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Have you ever heard of Agenda 21? It's not a new real-estate agency. It's a United Nations plot to take over America, usurp our freedom and establish a New World Order — at least in the view of some conservatives, particularly those of the tea party variety.
Have you ever heard of Agenda 21?
It's not a new real-estate agency. It's a United Nations plot to take over America, usurp our freedom and establish a New World Order — at least in the view of some conservatives, particularly those of the tea party variety.
No, Agenda 21 is a list of voluntary guidelines for "sustainable development," the plan's defenders say, because if 7 billion people continue using up the Earth at the current rate, they'll soon devour all the good stuff and leave dust to future generations.
That's the type of philosophical debate my friends and I used to have late at night at the University of Illinois at Chicago, the conversation either enhanced or debased by ingestion of adult beverages and inhalation of "wacky tabacky."
But in Stephenson County, and I suspect in other local jurisdictions, that kind of debate is very real, minus the inebriating substances. It's playing out on the County Board.
"Agenda 21 was produced in 1992 or 1994," said David Martindale, a Stephenson County Board member who was born and raised in Rockford and works there. He's lived in Stephenson County for more than 20 years.
"The UN wants to control every aspect of human interaction with the environment. It's a philosophy of people worshipping the Earth rather than the creator, protecting the Earth from people," Martindale said, adding that he thinks regional planning agencies are being used to carry out Agenda 21 all over the country.
Martindale will deliver a lecture on Agenda 21 at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Rock Falls Library, sponsored by the Sauk Valley Tea Party.
To Stephenson County Board Chairman Bill Hadley, this Agenda 21 talk is irrelevant. It's helping to sideline the routine work of county government.
"These guys are way out there," Hadley said about eight County Board "tea-party Republicans," including Martindale.
"I just want to get the county business to be taken care of and make sure we get our federal and state tax dollars back here to take care of our infrastructure and get our brownfields grants," said the lifelong Republican who has twice been the GOP's Stephenson County vice chairman.
"This group wanted to pass concealed carry for the county because people supported it in a nonbinding referendum. The state's attorney told them it's illegal. The police chief and sheriff said that if the county passed a concealed-carry law, they would enforce the state law (against concealed carry) and pick up people who violated it."
Hadley complains that the Gang of Eight filibusters at board meetings.
"We're only supposed to have one meeting a month, and we had two meetings in December, two in January, and one of those went to 1:40 a.m."
Hadley also says the eight are "anti-federal grant money, anti-state grant money." And they thanked God when they repealed dog registration fees.
"They are trying to kill programs we're involved in, like the roundabout we're putting in on Pearl City Road and Kiwanis Drive." Hadley says the county is just trying to get back some of the money that taxpayers sent to Washington and Springfield. That's better than using local dollars solely to pay for projects in other cities and states, he reasons.
The tea party folks used to have nine members, until it was discovered that newly elected Ashley DeMeester didn't live in her district and had to resign. Hadley has to appoint her replacement, who has to be a Republican.
Yes, it will be a Republican, but not a tea-party Republican, he said.
"I'm been a conservative all my life, but I don't go overboard," said Hadley, a combat veteran of Operation Desert Storm and the Iraq War.
"This is like the time the LaRouchies surprised the Democrats years ago and got two of their people on the statewide ballot. Six of the eight are brand-new. The next time the election comes around for these people, I think they'll have trouble getting re-elected."
Martindale scoffs at such talk, calling his critics "RINOs," for Republican in Name Only. He says his colleagues and he are trying to break the good ol' boys network, shine light on government shenanigans, and cut spending, taxes and regulations. He's not opposed to all state funding, citing motor fuel taxes as an example.
"A year ago, there was no discussion at board meetings. The previous chairman just ran the meeting and got the votes he wanted. Now people are hearing the facts. We're coming up against a lot of opposition because they don't want change. The portion of our property taxes that goes to the county is 11.1 percent, while it's between 8.3 and 8.7 percent in all neighboring counties. We want to rein that back."
Regardless of which side you believe, Hadley advises folks seeking a cheap date to take in a Stephenson County Board meeting, which he calls the hottest act in Freeport.
"Bring your popcorn and pop, it's really entertaining. The sad part is, all we're trying to do is the right thing, and there's eight people trying to make a bunch of chaos."
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Amber Holcomb is eliminated
Two finalists revealed Thursday, May 9, on FOX; two-night season finale airs Wednesday, May 15 and Thursday, May 16
"American Idol" revealed its final three contestants on Thursday: Candice Glover, Kree Harrison and Angie Miller.
In a surprising twist unveiled last week, votes were combined from the Wednesday night performance shows on April 24 and May 1 in a special "American Idol" two-week showdown. Host Ryan Seacrest revealed that Amber Holcomb, 19, received the least number of votes for those two weeks and was sent home.
Also on Thursday's results show, Grammy winner, world-renowned recording artist and Wednesday night's performance show mentor, Harry Connick Jr., performed his new single, "Every Man Should Know," for the first time. Season seven "American Idol" winner and platinum-selling recording artist David Cook performed his new song, "Laying Me Low." Plus, straight off the soundtrack from the new movie, "The Great Gatsby," seven-time Grammy Award-winning artist will.i.am performed his new song, "Bang Bang," which also is available on his current album, "#willpower."
"American Idol's" finalists will head home for a special homecoming this weekend.
Upon hearing the news, each of the singers revealed what they're most looking forward to:
Candice, 23, of St. Helena Island, S.C., said, "I'm mostly looking forward to seeing firsthand what the support has been like at home, because I hear about it all the time. It would mean the world to make the top three, because that means everything I've worked for is finally falling into place."
Kree, 22, from Woodville, Texas, said, "What I'm looking forward to most is being able to celebrate with my friends and family in my hometown, and being able to hug each of them to thank them for supporting me."
Angie, 19, from Beverly, Mass., said, "Making the top three means everything to me! I can't wait to meet everyone who has supported me and got me this far in the competition."
Tune in next week, Wednesday, May 8 (8 p.m.), so see what happened when Candice, Kree and Angie returned to their hometowns - and find out what songs the judges and Jimmy Iovine have chosen for them to perform.
Each finalist will sing three songs: "Judges' Choice," "Jimmy's Choice" and "Idol's Choice."
The live results show airs the following night, Thursday, May 9 (8 p.m.), when the final two divas remaining on "American Idol" will be revealed. Plus, multi-Grammy Award-winning artist Alicia Keys will take the stage to perform her new single, "Tears Always Win," from her hit album, "Girl on Fire." Also, country artist and season 10 runner-up Lauren Alaina will perform her new single, "Barefoot and Buckwild," for the first time ever on the "American Idol" stage.
Fans can "Like" "American Idol" on Facebook at www.facebook.com/AmericanIdol, follow the series on Twitter @AmericanIdol, and join the discussion at #idol. Also, follow host Ryan Seacrest at @RyanSeacrest, and follow the judges: @MariahCarey,@yo_randyjackson,@nickiminaj and @keithurban.
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BiologyThe Antiguan racer is strictly diurnal (2), remaining active in the heat of the day but often seeking out dense vegetation to provide shade (4). Adults feed primarily on anole lizards (Anolis species) that are caught by ambush, lying in wait camouflaged beneath a thin layer of leaf litter with only their heads protruding (2). The main predators of the Antiguan racer are introduced rats and mongooses.


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Ray Kamrath needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 142 designs submitted by 40 freelance designers.
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Faros Trading LLC is a new foreign exchange (currency) broker servicing institutional investors that need to trade large blocks of currency. They are not speculators, merely, international investors that need to trade currency to facilitate the investment process.
The Faros business model is based on a competitive edge gained through our technology platform. This technology edge enables Faros to offer a cost advantage to our customers. In addition, Faros offer a greater degree of transparency than do traditional FX providers (large Wall Street Banks).
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Large and sophisticated investors who are used to dealing with large and very professional banks.
Faros comes from the word Faro that means "lighthouse" in spanish. It is actually the plural form but I like Faros better than Faro because hearing "Faro" makes one think of the eqyptian pharo.
The company colors would ideally be colors that are serious. I tend to like light blue (water) and gray (seriousness) and want to avoid anything too bright or flashy.
I prefer the a graphic symbol as opposed to a photographic image. The use of a complete lighthouse is discourage bc its been used before. However, at the same time, I do think a part of a lighthouse might be great if its not cheesy. For example, I have the image of the top of a lighthouse with the beam of light shining in my head. That might be cool...Just try to avoid a basic lighthouse graphic...something a bit more edgy and something that brings out precision, guidance, safeharbor as emotions...
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The newest addition to the 3 Series lineup, the 2014 BMW 3 Series GT, made its world debut at the Geneva Auto Show. Although its proportions belie its size, the GT, or Gran Turismo, is the largest vehicle in the 3 Series lineup; it's longer and taller than even the 3 Series Sport Wagon. It also has more cargo and passenger space. BMW says the 328i GT and 335i GT will arrive on U.S. shores this summer.
Compared with the wagon, the Gran Turismo is nearly eight inches longer and more than three inches taller. Although passengers sit higher in the GT than in other 3 Series variants, the bigger body means more headroom. For rear-seat passengers, three inches of additional legroom is afforded by the longer body and by a wheelbase that's been stretched more than four inches.
The 3 Series GT also offers a bit more cargo space behind the rear seat, despite its sloping roofline. The power-operated rear liftgate opens up to 18.3 cubic feet of cargo space by the European measurement standard. Specifications for the U.S. model may vary slightly. The cargo area is fitted with hooks and tie-down points and is illuminated by LED lighting strips.
Two engine choices will be offered for U.S. customers, both advanced engines that use turbochargers and direct fuel injection to maximize performance and economy. The 328i GT is powered by a 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine, while the 335i GT uses a 300-horsepower 3.0-liter six-cylinder. Regardless of engine choice, the 3 Series GT is equipped with an 8-speed automatic transmission.
When the 3 Series GT arrives in the U.S. later this year, customers can choose from a range of trim choices including BMW's Sport, Luxury and Modern Lines as well as the M Sport line, which includes performance-minded touches like 18- or 19-inch wheels, a lowered suspension and sport seats.
Complete specifications, pricing information and official EPA fuel economy ratings are yet to come for the 2014 BMW 3 Series GT, but we expect more information to arrive soon, just ahead of the Gran Turismo's U.S. arrival.
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The Evergreen State College has recently adopted the e2Campus emergency notification system that enables the school to send urgent news via text-messaging to your cell phone and/or email.
The service is available to all current students, faculty and staff of The Evergreen State College.
Once you sign up for the service, the school can text your cell phone and/or email with timely information about emergencies and school closures (no general or non-urgent messages). This replaces the prior FlashAlert system, so if you want these notifications, you will need to sign up for e2Campus.
Depending on your personal cell phone plan, there may be a nominal fee from your carrier to receive text messages, but there is no charge from the school to use the service.
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While the introduction of e2Campus is designed to improve on past emergency communication systems, no single system can guarantee the ability to reach all subscribers in all circumstances. We are working on further improvements for on-campus communication in case of emergency. Here are some other resources for information on weather delays and closures.
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Evergreen Web site: www.evergreen.edu
Evergreen switchboard: 360-867-6000 (press 1 for operating status of the Olympia campus).
Radio: KGY/1240 AM (Olympia); 1320 AM (Aberdeen); 1170 AM (Centralia); 1030 AM (Shelton); KIRO 710 AM; KOMO 1000 AM
Evergreens' Tacoma campus follows Tacoma School District decisions (see http://www.tacoma.k12.wa.us/information/Pages/SchoolClosures.aspx)
Weather conditions in Washington can vary widely from location to location. Students, faculty and staff should always evaluate the conditions where they are and make their own decisions about travel.
Steps to register for e2Campus alerts:
- Visit: www.evergreen.edu/emergencypreparedness
- If you prefer *to receive emails only*, proceed to the link, Click Here To Sign Up Using EMAIL Only under the Create Account button. Otherwise create a username and enter email and cell phone number. Additional options for RSS readers, additional emails, etcetera will be available on successive pages after you create your account.
- After you create your account, watch your email and/or cell phone for verification messages designed to ensure correct and reliable communications to phones and email addresses.
- With email: it is particularly important to check that the resulting message did not enter your junk email folder, and to add the email address to your safe list if it did. Due to the variety of security levels associated with email accounts, networks, spam filters, and computer systems, this step is crucial to ensure an open channel for emergency messages. In Microsoft Outlook, for example, if you do not receive a verification message in a few minutes, please check the junk email folder. To do this, right-click on the message from firstname.lastname@example.com and choose . The procedure for safe-listing messages will vary with different email systems and networks.
Cell phones will receive a verification code via text message that you enter into the Web site ensuring that your phone received the test message and can therefore receive text messages in the future.
If you fail to follow the link in the email to verify your registration or fail to enter a cell phone code onto the Web site when prompted, your cell phone or email will not be registered with the system.
To edit your e2Campus account:
- Visit: www.e2campus.com/my/evergreen/.
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Voyage to a fashionable French resort town
Dating back to the 16th century, the fortified port town of Porto Vecchio is now a Corsican resort destination. The Old Town district—with its cobblestone streets, charming buildings, and ruins of the ancient citadel—features fashionable shops, boutiques, and cafés, while Porto Vecchio's modern marina offers ferry rides to Bonifacio and the Lavezzi Islands nature reserve, plus a variety of places to enjoy a local beverage harborside.
Visit the Church of Saint Jean-Baptiste, the Bastion San Antonia, and the Porte Genoise Gate for panoramic views of the sea, mountains and surrounding valley, or enjoy an afternoon at one of Corsica's two most famous beaches, Palombaggia and Santa Guilia, located just south of Porto-Vecchio. As dusk settles, head to the Old Town's Place de la République (main square) for its lively nightlife, bars, and restaurants.
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Porto-Vecchio's quaint Old Town consists of a small grid of small cobbled streets, a main square and ruins of the ancient citadel. Fashionable shops and historical sites mingle in Old Town, with stunning views of the marina below.
Built on a rocky outcrop, the Castellu d'Araghju is one of the most representative of the great Torrean buildings. Walk the path, marked with an ancient wall, to the ruins and impressive views of the area.
Flanked by mountains, pink granite headlands, and umbrella-shaped pines, the famed beaches of Corsica are famous for a reason. Part of a nature reserve, Palombaggia Beach is a beautiful 2 km stretch of golden sand and shallow crystal-clear water. Santa Guilia Beach is reminiscent of a Caribbean beach, and features great snorkeling.
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Wank Party 2012 #9 features 5 great models, Dima Lauren, Jan Sadecky, Lukas Pribyl, Mirek Hodbod and Zdenek Berdak. Four of the guys are working, stripped to the waist, passing wood into the building. Meanwhile Lukas Pribyl is not seen. However we later see him coming out of a WC, to check on progress with the work. He tells the guys that some guttering should not be where is lays, and they pick up and take it to the correct place. They then sit and light up their cigarettes. Lukas asks them why they smoke and takes the cigarette from Dima and throw it away, dousing it with water. He tries to do the same with Jan, but fails, and squirts him with water. He then squirts Dima as well. Then he puts an arm around Dima's shoulders and the two of them get their cocks out. Next they remove the shorts from the other three guys as well. They all start wanking as they chat and soon the cocks begin to grow. Dima bends over and starts to suck on Jan's cock, Lukas takes that as his cue and does the same to Mirek. Zdenek then sucks Mirek and as well. Lukas stands up so that Zdenek has two cocks to work on. The sucking continues apace, with Jan sucking on Dima and Lukas sucking Mirek while Zdenek laps at the balls. Zdenek then positions himself between Lukas and Mirek. He sucks on Lukas' hard cock while his own is being sucked by Mirek, while Dima is back down on Jan's massive tool. Mirek moves over to join Dima and Jan, leaving Zdenek to work on Lukas' throbbing dick. Jan sucks on Mirek's cock as Dima sucks him. Things get even hotter when they all change again. With Jan sitting on the ground rimming Dima's ass as he sucks Mirek. Lukas is chomping down on Zdenek's stiff cock as well. Jan loves Dima's ass and his tongue is replaced by a finger, sliding deep into the hole. Lukas turns around and presents his cock to Mirek for sucking, using his own mouth to kiss Zdenek. Dima is sucking on Mirek still as Jan stands a pushes his massive cock into that waiting hole. Lukas has Zdenek on his back, legs in the air so that he can rim that hole. Dima loves the feel of cock in his as and mouth at the same time and reaches back to pull his ass open further to give Jan better access to it. Mirek and Jan change places so that Mirek gets to fuck as well. Lukas goes back to sucking on Zdenek before changing around. What a great start to our latest Wank Party, with all the guys hot and horny. I cant wait for part 2 to come online.
Ian Ford is 18 years old and comes from Kezmarok in Slovakia. He is a student who enjoys dancing, sport and girls. Having found Ian for a Street Hunting Gonzo scene we now have this erotic video with him. He is such a good looking guy and, after his interview, he stands and begins. His hands run over his body and he lifts his shirt to reveal a very nicy body. Hooking the shirt over his head Ian continues to feel himself, opening his jeans and pushing them down. We see his cock and very low hanging balls. He begins to wank on his stiffening cock, with his balls swaying to and fro. Ian looks great as he stands then, without the jeans, cock rock hard and hands feeling his chest. Breathing heavily Ian wanks himself and feels those pendulous balls. Having given a very nice show with his cock Ian turns around and show his ass as well. He squats slightly, and the cheeks spread somewhat. Looking back at the camera he also pushes his cock back between his legs to complete a wonderful view. His ass looks great, especially when we get a close-up of that hot hole. Ian then lays on his back and wanks a bit, before lubing a dildo with his mouth and pushing it into his tight hole. His cock stays nice and hard as he works the dildo in his ass. Ian then removes the dildo and begins to wank himself to completion. His cock shoots a nice load of cum for us before he finishes his video with a nice, refreshing shower.
Libor Lustig is 20 years old and lives in Prague, where he works as a market manager. He enjoys skating and football as well as most sports. Hot and horny is a good description of Libor, but firstly we are struck by how handsome he is. Then, as he strips off the impression is confirmed as he shows a very good body with a nice amount of hair. Libor has a very sexy ass too, as well as a beautiful cock, with the foreskin closed neatly over the head while flaccid. As it grows, though the head comes out and looks great when the cock is fully erect. Libor doesn't stint on the poses, so we see that beautiful cock and his sexy ass, with the cheeks nicely spread, exposing his hot hole. All in all a most impressive shoot, from a great looking guy.


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Before ever he met the Apostle Paul, the life of young Timothy was already full of blessings. Indeed, Paul himself, among the last lines he wrote on this earth, reminded Timothy of those blessings: "But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus" (2 Timothy 3:14-15).
Both Paul and Timothy knew who were the latter's first teachers of Holy Scripture. Paul wrote earlier in this same epistle, "I call to remembrance the genuine faith that is in you, which dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am persuaded is in you also" (1:5).
These two women, Timothy's mother and grandmother, had raised him, not only in the faith but also in the study of the Sacred Writings, ta hiera grammata--sacred grammar. It was this early study of Sacred Letters, carried on in the home, that grounded the soul of young Timothy and prepared him to become, in due course, an apostle of the Church and the bishop of Ephesus. The whole Church, for the past two thousand years, owes to these two women an immense and unpayable debt of gratitude.
When, as a child, Timothy was taught the grammar of Holy Scripture, what did he learn from Lois and Eunice? Many things, to be sure, but let us consider three benefits to be ascribed to that early instruction in God's Word.
First, Timothy learned to take possession of his heart. The rich and varied narratives that enabled him to make sense of his heart. Placing his young soul under the authoritative guidance of Sacred Grammar, Timothy learned who he was, his place in this world, what God expected of him, and what he himself could expect, both during his life and at the end of it.
The stories of the Bible--but more especially the central, core story---assimilated in the context of his family, gave shape to Timothy's moral imagination, conferring on his conscience a narrative moral sense. These biblical stories gave imaginative organization to his mind. He was enabled to inform his personal life from the biblical history. From these stories, learned especially in the setting of his home, Timothy was educated in the habits of the heart. He was, in the full, rich sense of that word, indoctrinated, sacred doctrine being placed in the heart and mind, giving formation to his character
Timothy learned, from inside, the Bible's perspective on the world. He slowly became versed in the narratives, poetry, and maxims that would enable him to organize his own heart, give structure to his thought and feelings, and imaginative, rational formation to his conscience. All of this is to say that Timothy was the blessed recipient of a biblical culture
Second, the study of the Bible, for Timothy, was not a private thing. Thanks to the two older generations that instructed him-and those longer generations to which his mother and grandmother were heirs--Timothy was enabled to read Holy Scripture through the eyes of the living Sacred Tradition, in which alone the Bible is properly understood.
After all, there is no such thing as a private culture. All culture is traditional culture. It is not a commodity that can be purchased. By definition, a culture can only be inherited. All culture is necessarily transgenerational.
This is true of biblical culture as well. It is necessarily social. Timothy's study of Holy Scripture was a great socializing agent in the formation of his character. By it he became one with his own history, including his family's history, where he assimilated the organizing influences of a biblical world view.
In Timothy's case, the transmission of this biblical culture was a somewhat difficult task, because Timothy's father was apparently not a believer (Acts 16:1). Thus, the young man did not enjoy in his home the benefit of what the behavioral sciences today call a "male role model." Timothy learned his faith and Sacred Grammar from the women in the household, and the experience seems not to have hurt him at all.
Third, from the instructions of Eunice and Lois, Timothy learned to take his place in the continuance of biblical history. After all, the Bible not only records history; it also creates history. By this I mean that the Bible, as written down, read, and proclaimed in the ongoing community of faith, influences, and directs the course of history. The Bible changes history by changing the lives of those that come under its transforming power.
Like ourselves, young Timothy was part of the history created by Holy Scripture. He belonged to the gathering of those who in the Holy Spirit are assembled to attend to God's Word. In the history that it records, the Bible itself prolongs that history in those who receive it in faith.
This unified history, comprised of what the Bible records and what the Bible creates, is a single, living, ongoing reality-a living culture--in which there is a continuity between the words of Holy Scripture and Holy Tradition's understanding of those words. If there were to be a break between the Bible and its interpretation, that continuity would be lost. That is the very essence of heresy, which is the loss of biblical continuity.
This ongoing continuity is called Holy Tradition, which embraces, as a single reality, the history narrated in the Holy Scriptures, the Holy Scriptures themselves, and the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Bride that reads these Scriptures in her worship, understands them in her teaching, and proclaims them in her ministry to the world.
Thanks to two wise women, a godly mother and a devout grandmother, this was also Timothy's personal history.
Fr. Patrick Henry Reardon is pastor of All Saints Antiochian Orthodox Church in Chicago, Illinois, and a Senior Editor of Touchstone: A Journal of Mere Christianity.
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I actually started BBQ when I was about 11 years old, taught by my grandfather, John Snoddy. "You are your own biggest critic," but my girlfriend convinced me that I was good enough to compete. So I went "official." I am a very jovial and in it as most for the love of the bbq, and good times. I know I have a lot to learn and plan on being here for a LONG time. Wins or losses, its about the sauce on your face and the smile following it. Enjoy and good times is good enough for me!
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text: Ask any physician what is a common complaint they receive from women aged 40 and older, and you'll likely hear the answer night sweats. In other words, they're quite common. In a recent study of more than 2,200 patients, 41 percent said they had night sweats in the last month.


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Some published genealogy records report James W. or John Stamper as a half-Cherokee Indian reportedly fathered by a Cherokee Indian and a Reeves woman, either Agnes Reeves or Agnes' sister. (Who is Agnes Reeves? None of the websites espousing this theory identified her.)
John's birth name was James W. Stamper and James himself took the name "John". This same John was also known as "Pewter John Reeves Stamper".
A notarized affidavit by a descendant, Vernon J. Mead, in December 1983, shows John as a son of a Cherokee Indian.
Stamper genealogy lists a James W. Stamper (John) as the son of Richard Stamper and Martha Carter of Wilkes County, North Carolina.
One story relates that John was the offspring of one of William Stamper's sisters, possibly named Joanna. A Joanna Stamper lived in the Ashe County, North Carolina/Grayson County, Virginia area, and many Stamper researchers believe she was the sister of William and Thomas Moore Stamper. She married a Perkins.
Richard and Martha Stamper were possibly adopted parents who took him in when the out of wedlock birth to a Cherokee father and a Stamper mother occurred.
John seemed to have been a counterfeiter of coins, making silver coins out of pewter. He therefore had the nickname of "Pewter John".
Prior to locating in Kentucky, John's history is sketchy and questionable as many reported "facts" are conflicting. His birth has been variously reported in either February, September or December of 1800, in Ashe, Swain or Cherokee Counties, North Carolina.
The facts that don't appear to be contested regarding John Stamper are:
His marriage license and marriage bond were recorded in Floyd County, Kentucky, as John Stamper in Book 1, page 127 and Book 1820-2, page 24, respectfully. On 8 Jun 1820, he married Sarah Stamper, who was presumed to be his first cousin.
He was born about 1799, according to an Ashland Independent Newspaper dated June 22, 1882, that lists John's death at age 83, at the home of his son-in-law, Ezekiel McGlone, Buffalo Valley, Carter County, Kentucky.
John is buried at Bethel Cemetery, Olive Hill, Carter County, Kentucky, but his monument is now degraded and unreadable.
And finally, to put to rest the speculation that his father was a Cherokee Indian, the DNA of a descendant of John Stamper is a genetic match to the descendants of the Reeves' family of Grayson County, Virginia and Ashe County, North Carolina, and additionally to their Reeves' relatives in Wake County, North Carolina. Based upon DNA, Pewter John Reeves Stamper was the child of a Reeves male and an unknown female, possibly from the Stamper family. From the fact that John himself added the "Reeves" to his name, it could probably be assumed that he was aware of the family connection.
(Thanks to Anna Fultz Braun, Stamper descendant, for the use of her photo of Sarah Stamper's gravestone.)


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Modular phone
From Openmoko
A number of manufacturers produce modular components suitable for embedded systems. Some of these components are suitable for a hobbyist to put together a modular phone. This page is intended as a starting-point for building an OpenMoko compatible phone.
The major problem with this approach is that the resultant phone tends to be larger than a normal phone.
This is because though they may be designed to be compact, internal connectors add lots of volume compared to a PCB, where everything can be in one unit.
Component Suppliers
Possible configuration 1
- Gumstix verdex (600MHz Intel Xscale PXA270, 128MB RAM, 64MB flash) - $170USD
- Goliath-GPS-vx GSM/GPRS/EDGE/LCD touchscreen/audio/3D accelerometer module/sound - $100-200
- microSD breakout board [1] - $15USD
- 480 x 272px LCD [2] - $70USD
- Battery, holder, charger circuitry - $20USD
- Case - $40USD.
- Speakers, mic - $10USD
- Buttons - $5USD
- USB WiFi dongle (also, forthcoming gumstix modules will add wifi to the verdex mobo range) - $20
- Amplifier for speakers (unless not required on Goliath module) - $5
The prices for the Goliath daughter cards are realeased on monday 16th July 2007, and should be around $100USD, giving a total of around $455+, which compares with the Neo1973 at $450.
Prices will be reduced, if we as the OpenMoko community buy in bulk.
Capabilities wise, this compares well with the Neo - there is no accelerated graphics or touchscreen and the screen resolution is smaller, but it does have EDGE and a faster processor. Otherwise specs are similar.
From Sketchup models supplied by Gumstix, the size will be around 120 x 67 x 17mm. This is the smallest cuboid into which the components will fit. The case will add approx. 2mm to this - battery, screen, microSD and other components should fit into voids between the main circuit boards.
Weight information will be included here as soon as the specs are released by Gumstix.
Where relevant, all components listed here have Linux kernel modules supplied by their manufacturer.
Other resources
Home Brew Mobile Phone Club have a site devoted to build-it-yourself mobile phones, based upon Gumstix motherboards. They have schematics, case designs and details of suitable components from many sources.


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Minnesota State Fair Limits Smoking to 18 Sites
FALCON HEIGHTS (AP) — Smoking will be a little trickier at this year's Minnesota State Fair.
A new rule limits smoking to 18 stations set up around the fairgrounds. Smokers will no longer be allowed to light up while walking down Dan Patch Avenue.
The fair's governing board approved the new rule in January. It will be enforced when this year's Great Minnesota Get-Together runs Aug. 22 through Sept. 2.
A State Fair spokeswoman says the decision came after years of seeing how other fairs handle smoking.
The Minnesota State Fair already banned smoking in all buildings on the Fairgrounds as well as in entertainment venue seating areas such as the band shell and Grandstand. But until now, smoking was allowed in most public areas.


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Hello, I'm new to this forum and signed up because of a 'situation' I am currently in. Apologies for the length of this post.
In October I posted an experimental piece of art work on my Facebook page. It was stuff that I don't usually do (or even like to be honest and I have now deleted the post). Unfortunately my eagle-eyed sister spotted it and commented immediately saying how much she 'loved' it and could she buy it. The piece in question was unframeable and I said that was so, so she couldn't have it.
A couple of months previously she had told me that she wanted a 'Highland Cattle' with one of the stipulations being that it should have it's tongue up its nose (don't ask) and I had managed to avoid any discussion with her because I really really really do not have any interest in producing that kind of work (most of my work is non-representational abstract and even though I can do stuff like that, I don't like that sort of stuff).
Every single instinct was screaming at me to not progress with the request yet the annoying little yes-man in my head was writing to her and striking a deal even agreeing to do a Nose licking cow in the same style.
She paid me upfront for the two paintings and I did the work, got them framed. They are now sat in my living room.
The problem: I hate both paintings (the nose licker especially) and have been putting off giving them to her. She is now getting angry with me and when we last spoke (via text) it was a curt 'I paid good money for these paintings here's my address, post them to me' (I was going to give them to her at a family get together in January but had to cancel due to illness).
I want to refund the money to her and explain why but my SO is pressuring me to give them to her saying 'you'll never see them again, we need the money'.
Am I being too precious? What would you do in this situation?


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Radio Theater Regular Season: Culpables (Last part)
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Radio theater Regular Season
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Radio theater Regular Season
(Last part)
by Jaime Salom
On 95.2 Ràdio, la Municipal de Terrassa
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Did you know ...?
First Radio Theater plays, issued at the early 1920's, were theater scripts played on a conventional stage in which superimposed the voice of a narrator explaining on radio all that was not appreciated only with the ears .
Did you know ...?
To simulate the sound effect ticking of a clock, we can achieve if we roll a pencil between our hands with a ring on one finger.
Did you know ...?
To simulate the sound effect of a shower can be achieved by slowly pouring a bag of rice in a plastic container.
Did you know ...?Orson Welles founded "The Mercury Theatre on the Air" in July 1938, together with John Houseman, as a company to play radio drama scripts which adapted by himself.


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SMITHFIELD— Local residents will remember former Gov. John Reed at a local service Sunday.
Reed, who died of pneumonia Oct. 31 at the age of 91, spent his summers at his camp on North Pond and was a familiar face in the Smithfield community.
Reed was governor of Maine from 1959 to 1966, after which he served as chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board under President Richard Nixon and as the U.S. Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives under presidents Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan.
Smithfield Baptist Church Pastor Bert Brewster said area residents were proud of Reed, who began coming to North Pond as an infant with his family.
Reed was an active supporter of the North Pond Lake Association and regularly attended potluck suppers, church and grange events, and other neighborhood gatherings.
He was particularly known for his ability to set those around him at ease.
Brewster said that the service will include a rendition of the State of Maine song, one of Reed's favorites, by the church choir. Other favorite hymns of Reed will also be sung.
A service was also held in Washington, D.C.; state and national flags in Maine were flown at half staff on Nov. 7 in his honor. Reed will be buried at Riverside Cemetery in Fort Fairfield, where he was born.
The Smithfield service, which was organized by a group of Reed's area friends, will be at 2 p.m. in the Smithfield Baptist Church on Lakeview Drive.
The event is open to the public and are invited to share stories and photos of Reed. Organizers said refreshments will be served after the service.
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Bert wrote:I am not an expert either but I think that your rendering is a transation and his is a paraphrase, a free one at that.
Bert wrote:I am not an expert either but I think that your rendering is a transation and his is a paraphrase, a free one at that.
AVRAHAM wrote:Okay. I have more to ask here than just a translation. I do have lexica. Well, I have noticed that there is a common theme with Christians, who translate the New Testament. That the idea is "not to find the best way to put the Greek into English, but the best way to give the meaning of what the original writer meant." Is this not a poor way to translate a text? Yes. A paraphrase. To me, it takes away from the text. Especially one of a spiritual nature....
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Dyanmic equivalence is part translation, part art, part editorializing.
I was wondering if anyone knew if other ancient texts, Greek or otherwise has this translation dilema? And if so, or if not, why on either?
except the KJV and NKJV, which is based completely off of the Textus Receptus of the Codex Vaticanus. No?
Bert wrote:I think that the ethnic cleansing part has gone well past translation into far fetched.
IreneY wrote:Look, it's one thing to use the equivalent expression and quite another to try to interpret the text by paraphrasing. Obviously when a text says "it rains cats and dogs" I will turn it to "it rains chair legs" or "it rains priests" in Greek and vice versa.


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6:45 a.m.: In separate rooms in separate quarters of the Olympic Village, Michael Phelps and Katie Hoff wake up for the biggest, the busiest and the most demanding day either will face at the Olympics. Swimming in two finals in a single session is an arduous task. Only a handful of swimmers have ever attempted it.
Today, simply attempting it won't be enough for Phelps and Hoff. Before it's over, there will be two new records and two new gold medals. Phelps will be within an arm's reach of the most venerable record on the books - Mark Spitz's mark of seven gold medals at a single Games - and Hoff an arm's length or two away from a couple of more medals.
It begins early, and Phelps' coach shoots him a text message to make sure he's awake. After breakfast at the village dining hall, the swimmers take a bus to the Water Cube, where history is waiting for Phelps and uncertainty for Hoff.
9:10: After stretching, both swimmers can be spotted in the warm-up pool. Swimming the entire length of the pool repeatedly for more than a half-hour each, they only occasionally stop at the wall for a quick breather.
9:30: Time for the dressing room. As fast as he is in the water, it takes Phelps about five minutes to put on a pair of pants. Hoff is wearing the full-body suit for her first race, which means she needs about 15 minutes. It takes so long because slipping into the space-age suit is kind of like putting on a Fruit Roll-up.
9:45: Both athletes are back in the warm-up pool for about 15 more minutes. They'll spend the day in and out of the pool, and each will log about five miles in the water through the course of the day. About 15 minutes before the start of their respective races, they're shuffled off to the ready-room.
10:13: While Phelps sits in solitude, his iPod providing the only company, Hoff is already on the starting blocks, waiting for a buzzer to signal the start of the 200-meter freestyle, a race in which she has twice set the American record.
1:55.78 later: Hoff finishes a disappointing fourth, 0.73 of a second away from a medal. Her time is still good for an American record.
10:16: As Hoff exits the pool to the right, Phelps approaches from the left. He's set for his first race of the day, the 200 butterfly, a race in which he has set the world record six times.
1:52.03 later: Make that seven times. Not just Phelps' fourth gold medal, but his fourth world record here.
10:25: Phelps follows Hoff's footsteps out of the pool. He has about 55 minutes until his next race. The post-race routine isn't simple. Normally, athletes weave through a gated corridor, where reporters from television stations, wire services and newspapers are lined up. After brief interviews, they head to get tested for doping, staying as long as it takes to get a sample. Because each has another race, there's no time for that now, and doping will wait until after the day's final race. For now, each heads right back in the water for a warm-down swim.
Swimmers are encouraged to reach the pool within three minutes of completing a race. When they arrive, pricks to the ears checks the levels of lactic acid in their bodies. They hit the water and can't leave the pool area until another test reveals lactic acid levels have returned to a comfortable level. For some swimmers, this could take 15 to 20 minutes or more. For Phelps - another of his physical oddities - he can often be ready in 10 minutes or less.
This is a crucial part of the day. At the Olympics, it might not be as urgent for most swimmers to rejuvenate quickly. But Phelps is racing in eight events and Hoff in six. And each still has another in this session.
"It's the kind of thing you can get by with for a couple of days," says Bob Bowman, his coach. "But by the time you get to Day 8 or 9, it's a lot harder."
10:45: Time for a costume change. Both are switching suits, which takes about 15 minutes apiece. Phelps will wear the full-body suit for the 800 freestyle relay.
11:02: Phelps takes his familiar spot atop the highest platform in the medal ceremony. Afterward, he tosses flowers to his mother.
All the while, Hoff prepares for her next race in the ready room. All swimmers are required to check into the room 15 minutes before the start of each race. The room is sparse, with a handful of volunteers, rows of white chairs and a television at one end.
Her second race of the day just minutes away, Hoff is about to show just what it means to compete in two finals in a single day.
Before Phelps, a program including such "doubles" was almost unheard of. "Physiologically, [Phelps] has obviously trained his body to do it," Bowman says. "But it's mainly mental."
11:15: Phelps is back in the ready room and Hoff is back on the blocks, this time for the 200 individual medley. She's set the American record five times .
2:10.68 later: Hoff is again fourth, posting a time nearly a full second slower than she had at the Olympic trials.
11:21: Before the 800 freestyle relay, Phelps and his four teammates are introduced the crowd. Phelps still has earbuds in his ears, his heartbeat no match for the boom of hip-hop bass. He's first on the blocks and first to hit each wall. The Americans have an incredible 2.64 second lead after Phelps' leg.
6:58.56 later: Another race, another record, another gold. The U.S. finishes 5.14 seconds ahead of any other country, completing yet another historic night for Phelps and leaving him just two medals shy of tying Spitz.
11:50: The crowd waits to see Phelps resume his familiar post on the medal stand. The national anthem plays and Phelps - with more gold than Midas - smiles.
He's happy, relieved and tired. But he still has to visit doping and attend a news conference. A team meeting and an evening session at the pool still await. As does the possibility of three more medals and a special place in history. It's an amazing thing to witness.
Not that Phelps has any time to catch his breath and soak any of it in.


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Vaccine Against Multiple Sclerosis? Mouse Experiment Yields Promising Results
ScienceDaily (Dec. 3, 2008) — Some 80,000 people in Germany suffer from multiple sclerosis – their immune system attacks and destroys healthy nerve tissue. Researchers at the Heidelberg University Hospital and the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg have succeeded in vaccinating mice with specially treated, autologous immune cells and preventing them from developing encephalitis, which is similar to multiple sclerosis in humans.
A protein of the nervous system, that is the target of the harmful immune reaction in multiple sclerosis, was placed on the surface of the cells; the cells were treated with an agent that suppresses immune defense.
The Heidelberg researchers have published their results, initially online, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA.
The team around Professor Dr. Peter Terness is working in the Department of Transplantation Immunology (Director: Professor Dr. Gerhard Opelz) of the Institute of Immunology at the Heidelberg University Hospital. Professor Terness and his colleagues work primarily on developing methods to prevent rejection of donor organs without impairing the immune system.
Vaccine developed from transplant research
"The vaccine against multiple sclerosis works on the same principle," explains Professor Terness. "We have to teach the immune system not to fight the donor organ, or in this case its own nerve cells, as a foreign body."
In the course of their research on organ rejection, the scientists successfully treated immune cells (known as dendritic cells) of a donor animal with the chemotherapeutic agent mitomycin and injected them into the organ recipient before transplantation – the modified cells were not attacked. The immune system of the transplant recipient subsequently accepted the tissue of the donor animal as well. The results were published in "Transplantation" in 2007.
Treated cells suppress the immune response
Subsequently, Professor Terness's team used this procedure to suppress the harmful immune response in multiple sclerosis – in cooperation with Dr. Thilo Oelert from the Department of Molecular Immunology at the German Cancer Research Center they loaded immune cells from mice with a self protein from the nervous system, treated them with mitomycin, and reinjected them into the animals. Afterwards, experimental autoimmune encephalitis – the equivalent of multiple sclerosis in humans – could no longer be induced in these mice; they were resistant.
"The treated cells express the target protein and simultaneously suppress the immune response. In this manner, the immune cells become accustomed to the protein and do not attack it later, even without the inhibitor," explains Professor Terness.
The researchers now want to study whether this method is also effective for treating already-existing multiple sclerosis. They will use animal experiments to study whether the vaccine with treated autologous cells has not only a preventive effect, but a therapeutic effect as well.
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You're Josh Hamilton. You have gotten off to a good start in the 2014 season, and then suddenly everything is a bummer because you decided to slide head-first into first base and you tear ligaments in your left thumb.
You have surgery and you're out two months. Do you ever make that same move again? After all, there are no shortage of experts who say sliding head-first into first base actually slows one down, that running through the bag is quicker.
Well, Hamilton gets excited about make exciting plays. Even if they are ill-advised. It was therefore no surprise to hear his answer to that query ahead of the Angels' series opener against the Chicago White Sox on Friday at Angel Stadium.
"I think right now, since it's fresh in my mind, I'll say no," said Hamilton, who was to play in just his fourth game since coming off the disabled list; he injured the thumb in the eighth game of the season at Seattle. "But if it gets to be a year from now, two years or whatever, if it comes down to it, I mean, I'm not going to take the instincts of the game away because I just want to play my best, I just want to have the most fun.
"And I'm not going to keep playing if I'm not having fun."
Hamilton is batting .342 with three home runs and seven RBIs in his limited time. He hit a home run in his first game back Sunday at Oakland, but has taken an 0-for-4 collar the past two games, making him 1 for 11 since his return.
No problem, he intimated.
"I feel good," said Hamilton, who is making $17 million this season. "The first game I felt really good. You feel good, you get the confidence thing and you feel a little better. Maybe the last couple of games I swung at some pitches I shouldn't have swung at, but feel good in the cage and getting locked back in here."
Hamilton, 33, said he ran every day while he was out. He referred to himself as being both "excited" and "happy" about being back in the fold.
Scioscia confident team will pick up pace
The Angels returned from a 10-game road trip that did not go well at all. After splitting the first four games, they lost five of the last six to go 3-7. Included therein was a three-game sweep at the hands of the Oakland Athletics, who lead the AL West.
Manager Mike Scioscia did not express an alarming amount of concern. Rather, he said he's confident his players will turn things around.
"… We didn't hit to our capabilities, our starting pitching hit some bumps in the road and our bullpen didn't pitch to their capabilities," he said of the trip. "You put those three together, it's not a real stretch to connect the dots and see why we didn't get the wins we had hoped to. But I think the things are very tangible.
"I just know that we're going to be a strong offensive club moving forward this season. And I think our bullpen has evolved to where there is a lot of confidence there. And our starting pitching, although these guys have hit some bumps in the road, they are still pitching, really, with any team in our league and that's where it starts."
The Angels have a team ERA of 3.96, fifth best in the league. Garrett Richards, who has made 12 starts and is 5-2, has the best ERA on the team at 3.25. Jered Weaver (6-4) is next at 3.33 and C.J. Wilson (6-5) is at 3.52.
Burnett has surgery
Scioscia confirmed that left-handed pitcher Sean Burnett had Tommy John surgery this week on his pitching elbow. He made three appearances in relief, the last May 27 at Seattle. Burnett, who is out for the season, also had the surgery in 2004.
"It seems like it's become routine when you hear the words 'Tommy John surgery,'" Scioscia said. "And the results have been great. On the second one I guess there is a little more gray area as to how they will react. … I know he wants to pitch again."


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Saker Nusseibeh, Chief Executive
Donald Trump has defied the odds and ridden a wave of popular support to defeat Hillary Clinton to become the next US President. Given the consensus view that Trump and Clinton's policy pitches were similarly themed – both have a protectionist orientation, both aimed for fiscal stimulus, Trump through lower taxes and Clinton through increased government spending, and both pledged to increase defence spending – and that a US President's effective executive power is limited by design, markets should shrug off the results of this election after a bout of initial volatility as they have done in the past. Our fear, however, is that consensus might underestimate the fact that Trump could damage the economy in the long term, despite the limited powers of a US President through his political stances.
Since the introduction of fiat currencies, governments rely on their reputation as a measure of trustworthiness in order to reduce their risk premium in capital markets. Given Trump's unusual campaign, it is not a stretch to imagine him repeating his campaign talk of renegotiating US debt. Although everyone knows such an outcome is highly improbable, a President mentioning the idea might lead to serious volatility in US Treasury markets and increase risk premia for US assets.
Trump might create market volatility through his pronouncements in the field of foreign policy, traditionally a preserve for presidential authority. The assumption is that Trump will listen to advice from professionals in the US State Department when dealing with foreign affairs, but on the campaign trail he demonstrated a clear willingness to dismiss professional advice, to the delight of his support base. Once again it is not a stretch to imagine Trump in talking to his home constituency might alienate the traditionally supportive Gulf nations with his Islamophobic comments. This might then strengthen Iran's influence in the region, which could threaten regional stability and therefore the oil price. Likewise, Trump's anti-NATO and pro-Vladimir Putin comments could be taken, if repeated when he is in power, as a green light by the Russian President to intensify his revanchist foreign policy in Eastern Europe. This in turn could lead to rising risk premia for European assets.
Neil Williams, Group Chief Economist
Markets will be on the back foot after Trump's win, given the potential for a paradigm shift that disrupts financial assets, macro-economics, and trade policy. With some of his trade and immigration proposals looking extreme, though, he will doubtless have to water them down to get past a Congress that was losing faith in his candidacy.
Renewed volatility will now blur the path for US interest rates – but it still doesn't point to an aggressive Fed. The short-term stimulus from Trump's sizeable fiscal expansion should be muted by his threat of widespread protectionism, and the possibility of a hit to US asset prices. This would be exacerbated if he repeats his threats to reschedule US government debt or interfere in the Fed's decision-making, or do both. The former, though, seems unlikely, given Congressional objection, and the fact the debt is denominated in US dollars.
His macro plans are likely to lead to slower growth, and a weaker footing for an economy that may have to weather some subsequent distress to asset prices (higher money rates, weaker equities). He advocates tax cuts skewed toward higher earners, yet reductions to immigration and trade. Taken literally, this infers a hit to tax revenue of about $4tn (22% of GDP) over five years, which would only be part financed by spending cuts. Congress could push back on this.
It could oppose his aggressive 45% and 35% tariffs on China and Mexico and review of NAFTA. But, the risk is he enacts 'Super 301' (section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act) to impose tariffs without Congressional approval on countries engaged in "unfair" trade practices.
In which case, expect a broadening to include other countries whose 'cheaper' imports then fill the gap, subsequent global retaliation, and a flow-back from Mexico (which relies on the US for 80% of its exports and the bulk of remittances), Canada, and a likely China currency devaluation.
Inflation, but the wrong sort...
Trump's anti-immigration threats would surely only accelerate the US's shrinking labour supply, which is still close to a 36-year low, and cut potential growth. This may spur wage growth, but the inflation that protectionism spawns will likely be the 'wrong sort' – cost push, rather than demand-pull. In which case, the Fed will have to turn a blind eye.
So, while the Fed remains the test case for whether any central bank can 'normalise' interest rates after immense quantitative easing, we expect it to fail – peaking out at a maximum funds target rate in this cycle of just 1%. This is much lower than its historic average of about 5%, and makes the FOMC's continued preference for a 3% peak after 2018 look increasingly unrealistic.
Macro implications of Trump presidency
|Under Trump…
|GDP growth
|Negative long-term. Short term, advocates tax cuts, but trade & immigration curbs, & financial markets' reaction risk recession.
|Fiscal stance
|Expansionary, & more front-end loaded. Lower tax rates for all skewed to the higher-income end, partly offset by spending cuts. Congress, though, would try to limit big revenue hit.
|Monetary policy
|Negative if he attempts to appoint a like-minded Fed chairman & depose Yellen.
|Equities/growth assets
|Negative, given recession threat & perception of global retaliation with beggar-thy-neighbour policies.
|Positive. Near term, given threatened fiscal splurge & likely hit to the USD. Longer-term, even in recession, closed-economy policies could trigger cost-push stagflation.
|Conventional Treasuries
|Supportive short-term, given threat of unraised debt ceiling & recession risk. Further out, bear curve steepening on fiscal splurge & feared Fed interference.
Source: Hermes Investment Management, Ahead of the Curve, November 2016
Geir Lode, Head of Global Equities
Markets dislike uncertainty, and confirmation of Donald Trump's victory has heightened the potential for wildcard US policies on many fronts. We expect volatility to return as investors gauge how many of the President's campaign promises can actually be fulfilled: it is likely that many will not be supported by Congress without moderation, but markets are likely to be anxious until this is confirmed.
- Tanks, toll roads and tariffs: We expect Trump to take bold, decisive actions in an attempt to fix the US economy, even if Congress manages to lessen the severity of his policies. Defence and infrastructure spending will significantly increase, given his campaign promises. Tax rates will fall, and tariffs will be put in place to support US companies.
- Penalties of protectionism: Any benefits from these policies are likely to be short-lived, and in the long term we expect global trade to become constrained as the US becomes more protectionist. President Trump may win popular support by limiting immigration but the damage this causes the US economy will be monumental, with an estimated 11m fall in the US labour force and potential $1.6tn contraction in GDP.
Trump's denial of human-made climate change is also concerning. COP21 in Paris last year marked a change in the fight against global warming as governments across the world boldly pledged to slow carbon emissions in their respective economies. A reversal of the US's commitment to reduce emissions could lead to other governments reneging on their promises.
Mark Sherlock, Lead Portfolio Manager, US Small and Mid Cap
What seemed like an outlier result only 12 months ago has become true: Donald Trump has been elected US President. The reasons for this momentous event will be analysed for years to come, but in the immediate aftermath it appears that a widespread feeling of disenfranchisement among Americans and distrust of the establishment surely played an important role. Trump offered a protectionist, 'America-first' vision of the future that appealed to voters and he now needs to deliver this.
For markets, it is likely that his Presidency will begin with a period of increased volatility as investors separate real policies from pre-election rhetoric. Further, geopolitical risk has risen given Trump's political inexperience, unpredictability and caustic manner. His proposed cuts to personal and corporate tax rates will help the economy in the short term, but the spectre of his increasingly protectionist policy agenda may undermine US economy in the long term.
However, his victory is not all bad news: Trump is unabashedly pro-business, and the American political system has numerous checks and balances which should prevent him from enacting any of his ill-considered policy initiatives. The US has long been a great place to do business and it seems unlikely that any one individual – even the President – will materially change this.
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No. 10 Plymouth falls to No. 4 Bison
RENSSELAER — A week ago, Plymouth's girls basketball team ended a three-year sectional championship drought at New Prairie.
The Lady Pilgrims advanced through Griffith 32-25 in the morning game at Rensselaer Central, but their run at the program's first regional championship since 2008 fell short when the No. 10-ranked squad dropped a 44-28 decision to No. 4 Benton Central in the title game Saturday night.
As it has all year, the Pilgrims' defense came through against Benton Central as they held the Bison more than 21 points under their average. But in the end Plymouth simply couldn't match firepower with Central as the team could neither consistently get the ball in the paint nor find the finishing touch from the outside, going 10 for 31 from the floor against the Bison's 1-3-1 zone.
"We knew coming in that we needed to be patient and move the ball around and get a good shot… Our inability to score hurt us a little bit. We struggled a little bit on the offensive end," said Plymouth head coach Dave Duncan.
After Central's Cassidy Deno went off for 27 points on six 3-pointers in the tourney opener with host Rensselaer, Plymouth did a solid job containing her in the championship, holding her to 11 points with a stifling defensive effort spearheaded by sophomore guard Allie Wright. But fellow Bison senior starter Caitlyn Tolen picked up where Deno left off, taking the championship game over with 6-of-7 shooting from the field and 8-of-10 free throws in the second half for 18 of her game-high 28 points for the night.
"What a win. Plymouth is the best defensive team we've played all season," said Benton Central coach David Baxter. "We just rode Caitlyn Tolen; she just took over in the second half and hit some tough shots. With her length and athleticism, it's just hard to guard her."
"Our plan going in was to contain those two (Deno and Tolen), and Tolen just got to the rim at will," said Dunan. "We just did not do a very good job of slowing her down."
Central jumped out to an 11-2 lead at the first quarter break as Plymouth scuffled to a 1-of-7 start from the floor. But the Pilgrims clawed their way back in the game with a 12-3 second quarter highlighted by nine of sophomore forward Hunter Stevens' team-high 14 points for the night.
Defensively, Plymouth held Central to 1-of-6 shooting and flustered the Bison into six turnovers in the frame.
"It's happened all year. Our kids just dig in," said Dunan. "I thought tonight was a great example. We got down early, and the kids just kept working hard."
Leading by a tentative 15-14 margin, Central pushed its lead back out to 22-14 with seven straight points at the start of the second half. An offensive foul and subsequent technical on the Plymouth bench with 9.4 seconds remaining in the third quarter resulted in four free throws by Tolen, and the Bison took a double-digit, 33-21 lead into the final frame.
Kaydon Fosler's triple from the wing at the start of the final period pulled Plymouth back to single digits, and the sophomore reserve's pull-up jumper off the elbow cut the Pilgrims' deficit back to nine as she scored seven of her nine points in the fourth, but Central closed out the game 9-2 to earn the Bison their second regional championship in three years following the team's run to state in 2011.
"I thought the big key for us was early in the game some of Plymouth's younger players had some nerves, but they battled back," said Baxter. "Our girls could've folded, but being already on this stage and the next stage, they weren't rattled. Our seniors carried us, and our younger kids just kind of followed their lead. Being here before was nice, and it definitely was an advantage in the game. "
Plymouth bids goodbye to three seniors in Lauren Tanner, Amber Redinger and Andria Shook.
The good news for the team is that three of its starting five and four of the team's top seven should return next year, but the bad news is that the squad's senior class will leave some big shoes to fill replacing the trio of four-year players after their instrumental role in helping the program earn its first sectional title since their freshman seasons in 2010-11.
"We're losing some great seniors," said Duncan. "Andria and Lauren and Amber have put a lot of time into our program. All of them are four-year varsity players, and they're going to be hard to replace. They're hard-nosed kids, they work hard, and they do a lot of things for us. We have a nice young group coming back, and we're excited for those kids."
At Rensselaer Central Regional
Benton Central: 11 15 33 44
Plymouth: 2 14 21 28
BENTON CENTRAL (44): Caitlyn Tolen 28, Cassidy Deno 11, Courtney Lester 2, Tessa Brouillette 0, Evonnie Payne 0, Kaitlyn Shields 1, Kaylan Coffman 2; Totals: 13 16-21 44.
PLYMOUTH (28): Hunter Stevens 14, Kaydon Fosler 9, Allie Wright 4, Lauren Tanner 1, Haley Harrell 0, Amber Redinger 0, Bailey Brown 0, Andria Shook 0; Totals: 10 7-14 28.
3-pointers: Plymouth 1 (Fosler), Central 2 (Deno 2); Rebounds: Plymouth 19 (Stevens 6), Central 26 (Deno 9); Turnovers: Plymouth 16, Central 14; Steals: Plymouth 6 (Wright 4), Central 7 (Tolen 2, Payne 2); Assists: Plymouth 2, Central 4; Fouls (fouled out): Plymouth 18 (Tanner), Benton Central 13.
Records: Benton Central 22-3, Plymouth 18-7 (final).
As in the championship game, the Lady Pilgrims got off to a slow start in the semifinal with Griffith, starting 2 for 7 from the floor, all from 3-point land to fall behind 10-6 at the first quarter break.
But Plymouth picked it up on the defensive end to hold the Panthers to four points in the second frame, and senior Amber Redinger scored seven of her team-high 11 points in the quarter to push the Pilgrims out to a 19-14 halftime advantage. Griffith whittled the lead to two with 2:22 remaining in the third period, but Redinger's baseline bucket on a backdoor lob from Lauren Tanner gave Plymouth a 23-18 lead headed into the final frame, and the Pilgrims held off Griffith for the 32-25 win and a regional title berth.
"I thought we didn't shoot well from the outside. Quite obviously they scouted us really well and they took our inside game away early. They tried to pack the paint because they know we're a penetrating team," said Dave Duncan. "We hit a couple outside shots early, and that changes everything and they have to open up the inside game a little bit. Unfortunately we didn't hit the outside shots, and we struggled."
Plymouth was led by Redinger's 11, while Haley Harrell finished with 10 points, including a pair of 3s, the first of which put Plymouth on the board at the 5:36 stop of the first quarter following a 4-0 start by Griffith and the second a triple from the wing at around the seven-minute mark of the third that gave Plymouth its largest lead of the night at 26-18.
"I thought we came out and we hurried shots. When we got the ball reversed from side to side a little bit in the fourth quarter Haley hit a big 3, and that's part of our offense. I didn't think we got the ball moving from side to side… I don't know what it is, but four or five passes and the same shot goes in. When you come down and take it off of one or two passes it doesn't go in."
Griffith was led by Samantha Adams' game-high 16 points, but none of the rest of the Panthers' squad was able to convert more than a single field goal against Plymouth.
At Rensselaer Central Regional
Score by quarters
Griffith: 10 14 18 25
Plymouth: 6 19 23 32
GRIFFITH (25): Courtney Bell 0, Taylor Austin 2, Emma Blackard 3, Alyssa Gebo 2, Samantha Adams 16, Cynthia McInerney 0, Lisette Roldan 2; Totals: 10 1-9 25.
PLYMOUTH (32): Lauren Tanner 2, Hunter Stevens 4, Haley Harrell 10, Allie Wright 0, Amber Redinger 11, Kaydon Fosler 3, Andria Shook 2; Totals: 11 7-11 32.
3-pointers: Griffith 3 (Adams 3), Plymouth 3 (Harrell 2, Fosler); Rebounds: Griffith 25 (Austin 9), Plymouth 19 (Redinger 4); Assists: Griffith 6 (Bell 4), Plymouth 9(Harrell 3); Turnovers: Plymouth 17, Griffith 18; Steals: Griffith 7 (Austin 4), Plymouth 8 (Harrell 3, Redinger 3); Fouls: Griffith 15, Plymouth 13.
Records: Griffith 15-9 (final), Plymouth 18-6.


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I'm thinking about using the technique described in William Gardner Hale's lecture, "The Art of Reading Latin: How to Teach It" and I'm wondering how it might be done by those who are learning by self study.
As a quick summary of the technique (The article can be found in one of the links in the "Outside links of Interest" forum.): Hale proposes that students learn to read Latin as the Romans must have, word-by-word. Sentences are examined by uncovering the sentence one word at a time and categorizing the words (he used the phrase "anticipatory parsing") but without attempting to translate. Only when the sentence has been finsihed should the translation be completed. Hale claims the result of this method is that students are able to listen to and read Latin naturally after only two years study.
I find this a desireable goal and much of Hale's lecture gives promising and attractive results.
Has anyone here use (or is using) this or a similar technique before?
How was it done?
How effective was it?
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The xx's Oliver Sim, in case you haven't noticed from the British band's minimalist and seductive electronica, is not a bassist who's easily excited and neither are his bandmates, Romy Madley Croft or Jamie Smith. Not once within the xx's two albums of spartan indie-pop, 2009's self-titled debut and September's "Coexist," does Sim's singing ever rise above his inside voice.
So it was with a shared ironic amusement, perhaps, that the trio, driving through Texas by tour bus three years ago, reacted to their first dance with American comfort food — greasy chicken and waffles at a truck stop owned by Willie Nelson — with bursts of laughter.
"It was a heart attack on a plate," Sim recalls by phone with a chuckle, raising his voice a shade above a low monotone for the first and only time during the interview. "It was the most-exciting thing for us. We started jumping up and down. Our driver, who was about 300 pounds, didn't quite get why we were so excited. We felt like we were in the movies, in the desert, so far from home."
If Sim sounds wistful, it's probably because American excess brings it out of the 24-year-old London vocalist, as does the still-unnerving thought of overnight celebrity, which ripped the singer from the childhood bedroom where he composed lyrics with Croft and Smith and vaulted the trio and their debut album to 87 weeks on the U.K. charts. Sim, who swapped Pixies, Wham! and Portishead mix tapes with Croft, his longtime friend since the sandbox (they met Jamie in sixth grade), landing on the cover of NME came in direct contradiction to the band's restrained lifestyle.
"We didn't think of us having minimalist music until people complimented us on it," Sim says from a London rehearsal studio on the eve of the xx's U.S. tour. "Me and Romy don't have very loud voices, so it wouldn't make sense to make a huge sound that we couldn't contend with vocally. We're not particularly loud, brash people, and we don't make aggressive, very loud music, because it would seem out of character."
And "Coexist" is hardly out of character for the xx, with its stripped-down landscape of percussive samples, atmospheric blurs and the occasional steel drum sounding like pop-punk on muscle relaxants. "They would be as in love with you as I am," goes Croft's softly sung refrain in the album-opening "Angels," a precursor to heartbreak in "Tides," where she sings, "You leave with the tide/And I can't stop you leaving/I can see it in your eyes/Some things have lost their meaning." In both tracks, the xx's melancholy is stamped with suggestions of romance, left distant.
"I'm kind of venting in these songs, like, it's cathartic," Sim admits. "When my mum read the first record, she took me to the side and asked me if this was something she should be worried about. I said, 'No. I'm a happy person who's very shy.' This band started as a joke, really, because me and Romy couldn't just sit in front of each other writing music and take ourselves seriously. We didn't have any huge intentions."
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Los Angeles Considers Issuing Immigrants Library Cards that Double as ID
Library cards could soon double as a form of identification in Los Angeles, helping the city's large undocumented immigrant population access a number of city services and also open bank accounts.
As a number of cities throughout the nation offer similar programs, Los Angeles' city council recently voted to consider the proposal. While L.A.'s plan would not be as extensive as those in other California cities such as San Francisco, Oakland and Richmond, it would give the nearly 300,000 undocumented immigrants living in the city access to bank accounts or debit cards.
Immigrants would be able to obtain the cards – which would feature the person's name, address and photo - from any of the city's public libraries. As banks generally require identification to open accounts, L.A. would partner with a private vendor to set up bank accounts for immigrants who receive the cards.
L.A. Councilman Richard Alarcon cited concerns about immigrants being scammed by payday lenders and robbed of their cash as a reason to issue the cards.
"They can be scammed and taken advantage of," Alarcon said, according to the Los Angeles Times. "This will help end that."
The program has drawn criticism from both L.A. politicians and local residents, who claim the cards could be exploited by immigrants and that they promote illegal immigration.
"As long as it helps them integrate into society in a legal way, and is a program and method to help them become legal, then, that's fine," said North Hollywood resident David Goes, according to Los Angeles' CBS affiliate. "But, if it's to have them get in the door and slide under, without a lot of responsibility…you can't have liberty without responsibility, and that's the issue."
Ira Mehlman, communications director of the Federation for American Immigration Reform, told the Los Angeles Times that the cards could be exploited by terrorists and criminals.
"Cities should not be in the business of making it easier for people to violate federal law even if they don't pose a security risk," he said.
The cards would not protect immigrants against deportation and function only as a form of identification – not as a driver's license. Alarcon added that pairing the cards to L.A.'s library system would help promote "financial literacy" among immigrants.
"We test students all the time on academic ability," he said. "But we don't determine if they are capable of handling their financial affairs. The foreclosure crisis demonstrated that there are a lot of people who are not."
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Skip to comments.Chinese hackers took over NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab, Inspector General reveals
Posted on 03/01/2012 3:05:47 PM PST by Doogle
Chinese hackers gained control over NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in November, which could have allowed them delete sensitive files, add user accounts to mission-critical systems, upload hacking tools, and more -- all at a central repository of U.S. space technology, according to a report released Wednesday afternoon by the Office of the Inspector General.
That report revealed scant details of an ongoing investigation into the incident against the Pasadena, Calif., lab, noting only that cyberattacks against the JPL involved Chinese-based Internet Protocol (IP) addresses.
Paul K. Martin, NASAs inspector general, put his conclusions bluntly.
The attackers had full functional control over these networks, he wrote.
JPL is a jewel in NASA's space technology crown.
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Idiots. Complete idiots. There is no point even having JPL sensitive material even linked or accessed from the internet. You can't protect a site from attacks, the best thing is not to put it online. Fools.
You would think, in any company or agency that has ultra-sensitive information they would leave the most sensitive on a system that is completely cut off and sealed off from every other system. IE A server sitting in a room plugged in only to the power outlet.
But who said there is common sense in the government or corporate world? As we all know the so-called smartest people usually lack common sense.
It wouldn't surprise me to find out that this Marxist administration is funneling the code to them.
For the life of me, I don't understand why sensitive technologies like this aren't completely physically disconnected from the web.
In Nov 2011 the Chinese hacked into JPL and could get anything they wanted.
In Dec of 2011 the US drone went down in Iran.
One of the key elements in hijacking the drone would have been interception of the up and downlink to satellites used to relay flight control information.
2. Filter out all of the sensitive stuff
3. Generate a report of the findings for non-secret consumption.
Now how to get it onto the main network for publishing and distribution. Could use a thumbdrive, but it could have a virus on it. Could do some sort of sneakernet, but what if you have dozens of such reports to create on a daily basis?
I'm no IT security expert. All I know is to be secure from any/all internet hacking you need to be cut off from the internet altogether.
Indeed. More proof that this unconscionable tool in the WH is doing his level best to sell this nation down the river and destroy it outright. He needs to be defeated in this election. Removed in disgrace would be better.
I would like to blame everything on BO and his goon squad but in all probability this was/is a systemic policy stemming from laziness and too much bureaucracy that started years ago.
I saw some expert the other day say that there is a method whereby they can access you computer through the power lines, if they really want to.
Indeed you are correct. However, BO is the one who shut down our STS. He is the one who started the whole Muslim outreach program at NASA. He does things daily that weaken us and expose us to those who would gladly do harm to the USA.
..who's running security? Sandy Berger?
Windows on the net !
I'd like to agree to point at 0, but...
The sellout to China started long before 0! Period.
A very long list of Reps and Dems are bought and sold on the DC market daily. Just a portion of several score hundred billion dollars in USA wealth transferred to foreign nations, in the past 20-30 years. Technology and IP corporate and USG, slip sliding away, in front of your eye.
locations/organizations with sensitive information should have internal networks that have NO physical, external network or internet capable connection and have no user-access points, local or remote that have external connections; even if it means certain people at these locations have more than one PC/terminal that they have to do their work on; and "sharing" sensitive information, even between authorized persons, should NOT be achieved using Internet connections, "secure" or otherwise.
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Baltimore Police identified two suspects on Friday that were involved in a shootout with officers in West Baltimore earlier in the week that left one person dead.
Ricky Dixon, 21, was charged with attempted murder and several weapons charges, police said. The other suspect identified, 23-year-old Larry Hooker, was killed in the shootout.
The incident took place at about 10 p.m. Monday after two officers on foot patrol in the 2700 block of Edmondson Ave. saw gunfire coming out of a bronze sedan, police said. The officers fired on the car, police said. All three men shot were in the vehicle, police said.
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Users may encounter situations where the USB 3.0 dock from Targus (Dell Part Number A5576955 / Targus Model ACP70USZ) does not work correctly on Dell systems. Users have reported USB ports and the network jack on the dock do not function. In some cases, removing and plugging the dock back into the system will temporarily fix the problem. This may impact other ports aside from the ones mentioned here.
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Visits, Admit Days, and Open Houses / Re: Brooklyn's Incorrect US News Rankings« on: April 25, 2009, 10:32:45 AM »
Take a look at the new Brooklyn Law School rankings. For every other school, they have combined full time and part time LSAT scores in the main rankings. Not for Brooklyn. They use just the full time scores. And for the part-time rankings? Brooklyn is not even listed. So what's the story? Did Brooklyn not tell US News about its part-time folks, or did US News screw up? A correction seems to be in order here -- Brooklyn should probably have gone down in the rankings with the new formula rather than up.
That's a good point. Why isn't Brooklyn law even listed among the part-time rankings?