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How long will the crash last?
After one of the worst sell-offs in history, a look at what's next.
Wall Street traders returned to work Monday in the mood to sell after mulling the consequences of America's first-ever credit downgrade last week. Main Street investors, with a mix of fear, anger and uncertainty, piled on, too.
The result was one of the deepest sell-offs in market history and a continuation of a now 3-week-old wipe-out for stocks. Out of the 3,085 issues that trade on the New York Stock Exchange, just 42 managed to move higher. That's less than 1.4%. And that's the worst result in more than 70 years.
Over the past 11 trading days, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has lost nearly 1,900 points, falling to levels not seen since September 2010. That's a drop of nearly 15% -- enough to nearly wipe out the gains from the Federal Reserve's most recent $600 billion stimulus. This is a drop on par with the 2008 financial crisis, the 1987 Black Monday crash and the various Great Depression meltdowns.
For beleaguered investors, the question is: When does this nightmare end?
The good news is, at least a temporary reprieve seems to be in the cards.
Could we see a turn?
History points to a bounce. SentimenTrader looked back at all the times since 1950 that the S&P 500 had sunk at least 5% in one day to a six-month low after having already lost at least 5% in the previous week. In all five cases -- 1962, 1987, 1998, and twice in 2008 -- stocks rebounded strongly during the next several sessions.
The median gain three days later was nearly 10%, with a max gain of nearly 15% and a max loss of 3.7%.
Technically, by just about any short-term measure you'd care to use, the situation is extremely overextended to the downside. I'll review two.
The first is the McClellan Oscillator, which is a measure of breadth momentum. Right now, the measure has dropped to a level that has been seen only four other times over the past 11 years. One was the 9/11 sell-off. The other was in October 2008 after Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke seemed to downplay the need for additional monetary policy stimulus at a time when interest rates were near 2% even as the financial system was collapsing. The other two were during last summer's "flash crash" and eurozone collapse.
In all four cases, the deep oversold reading marked a point of maximum downward velocity. Back in 2008, which is probably most like our current predicament, stocks bounced more than 10% in the days that followed.
The second is the ARMs Index, which measures the intensity of selling pressure. High readings, like Monday's, happen when down volume relative to up volume outpaces advancing issues versus declining issues.
Translation: Investors are much, much more focused on the stocks that are falling. That's a sign of panic. And panic tends to mark the washout selling events that occur near market lows.
All of this suggests that, for a few days at least, the downside pressure should begin to dissipate.
But is the bull dead?
Now for the bad news. The sell-off we've all just witnessed may have been enough to kill the long-term bull market. It's too early to know for sure. But there are troubling signs.
For one, long-term measures of market breadth, such as the cumulative NYSE advance-decline volume line, suggest buyers were less interested in stocks heading into the mid-July highs than they were back in May and February. These types of declines in interest typify major market tops such as the one seen in mid- to late 2007.
I recommend investors move to a 100% cash position if they've been short. If you've been holding on to your long positions, there isn't much sense in selling now. Give it a few days.
My newsletter subscribers covered their remaining short positions Monday after riding the market down since July 22. For the month to date, they are up more than 7% versus a 13.4% decline for the S&P 500.
Highlights include a nearly 20% gain for our short in high-end retailer Saks (SKS) -- a pick that was featured in the Edge Sample Portfolio, which tracks picks for my MSN Money readers in real time here. You can see how the trade progressed since we added it on Aug. 1 in the chart above.
Time will tell whether this is a dip to buy or a temporary reprieve on the path to new lows. Tuesday's Federal Reserve policy meeting could provide the catalyst needed for a rebound rally. If it does, I'll have new recommendations soon. Stay tuned.
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It is necessary to remember just 11 years ago there was a $110 billion surplus. Bush's tax cuts, two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, prescription drug benefit, the TARP bailout of billions and the recession caused by Wall Street's banking melt down of mortgage backed securities and credit default swaps caused this mess.
Get out of Iraqi and Afghanistan, cut the bloated 526 Billion defense budget significantly, let the Bush tax cuts expire and you are quickly half way there if the economy recovers just a bit.
For 40 years we have listened to the same tired nonsense, just cut taxes, mostly on upper income people and corporations, deregulated everything and just stand back and let the magic of Wall Street and lassez faire capitalism make us all rich!
People never learn
I believe that there wont be a Recession because I don't believe it will get any better than this. This is the new Normal, the unemployment will be what it is now for many years if not decades. Spending will hold the same for most people. THIS IS THE NEW NORMAL and you folks that think things will get to be like it was during the booming FALSE economy need to get a grip on reality.
Welcome to reality!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anthony: How can we believe you? Read your advice from 3 weeks ago:
7/13/2011 4:24 PM ET by Anthony Mirhardari: Time to buy: Here's what and why.
And kjho, yes this is the new normal as long as Obama is president.
The two thousand page financial regulation bill, two thousand page Obamacare bill, the EPA declaring carbon dioxide to be a pollutant, the NLRB ordering Boeing not to open a billion dollar aircraft plant and the refusal to drill for our own oil are all placing an unreasonable burden on our economy. This is not rocket science! We can make our economy better if we want to.
The trigger mechanism, which would split spending reductions equally between U.S. defense and domestic programs, is the product of months of unsuccessful negotiations among congressional Republicans, Democrats and the White House to strike a broader deal to rein in entitlement programs like Medicare and to overhaul the tax code. While the cuts are supposed to be automatic, Congress can delay or override them if they prove too painful -- defense spending would be reduced by 9.1 percent over a decade while non-defense programs would be cut 7.9 percent. That's what lawmakers did with the 1985 Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Balanced Budget Act, the template for the trigger.
The trigger mechanism also won't include the entitlement- benefit cuts that rankle Democrats or call for tax increases reviled by Republicans, both of which may be necessary to pose a credible threat of mutual pain on the two parties that would motivate the super committee to reach a compromise. The legislation calls for the committee to find savings through spending reductions and tax increases, beyond the $917 billion in cuts that lawmakers agreed to on Aug. 2. If the panel agrees on a plan, Congress has until Dec. 23 to hold an up-or- down vote on it or the trigger will be set off, prompting $1.2 trillion in automatic, across-the-board spending cuts over nine years, beginning in 2013, after the presidential election. One target would be Medicare, though the spending reduction would be capped at 2 percent and aimed at health-care providers, not benefits. Funding would also be threatened for the National Institutes of Health, alternative energy programs and hundreds more government agencies
The Congressional liars are already figuring out how to renege on the cuts. The US doen't even desire a A, it should be a B-- credit rating.
Some people are taking the S&P, DOW and other indexes too seriously and do not relate the market to their own portfolios. The market went down yesterday by 634 (DOW) and I lost X amount of dollars in my portfolio.
Today the Market was up by 88 and then dropped to -160 on the DOW and my portfolio made back 2/3 of what I dropped Yesterday. At 429.92 my portfolio is up 1.4283 times the loss of yesterday (today's gain/X). I have only four stocks in the S&P 500 index and 2 in the DOW. The two stocks in the DOW, namely MO and T are also in the S&P 500.
So be wary of pundits that cry about the DOW and other indexes. They probably may affect you, but not in a direct relationship if you do not own stocks included in those indexes.
I would say buy good dividend stocks and they will rebound faster than those without Dividends. Also if stocks are not on everyone's radar they can be too stable for some in an average market, but for a large drop in the DOW like yesterday, stocks not on the radar may weather the storm a lot better and even come back stronger from a resultant DOW upturn.
Anthony, could you please predict another roaring bull market like you did on 6/14 ("Rebound rally just getting started….sentiment has become overly pessimistic as investors price in a new recession that is a few years away")?
This time could you please predict one that will last at least 30 years. These fluctuations are making us all dizzy.
yes, three weeks ago this "EXPERT" was saying it was time to buy.......
try being a weatherman.....you are just as accurate........mindless "EXPERT" cheerleaders, unprinciples talking heads and us, the mindless sheep just follow.......need to re-boot the system.....including the draconian tea baggers....all we have now is "give it all to the poor"......Dems......"give it all to the rich"...Rebs......"dont give anything to anybody, dont do anything"...tea-baggers..........
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The Indian Iron and Steel industry has witnessed a sea of changes over the years with respect to technology and innovation, business strategy and other related issues. However, some significant issues have cropped up during the recent times related to the non-availability of key raw materials (iron ore, coking coal) and hence, there is a sharp rise in price of finished steel and a shortage in supply, says a Frost & Sullivan study.
Moreover, due to high input costs and non-availability of raw materials (a blanket ban on iron ore mining in Karnataka by the Supreme Court for fear of large scale environmental degradation via illegal mining, is one of the key contributors), certain steel producers are under utilising their capacities and foresee having to shut down their operations – if the scenario worsens.
The iron ore eAuction in Karnataka is expected to bring down the profitability of steel-sponge iron companies in Karnataka and nearby locations. Iron ore procurement through eauction is resulting in under utilisation of their installed capacities as eauction does not guarantees iron ore quality and quantity procured. This scenario is expected to have a negative impact on the total finished steel output in the medium term.
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Profitability margins of the steel-sponge iron companies (operating out of Karnataka and nearby clusters) is expected to spiral downwards due to increased procurement costs and resultant lower capacity utilisation due to non-availability of iron ore, which may not cover the overhead costs fully.
To operate their plants at desired capacities steel companies in the South (especially in Karnataka) are looking at other sources (from Jharkhand and Orissa) to procure iron ore. Hence, this might cause the demand supply gap to widen in other states too - resulting in shift of supply chain dynamics and price fluctuations and non availability of finished steel products.
The actual effect of the eAuction system would reflect in lower profitability during Q3 and Q4 of FY12. Frost & Sullivan envisages that this would have a significant negative impact on the industry volume. However, specific companies would face challenges in their diversification plans.
Over the long-term, we expect that the Government would implement efficient policy measures by which India can achieve the planned total steel output targets – as per National Steel Policy (which is to be tabled for revision soon).
We foresee that large steel companies would focus more on strategising their iron ore sourcing practices via backward integration (acquiring iron ore mines in India or abroad). Medium and small scale companies are expected to form an alliance to acquire mining licenses or acquire active mines to source iron ore (from Karnataka).


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I haven't had the chance to just "talk" about what I've been doing these past few weeks so I just wanted to drop a few lines. Mainly I've been organizing my business (the most important part of the process), submitting work, partying for my birthday, sending my sister off to college and really grinding this thing called life out. I seriously can't believe how quickly this year has gone by but thankfully it has been one of the most productive years of my musical life (thanx WIllie). SO everyone around me feels like this is the beginning… I'm like dude- I've been doing this for so long that sometimes it feels like the end but the encouragement keeps me focused. Anyway… we'll probably have a site up soon, and I'm also setting up my Bandcamp page so you guys will have the free download from my 1st project- "Old Spirit, Young Soul." I think when you hear it, you will fully become a pilgrim on this journey with me… Ok, well I'm about to go but I want to thank everyone that came out to my birthday party last week, I had TOO much fun ;) Deangela- I love you and be good in college, and everyone go to gotpropain.com and download Departure :)
Love you all and later gator,
I just wanted to let you all know Freedom Cry has been added to Zune and Myspace Music… and yes It's still on iTunes and Amazon!!!
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I've been up since like 5 or 6 this morning feeling a bit weird and I guess I can blame it on the dream I had last night along with a few anxieties I've been having over the state of my life/my birthday coming up next week. I know you're wondering about the dream so here it goes…
I was at sea with a group of people in this modernized old school ship that could go underwater. After traveling about a day (underwater) we ran into a humongous "school" of gigantic jellyfish. As we began talking about the "fish" (and other randomness) their tentacles started to come closer to the boat and the louder we got, the faster the stingers began to chase us. After some dramatic scenes, that I'll spare you of, someone said "they won't chase us if we're quiet". Low and behold it was the truth. We made it to our destination like champions but still very shaken up. Everyone in the group lived but had to display bravery beyond belief to keep their lives.
I seriously had a mini movie going but I wonder if God is trying to tell me something lol? Do I have "jellyfish" around or are they coming when I "set sail" very soon? I obviously trust the people around me but I guess my mind is preparing me for something… What do you think?
Just breathing in all of the wonderful sounds that have influenced my musical growth. I (of course) have greats like Sade, The Emotions, The Police, Earth, Wind & Fire, George Michael, Santana, Anita Baker, Prince, Tina Turner, and Phil Collins on deck but India.Arie, E.Badu, Talib Kweli, A. Keys, Beyonce, Sara Bareilles, J.Monae, and Nelly Furtado are killing it too. It makes my heart so full to listen to songs that have in some way helped shape the world and musical universe. I mean there's nothing like revisiting music and remembering the time when you first heard a song on the radio or when your parents told you the story about where they were the day they first heard something. I just love when simply listening to something inspires me, and I feel like I have the capacity to do anything… and when I'm getting lost in my little musical Utopia I try to respect the potency of music. Music is a powerful yet underestimated nexus… it can connect us in ways we don't even understand. I wish folks could realize how special that is and how truly special the gift to create music is. I personally hope to never take it for granted.
"Sound Wave" (2007) by Jean Shin


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Hopkins County Assault Arrest
(Nortonville, KY) - On Monday, March 1, 2004 at approximately 1940 hours, the Kentucky State Police Post 2 received a call reference a fight complaint at the Nortonville City Hall.
After arriving at the scene, troopers determined that the Mayor of Nortonville, James Noel, had been assaulted by Elbert and Delbert Powell. During the city counsel meeting, the mayor did not allow the Powells to voice their complaint about a tattered American Flag.
After the meeting adjourned, the mayor still would not listen to their complaint. The Powell brothers followed the mayor outside of the city hall building and confronted him.
Delbert Powell is accused of physically detaining the mayor while Elbert Powell is accused of striking the mayor several times. The Mayor, James Noel, was transported to the Regional Medical Center and admitted for injuries sustained to his face and head.
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Hi, When viewing clash detection reports in Navisworks Manage, it allows each clash viewport to dim all other steel that is not involved with that certain clash. However when viewing the same clashes in Navisworks Freedom, there is no option to dim all steel that is not involved with that clash. Does anybody know of a solution to this problem? Thanks, Dan.
No, there's no way around that. The Clash Detective module applies a variety of view settings at run-time which are not saved in the viewpoint. This feature (run-time Clash Viewer, view-as-clash, whatever you want to call it) has been a popular request for a number of releases.
bad news, it seems strange to expect clients to purchase navisworks manage if they want to view the work as we have done it. I guess there is no way of scripting navisworks freedom to hide everything no selected either?
The views are specifically set up for users with Clash Detective, so for Navisworks Manage users. The most common workflow to get these out into Freedom is to export a Viewpoint Report then manually go in and change any viewpoints where objects obscure the clash, these can also contain comments about the Clash which can be viewed in Freedom.
I produce a multitude of information for clash management. The NWF gets saved clash views, for those using Simulate and those using a published NWD. The saved views include redlines and additional comments where required for clarity. An HTML clash report is generated, along with a picture which shows the shaded and highlighted objects as in the Clash Detective. Since most of our checkers are "seniors" who are used to doing yellow-off and other checking on paper a hard copy of the HTML clash report is created as well. On top of all of that, the clash NWF is in a common network location and our single Manage license is network (as opposed to stand-alone) so they can take turns electronically approving clashes.
The clash report can be generated in XML, which includes selection tree information about what is clashing. In theory, a talented programmer could create something to manipulate the display properties in Freedom using the XML file as the shaded/highlighted object identifiers. If somebody created a third-party application which did this (plug-in for Simulate, not sure if Freedom supports plug-ins so external automation there) I'm pretty certain it would sell well enough to be viable.
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Fresno, CA (Sports Network) - Dorian Green scored 17 points as the Colorado State Rams took down the Fresno State Bulldogs, 74-63, in a Mountain West Conference clash at the Save Mart Center.
Wes Eikmeier and Pierce Hornung each added 12 points and Colton Iverson and Greg Smith each tacked on 11 for Colorado State (16-4, 3-2 MWC) which has won three of its last four. Iverson also brought in a game-high 13 rebounds.
Tyler Johnson scored 23 points and Marvelle Harris and Allen Huddleston each added 15 for Fresno State (7-12, 1-5) which has lost five of its last six.
Colorado State got out to a 38-20 lead at the half by shooting 47.8 percent from the field while holding Fresno State to just 32 percent shooting.
In the second half the Rams cooled to 40.9 percent shooting but, using a 17-of-21 effort from the free-throw line, were able to hold on for the win.
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After reading my colleague Melissa Burdon's last two posts about impressive testing wins with a client, I thought it would be fun to discuss the amazing financial gains that come to businesses that keep testing instead of assuming they've gotten their "win" and should move on to other things. I hope to illustrate that in conversion rate optimization, persistence pays off in real financial value.
I also want to help illustrate the power of "compounding conversion optimization," meaning that, like compounding interest on a bank account, continuing to make small, incremental increases to conversion rate adds up to big ROI over time. This is especially true in a competitive environment where you decide to be more disciplined about conversion rate optimization than your competitor(s).
To illustrate this concept, let's take a hypothetical site's KPIs, and then check out some visual aids. Let's say you have a website set up to market and sell Devo "Energy Dome" hats. You know, the red hats the 80s band, Devo, wore/wear that look like red flowerpots? OK, you can act like you don't know what I'm talking about…whatever . Here's Paris rocking one.
Your Energy Dome site gets 5,000 unique visitors a month. It converts at 1% historically. The Average Order Value of a sale/conversion is $25. So, that's a $1,250 per month business.
You have a competitor whose site also gets 5,000 uniques a month, converts at 1%, and has an AOV of $25. So, you're in a dead heat, making the same amount of money, while competing to acquire the same prospective customers.
Then, you run a test and have a very successful outcome. The variation beats the control by 100%, so you make the variation the new default, and now your conversion rate has doubled, and you have a $2,500 per month business.
Your competitor runs a miraculously similar test, and gets identical results. Double the conversion rate; double the business. Your competitor heads down to the local bar to celebrate and brag about how he doubled his business overnight.
But you keep going, and run a series of four additional tests, all resulting in much smaller gains. Let's say your next four wins increase conversion rate by 50%, then 20%, then only 10%, then a mere 5%. In the chart [click to enlarge], the blue trend line shows you starting out making large gains, then eventually reach a point nearing "diminishing returns." The red line is your lazy competitor, who stopped optimizing and headed to the local pub.
While the progression of conversion rate increases gets less and less impressive (2% to 3% to 3.6% to 3.96% to 4.16%) after that first big "win," think about the financial impact of the smaller, incremental improvements. You're now a $5,200 per month business instead of the $2,500 your competitor stopped at, or the $1,250 business you both started out at.
Take another look at the chart [click to enlarge]. Your competitor's area of profit stayed static, and maybe is starting to shrink because your site is so well improved. You both doubled your business overnight, but you more than doubled your business again by running a few more tests!
And now that you're making $2,700 a month more than your competitor, what should you do? You can now invest in more marketing and site improvements that will take more market share from your already ailing foe.
In the highly competitive and budget-constrained world of online marketing, can you afford NOT to get on a program of continuous improvement? We're not talking about simply running a few basic tests…we're talking about a slow-and-steady disciplined approach to relatively small improvements over time.
If you've done some testing, and are getting bored, I hope this encourages you to stick with it. If you haven't started testing, I hope this illustrates a relatively straightforward way to beat your competition. What say you? Do you want to slay the dragon slowly?
Gains you make optimizing your website pay off month after month and keep on paying.
I find it difficult to keep my business colleagues focussed on optimising the same site process again and again.
They have a tendency to get bored and always want to jump to looking at the navigation or another cool new feature that just got launched.
This post has made me think and the mathematics should be pretty compelling. I will endeavour to stick to my guns in future but any tips on keeping conversion rate optimisation on track and focussed where it can have maximum impact would be gratefully received.
Very cool stuff. It is amazing how only a few percentage increases means thousands of dollars more to your bottom line!
A really convincing article! Thanks so much for sharing this. A little is better than none and small things really do matter.
The big players in mortgage and EDU lead gen have been doing this for years… their funnels are as slick as they get, yet they are still always testing!
Here's a related question.
How to get clients to try new variants of the same thing – for example to keep on trying new headlines.
Clients get bored with testing one element and want to wander off and test some different part of the site.
Any tips?
Great stuff guys. It like I have always said about SEO, don't be satisfied with ranking a certain number and getting traffic. Just think what you would get with a few percentage point increases!
@John (York UK): To get clients to keep testing the same element ongoing, we use the "always challenge the winner" approach. Whatever wins the test becomes the default, and you immediately challenge the winner again.
Prioritization is key as well. Sometimes it's better to go off and test something else. Or, sometimes it's better to cycle multiple rounds of testing on the same thing. Whenever possible, have multiple tests running at the same time.
Spokane is right about this matters – players in the mortgage industry have tried this for years.
Thanks for your answer.
Optimization is very important although it's a tough and boring job it usually increased my revenue a lot so I keep doing it for every site.
I need to look into this. My conversion could use some improvement for sure. I have a niche site that gets a steady 150 visitors per day with very few conversions. I probably need to be building an email list so I can convert my list rather than raw visitors.
Any articles on multivariate testing in the future?
You are correct, conversion is the most powerful form of leverage in marketing. That's why we began using audio in 2002 and video in 2003 because we saw up to a 50% improvement in conversion rates. Now everything we do is a combination of text for seo and video for conversion!
I am guilty of sitting back and hoping for miracles once a site is up and running but I find it really interesting how such seemingly small changes can have such a big impact. It's so easy to overlook these things which can in practice make a world of difference!
Never stop optimizing and seeking better results. First, you learn more and can apply that knowledge to future endeavors. Second, it is more profitable as pointed out. I've continued to optimize some online ads and the finished CTR is so much higher than where I started. Persistence pays off.
I agree with you jason, although boring we have to keep working hard to keep the site. perhaps we do the same thing
A significant factor in making a good investment is considering the time that you will be able to invest for, optimization is important and increases revenue if done well.
We do not otherwise calculate to such details. Will use it in future. Increasing the conversion rate is not an easy job and with these calculations I guess we can make the bottomline profit better.
Fantastic article. Yeah I'll definitely keep this in mind. I think a lot of time people try to test and get frustrated with lack of results or do not know how to accurately test variations and wind up quitting.
Optimization is very important although it's a tough and boring job it usually increased my revenue a lot so I keep doing it for every site.
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Spot on article, a lot of people think its just about getting traffic to your site, whereas a small increase in conversion rate can make a huge increase in yearly turnover.
It's all about testing of new ideas. And sometimes small moves are making a great results.
Thanks for the kick in the butt! Your illustration has motivated me to get with my analytics and continue to challenge the status quo!
This is honestly a lot like the compounding increase in traffic climbing big G ladder. With each position on page 1 you increase your traffic goes up exponentially…
Optimization is very important although it's a tough and boring job it usually increased my revenue a lot so I keep doing it for every site.
Thanks for the kick in the butt! Your illustration has motivated me to get with my analytics and continue to challenge the status quo
Ok i must admit i didnt understand much of what you had to say about conversion rate increase. lol Anyway i think i'll stick to my safaris


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Defining the role of Hippo signaling in β-cell development, maintenance, and regeneration.
By restoring the numbers and functionality of β-cells, an anticipated therapy for Type-1 and Type-2 diabetes is on the horizon. The survival and functionality of islets after transplantation decreases significantly over time and does not provide a definitive long-term solution for patient treatment. However, the fact that diabetic recipients become insulin-independent over an initial period of time suggests that replenishment with functional β-cells may offer a more sufficient therapy for those suffering with diabetes. Nonetheless, the lack of a reliable and functional source of β-cells has limited this approach.
Recent efforts have focused on increasing total β-cell mass by understanding the mechanisms involved in their differentiation, proliferation and regeneration. We are actively investigating one such biochemical pathway, known as the Hippo signaling pathway. First discovered in 2007, Hippo signaling is responsible for maintaining proper organ size through its negative effect on Yap. Yap is a transcriptional co-activator responsible for stimulating cell proliferation.
Work has shown that inhibition of the Hippo pathway leads to massive tissue overgrowth, whereas over activation leads to tissue degeneration. Balance in Hippo signaling is therefore required for maintaining a tissue in its homoeostatic state. Hippo signaling is also essential during periods of tissue regeneration, for example in wound healing. In these circumstances Hippo signaling is down regulated allowing for an increased expression of Yap-dependent transcription genes required for cell proliferation and tissue remodeling. Proper signaling through this pathway is required for maintenance of progenitor cell populations. This is important since progenitors are generally the source of new cells during periods of regeneration and day-to-day tissue maintenance.
We have identified active Hippo signaling (known as PO4-Mst1/2) throughout human and mouse pancreas and have observed hyper-active Hippo signaling within pancreatic islets. The target gene of Hippo signaling, Yap, is greatly suppressed within the islets, where growth is limited, however, the highest levels of Yap expression are seen in the pancreatic ducts. These ductal structures have a high mitotic rate and also contain pancreas progenitor properties.
Extensive loss of β-cell mass and functionality is the main factor afflicting those with diabetes. Replenishing this vital cell source, as completed in islet cell transplants for example, has the potential to reverse complications produced by the disease. Currently, the availability of donor islet tissue is limiting, rendering this approach the exception rather than the norm. We hope that our research will produce novel insights on the biochemical signaling that regulates β-cell development and regeneration. Results from this research can be applied to what we already know about basic pancreas and islet biology and serve to enhance the clinical outcomes of islet transplantation.


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Saturday, 8 December 2012
Feeling Festive? My Festive Musical Playlist!
The most difficult thing for me at the moment, is listening to many of the festive pieces which leave me feeling tearful. My festive musical choices are as follows,
Firstly, Driving Home for Christmas as I always seem to be the designated driver, and have happy memories driving home with friends listening to this!
Second on my list is I'm dreaming of a White Christmas, I'm sharing this version with Robbie Williams singing for my musical pals..it's a great piece of comedy and a reminder..nothing ever goes quite as planned when you're singing with a choir!
Next... It's begining to look a lot like Christmas, it's a such a fabulous song and this version with Dean Martin..ahhh his voice..love it, I just want to curl up by the Christmas tree!
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, this is one song which always makes me cry, 'next year all our troubles will be out of sight..' I certainly hope so, it's been a tough year, and this song is full of hope, never lose faith.
Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without a bit of Wizzard and I love the energy in this, everyone seems to sing along when it's playing - even if they then proclaim they hate it! :
Merry Christmas, this post was written for the Festive Song Linky over at BritMums.
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Having been on multiple parenting list serves, and writing in the parenting realm ever since the stroller renaissance began, it did not surprise me in the least that the blogosphere rolled its collective eyes at the new Bugaboo Donkey stroller and its $1,500 price tag (or $1,659). To see how deep this stroller war can go, go to any parenting forum and say, "I'm thinking about getting the new Bugaboo. Or should I just get a Graco?" and wait for it. Alternately, go to a community website and ask child-free people what they think about sharing a sidewalk with a Bugaboo. That is fun.
So as people start to freak out about the hard-to-get and incredibly expensive double stroller from Bugaboo, I have to say, everyone needs to chill.
There's nothing wrong with buying a $1,500 stroller.
If you think there is, I'd like you to take inventory. What kind of car do you drive? Could you have gotten just as good of a car for $5,000 less? Why didn't you? What kind of TV do you have? Did you really need a flat screen when an old-school tube works just as well? How many jewels are you sporting? Is it really necessary to put sparkly things around your fingers and neck? Do you buy clothes anywhere other than a big box store? Why?
In other words, we all make purchasing choices that are sometimes irrational to others. The first time I spent more than $50 on a purse, I felt an incredible sense of guilt, yet many of you wouldn't think twice about spending thousands on the same item. We all make our choices, and sometimes those choices include a great big, space-hogging, impeccably designed baby transporter. Let those among you who have never shelled out for something impractical throw the first baby rattle. Just don't aim it at the Donkey -- that thing's expensive.
Would you buy the Bugaboo Donkey?
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I personally wouldn't.
$1,500 is a friggin down payment on SOMETHING that's more important, groceries, a chunk off of your credit card bill etc. How long do you actually use a stroller? 4 years per child, if at that? Then what? garage sale for 20 bucks?
I think it's more for moms who want to show off or keep up with the Joneses.
I think we can all agree that the name is ridiculous. If I were having my first child and I knew that i wanted more, I would definitely consider buying it because it functions well as a single and a double and (if it is made as well as their other strollers) would last for as many kids as you can throw at it. I have been through enough $100-$200 garbage strollers to know that you really get what you pay for in the stroller world.


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I actually do understand this logic. I don't completely agree but I understand.
Let me ask this though:
Would you really want a botted up priest healing your group?
I wouldn't.
That player has no idea how to play their character and I'm the one who's gonna pay for it with my time ruined and my gold in repair costs. I worked my characters up legitimately. I earned every last exp point and learned my character as I went.
This is the nature of MMO's. For as long as they have been around, there have been botters. And they ALWAYS complain when they get caught and banned and act like it was someone else's fault.
Blizzard built an MMO. For most WoW players, WoW is their first MMO and they don't understand how the genre works. This have been a genre wide issue and it has always been dealt with the same way. Cheat, get caught, get banned.
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Supermodel Niki Taylor and husband Burney Lamar are with child, a rep for the supermodel confirmed to Access Hollywood.
"Supermodel Niki Taylor and her NASCAR husband Burney Lamar announce today that they are expecting their first child in early March," a rep for Niki said in statement released to Access.
"Burney and I are very excited with this stage of our lives," Niki told People "We're thrilled."
Niki and Burney were married in LaJolla, Calif., in December of 2006, after meeting at a NASCAR autographing session. Burney is a NASCAR driver in the Nationwide series and drives for Braun Racing .
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About Lee Elementary School
Lee Elementary School, 1201 Bunn Ave, has about 260 students and houses three different programs. Three early childhood special education classes are at ...
About Lee Elementary School
Lee Elementary School, 1201 Bunn Ave, has about 260 students and houses three different programs. Three early childhood special education classes are at Lee with 60 total students, ages 3 to 6 years old. Lee also provides special education services for other students ages 5 to 22. Regular education courses for kindergarten through fifth grade are offered as well.
The path for drivers to Lee Elementary School, 1201 Bunn Ave., could be getting less bumpy.
The owner of Bunn Avenue, where drivers say the potholes at times are more like craters, was sent a letter March 12 by the city of Springfield to fix the street, according to Public Works Director Mark Mahoney.
Mahoney said the letter accuses the owner — SLM Properties of Hammond, Ind. — of violating city code. The letter orders SLM to respond within 10 days with a plan to fix the street.
If not, the city could pursue legal action, which city spokesman Nathan Mihelich said could include a request for injunctive relief from a court or a fine.
A phone number listed on the website www.manta.com for SLM Properties was not in service Wednesday.
"It's an access easement, so they have a responsibility to maintain it," said Mahoney, who acknowledged the city has sent the company a letter before that was ignored and not pursued by the city's legal department.
Turning onto Bunn Avenue off the South Sixth Street Frontage Road is the only way to get to Lee Elementary School, also the home of a soccer field used by the three public high schools.
The problem over the years, school officials say, is that Bunn Avenue is not the responsibility of the city or Springfield School District since it is owned by an out-of-state company.
Darrell Schaver, director of operations and maintenance for District 186, said workers have patched it as best as possible over the years, including once last week.
"We still have more to do," Schaver added.
There haven't been many days since he took over as Lee principal in 2012 that Nathan Kochanowski said he hasn't been asked about the potholes.
It's a problem especially disturbing given that Lee educates a number of special-needs students in wheelchairs who get jostled every time they're on the bus, he said.
Kochanowski said potholes even dominated the conversation at an award ceremony last spring at the school attended by about 70 to 80 parents.
"Parents kept asking me, 'What is the district going to do about the potholes?' " he said.
The condition of Bunn Avenue also surfaced at Monday's school board meeting.
Interim Superintendent Bob Hill in his report told the board he was pleasantly surprised, after a dreadful winter, that the condition of school parking lots wasn't as bad as he imagined.
Questioned about Bunn Avenue, Hill acknowledged it's been a problem for years. At one point, district officials even explored creating another entrance road, he said.
Hill suggested the district look at partnering with the city and county to take ownership of the property through eminent domain.
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We have just learned Dr. Conrad Robert Murray -- the guy who was with Jackson when he collapsed -- is now in Los Angeles.
He is preparing to speak with law enforcement officials regarding Michael Jackson's death.
Story developing ...
This is that doctor's read out from the Medical Board
License Type: PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
License Number: G71169
Administrative/Disciplinary Action
No information available.
Administrative Action Taken by Other State or Federal Government
No information available from this agency.
Felony Conviction
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Misdemeanor Conviction
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Administrative Citation Issued
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Hospital Disciplinary Action
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Malpractice Judgment
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Arbitration Award
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Malpractice Settlements
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i met doctors with these kind of read outs.
they are ALL Dr. Feel Goods!
yeah, he'll be there with his lawyer. where do u think he's been til now?
The recording played on HLN of the 911 call said the doctor was doing CPR on the bed. Anyone who has ever taken CPR classes knows you never attempt CPR on a soft surface. The 911 operator said to put the person on the floor. Like I said, what kind of doctor is this?
The doc was doing CPR on the bed.... WRONG! He should have immediately gotten Michael onto the floor.
Just like Anna Nicole - CPR was done on the bed and that s not effective.
Put that M0ther Fnck3 ass in jail!! He killed Michael Jackson [ .! ]
I am shocked at the things that I am reading. those who have negative words towrds the greates Pop star whom ever lived should shut your mouths! He needs to be remeberd for the good he brought through his music not the publicity thet the tabloids exploited. he was the MAN... He will remain in all our hearts atleast those who are true fans. The docotr may not have done nothing but ran in fear, noone knows. But it is my opinion that if he was over medicating and severly depressed how can you blame him...Maybe it was the intentional effect of the use of medication and the shot he recieved yesterday morning, but maybe it was just God saying" My son you have done good works and it is time to come home, and let the world talk about you now..."
39. The doc was doing CPR on the bed.... WRONG! He should have immediately gotten Michael onto the floor.
Just like Anna Nicole - CPR was done on the bed and that s not effective.
Posted at 2:45PM on Jun 26th 2009 by Linda
I want to know what the hell happened to the Dr. that he disappered after they got to the hospital. Why did this so called Dr. not stay around like any medical professional would do to answer questions. Why did you run if you have nothing to hide?
The Dr is now in Los Angeles!? Where has he been since yesterday?
"Dr. Nick" and Elvis all over again.
Harvey â you are great. Iâve watched you on TV for years. Your show TMZ is a hit; your reporters are great as well. I lost my job in March and I wish I could come work for you. You get all the good scoop and are accurate. Congrats on your success. Keep up the good work on this tragic Michael Jackson story.
Perez is about ready to kill himself. What do you say we help him out. Stop visiting his site. Drive him off of the inet. His site traffic is now a ghost town.
This question needs to be asked Re; Michael Jackson's death..
If the Doctor that gave Jackson the pain medication called Demoral, this doctor should of had a medictaion called Naloxone available. This drug Naloxone or also called Narcan is carried on all Paramedic Units. It is used to reverse the possible side effects of pain meds given by paramedics in emergencies.
The side effects of Demerol is a slowing of the respiratory system, therfore this doctor should have known the possibilities and side effects of any drug that he would give a patient, and should of had Narcan available to give to Michael Jackson immedietly when his breathing started slowing from the Demoral.
Narcan is used also by Paramedics when they are treating suspected narcotic overdoses, from, Heroin, Methadone, Darvon, Talwin, Demerol, Morphine, Codien, Percodone, and Lomatil.
hello i'm argentina i need the traduction in español please of conversation for telephone doc with cop. thank you!!!
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BYU basketball names Brandon Davies, Brock Zylstra, Tyler Haws team captains
The Salt Lake Tribune
Published: October 24, 2012 12:50PM
Updated: October 24, 2012 12:50PM
Hours before Wednesday night's 7 p.m. Cougar Tipoff -- an instrasquad scrimmage at the Marriott Center that is free to the public -- the BYU Cougars have announced their team captains for the 2012-13 men's basketball season.
The captains are seniors Brandon Davies and Brock Zylstra and sophomore returned missionary Tyler Haws.
Haws is perhaps the only surprise pick and is quite likely the first BYU player to be named a basketball captain his first year back from a mission. It shows the team has a lot of respect for the former Lone Peak High star.
"Brandon, Brock and Tyler will provide great leadership for our team," BYU coach Dave Rose said in a school news release. "They lead by example and push the rest of the guys to be better on and off the court. Their work ethic and example will be a motivating force to help us achieve the goals we've set as a team."
I posted video of coach Rose's chat with reporters last night after practice.
If you don't want to watch the entire 5-6 minutes, here's Rose's take on how the team is progressing:
"There are some things we are doing really well. I think offensively we have a pretty good idea of what we are doing.
Defensively, it has taken a bit longer.
One thing about that is we play a lot more zone, so we are trying to ... usually we put our man-to-man [defense] in, and that's our full emphasis. And then we add zone later.
Now we are trying to put two separate defenses in, so that becomes a little more complicated."
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Hi there, everyone! As you may or may not know, I entered a vlogging contest for Geek and Sundry. The contest has now moved on to phase 2 where they are looking for community feedback. I'd really appreciate it if you could click the link and "vote" for my video. You will also be able to view the video on the page if you haven't already seen it. It would really mean a lot. Also, you can vote once a day, and I'd appreciate it if you would continue to do so. Thanks so much!
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As stated is still uses PPPoE; If you can tag traffic as VLAN 35 on the interface of the Palo Alto box, you can go directly from the Alcatel-Lucent ONT they'll give you to the firewall. This will skip the Sagemcom 2864 they provide.I go from this box to my pfsense box so hopefully your firewall can do PPPoE on the interface.
Thanks guys. Yeah the 'wall will do PPPoE on the interface. I just need to tag traffic I guess, so that's no issue. But.. the fibre connection coming in is an 802.1q tag, is it? So am I right in saying that I could connect the media converter / ONT into a switch which can split VLAN 35 and 36 (TV) off, then hook my FW to a switchport on VLAN 35?-J
That's my plan this weekend. Why waste power on the sagemcom when I don't need it.You may have to spoof the Mac of the sagemcom tho.
palo alto? isnt that california?
sorry im new to ftth what does paloalto mean?
It's also a company that makes firewalls


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Polly Bagnall (Fabelist)
Spring's Silver Morning
Acrylic on Canvas
81 x91cm
Tongue Touched Blossoms
Acrylic on Paper
42 x 60cm
Field Recording, Cleaver Square, 2.57 GMT 14.03.2012
Mixed media on canvas
210 x 37cm
Photographic record of painting process
"The gesture is essentially always a gesture of not being able to figure something out in language." (Giorgio Agamben, 'Notes on Gesture').
My recent work focuses on gesture.
I use my body in a 'performative', gestural way to inform or make the marks. The movement of the body is evident in the painting.
I modify or make a range of customised mark making tools which I attach to my body . This limiting of my 'skill' as a painter paradoxically allows for something else to arise on the canvas, which in turn generates a unique visual language.
My intention is to create paintings that evoke the essence of an experience.
Some paintings evolve out of a process of re-enactment and transcription of the original experience. Others, like the Field Recordings or those done with the collaboration of a musician respond to the here and now and record a series of fleeting moments.
Polly lives and works in London.
1981- 1982 Art Foundation: West Surrey College of Art & Design
1982- 1984 BA (Hons) Art & Design Course: Bretton Hall
1986- 1987 Post-graduate Diploma in Art Therapy: Goldsmith's College
1994- 1996 Post-graduate Diploma in Counselling: UEL
2010- 2012 MA Fine Art City & Guilds of London Art School
Professional Membership
Association of Illustrators. (BACP) Snr Accredited Counsellor.UKRCP membership.
Tower Bridge Open 'Power in Motion' 2012
Serpentine Gallery Centre for Possible Studies 2011
Rivington Place- Fabelist Live Art Event 2011
Dulwich Picture Gallery Open 2011
Dulwich Festival Open House 2005 – 2011
Live Art Projection Digital Arts: King's Cross
Sentient Dogs Performance 2010
Brixton Artists Collective ' 1984 – 1986
'Women's Work'
Solo Shows
Casa de la Cultura, Coin, Spain 1996
Pump House Gallery, Battersea 1994
Current: Private commissions
Past Public Work:
Paintings in Hospitals
Hammersmith and Fulham Council
Leeds City Council
Illustration Work
Various work for editorial and TV.
National Trust Exhibition: Taming the Tentacles 2012
Polly Bagnall is a fine artist whose practice spans performance, painting, printmaking and dance.
During the 1980's she was involved in socio-political art projects and was part of the Brixton Artist's Collective.
Her training as an Art Therapist led her to develop creative arts projects in non-art settings. She set up community based services for mental health service users; and for young people, both of which flourish today.
Since 2000 her work focused on painting and she is a self-supporting artist undertaking private commissions and exhibiting work.
In 2010 she commenced an MA in Fine Art that led to gallery based art projects- developing larger scale abstracted paintings, installations and happenings.


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The problem with the new film Elysium is very simple: it doesn't tell any story worth hearing. It's written like a child's paint-by-numbers set. And though it bears some superficial resemblance to District 9, Neill Blomkamp's much more complex first feature, it's the kind of thing that could just as easily have been directed by Michael Bay or McG or, for that matter, Chris Columbus. The person at the helm is irrelevant; the parameters were predetermined. In fact, if you listen real hard, you can almost still see the suits in the background saying to the screenwriters: "Hey, can we involve a cute child with cancer, somehow? That's big on the Internet." … Read More
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Armando Iannucci's characters, whether on his HBO series Veep, his BBC show The Thick of It, or that show's film spin-off In the Loop, all share one common trait: a gift for inventive, ingenious insults and profanity. So while it's not exactly a shock that Mr. Iannucci is such a cheerful, soft-spoken, and friendly chap, it is a bit of a relief; what's surprising is that he insists, "I don't swear myself!" In the worlds he's writing about, "there is a fair amount of profanity but profanity can be quite dull." With his characters, though, "we try and make it as interesting as possible so it's not so much the swear words, it's more the phrases around the swear words that make it more interesting." … Read More
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Working Papers
Current projects: Documenting the successes, failures and controversies of the social sciences in policy recommendations, social policy, urban planning, international development aid,
and other areas,
Clint Ballinger
(older material is at
Academic Scribblers: Social Science and its critics
Project on Contingency, Initial & Boundary Conditions in the Social Sciences - recent work published as
Ballinger, Clint. Forthcoming. 'Contingency is just so'. Tracés: Revue de sciences humaines. no. 24, "The Real and the Possible in Social Science". (In French)
English version will be hosted on Hypotheses
; there is also a
PDF version
with easier to read footnotes.)
Ongoing project on economics: MMT / New Keynesian / Keen / Chicago Plan synthesis, hosted on
Academic Scribblers
for the moment.
Works that cite my work
Does wealth entirely depend on inclusive institutions and pluralist politics?
Peer Vries, University of Vienna, July 2012.
A review of: Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson, Why nations fail. The origins of power, prosperity and poverty Profile Books (London 2012). Working Papers in Technology Governance and Economic Dynamics no. 43. Forthcoming in TSEG - Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis.
Gates, Donald and Peter Steane. 2009. Altruism - an alternative value in policy formation and decision making.
International Journal of Social Economics.
36(10): 962-978.
Demeritt, David. 2009. From externality to inputs and interference: Framing environmental research in geography.
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers.
34(1): 3-11.
My 2001 M.A. thesis (UNC-Chapel Hill/
Università degli Studi di Siena
, Italy) on effects of urbanization and competitive advantage on long-term development was cited as an important influence on a later similar work dealing with an earlier time period. Algaze, Guillermo, 2008.
Ancient Mesopotamia at the Dawn of Civilization: The Evolution of an Urban Landscape
. Chicago: University of Chicago Press,
p. xi
University of Chicago Press Link
Guillermo Algaze draws on the work of modern economic geographers to explore how the unique river-based ecology and geography of the Tigris-Euphrates alluvium impacted the development of urban civilization in southern Mesopotamia."
MacArthur Fellowship ('Genius Award')
My work on the problem of contingency in the social sciences was recently cited in the article 'Where Do We Go From Here? Jubilee Report on History and Theory' in the 2010 theme issue of
History and Theory
('The Next Fifty Years').
Chatterjee, Sidharta. 2011. The Neuroeconomics of Learning and Information Processing; Applying Markov Decision Process.
Standage, Tom. 2005.
A History of the World in Six Glasses.
Economic / Finance Blog SNBCHF.COM has a page on my work
Lars P. Syll, 2014
"Econometrics and the art of putting the rabbit in the hat" (blog post)
Knuttila, Lee, 2011. "User unknown: 4chan, anonymity and contingency." First Monday, Volume 16, Number 10 - 3 October 2011.


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oh boy i'm gonna have nightmares tonight after that
Can't stand this woman
Digging: Interpol - El Pintor
she's GORGEOUS
holy shi-
This is one of the most beautifully trashy things I have seen. Thank you news poster, thank you.
that was so fucked
urgh reminds me how much i despise this artist
that was unsettling
the video comments saying that she's beautiful were even more so
your welcome!
Man, blind people are so lucky.
But I'm pretty sure her career will end soon.
I love Peaches for one thing only. Clearing my parents out of my room. Fuck The Pain Away usually works best =)
i hate the human race
and also don't forget to sign up for the peaches newsletter!
Ha ha ha I love it
I'm not even going to watch this. After seeing that woman open for Nine Inch Nails in lingerie 10 sizes too small on her, I get chills every time I hear the name Peaches.
haha but thats the point!
I love Peaches because of her absolute ridiculousness, yeah its obvious she sucks, but her music is funny as hell.
Bands: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


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oh god you are killing me first a close up of coco.which gave me a major nosebleed. then zoro getting lost and runs into zebra and vegeta, and their faces when Satan won, oh god my stomach hurts i was laughing so hard
Goku's voice is a bit off from the original .
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The other night I was in a local bookstore. While perusing the YA section, I happened upon two young ladies looking at books. My guess—from their banter back and forth—is that they were sisters. It sounded much like my sister and I at that age. As I watched them choose books from the shelf, I picked upon a theme: Most of the books they picked up were romance or contemporary fiction books. As I watched them, I was struck by another theme that emerged: Not one of these books they picked had a character on the front who looked like them. You see, these two young women were African American, and every book geared towards teen girls there on the shelf with the cover facing out had a young white female depicted on the cover.
Kate Hart, a YA author, did an analysis of book covers and discovered this is a pervasive trend in publishing. But what does this have to do with our classrooms? Well, when we look at what books are consistently "required reading," we find a similar trend. Arthur Applebee analyzed the works taught in high school classrooms here and found few by women or minority authors.
In his book, Reading for Their Life: Rebuilding the Textual Lineages of African American Adolescent Males, Alfred Tatum points out the need to create for African American males. I would argue all students of color need a textual lineage that enables and empowers students—instead of disabling and disempowering students. Lisa Delpit, Gloria Ladsen-Billings, Sonia Nieto, Pedro Noguera, and so many others share similar sentiments about the need to create a curriculum which is reflective of the lives of all students.
How exactly do we do that in our classrooms? I'd like to suggest two starting points. First, incorporation of choice reading into the classroom at all levels. Because we serve increasingly diverse student populations, to think we can teach a whole group all of the pieces, which will mirror our students' lives, is unrealistic. But by allowing students some time to choose their own reading, we offer them the opportunity to explore literature reflective of their lives.
The second piece is to look objectively and critically at our curricular choices. Where and when can we infuse literary works from various authors and poets? Tom Robinson in To Kill a Mockingbird cannot be the only African American male character our high school students are exposed to. While many argue he is a noble character, his treatment in the book and eventual fate are disempowering. Where is the space for Walter Dean Myers, Sandra Cisneros, René Saldaña, Jr. or Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve? How do we widen our repertoire of texts we feel we must teach? Our curriculum must be a curriculum that recognizes the contributions of many and provides literature that is empowering and enabling for all of our students.
Further Reading:
Reading for Their Life: Rebuilding the Textual Lineages of African American Adolescent Males by Alfred Tatum. Heinemann. 2009.
The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children by Gloria Ladson-Billings, Jossey Bass. 1994.
"Multiplication is For White People" Raising Expectations for Other People's Children by Lisa Delpit. The New Press. 2012.
Achieving Equity for Latino Students by Frances Contreras. Teacher's College Press. 2011.
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Posted on Friday, March 15, 2013 at 12:19 pm
Amen to all that. Walter Dean Myers makes a difference to every student who reads one of his books. Sharon Draper is also incredibly empowering.
How can publishers be held accountable for this? If teens purchase books based on the faces on the covers, the publishers want to feature a face that looks like a majority of potential purchasers. Does that mean the faces of minorities are likely to be excluded?
Two thoughts come to mind. First, the covers of at least four of the most popular YA books of recent years do not include any faces: THE HUNGER GAMES, DIVERGENT, OUT OF MY MIND, and THE FAULT IN OUR STARS. Second, although ethnicity is never mentioned in the book version of THE HUNGER GAMES, the young actress who portrays Rue is clearly of minority descent, and she conveys Rue perfectly. No one would ever argue that Rue is miscast. Maybe Hollywood is a little further along in its sensitivity and sensibility than the mass publishing industry.