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· Dartmouth Now
· Periodicals
· Events Calendar
Did you or a colleague recently receive an award or honor? Tell us about it: firstname.lastname@example.com
Tom Cormen (photos by Joseph Mehling '69 unless otherwise noted)
Tom Cormen, professor and chair of computer science, was recently named a distinguished educator by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The honor recognizes an ACM member who, in addition to significant accomplishments in the field of computing, has demonstrated excellence in teaching, provided innovative learning experiences in the classroom, and/or authored a widely used computer science textbook. Cormen is the lead author of the second most-cited computer science publication, the textbook Introduction to Algorithms.
Schuyler "Sketch" Evans '10 (photo by Zach Mason '10)
Dartmouth Broadcasting's WFRD FM (99 Rock) won a merit award for Public Service Campaign of the Year at the New Hampshire Association of Broadcasters' Golden Mic Awards Ceremony on November 12. The station was recognized for its promotion of last spring's Relay for Life, an all-night community walk benefiting the American Cancer Society. This marked Dartmouth Broadcasting's first award for a public service campaign, as well as the first Golden Mic award for the station in over a decade. Schuyler "Sketch" Evans '10 is the general manager of Dartmouth Broadcasting and hosts the 99 Rock afternoon show.
Vijay Govindarajan (photo courtesy of Vijay Govindarajan)
Vijay Govindarajan, the Earl C. Daum 1924 Professor of International Business at the Tuck School of Business, was recently elected a fellow of the Strategic Management Society (SMS), the largest and most prestigious association of academic scholars in management. Govindarajan gave a keynote address about innovation agendas during the annual SMS conference in Washington, D.C., on October 13. Two previously named SMS Fellows from the Tuck School, Constance Helfat, the J. Brian Quinn Professor in Technology and Strategy, and Margaret Peteraf, the Leon E. Williams Professor of Management, were featured panelists at the same meeting. Govindarajan is director of the William F. Achtmeyer Center for Global Leadership at Tuck and serves as chief innovation consultant for GE.
James Igoe
Anthropology Professor James Igoe gave the keynote speech at the Mid-America Alliance for African Studies (MAAAS) Conference at the University of Tulsa in September. MAAAS promotes scholarly research on Africa. Igoe, whose talk was entitled "Thinking About African Environments in the Context of our Current Economic and Ecological Crises," was also interviewed by Tulsa Public Radio.
Samuel A. Rauch '10
Samuel A. Rauch '10 received the 2009 Student of the Year award from the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust at a special awards dinner in Los Angeles on November 8. Rauch, a math major and German studies minor from San Antonio, Texas, interned at the museum last spring and summer. He was cited for his work with the museum's education program and for translating "numerous Holocaust-related German documents and providing appropriate contextual information." Additionally, administrators found Rauch's "skills, work ethic, and commitment to the museum's mission extraordinary."
Benja Wurzel '10 (courtesy of Benja Wurzel '10)
Benja Wurzel '10, a member of SHEBA dance troupe, reached the quarterfinals of the NBC show America's Got Talent this past summer as a member of the hip-hop group Status Quo. Wurzel also performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., over the summer and at the world-renowned Jacob's Pillow festival in Becket, Mass., where he received the Professional Advancement Award in Dance. Status Quo is best known for reaching the finals during the first season of MTV's America's Best Dance Crew.
Kenneth Yalowitz
Amabassador (Ret.) Kenneth Yalowitz, the Norman E. McCulloch Jr. Director of the Dickey Center for International Understanding, has been invited to join the American Academy of Diplomacy. The academy is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan, organization of people who have held positions of high responsibility in crafting and implementing American foreign policy. It focuses on the pursuit of excellence in the practice of American diplomacy. Yalowitz, also an adjunct professor of government, retired from the U.S. Department of State in 2001 following 36 years as a career diplomat and member of the Senior Foreign Service. He served as the U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Belarus from 1994 to 1997 and to Georgia from 1998 to 2001.
Melanie Rutkowski, David J. Graber, Aurelie Deveau, and Shalini Ayyagari (photo by Danica Hickey, A&S Grad)
Four Dartmouth postdoctoral researchers received 2009 Dartmouth College Postdoctoral Association (DCPDA) travel awards in November. The competitive awards of $1,000 each may be applied to the expense of presenting research at professional conferences. "These awards recognize the scholarly achievements of four outstanding postdocs from diverse subject areas," says Melanie Rutkowski, DCPDA president and a postdoctoral researcher in microbiology and immunology. Recipients are:
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1st Sunday of Advent
(November 29, 2015)
Lectionary: 3
Adults: What have been the strengths of your prayer life? What habit of prayer could you strengthen during this Advent season?
Children: What prayers will you say each day and each week during Advent?
2nd Sunday of Advent
(December 6, 2015)
Lectionary: 6
Adults: In what areas of your life do you need God's forgiveness right now? What Advent practice would assist you in expressing your repentance?
Children: What do you want to ask God to forgive you for? What can you do during Advent to show you are sorry?
3rd Sunday of Advent
(December 13, 2015)
Lectionary: 9
Adults: To whom have your past acts of kindness brought joy? What acts of kindness could you do this week?
Children: What kind thing have you done for someone lately? Whom could you make happy by your kindness this week?
4th Sunday of Advent
(December 20, 2015)
Lectionary: 12
Adults: When was it hardest for you to trust in God's plan, as Mary did? What can help you at such times?
Children: When is it hardest for you to obey a parent or teacher? What can help you obey with more trust?
Feast of the Holy Family
(December 20, 2015)
Lectionary: 17
Adults: What does your family do to honor and respect its older members?
Children: Why did Jesus leave the temple? How can Jesus be an example for you?
Solemnity of the Epiphany
(January 3, 2016)
Lectionary: 20
Adults: When have you been jealous or fearful of another person? When are such feelings harmful?
Children: When have you been jealous because something good happened to another person instead of you? What is the problem with feeling that way?
Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
(January 10, 2016)
Lectionary: 21
Adults: Do you think that God was "well pleased" by your actions in recent weeks? Why?
Children: What good thing could you do this week that would be pleasing to God?
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
(January 17, 2016)
Lectionary: 66
Adults: When have you stepped in, as Mary did at Cana, to try and make a difficult situation easier for someone?
Children: What can you do this week to help make someone's job a little easier?
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
(January 24, 2016)
Lectionary: 69
Adults: What do you believe that the anointing you received at Baptism requires you to do?
Children: What could you do this week for someone who has less than you?
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time
(January 31, 2016)
Lectionary: 72
Adults: What do you do when a message you are trying to deliver "falls on deaf ears"?
Children: Are there times when you have not listened as well as you could to what someone was telling you? Why didn't you?
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time
(February 7, 2016)
Lectionary: 75
Adults: When have you felt inadequate to a task or role you were given? How did you respond?
Children: When have you been asked to do something you felt might be too hard for you? What did you do?
First Sunday of Lent
(February 14, 2016)
Lectionary: 24
Adults: How willing are you to profess your faith in Jesus Christ openly to others?
Children: Would you still be able to say that you believe in Jesus if others made fun of you for it?
Second Sunday of Lent
(February 21, 2016)
Lectionary: 27
Adults: How are your priorities affected by your faith in Jesus Christ?
Children: When you have important choices to make, do you and your family pray to make the right choice?
Third Sunday of Lent
(February 28, 2016)
Lectionary: 30
Adults: What important work could bear fruit in your life right now if you have more confidence in God's loving care?
Children: What great work would you like to do as you grow older? What can you do to begin now?
Fourth Sunday of Lent
(March 6, 2016)
Lectionary: 33
Adults: When have you been generous enough to forgive someone who hurt you deeply?
Children: Is there someone you need to forgive or ask forgiveness of?
Fifth Sunday of Lent
(March 13, 2016)
Lectionary: 36
Adults: Have you ever been too willing to "cast the first stone" when you disapprove of someone's behavior? How can you resist these feelings?
Children: When have you criticized or made fun of someone? What could help you act differently?
Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion
(March 20, 2016)
Lectionary: 37/38
Adults: When have you felt that you betrayed the confidence of another, as Peter did when he denied Jesus?
Children: When have you let someone down who trusted you? How did you feel?
Solemnity of Easter Sunday
(March 27, 2016)
Lectionary: 42
Adults: What change could the hope of the Resurrection of Christ inspire you to make?
Children: What bad habit would you like to "clear out" during the hopeful time of this Easter season?
Second Sunday of Easter (Sunday of Divine Mercy)
(April 3, 2016)
Lectionary: 45
Adults: When has your faith in the living Christ helped you overcome fear?
Children: What could you do this Easter season to help someone feel less afraid?
Third Sunday of Easter
(April 10, 2016)
Lectionary: 48
Adults: In what ways are you answering Jesus' command to Peter to "feed my sheep"?
Children: What do you do to take care of others as Jesus asked Peter to do?
Fourth Sunday of Easter
(April 17, 2016)
Lectionary: 51
Adults: Whom do you try to protect as Christ protects you?
Children: Who helps you feel safe and protected? Whom can you take care of and help feel safe?
Fifth Sunday of Easter
(April 24, 2016)
Lectionary: 54
Adults: When have you seen the power of love overcome a bad situation?
Children: Do you believe love is stronger than hate? Why?
Sixth Sunday of Easter
(May 1, 2016)
Lectionary: 57
Adults: What difference has it made in your life when you made a decision in accord with Jesus' teaching?
Children: When will you have to make a decision this week? What will help you make a good decision?
Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord
(May 8, 2016)
Lectionary: 58
Adults: Who in your family has the gift of wisdom? How does he or she use this gift?
Children: Who is the wisest person you know? What has he or she taught you?
Solemnity of Pentecost Sunday
(May 15, 2016)
Lectionary: 62/63
Adults: What gift of service have you received from the Holy Spirit and how well are you using it right now?
Children: What gift do you hope to receive from the Holy Spirit? How could you use it to serve others?
Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
(May 22, 2016)
Lectionary: 166
Adults: In what difficult situation has the Holy Spirit helped you see more clearly?
Children: What kind of decision can the Holy Spirit help you with?
Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi)
(May 29, 2016)
Lectionary: 169
Adults: When have you been most blessed and when have you felt a little "broken" in your service to others?
Children: Why is it important to keep on giving, even when you are tired?
Tenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
(June 5, 2016)
Lectionary: 90
Adults: What might a greater sense of compassion allow you to do for someone this week?
Children: When do you try to understand what another person was feeling?
Eleventh Sunday of Ordinary Time
(June 12, 2016)
Lectionary: 93
Adults: Whom does your Christian faith call you to forgive right now? How hard will this be for you?
Children: When is it hard for you to forgive someone who has hurt you? What can help you forgive?
Twelfth Sunday of Ordinary Time
(June 19, 2016)
Lectionary: 96
Adults: Which crosses in your life do you find especially heavy? What or who helps you bear them?
Children: When you have something hard to do, what or who helps you get through it?
Thirteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
(June 26, 2016)
Lectionary: 99
Adults: When have you faltered or looked back during your journey of faith?
Children: What can you do to be a stronger follower of Jesus this week?
Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
(July 3, 2016)
Lectionary: 102
Adults: Where do you see the message of Christian faith being rejected in the world today? What is your response to that?
Children: What can you do when you are generous with others, and they do not want what you give them?
Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
(July 10, 2016)
Lectionary: 105
Adults: When have you gone out of your way to help a stranger in need?
Children: Would you help a new student who needed help? Why or why not?
Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
(July 17, 2016)
Lectionary: 108
Adults: Which response to God's call is more natural to you – prayer or action? Why?
Children: In the past week, when have you prayed and when have you done good things for others? Which could you do better?
Seventeenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
(July 24, 2016)
Lectionary: 111
Adults: Have your most recent prayers been prayers of praise, petition, or sorrow? Which kind of prayer do you need to practice more often?
Children: What are you most thankful for right now?
Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
(July 31, 2016)
Lectionary: 114
Adults: When have you felt that possessions were becoming too important in your life?
Children: Have you ever received a gift you wanted a lot and then found it didn't make you as happy as you thought it would?
Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
(August 7, 2016)
Lectionary: 117
Adults: Other than Jesus, which of the ancestors of Christian faith has served as the greatest example to you? Why?
Children: Which person of the Bible has been a good example to you of how to live?
Twentieth Sunday of Ordinary Time
(August 14, 2016)
Lectionary: 120
Adults: When has your taking a strong stand on a moral issue created division rather than healing in the short term?
Children: Is it important to do the right thing even if others are angry as a result? Why or why not?
Twenty-first Sunday of Ordinary Time
(August 21, 2016)
Lectionary: 123
Adults: What daily choices are you making that will allow you to be recognized at the doorway of the Reign of God?
Children: What good habits are you practicing in order to be a good Christian?
Twenty-second Sunday of Ordinary Time
(August 28, 2016)
Lectionary: 126
Adults: Has the hunger for status and influence in the world around you endangered your life as a Christian?
Children: Does it make you a better person to be chosen first for a team or some other honor? Why or why not?
Twenty-third Sunday of Ordinary Time
(September 4, 2016)
Lectionary: 129
Adults: How do you try to discover what God is asking of you?
Children: When is it hard for you to know the right thing to do? Who helps you know?
Twenty-fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time
(September 11, 2016)
Lectionary: 132
Adults: When have you persistently sought after a member of your family who has lost his or her way?
Children: Have you ever felt you were not getting credit for your good works? What did you do?
Twenty-fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time
(September 18, 2016)
Lectionary: 135
Adults: Can cheating and deception ever be justified?
Children: If someone treats you unfairly, do you have the right to do the same to them?
Twenty-sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time
(September 25, 2016)
Lectionary: 138
Adults: What are the "rewards" of caring for the needs of the poor?
Children: What is one thing you and your family could do this week to help those who are poor or sick?
Twenty-seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time
(October 2, 2016)
Lectionary: 141
Adults: When have you done more than was required of you in the service of others?
Children: When have you done something extra for someone in your family without being asked? What did you learn from this?
Twenty-eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time
(October 9, 2016)
Lectionary: 144
Adults: Whose generosity do you tend to take for granted? How will you change this?
Children: When have you failed to say thank you? Why does this matter?
Twenty-ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time
(October 16, 2016)
Lectionary: 147
Adults: Whose needs might you be failing to listen to right now?
Children: How often do you put off chores until you are forced to do them? Who is hurt by such a decision?
Thirtieth Sunday of Ordinary Time
(October 23, 2016)
Lectionary: 150
Adults: When have you felt self-satisfied in observing the mistakes of others? What should we remember at such times?
Children: Have you ever thought you were better than someone else? What is the problem with such thoughts?
Thirty-first Sunday of Ordinary Time
(October 30, 2016)
Lectionary: 153
Adults: During the next week, what could you do to welcome someone who usually feels excluded?
Children: Is there a child in your class or neighborhood who is left out of games and activities? What can you do?
Thirty-second Sunday of Ordinary Time
(November 6, 2016)
Lectionary: 156
Adults: When bad things happen, how do you deal with them?
Children: Has someone in your family or among your friends died? Do you think about that person in heaven? What do you hope to talk about with this person?
Thirty-third Sunday of Ordinary Time
(November 13, 2016)
Lectionary: 159
Adults: When bad things happen, how do you deal with them?
Children: Have you ever worried about something that might happen? What can help you worry less?
Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
(November 20, 2016)
Lectionary: 162
Adults: Following the example of Jesus, what is the best way to exercise your authority over others?
Children: What qualities would a good leader have? Which of these are you trying to develop?


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Population balance in marine ecosystems is crucial to sustaining a healthy system. The results of human activities, such as fertilizer run-off from nearby farmlands into the Mississippi River, can impact energy webs by offsetting predator-prey relationships.
Seventh grade life science students are required to use scientific articles to research the cause and effect of algal blooms off the coast of the U.S. and write a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to inform the agency of the problem as well as suggest possible solutions. This informational module poses the project scenario to students by using Template Task 25.
Students will be able to investigate the diversity of living organisms and how they can be compared scientifically. They will recognize the organisms' characteristics and classify them into specific domains and kingdoms based upon the physical characteristics they observe.
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AEK have held talks with Feyenoord goalkeeper Erwin Mulder and they are hopeful of completing the transfer within the next weeks.
The 26-year-old Dutch goalkeeper is very high in AEK's shortlist and the club's technical director Branco Milovanovic flew to Holland midweek as he held talks with Mulder's agent.
The later seems open to join AEK ahead of next season and now the Greek club is waiting his answer in order to complete the transfer soon.


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We have seen the new Mozilla Mobile browser Fennec released for the Nokia Linux tablet and even for the Windows desktop,but so far we have never seen the browser actually in action on the Windows Mobile platform.
Open source whiz Gnubeashie has however managed to build the browser from the early source code and published this video of the software running in the Windows Mobile 6.1 emulator.
The user interface is functional but not particular pretty, but this is because it is just a test container for the renderer, rather than any indication of the final UI. Of note is that rendering is pretty good and that the code runs pretty well for running in the notoriously slow emulator.
At present the code is not available for download yet, but hopefully this will change soon. We can never have enough browsers to play with, can we?


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(Reuters) - Rogers Communications Inc (RCIb.TO), Canada's largest mobile phone company, said on Wednesday quarterly profit rose after stripping out special items, as a wave of new smartphone subscribers boosted wireless revenue.
Rogers added 76,000 net postpaid wireless subscribers, compared with 74,000 in the same period last year. Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) iPhone 5 went on sale late in the third quarter.
Postpaid subscribers, who sign multi-year contracts, typically pay more each month than prepaid customers.
Rogers, which also owns television stations, magazines and the Toronto Blue Jays baseball team, activated about 707,000 smartphones, up from 609,000 last year, and 36 percent of the new devices were for new wireless customers.
The percentage of postpaid subscribers using smartphones rose to 65 percent by the end of the quarter, up from 52 percent a year earlier, and wireless data revenue jumped 18 percent.
Net income fell to C$466 million ($470 million) in the quarter ended September 30, or 90 Canadian cents a share, from C$491 million, or 87 Canadian cents, a year earlier.
Excluding restructuring costs and other items, earnings rose to C$495 million, or 96 Canadian cents a share, from C$489 million, or 90 Canadian cents, a year earlier. Operating revenue rose 1.4 percent to C$3.18 billion.
Analysts, on average, had been expecting earnings of 88 Canadian cents a share on revenue of C$3.16 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Reporting by Allison Martell in Toronto; Additional reporting by Maneesha Tiwari in Bangalore; Editing by Supriya Kurane and Frank McGurty


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Junior Firefighter Camps and Academies
Every year, a number of fire departments and related organizations across the nation host junior firefighter and Explorer camps. The activities at each camp vary, but usually include a great deal of teamwork and learning what it takes to become a firefighter. If you or someone you know may be interested in attending one of the camps, you can find more information below by searching under your region.
Mountain states
Concord, NH
Camp Fully Involved
Description: This event is a weeklong summer camp for women ages 14-20.
Cost: $300
Contact: Jess Wyman 603-494-7279
Windsor Locks, CT
Introduction to the Fire Service hosted by CT Fire Academy
Description: Participants must be 14-17 years of age and affiliated with a municipal fire department.
Cost: varies
Contact: Program Coordinator Ian Tenney at firstname.lastname@example.com
Lanesborough, MA
Junior Firefighter Academy
May 7, 2016 – Click here to view the flyer.
Find out more at www.facebook.com/lanesboroughfire
Contact: Butch Garrity – firstname.lastname@example.com
Syracuse, NY
FASNY Youth Day
Description: Fire service activities and evolutions for Explorers, juniors, and RAMS age 14-19
Time frame: August
Contact: http://www.fasny.com/youth/convention.php
Utica, NY
Phoenix Firecamp
Description: Camp for girls ages 14-19 held at the Utica Fire Training Academy.
Time frame: July
Contact: www.fswnys.org
Cold Spring, NY
Cold Spring Fire Company Junior Firefighter Academy
Description: A limit of 50 children ages 8-13 (grades 4-8) is in place. Preference is given to town residents
Contact: Daniel Valentine at email@example.com
Junior Fire/EMS Leadership Challenge hosted by the Pennsylvania Fire and Emergency Services Institute (PFESI)
Participants must be between 16-17 years of age.
July 2013. For more information, call PFESI at 717-236-5995 or visit www.pfesi.org.
Click here to view the 2013 brochure.
Jackson's Mill, WV
West Virginia State Fire Academy Junior Firefighter Camp
Description: Camps are for students ages 14-17. Please note the camp limit of 125 students.
Cost: $295
Time frame: June
Contact: Camp Leader Brian Grieco, firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-406-7480; Academy Director Mark Lambert, email@example.com or 304-269-0875
Suffolk, VA
Suffolk Fire & Rescue Fire Camp
Description: This day camp lasts for 5 days and is only open to 7-10 year old children.
Cost: $65 registration
Duluth, MN
Minnesota Fire Exploring Conference
Description: Camp participants must be fire explorers.
Cost: $300
Nelsonville, OH
Ohio Youth Fire & EMS Training Academy (OYFETA)
Description: The purpose of OYFETA is to help provide Explorers, junior firefighters, fire cadets, and other youth members of fire departments hone their skills and develop friendships that will last a lifetime!
Cost: starts at $325
Overland Park, KS
Camp Inferno
Description: Camp is for girls ages 15-19. Please note the limit of 20 participants.
Contact: Fire Captain Julie Harper or Firemedic Jessica Neese at 913-888-6066
Frankfort, IL
Junior Firefighter Camp
Description: Camp participants must be ages 6-11.
Cost: $15 per child/per session
For more information, call 815-469-1700
LaCrosse, WI
Midwest Regional Explorer Fire Academy
Description: This camp is for explorer posts within the region.
Cost: Approx. $200
Contact: Tim Knudson at firstname.lastname@example.com
Oshkosh, WI
Discover Firefighting Career Exploration Academy
Description: Discover Firefighting Career Exploration consists of three outstanding firefighting programs for middle and high school students. The middle school, basic, and advanced academies are for young men and women ages 11-20. Through a hands-on leadership approach, these four-day residential programs will help explore careers in fire and emergency response services.
Contact: Jill Milos, email@example.com
Green Bay, WI
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC) Tech Camp
Description: Day camps that follow this schedule: Day one and two: 8:30 to 11:30am and Day three: 8:30 to 12:30pm.
Camps are available for students in grades 5-8.
Contact: Erica Gilson, Events/Middle School Specialist at 498-6817 or 1-800-422-6982 ext. 6817
Warrenton, NC
Warren County Junior Firefighter Competition
Hosted by the Warren County Junior Firefighters
Description: 5 field events and 2 knowledge-based events for youth 13-18 years of age.
Cost: $100 per team
Date: Last Saturday in April
Contact: Chief Advisor John W. Franks at email@example.com or (252) 820-0513
Clemson, SC
Fire Cadet Camps
Description: Camps are open to children in K-5th grade.
Contact: Sarah M. DuBose 864-656-4049 or firstname.lastname@example.com
Bell Buckle, TN
Fire Explorer Weekend
Description: Opportunity for all registered Fire and EMS Explorers, age 14- 20, to train at the Tennessee Fire Service and Codes Enforcement Academy.
Cost: $95
St Petersburg Beach, FL
Hosted by the Florida State Firefighters Association
Description: The events are open to any group with a team of five to ten participants. Team costs are $200.00 per ten-person team. Hotel costs vary by the location of the event.
Date: June 14-17
Central Florida
Venturing/Exploring Super Weekend hosted by the Central Florida Council, BSA
Description: This event involves two nights and three days of camping, interacting with youth groups from around central Florida, and some outside the area, and team and individual competition events. This is a great team-building camp and you have the opportunity to meet many different groups. The camp holds over 1200 people and there are currently about 600 participants. The cost this year was $27.00 per participant and occurs the second weekend in February.
Information is available through www.cfcbsa.org.
Naples, FL
Description: Naples Police and Fire Department runs two one-week academies during the summer. The target age range is 11-14. Monday-Friday 0800-1600. The child receives a t-shirt, hat, book bag, first aid kit, etc. (The program won the 2007 Florida Crime Prevention Association- Outstanding Program of the Year). Registration is open to the public.
Cost: $50 per child
Contact: Pamela L. DeMeo at 239-213-4918 or email@example.com
Columbia, SC
Description: This camp is taught by real firefighters and children will learn what it takes to be a firefighter, including trying on real gear, and learning about home and fire safety. Camp is available for children from 4-5 years of age. Extended care until 5 p.m. is available for full-day campers only. The cost is an additional $20 per week. (Pre-registration is required)
Cost: $110 per child (EdVenture Members) or $130 per child (Non-members). The price includes a unique Camp EdVenture t-shirt!
Contact Maya Smith at 803-400-1161 or visit http://www.edventure.org/p_camps.asp
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Newport Beach, CA
Junior Firefighters' Camp
Description: Camp consists of 3 separate classes that will run for 5 days from 8am-12 noon.
Enrollment is open to anyone from 9-13 years of age. Please note a limit of 30 kids/week.
Cost: $120
No website yet, but you can call 949-644-3110 if you would like information about the program.
Sacramento, CA
Sacramento Metropolitan Fire Camp
Description: 5 days (day camp) for 50 students. Camp is free to those chosen to attend. The event is open to all youth, but residents within the fire district boundaries have first priority. Participants must be between 11-13 years of age.
Cathedral City, CA
California Fire Exploring Academy
Description: Participants must be a fire explorer.
Cost: $225
Orange County, CA
Orange County Fire Explorer Academy
Description: The event will include housing for the week at Vanguard University. A limit of 53 explorers (must belong to an explorer post) is in place.
Cost: Approx. $300
Mountain States
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Pender Island, BC (Canada)
Gulf Islands Fire Rescue Cadet Camp
Contact: Deputy Fire Chief Mike Dine at (250) 629-3321 or email@example.com
- Nassau County Juniors Fire Camp "Fahrenheit 516"
- Nassau County Juniors Fire Camp "Fahrenheit 516"
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Endangered Animals By Bridie Hayes Pandas Siberian Tigers Basic Facts Endangered! African Elephants They are the World's largest land animals. At 2.5 to 4 m tall And 2,268 to 6,350 kg in weight. And are slightly bigger than their Asian cousins They are mammals They give birth to live young And feed them milk Did you know?... A baby elephant's first feed is the most important because it kick starts their immune system. Also they are warm blooded Elephants are categorized as threatened. Even though there are plenty of national parks that elephants live in. For example the Amboseli national park... ...is home to about 900 elephants The main reason elephants threatened is because they are hunted For their ivory tusks Even though it is illegal About 36,000 are killed each yearFull transcript


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Necessity unites. – German proverb.
Sometimes the old sayings are the truest. Unity is a conscious act, an act of understanding and will. But it derives its strength – indeed, becomes truly possible – in the presence of necessity.
Recognizing the connection between practical necessity and understanding makes the difference between defeat or victory. This has been the key to success of revolution throughout history.
Today, millions have lost their jobs and will never see them again. Teachers are laid off as schools close, bank tellers, real estate agents, middle managers downsized and thrown out as the economy tanks, and auto workers whose unions have forced them to make a devil's deal with the company and the government. They all join earlier victims of the past "jobless recoveries" and those who were thrown into poverty years ago. They are everywhere, thrown into the maelstrom, as new technologies create the chaos of destruction and transformation.
All of them, everywhere, are joined by a common interest. But they don't know it, can't see it. They cling to the old hopes. They don't realize the field of battle has shifted.
What is our first step? Our forces are scattered with little if any organizational wherewithal to put forward their demands. They must be pulled together. But, around what? and for what? They must be pulled together in their own interests. Fighting for the concrete demands of this growing mass of dispossessed is the field on which unity can be forged.
Yet to be mobilized along the path to victory requires more than fighting. It demands ideas. It demands strategy and tactics. It demands a vision.
The article, New conditions demand new ways of thinking, examines the importance of reexamining our perspectives in light of these new conditions. Identity politics arose in response to particular conditions, and the coming together of coalitions of organizations with different agendas passed as the "unity" of that time. Today, the objective conditions are emerging for the opposing classes in society to confront one another in political struggle over control of the state. This article analyzes what this means for our situation today, providing important insights for revolutionaries to bring to their work.
Key to this is establishing a pole of clarity around which revolutionaries can congregate. This pole of clarity is not an individual, or an organization, but an idea, a breadth of understanding, a vision of what can be and what to do to accomplish it.
Our article commemorating the 150th anniversary of Harper's Ferry, Courage and clarity changed history once — it will do so again, shows how John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry in October 1859 galvanized a nation. It did so, not simply because of the audacious attack on a federal armory, but because this one act crystallized decades of struggle and torment over slavery, spilling out to find voice throughout the nation, first through Brown himself, and then through dedicated propagandists throughout the country, clarifying and summing up the meaning of Brown's actions and his death at the hand of Virginia authorities. At that time, the demand was for the overthrow of slavery, today the demand is for the end of the entire system of private property and all it entails.
The ruling class understands the necessity of maintaining disunity among those who hold the power to bring them down. In, every and, all instances, their clarity of intention guides their strategic considerations and determines their tactics in their war with the growing mass of discontented. Every issue is fought to protect their immediate interests, but in such a way as to shape the ground for future necessities. They seek, above all, to preserve their political power as a class.
Our cover article, Unity is the only path forward, shows how the capitalists are using the immigration question – particularly the undocumented worker – to control the entire U.S. native born working class. Only through coming together around the common class interests that unite them, regardless of color or nationality, will they be able to create the world that reflects those class interests.
The struggle for unity and the fight for clarity; this is what the League of Revolutionaries is about. The League's press Rally, Comrades! gives voice to this. The article, Rally, Comrades! The voice of the League of Revolutionaries for a New America, addresses the relation between the League and Rally, Comrades!, underscoring the indispensable role of a publication that speaks to those who are emerging as leaders grappling with the broader questions of change, why, and which way forward.
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Published: February 28th, 2014 at 9:05 am ET
Channel 17 (Burlington, VT), published Feb. 26, 2014 — Maggie Gundersen, Founding director of Fairewinds Energy Education (at 21:00 in): "Tepco just announced that all the data it collected for almost 3 years is wrong, and that they had miscalculated how much radiation was released."
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Hearst Newspapers), Feb. 25, 2014: […] only bad news comes out of Fukushima […] Bloomberg reported the amount of radiation that leaked from Fukushima could have been far greater than originally stated.
Bloomberg, Feb. 25, 2014: Tepco Says Fukushima Radiation 'Significantly' Undercounted — [Tepco] is re-analyzing 164 water samples collected last year at the wrecked Fukushima atomic plant because previous readings "significantly undercounted" radiation levels. […] Shinji Kinjo, leader of a disaster task force at Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority, said his office hadn't been aware of the measurement errors. The regulator's oversight of the utility is based on Tepco's measurements, he added. […]
TEPCO, Feb. 25, 2014: […] improvement needs to be made in the reliability of the sampling and testing of water for radioactivity at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station […] TEPCO President Naomi Hirose said, "Public confidence in our reports on radiation levels is essential to everything we are doing" […] "gross beta" density [including Strontium-90] in water samples taken in the period between April and September 2013 was significantly under-counted […] On February 24, TEPCO has published a list of 164 samples for which it believes radiation was undercounted. […]
Asahi Shimbun, Feb. 26, 2014: [After being exposed to fallout from a US nuclear bomb test, Matashichi] Oishi married, but their first child was stillborn. He also was diagnosed with liver cancer. […] His former crewmates began dying when they were still in their 40s and 50s. […] "Politicians are hiding the dangers of radiation," he says. […] "What happened on Bikini Atoll 60 years ago is being quietly repeated in Fukushima," he says.
Watch the full interview with Gundersen here
Published: February 28th, 2014 at 9:05 am ET
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Justin Timberlake has officially been crowned the #Hashtag of the Year. GQ's annual issue of all things masculine and suave that's still totally bro, bro (a.k.a. the Men of The Year issue) features JT and four other dudes who totally rocked it this year.
The magazine released five different covers, including a moving portrait of the late James Gandolfini. Will Ferrell, Kendrick Lamar, and Matthew McConaughey round out the group. Inside, Timberlake confesses to how uncool he really is (something we highly doubt). "I've made a career out of doing things that I should not be doing. I wasn't cool about it," he says. "Because being cool would have meant I passed up on those opportunities."
Honestly, Timberlake could blow his nose in a tissue commercial and it'd be cool. The December issue hits stands November 19th. Collect all five, frame them, maybe even fawn over them. Plus, there are some pretty solid styling tips to steal from the boys. (Huffington Post)


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RagLak FF: Teri Meri Love Story (Episode 3)
Episode 3:
I'm back again with the third episode of Teri Meri Love Story… ?
Thank you so much for the love and support.
Continue reading, liking and commenting.
The episode starts with Ragini and Lakshya sharing the innocent and sweet eye-lock.
"Uh… its…" Lakshya says but stops as the principal starts shouting.
"Ragini!" The principal shouts as he comes there.
He seems very angry and is glaring at Ragini.
"What happened to him…?" Lakshya thinks.
He then remembers and gets shocked.
"Oh shit!" He says in his head.
"What happened Sir?" Ragini confusingly asks.
"What happened?!" The principal angrily shouts.
Ragini looks on confusingly.
"Sir, seriously, what happened?" Aaradhya asks.
"What's this?!" The principal angrily asks as he shows something to Ragini on the phone.
"Sir… it's a picture of you…" Ragini says.
"Read it!" The principal shouts.
"Dedpasli Gattu Sengupta." Ragini reads out.
All hear and start giggling, Lakshya looks on.
Lol, the picture is funny.
Here's the link of the picture.
"And look who uploaded it!" The principal shout.
Ragini gets shocked to see her name and picture.
"You have uploaded this picture on Facebook and have made fun of me!" The principal says in a disappointment.
"Sir, I swear it wasn't me…" Ragini says.
Lakshya looks on and gulps.
Oh fish! I didn't know she was going to apologise. Uh oh.
I made a fake account of her when I hacked into Dedpaslis computer and uploaded the picture that I took two weeks ago.
"Sir… it wasn't me." Ragini says.
"Who else was it?!" Dedpasli shouts.
"Sir… I don't even use Facebook." Ragini says.
"Enough! You're rusticated from college for 3 days as soon as we get back!" Dedpasli shouts and leaves.
Ragini looks on and develops tears in her eyes, all the student follow Dedpasli and start fixing their tents.
Aaradhya consoles Ragini and I kinda feel bad because she apologised.
I don't even know why I feel like that. I also left from there followed by Aryan, Rudra and Kavya.
"I can't believe that Benjhi… she could do such thing like that… why do I have a feeling that it's you." Kavya said and looked at me.
I ignored her and walked ahead. I sat down and started drinking the tea.
"Your tent is ready." A boy said as he came up.
"Hmmm" I said and he left.
I get my work done for free and without doing any work. That's how I rule.
"It was you wasn't it?" Rudra asked.
I avoided that question and he smirked.
"I knew it! Anyways you would've done that type of harkat anyways. Making fake FB account and framing the other person… koi Tujhse hi seekhe." Rudra says and drinks his bottle of Pepsi.
I simply smiled.
"But that photo, uff Dedpasli smashed it!" Rudra said and shakes his head and bites his tongue and makes an expression of seeing something hot.
"He 100 percent smashed it in that picture." I said and took a sip from my tea.
"Guys… have you heard about the Chaiwala?" Kavya said as she came and sat besides me.
"Chaiwala?" Rudra confusingly asks.
"Who's Chaiwala?" I asked.
Kavya then showed me and Rudra a picture and started telling us who Chaiwala was and how he got famous. She also told us that he's the hottest guy she has ever seen.
That was an insult to me, Lucky was sitting right besides her and she said Chaiwala?
"And Chaiwala smashed it!" Kavya says.
Me and Rudra looked at each other.
"Nah, Dedpasli did." Me and Rudra said in a union.
The the trio of us shared a laugh.
"It wasn't me… who could frame me?" I said as I thought about it again and again.
"Don't worry, we will find the culprit." Aaradhya says sounding angry.
I looked at her. Me and Aaradhya were sitting in our tent. I need to prove my innocence.
"Students, its late night now, go to sleep!" The principal sir said via the microphone.
Aaradhya looked at me and said "Go to sleep, Kal baat kareinge."
I nodded okay and lied down. Aaradhya also lied down and closed her eyes.
Who could do this cheap act and frame me? Why do I have a feeling that it was Makkhi? I don't even know what to do anymore. But I need to prove my innocence and punish the real culprit.
I closed my eyes and slowly fell asleep.
After a sometime… I slowly opened my eyes and turned to the side. I opened my eyes a little and saw Aaradhya missing. I then sat up and wiped my eyes. I took out my phone from under the pillow and saw the time. It was morning, it was 7:07am.
While pulling my phone out from under the pillow, I pulled a white letter out. I was confused seeing it and opened it and read it.
"Dear Ragini, its me your friend Aaradhya… Actually, I ran away. Yes! You read it right, I ran away with Aryan, my boyfriend. You just be thinking why I ran away. Well, me and Aryan love each other. Our families didn't agree so we decided that we would. And Lucky helped us in running away and I'm sorry I left you and left without informing you. Will you not forgive your do pal Ki friend Aru? And yeah, it was Lucky who had done that cheap act… while walking past, I had heard him and Ruddy talk. It was Lucky who framed you. Don't tell him I snaked him out. Love you and take care.
– Aaradhya." I read out and looked on.
Aaradhya left me and Lucky is the real culprit? Now Lucky will have to be punished for his cheap acts.
I stood up, got changed and headed out from my tent. I was also thinking how to get Makkhi back for this and show the principal sir that it was Makkhi!
I walked near the breakfast table and ordered a warm tea for myself. I sat down and continued thinking. But I need to confront him first.
I woke up and opened my eyes slowly, I remember how I helped Aryan and Aaradhya run away. Hope my name doesn't come out after their caught. But hope they don't get caught.
I got up and remembered that I'm here for camping. The reason why I hate camping is because it hurts. I want my bed… I can't go to sleep here on the floor!
Dedpasli had to find this day to go camping, were the other days not available?! And he even purposely told us at the end so that we don't get enough time to make good arrangements! How selfish is Dedpasli?! I wouldn't have even came if it wasn't for Revenge from Ragini. But now she said sorry in front of everyone then that's okay.
Now Lucky has no enmity with her and she doesn't with Lucky too, I hope. So now she's just like a normal girl who won't talk to me or I won't approach her. So she wouldn't insult me.
I zipped up my jacket and turned around. I saw her standing right in front of me and was a little surprised. The death glares that she's giving me is evident to that she knows it was me.
I give up now. To get her away I have to… I can't believe I'm going to talk to her.
"What are you doing here?" I asked.
"Why did you do that?" She asked.
"Why did you insult me?" I said and gave her then glares.
"Why did your gang stop me?" She asked.
Man, she's not stopping, she left me speechless.
"Because of you, I got punished for the thing that I didn't even do." She said and looked down tensed.
"What proof do you have that its me? It wasn't me… it was… Abhishek!" I said and blurted out Abshaguns name.
Kis manoos ka naam nikal pada moh se!
"It was you, don't put your mistakes on other people's head!" She warned as she came closer and pointed her finger at me.
"Woah, calm down Dakurani!" I said as I was getting angry too.
She looked at me with serious expressions. Dakurani also had been blurted out. But Dakurani and for that type of girl is a perfect nickname!
"Don't call me that." She warned and again with her index finger.
"Mind your finger!" I said with Tashan.
We both stared at each other with anger.
She turned around to leave but stopped as her duppata got stuck in the plant.
"Leave my duppata!" She said.
I wasn't even holding it so how will I leave it? And if she's saying this to a cactus then she's gone mad because how will the plant speak.
I freed her duppata from the cactus and she angrily turned around and slapped me across the face. I placed my hand on left cheek. I held my other hand in fist as I got angry. I was also angry at that time.
"At least have some shame!" She said and leaved.
I got angry and kicked the cactus and it fell and broke as I looked at her leaving angrily.
Ragini walks out of Lakshya's tent and Kavya sees this and looks on.
I came out of his tent in anger and then went inside my tent and sat down. I should just ignore him.
How dare he hold my duppata?! What does he think? That he can do whatever he wants? I hate him and never wish to see his face again. Whatever he had done was wrong. He had gotten me rusticated from college. I should just ignore Makkhi from now on and onwards.
The principal had called the students to gather around. Lakshya and Ragini also gathered around.
"So we will start today's first activity. It would be revolved around knowing one and another and being their partner for the rest of their activities." The principal explains.
"So you do this activity like this… so the first letter of your name, let's say me… D, I need to subtract 6 and if I can't subtract 6 then I have to add 6, so after G it's minus 6 and before G it's add 6. So I have to meet partner up with someone with the letter I… but after you know everyone's names. Now start." The principal explains and claps.
"Jaise Khud sarahua vaise hi uski game sarihui." Lakshya whispers.
"Cracked Dedpasli ka cracked dimaag." Rudra says.
Kavya chuckles.
Lakshya sees Ragini and glares at her, she sees him and ignores him.
"Thappad Ki keemat toh Tumhe chukani padegi Dakurani!" Lakshya thinks.
"After all the cheap acts you have done Makkhi, that created a bad and cheap image in front of me. I hate to even see your face." Ragini thinks and glares at him.
Both RagLak glare and each other.
Everything was nearly okay but Lakshya's one act finished their chance to probably a good friendship. ?
Lakshya looks away and looks at Rudra.
"It's so boring here, yaha se Achcha plan banaya tha Na humne? Yaha Kya khubi hai jo Ki Goa mein Nahi hai?!" Rudra annoyingly asks Lakshya.
"Chill yaar, its only a week." Kavya says.
"A week is even too long for me, mat mari gayi thi Meri." Lakshya says seeming bored.
"I'm leaving… Dedpaslis coming." Rudra says.
"Boys, may I ask you why you are standing here like statues?!" The principal asks.
"They already know us so what's the point?" Lakshya says.
"But do you know them?" The Principal asks.
"No and? What will happen if we know them or not? We're gunna forget anyways." Rudra says rudely.
"Find, go find your Partner Mr Rudra Shrivastava!" The principal says.
"Who?" Rudra asks.
"Where are your ears most of the time? Anyways you're R so it's a L." The Principal says.
"Lucky, you're my partner." Rudra says.
"No, someone else." The principal says.
"I don't know anyone else?" Rudra says.
"You're absolutely useless! Wait here, I'll be back." The principal says and leaves.
"Dedpasli Mujhe useless Bol gaya?! He's useless himself and calling me useless!" Rudra says.
"Pata Nahi what's Dedpasli's problem. Whatever we do he comes to ruin… but ab Nahi bachega." Lakshya says and smirks.
"Why?" Kavya asks.
Lakshya sees him coming and kicks a rock and it hits his head.
"Hey!" The principal says shouts and touches his head.
"Log Ouch or Aah karte hai and he's says Hey!" Rudra says and laughs along with Lakshya and Kavya.
"Who threw that?" The Principal shouts while looking around.
Lakshya, Rudra and Kavya stop laughing and make a straight face.
The principal walks towards Rudra and partners him up with Raghav.
"Lucky, yours is with F." The principal says.
Ragini thinks that hers is with L.
Rudra pushes Raghav and messes around. Every minuet Raghav complains to the Principal.
Lakshya couldn't find anyone with F as they were taken. The principal makes an annoyed face and looks at Rudra.
"Rudra! Behave!" The principal says.
Rudra is shown spitting spitballs out from a straw.
"Rudra, out! Get out from here right this moment!" The Principal shouts in an annoyed posture.
Rudra gets happy and walks out with respect and his luggage.
"Now I'm going to chill in Goa." Rudra says happily and leaves.
Ragini partners up with Lavanya and Lakshya partners up with Raghav.
I thought I had to partner up with that Makkhi. But thank god I found Lavanya.
I avoided looking at him and focused on what Sir was saying. I could hear some sounds and I peeked. I saw Makkhi spitting spitballs.
I can't believe that, how can he find that funny? I find it immature and cheap!
Makkhi then threw water balloons at the principal and some of the people. They all ran, including the principal to get shelter. He had gotten me and Lavanya too… but he threw three on me.
How dare he?! I ran inside my tent while shivering.
"Ab Nahi bachega!" I thought.
Ugh! I should've listened to Maa…
Now I regret it! Why did I have to meet Makkhi?! What was the need of me to open my mouth?! Was mine and Makkhis meeting important?!
I regret everything, even slapping him. Nah mein bolti Aur nah Makkhi Mujhe janta Aur nah itna Sab kuch hota! Stupid
Ragini! I palmed my forehead and was shivering. After all I was drenched. Ugh!
I changed my clothing and got inside the blanket.
The principal looks out to see who had done it as he couldn't see from the crowd but he has suspicion on Lakshya and nods okay with suspicious face.
Just then a water balloon pops on his face and he hurriedly moves back.
"Lucky!!!!!!" The Principal shouts at the top of his lungs and all hear while Lakshya is shown laughing.
Episode ends.
Precap: Lakshya to apologise to Ragini… Ragini to expose Lakshya.
Mr D Sengupta aka the Principal – Deven Bhojani
Rudra – Girish Kumar (With Curly Hair)
Kavya – Roop Durgapal
Aaradhya – Aneri Vajani
Aryan – Mishkat Varma
Thank you for reading…
Do drop down your awesome and encouraging comments…
And also your POV about this episode…. please.
And RagLak fans… can you guess why Lakshya apologises? ?
I don't know how long this would be…
This does have SwaSan in it but it's mainly RagLak…
Aur Haa… RagLak fans… do you want to see Ragini and Lakshya's life with their children? Please answer, it's important. You're free to say anything… even a no. But do answer… please ??
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Barefoot at Havelock Island
Andaman Islands, India
Barefoot at Havelock Island is an idyllic, rustic hideaway located in the Andaman Islands; India's secret paradise. Offering the 'best beach in Asia' and some of the world's best diving, Barefoot provides a beach escape with a dash of adventure.
At a Glance
The first and only eco-friendly resort in Andaman Islands, located in a rainforest
Sport activities like Scuba diving, snorkeling, kayaking, fishing and forest walks can be arranged
Ayurvedic Wellness Center offers various treatments like massages, beauty and rejuvenation packages
Described as the beast beach in Asia in TIME Magazine in November 2004
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Barefoot at Havelock as the name suggests is located on Havelock Island, a 1-hour 30-minute speedboat journey from the capital Port Blair. The island covers 100 sq km, and is well worth exploring. Set within 7 acres of grounds, Barefoot at Havelock offers Robinson Crusoe style cottages, some with thatched roofs that blend into the surrounding foliage. The philosophy is very much eco-focused, and this is evident in much that the hotel does. It is by no means a resort where you head for Maldivian style luxury or service, but for those who want to be more down to earth.
The Andaman Islands are located midway between India and Thailand in the Bay of Bengal, accessed by a flight from either Calcutta or Chennai. They offer superlative white sandy beaches and pristine coral reefs and are relatively untouched by tourism.
The vegetables are organically grown on site, and it is worth sticking to the Indian fare on offer (although they do offer a European alternative). There is a lovely communal lounge where guests can sit back and relax in the evenings.
There are four room types, and we suggest the newer Andaman Villas or Nicobari Villa. The Andaman Villas are square in design with large windows making the rooms airy and light and offering about 300 sq ft of space with a comfortable sit-out. The Nicobari Villa is round and on stilts, replicating the traditional Nicobari tribal style. It has a four poster bed, and a small sit out.
The diving at Barefoot at Havelock is second to none, and best from December to May. It has a fully certified PADI dive school, with excellent rates. Snorkelling is superb in and around Havelock Island. The hotel also offers yoga, Ayurvedic treatments, kayaking, fishing, nature walks, and bird watching.
Barefoot at Havelock Island offers 31 thatched cottages and villas. Choose an air-conditioned Andaman Villa for optimum comfort during your stay on Havelock Island.
Children are welcome at Barefoot at Havelock but there are no specific facilities. Kids will enjoy the pristine beaches of Havelock Island, the many water sports on offer and the boat trips to neighboring islands.
Facilities at Barefoot include a restaurant serving a fusion of Continental and Indian cuisines using organically ingredients and fresh seafood, lounge and PADI dive school offering a full range of dive services.
There are a wealth of activities available on the Andaman Islands. Barefoot at Havelock offer complimentary snorkeling and activities at an additional charge include scuba diving. The coral reefs are full of tropical fish, turtles, barracuda, rays, Napoleon fish and the elusive dugong. On land there is also nature walks, bird watching, yoga and massages available at the hotel's spa.
Location & Directions
Andaman Islands, India
This small resort is set in rainforest and tropical fruit trees behind a pristine 2 kilometers of white sand, quirkily named Beach No. 7 at Havelock Island in the Bay of Bengal.
When to go
December to March is the best of year to visit the Andaman Islands. This is when diving is at its optimum and you can also enjoy turtle nesting season and game fishing. Expect dry and warm weather during the day and cooler evenings. April and May are sunny but humid. June through to September see long and heavy rains with short and unpredictable periods of sunshine. October and November can bring short rains, with a good chance of uninterrupted sunshine.


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Linus Torvalds announced the first Linux 4.1 release candidate kernel saying, "no earth-shattering new features come to mind, even if initial support for ACPI on arm64 looks funny. Depending on what you care about, your notion of 'big new feature' may differ from mine, of course. There's a lot of work all over and it might just make a big difference to your use cases." New features in Linux 4.1 include the new 'simple persistent memory' driver (which enhances support for Non-Volatile Memory devices), support for single user-only systems where support for multiple users is configured out (for very small embedded systems that don't have resources and need to save 25 KB of RAM), and support for filesystem-level encryption in ext4. The subsequent RCs add a few fixes, including one "so old that I almost thought if it's been broken since 2011, and you only noticed now, maybe it could have waited."
Kdbus?ACPI on 64-bit ARM systems
One of the new features in Linux 4.1 is support for ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) on (mostly server) 64-bit ARM systems. ACPI enables the discovery of devices and system properties not expressed through self-enumerating peripheral buses and technologies. For example, when you attach a USB dongle or a PCIe adapter card to your laptop or desktop, that system can perform an automated discovery of its properties as an intrinsic capability of the USB and PCIe buses. But how does the same system know about the presence of the USB and PCIe buses? ACPI aims to answer this question and its requirement in the ARM Server Base Boot Requirements (SBBR) is addressed by Linux 4.1 (full disclaimer: this author was a coauthor of the ARM SBBR specification).
ACPI provides the glue that connects platform devices, and provides information about the platform that varies from one manufacturer to another. It does this using tables – data structures having a four-character name and providing certain information specific to the table type in question. Certain tables must be provided, while others are optional. When the operating system boots, UEFI (the system firmware) passes a RSDP (Root System Description Pointer) to the operating system as part of the process. This RSDP points to the XSDT (Extended System Description Table), which contains pointers to others. Some are required, such as the MADT and the DSDT (Differentiated System Description Table), while others, like the MCFG (provides the glue to discover the PCIe bus), may not be provided on systems that don't need a feature (PCIe).
ACPI has long existed on Intel architectures (contemporary 64-bit 'x86' and the older Itanium) but it is new elsewhere, and its adoption by emerging ARM server systems is not without critics. They would cite that a very similar functionality is provided by Device Tree, which is a specification derived from Open Firmware's similar system description tables. Device Trees have the kind of data present in ACPI's DSDT, including entries for each platform device and its memory location. There are several key differences between ACPI and Device Tree, however. Firstly, ACPI provides AML (ACPI Machine Language), which enables manufacturers to supply small embedded code routines that the OS can interpret to enable some functionality without a specific driver. While AML is hated by some in the Linux kernel community, it is one of the evils that has enabled mass market adoption of x86-based laptops that work out of the box without special drivers.
Secondly, ACPI is supported by an industry standardisation consortium (the UEFI Forum). UEFI Forum provides neutral governance of the ACPI (and UEFI) specifications and manages changes over time. Device Tree is flexible and its core is covered by an obsolete standard, but the bindings that describe the properties provided by vendor Device Trees aren't controlled by a central authority. The closest thing to a standard for DT is the Linux kernel Documentation directory, which changes over time and has led to many incompatible breakages. That's acceptable for mobile phones that are built as a vertical stack of kernel and OS, but not for servers that run different releases of operating systemsoftware and kernel versions over time.
Finally, the use of ACPI on ARM is mostly constrained to server class systems, where vendors are familiar with ACPI. They know how to provide ACPI tables for server systems that support a plurality of operating systems. Time will tell how well the ARM server ecosystem shapes up. In the interim, Linux distros include ACPI support in their 4.1 release candidate kernel builds, providing support for such first-generation 64-bit ARM servers.


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I became interested in pop bottles (I grew up in the Chicago area where we all said "pop") and related stuff when I was about 12 years old. I had gone inside an old garage that was attached to a neighborhood house that was being torn down and inside was a cache of un-returned pop bottles that must have dated from the 1940-50's period. I took one of each type home (about 20 of 'em) and yes, still have them to this day. I really got off on all the different labels and colors of glass and because I used to like to read old magazines I actually recognized most of the brands that were no longer around or had changed their design. I'll go into this more in a future post, but wanted to lay some sort of a foundation for this piece which is exclusively on 7Up, with a special focus on their branding efforts of the 1950's.
The soft drink that would be known as 7Up was created in 1929 by Charles Leiper Grigg in St.Louis as part of his "Howdy" line of sodas and was originally called "Bib-Label Lithiated (it contained the mood stabilizer lithium citrate until 1950) Lemon-Lime Soda". It was almost immediately re-labeled "7 (7 natural flavors) Up Lithiated Lemon-Lime", and then finally just "7Up".
In terms of logos, an original winged trademark soon gave way to the red squared logo that lasted until the late 1960's that coincided with the that period's brilliant "Uncola" re-branding campaign. I always felt they had GOLD in that Uncola moniker. . .
By the late 1940's 7Up was the third most popular soft drink in the United States. By the time the 1950's rolled around, the company had employed extensive branding techniques to keep the momentum going. The following 3 binders contain examples of what was offered to the bottlers and distributors to reinforce the product's presence.
Here's a link to more info on "Freddie": http://www.cartoonbrew.com/disney/fresh-up-freddy.html
As a final footnote, I was lucky enough to work on spots for 7Up International using the Susan Rose/Joanna Ferrone character "Fido Dido" ! Here's one of my favorites done while I was at The Ink Tank Studio in NY: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JpHjeGXyw8


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Representatives from industry and academia have concluded that stronger collaboration is needed between higher education and the commercial engineering sector.
The event, held at the IET in London, also examined whether graduates were learning the right skills at university in preparation for commercial careers – something which many in industry felt was not the case.
The forum, organised by MathWorks, featured representatives from many of the UK's leading engineering companies and universities, including Jaguar Land Rover, Rolls Royce and the University of Cambridge.
Issues discussed included how greater collaboration between higher education and industries such as aerospace and automotive is needed to prepare students for the real world challenges of a commercial career, and how universities can accommodate industry-standard skills such as model-based design into the current curriculum.
"It's very difficult for us to find sufficient graduate level engineers with the right skills and experience, and as a result, 60-70 per cent of our graduate intake requires training of some sort," highlighted Andrew Richardson, head of Simulation at Jaguar Land Rover. "We're addressing this by working with a number of universities to roll out our TAS (Technical Accreditation Scheme) Masters qualification, but there's still a lot more that needs to be done."
"Open dialogue is critical to successful collaboration," added Professor Dame Ann Dowling from the University of Cambridge. "While higher education needs to prepare students for the commercial realities of a job outside academia, industry must commit relevant resources to universities, making new product releases and code available for academic use and research, and in a way that is cost-effective. We need to continually evolve new ways of interacting and collaborating."


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The baby will naturally know what to do, but from what I've read, there are things you can do to make it easier for him/her, like certain positions, etc
Talk with your OB about a breastfeeding class. Most hospitals offer a class or have a lactation consultant to talk to. Get as much help as you can while you are in the hospital from the nurses. It's a great thing to do for your baby, but with all good things sometimes they are very difficult. Don't give up, keep asking questions. I really had my mind set on doing it with my first, but we had issues with latching on and he wasn't gainging weight like he should have. So I pumped and fed him with a bottle, we never did get the breastfeeding thing down, but he still got breast milk for a year, when there's a will there's a way. Good luck
I had much the same problem with my daughter as ndmommy had with her son. She was born with reflux, so breastmik was too thin for her to keep down. And when I was breastfeeding she could only latc on to one nipple. So for a few months I pumped and mixed it with thick formula, then used it for her oatmeal and other baby cereals but plain formula for milk bottles, to help wean her and me slowly. By the time she was a year old and introduced to sippies and whole milk, I was no longer as engorged, or leaking whenever a baby cried within earshot. Many of my family members wondered why I went that long still pumping when my baby couldn't drink breastmilk, but I wanted to do what I could to help keep my baby as healthy as possible and help make her as smart as possible. If half-and-half was all I could do, so be it. If milking the cereal was all I had enough for, then I would do it.
I've found that holding your baby accross your chest is the easiest position for them to latch on. However, I had inverted nipples at first and had to use a shield over them the first couple weeks so he could latch on! After that he got the hang of things. I was so depressed at first, thinking I was doing something wrong because I couldn't even feed my baby! But in time we got it down pat, and the nurses at the hospital were more than willing to help w/ positioning, ect. Good Luck! :)
ok I went to every breastfeeding class and everything to learn as much as I could before my daughter was born last may.. I agree that the easiest position for us seems to be just holding her across my chest, and she really just seemed to know what to do from the beginning. We worked on her latch with the lactation consultant at the hospital but other then that she knew what to do and how to do it. she is 11 months now and still breastfeeding, I am expecting another one in december and am planning on nursing again and possibly both at the same time unless my daughter weans herself before then. If you ever need anything message me or comment on my profile. It is the best bodn you can have with the baby, definitly no regrets on my part.
breastfeeding isthe thing nobody tells you how difficult it can be. nit to scare you or discourage you but unfortunately it is more common for it not to come natural, you have to be dedicated and you have towant to do bc it can also be painful. most birthing center have lactation consultants to help. its great that you want to do it, when it gets difficult just remember how beneficial it is to your baby!
yeah the baby naturaly knows what to do i breast feed my 8 month old alissa and i plan to breast feed baby number 2 anyways breast feeding is wonderful for you and the baby it helps you bond with them but if you plan to bottle feed to then heres the best formulas organic similac or regular similac or infamil or icamil i hope your pregnancy goes good
Good for you, breastfeeding is so important. When I first had my son I thought breastfeeding would be really easy however I found that at first my son had trouble latching and so it was a lot of work and a bit scary. I kept trying and never gave up because I knew how unhealthy for a newborn formula can be. Eventually, after the first couple of weeks, it did become much easier and we have been nursing ever since. My best advice to you is to seek out someone who has experience with sucessful breatfeeding and enlist them to sit in with you a few times in the early days to give you some pointers. For me, the help and advice I recieved from my sister in the first few days after my son was born was a huge comfort. If you don't have anyone close to you who has this knowledge, the La Leche League is a great resource as is your local breatfeeding advocate through the WIC program. The best feeding postion that I used when my son was very small was the "football" hold. This is where you hold your baby under one arm so that thier feet are sticking out behind you. This particular angle seems to encourage a good latch and it worked well for me. Good luck to you and never give up, it is so worth it.
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Quiz-Buddy for Palm OS - a vocabulary-building and a test-preparation tool. This user-friendly program can be successfully used for SAT, PSAT, GRE, GMAT and other standardized tests, as well as for improving vocabulary and learning foreign languages. Includes quizzes for SAT Verbal preparation,...
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Tools for Palm OS developers on Mac OS X. Cocoa Palm Reporter logs traces emitted by the Palm OS Emulator. USB-TCP Bridge provides a socket that can be used to communicate with a Palm handheld over USB (for example, GDB).
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The Palm OS Emulator is software that emulates the hardware of the various models of Palm OS platform devices. It is extremely valuable for writing, testing and debugging applications. Create "virtual" handhelds by running the Emulator on the MacOS. Emulated devices can be loaded with new ROMs,...
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PRC-Tools is a free collection of tools that allows you to create C/C++ Palm OS applications.Since Metrowerks has dropped Mac support in CodeWarrior for the Palm OS platform on February 2003, "PRC-Tools for OSX" remains at the moment the only Palm OS development environment that runs natively...
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iSync Palm Conduit allows you to use iSync to synchronize contact and calendar information on your Palm OS Device and Mac OS Computer. You can use iSync 1.1 to synchronize Address Book contacts, iCal calendars and To Do information on your Palm OS device, Mac OS...
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pilot-mailsync is an application to transfer outgoing mail from and deliver incoming mail (from a mail source like IMAP, POP or local files) to a Palm OS device using the Palm Mail application. pilot-mailsync project relies on the libraries installed by pilot-link. Whats New in This Release:...
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LyME is a port of LME ("Lightweight Math Engine", the heart of Sysquake) to Palm OS handheld devices. It implements more than 400 native commands, functions and operators, mostly compatible with Matlab, and 70 functions written in LME. It requires Palm OS 3.1 or higher and at least 1.5 MBytes of...
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A multitude of expense tracker programs exist for Palm OS devices. Most of them keep track of one persons expenses. Since 'Expense Sharer' is a book keeping program, it can keep track of one or several persons expenses and can split expenses between these persons.In 'Expense Sharer', each account...
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Palm OS Emulator supports a very useful API, HostTrace, which allows applications to send traces to a trace reporting tool like Cocoa Palm Reporter. Unfortunately, the HostTrace API is only available when running on the emulator or simulator. HostTraceGlue fills the gap by providing the same...
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Pantone chipbook, here it is: Pantone has released its new Pantone Plus System,
the company's most comprehensive upgrade to the Pantone Matching System
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- 224 more solids
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The Plus System is rounded out with two iPhone apps: myPantone ($9.99) lets you capture, develop or share Pantone color palettes on-the-go, while myPantone X-ref ($1.99) shows you the closest match of a shade from one Pantone library to another. (Check out the 25 best color apps for the iPhone here.)
The new release also uses the same 14 ink bases printers are already using for PMS print jobs, with more consistent ink film thicknesses for improved on-press matching. The system's books and chips also come printed on text-weight paper instead of cover-weight, a welcome shift to a more common paper-stock for design projects. It also coordinates seamlessly with Adobe, Agfa Graphics, Canon, EFI, Epson, Esko, Heidelberg, Quark and Xerox products.
Finally, you can trade in your old Pantone books via the Chip In program to earn up to a $50 rebate on an upgrade purchase. Believe us: your trusty Pantone chipbook is probably a wonkier color-match than you imagine, and prices for a Plus upgrade are reasonable (and tax-deductible).


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In an article titled ''Downloading' new skills into our brains like characters on The Matrix set to become a reality, say scientists' the Daily Mail today published a piece that has me very excited.
From optical input devices in Stargate and Ghost in the Shell to didactic learning implants in the Matrix films and Peter F Hamilton's numerous science fiction pieces, the concept is nothing new… but now it looks like it may be entering the realms of science fact. It probably won't be ready for commercial use for another decade or more (it's a technology you really wouldn't want to mess up) but if it becomes available I'd certainly be inclined to try it – after all, how often do you get the chance to say "I know Kung Fu"?
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I recently read Alice Feiring's Naked Wine and became intrigued by the idea of natural winemaking, which led to organic farming, which led to biodynamism. When I saw the book Voodoo Vintners: Oregon's Astonishing Biodynamic Winegrowers (Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University Press, 2011), I had to read it.
Katherine Cole writes wine columns for the FOODday section of The Oregonian newspaper and MIX magazine. Voodoo Vintners, her book on biodynamic winegrowing, was published in June 2011 by Oregon State University Press. Katherine's work has appeared in numerous national magazines. She holds degrees from Harvard College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, has studied with the International Sommelier Guild, and has taught journalism courses at Portland State University. Interact with her on Twitter: http://twitter.com/kcoleuncorked.
Could cow horns, vortexes, and the words of a prophet named Rudolf Steiner hold the key to producing the most alluring wines in the world—and to saving the planet? In Voodoo Vintners, wine writer Katherine Cole reveals the mysteries of biodynamic winegrowing and explores its practice in Oregon vineyards. Cole's story of biodynamic winegrowing starts on the back of a motorcycle in Persia and ends on a farm where the work is done by draft horses, chickens, and goats. Voodoo Vintners answers the call of oenophiles everywhere for more information about this "beyond organic" style of farming. Cole's engaging narrative is a must-read for anyone interested in wine, sustainable agriculture, or the local food movement.
This book comes at a time that biodynamic winegrowing is becoming more discussed. It is an evenhanded look at both sides of this agricultural debate. It really made me ponder what aspects of biodynamism I could relate to, and what just sounded overly farfetched to be worthwhile. Her explanation of biodynamic farming is one I can really get behind:
"…you're not just managing a crop. You're not just managing a farm. You're managing an ecosystem. It's a giant, farm-sized organism, of which every bird, bee, and bug is an integral part. Everything -- from the stray deer to the stray dandelion seed – contributes to the dynamic circle of life."
Then again, I must admit that this book was maddening at times, where Cole has built up biodynamic farming as the obvious answer to so many winemaking problems, only to deftly deflate that balloon by using a counterpoint suggested by a researcher, farmer, or scientist. Very well done – it really made me think. It's also apparently not surprising that so many people are conflicted by the opposing forces of biodynamism.
Rudolf Steiner, the godfather of biodynamic farming, was a conflicted man, trying to integrate mathematics and the sciences with cosmic rhythms and forces. As Cole writes: "Biodynamic agriculture is a textbook example of this conflict: on the one hand, it's practical horticulture. On the other, it's faith-based farming."
An alternative view can be found at the blog Biodynamics is a Hoax -- it's not often updated , but it's always good to be exposed to other views.
Ultimately, it seems that, much like natural wine, biodynamic winegrowing is something that lies along a continuum, with individuals opting in to more or lesser degree of adherence. That's pretty much where I find myself, especially so early in my study. It seems that the most beneficial aspect of biodynamic farming might be the time and attention the grower must give to the vineyard. The cosmic aspects I'm a little more skeptical of, though lunar planting has been adhered to for centuries, so I'm not closed off to it either.
At the end of the day, this book is a must-read.
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NC Dept. of Health Recommends No School Closings
Dr. Carney from the Nassau County Department of Health announced earlier this week that a Mattlin Middle School student who had flu-like symptoms with onset early in May has been diagnosed with the H1N1 virus, better known as Swine Flu. The child was absent from school for the seven-day period of contagiousness and is able to return to school.
The Department of Health wrote, "The child is currently asymptomatic, does not require exclusion and poses no apparent threat to the health and safety of the students and the staff of the school. The name of the child must remain confidential. At this time the Nassau County Department of Health does not recommend closure of any school in the Plainview-Old Bethpage School District."
On May 7, Superintendent of Schools Gerard W. Dempsey, Jr. posted a letter on the school's website alerting parents, staff and community residents that the district was notified by parents that there were six middle school students with Influenza A as diagnosed by private physicians.
"The district shares your concern about the health and well-being of all of our students and all the adults who work in or interact with district personnel," said Dempsey.
Dempsey said the school district was following guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control, which advise against closing schools.
"School closure is not advised for a suspected or confirmed case of novel influenza A (H1N1) and in general, is not advised unless there is a magnitude of faculty or student absenteeism that interferes with the school's ability to function," the guidelines state.
In response to the growing number of confirmed swine flu cases, Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi said, "We are urging all residents to be prepared, not scared."
Parents should teach their children to wash their hands often; properly use hand sanitizers; keep their hands away from their faces and avoid touching their mouths, noses, or eyes; cover coughs and sneezes with tissues or to cough into the inside of their elbows and discard tissues in the trash immediately after one use.
The elderly population is also at great risk, according to the New York Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (NYAHSA). "If you're not feeling well, we're asking you to visit your doctor, not your dad in a nursing home or your grandmother who gets home care visits," Carl Young, New York Association of Homes and Services for the Aging president, said. "Our nursing homes and senior services staffs are following strict infection-control programs, and the public's compliance will be of enormous help."
In an effort to help provide the public with resources and information, Senator Kemp Hannon has placed a link on his website, www.kemphannon.com, to reputable websites where residents can visit and get the latest news on the swine flu.
Residents can find updates from the New York State Health Department, answers to frequently asked questions, information for child care providers, Center for Disease Control, fact sheets and useful links to information for both the public and health care providers.
"Nothing spreads fear faster than a lack of knowledge and what to do when a problem presents itself," Senator Hannon said. "From newspaper, television and the Internet folks have a hard time not hearing about this topic. Yet, we certainly don't want to create a panic. We are more prepared than ever to address any public health issue that arises."
The Nassau County Department of Health is suggesting that students and staff who are ill in any way should not come to school, which is always good practice. Flu-like symptoms include: fever (over 100 degrees F.), feverishness, cough, sore throat, runny nose, or stuffy nose. Additional symptoms may include muscle pain, fatigue, and sometimes vomiting and diarrhea. Please consult a physician if these symptoms develop.
For the latest information on the swine flu outbreak, residents should contact the Nassau County Red Cross chapter at 747-3500 or visit www.nassauredcross.org; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at 1-800-CDC-INFO or visit www.cdc.gov/swineflu; or call the Nassau County Department of Health at (day) 227-9697 (after hours) 742-6154 or visit http://www.nassaucountyny.gov/.
Updates specifically regarding the cases in the Plainview Old Bethpage School District are available on the school's website at www.pob.k12.ny.us.
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FTSE off four-month high
London's main index tiptoed back from the four-month high seen yesterday, but still remains in an optimistic frame of mind. It has had one of its best runs in months, but once again the commodity bugbear made its presence felt, as mining stocks and oil firms sit firmly in the red.
The factors that have held the FTSE back for months now are likely to remain with us, and with the European Central Bank having lit a fire under European stocks with quantitative easing, it looks like the bargain hunters will be crossing the Channel in large numbers for a rich harvest in undervalued European firms.
Over on the continent indices are enjoying another good day, although Greece's election on Sunday means that the likes of the DAX and CAC40 have not been able to hold on to their highs. Syriza's victory is still the likeliest outcome, but beyond that the picture becomes very unclear, with negotiations between the new government and the EU likely to be long and tortuous.
Poor earnings weigh on US markets
Wall Street opened in the red this afternoon after a very strong showing yesterday, and yet again earnings are the culprit. The ECB's meeting had been seen as much less exciting in New York, which has concentrated on earnings, and the positive impact has faded much more quickly in the US.
General Electric and McDonald's set the tone for the afternoon with lacklustre figures, and the latter added to the gloom with a very downbeat outlook that indicates the first months of 2015 will be just as hard as the end of 2014. Unsurprisingly the shares dropped rapidly before recovering to stand down 0.6% as the session continued.
Gold sees heavy losses
Gold shed nearly 1% during the course of the day, its first serious drop so far this year, as the post-ECB environment left investors with little reason to push the metal higher. Indeed, the strength of the rally, nearly 10% in a little over three weeks, has left the metal vulnerable to the classic combination of profit-takers and counter-trend traders that are looking to take advantage of any weakness.
Euro below $1.12
EUR/USD has been breaking to fresh lows again today, testing the waters sub $1.12.
PMI figures from the eurozone were a mixed bag, but the composite index for the eurozone as a whole hit its highest level since August, a sign that expectations of ECB QE had already revived confidence to some degree.
The problem for euro bulls (if there are any left) is that Greece's elections on Sunday will only increase uncertainty and prompt a few more to sell the single currency and pick something where the outlook is more stable.


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- burberi
- 4 years ago
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