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The parable of the Great Supper closely precedes an important feast. When is the parable read? Why?
This parable is read on the Sunday of the Holy Forefathers. This is 2 Sundays before the Nativity of the Savior. The parable speaks of the incarnation, in a profound way, and is a fitting preparation for the celebration of it.
This parable was uttered in response to something that a man said to Jesus. What was it?
"And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God. (Luke 14:15)
The holy Fathers explain that Christ was answering the man and teaching what it means to feast with God.
"A certain man made a great supper." (Luke 14:16)
Who is the man? What is the significance of this?
The "man" is God the Father. God is referred to as a man when His love for mankind is emphasized. When His power to punish is alluded to, He is called panther, a leopard, or a bear. (See St John Chrysostom, and Hos 13:7-8)
What is the supper? Why a great supper and not a dinner?
The Great Supper is God's great economy to man, accomplished through the incarnation. Through the incarnation, we become sharers of Christ's flesh and therefore able the feast with him, and be the blessed ones who eat bread in the kingdom of God"
It is a supper and not a dinner because our Lord came in the last days; supper is the evening meal. This was foreshadowed by the time of day that the Paschal (Passover) lamb was slain, according to the Mosaic Law; in the evening.
"A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: And sent his servant at suppertime to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready." (Luke 14:16b-17)
Who is the servant? Note the two callings ("to say to them that were bidden") What is the meaning of this?
The servant is Christ.
Suppertime is the appointed and proper time.
The two callings are this: those that were bidden are the Jews, who were told of Christ through the law and the prophets. Christ Himself accomplished the second calling.
"And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused. And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused." (14:18,19)
What does the ground and the 5 yoke of oxen represent? Does the number of oxen have any special meaning?
Both represent the love of wealth, and material things. This love blinds a man to the higher, spiritual things. A carnal man cannot comprehend spiritual things.
The piece of ground, or "farm", especially "signifies the man who cannot accept the mystery of faith because he is governed by the wisdom of this world" (Bl. Theofylact)
The ground represents the world, and nature. The man who must go and see his ground sees only nature. He cannot accept spiritual things, such as the birth of Christ from a virgin, the incarnation, turning the other cheek, and in general the entire Christian teaching.
The man who bought the 5 yoke of oxen and tested them represents he who loves material things. He uses his 5 senses foolishly, and with them yokes his soul to the world, with its love of pleasure and lusts. This man also does not understand earthly things, because his mind is ever turned earthward, since oxen are used to till the ground.
"And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come." (Luke 14:20)
What is the meaning?
The wife is a metaphor for the inordinate attachment to the flesh, and pleasures. Just as a wife is the mate of the husband, the flesh is the mate of the soul. One who cleaves to the flesh cannot please God.
Note well that it is not the marrying of a wife that is condemned, but the putting of a wife (fleshly pleasures) above God ("therefore I cannot come").
The ones who rejected the invitation to the Great Supper must be understood in 2 ways. Who are these people?
This parable was surely aimed at the Jews who rejected the servant who came at suppertime, Jesus Christ.
It also applies to every soul, whether he be Orthodox or not, who is attached to earthy things and pleasures or does not have true, living faith in God. Every man is called to the Great supper by his conscience.
So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. (Luke 14:21)
Who are these people? Describe their afflictions and character
The poor are those blessed ones who are poor in spirit, that is, humble, and willing to hear and obey the message of the Gospel. Such ones may have many spiritual and physical defects, but none of things will keep a man from the Kingdom of God if he believes.
The halt are those who do not follow an upright journey throughout life. They are like a man who cannot walk in a straight path because of his infirmity. Such ones can be made completely whole and be able to walk again, if they heed the spiritual words of the Gospel.
Those who are blind have no brightness in their minds. They too can be enlightened, when they accept the light which illuminates them.
"And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled." (Luke 14:24)
Who are the ones in the highways and hedges? What are these places?
With these words the Lord indicates the calling of the Gentiles. The Jews were also halt and blind, but within the "city", that is, they were those whom the Lord came to first. The Gentiles were outside the city, in the hedges and highways
"Sunday Sermons of the Great Fathers", Vol. 3, Pp. 164-189
Blessed Theofylact, "The Explanation of the Gospel of St. Luke"
St Gregory the Dialogist, "Forty Gospel Homilies"
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HIS has a reputation for employing unusual and efficient cooling solutions on its cards, and the HIS 6670 Fan 1GB GDDR5 is no exception.
This is its low-profile rendition of the HD 6670, AMD's lower-end gaming GPU. Granted, it's the type of graphics core that's hard to get too excited about, but while it struggles to produce triple-figure frame rates, at least it doesn't come with a triple figure price tag.
The low profile design brings home theatre PCs to mind, and it comes with extra brackets that can include or exclude the VGA output alongside the 3D-capable HDMI v1.4 and dual-link DVI ports.
The HIS 6670 Fan takes the full 1GB GDDR5 memory option rather than the cheaper GDDR3, and so has a decent 4GHz memory clock alongside the usual 800MHz core clock.
The GPU chiller comes in the shape of a dual 45mm fan cooling solution that proves to be far thinner than the stock cooler and far more elegant.
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As a low power, low profile graphics card, we can see the HIS 6670 Fan 1GB GDDR5 making a beeline for many home theatre installations. While it's certainly not a silent solution, its main advantage is the cooling efficiency of the dual-fan system.
Under continuous full load the GPU never breached 50°C while the automatic fan speed remained at around 40 per cent. HIS offers a silent solution with its HIS 6670 iSilence 4 1GB DDR3 as an alternative, but it only uses the slower 1.6GHz DDR3.
Fixing the fan speed to its lowest 20 per cent setting only raised the temperature a whisker to 50°C, therefore we think you could happily slap on a fan controller to further reduce this. Compare that to the Sapphire HD 6670 Ultimate which reported temperatures of 100°C under full load.
The enhanced cooling on offer here enables easy overclocking too. There were no signs of strain taking the core up to 900MHz and the memory up to 4,600MHz, which provided a 10 to 12 per cent increase in frame rates.
With the two low profile brackets provided, you can keep all three main video outputs active, with the analogue VGA output sitting next to its digital DVI and HDMI v1.4 friends. The v1.4 HDMI output is compatible with 3D displays, which means you can make use of the AMD HD3D technology.
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HIS 6670 Fan 1GB GDDR5: 6.0
Sapphire HD 6670 Ultimate: 5.9
Sapphire HD 5670 Ultimate: 4.6
DirectX 11 gaming performance
AvP: Frames per second: Higher is better
HIS 6670 Fan 1GB GDDR5: 16
Sapphire HD 6670 Ultimate: 15
Sapphire HD 5670 Ultimate: 12
DirectX 11 gaming performance
DiRT 3: Frames per second: Higher is better
HIS 6670 Fan 1GB GDDR5: 24
Sapphire HD 6670 Ultimate: 24
Sapphire HD 5670 Ultimate: 21
Ultimately, performance is very slightly enhanced over other Radeon HD 6670 cards we've tested. The results may seem far from ideal for 1080p displays, but our benchmarks are run at the top detail settings with 4x AA. For example, shifting DiRT 3 from Ultra to High settings would see the frame rate double to a very playable 40fps or so.
HTPC purists may baulk at the fan-based cooling, but overall noise remained around the same as our test system's low-speed 110mm CPU cooler. Performance equals or exceeds that of other Radeon HD 6670 cards we've tested, but only just.
Overall, this is an excellent low-cost card with good overclocking abilities. Even so, we can't help thinking that it's not quite in the same class as the HD 5770.
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ELCA Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson visits several camps for internally displaced people in Haiti.
Washing hands is one of the first lines of defense in preventing the spread of cholera.
The ELCA's 5-year strategy to rebuild the livelihoods of Haitians after the 2010 earthquake includes income-generating activities in rural communities focused on re-capitalizing families who received friends and relatives displaced after the earthquake.
Esta and her husband Jesus own a coffee plantation near Eglise Lutherienne in Thiotte, Haiti.
Farmers in the southwest region of Haiti produce 15-20 percent of the staple vegetables consumed in the country.
Jesus Joseph and Esta own a coffee plantation near Eglise Lutherienne in Thiotte, Haiti.
The construction of three school buildings will provide quality primary education to at least 450 students.
The road to Foret des Pins where the ELCA supports reforestation, animal husbandry and dairy projects.
Trucks are loaded with vegetables and head to market for sale.
In Sapotille, ELCA Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson walks with Pr. Livenson Lauvanus, leader of the Lutheran church in Haiti, and discusses the church's response to the 2010 earthquake.
About 375 families live in what was once a football stadium but now is home for internally displaced people in Leogane, Haiti.
One of 375 families living in an internally displaced camp in Leogane, Haiti.
Beans are dried before being weighed and sorted at the coffee cooperative in Thiotte, Haiti. Today, the ELCA-supported project has an established $1 million annual operation.
More than 200 women separate each bean by size at the coffee cooperative in Thiotte, Haiti.
First day of registration at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Haiti's new vocation training center in Gressier, Haiti. Fifty men and women will be trained annually to work in construction fields.


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No matter where you stand on the issue of gay marriage, there are some boundaries of human decency that should never be crossed.
Even in the name of free speech, some boundaries should never be crossed. Pastor Terry Jones crossed that line in burning the Koran and making a global media spectacle. Pastor Wiley Drake crossed that line in suggesting that he was praying for the death of President Obama. And then, of course, there are the folks of Westboro Baptist Church.
But this…?!#@
Wow, this takes the prize for the most idiotic, insane, stupid, asinine, cruel, ungodly, foul, inexcusable, heinous, and disgusting comments by any person – let alone someone that calls himself a pastor and shepherd.
The person in question is Charles L. Worley – senior pastor of Providence Road Baptist Church in North Carolina.
The conversations about gay marriage – particularly in our current social, political, and social climate – are sensitive and intense but it's these cruel and insane comments that prevent a more civil conversation to take place because that's what is necessary.
During these days when sides, groups, folks, and parties, think they have the monopoly on intelligence, biblical accuracy (or inerrancy), compassion, love, answers, or whatever else we want to say, what we need is a commitment to civility and human decency.
Some of you may wonder why I'm even dedicating a post to this matter or to this person and thus, drawing more attention and press. Some of you may even be inclined to rebuke me for publicly calling out another "leader" but when CNN's Anderson Cooper is dedicating parts of his show to this fool and fiasco, we need many Christians and Christian leaders to respond with clear rebuke and call for Worley's repentance.
And so with that in mind, while I certainly do not know Pastor Charles L. Worley – I feel that it's necessary for me to publicly state that in no shape, form, or another does he speak for Christians, the church, Christian leaders, or Christian pastors – including those who have convictions and views that marriage is between one man and one woman.
I condemn his words and his behavior. I denounce this kind of hatred, venom, and anger.
If hate is your motivation, you are far from God and you need to repent. May our love for doctrine and theology never supersede our practice of the love and grace of Christ and neighbor.
And he certainly does not speak for Jesus.
Oh, how this does not reflect the love and tenderness of Christ:
"Build a great, big, large fence — 150 or 100 mile long — put all the lesbians in there," Worley suggests in the clip, reportedly filmed on May 13.
He continues: "Do the same thing for the queers and the homosexuals and have that fence electrified so they can't get out…and you know what, in a few years, they'll die out…do you know why? They can't reproduce!"
He speaks for himself and possibly, some or most of his congregation but since it is a church and part of the larger Christian community, I join others in calling him to repentance and ask his elder board to hold him accountable for these ungodly and heinous words.
I believe in the Gospel of Christ
Pastor Worley: I, too, believe in Jesus and I believe in the Gospel. I believe in a Gospel that not only saves but serves; a Gospel that restores all things; a Gospel that ushers in the Kingdom of God. I believe in a Gospel that is not just merely propositional truth but that which has been incarnationally personified in Jesus. I believe in a Gospel that is not just for us – but good news for all of us – especially the least, marginalized, forgotten, forsaken, and alone.
I believe in this Gospel and I believe this Gospel is bigger, deeper, wider, and more vast that we can ever imagine. I believe this because this Gospel has room for you and me. Even you and me.
I preach this Gospel. I live for this Gospel. Thank you, Jesus.
I. We. Are. Sorry.
And lastly, I want to profusely apologize to the LGBT community and all that continue to be hurt by such horrible words and actions.
I am sorry.
We are sorry.
So damn sorry.
Eugene Cho, a second-generation Korean-American, is the founder and lead pastor of Quest Church in Seattle and the executive director of Q Cafe, an innovative nonprofit neighborhood café and music venue. You can stalk him at hisblog, Twitter or his Facebook Page. Eugene and his wife are also the founders of a movement of people, stories, and actions to alleviate extreme global poverty. This blog post originally appeared on Eugene Cho's blog. Follow Eugene on Twitter @EugeneCho and on Facebook.
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Sony CEO Kaz Hirai was a man on a mission when he took control of Sony in 2012. "One Sony" was his marching order, trimming down the company's sprawling operations and bureaucracy into the lean, mean consumer technology company that it once was. Within one week of taking control of the company, Hirai said his plan included reducing fixed costs in the struggling, crucial television business by 60-percent, flexible costs by 30-percent, cutting 10,000 jobs, an nearly halving the number of TV models in the company line.
The plan is working. Sony turned an operating profit in the October through December quarter, an impressive turnaround from the catastrophic losses of the last fiscal year and the losses of the previous two quarters. On Thursday, Sony reported a profit of $496 million, less than the nearly $773 million market analysts expected, but not a bad holiday all the same. It isn't healthy, but it's certainly healthier. The same can't be said for the company's PlayStation business, though.
Sony's entire video game division pulled in roughly $2.9 billion in revenue, a 15-percent year-on-year drop.
"In the game business, Sony is working to expand sales and operating income through the introduction of an attractive software lineup and through offering game software on mobile devices, including smartphones and tablets," explained Sony during its briefing.
Its efforts are slow going. The company pointed to declining PlayStation 3 and PSP sales as the biggest cause of its holiday sales dip, but also singled out the PS Vita's "slow penetration" of the market.
Sony sold a combined 6.8 million PS3 and PS2 consoles during the holiday quarter, only a small uptick from the 5 million sold the previous quarter, and a drop from the 7.4 million sold during the same period the year before. The introduction of a new PS3 model in October should have provided a stronger performance for Sony, but the company's refusal to drop the price of the machine probably contributed to its weak sales.
PSP and Vita sales totaled 2.4 million over the holiday, down from the 2.7 million Sony sold during the same period the previous year. During that period, though, the PSP was still the driving portable force as the PS Vita had only been out in Japan for weeks before the close of the quarter.
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Italian financial regulators on Friday asked companies to carefully observe accounting rules concerning complex derivative trades known as "term structured repo" deals.
The recommendation by Bank of Italy, market watchdog Consob and insurance regulator IVASS follows heavy losses suffered by bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena from similar derivative deals.
In a statement, the three regulators said they had issued a document calling on company executives to "carefully evaluate" such structured finance operations in order to properly observe international accounting rules.
It said companies needed to fully reflect on balance sheets and profit and loss statements the potential impact of the risky trades.
Monte dei Paschi, Italy's third-biggest lender, booked losses of around 730 million euros ($948 million) from several structured finance deals.
A Bank of Italy source said the document did not refer specifically to Monte dei Paschi or any other bank or company, and observation of the document's recommendations would not entail further losses for Monte Paschi.
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MINNEAPOLIS -- The Detroit Tigers have made no promises to Jose Valverde. The right-hander they call Papa Grande, who led the American League with 49 saves just two years ago, must prove he can still pitch well enough to warrant a spot in the back of their bullpen.
But the Tigers, who don't have a set closer after letting the three-time All-Star become a free agent, took a step Thursday toward bringing Valverde back by agreeing to terms on a minor-league contract.
After sending top prospect Bruce Rondon to Triple-A Rochester near the end of spring training, the Tigers decided to use a closer committee. Phil Coke picked up the save in the season opener Monday but blew a ninth-inning lead in Wednesday's loss to the Twins.
"From my position, you don't leave any stone unturned," general manager Dave Dombrowski said. "You do whatever you can to make your club better. We do not have a dominant closer, and most clubs that have a chance to win have a closer. It doesn't mean that you can't win by mixing and matching, either. But right now we're in a situation where we're mixing and matching. And if the situation ends up being better with Papa Grande, with Rondon, with whomever ... we're open-minded."
Valverde will report to Detroit's spring training facility in Lakeland, Fla., to throw to some minor-league hitters before being assigned to Triple-A Toledo. Dombrowski said there's no timetable or certainty for the 35-year-old Valverde to join the Tigers.
"You know we're not in a spot where we're looking to prolong this. It's a situation where either he can pitch to come back and help us here, or we probably would end that relationship at that time," Dombrowski said. "But this guy has done so much for us, you don't mind helping him. But it's also a mutual situation."
Beside the left-hander Coke, right-handers Octavio Dotel and Joaquin Benoit also have plenty of late-inning experience. Right-handers Al Alburquerque and Brayan Villarreal are also hard-throwing options for crucial outs at the end of games.
After converting all 49 of his save opportunities with a 2.24 ERA in 2011, Valverde was 35 for 40 with a 3.78 ERA last year. His velocity was down, and he gave up a pair of two-run homers to the Yankees in the ninth inning of the AL Championship Series opener. Given a 10-day break and stripped of the closer role, Valverde was hit hard again in his only World Series appearance. In four postseason games, he allowed 11 hits, nine runs and two homers while recording only eight outs.
Dombrowski said he'd talked to Valverde's agent, Scott Boras, about 10 times over the last few months. Until now, Valverde wasn't receptive to signing a minor league contract without guaranteed money or a guaranteed spot. After a Tigers scout in the Dominican Republic watched Valverde throw a bullpen session last week, Dombrowski said he was satisfied the veteran was worth considering again. The general manager said Valverde has lost 15 pounds from last year's weight.
"We love Papa Grande. He's been fantastic for this organization. He's been fantastic as a person," Dombrowski said. "We saw a little fall-off last year, and it wasn't just during the postseason. So we had come to the conclusion that we were going to really move on from that scenario. We told that to Scott. But it has nothing to do with Papa Grande as a person or what he did as an organization. I'm also saying, 'Hey, we're open minded that if he's throwing better and can be our guy, great.' That's it. We're open to that."


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The Economy: Worst Five Years Since the Depression
1.Worst Five Years Since the Great Depression
2.Half of Americans on the Edge of Financial Ruin
3. "Fiscal Cliff II" – Sequestration: Here We Go Again
4. Treasury Bond Bubble: Yields Jump 32%!
5. Bonds: It's Not Too Late to Protect Yourself
Tonight, President Obama will give the first State of the Union address of his second term as President of the United States. You can bet that the speech will be full of glowing rhetoric and success stories from his first four years in office.
What you will definitely NOT hear from him tonight is the fact that the US economy just recorded the worst five years since the Great Depression. That is what you will read below. While the many facts and figures below are disappointing, even depressing, Americans need to know the truth about the real state of our economy and our union.
Consider what follows as a rebuttal to President Obama's speech tonight. Feel free to forward this to as many people as you wish.
Worst Five Years Since the Great Depression
As of the end of 2012, the United States has experienced the worst five-year period of economic growth since 1928-1932 and the start of the Great Depression. Following the global financial crisis and recession in 2008, and based on the historical pattern of American economic recovery since the Depression years, the United States should have been experiencing broad and significant economic and job growth by the third year of the recovery (2011) at the latest.
Place the blame where you wish, but not since 1928 through 1932 have the American people been more significantly worse off at the end of a five-year period than they were at the beginning. Here are the telling statistics:
A) Since January 2008 the employment age population has increased by 11.7 million, yet there are three million fewer Americans employed today – 146.3 million in January 2008 vs. 143.3 million in December 2012. Factoring in the population growth and the 2008 labor participation rate, the real unemployment rate for December 2012 would be 11.4% as compared to 4.9% in December of 2007.
B) At the end of 2007, the median household income was $54,489 (inflation adjusted). By January 2012, it had dropped to $50,054 – a decline of over 8% and the most precipitous plunge over a similar period since the Census Bureau started tracking that statistic. While American incomes were rapidly eroding, the cost of living continued to rise as the commodity price index (basket of food, fuel and other essential commodities) rose 20% from 2007 to 2012.
C) The average net worth of all American households from 2007 through the beginning of 2011 took a nose-drive, dropping by nearly 40%, according to a study from the Federal Reserve that was released in June 2012. About three-fourths of the decline in family net worth was due to the devastating collapse in the value of their homes. Median home prices plunged from $248,000 in 2007 to $173,000 in 2012, a decline of 30%.
D) In December 2007, 26.5 million Americans were on food stamps at a cost of $30 billion annually. As of November 2012, the USDA reported that 47.7 million were accessing the food stamp program, an increase of 80%, at an annual cost in excess of $70 billion. Furthermore, the government calculated that 38.0 million Americans were living in poverty at the end of 2007, a poverty rate of 13.0%; however, by the beginning of 2012, 49.7 million were living in poverty and the rate had increased to 16.1%.
E) The nation's growth in Gross Domestic Product over the past five years has also been the most anemic since the Depression years. The GDP (adjusted for inflation) in 2007 was $15.5 trillion; in 2012 it is estimated to be almost $16.0 trillion, a difference of just under $0.5 trillion ($500 billion). That comes to total growth of only 3% over five years, or an annual rate of a minuscule 0.6%.
F) While the nation's growth rate has been stagnant, spending by governments at all levels (federal, state and local) has increased dramatically from $4.9 trillion in 2007 to $6.2 trillion in 2012, a jump of 26.5%. This increase is driven largely by the federal government as it has increased its spending by nearly 41% over this period. This has resulted in the total national debt rising from $9.2 trillion at the beginning of 2008 to $16.45 trillion as of today, a staggering 79% increase. That is over 100% of GDP!
G) There is one group that has fared well over the past five years: federal bureaucrats – this according to the US Office of Personnel Management. Since December of 2007, there has been an increase of 4% in the number of federal workers (not including the military) – 2.70 million vs. 2.82 million today – this despite the worst recession and financial crisis since the Great Depression.
Further, the average total compensation for federal government employees increased nearly 9% to $126,200 from 2007 to 2011. Additionally, the number of government workers earning more than $150,000 has more than doubled over this same period. By comparison, the average total compensation for those in the private sector was $62,100 in 2011, only 49% of what the average federal employee realized that same year (US Bureau of Economic Analysis).
Since the Great Depression, recessions in America have lasted an average of 10 months, with the longest previously at 16 months. According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, the latest recession began in December 2007 and ended in June 2009, the longest since the Depression at 18 months. Yet here we are 62 months after the recession began and there is hardly any recovery at all.
As noted earlier, you can place the blame wherever you wish. President Obama places all of the blame on former President Bush. Apparently, the majority of American voters agree since they elected Obama to a second term by a comfortable margin last November. However, I suggest you read anexcellent article by Forbes columnist Peter Ferrara who does a great job explaining why our economy is still so weak. It is the first link in SPECIAL ARTICLES below.
Half of Americans on the Edge of Financial Ruin
In the past few years, Americans have certainly learned a thing or two about how quickly disaster can strike. With each new crisis – Hurricane Sandy, the housing bust, the credit crisis, stock market crashes, etc. – we're faced with the harsh realization that many of us simply aren't prepared for the worst.
A sobering new report by the Corporation for Enterprise Development shows that nearly half of US households – 132.1 million people – don't have enough savings to weather emergencies or finance long-term needs like college tuition, health care, housing, etc.
According to the Assets & Opportunity Scorecard, these peoplewouldn't last three months if their income suddenly stopped. More than 30% don't even have a savings account, and another 8% don't bank at all.
We're not just talking about people who live at or below the poverty line, either. Plenty of middle class folks have joined the ranks of the "working poor," struggling right alongside families scraping by on food stamps and other forms of public assistance.
More than one-quarter of households earning $55,465 to $90,000 annually have less than three months of savings. And another quarter of households are considered "net worth asset poor," meaning that the few assets they have, such as a savings account or durable assets like a home, business or car, are overwhelmed by their debts, the study says.
One of the prolonged reasons consumers have consistently struggled to make ends meet has more to do with larger economic issues than whether or not they can balance a checkbook. As noted above, the average net worth of all American households from 2007 through the beginning of 2011 took a nose-drive, dropping by nearly 40%, according to a study from the Federal Reserve that was released in June 2012. During the same time, the cost of basic necessities like housing, food, and education have soared.
And wherever consumers can't cope with costs, they continue to rely on plastic. The average borrower carries more than $10,700 in credit card debt. One in five households still rely on high-risk financial services that target low-income consumers.
"Fiscal Cliff II" – Sequestration: Here We Go Again
The White House and GOP lawmakers are getting ready, once again, tonot work together on taxes and spending cuts. As the March 1 sequestration deadline looms for the start of $85.3 billion in automatic budget cuts, the old brinksmanship is back.
Democrats will press for additional tax hikes on wealthier Americans, even though Republicans declared that this option is now off the table, after agreeing to roughly $700 billion in new revenues (ie – higher taxes on wealthy Americans) over the next 10 years as part of the New Year's Day fiscal cliff deal. President Obama had leverage then, and the Republicans basically had to cave in.
But this time, President Obama lacks a critical piece of leverage. The GOP joined with Democrats on the recent tax increase only to protect middle-class Americans from tax rates that were set to surge for everyone. Their bargain prevented higher taxes on families with incomes below $450,000.
Still, the president and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid are undeterred. Both announced over the weekend that any part of a plan to reduce the deficit must include new revenues (ie – higher taxes), such as eliminating the "carried interest" tax rate for investment managers and other lucrative loopholes and deductions.
In an interview with CBS News before the Super Bowl, President Obama declared: "There is no doubt we need additional revenue [taxes], coupled with smart spending reductions in order to bring down our deficit, and we can do it in a gradual way so that it doesn't have a huge impact." He knows that's not true.
Also, Obama didn't spell out how he plans to sway the GOP to his way of thinking. After the fiscal cliff tax deal, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said, "The tax issue is finished, over, completed." What the Republicans can't seem to get through their heads is the fact that the 'tax issue' willnever be finished with President Obama and most Democrats.
The stalemate could have serious real world consequences in a matter of weeks. As noted above, more than $85 billion of across-the-board spending cuts – half in defense and half in domestic programs – are set to kick in automatically beginning March 1 unless Congress and the administration take action. Here we go again!
Treasury Bond Bubble: Yields Unexpectedly Jump 32%!
Last summer I became very concerned that Treasury bond yields were overshooting on the downside, and that the risk of a sharp upward correction in rates could happen at any time. In August of last year, I sent clients and subscribers a 16-page SPECIAL REPORT entitled:How to Avoid theBURSTING of the Bond Market Bubble.
In the Report, I warned about the growing risks in the bond markets, especially in long-dated Treasuries. I warned about how investors were stampeding into T-bond mutual funds (a record $310 billion in the last two years), not realizing that they were taking on some huge risks if long-term interest rates started to rise. Remember, when T-bond yields rise, the price of those bonds declines accordingly.
I recommended that investors consider moving some money into System Research'sEquity Alternative Programthat invests – longand short – in Treasury bond mutual funds. Some people argued that T-bond yields could not move significantly higher, especially after the Fed's September announcement that it would begin buying $45 billion a month in new Treasury bondsindefinitely in the hopes of stimulating the economy.
Because of the recent bold move by the Fed, very few readers took me up on my advice to allocate some money to the Equity Alternative Program. But despite the Fed's unprecedented action, long-term rates still rose significantly recently. Take a look below.
The yield on the 30-year Treasury bond actually hit its all-time low on July 25 last year at only 2.44% as you can see above. Since then, it has spiked to 3.22%. That's a jump of 32% despite the record monthly Treasury bond buying by the Fed. Notice also how much the T-bond yield has jumped just since the presidential election in November… Hmmm.
The case I made in my August Special Report was that bond yields could turn higher at any time, even before the Fed announced its huge T-bond buying program in September. But now that the Fed is implementing the $45 billion a month in T-bond purchases, that raises another question: When will the Fed end these huge purchases? No one knows when, but they will end at some point.
And that will almost certainly cause another jump in Treasury bond yields. If so, investors in Treasury bonds could suffer even larger losses than in the last six months as yields have risen.
Are We Nearing the Tipping Point on US Debt?
My contention in my August Special Report was that the day is coming when investors will demand higher rates to loan the government 30-year money. The fact that yields have jumped 32% in the last six months – for no obvious reason – suggests that we are coming closer to the tipping point when interest rates rise significantly higher.
There are plenty of liberal arguments that there is virtuallyno limit on how much debt the US can rack-up without a bond market revolt. These arguments are always weak in that they assume there will never be a day when investors begin to worry that they may not be repaid all of their money that they loan to the government.
To them, a government debt default is not possible, at least not in the US. I am not arguing that the US government will default on its debt. What I am arguing is that we have reached the point where investors will demand higher returns on the money they loan to Uncle Sam. How else can you explain why T-bond yields have jumped so much, especially since the election?
Our national debt has ballooned from $10 trillion when Obama took office to over $16 trillion in four years. It could approach $20 trillion by the time he leaves office. This debt will never be fully paid off. I get criticized every time I say this, but that's what I believe. I challenge anyone to give me a realistic scenario showing how this debt is ever repaid!
Investors continue to buy US Treasury debt because they are confident the US will never default. And maybe the US will never default. But the other option is toinflate and further debase the US dollar. Either course is bearish for bonds!
Bonds: It's Not Too Late to Protect Yourself
The bottom line is this: We are drawing closer to the tipping point where investors demand much higher returns on money they loan to the US government. It's only a matter of time before long-term rates movesignificantly higher in my opinion. The 32% jump in 30-year Treasury rates over the last six months was not expected by virtually anyone. What happens next? Could this trend continue? It is certainly possible.
My advice remains the same. If you are overweight in "long-only" taxable bonds and bond funds, you should seriously consider along/short bond strategy such as theEquity Alternative Programthat has the potential to make money whichever way Treasury bond yields move. The minimum investment is only $25,000.
Or consider our"Legacy Long/Short Bond Portfolio" which combines two successful bond money managers that invest both longand short as market trends dictate. The minimum investment is only $50,000.
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Treasury bond yields have already jumped by almost one-third when virtually no one expected it. This could well continue, whether you believe it or not. No one can predict the future, so you had better be prepared.
If you still do not want to pursue an actively-managed bond strategy that may protect your bond holdings from rising interest rates – and with thepotential to profit from higher rates – then you may want to consider at least lightening up and moving some of your bond exposure to the safety of cash.
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The mothers' caravan [...], for it's petition of an institutional search of the missing ones, didn't receive any answer from the federal government. Mariscal, Ángeles (2012). The caravan of migrant mothers ends without response on the missing. CNN, Saturday, November 3rd.
Transit of Central Americans through Mexico in their way to the U.S.A. is constant everyday and the number of missing migrants has increased in recent years, and the "Caravana de Madres Centroamericanas" (Caravan of Central American mothers) goes through Mexico searching for their missing daughters and sons.
The "¿Dónde estás?" project was born upon the need to get information about missing Central American migrants, and provide their families with updated information about their track. Aside, the project is intended to build a database holding basic demographic information about people crossing Mexico, and quantitative data of the migration phenomena.
By publishing updated information about the quantity of migrants, journalists, NGOs, collectives, academics and migration specialists may use this platform to publish, promote and push governments to issue policies that may benefict migrants in the long-term.
Due to the lack of official data about the whereabouts of Central Americans in transit through Mexico, we considered to obtain data directly from them. To fulfill this, we should established a trust network with more than 40 shelters and migrant housing facilities that are spread across the country -as they will capture the records to be published on the site- and began to build the digital tool for the systematic data retrieval.
The data retrieval will be made through the use of pseudonyms in order to keep the integrity of the migrants and avoid their endangerment throughout the journey.
The project is formed by a website divided in two segments: the first one was designed to retrieve the basic demographic information of each migrant with two purposes: develop a daily record of the quantity of migrants and the use of this network in every migrant shelter in order to keep track of the migrant's route.
In the second part of the website, the registered migrants search will be possible by tracking the last record made by their pseudonym. Because of this, the participation and trust networks are fundamental for the development of the project. Without the trust networks, migrants won't know where to register and their families won't know where to look for them.
It is just too important for us to have a decentralized network, to renounce to it for convenience.Christopher Allan Webber
The code -and its implementation on servers- was thought in function of a development founded in programming tools and languages that could be applied on different kinds of technological infrastructures as well as in a wide variety of hardware configurations.
The data capture and manipulation software must be executed on computers under the surveillance of civilian organizations and actors inside the trust network mentioned above. In the same way, the migrant support organizations will have surveillance over the capture terminals.
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The database that correlates the paths, minimum demographic data and pseudonyms will be hosted in a data center that accepts the terms of exclusive use of this information on the basis of privacy: terms of use, legal equipment and technical know-how through the surveillance of civilian society.
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There are many things I am grateful for, but what I want to focus on here is the gratitude that I have for my oldest daughter, Elizabeth. Our relationship has weathered so many emotional experiences for both of us — from total elation on the day of her birth, complete awe and exhilaration during her growing up years, to anxiousness and outright fear and complete despair during her teenage years, to absolute shock and total sadness at her sudden departure, and finally the learning and growth we have both experienced as we sought to establish and maintain our present relationship on both sides of the veil. I often wonder which one of us has learned the most through our experiences of the last 29 years.
I have come to believe that Elizabeth and I made a soul contract before we both came into this lifetime. We each agreed upon the scenario that was put before us, always with the understanding that we were each free to exercise our own free will to change the agreed upon learning scenarios that we had set up in Spirit.
What also brings me to my knees many times over is my deep gratitude and appreciation for the role that The Divine has played in our lives. Spirit truly has been the third person behind the scenes in so many ways. God opened the doors for both of us and presented us with many opportunities to learn, grow and love. What more can one ask for on a return visit to this earth plane? It has always been our own choice as to whether we would accept the challenge put before us, or to decide that no, this is something I'm not willing to do. And saying no is never right nor is it wrong — it is merely a different choice.
The times when I doubted myself, doubted Liz and even doubted the Divine were all learning experiences. When I said, "Yes, I'm in" and I prepared in earnest and was able to complete the divine task given me, I was rewarded by a complete sense of love, validation and confirmation that what I see and feel is real. The feeling that you have pleased The Divine is a feeling of exhilaration like no other; it is as close to pure joy as one can achieve on this earth…. I can scarcely comprehend how wonderful this feeling must be in Spirit.
Gratitude appears in many forms. Once a task has been completed, I anxiously await my next assignment. However, my next assignment may not present itself for some time. Continuous communication through prayer and meditation with The Divine is reward in itself when it becomes a daily practice. You no longer feel alone — but you are guided every minute of every day by a force more powerful than any other — Love. When you learn to live in love, view the world and everyone in it in love, life becomes a joyous adventure.


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Lost movement of a Beethoven string quartet reconstructed
Rediscovered work to receive its first performance in over 200 years
A slow movement of a string quartet discarded by Beethoven in 1799 has been reconstructed and is to receive its first performance in Manchester on 29 September.
Barry Cooper, professor of music at the University of Manchester, has reconstructed the movement, which originally came from Beethoven's String Quartet in G major, Op. 18, No. 2. The composer wrote the work in 1799 for Prince Lobkowitz for the sum of 200 florins, along with two other quartets (Op. 18 Nos 1 & 3). He then revised the quartet the following year by writing a completely new slow movement – the version familiar today (click on the audio player on the right to hear an excerpt).
Although the movement had been lost, detailed sketches survived. Professor Cooper has put these together, added harmony and made the music performable.
'The prospect of hearing a Beethoven work that has been absent for over 200 years should be of much interest to anyone who loves his music,' said Professor Cooper, 'even if my reconstruction may differ slightly from what the composer wrote.'
The main difference between the discarded movement and its replacement is the time signature: the original is in 4/4, while the final version is in 3/4. In addition, although both are in C major, the original contains passages in C minor and D flat major, whereas Beethoven's revised movement contains a section in F major.
The reconstructed movement will be performed by Quatuor Danel on Thursday 29 September at 2.30pm during a seminar open to the public in the Martin Harris Centre at the University of Manchester.
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AMES, Iowa – A new algae production facility at Iowa State University makes use of an innovative design that's attracting interest from other universities and private industry.
The algal production facility, which was built inside a greenhouse on the BioCentury Research Farm in rural Boone, went online in January and has been filling orders for algae researchers ever since.
The facility contains a novel biofilm-based cultivation system designed by Martin Gross, a graduate assistant in agricultural and biosystems engineering, and Zhiyou Wen, an associate professor of food science and human nutrition.
The cultivation system allows for easy separation of algae from water, which is usually an expensive and often time-consuming process requiring the use of a centrifuge or other costly equipment. The new cultivation system at Iowa State sidesteps that process by passing through the nutrient-rich water a cotton-based biofilm, which collects the algae. After that, the algae are simply scraped off the cotton material. It's a simpler, more efficient way to cultivate algae, Wen said.
He said there are similar competing technologies at other institutions, but there are differences that make the ISU technology unique. In fact, Wen and Gross are in the process of getting the technology patented.
"We knew that harvesting the algae is the most expensive and time-consuming part of the process, so we wanted to find a solution that was easier than traditional harvesting," Wen said.
The ISU facility features a pair of raceway ponds, or small pools of water in which a weak current is constantly generated to keep the water moving. Gross described the system as similar to a lazy river – an attraction at public pools and water parks that features a shallow channel of water with a gentle current. One of the raceway ponds requires the use of a centrifuge, while the other employs the new system designed by Wen and Gross. The greenhouse also contains four, 200-liter flat panel bioreactors, another popular algae cultivation technology.
The reasons to study algae, a diverse group of chiefly aquatic and photosynthetic organisms, are nearly as varied as the organisms themselves. Scientists are exploring the potential for algae to be used as a fertilizer, a source of biofuel and as a feed supplement for production animals, just to name a few of the possibilities.
Such widespread application means there's no shortage of interest in the new ISU production facility. Gross said faculty members from disciplines across campus are using algae produced in the greenhouse in their own research. Even private companies are using algae produced at Iowa State.
Gross said the new facility surpasses the capacity of any means of algae production seen on campus before. It's capable of producing about 4.5 kilograms of algae per week, he said.
"I had been involved with algae research at Iowa State for three years, and we had to pass up several opportunities because we simply didn't have a means of producing enough algae," he said. "The new facility allows for us to pursue those kinds of opportunities on a larger scale."
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AMES, Iowa – A new algae production facility at Iowa State University makes use of an innovative design that's attracting interest from other universities and private industry.


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Python 3.2.3
Release Date: April 10, 2012
Note: A newer bugfix release, 3.2.5, is currently available. Its use is recommended.
Python 3.2.3 was released on April 10, 2012. It includes fixes for several reported security issues: issue 13703 (CVE-2012-1150, hash collision denial of service), issue 14234 (CVE-2012-0876, Expat hash collision denial of service), issue 14001 (CVE-2012-0845, SimpleXMLRPCServer denial of service), and issue 13885 (CVE-2011-3389, disabling of the CBC IV attack countermeasure in the _ssl module).
Python 3.2 is a continuation of the efforts to improve and stabilize the Python 3.x line. Since the final release of Python 2.7, the 2.x line will only receive bugfixes, and new features are developed for 3.x only.
Since PEP 3003, the Moratorium on Language Changes, is in effect, there are no changes in Python's syntax and only few changes to built-in types in Python 3.2. Development efforts concentrated on the standard library and support for porting code to Python 3. Highlights are:
- numerous improvements to the unittest module
- PEP 3147, support for .pyc repository directories
- PEP 3149, support for version tagged dynamic libraries
- PEP 3148, a new futures library for concurrent programming
- PEP 384, a stable ABI for extension modules
- PEP 391, dictionary-based logging configuration
- an overhauled GIL implementation that reduces contention
- an extended email package that handles bytes messages
- a much improved ssl module with support for SSL contexts and certificate hostname matching
- a sysconfig module to access configuration information
- additions to the shutil module, among them archive file support
- many enhancements to configparser, among them mapping protocol support
- improvements to pdb, the Python debugger
- countless fixes regarding bytes/string issues; among them full support for a bytes environment (filenames, environment variables)
- many consistency and behavior fixes for numeric operations
See these resources for further information:
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- Help fund Python and its community.
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I know i am boring, could have done all 3 finished miniatures in one posting... but i didn't, why? Don't ask me... a lot of thanks again to everyone helping me out with the camera donation for the kong, i can feel the Happy Painting flood rush back in my died venes... illness is gone and christmas with the family is coming - could there be anything better in these days than this? Let me think for a minute...
1 Minute of thinking...
No it ain't, simply great - thanks for your help! I am looking forward to play the drums in here as loud as never heard before or somehow in that massive direction. Bum! Bum! Chakka! Bum! Did finish Yarry from Enigma, second one i did paint up, this one is the version which arrives when you get one, nothing changed... more or less it has also been a funny sideproject, ahh... main projects, main projects, main... fun... main... Hold it!
Yarry, Enigma Miniatures, 54 mm Halfling
He is also up to CMON, if you'll need a ride there take this train!
As i achtually have a really full cabinet i thought about making a photo of everything in it at the moment - thanks Robert for sending me the Leo bust and Varghar for the Workshop time! Also you can see my first 2 miniature exchange models ever in my life, "Carlos" by ScottRadom (thanks mate, love him) and "Shiraga RIP" by my friend Fabrizio, love you too :)
Also my actual WIPs... Ancient Hero Maulg is missing, he is waiting on the workbench :)
... i guess this is it, my last posting before the holy days. Keep 'em simple, don't waste electricity, don't burn the house by doing the no waste thing and keep 'em in the heart of your family - i wish everyone a wonderful time between your loved ones - Christmas is here again :)
... those i yet had the chance to meet them in person, feel hugged by Kong :)
Keep on happy painting!
posted by Roman, Kong, jarhead
There are 4 Kommentare for Yarry finished...
Raffa says...
Posted on: December 23, 2009 at 3:32 PM
Mati says...
congrats to the new cam and thx to all the people supporting kong with it!
great work on the models bro !
Posted on: December 23, 2009 at 3:49 PM
Unknown says...
Yeah, is very good to see, that the big Kong have a new cam and was kissed by the Muse.
Then we wish all the "Apes in the jungle" a very good christmas time !! And don`t eat too much fermented bananas!
Konni & Markus
aka Flattervieh
Posted on: December 23, 2009 at 6:34 PM
Bradders says...
Glad you are back to taking pics of your work, and thanks for all your hard work over the year helping others, it is appreciated greatly. My painting has improved no end thanks to you!
Can i ask which camera you purchased as i'm now thinking i'd like to show some of my work off!
Merry Christmas
Posted on: December 23, 2009 at 7:37 PM
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Former Adult Video Star Causes a Stir by Training to Be a Volunteer EMT
Rare is the town where calling 911 results in a porn star showing up on your doorstep, but in Roanoke, VA that may soon be the case — an actress who's appeared in hundreds of porn videos is currently training to be an EMT.
Tracy Rolan starred in films like 'Masturbation Nation 3′ (don't bother with the first two — they lacked feeling) under the stage name of Harmony Rose, but the 29-year-old has now quit the biz and is looking to help people in a much different way: she's spent the last few months training as a volunteer EMT with the Cave Spring Rescue Squad.
And while that itself may sound like the perfect name for a porn flick, the Roanoke-based group has drawn a lot of attention since Fire Chief Rich Burch found out about Rolan's former profession and, unsure of how to proceed, contacted the Office of the County Attorney for advice.
In a letter, a lawyer there said, "Anything that results in public ridicule of the volunteer squads . . . must be avoided." But while officials try to figure out what to do about the most unusual situation, Rolan seems to have garnered a lot of support from within the community.
On the Facebook page for local news station WDBJ, which originally reported the story, nearly all of the 500 comments left say Rolan should be allowed to continue her training, with one saying, "I believe if you or a loved one is having a true medical emergency, you're not going to care about the former occupation of the person helping you."
Let's just hope a lot of guys don't start faking heart attacks. "The pain is in the crotch area!"


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It's quite apparent that, although my Dougall family history is now in print, the flow of research and information doesn't necessarily stop. Therefore the blog is the means to serve up sequels, or postscripts. And probably won't stop me from some idle speculation ...
|Postcard, undated, West Calder Family History Society
John Dougall's main activity was at West Calder village, located about fifteen miles west of Edinburgh. His "activity" as we know it consists merely of three recorded baptisms in the 1750s for his children. Genealogical convention says the distance a man could walk from his home or birthplace in half a day, or sometimes a whole day, is the usual radius in which ordinary eighteenth century folk connected with employment, for marriage, and where they found or established family ties. Fifteen miles sounds reasonable to me for a healthy young man.
Why hadn't I been thinking that—instead of fleeing from the dire aftermath of Culloden—John might simply have walked away from the religious and political turmoil of 1740s Edinburgh? Would it have been "simple" to do that? A few earlier Dougalls are recorded in the Edinburgh parish of St Cuthbert with no known connections at this time. And there to this day below the famous castle sits St Cuthbert's—the "West Kirk" of Edinburgh—on the Lothian Road! The National Archives of Scotland has hundreds of items relating to this historic church (CH2/718) including intermittent parishioner lists and examination rolls ... just waiting for a future Dougall family researcher to explore :-)
|St. Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, photograph by Jonathon Oldenbuck, 2008. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Cuthberts_Edinburgh.JPG.
|Sir Walter Scott monument, photograph CDM 2010.
The whole Heart of Midlothian notion does not raise quite the same ancient tribal thrills in me as a Highland warrior does. Yet, Edinburgh possesses its own unique excitement as the post-mediaeval town of teetering tenements, outspoken populace, and occasionally nefarious mysteries. I am heartened by the wonderful job the folks at Scottish Monumental Inscriptions are doing with West Lothian and Edinburgh cemeteries. There's at least one Dougall stone in Calton Old Cemetery, Edinburgh. To be continued, bien entendu.


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Hawaiʻi Police Department
Criminal Investigations Section, Area II
Lieutenant Gerald Wike
Phone: 326-4646, Ext. 266
Report No. C12010385
Media Release
Big Island police have charged a 55-year-old Waikoloa woman with identity theft and seven other offenses in connection with the theft of various items from a 90-year-old family member.
South Kohala patrol officers responded to Waikoloa Village Monday (April 16) to a report that the suspect had stolen jewelry and cash from a 90-year-old woman who was visiting from California. When officers attempted to arrest the suspect, she allegedly resisted arrest and assaulted a police officer by striking him in the chest. The officer did not require medical attention.
Janice Feeney, who has no permanent address but lives in the Waikoloa area, was arrested and held at the Kona police cellblock while detectives from the Area II Criminal Investigations Section continued the investigation. Detectives executed a search warrant Tuesday (April 17) at the condominium where Feeney had been staying and recovered additional property belonging to the victim.
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She remained at the police cellblock until her initial court appearance Thursday (April 19).