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Read this month's thematic series on health, well-being and happiness on the Anthropology News website. This month we're pleased to start the series with essays by:
- Michelle Chatman | I Still Got Joy: Black Women's Strength and Resilience after Breast Cancer
- Carlos Garcia–Quijano, John J Poggie, Ana Pitchon and Miguel del Pozo | Investigating Coastal Resource Use, Quality of Life, and Well-being in Southeastern Puerto Rico
- Barbara Rose Johnston | Ethical Currents in Happiness, Health and Well-being
- Meg Jordan | Fast Track to Health, Well-being and Happiness: The Emerging Profession of Health Coaches
- Megan McCullough | Entangled Bodies: Structural Violence, Well-being and Humor in Australian Indigenous Health
- Suzanne Morrissey and Mary Patzel | Elusive Maladies: Finding Hope with Integrative Medicine in North America
- J Anthony Paredes | Happiness Anthropology Redux
- Mimi Stelmack | Tuberculosis: Global Health Pandemic
Be sure to check the AN website throughout March for more in this series by Valerie Ann McMillan, Lisa Meekison Reichenbach and Inga Treitler.
Share what you think about any contribution to AN – rate any post on the AN website by clicking on the stars that appear under the title. AAA members are also invited to post comments to start or contribute to a discussion about any of the essays.


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(Updates with background of case, comment from Adam Horovitz)
By Nate Raymond and Bernard Vaughan
NEW YORK, June 5 (Reuters) - Beastie Boys' fight for their right to not let Monster Beverage Corp use the hip-hop group's music without their permission resulted in a verdict of $1.7 million on Thursday.
A federal jury in Manhattan issued the verdict on the eighth day of trial in a copyright dispute between members of the Brooklyn-born band and the energy drink maker over songs the band says Monster used without a license in a 2012 promotional video.
The Beastie Boys had sought up to $2.5 million for copyright infringement and false endorsement.
Monster countered that it owed no more than $125,000, calling the case "illogical" and saying an employee had mistakenly believed the company had permission to use the music.
Beastie Boys members Adam Horovitz, or "Ad-Rock," and Michael Diamond, or "Mike D," attended much of the trial and both testified. After the verdict was read, Horovitz hugged his wife, musician Kathleen Hanna.
"We're happy," Horovitz said after the hearing. "We just want to thank the jury."
Reid Kahn, a lawyer for Monster, said the company would appeal.
Filed in August 2012, the lawsuit centered on an online video promoting an annual snowboarding competition the company organizes and sponsors in Canada called "Ruckus in the Rockies."
The video, which Monster uploaded to YouTube, featured the competition and an after-party attended by DJs, including Z-Trip. It included a remix by Z-Trip of Beastie Boys songs, including "Sabotage," "So Watcha Want" and "Make Some Noise."
The four-minute video concluded with a sentence saying "RIP MCA." Adam Yauch, a Beastie Boys member who went by "MCA," died a day before the snowboarding event, after a battle with cancer.
The Beastie Boys complained to Monster in June 2012 and subsequently sued, saying the Corona, California-based company did not have permission to use its music.
"It stole the Beastie Boys' right to say no," Paul Garrity, a lawyer for the band, told jurors at the start of the trial.
Monster acknowledged it had infringed the Beastie Boys' copyrights, but contended it was not done willfully.
"The plaintiffs try to take the undisputed evidence and spin some tale of an insidious corporate conspiracy," Kahn, Monster's lawyer, told jurors Wednesday during closing arguments. (Reporting by Nate Raymond and Bernard Vaughan in New York; editing by Gunna Dickson)


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CAROLLTON, Ga. – The No. 29 Georgia College baseball team (8-3) pounded out 19 hits for 17 runs in a 17-1 rout at the University of West Georgia (5-10) Thursday afternoon.
An RBI double by shortstop Daniel Bick (Alpharetta, Ga.) got things rolling in the first, and the Bobcats never trailed. Bick finished with just the one hit and RBI, adding a pair of runs scored.
The lone three-hit performer was second baseman Brandon Benson (Loganville, Ga.) in his first career start, going 3-for-5 with three RBI. Designated hitter Taylor Hinshaw (Winder, Ga.) was 2-for-4, adding three runs and two driven in. Catcher Steve Hazel (Kentwood, Mich.) posted two hits in four trips, scoring twice, and first baseman Clay Ardeeser (Loganville, Ga.) added two hits in five at-bats with a run.
The leadoff spot was particularly productive, as starting leftfielder Ryan Sabalaskey (Carol Stream, Ill.) had four RBI despite tallying just one hit. The final two at-bats were turned over to senior John Welborn (Locust Grove, Ga.), who went 2-for-2 with three RBI, a double and a run. The Bobcats also stole seven bases on the game, getting one each from seven different players. Every one of the Bobcat starters had at least one hit.
The pitching staff matched the Bobcat hitters' efforts, stretching seven hits across nine innings for just one run, and fanning four. Starter Stewart Rich (Macon, Ga.) went five innings to pick up his first career win, allowing five hits for one run. The remaining four innings were spread among four Bobcat relievers.
The Bobcats are back in action Saturday, March 1 at 1 p.m. for doubleheader action against No. 27 UNC Pembroke at John Kurtz Field.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at @GCBobcats on Twitter and Facebook for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit GCBobcats.PhotoReflect.com to purchase photo prints from home athletic contests.


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Quote from: TexasLady on July 17, 2009, 11:48:13 AMI've been thinking about it all morning, if he could backdoor Russell, wouldn't that make pretty much everyone happy? Hes already brought that up, about backdooring Russell to Jeff/Jordan/Michele/Laura but he will use that as his reasoning when he puts Laura and Casey up who are my guesses, By the way if your not following the feeds, Ronnie loves Jordan and won't even go there as far as putting her up. OR it could be I'm reading Ronnie all wrong and his only purpose its to make good tv and he could totally do the opposite of what I'm thinking he might do.
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UPDATE: Dave Kerber's opponent, Linda Newell, weighs in.
A GOP state Senate candidate who is the father of three daughters and whose mother and aunt survived breast cancer is appalled at campaign mailers that say he's opposed to mammograms.
"I guess I should be a big boy and just take it, but this is particularly galling because of my family history," said Dave Kerber, who is trying to unseat Sen. Linda Newell, D-Littleton.
"My mother and her sister, my aunt, are both 40-year breast cancer survivors, both having mastectomies. Back in the '70s, survival was not so good, and I recall the tension and sadness that surrounded my family."
The fliers are from the Coalition for Colorado's Future, a political 527 that has sent attack mailers on Republican candidates in state Senate races. The group has collected more than $2 million in donations, including contributions from various unions, according to secretary of state records.


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The mistress of the Chen family (Mrs. Chen Shih-yin) could not but feel very much affected by what she heard, and the whole evening she uttered not a word.
The next day, at an early hour, Yü-ts'un sent some of his men to bring over to Chen's wife presents, consisting of two packets of silver, and four pieces of brocaded silk, as a token of gratitude, and to Feng Su also a confidential letter, requesting him to ask of Mrs. Chen her maid Chiao Hsing to become his second wife.
Feng Su was so intensely delighted that his eyebrows expanded, his eyes smiled, and he felt eager to toady to the Magistrate (by
presenting the girl to him). He hastened to employ all his persuasive powers with his daughter (to further his purpose),
and on the same evening he forthwith escorted Chiao Hsing in a small chair to the Yamên.
The joy experienced by Yü-ts'un need not be dilated upon. He also presented Feng Su with a packet containing one hundred
ounces of gold; and sent numerous valuable presents to Mrs. Chen, enjoining her "to live cheerfully in the anticipation of finding out the whereabouts of her daughter."
It must be explained, however, that the maid Chi'ao Hsing was the very person, who, a few years ago, had looked round at Yü-ts'un and who, by one simple, unpremeditated glance, evolved, in fact, this extraordinary destiny which was indeed an event beyond conception.
Who would ever have foreseen that fate and fortune would both have so favoured her that she should, contrary to all anticipation, give birth to a son, after living with Yü-ts'un barely a year, that in addition to this,
after the lapse of another half year, Yü-ts'un's
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Throwback Thursday: Millie Marotta Easter Eggs!March 17, 2016, 10:00 am Posted by Ardi Alspach
The egg-decorating fun doesn't have to end after the eggs are dyed. Last year, Martha Stewart Online asked Millie Marotta, illustrator of the book Millie Marotta's Animal Kingdom: Color Me, Draw Me , to produce some Easter-themed line drawings for a fun egg decorating project! We're sharing it with you again so you can take advantage of this free project as you decorate for Easter and Spring this year.
Durable decoupage finish, by Martha Stewart Crafts, in Matte, $10 for 8 oz.
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The Flatbush Pictures crew whittled 500 hours of footage down to an 80-minute documentary. And, on Wednesday night, their efforts were rewarded with a standing ovation inside New York City's Sunshine Cinema during the Tribeca Film Festival.
The story they told was, in part, about the funding crisis which the School District of Philadelphia faced last year, and continues to face today.
It was also about the Martin Luther King High School Cougars football team's journey, starting with a worrisome merger with rival Germantown High and ending with MLK's first-ever Public League championship and the subsequent National Signing Day pep rally.
Much of the documentary touched on first-year coach Ed Dunn's struggle to keep his team collectively focused and motivated to succeed on and off the field.
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The film's focus
At its heart, though, "We Could Be King" centered on several months of divergent trials and tribulations facing two players, with footage culled from hours spent at the players' homes in Northwest Philadelphia.
They were Dontae Angus, a behemoth of a lineman who battled complacency, memories of childhood bullying and academic challenges that led to the disappearance of a University of Florida scholarship offer, and Salvatore Henderson, who spent much of the season behind bars.
"I was trying to suck it up, but I wanted to cry," said Angus of watching the premiere of a film that will be shown at the West Oak Lane school Thursday and to national audiences Saturday night on ESPN2.
For his part, Henderson saw the fact that private, personal struggles were now part of the public domain as a valuable "lesson" and motivation to move past a situation in which he was tangentially involved in a street robbery.
"I thought it was outstanding," said Superintendent William Hite, among those in the standing-room-only crowd.
After film sponsor DICK'S Sporting Goods presented him with a $250,000 check as a donation — through a "Sports Matter" mission to keep high-school sports funded — Hite was asked how it would be dispersed.
"King first. Whatever they need," he said of giving the Cougars dibs before the money funds programs elsewhere. "They earned this."
True grit meets the red carpet
While the film matched the gritty feel of King's muddy, non-manicured practice field behind the Stenton Avenue school (not to mention the uplifting tone of a gridiron turnaround that bordered on redemption), Wednesday night's premiere did not.
There was a camera-friendly red carpet event at which not only Cougars players, coaches and Principal William Wade, and the documentary team, posed, but so too did actor Michael B. Jordan (of "The Wire" and "Friday Night Lights"), New York Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz and ESPN's Mike Golic, who emceed a post-movie Q&A with Angus, Henderson and Dunn.
The players themselves looked starstruck, but they turned out to be the stars of the show. And that, said director Judd Ehrlich, was the whole point.
"The joy you can see in their faces, that's why you make these kinds of movies in the first place," he said. "I think we found a story that people are never going to forget."
Dick's CEO Edward W. Stack offered further motivation for his company's involvement.
"To eliminate these [sports] programs would be catastrophic for these kids," he said.
For her part, Tribeca Enterprises Executive Vice President Paula Weinstein called out Dunn, who started the season as a volunteer head coach thanks to a doomsday-budget layoff, in front of the packed room.
"You," she said, "are a miracle of a human being."
A recap
The film starts off with a brief examination of the GHS/MLK rivalry, in the context of foes being brought together because of the district's dire financial situation.
Then, it alternates between team practices (featuring friction between players during the early phases of the team-building experiment), home and school lives and game footage.
At their narrative peaks, Angus is shown — thanks to assistant coach Michelle "Mickey" Grace, a GHS alum who was the first female to get a carry on a city football team — getting a season-shifting pep talk from his hero, Sharrif Floyd, a George Washington High grad who now plays for the Minnesota Vikings.
Sal's story
Meanwhile, Henderson's voice is heard on a collect call to Dunn from the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center in which he tells the 27-year-old coach he considers family that "I'm looking forward to touching grass again."
(Dunn, a math teacher, formerly worked at Germantown High, which was one of 24 schools closed last June as part of the School District of Philadelphia's facilities master plan.)
He's then shown getting released from jail, getting fitted for an ankle bracelet at home and, finally, getting clearance to return to football, only to suffer a concussion on the last practice before the Cougars' playoff run commenced.
"I'm hopeful that I won't be in the wrong place at the wrong time again," the rising senior said to Golic after the screening. "Hopefully, next year, I'll do better and go to college."
Golic — the former Eagle who now co-hosts a national ESPN radio show daily — also had some kind words for Dunn, whose two-year-old son's appearance on camera drew adoring reactions from the audience.
"I wish I could have played for you," he said.
The mission
The film, which will air at 8 p.m. Saturday on ESPN2 and run at theaters in NYC and Los Angeles for Academy Award-consideration purposes, was greenlit, in part, to raise awareness for the sporting-goods company's "$25 million multi-year commitment to support youth athletics programs."
With the doomsday budget initially axing public-league sports altogether, King was a perfect fit.
"The reality is that these are often the very programs that make kids want to go to school, that build their confidence and pride," said Ehrlich, a two-time Emmy nominee and lifelong New Yorker. "Without them, what is left?"
The answer that the documentary provides is simple: With them, players from once-rival high schools can band together to win championships on the field, and find direction off of it.
"The less tangible impact of sports is what impressed me most during my time with the Cougars," Ehrich said. "I know that they will carry their motto 'humble, hungry and hardworking' through football seasons and throughout their lives."
What's next?
"We Could Be King" will be shown Thursday at MLK High, 6100 Stenton Ave. in West Oak Lane.
A 1 p.m. screening will be held for students; a 6 p.m. screening is for the community at large.
At 8 p.m. Saturday, it will be aired on ESPN2 (Xfinity: 16, 851; FiOS: 74, 574; DirecTV: 209; Dish: 144).


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Ex-Maine police chief charged with illegal hunting, drug offenses, avoids jail time
AUBURN, Maine (AP) � A former Maine police chief has avoided jail time after admitting to drug and illegal hunting offenses.
Everett H. Leonard of Turner, the one-time chief in Mechanic Falls, agreed in September to a deal that required him to spend three months behind bars. But a judge Wednesday suspended the sentence because of the 61-year-old Leonard's health problems. In the past year, he has undergone prostate surgery, was diagnosed with diabetes and suffered a stroke.
The Sun Journal (http://bit.ly/V7N71d ) reports Leonard had faced up to 42 years in jail and $84,000 in fines for illegal hunting activities in 2010. He was also charged with selling oxycodone.
When Leonard and his son were arrested in January 2011, police seized hundreds of pounds of deer meat, guns, and other hunting-related equipment from their homes.
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Changing times
When Dr. Timothy Chargois was named the new superintendent of the Beaumont Independent School District, there was a sigh of relief heard both inside and outside the district.
Chargois is a bright, relatively young school administrator whose career is on the rise – and recent events suggest he will need smarts and moxie alike to get the job done. Over the past two weeks he was called into a particularly sticky situation that arose at Austin Middle School, located less than a mile from the BISD administration complex.The case centered on two 11-year-old girls who say they were the victims of a sexual assault that occurred not only at school but in a classroom – during class. The two boys were quickly suspended then ticketed for the Pathways alternative school campus for the remainder of the school year. It was a serious incident that raised troubling questions, including how such an assault could take place in a classroom with the teacher present.
In reporting the attack, the first girl said she screamed then loudly said "No!" when the attack began, but there was no response because the teacher was asleep. A BISD spokesman says the teacher denied the report and that none of the other students in the classroom at the time corroborated the girl's contention the teacher was sleeping – which raises the obvious question of why she didn't intervene.
The teacher in question is Rebecca Williams, a veteran educator with 35 years of classroom experience who has been employed by BISD since 2000. By all accounts she has had serious health problems in recent years. Some of her fellow employees at the school have sympathy for Williams' physical condition but expressed concern for the students in her class.
"Mrs. Williams has trouble standing up and holds the wall when she walks down the hall," said one. "Some parents complain because students know they can act crazy in her room – she has lost control of her classroom."
Chargois personally offered sympathy to the parents of those students and promised to work for a solution. Two complicating factors were that the age of the students involved mandated confidentiality in the legal proceedings – and if the teacher was in fact sleeping or otherwise incapacitated and the district knew about the situation, it could be considered gross negligence and make the district liable for civil damages.
Nobody said this job was going to be easy. Chargois faces an immediate trial by fire in this case, having to balance the interests of the district, the students and this teacher. Williams should be commended for her service to the district and allowed to retire immediately. The actions of the school principal who allowed this situation to persist knowing of her incapacity should be closely examined. And we should all wish Dr. Timothy Chargois well running the school district that belongs to us all.


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It is said what goes around comes around. That seems to be where we are right now when it comes to funding public schools in education. Those who championed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's slash and burn approach to public education two years ago when he said we are spending too much on public education and getting little for it applauded his cutting $1.2 billion dollars from state aid to schools, and now they are rethinking their position. Editorials in the newspapers, meetings in town halls, school district task forces and just about every other source are calling for more aid to schools and advocacy for school budgets. I guess we have hit that proverbial wall. Every school district in New York state is facing a crisis in its budget. Cuts in state aid, spending increases over which the districts have no control, tax levies which have reached their maximum and dwindling fund balances all contribute to a financial situation which is bad and getting worse. Unfortunately, the attempts to curb spending often involve cuts in the arts, activities and athletics. These "three As" (which together often total less than 3 percent of a total school budget) go hand in hand with academics to form what I call the "Four As" of education." As a matter of fact the students who participate in the very activities some would cut are the model of what we are trying to develop in schools: solid, well-rounded future citizens. It flies in the face of sanity to cut the very programs which lead to the final results we are trying to attain. Take any athletic team in any high school, and the percentage of students on the school honor roll is usually 90 percent and higher, while the percentage of the total student body on the honor roll hovers around 50 percent, and this is true with all athletic teams, clubs and other school activities. Duh, as the kids say. Shouldn't we be adding activities and sports and insisting that all students participate so that they can also excel in academics? Our students must develop a number of qualities that cannot be taught through a formal curriculum and cannot be tested on a paper and pencil test. These qualities include things such as: creativity, critical thinking, resilience, motivation, persistence, curiosity, question asking, humor, endurance, reliability, enthusiasm, civic-mindedness, self awareness, self discipline, empathy, leadership, compassion, courage, resourcefulness and spontaneity. We spend very little time on these qualities in the regular school curriculum, because we are concerned with preparing students for the tests which are based on content and facts. Ironically, we tend to develop the qualities noted above in the arts, activities, athletics and other extracurricular activities. While these three As of education are always on the chopping block due to budget crises, we always find room to add more tests to see how students are doing and to insure their success. Let's be honest, kids often learn a lot more about leadership and enthusiasm and resilience in sports or band or chorus than they do in academic classes. I am positive that they learn a lot more about those qualities in their extracurricular activities than they do in taking a state test. It is sad that schools have to drop programs in the arts, athletics and other activities because they just do not have the money to support what some consider extra programs, however, the very programs that are being dropped are the ones that teach kids what they really need to know to be successful. I always loved coaching kids in sports and watching them grow through the experience. Some kids just exude commitment, determination and drive on the court or field. When I see a kid play with reckless abandon and full speed ahead, I know that that youngster will be successful in his/her chosen career. I have seen thousands of them over the years. State and federal tests determine success? Not really. I would say that a floor burn earned for diving on a loose ball in basketball is more indicative of future success than any written test I have ever seen. How about the kid playing her first solo with the school band? Do you think she is learning about poise and confidence and courage? I think so. The ones who have met with the most success in their careers are not necessarily those who had the highest grades or test scores. While deliberating the school budgets for our communities, we would be remiss if we did not find room for all four As Dr. John Metallo is a retired teacher and administrator. Among the positions he has held are principal of Albany High School and adjunct instructor at the University at Albany and SUNY Plattsburgh.
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It's not just a game — it's a career
At SCAD, we take games seriously. Our interactive design and game development program has won the top prize in the E3 College Game Competition for two years running, along with receiving praise from The Princeton Review and Animation Career Review. From participation in professional conferences to opportunities to collaborate with industry giants, our students have every chance to capitalize on their passion for interactive design. We'll provide the top-of-the-line tools, the outstanding faculty and the advanced curriculum you need — you just bring your A-game.
Interactive design and game development degrees
SCAD's interactive design and game development degrees are offered in Atlanta, Hong Kong, Savannah and online via eLearning.
- Atlanta - Hong Kong - Savannah - eLearning
Alumnus Kaan Kayimoglu, lead animator for Bigpoint
At SCAD, we give students the tools they need to excel in the most fast-paced workplaces, in the most prestigious roles. Alumnus Kaan Kayimoglu (M.F.A., computer art, 2002), lead animator for gaming giant Bigpoint, discusses his arrival to the U.S. and how SCAD helped him reach his childhood dream.
Discover your dream job
"Making projects relevant to each student encourages them to take ownership of their work and generally has the end result of a project that goes above and beyond what the student thought he or she could do."Christina Tarbell | Interactive design and game development professor
SCAD Interactive Design and Game Development Team Wins First Place at E3
Related majors and minors
Interactive design and game development is an ever-evolving field. In order to thrive in such an industry, many students choose to pursue a double major or related minor while they are here. You can explore new perspectives, harness diverse creative approaches, and develop a unique, well-rounded style — all while earning multiple degrees.
Related majors that may interest you:
Minors that complement this program:
- Interactive design and game development
- Concept art for games
- Character technical direction
- Storyboarding
- Technical direction
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HTC has a history of making enormous, feature-rich smartphones and the phone I'm looking at today is the pinnacle of those efforts so far. The HD2 incorporates an enormous 4.3in capacitive touchscreen, a 5-megapixel camera, and plenty more besides, but with it running Windows Phone can it possibly be our favourite handset of the moment?
Well we weren't joking when we said enormous. At 121mm tall and 67mm wide, the HD2 is some 5mm taller and wider than the iPhone 3G/3GS, which some people find too big too handle already. Now, 5mm may not sound like all that much but when added all over it makes for a significant increase. At 11mm thick, it's at least a tad thinner than its fruity rival and it's still markedly smaller than the behemoth that is the Toshiba TG01.
Adding to the feeling of this being a large phone is the size of its screen. While, the iPhone's screen actually fits within the palm of your hand (even if the whole phone doesn't) and is thus completely accessible using the thumb of one hand, the HD2's screen always requires a readjustment of your grip or your other hand in order to use all of it. Again, this isn't uncommon per se but it's definitely the marker of a phone we feel goes beyond the point most people would find comfortable for everyday use. Also because the screen fills so much of the device, you're left with very little room to position your hands without pressing and activating some part of it.
Nevertheless, if all you want is the biggest and best screen on your mobile then you won't be disappointed. Not only is it enormous but its resolution of 800 x 480 pixels is equal to the best on the market and is double that of the iPhone's and most Android phones. Combined with excellent brightness, pitch-like blacks, and wonderfully vivid colours, it is simply a joy to behold. In fact, because it uses standard LCD technology, rather than AMOLED, it seemed to suffer less from the slight over saturation that plagues devices like the Samsung Galaxy, and the Samsung Jet (Samsung does seem to be at the forefront of this display technology when it comes to phones).
Whatever task we put this phone to, its screen never failed to amaze us. Probably the most memorable thing was this phones ability to fit the entire TrustedReviews website on screen and still maintain readable text… when held in portrait mode! Of course, watching video, viewing photos, and all the other multimedia tasks one can enjoy on a modern mobile phone are dutifully taken care of as well.
Helping our perhaps (on second read) over-zealous enthusiasm for this phone's screen is the fact that it's glass is super tough and scratch resistant. You've probably also guessed from this that it uses capacitive touch sensing as well and, again, it is superbly implemented, reacting instantly to any gesture with the lightest of touches. Multitouch is also supported but more on that later.
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DU's Jesse Martin reaches out to Brad Malone
DU senior center Jesse Martin, who today remains in a Minneapolis hospital with three fractures to his C2 vertebrae, called Brad Malone to comfort the Sioux forward. According to Jesse's father, Terry, the two seniors talked for about 10 minutes.
"Marty" made the call after hearing Malone was having a tough time dealing with the incident that ended Martin's season and possibly his hockey career.


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Empty Space under the stairs is often overlooked residents. In fact, the minimal size of the space under the stairs can be utilized. With a sharp look at each corner of your home, the space under the stairs can be handled so as not to waste space.
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Space under the stairs can be transformed into anything. Shoe storage area, one of them. Alternatively, child toy warehouse. Or, it can also be used for bookcase. Perhaps you are interested to close the panel, then hang the TV over there. If so, make sure the panel is designed to be opened and on the inside there is a shelf or drawer.
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Around the room under the stairs need special attention and consideration to the area to be utilized to serve as a room. Initial obstacles encountered certain problems that limited area. However, it can be overcome by your creativity in design it so that it has a useful function.
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There are a variety of household materials that exist in the home, such as a ladder of wooden material, steel, or concrete. Household materials will not effect the type of room.
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Any room can be utilized under the stairs of concrete or even wood. Do not worry because the structure of the foundation in the construction of purpose built with a sturdy ladder and not easily broken down.
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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Former South African President Nelson Mandela, who has been receiving medical treatment for three months for a lung ailment, is still in hospital in Pretoria in a critical but stable condition, the government said on Saturday.
The presidency said reports by some international media that the revered anti-apartheid leader, who is 95, had been discharged and returned to his home were "incorrect".
"Madiba is still in hospital in Pretoria, and remains in a critical but stable condition," the presidency said in a statement, using the traditional clan name by which Mandela is affectionately known in South Africa.
"At times his condition becomes unstable, but he responds to medical interventions," it added, repeating a medical bulletin it had issued a week ago which had said the ailing Nobel Peace Prize laureate was showing "great resilience".
News of Mandela's hospitalization in June with a recurring lung infection attracted worldwide attention for the revered statesman, who is admired as a symbol of struggle against injustice and of racial reconciliation.
Mandela celebrated his 95th birthday in hospital on July 18, showered with tributes from around the world.
He spent nearly three decades in prison before being released and being elected South Africa's first black president in multi-racial elections in 1994 that ended apartheid rule.
Mandela's 27 years in prison under white minority rule included 18 years on the notorious Robben Island penal colony. His lung infection dates back to this time, when he and other prisoners were forced to work in a limestone quarry.
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Water-based hydraulic systems traditionally have been used in longwall mining applications and in hot-metal areas of steel mills. The obvious advantage of water systems in these industries is their fire resistance. Water-based hydraulic systems also have not-so-obvious cost advantages over oil based fluid. First, non-toxic, biodegradable synthetic additives cost much less per-gallon than oil based fluids do. One gallon of concentrate can make 20 gal of a solution containing 95% water and 5% additive..
Considering the costs associated with preventing and cleaning up environmental contamination, water-based hydraulic systems hold the potential for tremendous cost savings at the plant level. Oil that has leaked or been drained from a system can't just be dumped down the drain. It must be collected, properly contained, and hauled away by a certified carrier — an expensive proposition. Water containing synthetic additives, however, can by dumped into plant effluent systems.
Cost savings at the plant level don't stop at the lower cost of the fluid and its disposal. Because water-based hydraulic fluid consists of 10 parts water and one part synthetic additive, 5 gal of additive mixes with water to make 100 gallons of water-based fluid. A 50-gal container is certainly easier to handle than two 55-gal drums, so warehousing is simpler, cleaner, and less cluttered. Transportation costs also are lower.
Other potential plant-wide savings include improved safety for workers because the wate rbased fluid is non-toxic as well as non-flammable. These attributes can reduce plant insurance rates. Spills cost less to clean up because granular absorbents or absorbent socks are unnecessary.
Nevertheless, adding an anti-freeze to a water-based fluid can depress its freezing temperature to well below 32°F. Ethylene glycol — used in automotive anti-freeze — is toxic and is not biodegradable, so its use for anti-freeze in water-based hydraulic fluid would defeat the environmental advantage water-based fluid has. Propylene glycol is an alternative, which is not toxic and is biodegradable. It costs more than ethylene glycol and is not quite as effective an antifreeze, so it must be used in slightly higher concentrations.
Two more techniques to reduce freezing potential are to keep fluid circulating continuously and use hose where practical. Hose insulates fluid from exterior temperatures; metal tubing provides little insulation.
Sealing the system
Two more perceived problems with water hydraulic systems are bacterial infestation and difficulty in maintain proper concentrations. Sealing the system from atmosphere can hold bacterial growth in check. Addition of an anti-bacterial agent to the fluid can have a lasting effect on preventing bacterial buildup if air is excluded from the system. Sealing the system from the atmosphere also keeps out most airborne contaminants — a common cause of component failure.
A sealed reservoir eliminates another problem suffered by many hydraulic systems: water ingression. Dissolved suspended water contaminates hydraulic oil. The only detriment water ingression has in a water-based system, though, is that is alters the concentration of additive. Water ingression is still undesirable, but its occurrence is far less detrimental in a water-based system than in one using oil.
This addresses another misconception about water-based systems: water-based systems must be closely monitored to ensure that the additive concentration stays within tolerance. That is because water evaporates from the reservoir more readily than the additive does. Consequently, water evaporation causes the additive concentration to increase. When new fluid is added to a system, samples of the existing fluid must be taken to determine the concentration of additive in solution. These results then reveal the ratio of additive to fluid that must be added so that fluid concentration is correct.
With a system that sealed from the atmosphere, the evaporation problem is virtually eliminated. Fluid that escapes by leakage is a solution containing water and additive. Therefore, the quantity of fluid in the system changes, but concentration does not. System fluid is replenished simply by adding a pre-mixed solution of water and additive to the reservoir.
Special considerations
Water-based hydraulic systems can be more prone to pump cavitation if they are not properly designed. Generous porting and other passageways should be provided to keep fluid velocities less than 20 ft/sec — preferably, below 15 ft/sec in pressure lines. Velocity in suction lines, in general, should not exceed 2 to 3 ft/sec. Velocities in return lines should be held less than 5 to10 ft/sec. Higher return velocities can promote foaming when fluid re-enters the reservoir. Components should also be carefully sized because rapid changes in fluid pressure and velocity can cause dissolved air to precipitate from solution and cause damage similar to that produced by cavitation.
An important consideration for water-based systems is that major components should be designed specifically for use with water fluid, rather than modified from versions originally intended for oil service. An oil valve retrofitted for water service may work, but its compromise in performance will be obvious when compared to a valve designed for water service.
Tubing, hose, and fittings usually can be identical to those for oil systems. Pumps, valves, and actuators for water service, however, exhibit some significant differences from components for oil systems. Pump gears, for example, should be made of super-hard alloys to resist wear. A pump's gear face should be wider than that of an oil pump because water's low viscosity requires a larger area to form an adequate lubricant film. Cylinders used in water systems should have bronze-clad pistons to minimize wear between pistons and cylinder walls. Spring- or O-ring-energized seals should be used to minimized leakage across the piston.
Valves for water
Valves for water-based fluid usually are packed with seals separating metal parts to prevent metal-to-metal contact. This is because water - even with lubricant additives - does not provide the full-film lubrication of oil. In valves for oil service, lapped spools can be used because oil forms a film on metal components to keep surfaces separated. Metal surfaces in relative motion in valves for water-based fluid are separated by bearing-type materials. Moreover, because of its much lower viscosity, water can readily leak through the clearances found in non-packed valves for oil service.
Valves for water service also are slightly larger than those for oil. This may be another reason why water-based systems have not gained wide acceptance. Originally, the larger size of components for water-based fluid created a handicap when designing systems, and more costly construction inflated prices of valves for water-based fluid to three times or more that of valves for oil. Now, however, valve sizes are comparable to those for oil. Many valves are available with standard NFPA footprints. The price differential has also become less. Components for water-based fluid still may cost perhaps 3% more than those for oil systems, but this may be a bargain when you consider the cost-saving potential of water-based systems.
Cartridge valves that fit into cast, ductile-iron bodies also are available, as are lapped-spool versions of interchangeable cartridges. Special materials are used instead of seals when proportional control is needed, because seals can promote unacceptable stick-slip operation.
The spool in a valve for oil service can ride directly in the valve body. Proportional valves for water-based fluid, though often have a spool that rides in a cast sleeve instead of in the valve body. The sleeve wears because it is softer than the spool. Both sleeve and spool are hardened to RC 6-72 to reduce wear rates. Valves for water-based fluid also have longer lands to reduce leakage.
Fluid leakage
Leakage continues to be a nagging problem in many hydraulic system. New seal materials and designs, and O-ring face-seal fittings are powerful weapons in the battle against leakage. But the battle is far from over because of misapplication, improper installation, or simple lack of understanding. Although there's no excuse for leakage in most systems, it still occurs. Assuming that leakage will not be eliminated in the near future, water-based fluid can dramatically reduce the costs associated with leakage.
Internal leakage can be just as wasteful. For example, lapped-spool valves are designed to leak because the leakage creates the oil film necessary to lubricant moving parts. This leakage can carburize the oil by generating heat. Internal leakage typically is routed back to tank, so this technique transforms mechanical energy into heat instead of useful work. Using a stainless steel spool with PTFE seals in a valve for water-based fluid eliminates the need for clearance between moving components. Because there is no clearance, there is no internal leakage.
Packed-spool valves eliminate leakage and the need for pilot-operated check valves. When the valve centers to an all-ports-blocked condition, pilot-operated checks are not needed to prevent cylinder drift. If there is no port-to-port leakage, the cylinder will not drift.
But beyond the obvious and intangible costs of fluid leakage, disposing of the fluid that has leaked from a system becomes a concern. Allowing hydraulic oil to enter plant effluent systems becomes an expensive proposition when removal and disposal costs are considered. Realizing that cleanup and disposal costs will only go up, and that the price of oil is unstable suggests that water-based hydraulics can be an economical solution to environmental problems.
Accepting water hydraulics
Even the most expensive water additives become attractive when designers realize that 1 gal of concentrate can make 20 gal of fluid. No wonder, then, that interest in water-based fluids often centers around cost saving potential. However, designers must also realize that they can't just change the fluid in their systems from oil to water without making other substantial changes.
What are viewed as disadvantages are really different rules that apply to water-based hydraulic systems. Designers probably resist learning more about water-based hydraulics because they are intimidated by all the work required to learn how to design a new system or retrofit an older system. By closing their minds to this different technology, they may miss the many other advantages of water-based fluid beyond initial cost. Now that environmental concerns have added disposal costs to the price of hydraulic fluids, water-based hydraulics has again become a hot topic.
Fighting freeze
Water-based hydraulic systems do, of course, have limits to their applications. One limitation is the potential of freezing. This possibility is probably the most significant blockade to more widespread application of water-based systems, especially in the mobile equipment industry. Longwall mining is by far the largest sector of mobile equipment that has been able to take advantage of water-based systems. Temperatures underground do not approach the freezing point of water, and fire resistance is essential. Mobile and even marine equipment used in temperate climates could cash in one the advantages of water based systems, but there is no guarantee that such equipment always will be used in above-freezing temperatures.
Reservoir design
Most hydraulic systems are best served by a pressurized cylindrical reservoir. Additional cost is the main reason why they are not used more extensively. With a cylindrical reservoir, condensation forming inside the top runs down the sides and into the sump. By elevating one end of the reservoir, solid contaminants collect at its lowest point and can be removed through a cleanout box. The cylindrical shape also withstands internal pressure without depending on the struts and stiffeners that can provide areas for contaminants to congregate in a rectangular reservoir.
A sealed reservoir must allow the fluid level to rise and fall without allowing air to repeatedly enter and exit. Several methods can accommodate a variable fluid level, but a simple and inexpensive approach uses a breather and two check valves, each with a different spring rate.
With a sealed system, fluid level is highest at initial startup, before fluid has been pumped to the system. When the system is started initially, air enters the reservoir through a breather as fluid leaves the reservoir. After fluid has been circulated through the system and returns to the reservoir, air is not allowed to exit through the breather. Instead, the air pocket becomes pressurized. When the fluid level rises further, pressure of the air pocket eventually will reach 3 to 5 psi. At this pressure, air exits the reservoir through a check valve to avoid overpressurizing the reservoir.
Pressure in the reservoir serves the additional function of precharging the main pump. The positive pressure in the suction line prevents pump cavitation. When the fluid level drops, instead of drawing in more air, the air pocket expands, which lowers the precharge pressure. Over time, the only air in the system is that which entered initially.
Special considerations for water hydraulics
|Water-based hydraulic systems can be more prone to pump cavitation if they are not properly designed. Points to consider:
|Porting and passageways should be provided to keep fluid velocities below 20 ft/sec — preferably, less than 15 ft/sec in pressure lines.
|Velocity in suction lines should generally not exceed 2-3 ft/sec. Velocities in return lines should be held less than 5-10 ft/sec. Higher return velocities can promote foaming when fluid reenters the reservoir.
|Components should be carefully sized: rapid changes in fluid pressure and velocity can cause dissolved air to precipitate from solution and cause damage similar to cavitation.
|Major components should be designed specifically for use with water fluid, rather than modified from versions originally intended for oil service.Tubing, hose, and fittings usually can be identical to those for oil systems. Pumps, valves, and actuators for water service, however, exhibit some significant differences from components for oil systems.
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Communication skills are critical for success in any profession, and science careers are no exception. Yet employers across the board name poor communication skills as the No. 1 problem in employees. I encourage graduate students and postdocs to develop effective communication skills early on in their careers.
For those of us in science, it is essential to know how to get a message across effectively using multiple forms of communication. For example, an academic scientist must have strong writing skills to get grants funded and publish well-written papers. In industry, business or government, writing reports and documents may be an important part of your daily activities. Verbal communication of research findings with colleagues or at conferences is also fundamental. No matter what form of communication you use, the key to communication success is to know your audience and meet their expectations.
In this column, I will share communication tips with you and provide you with resources to help improve your speaking and writing skills.
Know your audienceWhen giving a talk or writing about science, you first need to identify who your audience is. Are they nonscientists, undergrads, your colleagues, senior scientists or a mixed group of individuals? Being aware of who your audience is will help you to prepare so that you can communicate effectively at its level of understanding. Communication is all about making sure the audience understands your message and is satisfied by how you delivered that message.
Depending on your audience and subject matter, you need to come up with a good strategy to present the information effectively. For example, I am very interested in writing about science for the general public. I decided to communicate the latest scientific advances on cancer with the public through my blog to increase awareness of this topic and hone my writing skills. Starting your own blog is an excellent way to practice communicating science for lay audiences. "Don't get so caught up in scientific jargon. Communication is supposed to be simple," says Geoff Hunt, the public outreach manager for the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
You can also take a scientific writing course or attend workshops on scientific writing. I recently attended a workshop offered by the New York Academy of Sciences titled "Writing about Science for the Public." There are lots of resources to help you develop your communication skills. Take a look at some of the resources I have provided below.
Be preparedWe have all heard the saying "practice makes perfect." Practicing a talk not just once but several times can make a huge difference. Allow yourself lots of time to prepare, edit and re-edit. Have someone else look it over before your actual presentation. It is important to realize that being a great talker is not the same as being a great communicator. Being prepared will give you the confidence that you need to present the material effectively.
Don't wait until you have to write and defend your thesis to learn how to write well. "Writing is a craft that only improves with repetition," says Rajendrani Mukhopadhyay, who is the senior science writer for ASBMB Today and the technical editor for the Journal of Biological Chemistry. She suggests that we practice writing short, succinct pieces (no more than 250 words) without using scientific jargon. These exercises will help you to sharpen both thinking and writing skills.
What is the best way to learn how to write good grants or publish excellent research papers that clearly state the significance of your findings? Practice writing mock grant applications, and take a look at funded grant applications. Ask your adviser to show you a copy of his or her funded grants. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases provides a great online resource containing exceptionally written R01 and R21 grant applications. Other NIH institutes also offer similar resources. Prepare your research manuscripts well in advance so that you have ample time to revise the drafts numerous times. Make sure to receive feedback not just from your adviser but also from those outside your field of expertise.
Reading is also an excellent way to learn how to write well. According to Mukhopadhyay, reading nonscientific literature (e.g., The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Washington Post, etc.) or any news outlet that covers science can be very valuable if you are interested in learning how to communicate science to lay audiences. Her advice is to read about topics you know nothing about. "While reading the stories, see how the writers structure the flow of information, how they use anecdotes and details, and at what level they pitch the explanations." She also says to consider whether the article accurately covered the scientific information. These sorts of preparations will help you communicate effectively with your target audience.
Meet their expectationsA great communicator knows how to listen. Scientists love to talk about their own research, but it is extremely important to be observant during your presentation. Get a sense for how your audience is responding to what you are communicating, and be prepared to adapt to its needs and expectations. Show respect and engage your audience. Tell a story – a good story. Scientists and nonscientists alike love stories. Need I say more?
The art of communication also includes nonverbal signals and behaviors. Knowing how to communicate effectively using nonverbal signals and behaviors can improve your scientific talks significantly. These skills are important when you introduce yourself, start a conversation, market and promote yourself and your work, and in many other situations.
I highly recommend listening to The Public Speaker, Quick and Dirty Tips for improving your communication skills by professional speaker and writer Lisa B. Marshall. She specializes in communication skills and provides great advice. Some of my favorite episodes are the following:
How to tell better stories"When we share our memorable moments, when we share our stories, it allows us to connect in a deeper richer way." For more, listen to the entire podcast.
How to be a great guest speaker"The key to being a successful guest speaker is to deliver a message that resonates with the audience and be easy to work with." For more, listen to the entire podcast.
How to introduce yourself"Self-introductions should be short and conversational. Share something about yourself, then ask a question that invites the other person to join the conversation." For more, listen to the entire podcast.
Common eye-contact mistakes"When making presentations eye contact is very important. In fact, your goal should be to maintain eye contact 90 percent of the time." For more, listen to the entire podcast.
Final thoughtIn Bob Grant's article "Right Your Writing," Judith A. Swan, who earned her Ph.D. in biochemistry from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and now teaches scientific writing at Princeton University, is quoted as having said, "Success in science takes as much skill with language as it does working in a laboratory."
I encourage all of you to take note of Swan's message and seek out every opportunity that you can to sharpen your communication skills. I also advocate for greater institutional responsibility – advisers should work closely with their students and postdocs to help improve their communication skills; graduate programs should require more scientific writing as part of the core curriculum courses; and trainees should be offered more opportunities to practice presentation skills.
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Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are investment funds that trade on a stock exchange. Like a stock, an ETF's price changes throughout the trading session as shares are bought and sold, and they can be sold short and bought on margin. In addition, ETFs typically are low-cost compared to other investment vehicles, and are considered a relatively simple way to add diversity to a portfolio. Because of their attractiveness to institutional and individual investors alike, ETFs have grown into a $1 trillion industry since the SPDR fund — the first ETF — was launched 20 years ago.
Today, traders and investors can gain exposure to a variety of investment products through ETFs, including bonds, currencies, indexes and commodities (see Futures' 2013 ETF Guide, page 38). However, even the relatively simple arena of ETF trading has special considerations that must be acknowledged.
In futures-based commodity ETF trading, if the futures contract in which the ETF invests is experiencing contango, the ETF can lose value, resulting in potentially significant — and often unexpected — losses for investors. Here, we will introduce contango and its effect on the futures-based commodity ETF markets, and how traders and investors can mitigate the potentially damaging consequences.
Contango defined
When the forward price of a futures contract is above the expected future spot price, the market is said to be in contango (see "Contango and backwardation in futures markets," February 2013). This is a fairly common situation because under normal circumstances investors and traders are willing to pay a premium to avoid the inconvenience and costs associated with transporting, storing and insuring a commodity. Further out contracts often are priced higher than current ones.
The price of a futures contract will converge to the spot price as its expiration date approaches as a function of arbitrage, supply and demand. If a contract is priced above the spot price, as is the case with a market that is trading in contango, price eventually must move down to be in line with the spot price. Because contango implies that price must fall, long positions in contangoed markets can lose value. "Contango in action" (below) illustrates this concept.
Although individual investors can participate in the commodity cash market, buying and taking delivery of physical commodities, most prefer the convenience of exploiting price moves by trading an exchange-traded derivative, such as a futures contract or an ETF. ETFs are a popular alternative with the general public because not only do they provide individual investors with direct exposure to a variety of commodities without the limitations of holding the physical assets, but they can be traded in any equity account, just like a stock. Investors can trade ETFs based on various commodity categories, including agriculture (grains and softs), energy and metals.
Some commodity ETFs physically hold the commodity. For example, the SPDR Gold Shares ETF buys physical gold bars and stores them in London vaults. Not all commodity ETFs, however, are structured this way. ETF managers also can replicate the commodity markets by investing in futures contracts. The ETFs United States Oil Fund (USO) and United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) attempt to replicate the underlying commodity by buying and rolling over futures contracts.
Roll process
Futures trade at multiple maturities with different prices. As time goes by, long-term investors must perform a regular roll process in which contracts nearing expiration are sold and longer-dated contracts are purchased (assuming a long position; the reverse is true for short positions). For example, if an investor is long the current Henry Hub natural gas futures contract, he simultaneously can sell that month and buy the next-furthest-out contract to maintain the position.
Because the next contract probably does not cost the same as the current one, the roll process can be expensive if the market is in contango. Sometimes, the profit or loss resulting from the roll process can be the most decisive factor in commodity returns, even more so than the spot price. If the market is in contango, it will cost the investor to roll from one contract to the next. Conversely, if the market is in backwardation, where the forward price of a futures contract is below the expected futures spot price, the roll process may be favorable. "Time values" (below) shows prices for natural gas contracts; at this point, the market is in contango through February 2014, with each successive contract more expensive than the previous.
Managing expectations
Contango can create strong headwinds and surprise investors who hold long positions in commodity ETFs. If a futures contract in which an ETF invests is experiencing contango, a fund may be forced to sell low and buy high each time it rolls over to the next contract. This may not be significant if it were to occur only once or twice; however, the serial process of rolling from cheap contracts to more expensive ones may cause an ETF's returns to diverge significantly from those of the commodity itself.
The UNG is an oft-cited example of the trouble contango can cause. UNG invests primarily in near-month natural gas futures contracts. When natural gas futures are trading in persistent contango, as they are frequently, the fund has to sell the expiring contract for a lower price than it must pay for the next contract, resulting in a loss each time the contract is rolled over. Meanwhile, if spot prices are rising, ETF investors may assume incorrectly that the value of the ETF will increase as well. As a result, ETF investors can be blindsided by losses and not even understand how or why they happened.
"Slip slide" (below) compares the natural gas futures contract with the UNG fund. Investors who saw rising prices in the natural gas contract most certainly were hoping for positive returns through the ETF; because of the impact of contango, many were sorely disappointed.
Trading ahead
If a futures contract is in contango, any ETF that invests in that contract could perform worse than if it had invested in the commodity itself. Another challenge faced by futures-based commodity ETFs is the possibility that investors might trade ahead of the fund before the roll process.
For example, a large fund may hold billions of dollars in futures contracts. Some investors safely may assume that the fund will not plan on taking delivery of the commodity, and that it must therefore roll over its contracts, selling and subsequently buying billions of dollars worth.
When the fund purchases so many shares of the next contract, prices can be driven up, providing an opportunity for savvy investors to purchase ahead of time at the lower price, and later sell at the higher price. This is good news for the investors who traded the futures contracts ahead of the ETF, but bad for those who are holding the ETF.
Dealing with contango
This does not mean that investors and traders should steer clear of futures-based commodity ETFs. Here are a few strategies for limiting the potentially negative effects of contango:
- Recognize contango. Understand that it can impact ETF returns negatively— even when the related futures contracts are performing well.
- Know your ETF. Understand an ETF's structure before investing. Look at a fund's prospectus to determine if it invests in futures contracts or buys and sells spot prices. In general, futures funds will perform worse when there is contango (and better when there is normal backwardation). Be aware of contango in the associated futures markets and plan accordingly.
- Consider other investors. Be aware that other investors may seek profits by trading ahead of large funds, thereby hurting potential profits for the ETF itself. Consider investing in funds that are not as large to limit this possibility.
- Look for funds that hold various length contracts. Because contango and normal backwardation market states can and do fluctuate, a fund that invests in one-month, three-month, six-month and 12-month contracts may be better able to weather contango than one that invests only in the near-month.
Jean Folger is the co-founder of, and system researcher at, PowerZone Trading LLC. She can be reached at www.powerzonetrading.com.


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Civil registration records are records of births, marriages, and deaths kept by the government. In Baden), they were started in 1870 (with some available during the Napoleonic period 1792-1815). In addition, it kept civil registration between 1799 and 1811. If your family had a birth, marriage or death recorded during that brief time period, it will contain great information, due to the high level of detail in French records.
German terms for these records include Standesamtsregister, Zivilstandsregister, or Personenstandsregister. They are an excellent source for information on names and dates and places of births, marriages, and deaths. These records are kept by the civil registrar (Standesbeamte) at the civil registry office (Standesamt). Study these links to learn what information can be found in them:
For a comprehensive understanding of civil registration, study the article Germany Civil Registration.
Research your town name in MeyersGaz.org to find the location of the registry office (Standesamt). It is indicated by the abbreviation "StdA".
However, some of the offices were merged in 1970's, so the record location might be different than that listed in MeyersGaz.
Since 2009, birth records have been public after 110 years, marriages after 80 years and deaths after 30 years. A direct relationship (direct descendants and direct ancestors) to the subject of the record sought will be required in cases where the required time period has not yet elapsed. Even then, the records may be accessible if it can be shown that all "participating parties" have died at least 30 years ago. Participating parties are both parents and the child in birth records, and both spouses in a marriage.
Try to find records in the collection of the FamilySearch Library. Many microfilms have been digitized for online viewing. Gradually, everything will be digitized, so check back occasionally. Some have viewing restrictions, and can only be viewed at the Family History Centers near you, and/or by members of supporting organizations. To find records:
Civil registration records for Germany can be obtained by writing for recent records to the local civil registry (Standesamt) or for earlier records to the local archives. They may have been lost at one location of the other, so you might end up checking both. The first office you contact might choose to forward your request to the other location if necessary.
Detailed instruction for what to include in the letter, plus German translations of the questions and sentences most frequently used are in the German Letter Writing Guide.
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A round-up of last week's articles on Washington wine.
From around the country:
This biggest story this week was the Auction of Washington wines. The many articles and posts include this one from the Wall Street Journal.
Bloomberg News writes about Woodinville area wineries with callouts to DeLille, Gorman, Mark Ryan. Also included in this article are Red Mountain wineries Col Solare and Kiona.
Dallas' D Magazine discusses Washington syrah with callouts to Waters, Columbia, McCrea, Milbrandt, Va Piano, and Gramercy.
Indiana's Star Press writes about Columbia Crest's Two Vines red.
The Coloradoan writes an article on L'Ecole syrah. L'Ecole's Recess Red 2006 was the subject of August's Virtual Tasting.
From the blogosphere:
Beyond the Bottle does a summary of on-line Washington wine resources with a callout to WWR, WineFoot, and TheWineCommentator.
Wine Cow does a fun summary of top Washington wines from various competitions and publications.
Through the Walla Walla Grape Vine writes on Washington sangiovese with callouts to Yellow Hawk, Mannina, Trio Vintners, Walter Dacon, and Stella Fino.
The Wine Merchant reviews the 2005 Poet's Leap Riesling. See our review of the 2007 release here.
Tavola Rosso attends the Auction of Washington wines.
Hip2Wine writes about a winemaker dinner with DeLille and Betz as well as the Auction of Washington Wines picnic.
Travel Network Marketer writes about a number of Washington area wineries in the Spokane area.
Reign of Terroir does a review of the recent WineTrails of Washington book.
WinePeeps does a spotlight on Saviah Cellars, one of my personal favorites.
From the locals:
The Eastside Business Journal writes about Delille and others from last week's auction.
The Tri-City Herald has callouts to Leonetti, Barrister, Chinook, and Ch. Ste. Michelle.
Seattle Times wine Q&A says the most age-worthy Washington wines are Quilceda Creek and Woodward Canyon. The article also mentions Betz, DeLille, and Andrew Will.
The Tacoma News Tribune writes about Walla Walla's Rulo.
The Oregon Statesmen writes that Walla Walla has become a wine destination. I know news can travel slow but aren't you guys just a couple of hours away? J
Local Public Radio affiliate KPLU does a story on Walla Walla vineyards.
Washington Wine Round-up - August 15th to 21st
A round-up of last week's articles on Washington wine.
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Hair Farmer Joe Says:
Thank you for the link back to Eastside Business newspaper Sean. Our readers love to read about wine.
Have you ever been to the Overlake Service League's Le Vin à son Apogée (Wine at its Best)? I'm actually on their committee this year and hear from some in the wine industry that this is THE best wine event in the entire Pacific Northwest.