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See also ParisByTrain Article: Paris to Chateau Versailles Walkthrough.
Line => RER C (yellow)
Direction => Versailles-Rive Gauche
Arrival Station => Versailles-Rive Gauche (Zone 4, )
From Paris you can take a suburban "RER C" train to within 5 minutes walk of Chateau Versailles, ending at station Versailles-Rive Gauche.
Start your trip by going into any metro/RER station that you find around the city, which will be marked with a blue sign with an M or RER surrounded by a circle. From time to time you'll see the metro marked only by the old style art deco Metropolitan signs. Take note of the station name when inside.
Your goal is to get to the RER C line, the yellow line that serves the western half of the Parisian suburbs. If you've got a day or week pass that's good for at least Zone 4, skip this paragraph, else visit a ticket window in the station to purchase special ticket, since Versailles is in Zone 4, outside the coverage of normal Paris Metro/Bus/RER Ticket t that you would get for traveling within Paris. At the ticket window or guichet [Gee-Shay] don't panic. There's a 50/50 chance the worker will speak English quite well and if not, they'll understand "Chateau Versailles" [Shah-Tow Vher-Sigh]. Normally the metro worker will ask you whether you want a return ticket, by asking "Aller Rétour?" [Alleh-Ray-Tour] (or by making hand signs), which is simply two of the single tickets. Each ticket is currently () or double that for a return trip. Tip: don't expect that your credit card will work at the ticket window. Many North American credit cards will simply not work at RATP/SNCF credit card machines so have cash on hand and don't expect to use that 50 euro note either. Small bills or coins are best. Go ahead and buy Aller-Rétour return tickets to save a bit of time (unless you plan on sneaking off the tour path at the chateau and spending the night there).
Once past the turnstiles find the Metro map or plan [plon] to see where you are in relation to the yellow RER C line. If you happen to be at St. Michel/Notre Dame, Tour Eiffel (plus a few others) you're already on the RER C line, all you need to do is find the right train platform. Many stations throughout Paris serve several different metro lines and RER train lines all within the same station. This means a single station can have several vertical levels plus many different platforms going in opposite directions. This may sound confusing, but it follows a pattern that you'll quickly master: All RER lines are letters, A to E, all Metro lines are numbers 1 to 14. All lines have a terminus station, i.e. the last station on the line. Every train and metro platform will mark which line you're on and which direction the train is going, which is the terminus station. If you are not already at a station which serves the RER C line, play snakes and ladders with the metro/RER lines on the map to see how you can get to the closest RER C station.
Once you're at an RER C station, follow the overhead signs and wall signs towards the RER C Versailles-Rive Gauche platform. What may be confusing is that there may be other names on the sign along with Versailles-Rive Gauche for other terminus stations along the same line. For example, you may see an RER C sign that shows the direction/terminus station as Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Versailles-Chantiers, Versailles-Rive Gauche, all on one sign. As long as the terminus station is not before the station you want (in this case Versailles-Rive Gauche), you can take the line since it's going in the right direction.
Once you've arrived at the RER platform you'll see overhead signs along side the rails which show a plethora of station names, each possibly lit with a yellow square before the name. If the name is marked with a yellow square, the next train that arrives will stop at that station. Look for the station that you want, Versailles-Rive Gauche. If the name is not on the board, check the other side of the platform, which is going in the opposite direction.
When the train arrives, the doors will not open automatically; Someone on the train, or you, must press the green or silver button on the door to open it.
Once on the train, if you've taken the right train, you won't need to keep track of the stations since Versailles-Rive Gauche will be the last station on the line and everyone will be getting off.
After arriving at the terminus station, look for blue "Sortie" signs which mark exits for the station. Eventually each of them will have a name marking what street it gives access to. On occasion a landmark or sight such as Tour Eiffel or Chateau Versailles will be marked on the exit sign as well, highlighted in beige. Pick an exit and look out for brown street signs pointing in the direction of the Chateau. With any luck, you'll find one for Chateau Versailles, which is just a five minute walk from this station. Enjoy your visit.
- Google Map of Versailles-Rive Gauche station to Chateau Versailles
- Photo tour of Chateau de Versailles at Flickr.com
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Here's the plan so far (comments welcome - I won't brew this for at least another week):
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- 1 lb Caramel 10L
- 1/4 lb Victory malt
- 6 lb Briess Gold Liquid Malt extract
- 1 lb honey
- 5 lb blackberries (fresh frozen, thawed, then crushed)
- 1 oz Cascade @ 60 min
- 1 oz Cascade @ 5 min
- Wyeast Irish Ale 1084
Steep grains in 2-3 gal water for 30 minutes at 155F. Remove pot from burner. Add malt extract while stirring. Bring wort to a boil and add first oz of hops. With 5 minutes left of 60 minute boil, add the second oz of hops. Remove pot from boil and add crushed blackberries and honey. After 15 minutes, poor into sterilized fermentation bucket. Aerate wort. Add yeast, and ferment at 70F for 7-10 days. Rack to secondary for 2-3 weeks. I'm still considering dry hopping with some of the hops from the garden (will have to taste it to see if that makes sense).
According to Beer Calculus, this should give:
Color: 7º SRM
Bitterness: 21.2 IBU
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Next time you take a sip of chardonnay at a North Carolina winery, you�ll likely be doing so with a fellow Tar Heel.
A recent study conducted by the N.C. Division of Tourism and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, found that 80 percent of winery customers are visitors outside the community, but 70 percent of them live within the state.
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SOCORRO, N.M., November 13, 2000 -- Oliver W. Wingenter recently was appointed to the full-time, tenure-track position of assistant professor of chemistry at New Mexico Tech. He also will serve concurrently as a research scientist at the state-funded research university's Geophysical Research Center.
Wingenter arrived at New Mexico Tech after working the past year as a research specialist at the University of California at Irvine and, prior to that, as a postdoctoral researcher at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Wingenter earned his bachelor of science degree in chemistry at San Jose State University. He went on to earn his doctoral degree in chemistry at the University of California at Irvine, where he conducted his dissertation research under F. Sherwood Rowland. (Rowland shared the 1995 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his research work done in 1974, in which he predicted that chlorofluorocarbons, or "CFCs," would deplete stratospheric ozone.)
This fall semester at New Mexico Tech, Wingenter is teaching "General Chemistry." Next semester, he will teach "Atmospheric Chemistry," a graduate-level course.
He also currently is serving as faculty advisor to the Tech Chemistry Club.
As an atmospheric chemist, Wingenter's research interests are in chemical processes that control "global warming" and stratospheric ozone depletion. More precisely, his research focuses on the photochemistry involved in the processes which destroy greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and sources and distributions of gases that destroy stratospheric ozone.
"Shortly after arriving at New Mexico Tech, I was pleased to find out that a lot of the students here are very interested in working on research projects," Wingenter says. "The chemistry department also has been very supportive, helping me get started in my research and teaching."
Wingenter's recent research projects have involved obtaining air samples from aircraft, ships, and ground sites: "Ever since starting graduate school, I've been working on research projects all around the world," he says.
"As a professor teaching undergraduates, I try to present to the students the importance and motivation for the science they are learning in order to awaken their interest," Wingenter relates.
Wingenter, a native Californian, says he and his family are enjoying their new surroundings and are looking forward to snowboarding, skiing, and swimming in their spare time.
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The Nerd Who's Trying to Save Detroit
Rick Snyder is betting his legacy on rescuing the Motor City. It's so crazy it just might work.
The first time Rick Snyder visited Detroit, it was to see the Tigers play baseball. He was a college student in the 1970s, studying for a general studies degree at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. (He would earn that degree, as well as his J.D. and MBA, by the time he was 23 years old.) Snyder, who grew up on the west side of the state in a family of modest means, trekked into town for his first Tigers game at the old stadium at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull. But the details are blurry. He can't remember much about that day in Detroit—not which team the Tigers played, or who won. Before long, he was back in Ann Arbor, buried in the books.
Less than three decades later, he would make decisions that are among the most momentous in Detroit's 313-year history.
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Snyder, 55, is now the unlikely governor of Michigan, a venture capitalist, ex-accountant and former computer executive who came out of nowhere to take the statehouse in 2010. Billing himself as "one tough nerd"—he even uses the phrase as his Twitter handle—Snyder poured $6 million of his own money into the race and bested a crowded primary field. On Election Day, he won 62 percent of the vote against the Democratic mayor of Lansing, part of a GOP wave that turned every branch of Michigan's government over to Republican control and surged across the Midwest.
Snyder won by promising to focus with laser-like intensity on what he called Michigan's "economic disaster"—an implosion that saw the state lose nearly 859,000 jobs between 2000 and 2009, pushing Michigan's unemployment rate to a high of 14.2 percent. After taking office in January 2011, Snyder put his head down and got to work. He was decidedly unorthodox: signing a bill raising the minimum wage one day, cracking down on unions the next; slashing benefits for same-sex partners while welcoming President Obama's health-care law. Instead of fulminating against immigrants like many others in his party, he called for special visas to lure them to Michigan. And he did all of this without an ounce of charisma or rhetorical flourish.
"I meet a lot of politicians. He's definitely unusual," says Ted Wiatt, the billionaire co-founder of Gateway Computers who brought Snyder to his company. "I mean, who runs with the slogan 'one tough nerd'? Who does that?"
Buoyed by the nationwide economic recovery, Michigan has seen an uptick in jobs since Snyder took the governor's seat. Unemployment is now down to about 7.5 percent, representing a fairly steady decline.But it's Detroit that will be the governor's greatest legacy. It was after all Snyder who, in 2013, set in motion the chain events leading to the appointment of Detroit's emergency manager and the filing of Chapter 9 bankruptcy, the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. This summer, while the city's bankruptcy trial was still chugging toward the finish line, he signed two bills into law that approve spending $195 million as the state's contribution to the "grand bargain," an $816 million package intended to protect the Detroit Institute of Arts from creditors and to minimize pension cuts for retirees. Philanthropists, automakers and unions are among the other institutions contributing to a deal that took an uncommon amount to cross-sector collaboration to develop.
The state's support of the deal was pivotal, and it didn't happen quietly: Snyder signed the bills in a showcase press conference at a building on the Detroit riverfront, an abandoned manufacturing facility being refurbished into an outdoor adventure center. He surrounded himself with political leaders from both parties, retirees, young professionals who chose to live in Detroit and AmeriCorps volunteers. The dull metal desk where he sat was purchased for $5 from the vacant Pontiac Silverdome, the suburban stadium where the Detroit Lions had played before moving to a new facility downtown in 2002.
It was a bold and risky move: Here was a Republican governor putting money into an overwhelmingly Democratic city where more than 82 percent of its people are African American. And in the middle of a re-election campaign, no less. "This is not a bailout of dollars for Detroit's debts," Snyder insisted at the time he proposed the cash infusion. "This is not a bailout of banks and other creditors. This is focused on helping reduce and mitigate the impact on retirees. It's focused on protecting assets."


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7 Post-Storm Scams To Avoid
In the aftermath of every natural disaster comes a wave of manmade misfortune. Con artists flock to ravaged areas to take advantage of vulnerable people.
As cleanup after Superstorm Sandy gets underway, beware of people out to make a quick buck -- whether it's through bogus repair scams or the sale of cars fit that should be on the scrap heap.
Here are tips to avoid getting duped.
1. Beware of unsolicited repair offers and other red flags
As soon as the clouds lift, "storm chasers" descend on hard-hit neighborhoods, going door-to-door offering their services.
"We use the slogan, 'If you didn't request it, reject it,'" says Frank Scafidi, spokesperson for the National Insurance Crime Bureau. "If someone comes knocking on your door, they could be legitimate, but they could be very illegitimate, too."
Shady, unlicensed repair people do shoddy work, use inferior materials, or collect money and leave without finishing the work. Don't let the sense of urgency to start repairs tempt you to hire someone on the spot. Get a list of recommended licensed contractors from people you trust.
Other red flags:
- Contractors who claim to work for the government. The Federal Emergency Management Agency doesn't endorse contractors or loan companies.
- Repair people who don't have a company street address, only a post office box, and don't have business cards and company literature.
- People who offer to inspect your property before you've checked them out. Some bogus contractors inflict or invent damage to make more money.
- Contractors who have rundown equipment and unprofessional appearance.
- People who try to rush you into a decision.
2. Contact your home insurance company
Don't let a contractor elbow his way in between you and your insurance company, advises the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud. Distrust contractors who say they'll work on your behalf with your insurance company to get more money for the claim or to pay the deductible.
Work directly with your own insurance company to handle the claim. Besides helping you understand your coverage, the insurance company can also point you toward reputable contractors.
The Property Casualty Insurance Association of America (PCI) provides a list of toll-free claims numbers for many insurance companies on its website.
3. Get at least three estimates for repair work
Compare the bids, and check whether complaints have been filed against the contractors with the Better Business Bureau, PCI says.
4. Check contractor licensing, insurance and references
Verify that the contractor is properly insured and licensed. Contact your state or local licensing agencies. Ask the contractor for a list of references, and call them.
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A contract for the work should state everything the contractor will do, including labor and materials prices, scheduling and cleanup procedures, PCI says. Don't sign anything with blank spaces, which a shady contractor could fill in later.
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Most contractors will want a reasonable down payment, PCI says, but don't pay in full until the work is completed and inspected, and don't fork over any money until the contract has been signed. AARP New York says deposits or upfront fees should not total more than 25 percent of the estimate, and you should pay them only after materials reach your home and work begins.
7. Check a used car's history before buying
After any major flood, some cars that were totaled by insurers are sold through auto-salvage auctions, shipped away and cleaned up to look almost new. Lurking under those shiny exteriors are all sorts of engine and electrical problems.
Here's how to spot flood-damaged cars.
Unscrupulous salvage operators and dealers try to sell the damaged vehicles to unwary buyers, warns the National Insurance Crime Bureau. Make sure you check a used car's history before buying.
You can check a vehicle's history by paying a nominal fee for a search of the federal National Motor Vehicle Title Information System or use the free VinCheck service provided by the National Insurance Crime Bureau.
Scafidi says the NICB will work with its member insurance companies and law enforcement agencies to make sure that vehicles totaled after Sandy are entered into the federal National Motor Vehicle Title Information System and VinCheck.
This article was written by Barbara Marquand of Insure.com.
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As if having New Order, the Hold Steady and Airborne Toxic Event on the overstuffed Summerfest lineup wasn't enough, the fest just added Arctic Monkeys, Phantogram and others.
The annual music fest takes place from June 25-29 and from July 1-6 in Milwaukee.
Twenty-three new acts were added today, including Rick Springfield, Ingrid Michaelson, Berlin, the Pretty Reckless, Bear Hands, the Orwells and Lake Street Drive.
Individual show tickets are available starting at $16, but the entire 11-day event can be experienced with a full-fest pass for $70. You can find more info on Summerfest's website.


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Report From Cornell NYC Tech Vice President Cathy Dove - Roosevelt Island Campus Construction To Start Soon, All Demolition Materials To Be Removed By Barge And Community Communications By Web And February Meeting
Cornell NYC Tech Vice President Cathy Dove sends this report to the Roosevelt Island community.
I hope everyone is having a terrific holiday season. At Cornell Tech we have had an enormous amount to celebrate in 2013, including launching the first of our innovative academic programs, engaging more deeply with the community, and hiring terrific faculty and staff.As reported last Friday, the Roosevelt Island Operating Corp (RIOC) approved the transfer of RIOC controlled land for the Cornell NYC Tech Roosevelt Island campus contingent upon NY State signing the agreed upon funding memo.
For me, though, 2014 will be even more exciting, because in addition to all of the great program activity, we will begin the physical development of the new campus on Roosevelt Island. So as we get close to beginning construction, we want to make you aware of the activities that will be occurring in the coming weeks and months.
We have spent over a year doing detailed planning on our approach to construction with the goal of minimizing the impact of construction on the community. We are so pleased that we are able to commit to the largest voluntary barging program in NYC. We are beginning to fulfill this commitment by putting a plan in place where all demolition materials will be removed by barge. In addition, our plan includes many other important construction-related approaches such as strict oversight of environmental conditions and public reporting on these topics.
Starting very soon we will begin delivering materials to the site in preparation for the start of construction. In January we will be installing an 11-foot high fence around the perimeter of the site and will be closing the eastern portion of the esplanade to enable the barging. Soon after, we will begin abating and demolishing the interior of the former Coler-Goldwater Hospital. We are starting with the removal of interior materials. Following that, the structure will be demolished using large equipment. There will not be any blasting. Demolition will be done by the end of 2014.
This is an exciting time and we know that Islanders will have questions and will want to keep informed on the progress of the work. We have put together a comprehensive communications plan to ensure that the project is fully transparent and that you're kept up to date throughout.
The central clearinghouse for all information related to construction is the new website that Cornell Tech has created for the project, http://construction.tech.cornell.edu/. On the website you can find the latest information and sign up for bi-weekly email blasts that will contain updates of our progress, milestones and a general two-week look ahead of what will be occurring on the future campus site.
There will also be regular opportunities to hear about the construction in person. The first of many community meetings on our construction activities will be held on Wednesday, February 5 from 6-8 pm at the Manhattan Park Theatre Club. At this forum we will bring together all of our construction partners to provide a full briefing on our plans and answer any questions that you may have.
We have also created a Construction and Community Task Force with members who include Christina Delfico, Jonathan Kalkin, Matthew Katz, Mark Lyon, Larry Parnes and Ellen Polivy. Also, every City, State and Federal local elected official has staff representation on this committee. We look forward to meeting with this group of Island leaders on a very regular basis.
On behalf of the entire Cornell team, my best wishes to you and your family for a happy and safe holiday season. Thank you for your continued support of Cornell Tech, and I look forward to the opportunity when we can invite you onto campus!


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Radulov, A. Kostitsyn expected to return for Game 5by John Manasso
Barry Trotz said a "high probability" exists that forwards Alex Radulov and Andrei Kostitsyn will return to the lineup on Monday for Game 5 his team's Western Conference Semifinal series against the Phoenix Coyotes after they each missed the last two games.
Nashville trails in the series, 3-1, and Radulov leads the team in points with six in the Stanley Cup Playoffs while Andrei Kostitsyn's four tie him for fourth on the team. The players were suspended for Game 3 for a violation of team rules and then held out as a hockey decision for Game 4 after the Preds won Game 3 by 2-0 with a different lineup.
After Nashville lost 1-0 on Friday, Trotz said he was unhappy with the performance of several players. He said he had spoken to both Radulov and Andrei Kostitsyn on Friday and again on Saturday morning. The team did not practice on Saturday, but Trotz and a few players spoke with the media via conference call.
"I think there's a high probability that they'll both go in," Trotz said. "I think they're motivated. There's some guys, as I said, that didn't bring their best games and therefore I think there would be a couple of changes."
So after a week, the saga has come full circle. Last Saturday was when the players stayed out too late the night before a game – an act Trotz said on Thursday was the basis for the suspension – and now this Saturday, Trotz said he liked the responses he has received from both players.
"They wanted to be a in a position and their hoping to be in a position so they can get on the ice and help," he said. "I said you've got to wrap your arms around the situation we're in and be ready to go. That's what I've asked. They're getting in the mindset that they're ready to go. They want to help this team. They're not happy that we're down 3-1 in this series. You're a player and you've been a good player for a long time and you want to be on the ice. You don't want to be in the stands, so they're back in the right mindset that they can make a difference here."
Having Radulov and Andrei Kostitsyn back in the lineup might not be the only changes that Trotz makes. During Game 4, Colin Wilson received a late-game promotion to the team's top line with center Mike Fisher and right wing Martin Erat in the spot where Sergei Kostitsyn normally plays. Sergei Kostitsyn has one goal and one assist and is minus-3 in the playoffs.
Wilson, 22, was a healthy scratch for the first six games of the playoffs. But in Game 4, he was arguably the Preds' best player. Trotz said he liked how Wilson, 6-foot-1, 210 pounds, used his big body to fight for and create space. The coach said he would consider using Wilson on that top line, which has remained intact for the last four-plus months.
"Yeah, absolutely, they need to get a little bit off the schneid offensively," Trotz said of the line. "No question I'm looking to do that."
For much of the season, Wilson played on one of the Preds' top two lines and finished with 15 goals and 20 assists in 68 regular season games. Wilson said receiving that in-game promotion was rewarding.
"The coaches, they certainly don't give you any of your ice time," he said. "You have to earn it. It was nice to get out with those guys. They're offensive, as well. It's nice. I have played with Marty. I've never played with Fish. Marty's a great playmaker. He's very easy to play with, so it was nice to get moved onto that line."


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Republicans want NBC, CNN to pull Clinton programs
WASHINGTON — The Republican National Committee charged Monday that NBC and CNN are promoting a potential presidential candidacy by Hillary Clinton, threatening to blackball them from future GOP primary debates if they air upcoming programs on the former secretary of state.
RNC Chairman Reince Priebus called a planned NBC miniseries on Clinton and a CNN documentary on the first lady an "extended commercial" for a future Clinton presidential campaign.
In separate letters to the networks, he urged them to cancel "this political ad masquerading as an unbiased production."
Clinton has not yet said whether she'll run for president again in 2016 but her future remains the subject of wide speculation in political circles and beyond.
The primary debates typically provide a ratings boost for the networks and are highly coveted as the presidential campaign unfolds.
In making the charge, the RNC was raising a common complaint among Republican activists that news and entertainment industries favor Democratic candidates.
Republicans have also used a potential Clinton campaign as a fundraising tool in recent months as both parties begin to assess the crop of candidates to succeed President Barack Obama.
CNN Films is planning a feature-length documentary film on the former first lady, looking at her professional and personal life.
It will be led by Oscar-winning director and producer Charles Ferguson and is expected to air in 2014.
NBC has announced a miniseries called "Hillary," starring actress Diane Lane.
No air date has been announced but it is timed to be released before the 2016 presidential election. NBC has said the four-hour miniseries will follow Clinton's life and career from 1998 to the present.
Richard Licata, an NBC Entertainment spokesman, declined to comment on the request and referred calls to NBC News, which said in a statement that it "is completely independent of NBC Entertainment and has no involvement in this project."
CNN said in a statement that "instead of making premature decisions about a project that is in the very early stages of development and months from completion, we would encourage the members of the Republican National Committee to reserve judgment until they know more."
"Should they decide not to participate in debates on CNN, we would find it curious, as limiting their debate participation seems to be the ultimate disservice to voters," CNN said.
In the letters, Priebus said the RNC would refuse to partner with the two networks on future Republican primary debates or sanction any debates CNN or NBC might sponsor if they continued with their Clinton programs. Unless the networks comply, he plans to push for the sanctions at an RNC meeting in Boston beginning on Aug. 14.
GOP leaders in the early voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina said they supported the request.
Since Mitt Romney's loss to Obama in last year's elections, Republicans have pushed to limit the number of primary debates.


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Claim: The Alanis Morissette song "You Oughta Know"is about actor Dave Coulier from TV's Full House.
If only Uncle Joey were alive today, he could have prevented all this from ever happening, with his avuncular, nurturing ways, not to mention his tremendously hilarious Bullwinkle impression.
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FOX Business: Capitalism Lives Here
U.S. stock-index futures climbed on Wednesday as traders looked to scoop up shares that were beaten down in the previous session on a fairly quiet news morning.
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Today's Markets
As of 8:17 a.m. ET, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures climbed 68 points to 15206, S&P 500 futures gained 8.3 points to 1635 and Nasdsaq 100 futures rose 12.8 points to 2976.
The markets took a steep drop on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 tumbling 1%, as traders once again began to fret about how long central bank easing can last. The day was off to a better start Wednesday, with markets in Europe trading close to the flat-line.
"Global markets appeared to have calmed but it is unclear whether this is a temporary pause or shift in market sentiment," analysts at Nomura wrote to clients.
A round of data on the eurozone manufacturing sector came in slightly weaker than economists expected. Industrial production across the struggling currency bloc was flat in April, compared to forecasts that it would tick up 0.4%.
The only U.S. data release comes in the afternoon, from the Treasury Department. The U.S. federal budget deficit is forecast to have narrowed to $110 billion in May from $124.6 billion the month prior.
On the corporate front, Apollo Tyres said it would buy Cooper Tire & Rubber (NYSE:CTB) for $35 a share in cash in a roughly $2.5 billion deal. Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) settled with Teva Pharmaceuticals and Sun Pharmaceuticals for $2.15 billion over a patent-infringement claim.
Energy futures were lightly changed ahead of the weekly inventory report from the Energy Department. The benchmark U.S. crude oil contract rose 13 cents, or 0.14%, to $95.50 a barrel. Wholesale New York Harbor gasoline dipped 0.2% to $2.817 a gallon. In metals, gold was little changed at $1,377 a troy ounce.
Foreign Markets
The Euro Stoxx rose 0.59% to 2699, the English FTSE 100 climbed 0.36% to 6363 and the German DAX edged up 0.07% to 8228.
In Asia, the Japanese Nikkei 225 tilted lower by 0.21% to 13289 and the Chinese Hang Seng sold off 1.2% to 21355.


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What a beautiful wedding that was. I can't believe you have a picture from 1897. WOW♥Joy
That's amazing! Old photos are a smidge creepy though, lol ... 1897 though - WOW is right!
I'm envious. I have no old wedding photos for my family.
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NYC Sikh Sangat at Occupy Wall Street
Sat Nam. In light of the growth of the NYC Occupy Yoga classes and the Global Occupy Movement, we have a timely request, and we seek your help and feedback. We would like to kindly put forward our appeal to help garner some advice and assistance. We would like to call upon you all for collective action.
Thanks so much for your support of the Occupy Yoga movement in some of your Social posts and local participation. Our membership is growing on @occupyyoga (twitter) and http://www.facebook.com/occupyyoga (new page) our Facebook Social Home. The work we have been doing in New York at OccupyWallStreet is getting some small recognition online (thanks to a few Spirit Voyage posts), and local word of mouth, but nothing yet really in the printed press or larger "blogo-sphere". We are trying to change that. So far, it's a great start, but the work is really just beginning.
We are spreading the word and getting people mobilized. We have anywhere from 40-60+ participants with up to 100 bystanders watching us do Kundalini Yoga every night in Liberty Park (6pm everynight) in Downtown NYC, Occupy Wall Street. We are reading and reciting the 5 Aquarian Sutras (we've included them below) in huge groups. We are bringing in musicians and teachers from Massachusetts and as far as New Mexico. We have 7 different teachers per week teaching, and twice on Weekends. People are getting the message way Yogi Bhajan (our spiritual teacher) wanted us to -- by taking it to those in need.
But this is not enough.
We would love to have you help continue to get the word out, and help spread the light to other cities through any media outlets or connections you have. This energy and emerging period right now before the Aquarian Age turn point of 11.11.11 is an essential time to get the community mobilized. We're even a bit frustrated more people don't see the urgency of this time and are not capitalizing on it. We have this amazing platform from which to spread the message of light. The Occupy movement is a rich vein of consciousness ready for spreading the universal conscious message and positive actions to the global scale. And Yogi Bhajan, our Master teacher of Kundalini Yoga, always urged us to be the light, but also importantly to act... Let's not rest on our laurels at this vital time. A revolution of consciousness is upon us, and all of the teachings, and all of the daily practice, and all of our service... The point of it was clear – he trained us to be the "White Robed" leaders of light at this time, right now.
We would like to call upon teachers and student from all corners of our community to act locally and globally now to make a push in their community to get the word out. We were trained to bravely jump into situations of darkness and confusion and lead the way towards the light. We are here at OccupyWallStreet to do that, and we believe the time is now. It was foretold by Yogi Bhajan, and 40+ years we have been waiting for this time -- it is in the present, right now upon us, just days before 11.11.11. Let us act now!
Please connect with us, and reach out to others so we can see how we can continue to grow this message and bring it to the public, press, and media groups.
If you need help, or advice on how to start your own "Occupy Yoga" chapter, please do not hesitate to reach out to us at [email protected]
Please forward this email to all of your contacts and let them know we are mobilizing. Blog it. Post it. Email it. And then get out into the streets. People are thirsting for this technology and this message. We are talking. We are teaching. We are leading. And it is high time the world know of the message of consciousness we have trained ourselves to embody, and which we were placed here to give. It is our sacrifice. It is our life.
Very best to you in your mission... We support you. Please keep in touch.
Fateh Singh
Occupy Yoga (for Everyone)
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The average wholesale heating oil price rose over three cents from last week to $1.84 per gallon on January 30, 2006, (see the table at the end of this report). The graph below shows the spread in Nebraska prices from month to month and from this year compared to last year. This week's average price was 50 cents (or 38 percent) higher than the price at this time last year.
Other states in the Midwest Region had comparable prices ranging from $1.80 to $1.89 per gallon resulting in a regional average of $1.82. States adjacent to Nebraska, such as Kansas, South Dakota, Iowa, and Missouri, had prices of $1.82, $1.86, $1.84, and $1.84, respectively.
For the week ending January 27, the Midwest distillate inventory level was in the normal range for this time of year at 7.2 million barrels.
Notes: The annual report for the 2004-2005 winter season is available. An archive houses annual reports from previous years.
Heating Season
The Oil Price Information Service collects wholesale heating oil prices each week for Nebraska and twelve (12) other states in the Midwest Region during the heating season (October to March). The Energy Information Administration, the independent statistical and analytical agency within the U.S. Department of Energy, uses the prices collected by the Oil Price Information Service to calculate a state average price, a regional average price, and a national average price which can be seen in the report Wholesale Heating Oil Prices by Region and State.
Off Season
Prices are not collected during the off season (April through September).
Midwest Region
For statistical purposes, the Energy Information Administration defines the Midwest region to include the states of Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Wisconsin.


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Historical Context
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This lesson about frontier life in Texas is based on the National Register of Historic Places registration file, "Castolon Historic District" (with photographs), and other source materials about Castolon and ranching in the Big Bend region. It was written by Carol E. Sperling, former Supervisory Park Ranger at Big Bend National Park. TwHP is sponsored, in part, by the Cultural Resources Training Initiative and Parks as Classrooms programs of the National Park Service. This lesson is one in a series that brings the important stories of historic places into the classrooms across the country.
Where it fits into the curriculum
Topics: The lesson could be used in teaching units on westward expansion or United States geography. Students will practice skills of map reading, and analysis of photographs and primary documents.
Time period: Late 19th century to early 20th century
Relevant United States History Standards for Grades 5-12
Relevant Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
Find your state's social studies and history standards for grades Pre-K-12
Objectives for students
1) To understand living conditions for settlers around Castolon at the turn of the 20th century, including how they supported themselves.
2) To explain why early settlers in the area of the Rio Grande felt free to cross the international boundary frequently.
3) To list, in English and Spanish, 10 commodities local ranch families could have obtained at the Castolon trading post.
4) To compare the early history of Castolon to that of their own communities in the early-to-mid 1900s.
Materials for studentsThe materials listed below either can be used directly on the computer or can be printed out, photocopied, and distributed to students. The maps and images appear twice: in a low-resolution version with associated questions and alone in a larger, high-quality version.
1) two maps showing Texas and the southern part of Big Bend;
2) four readings describing the settlement of Big Bend, army life on the frontier, and Castolon's role as a trading post;
3) six photographs of Castolon and the surrounding area.
Visiting the site
Castolon Historic District is located in the southwest corner of Big Bend National Park, in West Texas. Park headquarters are 100 miles southeast of Alpine, Texas, off State Highway 118, and Castolon is 38 miles southwest of headquarters. For information, contact the Superintendent, Big Bend National Park, Big Bend National Park, TX 79834 or visit the park's Web page.


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Hyvin jännää. Matteo Ricci on erikoislaatuinen ja hyvin kiinnostava historiallinen hahmo.
China's first exhibition center dedicated to Jesuit Father Matteo Ricci (1552-1610) has opened in Zhaoqing, the place where the Italian missionary first set foot on the mainland, reports Ucanews.
The new Matteo Ricci Cultural Exchange Exhibition Center details the life of the Jesuit priest, known as Li Madou to Chinese people, through an array of exhibits and written accounts.
The center is located near the ruins of the first church and Jesuit house that Fr. Ricci and his companion Jesuit Father Michele Ruggieri were allowed to build after they arrived in China in 1583. The church, called "Xianhua Temple" out of respect for Buddhist custom, was dedicated to the Blessed Mother.
Jesuit Father Gabriel Li Jiafang of Jiangmen, who attended the opening, hoped the exhibition, which is designed to boost tourism, would make more people aware of the missionary and the Catholic faith.
"The local Church has provided historical material such as books and written records for the Ricci exhibition center which is managed by the city museum. A replica of a Ricci statue owned by the parish is also erected there," the pastor of Zhaoqing's Immaculate Conception Church said.
Other exhibits include Fr. Ricci's writings, items of clothing, scientific instruments and astronomical data, to help visitors understand his background, his six years in Zhaoqing (until 1589) and his contribution to cultural exchanges between East and West.
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Arrest of Haiti government critic triggers protests
The political climate was tense in Haiti's capital Wednesday as scores of demonstrators and opposition lawmakers protested the arrest of a prominent attorney leading a corruption case against the first family.
Protestors showed up at the downtown Port-au-Prince courthouse where André Michel, a lawyer and government critic, was scheduled for an appearance after his arrest Tuesday night.
Michel was accused of obstructing justice after refusing to allow police and the district attorney to search his car. His arrest, well after a 6 p.m. constitutionally-mandated cutoff for arrests not related to immediate criminal events, triggered protests and accusations that Haiti had re-reentered a dictatorial era.
"Once again the executive has continued with its flagrant violation of the Haitian Constitution,'' said Sen. Francky Exius.
As protestors denounced Michel's arrest, President Michel Martelly shared a brief phone call with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden Wednesday afternoon. A White House statement made no mention of the demonstrations, which earlier in the day triggered a warning from the U.S. Embassy in Port-au-Prince about rock throwing near the presidential palace.
The conversation, instead, focused on Haiti's long delayed legislative and local elections, according to the White House.
The statement said Biden "welcomed President Martelly's commitment to continue working to further strengthen Haiti's democratic institutions, including by maintaining a strong and independent legislative branch."
"The Vice President commended President Martelly for his efforts to work with the Haitian parliament and political parties to resolve outstanding issues," and support the work of an electoral council charged with setting a date to hold elections.
The delay in holding elections has been a source of mounting tensions in Haiti, and the opposition found a renewed cause with Michel's arrest.
As Michel waited to appear before a judge, a crowd stormed into the court house passed police, freed him from custody and took him to the office of the Port-au-Prince bar association for his own protection, said Newton St. Juste, his lawyer. Michel was later rescued by Exius and other opposition senators, who had called an emergency session of the Haitian Senate.
Attempts to reach Francisco René, the Port-au-Prince district attorney, were unsuccessful.
Michel had been in hiding for months after the government issued what critics and other lawyers call a questionable arrest warrant against him in the 2010 murder of a student. Earlier this month, he said he planned to come out of hiding. He appeared at a Sept. 30 anti-government protest in Port-au-Prince and then again last week led an anti-government protest in Cap-Haitien.
Michel was arrested while on his way home after he was stopped in a car in the Port-au-Prince slum of Martissant. He was detained by a special branch, CIMO, of the Haiti National Police. They were joined on the scene by René, who quickly left after police began dispersing tear gas to move the crowds protecting Michel.
Journalists on the scene and others reported burning tires and rock throwing. On Wednesday morning, the U.S. Embassy issued a statement warning U.S. citizens to stay clear of the area in and around Cite Soleil and the Champ de Mars, near the presidential palace. Protesters had begun to gather and were burning tires and throwing rocks.
Marie Yolene Gilles, assistant program director of the National Human Rights Defense Network, denounced the arrest on local Haiti radio. She called it a "banditry" by the state.
St. Juste also said that Michel's arrest was a sign that Haiti had entered into an era of dictatorship under Martelly.
"If we have to die, we have no problem with this," he said. "We will not back down."
The protests in Haiti also erupted on the same day that a journalist watchdog group called on Haiti's Justice Ministry to investigate allegations that unidentified persons recently tried to kill one of the country's most well-known and vocal radio journalists, Jean Monard Métellus.
French-based Reporters Without Borders issued a statement Wednesday saying that it is "deeply concerned" about allegations that there is an assassination plot against Métellus, host of the Haiti's top-rated political radio talk show, Ranmase.
Métellus said that the lug nuts on his car's tires were loosened in an attempt to have him killed. The vehicle, he said, was sabotage while he was hosting his weekly Saturday talk show.
Haiti's Justice Minister Jean Renel Sanon issued a statement on Oct. 19 saying that his ministry had reliable information that a contract had been had been taken out on Métellus, who was supposed to be killed by two motorcycle hit men for $10,000. The note did not say if anyone was in custody but Sanon promised state protection for Métellus.
"This protection needs to materialize quickly, just as a rapid investigation into the origin of the threats is also needed," Reporters Without Border said.
But the watchdog organization, echoing concerns of other Haiti-based journalist organizations, warned Haitian authorities not to manipulate the case as part of the ongoing "in-fighting between different government factions.''
"We are aware of certain allegations in connection with the supposed plot to murder Métellus and we think they should not be made lightly. The priority should be Métellus' protection and the subsequent investigation," Reporters Without Borders said.
Métellus' case is the latest in a string of incidents involving the treatment of journalists in Haiti.
Last month video footage of a member of Martelly's presidential guard hitting a radio journalist attempting to ask the president a question went viral. The radio station has filed a complaint.
Earlier this month Rony Colin, chief executive of Zenith Radio TV, announced that one of his reporters, Wendy Phele, had sought refuge in France because of continued threats against his life. A former mayor has been accused of hiding and protecting a member of his security detail who shot and seriously injured Phele in the Central Haiti town of Thomonde in April 2011.


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Pictures of Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender of Jane Eyre in W Magazine 2011-03-15 11:12:34
Michael Fassbender Talks "Awkward" Sex Scenes and Not Wanting to Get a "Free Feel"
Michael Fassbender Talks "Awkward" Sex Scenes and Not Wanting to Get a "Free Feel"
Jane Eyre stars Michael Fassbender and Mia Wasikowska posed for photographer Jean-Baptiste Mondino in the April issue of W, which will be on newsstands March 22. The duo were also together last week in NYC for the East Coast premiere of their movie, which features Mia tackling the iconic title role. Michael, who recently shared with us about his newfound sex symbol status, has the task of portraying Charlotte Brontë's elsuive Mr. Rochester. He told the magazine, though, that he felt too young to play the part but was game to tackle the sex scenes. Mia also weighed in about her start in Hollywood. They said:
- Michael on sex vs. death scenes: "Sex scenes can be quite awkward. As a guy, the first thing you want to do is make sure you're not taking advantage. You don't want the girl to feel like you're getting a free feel or something. I try to make a fool of myself in one way or another to lighten the mood and then just go for it, because you don't want to be doing take after take. As for dying — to not play like you're dying is the way to go when you're dying in a movie. I think it's best to look like you're about to fall asleep."
- Mia on her start in acting: "When I decided to pursue acting at 15, I heard that you had to have an agent to do film and television, so I did a Google search on acting agencies in Sydney. I hounded one to take me on and started auditioning."
- Michael on playing Mr. Rochester: "I'm probably 10 years too young for Rochester, so I went for a Byronic sort of hero. I didn't read Jane Eyre in school, but my mother and sister were always talking about it, and that was a big reason why I did it. I didn't have a preconceived idea of Rochester — I just saw him as encapsulating so many interesting elements: a shady past, intelligent, self-destructive, destructive, passionate. And he has a terrible secret. I'm curious to see what my mother and sister think of my Rochester."


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The new owners, Darryl and Lori Schroeder, plan to live in the house after they restore it. Houston architect David Bucek will design the restorations.
"We're going to try to keep as much original as we can," Darryl Schroeder said Tuesday.
The biggest change they plan to make is expanding the kitchen.
Schroeder owns Lone Star Energy Fabricating, a company in Baytown that builds offshore drilling rigs. Lori Schroeder has her real estate license but spends most of her time operating a Houston event venue called Bayou City Event Center.
The couple purchased the house at 4000 S. MacGregor Way and a 1.5-acre property next door.
The 68-year-old Schroeder graduated from UH in 1969. Schroeder said he and his wife do a lot of entertaining and hope to hold philanthropic events at their new home.
Kelly Paul with Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gary Greene-Bay Area listed the property, which sits on nearly five acres and was designed by Joseph Finger.
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NEW YORK (AP) Louisville, which has three starters back from last season's Final Four, is the unanimous choice for first place in the Big East coaches' poll.
The Cardinals, who won the Big East tournament last season, received 14 first-place votes and Notre Dame got the other, obviously from Louisville coach Rick Pitino.
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Peyton Siva was selected preseason player of the year, the first time a Louisville player received that honor.
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Never in any of David Curson's plans or dreams did a stint in U.S. Congress enter the picture.
Now, the United Auto Workers representative is off to Washington for all of six weeks as Congressman Curson.
"I was thrilled. I was humbled," Curson said.
He is filling the remainder of Thaddeus McCotter's term in the state's old 11th Congressional District. Curson, a Democrat, was up against Republican Kerry Bentivolio for the Congress seat. Bentivolio was running in the new 11th District, too.
In a twist of fate, Bentivolio won the new seat for a two-year term but lost the six-week term in the old seat to Curson.
What can anyone expect to accomplish in a matter of weeks? Maybe nothing, but Curson knows he has to give it his all.
"I think I can add to the dialogue and hopefully bring some agreements together so we can avoid the nasty results of the fiscal cliff," he said.
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I have written several times in this blog about my on-going search for the Allen and Elizabeth Saunders Adamson family. As a reminder, this is the family who had twelve children, and lived in Texas County, Missouri. Around 1858, the mother, Elizabeth, died and the children were parceled out to her relatives. The father, Allen, went to live with his father in Kentucky, leaving the children in Missouri, and apparently never returning. I have spent quite a few years trying to track down what became of all of the children. Something about this family grabbed my heart and I continue to research them. They are not my direct line. Allen Adamson was a brother to my gg-grandfather, Aaron W. Adamson.
One of Allen and Elizabeth's sons was Elijah Adamson, born about 1851 in Missouri. After his mother's death, Elijah and his sister Catherine went to live with one of Elizabeth's sister and her family, and they are listed with the family in the 1860 Pulaski County, MO Census. Elijah is then listed in the 1870 Phelps County MO Census as a boarder and laborer. In 1876, Elijah married Martha Elliott, and they were listed in the 1876 Texas County MO Census.
That was the last record I had found of Elijah or Martha. What became of them? Did they ever have children? Did Elijah die before the 1880 census? I just could never find any information on Elijah after 1876.
Then one day a couple of weeks ago while I was on Ancestry.com, I noticed that someone had copied my marriage record for Martha Elliott. However, they had her marriage listed as being to Elijah's brother Edward. I contacted the submitter and together we worked to determine that Martha had married Elijah.
It turned out that by 1880, Martha was widowed and living with two small boys, James and William Adamson! (The tricky part was that they were listed as "Adams", not "Adamson" in the census). The family was listed in Yell County, Arkansas. So did Elijah and Martha move there before Elijah died? The youngest son was born in 1878 in Missouri.
As I learned from the submitter, shortly after the 1880 census, Martha remarried and went on to have seven more children. It is really because one of her descendants knew that she had a son, James Adamson, that the whole mystery came together!
It continues to surprise me how some genealogy questions can be answered by showing diligence and patience! And it surprises me even more how satisfying it is to me to learn that Elijah had children, and that he had descendants! I am sad that Elijah died so young. To my knowledge, only two of the twelve children born to Allen and Elizabeth Adamson were alive after 1880. It appears that five of the boys died in the Civil War, two more sons died of accidents at ages 33 and 22. I still have not learned what became of two of daughters. The other two daughters lived until 80 and 83 years of age. I am always saddened to think of how the children's mother would feel to know that 10 of her 12 children did not live long, happy lives.
As far as I know right now, Elizabeth had 21 grandchildren, that were born long after she passed on. Knowing that, however, gives me hope that sometime I may locate some of her descendants and perhaps learn even more of what became of the family! Never give up!


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You cannot have it both ways. Either the bond credit ratings mean something, or they don't. Public officials cannot point to the AAA ratings as evidence of good policy, then lambast them as "inaccurate" and "flawed" when they drop to AA+....or below.
It is a fact that the ratings agency does not originate information; it simply gathers and interprets data that are publicly available to all of us. The rating itself, however, is unique in that it summarizes a particular agency's forecast of how likely the US government is to repay its debt and sustain its borrowing needs.
Don't get me wrong -- there is a LOT of information out there about the risk-adjusted rate of return on US debt to be digested. But we don't have to re-examine it from the ground up -- we need only look at the marginal changes, the most recent developments, the direction of change, to update our expectations, and -- in my view -- to understand easily why S&P downgraded the debt.
I think most of us realize that all government spending is financed by the private economy but I'm not as sure that everyone realizes that the return on government debt is also enabled by the productivity of the private economy. The more productive the private economy, the higher rate of real return we can afford to pay on U.S. debt, and the more willing others are to buy our debt. Being able to generate a return on debt is a good thing -- it's a sign of a healthy economy.
Then there is the other side of the equation: the required return on debt from the point of view of the lender. The lender assesses the risk (or likelihood or uncertainty) that they will get their money back (and that the "money" is worth the same per dollar....so we are ignoring inflation just to simplify things). The less certain they are, the higher the return they are going to demand before they buy the debt. This required rate of return is a cost to the economy -- a higher cost eats away at profits, and makes the economy less productive, less able to reinvest, employ capital and labor, and grow.
In the simplest terms, government spending is supported first by taxes and then, when those run out, by borrowing. The debt ceiling debate made it clear that Washington was unwilling or unable to reduce or curtail government spending, which was on its way to starving the private economy of the sufficient earnings, liquidity and financing to continue to be productive. The wealth creation capacity of the private economy is vast and impressive and has somehow miraculously employed labor and capital and supported AAA rating returns on government debt for a very long time, but it's not limitless.
No, the ratings do not originate information. They simply publicly confirmed what many of us who understand and respect what private enterprise does day in and day out saw coming: the current level of government spending is unsustainable. The private economy cannot take much more of the oppression and costs imposed by government policy, taxes, fees, regulations and -- perhaps the most troubling and insidous of all -- the public denigration and disparagement of the private economy, Wall Street and capitalism by our President.
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Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) is a rare genetic disorder that is apparent at birth (congenital). Associated symptoms and findings typically include delays in physical development before and after birth (prenatal and postnatal growth retardation); characteristic abnormalities of the head and facial (craniofacial) area, resulting in a distinctive facial appearance; malformations of the hands and arms (upper limbs); and mild to severe mental retardation. Many infants and children with the disorder have an unusually small, short head (microbrachycephaly); an abnormally long vertical groove between the upper lip and nose (philtrum); a depressed nasal bridge; upturned nostrils (anteverted nares); and a protruding upper jaw (maxillary prognathism). Additional, characteristic facial abnormalities may include thin, downturned lips; low-set ears; arched, well-defined eyebrows that grow together across the base of the nose (synophrys); an unusually low hairline on the forehead and the back of the neck; and abnormally curly, long eyelashes. Affected individuals may also have distinctive malformations of the limbs, such as unusually small hands and feet, inward deviation (clinodactyly) of the fifth fingers, or webbing (syndactyly) of certain toes. Less commonly, there may be absence of the forearms, hands, and fingers. Infants with Cornelia de Lange syndrome may also have feeding and breathing difficulties; an increased susceptibility to respiratory infections; a low-pitched "growling" cry; heart defects; delayed skeletal maturation; hearing loss; or other physical abnormalities. The range and severity of associated symptoms and findings may be extremely variable from case to case.
Cornelia de Lange syndrome can be inherited as an autosomal dominant condition or an X-linked condition. The only genes that have been found to be associated with Cornelia de Lange syndrome are the NIPBL gene on chromosome 5 and the SMC1L1 gene on the X chromosome. Most affected individuals have an abnormal gene as a result of a new gene mutation and do not have an affected parent. Other genes may be found to be associated with Cornelia de Lange syndrome in the future.
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AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Earlier in the week she talked about "giving it a go" - maybe winning her first WTA tournament since becoming a mom last year seemed far away. But Cara Black ended up achieving that feat this week, capturing the ASB Classic doubles title with Anastasia Rodionova.
The doubles draw in Auckland had a slew of strong teams to watch out for, including huge-hitting No.1 seeds Julia Goerges and Yaroslava Shvedova and No.2 seeds Marina Erakovic and Heather Watson, who won two WTA titles together in 2012. But Black and Rodionova took them both out, Erakovic and Watson in the quarterfinals and Goerges and Shvedova in the final; and they even sandwiched an upset of the No.3 seeds, Liga Dekmeijere and Megan Moulton-Levy, in between those ones in the semifinals.
While Rodionova won her fifth WTA doubles title, Black now has an amazing 55 WTA doubles titles to her name, tying Wendy Turnbull for 13th-most doubles titles in WTA history:
1: 177 - Martina Navratilova
2: 112 - Rosie Casals
3: 106 - Pam Shriver
4: 101 - Billie Jean King
5: 80 - Natasha Zvereva
6: 79 - Lisa Raymond
7: 76 - Jana Novotna
8: 69 - Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario
9: 68 - Gigi Fernández
9: 68 - Helena Sukova
11: 66 - Larisa Neiland
12: 60 - Rennae Stubbs
13: 55 - Cara Black
13: 55 - Wendy Turnbull
15: 53 - Liezel Huber
Read more about Black's time off from the WTA, as well as her son, Lachlan Alexander Stephens, in the wtatennis.com feature Welcome Back, Cara Black (click here to read it!)