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Iceland Travel Guide
Iceland is a big island in the North Atlantic, close to the Arctic Circle, characterized by a wild and colorful landscape, with black lava, red sulfur, blue geysers, green waterfalls and valley, and the coastline is laced by countless gulfs and fjords. If you're interested in nature, then Iceland is the perfect destination. During summer, many companies offer guided tours by bus throughout the country. You can also go hiking on your own, around areas like Thorsmoerk, Snaefellsjoekull and many others. Another alternative is horseback riding.Iceland is one of the most attractive countries due to its volcanoes. Hekla, in the south, erupted 16 times, described by priests to be "the gateway to hell". In the coastal region though, the civilization rules, especially around Reykjavik, where half of the country's population lives. Reykjavik is located in a large gulf, surrounded by mountains and it's an area of thermal springs that create a natural heating system, with no damage to the environment. The capital city is a crowded center, with buildings that combine the old fashion architecture with the modern one. Even though it's a small city, Reykjavik has a lively nightlife, with hundreds of racketeers.
Iceland's Tourist Attractions
Take a trip to the Golden Circle, in Thingvellir, the place where the old Icelandic parliament is located, Gullfos, the most famous waterfall in the country, with a 30m height and Geysir, the place where thermal springs originated from.
- Walk on a black sand beach on the southern coast near Vik, and then visit the folkloric museum in the small village of Skogar.
- Relax in Westfjords. In this spectacular landscape you'll find the most remote villages in the country. Latrabjarg, the northernmost point in Europe, is the biggest rock in the world with birds, at the altitude of 400m.
- Discover the mysterious landscape that consists of mud steam, volcano craters, lava fields and stretches of grass and water, where the birds wander, at the lakeMyvatn, one of the most popular tourist destinations in the country.
- Follow James Bond's footsteps and visit the glacial lagoon Jokulsarlon, a place favorite by photographers and film directors where the floating glaciers create an unreal landscape.
- Join the nature lovers that come every spring in the WestmannIslands, to see the puffins' return to their nests, after spending the winter in the sea. In August millions of puffin chicks leave the nest for the first time and learn to fly.
- Explore Landmannalaguar, the pearl of the central superior territories. This landscape colored in green, yellow, orange and red is dotted by many hot springs and lakes and represents a true paradise for the artists and hikers.
- Visit Akureyri, 60km away from the Arctic Circle that has a gorgeous location, at the end of the Eyjafjordur fjord, the longest one in the country. Explore the GrimseyIsland.
- Bathe in the turquoise waters of the Blue Lagoon. Located in a lunar landscape created by lava fields, the lagoon is renowned for its healing properties and the geothermal water that is rich in minerals.
- Watch the whales! The waters around Iceland are one of the best places in the world where you can spot a variety of whales.
- Go hiking – from the SkaftafellNational Park to Westfjords and SnaefellnesPeninsula.
- The Icelandic horses are a species perfectly adapted to the territory, riding through the lava fields and deserted beaches being a popular sport.
- Spend the New Year in Iceland. Hundreds of camp fires and thousands of fireworks mark the crossing into a new year, in the capital Reykjavik.
- Ride the snowmobile on glaciers. Adrenaline is guaranteed.
- Take part in one of the most impressive nature performances – from September to March you can see the Boreal Aurora.
Icelandic Cuisine
The food in Iceland is mainly based on lamb meat and fish and has many Scandinavian and European influences. The fish represents 70% of the country's exported good. Also, many vegetables are grown here, in natural heated glass houses, with help from the geyser steam. In coffee shop you will pay only the first cup of the coffee, the next ones are free.
Salmon is a great delicacy in Iceland and it's served in many ways. Other national specialties include hangijot (smoked lamb meat), hardfiskur (dried fish) and sild (marinade herring in diverse flavors). Another stranger delicacy is the rotten shark meat. The local beverage is Brennivin, an alcoholic drink made out of potatoes.
Iceland's History
The first inhabitants of Iceland were Irish monks that left the island in the 9th century when the pagan Nordics arrived. In 930 a constitution was established that created a form of democracy and guaranteed an "Althing", the oldest legislative formation in the world that still functions today. The island's history is recorded in the Iceland's sagas from the 13th century.
In 1262-1264 Iceland came under Norway's rule, then Denmark's rule, by the unification of Norway, Sweden and Denmark that took place in 1397. In 1874 created its own constitution and in 1918 its independence was recognized by Denmark. However, Iceland was formally controlled by the Danish monarchy.As long as Denmark was occupied by Germany, during the Second World War, Iceland was successively occupied by British and American troops, which used it as a strategic aeronautic base. On 17th June 1944, after a referendum, Althing proclaimed Iceland as an independent republic.
What You Should Know
Iceland has a homogenous population, concerning the classes, and a strong literary tradition. The way to address is by the first name, because the name is composed of the father's name plus "son" or "daughter". For example, John, the son of Magnus, will be called Magnusson, and his sister Mary will be called Magnusdottir. Fru means Lady and Herra means Sir.
If you happen to lack a conversation topic with a Icelandic, mention the weather. The locals are happy when the tourists wonder about the short winter days and the absence of the nights from May to August.
Credit cards are accepted everywhere, except the Reykjavik city hall. Be prepared to be asked several times what you think about Iceland. It's better to have a prepared answer. The Icelandic are very proud of Iceland and the nature around here, and if you said good things about them, opportunities for guided tours and other services will immediately show up.A popular belief that has been preserved in Iceland refers to the hidden people that live inside the rocks and caves. Bigger rocks are often avoided, not to offend the inhabitants. Some Icelandic claim to have seen these creatures and there is even a museum in Reykjavik dedicated to the hidden men. Even those who don't believe in these creatures avoid talking bad things about them.
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Nokia might be known as a manufacturer of phones, but they also dabble in other businesses as well, such as providing location services based on their HERE platform that provides maps, driving information, and even transit information for those taking public transportation. In a recent blog post by Nokia Conversations, it looks like the Finnish company might have something to announce tomorrow that could be car-related, as the photo above seems to suggest.
This isn't a complete surprise as back in September last year, Nokia did sign deals with car manufacturers such as BMW, Mercedes, Hyundai, and the Volkswagen Group, not to mention a recent interview with GigaOM has revealed some possibilities of Nokia HERE in vehicles. This includes how the platform could be used to help drivers determine the most efficient route for gas consumption, traffic, distance and more. Sounds like a great idea but exactly how deep of an integration are we looking at? Well we guess we'll just have to wait and see. Nokia is expected to make the announcement at 9am GMT tomorrow, so check back with us then for the details.
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Your hands and feet don't get enough attention when it comes to men's skin care. We guys tend to focus on the bigger picture, namely our face and torso. Because of this neglect, dry skin and calluses are a common sight on our hands and feet. To help you get rid of calluses, we've come up with this helpful list that will banish cracked skin once and for all. Use these top tips today to get rid of calluses on men's skin:
1. Hydrate your skin. This is the most effective solution for preventing and getting rid of calluses. By hydrating your skin with a men's moisturizer like MenScience Advanced Body Lotion, you'll infuse your hands and feet with advanced ingredients to keep dry skin and calluses at bay. Regular moisturizing doesn't only keep calluses away – it can also help ward off aging signs like wrinkles and fine lines.
2. Wear shoes and socks that fit. One of most common causes of men's calluses is ill-fitting clothing. If you wear shoes that are too tight, the excess friction can damage the skin on your feet, leading to irritation and calluses. Always wear the appropriate footwear; don't make dumb mistakes like wearing dress shoes to the gym. The same holds true for your hands – if you wear gloves, make sure they aren't three times too small. Comfort is key.
3. Stay covered. The elements can do a number on your skin if you aren't using adequate protection. If it's sunny outside, do your skin a favor and wear a men's SPF 30 sunblock. If it's cold, wear proper-fitting gloves and footwear to keep yourself warm (see #2). Because weather is out of your control, you need to do your best to stay protected.
4. Exfoliate 2-3 times a week. Exfoliation helps remove buildup and dead skin cells that can contribute to callus formation. By exfoliating with a men's body scrubseveral times a week, you'll keep your skin clear and callous-free. Exfoliation can also help with acne breakouts and other common skin problems.
5. Use a pumice stone. A pumice stone can help scrape away calluses. First, soak your feet/hands in warm water for 5-10 minutes. This helps soften the skin. Then gently scrape off the cracked top layer of skin – do not scrape off the underlying layers. You can repeat this process daily until the callus is completely gone.
6. See a dermatologist/podiatrist. If you follow the above steps but calluses keep popping up, you may need to seek professional help. A podiatrist or dermatologist can help determine the cause of your constant calluses and develop a plan to get rid of them. When in doubt, always consult your physician.


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Poor Harry Reid.
The entire world that doesn't pay heed to the mainstream media thinks he and his son Rory are involved in the Bundy Ranch grazing rights showdown with the Bureau of Land Management, and all he can do is sputter that "this isn't over" and make vague threats about a mysterious federal task force he plans to sic on rancher Cliven Bundy.
The so-outraged Reid has resorted to calling Bundy's supporters "domestic terrorists," loudly and repeatedly, to divert attention from the fact that he actually is involved in the BLM mess — though perhaps not exactly in the way initially thought.
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The mainstream media have tried to dismiss the Reid connection by deliberately misrepresenting it. The Las Vegas Sun even seems to think that I personally started the "conspiracy theory" that connects the Reids and a Chinese solar project to Clark County shenanigans. I didn't, and while it's flattering to imagine any calumnous catch phrases cast Dingy Harry's way by yours truly could sway the national agenda, I believe the honor of first blood on that story belongs to Info Wars.
But having now been duly recognized as a rabble rouser, I feel there's more I should say on the subject.
As I've pointed out before, if you follow the money, you'll eventually start to get a sense of the real story.
In the case of Gold Butte, not Bundy's personal ranch property, the fight with the Bureau of Land Management goes back years. Basically, for more than a century, the Bundy family has grazed the disputed land. Call me crazy, call me irresponsible, but I think having the free use of something over a hundred years should convey some sort of ownership right.
But the federal government doesn't see it that way, and in 1993, seemingly at random, the federal government suddenly recognized the local desert tortoise as an endangered species that had to be protected. This resulted in the BLM trying to buy out local ranchers using their own money that had been paid in grazing fees, rather than putting it toward — oh, I dunno — preserving tortoise habitat. Long story short, Bundy got fed up with the BLM and "fired" them — stopped paying his grazing fees. Two decades later, the BLM swooped in to remove Bundy's cattle, which the feds say are illegally grazing on Gold Butte and surrounding environs.
A couple of points need to be made about tortoises and grazing.
First, the tortoises obviously have done fine over more than a century of coexistence with local cattle. Two, just last year, the Bureau of Land Management was slaughtering same said tortoises at a local conservation center for lack of money to care for them. Both these points cast doubt on the assertion that the whole Bundy Ranch Showdown was to protect an endangered species that was probably being served for lunch in the BLM cafeteria. (Note to Las Vegas Sun: You CAN credit me for starting the BLM-served-tortoise-soup story should it happen to catch on.)
Regarding grazing, the BLM says Bundy's cattle are illegally grazing on Gold Butte. If that's the case, then he's trespassing. And if that's the case, he shouldn't owe any grazing fees. If he owes grazing fees, then that implies he has some legal right to use the land, albeit he is expected to pay a tax for it. If that's the case, then he's not trespassing and his cattle aren't there illegally, he is just in arrears. I'm sure this all makes sense to government lawyers and judges who can pull treaties and agreements out of their derrieres to prove their case, but to ordinary folk, this seems like a little bit of circular logic.
But back to Harry Reid.
Obviously, the whole tortoise-grazing fee thing didn't wash in light of the BLM bringing in an armed 200-man army plus out-of-state backup to round up some cows, which witnesses say were chased to ground in helicopters in some cases. Then some documents on the BLM's own website came to light.
At first blush, the story that emerged from those documents involved plans by a Chinese energy firm, ENN, represented by Rory Reid, to build a $5 billion project in Laughlin, clear at the south end of the state, and to buy a plot of land in Clark County, where the County Commission, formerly chaired by Rory Reid, voted to sell the land for pennies on the dollar.
As part of what the BLM has termed the Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone, alternative energy projects in Clark County would pay into a fund to "mitigate" the Gold Butte and surrounding areas. The Las Vegas Sun (I'm just going to keep picking on you guys) said that the Dry Lake solar zone doesn't match up with the Gold Butte area, but according to the BLM, its plans "consist of restoration and preservation measures prescribed for the Gold Butte Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC), but for which sufficient resources have been unavailable. The Gold Butte ACEC is in the same ecological zone (ecoregion) and subzone as the Dry Lake SEZ and is of the same vegetation community. The Gold Butte ACEC provides habitat for all of the wildlife, including the special status species, found in the Dry Lake SEZ."
Translation: The BLM expects a bunch of alternative-energy businesses to move into the Dry Lake SEZ and tear up tortoise habitat, but that's OK, because those companies will pay to beef up the tortoise country club planned at Gold Butte, if only that Bundy character would get out of the way. And, oh yeah, there's a lot of money the BLM plans to soak from the businesses it's going to let chew up "public" lands.
Well, it turns out that the ENN deal the Reids were working on fell through. However, never count out a schemer like Dingy Harry or his friends.
The BLM's mitigation plan wasn't just designed for one company. BLM records show plans for at least 50 renewable energy projects in Nevada, Arizona and California.
In March, Reid joined in the groundbreaking for the Moapa Southern Paiute Solar Project, just southwest of Gold Butte. That project, to be built partly on an Indian reservation and partly on BLM-managed lands, involves K Road Power, a New York energy company, as the major leaseholder. K Road's business development manager is Jonathan Magaziner, former associate at the Clinton Climate Initiative of the William J. Clinton Foundation and son of President Clinton's senior policy adviser Ira Magaziner.
A BLM map of planned renewable energy projects also shows a company called First Solar among 11 projects sited in Clark County. The list of investors for First Solar includes Goldman Sachs, Ted Turner, Paul Tudor Jones and Al Gore. Here's my personal favorite part, though: First Solar's CEO is Michael Ahearn. Ahearn is a fundraiser for President Obama and … ta da! … Harry Reid.
Small world, ain't it?
These projects are all part of a much larger plan by the Democratic Party to turn the West into essentially a giant battery. The President's New Energy for America Plan calls for 10 percent of U.S. electricity to be generated by renewable sources by two years ago, a goal that has been slightly surpassed at this point. However, it also calls for a whopping 25 percent by 2025.
My guess is they're running a little behind schedule.
According to the BLM, a 2009 memo from the secretary of the interior demanded that the Department of the Interior make renewable energy development a top priority. The Moapa solar project is on the fast-track list, according to a BLM report.
So the reason why Cliven Bundy's cattle were the target of an armed invasion really had only peripherally to do with grazing fees and even less to do with a tortoise. The truth at this point seems to be that he stands in the way of a massive plot — dare we say conspiracy? — to make a whole lot of business and political figures on the Left a whole lot richer.
The BLM went up to Clark County to clear the way for the people who think they own this country. It's just too bad for Dingy Harry and friends that the federal agents found out that there are still Americans who, right or wrong, won't be pushed around so easily.


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Whether the half-cent sales tax had passed or not, it appears the 130,000 square feet of retail space in the old Robinson's department store in Horton Plaza is not far away from the wrecking ball.
Roger Showley reported this morning (Nov. 4) that Westfield Group offered to demolish the old department store near the remodeled Balboa Theatre and convert it into park land, in exchange for not making further annual payments to Centre City Development Corporation.
Westfield appears to be aware of Nathan Fletcher's SB 863 tax-increment cap removal amendment that may allow CCDC to divert an unlimited amount of new tax revenues from the City of San Diego to CCDC.
The estimated CCDC bailout of Westfield may be $35 million in canceled anticipated revenues between now and 2035, but those anticipated revenues to CCDC from Westfield seem high in light of declining Horton Plaza retail sales.
Without mentioning the hastily-made proposal only days after Proposition D's failure at the polls, Westfield Group's property portfolio for Horton Plaza currently states, "As part of a multi-stage, evolutionary revitalization, a portion of the center has been recently recrafted to house upscale fashion apparel retailers. Subsequent plans envision the complete transformation of the former Robinson's-May into flagship retail space, extensive remodeling of the venue to enhance its ambience and elegance, along with the creation of improved street connections to better integrate the center into surrounding avenues" [emphasis added].
The Westfield Group proposal to take that much retail space off the local market comes as Westfield opens its new Sydney flagship shopping center in Australia. According to Australia's Business Spectator, Westfield Group Ltd will enter a pre-open trading halt pending the release of an announcement until the beginning of trade on November 8 or when an announcement is released.
A telling photograph from the Westfield Group web site. Notice how the Robinson-May building and most of the mall's movie theaters are just not in the picture... and at nearly close of business today, San Diego time, the emphasized statement in the above blog post remains on the corporate web site.
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There are legitimate reasons to support or oppose the proposed deal but please start by accurately stating the facts. The Horton Plaza redevelopment zone is not part of the area where the cap has been lifted.
The tax increment cap was not merely lifted to $9 billion from its previous $2.9 billion but rather eliminated entirely in legislation tied to the recent state budget talks, so that there is no legal limit to prevent that tax increment amount for redevelopment from surpassing $9 billion or more. The Westfield Group Horton Plaza site is completely within CCDC's project boundaries.
Nathan Fletcher's earmark amendment to SB 863 contains no language restricting the use of tax increment funds, and does contain language that gives the earmark effect over all other statutory provisions in law as well as previous San Diego redevelopment agreements.
With the cap eliminated, CCDC has no real limits on what it can draw from City tax revenues, and the state legislature has shown itself willing to change the laws on San Diego redevelopment as it pleases, when it pleases, as it has just recently to eliminate the cap. With that kind of draw on at least $6 billion and possibly more in future tax revenues, CCDC can easily write off the estimated $35 million from Horton Plaza retail and parking income that was to be paid until 2035 and give up land to City of San Diego for a park, in exchange for goodwill on the City Council AKA Redevelopment Agency to secure permission for future CCDC development to remove "blight."
On the bright side, there is now no real reason why all overhead power lines in the CCDC project area can't be underground by 2012, unless the failure of Prop. D becomes a issuance ratings factor that reduces CCDC's ability to raise funds through debt offerings that are covered by future tax increment revenue to CCDC. If CCDC can't fund this "blight" improvement, then one wonders just how many local construction jobs were really anticipated from Fletcher's CCDC bailout earmark.
Horton Plaza is one beautiful shopping center IMO!
RE "Horton Plaza is one beautiful shopping center IMO!":
I've enjoyed shopping there in the past, but some stores I used to shop at simply no longer exist post-Crash of 2008.
I personally have not been there in the last 2 years.......I know Horton Plaza is not the only shopping center with declining sales-sales have declined everywhere the last 2 years....
This is interesting. Let me see if I interpret it correctly. There is the possibility that redevelopment money would bail out Horton Plaza? Also, I know the Plaza but I can't place the Robinson building.
It faces Broadway, directly across the street from the US Grant Hotel, behind the grass and fountain;
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Thanks for the pictures S.P. Who would have thought this would become wrecking ball material so soon.
In any case, it is NOT a potential site for a football stadium.


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Arnica cream or gel is used topically to heal wounds and rashes, treat acne and boils, soothe sore muscles, calm inflammation and decrease swelling, according to WebMD. Arnica relieves pain and promotes blood reabsorption. Arnica is helpful in treating bruises, adds Healthline.
Topical arnica is commonly used to reduce pain and bruising and speed healing by individuals who have undergone plastic surgery, reports Healthline. Studies show that arnica gel is effective in treating knee osteoarthritis, but another study found it to be only as effective as ibuprofen for reducing the pain of hand arthritis. In another study on leg pain, arnica increased calf pain after 24 hours, so the efficacy results for arnica are mixed as of 2015.
The Arnica Montana is a yellow-orange flower found in Europe and Siberia, derived from the same family as daisies, dandelions, marigolds and sunflowers, notes WebMD. Arnica is for topical use only; the flower is toxic if ingested and can cause vomiting, interfere with breathing, and result in a heart attack or death. Individuals may develop a skin rash due to an allergic reaction to arnica, especially if hypersensitivity exists to other members of the same flower family. Arnica should not be used on wounds or broken skin. Pregnant and nursing women should not use arnica; the Food and Drug Administration does not regulate the homeopathic product.


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I don't think anyone is the same after something like the loss of their father. When he died I was stunned. It felt like I had been hit over the head with a piece of 4x2 timber. That shock takes a long time to subside and probably never goes away completely. I still think of Don as the man with all the advice. His stories are alive in me and I find myself retelling things he said and did as if he was still around. Is it wrong or strange to mention him as if he is still here and use the present tense? It is not as if I cannot let him go, it is more that the emotion in the first couple of years is still raw and the wound still healing and I like to protect his memory as something hugely valuable that will always loom large in my heart. He didn't want to die, and I didn't want to loose him but dreadful as this part of life is, it is unavoidable as is the time necessary to recover.
Getting back to my diary I realize how long it has been since I was last making posts. It is not that nothing important has happened - on the contrary, it has been a momentous year with events that have been life changing. In particular Elizabeth coming into my life and to a lesser extent creating a large painting for a new Music Center in Poland. I would have liked for my father to see both but that wasn't to be. With such emotional events there is plenty to talk about but sometimes the feeling for a certain privacy prevails and consequently my diary has languished, and feelings have been shared only within my close circle.
I can understand why just with typing these few words. Emotion is welling up inside me and I am experiencing that horrible feeling in the stomach and I feel the weight on my shoulder. I think those who find it easiest to just cry their feelings out might reach a point sooner where they no longer need to cry. Maybe not. I do know that being a man is a double edged sword at a time like this. We do find in ourselves the strength to be a rock and carry on through the sea of emotions, but in our strength we sometimes cannot just cry into the wind like we really should do.
It is also easier for those who believe in after life's in a literal sense. Sure I believe in a metaphorical living on of his spirit. Every time I think of him for example he is alive in me but that is very different to some invisible metaphysical being with thoughts and feelings that lives in some spiritual realm and continues on as if it was Don living in a community of similar ethereal beings or metaphysical souls that are conscious and can live forever or return to earth in another form. People who really believe those sort of things feel less loss and maybe even a kind of celebration that their loved one is in a better place and they too have less fear of their own death. Unfortunately a true skeptic requires quantifiable and verifiable evidence when figuring out the workings of the universe around us and in light of the lack of evidence of the existence of a metaphysical world or we have to face the bleak prospect that death is a very final thing. My father didn't believe there is any life after passing from this one and I cannot disagree with him. Unfortunately that finality is hard to deal with sometimes.
Apart from the loss of life, death also takes with it the sharing of future things. My father would have thought the Polish painting that I would be doing the following year was just another waste of time as he saw all art in those terms, but Elizabeth he would have loved and welcomed as a long lost daughter. I think both of them would have found it difficult not to like each other. When death takes someone in the family it takes so many opportunities too.
So now life has changed and it is time to do normal things like make posts in my diary and other web sites. So much of my web world had become neglected during the last year or two and this last month I have been updating existing sites, creating new Facebook and Twitter pages, and created a brand new web site for the sketch club. Practical considerations meant that the need for survival dictated more practical sites got the attention first, but now my diary is open for my musings again. It is another milestone in the process of getting back to normal and writing these very emotional words an important part of the healing process. Another part is admitting that I miss him a great deal.


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Stop Doing Meta-Work Now!
While walking around the office I happened upon a relatively new employee dragging emails from his inbox into folders. I asked why and was told, "I'm just answering emails and getting stuff off my desk." An empty inbox may be emotionally satisfying to look at, but in practice, you should never do it. Here's why.


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When was the last time you visited the little town of Castle Rock, Colorado? Has it been awhile? Just south of Denver, for many traveling along I-25 Castle Rock is simply a place we pass on our way to Colorado Springs. Of course, some may stop and fill up. Others might visit the ever-expanding Outlet Mall (slash) Promenade. And that's just fine with most us who live there. We're happy to see you, but even happier to see you go home.


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because it is the only way Emily knows how to love.
When Homer Baron, a construction worker, comes into Emily's life he sheds hope into her life. He offers Emily a chance to feel love and to receive the affection she has previously only dreamed of. Together they take Sunday carriage rides, and for awhile, the town's people seem to think that Emily will finally wed. It appears to them that Emily has finally found her rose.
Emily then sets out to fulfill the ultimate form of the rose dream, that of marriage. She purchases "a man's toilet set in silver, with the letters H.B. on each piece" and "a complete outfit of men's clothing, including a nightshirt". However, Homer disappears when his work is through, leaving Emily once again without a rose. Within a couple of
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weeks Homer, is seen entering Emily's house late at night. Emily realizes that Homer has no plans to stay, so she demonstrates her love the only way she knows how, by killing him. In her own way, she forces Homer ...
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NEWARK, Del. (CBS) – A Delaware teacher has been arrested and charged with assaulting a student last month.
The incident occurred on Monday, April 16th around 9:25 a.m. at Kirk Middle School in Newark, Delaware. A 13-year-old male student was inside of a school classroom when a female teacher walked into the room. The student made a comment about the teacher, which was overheard by another teacher, 38-year-old Iris Saunders. When Saunders told the student to apologize and he refused, Saunders "plucked" the victim in the mouth with her finger, causing a minor injury. The victim was treated by the school nurse.
An investigation into the incident began on Friday, April 27, 2012 when a police officer on-duty at the middle school was informed about what happened.
Iris Saunders, of Bear, is charged with Disorderly Conduct and Assault in the 3rd Degree.
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Sheree Toth, professor of psychology, associate professor of psychiatry, and the executive director of the University of Rochester's Mt. Hope Family Center, was honored with the Outstanding Research Career Achievement Award from the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children.
"For more than 25 years, Professor Toth has made highly significant contributions to research on the consequences of child maltreatment," said Ronald Hughes, chair of the awards committee, at the presentation of the honor on June 27 during the organization's colloquium in Las Vegas.
Citing Toth's important contributions to both clinical methods as well as basic research in child development, Hughes pointed out that 20 of Toth's papers are already considered "citation classics by virtue of being cited over 100 times."
Toth, who joined the University faculty in 1985, has helped Mt. Hope Family Center achieve national recognition in the treatment of childhood trauma, maternal depression, and attachment disorders.
"From its inception, Mt. Hope Family Center's program of research was dedicated to being translated into interventions designed to improve the well-being of vulnerable children," said Toth.
Toth's commitment to community has led to the center's participation in evidence-based interventions with local programs including Healthy Futures, Building Healthy Children, the Incredible Years Collaborative, and BASIC prevention and intervention services. Under her leadership, Mt. Hope Family Center was selected to join the National Child Traumatic Stress Network in 2009, which has allowed the center to share treatment methods with training facilities and service providers nationwide.
Toth's dedication to reducing the devastating impact of childhood trauma has been a career-long endeavor. She has received funding from the National Institute of Mental Health since 1991 to conduct investigations with children who have been mistreated or whose mothers suffer from depression. Most recently, she was awarded $1.6 million from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to provide treatment for children from civilian and military families exposed to trauma, including domestic violence. The author of 67 peer-reviewed papers and dozens of articles, Toth has advanced the understanding of the psychological and physiological harm that negative caregiving has on child development.
In addition to research, Toth teaches graduate courses in clinical psychology and evidence-based child psychotherapy and mentors doctoral students. She has served as an editor for several journals, including Development and Psychopathology, and was a standing member of the NIH Psychosocial Development, Risk, and Prevention Integrated Review Group. She earned a master's degree and a doctorate in clinical psychology from Case Western Reserve University.
In her award acceptance speech, Toth emphasized the importance of continuing to develop and evaluate interventions for maltreated children. She also acknowledged long-time colleagues Dante Cicchetti, Jody Todd Manly, and Fred Rogosch and thanked the research and clinical staff of Mt. Hope Family Center.
The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children is the leading national organization supporting professionals who serve children and families affected by child maltreatment and violence. A multi-disciplinary group, the society supports training and educational activities, policy leadership, and consultation that emphasize theoretically sound, evidence-based principles.


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Which of the two powerful men in her life wants Lauren dead?
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When a multi-national corporation wants to buy the estate and turn it into a health spa for the very rich, turning the artists and writers out of their rented cottages, Lauren volunteers to lead the protest against the sale. The move brings her into direct conflict with Jon Rush, the powerful CEO of Rush Co. International.
An instant attraction springs up between them, although Lauren is reluctant to trust the handsome industrialist. When Lauren's studio is trashed and her life is threatened, Jon fears she's being targeted by the mysterious person trying to destroy his company a villain not afraid to use violence in his determination to see Jon suffer.
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"Damn it, Warren, surely you can come up with something better than this?" Jon Rush, president ofone of Canada's largest independent business conglomerates, glared at the man who faced him across the cluttered mahogany desktop.
"I pay you for facts, not fairy tales. You've taken a whole series of unrelated events and turned them into some kind of soap opera plot!" Jon ran his fingers through his thick blond hair in a characteristic gesture of frustration.
It was the gesture the heavyset black man across the desk had been waiting for. Warren Dillon, chief of security for Rush Co., was one of the few men who knew Jon Rush well enough not to be intimidated in the face of his anger. Their friendship went back a long way, back to the dark days of their tour of duty in the burning deserts of the Persian Gulf, where the privileged son of a Canadian industrialist and the angry young black youth from the Southside slums of Chicago had forged a lasting friendship.
Coolly, Dillon watched as Jon Rush slammed down the thick red file folder causing a small blizzard of papers to break loose from their untidy stacks on the desk. Then he let out a heavy sigh and, leaning forward in his leather-covered chair, began speaking slowly and quietly, punctuating his words with a stabbing forefinger.
"Jon, your problem is you just won't believe anyone would betray Rush Co. from the inside. Didn't you learn anything in the Gulf? You've said it yourself - everyone has their price." He paused for a moment, waiting for Jon's face to react as the words sank in, and then continued in the same deep, intense tone.
"Even you have to admit that Rush Co. is in trouble. We've gone from being the golden-haired boy of the stock market to a walking crisis center in just a few months. Do you really believe that's just bad luck? Well, do you? Or would you rather own up to jackass management?"
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[Federal Register: August 1, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 147)] [Notices] [Page 42061-42065] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr01au07-48] Download: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Postsecondary Education; Overview Information; Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program (URR); Notice Inviting Applications for New Awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: 84.345A Dates: Applications Available: August 1, 2007. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: August 31, 2007. Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit educational organizations that research, display, interpret, and collect artifacts relating to the history of the Underground Railroad. Available Funds: $1,980,000. Estimated Range of Awards: $500,000-$1,000,000 total for up to three years. [[Page 42062]] Estimated Number of Awards: 2. Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice. Project Period: Up to 36 months. Full Text of Announcement I. Funding Opportunity Description Purpose of Program: The purpose of this program is to provide grants to establish a facility to house, display, and interpret artifacts related to the history of the Underground Railroad, and to make the interpretive efforts available to institutions of higher education that award a baccalaureate or graduate degree. Special Requirements: Each nonprofit educational organization awarded a grant under this program must enter into an agreement with the Department. Each agreement must require the organization-- (1) To demonstrate substantial private support for the facility through the implementation of a public-private partnership between a State or local public entity and a private entity for the support of the facility. The private entity must provide matching funds in an amount equal to four times the amount of the contribution of the State or local public entity, except that not more than 20 percent of the matching funds may be provided by the Federal Government; (2) To create an endowment to fund any and all shortfalls in the costs of the on-going operations of the facility; (3) To establish a network of satellite centers throughout the United States to help disseminate information regarding the Underground Railroad throughout the United States. These satellite centers must raise 80 percent of the funds required to establish the satellite centers from non-Federal public and private sources; (4) To establish the capability to link the facility electronically with other local and regional facilities that have collections and programs that interpret the history of the Underground Railroad; and (5) To submit, for each fiscal year for which an organization receives funding under this program, a report to the Department that contains-- (a) A description of the programs and activities supported by the funding; (b) The audited financial statement of the organization for the preceding fiscal year; (c) A plan for the programs and activities to be supported by the funding, as the Secretary may require; and (d) An evaluation of the programs and activities supported by the funding, as the Secretary may require. Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1153. Applicable Regulations: The Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) in 34 CFR parts 74, 75, 77, 79, 80, 82, 84, 85, 86, 97, 98 and 99. II. Award Information Type of Award: Discretionary grants. Available Funds: $1,980,000. Estimated Range of Awards: $500,000-$1,000,000 total for up to three years. Estimated Number of Awards: 2. Note: The Department is not bound by any estimates in this notice. Project Period: Up to 36 months. III. Eligibility Information 1. Eligible Applicants: Nonprofit educational organizations that research, display, interpret, and collect artifacts relating to the history of the Underground Railroad. 2. Cost Sharing or Matching: Not more than 20% of the total funds for this project may be provided by the Federal Government. See 20 U.S.C. 1153(b)(2). IV. Application and Information Submission 1. Address to Request Application Package: Jay Donahue, U.S. Department of Education, room 6164, 1990 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20006-8544. Telephone: (202) 502-7507 or by e-mail: email@example.com. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339. Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of the application package in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) by contacting the program contact person listed in this section. 2. Content and Form of Application Submission: Requirements concerning the content of applications, together with the forms you must submit, are in the application package and instructions for this program. Page Limit: The program narrative is where you, the applicant, address the selection criteria that reviewers use to evaluate your application. You must limit the section of the narrative that addresses the selection criteria to the equivalent of no more than 30 pages, using the following standards:
A ``page'' is 8.5'' x 11'', on one side only, with 1'' margins at the top, bottom, and both sides. Page numbers and an identifier may be within the 1'' margin. Double space (no more than three lines per vertical inch) all text in the application narrative, except titles, headings, footnotes, quotations, references, captions and all text in charts, tables, and graphs. Use one of the following fonts: Times New Roman, Courier, Courier New, or Arial. Applications submitted in any other font (including Times Roman and Arial Narrow) will be rejected. Use not less than 12-point font. The page limit does not apply to: the application for federal assistance (SF 424), the Supplemental Information Required for Department of Education Grants, the budget information summary form (ED Form 524), and the assurances and certifications. The page limit also does not apply to a table of contents. The budget narrative and any attachments or appendices will be counted as part of the Program Narrative for purposes of the page limit requirement. You must include your complete response to the selection criteria in the program narrative. We will reject your application if-- You apply these standards and exceed the page limit; or You apply other standards and exceed the equivalent of the page limit. 3. Submission Dates and Times: Applications Available: August 1, 2007. Deadline for Transmittal of Applications: August 31, 2007. Applications for grants under this competition must be submitted electronically using the Grants.gov Apply site (Grants.gov). For information (including dates and times) about how to submit your application electronically or by mail or hand delivery if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, please refer to section IV. 6. Other Submission Requirements. We do not consider an application that does not comply with the deadline requirements. Individuals with disabilities who need an accommodation or auxiliary aid in connection with the application process should contact the person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII in this notice. If the Department provides accommodation or auxiliary aid to an individual with a disability in connection with the application process, the individual's application remains subject to all other requirements and limitations in this notice. 4. Intergovernmental Review: This program is subject to Executive Order 12372 and the regulations in 34 CFR [[Page 42063]] part 79. Information about Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs under Executive Order 12372 is in the application package for this program. 5. Funding Restrictions: We reference regulations outlining funding restrictions in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice. 6. Other Submission Requirements: Applications for grants under this competition must be submitted electronically unless you qualify for an exception to this requirement in accordance with the instructions in this section at: http://www.grants.gov. a. Electronic Submission of Applications. Applications for grants under the Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program--CFDA Number 84.345A must be submitted electronically using the Governmentwide Grants.gov Apply site at: http://www.Grants.gov. Through this site, you will be able to download a copy of the application package, complete it offline, and then upload and submit your application. You may not e-mail an electronic copy of a grant application to us. We will reject your application if you submit it in paper format unless, as described elsewhere in this section, you qualify for one of the exceptions to the electronic submission requirement and submit, no later than two weeks before the application deadline date, a written statement to the Department that you qualify for one of these exceptions. Further information regarding calculation of the date that is two weeks before the application deadline date is provided later in this section under Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement. You may access the electronic grant application for the Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program at: http://www.grants.gov. You must search for the downloadable application package for this program by the CFDA number. Do not include the CFDA number's alpha suffix in your search. Please note the following: When you enter the Grants.gov site, you will find information about submitting an application electronically through the site, as well as the hours of operation. Applications received by Grants.gov are date and time stamped. Your application must be fully uploaded and submitted, and must be date and time stamped by the Grants.gov system no later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. Except as otherwise noted in this section, we will not consider your application if it is date and time stamped by the Grants.gov system later than 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. When we retrieve your application from Grants.gov, we will notify you if we are rejecting your application because it was date and time stamped by the Grants.gov system after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. The amount of time it can take to upload an application will vary depending on a variety of factors including the size of the application and the speed of your Internet connection. Therefore, we strongly recommend that you do not wait until the application deadline date to begin the submission process through Grants.gov. You should review and follow the Education Submission Procedures for submitting an application through Grants.gov that are included in the application package for this competition to ensure that you submit your application in a timely manner to the Grants.gov system. You can also find the Education Submission Procedures pertaining to Grants.gov at http://e-Grants.ed.gov/help/GrantsgovSubmissionProcedures.pdf. To submit your application via Grants.gov, you must complete all steps in the Grants.gov registration process (see http://www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp). These steps include (1) registering your organization, a multi-part process that includes registration with the Central Contractor Registry (CCR); (2) registering yourself as an Authorized Organization Representative (AOR); and (3) getting authorized as an AOR by your organization. Details on these steps are outlined in the Grants.gov 3-Step Registration Guide (see http://www.grants.gov/section910/Grants.govRegistrationBrochure.pdf). You also must provide on your application the same D-U-N-S Number used with this registration. Please note that the registration process may take five or more business days to complete, and you must have completed all registration steps to allow you to submit successfully an application via Grants.gov. In addition you will need to update your CCR registration on an annual basis. This may take three or more business days to complete. You will not receive additional point value because you submit your application in electronic format, nor will we penalize you if you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, as described elsewhere in this section, and submit your application in paper format. You must submit all documents electronically, including all information you typically provide on the following forms: Application for Federal Education Assistance (SF 424), the Department of Education Supplemental Information for SF 424, Budget Information-- Non-Construction Programs (ED 524), and all necessary assurances and certifications. Please note that two of these forms--the SF 424 and the Department of Education Supplemental Information for SF 424--have replaced the ED 424 (Application for Federal Education Assistance). You must attach any narrative sections of your application as files in a .DOC (document), .RTF (rich text), or .PDF (Portable Document) format. If you upload a file type other than the three file types specified in this paragraph or submit a password-protected file, we will not review that material. Your electronic application must comply with any page- limit requirements described in this notice. After you electronically submit your application, you will receive from Grants.gov an automatic notification of receipt that contains a Grants.gov tracking number. (This notification indicates receipt by Grants.gov only, not receipt by the Department.) The Department then will retrieve your application from Grants.gov and send a second notification to you by e-mail. This second notification indicates that the Department has received your application and has assigned your application a PR/Award number (an ED-specific identifying number unique to your application). We may request that you provide us original signatures on forms at a later date. Application Deadline Date Extension in Case of Technical Issues With the Grants.gov System: If you are experiencing problems submitting your application through Grants.gov, please contact the Grants.gov Support Desk at 1-800-518-4726. You must obtain a Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number and must keep a record of it. If you are prevented from electronically submitting your application on the application deadline date because of technical problems with the Grants.gov system, we will grant you an extension until 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, the following business day to enable you to transmit your application electronically, or by hand delivery. You also may mail your application by following the mailing instructions as described elsewhere in this notice. If you submit an application after 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the [[Page 42064]] application deadline date, please contact the person listed elsewhere in this notice under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT in section VII in this notice and provide an explanation of the technical problem you experienced with Grants.gov, along with the Grants.gov Support Desk Case Number. We will accept your application if we can confirm that a technical problem occurred with the Grants.gov system and that the problem affected your ability to submit your application by 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, on the application deadline date. The Department will contact you after a determination is made on whether your application will be accepted. Note: The extensions to which we refer in this section apply only to the unavailability of, or technical problems with, the Grants.gov system. We will not grant you an extension if you failed to fully register to submit your application to Grants.gov before the application deadline date and time, or if the technical problem you experienced is unrelated to the Grants.gov system. Exception to Electronic Submission Requirement: You qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, and may submit your application in paper format, if you are unable to submit an application through the Grants.gov system because-- You do not have access to the Internet; or You do not have the capacity to upload large documents to the Grants.gov system; and No later than two weeks before the application deadline date (14 calendar days; or, if the fourteenth calendar day before the application deadline date falls on a Federal holiday, the next business day following the Federal holiday), you mail or fax a written statement to the Department, explaining which of the two grounds for an exception prevent you from using the Internet to submit your application. If you mail your written statement to the Department, it must be postmarked no later than two weeks before the application deadline date. If you fax your written statement to the Department, we must receive the faxed statement no later than two weeks before the application deadline date. Address and mail or fax your statement to: Jay Donahue, U.S. Department of Education, room 6164, 1990 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20006-8544. FAX: (202) 502-7877. Your paper application must be submitted in accordance with the mail or hand delivery instructions described in this notice. b. Submission of Paper Applications by Mail. If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, you may mail (through the U.S. Postal Service or a commercial carrier) your application to the Department. You must mail the original and two copies of your application, on or before the application deadline date, to the Department at the applicable following address: By mail through the U.S. Postal Service: U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number 84.345A), 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20202-4260; or By mail through a commercial carrier: U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center--Stop 4260, Attention: (CFDA Number 84.345A), 7100 Old Landover Road, Landover, MD 20785-1506, Regardless of which address you use, you must show proof of mailing consisting of one of the following: (1) A legibly dated U.S. Postal Service postmark, (2) A legible mail receipt with the date of mailing stamped by the U.S. Postal Service, (3) A dated shipping label, invoice, or receipt from a commercial carrier, or (4) Any other proof of mailing acceptable to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education. If you mail your application through the U.S. Postal Service, we do not accept either of the following as proof of mailing: (1) A private metered postmark, or (2) A mail receipt that is not dated by the U.S. Postal Service. If your application is postmarked after the application deadline date, we will not consider your application. Note: The U.S. Postal Service does not uniformly provide a dated postmark. Before relying on this method, you should check with your local post office. c. Submission of Paper Applications by Hand Delivery. If you qualify for an exception to the electronic submission requirement, you (or a courier service) may deliver your paper application to the Department by hand. You must deliver the original and two copies of your application by hand, on or before the application deadline date, to the Department at the following address: U.S. Department of Education, Application Control Center, Attention: (CFDA Number 84.345A), 550 12th Street, SW., Room 7041, Potomac Center Plaza, Washington, DC 20202-4260. The Application Control Center accepts hand deliveries daily between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Washington, DC time, except Saturdays, Sundays, and Federal holidays. Note for Mail or Hand Delivery of Paper Applications: If you mail or hand deliver your application to the Department-- (1) You must indicate on the envelope and-- if not provided by the Department--in Item 11 of the SF 424 the CFDA number, including suffix letter, if any, of the competition under which you are submitting your application; and (2) The Application control Center will mail to you a notification of receipt of your grant application. If you do not receive this notification within 15 business days from the application deadline date, you should call the U.S. Department of Education Application Control Center at (202) 245-6288. V. Application Review Information Selection Criteria: The selection criteria for this competition are from 34 CFR 75.210 of EDGAR and are listed in the application package. VI. Award Administration Information 1. Award Notices: If your application is successful, we notify your U.S. Representative and U.S. Senators and send you a Grant Award Notification (GAN). We may also notify you informally. If your application is not evaluated or not selected for funding, we notify you. 2. Administrative and National Policy Requirements: We identify administrative and national policy requirements in the application package and reference these and other requirements in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice. We reference the regulations outlining the terms and conditions of an award in the Applicable Regulations section of this notice and include these and other specific conditions in the GAN. The GAN also incorporates your approved application as part of your binding commitments under the grant. 3. Reporting: At the end of your project period, you must submit a final performance report, including financial information, as directed by the Secretary. If you receive a multi-year award, you must submit an annual performance report that provides the most current performance and financial expenditure information as specified by the Secretary in 34 CFR 75.118. 4. Performance Measures: The success of this program depends upon the manner in which projects are being institutionalized and continued after funding. This performance measure constitutes the indicator of the success of the program. If funded, you will be asked to collect and report data from your project on steps taken toward [[Page 42065]] achieving this goal. Consequently, applicants are advised to include this outcome in conceptualizing the design, implementation, and evaluation of their proposed projects. VII. Agency Contact For Further Information Contact: Jay Donahue, U.S. Department of Education, room 6164, 1990 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20006-8544. Telephone: (202) 502-7507. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339. Individuals with disabilities may obtain this document in an alternative format (e.g., Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) on request to the program contact person listed in this section. VIII. Other Information Eletronic Access to This Document: You may view this document, as well as all other documents of this Department published in the Federal Register, in text or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) on the Internet at the following site: http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister. To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), toll free, at 1-888-293-6498; or in the Washington, DC, area at (202) 512-1530. Note: The official version of this document is the document published in the Federal Register Free Internet access to the official edition of the Federal Register and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html. Dated: July 26, 2007. James F. Manning, Delegated the Authority of Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education. [FR Doc. E7-14929 Filed 7-31-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-P


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Inspired by the wonderful beet salad at Harvest Vine, I tried to replicate it at home. Remembering the description on the menu, (red and golden beets, olive oil, sherry vinegar, garlic) I wondered it that's all there was to it. So I thought I'd take a shot at re-creating this dish at home. If I've … Continue reading
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — OK, so I was wrong about gold.
In my first column of the year, I boldly predicted gold GC1Z would top $1,700 an ounce in 2011. Now it's passed $1,800.
"A rising gold price is God's little messenger, reminding us the money we save for the future is just paper," I wrote.
Back to 1987
for stocks?
Our Trading Deck has been home to a spirited debate over whether we're in for a crash.
• L.A. Little: Don't worry | Michael Gayed: Worry
• The warning signs of a 1987-style crash
• Hulbert: Stocks as overvalued as at 2007 high
Geez, I sounded like one of those crackpot spokesmen from the AM radio commercials: "Gold has never been worth zero!" And nobody seemed to take me seriously since I admitted that my forecast was based on questions posed to my Magic 8-Ball, rather than insights from a real market analyst or economist.
I've written columns bullish on gold since 2003, after gold hit an astonishing, nose-bleeding, long-time high of $385 an ounce.
Those were the good ol' days when, if you said something nice about gold, readers would email to call you a "gold bug" or some kind of conspiracy theorist planning for the end of the United States of America, or something.
When gold rallied well over $500 an ounce in 2005, I interviewed some very smart people who were pretty sure gold was just another bubble.
"It's had a nice run over the last 24 months," Jeff Thredgold, an economist with Vectra Bank Colorado, told me in 2005. "But gold is easily the single-worst investment of the last 25 years."
Economic outlooks were markedly different in 2005. Back then, we were looking for another record quarter for stocks and more sizzling new highs for home sales. Today, we're happy to hear our government isn't going to default on its trillions of dollars in debts.
Since the 2008 crash, and our ongoing failure to pull out of it, most people should have a pretty clear idea about where gold is headed and why. I don't have to tell you it's going to be worth $2,000, $3,000, $5,000 or ultimately, two giant truckloads of canned food and ammunition, at the rate we're going. But perhaps you've been distracted by naysayers along the way.
In a week heralding new records for gold, and a frightening dive for stocks, I thought it would be fun to look at some old news stories and examine examples of the gold bashing we've done over the past couple of years, much of it stemming from those moments when gold takes its inevitable, but temporary, pullbacks:
• "We had a bubble in gold fueled by exasperation and the inability to make money in stocks. Investors were hit by all the bubble sales pitches that suggested gold was a 'can't-lose proposition.'" — Brian Dolan, chief currency strategist for Gain Capital, in a March 1, 2009, Chicago Tribune article that was unfortunately headlined, "Gold gains unlikely to pan out for long."
Don't you just hate it when gold goes over $1,000, falls to nearly $700, and then soars past $1,800? Clearly, this gold bubble will pop once the Federal Reserve announces that the economic recovery has been a grand success and it can now raise interest rates. But when's that going to happen?
• "Gold is worth what you think it's worth. It's very difficult to value. There are no cash flows, so it has no intrinsic value. There is very little commercial use for it. It's more of a trading vehicle." — Bill Stone, chief investment strategist, PNC Wealth Management, in an Oct.9, 2010, New York Times article.
Yes, that's why they say gold is morphing into a currency while other currencies are morphing into stuff you haul around in wheelbarrows.
• "Attempting to project or capitalize on price movements in gold is speculation, not investing." — Steve Condon, director of investor advisory services for Truepoint Capital, in Cincinnati, in an Oct. 12, 2009, Associated Press article.
Got that? Buying gold is speculation. Buying paper, now that's investing.
• "Too many naive investors got involved in gold. They must be taken out and given a right good caning." — Dennis Gartman, a trader and publisher of the Gartman Letter investment newsletter, in a Dec. 8, 2009, Chicago Tribune article about "Newbie gold investors."
I would like to see them canned as well .. for making way too much money from the folly of the Fed.
• "It will move up, but the music always stops," — Quincy Krosby, market strategist for Prudential Financial, in a Dec. 29, 2009, article by the Associated Press.
As we learned this week, the music stops for a lot of investments. And when it does, it's nice to own gold.
• "Our bottom line is this: Gold is a bubble now, and it is too late to get in. It is like someone who bought real estate in 2006, at the height of that bubble. You could get hurt really badly." — Kimberly Sterling, Orlando, Fla. financial planner, in an April 2010 story by the Orlando Sentinel.
You know what else hurts? Not owning gold when it hits yet another new high.
• "Don't put your money on a simple rock. … It is 'fear metal' — you buy it when you are afraid of every other investment." — James Altucher, managing director of Formula Capital, in a July 12, 2010, blog post on The Wall Street Journal's website, wsj.com.
Hey, at least it's a pretty rock. And the people are fearful. Very, very fearful.


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Saturday, September 06, 2003
(Thanks to my family practice email list-serve for the heads up.)
posted by Sydney on 9/06/2003 08:30:00 PM 0 comments
Friday, September 05, 2003
The Middle Atlantic region will receive a five-year, $42 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Besides creating vaccines to guard against anthrax, smallpox and West Nile virus, they will study antibodies that could produce short-term protection.
I didn't think anyone outside one or two senators really thought West Nile virus was the work of terrorists. But here's what they really plan to work on:
The regional researchers will study viruses that cause hemorrhage fever, such as ebola and Marburg, and target E. coli and shigella, bacteria considered to be threats because a small amount causes severe illness.
Researches will also design better diagnostic tests and needle-free vaccinations for fast response to a biological attack or infectious disease outbreak.
posted by Sydney on 9/05/2003 08:53:00 AM 0 comments
Thursday, September 04, 2003
In the small study, obese and lean people ate about 30 percent less from a buffet after they were given a dose of the hormone, PYY3-36, to trick the brain into thinking they had already eaten. The research also showed lower natural levels of PYY in the obese, which may explain why they overeat, Bloom said.
The study was a small one - involving only 12 obese and 12 lean people - but the results are interesting, and could point the way to a safer drug-based approach to obesity and overeating than what we currently have. It just needs a lot more work before it's ready for prime time.
The hormone in question is a fragment of a hormone released by the gut, which works its magic in the brain at the hypothalamus. More than you probably want to know about it can be found here.
posted by Sydney on 9/04/2003 09:07:00 AM 0 comments
Wednesday, September 03, 2003
The influenza vaccine does not prevent other respiratory diseases and, importantly, it does not provide protection from SARS,' the WHO cautioned.
However, 'high vaccination coverage may reduce the number of pneumonia cases caused by influenza (and) reducing pneumonia cases may also lower the possibility of misdiagnosing influenza as SARS,' the agency said.
Flu vaccination programs should focus on the elderly and those who are already sick from other illnesses, as well as health workers, the WHO said.
'Suspected SARS cases can result in considerable disruption of health services as well as costly precautionary measures and investigations.
Really, there recommendations aren't any different than they have been in recent years. The same groups are urged to get it - the elderly, and those with heart or lung conditions or immune system problems. And healthcare workers. They're just trying to promote its use in countries where it isn't often used.
posted by Sydney on 9/03/2003 08:33:00 AM 0 comments
Sunday, August 31, 2003
"'If these results hold up, then building compact communities will become a public health imperative, given our obesity epidemic."
Trouble is, these results don't hold up:
People who live in the most spread-out areas spend fewer minutes each month walking and weigh about six pounds more on average than those who live in the most densely populated places. Probably as a result, they are almost as prone to high blood pressure as cigarette smokers, the researchers found.
Six pounds up or down doesn't make much difference in the BMI of a person, unless they happen to be just on the borderline. It doesn't even make much difference in clothing size.And the correlation between sprawl and girth is even less impressive:
A 50-point increase in the degree of sprawl was associated with an average weight gain of a little more than one pound per person, researchers found.
But 50 points on the scrawl scale is a fairly large spread:
The index ranged from a low of 63 for the most sprawling county -- Geauga, Ohio, just outside Cleveland -- to a high of 352 for the densest -- New York City.
Geauga county is a county of large, expensive houses on widely separated, expansive tracts of land. It's a county of horse farms and nature preserves. (They even play polo up there, believe it or not.) New York City, on the other hand, is a place where people live right on top of one another, where the sun is obscured by buildings, and the sight of a tree is hard to come by. What are the chances that the difference in average weight is more likely to be due to comparing the average of a small number of people to the average of a large number of people? Pretty good, I'd expect. In fact, I bet if they compared the average weight of the population of South Dakota, or of Vermont, with the average weight of the population of New York City, South Dakotans and Vermonters would come out heavier - even though they live in rural areas with small towns that encourage walking and bike riding.
Then there's that "probably" and the health effects of living in suburbia:
While researchers found no association between sprawl and diabetes or heart disease, they did find that people who live in the least sprawling areas had a 29 percent lower risk of developing high blood pressure than those in the most sprawling areas.
The researchers, of course, don't tell us exactly what that 29 percent reduction represents. Do 100% of people in sprawl areas have high blood pressure compared to 71% in densely populated urban areas? Or do 1% of people in sprawl areas have high blood pressure compared to 0.71% in dense urban areas? Probably somewhere in between, but much closer to the latter than the former. No way of telling, however, since the study is not available unless you're willing to pay for it. And judging by this study, it doesn't appear to be worth the money.
And Another Thing: For years people have been blaming urban living for obesity. They argue that people living in the inner city are afraid to leave their apartments (at least in poor neighborhoods) and that children have to sit inside in front of the television because there is no place to play. But of course, looking into that connection wouldn't fit the current public health political ideology.
UPDATE: A reader reminds me that there's another downside to urban living that's often mentioned in the media but forgotten in this particular article - the higher incidence of asthma in urban areas:
Another point to make in the obesity and sprawl critique:
If one compared Geauga and New York City and claims that the latter will have less weight gain, then it's only fair that we examine one other potential effect of sprawl: exposure to pollution.
Wonder what the average particulate count, ozone concentration and NO2 concentration is at each location? Sure, it's hard to know what small differences in air quality mean to health overall, but if the National Center for Smart Growth is allowed to speculate out their heinie about the potential effects of a few pounds on health, I'm certainly allowed to speculate on the difference in a few parts per million in air quality.
UPDATE II: Another reader says my headline sounds like a porno movie (that should help traffic) but also has these thoughts to share about the proliferation of "studies":
I doubt that there is more misused term in this innumerate country than "study", as the vast majority of those reported in the press are nothing but data-mining, with the conclusions carefully decided beforehand. The rest are collections of breathless, but ultimately meaningless, "testimonials" for some overpriced (and probably un-needed) dietary supplement. I'm probably grumpy because I just spent twenty minutes trying to explain the difference between a real controlled "study" and these exercises in hype-by-press-release to a patient who is paying sixty dollars a quart for what is essentially sea water. "Oh, but they have lots of studies to prove it works". Went to their website- you guessed it, the "studies" page is "under construction"! HA!
Yeah. No matter what you want to believe, there's a "study" that'll back it up. Medicine is getting to be more and more like a social science.
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Hi there race fans! Next week is the Daily Peloton's first anniversary in our
new "virtual" location, and to celebrate we have something fun for you...
You may remember reading about a documentary film by the now-retired pro
Jamie Paolinetti, who managed Schroeder Iron last year, and had a long career
riding for NetZero, Chevrolet-LA Sheriffs and others. The Daily Peloton did a
three part interview with him at the end of the year that discusses the film;
the article links are below.
Well...Jamie's film premieres in an exclusive showing at the Oakley
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film is called The Hard Road,
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brightest on the US circuit. Not only that, but this film features cycling
greats like Graeme Miller and Frankie Andreu.
Like anything truly worth doing, the life of a pro cyclist is a hard road...
and you can win two invitations to this private screening!
Each day for the next week we will post a trivia question (some from pro
riders, so brush up) here in the "Just In" area at the top of the Daily Peloton
home page. The first person to answer each day's question will have the choice
of one of two prizes.
The first choice is being added to the invitation-only guest list (you and a
guest) for the premiere of The Hard Road at the Oakley Headquarters in
Southern California (details are below), but since I know a lot of you are NOT
near Los Angeles, if you cannot make it to the premiere, you can opt instead to
receive a NetZero team jersey!
Here are the game details:
Check the Hard Road Trivia Game article each day for the newest trivia
question. We are looking for a winner for each question. To answer the question,
send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com
with your answer, and be sure to specify "premiere" or "jersey." We will
announce the winner for each question the next day - the first correct email
answer we receive is the winner - and we will be in touch with the winners via
The first question will be posted Wednesday, so stay tuned, and good luck!
The Hard Road World Premiere:
Oakley Interplanetary Headquarters
Foothill Ranch, California
Saturday, March 8, 2003, 6:30 pm
Three part interview with Jamie Paolinetti:
Part One:
End of the Road - Jamie Paolinetti Hangs it Up
Part Two:
Looking back - Jamie Paolinetti on his Years in the Saddle
Part Three:
An Honest Day's Work - Jamie Paolinetti on his Film
Additional article:
Doing the Math with Jamie


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