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"C'mon people now, smile on your brother
Everybody get together try to love one another – right now."
Lyrics, "Get Together," The Youngbloods
"[Thomas Sowell's book Migrations and Cultures] is a strong indictment of both affirmative action and multiculturalism. The former because it tends to be self-defeating, the latter because it discourages minorities from shedding old habits and adopting new and more functional habits."
James Michaels, Forbes, May 6, 1996.
"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
In the recent Inauguration festivities, occurring (as they always will) near Martin Luther King's birthday, America's obsession with race was once more on display.
Thus news reports noted a disproportionate number of African-Americans in attendance, and there were endless intertwinings of the Obama Presidency with Black civil rights.
Once again there was the nauseating self-congratulation at electing a "black" President (for explanation of the quote marks, see below). Civil rights icon John Lewis was front and center. An overjoyed person-on-the-street told CNN that he hoped there would be a series of milestones – female Prez., gay Prez., Hispanic Prez….how about secular Prez.? Won't happen anytime soon.
Time to shut up
The politics of racial identity will never go away. Race is the perennial subject of a national "conversation," because the race merchants and diversity mongers won't SHUT UP about it. Don't tell me it has to go on till there's not a racist thought or action in this great land. That'll never happen.
In the Annals of Political Hypocrisy, there's a place of honor for the politicians who proudly proclaim that we don't have "a Black America, a white America, a Republican or Democratic America (fill in your own list of adjectives)…but we are all one nation, indivisible."
Nice thought. What crap.
The very politicians who proclaim our supposed national unity then continue to undermine and destroy it by diving us into "races," institutionalizing the idiocy with lists of these artificial categories on census and other forms. How many times have you been confronted with those odious little lists and the little boxes you're supposed to check?
Sorry for the cheap shot, but the last society to be so obsessed with racial classification was the Third Reich.
We are urged to check the appropriate box and segment ourselves so that we can receive government goodies aimed at this or that "race." I've seen "Pacific Islander" and "Orthodox Jew" as "races."
Given that we now have an arsenal of laws against discrimination, I can't see how this is good for the country, this obsession with pigmentation and forced equality.
Vile cancer
These are vile cancers, undermining meritocracy, competence, and productivity in various ways: bilingualism, race-norming, African-American studies, ubiquitous employment and admissions quotas (I've seen the HR data charts), Corporate diversity councils and conferences, just for starters.
It's all accompanied by and cloaked in Orwellian jargon:
-- "inclusive" ( = preferences for blacks, Latinos [as self-defined; see below], and women),
-- "diverse" (same definition as previous),
-- "multi-cultural" ( = favoring the culture of the aforementioned groups),
-- "equal opportunity" ( = "we're gonna meet our quotas, come hell or high water"),
-- "diversity awareness training" (= "of course, we assume you're all bigots; we'll just rub your face in it and teach you to keep it to yourself"),
-- and my favorite, "people of color."
This last one is extremely slippery – see below – but seems to apply to African-Americans, Asians and self-defined Hispanics. The Asian Heritage celebration at the last corporation I worked for was embarrassing, including everybody from India and Pakistan to the Far East. That's about three billion people...and oh yeah, they're all SO proud to be Asian.
Enough already!
After a whole generation of affirmative action, haven't we achieved "diversity"? After a generation of preferences for "people of color" (ridiculous: we're ALL people of color, except maybe albinos), of making people today pay for the past sins of others, can we be done with it?
(I note in passing that the concepts of "hereditary guilt" and displaced punishment are firmly embedded in religion and thus come very easily to modern people. The Old Testament holds succeeding generations guilty for the sins of their ancestors. And the Big One: Jesus was scarificed to forgive everyone's guilt, forever and ever, at least for those who believe.)
Blacks and Hispanics (and women) now have a plethora of professional organizations that can help them get a leg up. Why don't they think that the perpetual double standard is demeaning and unacceptable?
White Attorneys Association?
I ask once again: Why can we not have a White Accountants or Attorneys Association? There's just as much diversity within the "white" groups as there is in the others.
I know the pat liberal answer: because that's what we had back when if you were white, you were all right, and just about every organization was whites-only. But is the remedy to commit the same crime as payback? For 300 years?
Companies waste a lot of time and money trying to get their numbers right. If you're the right color and gender, there's recruiting and mentoring for you (the corporation uses employees as unpaid recruiters). I never got any personal mentoring to accelerate my career. Wrong color, wrong gender.
No mas!
Most odious to me as a linguist is the encroachment of Spanish as a second national language. I know what happens to societies that have two or more competing languages for public life. They are tragically and permanently divided, because there's no better way to exclude someone than by speaking another language.
I think that when a caller presses 2 "para Espanol," he/she should hear this, in Spanish: "Pressing 2 means that you have obviously not taken the time to learn the language of your adopted country. Please hang up and call back when you are able to conduct business in English. Have a nice day."
Who's the "they"?
The media reflect this racial perception, with constant references to "the fast-growing Hispanic electorate." Well, yes, they have a high birthrate. But who's the "they"? There's no escaping the fact that their differences outweigh their similarities, although they bank on the latter for political advantage.
"Latinos" from a couple dozen countries, with wide genetic, linguistic, and cultural variation, band together as one "people" to get government preferences. Just one more snout in the public trough.
Affirmative action for the Irish?
No affirmative action or race-norming for Jews, thank you very much. Or any other group that's suffered persecution and discrimination in this nation's history. Would affirmative action for the Irish be in order, given what they endured? There was a time when they weren't even considered white!
And all of this despite the fact that race does not even exist as a biological/genetic reality! It is only a social and political construct.
"Races" are not real.
Jews are not a race, as has so often been argued, by Jews as well as those who would exterminate them. OK, there are two major gene pools, Ashkenazic (Eastern Europe, mainly Poland) and Sephardic (Southern Europe, mainly Spain). Culturally/religiously, they are two different sects, like Lutherans and Episcopalians.
And yes, there is a lot of intermarriage. Sometimes, living in the suburbs of Detroit, I thought that the entire metro Detroit Jewish community had sprung from just 100 families. They all sure looked like cousins.
But Jews are not a race. Genetically they are most like – guess who? – the people they live with. So an Ethiopian Jew is genetically more similar to another Ethiopian than to me. Duh!
{Aside: The whole inbreeding/intermarriage/pure blood thing has been a disaster for humanity, resulting, on a small scale, in what I call "Xerox errors" (or in my more cantankerous moments, "Jew diseases") like allergies or auto-immune ailments – systemic weaknesses of the body and resultant illnesses…and on a macro-scale, in a "march of folly," as one hereditary, "pure-blooded" hemophiliac royal idiot after another looted and screwed up his country -- or was so weak and retarded that other, power-hungry people stepped in and did the same.
How much of human folly can be traced to genetic disabilities from inbreeding? Just a thought. }
Impossibility of racial classifications
Guy Harrison eloquently makes the point about the impossibility of racial classifications in his book 50 popular beliefs people think are true (pp. 180-185). The so-called "races" in the layman's mind are arbitrary choice-points in a vast continuum of pigmentation, facial features, and other physical and genetic characteristics.
Harrison says that instead of trying to prove the existence of discrete races by putting a "Caucasian," an "Oriental," and a "Negro" side by side, what if you picked a Navaho, a Fijian, and an Ethiopian? Who belongs to what race?
He notes that "for something that is supposed to be obvious and commonplace, race is awfully difficult to pin down. The reason for this is clear: races are make believe. . . [A]s human-made categories and not natural biological categories, races are created and defined by the whim of culture."
Harrison cites the amazing conclusion, based on research on sub-Saharan genomes (paper published in Nature in 2010), that two bushmen from two villages within walking distance are genetically more different from each other than from a Japanese or a Korean! I'm still trying to wrap my mind around that one.
Harrison concludes that "The truth before us is clear, if we choose to recognize it. Our species simply does not accommodate naturally occurring race borders between vast groups of people. Cultures have created and artificially imposed them. The fact that so much death, cruelty, suffering, and social inefficiency has been caused by this delusion demands that we finally accept the reality of who we are and abandon [the belief in discrete races]."
But noooooooo.
Political behavior is based on images, perceptions, and feelings, not scientific data and facts.
Is Obama Black?
Most ridiculous and nauseating of all is the hoopla and self-congratulation over that fact that America is finally enlightened enough to elect a Black President. Woweee!
Except he's not an American Black; he's LITERALLY an African-American, not at all related, by history, culture, or genetics, to the people who today call themselves "African-Americans."
Once again we see the arbitrariness of racial classification. I find it amusing that there is a real, if somewhat nutty, controversy over his birthplace – but not a peep over whether he is "really" black.
Not only does he lack the American Black experience (smoking dope at the elite Punahou School in Hawaii doesn't count)…but East Africans, including Obama's Kenyan father, are very different from the West Africans who made up the slave population. But he's got the color – and no accent, either, and that's good enough.
Sports and "race"
In sports, supposedly the ultimate meritocracy, the concept of racial superiority/inferiority in this or that sport is refuted by massive research that explains ethnic sports performance in terms of social and cultural factors, not to mention a ton of hard work by individual performers.
Michael Jordan is my favorite example. I was in Chicago for the glorious 90s – six NBA Championships in eight years! Few people recall that he was actually cut from his high school team. He could have quit basketball right there. But Michael, tall and gifted, also had a prodigious work ethic. (So did "white" Larry Bird.) He added dimensions to his game as he matured. He practiced long after others had quit.
Superstition dies hard.
Sometimes even centuries of scientific proof are not enough, as we see in the pathetic but tenacious efforts by religious believers to cling to their fairy tales. I find it incredible that in 2013, huge numbers of people believe that the Book of Genesis actually describes the creation of the universe. They reinforce their fantasies by building religious museums and theme parks and, now, a life-sized model of Noah's Ark.
The spurious concept of "race" will likewise endure, even in the face of new knowledge that tells us that there is only one race – the human race – with an infinitude of variations.
Verdict of science
Interestingly, religion and science agree that there is a "brotherhood of humanity." But once again, the two diverge sharply in reality. With religion, it's just lip service, usually – and hypocritically -- accompanied by commands to ostracize or murder those who look different.
But the verdict of science supports the humanistic point of view: we are one species.
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I must be one of your "diversity mongers". I don't think it's moral to stop talking about racial oppression until it's over. Nor do I think it's moral for women to shut up and stop complaining about being harassed. You might not like the concept of race, you think it's spurious. But what word would better describe the cultural and social inequality present today? The word "race" might be arbitrary, but the reality is hard. Of course "It is only a social and political construct." But that construct is used to inflict pain, heartless rejection and loathsome inequality.
You say "we are one species".
But you also say
I think that when a caller presses 2 "para Espanol," he/she should hear this, in Spanish: "Pressing 2 means that you have obviously not taken the time to learn the language of your adopted country. Please hang up and call back when you are able to conduct business in English. Have a nice day."
So a patient with chest pain who calls his doctor's office and doesn't speak your language should just go ahead and die? To be blunt you sound like someone with the sensibilities of a naive white guy who doesn't even realize his preconceptions are arrogant, like someone who has never experienced consciousness raising. You don't appear to know the difference between overt racism, where hatred is openly expressed, and systemic racism, where the racists are perfectly polite while they cut you off at the knees collectively.
To Jay H.: You're most welcome; that's why I do it "Officially disapproved" I take as a high compliment.
To Spud: Thanks for your kind words. Yes, even the idea of "skin color" is arbitrary.
To Spud and Pat: I merely scratched the surface of this issue, confining myself to the country I know best. But I am aware that arbitrary racial barriers are in force all around the world. Americans need to be much more aware of them - they are the source of as much conflict as political and sectarian differences.
Only a very few Americans know that Iranians are not Arabs. There's enormous cognitive blurring when it's a faraway group. They all look alike. Not so. After a couple of years in Hawaii, I could tell a Korean, a Chinese and a Japanese apart, even 2nd generation.
Here at home, there are sharp status distinctions among African-Americans based on color. Not too black, not too white. "Grocery-bag beige" is about right. Obama draws admiration for marrying a woman darker than himself. As far as "racial" features are concerned...I actually know a family of Chicago Jewish people with the Oriental looking eyelid.
Both the 'conservatives' and the 'liberals' have a vested interested in keeping 'racial' issues alive. Manipulating people by alleged identity works but is poisonous.
Thanks for your excellent comments, even though they are officially disapproved.
You give words to a lot of my feelings Alan. Thanks.
Just one comment for now: For many years, I thought the word "colored" or the phrase "people of color" were stupid. Seems to me that even an albino is colored pink from the red blood under his skin.
My understanding of a mammalian species (from my days in anthropology) is a fertile female mating with a fertile male, and producing fertile offspring. While donkeys and horses are distinct species, a mule is not. Same with dogs, cats, and homo sapiens. "Race" is an artificial distinction based on in-group/out-group mentality.
Having said that, where I take some issue with your post, Alan, is somehow limiting the criticism of this phony classification to the US. It's not as though Americans are the only people on the planet that engage in this universal nonsense. Granted, the way we handle it leaves a lot to be desired. However, unlike the majority of people on the planet earth, at least we recognize its existence.
I once worked with a girl from Japan at an admissions office at a midwestern university. She would quiz me whenever someone with an epicanthic eye fold would come in the office. "OK," she would ask, "what race is that person?" She would quickly point out that the person was Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indo-Chinese, etc., and was amazed, and somewhat appalled, that I had no idea. And worse, that I didn't give a shit.
Try telling a person from Iran (Persia) that he/she is an Arab, or a Turk, and see where that gets you in the conversation. Or Bedouin from North Africa that he is a Bantu. Need I remind everyone of the result of perceived differences between the Tutsi and Hutu in Rwanda? I could go on and on, over different areas of the world, including Europe, South America, Africa, and the Pacific Islands, with the same or similar examples of the foregoing that would fill volumes.
The phony, and universal, classification of "race" today in my humble estimation, has more to do with cultural and physical differences born out of ancient tribal identifications that still cling, like a barnacle on a ship's hull, to the modern world. Then again, and notwithstanding our technology, we may not be as "modern" as we like to think we are.
Thanks so much to Steph and Randall for your kind words.
I was forced to live with this crap, this lying hyporcisy, for many years. Even wrote speeches to kick off Black History Month, as well as similar celebration of our "Hispanic" and "Asian heritage."
I once got into trouble (with the CEO, no less) by saying, in an interview with a professional publication, that since every individual is different, you already have diversity; it's pointless to try to achieve it by grabbing up people from certain specified grievance groups. What, no Afghans, no Zulus, no Lithuanians? How can we be diverse without them? This is heresy, and I'm delighted to share it openly, at last.
Wow--powerful post!! And right on target. Perfect analysis (or use the plural of that word) of "our America". I'm making a copy of this. Thanks for elucidating my own feelings.
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EEOC's 72nd National Mediation Agreement and First with Silicon Valley High-Tech Company
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Intel Corporation, the world's largest chip maker, today announced the signing of a partnership in the form of a National Universal Agreement to Mediate (NUAM) to informally resolve workplace disputes through Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) prior to an EEOC investigation or potential litigation.
The NUAM, the 72nd such agreement signed by EEOC with Corporate America, is the first such mediation partnership with a Silicon Valley company and will cover Intel workplaces in nearly all 50 states. Intel Corporation employs over 78,000 workers in 48 nations worldwide and has 294 worldwide offices and facilities. In 1971, Intel created the world's first microprocessor, and currently offers over 450 products and services. Intel is ranked 65th on the Fortune 500 list and, for the second year in a row, Business Ethics has ranked Intel #3 on its list of Best Corporate Citizens.
"We commend Intel for partnering with us to promote the use of workplace mediation," said EEOC Chair Cari M. Dominguez during the signing ceremony at Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, California. "The Commission is pleased to see a global high tech industry leader publicly recognize and embrace EEOC mediation. We hope other high-tech employers in Silicon Valley and across the country follow the example that Intel has set," she said.
Dominguez noted that today's NUAM bolsters a multi-year trend of Corporate America signing on to the Commission's widely-acclaimed mediation program, one of the largest employment-related ADR programs of its kind nationwide, with more than 11,500 mediations conducted annually.
Patricia Murray, Intel's Senior Vice President and Director of Human Resources, stated, "We have long had a strong partnership with the EEOC to ensure a discrimination-free workplace that honors the diversity of today's workforce. We are delighted to build on this partnership by joining their national mediation program. The program will help resolve employment disputes as early and fairly as possible."
Under the terms of the NUAM, all eligible charges of discrimination filed with the Commission naming Intel as the employer/respondent will be referred to the EEOC's mediation unit, as appropriate. The company will designate a corporate representative to handle all inquiries and other logistical matters related to potential charges in order to facilitate a prompt scheduling of the matter for EEOC mediation.
"As a Silicon Valley leader, Intel sets a great example by signaling their commitment to ADR," added Joan Ehrlich, District Director of EEOC's San Francisco District Office. "Employers are increasingly recognizing the many benefits of our voluntary mediation program which addresses employment disputes in a fair, timely, cost-effective and non-adversarial manner."
The expansion and promotion of ADR and voluntary mediation is the centerpiece of Chair Dominguez's Five-Point Plan to improve EEOC's overall operations. In addition to EEOC's 72 national mediation agreements with large employers, agency district offices have entered into more than 600 local mediation agreements with companies at the state or regional levels within their respective jurisdictions.
Since 1999 when the program was implemented nationally, EEOC has mediated more than 50,000 cases with approximately 70% being successfully resolved in an average time of 83 days - nearly half the time it takes to resolve a charge through the investigative process. Additionally, EEOC's experience over the years has shown that 13-20% of mediated cases are resolved based solely on a non-monetary benefit. A comprehensive survey conducted by independent researchers showed that 91% of charging parties and 96% of employers would use EEOC's mediation program again if a charge was filed - irrespective of issues, bases, size of employer, or whether the charge was resolved or not. The study concluded that the parties saw the EEOC's process as fair, neutral, and efficient.
The EEOC enforces Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, which prohibits discrimination against individuals 40 years of age or older; sections of the Civil Rights Act of 1991; the Equal Pay Act; Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in the private sector and state and local governments; and the Rehabilitation Act's prohibitions against disability discrimination in the federal government. Further information about the EEOC's National Mediation Program is available on the agency's web site at www.eeoc.gov/mediate.
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If you're looking to find the 10 best Hollywood sex scenes, then look no further than these ten steaming selections. Let's face it, sex sells – Be it in porn, music, television, and even Hollywood itself. Although Hollywood sex does have some limitation as compared to that of the porn industry, that doesn't stop these movies from drawing us in with their highly sensual, sometimes raunchy sexual scenery. From "Basic Instinct" to "Out of Sight," there's so much to choose from that it's overwhelming.
- Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek in "Desperado." In this action-packed Robert Rodriguez-directed sequel to "El Mariachi," Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek share a very sensual candlelit moment together in which Hayek's very ample bosoms (I mean, uh, talents) are revealed to the us.
- Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone in "Basic Instinct." A worn-and-torn San Francisco police detective (Douglas) and a wicked and bi-sexual mystery author share a very erotic affair, little does Douglas know that she is the dangerous ice-pick murder suspect and it's only a matter of time before he's next.
- George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez in "Out of Sight." A dangerous convict (Clooney) and a very sexy U.S. Marshal (Lopez) first share a very erotic and tense moment in the trunk of a car but finally end up getting it on in a cosy posh hotel while snow falls over the city of Detroit, Michigan.
- Uma Thurman and Maria de Medeiros in "Henry & June." This controversial NC-17 rated film that followed the diaries of author Anais Nin contained many sex-themed scenes all throughout it, including a explicit lesbian lovemaking scene where oral sex is being simulated, among many others.
- Jason Biggs and Shannon Elizabeth in "American Pie." In the 90's version of "Porky's" titled "American Pie," the nerdy character of Jason Biggs is treated to a very, very sexy striptease dance in his bedroom. The only difference is that both of them don't know that it's being broadcast to the entire town via webcam.
- Neve Campbell, Matt Dillon, and Denise Richards in "Wild Things." In this scene from the raunchy Hollywood hit film, we see the lovely Neve Campbell and Denise Richards stripping down and getting in a pool with Matt Dillon, resulting in one of the greatest cinematic threesomes ever filmed.
- Spike Lee and Rosie Perez in "Do The Right Thing." On a very hot summer day in Brooklyn, after being nagged on by his beautiful feisty girlfriend (Perez) for a quickie before he leaves for work, Lee's character follows through, ordering her to strip naked so he can treat her to some very sensual 'Sex & Ice' therapy.
- Phoebe Cates and Judge Reinhold in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High." This classic 80's teen comedy film contains a raunchy striptease scene involving Reinhold and Cates. Reinhold's character begins masturbating in his bathroom while peeping at Cates' character who is out swimming in the pool, envisioning her performing a lovely striptease for him until he is rudely interrupted.
- Hilary Swank and Chloe Sevigny in "Boys Don't Cry." Having won an Best Actress Oscar award for her portrayal of a girl living as a guy, Hilary Swank and her girlfriend (whom was also nominated as Best Supporting Actress) depict one of the greatest lesbian lovemaking scenes ever seen on cinema.
- Mark Wahlberg and Julianne Moore in "Boogie Nights." A Hollywood film about a porn film? It doesn't get any better than this, folks. Here we see the characters of Dirk Diggler (Wahlberg) and Amber Waves (Moore) sizzling it up for a sex scene in one of Diggler's porn star roles.
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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2001 Press Releases > JULY 2001 > Wayland - Fairbanks adds administrative office and classrooms in city
Wayland - Fairbanks adds administrative office and classrooms in city
FAIRBANKS - The Fairbanks campus of Wayland Baptist University has opened a new main office and classrooms at 3419B Airport Way (in Washington Plaza) for added convenience to students. A grand opening event will be held July 19 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. with refreshments served.
The campus has been located primarily on Eielson Air Force Base, with a satellite office at Fort Wainwright, since 1985. Originally, the campus was a satellite of the Anchorage campus, which opened in the fall of 1985 with help from Dr. John Allen, then-executive director of the Alaska Baptist Convention and a Wayland alumnus. The Fairbanks campus has been independent since August 1999, with Steve Burger serving as dean of the campus. The campus currently enrolls more than 250 students.
"I believe that Wayland Baptist University's Fairbanks campus opening of an office in Fairbanks will give the working adult in the community a great chance to finish their education and get a bachelor's degree," Burger said. "Wayland - Fairbanks accomplishes this by offering a flexible schedule of class offerings in the evening and weekends."
Burger said the new location will offer easier access for local residents who might be interested in pursuing a college degree or finishing one previously begun. Satellite offices will still be located at Eielson and Ft. Wainwright.
Wayland's external campus programs such as Fairbanks cater to adults by offering convenient classes and making sure they get the credit they deserve.
"Wayland is able to take into account prior learning both in the academic setting and in the workforce, applying this toward a degree program," Burger explained. "The working adult returning to acquire a bachelor's degree will be afforded this education within a Christian environment, blending academic excellence with Christian values."
Fairbanks is one of 11 external campuses under the Wayland Baptist University system, headquartered in Plainview, Texas. Wayland also has campuses in Hawaii, Arizona, New Mexico and four others in Texas.
For more information on the new location or about Wayland, call (907) 452-3236


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In the past I have written several howtos for remotely unlocking fully encrypted Debian installations. With the advent of Debian Squeeze, the developers have integrated a simple way to do so. Most stuff is provided directly by Debian itself - meaning you don't need 3rd party scripts anymore. However it still involves a few steps which I describe below. Also I provide you with a bash script that will do all the steps automatically.
Read more at HowtoForge


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This Morning: Two Apple Downgrades, Cirrus Sells Off, Comcast, Check Point Rising
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Here are some things going on this morning in your world of tech:
Shares of Apple (AAPL) are down $37.91, or almost 7%, at $512.59, recovering from the worst levels of last night's after-hours sell-off, following Apple's better-than-expected fiscal Q1 report, but a miss in terms of the number of iPhones sold, and a weaker-than-expected revenue outlook. The stock has received two downgrades this morning, along with multiple price target cuts, from Oppenheimer & Co.'s Ittai Kidron, cutting the stock to "Perform" from Outperform, and Raymond James's Tavis McCourt, cutting the stock to Outperform from Strong Buy, following a round of estimate cuts last night.
McCourt writes that "There were a lot of reasons to believe iPhone sales would grow double-digit in units in 2014 even as the market matured, but 1Q results and the March guide pretty much put that thesis to rest."
"ASPs and margins were very strong, but the clear maturation of the high-end smartphone market limits Apple's growth potential in the near term, and its valuation."
Among price target revisions, Jefferies & Co.'s Peter Misek reiterates a Buy rating, but cuts his price target to $625 from $650, after cutting this year's estimate to $185.7 billion from $182.4 billion, writing that "We think the CQ4 and CQ1 GM strength in spite of the iPhone miss bodes well for future GMs, and we remain bullish ahead of the iPhone 6 launch, which would fill Apple's phablet product gap."
Others were more dire. Glen Yeung of Citigroup, reiterating a Neutral rating, cut his price target to $560 from $580, writing that "Stubborn bulls may point to in-line financials for F1Q14, but by Apple's own admission, these were helped by inventory build […] China Mobile is not contributing sufficiently to spur growth," he writes. "When considering the relatively weak smartphone results from rival Samsung (although Samsung did gain share against Apple y/y), confidence in our Device Exhaustion theme is heightened, making it hard to get excited about smartphone-related stocks."
Still others were standing pat, despite cutting estimates. Cantor Fitzgerald's Brian White reiterates a Buy rating, and a $777 price target. He writes "it was more clear than ever that Apple needs to introduce a new product category to return to healthier growth trends," adding that "we believe Carl Icahn's push for a more aggressive share repurchase program could resonate with shareholders, and we expect his voice to become even louder in the coming weeks."
CNBC's Squawk on the Street hosted former Apple CEO John Sculley, who made the case for Apple in China and India as brand new, high-growth markets for Apple. "There is still a good story. Apple is not a growth story, I mean, it's way so big. But I think you can still have break out products."
Examining the derivative implications of the report, Oppenheimer & Co. chip analyst Rick Schafer this morning writes that "We suspect ongoing strength in iPad Mini skews positively for Skyworks Solutions (SWKS)."
"We note that Cirrus Logic (CRUS) lost the audio amp socket to Maxim Integrated Technology (MXIM) in the most recent iPad refresh and expect content loss here to compound lower iPhone content and units."
Shares of Cirrus are down 97 cents, or almost 5%, at $18.65, while Skyworks stock is off 77 cents, or 2.5%, at $29.61.
Shares of firewall vendor Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP) are up $2.46, or almost 4%, at $66, after the company this morning reportedQ4 revenue of $387 million, up 5%, and better than the consensus $383.5 million, and earnings per share of 98 cents.
For the current quarter, Check Point forecast on its conference call revenue in a range of $330 to $350 million, which was about in line with the average $341 million estimate. The company also boosted its annual buyback authorization to $800 million from $500 million.
Citigroup's Walter Pritchard reiterates a Buy rating on the shares, writing that the company's $114 million in operating expenses was more aggressive than he'd expected, especially on the sales and marketing line.
Aaron Schwartz with Jefferies reiterates a Buy rating, and a $70 price target, writing that despite the boost in planned repurchases, "the new authorization equates to 80-90% of free cash flow and given the $3.6bn in cash on the balance sheet, some expectations may have been hopeful for a more aggressive plan."
Shares of Corning (GLW) are down $1.24, or almost 7%, at $16.98, after the company this morning reported revenue of $2 billion and EPS of 29 cents, topping the consensus of $1.93 billion and 27 cents, forecast 20% accretion to earnings when factoring in $2 billion in buybacks this year, and said it expects its display glass volume of shipments to decline this quarter.
Citigroup's Ehud Gelblum reiterates a Neutral rating on the shares, and a $17 price target, writing that "Q1 guidance is soft, with glass pricing guidance worrisome, potentially pressuring the stock."
"Glass shipment guidance is down slightly q/q, with price declines higher than previous quarters (but returning to normal levels in Q2), implying $960-$1,020M in core Display sales with SCP consolidated for 11 weeks," writes Gelblum.
Shares of Comcast (CMCSA) are up $1.02, or almost 2%, at $53.51, after the company this morning reported revenue up 6%, year over year, at $16.93 billion, beating the average $16.65 billion estimate, but turned in 66 cents a share, below the average 68-cent estimate. The company also raised its dividend 15% to 22.5 cents per share per quarter, and raised its share repurchase authorization to $7.5 billion.
Evercore's Bryan Kraft reiterates an Overweight rating, and a $55 price target on Comcast shares, writing that results were driven by higher net subscriber additions across all Comcast's services, and by higher revenue per user, and lower expenses.
Results from NBC were also better than expected, he writes, and the plan for $3 billion in buybacks this year was in line with his expectations.


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To say that worlds are colliding in the network space is a gross understatement. Take social WiFi. When social networking credentials are used to sign in to wireless networks, lots of wheels are set in motion. Users get WiFi access, merchants reap customer data for fine-tuned marketing, and integrators can expand their services.
At the same time, social WiFi sign-in raises many unsettling privacy concerns. Let's take a look at the upside -- and downside -- of this fast-growing trend in the wireless world.
Not so long ago, those of us who run wireless networks didn't have a lot of options when it came to providing wireless guest access. The de facto standard required "an insider" to provide guest login credentials to our visitors. Some of us developed our own self-sponsor mechanisms that gave guests a way to get on without our help while providing some data point for us to track should trouble arise, such as a cellphone number to text a user's password. Once connected, guests went about their business, while administrators collected only enough logs to report on network utilization.
Now, with social WiFi, you use your Twitter or Facebook account to log in to a public wireless hotspot. Though "public wireless hotspots" might belong to single mom-and-pop establishments, they are frequently counted by the hundreds or thousands for chain establishments and thus rise to "distributed enterprise" status. Social WiFi is at home in settings of all sizes, where users want to connect to free WiFi and save their data minutes while they shop, eat, and socialize. And this is where things get interesting.
AirTight Networks has led the charge into social WiFi guest access, bundling it into a subscription along with retail analytics, wireless PCI compliance, and various managed services options. Here's the idea: You go to a local local AirTight-provisioned environment and log in to local guest WiFi with your Facebook credentials. In exchange for free wireless, you enter a technical and business arrangement that permits the wireless provider to gather your data for marketing purposes.
Your account settings and personal data are culled and used to enhance your experience with personalized coupon offers and faster service. Merchants tailor their products and promotions based on what they learn about you, and AirTight's managed services partners find a new revenue stream in monthly plan fees.
In some ways, everyone wins with social WiFi. Merchants get a lot of bang for their marketing and social media bucks; they run ads on Facebook and see how you respond when on the premises. They pipe background music selections based on your past Spotify selections. They see what age/gender demographics are trending well and which ones require a new marketing strategy. Customers get free WiFi plus a personalized shopping experience.
At the same time, integrators can stretch their services. Social WiFi moves them beyond simply providing access to wireless clients and gets them into the business of retail analytics and social media marketing, along with cloud services and PCI compliance.
It's a new day for wireless networking, but no IT paradigm is without tradeoffs. As innocuous as signing into guest wireless with social media credentials sounds, the implications are many and concerning. Yes, we live in an age where we're hyper-sensitive to privacy, yet many of us put it all out there on our social media accounts. As strange as it seems, despite the wide-open nature of our social media personas, we still expect a modicum of control over how our information gets used.
Social WiFi undercuts that odd, fragile handle we have on our social media data to monetize and upsell us in ways that don't make me really comfortable. Once the data is mined and conclusions are drawn from it, we become new people in the eyes of the social WiFi provider, with no control over how the process presents us.
We become scrutinized, and perhaps all our contacts are also scrubbed. Then, whatever package of information comes out of the process ends up living in dark corners of the provider realm that aren't familiar to us. I'm not sure whether or how often this information might get sold, which is one aspect of the whole consumer analytics process that I've never heard explained or defended to my liking. In the end, I'm not keen on signing away the mineral rights to my social environment for free WiFi and a desert coupon.
Social WiFi is interesting, innovative, and, for some businesses, potentially profitable. But for customers, this WiFi may come at too high a price.


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Food, one of the items in the foundation of 'Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs', has been proven to be so much more than a basic human necessity. It has been extended into the realm of survival; not in terms of a basic nutrient source, but as a possible cancer fighter.
We hear it all the time in the media, headlines relating to, for example, vegetables warding off particular kinds of cancers. So if you believe in the theory that "food is your medicine", we have gone ahead and compiled a list of foods that have gotten a lot of buzz in recent years for their anti-cancer properties. Here is list we found and the possible properties behind their effectiveness:
1. Garlic – Helps reduce the effects of carcinogens (such as seared meat)
2. Cruciform Veggies (cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, etc) – prevents cancer cells from multiplying.
3. Berries – Antioxidant properties (grapes or non-alcoholic wine are option as well)
4. Squash – Builds the immune system and inhibits cancer growth
5. Green tea – Contains epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), aka: cancer cell retardants.
6. Mushrooms – Immune boosters and cancer risk reducers. Great during chemo.
7. Dark Green Veggies (kale, beets, spinach, etc) – high in folate and blocks early cancer development.
8. Ginger & Turmeric – flavor enhancer and natural anti-inflammatory. Known to kill cancer cells in the lab.
9. Beans & Lentils – Healthy source of fiber and protein with the added bonus of preventing DNA damage – the starting line for cancer growth.
10. Seaweed – slows cancer growth, especially in the breast.
In addition:
Below are some reminders that are important to keep in mind when on the path of health and wellbeing.
– Obesity is strongly linked to cancer.
– Alcohol is a proven carcinogen by the World Health Organization. For good health, no more than 1 glass of wine per week for women, and 2 glasses of wine per week for men. (As outlined in our last blog: http://blog.zenmed.com/alcohol-consumption-and-breast-cancer-the-link)
– Stress and inflammation are being studied vigorously for their actions on the growth of many tumors.
– ' Life is movement.' Regular exercise can help you lose weight as well as alleviate stress. (as outlined in our last blog: http://blog.zenmed.com/what-does-my-weight-have-to-do-with-cancer)
The statements above have not been evaluated by the FDA and by no means constitute as medical advice. These are merely opinions of the author. It is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or mitigate or prevent any disease, disorder, pain, injury, deformity, or physical or mental condition of any kind.


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Monthly Negative Move – Flex Ltd. (FLEX) stock returned -27.43%
FLEX Stock Price Update:
Flex Ltd. (FLEX) recently closed with fall of FLEX stock price moved downswing along with the volume 7.09 million shares in Thursday session. Shares are closed price at $8.57 with change of -1.72%. The total dollar value of all 527.24 million outstanding shares is 4.52 billion. The company's 3-months average volume stands at 6.68 million. When we divide the last trade volume by the 3-month average volume, we found out a relative volume of 1.05.
FLEX Stock Price Movement in past 20 Days period and 52-Week period
The Company -15.22% to its 20-Day Simple Moving Average this short time frame image represents a downward movement of recent price over average price of last 20 days. Recent trade price levels places FLEX's stock about -56.52% away from the 52-week high and closed 27.15% away from the 52-week low.
FLEX Stock Price Movement in past 50 Days period and 200 Days Period
Now moving toward intermediate time frame, 50-day Moving average is more useful at showing position trading trends lasting 50 days. Shares of FLEX moved downward with change of -27.83% to its 50-day Moving average. This falling movement shows negative prices direction over last 50 days. FLEX stock price revealed pessimistic move of -41.55% comparing average price of last 200 days. This comparison showed down direction of price behind its 200-SMA.
FLEX Stock Past Historical Trends
If we checked the overall image of stock during recent quarter then we found that stock performance is trading down -37.58%. This check is giving bearish indication for investors. Investors expect the good YTD performance from the stock. From the start of year 2018 to present date FLEX reported slumped performance of -52.36%. Investors saw a negative move of -0.23% in last five trading days. This performance is snap pessimistic view of last week. The stock is remained in negative radar as stock is falling.
Going move backward a period of six month analysis we come to know that stock dipped -42.09% giving falling alert for Investors. Now we take an assessment of last twelve months period, where stock moved lower with performance of -53.32%.
Volatility in Focus: FLEX
The beta factor is 1.55.Volatility shows sense of how far the stock will fall if the market takes a dive and how high stock will rise if the bull starts to climb. A stock with a beta more than 1 means high volatile and less than 1 means low volatile. The PE ratio of 15.20 helps investors explore how much they should pay for a stock based on its current earnings. High ratio reveals positive future performance and investors are willing to pay more. Low ratio discloses poor current and future performance.
FLEX Consensus Recommendation:
Experts experienced mean rating at 2.30 following consensus analysis. (Rating Scale: 1.0 Strong Buy, 2.0 Buy, 3.0 Hold, 4.0 Sell, 5.0 Strong Sell). The analysts' recommendations are not the only factor to be kept in mind while taking investment decision (whether to buy, hold, or sell a stock) that Investors should not rely only there are many side factors which have deep impact on stock's performance such as financial reports filed with SEC, company's portfolio and approach towards market systematic and unsystematic risk factors.
Important Notice
Guide to analyst recommendations because ratings terms vary from company to company, the guide is designed to help investors understand the meaning after each rating (where available) and to allow them to make comparisons between each firm's recommendation.
ROI is 9.30%. A positive result means that returns exceed costs. Analysts therefore consider the investment a net gain. The opposite kind of result, a negative means that costs outweigh returns. Analysts therefore view the investment as a net loss.
Return on Assets (ROA) ratio indicates how profitable a company is relative to its total assets. The ROA is 3.10%. A company that manages their assets well will have a high return, while if manages their assets poorly will have a low return.


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Irish, if you started from a population of two, and we assume they have different blood types (and those types are the ones allowing most diversity), is it possible to get to the number of types we have now?
However, that's just considering ABO types and not including the Rh typing. If you want to consider the Rh type as well pair together an A+ mother/father and a B+ father/mother and it is possible to get any of the eight ABO/Rh types within the next generation.
You better get your blood group checked in case you meet an angry Christian.
-wonder why god did this
O- yes, everyone can have my blood. But I only give blood for free Ruby Tuesday Pretzel Burger coupons.
B- for me... Looks like I should be donating blood on a regular basis (besides what I do when building stuff on the weekends and slicing various extremities with power tools)
I'm not allowed to give blood 'cause of the meds I'm on.
Quote from: neopagan on September 29, 2013, 11:39:29 PMB- for me...B- also.
B- for me...
Quote from: rev45 on September 30, 2013, 07:02:14 AMQuote from: neopagan on September 29, 2013, 11:39:29 PMB- for me...B- also.B- brotherhood unite! Take a needle for the team guys. I ride a motorcycle so the odds of me getting some rev or neo blood isn't out of the realm of possibilities.


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At 9 a.m. sharp, the man in the blue blazer swung a brass bell over his head, a rite that dates back to the Grand Central Market's opening day in 1917. A minute later, nearly every swivel chair at the China Cafe counter was filled, mostly by older men hunched over bowls of wonton soup.
"It's not a fancy place," said Concepcion Orellano, 57. "People come here because they are poor."
Owner Rinco Cheung, an experienced restaurateur and Hong Kong native, confided he didn't know what chop suey was until he took over China Cafe from his wife's cousin last year.
"It's very old-style," Cheung said, pointing out the menu boards overhead, which list several "egg fo yeung" dishes the owner also didn't recognize. "They love it like that," he added.
Which is precisely the problem. I too love the Grand Central Market: its Beaux Arts touches, the flowing script of the neon signs at each stall, the weird store names — "Jones Grain Mill" — the exposed pipes and pendant light fixtures.


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O'Connor Commits To The University Of Denver
SIOUX FALLS, SD -- The Sioux Falls Stampede are proud to announce that forward Logan O'Connor has committed to the University of Denver for the 2015-16 season. He becomes the 12th Stampede player to commit to a Division I program this season.
Former Stampede forward Matt Tabrum and defenseman Matt Van Voorhis are currently skating with the Pioneers.
A native of Calgary, Alberta, O'Connor was selected by the Stampede in the 13th round of the 2013 Phase 2 USHL Draft. Last season, O'Connor skated with the Calgary Royals Midget AAA team. He recorded 23 points (7g, 16a) in 34 games with the Royals while leading them into the playoffs where he posted four points (1g, 3a) in five games.
The winger has recorded one assist while appearing in all 12 Stampede games so far this season. In the pre-season, O'Connor tallied three points (2g, 1a) in five games.
The Pioneers are members of the new National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) and are coached by former Dubuque Fighting Saints head coach, Jim Montgomery. They are 3-3-0 on the season and host Nebraska-Omaha this weekend.
O'Connor and the Stampede return to action Friday night when they travel to Youngstown, Ohio to face the Phantoms in the first of two on the weekend. The Herd return home to the Sioux Falls Arena on November 9th when they host Sioux City.
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President Barack Obama says he's "not at all" resigned to a government shutdown. He says he expects to speak to congressional leaders during the day and in ensuing days to address budget and debt impasses.
The president addressed the looming shutdown after meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Democratic-controlled Senate was expected Monday to reject the House of Representative's latest short-term spending proposal because it contains a one-year delay on the nation's health care law. The two chambers are trying to reach an agreement to avert a shutdown looming at midnight.
The spending fight is a prelude to a bigger confrontation over the nation's credit limit, expected to hit in mid-October.
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Knight News Challenge opens for applications
The Knight News Challenge – which provides funding for digital journalism innovations – has now opened the first of three new competition rounds.
Last year two British data projects – ScaperWiki and the Open Knowledge Foundation – were among 16 winners to receive funding.
The competition, which is open to "anyone – businesses, nonprofits, individuals" has been redesigned, split into three shorter, more focused rounds instead of one bigger annual award, as announced by the Knight Foundation at the World Editors Forum in Vienna last year.
The theme for the first round is "networks". Entries will be accepted until 17 March and winners will be announced in June.
Writing on the Knight News Challenge site, John S Bracken says:
The most common question I've been asked since we announced the challenge is exactly what we mean by "networks". We're trying not to define the term too narrowly, but I thought a look at David Sarnoff, the creator of the broadcast network in the US, might provide some insights into our motivations.
In the 1950 film Mid-Century: Half Way to Where?, Sarnoff foresaw the coming "pocket-sized radio instruments [that] will enable individuals to communicate with anyone anywhere". According to Cisco, the number of those "pocket-sized instruments" will equal the number of people on the planet by the end of the year … Today's communications networks are different from the broadcast tower and its one-to-many reach. The internet, and the mini-computers in our pockets, enable us to connect with one another, friends and strangers, in new ways. Witness the roles of networks in the formation, coverage and discussion of recent events such as the rise of the Tea Party, flash mobs, the Arab spring, last summer's UK riots and the Occupy movement.
We're looking for ideas that build on the rise of these existing network events and tools – that deliver news and information and extend our understanding of the phenomenon.
A second round, to be held in the spring, will be an open competition, looking for new ideas broadly. The theme for the third round has yet to be determined.
The Knight News Challenge is run by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and awards funding to innovative ideas for techniques and technologies which engage communities with news and information. Since 2007, Knight has invested more than $100 million (£63 million) in new technologies and techniques.
You can apply for the challenge here.
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Ensure future of New York
A college degree opens doors to personal opportunity and success. But years of budget cuts to New York's public university system have made the path to a diploma even more challenging for students — and not in a positive way.
The State University of New York and the City University of New York have been hit with $2 billion in state budget cuts over the last five years. Public higher ed has little to cheer about in the proposed 2014-15 state budget; the spending plan freezes support for SUNY's campuses and CUNY campuses for the third consecutive year.
To make up the funding gap, SUNY campuses have relied on annual tuition increases. In the late 1990s, 75 percent of SUNY's operating budget came from state support. Now, students are paying the majority of the cost to run the state's public university system. They're paying more and getting less — students routinely deal with larger class sizes, fewer class sections and delayed graduations. Spending cuts have also caused a shortage of full-time faculty, who are struggling to meet the needs of increased student enrollments.
This has gone on for far too long. It must end now.
It's time to reinvest in our public colleges and universities, to ensure qualified students a quality, affordable, accessible education. It's time to create an endowment to hire more full-time faculty and professional staff while also providing a pathway for adjunct faculty to achieve full-time status.
It's also time to invest in student financial aid and opportunity programs and reform the state's Tuition Assistance Program.
We've got a way to make it happen.
UUP has teamed up with NYSUT and our colleagues at CUNY and SUNY's community colleges in "Keep New York a State of Mind" (http://tinyurl.com/murf7x7), a higher education reform campaign that demands an end to chronic underfunding of public higher education and offers a plan to revitalize the state's public colleges and universities.
Our effort calls for the creation of the Endowment for the Future of Higher Education, a permanent endowment enabling SUNY and CUNY to hire more full-time faculty and professional staff so students will get the high quality courses, programs and guidance they need and deserve.
The future of public higher education in New York is at stake. Tell your state lawmakers to establish this endowment. Urge them to increase the state's financial support for SUNY and CUNY in the final 2014-15 state budget.
Investing in public higher education is the key to enhancing New York's economic future. We all win when we keep New York a state of mind.
Frederick E. Kowal is president of United University Professions, the nation's largest higher education union, representing 35,000 faculty and professional staff at SUNY's 29 campuses, including SUNY's public teaching hospitals and health science centers in Brooklyn, Buffalo, Long Island and Syracuse.


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To prevent stalling during the warm-up period, it is necessary to run the engine at an idle speed slightly higher than that for a warm engine. This is accomplished by the fast idle cam which is linked to the choke valve shaft and holds the throttle valve open sufficiently during the warm-up period to give the increased idle RPM, until such time as the choke valve moves to the full open position.
While the automatic choke is in operation, the driver may wish to advance the throttle to the full wide open position. Since this would decrease vacuum pull on the choke piston, thereby closing the choke valve, it is necessary to provide increased carburetor air flow by opening the choke valve mechanically.
To accomplish this, a tang on the throttle lever is made to contact the fast idle cam linkage at wide open throttle position so as to partially open the choke valve
This will also relieve excess choking on starting by allowing more air to enter the carburetor when the engine is cranked with the accelerator held fully depressed.


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posted by Thom Holwerda on Sun 5th Feb 2012 12:26 UTC
"Among the treasure troves of recently released WikiLeaks cables, we find one whose significance has bypassed Swedish media. In short: every law proposal, every ordinance, and every governmental report hostile to the net, youth, and civil liberties here in Sweden in recent years have been commissioned by the US government and industry interests." How such prestigious nations with such long and proud histories, like Sweden, The Netherlands, and so on, can succumb to pressure from a former colony is beyond me. We should know better.


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I know this move was the right thing for our family. It has been proven to us over + over but that didn't stop me from taking a few minutes to myself and escaping to the comfort of that place one last time. I armed myself with my camera and swore I would capture everything I loved most. The front door. The charming built in hutch in the dining room. The bathroom tile. The wainscoting + hardwood floor. The pendant light above the sink. The tile in the kitchen. The green french door leading to the basement. The brick. My Lily of the Valley patch out front.
The house echoed. And my heart broke. As tears trickled down my face a movie played in my mind. I saw myself consoling a colicky Oliver in the front room. I saw Audrey dancing around in her tutu. I saw Easton shooting hoops in the backyard. I saw Owen drawing at the kitchen table. I saw Abby making friendship bracelets while watching Soul Surfer. I know that the cozy brick house was merely the set of all those happy everyday moments. We'll still have those moments. The characters are the same, it's just the location that's changed.


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Dr. Susan Froshauer to join Connecticut bioscience team at CURE
Feb 12, 2013, 08:16 ET
HARTFORD, Conn., Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Peter R. Farina, Ph.D. and David W. Keiser, the two co-chairs of CURE (Connecticut United for Research Excellence), the state bioscience organization, today released the following statement about organizational changes at CURE.
After ten years at the helm, Paul Pescatello, the current President and CEO of CURE, has decided to step back from that role so that he can dedicate some additional time to private business ventures and other non-life sciences policy issues. Paul has made great strides for CURE and so we are pleased to report that he has agreed to continue to coordinate our government relations efforts as Chair of the CURE BioScience Growth Council and as a CURE Board and Executive Committee member. This arrangement will allow Paul to bring even greater focus and depth to CURE's life sciences advocacy.
The state has recently increased its investment in the life sciences and in entrepreneurship. For example, it has invited The Jackson Laboratory to develop a genomic medicine facility in Farmington and created Connecticut's Innovation Ecosystem, a public-private partnership, with hubs in Hartford, New Haven, Stamford and Storrs, to support high-value technology-based start-up and stage 2 companies. Furthermore, Governor Malloy has proposed a new $200 million Bioscience Innovation Act and announced a $1.5 million investment in UConn to support STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) education activities.
CURE seeks to strengthen and enhance its mission to support these efforts. To do so most effectively, and build on Paul's success, it is our great pleasure to announce that a good friend of the Connecticut life sciences community, Dr. Susan Froshauer, has agreed to assume the position of Chief Executive Officer and President of CURE, effective April 1. Susan is well-known to the CURE community and has a wealth of experience that makes her an ideal choice to lead the organization.
Susan is an experienced scientist, mentor, entrepreneur and investor with skill at connecting academic expertise and technology with the commercial sector. She is currently Director of the Technology Exchange Portal at the University of Connecticut's Office of Economic Development. In this role Susan assists Connecticut-based entrepreneurs and organizations with initiatives that train students, create jobs and contribute to economic development. She connects ideas with business expertise, business plans with investors and industry with scholars.
Until 2010, Susan served as President and CEO of Rib-X Pharmaceuticals, which she co-founded in New Haven in 2000. Under her leadership, Rib-X raised more than $160 million in private equity, bridge financing and government grants and built a robust pipeline of antibiotics to treat serious hospital infections. Prior to Rib-X, Susan served as a member of Pfizer's Strategic Alliance Group where she was key to the creation of a $200 million investment portfolio that transformed the Pfizer global research and development strategy, helping the company identify new resources for drug discovery.
Susan received a Ph.D. in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics from Harvard University and a B. A. from Connecticut College. She performed post-doctoral research at Yale Medical School in the Department of Cell Biology as a Jane Coffin Child's Fellow.
Susan will initially focus on expanding the CURE network, fostering connectivity among members, educators, investors and entrepreneurs, helping to build the bridges necessary to transform cutting edge bioscience research into funded, sustainable start-up biotechs as well as fortifying CURE's commitment to education.
Please join us in welcoming Susan and thanking Paul for his decade of CURE leadership. The combined team of Susan and Paul will strengthen and enhance CURE and its work on behalf of CURE members.
Photo of Paul Pescatello: http://curenet.org/photos/PaulPescatello.jpg
Photo of Dr. Susan Froshauer: http://curenet.org/photos/Susan Froshauer.jpg
Bill Kelly
HarveyMalis Communications LLC
SOURCE CURE (Connecticut United for Research Excellence)


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Three months after the Blake Lively - Ryan Renolds wedding that took us all by surprise, photos of the event have finally been revealed, and by none other than the wedding planner herself, Martha Stewart.
Even though Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds insist on keeping their wedding photos hidden, just like they did their wedding, Stewart has found a way around their privacy concern to show us a sneak peek of the secret nuptials that took place outside of Charleston on September 9, 2012.
The stars have allowed the decoration-extraordinaire to reveal a few of the elements she and her team help create for the wedding, among them are, the bouquet, the desserts, and oh yes, the dress.
Of the gown, Stewart's site said "Blake's cloudlike silk tulle gown featured a fitted bodice, illusion crystal beading on the shoulders, and rose-gold embroidery. Jeweler Lorraine Schwartz forged Ryan and Blake's wedding bands."
For the entire gallery visit Marta Stewart's: Real Weddings site.


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Cartoon Network's Creative Lab winners of its search for the next African animation talent, have been announced...
The 2018 AfricaCom Awards were announced at a colourful and festive Mardi Gras themed event in Cape Town last night...
GRB Studios has inked a multiyear licensing and distribution deal with Black TV and will be collaborating with the African channel, led by actor and producer Thomas Gumede...
AfriDocs: Migrant stories changing the narrative on migration...
The Ladima Foundation: women of influence panel discussion DISCOP Joburg...
New PwC survey dispels myths about women and work...
5 Mar 2015
SAN FRANCISCO, US: Apple has announced that the latest version of its hot-selling iPhones will be released in China and 21 other countries on 13 January. It is already available in South Africa.
6 Jan 2012
NEW YORK, US: Global online consumer confidence fell for the seventh consecutive quarter as confidence in 31 of 56 global markets measured declined, according to from Nielsen, a leading global provider of insights and analytics into what consumers watch and buy.
9 Nov 2011
NEW YORK, US: Consumer confidence fell in 25 out of 52 countries in Q4 2010 as hope for a global economic recovery evaporated at the end of last year, according to the latest edition of the Nielsen Global Consumer Confidence Index, which tracks consumer confidence, major concerns and spending intentions among online consumers.
27 Jan 2011
NEW YORK, US: After an upbeat start to the year with two consecutive quarters of increases in optimism, global consumer confidence fell three points in September to an Index of 90 as consumers' hopes for a full economic recovery this year fades in most parts of the world, according to the latest edition of the Nielsen Global Consumer Confidence Index.
27 Oct 2010
MIAMI, US: Latam's jury of advertisers, media specialists and advertising experts has deliberated over work from 44 agencies across 11 countries in Latin America - covering entries from 77 brands in total. A shortlist of 45 entries has been announced.
22 Oct 2010
NUREMBERG, GERMANY: The global photo market is once again experiencing growth, after some regions recorded a decline in the previous year. For 2010, GfK Retail and Technology is forecasting sales of 141 million digital cameras, which even represents an increase on the high levels seen in 2008. These findings have been recorded in view of the upcoming photokina trade fair in Cologne.
20 Sep 2010
ATLANTA, US: CNN has announced the launch of a new initiative for journalism students, called CNN iReport University, linked to iReport, the network's user-generated news community.
16 Sep 2010


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The Walton County Economic Development Alliance�s search for a new executive director has ended.
Steven Jaeger, the executive director of TransPORT, the port authority in Peoria, Ill., has accepted the position that has been open since Scarlett Phaneuf resigned Dec. 28 to accept a position with the Bay County Economic Development Alliance. Jaeger is expected to start on May 20.
Jaeger and his family have vacationed in Walton County for more than 20 years.
�I�m excited. My wife and I have owned property in Walton County for about 10 years, and even though we are currently living in the Midwest, our roots are in the South,� Jaeger said. �We were in the New Orleans area for about 17 years and throughout that whole period we�ve been coming to the Emerald Coast regularly.
�It�s a place we always wanted to end up and this, hopefully, will be an opportunity to do that.�
The Walton County EDA has a number of projects in development now that Jaeger said he will have to focus on, such as updating the organization�s strategic plan and website. He will also take over a position on the board of directors of the Walton Area Chamber of Commerce.
One of his initial goals for the position is to get out and meet people in the community.
�What I need to do is get to know the elected officials and the folks who make things happen in Walton County and get an idea of what they feel our priorities should be,� Jaeger said.
Walton County Commissioner Kenneth Pridgen, who is chairman of the EDA�s board of directors, said Jaeger was clearly the board�s first choice and he was happy he accepted the position.
�I was really impressed with the work he had put into looking at the area,� Pridgen said. �If anyone didn�t know him, they would think he was born and raised in Walton County because he knew the history, he knew the industrial parks, the beaches. He had really studied and done some research on Walton County.
�And he had a lot of enthusiasm about wanting to move forward on these industrial parks we have and trying to move the county forward and seeking businesses to come into our county,� he added. �He was really impressive to me and the whole board.�
Jaeger will be paid $65,000 a year, which is the top of the pay range for the job.


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I'm not sure how many people have said this now, but it seems to be a growing trend. Fox "News" contributor Erick Erickson has repeated the imbecilic battle-cry of shutting down the government in order to defund the Affordable Care Act. The only positive to come from this movement is that it is finally showing the cracks in the Right by causing a great divide over whether or not it even makes sense. Media Matters did a piece in August about the battle between Fox pundits on the issue. Apparently there are still Republicans left who are not giving in to the insanity of the Tea Party. Unfortunately we'll probably have to wait until it's too late to find out how this divide will affect things. More on that here, here, here, and here.
Before we get to the video clip, I just wanted to highlight some of the lapses in cognition inherent in what they're trying to do. First, the bill was passed, signed into law by the President, upheld by the Supreme Court, and is going into effect whether they like it or not. Second, about half of the states are running their own exchanges, or are working with the federal government to do so, so it would be those states losing the funding and being burdened with even more debt, which coincidentally may just cause them all to be forced back into a recession. Third and most importantly, you can't exactly just shut down the government. Remember the debacle over the debt ceiling and how the Right's threats caused the credit rating for the United States to drop? It would happen again. But here's the thing, the credit rating drop would happen no matter what, just from the threats alone, but even worse things would happen if they actually did shut down the government. The US Government isn't paying its bills anymore? Now many of the more than two million federal employees won't get their paychecks, or at least will be furloughed.
Now they can't pay their bills. Federal funding that goes to the States? Now that's gone too. Federal departments shut down. Your food isn't being inspected. Don't you love food-born illness outbreaks? I know I do. More floods in Colorado? No federal aid on its way. Other countries don't want to do business with us anymore either? Wait, I hear something coming, oh it's another recession, and it looks like it might be accompanied by a possible full on economic depression. You get the picture, I hope. Apparently the extremists on the Right, those liberty loving TEApublicans, are so virulently against the idea of the Federal Government doing something positive and helping people by getting them health insurance, that they're willing to destroy this country's economy. Because, that makes sens right? What's that saying about love? If you love your country, run it into complete economic ruin? Is this a worst case scenario analysis? Yes, but why risk such an economic catastrophe? Various articles regarding what can happen in a shut down can be found here and here, though keep in mind that they tend to discuss short-term shut downs, rather than the complete shutdown being threatened currently by some TEApublicans, and that the Democrats have vowed to not pass any measure that would fund everything except the Affordable Care Act.
Watch the video courtesy of Media Matters:


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How To Work With Royal Icing
Royal Icing can be used on everything from sugar cookies to cakes and is a staple in the world of baking. Once dry, the look is flawless and will leave your friends and families amazed. Most think it's overly difficult, but in all reality it's quite simple, it just requires a little time.
What You Need
4 tablespoons meringue powder
1/2 cup water
1 pound powdered sugar
3/4 teaspoon light corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon butter extract (optional)
Food coloring (optional)
Stand mixer (or hand mixer)
Piping bags or squeeze bottles
Plastic Wrap
Mesh sifter
1. Mix Meringue Powder
We prefer to use meringue powder over egg whites any day of the week because of it's consistent results. Place meringue powder in the bowl of your mixer and add in water. Mix on low until combined with the paddle attachment — the mixture will turn slightly foamy or bubbly.
2. Sift Baby Sift!
Although it's easy to skip sifting ingredients, this time it's extra important. You want the overall look to be creamy and smooth and sifting is what does that for you. Sift your powdered sugar (either first onto parchment paper, or sift straight in) and add to the bowl. Mix on low until mixture is combined. You might require a towel to hold over the bowl if your powdered sugar wants to keep jumping out.
3. Syrup & Extract (optional)
For those that don't wish to use corn syrup, you're in luck, you can go without, the bad news is your results won't be as perfect and consistent every time. Add it to the bowl along with extract if you wish. Instead of butter you could also use an extract that might be more to your liking.
4. Faster! Faster!
Increase the speed of your mixture to medium high or high (especially if using a hand mixer) and walk away. That's right, just walk away. Set a timer for 4 minutes. At the end of 4 minutes, watch the mixture finish up. Your goal is to achieve a peak that is stiff and doesn't fall over but is still glossy. Over beating is a no-no and will lose a bit of it's luster.
5. Time To Color
Add colorings in very small amounts (think 1/8 teaspoon or less). Many colorings will effect the taste of the icing, especially depending on their age (which is why we usually add in an extract to help balance things out). Separate out 1-2 cups of mixture into a separate bowl and cover the original white (or main color) with plastic wrap. Color additional bowls as desired and cover until ready to use.
6. Pipe Borders
Using a piping bag or squeeze bottle, pipe the borders and edges of your cookies. This will act as a dam for the remaining frosting that will essentially flood the cookie until set.
7. Dry
Allow icing to dry completely, usually around 10-30 minutes depending on your air flow. If you have a ceiling fan or (clean) box fan, now is a good time to turn it on.
8. Re-Mixing
Add water to the mixture you'd like to flood the cookie with 1/2 teaspoon at a time. This is not the time to try and hurry up, literally mix it in 1/2 teaspoon at a time, and mix well! Once it's ready, the mixture will pull away from the surface and rest on top of the rest of the mixture before sinking back in for 2 seconds. It should feel like syrup consistency wise. You can also do this step before piping the border if you are sure on the amount of icing you'll need.
9. Flooding
Apply new mixture via piping bag or bottle to the surface of your cookie. You don't have to fill every last spot, a chop stick or toothpick (or end of skewer) can help you work it into the nooks and crannies. Add embellishments such as extra lines, dots or stripes.
10. Dry Again!
Allow cookies to dry for several hours. This isn't a make and run out the door snack, we find it best if cookies are left overnight even so we're not tempted to move them before they're truly ready. The frosting can crack, dimple or get fingerprints in it if it isn't ready. Plan on this activity taking over your tabletops and countertops for the better part of the afternoon.
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