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September Concerts
The Rose Ensemble, pictured here, will present their FREE season opener: Land of Three Faiths, on September 9. Click here for all the details!
On September 11, the Susquehanna Chorale will present Mozart's Requiem: A Community Remembers Concert. Click here for all the details!
And Five By Design rounds out the month with their Club Swing on Wisconsin Public Television on September 30. Click here for all the details!
Is your choir on ChoralExpress? If not, please consider registering today! Click here to get started. And the price to post a full year of concerts and audition notices is still only $20.00.
Summer Concerts on the Choral Calendar
Summer is a great time for a choral concert! In fact, there is a choir in Minnesota that is called the Summer Singers, pictured here!
Here's some info about them:
The Summer Singers is a chamber-sized vocal ensemble. We rehearse for ten weeks each summer to prepare community concerts. Some of the current Singers have been with the group since it was founded in 1988. New Singers have joined from other vocal organizations, colleges or universities. Many members continue singing during the year in other notable groups but find the focus and intimacy of summer singing especially rewarding.
The choir is directed by Vicki Peters.
For more information about this choir, and their upcoming concert list, check out their page here.
Songs of Temperance and Temptation
Described as a "grandiose show for a musical exploration of the history and humor", the Rose Ensemble presents Songs of Temperance and Temptation in June. I love historical performances that highlight local history - and this program will combine readings and even showtunes to tell the story of Minnesota's love-hate relationship with the pub.
Head over to the Rose Ensemble's website for more information about the group and the concerts.
Minnesota Boychoir Annual Spring Concert!
The Minnesota Boychoir, pictured here, will present their Annual Spring Concert on Saturday, June 4. Click here for all of the details about this wonderful program and choir.
The Minnesota Boychoir, founded in 1962, is the oldest boychoir in the Minneapolis/Saint Paul metropolitan area. The Boychoir's reputation for excellence has brought invitations from local and national music conventions, as well as sporting events and touring Broadway companies. The Boychoir has performed with the Minnesota Orchestra, the Minnesota Opera, the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Baltimore Symphony, the Prague Philharmonic, Garrison Keillor's A Prairie Home Companion on National Public Radio, and a long list of local and national performers. This season, our choirboys will be featured in three different collaborations with the Minnesota Orchestra (A Scandinavian Christmas, Jingle Bell Doc and Carl Orff's Carmina Burana), have first-time appearance with the Great Northern Union Chorus, and will perform Mahler's Symphony #3 with the University of Minnesota Orchestra and Chorus. The choir's schedule also includes national and international tours. Past tours have thrilled audiences in twelve states and on five continents. Three years ago in celebration of our 45th Anniversary Season, our boys headlined the World Voices Australia International Choral Festival at Sydney's famed Opera House. This summer to kickoff our 50th Anniversary Season, we travel to Milan, Venice, Florence and Rome, Italy.
St. Olaf Choir Celebration Weekend
The St. Olaf Choir, pictured here, will present a Celebration Weekend Concert on Saturday, May 28 at 8 PM. Click here for more details!
The director, Anton Armstrong is the Harry R. and Thora H. Tosdal Professor of Music at St. Olaf College and Conductor of the St. Olaf Choir, a position he assumed in 1990. He came to this position following ten years in Grand Rapids, Michigan where he served on the faculty of Calvin College and conducted the Campus Choir, the Calvin College Alumni Choir and the Grand Rapids Symphony Chorus.
A graduate of St. Olaf College, Anton Armstrong earned a Master of Music degree at the University of Illinois and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Michigan State University. He holds membership in several professional societies including the American Choral Directors Association, Choristers Guild, Chorus America, and the International Federation for Choral Music. He also serves as editor of a multicultural choral series for Earthsongs Publications and co-editor of the revised St. Olaf Choral Series for Augsburg Fortress Publishers.
Busy Weekend of Choral Concerts!
This coming weekend has 13 concerts on the Choral Calendar! So for all of you choral music lovers, it's going to be a great weekend for Spring choral concerts!
So check out the Choral Calendar for the listings:
The NEW Audition Notices page is now listing a number of choirs with audition notices for this Spring.
Check out the new page here:
Are you looking for some new recordings??
Check out Tom's iTunes page for a listing of recordings by choirs using ChoralExpress!
PIPFest 2011 - A Children's Choir Festival!
Seven choirs combine to sing under the direction of Steven Hatfield on Saturday, May 14 at the Benson Great Hall at Bethel University. This wonderful event is sponsored by the Partners in Praise Girls Choir, a member of ChoralExpress.
More information about the event is posted here on ChoralExpress.
Post your Audition Notices on ChoralExpress!
Yes, Spring is the time of year when many choirs are posting their audition notices for new singers (and for returning singers, too!). I've added a new feature to ChoralExpress and now registered members can post their audition notices on the site. The process is very similar to using the concert posting form.
If you are new to ChoralExpress, please consider registering your choir today. The annual registration fee is only $20/year and includes a full year of concert postings AND audition notices!
Music for Spring
On May 6, enjoy an evening of great choral and pop music as the Minnetonka Symphony Chorus, Choral Reflections of Minnetonka (pictured), and the Minnetonka Youth Chamber Choir (ensembles of the Music Association of Minnetonka) share the stage! Click here for more information about the Music Association of Minnetonka!
And plan now to attend the concerts for the month of May on the Choral Calendar. I'm so grateful to have so all of the choirs sharing their concerts on ChoralExpress. Here's the May 2011 eNewsletter.
If your choir hasn't joined yet, please consider joining today! You can list your choir for free and share your concerts on the Choral Calendar for only $20.00 per year.
Click here to register today!
Wonderful Weekend of Concerts!
This coming weekend, April 30/May 1, is a wonderful weekend for choral music concerts! I'm pleased to have concert postings from Minnesota, New Jersey, and North Dakota!
And Spring seems to be finally arriving here in Minnesota - this morning the sun is shining, the birds are singing and the promise of new life (and no more snow!) is gently blowing in the warming breeze.
Choral music and Springtime are made for each other! Check out the choral calendar and Showcase ADs to find a concert near you.
Easter Sunday Mass with Twin Cities Catholic Chorale
Mariazeller Mass by Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
On behalf of everyone connected to the Twin Cities Catholic Chorale, Orchestra and Soloists, we would like to wish each of you a very blessed Easter. We are happy to be back for our spring season and look forward to large crowds celebrating the 10:00 AM Mass with us each Sunday through mid June.
Click here for directions and other information about this special Easter Mass.
A few years ago, Pope Benedict XVI and 30,000 pilgrims traveled to Mariazell in the Styrian Alps to celebrate the 850th anniversary of the founding of Austria's national shrine. "Mariazell" means "Mary in the cell," a reference to the cell of Benedictine Monk Magnus, who carried a lime-tree wood statue of Mary to the site in 1157 and founded a chapel there. Ailing visitors who prayed before the statue reported miraculous cures, and by the 17th Century, 300,000 or more pilgrims visited it annually. Haydn composed his Mass in 1782 for a count from Mariazell, probably for a society that fostered pilgrimages to the shrine. The fugues that close the Gloria, Credo and Agnus Dei are masterful examples of choral writing. The Benedictus uses the melody of the Austrian national hymn, "God Save the Kaiser Franz" in a tender and touching manner. In the key of C, the orchestration requires strings, two oboes, two trumpets and tympani. Because of the restrictions imposed by the Emperor Joseph II, Haydn did not compose another Mass until 1796 when he wrote the Pauken Mass and the Heiligemesse.
As in the past, the Chorale and Orchestra will perform Victimae Paschali by Pietro A. Yon for the Offertory. This moving work is a favorite of people attending Easter Sunday Mass at the Church of Saint Agnes. The beautiful Alleluia reminds us of the great joy and celebration on this special day.


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The U.S. Army's separate armored battalions fought in obscurity by comparison with the flashy armored divisions, but they carried the heavier burden in the grim struggle against the Axis in World War II, argues Harry Yeide in this engaging new study of American armor. Equipped with tanks, amphibian tanks, and amphibian tractors, these units went everywhere the Army went, from the beginning of the war to its very end, from Bataan to Salerno, Omaha Beach to Okinawa. During the campaigns in the Mediterranean and Europe, the separate armored battalions landed in North Africa in November 1942 and battled across the desert before invading Sicily in July 1943 and Italy in September. Other battalions ploughed into Hitler's Atlantic Wall on D-Day and fought through the hedgerows of Normandy until breaking out and racing across France. They endured the futile hell of the Hurtgen Forest that fall, braved snow and German panzers during the Battle of the Bulge that winter, and rolled into Germany for the war's final clashes in 1945. Thousands of miles away, separate tank battalions were among the first Americans to defend against the Japanese tide that swept across the Pacific in late 1941 and early 1942. Following their tenacious but unsuccessful stand in the Philippines, they participated in every amphibious assault the Army conducted during the bloody campaign from New Guinea and the Solomons toward Japan. On islands like Saipan and Peleliu, they fought on sandy beaches entrenched with pillboxes and in dank jungles infested with a fanatical foe. In the war's last year, the battalions returned with MacArthur to the Philippines. Frequently relying on the words of the tankers themselves, Yeide describes the battles, large and small, of the separate tank battalions. Victory was anything but certain, but through grit and guts and experience gained in the welter of combat, the tank troops became a top-notch fighting force and a vital component of the U.S. Army's effort to win World War II. HARRY YEIDE is a world-renowned military historian specializing in World War II and armored warfare. His other works include Steeds of Steel, First to the Rhine, The Longest Battle, and Steel Victory.Staff Officersa#39; Field Manual for Amphibious Operations, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, 10 September 1944; aLanding Vehicle Board ... AAR, 713th Tank Battalion, Armored Flamethrower; a713th Flame Throwing Tank Battalion, a The 11th Armoredanbsp;...
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OSF HealthCare is proud to provide employment opportunities for a wide range of health care careers. Below you will find a list of just some of the careers in health care that OSF offers.
Interested in joining the OSF team? Use the links provided to learn more about the responsibilities and educational requirements for each position.
- Physician/Doctor
Assesses medical history, physiological, psychological and/or behavioral factors to determine the cause(s) of a disease or disorder. Develops a plan for treatment, administers specialized medical treatments and/or procedures.
Educational Requirements
Four year medical degree, two to five years of residency and possibly one to three years of fellowship, depending upon specialty.
- Physician Assistant (PA)
Provides medical care for patients under the supervision of a physician. Checks routine laboratory tests, performs physical examinations and sometimes assists with surgery.
Educational Requirements
Master's Degree of Science with continuing medical education and recertification every six years. A state license is also required.
- Nurse Practitioner (NP)
Performs physical examinations, evaluates illnesses, provides educational counseling and helps physicians with other aspects of patient care.
Educational Requirements
Master's degree in nursing. A state license is also required.
- Registered Nurse (RN)
Administers on-site care including treatments and medications. Assesses patient data, formulates and implements a plan of care and evaluates its effectiveness.
Educational Requirements
Associate or bachelor's degree in nursing. A state license is also required.
- Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
Works under the direction of a registered nurse to provide routine care for the physically ill or disabled.
Educational Requirements
CNA course at a community college, vocational school or nursing home. Certification or completion of one round of clinicals in a nursing program.
- Clinical Laboratory Science
Skilled in theory, practice, and interpretation of diagnostic laboratory procedures, including hematology, chemistry, microbiology, immunology, and immunohematology.
Educational Requirements
Scientist - Bachelor's degree in clinical laboratory science or related science.
Technician - Associate's degree in clinical laboratory science.
Certification as Medical Laboratory Technician or Medical Laboratory Scientist by the American Society for Clinical Pathology.
- Physical Therapist
Provides rehabilitative care to patients with physical and functional limitations with interventions including: exercise, manual therapy, education, modalities and other methods.
Educational Requirements
Doctorate degree in physical therapy. A state license is also required.
- Occupational Therapist
Helps physically and mentally disabled people overcome handicaps through creative, educational, and recreational activities. Works with other health professionals to set treatment goals.
Educational Requirements
Master's degree in occupational therapy.
- Respiratory Therapist
Administers respiratory therapy to patients. Works as part of cardiac and pulmonary emergency teams. Educations patients and assists in respiratory rehabilitation.
Educational Requirements
Associate's or bachelor's degree in respiratory therapy. Certification or registration may also be required.
- Speech Pathologist
Tests for speech, language and voice disorders and provides a treatment program to restore or develop the patient's speech communication skills.
Educational Requirements
Master's degree in speech pathology. A state license is also required.
- Clinical Dietician
Provides dietary instruction and planning for patients and monitors nutritional progress.
Educational Requirements
Bachelor's degree in nutrition or dietetics with a one-year internship or a master's degree. Registration with the American Dietetic Association is also required.
- Social Work
Counsels patients and their families on the social and emotional needs of an illness. Helps patients understand and access hospital services and provides referral to community resources.
Educational Requirements
Master's degree in social work.
- Surgical Technologist
Assists physicians and nurses in the operating room during treatments and procedures. Prepares and operates equipment needed in the care of the patient.
Educational Requirements
18 month to two year program in surgical technology. Certification is also required.
- Radiologic Technologist
Performs specialized diagnostic testing on patients using X-rays, sonograms, computerized tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to obtain images for physicians.
Educational Requirements
Two year program in radiologic technology. American Registry of Radiologic Technologists certification and state certification is required.
- Pharmacist
Prepares and dispenses medication and furnishes information on drugs to physicians, nurses and patients.
Educational Requirements
Doctorate in pharmacy. A state license is also required.
- Information Management
Enters data and organizes and reviews patients' medical records. Assigns codes for statistical and insurance reimbursements and handles release of medical information.
Educational Requirements
Associate's or bachelor's degree in health information management.
- Medical Office Assistant
Provides clerical and patient care support activities at the direction of the physician in an office. Rooms patients, takes vital signs and medical history.
Educational Requirements
Completion of a medical office assistant or certified medical assistant program from an accredited school.


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A recent INN posting cited a study, which found that insurance carriers need to ensure the responsiveness of their online portals in order to avoid losing business—a rather obvious conclusion.
The survey, conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs for OpTier, a New York-based provider of business transaction management (BTM) for the enterprise, also found that 83% of Americans are likely to resolve any issues they experience in purchasing or processing an insurance claim online by reaching for the phone. The study found consumers with a college degree (89%), a household income of $50,000 or more (86%) and those who are married (86%) are most likely to abandon the computer to resolve an issue experienced online. This, I would argue, is the key finding here.
Certainly, we want our customers to get their products, services or help as quickly as possible, and there's no arguing with the fact that automated online help is faster—and cheaper—than having a human being speak to the customer to resolve a problem. As our INN article points out, with the time of customer service representatives a finite resource, online customers moving to other channels can be an expensive proposition for insurance companies. Indeed, a February 2010 report from Forrester Research Inc. titled "Increasing Online Insurance Self-Service Adoption," estimates that "for every 20,000 calls deflected to online self-service, a carrier could realize $100,000 to $200,000 in potential cost savings."
If we want more customers opting for online self-service, however, we need to understand why they are so quick to pick up the phone when any issue arises. For many consumers, any indication that something is wrong with their transaction triggers anxiety. When that happens, they fear that if they continue with automated "help," they may sink even deeper into a pit of uncertainty and their situation may grow worse.
When consumers reach a cyber-standstill, they tend to wonder if they have done something to botch the process, which only serves to increase their tension level. Alternately, some consumers may choose to blame the insurer's computer system for not understanding what it is they want. Either situation does not bode well for the customer to turn to automated help from a soulless network (think Cyberdyne Systems from the Terminator film series), rather than from another human being who can (hopefully) relate to their distress and answer their questions.
As consumers, we want our computer systems interactions to be rapid, accurate and free from hassles. As carriers, our biggest challenge is to provide that "hassle-free" experience. Consumers don't necessarily want systems to be more "responsive," since responsiveness is a human characteristic. We do, however, want those systems to operate in such a way that the company's competence—and our own—is not called into question when a problem arises.
In the end, we still don't quite trust computer networks to give us the kind of service we need when the wheels have fallen off our transaction. It may be that we are approaching a tipping point at which we have traveled as far as we can with automated portal service. From that certain point on, competent and caring human beings need to pick up the customer service ball and run with it.
Ara C. Trembly (www.aratremblytechnology.com) is the founder of Ara Trembly, The Tech Consultant, and a longtime observer of technology in insurance and financial services.
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Ohio Judge Shot; Assailant Is Killed by Probation Officer
Judge Joseph Bruzzese Jr. was shot by Nathaniel Richmond, the father of a teen who served 10 months behind bars for a well-reported rape. No immediate connection was drawn between the shooting and rape cases.
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SOURCE: Cascade Microtech
April 29, 2014 16:05 ET
Revenue of $33.8 Million; Gross Margin of 48.1%; Income From Operations of $2.6 Million; GAAP EPS of $0.10
Revenue of $33.8 Million; Gross Margin of 48.1%; Income From Operations of $2.6 Million; GAAP EPS of $0.10
BEAVERTON, OR--(Marketwired - Apr 29, 2014) - Cascade Microtech, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCD) today reported financial results for the first quarter March 31, 2014.
Financial summary
Results for the quarter ended March 31, 2014 were as follows:
"We are pleased by the strong overall results of the first quarter. Both revenue and profitability were near the high end of our expectations due to record revenue and gross margins from our Probes segment. Favorable product mix drove the best overall gross margins for the company in over nine years, and cash grew $6 million quarter on quarter. Our new acquisitions performed well, and we continue to see improved market acceptance and sales of our new products. With a strong Q1 behind us, we are optimistic about the rest of 2014," said Michael Burger, President and CEO.
Financial outlook
For the second quarter of 2014 we are projecting revenue in the range of $32.0 million to $35.0 million with diluted GAAP earnings per share in the range of $0.05 to $0.10, and non-GAAP earnings per share in the range of $0.08 to $0.13. Our guidance assumes a tax rate of 37%, consistent foreign currency rates and no significant one-time charges.
We will host a conference call beginning at 2:00 p.m. PDT (5:00 p.m. EDT) on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, to discuss our results for the quarter ended March 31, 2014.
A simultaneous audio cast of the conference call may be accessed online from the investor relations page of www.cascademicrotech.com. If you are interested in participating in the call, the live dial-in number is 866-515-2910, or international 617-399-5124, participant Passcode: 24546255. A replay will be available after 9:00 p.m. EDT at the same internet address. (For a telephone replay available after 9:00 p.m. EDT, dial: 888-286-8010, international: 617-801-6888, Passcode: 22751227).
Forward-Looking Statements
The statements in this release regarding performance of our new acquisitions, improved market acceptance and sales of our new products, our optimism about the rest of 2014, and statements under "Financial Outlook" regarding projected revenue, GAAP earnings per share, and non-GAAP earnings per share, and other statements identified by terminology such as "will," "should," "expects," "estimates," "predicts," and "continue" or other derivations of these or other comparable terms are "forward-looking" statements within the meaning of the Securities Litigation Reform act of 1995. Such statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the Company's business based in part on assumptions made by management. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements due to numerous factors, including: changes in demand for the Company's products; changes in product mix; potential delays and other factors affecting the timing of new product introductions; the timing of shipments and customer orders; constraints on supplies of components; excess or shortage of production capacity; potential failure of expected market opportunities to materialize; changes in foreign exchange rates; our ability or delay in integrating acquired businesses; and other risks discussed from time to time in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013. In addition, such statements could be affected by general industry and market conditions and growth rates and general domestic and international economic conditions. Such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to disclosing financial results calculated in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), the Company's earnings release contains Non-GAAP financial measures which are defined below and reconciled to GAAP financial measures in a table later in this release:
About Cascade Microtech, Inc.
Cascade Microtech, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCD) is a worldwide leader in precision contact, electrical measurement and test of integrated circuits (ICs), optical devices and other small structures. For technology businesses and scientific institutions that need to evaluate small structures, Cascade Microtech delivers access to electrical data from wafers, ICs, IC packages, circuit boards and modules, MEMS, 3D TSV, LED devices and more. Cascade Microtech's leading-edge stations, probes, probe cards, advanced thermal subsystems and integrated systems deliver precision accuracy and superior performance both in the lab and during production manufacturing of high-speed and high-density semiconductor chips. For more information, visit www.cascademicrotech.com.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:Jeff A. Killian
Cascade Microtech, Inc.
(503) 601-1280
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:Jeff A. Killian
Cascade Microtech, Inc.
(503) 601-1280
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Jessica went to England for the summer with her mom. She thought it was going to be a normal summer vacation until she runs into One Direction and her world turns around. But what happens to her dad? Her freind? Niall? Her whole life? Read and find out. (This is not going to end like most 1D fan fictions, just so you know)
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Our Simi Valley location will keep you cool with regular air conditioning repair and service. A/C repair and service is important, especially in Simi Valley, because a hot car under the summer sun is an uncomfortable car. Don't let your pet, your kids, or your groceries suffer in a vehicle that desperately needs air conditioning repair and service. When BJ's Automotive services or repairs your car's A/C unit, everyone will travel more comfortably with you when running errands around town. We recommend not attempting to service your vehicle with the "AC repair in a can" kits you can get at your local auto parts store. They usually contain a sealant which can do more harm than good, and can damage the system further.
Air conditioning simply cools and removes the humidity from the air, then the blower pushes the cooled air into the cabin. The compressor, condenser and evaporator all work in conjunction to give you a more comfortable ride. If your vehicle comes equipped with a serviceable cabin filter, it's wise to change it at the recommended maintenance intervals. It greatly effects the systems performance, much like the filter in your home heater and A/C system.
If your car's air conditioning system isn't doing its job, call our Simi Valley shop at 805-527-7741 today and we'll have your car keeping you cool again in no time.


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Your bizarre customs story of the day courtesy of the NY Daily News.
Queens resident Claire Abdeldaim flew from Sudan to JFK with 1,699 $100 bills sewed into her panties. On a layover in Amsterdam she transferred the loaded underwear to her purse. A customs officer in New York said he became suspicions when he saw the fabric stuffed into her purse.
Abdeldaim had claimed to be carrying $17,000 at customs. Her lawyer claims she accidentally left off the fourth zero.


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June 15, 2001
By Mark Emmons
San Jose Mercury News
It's a bizarre and wonderful stroke of fate. Twins Jon and Joe Cannon are pro athletes in different sports who perform a few hundred yards from one another near the town where they were raised.
Over at Municipal Stadium, Jon is a relief pitcher for the minor league San Jose Giants. Just down East Alma Street at Spartan Stadium, Joe is establishing himself as one of America's best goalkeepers with the Earthquakes.
``I was at one of Jon's games and I looked over at Spartan Stadium and thought: `This is just wild,' '' says their mother, Barbara. ``There's no way you could fathom this happening.''
How could she?
As Jon says: ``Just do the math.'' There are 12 Major League Soccer teams and 30 major league baseball franchises with scores of minor league teams. Yet two 26-year-old guys who share the same DNA have landed in the same place.
``It was just twins dreaming, you know?'' Joe says of their sports aspirations while growing up in Los Altos Hills. ``But I always pictured us both playing professionally somewhere, but never here together in San Jose.''
And not on the same street.
Now, Jon can be warming up in the bullpen and know that his brother's soccer team just won from the roar of the crowd across the way.
``It's unbelievably weird,'' Jon says. ``But this is an ideal situation.''
Well, sort of. Not only is Joe excelling in this country's top soccer league, Earthquakes Coach Frank Yallop said someday making the U.S. national team is a realistic goal because he's young.
But while Jon is the elder brother by a few minutes, he's considered old. Class A -- deep in baseball's minor leagues -- is not where you want to be at age 26.
For now, the twins are reveling in their proximity. When they got together for a photo shoot earlier this week at Municipal Stadium, Joe asked Jon where he could change into his soccer gear.
``Just go into the clubhouse,'' Jon said. ``They'll think that you're me.''
Jon's right. This is weird.
The siblings' rivalry
There are some noticeable differences. Jon is about an inch taller, Joe has a bulkier build. Jon is a left-hander, Joe is right-handed.
But there are more similarities, including their mirror-image facial features. They're both high-energy guys who have the same friendly personality and an obvious devotion to each other. Both agree that they are products of their environment.
They are two of five sports-crazy brothers. (Dave, a 33-year-old computer consultant, was a swimmer and diver in his youth. Cody, 23, played water polo at Pacific, and Colton, 19, is a pro skateboarder who is on tour in Europe.) The house was always filled with bats and balls.
Nearby is a Little League field and a swim-and-tennis club that were unofficial gathering places for local kids. If that wasn't a big enough slice of heaven, their father, Joe, is an entertainer and each winter the family would head to Sun Valley, Idaho, where he performed. That meant the twins also were on a ski team.
``They very rarely were watching television,'' says Barbara, who is divorced from their father. ``They constantly were doing something because they always had each other to play with.''
There were countless one-on-one basketball games on their driveway that would leave them bruised. They improvised games, such as turning a long hallway and a tennis ball into indoor soccer matches.
``It was war,'' says Jon.
``If you lost,'' adds Joe, ``you'd feel like crying.''
Yet their close relationship miraculously survived years of this combat, and they came to realize how their fiercely competitive childhood prepared them for athletic careers.
Joe, the twin who used to have baseball wallpaper in his room, focused on soccer. He was an All-Mercury News first-team player at St. Francis High and an All-American at Santa Clara University.
Now in his third season with the Earthquakes, Joe has developed into one of MLS' best goalkeepers. His cat-quick reflexes help explain his 1.05 goals-against average, which is second-best in the league.
``I haven't seen a better keeper this year,'' Yallop says. ``He's been that good.''
Jon, the twin who had soccer wallpaper in his room, gave up that sport. When he was cut from the St. Francis freshman baseball team, he transferred to Gunn High, where he blossomed into a three-sport athlete and earned a baseball scholarship to UCLA. He left there for Ca�ada College and in 1996 was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the seventh round.
But elbow tendinitis slowed his progress. After posting a 3.06 ERA in 53 innings with the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx of Double-A last season, Jon was cut by the Cubs in spring training. The Giants called, and eventually he was assigned to San Jose, which left him thrilled even if he was back in Class A.
``They've given me an opportunity, and all I can do is pitch and see what happens,'' explains Jon, who is two semesters away from a history degree at Cal.
He's making the most of that chance with a record of 1-0, a 2.81 ERA and one save.
``Jon has been a shot in the arm for us,'' San Jose Giants Manager Lenn Sakata says. ``At times he'll show you a 90-mph fastball, so I think he's still a prospect.''
He also fits the baseball stereotype of being a flaky left-hander, Sakata adds. On the field, Jon runs between the mound and dugout and is intense almost to the point of being hyper.
``When I saw that he was a twin, I thought it was scary that there's one just like him,'' Sakata says with a laugh.
Joy is in the details
Here's a good story, Joe says.
``A girl walked up to Jon in a bar and said, `First you don't have the decency to call me, then you're totally rude not to acknowledge me,' '' he says. ``Well Jon says, `I'm not Joe. I'm his twin brother, Jon.' She says, `That's the worst excuse I've ever heard' and stomped off.''
Jon even has been introduced as ``Joe Cannon'' over the Municipal Stadium public address system.
``I don't mind too much, but I would like to get some credit,'' Jon says. ``He's a good athlete, but he can't pitch.''
Joe's response?
``Actually I was the better baseball player, and that's why I had to quit,'' Joe says. ``I didn't want to dominate the family in both sports.''
Playful teasing aside, the reality is that the twins form a mutual admiration society. Each says it's less nerve-racking to play than it is to watch the other perform.
``I wish I could see him strike out Derek Jeter in Game 7 of the World Series a few years from now,'' Joe adds.
Jon returns the sentiment, saying: ``I want Joe to be a soccer icon in America.''
As they were waiting for a photographer to set up gear Wednesday afternoon, the twins were kicking around a soccer ball on the Municipal Stadium infield. They talked about the sports from their youth and lamented that they probably won't get to play together again.
``But I think we could try beach volleyball,'' Jon said.
Joe brightened at the idea.
``Yeah, we'll be the old guys on the beach,'' he said.


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STOCKHOLM – A Swede who once was considered a psychopathic serial killer is a free man after authorities found that his eight murder convictions were based on false confessions.
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Food date labels are worded in various ways, and interpreting them can be confusing. LSU AgCenter nutritionist Dr. Beth Reames hopes to clear the fog for shoppers who want to understand what the food labels mean.
The "sell-by" date tells the store how long to hold the food for sale. You should buy the food before the sell-by-date expires.
Reames explains that if the product has a sell-by date, the product may be stored in the refrigerator and then cooked or frozen within the recommended purchase period. Take perishable food home immediately after purchase and refrigerate or freeze it promptly.
Keep the refrigerator at 40 degrees Fahrenheit or below. Refrigerator storage times for ground beef, ground poultry and poultry is 1-2 days; for beef, veal, pork and lamb it is 3-5 days. Keep an appliance thermometer in your refrigerator to check temperatures.
Once a perishable food is frozen, it doesn't matter if the date expires because foods kept frozen continuously are safe indefinitely, the nutritionist notes. Keep the freezer set at zero degrees or below.
The "best-if-used-by/before" date indicates best flavor or quality. It is not a safety date and does not indicate when a food should be purchased.
If a food smells, tastes or looks bad, however, you should not use it for quality reasons. Spoilage bacteria can cause food to develop off-odors, flavors or appearance. If foods aren't properly handled, food borne bacteria can grow and cause food borne illness – regardless of the date label. For example, if hot dogs are taken to a picnic and left out for several hours, they would not be safe to use, even if the date hasn't expired.
The "use-by" date is the last date recommended for peak quality. The date is determined by the manufacturer of the product. It's important not to buy or use baby formula or baby food, for example, after its use-by date. Federal regulations require a use-by date on such products to insure nutritional value and food quality.
If an egg carton has an expiration date printed on it, such at "EXP May 1," that date is the last day the store may sell the eggs as fresh. The federal grademark, such as Grade AA, means the "fresh" date cannot be more than 30 days from the date the eggs were packed in the carton.
Reames adds, however, that as long as you purchase a carton of eggs before the date expires, you should be able to use all the eggs safely from three to five weeks after the date you purchase them.
Cans may display open or calendar dates. Usually these are best-if-used-by dates for peak quality. In general, high-acid canned foods, such as tomatoes, grapefruit and pineapple, can be stored on the shelf from 12 to 18 months; low-acid canned foods such as meat, poultry, fish and most vegetables will keep 2 to 5 years – if the can remains in good condition and has been stored in a cool, clean, dry place.
"Closed" or "coded" dates are packaging numbers that enable manufacturers to rotate their stock as well as to locate their products in the event of a recall. They don't mean consumers must use the product by these dates.
Except for use-by dates, Reames says product dates don't always refer to home storage or use after purchase. Even if the date expires during home storage, perishable foods should be safe, wholesome and of good quality – if handled properly and kept refrigerated or frozen.
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Written & Directed by Charles Ingram & Nick Corirossi
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[Music Playing]
Don Cheadle: Earth. Seven billion people strong. Let's get it's pollution down to zero. And maybe the population, too.
Newscaster: A little overboard. This is how they describe Captain Planet today.
Citizen: Captain Planet turned my daughter into a tree.
[Foreign Languages on TV]
Newscaster: Some sources say that the once beloved hero has been corrupted by his own powers. He used to be known for saving the planet.
Don Cheadle: [Laughing]
Newscaster: Now the planet fears him.
[Music Playing] [Random Talking]
Don Cheadle: I'm making trees! Mahtie!
Efren Ramirez: It's Mahtee.
Don Cheadle: Thank you, Mai Tai. I knew I kept you around for a reason. To be my personal bi**h! [Laughs]
Don Cheadle: Mai Tai? Is this synthetic polyester?
Efren Ramirez: Yai.
Don Cheadle: [Mockingly] Yai! [Gibberish] You've lost your power ring privileges. Hand it over.
Don Cheadle: NOW!
Efren Ramirez: [Whining]
Don Cheadle: Go get in the corner with the rest of them.
Efren Ramirez: [Crying and Sniffling]
Don Cheadle: And stop your sniveling you dumb sap!
Background: Fire! Wind! Water!
Don Cheadle: Five souls. A soul for each finger. [Laughs]
[Office Sounds]
David Graf: I heard you went insane.
Don Cheadle: I heard your broccoli's.
[Laser Sound]
Clay Tatum: Hey! I thought you could only turn people into trees.
Don Cheadle: I'm starting to branch. Out. [Laser Sound]
[Music Playing]
[Glass Shattering]
Don Cheadle: Trees are still my jam. The power is mine. My burden to bear. My blessing. My curse. And one day there will be no humans. And all creatures will be my friends.
[Laser Sound] [Boat Horn]
Don Cheadle: Except woodpeckers. I don't really like, don't like woodpeckers that much.
Don Cheadle: Until then, [Whispers] It ain't easy being green. [Laser Sound]
Don Cheadle: [Robotically] Cap-tain Plan-et.
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Who Uses Alternative Formats?
Alternative formats can benefit everyone:
1) Students, educators, and staff who experience visual strain from extensive print reading benefit from audio books that provides visual-free learning, such as DAISY books.
2) For those who are more effective auditory learners or are frequent commuters, obtaining information through auditory means may be valuable than looking at traditional books or notes on transit systems.
3) For those who are learning English as a second language may find the auditory feedback helpful while following along with print material.
4) Students, educators, and staff who have a print disability may have difficulty reading, comprehending, or physically holding a textbook - using alternative formats may assist with accessing the same information as their peers or colleagues. Print disabilities may be due to a visual impairment, physical disability, or learning difficulty. Although the needs and characteristics of individuals with print disabilities are very different, they all experience barriers accessing print in the standard way.
5) Alternative formats are also a solution to help struggling readers access and understand text content. Struggling readers are "students who read below the grade level and struggles with comprehension, phonics and vocabulary." (Martin & Pappas, 2006, p. 4)
Below are examples of various exceptionalities that could affect individuals' ability to learn, teach, and work in an educational setting. Although the types of exceptionalities are organized under the five categories in the Education Act definition of "exceptional pupil", this information can also be applied to teachers, educators, and staff as alternative formats can benefit everyone in obtaining equal access to information.
1) Communication
Students with autism may have difficulty relaying information to others or comprehending class content provided by instructors in a classroom setting. They may also have difficulty interpreting symbols and understanding what images represent. Possible alternative formats include providing text description describing images in e-text or print.
Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing
Students may have deficits in language and speech development due to diminished or non-existent auditory response to sound. They will likely benefit from alternative formats that draw on their tactile and visual senses, such as Braille and easy-to-browse electronic documents to follow along during lectures.
Language/ Speech Impairment
For those who have some language impairment that involves language delay, dysfluency, or voice and articulation development, they may benefit from combined audio, e-text, or large print to receive both auditory and visual input. Students who have difficulty with articulation, rhythym and stress in language can benefit from audio recordings or e-text with text-to-speech software (Link to appropriate section on SNOW). This enables students to review educational material outside of the classroom and practice their speech with auditory feedback.
2) Intellectual
Learning Difficulties, Mild Intellectual Disability, and Developmental Disability.
These conditions may impact reading, writing and spelling and can be experienced by a wide range of people, including those with dyslexia and other learning disabilities or developmental disabilities. Factors such as low literacy, a low skill level in using a computer, or difficulties understanding information may affect students' educational growth in the school environment.
With various technologies and alternative formats to choose from, it is critical for educators to recognize the diverse needs of all learners and to provide learning in various formats to meet students' educational needs. Working together with students is critical in finding their optimal learning format. Alternative formats benefit all students. Research has shown that audio books increases content acquisition and improves performance in students' reading skills, regardless if they have been diagnosed with or without learning disabilities (Boyle et al., 2003).
3) Physical
Low Vision/Blindness
Individuals with visual disabilities who cannot access the same information as their peers, due to its inaccessible format, may not be able to participate fully in everyday educational activities. Various technologies to create alternative formats such as Braille, large print, audio players, and electronic text may assist students obtain the academic material they need. When text is converted into an audio format, people with blindness are able to have the information read to them, while someone with low vision can benefit from large print to be able to read materials more comfortably and with less eye strain.
Physical Disabilities
Students with varying types of physical disabilities experience barriers to accessing information. With regards to students accessing textbooks and the Internet, limited arm or hand movements, co-ordination or sensory deficits may affect their ability to hold and manipulate printed materials or impact the way they interact with the keyboard/computer equipment. It is important to also consider those who have a temporary physical disability, such as an arm or hand fracture, to be able to access the same material as their peers during the recovery period. Alternative formats may be required to meet their reading, writing and educational needs.
4) Behaviour
Students with learning disorders characterized by specific behaviour problems can adversely affect educational performance. This can be characterized by excessive fears, anxieties, or compulsive reaction to events. Attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) is one example that may impact a student's ability to concentrate or process information. Introducing alternative formats that match their needs or calm their anxieties may assist in their academic growth.
5) Multiple
Multiple Impairments
People with multiple disabilities have a combination of two or more exceptionalities, including intellectual, physical mobility, communication, and behaviour. Examples of multiple impairments can be conditions that affect both physical and intellectual or communication functions, such as Cerebral Palsy and Multiple Sclerosis, where students may benefit from additional auditory inputs when they are reading text.
Boyle, E.A., Rosenberg, M.S., Connelly, V.J., Washburn, S.G., Brinckerhoff, L.C., & Banerjee, M. (2003). Effects of audio texts on the acquisition of secondary-level content by students with mild disabilities. Learning Disability Quarterly, 26, 203-214.
Martin, P. & Pappas, P. (2006). Startegies for struggling readers.
Who uses Alternative Formats relates to the following sections of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) Integrated Accessibility Regulation
Accessible Formats and Communication Supports
Producers of Educational Training Material
1. Learning about who uses alternative formats and how these are used, assists educators with integrating inclusive approaches to teach, communicate and share information.
2. People interact, learn and communicate in diverse ways. Learning opportunities are increased when flexible ways of engaging with learning materials are provided. Considering how people communicate is important for knowledge to be exchanged. Alternative formats take into account diverse ways of exchanging information.
3. The AODA legislates that educational institutions and its employees know how to produce accessible or conversion ready versions of textbooks and printed material. Educators, teachers and staff are to learn about accessible course delivery and instruction and be knowledgeable at interacting and communicating with people with disabilities who may use alternate formats.
To learn of ways to innovate, develop & design for accessibility, visit OCAD University's Inclusive Design Research Centre website.
To learn how this section relates to the core principles of the AODA Customer Service regulation, visit the AODA page on SNOW.


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Sports enthusiasts will get their money's worth in Salzkammergut. With its lakes and mountains the region offers all year round everything you expect from an active holiday in Austria.
Your 4-star Eichingerbauer Holiday Hotel in Mondsee is the perfect starting point for various sportive activities in Salzkammergut. No matter in which season you spend your holiday in Mondsee-Land: There's a wide range of offers and activities in winter and summer. Get information about the leisure and sports opportunities in your holiday region in Austria.
Leisure & Sports in Salzkammergut
- You can play tennis in the hotel's own indoor tennis centre at the Eichingerbauer Hotel as well as on the outdoor courts. Certified tennis instructors will analyse your game and improve your shots and technique.
- Various golf courses are available for you in the Salzkammergut holiday region. Several golf clubs offer, under certain conditions, discounts on green fees - just ask our team at the front desk at the Eichingerbauer Country Hotel.
- If you want to discover Salzkammergut on your mountain bike or motorcycle or by foot, you will find many wonderful trails and paths for various activities. Enjoy running and Nordic Walking in the beautiful landscapes. Many bathing lakes invite you to great water sports with the whole family in the popular holiday destination in Austria.
- During a winter holiday you can enjoy skiing, ice-skating or cross-country skiing in Mondsee and other nearby regions. Experience an idyllic winter with all the snow-covered landscapes in Salzkammergut.
Your active holiday in Mondsee
Enjoy the wide range of sports offered during your holiday in Salzkammergut very soon. The Eichingerbauer Hotel is looking forward to your no obligation holiday enquiry.


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Ayşe Gül Altınay
Professor of Anthropology, Sabancı University
Ayşe Gül Altınay received her Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from Duke University and has been teaching at Sabancı University since 2001. Her research and writing have focused on militarism, nationalism, violence, memory, gender, and sexuality. She is the author of The Myth of the Military-Nation: Militarism, Gender and Education (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004); co-author of Violence Against Women in Turkey: A Nationwide Survey (with Yeşim Arat, Punto, 2009, www.kadinayoneliksiddet.org/English.html), işte böyle güzelim... (based on women's narratives of sexualities, with Hülya Adak, Esin Düzel and Nilgün Bayraktar, Sel, 2008, www.isteboyleguzelim.org), and Torunlar (based on Muslim grandchildren's narratives of their converted Armenian grandparents, with Fethiye Çetin, Metis, 2009, second edition 2010; French translation: Les Petits-enfants, trans. Célin Vuraler, Arles: Actes Sud, 2011; Armenian translation: Torner, trans. Lilit Gasparyan and Tigran Mets Hratarakchatun, Yerevan: Targqnutyun, 2011); and editor of Vatan, Millet, Kadınlar (Iletişim, 2000, second edition 2004) and Ebru: Reflections on Cultural Diversity in Turkey, a photography project by Attila Durak (Metis, 2007, www.ebruproject.com). Her co-authored book with Yeşim Arat, Türkiye'de Kadına Yönelik Şiddet (Violence Against Women in Turkey) was awarded the 2008 PEN Duygu Asena Award. Her latest is The Grandchildren: The Hidden Legacy of "Lost" Armenians in Turkey (with Fethiye Çetin, trans. Maureen Freely, 2014).


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Edinburgh Book Festival turns comic eye on the world
The Edinburgh International Book Festival casts an eye this year on a unique form of literature – comics and graphic novels that have endeared themselves to "children" from the age of three to 103.
The world's biggest annual book festival also celebrates its 30th anniversary from August 10 to 26 with more than 800 events with authors, literature and ideas from around the world in the heart of Edinburgh. Eighty authors attended the inaugural gathering in 1983.
The book festival runs parallel through August with the International Festival and Fringe, both dating back to 1947, the Royal Military Tattoo on the Edinburgh Castle esplanade, and a broad range of art shows during which the city's population more than doubles in size.
In a contemplative mood, book festival director Nick Barley told Reuters at the program launch on Thursday he believed the time had come for the book festival to assess where it had come from and where it was going.
He said the rise of writers in Scotland such as the late Iain Banks, Ian Rankin, A.L. Kennedy and Christopher Brookmyre among others in the last 30 years was the most extraordinary explosion of culture and literature in Scotland that it has perhaps ever seen.
"I think it's important that we take stock of what has happened and the conditions that made that explosion possible, and ask ourselves what conditions need to be put in place to allow that explosion to continue," he said.
Barley said this year's book festival was set up to explore what the next 30 years might look like, and speculate on what the future might be.
On a less serious note, a centerpiece of the festival will be four days when it brings together a special program on comics and graphic novels from Marvel to manga, brande desiree to the Beano.
"We will look at the rich heritage of comics, the contemporary renaissance of graphic novels, and discuss how it opens up reading and storytelling to new audiences, young and old," the program noted.
On a somber note, author and science fiction writer Banks had been due to read from his latest book, "The Quarry", at the festival before his sudden death from cancer on June 9.
Barley said Banks would instead be commemorated.
There will be "both a commemoration and re-evaluation of his work, but also a celebration of a guy who was central to the Scottish literary explosion."


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Here Comes Turd, Hat In Hand
I must be a glutton for punishment.
In order to give all the Turdhaters some additional ammunition, I come to you today with another request for funding. The site needs improvements to keep it from crashing so often but the bills have stacked high while "revenue enhancement" plans have taken longer than expected to implement. Therefore, I need some help. More on that in a minute. First, the charts.
Longtime Turdites will recall how much of what I do is based upon "feel" and pattern recognition. When fighting within wholly-manipulated markets, these two traits allow you to survive. However, man does not exist on "feel" alone. Fundamentals such as simple supply/demand, the changes to Open Interest, the bullishness/bearishness of the CoT etc, all must be taken into consideration, as well. And currently, the fundos look great so why am I so uneasy?
Do you recall this chart from 3/28?
The crude fundos were, and continue to be, very strong. Very few doubt that crude will continue higher long-term based upon dollar devaluation and geo-political risk. However, a clear "line in the sand" had been drawn at 104.50-105.00 and all sorts of sell stops had been placed below that line. Then, even though the global crude oil market is enormous and dwarfs the gold and silver markets, the stops got "gunned". Here's the chart from two days later:
How did this happen? Was it manipulation? In this case, no. The crude oil market is too large and diverse to be openly manipulated like gold and silver. What happened was that a delicate balance of buyers and sellers was broken when buyers temporarily stepped away. With more sellers than buyers left in the arena, down went price, through 104.50. The sell stops were then triggered and price fell very sharply to $102. Though it has since recovered and even traded back above $105 yesterday, that fact is small consolation to those who got their guts ripped out on 3/30.
OK, so what's the point, you ask? I fear that we are in the verge of a similar event in the metals, particularly silver.
As discussed here extensively, interest and activity on the Comex is waning. Post-MFG, the primary participants left are the Cartel monkeys and the HFT WOPRs. There are times when they balance each other out but, since the WOPRs are mainly programmed to follow technicals, and, since the current technicals aren't overly friendly, we end up with an unbalanced paper market where sellers outnumber buyers. The balance to this is the physical demand we continue to see in London and other venues. Simply put, paper price declines to the point where physical demand appears, which forces paper price back up. A sort of equilibrium and the primary reason why gold and silver have been mostly rangebound for the past month.
My concern is this: If you were one of these sovereign or big money buyers in London, why wouldn't you simply step back for a few days and see just how low the Cartels are willing to push? Seriously, why the heck wouldn't you? You might be content to "scale in" with your purchases for a while but if the stupid, arrogant Western bankers are willing to jam paper price lower for you, why not let them? And, like the crude market of late March, all it will take is a day or two of no big physical buying and paper price will tank. You, the big buyer, then can come back in a week later or so and buy a whole bunch of physical at a steeply discounted price.
Now, look at the charts below for silver. Do they not resemble the crude charts for late March? There's a clear point where buyers have continually emerged around $31 to $31.35. Even if I were a "resolute long", prudence would demand that I have at least a few stops right under $31 because if $31 were to fail, silver is headed to $30 or perhaps even a little lower.
As you know, silver and gold are about 95% correlated so let's just say the scenario described above plays out. The big money buyers in London take a few days off and gold falls down through $1635 and toward $1615. What do you think would happen to silver? It would be 30 and change in a heartbeat! In the end, I'm not saying that silver is going to collapse within the next hour. I'm simply warning you that, like crude in late March, this type of event is possible. On the bright side, like crude, silver will base and quickly recover. Like crude, the fundamentals are too strong to keep it down for long and any drop toward $30 in silver would be an excellent opportunity to BTFD.
OK, back to the problem at hand with the site. I'm sure that most of you have noticed that the site has a tendency to lock up and crash during traffic spikes. I've had the Tech Team looking into it and they've concluded that it's primarily due to all the fancy, little fun stuff that I wanted built into it...the HatTips, the titles for each member like Muckman and Stomachlobber, even the liberty to post and store any video or picture you wish to post slows down the site. Most of the time, everything is fine but, when hundreds of folks try to refresh pages at once, the resulting traffic "bottleneck" is giving us fits. The good news is that this can be fixed. The bad news is that it will cost me a few bucks to do it.
So, I must ask you to consider helping out. The idea behind the subscription component of the site was to generate consistent monthly revenue. I had planned for the monthly fee to be under $5. Please ask yourself if this is reasonable. Do you get 17 cents per day worth of enjoyment, camraderie and knowledge from the site. If so, please consider enrolling for an ongoing donation. By clicking the "Feed The Turd" button to the right, you'll be directed to a PayPal screen where you can donate once or set yourself up for an ongoing, $5/month (or more) donation. Even simple, one-time donations can make a big difference. If the 25,000 or so individuals who visit this site daily all donated just a dollar, we'd be cooking. Anyway...as anyone who has donated in the past knows, each and every contribution is valued and important to me. I don't take this responsibility lightly and I don't take you for granted. However, the site is running on fumes financially so I feel I must make this request. Thank you for your consideration.
Hopefully, sometime soon, site revenues will increase. Once we are turning a profit, I still hope to schedule Turdapalooza, complete with open bar. Maybe that's just a silly dream but I hope not. The image in my head of 1000 big yellow hats "protesting" in front of 33 Liberty Street is too compelling to ignore.
Thank you all for your support, financial and otherwise. Keep the faith and keep stacking. TF
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I fed the turd.
Yep, 2th (or tooth)......moving up steadily, a definite sign of a misspent youth.
Turd - as your weighting in the TITS Index is similar to AAPL in the Nasdaq, I reckon the index is scraping along the bottom right now, so maybe we're due to move up real soon? Much thanks for your latest offering.
Just gotta hold out a little longer...
sounds like a fun
sounds like a fun time!
hey... at least we'll have fun together!
No idea where 33 Liberty St
I have no idea where 33 Liberty St is, but I ain't missing 1000 Big Yellow Hats fer nuttin'! Heading to "Feed The Turd" right now. I have 6 weeks of vacation to blow looking for that address.
Edit : Done! Monthly Level 1. One less mochafrappachocabellyexpandingchino a month.
TF - Thank you
Thanks for all your work.
The "extras" on the website are what separate your website from the others.
As I have stated before, opening a PM trading store which would set physical price is the way to go.
to remind us all how easy it is...
the Silver-Keiser Crash Banksters Baby!
site funds
I have no problem sending you funds to help cover the site. BUT because of Paypals anti-gun positions, I will not use that mechanism. I do understand you need to have secure funds, so If you want to contact me by email, and provide me with a snail mail address or tell me how to, I'll get you a MO out. I hope you will understand my lack of support for Paypal but I will not support any firm that is not 100% constitutionally 2nd Amendment based.
Stickin' to my guns
thank you for your work.
My 2cents worth
Dear Turd and Turdites,
I have been thinking of the GSR which is at 52 at the moment. There was a gap at 54 to 52 when we bottomed and started moving up in Dec. If we were to fill the gap and retest 54 the possibilities are
Ag to Au
31 to 1674
30.5 to 1647
30 to 1620
So on and so forth
With FOMC and silver OPEX next week, I suspect we'll get to fill that gap in the GSR with silver at 30 and gold at 1620.
Is there any merit to this prognostication?
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@EBR Mod o - snail mail address
Click on the Feed The Turd 'Donate' button, and you will find instructions for snail mail donations.
I tossed a few non-2nd-ammendment-supporting electronic dollars your way, Turd.
Donation done
Turd, glad you feel you can just ask when you need it.
Great article by Rick Rule
Thank you Turd! For all Turdites, I found this great article by Rick Rule on sprott.com this morning.
Russian gold selling
Do not forget to check in on the forum thread that we started on reports that the Russians were selling Gold.
My geopolitical view is that India is using Russian gold to trade for Iranian crude.
It's a three part deal.
Russia and India trade, Russia and China trade. Russia is willing to part with some of its massive gold reserve in return for Rupees and Yuan.
Russia trades with Iran - frankly, I don't know what Iran gives Russia in exchange for Russian gold, but they can certainly receive Rupees/Yuan and gold in return for delivery of crude oil to other destinations of Russia's selection.
Iran gets to separate a substantial amount of crude oil sales from international markets denominated in USD's.
India gets its crude oil delivery.
The only way to affirm or test this theory is to send a reporter to the Indian harbors and oil refiners to see what is being delivered and where it is coming from.
If this theory is right, then the Russians are selling gold and silver and this is the reason the price is going down during European hours.
Crude Fundis
I will have to completely disagree on the crude fundamentals on this one. A. China is Slowing B. Europe is going into a recession C. Gasoline Demand down 4% ytd D. Election Year and Obama cant afford $4 gas E. The "news" on Israel/Iran is starting to lull for the time being as the Israeli's wait till post election to do anything
Crude has failed to breakout and using gap theory we could test as low as 80-85 easily which would drag down metals as well. Also, even though the inflation #s are questionable at best it has declined for 6 straight months from 3.85 to 2.65. This means the velocity of money is starting to seize hence why libor is starting to creep up. That spells liquidity problems and comms will be subject to a hard hit as this mini 2-3month cycle hits probably starting today.
Crude Fundis
I will have to completely disagree on the crude fundamentals on this one. A. China is Slowing B. Europe is going into a recession C. Gasoline Demand down 4% ytd D. Election Year and Obama cant afford $4 gas E. The "news" on Israel/Iran is starting to lull for the time being as the Israeli's wait till post election to do anything
Crude has failed to breakout and using gap theory we could test as low as 80-85 easily which would drag down metals as well. Also, even though the inflation #s are questionable at best it has declined for 6 straight months from 3.85 to 2.65. This means the velocity of money is starting to seize hence why libor is starting to creep up. That spells liquidity problems and comms will be subject to a hard hit as this mini 2-3month cycle hits probably starting today.
Threw a few euros your way.
While they are still good for something.
Small donation but I'll be making it regular.
I would also ask you to look at the unexpected rate decrease by the Indians. A lower rupee does not bode well for gold in the short term as a quick comparison chart shows the striking correlation. Again it will be a buying opportunity, but I think you are having a hard time using a dynamic analysis of the metals. Its not always about manipulation. The short term moves sure, but there are a lot of moving pieces that you are oversimplifying.
subscribed - hope it helps
keep up the good work
Russian gold selling
@Strongsidejedi, The latest small-scale Russian CB gold sale was almost certainly to its own mint for internal consumption. The analysts who trumpeted this story as a signal of Russia's newfound "tactical approach to the gold market" are laughable as far as I'm concerned.
Paypal is as bad as the Cartel!
Accept donations in Bitcoins. All you need is a wallet and a QR code on the page - transaction fees are <1% if any (most of the time there's no fee). Bitcoins can be withdrawn via Dwolla (only $0.25 per transaction fee).
Set up a wallet at an exchange or community-friendly service just to get started - you can always manage your own wallet (like having physical gold in hand) later.
Then create a QR code to be displayed on the site (above Paypal!) using a key from your wallet.
Do it.
I second the idea of accepting Bitcoin.
EE selling versus sovereign buying
My concern is this: If you were one of these sovereign or big money buyers in London, why wouldn't you simply step back for a few days and see just how low the Cartels are willing to push? Seriously, why the heck wouldn't you?
Hi Turd, this was the point I was trying to make yesterday in my post, but perhaps it got lost in the usual clutter of "first," gun nut and YouTube music video posts...
Fresnillo mine production (largest primary silver mine in the world)
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There have been some interesting things happening in the silver mining industry. I had planned to release my article CRITICAL FACTORS THAT WILL IMPACT SILVER already this week, but I came across some snafus that have made me postpone it until next week.
First of all, Peru has announced their 2011 silver production (down 6.5%) from last year as well as their first quarter 2012 production. I still have not seen anything on Mexico's 2011 total silver production and I have combed the internet.
Secondly, GFMS will come out with their 2012 World Silver Survey tomorow which will announce the top 20 silver countries, company producers and top primary mines. It has taken several email exchanges, but I finally know who was the largest silver producing country in the world in 2011. It was KGHM POLSKA MIEDZ.... a Polish copper mining company. They beat out BHP Billiton by just a few 100,000 ounces. Ain't that amazing.... KGHM Polska the 9th largest copper miner in the world beat out BHP Billiton the third largest copper miner in global silver production.
It will be interesting to see what the GFMS lists as total silver for KGHM Polska. I have had an email exchange with Stephen Marks Investor Relations at KGHM, and he stated that GFMS understates their silver production because of a lower calculation of converting concentrate to actual metal.
Supposedly, the world produced approximately 770 million ounce of silver in 2011 up from 740 million in 2010. I have a strange feeling that overall production did not increase that much. When GFMS released their preliminary report for 2010 silver production it was off by about 15 million ounces. I think the world only produced about 755-760 million ounces in 2011. We will see.
Anyhow, Fresnillo's drop in silver production is due to their expected drop in ORE GRADE. They will have to mine more ore to make up the loss. This will cost more money as well as consume more of that DIESEL, which is in tight supply currently.
Forecasts for increased silver production until 2020 may never be reached due to a shortage of available diesel.
Just used paypal to feed the turd.
Every company has the right to their thoughts on guns, as long as they don't infringe upon my rights...
I donated to Turd because I like the content that members post here. I would hate to lose this resource because I didn't make a small contribution.
Budget is tight, but I can
Budget is tight, but I can certainly send a $5 Footlong or two your way.
Anyone ever think about the fact that a few years down the road, we'll be seeing ads for $20 Footlongs at Subway and think its a great deal? Keep on stackin'.
Thank you from... no... TO Turd!
Just got a "Thank you..." email from Turd. No, Turd, Thank YOU! Privileged to be a subscriber!
Great Post
Turd this sceneario seems to be playing out right now in real time. Bad news for my June call options @ $33 strike. This is what I get for catching a falling knife when I bought those options. I still have about a month for it to turn around, but I probably bought myself a loss. Good thing I only gambled on 2 contracts


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The K Factor: Where K = Kindness, and the factor is everything that leads to it.
The K Factor is an Internet radio show where I interview people from around the globe about their subtle and overt investment in practicing and extending acts of kindness. It's a serious radio show with a lighthearted overtone — kindness as the central theme. You'll love these inspirational stories, and the content is available for you to download on the device of your choice 24/7 365. We're spreading kindness any way we can.
The journey began in August 2009 when Brad Saul, the owner of Matrix Media, called me for an interview. He had read an interview where I was talking about my business model and it piqued his interest – he thought that I was different and marketable. After several hours of dialogue, he offered me an opportunity at WebTalkRadio.net. You'll find those episodes, then titled This Kind of Business, which are 30 minute podcasts, posted below along with a tailored blog entry highlighting each guest.
During my first quarter at this new venture, I was invited to join the team at BlogTalkRadio.com which is the creative invention of Alan Levy. Alan started this empire "…writing a blog to update his family and friends about the condition of his ailing father. It was then that he saw the power of the social web, but realized that there were no platforms, which enabled a live two-way conversation with an audience.
As a result, he set out to create an Internet talk radio network that leveraged a device everyone has…a phone. Today, BlogTalkRadio is the only platform that provides hosts the ability to interview multiple guests in different locations and take moderated questions from listeners tuning in live via landline, mobile or Skype."
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CBS News correspondent Bill Whitaker reports students are saying "yes" to healthy foods, and "no" to junk food - all thanks to Kristin Richmond and Kirsten Tobey of Revolution Foods.
"We are just so motivated by the idea of creating a healthier generation," Tobey said.
Unlike old school lunchrooms, Revolution Foods won't serve anything with high-fructose corn syrup or trans-fat. Meats and dairy are antibiotic and hormone free. They prefer local, organic ingredients. Nothing is ever fried, but they promise it's always tasty.
"We knew if students were given a choice of a healthy meal that actually tasted really good and looked really good and was approachable to them," Richmond said. "We knew they would eat it."
Five years ago, the Berkely Business School grads behind Revolution were preparing 200 meals a day for one school. Now they're running a company that serves almost 60,000 fresh and healthy meals to mostly low-income students in 350 schools and programs from California to Washington, DC.
It's pricier than standard fare. The government reimburses schools up to $2.75 a meal. Revolution foods cost $3-4 a meal. Schools say the added benefit to the students is worth the added cost.
Their recipe for success: classic dishes with a healthy twist: chicken teriyaki is served over brown rice. Spaghetti and meatballs is made with less sugar in the sauce, and students get a say in the menu.
They're letting them know old eating habits are changing one healthy bite at a time.


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It has been suggested that practicing the mindfulness of Buddhism can greatly help with stress, anxiety, depression and addictive behaviours, as well as having a positive effect on physical problems such as heart disease, chronic pain and other physical challenges.
As we develop mindfulness, through Buddhism we find more balance and creativity in our choices. An ever growing awareness of our inner mechanisms, a deep sense of self and vibrant energy renewal, are part of the internal processes, which enable us to feel more alive and at ease, even in the midst of life's challenges.
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Crum & Forster Hires George Burr as Vice President, California Workers' Compensation Claims
Jan 31, 2013, 08:30 EST
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Mr. Burr brings extensive workers' compensation claims experience to Crum & Forster, most recently serving as Vice President, Claims Operations for Seabright Insurance Company with responsibility for their Western Claims Division. Mr. Burr began his insurance career as a workers' compensation claims adjuster with Safeco Insurance, and subsequently held a number of management roles at Safeco including responsibility for field and home office workers' compensation claim technical functions. Mr. Burr received a B.S. in Business Administration from Chapman University.
Mr. Burr reports to Stephen Eisenmann, Senior Vice President, Claims. Mr. Eisenmann commented: "We are excited to have someone with George's knowledge and experience in workers' compensation claims heading up our West Coast claims operation. George is a welcome addition to the claims management team as he shares C&F's proactive claim management philosophy of early exposure recognition and high customer service standards."
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A woman is saying that her little daughter put her hand in her pocket and took some pills without her mother realizing. She swallowed them and died because of that. Her mother was awake but did not realize that she had taken the pills, and thought that she was only playing. What is the ruling on this, and does the mother have to pay any diyah (blood money) or offer kafaarah (expiation)?
Praise be to Allaah.
We put this question to Shaykh Muhammad ibn Saalih al-'Uthaymeen, may Allaah preserve him, who replied as follows:
The mother has to take good care of her daughter.
Question: but she was not paying attention.
Answer: she does not have to do anything (diyah or kafaarah).
And Allaah knows best.


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Conservative count
Ultra-conservative Sen. Dave Schultheis, R-Colorado Springs, was beating the old anti-immigration drum again this week, although this time he took a slightly different, mischievous tack.
Schultheis, who has made it clear that he wants to rid the state of all illegal immigrants, proposed an amendment to House Bill 1171 on March 29 that would have required schools to count students who are in the country illegally.
Schultheis had the gall to claim in a news release that he was innocently trying to ascertain those figures to help the Department of Education with its budget planning.
"This is simply a fact-finding mission," he says. "School budgets are stretched to the limit. We're only trying to get resources where they're most needed."
Yeah. Right. Luckily, the Democrats knew Schultheis was up to his old tricks and sniffed out his seemingly innocuous plan. They killed the amendment.
The lead paragraph of the Schultheis news release claims the Dems "shot down" the "common-sense proposal."
Common sense for narrow-minded bigots, that is.
Schultheis showed his true colors when he offered a second amendment that would have let illegal immigrants or their children skip the state's CSAP tests.
Probably just out of the goodness of his heart, eh?
Well, no. According to the Colorado Independent, he was doing it to raise CSAP scores, so that those pesky undocumented workers wouldn't pull down the average.
Thankfully, Dems called both failed amendments by their rightful name.
Pink tally
Speaking of counting people, have you returned your U.S. Census form yet?
If so, you probably noticed that while the questionnaire asks about your ethnicity, it doesn't ask about your sexual preference.
Well, the GLBT community wants to be counted, too.
We got a news release from the GLBT Community Center of Colorado about its "Queer the Census" campaign. GLBT people are being provided with bright pink stickers to affix to their Census envelopes, to make a statement.
The Census is used to calculate federal funding and political representation, and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force notes that when GLBT people aren't counted, they don't count when it comes to services, resources and representation.
The bright spot? For the first time this year, same-sex couples who report themselves as legally married will be counted as married in the 2010 Census.
Billionaire bankers are people, too
Poor little rich men. You've just got to feel sorry for them. One minute they were raking it in through sub-prime mortgages and other shell games, playing fast and loose with the nation's economy. The next they're getting billions in federal bailouts, big fat bonuses — and bad PR.
Now all Wall Street bankers want is for you to like them again. To that end, they've launched a public relations campaign designed to help you trust them once more. Financial Services Roundtable, made up of 150 of the largest financial institutions in the United States, is planning a big campaign that includes a website and the use of social media.
Anyone want to friend JP Morgan Chase? How about Citibank? Didn't think so.
"The only ones out there talking are our critics, and it's our turn to set the record straight," Scott Talbott, chief lobbyist for the Roundtable, told the Associated Press.
Set what record straight? It's all a matter of public record, how free market capitalist schemers took every advantage they could, squeezing out every dime of profit, until the whole subprime house of cards came tumbling down. But the economic collapse brought to us by Wall Street hasn't hurt you big bankers as much as it's hurt the average American.
And now it bothers these bankers that people don't like them.
Well, tough shit. Given the difficulty they've put taxpayers through, Wall Street bankers are only getting what they worked hard to earn.
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