her caregiver was unable to look after her so she had no choice. Children as young as four manage to scavenge food when their drug addicted parents leave for days on end. The point is that no child should have to be in this position she may never recover from the emotional damage. I hope she is told that she is very brave and that she did everything that she could.
I did this when I was nine. My dad died too. It is heartbreaking. I was hoping this girl's story had a happier ending. You get left with this feeling that nothing in the world is good anymore and it is hard to shake. That you tried so hard to save him and you loved him and you were just little. How could this happen? Poor babe. My heart goes out to her.
On another note, that experience is also why I am now starting my pre-med pre reqs at the ripe old age of 27. Maybe one day I can save some other little girl's dad. Poor baby. So so sad.
We absolutely underestimate kids! Best parenting advice I've ever received: kids will live UP to your expectations, or they will DOWN to them. The choice is largely up to you. If more parents would stop codding their precious rare delicate flower and let them learn, and do for themselves,, we would all be much better off! Hats off to this poor child; may she recover quickly and have a long and wonderful life!
Surprising because kids are much more sheltered now but the world is a different place. When I was an 8 yr old I walked to the St. Louis zoo almost everyday by myself. I played with my friends in Forest Park and did not have a care in the world. Now my daughter is not allowed to leave our yard because somebody may snatch her.
I am so sad the little girl's dad die I hope she has a big loving family to help her through it all.
Yes we as society underestimate what our kids can do. My boys are 5 and 3 and they amaze me with some of the things they can do, comprehend, think about, and feel about the world around them.
Poor girl. Yes she is an awesome young lady. I'm sure her dad is smiling on her now with pride for what she did. Sucess or no, she still put out the effort and tried her best. Now as far as the drinking being involved, we should all stop and realize that it is possible that was the cause, not for sure. We would all feel foolish if it turns out that he wasn't drinking and everyone has assumed just because it's suspected that it's so. Don't be judgemental when we don't know the facts. If he was drinking shame on him. If he wasn't then ppl don't need to be acusing when they don't know.


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Alex Kingston returns as Dinah Lance in "Arrow" episode 213, "Heir to the Demon," for which the CW released promotional photos on Friday, Jan. 31.
In this next "Arrow" episode, with Laurel (Katie Cassidy) continuing to unravel, Oliver (Stephen Amell) and Lance (Paul Blackthorne) try to convince Sara (Caity Lotz) to stay in Starling City and reveal she's alive to Laurel and Dinah. However, her fellow League of Assassins member, Nyssa (Katrina Law) shows up to bring her back into the fold, and when Sara refuses, Nyssa kidnaps Dinah. Realizing she is putting her family in danger by staying in Starling, Sara considers rejoining the league.
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I know this is very short notice, i only found out last night but Charlie Waite, THE Charlie Waite, will be giving a talk at the Wisbech Camera Club tonight, as part of the Wisbech Arts Festival (we have an arts festival? It appears we have ).
Tickets cost a tenner, some still left, see details here
They do say we should never meet our hero's, but i am willing to take that risk, he has been my fav landscapist since i first saw his books Landscape, the story of 50 favourite photographs, and In My Minds Eye, seeing in black and white.
I am not sure if the guy is approachable or not, but i do have so many questions to ask him regarding his work, and i am obviously going to get him to sign one of his books that i own after the talk is done
If your near Wisbech tonight, this is a rare opportunity, certainly for the WCC, most of the photographers who give talks there are so obscure, but everyone knows Charlie's work, and the man is a living legend as far as i am concerned. Bring on the trumpets
It was a wonderful evening, very entertaining, worth the £10 entry fee anyway
The talk was centred around the idea that our subconscious mind is a great influence over photographic output, which we all know anyway. The first half was spent comparing images from his contemporaries to his own, and the second half more or less dissecting his images, and others, why they work, which bits niggles him. There were images from his new book, but he barely mentioned it, only half time when he was signing copies of it. I didnt buy one, got him to sign my fav CW book instead lol a bit cheeky i know, but ill buy his new book on amazon when the price eventually drops.
Certain images of his which flashed up on screen drew audible gasps of delight from the audience, the biggest "oooh's" and "ahhh's" came when he showed the image of the shed and country road covered in haw-frost, if you go on charlies site, its the first image that greets you. It is a cracking image i have to say, stunning. Based on these gasps of delight, id say that the majority of the audience were not overly familiar with his work, and some oik continued talking to her friend as the lecture began, which stopped abruptly when someone on the other side of the hall shouted "OI!" a bit too aggressively, did the trick though, she shut up rabbiting, not a peep from her afterwards lol
I have written a blog here on ePz but im not sure its any good, i wrote it with my eyes half open and my brain half asleep lol though Philh1963, i totally agree, he took the time to speak to everyone who approached him, shaking hands etc. Apparently his appearance was very last minute, not something which has been in planning for weeks and weeks, from what i can gather it was only arranged days prior to the event, but it was standing room only on the night, sold out, with people travelling from a fair few miles to see him. It took me a whole 3 minutes to walk there from my house so that was a bonus.
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Changing your CrashPlan Central server for better backup speeds
Warning: By switching servers you will have to reupload your entire backup!
I've been using CrashPlan to do local backups for over a year on my Macs to other disks, but now with reasonable CrashPlan Central prices ($12/month down to effective $6/mo pre-paid for 4 years for 2-10 computers on the "family" plan) I have decided to give them a shot for my online backups.
More on my backup strategy later, but one issue I noticed with CrashPlan Central was very poor speeds uploading on one of my computers. Three of them uploaded at an average of 10-20 Mbps, but one was stuck at ~1 Mbps. Odd! I even tried everything from the CrashPlan support site on Settings for Faster Backup speeds were still really bad.
I did some digging and found out that the fast computers were using Atlanta based servers (atlb1 and atlb2) and no wonder why those are fast — I'm in Atlanta! The slow one however was using a generically name server (central1) located in another state with much more latency.
Great, I know the problem now but how do I switch servers?
Well, turns out you can assign your box a new machine GUID (a random identifier) and it'll get assigned to a new home server randomly. I gave it a shot and bam, I ended up on atlb2.
In order to do this you double click the CrashPlan logo (a green house) twice on the main screen and type in the command "guid new". This will reset your local CrashPlan instance requiring you to set it up as a new computer, losing all your configurations, even local backups. Not only that, you will have to start back over with your initial backup. You have been warned! You'll want to delete the old instance for your computer on the Destinations tab after you have made a successful backup, too.
Since my switch on the slow box, which also had the most data, I am enjoying super-fast uploads and an estimated backup seed of ~1 week vs 1.5 months. Woohoo!
Update 4/26/2012: In order to check what server you are on, try this:
I just looked through the log files and that info is available in app.log, under the DESTINATIONS section. Look for the "private" variable which should show something like xxxxx.crashplan.com:443


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As you all well know, there are tons of so-called teen sites out there that try to pass off pornstars in their late 20s as genuine teenage girls and the results are rarely very convincing. With that in mind, I'm happy to report that Real Teens is a website that brings you models who actually look like, well, real teenagers. Don't get me wrong, the gals are gorgeous, but they look like 18 and 19-year-olds who you might actually see in a mall or on the street rather than pornstars.
The guys behind the RealTeens website have been filming and photographing beautiful young models for over 13 years now and their site is something of a showcase for the content they've shot over that time span. As a member, you can check out casting couch interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, some hardcore fucking, softcore pictorials and more.
There are 27 videos available at the moment and they can all be streamed on the site in an embedded Flash player. The flicks can also be downloaded as Flash, Windows Media or iPod-compatible files. Both the Windows Media and iPod-compatible files offer great-quality playback, so you can download whatever you want without worrying about the quality of the vids.
The movies are mostly softcore affairs in which the girls answer questions, strip, pose and masturbate, but there are a few that are a little more raunchy. One has a young Tabitha Jones having sex on film for the first time. I'm pretty fond of that particular flick, so I recommend that you give it a look.
Much like the videos, the 150 photo galleries are mostly softcore. If you give them a glance, you'll see lots of lovely pictorials that show pretty teen models posing, stripping and playing with their pussies. There are also a few picture sets in which cocks are sucked and beauties are fucked. The images are all high-res and the various photo galleries can all be downloaded in handy Zip files.
It looks like it's been a long time since the website was last updated, so you should have plenty of time to go check out the extras that come with a membership. There are additional photo galleries, streaming videos, links to live cams and also seven bonus sites, including Cali Teens, Lesbian Assault and Night Invasion. These sites are part of the Unlimited Access Pass network.
Real Teens could use some more movies and it's not getting any bigger. Given that, I'd say that the site's worth a look for a month or so, but you can move along to another website after that.
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Fathers & Autism
Question: What causes autism? Why does autism occur?
Answer: There are a number of autism causes: pollution, drugs, genetic constraints, and occasionally immunizations. Surprisingly, however, new research has found fathers cause 80% of autism. An environmental pollution affecting men was introduced to our society around 1995, causing autism to spike since that time.
Fathers and Autism
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, made a 2012 press release announcing fathers are four times more likely than mothers to transmit DNA glitches leading to autism.
That fathers are causing 80% of autism should change the way you think about autism.
These four studies show fathers are causing 80% of autism: Sanders SJ et al 2012 Study #1, O'Roak BJ et al 2012 Study #2, Neale B et al 2012 Study #3, and Kong A et al 2012 Study #4. A New York Times article discusses these studies, as does this Autism Speaks article.
What has happened to men's reproductive DNA? This is the biggest health mystery of the last 20 years, and the answer lies in a law of physics from 1785, based on the same forces described by Isaac Newton.
Coulomb's Law
The missing link explaining why men are the silent carriers of autism is actually a simple law of physics called Coulomb's inverse-square law. The discussion notes of this study on cell phones and autism explain the physics behind our autism spike:
Based on Coulomb's inverse-square law, the comparative force of RF energy on reproductive DNA between the sexes may be calculated. When carried in a front trouser pocket, a mobile phone is in the order of 20 centimeters in distance from female reproductive DNA, but only 5 centimeters in distance from male reproductive DNA. By Coulomb's law, as distance is increased by a factor of four, electrostatic force is decreased by a factor of 16. In our trouser pocket scenario, male reproductive DNA receives 16 times greater force of RF radiation than female reproductive DNA.
When men and women put their cell phones in their front pockets, men's reproductive DNA is getting 16 times more genotoxic radiation. And this explains how fathers have come to drive a worldwide autism spike. It's that simple.
Are we saying cell phones are causing all autism? No; we're saying the way men carry cell phones is causing a high rate of fragmentation in their reproductive DNA, which is causing the spike in autism since 1994.
What the Physics Looks Like
The inverse-square law and force intensity dates all the way back to Isaac Newton's Principia and universal gravitation. Quite simply, as distance doubles, force decreases by a factor of four. Follow the red square here to see how radiation diminishes rapidly with distance:
Now let's apply this principle to cell phones in front pockets. The black dot is the cell phone. Men's sperms cells are all within the blue dot, two inches away, and covered with radiation. Women's egg cells are the pink dots, eight inches away, and receiving only about 6% of the genotoxic radiation.
There is no fancy math here. The inverse-square law has been around for hundreds of years and describes the force intensity of gravity, sound, light, etc.
Applying these physics to the way men and women carry cell phones explains why fathers have driven a large autism spike in recent decades.
Coulomb's Law in Action
We ran the following test to see Coulomb's law in action. Using a 2012 model smart phone on a major carrier's network, we opened a common mapping application on the phone to simulate common phone activity. Then we closed the app and manually put the phone into sleep mode. We measured for peak RF energy transmission for the first 60 seconds the phone was in sleep mode. We used a TriField 100XE Meter, which has a capacity to measure RF radiation from 0.01 to 1.0 mW/cm².
We ran the same experiment at two different distances to simulate the asymmetric radiation exposure between the sexes when cell phones are in front pockets. Eight inches of space for women; two inches for men.
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|Women, 8 in. (mW/cm²)
|Men, 2 in. (mW/cm²)
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|> 1.0
|Sleep Test 2
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|Sleep Test 3
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|Sleep Test 5
|> 1.0
|Sleep Test 6
|> 1.0
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|Women's Avg 0.2
|Men's Avg >1.0
This table is a numerical expression of our autism spike. When cell phones are in front pants pockets in sleep mode, they are giving tiny hits of radiation to our reproductive cells. But those hits are 16 times stronger for men. This asymmetric genotoxic exposure is driving our autism spike.
Audio Demonstration of RF Radiation
This video shows radiation from a smart phone affecting a pocket radio, which is attached to a standalone computer speaker so we can hear. The disruptions you'll hear are from RF energy, which studies show causes sperm cell abnormalities and DNA fragmentation. Note: this cell phone is in sleep mode.
This is the sound behind our 20-year autism spike.
The average man's reproductive DNA is being "zapped" hundreds of times a day. This explains why 80% of DNA mutations leading to autism are from fathers, per this U.S. government press release.
CDC and FCC Data
Do cell phones cause autism? Yes, they are associated. This cell phone autism study shows the association. The study uses publically-available CDC and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) data to show that U.S. states with high rates of cell phone subscribers have much higher rates of autism.
At the same time, a cohort study based on Amsterdam Born Children found that maternal mobile phone use during pregnancy does not increase the odds of behavior problems in their children. This is another expression of Coulomb's law; our autism epidemic is from men's radiation-damaged reproductive DNA.
Older Fathers Theory
There's a popular theory that the increase in autism is simply because fathers are older these days. This theory is wrong.
According to a CDC report, as of 2010, the mean age at first birth for men is 25, which is unchanged from 2002. Moreover, two-thirds of first births occur to men in their twenties. (Martinez G et al 2012).
CDC data shows autism rates increased 23% from 2006 to 2008, but fathers were not any older during that time. Plus, two-thirds of first births came to men in their twenties, which is well within historical norms. The data clearly shows our autism spike is not being caused by older fathers. We need to look elsewhere.
Father's Reproductive Cells and Baby
Men and women's reproductive DNA is in different places. Which makes a profound difference when it comes to our close, everyday radiation exposure that began about 20 years ago.
The Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) of cell phones is a measure of the amount of radio frequency (RF) energy our bodies get when we use them. Governments set SAR limits to protect people, but governments never considered point-blank exposure to reproductive cells.
Even micro-damage to reproductive DNA can cause autism in a baby, which introduces a big question. Do studies show mobile phone radiation damages men's reproductive cells? Yes, there are lots of studies showing this:
Are cell phones the only cause of male reproductive DNA fragmentation, and the only cause of autism? No. But, specifically, there is only one logical source of reproductive DNA fragmentation that started for large numbers of men in developed countries across the globe about 20 years ago, leading to a sustained autism spike.
Here's the pattern: 1) Cell phone fragments sperm cell 2) Sick sperm cell fertilizes healthy egg 3) Baby with spectrum disorder is born
Does this pass the commonsense test? Yes; the rise in autism since 1994 closely parallels the rise in autism in socioeconomic groups that gained access to cell phones since that time (rich whites first, minorities later on).
More Data
If cell phones have caused autism to soar since men began carrying cell phones around 1995, then we should expect data on mental health disorders to tell a similar story. Damaged paternal reproductive DNA would not exclusively cause autism; there would be a large spectrum of difficult-to-diagnose mental health problems in children.
Specifically, we would expect mental health disorders to have skyrocketed for children born in the last twenty years, but to be about the same for adults. In fact, based on National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey data, from 1995 to 2010, the diagnosis of mental health disorders doubled for those younger than 21, but increased by less than 6% for adults over the same period (Olfson et al 2013).
The data shows the magnitude of damaged paternal DNA stretches beyond autism. A child might inherit slightly-fragmented DNA and lose only a few IQ points; but many others that inherit moderate-to-severe fragmentation from their father will have life-long cognitive, social, and mental health problems. This could lead to social instability in public schools and across society.
No Toxic Green Cloud
Rates of autism were flat around the world during the 1980s. Suddenly, in the 1990s a massive autism spike happened in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Japan and Scandinavia. Experts in autism research wrongly concluded there simply could not be any mysterious global environmental exposure that could reasonably cause an autism pandemic.So a bogus theory was born: autism has always been this high, but previous generations weren't smart enough to document autism correctly.
The problem: scientists were searching for a toxic green cloud floating around the world, causing autism. But the missing link isn't green; it's invisible. Since the 1990s, men in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Japan and Scandinavia have been busy putting low-level radiation-emitting devices next to their reproductive cells all day long.
Radiation-fragmented reproductive DNA explains why fathers are causing 80% of autism. Men have been the silent carriers of autism for the past 20 years.
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Autism has often been considered a rich people's problem. Indeed, around planet Earth, only the rich carry cell phones. The scientific association is actually "those men who are well-off enough to carry radiation-emitting mobile technology in their front pockets pass genetic mutations to their children at an exceptionally high rate."
In the 1990s, autism was often considered a Caucasian concern. That's because minorities were mostly too poor to afford the first generations of mobile technology. Now, most minorities can afford mobile technology. Which explains why the largest increases in autism in recent years are among Hispanic and black children.
Hispanic and black children lived in the same cities and received the same immunizations as Caucasian children, but they did not see an autism spike until almost a decade later, when their fathers began carrying cell phones at a higher rate.
Over the last 20 years, patterns of autism increase have been predictable by income level and device cost. In the first wave, the affluent can afford cell phones at a high rate and see autism spike. In the second wave, the poor can afford cell phones at a high rate and see autism spike.
Regardless of race, the poor carry cell phones at a lesser rate than the rich. This is why rich U.S. states have higher levels of autism
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Certain states like Alaska and Delaware are likely to be outliers in that income may be high but a rural mentality, or lack of cell towers, prevents as much cell phone usage.
Poor states have much lower autism rates:
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The data shows poor states have low autism rates. Keep in mind that poor states are more industrially polluted than rich states. Toxic chemical manufacturers around the country can rejoice: all their toxic chemicals the poor are breathing and drinking are not causing our autism spike.
Our 20-year global autism spike is uniquely associated with men being able to afford to put radiation in their front pockets.
Why Women's Eggs are More Protected
Many women carry their cell phones in their purses, keeping them at a safe distance from their eggs. Moreover, even when women carry their cell phones in their pockets, their reproductive cells are located behind dense tissue. Plus, women's eggs are much higher up in their bodies, safely away from the RF energy. In contrast, men's testicles are often only a few inches away from mobile phones, behind only a thin layer of skin.
Eggs Still at Risk
New research from the University of Texas confirms exactly what we'd expect: professions in which fathers are "on call" and constantly carry cell phones have adversely high rates of autism:
Fathers who worked in engineering were two times as likely to have a child with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Those who worked in finance were four times more likely and those who worked in health care occupations were six times more likely to have a child on the autism spectrum.
There was no association with a mother's occupation. However, children who had both parents in technical fields were at a higher risk of having a more severe form of autism.
This is easy to understand: fathers who carry a cell phone in their front pocket the most have the most autistic children.
Fathers will be able to easily relocate their cell phones away from reproductive DNA once they understand they way they carry their cell phones is causing autism; however the last sentence in the blockquote is worrisome. Women in technical fields give birth to children with a severe form of autism, which means that women's eggs are receiveing radiation damage too. This is bad because, unlike sperm, women can't produce new eggs; what's damaged is damaged.
The largest concern is young girls who are now carrying cell phones, or streaming video in the back seats of cars, etc. These girls are frequently holding the radiation-emitting devices close to their bellies, thus damaging their eggs in their girlhood. Damage to girl's eggs will also be worse than to women's because girls girth is less, so their eggs are coming closer to the radiation. Plus, girls will have multiple decades of radiation damage by the time they are having their children. Twenty years from now, when these girls go to have children, they may have a very high percentage of having having autistic children.
Male Infertility
Of particular note across the cell phone/sperm studies is that cell phones are causing male infertility. Indeed, male infertility has been on the rise over the last 20 years. A study of over 26,600 men in France revealed a 32.2% decrease in semen concentration from 1989 to 2005. Moreover, there was a 33.4% decrease in normally formed sperm over the same period. (Le Moal J et al 2012)
Conception is far less likely to happen if sperm is fragmented. Male infertility is natural selection in action—selecting against autism. But life is very resilient and, in many cases, will go with what's given. Which in the case of fragmented sperm means a baby with only a single healthy copy of chromosomes—from the mother. Our autism spike is strong genes from mothers—mixed with incomplete DNA from fathers.The result is a baby with genes that are probably stronger than average, for the reason that those genes fought against all odds to be conceived. But tragically and ironically, those great genes appear weak because they are denied a complete set of DNA from the father.In a sense, human biology has provided an amazing safeguard against autism. We perceive that autism has spiked to a shocking level, but the reality is that male infertility has prevented vast numbers of autistic babies. Male infertility has protected our society from an epidemic that would have over-run our resources.
Men who are having problems with infertility should not fight natural selection. Instead of turning to fertility drugs, a man should keep his mobile phone away from his reproductive cells. When his sperm becomes healthy in a natural manner, nature is likely to favor a conception.
Language and Communication
In the case of our 20-year autism spike, autism is a word being used to describe cases where fragmented sperm cells successfully fertilize eggs and make babies.
A primary reason that autism has been so elusive to geneticists is because of the way men's sperm cells are being fragmented. Men's sperm cells are being randomly "zapped" by microwave radiation, thus they are affected in a wide spectrum of unhealthy ways. This is why autism is frequently seen as a "spectrum" disorder.
As you might imagine, sperm DNA can be fragmented in many different ways. Sometimes, it may be a slight fragmentation, barely noticeable as baby grows. In others, fragmentation may be so complete that baby never masters language at all. In most cases, the fragmentation level is average, where there are noticeable gaps in development but baby is still functional in many ways.
The key thing to remember is that each time a fragmented sperm cell goes on to fertilize an egg, it is a unique fragmentation. That is why geneticists will never be able to "decode" or "solve" autism. Each case of autism is too unique.
The reason that language and communication are primarily affected by fragmented sperm cells is because the evolution of language and communication was the most recent—and most complex—part of human evolution. Language and communication require a complex interaction of many genes to be successful.
Even a small fragmentation of the precious DNA code stored in a sperm cell is enough to disrupt a baby's ability to call upon the vital genes. It would be like asking a computer motherboard to correctly operate, but without certain chip subsystems.
Cell Phones Still SafeMobile phones are generally safe. WhyAutismHappens is not attacking mobile phones. The association being made is that when mobile phones are held or stored very close to men's reproductive cells, the result is reproductive DNA fragmentation. People with common sense agree: babies are healthier when the starting point is healthy, non-fragmented DNA from each parent.
There is no reason to fear or stop using your cell phone. There is a reason for young and middle-aged men to start carrying and storing their mobile phones differently. This will be a small price for men to pay compared to the price women pay during a pregnancy. Women go to great lengths to protect their babies in utero.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Cells phones, cell phone manufacturers, cell phone providers, cell phone service providers, and cell phone users are NOT being attacked with this health data. WhyAutismHappens uses, supports and likes cell phones. The way men carry their cell phones immediately next to their delicate reproductive cells is being linked to autism, and the practical solution of men using the "30 day no front pockets rule" is being recommended for couples who wish to increase their chances of having healthy children. This health announcement represents business opportunity for textile manufacturers to present men with safe, stylish options for carrying cell phones.
The Common Sense Factor
We have a long list of no-no's for pregnant women during their first trimester. They are warned against smoking. They are warned against drinking. They are warned against using drugs, including prescription drugs. They are warned against getting x-rays. They are warned about getting enough folic acid. They are warned to stay away from peeling paint and any renovation work. They are warned against taking herbal remedies. They are warned to avoid insecticides, weed killers, and fertilizers. They are warned to stay away from paints, varnish, shellac, turpentine, and paint strippers. They are warned to avoid electric blankets, saunas, whirlpools, hot tubs, and steam rooms. They are encouraged not to consume caffeine. They are warned, in general, to avoid all medicines except acetaminophen. They are even warned to stay away from cat litter boxes. Any of these inputs, as well as many others, are considered developmental hazards for unborn babies.
Women have a litany of precautions. So why is it ok for men to microwave their reproductive cells just before they fertilize the egg?
The answer: it's not ok.
We just think it's ok because it's what we've always done. We literally don't even think of it. It's as simple as that. And it's why 1 in 50 children is now being diagnosed with autism.
30 Day Rule
The good news: DNA fragmentation in reproductive cells caused by cell phones could be immediately stopped by young and middle-aged men in the days before they attempt to have children. The "30 day no front pockets rule" creates healthy sperm for baby.Even keeping cell phones out of the front pocket in the 30 days before attempting should create new, healthy reproductive cells without DNA fragmentation. Reproductive cells that won't be likely to cause autism. The "30 day no front pockets rule" is the fix to the autism spike of our times.
Of course there is always the long-term picture to consider too. The 1.6 watts per kilogram maximum SAR level allowed by the U.S. government isn't very toxic to our cells in a single dose. But if you get thousands of doses a year, or tens of thousands over a decade, reproductive tissue can incur long-term damage to the point men can't make reproductive cells with healthy DNA even if they stop storing their cell phones in their front pockets. Therefore, the wisest approach is for young and middle-aged men to permanently change their habit of keeping their cell phones in their front pockets.
What Can We Do?
What can men do? They can protect their reproductive cells by carring their cell phone a safe distance away. Once the public understands the issue, new products such as pouches that clip to the top of shoes will spring up, allowing men to safely carry their cell phones atop the bones of their feet. In the meantime, they can also carry their cell phones in their hands, as well as let the cell phones harmlessly sit atop a counter or table when they are at rest. One special note: men should NEVER drive in cars with their cell phones in their front pockets, as microwave radiation inside a vehicle is especially intense.
How far away do men need to keep cell phones from reproductive cells? At least as far as women keep cell phones from their eggs, which is a minimum of eight inches. Women are only passing 20% of autism; this means women's eggs have not been highly impacted by RF radiation. Thus, men should use eight inches as an entry-level distance standard for safety.
What can women do? At the minimum, they should enforce the "30 day no front pockets rule" on their male partners. Raising a child with autism is very difficult, both financially and emotionally. Women are inheriting a huge portion of that difficulty based on men's habits. Women must convince men to protect their sperm cells.Women can help actively apply the necessary social pressure to overcome the inertia of men's dangerous "front pockets" habit. In addition, the best solution is to permanently change men's behavior since conception accidents happen quite frequently; and also because preservation of men's reproductive tissue over the long-run is critical to maximize chances of having healthy children.
What should the government do? The rise is autism represents a public health and financial crisis. Unless we change, families will need more help than the government can afford. At our current rate of autism increase, families will need more help than the government can afford to give. The immediate solution is to issue a public health advisory to educate men on how to protect their reproductive cells from RF energy.
Additionally, more research needs to be funded and conducted as soon as possible. Specifically: 1) Research on the rate of autism inheritance from the maternal and paternal sides before 1990, when mobile phone use was uncommon. 2) Research on the rate of autism inheritance from the maternal and paternal side in cultures where mobile phones are not currently used.
Reducing Autism
As we have seen from the data, our autism spike is being caused by fathers. Prior to 1995, there was no spike in autism. Because of natural selection (i.e. sperm competition), it is probable that, prior to 1995, fathers contributed significantly less to autism than mothers. Since only 20% of today's autism is from mothers, we thus estimate between 60% to 80% of today's autism is caused specifically by radiation-damaged reproductive cells from fathers.
According to an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality report, there were 3,800,000 live births in the U.S. in 2011. Since we know 1 in 50 children is now being diagnosed with autism, we have roughly 76,000 new autism cases per year.
The cummulative math: 60% of 76,000 is 45,600 and 80% of 76,000 is 60,800. Thus we can say that autism will reduce in the United States by 46,000 to 61,000 cases per year when fathers begin protecting their reproductive cells from radiation.
Special Note to the Autistic Community
This website is not intended to insult you. WhyAutismHappens is only talking about 60 to 80% of autism; aka the autism spike. Your autism may not have been caused by RF energy exposure. Furthermore, you may have found that your autism is an advantage to you in your life. WhyAutismHappens does not have answers as to why autism happens naturally. However, protecting against unnecessary DNA fragmentation as a starting point for babies should be a positive shared goal.
In summary, we have nothing for sale. We are literally saying, "Fathers, don't put radiation right next to the ingredients you're making a baby with." If we make this change, we can go back to 1980s levels of autism spectrum disorders, which is to say 60% to 80% less.


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Medoro (Handel's Orlando), Ravinia, Lincoln Centre, NY, Tanglewood, Philharmonia Baroque
"Best of all was the English mezzo-soprano Diana Moore, whose warm,
noble sound imbued the role of Medoro with an aching appeal. The
highlight of the afternoon was her ravishing delivery of the aria "Verdi
allori" ("Verdant trees, always united, preserve our names"), after she
has carved her and Angelica's names in the forest. "
Mike Silverman, Associated Press
Mike Silverman, Associated Press
"To hear a first rate
period performance of a Handel opera in an intimate venue with a cast of
singers who are true masters of the period technique that these works
require is nothing short of a revelation. British mezzo-soprano Diana
Moore made a delightfully shameless seducer in the trouser role of
Chicago Classical Review
"Dominique Labelle used her flexible, burnished soprano thoughtfully in her dignified characterization of Angelica, and her florid ornamentation was often dazzling. Diana Moore, the mezzo-soprano, matched those qualities beautifully in her smooth-toned, compassionate account of Medoro."
New York Times
"Diana Moore introduced a suave, full-throated mezzosoprano as the African prince Medoro."
Martin Bernheimer, ft.com
The tender arioso, a love duet, of Medoro and Angelica, "Ritornava al suo bel viso" (Returning to his beautiful face) showcased perfectly blended harmonics and book-matched voices. Moore and Labelle, who sang as though truly, madly, deeply in love for a long time, effectively captured the depth of Handel's music. In Medoro's aria, "Verdi allori" later in Act II, Moore sang with limpid grace.
Robert Levin, The Boston
Musical Intelligencer
Medoro (Handel's Orlando), San Francisco, Philharmonia Baroque
"Labelle was well matched by Moore, a
commanding English mezzo-soprano making her first Philharmonia
appearance. As Medoro, an African prince, Moore mustered a rich and
evocative sound that seemed to caress Handel's phrases with sensuous
directness, most alluringly in the slow and heartfelt aria Verdi allori."
Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle
"Diana Moore's warm, plush mezzo-soprano was an asset in the role of Medoro"
Georgia Rowe, Mercury News
"Handel gives the pair of lovers, Angelica and Medoro, little to match Orlando's novelties, but ...Diana Moore (Medoro) executed (her) role with peerless grace. Moore's was a deft, complex take both on Medoro and the trouser role more generally, and her vocal strengths clearly exceed the relatively unremarkable part."
Adeline Mueller, musical criticism.com
"Diana Moore offered another refreshingly serious performance amid the comic posturing. She embodied a disarmingly manly Medoro in this trousers role, running around the church in defence of Angelica and pursuit of Orlando. Her voice combines a warmth and firmness in a way that is rare in a mezzo, and her "Verdi allori," the famous lilting, tree-carving aria, was the most musically satisfying moment of the entire opera."
Jonathan Rhodes Lee, San Francisco Classical Voice
"Medoro can easily be a lightweight, something like Paris in the Greek legends: a youthful prince, he lacks the heroism of Orlando, and as a lover he's also less than noble, since he initially deceives Dorinda, and is fairly passive in his relationship with Angelica. But Diana Moore made the case for him about as well as it can be made, through the authority of sheer vocal beauty. At moments I was reminded of the sound of Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. I'd love to hear more of her."
Patrick Vaz, The Reverberant Hills
Penelope (Monteverdi's Il Ritorno d'Ulisse)
Moore's Penelope, a mixture of intelligence with musicianship and beauty
of tone and perfect restraint that highlighted the emotional depth of
each moment."
Robert Thicknesse, The Guardian
Armindo (Handel's Partenope), Early Opera Company
Moore gave a powerful performance as the besuited Armindo."
Lawrence Hughes, The Independent
"As Partenope's true love, Diana Moore briefly fooled me into believing that she too was a man, so natural and elegant did she look in her suit, but the role was indeed written for a woman and her very individual tone defied categorisation in a perfectly lovely performance."
Rodney Milnes, The Times
Bach's B minor Mass, Gabrielli Consort, Spitalfields Festival
The mezzo-soprano Diana Moore truly
encompassed the breadth of Bach's requirements. Her richly expressive
Agnus Dei found both awe and majesty: just the performance needed to add
depth to McCreesh's lightness of touch."
Neil Fisher, The Times
Elgar's Sea Pictures, Guildford Cathedral
"Diana Moore's performance of Sea Pictures
was, in turn, deeply moving and exhilarating,... filling the Cathedral
with her warm tone."
Surrey Advertiser
Bach's St Matthew Passion, Gabrielli Consort, La Chaise Dieu Festival
"The remarkable young mezzo-soprano Diana Moore (whose voice sounds like that of the young Lorraine Hunt) gave a rapturous account of the St. Matthew's alto solos." andante.com
Copland's In the Beginning & Durufle's Requiem, Ex Cathedra"If Diana Moore is not the finest mezzo soprano to sing in Chichester Cathedral then, at the very least, she is equal to the very best. Diana's voice was absolutely captivating and beguiling, filling the Cathedral with a most joyful and happy sound."
English Song Weekend at Ludlow 2010
"The importance of eye-contact without the score intervening as a barrier between the interaction of singer and audience was a point reinforced in a fascinating and informal lecture-recital given by mezzo Diana Moore (with) pianist Christopher Gould. Charting the actual changes in the approach to interpretation over the last 130 years, these engaging musicians enlightened with a variety of live examples, Moore's wonderful tones so sensitively inflected, her volume never exceeding the capabilities of the hall. When she sang Lynne Plowman's rapturous response to e e cummings' I carry your heart with me, the world briefly seemed to come to a stop."
Christopher Morley,
Birmingham Post


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Another Family Blames Veterans Home For Loved One's Death
By Jennifer Kraus
Consumer Investigator
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- Five years ago, a NewsChannel 5 investigation first exposed problems with patient care at the Tennessee State Veterans Home. After that, the U.S. Department of Justice launched its own investigation and found the state had failed to properly care for the veterans at the home and even contributed to some of their deaths.
Now, NewsChannel5 Investigates has found some of the same problems are happening again and, once again, a family is blaming the Veterans Home for their loved one's death.
Brenda Hickley recalls, "I put him in a nursing home which is a hard enough decision, God knows, so he would be safe, and he was not safe."
Hickley says what happened to her father at the Tennessee State Veterans Home in Murfreesboro would never have happened had the state-run nursing home for veterans done what it was supposed to.
"He would not have fallen. He would not have had to go through what he went through," Hickley told NewsChannel5 Investigates.
Her father, Thomas Grelen, was a staff sergeant with the Army Air Force, station in Japan shortly after World War II. He was proud to be a veteran, and that's why his daughter thought the Veterans Home would be a perfect fit.
But on March 6th of last year, she says, that all changed.
"He was moving backwards, stepping backwards, going to sit down on the bed, and he told the technician, 'I'm not back far enough.' And, she told him..."
Hickley fights back tears and then continues. "She told him, 'Don't worry about it.' And he slid off the bed and..."
Again, her voice chokes up.
What happened next was her father came crashing down. His right leg bent backwards and broke in several places. It was pinned underneath him and left that way for more than 20 minutes until paramedics arrived. By the time he got to the hospital, doctors said they couldn't save the leg and they were forced to amputate it.
"He was devastated by it," Hickley shared.
She says her father quickly went downhill from there, and just weeks later, he died, according to the autopsy, from complications caused by the fall.
The U.S. Justice Department had already warned the Veterans Home that it had an "unacceptably high" rate of falls that needed to be addressed. In fact, just a year before Thomas Grelen died, the Justice Department gave the state a list of corrective measures and said to get those problems fixed immediately.
But Hickley believes, "It was not fixed."
Because her father was prone to falls, his medical chart had repeated notations saying he needed maximum assistance or at least two people to move him from his wheelchair to his bed, but the home didn't follow that plan. When he fell, Grelen's daughter says he had just one female technician by his side.
Attorney Russ Thomas told NewsChannel5 Investigates, "It was a very clear case." Thomas represents Grelen's family who sued the state and Veterans Home for medical malpractice, negligence, and breaching the standard of care.
He says the state quickly offered to settle the case out of court.
NewsChannel5 Investigates asked Thomas, "They (the state) didn't put up much of a fight?"
"No, they did not," he answered.
The state refused to talk about the case, but a spokesperson was quick to point out that the facility got a five-star rating last year from the federal agency that oversees nursing homes.
And NewsChannel5 Investigates discovered that rating was based on care provided during the same time period Thomas Grelen fell and died.
Attorney Russ Thomas says, "I can't imagine how they would have gotten a five-star rating with a situation such as Mr. Grelen's occurring."
And, Grelen's daughter feels the same way. "It makes me want to stand in front of the facility with a sign saying, 'You're not a five-star. You've got a lot of work to do.'"
Grelen's family says they sued because they didn't want his death to be swept under the rug, and they hoped it would at least encourage the state to make changes, so another veteran wouldn't have to go through what he did.
So how did the Veterans Home get a five-star rating? It turns out, the federal agency that gave the home that rating didn't know about Thomas Grelen's fall or his death.
But the state never reported it even though there are rules that nursing homes must report unusual events like this.
The federal agency tells NewsChannel5 Investigates they're now looking into the situation.
The family sued the state for $300,000, the maximum allowed by law. The two sides agreed to settle for $245,000.
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Delaying Dubnyk's Deal
With Dubnyk's season over it can't be a matter of wanting to see more games. What can it be about other than money?
Interesting quote from Schremp on the matter:
Signing a three-year contract with Edmonton before his return to London also made another year of junior more palatable.
"It makes things a lot easier when they sign you because you could spend the whole year going 'Do they want you?"' Schremp said. "It's kind of a lot of pressure. Signing a contract was a relief. It lets you know you definitely have a spot in their organization."
Should be read anything into Schremp being signed, and Dubnyk still not signed a year later, a month and a day from the deadline before re-entry (should Dubnyk re-enter, the Oilers would receive 44 OV in the 2006 draft as compensation)?


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Meet the Press host: Maybe it's time Obama started blaming Bush for stuff
**Written by Doug Powers
If you need further proof that some members of the mainstream media do not reside on the same planet as the rest of us, here it is:
Partial transcript by way of Newsbusters:
LAUER: And how does Barack Obama go out there on the campaign trail and say, "I can do in the next four years what I have failed to accomplish in the last three and a half"?
GREGORY: I mean if it comes down to that, Matt, it's a bad day for him. Mitt Romney is running the campaign he wants to run, which is just a referendum. "You're not happy about the economy, this guy's been there for four years, vote him out of office. You need an alternative." What the President's got to do is say, "Hey, don't forget about George W. Bush. Things got really, really bad under him."
Blame Bush? What an original concept. Hopefully on Meet the Press this weekend one of the guests is from the Obama administration so Gregory can offer them his unique and untested campaign strategy advice.
In the coming weeks as the campaign heats up, I'm also expecting David Gregory to suggest that it might be a good idea for Obama to start having some fundraisers and try unwinding by taking up golf.
**Written by Doug Powers
Twitter @ThePowersThatBe
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Elizabeth Warren campaign seeks donations to cover $400k debt for 'last minute pizza and coffee'
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Detroit councilwoman to mayor: We supported Obama overwhelmingly, so go get a bailout from him because he owes us
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This past month Angel Island Conservancy (AIC) was the chosen recipient of the Whole Foods Market (WFM) Community Giving Day, where 5% of that day's net sales are donated to a local nonprofit. And it was a tremendous success! AIC will be receiving an award of $2,975!
As shown in the below photos, AIC was provided with a table for the day. We had the opportunity to share our mission with WFM shoppers and as a 'thank you' for their contributions toward the 5% day we awarded a free raffle prize for an 'Angel Island Fun Package' for 4 to a lucky WFM shopper.
Thanks to Board member Lisa Klairmont and special event planner, Lisa Eltinge for sharing 'table' coverage. Thanks to Brownlie Raffaini, WFM's Marketing and Community Relations Team Leader, for all her support and assistance. And, thank you to everyone that shopped and/or spread the word!
Angel Island Conservancy works in partnership with Angel Island State Park to raise funds and develop programs for a local treasure that has something for everyone.
We do this with our community for our community.
Whether we're offering a scholarship program funding visits for underserved students or implementing an interpretive revitalization master plan, we want to work with you to elevate Angel Island to a Bay Area must-see destination.
Whole Foods Market is the world's largest retailer of natural and organic foods, with stores throughout North America and the United Kingdom. Whole Foods on Miller Ave will be celebrating its 20th year anniversary this July. Whole Foods' team members are part of the local community and are passionate about supporting the local causes that are important to Whole Foods shoppers and neighbors.


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The Honolulu Festival is Hawaii's premier cultural event, promoting understanding, economic cooperation and ethnic harmony between the people of Hawaii and the Pacific Rim region. Each year, the Festival draws thousands of new and returning spectators who are looking for an experience beyond Hawaii.
Through educational programs and activities sponsored by the Honolulu Festival Foundation, the Festival continues to successfully share the rich and vibrant blend of Asia, Pacific and Hawaiian cultures with the rest of the world.
The Honolulu Festival is a wonderful addition to your Hawaiian vacation. The three day extravaganza occurs every year in March on a weekend from Friday through Sunday. Dance performances and traditional art demonstrations are displayed by artisans from Japan, Australia, Tahiti, Philippines, Taiwan, Korea, Hawaii and the rest of the United States. The Festival culminates with a spectacular parade down Kalakaua Avenue in Waikiki, Hawaii.