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From the Margin to the Center: A Spotlight Series
While HIV can happen to anyone, it does hit some communities harder than others. HIV often proliferates in groups whose members' identities are already somehow stigmatized or marginalized. But there are also communities that are marginalized within the HIV realm -- because of smaller overall prevalence numbers, lack of access to services, poor data collection that keeps them from being fully counted in the epidemic, conditions that enhance HIV stigma, and more.
This spotlight series is a chance for members of some of these groups, the margins of the margins, to come into the center -- to tell their stories, and bring much-needed attention to their communities' concerns. Not all these pieces are specifically about HIV, but all serve to amplify voices from HIV-affected groups that you may not hear from very often.
After the Entry Ban, Why Danger Persists for Immigrants Living With HIV in the U.S.
As we move into the fifth year without the decades-old U.S. ban on entry and immigration for people living with HIV -- and enact visions of a country free of the Defense of Marriage Act -- what has changed for HIV-positive immigrants living with HIV, or vulnerable to becoming HIV positive, in the U.S.? "As long as we have a climate that's dangerous for immigrants," remarks longtime immigration justice advocate Dr. N. Ordover, "it's going to be dangerous for immigrants with HIV."
On LGBTQ Youth, Condoms and Police Stops
What does "stop and frisk" have to do with HIV prevention? A 2012 Human Rights Watch report shed light on the use of this practice in several U.S. cities, and its targeting of transgender women and LGBTQ youth, especially those of color -- two of the populations most impacted by HIV. Whether the person being stopped is a sex worker or not, criminalizing the tools by which individuals keep themselves HIV negative, or help protect their sexual partners, adds a brutal slant to an already discriminatory phenomenon.
When We Talk About HIV, Who Are We Not Talking About Enough?
Which communities do you think don't get their due share of attention when it comes to HIV awareness, policy, prevention and/or care? Since HIV thrives on silence, it is essential to find ways to address the impact of the epidemic among populations that get left out of conversations -- and subsequently funding, programming, media coverage, activism and more -- around HIV. We asked a wide range of HIV/AIDS community members which groups they saw falling through the cracks.
Deaf-REACH's HIV Prevention Program Speaks the Deaf Community's Language
Did you know that people who are deaf or hard of hearing are two to four times more likely to contract HIV than their hearing counterparts? That's just one of many facts that Sylvie Soulier shares in this enlightening interview about Deaf-REACH, a community-based organization in Washington, D.C. Aside from its mental health and other services for deaf communities, Deaf-REACH also has an HIV prevention component, which Soulier and her team manage.
Young Gay Men and HIV/AIDS: A Global Epidemic (Infographic)
In every region of the world, two things are true -- gay men are at increased risk for HIV, and so are young people. Due to a confluence of factors, young gay men are often left out of research, policy and programs that are designed for adult gay men, the general pool of youth, or the overall population.
This Positive Life: Christopher Quarles Creates a Ballroom Family and Succeeds in the Big City
Christopher Quarles tested HIV positive after he noticed the person with whom he was in a relationship dodging questions about HIV status. After being positive for almost five years, and undetectable for three, Christopher left home in South Carolina because of a broken family dynamic, but knows a lot about making his own family structure. He is a member of the House of Khan in New York City's vibrant ballroom scene, and walks runway under the guidance of his mentor, Luna. He came to Manhattan barely able to afford the subway, but now enjoys an independent life with friends around him and his dog always by his side.
A Hidden Crisis: HIV in the Two-Spirit Community
The growing epidemic of HIV among Native Americans and Alaskan Natives (NA/AN) is reason for concern. Roughly 5.2 million people in the U.S. identified as NA/AN in the 2010 U.S. census. While the Native community in the U.S. accounts for less than 1% of reported HIV cases, they have the third highest rate of HIV infection, after African Americans and Latinos. They also have the shortest life expectancy after an AIDS diagnosis of any race or ethnicity.
Twitter users from the Middle East are generating an unprecedented wild sexual context in Arabic language ... But why Twitter and not another social media networking site like Facebook, for example? The answer might be because Twitter provides a well-developed Arabic interface language, and it offers better privacy guaranties for users to protect their real identity when it comes to a third party.
As HIV Prevention Money Shrinks, Who Will Save Young Gay Men of Color?
With a new phase of the HIV epidemic on the horizon -- one that, at present rates, will see half of our college-aged gay men positive by age 50 -- a panel was assembled at Gay Men's Health Crisis for two reasons: to discuss the epidemic among our gay youth and to ask how we move forward with prevention efforts in the midst of funding cuts.
This Positive Life: Tyrone Lopez on Being an HIV-Positive Voice in the Tohono O'odham Nation
People like Tyrone Lopez, of the Tohono O'odham Nation, work in their own communities in hopes of reversing daunting HIV infection rates. After a relationship with an IV drug user, Tyrone became HIV positive and started becoming a voice for all people living with HIV -- gay, straight, man, woman and otherwise -- in his nation. He announced his status and sexuality over the radio, he does education and prevention work among incarcerated Native Americans, and now that he also drives the van that shuttles his clients to doctor's appointments and other services, he doesn't sleep in late anymore, either.
How Do You Stop a Silent Epidemic?
Hepatitis C is sometimes called a "twin epidemic" to HIV -- at least a quarter of people living with HIV in the U.S. are coinfected with the virus. As with HIV, African Americans are disproportionately affected -- they are two to three times more likely than whites to have been exposed to hep C, and far less likely to be cured using current treatments. That's where hep C differs from HIV: It can be cured -- and when promising new treatments become available in the near future, it will be more curable, especially for African Americans.
This Positive Life: Cecilia Chung on Violence, Gender, Prisons, Family and Healing
When Cecilia Chung was diagnosed with HIV, she thought she was being punished for coming out as transgender. "'You transitioned. You're an abomination,'" she remembers thinking. "'This is God's way of telling you He doesn't approve.'" After a rocky few years, Cecilia reconciled with her family and now maintains a relationship with both parents. She has worked for years as an advocate for other transwomen, HIV-positive people and people of color. As a transgender Asian woman and a formerly incarcerated violence survivor who was also involved with sex work, her experience is connected to a number of groups that are vulnerable to HIV in ways that are often ignored by institutions. But Cecilia's real-life story is much more than a confirmation of statistics.
What's Monogamy Got to Do With Marriage?
As marriage-equality wins ignite in U.S. states and nations throughout the world, the question of what makes a family has been drawn into mainstream debate. The vital importance of marriage rights for same-sex couples, whether or not they're "just like straight couples" (whatever that means!), cannot be overstated. However, one can't help but wonder whether the focus on gay marriage left-handedly stigmatize partnerships that don't look "just like a traditional marriage."
HIV Meets the Comic Book Universe: 10 Notable Moments
When HIV came along and began to ravage gay communities, many comic book creators struggled with how to present the epidemic. At a time when many gay people's stories were not being told, comic books attempted -- sometimes awkwardly so -- to get the word out about HIV. For some characters, the parallels between living a secret life as a "mutant" and having HIV in the real world became fertile ground for plot growth. Some storylines deal with HIV directly (and portrayals are not always well informed or empowering), while others weave abstract scenarios that are clearly informed by HIV. With many comics being targeted toward youth, it seems that many comics may have actually been engaging in a type of public service, without even knowing it.
Out in TV Land: Queer Youth Characters on the Small Screen
If you were a teen in the '90s, you might have looked up to Rickie Vasquez. In the 2000s, you may have seen Willow Rosenberg's struggle to come out as a witch and a lesbian as parallel situations, or maybe Justin Suarez taught you how to connect more honestly with a gay youth in your family. Though we turn to television for escape, there's also a lot to be learned from the lives of some of television's gay youth, many of whom are portrayed as struggling for their voice, for acceptance and for love.
HIV in Black America: A Visual Breakdown (Infographic)
Whether you are male or female, gay or straight, live in an urban area or a rural area, if you are a person of color -- especially an African-American -- you are disproportionately at risk for contracting HIV.
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The first ever field guide for Fiji's mangroves and seagrasses was launched yesterday by the Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Lands and Mineral Resources, Mr. Tevita Boseiwaqa, marking another breakthrough in the conservation of biodiversity in the country.
Fiji has over 38,000 hectares of land that is covered by mangrove forests, with the largest stands found in Viti Levu and Vanua Levu. There are twelve known species of mangroves found in Fiji.
Like mangroves, seagrasses are flowering plants that grow in marine areas and are closely related to taro and water lilies. Seagrasses are important breeding ground for fishes and are also used locally for roofing, basket weaving and food. There are about 60 seagrass species found worldwide and six of these are common throughout Fiji.
"The critical role of mangroves and seagrasses of Fiji in supporting subsistence and commercial fisheries, providing food security and livelihood opportunities for coastal dwellers cannot be over emphasized," highlighted Boseiwaqa during the launch.
The 75 page field guide provides photographs and information such as local names, uses, and distribution, of the twelve mangrove and six seagrass species. Identification of species is made easier by an easy-to-follow dichotomous key which assists users in correctly identifying species. The field guide is simple and designed for a wide range of audience – from conservationists to students, teachers and others including those with limited knowledge in science.
Ms Senilolia Tuiwawa, co-author of the field guide, said it was important to produce the guide because Fiji does not have its own. She added that it will also be useful for personnels in various sectors in the country that do not have the technical assistance in identifying mangrove and seagrass species.
The field guide will also be an important information resource for policy makers and the general public especially in the on-going efforts to improve understanding and enhancing the conservation of mangrove and seagrass species within Fiji and the region.
"The greater population of Fiji live on the coast and rely on mangrove ecosystems for everyday living," added Tuiwawa. "And now we have the taxonomists or the technical resources available to help our coastal communities to better understand their coastal environment and one way is through this new guide book and hopefully it will encourage them to use their resources sustainably. "
The production of the field guide was made possible through the efforts of the Fiji Department of Environment, the University of the South Pacific and IUCN Oceania through the Mangrove Ecosystems for Climate Change Adaptation and Livelihoods (MESCAL) project.
Copies of 'A Field Guide to the Mangrove & Seagrass Species of Fiji' can be obtained from the office of the Department of Environment in Suva.

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IUSERP (Supplemental Early Retirement Plan)
On this page: Highlights | Eligibility | Contributions | Investments | Distributions and Withdrawals | Questions and Comments | Forms & Publications
- IRS code Section 401(a) Money Purchase Pension Plan
- Indiana University makes all contributions to the Plan
- Plan is subject to vesting rules
- Participant directed investment – daily valuation plan
- Distributions upon termination of employment with Indiana University
To be eligible to participate in the Plan, an employee must be:
- A 100% full-time equivalent (FTE) academic or professional staff employee, (grade 16 and above), hired in an appointed position between January 1, 1989 and June 30, 1999; and
- Participate in the IU Retirement Plan at the 12% contribution level
The following individuals are prohibited from participating in the Plan:
- Geological Survey Department employees
- Employees associated with an external agency agreement that does not accept early retirement plan participation
Restricted Participation
An age 55 or older participant is no longer eligible to receive an allocation of Plan contributions if the employee ceases to be a member of an eligible class of employees.
In the event an age 55 or older participant becomes ineligible to receive an allocation of contributions under the Plan, contributions will stop being made to the Plan with the employee's last paycheck attributable to employment in an eligible class of employees.
Age 55 or older participants, who are ineligible to receive a contribution allocation under the Plan, have the same rights as participants who are eligible to receive a contribution allocation under the Plan, except that no additional contributions will be made to the Plan on their behalf.
Termination of Participation
An age 54 or younger participant is no longer eligible to participate in the Plan if:
- The employee terminates employment with Indiana University; or
- The employee no longer satisfies the eligibility requirements for participation in the IU Retirement Plan at the 12% contribution level.
In the event an age 54 or younger participant becomes ineligible to participate in the Plan, the individual's entire Plan benefit will be forfeited.
Employer Contributions
Each pay period, Indiana University will contribute to the Plan an amount equal to 2.4% of budgeted base salary paid to the participant in the pay period. "Budgeted base salary" does not include any summer pay or supplemental pay.
No contributions will be made to the Plan on behalf of a participant while the participant is on an unpaid leave of absence.
Employee Contributions
Indiana University makes all contributions to the Plan. Employees are not required, nor permitted, to make any contributions to the Plan.
Maximum Contribution Amount (IRC Section 415 Limit)
Federal law limits the total amount of contributions that may be contributed to certain Indiana University retirement plans on behalf of an employee for any calendar year. The total amount contributed cannot exceed the lesser of 100 percent of the employee's compensation for the year or $49,000 in 2010. (The IRS adjusts the contribution limit periodically for increases in cost-of-living).
A participant must terminate employment with Indiana University and satisfy one of the following vested events in order to become 100% vested in his or her Plan account:
- Attainment of age 55 while in active employment status with Indiana University (or, if later, the date the participant has completed 9 months of active employment with Indiana University following an unpaid leave of absence); or
- Attainment of age 55 while disabled, provided that the participant's disability was continuous from his or her last day in active employment status with Indiana University to the participant's attainment of age 55. "Disabled" or "disability" means a participant has been awarded disability by the Social Security Administration.
In the event of a participant's death, the participant will become 100% vested if he or she had at least 10 years of full-time service with Indiana University.
A non-vested participant will forfeit his or her Plan account upon the earlier of:
- Termination of employment with Indiana University, provided the participant is not disabled;
- The date the participant no longer satisfies the eligibility requirements for participation in the IU Retirement Plan 12% contribution level because of a voluntary job transfer within Indiana University; or
- For a participant who was disabled as of his or her date of termination of employment, the date the participant attains age 55 while not actively employed with Indiana University if the participant's disability was not continuous from his or her last day in active employment status with Indiana University to the participant's attainment of age 55.
The Plan is a participant directed plan. This means that each participant is responsible for directing the investment of his or her Plan account. A participant may direct the investment of his or her Plan account among any investment funds provided under the Plan. A participant may also transfer monies from one investment fund to another.
A participant's election to invest his or her Plan account, to change the investment direction of future contributions, or to transfer amounts from one investment fund to another must be made in accordance with the rules established by Indiana University.
Indiana University has approved of the following investment companies under the Plan:
|Telephone Numbers
|Web site
|730 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Appointment Scheduling:
Overseas: www.tiaa.org/public/support/
|Fidelity Investments
|82 Devonshire Street
Boston, MA 02109
Appointment Scheduling:
TIAA and Fidelity Investments do not generally charge participants the following types of fees: front end / sales load fees, account maintenance fees, cash-out or transfer fees. However, each individual fund will have minimum management fees as specified in the fund's prospectus.
Each investment company reports net investment return figures, which reflect investment performance after administrative expenses are deducted.
Participants should contact the investment company for more information about fees before investing with that company.
Distributions and Withdrawals
A vested participant may only withdraw funds from his or her Plan account upon termination of employment with Indiana University. Distributions from IUSERP are allowed for former employees rehired into non-eligible positions if the rehired employee has at least a continuous 30-day break in service from the date of the employee's last day of employment.
Hardship Distributions
Hardship distributions are not allowed to be made to a participant from the Plan.
Loans are not allowed to be made to a participant from the Plan.
Forms of Distribution
A participant may choose to:
- Transfer balances to an IRA at TIAA or Fidelity Investments;
- Withdraw all or a portion of the Plan account accumulations (subject to income taxes); or
- Roll over all or a portion of the Plan account accumulations to an eligible retirement plan (e.g., IRA)
Taxes on Distributions
Plan distributions are generally subject to a 20% mandatory federal income tax withholding rate. This mandatory withholding will reduce the amount a participant actually receives upon withdrawing funds from the Plan. However, the amount withheld will be credited against any taxes the participant owes for the year when the participant files his or her annual tax return.
There are exceptions to the mandatory federal income tax withholding rule, including receiving the Plan distribution as a life-time annuity payment or directly rolling over the Plan distribution to an eligible retirement plan (e.g., an IRA).
Direct Rollover Distributions
A direct rollover of an eligible rollover distribution may be made at the participant's election. A direct rollover is a payment of an eligible rollover distribution from the Plan directly to another eligible retirement plan, such as a 401(a) plan, 403(b) plan, 401(k) plan, governmental 457(b) plan, or IRA. However, certain types of distributions, such as life-time annuity payments, are not eligible for direct rollover treatment.
Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs)
Indiana University may be required by law to recognize obligations a participant incurs as a result of a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO). A QDRO is a decree or order issued by a court that obligates the participant to pay child support or alimony, or otherwise allocates a portion of the participant's assets in the Plan to his or her spouse, former spouse, child, or other dependent (collectively known as "alternate payees").
A distribution authorized by a QDRO to an alternate payee will be permitted under the Plan, even if the affected participant is not currently eligible for a Plan distribution.
Questions or Comments
The IUSERP– Summary of Plan Provisions booklet contains a detailed description of the terms and conditions of the Plan. A copy of the booklet may be obtained from this website or by contacting the campus Human Resource office.
Please contact University Human Resource Services with any questions or comments regarding the Plan at:
IU Human Resources
Attn: IUSERP
400 East 7th Street, Poplars E165
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-3085
Phone: (812) 856-1234
Contact Fidelity:
Service: 800-343-0860
Appointment Scheduling: 800-642-7131
Overseas: 877-343-0860
Contact TIAA:
Service: 800-842-2776
Appointment Scheduling: 800-732-8353
Overseas: www.tiaa.org/public/support/contact-us/directory


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Fern Creek Library
6786 Bardstown Rd., Louisville, Kentucky 40291 | (502) 231-4605
Map | History | Upcoming Programs | Volunteer | Meeting Room Request
The Fern Creek Library is located near the Gene Snyder Freeway and serves the burgeoning Fern Creek community. Fern Creek Library features, in addition to services offered by all other Libraries, a public meeting room.
- Mon. - Thurs. 10 - 9
- Fri., Sat. 10 - 5
- Sunday Closed
- Suburban Directory Available
From the Watterson Expressway - Take the Bardstown Road South Exit. Drive south on Bardstown Road past Bashford Manor Mall, Breckinridge Lane, Hurstbourne Lane, and Beulah Church Road. Make a right at the light after Beulah Church Road, into the Cedar Springs Shopping Center. The library is on the north end of the shopping center, on the opposite end from the Kroger.
From the Gene Snyder Freeway - Take the Bardstown Road exit. At the end of the ramp, go north toward Louisville. Make a left at the next light into the Cedar Springs Shopping Center (.2 miles). The library is on the north end of the shopping center, on the opposite end from the Kroger.
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The people of Fern Creek have consistently supported libraries, founding the Fern Creek Community Library in 1937 with donations from the Louisville Free Public Library. The original library was housed in the Fern Creek Community Center and staffed by members of the Fern Creek Women's Club. The Library became a member of the Louisville Free Public Library in 1963 and remained a part of the system until funding challenges forced the Library to close in 1986. A grassroots, residential effort, kept the Library open through the work of volunteers, donations, and a grant provided by County Commissioner Irv Maze. The Fern Creek Library rejoined the Louisville Free Public Library system on November 29, 1993, in a new location north of the Community Center on Bardstown Road. The Library relocated in June, 1999, to its existing location in the Cedar Springs Shopping Center. A 2006 expansion increased space by nearly 25%, adding an imaginative children's area.


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The Diabetes Program at St. Louis Children's Hospital provides patients and their families a comprehensive approach to diabetes treatment for both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. Our mission is to provide patient care, teaching and research in all aspects of pediatric diabetes – from infants to young adults. The goal of research is to improve therapies for patients and find a cure for diabetes.
Our history
The Department of Pediatrics at Washington University School of Medicine and St. Louis Children's Hospital have been at the forefront of endocrinology, metabolism and diabetes research since the 1920s. St. Louis Children's Hospital was the first pediatric institution in the United States to utilize insulin to treat children with diabetes mellitus.
Beginning in the late 1960's, we were one of the first pediatric programs in the country to combine patient care, research and training efforts across endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism. This approach has now become a standard format at other pediatric academic medical centers.
Service highlights
As the metro area's largest pediatric diabetes program, the Diabetes Team sees more than 150 new patients each year, and cares for more than 1,100 patients. Patients visit us from Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas and Kentucky for treatment.Service highlights
- Convenient access for patients and families is a program hallmark. We provide 24-hour access to our Diabetes Team members should a question or problem occur, and our Outpatient Diabetes Clinics are available at St. Louis Children's Hospital as well as Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital.
- St. Louis Children's Hospital is the only pediatric hospital in St. Louis and one of two pediatric facilities in the state of Missouri recognized by the American Diabetes Association for excellence in diabetes education.
Conditions We Treat
Related Programs & Services
We offer world-class care to children thanks in part to generous gifts from hundreds of people who have joined us as Guardians of Childhood. This philanthropic support enabled us to fulfill our mission to do what's right for kids. Join us in making health care better for all children.


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You can Try Clojure without installing it on your machine; this site gives you a Clojure prompt ('REPL') in your browser, and a brief tutorial
You can also try ClojureScript at Himera. Next steps:
Learn Clojure
- For a detailed introduction to Clojure, Mark Volkmann's Tutorial
- To practice, 4Clojure: Fill-in-the-blank exercises from beginning to advanced. Click on one of the 'title' links to do a problem
Run Clojure
- If you want an easily installable editor and REPL, try Clooj
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Question: My acquaintance assures me that women of all ages are bound to attend services in church with their head covered by a scarf. Tell me, is this so, and what in general is permitted to wear when one goes to church, both for women and for men.
Answer: The necessity of women covering their head during prayer (in church and at home) has its foundation in the First Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Corinthians (cf., 11:3-16). Inasmuch as woman was created from man and as the helpmate of man, she must demonstrate this in her external appearance, and above all – to cover her head during prayer. Inasmuch as this ceremonial statute has a spiritual-symbolic meaning, it must be fulfilled regardless of age. The Church is the preserver of the best traditions, and therefore one needs to dress traditionally: women – a skirt or dress of sufficient length, men – trousers (it's not proper to enter a church in shorts). Even summers it's improper to bear one's arms. Sports clothes do not befit the conditions of a church. Unusual, attention-attraction apparel is undesirable. And, of course, one mustn't come to church in torn, dirty clothes. The main thing to remember is that church is the house of God, and one must enter it with reverence.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
How to Dress in Church
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With regard to the wearing of headscarves, the following observation may be relevant:
See: Meeting with Orthodoxy / Saints and shrines] in Russian -
MEMOIRS OF ARCHBISHOP John of Shanghai by
Vladimir Len: dated 20/02/2010 at Православие.Ru (Pravoslavie.ru)
[Встреча с Православием / Святые и святыни]
Владимир Рэн
"....The only thing Vladyka opposed was when on the following day at the end of the Liturgy women venerated the Cross without removing their lipstick. He said: "Please remove lipstick from your lips when venerating the Cross". However the same women attended services without headscarves. And strict archbishop John of Shanghai never reprimanded them because of that, since he had seen himself that before the revolution, only peasants' wives who lived in the countryside wore headscarves, whereas ladies in the cities would usually come to church wearing hats, or bareheaded. Young girls, teenage girls and unmarried girls had never worn headscarves in Russian churches up until 1917. Therefore, after 1920, scattered worldwide, Russian women of the first emigration wave never wore scarves, whereas hats in church were very few and far between. Girls never wore either."
- June 20, 2010 at 9:06 PM
We should not bear arms in church?
- June 21, 2010 at 1:58 AM
The current policy of Holy Virgin Cathedral in San Francisco (where St. John served and where his relics are) is that women should cover their heads and wear skirts in church.
- June 21, 2010 at 7:05 PM
- Darlene said...
None of the women wear head coverings in my church except me and one other, and she only when at the Chalice. Even the Matushka doesn't cover her head.
As far as pants go, they are permitted and some of the women wear them. During others services, women, and even the men. are dressed very informal, some wearing jeans.
What do I know? I am just a clueless convert. :) My conviction to cover my head came from the Mennonite tradition and reading the Holy Scriptures.
- June 22, 2010 at 9:36 AM
- Matthew the Curmudgeon said...
Fr. Job doesn't get out to other Orthodox Churches much does he? Them days are gone forever.
- July 3, 2010 at 6:04 AM
- Esteban Vázquez said...
Well, maybe the problem is that some of the other Orthodox Churches don't get out to Fr Job much.
- July 4, 2010 at 10:30 PM
- James said...
The issue was explained to me thusly: St Paul, in advocating the covering of female heads, was addressing an issue which was a source of contention and discord in his day. By the time of St John Chrysostom, the contention was gone; the issue was de facto resolved in favor of head covering. Chrysostom taught that Christians should not make an issue out of it, pro or con. As always in the Church, contentiousness is to be avoided. Now, some have made an issue of head coverings once again. St John (Maximovitch) showed himself to be a disciple of both Ss Paul and John in refusing to make a divisive issue out of uncovered heads. Men and women should quietly obey their bishops and parish priests in regard to attire and seek to draw as little attention to themselves as possible. I know of a matushka who actively and vocally discourages the wearing of headscarves: well, that, at least, is ridiculous. We would would all do better to mind our own business, and not to bother with what others are or are not wearing.
- July 12, 2010 at 2:14 AM
Jesus said love one another, not "wear a head scarf." These are the kinds of arguments that alienate people from the church and also perpetuate divisions between Christians that detract from love, unity, and peace.
- August 30, 2011 at 7:53 AM
The ever-memorable father Anthony Alevizopoulos, head of anti-heretical struggle and widely recognized as one of the greatest theologians of the State Church of Greece of the 20th century has written that the scarf is a local custom of the time (in the Bible). He brings it as an example of one of those customs which was not kept in the Church. And the truth is that in many places this custom was effaced, as we know. Unfortunately, people do not read the Fathers in spirit but "to the letter". I suppose some converts still need to shake off their Protestant past.
- February 21, 2012 at 10:17 AM
- ortodoxia said...
I'm orthodox too, but I don't agree with dress codes.
The attitude is important, as a girl you don't wear in the church clothes to attract boys' attention. As a man, even in shorts you can have a reverent look, if all you look in the church is God.
The most important thing are the thoughts and the feelings that drive you to the church...
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Samuel Steinfeld, a former chief justice of Kentucky's highest court, has died. He was 101.
Steinfeld died on Thursday at Jefferson Manor, said his son, James Steinfeld of Louisville.
Samuel Steinfeld was elected in 1966 to the Kentucky Court of Appeals, then Kentucky's highest court.
"My dad was dedicated to anything that he went into," whether it was the law, politics, civic leadership or his family, said James Steinfeld, a third-generation attorney. "He loved the law, I can tell you that."
Steinfeld was born Feb. 15, 1906, in Louisville. He followed his father, Emile Steinfeld, through the University of Louisville law school and graduated in 1928. He then joined his father's law firm, Gifford & Steinfeld, where he'd been working since 1922.
Steinfeld became a partner in Steinfeld & Steinfeld with his father in 1935, and practiced there until 1966. Son James is now a partner in the Steinfeld legal practice.
"He never would get excited, maybe that's what his key" to longevity was, his son said. "He took things in a very analytical way. ... He had virtually no temper."
Steinfeld, a Republican, served on the Court of Appeals from 1967 to 1975 and became chief justice in 1972. As chief justice, he reported to the General Assembly that an intermediary court was needed to ease the volume of cases heard by the Court of Appeals and the resulting backlog.
"We're constantly groping for things we can do to save a few minutes here and there," Steinfeld told The Courier-Journal.
The court system was reorganized a few years later in 1975 when a constitutional amendment added an intermediary appeals court and the highest court became the Kentucky Supreme Court.
Steinfeld officially retired from the bench the same year but continued to serve as a special judge in Jefferson Circuit Court until 1985 as well as in some appointments in U.S. District Court. He also taught some courses at the University of Louisville's law school.
Steinfeld's wife of 78 years, Flora, died in April. He met her when he was 12 years old and told his mother upon the meeting, "I'm going to marry that girl," James Steinfeld said.
"They went through the Great Depression together," James Steinfeld said. "He was dedicated to my mother."
The graveside service scheduled for Sunday will be private. Herman Meyer & Son Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
Information from: The Courier-Journal,
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)


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Nov 09,2007
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Fishing Report
by ODFW
ANTELOPE FLAT RESERVOIR: rainbow troutNo recent reports.
CLEAR LAKE: rainbow troutNo recent reports.
CRESCENT LAKE: brown trout, kokaneeThe angling on Crescent is reportedly slow. This is a good time of year to target brown trout and lake trout on Crescent.
CROOKED RIVER MAINSTEM: rainbow troutReports of some good to fair angling for rainbow trout.CROOKED RIVER BELOW BOWMAN DAM: redband troutNo recent reports. ODFW and OSU have initiated a radio telemetry study on redband trout and whitefish, and anglers are reminded that radio-tagged fish cannot be legally harvested. To determine if a fish is radio-tagged, anglers should check for an eight-inch wire antenna protruding from the rear of both redband and mountain whitefish.
CULTUS LAKE: No recent reports.DAVIS LAKE: largemouth bass, redband troutNo reports from the past week. Water levels are low making boat launching a challenge though the lava flow campground boat ramp is open
Sherars Falls to Warm SpringsTrout anglers will be successful by using nymphs. Water temperatures continue to cool and fewer bug hatches are occurring. Steelhead are in this section in good numbers and water temperatures and clarity are great for steelhead fishing. The entire Deschutes River closed October 31 to the retention of Fall Chinook.
Mouth to Sherars FallsSteelhead anglers are reporting decent catches, as effort on the river has declined significantly. Many large B-run steelhead are being captured, especially in the area downstream from Macks Canyon. The entire Deschutes River closed October 31 to the retention of Fall Chinook.
Spring Chinook:
No recent report.
DESCHUTES RIVER: Lake Billy Chinook to Benham Falls:
No anglers were interviewed as basis for a report. Please note that recent increased flow makes this stretch a little more of a challenge for anglers. ELK LAKE: brook trout, kokanee
Anglers are reporting fair to good success. Remember angling is closed downstream the falls.
FROG LAKE: rainbow troutNo new report.
HAYSTACK RESERVOIR: rainbow trout, brown troutFishing is reported to be a little on the slow side.
HOOD RIVER: summer steelhead, fin clipped cohoSteelhead fishing has been improving on the Hood River, as cooler temperatures have improved water quality. Anglers are reminded that chinook angling is closed and coho must be fin-clipped for retention. Trout fishing is closed.
HOSMER LAKE: Angling has been slow.
LAKE BILLY CHINOOK: Bull trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, kokanee, smallmouth bass Angling is slow for bull trout. A few anglers are having some success for rainbow trout and brown trout on the Deschutes River arm. Please note that the Metolius arm of the reservoir is closed to angling for the season beginning Nov. 1. Anglers should be advised that the recommended boat launching facility is the upper Deschutes arm ramp of the reservoir.
LAKE SIMTUSTUS: rainbow trout
Closed to angling as of Nov. 1.
LAURANCE LAKE: rainbow trout, smallmouth bass Closes to angling as of Nov. 1.
LITTLE LAVA LAKE: rainbow trout
No report
LOST LAKE: rainbow troutLost Lake has been stocked with legal and trophy sized hatchery rainbow trout. Some naturally produced brown trout are also available for anglers. Anglers should focus on the shallower shoal areas for best success. METOLIUS RIVER:
Reports of anglers having fair success for brown trout and mountain whitefish.
NORTH TWIN: rainbow troutNo report
OCHOCO RESERVOIR: rainbow trout
No recent reports. Anglers targeting rainbow trout should consider fishing the upper eastern end of reservoir.
PINE HOLLOW RESERVOIR: rainbow troutNo recent reports, but fall and early winter fishing can be productive at Pine Hollow.
PRINEVILLE RESERVOIR: rainbow troutOpportunity is good for 12 to 16 rainbow trout. No reports on recent angler success.ROCK CREEK RESERVOIR: rainbow troutLow reservoir level will limit both access and success.
SUTTLE LAKE:No recent reports.
WALTON LAKE: rainbow troutNo recent reports.


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Enerit needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 319 designs submitted by 86 freelance designers.
Enerit reduces energy costs for medium and large energy users in commercial and institutional buildings by focusing on systematic energy management through our action-oriented online Energy Bureau.
We are looking for an outstanding logo that will work with our website, printed materials, business cards, banners, etc
Update: No 'E' in the logo please.
At this time we now know the style of text that we like. Any new submissions should concentrate on the logo which should signify one of the following:
- completed task
- action/tasks
- reducing energy costs.
So little time to give feedback to so many designers ... thanks for all the ideas and great designs.
Eneritprovides a service for the public/commercial sector which focuses on the reductionof energy costs through:
- Systematic Management– based on formal methods
- Automation – throughour unique online software
- Energy Expertise –remotely delivered in a long-term part-time partnership
- Technical andmanagement support – remotely delivered also..
Our coreaims are to:
- deliver systematicenergy management, building on previous energy management savings to giveeffective long term savings and not just short term gains.
- To remove barriers tosystematic energy management, by providing energy management expertise, actiontracking management systems, energy monitoring and tracking solutions..
We arelooking for a logo for our website (to be updated later this quarter), letterheads,business cards, presentations, etc.
Here is a link to our existing website and logo.
Website: http://enerit.com
Logo: http://enerit.com/images/logo.jpg
Please feel free tocome up with something that is totally different from what we already have oruse the existing one for inspiration.
- "Enerit" text in thelogo (may be next to or part of the graphic)
- All Original Artwork
- It's not required to maintainthe existing logo.
- Required for businesscards to full banner displays, e.g. vector format
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Journalist and scholarly muse Thomas Frank noted in a recent e-mail to colleagues,
September 15 will mark five years since the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the official beginning of the slump that never ends. It was a moment that smashed the faith of millions of people. And so it's time for a look back: What did the nation learn from that moment of complete disillusionment?
Well, basically nothing. We came to the turning point and didn't turn.
Frank was referring to his September dateline Harper's Magazine article (only available in the print edition and behind an online paywall), in which he concluded:
But a society that believes good government to be an impossibility is unlikely to do what is necessary to keep industry honest. Instead, its regulators will come to see the regulated, rather than the public, as their main clients. They will imagine that industry can police itself. They will party with their private-sector pals and spin happily through the revolving door. And the rest of us will resign ourselves to scandal after scandal, as a new generation of looters rises up to claim positions at the trough when the old looters retire. Indeed—to repurpose an immortal statement by a certain Bush Administration economist—given what we now think we know about the system, it would be irrational for them not to loot….
There is one way, however, in which the changes brought about by 2008 have been permanent—one way in which the center will probably never hold again. We are a society that watched as those who obeyed the rules got played by Wall Street and Washington. And it has not only hardened us, made us more blasé about corruption; it has corrupted us. We be held our powerlessness at the hands of the mighty, and we decided that the thing to do was to make Wall Street even stronger. We accepted our powerlessness and then magnified it. Today we all know that another bubble will soon inflate and burst, but we have chosen to live with that— five years from the last, five years to the next! Just grab your cash and hang on.
Frank reflects upon what Elizabeth Warren was, in essence, admonishing Attorney General Holder in a letter to him discussed in yesterday's BuzzFlash at Truthout commentary, "Elizabeth Warren Reads Riot Act to Holder for Not Prosecuting Big Bank Mortgage Fraud."
When you adopt as a tacit policy that those in large financial institutions will not be prosecuted for crimes (or individuals personally fined) against the economic well being of the nation, as well as the fleecing of countless homeowners, you devalue respect for the law. In doing so, Holder and Obama have severely harmed probably the most basic glue of a diverse American society by creating a fundamental skepticism that the law will be fairly applied and cannot be bought.
The American legal system is by no means perfect. Minorities are disproportionately discriminated against in policing and prosecution, and the rich can pay for attorneys that can find a loophole in a knotted thread. But the basic institution of our legal system being — in overall concept — one that ultimately bends toward fairness has been tarnished to the point of potentially creating a societal disrespect for the rule of law, when the law exempts those who do greatest harm to society (even if in a "non-violent" way).
The reality is that the Obama Administration has turned the law upside down, punishing those who were conned by fraud — while, on the other hand, rewarding (with taxpayer subsidies, favorable tax rates, government contracts, appointment to positions of power and immunity from prosecution among other perquisites) those who have intentionally committed fraud in a variety of ways (some of which were noted in yesteday's BuzzFlash at Truthout commentary and in a large number of previous BF at TO columns.)
The lack of governmental legal and regulatory enforcement of the looters at the top of the American financial pyramid that both Frank and Warren are deeply disturbed about is like keeping two sets of books: one set of laws for the financial and ruling elite and another set for the other 99%.
This cynically undermines the US legal system. It makes being a victim of fraud a crime (subject to foreclosure, bankruptcy, etc.), while — on the other hand — making the actual criminal (the one who illegally profits) into a holder of a get out of jail free card, along with a bag of trillions of dollars in goodies courtesy of the very people being fleeced.
Thomas Frank is not optimistic:
Ignoring public cynicism is the easy way forward. You don't have to vilify or punish anyone, you don't have to investigate or explain anything. But ignoring it will have terrible consequences, and not just because the Democrats have traditionally been the party of government and will suffer all the more if our epidemic federalphobia is not addressed. The bigger problem is this: the economy has to have rules, and government is how we make those rules. If vigilant financial regulation is missing or suppressed or underfunded, disasters like the crash of 2008 are unavoidable.
When the law is diminished to a smirking slap on the wrist for those individuals and financial organizations who caused such hardship to the vast majority of Americans, it becomes tarred and feathered beyond credibility. Once respect for the law is dissolved, there is no super glue yet invented that can maintain it as a stabilizing force in our society.


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Montana School Superintendent Juneau Wants Older Dropout Age
More funding for the Montana Digital Academy and a statewide raising of the dropout rate to age 18 from 16. That's what Denise Juneau, Office of Public Instruction Superintendent, wants to push through the legislature.
In an Associated Press story this week, Juneau want more funding for the Digital academy so more students can get online education courses without a large fee. She said $1.5 million over two years would help reach that goal.
She said that the dropout age raise failed in the last Montana legislature, but she has more backers for the measure this next year.
She started the Graduation Matters initiative in 2011 and 65 percent of Montana schools have signed on to the effort to improve graduation rates.
Juneau was re-elected to the state education post in a close election last month.


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Minot North Dakota Experiencing Disastrous Flood
Normally when I post to the station web sites I try to find things that are interesting and funny, but this one hits really close to home. By that, I mean that it IS hitting my home. Minot, North Dakota, a community of around 40,000, is experiencing the worst flooding they've seen in decades, and they've already surpassed their worst flooding on record from 130 years ago. To make matters worse, the Souris River hasn't even crested yet.
Minot is situated in a valley, and though the city has made dramatic improvements to the levee system since their last big flood in 1969, those improvements can't hold back the ocean of water that must go through the city over the next few days. The flooding is a result of heavy snow over the winter, record rainfall in Canada, and added rain this summer. The current forecast calls for more rain over the next few days.
Over 12,000 people have been displaced, and watching the water come in has been devastating. Today I spoke with June Vetter, a friend of mine in Minot. She said that she thought there would be more time and that maybe it wouldn't be as bad as what they predicted. "I thought I might get some more things out of my house, but when I went home yesterday during lunch to take a few more things out, the water was already there." June will lose almost everything, and she's not alone.
While many residents cleared their homes of everything including water heaters and furnaces, there are likely countless people who kept faith in the levees. Even worse, most residents had faith that a flood of this magnitude would never take place. Only about 1 out of 10 people in the flood zone have flood insurance. Because the water is expected to remain in place for nearly two weeks after the crest, most homes and businesses will be condemned. That's about 4,000 structures.
Though the damage estimates will soar, I have to give this much to my home town – the people really know how to rally around one another to help out. I've been following flood information for weeks on Facebook, and pages created about the flood have been inundated with offers of help. People have offered free daycare, help moving or sandbagging, food for those fighting the flood, and any other assistance that's been needed. I give heartfelt thanks to the National Guard, the Army Corps of Engineers, Minot Air Force Base, and all of the city workers, contractors, and civilians who have helped out.
Here's the bottom line. Nobody thinks it's going to happen to them. Yet for the residents of Minot, it's actually happening this time. They need all the prayers and help they can get. As a result, I'm asking you, if you are able, to donate to the Red Cross in Minot. Anything helps.
The photos that I've posted here, while terrible to see, are only a fraction of what is to come and what is happening around the city at this moment. As a former resident who still considers Minot to be my home, I'm saddened to hear the stories of those I love being displaced by this tragedy. Please keep Minot in your thoughts.
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Beyond Mobile: A Computer the Size of a Grain of Sand
Mar 23, 2011 5:00 AM PT
When so-called "minicomputers" first appeared in the 1970s, they supplanted mainframes on a scale of size and cost expressed by Bell's Law, which holds that a new class of smaller, cheaper computers comes along roughly every 10 years.
(Credit: Gyouho Kim)
Personal computers, notebooks, smartphones, and tablets followed, and the latest entry -- a millimeter-scale computerized eye pressure monitor -- was displayed last month at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) in San Francisco.
Designed for surgical implantation in glaucoma patients, the monitor is a University of Michigan Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science prototype created by professors Dennis Sylvester, David Blaauw, and David Wentzloff.
"This is the first true millimeter-scale complete computing system," Sylvester said.
Bell's Curve
Considered a corollary of Moore's Law, which states "the number of transistors per chip will double every 24 months," Bell's Law leaps from transistors on chips to computers, describing not how their components increase, but rather how they shrink.
Formulated by American computer engineer Gordon Bell in 1972, Bell's Law holds that lower priced computers create new applications, new markets, and new industries about every decade. It's a law smartphones and handheld devices have obeyed almost to the letter.
One notch further along the Bell's Law curve, nearly-invisible millimeter-scale computer systems "could enable ubiquitous computing," monitoring virtually everything around us, Sylvester explained.
"When you get smaller than hand-held devices, you turn to monitoring devices," Blaauw told TechNewsWorld.
Endless Apps
Given the money they can generate, medical applications are a predictable start for milli-computers. The computerized pressure monitor continuously tracks glaucoma, a disease that can blind as its pressure on the eyes increases. It can store up to a week's worth of information.
At just over one cubic millimeter, the monitor includes an ultra low-power microprocessor, pressure sensor, memory, thin-film battery, solar cell, and a wireless radio with an antenna that can transmit data to an external reader device held near the eye.
"Our work is unique in the sense that we're thinking about complete systems in which all the components are low-power and fit on the chip," Sylvester told TechNewsWorld. "We can collect data, store it, and transmit it. The applications for systems of this size are endless."
Radio Days
The system's wireless radio doesn't need the typical bulky external crystal that selects a radio frequency band. Integrating the antenna through an advanced CMOS process eliminated the crystal and shrunk the radio system to less than 1 cubic millimeter.
"This is the first integrated antenna that also serves as its own reference," Wentzloff told TechNewsWorld. "The radio on our chip doesn't need external tuning. Once you deploy a network of these, they'll automatically align at the same frequency."
The novel reworking also added better controllability. Manufacturers will be able to control the antenna's shape, size, and how it oscillates in response to electrical signals.
"Antennas have a natural resonant frequency for electrical signals defined by their geometry, much like a pure audio tone on a tuning fork," Wentzloff said. "By designing a circuit to monitor the signal on the antenna and measure how close it is to the antenna's natural resonance, we can lock the transmitted signal to the antenna's resonant frequency."
The UM researchers are presently working to lower the radio's power consumption so that it's compatible with millimeter-scale batteries.
Rising Phoenix
Power consumption is issue one if researchers are to meet what Blaauw calls "the next big challenge: to achieve millimeter-scale systems, which have a host of new applications for monitoring our bodies, our environment, and our buildings."
The researchers invented a processor they call the "Phoenix chip," which uses a unique power gating architecture and an extreme sleep mode to achieve ultra-low power consumption.
Now in its third generation, the Phoenix wakes every 15 minutes to take measurements, consuming an average of 5.3 nanowatts, or 5.3 billionths of a watt. Ten hours of indoor light or 1.5 hours of sunlight each day keep the battery charged.
The ultra-small power system may represent a long-missing step in U.C. Berkeley electrical engineering professor Kristofer Pister's "smartdust" concept, Sylvester told TechNewsWorld.
"His vision of having tiny millimeter and micrometer-scale computer elements all around us that would monitor light, temperature, pollutants and other environmental factors was designed to improve quality of life," Sylvester explained. "But when Pister first suggested the idea in 2001, there really wasn't a way to scale down computer systems because power consumption couldn't be scaled down. Power systems don't follow Bell's Law."
Today, the glaucoma monitor's Phoenix chipand battery setup "is an example of the tip of the iceberg in power system improvements," Sylvester said. "We're using a lithium thin-film battery custom-made by Cymbet augmented by tiny solar cells that use light power to recharge the batteries."
It's a setup Sylvester calls "energy autonomous" that focuses on design. "If we want to make things smaller and better, we need to continually improve not only technology, but also design."


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Author Notes: I love to make these every November to get me in the mood for holiday baking. I've tried many different recipes and approaches, and this approach - while longer than most - has given me the most reliable, soft peels with a strong orange flavor without the bitterness. The ingredient amounts vary according to how many peels you're candying but I've provided some rough guidelines for this. The most important thing is that you make enough simple syrup to keep the citrus pieces mostly covered during the candying process. The candying process is a wonderful opportunity to add flavors, so feel free to use other flavors than what I chose, or amp it up with the ones that I did. Once candied, you can dip them in chocolate; add them to sweet yeast breads you might bake for the holidays; or use them as cake / tart decorations. For planning purposes, this can be a 4-day process! —TheWimpyVegetarian
Serves: 15 large oranges yields about 15 cups of candied peel
Oranges, preferable thick skinned
cups granulated sugar
cups water
Cinnamon sticks
cup Brandy
- Day 1: Cut the citrus fruit in half, squeeze out the juice, reserving the juice for other purposes. (Like sorbet!) Put the citrus halves in a very large, non-reactive pot or container and fill it with water, adding 1 Tablespoon salt for every quart of water. A large soup pot can work well for this or large plastic containers. Let sit overnight.
- Day 2: Drain the peels and remove all the membranes leaving the pith behind. I have found a grapefruit spoon to be very effective for this.
- Put the peels in a large non-reactive pot, cover with water, and the water to a boil. Boil the peels for a couple minutes and drain, discarding the water. Repeat this two more times always using fresh water to start with.
- Make a simple syrup with equal amounts of sugar and water. I recommend you start with 3 cups of each. If you don't need it all, you can have it available if you need to add a little more part way through the candying. Boil for 10 minutes to ensure the sugar is completely liquified and the liquid is clear. Now you're ready to start the candy the peels.
- Reduce the simple syrup to a simmer and add the cinnamon sticks and cloves. Stir, adding the brandy. Add the peels and cook for four hours at a low simmer.
- Test the peel by tasting it after four hours. If it still tastes raw, continue to simmer for at least another hour. To caramelize, increase the heat to a soft boil, and continue to candy the peels for 45 -60 minutes or until the syrup has turned a deep amber color. If the syrup gets too thick, add a little water to thin.
- Turn off the heat and let the peels sit in the simple syrup overnight.
- Day 3: Remove the peel from simple syup and drain on cooling racks placed over cookie sheets or newspaper until tacky to the touch. This can take anywhere from an hour to a day. I store them in the oven on racks overnight if they don't dry the first day.
- When done, either roll in sugar or leave clear. If I roll them in sugar, I keep the sugar afterwards in a special tupperware container for cooking/baking when I want to add an orange or lemon flavor to a dish that calls for sugar.
- The candied peel will keep for several months in a jar.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Holiday Confection
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Edible Gift
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For those that like to collect statistics...
Counterpane CTO, author and computer/network security blogger Bruce Schneier has published 2005 Attack Trends: Beyond The Numbers (61 KB PDF, click here to download, registration required).
In a nutshell, more attacks are being borne out of a desire for profit instead of simple curiosity. Indeed, after the technology industry, financial firms are next most popular target.
A quick read, but chock full of graphs and analysis thanks to the 500 networks the company monitors. Another tidbit:Over the past few years, we have seen hacking transform from a hobbyist activity to a criminal one. Hobbyist threats included defacing web pages, releasing worms that did damage, and running denialof- service attacks against major networks. The goal was fun, notoriety, or just plain malice. The new criminal attacks have a more focused goal: profit. This difference makes the new attackers more dangerous and potentially more damaging.
Does it jive with what you're witnessing?Romania has been one of the known locations for organized crime organizations. (As an interesting side note, biohealth and manufacturing companies seem to be particularly vulnerable to the Zotob worm.)


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Lean Cuisine Rolls Out Heat-and-Eat Salad Toppers
Envision grilled white meat chicken with broccoli, edamame, pineapple and yellow and orange carrots, all steamed to perfection with sweet and savory sesame ginger vinaigrette and topped with crispy noodles. That is the Asian-Style Chicken variety of new Lean Cuisine Salad Additions from Nestle USA, Solon, Ohio. The other three varieties of this frozen, heat-and-eat entrée salad topper line are: Bistro Chicken Salad, Cranberry and Chicken Salad and Southwest-Style Chicken Salad.
Merchandised alongside other Lean Cuisine products in retailers' freezer cases, these meal-worthy salad combinations make only one request: Bring your own lettuce! They allow consumers to enjoy restaurant-quality salads at home or in the office, without the restaurant price tag.
"For Lean Cuisine Salad Additions, we wanted to think beyond the traditional," says Mike Niethammer, director of marketing. "These entrees are the first of their kind in the frozen aisle. The combination of mouth-watering chicken and vegetables, culinary-inspired dressings and crunchy toppings paired with your choice of fresh crisp lettuce makes for a truly modern dining experience."
The chicken and vegetables are packaged together in a steamer bag, which allows for quick warming in the microwave. The dressing and crunchy toppings are each separately packaged, allowing consumers to customize their creations. Lettuce suggestions are made on the package to ensure a culinary experience.
Each pack (7- to 8-oz. box) of Lean Cuisine Salad Additions serves one, and ranges from 240-280 calories. The suggested retail price is $3.99.


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It is doubtful that any other group of our citizens has suffered such appalling trauma. There was no "post traumatic stress disorder" counsel when the FEPOWs returned - they were simply sent home after 3 1/2 years of horror and told to get on with their lives. It is to their credit and the benefit of later generations that they did just that. Surely it is time to recognize their suffering and the tremendous contribution they have made to peace and to our life.
These pages contain the names of the men interned in the prisoner of war camps on the island of Taiwan. We want this list to serve as a lasting memorial to all those who suffered and those who died. We owe these men a debt that can never be repaid, and their memory must Never be Forgotten.
Kinkaseki (KI) | Taichu (TC) | Heito (HT) | Shirakawa (SH) | Karenko (KA) | Tamazto (TA) | Taihoku #5 (T5) Taihoku#6 (T6) | Kukutsu (KU) | Oka (OK) | Toroku (TO) | Inrin (IN) |Inrin Temp (IT) | Takao (TK)
In keeping with the British and Commonwealth practice of burying their war dead close to the area where they fell and / or in a secure environment, all of the British and Australian POWs who died while prisoners of war in Taiwan camps are buried in the Sai Wan War Cemetery in Hong Kong. All of the Dutch POWs who died here are also interred there.
The United States had a different policy which allowed the remains of deceased servicemen to be brought home at the request of their families and be interred in local cemeteries, most often in family plots. Others were interred in National Cemeteries administered by the Dep't. of Veterans Affairs. Those not so claimed were buried in American War Cemeteries overseas which are run by the American Battle Monuments Commission.
Our Honour Roll consists of the names of all the men who died while POWs resident in camps on Taiwan during World War II. It lists them alphabetically by name with their rank at that time and the regiment/unit in which they served. Their date of death is also recorded, and in addition there is a photo of the grave or notation about the burial place of the deceased. For those British, Australian and Dutch interned in Hong Kong, no further reference is needed, but for the Americans the cemetery name or place of burial is listed, as many are buried locally across America.
Note: Men who died in other places – such as on hellships en route to Japan after being POWs on Taiwan, or who later died in camps in Japan and Manchuria are not listed in this Honour Roll.


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It was a tough project for Zoe, for both academic and emotional reasons. As an academic topic, international adoption is pretty challenging for 6th grade, especially since it's hard to find just a few sources that cover the breadth of the topic and are comprehensible to a 12-year-old (even a smart 12-year-old like mine!). Synthesis of multiple sources was the hardest academic challenge for Zoe with this project. If I knew at the beginning of the project what I know now, I probably would have tried to direct her to something more limited, like maybe focusing on the Vietnam Babylift or just on China adoption. Oh well, in 8th grade, she has to do History Fair again -- so remind me in two years -- SMALLER, EASIER topic!
In terms of emotional content, there was a lot of hard stuff -- war, poverty, social upheaval -- in both the history and present time of international adoption. Yes, many history topics are grounded in tragedy, and some 6th graders did handle these topics, but I think for Zoe it really hit closer to home because of her personal connection to international adoption. Even more difficult, this is the first time that Zoe has really confronted problems of trafficking and corruption in adoption.


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Buller Manawa
- Süre: 8 Saat (Tahmini)
- Lokasyon: Murchison
- Ürün kodu: BMN
This full day Buller River rafting tour departs daily at 9:30am. Manawa in Maori, translates to Heart. We travel through the heart of the Buller River, the bush clad Upper Buller Gorge. Lunch and snacks provided, class 3-4 white water.
Raft from the beginning of the Upper Buller Gorge into the wild pink granite canyon and down the rapids created from earthquakes, all the while enclosed by native bush. Top quality scenery and brilliant whitewater. This wild river is the life force and Manawa of the Buller. Distinct, thrilling and special, experience it for yourself.
After experiencing the big volume, thrilling whitewater of the Upper Buller Gorge. Enjoy a sensational on-river lunch on as you drift through a slow section of the river. The afternoon takes you through to the whitewater of whats known as the "Earthquake Rapids". These were formed many moons ago and have been delighting rafters and kayakers now for over 30 years.
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Sioux Falls Woman Charged with Felony Assault for Threatening Boyfriend with Hammer
A Sioux Falls woman who allegedly threatened her former boyfriend with a hammer is charged with assault.
Police were called around 2:20 PM Monday to the 3200 block of North Highland Avenue, where Officer Sam Clemens says the 37-year-old man was moving out.
Clemens says the two began arguing about a television, and at some point the woman picked up a hammer. He says the male half of the dispute thought she would hit him.
Police were called, and 28-year-old Samantha Ellen Nelson was charged with aggravated assault-domestic.
The man was not injured, and Clemens says both were there when police arrived.


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Krugman economy in denial
Richard Haass: "We have to make some real cuts over the next decade."
Paul Krugman: "No we don't."
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Paul Krugman is a frustrated man — a Cassandra whose wise warnings are regularly ignored by fellow economists, policy experts and political leaders alike. This past week has been especially difficult for the Nobel Prize winner, who like Sisyphus, must continue to push back against the ignorant fools who dismiss his debt-denying ways as reckless.
Mr. Krugman came on "Morning Joe" and declared that Washington needn't worry about its long-term debt problem until the moment that programs like Medicare begin melting down.
"If we are worried about health care costs in the year 2025, why do we have to worry about it now?" asked The New York Times columnist. It is a question regarding our looming entitlement crisis that is every bit as ridiculous as a healthy 50-year-old man asking why he should bother buying life insurance.
( Also on POLITICO: Krugman is wrong - but don't take my word for it)
Paul Krugman justified this indefensible position by saying that since Washington politicians are too stupid to walk and chew gum at the same time, they are incapable of running short-term deficits while worrying about long-term debt.
The Krugman solution? Simply ignore America's long-term debt.
That reckless conclusion shocked even the hardiest of Keynesians on the "Morning Joe" set last week. President Barack Obama's car czar, Steve Rattner, described Krugman's views as dangerous. Columbia University economist Jeffrey Sachs concurred, saying Krugman's views were reckless, Democratic leader Ed Rendell politely explained to our guest that investment and debt control were not mutually exclusive, and Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass dismissed this form of debt-denial as deeply irresponsible.
Mr. Krugman responded to the flurry of criticism he received by excoriating "in-crowd" types like "Joe Scarborough, Erskine Bowles and Pete Peterson," (and anyone else who disagreed with him) as members of an incestuous clique populated by shallow simpletons who draw their economic conclusions based on hearsay instead of rigorous study and hard data.
Unfortunately for the self-consumed professor, his latest lurch left has created an entirely new collection of critics that are a far cry from the right-wing straw men that he usually sets up to knock down. Instead, Krugman's extreme view that Washington should ignore long-term debt until the bottom falls out of entitlements now places him at odds with liberal Keynesians as well as conservative Republicans.
I would like to believe that Paul's "Morning Joe" routine was simply an attempt to be provocative and bring to camera the ideological Vaudeville act that he performs daily on his hilariously entitled New York Times blog. This is where Krugman flails about at windmills while professing his omnipotence daily, in between stints as a serious economist.
Krugman doubled down on that act this week, posting four blogs addressing his one "Morning Joe" segment. In those posts, he characterized me as an angry deficit scold who accused him of being outside the mainstream of economic thought.


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I've never seen pink pine cones until today.
I ate it.
What beautiful pictures! Pink pine cones; how pretty.
how'd they taste?
Great! Strong and 'piney', and, watery like I imagined pine needle tea to taste - before I tasted it the first time and realized it's lemony. It was worth eating.
these are great photos and pink pine cones?! my daughter would probably love one of those since she is a self-proclaimed pine cone collector and her one of her two favorite colors is pink! :)
really lovely photographs, and your blog is looking beautiful in general.


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Sara Lee Adds Lemon Pound Cake And Updates Butter Pound Cake
Hillshire Brands Co., Downers Grove, Ill., launches Sara Lee Lemon Pound Cake, the first new pound cake loaf from the brand in more than a decade, as well as updating its famous Butter Pound Cake, which is now more moist. Based on research, consumers prefer the updated, moister Butter Pound Cake, which retains the same homemade taste as its predecessor.
"Sara Lee brand produces America's favorite frozen pound cake, and we're in the process of expanding upon its rich heritage by providing new and delicious varieties we hope will become household favorites," says Kanika White, senior brand manager of Sara Lee Desserts. "Our new Lemon Pound Cake is a twist on an American classic -- it tastes great alone or is delicious dressed up with fresh berries and a little whipped cream."
"The Sara Lee Pound Cake portfolio now consists of Sara Lee Lemon Pound Cake, Sara Lee Butter Pound Cake and Sara Lee Light & Dreamy Pound Cake. That last one, newly named, contains 80 calories per serving, zero cholesterol and 55 percent less fat than Butter Pound Cake. There also is Sara Lee Pound Cake Slices, single-serve and pre-cut pound cake slices in Original and Double Chocolate, portioned and individually packaged to ensure freshness and rich flavor.
Suggested retail price for the regular size (10.75-oz.) is $3.99 and $5.39 for the family size (16-oz.).


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Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
* WHO Definition of Health
At North Hamilton Community Health Centre, we commit to this definition and work with clients to develop individual, family and community health and wellness goals.
The Health Centre acknowledges that the broad determinants of health have a tremendous impact on our health and wellness. Things like education, housing, food security, equity, gender, environment, accessibility, the sense of being included or excluded from society, employment and others all play a role in how healthy we are. The Health Centre provides care through an interdisciplinary team who offer a wide range of services and programs, with a unified approach to health and wellness.
The Health Centre is in partnership with clients, families and communities to enable health through healing, hope and wellness. We support "self management" or "self-responsibility", acknowledging that each individual has time and talent to take control of their own health goals, and the health centre provides tools and expertise to enable those goals.


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I started running in September 2007, and pretty much wanted to buy a treadmill right away. I hate them, and do 95% of my running outside. However, I do live in New England and some days it is just not smart to run outside. I can run through snow and cold, but ice would just be stupid. I'm klutzy. Klutzy + ice = broken ankle.
Still, I couldn't justify buying a treadmill if I was only going to run on it a few times per year.
Enter the streak.
I started streaking in June and don't want to stop just because of some stupid ice. So, I finally did it. I broke down and bought a treadmill. I bought the Sole F85 on sale with free inside delivery from Dick's. It probably won't actually arrive until early to mid-December, but I am very excited!
A Saucy Wench
I have become Death, the destroyer of electronic gadgets
"When I got too tired to run anymore I just pretended I wasnt tired and kept running anyway" - dd, age 7
Yep, here in NH there are a handful of days each winter on which the roads are just un-runnable. They are partial ice and partial asphalt. Too much ice to just wear shoes, and too much asphalt to wear yaktrax. I tried, it killed my legs.
I didn't even think about the gym closing, but I could see that happening and I would be ANNOYED!
Plus, the great thing about the treadmill is that if I decide to run at 10PM or 6AM, it's a LOT easier than going to the gym. It's going in the basement, so I'm not too worried about noise.


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10-in subwoofer with 2 x 8-in passive radiators, 500w RMS (1000w peak) amplifier
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Enhance your home theater system with powerful low-frequency sound using the MSubwoofer
from Boston Acoustics. This subwoofer contains a 10-inch woofer and two 8-inch passive
radiators to play rich bass with very little distortion. A built-in 500-watt power
amplifier can provide up to 1,000 watts of peak output when needed. Inputs let you
easily connect the subwoofer with your home theater system, while an adjustable
low pass filter allows you to adjust bass extension.
Optimal Bass for Music, Movies, and More
With the MSubwoofer, you can enjoy rich bass while listening to music, watching
movies or TV shows, or playing games through your home theater system. A 10-inch
woofer driver delivers heavy-duty surround sound, while two 8-inch passive radiators--one
on each side of the cabinet--enable the subwoofer to play the lowest notes and reproduce
the loudest peaks with very little distortion. The MSubwoofer also contains Boston's
BassTrac circuitry to deliver clear, rich bass.
Internal Amplifier and Power Supply
The MSubwoofer contains an internal 500-watt power amplifier that is capable of
delivering 1,000 watts of peak output when needed. The speaker's internal power
supply features a large torroidal transformer to keep plenty of power on reserve
to handle demanding music or film soundtracks with ease.
Various Inputs to Connect to Your Home Theater System
To connect seamlessly with your home theater system, the MSubwoofer is equipped
with two types of inputs. The low-frequency effects input is designed to be used
with electronics such as preamplifiers, audio/video receivers, and other devices
with built-in crossover controls. The left and right inputs allow you to optimize
the crossover point between the subwoofer and main speaker by adjusting a single
Low Pass Filter to Adjust Bass Extension
The MSubwoofer features an adjustable low pass filter that allows you to tune the
subwoofer's output to match the bass extension of the main speakers for optimal
balance. For instance, if your speakers have excellent bass extension, you can set
the subwoofer to produce only the lowest tones.
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This product measures 13.06 by 16.75 by 15.44 inches (H x W x D) and weighs 51.8
The MSubwoofer is backed by one-year
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What's in the Box
MSubwoofer and owner's manual.
Ryan Wanaita, Digital Trends
"We were thoroughly impressed with the system, which created a gorgeous collage of sound, wrapped in a beautiful and well-engineered package."
Mark Fleischmann , Home Theater "That's why the Boston Acoustics M Series is a speaker system for the times we live in now. It will do anything—and I mean anything—to get your attention. It wants to be the tail that wags the dog, the component that makes you need the other components that make up a system, the tipping point of temptation, square one on the path to a real system. It wants you to take one look and say, 'I want that."
Lawrence Devoe , Blu-rayDefinition.com
"The M Series has been the beneficiary of BA's long legacy and bears testimony to the fact that good things can come in small packages. After living with these little fellows for nearly two months, and enduring the tedious but essential break-in process, I was rewarded with surprisingly big sound belying their modest size."


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ScaleMP, IBM bond to fluff x64 systems
How come the li'l one is yet to be et?
Starting Tuesday, middleware-maker ScaleMP's Versatile SMP Foundation software is certified to run on IBM's System x3850 X5 servers — and that makes Big Blue the Cupertino, California company's best friend.
It is a wonder that ScaleMP, whose middleware glues multiple x64 systems together into fatter shared memory systems, has not been snapped up by one of the major server players that are all eager to get some sort of edge over their rivals. For whatever reason, ScaleMP remains on its own and is reliant on partnerships with those server makers who would naturally want to own the technology for itself — like its BFF, IBM
The System x3850 X5 server, as El Reg explained in March, is a four-socket box based on IBM's own eX5 chipset that can pack 32 cores and 64 memory DDR3 slots into a 4U chassis, for a total maximum memory of 1TB using 16GB sticks.
But lots of jobs want more main memory, and that's why instead of worrying so much about SMP scalability in its eX5 chipset, IBM created a funky feature called Max5 that allows for another 32 memory slots, or 512GB of main memory, to be added to the four-socket box.
In effect, the Max5 unit, which is a 1U rack-mounted box with memory modules and a cable for linking into the SMP electronics of the eX5 chipset, is an SMP server node that just so happens to not have any processors in it.
You would think that 1.5TB of memory for a four-socket node would be pretty good for a fat node in an HPC cluster. But more is never enough, at least not in the first 50 years of the systems business, and on some workloads — particularly those in financial services and life sciences where there is a lot of message traffic between the nodes in the cluster — ScaleMP is getting some traction peddling its vSMP clustering as a better way of lashing machines together and masking the network complexity from the applications running on the cluster.
With the vSMP Foundation 3.0 virtual symmetric multiprocessing software announced by ScaleMP back in May, vSMP is still restricted to using InfiniBand links between the nodes, is still only running on Linux, and is still not perfectly suited to all workloads. But the software can now scale to 128 nodes — up from 16 nodes — and the microcode at the heart of the vSMP clustering technology can address up to 64TB of memory across those nodes.
What this means is that companies that might have had to try to glue together eight-socket Xeon 7500 machines using 16GB memory sticks, can build up a big vSMP machine using cheaper 8GB sticks and cheaper four-socket server nodes with the Max5 features. To hit that 64TB limit, you'd need "only" 85 of IBM's System x3850 X5 servers, each with a Max5 memory extender and each using 8GB memory sticks and sporting 768GB of memory.
At the moment, supercomputer maker Appro International is probably one of the more enthusiastic sellers of vSMP, and is working on two flash-heavy supercomputers at the San Diego Supercomputer Center that make use of vSMP to create fat and virtual shared memory server nodes that are then interconnected by InfiniBand networks in a traditional way.
IBM, HP, Dell, and various downstream channel partners of Super Micro with HPC specialization are all resellers of ScaleMP's vSMP Foundation glue. You can see the latest hardware compatibility list for vSMP here. There are 36 certified machines on the list, including some whitebox machines from Intel. Here are some benchmark results that show how vSMP does in terms of scaling across server nodes — note that some of these stats are getting a bit long in the tooth and need to be updated.
Shai Fultheim, the company's founder and CEO, says that these tier-one players drive most of the company's business and account for most of its 175 installations.
Ironically, all of the marketing effort that Silicon Graphics does in talking up its "UltraViolet" Altix UV 1000 supercomputer nodes is helping make the case for ScaleMP's vSMP. The Altix UV 1000 machines create a global shared memory that maxes out at 16TB for 128 two-socket Xeon 7500 blade servers using the NUMAlink 5 hardware interconnect. For a lot of applications, a fat node with a single address space is better than a bunch of more loosely clustered servers. It is arguable that vSMP is not as tightly coupled as what the NUMAlink 5 interconnect offers, but vSMP works on whatever x64 servers you have lying around, as long as they have InfiniBand links.
IBM's lack of an x64-based system that scales beyond eight sockets and that can create something akin to a global shared memory space like the Altix UV 1000s explains Big Blue's interest in vSMP. The eX family of chips can, in theory, scale to 16 sockets and perhaps even to 32 or 64 sockets, but thus far IBM has preferred to make fat x64 machines based on Max5 technology and leave its largest SMP scalability for the Power 795 Unix box, which scales to 256 cores and 8TB.
In addition to announcing the certification on IBM's System x3850 X5 server, Fultheim said that ScaleMP has rejiggered its vSMP Foundation 3.0 prices to make them more fair across different server types.
A license and support contract for a two-socket server using four-core x64 processors, for example, now costs $1,750, down from $2,500. A two-socket node using six-core x64 chips costs the same, at $2,500 per server. If you are using eight-core chips in four-socket boxes, the price is still $7,500 per node, but if you drop down to the cheaper six-core x64 chips used in four-socket servers, then the license drops to $5,000 per box. While the pricing is not uniform per core, it is a lot closer with this pricing scheme.
Dell, HP, SGI, Appro, and IBM are all likely suitors for ScaleMP — if the company were for sale. Intel is an unlikely but interesting possibility — imagine if Intel pushed vSMP into the firmware. VMware could also use a server-aggregation technology to match its server-dicing hypervisor, ESX Server. And finally, there's Microsoft, which could kick Linux by acquiring ScaleMP while at the same time using the technology to bolster its own HPC position — if the vSMP server virtualization and aggregation technology is even compatible with Windows.
In late July, ScaleMP secured $2.4m in Series E funding to help grow its business, raising its total to $28.4m so far with investments from Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, ABS Ventures, and TL Ventures. ScaleMP said that it had "record growth" in the quarter ended in June and that commercial companies, rather than just HPC labs, made up more than half of its sales.
ScaleMP is privately held and doesn't divulge its financials, so it is hard to say how much it might cost to acquire it based on its revenue stream and profits — if, indeed, it's even profitable at all. ®
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FOX Business: Capitalism Lives Here
Stock futures drifted higher on Tuesday as traders paid close attention to the tightly-contested U.S. elections. A round of economic data from Europe was also in focus.
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Today's Markets
As of 7:56 a.m. ET, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose 30 points to 13083, S&P 500 futures gained 3.5 points to 1416 and Nasdaq 100 futures climbed 9.8 points to 2672.
Trading desks across the world were fixated on the American presidential election, the results of which are likely to play a big role in shaping the world's leading economy in years to come. Last-minute polling showed President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney locked in a very tight race.
A significant concern among market participants was also the uncertainty that could be caused by the election dragging out over several days or weeks.
"Election results will come down to voter turnout and, with the polls as close as they are, there is a non-negligible risk of a vote count dragging on beyond tonight," analysts at Nomura warned clients. "Any doubt over the validity of election results ... could worsen tensions ahead of the fiscal cliff debates."
Analysts at Barclays echoed that sentiment, saying: "The importance of economic policymaking, the significant differences between the two candidates, the closeness of the polls and the result's possible effect on bond yields make this a particularly important election in terms of potential short-run effects."
Indeed, the U.S. is barreling toward the so-called fiscal cliff, a painful combination of federal spending cuts and tax hikes that could weigh heavily on economic growth. Political analysts have said that avoiding that outcome, while likely, will require careful stewardship by the White House and in Congress.
On the economic front, U.K. industrial output slid 1.7% in September from the month before, which was more than double the drop economists expected. Meanwhile, Spanish newspaper El Pais reported that the European Union expects Spain's economy to shrink 1.6% this year compared to Madrid's estimate of 1.5%.
In corporate news, AOL (NYSE:AOL) and CVS Caremark (NYSE:CVS) both posted quarterly earnings that topped expectations on the top and bottom lines.
Oil prices climbed modestly. The benchmark contract traded in New York gained 46 cents, or 0.54%, to $86.11 a barrel. Wholesale New York Harbor gasoline jumped 0.98% to $2.646 a gallon.
Gold edged up $8.70, or 0.51%, to $1,692 a troy ounce.
Foreign Markets
The Euro Stoxx 50 gained 0.65% to 2534, the English FTSE 100 rose 0.64% to 5876 and the German DAX climbed 0.63% to 7373.
In Asia, the Japanese Nikkei 225 fell 0.36% to 8975 and the Chinese Hang Seng dipped 0.28% to 21944.