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When investors look at purchasing a fund, they often review a fund's objective and its historical performance. While both are logical to examine, it is also important to know exactly who it is that is managing the fund, since this person is, ultimately, the one to whom an investor is entrusting his or her money.
Clearly, an investor should ensure that a fund's objective matches with his or her own goals. This information can easily be found in a prospectus or at a fund family's web site. It is also important to review a fund's relative historical performance, too, preferably sticking to those funds that are, over the long term, better than average. (You can, of course, find this type of information within Value Line's mutual fund products.) But one shouldn't stop there. Very often the person behind the curtain, to paraphrase the Wizard of Oz, is just as important.
At the most extreme level, a recent manager change could completely alter a fund's investment approach and make historical performance numbers virtually irrelevant since the new manager wasn't around for the fund's previous performance. Take as an example Fidelity Magellan Fund (FMAGX). Peter Lynch rose to fame managing the fund to strong returns, but subsequent managers haven't had the same success. If you purchased the fund shortly after Lynch's departure in 1990, you bought a vastly different fund.
On a less dramatic note, investors are putting their hard earned and saved money into the hands of a portfolio manager and should get to know as much as possible about this person or team. Indeed, managers approach investing in vastly different ways. Some are growth oriented, others seek value. Some managers start with a broad based economic view, others build a portfolio on a stock by stock basis. And while a prospectus is a good starting ground, they often don't provide fine detail about objectives and investment approaches. This is because a prospectus is a legal document that limits what a fund can and cannot do, providing too much detail or creating too many constraints that can limit a manager's ability to do his or her job or, worse for the fund family, open the company up to shareholder lawsuits.
So how does one find out about a manager? It's easier said than done, unfortunately, as most investors can't just call up the fund managers to chat.
The first place to start is almost always a fund family's website. Reviewing a few different fund sites should be enough to distinguish between fund families that have strong shareholder communications and those that do not. For example, Baron Funds provides a great deal of information in its quarterly reports about the family's overriding methodologies and the goings on at individual funds. The family is one of the most communicative around. Gabelli Funds, Ariel Funds, Royce Funds and Matthews Funds are similarly shareholder friendly in this regard.
Larger fund families such as Fidelity and Vanguard, however, don't provide as detailed information about their funds. What the larger fund families tend to focus on with their communications are broader investment topics, such as asset allocation. While beneficial, these types of discussions don't help an investor learn about and grow comfortable with a portfolio manager. While it may seem odd that the industry behemoths don't have the most in-depth information, the fact remains that smaller firms often do a better job of letting shareholders know about their funds and the managers behind the funds.
Another source of information about a fund's manager are media interviews. Interviews can be found across a variety of mediums, including web sites, magazines, television, and radio stations. Some fund families, such as the Royce Funds, will archive such interviews on their websites. The problem here is that finding this type of information often takes time for those fund families that don't provide an archived listing. It is probably time well spent, but time nonetheless.
The end goal is to understand not only what a fund manager is doing, but why. Once this is understood, it is possible to decide how well a manager's views about investing and the world coincide with your own. If there is a material mismatch, it is probably best to find another fund.
Mutual funds are, at their core, meant to be long-term holdings. Investors who fully understand not only a fund's goals, but also how the manager attempts to achieve those goals, will make shorter-term trading less likely.


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For nearly a decade, "The Colbert Report" has been a trusty follow-up to "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and the pair delivered a formidable one-two punch that became one of the main sources of turmoil for rivals in the late-night TV race.
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When Germany's Green Party was born 30 years ago, then-Chancellor Helmut Schmidt dismissed it outright. "They're just environmental idiots who will have disappeared again soon," he said.
Current Chancellor Angela Merkel faces a new reality, with her deputy Guido Westerwelle resigning over the weekend as head of junior coalition partner Free Democrat Party (FDP) after he and Ms. Merkel felt stinging losses to the Greens.
Because the party didn't disappear. In fact, in a turn of events reverberating across the country, on March 27 the Greens ended six decades of conservative rule in one of Germany's wealthiest states, completing their transformation from a radical protest party to a mainstream force shaking the traditional political order.
For the first time ever in Germany, and only the second time in all of Europe, a Green party is in charge of a state government. Capitalizing on a mix of nuclear aversion and local furor over a highly unpopular railway project in Stüttgart, the Greens doubled their representation to 24.2 percent in Baden Württemberg, stealing power from Merkel's ruling Christian Democratic Union (CDU). The Greens also tripled their representation in North Rhine Westphalia.
The election is among the first evidence of how Japan's nuclear crisis, sparked by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, is causing political ripples worldwide. The election may foretell the rise of anti-nuclear parties in other nations, and serve as political warning to other leaders.
"The debate in connection with the Japanese nuclear plant of Fukushima was clearly what led to our defeat," Merkel said a day after the election. "My view of atomic energy has changed since the events in Japan."
Even Merkel's coalition partner, hitherto Germany's most pro-nuclear party, signaled a change of heart. "That was a vote over the future of atomic energy," said Mr. Westerwelle, who stepped down Sunday as FDP leader although he will remain foreign minister for now.
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Proponents of an environmentally friendly lifestyle that minimizes energy use, the Greens represent society's new search for "postmaterialistic" values, says Gerd Langguth, a political scientist at the University of Bonn and former CDU parliamentarian.
The party's March 27 win was the culmination of many political fights since the 1960s, when the leaders of today's party were rebellious students trying to shake the political establishment. Coincidentally, their first victory against nuclear power was also in Baden Württemberg, in 1975, when 30,000 people staged a nine-month sit-in at what was to be Germany's first nuclear plant, in the hamlet of Wyhl.
"It felt like taking over a fortress," remembers Frank Baum. For many nights he traveled 15 miles from his hometown of Freiburg after work to sleep at the site. The protesters won the battle when the government canceled the facility, but they lost the war with the construction of 17 nuclear plants elsewhere in the nation. The event laid the foundation for the Green Party's March 27 win, turning Freiburg into the cradle of Germany's anti-nuclear movement and a model for environmental living. The city made its medieval center more pedestrian-friendly, laying down a lattice of bike paths and introducing a flat fee for tramways and buses. The city and region invested in alternative energy: Environmental research became a backbone of the region's economy, which today boasts Germany's largest solar-research center and an international center for renewable energy. In 2002, Freiburg became the first large German city to elect a Green mayor (nearby Tübingen also elected a Green in 2008), forming a counterweight in the conservative region that Merkel's party ruled for 58 years.
"This Green model based on renewable energy and quality of life, and not only on GDP [gross domestic product] growth, is moving beyond the city to the regional level," says Miranda Schreurs, head of the European Environmental and Sustainable Development Advisory Councils, a Berlin-based network of advisers appointed by 16 European countries. "It has become mainstream."
The party's win in Baden Württemberg does not necessarily foretell Merkel's downfall in the 2013 federal election. The Green Party remains weak in east Germany, and its liberal stance on gay rights and immigration prevent it from appealing to conservative voters.
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Merkel is already backtracking on her pro-nuclear push. In early March, she called for a review of a plan she announced last fall to let Germany's nuclear reactors run for another decade. The plan, part of an ambitious road map for renewables to provide 80 percent of the nation's energy by 2050, would see a new nuclear fuel tax of ¤2.3 billion ($3.3 billion) annually.
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Footnotes for Dhikr
1 Truthfulness should not be confused with sincerity, since it is possible to act with sincerity but not to reach truthfulness, as Nawawi explained in his commentary to the second of his "forty hadiths" (hadith about islam, iman, ihsan). Ibn al-Jawzi relates in "Sifat al-Safwa" (4:98): "Mansur said: I heard Musa ibn `Isa say: I heard my uncle say: I heard Aba Yazid (al-Bistami) say: "If one time I could utter purely LA ILAHA ILLALLAH (there is no god except Allah alone), I would not care about anything after that' (law safat li tahlilatun ma balaytu ba`daha bi shay')."
2 Abd al-Hakim Murad: Ahmad ibn `Isa Abu Sa`id al-Kharraz (d. 277/890-1) was an important Sufi who, according to Huwjiri, was "the first to explain the doctrine of annihilation (fana') and subsistence (baqa')." He was the close companion of Dhul-Nun, Bishr al-Hafi, and al-Sari al-Saqati, and was renowned for the emphasis he placed on `ishq, the passionate love of Allah, and upon the scrupulous observance of the Law. Sources: Sulami, "Tabaqat al-Sufiyya" 223-228; Qushayri, "al-Risala" 1:161-162; Brockelmann, 1:646.
3 Abd al-Hakim Murad: I. ibn Yazid al-Nakha`i (d. c96/714-5) was a devout and learned scholar of Kufa who opposed the writing of hadith as an unjustified innovation. He studied under al-Hasan al-Basri and Anas ibn Malik, and taught Abu Hanifa, who may have been influenced by his extensive use of personal judgment (ra'y) in matters of jurisprudence. Sources: Ibn Hibban, "Mashahir `ulama al-amsar" 101; M.M. Azami, "Studies in Early Hadith Literature" 65-66; Ibn al-Jazari, "Ghayat al-nihaya" 1:29.
4 Destroying all things by commandment of its Lord. And morning found them so that naught could be seen save their dwellings. Thus do we reward the guilty folk." (46:25)
5 Mawlana Shaykh Nazim al-Haqqani said that Mawlana Shaykh Abd Allah al-Daghistani said that even when removing an obstacle from the road such as a stone according to the saying of the Prophet "Belief has seventy-odd branches, the lowest of which is to remove something harmful from the road," the Allah-wary one is not to kick the stone away but to pick it up and displace it by hand out of respect for its glorification of Allah.
6 Nuh Keller, Victor Danner:) Abu al-Fadl Ibn `Ata' Allah (d. 709/1309) of Alexandria, Egypt: One of the great sufi imams and a Maliki jurist, author of "al-Hikam" (Aphorisms), "Miftah al-falah" (The Key to Success), "al-qasd al-mujarrad fi ma`rifat al-ism al-mufrad" (The Pure Goal Concerning Knowledge of the Unique Name), "Taj al-`arus al-hawi li tadhhib al-nufus" (The Bride's Crown Containing the Discipline of Souls), "`Unwan al-tawfiq fi adab al-tariq" (The Sign of Success Concerning the Discipline of the Path), the biographical "al-lata'if fi manaqib Abi al-`Abbas al-Mursi wa shaykhihi Abi al-Hassan" (The Subtle Blessings in the Saintly Lives of Abu al-`Abbas al-Mursi and His Master Abu al-Hasan), and others, five of which were transmitted with their chains by the hadith master and historian al-Sakhawi (d. 902/1497) to the Shadhili commentator Ahmad Zarruq (d. 899/1493). Ibn `Ata Allah was the student of Abu al-`Abbas al-Mursi (d. 686/1288), the second successor of Imam Abu al-Hasan al-Shadhili, and the shaykh of the Shafi`i imam Taqi al-Din al-Subki. He related from al-Shadhili the following saying: "This path is not monasticism, eating barley and bran, or the garrulousness of affectation, but rather perseverance in the divine commands and certainty in the divine guidance." Some sources: al-Zirikly, al-a`lam 1:221; `Asqalani, al-durar al-kamina 1:273; Subki, Tabaqat al-shafi`iyya 9:23.
7 A.Hakim Murad:) Muhammad ibn Musa al-Wasiti (d. 320/932): A Sufi who associated with al-Junayd and al-Nuri in Baghdad and who later moved to Merv where he died. He was also an authority on fiqh. Sources: Qushayri, "Risala" 1:174; Sulami, "Tabaqat" 302-307.
8 Ibn Majah narrates from Abu `Anbasa, and Tabarani from Abu `Utba that the Prophet said: "Allah has vessels from among the people of the earth (lillahi aniyatun min ahli al-ard), and the vessels of your Lord are the hearts of His righteous servants, and the most beloved of those to Him are the softest and the most sensitive." al-Jarrahi said in "Kashf al-khafa" that this was the basis of the saying attributed to the Prophet: "The heart of the believer is the house of Allah." al-Qari said that the latter, though not a saying of the Prophet, was correct in meaning. Imam Ahmad narrates in his "Kitab al-zuhd" from Wahb ibn Munabbih: "Allah opened the heavens to Ezekiel until he beheld the very Throne, whereupon he said: "Glory to Thee, what greatness is Thine, O my Lord!" Allah said: "Verily the heavens and the earth are unable to encompass Me, and the devoted, soft heart of My faithful servant is able to encompass Me."" Imam Ghazali mentioned it in his "Ihya' `Ulum al-din."
9 Abu al-Qasim Muhammad ibn `Ali ibn Abi Talib (c15 H- 73), named ibn al-Hanafiyya: A saintly son of sayyidina `Ali. He took hadith from him and from several other Companions including Jabir ibn `Abd Allah, the last of the Companions who died in Madina. Sources: Ibn `Adi, al-Kamil 2:113b; Ibn Hajar, "Tahdhib al-tahdhib" 9:354 (M.M. Azami). The Prophet gave sayyidina `Ali special permission to name him both Abu al-Qasim and Muhammad, which he otherwise forbade: Tirmidhi (#2846) and Abu Dawud (Adab #4967).
10 This statement of our master Bayazid typifies the saints who are aware that were they to drift from Allah's presence even for a second they would lose everything, even if they were in Paradise. This is why Bayazid elsewhere said: "Among Allah's servants in Paradise are those who, were they to be denied Allah's sight for even a single moment, would plead to leave Paradise the way the inhabitants of the Fire plead to be brought out of the Fire." Shaykh `Abd al-Qadir al-Gilani referred to them when he said that for the common person disbelief is a lifetime of heedlessness, whereas for the Most Truthful Saint (siddiq), it is but one second of the same."
11 Abu al-Fadl `Iyad ibn Musa al-Yahsubi al-Maliki (d. 544 H) of Andalusia and Fes, Morocco. The imam of his time in the sciences of hadith, and a scholar of tafsir, fiqh, Arabic grammar and language, and Arab genealogy. He wrote many books including a commentary on the Sahih of Muslim which Nawawi used in his own great commentary. Ibn Farhun in "Dibaj al-dhahab" says of his book "al-Shifa": "No-one disputes the fact that it is totally unique nor denies him the honor of being the first to compose such a book. Everyone relies on it and writes about its usefulness and encourages others to read and study it. Copies of it have spread East and West." (Qadi `Iyad, "Muhammad Messenger of Allah: Al-shifa' of Qadi `Iyad," trans. Aisha Abdarrahman Bewley, Granada, Spain: Madinah Press, 1991, p. 511).
12 Author of a massive commentary on Bukhari's "Sahih" entitled "`Umdat al-Qari."
13 A saying by Wahb ibn Munabbih reported by Bukhari in the title of the first chapter of the Book of Funeral Prayers (Jana'iz).
14 Cf. 6:99, 6:141, 18:32, 19:23, 19:25, 20:71, 26:148, 54:20, 55:11, 55:68, 69:7, 80:29).
15 The various names of the date corresponding to its different stages are: tal`, khalal, balah, busr, rutab, and tamr or suyyab.


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NEW YORK, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- The New York Police Department said a pedestrian should not have been billed after he was struck by a patrol car.
Jesse Zorski, 25, said he received a bill for $1,028.08 to cover damage to a cruiser that hit him while he crossed a street April 12, The New York Daily News reported Monday.
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Virtual colonoscopy (VC)is an imaging or x-ray test that looks for cancer,
Alternative Names
Colonoscopy - virtual; CT colonography; Computed tomographic colonography; Colography - virtual
How the Test is Performed
Virtual colonoscopy is different from a regular
Virtual colonoscopy is done in the radiology department of a hospital or medical center. No sedatives are needed and no colonoscope is used.
The exam is done as follows:
- You lie on your left side on a narrow table that is connected to an
MRIor CTmachine.
- Your knees are drawn up toward your chest.
- A small, flexible tube is inserted into the rectum. Air is pumped through the tube to make the colon bigger and easier to see.
- You then lie on your back.
- The table slides into a large tunnel in the CT or MRI machine. X-rays of your colon are taken.
- X-rays are also taken while you lie on your stomach.
- You must stay very still during this procedure, since movement can blur the x-rays. You may be asked to hold your breath briefly while each x-ray is taken.
A computer combines all the images to form three-dimensional pictures of the colon. The doctor can then view the images on a video monitor.
How to Prepare for the Test
Your bowels need to be completely empty for the exam. A problem in your large intestine that needs to be treated may be missed if your intestines are not cleaned out.
Your health care provider will give you the steps for cleansing your bowels. This is called bowel preparation. Steps may include using enemas, not eating solid foods for 2 or 3 days before the test, and taking laxatives.
You need to drink plenty of clear liquids for 1 to 3 days before the test. Examples of clear liquids are:
- Clear coffee or tea
- Fat-free bouillon or broth
- Gelatin
- Sports drinks
- Strained fruit juices
- Water
You will likely be told to stop taking aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen, or other blood-thinning medicines for several days before the test. Keep taking your other medicines unless your doctor tells you otherwise.
You will need to stop taking iron pills or liquids a few days before the test, unless your health care provider tells you it is okay to continue. Iron can make your stool dark black. This makes it harder for the doctor to view inside your bowel.
CT and MRI scanners are very sensitive to metals. Do not wear jewelry the day of your exam. You will be asked to wear a hospital gown for the procedure.
How the Test will Feel
The x-rays are painless. Pumping air into the colon can create cramping or gas pains.
Why the Test is Performed
Virtual colonoscopy may done for the following reasons:
- Follow-up on
colon canceror polyps
- Abdominal pain, changes in bowel movements, or weight loss
Anemiadue to low iron
- Blood in the stool or black, tarry stools
- Screen for cancer of the colon or rectum (should be done every 5 years)
Your doctor may want to do aregular colonoscopy instead of a virtual colonoscopy. The reason is that virtual colonoscopy does not allow the doctor to remove tissue samples or polyps.
Other times, a virtual colonoscopy is done if your doctor was not able to move the flexible tube all the way through the colon during aregular colonoscopy.
Normal Results
Normal findings are images of a healthy intestinal tract.
What Abnormal Results Mean
- Colorectal cancer
Diverticulosis Inflammatory bowel disease
- Lower gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding
- Tumor
Regular colonoscopy may be done (on a different day) after a virtual colonoscopy if:
- No cause for bleeding or other symptoms were found. Virtual colonoscopy can miss some smaller problems in the colon.
- Problems that need a biopsy were seen on a virtual colonoscopy
Risks of virtual colonoscopy include:
- Exposure to radiation from the CT scan
- Nausea, vomiting, bloating, or rectal irritation from medicines used to prepare for the test.
Differences between virtual and conventional colonoscopy include:
- Virtual colonoscopy can view the colon from many different angles. This is not as easy with regular colonoscopy.
- Virtual colonoscopy does not require sedation. You can usually go back to your normal activities right away after the test. Regular colonoscopy uses sedation and often the loss of a work day.
- Virtual colonoscopy using CT scanners expose you to radiation.
- Regular colonoscopy has a small risk of bowel perforation (creating a small tear). There is almost no such risk from virtual colonoscopy.
- Virtual colonoscopy is often not able to detect polyps smaller than 10 mm. Regular colonoscopy can detect polyps of all sizes.
Itzkowitz SH, Potack J. Colonic polyps and polyposis syndromes. In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ, eds. Sleisenger and Fordtrans Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease Pathophysiology/Diagnosis/Management. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Elsevier Saunders; 2010:chap 122.
National Comprehensive Cancer Network. NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines): Colorectal cancer screening. Version 2.2013. Available at: www.nccn.org/professionals/physician_gls/pdf/colorectal_screening.pdf. Accessed October 2013.
Philip AK, Lubner MG, Harms B. Computed tomographic colonography. Surg Clin N Am. 2011;91:127-139.
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Python code for interacting with Texas Ethics Commission reports
This does not account for all of the variations in all reports (yet). This message will stay here until it does.
Installation & Configuration
You can install this using pip like this:
pip install tx_tecreports
Now you're ready to start using tx_tecreports.
tx_tecreports parses campaign finance reports from the Texas Ethics Commission. You use the tx_tecreports.fetcher.get_report like this.
>>> from tx_tecreports.fetcher import get_report
You can fetch any report so long as you have the correct ID. For example, you could grab Wendy Davis' first special session report (the first one filed after her filibuster) with the ID 581606. You can find that ID by visiting her filer page on the Texas Ethics Commission website.
>>> report = get_report(581606)
Now you can interact with the various data in the cover element via report.cover.
>>> report.cover.type_of_filing u'COH-SS' >>> report.cover.is_original True >>> report.cover.through_date - report.cover.from_date datetime.timedelta(29)
You can verify that this is her personal filing by seeing that the filer_type is a IND:
>>> report.cover.filer.filer_type u'IND'
The really interesting data is in the receipts property, a list of all of the contributions received in this report. For example, you can see how many contributions where made by looking at its length:
>>> len(report.receipts) 1240
You can create a list of all of the contributions on any given day with by looking at the contribution.date like this:
>>> len([a for a in report.receipts if a.contribution.date == report.cover.from_date]) 0
Oops, looks like she didn't have any contributions on the first day of that report. Let's change it to the last day:
>>> len([a for a in report.receipts if a.contribution.date == report.cover.through_date]) 1187
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(See "How to Research Your San Francisco Building.")
Get your water connection date from the Water Department. This should narrow the date of purchase, although some properties were bought some time before construction began. Check the Block Books for 1906 and c. 1910 (History Room) for the owner of your lot. Be sure to note the part of town your lot is in.
Edward's Abstracts. These list the names of the grantor (seller) to grantee (buyer), property description and price. ($10 was used to disguise the actual sales price.) An incomplete set is in the History Room a complete set at Sutro. Search prior to the water connection date for a record of your sale. Check the name in City Directories to see if he/she actually lived there. If you find that someone other than your first owner-occupant built your building, search after the water connection date for the sale. Or: Sales records for 1906-14 are in large books at the rear of the Recorder's Office. The ones to the left are the McEnerney judgments. Thee sales records are arranged alphabetically by the part of town: Homesteads, Mission, Outside Lands in Acres, Richmond, Western Addition, etc. You need the old block number (found in the Block Book) to make these books work; the page number is the block number. If your property is in a Homestead or the Outside Lands check Anne Bloomfield's index to sales (History Room) to find what book it is in. Some McEnemey judgments are in the sales books. If you find an entry which simply describes the property but gives no grantor to grantee you have a McEnemey judgment, not a sale.
Or: Look in the General Indexes on microfilm for your sale. (Recorder's Office.) These are in the circular file near the Map Books. The are arranged alphabetically by year, under both grantor and grantee. In some years they are arranged by the first two letters of the name; for instance, Mr. Rochester will be filed under a section under "R" beginning "Ro." These records will give you the grantor and grantee and also the book and page number where you'll find the actual deed. If you want to look at the actual deed it's best to ask for help in locating it because older deeds are stored in the work area closed to the public. The clerk needs the book and page numbers. The Recorder's Office has copying machines. Beginning in 1914, a list of the sales records are on microfiche in the Assessor's Office. Ask for the black box. You need your block and lot numbers to make these work. If your property had not been laid out in blocks by 1914 look at the rear of the box for transactions for Outside Lands in Acres.


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Monday Morning Offering - 117
Coffee in the Morning by George Mendoza
Today's the first day of November and November is the month of All Souls,
a special time to pray for those who have died.
You might want to keep today's MMO as prayer for the days of November...
Good morning, gracious God...
November wraps its dampened shroud
'round nature's shoulders hunched:
our souls know well the chill
of summer's passing and winter's drawing near...
Bare limbs scratch against gray skies,
and snatch a mourner's veil
from hearts laid bare in shivering loss,
alone, exposed in grief…
November, Lord: no other month
could better claim the name All Souls
or set the scene for praying, weeping,
rememb'ring those before us gone
and marked with signs of faith…
So this November morning, Lord,
I offer my beloved: created from your hand,
claimed by grace and carried
in the everlasting arms of your embrace…
I especially offer you my prayer today
for family members and friends who have died...
(mention your loved ones here, by name)
I offer you from my heart's depths
the ones I struggle to let go…
I offer you a prayer of tears
for those whose absence fills my silent hours…
I offer from my hands to yours
the ones whose hands held mine
until you took them home…
I offer from a selfish heart
the ones I bruised and hurt:
I pray you heal the wounds I caused,
and for your mercy beg…
I offer up a prayer
for those with none to pray for them:
brothers, sisters never met;
sisters, brothers mine,
for all are one in you...
I offer you my grief, O Lord,
refresh me in your tender care;
make deep my faith I'll see again
all those I've lost when,
gathered in your kingdom's joy,
your mercy makes us one again...
Beneath November's canopy
walk others, Lord, who know as well as I
the depths of this month's memories
and all the souls for whom we pray:
keep us gentle with each other, Lord,
and mindful of what binds us in your love…
Accept my mourning offering, Lord,
on this November day
and through the night until it dies
and wakes again, a new day born,
the day that you have made...
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As usual, your writings touch me. It seems you have insight into how I am feeling. The reflection when reading helps me (as you said previously "on your spiritual journey") It has been a year since my father died, although it doesn't seem that long ago. My grief is ever ebbing still but more gently the tears come and quickly go. I was driving Saturday with my daughter through the countryside. The fall colors, now fading, and the farmers cutting beans. I had to stop, roll down the window and take a deep breath. Do you know the smell of soybeans? I come from a small farm community in southern Illinois. Last year the harvest was late. The night before leaving my hometown to return to my home in Ohio, I drove and drove. The fall colors, the harvesting of corn and beans, the smells and the sunset...It was so hard to leave because all this made me feel still so connected to by dad. But I even took pictures of all these with one of those throw away cameras, trying to capture not just the beauty but my feelings. I will try to attach one. I do want to thank you again! You help me think and pray with what you write and in the way you write. Thank you!ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing this with us, Terry. Knowing that my words here touch others as they've touched you makes all the effort on this venture more than worthwhile. Praise God from whom all blessings flow!ReplyDelete
Your Monday Morning Offerings always touch a special place inside. Thank you once again for your beautiful words.ReplyDelete
Hi, Father Fleming!ReplyDelete
I was blessed to be working at Mass General today and, for his All Souls Day homily, Father Tom Mahoney read this prayer.
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Editor: The NRA and many similar organizations advocating unrestricted gun ownership are using scare tactics to convince gun owners that President Obama is attempting to take away all their guns. This is not only untrue but impossible.
We have a Constitutional amendment that guarantees citizens the right to bear arms. The NRA repeatedly emphasizes that 2nd amendment right. Then why is it that the NRA and other gun ownership extremists ignore the fact that to prohibit citizens from owning any guns would require repeal of the 2nd amendment?
It would take a two-thirds majority of both houses of Congress and three-quarters of all the state legislatures to repeal any amendment including the 2nd. Let's get real. The right to own a gun is not in jeopardy. The right to own a military style assault weapon and clips to fire more than 10 rounds are the only things being contested.
You can't drive a car 100 mph because of the public hazard it presents. The same goes for overkill weapons that have no practical use to sportsmen, hunters and for self defense. Most people supporting such weapons have no practical use for them either. It is just their way of saying "mine is bigger than yours." Time to grow up.


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Auguste Rodin's magnificent marble sculpture comes to Edinburgh on year-long loan from Tate Britain. Rodin is widely regarded as one of the greatest sculptors of the 19th century and this life-size evocation of love is amongst his most famous works.
Having first shown The Kiss to huge popular acclaim in 1898, Rodin was commissioned to make this second version, which was completed in 1904. It depicts the adulterous lovers Paolo Malatesta and Francesca da Rimini, who appear as characters in Dante's The Divine Comedy. Dante relates how the couple's passion grew as they read together the story of Lancelot and Guinevere (the book can just be seen in Paolo's hand), but they were discovered and murdered by Francesca's outraged husband, Paolo's older brother Giancotto.
The story inspired many playwrights, composers and artists in the nineteenth century, and is the subject of a much-loved painting in the Gallery's collection, Francesca da Rimini (1837) by Sir William Dyce.
Three full-scale marble versions of The Kiss were made in Rodin's lifetime, and the sculptor also made smaller versions in plaster, terracotta and bronze. Such was allure of The Kiss that hundreds of bronze copies were produced by the Barbedienne foundry. As a result, this spectacular sculpture has become one of the most instantly recognised and best-loved works of art in the world.
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A container with a capacity of 15-25 gallons is practical. Many commercial containers are available or you might consider things like small kiddie pools, horse watering troughs, lined whiskey barrels or even old bathtubs. Remember that water weighs about 8 pounds per gallon, so be sure the location of your container will be able to hold the weight. Locate the garden so it receives a minimum of six hours of sun a day. Most aquatic plants need full sun. Some of the bog plants can survive in less. Less than six hours will decrease the blooming potential of aquatic plants. Choose containers with interiors that are dark in color. Dark green, charcoal or black colors are suggested because they give the container an impression of greater depth, discourage algae growth, and make algae less obvious when it is present. Stones and slate can be added for interest, but keep in mind that choosing dark colored rock will help discourage algae.
Planting the Garden
Plants used in small aquatic gardens are grown in separate pots and then these pots are placed into the water-filled container. Heavy, clay garden soil is used as a potting media. After the plant is potted, top the soil with a 1/2 to 3/4 inch layer of pea gravel to help keep the soil in place. Don't use a commercial potting soil mix or any type of soil mix containing fertilizer. Fill the tub with water and set your plants in place. Some aquatics prefer to be placed at certain depths in the water.
Adjust the depth of your plants by placing bricks under the pot so the crown of the plant is at the preferred depth. About 50 - 60% of the water surface should be covered with plant material. Take note of the type of water used to fill your container. City water supplies are commonly treated with chlorine. It is a good idea to let the tub sit for 24-48 hours before adding plants to allow the chlorine to evaporate. Many city water supplies are now using chloramine, a more stable form of chlorine. If this is the case, you might want to purchase a product to remove the chlorine. These are available from garden centers and pond supply dealers. Don't use water from a water softener and don't add chemicals to the water.
A tub garden is a miniature ecosystem of plants, water and fish. This system must come into balance which means that the plant and animal life are able to hold the algae growth in check. It will take approximately 3-4 weeks for this to occur. Two weeks after you set up the garden, the water will turn cloudy with algae. In another week or so, the water will clear and remain that way. The aquatic plants and animals keep the algae under control by reducing the sunlight entering the water and competing with the algae for nutrients in the water.
Plants for the Aquatic Garden
Aquatic gardens need a mix of plants to attain a balanced system. These plants can be a combination of emergent, submerged and floaters.
Submerged Plants
These are also called oxygenators and help clean the water and supply oxygen. Some to consider include:
Wild Celery (Vallisneria sp.) Ribbon-like, translucent, pale-green leaves. Will grow in shade, part-shade and sun in water that is 6– 24 inchesdeep.
Fanwort (Cabomba canadensis) Bright green fan like foliage. Fish tend to use them to spawn and fry will find shelter in the leaves. Will grow in sun to shade in water that is 6– 12 inches deep.
Anacharis (Egeria densa) Whorls of deep green leaves with occasional white flowers on the surface. Most common oxygenator. Grows in water 12 inches – 10 feet deep.
Emergent Plants
These plans are potted and placed from 3 – 6 inches below the surface of the water. Some to consider are:
Arrowheads (Sagittaria sp.) Attractive, green arrowhead shaped leaves. White blooms in the summer. Grows from 12 – 48 inchestall. Tolerates sun to part shade.
Blue Flag Iris (Iris versicolor) Mixed blue flowers in June with grass like foliage. Grows from 24 –30 inches tall and will tolerate full sun to part shade.
Dwarf Papyrus (Cyperus isocladus) Green grass like foliage with "starburst like" flowerheads that turn brown in the fall. Grows 12 – 18 inchestall and tolerates sun to part shade.
Water Blue Bells (Ruellia brittoniana) Green grass like foliage growing to 24" –48" tall. Blue flowers in summer resembling petunias. Tolerates sun to part shade.
Cork Screw Rush (Juncus effusus) Interesting twisted and curled stems. Grows to 24" tall and tolerates full sun to part shade.
Lotus and Water Lilies
Several of the smaller hardy and tropical water lilies do well in containers and can add both color and fragrance. Lotus are also a dramatic addition to water gardens. Both water lilies and lotus prefer full sun.
'Joanne Pring'- A hardy miniature pink water lily with green leaves and deep edge
'Tetragona'- A hardy miniature white water lily with freckled leaves
'Helvola'- A hardy miniature yellow water lily with freckled leaves
'Hilary'- A tropical day blooming pink water lily with green leaves
'Red Flare'- A tropical night blooming red water lily with maroon leaves
'Momo Botan' Lotus Grows to a height of 24" and offers rose blooms July – September
'Wan-er Hong' Lotus Grows to a height of 12" and offers white blooms June – September
These plants add a finishing touch to the water surface. Some plants to consider are:
Giant Velvet Leaf (Salvinia longifolia) Unusual floating fern with pale green round hairy leaves.
Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) Popular floater with long, trailing roots, balloon like petioles and spikes of pale lavender flowers.
Water Lettuce (Pistia stratiotes) Velvet, blue green leaves forming a rosette of foliage that looks like leaf lettuce.
Fish and Snails for Water Gardens
Pond creatures can be added to your water container for added interest and to help in maintaining the ecosystem balance. Several small snails are very helpful as they eat algae, fish waste, and decaying organic matter. Fish such as mollies, guppies, platys or gambezi are good choices. They do well in the variable water temperatures of a small patio pond plus they eat mosquitoes. Larger containers of 20 gallons or more can handle one to two goldfish.
Overwintering the Garden
Plants in small water gardens will need to be brought in for the winter. Potted plants can be lifted out of the water and stored in water filled tubs in a cool, dark basement. They will go dormant and can be brought back to the garden in the spring after the weather warms. Floaters may be overwintered indoors in aquariums where there is high light. It may be best to handle these as annuals. Buying new plants each season. Any fish will have to be brought inside for the winter.


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A famous restaurant called Texas BBQ in Vietnam is well known due to its advantageous location and unique recipes. However, to me the restaurant holds a special place in my heart, not because of the food or the location, but because it used to be my grandparents house, the place where I spent most of my childhood. My grandfather was a Vice Minister of Health Care in Vietnam. Because of his contribution during the French colonization and then the American war, he was awarded the house, which had formerly belonged to a French aristocrat. It was not just a place to stay; it was a monument representing the Tran family and today its no longer our possession.
My father is the chairman of a successful Agrochemical corporation in Vietnam, the result of many years of my dads hard work and dedication. In order to ensure that I would receive a quality education, my father sent me to Boston University. For awhile, I assumed that, after finishing college, I would simply return to Vietnam and take over my fathers successful business, as my inheritance. For this reason, I was somewhat careless in my studies; by the end of my Sophomore year at BU, my school performance was, at best, average. As a punishment, my dad forced me to return to Vietnam for the summer so he could show me what it takes to lead a highly successful corporation.
I imagined that I would spend my summer in a comfortable office and occasionally accompany my dad to important meetings. No. Dad made me start from the bottom: working in the factory. Except for the manager, no one knew that my dad owned the company. I was assigned to an area of the factory that mixed and processed chemicals. The work was not heavy or especially difficult; it was boring, repetitive and the pay was terrible about $5.00 per day. From 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. every day I stood in the same spot doing the same thing. I thought the redundancy would eventually make me crazy. Not too long after I started working in the factory, I realized that if I continued to perform poorly in college my dad would no longer pay for my American college education. I imagined having to return to Vietnam and work in a factory for the remainder of my life. It was then that I began to see the wisdom in Dads decision to consign me to factory work.
Later that summer I had another epiphany, this as the result of observing my fellow factory workers. The age range of the workers varied widely. Some were even younger than I and others were old enough to have grandchildren. As far as I could tell, all of them had boring and repetitive jobs, yet they all managed to smile while they worked. After asking a few questions, I learned that a lot of the younger employees were working to not only support themselves and their families, but also to pay for their own college education, something Id never had to do. Many of the older employees, their own dreams of attending college long expired, were working to enable their children or grandchildren to obtain a college education. It struck me that no matter how much they may have disliked their jobs, these workers kept themselves happy by having goals and working hard to achieve those goals. From watching my fellow factory workers, I realized that I had been lacking direction. Still, I didnt know exactly what direction or goal I should have for my life, until something happened shortly before I was to return to the U.S. for my Junior year at BU.
A few days before I was to return to the US, Dad gathered the family and told us that Grandmother was selling the house that had belonged to her and my grandfather. The news was devastating. When we asked why, Dad informed us for the first time about the financial state of his business. The corporation had suffered for a long time, but Dad had kept that hidden from me and my sisters so that we would focus on our studies. Dad told us that the only way to stave off bankruptcy and keep my sisters and me in college was to sell Grandfathers house.
The day my grandmother signed the contract, my dad collapsed on his feet, emotionally spent. I couldnt stop crying. The idea of someone else buying the family home, which until then Id assumed would be mine someday, made me feel angry and useless. I knew I didnt have the ability, education or experience to drop out of school and help my dad start another business from scratch. I realized then and there that the best thing for me to do would be to focus on my education.
When I returned to Boston, I began to study very hard. But, I was starting my third year in college and still didnt have an educational goal, other than to finish my bachelors degree. I couldnt shake the feeling of uselessness that had engulfed me when I learned Dads business was failing. I started thinking about how unfair it was and how there should be laws to protect hard working people like my dad. All societies are controlled by a system of laws and navigating through those laws is a useful skill to have in business. Having lived and studied in Boston, a cradle of the American constitution, for nearly four years, I began to think about how I could learn more about the laws that govern societies. I decided that I would pursue a law degree in the hopes that someday I could return to Vietnam to help my dad and our family.
After making the decision to attend law school, I started to get excited by my studies for the first time. I thought back to the summer I spent in my dads factory and how so many of my fellow factory workers got through their tedious days by focusing on a larger goal. Ive always been aggressive and competitive, but until recently didnt know how to productively channel those tendencies. I decided to learn to control my aggression and turn it into will energy to support my competitive side. As a result, my grades have improved dramatically during the past two years, and have even made the BU Deans List.
I believe that a career in the Law will provide me with an intellectual challenge that intrigues my competitive nature. But I also have a compassionate side, which I learned from my dad. Working that summer in Vietnam, I saw how much my dad cared for his employees and how hard it was for him to think of having to let people go as the result of the recession. I believe this simple observation will help me to have compassion toward my clients when I become a lawyer.
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November 17, 2010, 05:09:45 PM »
I'm bored. Not to be harsh. Plus your dad seems like a tyrant encouraging low wages and outsourcing even though you say he cares about his employees and you don't seem to mind it or want to help them. Not stating this is the truth, but that's how it comes across.
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November 17, 2010, 05:16:31 PM »
No, i appreciate it. I see your point about the low wages but this is Vietnam...the wage is terrible compare to the U.S. I may sound bias but if you do some research, you will find the average wage in China and Vietnam and such is about more or less 1 buck a day....Now that i clarified this fact, does it change your perspective some how?
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November 17, 2010, 08:47:08 PM »
Nope. I already knew it was a "good wage for them."
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November 26, 2010, 03:11:01 PM »
Double T,
I think the family background augments your statement, and brings a human dimension to your statement!
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November 27, 2010, 09:09:33 PM »
I am far from an authority on PS, but I truly enjoyed reading it. It definitely speaks to "who you are," and from what I have read, this is what admissions officers want to know.
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To make the ultimate Batman cake for comedian Jeff Dunham, cake designer Elin Katz sculpts in white velvet, molds with chocolate, and etches in sugar dough.
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AIST's member benefits
Check if you or your fund are eligible for membership
Join our young professionals network today
Discussion and networking groups open to AIST members
See a list of AIST's member funds
Supporting our member CEOs
All AIST members are bound by our code of conduct and ethics
View our courses for the next three months
Discover the gold standard in trustee education
Review our courses for fund staff
Nationally recognised training courses
AIST's Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program
Meet AIST's Education team
The things you need to know before undertaking a course
Visit the AIST/AIM portal
Visit the AIST/ADMA portal
Visit the AIST/IQ Group Group portal
View our policy positions on a range of topics
View AIST submissions & research papers
Meet our advocacy team
AIST is actively promoting the Code to increase standards to members
See how we're improving retirement outcomes for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples.
AIST is a proud custodian of the Member's Default Utility Function (MDUF).
View the fact sheet and guidance note
Government urged to revise Age Pension Asset Test
Superannuation: Assessing Efficiency and Competitiveness
Review our library of media releases
Stay connected to the latest policy news
Seeking media comment? Contact AIST Media
View AIST's annual reports and financial statements
AIST's bi-annual magazine SuperTalk
Stay connected to the latest super news
AIST's public comments on super issues
AIST is committed to the good governance of profit-to-member funds
Our code is designed to position profit-to-member funds at the leading edge of international best practice
Meet the panel responsible for monitoring, engagement, reporting and other related activities in relation to AIST's Governance Code.
Tools to support implementation of prudential standards
Promoting the importance of women directors
Register your interest to be part of a super board
Find out more about this prestigious award
Bernie Fraser's review of profit-to-member fund governance arrangements
Our mission, vision and values
Meet our team
Understand more about our constitution, board and committees
Learn more about our valued supporters
AIST is proud of it's community and industry alliances
AIST's Reconciliation Action Plan
AIST's Trustee Director Course
A better retirement future for all Australians.
AIST will advance the Representative Trustee System by building skills, knowledge and capabilities and being the champion of strong governance and sustainability of the system.
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