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Index Closes Just Two Points Shy of a 2007 Peak; Dow Extends Win Streak to 10
Investors extended the Dow Jones Industrial Average's record-breaking rally to 10 days and took the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index to the brink of its own all-time high.
The Dow industrials rode good news in the labor market to a gain of 83.86 points, or 0.58%. That left the Dow at a record high of 14539.14 and extended a winning streak that has the index without a single losing session so far in March.
The broader S&P 500-stock index climbed 8.71 points, or 0.56%, to 1563.23. A late-day push higher brought the measure to just two points shy of its Oct. 9, 2007 peak.
Such lengthy advances in stock prices without a pullback are rare. Since the end of World War II, the Dow has extended its winning streak beyond 10 days only four times, most recently in January 1992. The longest run ever came in 1897, when the blue-chip measure strung together 14 days of gains.
While some investors have worried the market's rise has gone too far, too fast, previous long-running rallies haven't necessarily ended in tears. When the Dow last strung together 10 days of uninterrupted gains in mid-November 1996, the Dow gained another 10% over the next three months and stood 19% higher in mid-November 1997.
However, just weeks after that 10-day rally ended, then-Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned in a Dec. 5, 1996 speech of "irrational exuberance" in the stock market. After the technology stock bubble burst in March 2000, that remark was seen as a prescient warning.
Market watchers say that with stocks broadly trading at relatively attractive valuations, and renewed interest in buying U.S. stocks among individual investors, there is a growing comfort with the rally. "Ten days is a lot of time for something to not go wrong," says Jonathan Krinsky, chief technical market analyst for Miller Tabak in New York.
However, he sees a change in behavior among investors that supports the rally. Rather than selling outright and moving to the sidelines when they get cautious, and then buying back in when they turn bullish, investors are shifting between aggressive and defensive areas of the market depending on their views.
Thursday's rally built on many of the same factors that have pushed stocks higher since the start of the year. The U.S. economy has been growing, albeit slowly. The Federal Reserve is keeping its foot on the gas with exceptionally easy monetary policy. The resulting low interest rates are pushing investors into riskier assets such as stocks.
Those elements have combined to help the Dow tack on 11% in just 10 weeks, more than some strategists had expected for the year. They also have created a dichotomy between those who were positioned for the rally and those who came into 2013 in a more cautious stance.
"For people that aren't in the market, it's Chinese water torture; for people that are involved, they must enjoy coming to work every day and watching the same stocks continue to go up," said Seth Setrakian, co-head of equity trading at First New York Securities.
If there is a fly in the ointment, trading volumes have been muted over the current 10-day run. Five of the 10 days have seen composite volume on the New York Stock Exchange fall short of the 2013 daily average, while the other days have just barely exceeded the average.
On Thursday, the catalyst was an unexpected drop in jobless claims, which fell to 332,000 for the week of March 9, better than expectations.
Meanwhile, some European stock markets pushed to their highest levels in years, helped by a well-received Spanish government-bond auction. London's FTSE 100 and Frankfurt's DAX index rose to five-year highs. France's CAC-40 climbed to its highest level since July 2011.
Reflecting recent optimism, yields on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note have pushed above 2% in recent days for just the second time this year, suggesting investors are growing more comfortable stepping away from the perceived safety of the U.S. government-backed securities.
The CBOE Market Volatility Index—the "fear gauge" known as the VIX—fell to its lowest level in more than six years on Thursday.
Still, many investors haven't fully embraced the idea that it is safe to get back in, says Milton Ezrati, senior economist and market strategist at Lord Abbett in Jersey City, N.J.
On recent client visits in Texas and California, Mr. Ezrati says his conversations have been marked by continued caution.
"Investors are beginning to believe that there is some upside to stocks, but there is still a lot of fear," Mr. Ezrati said. "The most common two words I heard were, 'Yes, but….'"
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Roughly; the one form must have a reference to some underlying object holding the text; this object should fire an event on the update of the text; the TextBox in another form should have a delegate subscribing to that event, which will discover that the underlying text has changed; once the TextBox delegate has been informed, the TextBox should query the underlying object for the new value of the text, and update the TextBox with the new text.
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#5. Pigeon Photographers
OK, now that's just ridiculous. Look at them! Carrying cameras around like little feathered tourists.
But those are in fact military surveillance pigeons, and yes, they really existed. It was kind of a good idea, if you think about it -- aerial photos of enemy trench lines were highly sought after, but newfangled surveillance planes were just starting to be introduced (prior to World War I, if you wanted aerial surveillance, you did it using vulnerable hot air balloons and kites). Then along came Dr. Julius Neubronner with his patented miniature pigeon camera.
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The word "miniature" had a loose definition in the early 1900s.
Neubronner's specially trained pigeons could be carried into battle in a customized mobile dovecote and then strapped into camera vests like the one seen above. When released, they were able to take a series of highly detailed photographs of the layout of enemy lines before returning to their roost and dropping off their film to be developed for HQ.
"Sir, is there a reason half our missions are near that all-girls college?"
"Never question my orders."
These avian reconnoiterers saw some decent action alongside German forces during the war, judging by all the cartoonishly exploded pigeons found behind Allied lines. Sadly, though, when he inquired about further developing the technology after the war, the War Ministry told Neubronner to "fuck off with that pigeon bullshit" (loosely translated from the original German).
And just as depressing as that sentence ...
#4. Doggy Gas Masks
Throughout the history of warfare, opposing forces have sprayed some particularly nasty shit all over each other. So gas masks have long been a universal piece of equipment for our human soldiers, but what about their best friends? Don't worry, Fido, because we thought of you, too! Pre-Geneva Protocol pooches had nothing to fear once their human companions forced them to strap one of these babies onto their little doggie craniums. Except for, you know, all the bullets and explosions and stuff.
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Just when you thought German shepherds couldn't look any more badass.
#3. Special Forces Mini-Bikes
Ha! Look at that guy riding his tiny little clown bike back there! How could you even bring yourself to shoot that guy?
During World War II, the British Special Operations Executive was always looking for ways to pull a James Bond on their SS rivals. One thing that added difficulty to their espionaging was providing their soldiers with mobility once they dropped them behind enemy lines to get their spy on -- the logistics of dropping everything out of airplanes meant that there were severe size and weight restraints. So engineers worked hand-in-hand with Barnum & Bailey to develop these adorable wittle motorcycles.
The Welbike featured a single-cylinder engine and a collapsible design that allowed it to be packed into an airdrop container and chucked out over enemy territory for retrieval by special forces operatives, with just enough space left over to cram the size 28 shoes and giant red Afro wig in there.
#2. Wind Tunnels
Note the tiny little engineers at the bottom. That's not a model airplane up there.
Before computers, the only way to make sure that a new fighter plane didn't fall apart right as you were dogfighting over a cactus patch was to hang it up and expose it to the wind. Sure, you could build a model and put it in a tiny wind tunnel, but damn it, nothing beats going full scale.
That's a German facility above, but the Americans were also in the big wind game with this facility at Langley Field near Hampton, Virginia, that tested everything from World War II fighters to space capsules:
Are you picturing them reversing the fan and sucking that guy into it?
#1. Nazis Just Wanna Have Fun
The Nazis made for such perfect villains that we tend to forget that their military was largely made up of kids who were conscripted to serve their country, just like the armies that were fighting them. And like all soldiers, they liked to occasionally take time out and make a big sign with their butts.
Unfortunately, the context of many of the photos we're about to show you has been lost to time, but if a picture is worth a thousand words, then these photos are a veritable word goldmine. Because they paint a picture of Nazi soldiers as a bunch of tiny horse ridin' ...
... alcohol swillin' ...
... uh, crossdressers?
It seems that, no matter the surrounding circumstances, when you stir together a group of fraternity-age males, stick them in a confined space, and let them simmer for a while, you've just concocted the recipe for an instant kegger. Maybe you'll end up with a fake-mustache party ...
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... or even a "totally not gay even though we're all in our underwear and some of us are totally kissing" party ...
This squad was already on double secret probation.
... but you'll always end up with a party. Seeing these photos almost makes us think that Nazi military life was equal parts fun, beer, and homoeroticism -- but then again, if you look just a little closer, this party bus does a power slide onto Disturbing Avenue:
Yeah, OK, never mind. Turns out that, even at a drunken Nazi frat party, Evil's still right there, lurking in the background and hogging up all the good booze.
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The Trevor Project honored Jane Lynch Sunday at TrevorLive, a star-studded gala at the Palladium Theatre in Los Angeles, with its prestigious Trevor Hero Award for her work promoting visibility and acceptance of LGBT youth.
Hosted by comedian Kathy Griffin, the evening featured performances by Adam Lambert, Amber Riley, Cheyenne Jackson, Megan Hilty, Sia, the cast of Glee, and more, who turned out to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Trevor Project and its lifesaving mission of providing suicide prevention services to LGBT young people. Adam White, a senior at Brigham Young University and a member of the organization's Youth Advisory Committee, and Toyota also received awards for their advocacy.
"I would love this moment to be falsely modest and say that I am no hero," Lynch said upon accepting the Trevor Hero Award. "I would love to be able to say what I do is not extraordinary. But I can't. I deserve this freakin' award."
In honor of Lynch's achievement as a Trevor Hero, The Advocate asked the stars at TrevorLive — including Griffin, Glee's Alex Newell, TrevorLive producer and director Adam Shankman, basketball star Jason Collins, Glee's Dot-Marie Jones, Bridegroom's Shane Bitney Crone, and Pretty Little Liars' Brant Daugherty — about their own heroes.
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"George Takei is one of my heroes," said Shane Bitney Crone, standing next to his mother and sister on the red carpet. "It's amazing what he's done and how he's made a name for himself on social media and how he's using that to help so many people."
"Adam Lambert is another," added the filmmaker, whose award-winning documentary Bridegroom was recently picked up by Redbox. "He's inspired me and showed me it's OK to be who you are and [being gay] is something to be proud of. And my mom!"
Kathy Griffin, comedian and TrevorLive host
For Kathy Griffin, Jane Lynch was an obvious choice for a Trevor Hero Award. "She's the perfect spokesperson for all that Trevor represents, which is when you're hurting, reach out, get a laugh, hear a song, feel a little better," she said.
Adam White, youth advocate and Trevor Youth Innovator Honoree
"I'm so excited and so humbled to be recognized and I am proud to represent the enormous potential of LGBTQ youth who identify as religious — and of all unlikely things, as a Mormon," said White upon accepting the Trevor Youth Innovator Award at the ceremony.
The cast of Glee performs Charlie Chaplin's "Smile" for Trevor Hero Award recipient Jane Lynch.
Adam Shankman, producer and director
"I look up to Jane Lynch because she stands by what she says, she shows up for everything that you ask her to, she is always on the right side of history," said Adam Shankman, after sharing a photograph with longtime friend and fellow Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum Sarah Michelle Gellar. "She knows how to make fun of herself but to use her platform to say everything right about being a leader."
Becca Tobin and Jacob Artist of Glee
On the necessity of the Trevor Project, Jacob Artist said, "There's always somebody to talk to. I think that's the biggest thing, is reaching out and finding those people that will show you the love and support that kids need."
Alex Newell of Glee
"I looked up to, as a kid, so many different people," said Alex Newell, who also credits his mom as a huge childhood inspiration. "I really look up to Patti LaBelle. I loved how she carried herself, for some strange reason. I still think she's amazing. She's got a new attitude and I love it."
Kathy Griffin, comedian and TrevorLive host
"I look up to the people who have been through the fire. I look up to Joan Rivers, Cher, Bette Midler. I look up to the women that have sort of been there. I was lucky enough to participate in a documentary about Moms Mabley, so I look up to the people who broke the ceiling and paved the way for me," said Griffin, who playfully posed on the red carpet with Adam Lambert. "I also am such a fan of my own contemporaries. Jane Lynch is an old pal of mine, and I'm so excited to see her honored tonight because she's so deserving of it and she's such a sweet girl and so talented."
Dot-Marie Jones of Glee
"Jane Lynch," said Dot-Marie Jones, who attended TrevorLive in support of her Glee costar as well as the "amazing" outreach of Trevor, which provides lifesaving services to over 100,000 LGBT youth every year. "I love her so much, and the fact that I get to work with her is ridiculous. I feel like I should be paying them."
Brant Daugherty of Pretty Little Liars and Dancing With the Stars
"My childhood hero was Chuck Norris," said Daugherty, who recently appeared on Dancing With the Stars alongside performer Amber Riley. "I'd love to meet him someday. Walker, Texas Ranger? My parents love that show."
"Glamorous" singer Fergie and actor husband Josh Duhamel enjoy the TrevorLive 2013 gala.
Australian songstress Sia gives a soulful performance of "Titanium," the song she recorded with David Guetta.
Fergie and former American Idol judge Paula Abdul pose amid their fellow supporters and donors at TrevorLive.
Josh Duhamel and New Girl's Hannah Simone rub shoulders with Trevor Lifeline caller Jordan Scruggs. Since 1998, the Trevor Project has been a trailblazer in suicide prevention, providing such vital services as the Trevor Lifeline (1-866-488-7386), a toll-free number that offers troubled LGBT youth 24/7 access to trained counselors. For more information on Trevor, including its TrevorText and TrevorChat programs, visit TheTrevorProject.org.


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The May issue of FIRE (Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate) Policy News reports on Pennsylvania's interest in using "pension obligation bonds" to avoid steep increases in pension payments over the next few years. Experts warn the cure can sometimes be worse than the disease.
Also in this issue:
- The CIA and other spy agencies could receive full access to the financial records of anyone with a bank account in the United States. The agencies have never before been allowed to operate within the nation's borders except in rare case-by-case instances.
- Rita Crundwell of the small town of Dixon, Illinois has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison for stealing almost $54 million from the city to finance a lavish lifestyle that included ownership of farms with hundreds of show horses. Her thefts lasted at least two decades and did serious harm to city finances.
- When people follow rules, they don't expect to be penalized years later for having done so. But that is what's happening in California, where state tax officials have decided to retroactively apply taxes that small business owners and investors were told they would not have to pay.
- The packaging of homes into multimillion-dollar real estate bundles by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has made South Florida real estate prime for the picking--if you've got the cash. That's meant tough times for small investors and a heyday for hedge funds and other institutional investors scouting for deals.
- Some people say government debt repudiation is unthinkable. Here's someone who is thinking about it a lot, arguing private debts and public debts are on different ethical planes.
- Wisconsin's Legislative Audit Bureau found the state's insurance commissioner "materially misstated" loss liabilities and underwriting expenses in its triennial audit of the state's medical malpractice insurance fund, housed at the Office of the Commissioner of Insurance.
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Feds Decline to Appeal Ruling Striking Down Civil Forfeiture– March 26, 2013
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When the Buddha awakened, he decided to teach out of compassion for the suffering of all beings. IMS is rooted in this same aspiration – our mission states that we are "a spiritual refuge for all who seek freedom of mind and heart."
But it became increasingly clear over the decades that, in terms of racial diversity, people of color were largely absent from our sangha of retreatants, teachers, staff, Board members and volunteers. Were people of color not interested in the Buddha's teachings? Based on the strong attendance at our annual People of Color Retreats for the last 10 years, enthusiasm for the dharma is clearly evident.
So why this absence? IMS began a quest a few years ago to better understand contributing factors and to fully address them. We are clear that, if people of color feel IMS is just like many other predominantly white institutions in the country, then it cannot be a true spiritual refuge. In that case, we would be failing in our mission.
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When and where has the last battle between sail-powered ships been fought? If possible, please include the countries involved as well as the armament and types of ships.
Battle of Sinop between Ottoman and Russian empires during Crimean war seems to be the last major naval battle with sail-powered ships. There were three steamboats in Russian fleet, and one steam boat in Ottoman fleet, but their firepower was negligible compared to sail-powered ships involed in the battle.
It was in 1853, Russian fleet destroyed Ottoman fleet in a bay of Sinop, and it was one of factors that brought England and France into the war with Russia.
http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Синопское_сражение (more detailed description of battle course in Russian)
That would the Battle of Navarino fought during the Greek War for Independence in 1827. It was the last battle feature entirely sail fleets. Navarino is known as Pylos now. Sailing ships have come back into vogue recently so who knows how long they will be around and what was they might be involved in. The last active sailing warship appears to have been the Valmy. Modern Pirates are known to sometimes use sailing vessels.
It wasn't much of a battle, but according to Morison's history of the US Navy in WWII, the last engagement was between a couple of Chinese junks, and was settled by boarding. The bazooka did make it seem less like a 19th Century battle.
I agree that the battle of Sinop was the last significant battle with sailing ships on both sides. However, if we are talking of a military use of sailing ships, the last one was probably the German commerce raider Seeadler. It sank or captured 16 Entente ships in WW I.
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In the movie Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, it is never mentioned which university Professor Moriarty teaches at. Did I miss it? Does the story have any clue?
The movie discusses nothing about the University, to which Professor Moriarty is affiliated, neither gives any hints to ascertain that.
Even in the Sherlock Holmes books, Arthur Conan Doyle has not disclosed the name of the university, but only refers to him as a mathematician, which makes him Professor of Mathematics. In The Final Problem, Doyle, briefly refers to the university as "one of our smaller universities", but never gives away the name of the university.
In Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography, which was published in 2006, and is a non-canonical Sherlock Holmes pastiche novel, the author refers to the University as Durham University. Nonetheless, this is his take. Arthur Conan Doyle, never disclosed the University.


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11 Sep 2010 10:50 AM #1
Ext.each(menu.items, myFunction) not working?
I'm starting with ExtJS. While trying to cycle a split button's items I get undefined errors with:
Ext.each(menu.items, myFunction)
While the following will work fine:
Ext.each(menu.items.items, myFunction)
I don't know if this is by design, or I'm doing something wrong, but I feel there must be a more elegant way of cycling menu items. I don't use menu.items.each(), because I need to recursivelly cycle all buttons/menu items in a toolbar...
So I guess this would be question #2??
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Read the docs! Ext.each iterates over an Array. Ext.menu.Menu.items is a MixedCollection and not an Array.
For a normal container structure you would use cascade(), but the menuitem/button-menu relation isn't a container-child relation, so that won't work.
11 Sep 2010 1:06 PM #3
Condor, hmm that doesn't seem very nice. I'm reading the docs, believe me. It seems that particular nuance eluded me.
I'm not using items.each() since, as I said, I need to recursively access all items in a toolbar.
So I'm doing:
toolbar.items.each( function(item) { //operate on this item //then go through its children if(item.menu) item.menu.items.each(arguments.callee(item)); } );
Any more suggestions? Anyone?
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Just declare the fn:
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evant, that is so simple it makes me smile! Works a charm.
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Folks: During the past several weeks there have a variety of e-mails sent to amsat-bb regarding a number of issues, such as finances, Eagle Support, and comments that the BOD members are not 'responding' to queries posted on amsat-bb. As a senior officer and BOD member of AMSAT-NA, I'd like to make some observations and suggestions on these matters. The question of 'communication' has been raised on amsat-bb several times. In many instances, the originator posts a question and then expects an AMSAT officer or BOD member to respond via amsat-bb to whatever is posted. When a response isn't forthcoming, the originator then claims that the AMSAT senior leadership team is either 'hiding something' or frustration is expressed about 'lack of communication.' The amsat-bb is a very effective tool for exchanging ideas, passing information, and expressing opinions. It is a very ***ineffective*** tool for gaining information from a specific group of people (e.g. the senior leadership team or BOD) for several reasons: -Not everyone reads amsat-bb. -Individuals usually don't respond to e-mails not specifically addressed to them. -Given the nature of the exchanges on amsat-bb, there isn't much encouragement for people to respond. -Our volunteers who serve in leadership positions devote a significant amount of time to AMSAT. Given lack of time, they will likely focus on issues and concerns that are directly brought to their attention. As noted above, not everyone in a leadership position (including the BOD) subscribes to amsat-bb. The are a number of reasons why this may be the case: -Given the amounts of e-mail that individuals receive, not everyone has time to pour through the hundreds of amsat-bb e-mails generated each week. -The tone of discussions on amsat-bb can cause people to unsubscribe. Frankly, given the amount of negative comments, personal attacks, and emotional outpouring that has come across amsat-bb over time, not everyone is interested in reviewing such postings. Quality of content and courtesy do matter in retaining readership on the amsat-bb. -There is a real concern about not getting 'drawn into' a series of exchanges that may not be fruitful. Rather than get placed in such a position, the natural reaction is to avoid getting started. -The availability of the amsat-bb archive on the AMSAT web page does provide a mechanism for people to review postings over a particular period of time (e.g. last 48 hours, last 10 days, etc.). This allows a 'quick scan' of topics without the necessity of actually subscribing to amsat-bb. Now, it may be that you believe that every BOD member 'should' subscribe to amsat-bb. And perhaps not subscribing to amsat-bb means that a BOD member or senior officer may miss an e-mail exchange that may be useful. Please keep in mind, however, that each individual makes their own determination of how best to use their limited resources (particularly time) to support AMSAT and to fulfill their obligations. Other BOD members or senior officers who do subscribe to amsat-bb will bring to the attention of the appropriate individual(s) particular e-mails if it is felt that such forwarding will be helpful. Having these 'eyes and ears' provide this assistance is one way that the BOD and senior officers help to keep each other informed. Consequently, I don't believe that not having every BOD member and senior officer read every amsat-bb posting has been detrimental to the overall organization. As noted in earlier amsat-bb postings, the best way to get a response from someone in a leadership position is to follow some general guidelines: -Address your query to a specific individual. Emily Clarke, W0EEC has created a means on the AMSAT webpage to post an e-mail to individual BOD members and senior officers. Take advantage of this new tool. Alternatively, send an e-mail to an individual's e-mail alias (such as email@example.com). -Do not assume that an e-mail sent to 'the world' will get a response. Our volunteers are pretty busy people. If they see an e-mail sent to a group, they will assume that 'some body' will answer and of course 'no body' does. Again, select an individual who you think is in the best position to answer your query and send a note to that one individual. If that person is not in position to address your query, it will be forwarded to someone who can answer you. Take the time to look at the masthead of the AMSAT Journal or the AMSAT webpage (http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/AboutAmsat/officers.php) to see who covers which areas of responsibility. Again, if you truly want to gain a response or feedback from an AMSAT BOD member or senior officer, take the courtesy of actually addressing your e-mail to the appropriate individual! If you're not willing to address the individual in question, then don't expect 'someone' to respond. -Keep in mind that the senior officers are responsible for the day-to-day operation of AMSAT while the Board of Directors is responsible for the strategic direction of the corporation, approving the budget, and corporate oversight. This means that the senior officers (including the President) implement the policies established by the BOD. Consequently, address your comments to the appropriate area. If you're concerned about the schedule of AO-51, for example, that is not a question for the BOD but the VP-Operations. If you're concerned about the AMSAT Journal, that question falls under the VP-Marketing and User Services, not the BOD. However, if you're concerned about the AMSAT budget, the strategic direction of the organization, etc. those are indeed questions that you may want to send to a BOD member. -Be respectful of others. Again, our volunteers are working hard and don't deserve to get 'hate mail.' If you have a specific question, ask it. Make it simple for the other guy to respond by focusing on only one issue. -As the majority of our volunteers have 'day jobs' and may have a pile of e-mails to go through, be patient about a response. If you haven't seen a reply in a week, resend your original query. Understand that our volunteers only have so much time per day or per week to devote to AMSAT. -Use the phone. Most officers and BOD members do not have unlisted phone numbers, so look up their phone number on the web and call at a reasonable hour. -Take the opportunity to meet with the AMSAT leadership. A number of senior officers and BOD members living in the DC area will be attending the upcoming AMSAT-DC meeting at the Visitor's Auditorium of the Goddard Spaceflight Center, Greenbelt, MD on Saturday, May 14. Information on this meeting can be found in the AMSAT Calendar of Events on the main page of the website ("Annual AMSAT-DC Meeting and Space Seminar"). Most of the AMSAT senior officers and BOD members will be at the Dayton Hamvention May 20-22. The upcoming AMSAT Symposium and Annual Meeting in Lafayette, LA the weekend of October 7-9 is a great opportunity to meet the BOD members and senior leadership team as well. Now, keep in mind that AMSAT has a number of effective communication tools. This includes the AMSAT Journal, AMSAT News Service, and the AMSAT website. Much of the information that people are asking for can be found in one of these sources. For example, Jim Sanford, WB4GCS provided a detailed status report on Eagle in the current issue (JAN/FEB 2005) of the AMSAT Journal. Has anybody read it? Given that much of Eagle is still in early development, progress is moving at a relatively slow pace at this point in time. Do not expect 'weekly updates' as there isn't much to report. However, Jim does expect to provide updates in each issue of the AMSAT Journal. If you are not currently an AMSAT member, here is a good reason to join as membership includes receiving six issues of the Journal each year. He will also provide a status report during the AMSAT Forum at the Hamvention as one of four presentations being given (Saturday 0815-0945 in Forum Room 1). Details on AMSAT activities at Hamvention can be found on AMSAT web page. Expect extensive discussions on Eagle at the AMSAT Symposium this Fall. I authored an article in the same issue on the strategic direction that AMSAT is taking (Mission/Vision) and the focus on HEO satellites. I noted the fund raising issues that we have and the challenge in generating donations needed to fund these projects. Has anybody read it? To my knowledge, I haven't seen one e-mail sent to me in response to that article. Has anyone donated to Eagle this year? Do we all understand that we need donations in 2005, 2006, 2007, etc. in order to fulfill the vision of 'daily coverage' by 2009 and 'continious coverage' by 2012? The AMSAT Journal previously published the results of the AMSAT Membership Survey. This information is very helpful in looking at trends and expectations of our membership and has been a very effective tool for the BOD. Please note that the survey results have only been distributed through the Journal. Over time, we will continue to enhance the quality of the AMSAT Journal as exemplified by the outstanding JAN/FEB 2005 issue that arrived in mailboxes earlier this month (another reason to maintain an AMSAT membership). BTW, Ed Long, WA4SWJ is the AMSAT Journal editor and is always looking for articles. Consider whether you have something to contribute towards making the AMSAT Journal an even better publication. You can e-mail Ed at firstname.lastname@example.com. The AMSAT News Service (ANS) continues to provide late breaking news of interest to our membership. For example, did you see last week's posting concerning continuation of kep data distribution? Are you aware of the outstanding work that Ray Hoad, WA5QGD performed in getting the Air Force Space Command to agree to allow AMSAT to continue to distribute keplerian element data to amateurs and to keep our "Predict" satellite tracking feature in service on the AMSAT website? Because of Ray's diligence and taking the time to develop an effective working relationship with senior officers at AFSC, AMSAT was able to provide input to AFSC concerning the importance of kep distribution to amateur radio operators and explained to AFSC the nature of amateur radios satellite communications. Due to a public law that was passed by Congress last November, it was quite likely that mass distribution of kep data for amateur satellites would have been curtailed if Ray had not taken the lead to work out an arrangement with AFSC. His behind-the-scenes work made a difference. If you are not currently receiving ANS, please subscribe. You are missing out on an outstanding source of information that is released each week by a team of editors led by Lee McLamb, KU4OS. Go to http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/news/ and select "Subscribe to AMSAT New Service" located on the left column of that page. Given your interest in AMSAT and satellites as exemplified by your participation in amsat-bb, I would hope that you'd arrange to receive the weekly ANS Bulletins as well. ANS is available to both members and non-members of AMSAT. The ANS typically sends out two bulletins each weekend: 1) " Weekly Satellite Status Report", and 2) "AMSAT Weekly Bulletins". Both are valuable resources that provide timely information of interest to satellite users. In my opinion, unless you are receiving these e-mails, you are not keeping yourself informed on the latest activities within AMSAT and the satellite community. You can also submit news to ANS Online by going to http://www.amsat.org/amsat-new/contact/ and selecting "Submit a News Article" under "Reasons for Contact." Likewise, the AMSAT website hosts a significant amount of 'corporate information' about AMSAT, including audited financial reports and annual reports. As noted in recent amsat-bb postings, the "Annual Report 2003" is on the website (the 2004 report is currently being prepared). Questions have been raised about how to interpret the numbers. AMSAT follows 'generally accepted accounting principles" and everything is done in accordance with how our auditors have advised us to report our actions. Our books have been audited for more than the last 10 years. We are not hiding anything about our financial condition. A question has been raised about how to interpret the numbers. Keep in mind that the "2003 Annual Report" contains both a Balance Sheet and Income Statement ("Sources and Uses of Funds") for 2002. The former provides an overview of the assets and liabilities of the corporation while the latter details the changes in financial condition. Note that the income statement denotes a negative $73,009.30, which means that AMSAT spent more money in 2002 than it took in. A significant portion of that was due to expenses associated with the AMSAT-Echo project that year. We have also seen a downturn in total membership, primarily due to people not renewing. I discuss this briefly in an article in the upcoming March/April 2005 issue of the AMSAT Journal. Also posted on the website is our Audited Statement for the year 2003 as well as our IRS Tax form for that year. In 2003, AMSAT raised over $417,000 in contributions which, when added to other sources of revenue, created $631,935 in total revenue. Our expenses that year was $346,859 resulting in a 'net income' of $285,076. That more than offset the 'loss' of 2002, but also included funds to be expended in 2004 for the completion of Echo plus subsequent launch. Hopefully, this brief summary will satisfy recent queries about our income statements. Members are encouraged to review these documents. All of the reports that are provided are complete and accurate. Please keep in mind that while this information is freely available, please do not assume that our Treasurer or other officers will provide an overview on accounting practices to help you understand how to read a financial statement. One of the changes that we recently made is an attempt to document 'In Kind' services as well as recognize that when AMSAT builds a satellite, it is indeed an 'asset' that should be amortized over time. Such changes in accounting practices will hopefully more accurately reflect the activities of AMSAT and give potential large donors (who do know how to read financial statements) a better understanding of AMSAT. Recently there have been a number of comments made about AO-51 and the impact it has had on AMSAT. The BOD made the decision in 2002 to build and launch this satellite for a number of reasons: -Given the challenges (and disappointments) associated with AO-40, AMSAT-NA needed to get a project started and completed quickly in order to create future support for the more challenging (and expensive) Eagle. -The cost of Echo was such that AMSAT could commit to the project without putting the corporation at risk. -The value of FM satellites to attract newcomers to amateur satellites was demonstrated by earlier FM birds such as AO-27 and UO-14. There were concerns about how long these assets would continue to be available. -The ability to launch a PBBS-capable satellite to supplement (and eventually replace) UO-22, UO-23, UO-25 was recognized as an advantage. -Given that the last time AMSAT-NA launched a satellite was in 1990, the BOD felt it was time for AMSAT-NA to take a leadership position in building satellites. (AO-40 was an AMSAT-DL led project that was fully supported by AMSAT-NA.) -AMSAT-DL was already committed to building P3-Express. Given that the proposed communications suite for Eagle was very similar to P3-E, the BOD felt it might be wise to not concentrate on Eagle until after P3-E was further along in development. This would allow Eagle to benefit from sharing common technology (such as IHU-3 and Can-Do!) as well as put Eagle in position for launch after knowing what the results were from the launch of P3-E. Subsequently, AMSAT-NA has supported P3-E by covering the expenses of AMSAT-NA members who are involved with the P3-E project because we realize that the success of P3-E will help meet AMSAT-NA's vision. -At the time of making the decision on AMSAT-Echo, the BOD recognized that Eagle would require major funding. Given the disappointments with AO-40, there were concerns about our ability to raise the funds needed for development and launch at that time. In my mind, the BOD decision to support AMSAT-Echo over Eagle was both prudent and appropriate. Given the subsequent demise of UO-14 and very limited availability of AO-27, coupled with the loss of the primary 9600 DFM packet birds (UO-22, UO-23, and UO-25), AO-51 has provided an invaluable resource for amateurs worldwide. Given our resources at the time of that decision, it was the right thing to do. In the upcoming AMSAT Journal I have an article that includes a discussion of membership counts. AMSAT has seen a continuing flow of new AMSAT members (around 350 per year). However, net AMSAT membership has continued to decline since 1994 because we are losing renewing members. This appears to be primarily due to the loss of AO-40. I have prepared a letter that will be mailed shortly to every individual who has not renewed their AMSAT membership in the past year which outlines the changes taking place at AMSAT, highlights our new strategic vision, and asks that person to renew their membership. I am hoping that as more members (and former members) are aware of the direction that AMSAT is taking, that we will see more renewals. AMSAT is not sitting still. Finally, please recognize that the Board of Directors is fully committed to Eagle. As our vision statement clearly states, the future success of AMSAT is dependent upon creating 'daily coverage' by 2009 and 'continuos coverage' in 2012. These area challenging goals that can only be achieved if everyone helps to support our efforts. Part of our communications plan for 2005 is to build the membership's awareness of AMSAT's fundamental changes in strategic direction and organizational structure. These were highlighted in the article that appeared in the January/February issue ("This is not Your Father's AMSAT"). In order to have a successful fund raising effort for Eagle, we first must build a 'case for support.' We must gain the support of our membership that we are taking the right steps and that everyone must come to the realization that we need everyone's financial support if we are to raise the funds that are so vital for a successful project. Once we have taken the time to build membership awareness and provided the 'case for support', then the formal fund raising campaign will begin in earnest. Our goal is raise $100,000 in 2005, so it certainly isn't too soon to make your contribution towards supporting Eagle in 2005. I hope that you have found these comments helpful. Our volunteers who serve as BOD members, Senior Officers, and officers of AMSAT are dedicated to fulfilling AMSAT's strategic goals. 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I am in a 300-level molecular biology class and am unclear about this concept and how to delineate motifs versus domains of proteins. Any suggestions would be much obliged.
These are are completely different concepts, which sometimes may be connected.
A motif in biology is a mathematical model, typically of a sequence, which is predictive of which sequences to some defined group. For example, a DNA sequence motif can characterize the binding site of a transcription factor, i.e. which sequences tend to be bound by this factor. For proteins, sequence motifs can characterize which proteins (protein sequences) belong to a given protein family. A simple motif could be, for example, some pattern which is strictly shared by all members of the group, e.g. WTRXEKXXY (where X stands for any amino acid). There are also more complex motif models.
Protein domains, on the other hand, are a structural entity, usually meaning a part of the protein structure which folds and functions independently. So, proteins are often constructed from different combinations of these domains.
So how are motifs and domains related? Well, when you think about protein families, it makes sense not only to look at the whole sequence but also to focus on individual domains. Since they are a elementary functional-structural units, it makes sense to find sequence motifs for individual domains. So, you often find that a protein contains multiple domains, each domain characterized by having a sequence that matches the motif of its family.
The principal difference is that domains are independently stable, while motifs are not.
Here is a bit on motifs: http://www.sinauer.com/pdf/nsp-protein-1-16.pdf
A motif can be part of a domain. From there:
After the peptide chain of a protein has been organised into successive stretches of secondary elements, combinations of such elements are first arranged into distinctive groups called super secondary motifs. Several neighbouring secondary elements and supersecondary motifs are folded and twisted further into compact globular cluster called a domain.


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SLUDA (Saint Louis University Dietetics Association) is the on campus organization established by students to promote the nutrition and dietetics major on campus. It also serves as an opportunity for students to take on leadership roles. Our location on a health sciences center and our affiliations with food and nutrition related facilities throughout the St. Louis area provide our students with unique opportunities for hands-on experiences. Students can also become members of the St. Louis Dietetic Association and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.


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the legislature's power to cut off funds to end the war in
I believe that Congress can and should act decisively
immediately after the inauguration, In the first instance
Mr. Kissinger, or Secretary Rogers, should appear before
appropriate Congressional committees in the first days of
the new session to explain the breakdown of the peace talks.
They were invited to meet with the Foreign Relations Committee
in advance of the new session, on January 2, but both declined.
Should the Administration refuse to allow its spokesmen to
testify, the Congress should proceed on an urgent basis to
consider legislation to regulate the practice of so-called
"executive privilege." Congress and the American people have
not only the right, but the responsibility, to call their
leaders to explain and -- if they can -- justify in public
the extraordinary actions of the last two months. These actions,
couched in secrecy, represent a blatant repudiation of the
explicit assurances of peace which were given to the American
people before the election.
But beyond the regulation of "executive privilege," and
most urgent and important of all, Congress can and should
proceed, through its appropriations power, to bring the war
to an immediate end. Should it fail to do so, we may have
to wait for the election of 1976 before the war can be ended.
By that time, Mr. Nixon's Indiscriminate terror bombing could
well have destroyed North Vietnam as an organized society,
while also inflicting incalculable injury upon our own society
and institutions.
Mr. Nixon has shown himself to be psychologically
incapacitated for the task of restoring peace. He came to the brink
of peace before the election but then, in the wake of the
election, repudiated Mr. Kissinger's agreement. That agreement
would have given the Thieu regime the reasonable chance for
survival on which Mr. Nixon has insisted; it would have left
Mr. Thieu with armed forces many times larger and far better
equipped than the forces of his adversaries, But a "reasonable
chance" is apparently not enough for President Thieu -- or for
President Nixon. They insist upon a guarantee of the Saigon
Regime's predominance in South Vietnam -- a predominance they
have not been able to establish even with the help of an army
of half a million Americans, or with the pulverizing power of
Mr. Nixon's fleets of bombers.
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Catholic Unity
With regret and some trepidation, Commonweal and many other prolife Catholic commentators and organizations, including the Catholic Health Association, disagreed with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops about the health-care-reform bill that Congress passed in March (see "Crying Wolf," March 26).
Feelings on all sides remain raw, and in May the three chairmen of the USCCB's committees on Pro-Life Activities, Immigration, and Domestic Justice, Peace, and Human Development issued a statement, "Setting the Record Straight," charging those who disputed the USCCB's reading of the health-care bill with causing "confusion and a wound to Catholic unity." It is not clear whether this statement represents the settled opinion of the conference as a whole; but insofar as it does, it has the potential to cause a good deal of confusion itself.
The statement is remarkably defensive in tone, complaining that the USCCB's position "has been misrepresented, misunderstood, and misused for political and other purposes." Those are serious accusations, yet no groups or individuals, aside from the Catholic Health Association, are named. Worse, much of the letter questions the motives of those who disagreed with the bishops about the legislation's restriction on funding for abortion. The letter implicitly dismisses the arguments of prolife advocates, such as Senator Robert Casey Jr. (D-Pa.), and Representative Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), who concluded that the bill did not in any way extend public funding of elective abortions.
The health-care law is an exceedingly complicated piece of legislation, one that some experts on insurance law who share the bishops' opposition to abortion nevertheless think will advance the prolife cause (see Timothy Stoltzfus Jost's "Episcopal Oversight," May 25). In "Setting the Record Straight," however, the three bishops assert that "whether from within or without the Catholic community, very often these critics lacked an understanding of these particular issues or of the moral framework that motivated our positions. Others did grasp the seriousness of the issue we were attempting to address. Yet other priorities, in our judgment, led them to accept an inaccurate reading of the proposed legislation."
What makes the USCCB and its legal and legislative staffs so confident that they alone are competent to understand the new law? Is there a possibility that the USCCB might be wrong? Evidently not. "Making such moral judgments, and providing guidance to Catholics on whether an action by government is moral or immoral, is first of all the task of bishops, not of any other group or individual," the committee chairmen write. If you disagree with the bishops on highly technical legislative and legal questions, the statement suggests, you are guilty of causing confusion and wounding Catholic unity.
It has long been the position of the USCCB that, while bishops must provide moral guidance, lay Catholics are fully competent to make decisions in the public sphere, whether in the workplace or in politics. Is it now the USCCB's view that the laity has lost that competence? If that is the case, real confusion will surely ensue. And if only the hierarchy is permitted to assess the merits of something like health-care policy, how are American Catholics to make sense of the approval expressed for the new health-care law in La Civiltà Cattolica, the Rome-based Jesuit magazine whose contents are approved by the Vatican secretary of state?
In the USCCB's 2007 statement Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship, the conference insisted that "we bishops do not intend to tell Catholics for whom or against whom to vote," and that "the responsibility to make choices in political life rests with each individual in light of a properly formed conscience." In other words, the competence and authority of bishops is no greater than that of well-informed lay people when it comes to evaluating a specific candidate or piece of legislation. "Setting the Record Straight" appears to contradict this principle.
Catholics seeking full and equal participation in American democracy have long battled the canard that they cannot think for themselves, and instead take political orders from their prelates and from the Vatican. Historically, however, American Catholics have shown a great degree of political independence from the hierarchy—and from political parties themselves—and there is little reason to think that will change. If the authors of "Setting the Record Straight" wish to seize a "new opportunity for the Catholic community to come together in defense of human life," they can start by not questioning the motives of those Catholics who disagree with them about how best to interpret the provisions of the new health-insurance law. On questions such as this, disagreement should not be understood as a threat to unity, but as a sign of the church's intellectual vitality.
Related: A Pattern of Missteps, by the Editors
From the blog: Who Has the Right to Be Right?
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Here's a link to the Bishops' full statement. It does sound defensive, and their apparently fixed notion that for Catholics to disagree with them in public must result in "confusion and a wound to Catholic unity" would seem to guarantee future difficulties of a like nature.
To be clear, the purpose of the Hyde Amendment is to keep the Government from being complicit in the act of abortion. Any Government-sponsored Health Care plan that would include the option for elective abortion paid with separate funds would still remain a Government sponsored Health Care plan thus making the Government complicit in the act of abortion. Although we, who profess to be Catholic, know that the intentional destruction of Human Life denies the Creative Love of God in Whose Eyes we are all created equal and thus Roe v. Wade is unconstitutional, no where does Roe v.Wade suggest that the United States Government should be complicit in the act of abortion. Despite what the Catholic Health Association may argue, one cannot be preserving the health of a Human Individual while destroying the Life of that Human Individual, simultaneously. The Bishops are correct. They have recognized the lie from the beginning, that the intentional destruction of the Life of a Human Individual is not Health Care.
When the bishops go after the Military Industrial Congressional Complex instead of supporting America's Darwinian health care business, many of us will listen.
Unity, schmunity-- How about risking the SALVATION OF YOUR SOUL!!!http://www.sfcatholic.org/BishopsBulletin/ViewStory.aspx?article=256
"The Church is not a political party or interest group. It is not the Church's primary task to fight political battles or to be engaged in debates over specific policies. This task belongs to the laity." [emphasis added]
Bishop Jose Gomez - the next bishop of LA.
Brian, with all due respect, I believe that the Good Bishop knows that the fundamental Right to Life is not a "political" issue based upon politics but rather a self-evident Truth, grounded in the Dignity of the Human Person, endowed to us from our Creator, God, and for this reason the fundamental Right to Life must be protected for all Human Individuals.
you write "the purpose of the Hyde Amendment is to keep the Government from being complicit in the act of abortion. Any Government-sponsored Health Care plan that would include the option for elective abortion paid with separate funds"
I find interesting the proposition that the purpose of the Hyde Amendment is not to reduce the number of abortions but to achieve some theorethical statement regardless of any effective results.
However, the government sponsored health care plan in the legislation is the expansion of Medicaid, which is subject to the Hyde Amendment. What you seem to be referring to are not government sponsored plans but private industry sponsored plans that will be sold on the Exchanges.
We are not Protestants. If CHA in good faith disagreed with the bishops, it should have remained silent.
Besides, the arguments of CHA, Professor Jost, etc., just don't hold up. These defenders of the bill might know something about health care policy, but they simply are not even in the same league as USCCB staff when it comes to understanding abortion law.
The heirarchy's opposition to this health care reform is as well founded as it's (sometimes brutal) insistance that the sun revolved around the earth. They never grow up.
Can someone site some of Prof. Jost's pro-life writings prior to the health care debate?
From what I have been able to find, Prof. Jost's interest in abortion policy has been concentrated in demonstrating that the health care reform does not fund abortion. Which doesn't mean he's incorrect, but I don't trust that he shares my moral perspective on abortion.
In other words, the competence and authority of bishops is no greater than that of well-informed lay people when it comes to evaluating a specific candidate or piece of legislation.
This is a false statement and is NOT what the Bishop's said. It said the responsibility is up to the individual in "light of a properly formed conscience."
The Bishops have the competence and authority to teach us that it is a mortal sin to vote for a person who supports abortion. This is clear if you read the Catechism of the Catholic Church and properly form your conscience. If we follow the Catechism when it tells us how to compare issues like, the war in Iraq, capital punishment, poverty,etc. vs. abortion none of these issues are of the same moral equivalency as abortion and we are therefore not free to vote for democrats as Catholics since the party platform openly supports abortion. There is no moral equivalent and to try and suggest as above that the laity are an equal authority clouds the issue and is a direct attempt to spread dissent and heresy.
I have taken an extensive look at the exchanges between Commonweal, Professor Timothy Jost and the USCCB over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and have just published a commentary too long for this blog format, at publicdiscourse.org. Having gone through all of the analyses offered by both sides (i.e. Commonweal and its apparent legal advisor, Professor Jost on the one side, and the USCCB on the other), I remain mystified why Commonweal and Jost are so adamant about their conclusion that everything will be just fine under PPACA insofar as abortion and conscience protection are concerned. Jost apparently hopes the law will be interpreted to exclude federal abortion funding. He makes legal assumptions and proposals regarding how federal agencies might theoretically operate to exclude abortion funding. In the end, however, he can't carry really assure that -- under basic principles of statutory interpretation, or administrative law, or the law of separation of powers -- a president, or his federal agencies, or judges, will get away with ignoring or overturning the plain language of the relevant health care laws and judicial decisions.
Commonweal's and Jost's refusing to acknowledge even the possibility that the USCCB's arguments to the contrary are more sound, therefore ends up smacking more of politics than legal analysis. I think that once the dust has settled, it will seem foolish – especially for a Catholic publication like Commonweal, with its history of often eloquent advocacy for the entire Catholic social justice agenda – to have disaparaged the reasonableness of the USCCB's legal argument. The USCCB is one of the very last public voices holding up the entire consistent ethic of life within a federal legislative environment which has become very, very partisan.
Helen Avere does not even mention Obama's Executive order preventing federal funding. Her silence is telling. Her silence on this destroys her argument. The truth will eventually out on no federal funding on abortion and I bet she will give credit to Tea party defunding efforts. PHEW
My Health insurance Kaiser Permanente' funds abortion, birth control sterilization etc as do almost all private health insurance which most all insured American have. Is there a moral lapse in having this carrier while not using these 'services' . Does Avare's and Nancy Dickerson's health plans fund these procedures? Reply appreciated.


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Unfortunately, I don't remember what it was.
Last week, something very funny happened, and I knew I needed to blog about it so you could all share in my laugh. But I was on my way to my parents' house for Thanksgiving. I gave myself strict instructions to write a note to myself so I could blog about it this week. But I promptly ignored my instructions. This was too funny to forget, I thought.
I forgot.
It just happened last week! I've gone through my week time and time again trying to remember, but alas, it's gone. A shame, because I'm pretty sure it was something silly I did that we could all get a good chuckle from.
Last night, while watching a Hallmark Christmas movie on CBS (my movie and music standards drop significantly when it comes to Christmas), I realized the perfect job for me: a Christmas tree farmer. I'd care for each tree like it was my own, naming it, grooming it. And when the time came, I'd help each family find their perfect tree. People would come from many states because of my reputation. I'd also always have hot wassail available.
Except maybe I'd drink all the wassail. I consumed almost an entire pot by myself on Saturday.
(For those of you who don't remember, I have four trees every year–three fake ones and a real one. I name them all. This year, I almost got a fourth fake tree to add to the collection when my sister-in-law told me about a crazy $30 sale on prelit trees, but they were sold out.)
I ventured out on Black Friday this year. But it doesn't really count because, as I mentioned afore, we were at my parents' house. They live in a smallish town, so Black Friday isn't crazy like Dallas. This is why I had to go: my dad and husband decided to go to Best Buy.
Have you seen my husband at Best Buy or Fry's? Dangerous.
So I went to keep an eye on them. Next door, Shoe Carnival was having a buy-1-get-1-half-off sale.
"Don't you need new shoes?" I asked Chris.
So we went in. This really isn't that significant except two things struck me as minorly funny.
One, Chris didn't get any shoes. My dad and I walked out with a pair each, though. While there, I remembered that I don't have winter black shoes. So I bought a pair of black comfy Sketchers.
Which brings us to minor funny number two.
"Those are winter shoes?" Chris said. "And you say you're from the northeast." (He's from Colorado.)
"I'm contextualizing for Texas. In Texas, winter shoes are non-flipflops." Although, really, sometimes you can wear flipflops in Texas in winter. At least I do.
I don't know why that struck me as funny, but it did. Also, I love Sketchers. I can't help myself. They're so comfy!
I've always had weird dreams, often involving serial killers (I've chased serial killers, been chased by serial killers, been a serial killer, etc.). Now these weird dreams are taking a turn for the pregnancy. A couple of weeks ago, I dreamed that my belly button popped out exactly like a turkey timer–long and T-shaped and all. I kept trying to push it back in because I'm only six months pregnant and so obviously not done yet.
Two nights ago, I dreamed that I could take the baby out of my tummy and put him back in. Like a kangeroo. It was very convenient.
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I went to Outback with my free steak coupon, and it was AWFUL. Their quality has gone down so much. I'm never going back.
I went with my coupon and it was pretty good! I guess YRMV :-)


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OHL rolls out new two new locations, expands another
Global third-party logistics services provider OHL announced it has opened up new locations in Sparks, Nevada and Dallas and is also moving its existing location in Gainesville, Georgia to a larger facility.
OHL opened up the Sparks hub in February and the Dallas hub in August, with planning for the Gainesville expansion having been ongoing for several months, according to Greg Sanders," President of Transportation Services for OHL's North America Transportation business unit.
"OHL has long been recognized as a leading warehouse company," said Sanders. "During the past several years, OHL has made key acquisitions of companies and invested in people to expand our transportation service offerings both in North America and throughout the world. I was brought in as president of Transportation Services for OHL's North America Transportation business unit to expand our network and service offering, so that we could offer complete solutions to existing and prospective customers."
At the Gainesville facility, OHL is essentially doubling the size of the facility and can accommodate approximately 240 people, said Karen Hall, OHL director of marketing and communication board of directors member for the Transportation Marketing and Communications Association. Hall added that the company operates its Sparks hub from the OHL multi-customer warehouse campus. The Sparks campus is 1.3 million square feet, with the transportation operations comprising a small part of that. And the Dallas location is OHL's newest operation and is expanding rapidly, she said.
Sanders and Hall explained that OHL provides shippers with myriad services at these facilities, including truckload, LTL and intermodal.
"We specialize in temperature controlled freight, dry van full TL services and can also handle special shipments including flatbed and over dimensional loads," they said. "We operate a dedicated fleet as well as manage transportation for our customers utilizing our 12,000+ carrier partner network."
And these facilities provide these services for shippers from multiple locations and provide full shipment visibility, too, they noted.