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Coal braces for changes in U.S. policy
WASHINGTON — The coal industry is bracing for a seismic shift as the Obama administration charges ahead with re-envisioned energy policies focused heavily on renewable resources and new ways of storing carbon emissions.
The gambit pits mining companies and lawmakers who are concerned about costly innovations against environmentalists who argue the ecological damage left behind is too high a price.
"The stakes are very high. We have to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions, and efforts to do that will affect how we use coal in the future," said Barbara Freese, author of the book Coal: A Human History, and a clean energy and climate policy advocate with the Union of Concerned Scientists. "Climate change will force economic and technological changes. The question is how to bring those changes about in the most cost-effective and efficient way."
Politically, changes in the nation's approach to coal are already afoot.
The Department of Energy will soon announce whether it will use $1 billion in stimulus funds to resurrect FutureGen, a proposal to create in Illinois the world's first coal-fired power plant designed to capture and bury carbon emissions underground. Kentucky was once a contender for the plant, which the Bush administration ultimately decided not to build, citing a cost overrun that pushed the price tag to $1.8 billion.
A recent Government Accountability Office report said the cost to build is actually closer to $1.3 billion, and the Bush administration's overestimation, coupled with the decision not to build the plant, set the country's "clean coal" efforts back a decade.
In response to last year's massive coal-ash spill at a Tennessee Valley Authority facility in Kingston, Tenn., the Environmental Protection Agency recently announced plans to create standards for regulating the ash left over after coal is burned to produce electricity.
According to a Natural Resources Defense Council report, Kentucky comes in at No. 11 on a "Filthy 15" list of states where new power plants would produce more coal ash.
The Obama administration is also promising to make good on a campaign pledge to implement a governmental cap-and-trade program that would "cap" companies' carbon emissions and force businesses to purchase or "trade" for lower emissions levels.
The economic stimulus has $16.8 billion for renewable energy and efficiency programs compared with $3.4 billion for the coal industry. Congress previously rejected $50 billion in loans for the coal-to-liquid fuels and nuclear industries.
Some Kentucky lawmakers say that's not nearly enough.
"President Obama in his budget proposal said that if they initiate a cap and trade it would produce $650 billion in revenue for the federal government. That's a little bit scary in itself because it's a source of income he's depending on to offset some of his proposals," said Rep. Ed Whitfield, R-Hopkinsville, who sits on the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment. "It will increase the cost of electricity being produced and it will be extremely difficult for Kentucky and a lot of Midwestern states to get themselves in a position to meet these standards."
Kentucky lawmakers have long pinned their hopes for an economic revival in Appalachia on a windfall in federal funding to capture and store carbon emissions underground. The method is seen as critical to efforts to convert coal to liquid fuels — a process that produces a significant amount of carbon dioxide that could be released into the atmosphere.
Clean Coal Power Resources of Louisville could decide in a few months whether it will move forward with a proposed $7.6 billion coal-to-liquid fuels plant in McCracken County — a project that would take years to build as environmental and regulatory standards are met. During the last Congress, Whitfield and other Kentucky lawmakers co-sponsored legislation to advance the development and deployment of carbon capture and storage.
However, that technology is not yet commercially viable, and "absent greater incentives through government subsidies, regulatory policies, or shifting construction risks to vendors, 'clean coal' is likely to remain an elusive part of the future of electric generation," Todd Shipman, a credit analyst with Standard and Poor's, told the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment during a panel on the future of coal last week.
The tremors created by the shift in energy policy can perhaps best be seen in the multimillion-dollar advertising battle over the public perceptions of coal as an energy resource.
The mining industry, environmentalists, lawmakers and the Obama administration all have varied definitions of "clean coal." Coal companies through the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity have produced television spots punctuated with snippets from Obama's campaign trail speeches extolling the virtues of "clean coal."
The Reality Coalition shot right back with a commercial directed by Academy Award-winning filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen that features a clean coal air freshener that "harnesses the awesome power of the word clean."
"The term 'clean coal' has been around for a long time, before we were even talking about carbon capture and storage," Freese said. "It came out of the industry and it became a catch-all phrase for reduced pollution related to coal. That's not helpful because there are so many technologies involved."


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Lynette Duffy
My name is Lynette Duffy. I am an Author of children's books & cookbooks.
In my early years I was one of those passionate children who could read almost from the first time I picked up a book. I was horrible at maths though which is usually the case. I would hanker for any time I might get free, so I could read.
In year 4 at school, I was not merely satisfied with just reading, I wanted to write stories too. I began with short stories & plays. By the time I was in year 9, I was showing my stories to English teachers. Seeing my skill for writing, they encouraged me to enter competitions. In year 10, I went on to win 3rd place for an Australian wide young writer's competition. My enthusiasm & life as an Author had begun.
I realised from an early age that inspiring people especially children to read, opened the universe to them. Picture books are the first books that grab children's attention. Without picture books most children or even adults would not have started reading. I dream of a society where everyone stimulates young children to read & comprehend. A place where children are never discouraged to record their visualizations, but are encouraged to record them, so maybe later they can see how they have developed in their writing skills. Then if they want to take it further they are assisted to do so.
I am proud to be chosen as a book reviewer for Creative Kids Tales.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/bookladylynette
LinkedIn: au.linkedin.com/in/lynetteduffy

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Break almost upon us! Long holiday breaks are great for spending time with family, eating great food, and relaxing. It is a great for our kids to step back form all the hard work they've been doing at school and feel proud, but it can be hard on a student's learning if there is a total break from from anything educational. Fortunately, being on break doesn't mean that learning stops. I always think of the advice: "Learn something new everyday."
Reading is hands down the best thing your child can spend time doing to keep their learning growing. Make time for family reading at night, or read a book to your child before bed. Kids learn so much from watching and imitating, that seeing you as a parent reading can be very powerful. These can be fiction books or nonfiction, and really try to find some "just right books" for your child. Just right books are also called "Goldilocks" books because they aren't so easy that your child will get bored, but not so difficult that your child gets frustrated. You can use the Lexile information from your child's NWEA scores as a starting point to find just right books. You can even download the app Overdrive to check out free library ebooks from the comfort of your home!
Some teachers or schools have RazKids available for their students as well. RazKids is a inclusive leveled books and assessment program where kids can earn stars for reading and correctly answering questions about reading. It's fun and provides some cool incentives for kids to read. There is a link to the RazKids site in the Links for Families section of this website.
Math practice is also very important. iXL is available to all k-3 students at Brandon! Their slogan is "Practice that feels like play!" iXL is a great way to practice math facts and concepts. It offers quick bursts of practice with tutorials for questions answered incorrectly. iXL also has a incentive component that provides kids with some fun short goals to keep them engaged. There is link to iXL under the Links for Families section of our site.
I hope everyone has an awesome break full of learning!
Hour of Code, Hour of Code, Hour of Code! It's so exciting to hear those three words mentioned from the teacher prep area to the Kindergarten classroom at Brandon. Everyone is trying the Hour of Code. If you aren't familiar with the Hour of Code, it's an initiative that's part of Computer Science Education week. The goal of the week is to expose people of all ages to computer science, an ever increasingly important field.
We've been using the code.org as our starting point for our kids in the elementary buildings. The kids go through a series of puzzles to get the popular Angry Birds to capture the evil pigs. These puzzles have code "under the hood" and teach kids about loops, logic, and language to use with a computer. There are some great offline lessons too that help students learn computational thinking, binary representation, and other vital computer science skills. Check out the video below for more information about the Hour of Code from some technology heavy hitters.
Bob Larson
Instructional Technology Coach
February 2018


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Enter this funhouse of modern chic and nostalgic surprise at Playland Pizza. It's an experience you won't regret. Newly opened in the heart of downtown's hustle and bustle. Brought to you by the restaurant duo, Andrew Goodman and Stefan Bowers, who are the masterminds behind three other outstanding restaurants in town: Feast, Rebelle and Battalion.
We highly recommend the General Tso's wings and the Not Pizza. For location, hours, a complete menu, and reservations, click here.


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Three artists combining their creative talents to paint on a canvas so large – it took two easels to carry the painting. Many thanks to Imagemaker for hosting the event that brought Sjon DeGroot, Charles Wakefield and Sandra Robson. Haven't painted with oils since I was a teen. What a great experience.
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Earlier Event: August 1Mississauga News captured Moo Cat Painting from the Wild Thing Show
Later Event: October 10Walk On the Wildside at Beaux-Arts Gallery


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Anacostia Arts & Culture Special Tour
Thursday, June 14, 2018 (Morning)
TIME: 10:30 – 2:30 pm. Meet at WNDC at 10:15 am; Van departs promptly at 10:30.
EVENT TYPE: Tour
The idea for this tour sprang from a successful program at WNDC in February as part of our "Social Role of the Arts" series with the heads of the Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum (ACM, see picture), the Anacostia Arts Center, and the Theater Alliance at the Anacostia Playhouse. Attendees were wowed at the array of artistic and cultural activities in Ward 8 and enthusiastically supported the idea of a special tour to visit these wonderful facilities.
The van, which departs WNDC at 10:30am, will first carry participants to the ACM for a rare behind-the-scenes tour of the museum's collections, a viewing of its latest exhibition, "A Right to the City," which focuses on six DC neighborhoods, and special presentations over lunch with community leaders. Then we will have a tour of the "Ward 8 Arts and Culture Scene," driving by Civil War Forts Ricketts and Stanton and the Frederick Douglass home, and then stopping for visits at the Anacostia Arts Center and Anacostia Playhouse.
PRICE: Tour & Lunch. $40 members, $45 non-members.
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There's a versatile vocoder lurking in Sonar's Producer Edition
1. Right-click in an audio track FX bin and select Pentagon I from the Soft Synths category.
2. Create a MIDI track, and assign its output to the Pentagon I.
3. Assign the Input of the track hosting the Pentagon I to the audio interface input to which your mic connects.
4. Turn on the Input Echo function. This sends the track's audio input into the Pentagon I's vocoder.
5. Select the bank containing the Pentagon I patch you want to use as the carrier, then right-click on the Pentagon's front panel to select a patch from within the bank.
6. Click on the Pentagon I logo, and set Voice Modulator to "on." Hold down a chord to trigger the Pentagon I, speak into your mic, and you'll hear the vocoder effect.
-Use a patch that's rich in harmonics for the most realistic vocoder effect.
-You can load or record audio into the track hosting the Pentagon I, and this can serve as the vocoder's modulator. Input Echo does not need to be on in this case.
-For a more "vocal" effect, click on the Pentagon I logo and set Formant Filter to "on."


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NDP: Canadians Caught in Housing Crisis Can't Afford to Wait
90% of National Housing Strategy Funds Not Available Until After 2019
September 27th, 2018 - 5:40pm
As Canada faces an unprecedented housing crisis throughout the country—exploding house prices, rising rents, rental housing shortages, long waitlists for non-market housing and increasing homelessness—the NDP is calling on the government for urgent action now. Canadians cannot afford to wait until after the next election for this crisis to be solved.
"The housing crisis in Canada requires urgent action now. The lack of adequate and affordable housing is a national disgrace that affects not just big cities, but smaller rural communities like ours too," said NDP MP Tracey Ramsey (Essex). "It's unacceptable that in a country as wealthy as ours, so many people are desperate for affordable housing. Waiting until after the next election does nothing for Canadians facing evictions, homelessness and ballooning housing costs today."
The NDP used their first opposition day of the fall sitting to highlight the fact that measures announced by the Liberal government don't address the urgency of the situation. The motion calls for the government to immediately bring forward 50% of the funding attached to the government's housing strategy.
"Waiting until after the next election will be too late for many people who can't afford for things to get worse. The lack of affordable housing is directly tied to decades of successive funding cuts by Liberal and Conservative governments," added Ramsey. "The NDP knows Canadians can't afford to wait, and that's why we will continue to push the Liberals to roll out funding now."


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Head In The Clouds
Lynette McMorrough looks at gadabout Glenda Brownlow
Sometimes it seems as if hardly a day goes by without the news of some unfortunate young girl who's
decided to solve all her problems by running away from home. And when she does, it's more than likely that instead of
losing her difficulties, she's actually going to run into even more of them. As Crossroads viewers will know, Glenda
Brownlow, who's been staying at the Motel in the last few weeks, is just such a girl. We talked to Lynette McMorrough,
who has been playing Glenda on the screen.
Just like so many of the real life youngsters who leave home in search of happiness, Glenda Brownlow has fallen out with
her home, her school and quite frankly with her whole life. Lynette explains: "She's been having trouble with
her parents, especially her father, and all her friends have already left school. Unfortunately she's one of those children
whose birthday falls on a funny day which makes her stay on longer than everyone else. So she decides to clear off and
when she comes back she'll be too old for school anyway."
And her journey away from home leads her straight to the Crossroads Motel. Arriving there, without much to her
name and looking totally lost, despite all her bravado, she falls into the compassionate hands of Jane Smith. Not only
does Jane find her a bed at the Salvation Army hostel, but she arranges that Sandy Richardson gives her a job, first as washer
up and then as a fully fledged waitress.
All of which helps the youngster for a while, but it isn't long before there's more trouble for her to face. First
of all she's accused, wrongly as it turns out, of stealing Mrs Witton's valuable ring, but that's only the beginning.
"I don't know why it is," says Lynette, "but she decides just to take off again and before she knows what's happening she's
ended up in hospital. Somewhere along the way when she's hitch-hiking she gets beaten up and when she's lying in bed
the truth about her comes out. How she's not seventeen, which is what she claimed, and how, really, her whole life is
just a dream."
Everyone who has been enjoying Lynette's role as Glenda will know just how much like the dreamy runaway she really does
seem on the screen, but like all the Crossroads cast, Lynette's own life has little in common with the character
she plays. While she may indeed be only a few years older herself than Glenda, she's hardly a dreamy runaway.
"I first went to Drama School - the Arts Educational College in London - when I was twelve and stayed there until I was
eighteen. Since then I've been around the reps like everyone else and then I went to Chichester for a Christmas show;
someone else couldn't go, so I was asked along. I've also been to Hong Kong where I was a stage dresser some of the
time and also played little parts like nuns and flower sellers.
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Published 2nd May 2016
Paperback, 148 Pages
Publisher:The Deveron Press www.thedeveronpress.scot
Distributor: Ayton Publishing Limited www.aytonpublishing.co.uk
Available direct online sales from www.unco.scot
Pre-order from April 1st 2016.
A new, revised edition of Duncan's 1978 biography.
This new edition of Robert Duncan's biographical profile of James Leatham, places the man in the context of his time and reveals him as a long neglected pioneering figure of British socialism.
Tracing Leatham from his roots in Aberdeen, through his political awakening in the 1880s and his 60 years in the printing and publishing trades, Duncan concludes that Leatham defies attempts at simple categorisation into any one stream of socialist thought and practice. It is his very uniqueness and life-long commitment to his beliefs that makes Leatham such an interesting character in the cultural and political history of our country.
For anyone wanting to understand radical socialism beyond the familiar narratives, this is a must read book.


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Outdoor Inspiration/
Do you have a patio, terrace or loggia in your house/apartment? Or even a balcony?
As we are getting closer to the summer, it is about time to think about how to vamp up your outdoor space. After all, enjoying a beautiful summer evening on your own outdoor space can be amazing.
Here in our Magazine, the Upscale interior design team that is based in Zurich, we will feature a few tips and tricks that will help you vamp up your patio. If you have been looking for some outdoor furniture inspiration - then you have come to the right place.
By the way, you don't need to be from Zurich, Switzerland like our interior design team. All of these interior/exterior decoration tips can be applied anywhere in the world.
Make sure to have either a wooden or a green (fake grass/green outdoor carpet) on the floor. This will give a nice fresh touch to the space. You can buy these carpets or wooden panels almost anywhere and they come in different styles/qualities. You will have to decide what you would want to get, also according to your budget.
If you have a smaller balcony, I would suggest getting wooden panels that you can clip over the cement/stone of your balcony (unless you have a beautiful existing floor stone). Get some furniture that gives a lounge feeling, but not too big. Two lounge chairs should be enough with a cool table. Make sure to get a nice outdoor plant. Almost any bigger sort of plant would do. Bamboo always looks nice but there are many more options for that. You can add some colors with flowers but these will require more maintenance.
If you have a larger space that you can transform into a lounge I would recommend that you get two lounge chairs, one sofa (whatever size suits you) and a nice cocktail table. This is the moment you can start playing around with materials.
Lucky for us, nowadays there are plenty of cool fabrics that are all weather proof - even if they don't look like so!
Some color and material combinations that can look very nice together are; White cushions for your furniture and light grey/brown rattan can look great together. You can even play with the cushions of the furniture because you can always switch them out by simply changing out covers. Our interior designers suggest that you shouldn't be shy to try colors that pop such as turquoise and coral. Depending on the color and material of the furniture you would pick, these could look fantastic. You can also do an all grey and black combination or almost white sandy combos.
(One of our head designers, who is also based in Spain, suggests to use strong colors. A nice mix would be white and coral... she suggests that adding contrast will make the space look much cooler).
Don't be afraid to try out new things. If you don't like it just switch back the colors to something more neutral.
For a little extra ambiance in your outdoor area you can add some small lights all over the garden or big candles that are in glass or metallic containers. Aren't you already excited for summer to come?
If you have any questions regarding this article, or need some interior design advice, feel free to send us an email to firstname.lastname@example.com
Upscale Interiors AG is a Zurich based interior design firm that aims to making your home beautiful
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The snow that started falling in December 1946 carried on through into January 1947 and now – in February – it remains to chill us to the bone. The easterly winds continue and the month will develope into one of the coldest months on record. At the Kew Observator there will be no recorded temperature above 5 deg cent/41 degree F. In fact in the whole month there are only 2 nights when Kew records a temperature above freezing! Daylight's not a lot better because in the 20 days after 2nd February Kew see's no sun what-so-ever!
Throughout the whole month the weather causes many problems. On 20th February the ferry service between Dover and Ostend is suspended due to pack-ice off the Belgian coast. On 25th Woburn (Bedfordshire) recorded a temperature of minus 21C / minus 6F. The snow trapped some 750,000 railway wagons of coal – and roads were unusable. We all got cold!
We lived in the country with many farms close by. All suffered. One thing I remember from this time was dad complaining that we had no potatoes! As I've been researching the stories of this time I can see why. Notes record that over 70,000 tons of potatoes were destroyed and what were available were rationed for the first time. Fortunately our village baker seemed to cope and we got enough bread to fill the gap!
We'll have to hope that March 1947 is better!


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Slick, easy to understand, compelling content - all great things. Congrats on that. Not digging the interactions around chat/adding content. Forcing me to import contacts just to "chat" (and I'm not really sure what chat means) is annoying. Not letting me navigate out of that flow is super annoying. Gets to a broader point - the stream feels like being a fly on the wall while insiders talk, which is really cool. But if it's only that, I'm not sure it gets to a deeper "engagement in politics" issue.
@realmandan thanks for checking it out! Great feedback on the chat bit. By way of background: we got a lot of feedback from our beta testers that they wanted to be able to share the content easily in the app. So we built a way to send the analysis via a private in-app chat to your friends -- which we pull from your contacts. In order to let you find them and send to them, we need to grab your contacts. Any suggestions for doing that better? And the "engagement in politics" bit is something we think about a lot around here (unsurprisingly...). We've actually been really happy with what we've seen so far -- and here's why. Before using Sidewire, lots of our beta testers would have a lot of these conversations: COWORKER: "Hey did you hear about X yesterday?" BETA TESTER: "Yeah. Saw that headline. Crazy." And after starting to use Sidewire, those conversations become more like: COWORKER: "Hey did you hear about X yesterday?" BETA TESTER: "Yeah, saw that -- what's really interesting is that was caused by Y," or "... is going to result in Z," or "... the broader context around that is A." And we think that's the first step. Making it easy to know better has to come before driving engagement -- because without the knowledge, engagement is unappealing. Does that help solve the problem?
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Awesome stuff. Plenty of ways to have in-app interactions without yanking the entire contact book - PH is an example :) (even if we wanted to have a non-public chat stream...) I didn't realize it was a private in-app chat, I'd love a way to add comments and content into the stream. Cool to hear that users are getting more context where before they had none - that's what it's all about. Well done gang, congrats on launch!
@realmandan We purposefully disconnected the average user from the stream because that's how you get noisy channels. By focusing on credentialed newsmakers, we keep that "fly on the wall" factor. FWIW, you can also share via the stock iOS share sheet to Messages or FB Messenger, etc.
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I love it. This is a much needed optimization of a increasingly complex topic. I love thinking about what this could become beyond the bubble of users; getting readers to a key level of understanding will make conversation everywhere so much more productive. Looking forward to getting into this!


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One of my all time favorite actresses, Whoopi even became one of the women of Star Trek in the '90s. Every role she's graced the screen, any screen, with is as amazing as her range of portrayals. There are few actors that can so move me, make me laugh, bring me to tears, etc. So today I have chosen to share my admiration for this very special icon.
Her style is also uniquely hers & while I have chosen not to go with her wonderfully unusual hats I have made a few selections loosely based on her jewelry fashion sense. All of the following items come from the Target fine jewelry lines. I generally have nine choices & this is no different, but I have left necklaces out in favor of earrings, bracelets & rings.
1) Silver Plated Brass Diamond Cut Hoop ($12.99)
2) 4/5 CT. T.W. Pear-Cut Amethyst Stud Prong-Set Earrings in Sterling Silver ($14.99)
3) Fancy Silver-Plated Teardrop Dangle Earrings ($19.99)
4) Women's Geometric Link Bracelet in Sterling Silver ($16.99)
5) Silver Plated Interlocked Cuff Bracelet ($24.99)
6) Allura 7.5mm Freshwater Cultured Pearl Strung Bracelet with Fisheye Clasp in Sterling Silver ($24.99)
7) Women's Tressa Collection Curled Ring in Sterling Silver ($14.99)
8) Silver Plated Cubic Zirconia Triple Row Open Band Ring ($14.99)
9) Women's Silver Plated Oval Filigree Cubic Zirconia Ring ($14.99)
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Swing Trading Strategy "Sell in May" – Good pain to gain ratio?
Do you know the phrase: "Sell in May and go away… but remember to come back in September."
What do you think would you have earned, if you have followed this simple rule over the last years on the S&P500?
Let's assume that you followed this simple rule since 07/01/1998 for 20 years until the 07/01/2017. You invest 10,000 US$ and then you would have earned 11,394 Dollars. Not too bad for such a simple strategy. But know let's compare it with the simple buy and hold strategy. In this case you would have earned 11,336 Dollars. This is nearly the same amount. Why should anybody make the effort to search for another option than buy and hold.
The answer is simple: Drawdown.
Performance Buy and Hold
If you followed the buy and hold strategy you would have lost roughly 50% to 60% of your capital for two times. First after the burst of the internet bubble and then at the financial crisis 2008.
Are you able to tolerate these drawdowns?
Imagine that you lose half of your money or capital and you don't know whether you will get it back. The recovery can last more years than you can afford. Therefore everybody tries to minimize the drawdown. And it depends on your entry date whether you can build up some gains, before the drawdown hits you or whether the drawdown hits you directly after you start the buy and hold strategy.
Performance "Sell in May" Strategy.
As you can see with the simple seasonal Trading strategy you have less drawdown (5,400$) compared to roughly 8,000$ and you don't lose your initial capital. This is a huge advantage. But I have to admit, that this result depends on your starting point. If you start with a looser, then of course you will lose some capital.
Comparsion "Buy and Hold" versus "Sell in May"
If you compare the annual results of these two strategies you will see, that the buy and hold strategy has 5 loosing years (2000 (1380), 2001 (1486), 2002 (2294), 2008 (4925), 2015 (147)) while the "Sell in May" strategy has only 4 loosing years (2000 (1441), 2002 (929), 2005 (36), 2008 (2712)) and the amounts are less painful.
Overall this seems to be a very simple and reliable strategy and significantly improves the buy and hold strategy.
Let's take a look whether we can improve the results with some simple tricks.
Improvements "Sell in May" Strategy
First of all we insert a simple trend filter because we don't want to enter a long trade when a bubble burst. For this purpose we you a simple moving average with a length of 200 bars, i.e. roughly one year. This filter tells us, whether we have an uptrend or and downtrend. We don't want to enter a long position in a downtrend.
Second we want to profit from the downturns as well and sell short. The phrase "Sell in May" tells us, that it might go down the next months. This gives us a hint for possible downturns which might occur after May. Another observation is the behavior of the market over the last decades. It seems to be a good idea to short the market in December if we have a downtrend and to exit it at the end of January.
So we can go long in September or February and exit these positions in May or December.
We can short the market in December or June and exit these positions in September or December.
When we apply these additional rules to the "Sell in May" rule we get some nice results.
The Profit increased to 12,438$ which are roughly 1,000$ more.
But which is far more important is the drawdown. This value is cut in half and counts 2,473$ whereas before it were 5390$. This are 45% from the initial value and only 31% from the buy and hold strategy.
Another nice advantage are the annual results. You have only 2 years with a negative outcome, 2000 with 894$ loss and 2012 with 274$ loss. This is a big advantage. We cut the looser and improved the overall Profit.
Further Improvements
To get a really good strategy you have to do some more improvements. For example to look for support and resistance points or to draw some trendlines. If you do this work, you can achieve some significant improvements on this good basis concept. For example after looking at this additional technical aspects it is possible to push the net profit by 50% and lower the drawdown.
If you want some more information about this tradeble strategy contact me.
Here you can download all the three performance reports at once.
Buy and Hold strategy
Sell in May strategy
Sell in May Improved.


text: Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) is an inherited neurodegenerative disease manifested in childhood and associated with neuronal death, cancer predisposition and premature aging. Genome (chromosome) instability is one prominent feature of A-T. Markedly increased level of tissue-specific chromosomal rearrangements and aneuploidy has been demonstrated in lymphocytes and fibroblasts of A-T. Therefore, it is reasonable to propose that neurons in human A-T brain could also have altered chromosomal complement and, probably, should demonstrate increased frequency of aneuploidy. However, direct proof of this hypothesis needs to be provided. The present study of autopsy brain tissues demonstrates the validity of multicolor FISH and Multicolor Banding for interphase chromosome complement variations in the brain. A 2-4-fold increase of aneuploid neuronal and glial cell frequency has been detected in the A-T brain as to postmortem brain tissues of age-matched control. Therefore, we suggest that neuronal chromosome pathology is the primary cause of the loss of neurons in the A-T brain and, therefore, should be primarily taken into account for the treatment of neurodegeneration and premature aging of the brain. This implies for the necessity of interphase FISH for developing of efficient approaches to uncover chromosome instability in postreplicative cells of somatic tissues in neurodegenerative diseases. The work was supported by INTAS 03-51-4060 and A-T Childrens Project.


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This month will be the last Homeschool Day of the school year. We invite homeschool families and groups to join us on the second Wednesday of each month to explore the Science Mill. In addition to museum exhibits, we will offer special demonstrations, activities and/or guests. More info...
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Earlier Event: May 6Girl Scout Day
Later Event: May 14Celebrating Moms at the Science Mill (May 13 - 14)


text: I put "story" in quotation marks in the title because I don't really know how to classify this…whatever it is. It was originally going to be a science-fiction story, but within a paragraph or two, it had mutated into a sort of story-poem-thing about modern life and loneliness. I'd say this is just about the weirdes thing I've ever written, but I kind of like the imagery and the general flow of the language, so I thought I'd share it. Read it here.


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Astrology is nonsense. When the moon is in the Seventh House and Jupiter aligns with Mars, then peace will guide the planets and love will steer the stars, and as everyone knows, that will be the dawning of the Age of Aquarius, with harmony and understanding, and sympathy and trust abounding, and so on and forth. That was the big hit song from Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical that opened in October 1967 at Joseph Papp's Public Theater in New York, and then opened on Broadway in April 1968 and ran for 1,750 performances – but there was no Age of Aquarius. This was the late sixties. Things got hotter in Vietnam. America elected Richard Nixon. Then those kids were shot dead at Kent State. It was all nonsense.
In 1978, Miloš Forman turned the thing into a feature film and, being thoroughly Czech, added the necessary insightful but subtle gentle irony to it all. The kids sang and danced, but everyone knew there had been no Age of Aquarius. Ten years had passed. The movie was a bit bittersweet. America had learned a thing or two. When the stars align, the gods will laugh at those who think that sort of thing means anything at all. That's a Czech thing – Milan Kundera employs the same clear-eyed resigned irony in his novels – The Unbearable Lightness of Being and all the rest. Don't get your hopes up. Enjoy what you've got.
That's not an American thing. The stars really did align for the Republicans. In 2012 they won back the House. They couldn't repeal Obamacare, but things were looking up. In 2016 the won back the Senate and they sort of won the presidency. Donald Trump wasn't much of a Republican – he mocked every other Republican in sight during his campaign – but he would do. He was vague on policy, or maybe didn't care about policy, or maybe didn't know anything about policy, but they could work with that. Let him play president on television. He loved it. They would pass everything they ever wanted pass and he would sign all of it. He probably wouldn't read any of it. He was malleable. The stars had aligned for them.
And now the gods have laughed:
President Trump signed a bill Friday to deliver $15 billion in disaster aid and also extend government funding and the federal borrowing limit until Dec. 8, despite objections of Republican lawmakers who booed two top White House officials earlier in the day over the deal Trump struck with Democrats.
The measure passed a morning House vote 316 to 90; every member opposed was a Republican.
Yet even the House Republicans who supported the bill were frustrated that Trump bargained with Democrats on Wednesday for a short-limit debt increase, undercutting GOP congressional leaders and setting up a messy end-of-year negotiation.
Trump struck a bargain with those Democrats, making "his" Republicans look like fools, and they were pissed:
That frustration was taken out Friday morning on Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House budget director Mick Mulvaney, who came to Capitol Hill to urge skeptical Republican lawmakers to back the measure.
To many GOP members, the administration's messengers were poorly chosen: Mnuchin is a New York financier known for his past as a Democratic fundraiser. Mulvaney is a former House conservative who spent much of his legislative career browbeating GOP leaders over the national debt and budget deficits.
"There were probably a lot of members in there in disbelief," Rep. Ryan Costello (R-Pa.) said. "I do know that there is a lot of frustration with the deal that was cut by the president, and I think it's a very difficult pill for many in there to swallow."
This did not go well:
At several points, according to several members and aides, comments from Mnuchin and Mulvaney were met with groans, boos and hisses.
Mnuchin, in particular, drew jeers after asking Republicans to support the measure for him personally rather than for the policy, then leaving the meeting early by explaining he had other pressing matters to attend to.
Those other pressing matters were more important than them? Yep, deal with it, or don't:
"His last words, and I quote, were, 'Vote for the debt ceiling for me,'" said Rep. Mark Walker (R-N.C.), who leads a group of conservative members. "That did not go over well in the room at all … His performance was incredibly poor."
Mnuchin's closing went so poorly, Walker said, that House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) reminded members afterward that hundreds of thousands of hurricane victims were counting on their votes.
Think of the children! Or don't:
At another point, Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.) pressed Mulvaney on whether the Trump administration would commit to seeking reductions in the federal budget deficit as a part of negotiations with Democrats ahead of the new Dec. 8 deadline.
Mulvaney said he could not make that commitment, and members booed.
"The debt ceiling is supposed to be at least a stop sign that gives us pause and gives us a chance to change the way we're doing our spending, and it's not even a yield sign," Barton said afterward. "In fact, it's an increase speed sign right now."
There would be no Republican Age of Aquarius, and someone had to rub it in, and did:
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said the scale of the Republican revolt on Friday was still "remarkable."
"If I ever as leader or as speaker had 90 members vote against one of the easiest bills to vote for, which is disaster assistance, you know they have a philosophical problem with governance," she said.
They don't have one of those:
On Friday morning, it was Mulvaney – a firebrand co-founder of the House Freedom Caucus, a group that has railed against increasing the debt limit – who absorbed much of the House GOP's frustration.
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) rose to ask Mulvaney whether he had 42 openings for deputy directors at the Office of Management and Budget. A bewildered Mulvaney replied he had only one vacancy.
Issa replied that was unfortunate, because he could hire his former Freedom Caucus colleagues so they could reverse their positions on raising the debt limit just like Mulvaney had – a response that prompted a roar in the room and caused Mulvaney, in several members' telling, to turn red.
The gods were laughing:
Afterward, Mulvaney's former colleagues defended him – to a point. "It's ironic, but it's not hypocritical, because he works for somebody now," Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) said. "But it's ironic, it's really, really, really ironic."
These guys need a Czech to explain to them the world is made of irony.
Short of that, at Vanity Fair, Tina Nguyen tries to sort this all out:
There were several theories for the president's sudden political jiu-jitsu: Trump may have been fed up with Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell and ready for revenge, or eager to confound critics and make the sort of bipartisan deals he always promised. He may simply be more comfortable with fellow New Yorker Chuck Schumer, as a chummy after-party with the Democratic Senate minority leader suggests. ("The press has been incredible," Trump reportedly gushed to Nancy Pelosi.) It could also be that Trump is so popular with his base (a new poll shows he has 98 percent approval with Republicans who voted for him in both the primary and the general) that he realizes he can be more popular cutting deals with Democrats than with leaders of his own, more fractious party.
It could be any or all of those things, but it's still trouble:
Many Republicans are fuming about being sidelined: "It's just a betrayal of everything we've been talking about for years as Republicans," former senator Jim DeMint, now senior advisor to Citizens for Self-Governance, told Politico. Instead of having more time to coordinate the party's plan of attack, Republicans will now have to take two controversial votes on the debt ceiling, giving Democrats more leverage as they push for Congress to codify DACA – legislation the president appears willing to accept in exchange for increased immigration enforcement. One senior GOP aide was particularly blunt: "The president of the United States just handed a loaded gun to Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer."
Well, that's just too bad:
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the president's most ardent fans are sticking by him while he does the political equivalent of standing in the middle of 5th Avenue and shooting somebody. Breitbart's editor-at-large, Joel Pollak, argued that President Trump is being consistent with the man he was as a candidate. "Trump has long warned that he would work with Democrats, if necessary, to fulfill his campaign promises. And Wednesday's deal is a sign that he intends to follow through on that threat," he wrote. Pollak also suggested that the president was engaged in a bit of five-dimensional chess: "The only way to stop him is for Republicans to unite. By showing he can deal with Pelosi and Schumer, Trump may have found the one way of making them do so."
That's putting a positive spin on this, unwarranted but positive, but somehow this is not Trump's problem:
More surprising is the fact that Paul Ryan, not Trump, is the one being criticized for the Schumer-Pelosi debt deal. Fox Business News' Lou Dobbs ripped into the House Speaker, who had earlier described the Democratic proposal as "unworkable," accusing Ryan on his show Wednesday night of "obsequious deference to corporate lobbyists" and "unbridled hostility toward President Trump."
The stars are not aligning:
In perhaps the most profound illustration of the GOP's evolving identity crisis, both McConnell and Ryan demurred after being publicly rebuked by the president. "It's fine," McConnell told Politico Wednesday, saying the deal wasn't his idea but he would support it. "Everything's fine." Ryan, who had called the deal "ridiculous" (and been whipped by Dobbs for it), recast the deal as Trump wanting to avoid a partisan fight in order to pass hurricane relief funding, and trying to "clear the decks" for tax reform. "It's perfectly reasonable and rational why he's doing what he's doing," Ryan said on Fox News Thursday night. "He wanted to make this a bipartisan moment."
Paul Ryan is now the abused spouse. He was right to hit me. I had it coming.
Someone had it coming and the blogger BooMan adds this:
Trump only found himself in this quagmire because he followed a legislative game plan that Ryan and McConnell sold to him back during the transition. The plan did not work. It was now at a dead end.
It might be hard to see Trump as any kind of strategist, but he had all of August to prepare for this showdown. He cleaned his administration of Priebus, Bannon and some other uncompromising folks and put John Kelly in charge as his chief of staff. Kelly then consulted with former Clinton chief of staff Leon Panetta. A strategy emerged, but it was a strategy dictated by constraints rather than ideology. It wasn't a straight line. You could see Trump clawing at the burlap bag he was being placed in, calling one moment for money for his wall and at another blaming McConnell and Ryan for not taking care of the debt limit earlier. But certain facts couldn't be avoided. And the most important fact was that Ryan and McConnell had not delivered on their promises and did not have a plan to avoid a default and a shutdown. Trump would have to pivot to the Democrats.
It was their fault:
A lot of people think Trump agreed to the 90-day deal in a kind of vindictive way, as punishment or to humiliate McConnell and Ryan. I think a better way to understand his decision is to focus on how useless they've been to the president and how badly he's suffered for putting his faith in them up to this point. They had literally nothing to offer him in that meeting. They had no credibility with him. Schumer and Pelosi were the people who mattered, and Ryan and McConnell were the reason they mattered…
He didn't change because he had an epiphany or his heart grew three times in size. He changed because of hard deadlines that couldn't be met by his own political allies.
Greg Sargent sees something else:
Donald Trump's total lack of any visible ideological moorings, combined with his nonexistent sense of responsibility to others (which, disconcertingly, comes packaged with an insatiable demand for loyalty to him), has long led Republicans and conservatives to fear he would eventually sell them out when the moment seemed opportune.
Judging by the noise out there, they now apparently believe that the moment is upon them.
Still, they shouldn't worry all that much:
There are all kinds of incentives for different groups to over-read the significance of this moment. Democrats have an incentive to hype it because it makes Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan look like fools and might help sow dissension in congressional GOP ranks. GOP leaders have an incentive to hype it – albeit via anonymous sources – because it helps them blame their own catastrophic failings of the last six months on Trump's ideological and personal disloyalty to the GOP cause and could allow them to retroactively blame any failings in future negotiations on him, too. Never-Trumpers have an incentive to hype it because it allows them to rub the faces of Republicans who backed Trump in the manure of their own making. I would not dismiss out of hand the possibility that this moment might prove to have lasting significance, but I wouldn't bet on it.
Maybe so, but there was this:
Two GOP lawmakers have turned their fire on President Trump's Justice Department after it announced it would not reconsider its decision not to prosecute Lois Lerner, the IRS employee at the center of the 2013 political-targeting scandal.
Reps. Kevin Brady (Texas) and Peter Roskam (Ill.), who sit on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, issued a statement Friday afternoon blasting the Department of Justice and Attorney General Jeff Sessions' "deeply flawed" decision not to prosecute Lerner criminally.
"I have the utmost respect for Attorney General Sessions, but I'm troubled by his Department's lack of action to fully respond to our request and deliver accountability. Today's decision does not mean Lois Lerner is innocent. It means the justice system in Washington is deeply flawed," wrote Brady, the committee chairman.
Roskam, chairman of the Tax Policy subcommittee, called Sessions' announcement a "miscarriage of justice."
That was about this:
Lerner was the head of IRS divisions that oversaw tax-exempt groups when requests from conservative groups began to receive more scrutiny by the department. Lerner acknowledged the improper handling of the applications in 2013 shortly before being put on leave by the IRS and eventually retiring.
The Justice Department declined to prosecute Lerner in 2015 under former President Obama, but Brady and Roskam wrote a letter in April to Sessions asking him to reconsider the department's decision.
In a letter Friday afternoon, Sessions rejected their request, writing that based on a review of the case, it "would not be appropriate" to reopen the investigation.
While "the Department's investigation uncovered substantial evidence of mismanagement at the IRS," the Justice letter said, the probe "had not uncovered evidence of criminal intent by any IRS official."
That's what James Comey said about Hillary's emails. The stars did not realign at all. It's not the stars anyway. Nancy Pelosi said that these guys have a philosophical problem with governance. She may be right.
Jennifer Rubin runs with that:
First, three moderate Republican members of the House, all well-respected and seasoned legislators, have announced their retirements. Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Fla.), Dave Reichert (Wash.) and Charlie Dent (Pa.) won't be running for reelection in 2018. Dent says:
"I have done my best to make a meaningful, positive impact. As a member of the governing wing of the Republican Party, I've worked to instill stability, certainty and predictability in Washington. I've fought to fulfill the basic functions of Government, like keeping the lights on and preventing default. Regrettably, that has not been easy given the disruptive outside influences that profit from increased polarization and ideological rigidity that leads to dysfunction, disorder and chaos."
In other words, there is no place for a reasonable legislative craftsman.
Now add this:
Second, Stephen K. Bannon, President Trump's ex-chief strategist and leader of the so-called alt-right, attacks the Catholic Church for defending "dreamers" who have been protected by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (You know, "You shall not oppress a stranger, since you yourselves know the feelings of a stranger, for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt …" Exodus 23:9.) He accuses the Catholic Church of defending innocent children brought here by their parents because "they need illegal aliens, they need illegal aliens to fill the churches." He declares, "It's obvious on the face of it." Actually, what's obvious is that this crowd's claim to be defenders of the Judeo-Christian tradition is as phony as Trump's foundation. With corrupt motives and disdain for those people who act according to a moral and/or religious tradition, they declare "winning" and wealth to be the means by which we judge our fellow man. This is now the spirit that animates the so-called values voters – the right-wing evangelical crowd that dominates the GOP. Instead of self-reliance, work ethic and concern for the most vulnerable, they preach the gospel of white grievance.
Now add this:
And finally, Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich goes on TV this week to explain how bizarre it is that it should take Congress six months to fix the DACA problem. "Congress has six months, it should take six hours to get this done, and the way I think they need to do it, they need reasonable Republicans and Democrats from the middle and build out a solution to this," Kasich said on CBS. He added, "We're putting kids, young people in jeopardy, this is not the America that we all love, this is a melting pot. If the dreamers want to go somewhere and live, come to Ohio, we want all the immigrants to come to Ohio, we know how much immigrants contribute." Kasich is now considered an outlier (while Bannon reigns over the Trump base!), but of course he is right. If the Dream Act were placed on the floor of each house, it would pass overwhelmingly, but that cannot happen because the xenophobic contingent in the GOP wants either to extract onerous concessions or bury DACA in endless negotiations that never achieve immigration reform.
Three strikes and you're out:
In short, the sane grown-ups are leaving (or have already left) Congress. Republican governors such as Kasich, Charlie Baker of Massachusetts and Larry Hogan of Maryland, who push for sensible health-care fixes and a DACA solution, are treated as heretics. The inmates are running the prison (apologies to inmates), so even with GOP majorities in both houses and a GOP president, they cannot set the agenda. Republicans wind up acting as though they are back in the minority and allow Democrats to wield power. Meanwhile, the "constitutional conservatives" try to run interference for Trump on everything from emoluments violations to the Russia investigation.
Trump's party is convinced that climate change isn't real but that massive, unproven voter fraud is. House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) wants to talk about evidence-based policymaking. No, really. The party that makes up a crime wave, denies environmental science, lies about immigrants stealing jobs and murdering our children, and thinks trillions in tax cuts will pay for themselves wants evidence-based policymaking? The gall takes one's breath away.
There will be no Republican Age of Aquarius:
The GOP is a party gone off the rails morally, intellectually and politically. Not conservative or even coherent, it relies on state TV (Fox News) and Russia bots to echo its nonsense. The question is not why people like Dent, Ros-Lehtinen and Reichert are leaving but why any reasonable adult would remain in the GOP.
Even the woefully clueless Donald Trump has now left the party, if he ever really joined it. Yes, the stars had aligned. They finally had the House and the Senate and the presidency. Jupiter aligned with Mars, but when the stars align, the gods will laugh at those who think that sort of thing means anything at all. There's really not that much difference between astrology and party politics. They're both nonsense.


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T-shirt collection points open at 6:30pm and closes at 7:40pm promptly
You can only collect your t-shirt once you have signed in. If you would prefer to collect your t-shirt prior to the walk (subject to delivery) please contact the fundraising team.
Yes please! It will create a fantastic sight for onlookers and from a health and safety perspective, it will be easier to identify our walkers. We will also know that you have registered and have read and understood what you are signing up to!
Each year we have had lots of walkers add to the fun by turning up in funky outfits and pyjamas! (Almost) Anything goes, as long as we can see your SSNW t-shirt!
Shelford Rugby Club. Parking is limited at the venue, please car share or arrange to be dropped off or collected where possible. You will need to enter the venue at the second entrance as the main entrance will be off the limits for the duration of the walk. As the event finishes late there is limited public transport.
You must re-register at the end of the walk- just before you head off for your end of walk treat. If you fail to do so we will assume you are lost and will have to call your emergency contact in the middle of the night!
If it gets too much, you can take the 6.5 mile route. If you can't finish the walk, that's no problem but please don't just disappear into the dark—give your full contact details to the nearest marshal who will arrange with the organisers to get you back to the start.


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Plaza On University
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The Plaza on University - Retail for lease
- Type: Retail
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- Space Available (ft2): 60,000
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- The premier mixed-use student housing development setting the standard in the UCF market with modern architectural design, high-end interior finishes, resort-style amenities and exceptional retail offerings. 360 units of student housing/1,300 beds.
- 60,000 SF of highly visible retail with ample parking including a 10-story parking garage and surface spaces.
- Multiple convenient access points on both University Blvd. and Alafaya Trail.
- Free daily UCF shuttle service provides all students with alternative transportation to Plaza on University with two convenient pick-up and drop-off locations on-site.
- UCF is currently the second largest university in the country boasting over 60,000 students and over 11,000 staff. The ripple effect from UCF includes a world renowned research park employing nearly 9,500 employees, the Quadrangle business park comprised of over 1.7 million SF of office space that is home to global corporations such as Siemens.


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KTM and its sister brand Husqvarna have announced they won't be exhibiting at the Dirt Bike Show at Stoneleigh on November 1-4 this year. It's a major blow for the show as the Austrian brands have had huge stands and brought in top riders like Tony Cairoli and Jeffrey Herlings. KTM's
Leatt reveals its 2018 pro riders
Olympic skier dreams of a factory MX ride!
Making history by becoming the youngest medallist in Olympic alpine skiing history, Austria-based Norwegian Henrik Kristoffersen is an avid motocross rider and a proud ambassador for Husqvarna Motorcycles. The 'Wild Child' has grown up. He started his professional skiing career aged 17, winning his first race and one of the biggest
All change for WP suspension in the UK
WP Suspension is to distributed in the UK through a new network next year. The Austrian parent company, is entrusting the establishment of a new network of Authorised Centres to KTM UK, thus transferring the responsibility of the brand's products to the Silverstone-based company. Gareth Edmunds has been appointed as WP
Test a Yamaha enduro bike in Wales
Want to test a new 2018 Yamaha WR250F and WR450F enduro bikes? Now you can with Yamaha's Enduro Pro Tour! The 2018 WR250F and WR450F machines will be at the Yamaha Off-Road Experience, Powys, Wales on Friday 12th January, so you can experience the latest Yamaha race-bred technology yourself. If you're
Frossard coaches Yamaha YZ125 hopefuls
Former GP winner Steven Frossard coached the Yamaha YZ125 Cup hopefuls in the bLU cRU Masterclass that took place on October 26th, 27th & 28th in Latina, Italy. For the first time ever, Yamaha Racing put together an exclusive event where some of the sharpest young YZ125 riders were able to train and learn
KTM opens German R&D centre
KTM has opened a new R&D Centre in Rosenheim, Germany. The new site benefits from its close proximity to a local higher education institution and the resulting pool of experts. This was important criteria when selecting the location of the site, which will concentrate on electronics development in the motorcycle
Watson sells Race Spec
After 27 years of building Race Spec and working in the industry, David and Joanne Watson have sold the Race Spec brand to new owner, Daniel Bull, of M-cal performance technology. Former British champ Dave Watson, along with his wife Joanne, started Race Spec back in 1991 primarily as a suspension tuning company.
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Herlings frustration at lack of form
Reigning MX2 World Champion Jeffrey Herlings is still searching for an improved blend of fitness and confidence after starting the season with a broken hand. The Dutch star survived the bumpy terrain to place 12th overall with a 14-9 as the 2017 FIM Motocross World Championship hit Leon in Mexico. Herlings


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RIP Traci 'Animal' Curro
Jeff the Drunk called in this morning and gave us the sad news that his sister, Animal, had died over the break. Animal was on the show in 2005 with two other women who were pretending to be Jeff's sister for a "To Tell the Truth" segment.
Jeff said although she had lung cancer, he didn't expect it to kill her. When asked where she got her nickname, Jeff said it dated back to her days playing softball: She played like an Animal.


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Opportunities abound in Universal Technical Training
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Each year for the past 30 years, students of American Samoa have been offered a unique opportunity to follow a career path, which they may have never otherwise considered. Visiting the Territory to present these career options was Tony Tagal, and years later, his son Jason.
As they have done since the late 1980s, father and son (who often visited together) have presented to students and their parents several possibilities for training in some very in-demand careers.
Representing the Universal Technical Institute—or UTI —Jason Tagal made the latest trip to American Samoa this October. For the past week and continuing through yesterday, Oct 15, students and their parents had a chance to consider solid careers in the Automotive industry, as well as Diesel and Power generation, Collision Repair, Transport Refrigeration, Hydraulics, as wells as Motorcycle, Marine and NASCAR work, Welding, and CNC Machining.
It should be noted that CNC—or Computerized Numerical Control machining— is a method used to perform a wide range of manufacturing tasks, which are all carried out by computerized devices.
With the help of Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Computer Aided Machining (CAM) in the late 1970s, CNC machines replaced the old-school manual machines.
This is a progressive step into the future of automotive care and maintenance, said Jason. As the major auto manufacturers move forward—with hybrid, electric and even driverless cars— CNC machining and diagnostic tools will become more important than ever as a career path.
As a testament both to their recruiting efforts, and the calibre of students from the Territory, there have been many successful American Samoan UTI grads over the years.
Some have returned to work for ASPA, others found work in the States and around the world.
Jason Tagal told Samoa News, "These jobs are very much in demand around the globe. The sky is the limit for the young man or woman who likes the hands-on approach to learning."
He added, "These are not just jobs, they are careers which have the potential for lifelong financial stability."
During his latest visit, Jason addressed parents and educators saying, "I am very proud to have been able to meet with all of you over the years. I'm also very thankful for the privilege to meet with your students. I'm looking forward to helping them find personal success and financial stability through some very stable technical career paths."
UTI— whose headquarters are in Arizona - boasts programs which are relatively short; most are 9 to18 months, and can be completed with counseling and tutoring from helpful instructors on campus. This is hands-on technical training, there are no regular academic classes included, said Jason.
"Additionally, there is no SAT or ASVAB test required. However, if it is your desire to take a military path, the Associates Degree that you receive from UTI in Arizona will help you start out in the military with a higher rank."
"This is an opportunity for young students to leave home, build up their self confidence, maturity and independence, while beginning a career which can take them nearly anywhere in the world. Welders, Diesel mechanics and machinists find careers all over the mainland, including in the Alaskan Oil fields and with Alaskan diesel powered fisheries, with much higher pay than cannery workers," he said, adding that the ASPA power plant in Tafuna has many UTI grads working there.
What about the cost of tuition? Jason says US Federal Financial Aid can help to fund tuition for US Nationals and US Citizens, while Relocation Grants and other scholarships are also available to help with relocation costs.
"I personally fly to Arizona with my Pacific Islanders from American Samoa, Hawaii, Guam and Saipan every summer to help them move into their apartments and get off to a good start at UTI," Jason said.
"Furthermore, industry relationships give our students access to state-of-the-industry tools and technology that technicians are using in the field today. Those same relationships provide our students with access to the companies hiring for entry-level positions in the automotive, diesel, motorcycle, marine, collision, CNC machining and welding industries."
UTI works with companies in the auto industry such as BMW, Ford, General Motors, Infiniti, Nissan, Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, Toyota and Volvo, to provide manufacturer-specific training. There is also specialized training in Diesel machinery with companies such as Daimler and Peterbilt. Specialized training in the Marine and Motorcycle industries include working with Mercury, Suzuki, Yamaha and Harley Davidson, to name a few.
Finally, UTI offers lifetime job placement assistance for all graduates.
Jason told Samoa News yesterday, "These kids have a lot of courage to leave their villages, their island, and go out into the world. They don't realize, yet, that taking this opportunity will change the direction of their lives forever. Once they learn how to do something like weld or use diagnostic machinery, they have a skill that can provide a lifetime of stability for them and their families."
He added, "I'm always inspired by these teenagers, they have no fear (no fefe!) They want to try."
Jason departed the Territory on Monday night, but he can be reached at any time at 808-342-2037. More information on UTI can be found on their website: www.uti.edu


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SSC CGL Admit Card 2018
In the month of February and March, 2018 Staff Selection Commission releases CGL 2018 Admit Card 2018 (Tier-2 Re-Exam 2017) region wise. SSC CGL Tier-II Exam call letter has been going to releases on the official site of SSC. It is expected that on 9th March 2018 SSC CGL Tier-II Re-Exam is going to hold. So, those candidates who have successfully done their SSC CGL Tier-I exam and gets passed so from now they all can download their SSC CGL Tier-II Hall Ticket region wise through the below provided link.
If you are wondering why SSC is going to conduct Tier-II exam again then you have to get familiar with SSC CGL Paper Leak scenario, SSC Combined Graduate Level Tier-II re-exam is going to held on 9th March 2018. SSC is going to release Tier-II admit card separately which means they are going to release CGL Tier-II Admit Card Region Wise. So, candidates need to login to the official site of SSC through the provided link. While logging candidates need to enter their Number/ Roll Number and D.O.B/ Password.
Download SSC Combined Graduate Level Call Letter
After filling necessary detail i.e. Registration Number, Date of Birth etc. while downloading SSC CGL Admit Card. So, candidates are advised to visit to the official site of SSC for downloading CGL Tier-II Admit Card 2018. Those candidates who are going to appear in SSC CGL Exam they all have to read tips and tricks to crack their SSC CGL 2018 Exam.
According to the officials of Staff Selection Commission, CGL Tier-II Hall Ticket has been released region wise in the month of January and February 2018. It is confirmed that SSC CGL 2017 Tier-II Exam is going to held on 17th to 22nd February 2018. And during examination carry your SSC CGL 2018 Admit Card is much important.
Download SSC CGL Tier-2 Admit Card (Region Wise)
|Region Names
|State Names
|SSC Zonal Websites
|Admit Card Link
|North Region
|Delhi, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan
|Click Here
|Central Region
|Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Bihar
|Click Here
|MP Sub-Region
|Madhya Pradesh (MP) and Chattisgarh
|Click Here
|Western Region
|Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa
|Click Here
|Southern Region
|Andhra Pradesh (AP), Puducherry and Tamilnadu
|Click Here
|North Eastern Region
|Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipura, Tripura, Mizoram and Nagaland
|Click Here
|North Western Sub-Region
|Jammu & Kashmir, Haryana, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh (HP)
|Click Here
|Eastern Region
|West Bengal (WB), Orissa, Sikkim and Andaman & Nicobar Island
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|KKR Region
|Karnataka Kerala Region
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|KKR Region Schedule
|Karnataka and Kerala
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Documents to carry during the examination
- A Photo ID Proof and also an Address Proof
- SSC CGL Admit Card 2018
- With Essential Stationary
Important Dates to Remember
|Exam Dates
|SSC CGL Tier-II Exam Date
|17th to 22nd February 2018
|SSC CGL Tier-III Exam Date
|May 2018
|CGL Tier-II Result Release Date
|Updated Soon
|Computer Skill Test (Tier-IV)
|Updated Soon
|SSC CGL Final Result 2017 Declaration Date
|Updated Soon
How to download SSC CGL Admit Card 2018?
- Visit the official site of SSC to download SSC CGL 2018 Admit Card Region Wise
- Search for "Admit Card Link"
- A new window will open
- Now Check URLs of SSC Regions
- Click on you Region link to get your SSC CGL Tier-II Admit Card
- Take a hard copy of it for future use.
In this post, we mentioned all relevant details regarding SSC CGL Admit Card 2018 So, candidates if you have any query regarding SSC CGL Exam Syllabus then ping us through the below provided comment section.


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Thursday, July 23, 2009
2009 Emmy Nomination Reactions: Comedy, Part 2
4 comments:
- Abe Fried-Tanzer said...
Great analysis on everything. I agree with all of your thoughts on Best Comedy Actor, especially about Tony Shalhoub and Charlie Sheen, though I have one grievance: I do think that David Duchovny should be here. You're spot on with Sarah Silverman, though I'm more upset about the snubs of Amy Poehler, Billie Piper, and even America Ferrera than Anna Friel. I see that you really liked "The Office" this year, but I think that both "How I Met Your Mother" and "Weeds" pose serious threats to incumbent "30 Rock" repeating again. "Weeds," as you say, is something the Emmys haven't really had before, especially recently, in this category, and since it got in maybe it will go the distance. I think I may put more faith in "How I Met Your Mother," which I never particularly liked but have enjoyed far more than I expected as I've been watching several of the submitted episodes. I think it's the kind of show that used to win this award, like "Friends" or a less sophisticated "Frasier." I've never loved it, but I think it may win this year.
- July 28, 2009 at 11:09 AM
- Noble said...
Thanks Abe Fried-Tanzer.
I just havn't found Californication (or Duchovney) funny or good. But I udersatnd they have their fans. I guess it is s a love it or hate it kind of show.
I havn't seen Parks & Rec yet and never was a fan of Betty (although I'm ok with her season 1 win). Although I don't like Call Girl I thought Piper gave a great performance so also would have liked to see her included.
With comedy series I am finding it hard to see anything beat 30 Rock, the academy just seem to love it with its 22 nods. I really think Office with it's great tapes, strong season and past emmy win poses the greatest threat. However there is an interesting case I could make for Conchords. I'm not sure how easy the Weeds episodes will be to digest (and they didn't pick their best anyway). Mother could win if they wanted to go the more traditional route as you say but I think the emmys may be past that.
Anyway, thanks for your feedback and comments, hopefully I'll have my drama reactions up sometime in the not too distant future.
- July 28, 2009 at 11:26 PM
nice videos...the love for Philly is more than enough to keep coming back...you're right they should've been here...
- August 20, 2009 at 12:36 PM
- Noble said...
Thanks BenitoDelicias,
Yeah Philly was a better show alot of the nominated fare. In particular their season final "Nightman Commeth" should be up for writing and directing and Charlie Day should have been in before any of the nominated supporting actors. Kaitlin Olson should be there as well.
That being said I didn't expect it to get anything.
- August 21, 2009 at 12:10 PM


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On January 13, 2016, Sen. Laura Woods introduced SB 16-026 – Concerning Personal Rights of Protected Persons, and, In Connection Therewith, Limiting the Ability of a Guardian or Conservator to Isolate a Protected Person. The bill was assigned to the Senate Judiciary Committee, where it was amended and referred to Appropriations.
The proposed bill provides that a guardian or conservator shall not restrict a protected person's right of communication, visitation, or interaction with other persons. Unless a restriction is authorized by a court order, this includes the right to receive visitors, telephone calls, or personal mail. A court may issue such order restricting communications, visitations, or interactions if good cause can be shown by a guardian or conservator.
Additionally, an interested person, including the protected person, who has a reasonable belief that the guardian or conservator has violated the court order may move the court to do any one of the following: (1) require the guardian or conservator to grant a person access to the protected person; (2) restrict, or further restrict, a person's access to the protected person; (3) modify the guardian or conservator's duties; or (4) remove the guardian or conservator.
The proposed bill also provides that a guardian or conservator who knowingly isolates a protected person in violation of the law or a court order is subject to removal.
The bill also proposes certain instances in which the guardian or conservator must notify the protected person's closest known family members or person designated by the protected person. These instances are: (1) if the protected person changes his or her residence; (2) if the protected person resides at a location other than his or her residence for more than 7 days; (3) if the protected person is admitted to a medical facility for acute care or emergency care; or (4) if the protected person dies.
Mark Proust is a 2016 JD Candidate at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.


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Another teaser for the live-action version of Aladdin dropped during the Grammys on Sunday, giving us more of a look at the much-anticipated film.
Fans saw more of Mena Massoud as Aladdin, but we also got to see Will Smith take on the important role of Genie. A very blue Genie.
A glimpse of Smith on the front cover of Entertainment Weekly was published back in December, leaving fans thinking that was the final look for Genie, and for some, perhaps wondering "why isn't he blue?"
We can show you the world… of Disney's live-action #Aladdin! Get a shining, shimmering, splendid first look at the reimagined classic in our magical First Look issue: https://t.co/Kwkcdfen5v pic.twitter.com/7NbyiRRcLH
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