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We covered stock market live on Wednesday. You can read a wrap of pre-market actions here and get a compact rundown of the session\'s action in Market Snapshot.
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- 9:27 am
- Winning streak
- by Victor Reklaitis
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Good morning.
U.S. stock futures are pointing to a modestly higher open for Wall Street, which is trying for its fifth up day in a row.
- 9:30 am
- Cisco ahead
- by Victor Reklaitis
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Cisco has been down in premarket action today after falling 0.5% yesterday.
It's reporting earnings after the bell today. Read our preview here.
- 9:30 am
- Opening bell
- by Victor Reklaitis
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Green at the open.
S&P 500 +0.7 point
Dow +1 point
Nasdaq +6 points
- 9:36 am
- Dow wavers
- by Victor Reklaitis
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The main indexes continue to hold mostly in positive territory in the opening minutes, but not by much.
The Dow in particular is wobbly, drifting into negative territory here and there.
S&P 500 +3 points
Dow +3 points
Nasdaq +12 points
- 9:43 am
- Today's drivers
- by Victor Reklaitis
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What's helping stocks gain today?
James Bullard, the president of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank, has made optimistic comments about the U.S. economy.
Plus the Bank of England's encouraging outlook for the U.K. economy and stronger-than-expected Chinese trade data have aided sentiment.
And this comes after big stock gains on Tuesday, when investors cheered Janet Yellen's first appearance as Fed chairwoman and debt-ceiling progress.
- 9:52 am
- Key levels
- by Victor Reklaitis
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Colin Cieszynski, senior analyst at CMC Markets, is pointing to a few key levels for the S&P 500 and the Dow in a note out this morning.
For the S&P, he says it's "stalled short of 1,825″ and upward momentum is leveling off for now. "Next potential resistance near 1,835 with support in place near the 1,800 breakout point," he writes.
For the Dow, Cieszynski says: "A 15,830 to 16,130 trading channel between two Fibonacci levels appears to be emerging."
Fibonacci is not a type of pasta. Investopedia has a good primer on the subject here.
- 10:02 am
- 1800 reclaimed
- by Victor Reklaitis
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This S&P 500 chart shows some of the levels that CMC's Cieszynski is talking about.
He views the move past 1,800 as a breakout. Note the benchmark index also closed above its 50-day moving average on Tuesday, and it hadn't done that since Jan. 23.
- 10:08 am
- Resistance at 1820-1830
- by Victor Reklaitis
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The S&P 500 is "approaching significant resistance at the 1820-1830 level," writes John Nyaradi, a contributor to MarketWatch's Trading Deck, in a column published today.
His column has the title "Is the correction over?"
That calls to mind what Jonathan Krinsky of MKM Partners wrote in a note on Monday.
Krinsky said the time to ask that question was early last week.
- 10:16 am
- Big movers
- by Victor Reklaitis
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Caterpillar is up 1.7% to lead the Dow, while P&G is down nearly 1% to fare worst among blue chips.
Among S&P 500 names, TripAdvisor has the best daily gain — up 6.7% after its earnings report late Tuesday. DaVita is second best; Fossil, third best. They also each just reported earnings.
Lorillard is faring worst in the S&P 500, down nearly 6% after its earnings report.
Cisco is up 0.5% after being down in premarket action. The Dow component reports earnings after the bell today.
Green Mountain is down 0.2% in the wake of lawsuit news.
As always, you can read about today's jumpiest stocks in our Movers & Shakers column.
- 10:21 am
- Leg down
- by Victor Reklaitis
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Stocks have been erasing some of their early gains in the last few minutes.
The Dow is now basically flat to negative.
S&P 500 +1 point, Nasdaq +10 points.
- 10:33 am
- Dow holding in red
- by Victor Reklaitis
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Checking on the main indexes…
S&P 500 +0.6 point
Nasdaq +11 points
Dow -25 points
- 10:45 am
- The 1929 meme
- by Victor Reklaitis
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In case you missed it: MarketWatch's Shawn Langlois has a nice take on that 1929-style crash chart that keeps generating buzz.
Writing in today's Need To Know column, he says: "It's like a trick candle that no amount of huffing and puffing from the cognoscenti can put out."
Langlois also features a chart that offers more of an apples-to-apples comparison. Schaeffer's Investment Research gets the credit for this chart, which you can see next to this post.
- 10:47 am
- S&P in the red now too
- by Victor Reklaitis
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The S&P 500 has joined the Dow in negative territory during the last few minutes.
The Nasdaq is still in positive territory, but it's around its session lows.
S&P 500 -1 point
Dow -37 points
Nasdaq +6 points
- 10:56 am
- Amazon woes
- by Victor Reklaitis
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If you're an Amazon Prime customer, would you cancel your Prime subscription if that much-discussed price hike comes through?
Feel free to sound off on that in the comments section below. Analysts at UBS seem to think the answer for many Amazon Prime customers is yes.
UBS cites a survey that showed fewer Amazon Prime subscribers will be willing to renew their memberships if the company raises its annual price.
Amazon is down 4% after a downgrade from UBS. Apple is up 0.3%, helping the Nasdaq stay in positive territory.
Read more in today's Tech Stocks column.
- 11:04 am
- More on Amazon
- by Victor Reklaitis
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That conclusion from UBS — that an Amazon Prime hike is a real concern — doesn't jibe with other takes on this issue.
Amazon customers might "compare shipping prices on various sites and reach the conclusion that Amazon's shipping fees are relatively reasonable," says one of MarketWatch's recent Outside the Box columns.
"None of these sound like a losing scenario for Amazon."
In addition, MarketWatch's Catey Hill has written: "…if you buy a lot of items that are under $35, the Amazon Prime membership, even if it costs $119, is probably still a good deal."
- 11:12 am
- Market pauses...
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Stocks are wavering near unchanged levels after rising for four days in a row. In fact, the gains during those days were the largest four-consecutive-day gains in more than a year for both the S&P 500 and Dow average.
Today's market seems to be catching breath after such rally.
S&P 500 +1 point
Dow -18 poins
Nasdaq +11 points
- 11:23 am
- WellCare tumbles on earnings miss
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An earnings miss and expected losses related to Obamacare sent managed-care provider WellCare Health Plans Inc.'s shares tumbling Wednesday, with the stock falling by more than 6% at one point in early trading.
For more on that story, read this Tell post.
- 11:29 am
- Tech stocks
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Tech stocks looked to add to the previous day's gains as investors prepare to turn their attention toward Cicso System's earnings, due after the market close.
Among tech winners: Apple Inc, Microsoft Corp, Hewlett-Packard, Micron Technology Inc. and IBM Corp.
The Nasdaq Composite Index is up 5 points and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index was up by 0.6%.
- 11:45 am
- Swonk on Yellen
- by Anora Mahmudova
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House lawmakers "were treating [Janet Yellen] like a piñata at times, and she didn't burst," says Mesirow Financial's Diane Swonk, who says Wall Street finds Yellen's steadiness and familiarity reassuring.
- 11:57 am
- Downward pressure
- by Anora Mahmudova
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It appears selling on Wall Street intensified. The Dow industrials is down about 50 points, with the losses led by Procter & Gamble Company and Merck Inc.
On the S&P 500, 8 of 10 main sectors are now in red – the only ones hanging on to gains are telecoms and technology stocks.
- 12:26 pm
- 3D Systems, ExOne face competition from H-P
- by Sue Chang
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Analysts at Pacific Crest Securities warned Wednesday that 3-D printer makers ExOne Co., 3D Systems Corp., and Stratasys Ltd. could suffer amid new entrants in the market but believe increased competition will ultimately benefit the industry.
"More entrants in 3D printing is good for awareness, innovation and growth, but negative in terms of competition for established players. We expect headline risk for DDD, SSYS and XONE this year, but limited model risk in the near term," said Weston Twigg at Pacific Crest in a report.
Twigg also expects Hewlett-Packard to venture into 3-D printing by the end of the year which could prove disruptive although the initial impact is likely to be minimal.
H-P rose 1.3% in recent activity while shares of 3D Systems are off almost 3% and ExOne fell 3.8%. Stratasys bucked the trend and rose 2.4%.
- 1:05 pm
- S&P 500 flat, Dow marginally lower
- by Sue Chang
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Of the three major indexes, the S&P 500 is mostly flat at 1,820 while the Dow Jones Industrial Average is moderately lower at 15,962 and the Nasdaq is up 0.3% to 4,201 as of 1 p.m. Eastern. TripAdvisor Inc. jumped 8% to be the top performer in the S&P 500 while Caterpillar Inc. rose 1% to lead the Dow.
- 1:25 pm
- Angie's List up ahead of Q4 results
- by Sue Chang
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Angie's List Inc. climbed 3.3% ahead of its quarterly earnings release in the afternoon. The online professional services recommendation company is forecast to earn 12 cents a share in the fourth quarter, according to a consensus survey by FactSet.
Analysts at MKM Partners projected Angie's List to add net membership of 94,000 in the quarter. "While this reflects a year-year decline in additions, it implies nearly 20% growth in the membership base," said Rob Sanderson at MKM in a report published Tuesday.
- 1:50 pm
- Technicians' market
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Uri Landesman, president at Platinum Partners, refers to today's market as the 'technicians' market'.
The level to watch is the S&P 500 falling below 1,818 or rising above 1,850. If it falls below the 1,818 then we will retest the 1,750.
At this point, markets are overvalued, and not only from the valuation standpoint. Markets are not pricing in risks such as the growing budget deficit or continuous accommodation from the Fed.
Those are long-term risks that investors should pay attention to, but markets are focused on quick fixes.
- 2:01 pm
- Gold rises for 6 days in a row
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Gold prices climbed for the sixth straight session, but analysts at Capital Economics warn that gold prices will not reach a record any time soon.
For more on gold read our Tell post.
On Wednesday, the April contract rose about 0.3%.
- 2:10 pm
- U.S. budget deficit in January
- by Anora Mahmudova
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The U.S. government posted a budget deficit of $10 billion in January, the Treasury Department reported Wednesday.
But now with the upcoming 'clean' debt-limit increase agreement in place, that does not matter much, right?
- 2:16 pm
- Paul Pagnato on MarketWatch Radio
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Stocks are struggling to extend their winning streak, already the longest of 2014. Managing director Paul Pagnato at HighTower says the market is "synching back up to fundamentals" and is poised to move higher.
- 2:33 pm
- On Yellen and curve balls
- by Anora Mahmudova
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Scott Wren, chief equity strategist at Wells Fargo Advisors in a note wrote that Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen was not likely to throw the markets any curve balls:
I have been thinking about something since her first round of testimony on Tuesday. Was Janel Yellen simply channeling her inner Ben Bernanke? or was something else at work? After a little more though, and although I can't be sure of it, I think the former Fed chief wrote her opening statement.
Markets rallied yesterday as Yellen pledged to keep the rates low and said tapering would continue apace if the economy keeps improving. Today markets lacked direction and moved sideways most of the trading session.
- 3:03 pm
- Debt limit vote
- by Anora Mahmudova
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A bill to extend the debt limit cleared a procedural hurdle in the the Senate on Wednesday.
By a vote of 67-31, senators voted to advance the "clean" debt limit bill. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell joined the vote, which needed 60 "ayes" to advance. The Senate will now vote on final passage.
- 3:16 pm
- S&P 500 chart
- by Anora Mahmudova
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The S&P 500 has been trading in an narrow range and less than an hour before the closing bell looks set to break its 4-day winning streak.
The benchmark index trimmed some of the losses immediately after the news of a debt-limit vote in the Senate but it is still down 2 points.
- 3:36 pm
- Nasdaq gains
- by Anora Mahmudova
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The Nasdaq Composite is defying the general trend and has been trading in positive territory the entire session. If it closes at current levels, it will be the longest winning streak since November of last year.
Among the big winners: Microsoft, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, Micron Technologies and IBM.
- 3:46 pm
- Yellen
- by Victor Reklaitis
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Seeing Tweets about tomorrow's Yellen hearing not happening:
Senate Banking panel postpones Yellen hearing
— MarketsTicker (@MarketsTicker) February 12, 2014
Dovish. RT @IanTalley Senate Banking Committee says Thursday's @FederalReserve Yellen hearing cancelled #snowmageddon
— Pedro da Costa (@pdacosta) February 12, 2014
- 3:56 pm
- Mixed finish
- by Victor Reklaitis
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The Dow is on pace to snap a four-day winning streak. It's held in negative territory all afternoon.
The Nasdaq is looking to stretch its winning streak to five sessions — which would be its longest since November, as noted earlier in this live blog. It's held in positive territory all afternoon.
Meanwhile, the S&P 500 has wobbled between small gains and losses this afternoon.
- 4:00 pm
- Angie's, Cisco
- by Victor Reklaitis
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Angie's List and Cisco will have earnings after the bell.
Follow our live blog of Cisco's earnings conference call here.
- 4:01 pm
- Mostly lower
- by Victor Reklaitis
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Here's how we closed:
S&P 500 down less than 0.1%
Dow down 0.2%
Nasdaq up more than 0.2%
- 4:14 pm
- Cisco beats, other late movers
- by Victor Reklaitis
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Cisco was up initially in late trading after its earnings report, but then turned tail.
The company's quarterly profit and revenue beat forecasts, and it's upping its dividend.
We'll have more on Cisco and other after-hours movers in our aptly named After Hours column.
That column is being updated now and will be available shortly here.
And our live blog of Cisco's earnings call is here. That's Cisco CEO John Chambers in the adjacent photo. His comments on those calls often get a great deal of attention.
- 4:28 pm
- Recap
- by Victor Reklaitis
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Stocks mostly edged lower on Wednesday, taking a breather after a four-day winning streak that was capped by big gains on Tuesday (when the Dow had its largest advance since Dec. 18).
The three main indexes all opened higher, but then pulled back, with just the Nasdaq closing higher. Some technical strategists predicted resistance in the vicinity of 1,825 for the S&P 500, and that did seem to present itself.
That's a wrap for today's live blog. Thank you for checking it out. Follow today's live bloggers at @AnoraJourno @SueChangMW and @vicrek


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Illinois iOptics Lecture 1: Super Accuracy and Super-Resolution of Molecular Motors and Ion Channels
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The standard diffraction limit of light is about 250 nm, meaning that you cannot "resolve" objects closer than this distance. Despite this, we have come up with a method to measure individual biomolecules with 1.5 nm spatial localization in x-y plane and 1-500 msec temporal resolution, using a technique we call Fluorescence Imaging with One Nanometer Accuracy (FIONA). We find that molecular motors, which are responsible for moving proteins around in the cytoplasm of the cell, walk--or even run--and in one case even seem to grow a long leg. Using a Hidden Markov Method (HMM), which is a technique able to extract signal from large background, we are also able to show that individual cargoes can be driven by more than one motor. In addition, we have recently extended the technique by using 2-photon (as opposed to 1-photon) excitation, with individual quantum dots. This has the advantage of seeing single molecules in 3-dimension, as opposed to the usual 2-dimension, and in being able to see in highly autofluorescent cells. Separately, we have managed to increase the resolution of 1-photon microscopy by at least 5-fold using a simple subtraction scheme.
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All January, I've been counting down to #1 on my "Best of the Worst" list of country song titles. Hope you've enjoyed the ride, and now it's time for the Big Reveal.
#1 – You're the Reason Our Kids Are So Ugly
#2 – Get Your Tongue Outta My Mouth, Cause I'm Kissing You Goodbye
#3 – Jesus Loves Me But He Can't Stand You, by the Austin Lounge Lizards
#4 – I'm So Miserable Without You, It's Almost Like Having You Here
#5 – How Can I Miss You If You Won't Go Away?
#6 – I'd Rather Hear A Fat Girl Fart Than A Pretty Boy Sing
#7 – Just Bought a Car From the Guy that Stole My Girl, But the Car Don't Run, So I Figure We Got an Even Deal
#8 – Got In At Two With a Ten, And Woke Up At Ten With a Two (by Willie Nelson)
#9 – I Don't Know Whether to Kill Myself or Go Bowling
#10 – If Fingerprints Showed Up On Skin, Wonder Whose I'd Find On You
#11 – My Wife Ran Off With My Best Friend (And I Sure Do Miss Him)
#12 – If the Jukebox Took Teardrops (I'd Cry All Night Long)
#13 – You Done Stomped On my Heart (and You Mashed That Sucker Flat) - written by Mason Williams of "Classical Gas" fame, recorded by John Denver & others
#14 – If I Had Shot You When I Wanted To, I'd Be Out By Now
#15 – My Cellmate Thinks I'm Sexy (by Cletus T. Judd – a parody of Kenny Chesney's "She Thinks My Tractor's Sexy")
#16 – You Put My Heart in an Old Tin Can and Shot it off a Stump
#17 – If I Can't Be Number One In Your Life, Then Number Two On You
#18 – We Used to Just Kiss on the Lips but Now It's All Over
#19 – Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off
#20 – It Ain't Easy Being Easy (by Roseanne Cash)
#21 – I Went Back to My Fourth Wife for the Third Time and Gave Her a Second Chance to Make a First Class Fool Out of Me
#22 – Looks Like I'll Be Drinking Christmas Dinner Alone Again This Year
#23 – I'm Gonna Hire A Wino To Decorate Our Home
#24 – She's Out Doing What I'm Here Doing Without
#25 – Your Wife's Cheating On Us Again
#26 – If You Want to Keep the Beer Real Cold, Put it Next to My Ex-Wife's Heart
#27 - You Stuck my Heart in an Old Tin Can and Shot it off a Stump
#28 – Red Necks, White Socks, and Blue Ribbon Beer (by Johnny Russell)
#29 – Who You Gonna Believe, Me Or Your Lying Eyes?
#30 – The Day My Wife Met My Girlfriend (by Rodney Carrington)
#31 – You Ain't Much Fun Since I Quit Drinkin'
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Mold-A-Rama of the Rosa Parks bus © kjm
I recently did a shoot at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, a terrific, sprawling place, which I'd love to revisit with Marilu at some point. Highlights were a ride in an open-top Model-T and the museum's Driving America exhibition, which included cars of all makes, not just Fords. They have a wide-ranging, interesting collection, which includes a mid-century modern furniture exhibit, an Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, the first Honda Accord to come off the production line, the chair that Lincoln was assassinated in, and the Rosa Parks bus. The bus was beautifully restored, and I was told that President Obama recently toured it. With little time to really see any of it (I'll be back), I settled for a Mold-A-Rama version of the bus on my way out. Maybe the machine was still warming up, because it spat out a bus that was distorted and crushed, looking like it had been through, well, a riot. American history in the form of green, molded plastic.
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Got this on a whim from Home Depot, it was on its own in the cheap citrus section.
Looks like it might be on the verge of becoming well established. Its definatly bigger than it was when I brought it which is a miracle in its own right really.
Its slowly growing but it might have been buried a bit deep. I removed an inch or more of mulch to reveal the roots as I think it might have suffered from a damp crown.
Still too small to not get swamped by weeds.
Hilding its own, no major activity but a little growth.
Seems to have grown a little over winter.
Doing ok, seems to be holding its own at least. Has dropped a little fruit and has another thats its trying to grow. Does that mean its stressed?
Planted in April 2011, still alive August 2011. Was completly burried in grass. Even has a tiny fruit.


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Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren said today she disagrees with a federal judge's decision to grant a convicted killer's request for a sex-change operation.
"I have to say, I don't think it's a good use of taxpayer dollars," Warren, a Harvard Law School professor, said in an interview on WTKK-FM.
US District Court Chief Judge Mark L. Wolf granted the sex-change operation for Michelle Kosilek, ruling Tuesday that the treatment is the only adequate remedy for the inmate's gender identity disorder. Wolf said the only arguments for denying the operation were based on public bias against the surgery.
Warren's Republican opponent, Senator Scott Brown, denounced the ruling on the day it was issued. In a statement, he called it "an outrageous abuse of taxpayer dollars."
In today's interview, Warren also defended her claims to Native American heritage, and rejected Brown's contention that she used those claims to advance her legal career. She pointed out that people who have hired or recruited her to law schools have said her ethnicity played no role in their decisions.
"It's what I know, and it's what I know about my family, but I did not take any advantage of it," Warren said.
The first-time candidate also reflected on how nervous she was about speaking at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte.
"Yeah, I was nervous. Are you kidding?" she said. As she strode onto the stage in prime-time, she said she felt she would be OK, "If I can make it to the podium without falling down and knocking out my two front teeth."Michael Levenson can be reached at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @mlevenson.


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Review: So good you can't find it
Another super fast 8800 GT card found its way to our labs, and it once again proved that 65nm G92 chips are great overclockers. 8800 GT cards offer great bang for the buck and Nvidia's partners don't hesitate to sell overclocked versions of these cards.
We've already reviewed a couple of overclocked 8800 GT's, but this time, the EVGA card runs at 700MHz. This is the famous 8800 GT SSC series, and you can rest assured that it's the best one around. So far, no one has dared to overclock this card further than 700MHz, at least to our knowledge.
EVGA 8800 GT Superclocked card's memory runs at 1000MHz (2000MHz DDR), whereas the Shaders got a 250MHz boost, and now run at 1750MHz. EVGA ships Enemy Territory: Quake Wars with these cards, and that definitely makes this card even more appealing.
At these high speeds, the card can handle anything you might dish out. However, its terminal flaw is the same thing that haunts the rest of 8800 GT cards – lack of availability. If you don't mind paying more, 8800 GTS cards are somewhat easier to get; they're also based on G92, and EVGA has plenty in stock.
8800 GT features a 65nm chipset with maximum consumption of 110W, which isn't half bad when you consider its strength. It packs DX10, Shader model 4.0, PCI 2.0 interface, 112 Stream processors and VP2 (Video Processor 2) that so far has been exclusive to Nvidia's low-end cards. This means PureVideo HD support in high definition video content acceleration and post-processing done entirely in hardware, thus ridding the CPU of this intensive task.
The card has a quiet single slot cooler, but the core sometimes hits 92 degrees Celsius. You can manually set the fan's RPM, and significantly improve cooling. Maximum RPM is just too loud for us, so you should try to find the right value so as not to compromise cooling or your hearing. Still, the EVGA card at 700MHz had the same temperatures as reference cards at 600MHz and the same cooler.
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We're loving On An On new record, Give In, and were lucky enough to catch their show at Glasslands in Brooklyn last night, where they took the audience with them on a psychedelic trip to the stars....
After a performance at The Launch Pad, Chicago band Scattered Trees sit down with Baeble to discuss some of the heart wrenching roots of their latest album Sympathy and give a little taste of what's to come in the future....
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Claus Goedicke,
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Claus Goedicke, Laura Letinsky and Evelyn Hofer
7 August - 23 October 2010
3 September, starting at 19h, opportunity to meet artists Claus Goedicke and Laura Letinsky
Following the exhibition "Do you see me?", which was dedicated to portraiture, Galerie m Bochum is now turning its attention to another classical art genre – the still life. The gallery will be showing work groups by
Claus Goedicke
Laura Letinsky
Evelyn Hofer
(6 August – 23 October 2010).
still - the title of the exhibition is a word that has been used since the 17th century in German, Dutch and English to describe the genre that involves the depiction of inanimate objects: Stillleben / stil leven / still life. The Flemish and Dutch masters painted arrangements of transient precious objects and delicacies to remind the viewer of the finite nature of all life. The still life has always been regarded as well as an opportunity for the artist to showcase his skills in rendering perspective and the fall of light, in composition and coloring. The photographs in the exhibition reveal the complexity and topicality the genre of still life still has today.
The protagonists in
Claus Goedicke's
(*1966 Cologne) pictures are for example a carrot, a used dishrag or a blood unit. They are placed centrally in his large-format photographs, resting on familiar but undefined surfaces. The concentration on an isolated everyday object gives the viewer a startling close-up view of things we have never scrutinized this carefully before – either as a whole or in such detail. We are suddenly brought eye-to-eye with our understanding of these ordinary things, our relationship to them, with memories and associations. Thus depicted, the items prompt us a desire to investigate their material presence, their symbolic character and their history for us personally.
While the "maverick objects" in
Claus Goedicke's
photographs are presented almost clinical,
Evelyn Hofer
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† 2009 Mexico City) instead artfully deploys light and shadow to emphasize the plasticity of the objects and fruit in her photographs. The striving for perfection in her compositions is paired with an equally perfectionistic photographic and printing technique using the dye transfer process.
places fruits of the field and orchard in dialogue with vases and bowls, wood and velvet, thus presenting a visually rich display of matte, textured or shiny deep purple surfaces, of varied volumes and colors. Her tableaux recall the classic, balanced compositions of Francisco de Zurbarán – one of
still lifes is even explicitly a tribute to that painter. The results are both sensuous and irritating: When has the viewer ever been so tempted to reach for the cherry or apple in a picture?
Canadian photographer
Laura Letinsky
(*1962) presents a contemporary take on the typical Dutch and Flemish table scenes of the 16th and 17th centuries. Her still lifes quote the sliced-into pâtés, peeled lemons, glass goblets placed at the edge of the table and tilting plates of the banketjes. But
tables, seemingly abandoned after a feast, hold not only fine silverware, exotic fruit and seafood – the detritus of civilization is scattered across their apparently endless surfaces, threatening to slide off the edge. Light and perspective foster the vexing impression of being suspended in time and space. The effect of the obviously staged arrangements of shiny, slippery, soft, artificial and natural objects fluctuates between lyrical grace, bizarre strangeness and inclinations of a deeper meaning.
Laura Letinsky's
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DENVER (AP) - The U.S. Postal Service is defending a mail carrier who stepped around a Denver man who collapsed and died near his front door.
Dale Porch was dropped off at home last week after working the night shift for the Regional Transportation District but never made it inside. Family members say hours later, a mail carrier walked by the body to deliver the mail but did nothing to help.
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Return Volley: Alumni Artists Give Back
Nearly 40 Bennington College alumni artists representing the past five decades of graduates have donated artwork for a benefit exhibition and auction to support the College's 120,000-square-foot Visual and Performing Arts Center (VAPA).
Organized by alumna and Miami Beach-based artist Erin Parish '88, the exhibition, Return Volley, will be on view at VAPA's Brick Patio gallery during the College's All-Class Reunion and Family Weekend from September 27-29.
"When I was at Bennington, we were always bouncing ideas off one another," said Parish, who's organized benefit exhibitions for several causes in her career. "It was an intellectual sport, of sorts—throwing up lobs, seeing who catches it, hoping it will be returned. This is a continuation of that idea—a chance for people to have a piece of art on their wall from someone they've shared a common experience with, which will hopefully make them think back to their time at Bennington, while also directly benefiting the College."
Artwork from the exhibition will be auctioned online beginning September 13 through the Bidding For Good website. All proceeds will be used to support the operational needs of VAPA, which is open 24 hours a day and houses fully equipped theaters for dance and drama, as well as studios for ceramics, architecture, woodworking, drawing, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture, digital arts, and more.
"VAPA was like home to me," said Parish. "I was raised by artists in a 5,000-square-foot studio in Detroit, so everything about VAPA—the smell, the people, the work—was like home.
Parish first had the idea to organize the benefit during a March alumni event in Las Vegas. What better way to support VAPA, she thought, than by auctioning the work of those who developed as artists within its walls. The exhibition includes work by alumni representing a wide range of class years ('60s, '70s, '80s, '90s, and '00s)—in a sense, Parish said, "reaching across time."
"I don't think anyone, no matter when they graduated, can casually say that they went to Bennington and that was that," she said. "Going to Bennington is such a pivotal point of someone's life. This is an opportunity for artists to give something back to a place that has given so much to them."
An opening reception for Return Volley will take place at VAPA's Brick Patio gallery, on Saturday, Sepember 28, from 5:00—6:30 pm. Online bidding will remain open through September 28.
The College would like to thank the following artists for their donations: Alix Bailey '89, Annie Coggan '85, C. Fuller Cowles '84, Cara Tomlinson '86, Catharine Maloney '05, Charly Nelson '04, Sydney Cooper '88, David Anthony Perez III '06, Donna Catanzaro '81, Eileen Travell '88, Erin Parish '88, Jazmine Raymond '08, Jo Ann Rothschild '71, Kit Demirdelen '84, Laura Watt '89, Lisa Feder Castenskiold '86, Lois Wilkins '67, Mabrie Jeanne Ormes '68, Michael Sylvan Robinson '89, Paul Baumann '84, Paul Wallace '87, Raania Azam Khan Durrani '03, Rhea Nowak '85, Susan (Mauss) Tunick '67, Joanna Clark Swayze '70, Noah Loesberg '90, Ellen Wiener '76, Monica Church '87, Ariel Herwitz '06, Sandy Sorlien '76, Marilyn Gold '84, Mary Seibert '88, Regina Walker '86, Walter "Gator" Dunnington '84, Kimberly Morgan Eden '88, and Emily Rauch '86.


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Mark Twain: American Icon to be presented by Kentucky Chautauqua
The Somerset Community College Student Government Association, together with Kentucky Chautauqua, will present Mark Twain: American Icon on Wednesday, November 6 at two SCC locations. There is no charge and all are invited.
The historic portrayal will be performed at the Clinton Center at 10:00 a.m. in room 220. The performance will be repeated at the Casey Center at 6:15 p.m. The Clinton Center is located at 1273 KY Highway 90 W, Albany, Kentucky 42602; and, the Casey Center is at 3609 N. US 127, Liberty, Kentucky 42539.
Born November 30, 1835 in Florida, Missouri, Mark Twain (originally named Samuel Clemens) penned several novels including two major classics of American literature, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He was also a riverboat pilot, humorist, lecturer, journalist, publisher and inventor. His mother, Jane Lampton, was born in Adair County, Kentucky, where she met Clemens' father, who was clerking at a law office in Columbia, Kentucky. They married and spent two years living in Columbia before moving to Tennessee and eventually to Missouri.
With his gift for storytelling and developing unique and interesting characters, Twain single-handedly put American literature on the map. He lived many lifetimes in one, traveled much and entertained many with his particular sense of humor. But that humor was borne on the back of great sorrow and many personal tragedies.
Robert Brock portrays Mark Twain for Kentucky Chautauqua. Robert F. Brock is an assistant
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He received a master of fine arts degree in acting from Wayne State University in
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Kentucky Chautauqua is an exclusive presentation for the Kentucky Humanities Council, Inc. with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and from: Christina Lee Brown, the Brown-Forman Corporation, the Cralle Foundation, the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels, Lindsey Wilson College, Morehead State University, Murray State University, Northern Kentucky University, PNC Bank in Lexington, Scripps Howard Foundation, Toyota Motor Manufacturing North America, Inc., Union College, WCPO-TV, and Western Kentucky University.
The Kentucky Humanities Council is a non-profit Kentucky corporation affiliated with the National Endowment for the Humanities. It is not a state agency, but is a proud partner of Kentucky Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet. For information, visit www.kyhumanities.org or call (859) 257-5932.


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I was interviewing a farmer in a soybean field not far from Clarksdale, Miss., a few years back when the grower happened to mention that the land was rented.
"Who's your landlord?" I asked, more out of idle curiosity than for information for the article. "The Pennsylvania State Teachers Retirement Fund," said the grower, who farmed in Coahoma and Tunica counties but lived in Tunica.
Such long-distance landlord-tenant relationships, which struck me as odd six or seven years ago, are becoming more and more common, according to Rich Aust, farm manager and trust officer for AmSouth Bank in Memphis, Tenn.
"We're seeing more non-farm investor/buyers in the market today," says Aust, who grew up in Clarksdale, graduated from Mississippi State University and went into the ag lending business. "The buyer profile is different today than it was in the 1970s and 1980s when owner-operators were the rule."
Speaking at a meeting of the Memphis Agricultural Club, Aust said a number of factors are making farm real estate more attractive to non-farm investors, including a steady growth in values since the farm real estate bust in the mid-1980s.
After dipping to a low of $599 per acre in 1987 during the fallout from the recession that hit agriculture in 1984 and 1985, the average value of farm real estate in the United States climbed to $1,510 an acre in 2005, according to USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service.
The average value of U.S. cropland has mirrored that rise in recent years, jumping from $1,270 per acre in 1997 to $1,970 last year, according to a report released by NASS in August 2005.
The situation in nearby states has been keeping pace with the national average. Between 2004 and 2005, farmland values in Arkansas rose from $1,650 to $1,820 or 10.4 percent; in Louisiana, $1,580 to $1,680 or 6.3 percent; and in Mississippi, $1,480 to $1,580 or 6.7 percent.
Although non-farm landowners, such as the teachers in Pennsylvania, may rarely see their investments, they still feel better knowing they have a tangible asset that, as the saying goes, "they're not making anymore."
"Some people still have stock market jitters, and they see land as stable and attractive with lower risk," says Aust. "We're also seeing interest continue in land for recreational use and for 1031 exchanges (named for a section in the IRS Code that allows like-kind exchanges of property for tax deferrals)."
Lenders are also requiring more realistic loan-to-appraised values; i.e., more cash up front, than in the last farm real estate boom that occurred in the late 1970s and early 1980s, he said.
"The 1996 and 2002 farm bills have also been positive to farm investments because of the fixed or direct payments," says Aust. "The Wetlands Reserve and Conservation Reserve Programs have also idled marginal lands, increasing the value of better farm lands.
"Land values are no longer tied only to the productivity of that farm's soil classification." Aust talked about the three-legged stool some experts use to describe the factors that go into determining land values.
"You have the contributory value of USDA payments from the late 1980s to the present," he said. "Then there's the productivity value that was predominant from the post-World War II-era to the mid-1970s. Today, the third leg consists of recreational value, adjoining buyers, the desire for a rural lifestyle, 'they're not making anymore' and 1031 exchanges."
Farmland owners only have to look at the edges of metropolitan areas to see another factor in rising land values. Low interest rates have been fueling a boom in housing starts that seem to be taking more and more farmland.
"The conservation title of the farm bill also seems to be gaining in importance relative to the commodity title in the debate over the next farm bill. USDA has just completed a new sign-up for the Conservation Reserve Program, which is now targeted at 39 million acres.
Not all the skies are blue in the farm real estate market, says Aust. Lenders are concerned that the round of recent interest rate increases engineered by the Federal Reserve Board could slow the rate of demand for farmland in the urban and rural markets. The current budget deficits could also bring higher tax rates.
"Low commodity prices, higher energy costs and weather events like Hurricane Katrina have taken their toll on operator profits," he noted. "We had reports of cotton lint being blown on the ground and rice knocked over into the north Delta region after Katrina passed through.
"We're also hearing concerns about the tenant base in some areas being too small or about the aging of the farm population. And owners' expectations of rental values may be too high in some cases. The new technologies may be the only way some guys are staying in business."
On the whole, however, the farm real estate market appears sound. "The last time we had a real estate crisis it started with agriculture," said Aust. "This time agricultural real estate will lag behind residential and commercial if prices start falling."
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The Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board estimates that about 200,000 entities (state agencies, localities, companies, non-profits) will be entering data into the recovery.gov website.
Anybody can look up every expenditure reported. But how do you ensure clarity and accuracy? Will media or others take pot shots without attempting to follow through on unclear information that's been posted?
Today, the answer is "yes." Drudge Report started posting some odd-looking entries into the recovery.gov system with alarming headlines, such as: "AWARDED: $1,191,200 FOR '2 POUND FROZEN HAM SLICED' " This led to a quick scramble by the Department of Agriculture to explain:
"The references to "2 pound frozen ham sliced" are to the sizes of the packaging. Press reports suggesting that the Recovery Act spent $1.191 million to buy "2 pounds of ham" are wrong. In fact, the contract in question purchased 760,000 pounds of ham for $1.191 million, at a cost of approximately $1.50 per pound."
Is it up to the data submitter (in this case, Clougherty Packing, LLC), the reporter, or the government to ensure clarity or context? Doing data quality control over 200,000 separate submitters and still allow relatively "real time" access to data is probably impossible. Will a political "gotcha" atmosphere temper the Obama Administration's efforts to increase transparency? Or is this just the price of getting it right?
As Recovery Board chairman Earl Devaney notes in his first blog post today: "Think of Recovery.gov as a "New Dawn" in transparency and accountability. To my way of thinking, the government will have to follow this model in future spending. The public will not accept any less, and you shouldn't."


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United States Virgin Islands, also called U.S. Virgin Islands, organized unincorporated island territory of the United States, situated at the eastern end of the Greater Antilles, about 40 miles (64 km) east of Puerto Rico, in the northeastern Caribbean Sea. The territory is geographically part of the Virgin Islands group, which also contains its near neighbour, the British Virgin Islands.
The territory is composed of three large islands—St. Croix, St. John, and St. Thomas—and about 50 small islets and cays. The capital is Charlotte Amalie, on St. Thomas.
For information about regional aspects of the United States Virgin Islands, see Virgin Islands.
Geologically, with the British Virgin Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands are an extension of the central fault-block mountain ranges of Puerto Rico and are thus part of the Greater Antilles. They are composed of metamorphosed igneous and sedimentary rocks overlain in parts by limestone and alluvium, and they rise off the continental shelf to maximum heights of 1,556 feet (474 metres) at Crown Mountain on St. Thomas, 1,277 feet (389 metres) at Bordeaux Mountain on St. John, and 1,088 feet (332 metres) at Mount Eagle on St. Croix—the largest of the islands, with an area of 84 square miles (218 square km). St. Thomas and St. John are very rugged, but St. Croix's mountains are confined to the north, with a large rolling-to-level plain opening to the south. All the islands are surrounded by fringing coral reefs, and ancient elevated reefs ring the main islands.
The climate is pleasant, with temperatures at St. Thomas averaging a maximum of about 82 °F (28 °C) during the day in January and 88 °F (31 °C) in July and being tempered throughout the year by northeasterly trade winds. Nighttime minimum temperatures are about 11 °F (6 °C) cooler, and the relative humidity is low for the tropics. Rainfall averages some 45 inches (1,100 mm) annually, with a marked rainy season from September to December. Droughts occur periodically, and hurricanes may strike the islands on rare occasions. Early plantation clearance destroyed the islands' tropical forest, which is now found only in a few places on St. Thomas and has elsewhere been replaced by secondary woodland and scrub. Island fauna is sparse, save for birds, but the surrounding seas abound in commercial and game species.
About three-fourths of the population is non-Hispanic black, a little more than one-tenth non-Hispanic white, and most of the remainder Hispanic. Less than half of the population is native-born. English is the official language, but some French is spoken on St. Thomas, and Spanish is spoken on St. Croix among Puerto Rican immigrants.
The population is predominantly Christian; Protestants constitute about half and Roman Catholics more than one-fourth of those professing a religion. The population increased rapidly in the mid- to late 20th century, primarily because of substantial immigration from the U.S. mainland, the eastern Caribbean, and Puerto Rico.
The infant mortality rate is relatively low for the region, and life expectancy—in years, in the mid-70s for males and the low 80s for females—is about average. Charlotte Amalie, the largest settlement, is the only town with a population of more than 10,000.
The U.S. Virgin Islands economy is based primarily on tourism and other services. The leading sectors in employment are government service; trade, encompassing personal, business, and domestic services including tourism; manufacturing; and finance, real estate, and insurance.
About one-fifth of the total land area is farmland, most of it on St. Croix. In the late 20th century agricultural production underwent a transition from the traditional reliance on sugarcane to more-diversified crops. Fruits (especially mangoes, bananas, papayas, and avocados) and vegetables (notably tomatoes and cucumbers) are the main crops grown. Cattle (ranched on St. Croix), goats, sheep, and pigs are the main livestock. St. Croix produces milk sufficient for island needs. The government has built dams on St. Croix and St. Thomas to improve farmers' water supply. Only 6 percent of the land is forested, but the government has planted large areas of St. Croix with mahogany and has reforested parts of St. Thomas. A bay forest on St. John supplies leaves for the bay rum industry. Fishing is restricted to supplying local needs and to sportfishing.
The islands have few domestic energy sources and thus have long relied on imported petroleum products to supply most of their needs, especially for electric power generation. To mitigate that problem, the territory made efforts to convert its generators to permit them to utilize propane as well as fuel oils, to increase energy efficiency in the islands, and to develop renewable energy sources. Solar energy plays a small but growing role in the territory's energy production.
Rum distilling was traditionally the islands' primary industry, but manufacturing eventually diversified to include petroleum refining, watch assembly, and the manufacture of chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and clothing. Petroleum refining ceased in 2012 with the closure of the HOVENSA plant on St. Croix after more than four decades in operation. The plant had been one of the world's largest such facilities and had produced most of the islands' fuel supply. The impact of its closure on the economy included substantial losses of jobs and revenue as well as the loss of its petroleum products. The U.S. government encourages industry by allowing certain manufactures to enter the United States duty-free, and the local government has offered tax incentives.
The adverse effects of the HOVENSA closure extended to the islands' imports and exports. Before the loss of the refinery, the primary import was crude petroleum (primarily from Venezuela) and the main export was refined petroleum (shipped mainly to the United States). Exports totaled more than four-fifths of imports in value annually. After the closure of the refinery, exports contracted sharply, although losses were later offset by growth in the tourist sector. Other than petroleum, exports include rum, clothing, and watches, and the main imports are foodstuffs and manufactured goods. The major trade partners are China, the United States, and a number of countries of the European Union.
Tourism, based on the pleasant tropical climate, attractive scenery, good fishing, proximity to the U.S. mainland, and free-port status, dominates the economy. Virgin Islands National Park, covering some three-fifths of St. John, and Buck Island Reef National Monument, which includes all of the islet of Buck Island and the waters and coral reef surrounding it, are other major attractions. Souvenir and handicraft industries have developed for the tourist market.
The islands' extensive road network is mostly paved. St. Croix, St. John, and St. Thomas all have scheduled bus service. Charlotte Amalie, on St. Thomas, and Frederiksted and Limetree Bay, on St. Croix, are deepwater ports. A container port on the southern coast of St. Croix handles most of the islands' cargo traffic. There is ferry service between the three main islands and to the British Virgin Islands. There are two international airports, on St. Thomas and on St. Croix. Interisland seaplanes serve the islands and Puerto Rico, the British Virgin Islands, and Saint Martin.
Government and society
The government is organized under the Organic Act of the Virgin Islands, passed by the U.S. Congress in 1936 and amended in 1954 and subsequently. The government has three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. The governor, elected by universal adult (18 years and older) suffrage to a maximum of two consecutive four-year terms, appoints heads of the executive branches and administrative assistants for St. Croix and St. John with approval of the unicameral legislature. The 15 members of the legislature, called senators, are elected by universal suffrage to four-year terms. The people of the U.S. Virgin Islands are U.S. citizens, and they elect a nonvoting representative to the U.S. House of Representatives but do not vote in U.S. national elections. There are three political parties: the Democratic Party and the Republican Party, affiliated with the U.S. parties, and the Independent Citizens Movement. The District Court of the Virgin Islands operates under federal law and functions as a U.S. district court. The Superior Court is the court of first instance for many civil and criminal matters. Its decisions may be appealed to the Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands and, if necessary, taken for further review by a U.S. appellate court and, ultimately, by the U.S. Supreme Court.
St. Thomas and St. Croix have hospitals, and the public health service operates mobile medical units for outlying areas as well as a program for immunization, clinical services, home care services, and special programs. Education is compulsory for children to age 16 in public primary, secondary, and vocational schools. Higher education and teacher training are available at the University of the Virgin Islands (1962), a U.S. land-grant institution with campuses on St. Thomas and St. Croix. The main public library, located on St. Thomas, has branches on St. Croix and St. John. The Department of Planning and Natural Resources administers museum and library services.
The first human habitation in the islands occurred as early as about 1000 bce, with the arrival of Arawakan-speaking people from the Orinoco River basin of South America. Primarily farmers and fishers, they began to settle in villages about 200 bce and eventually developed into the complex Taino culture beginning about 1200 ce. The warlike Carib settled in the islands in the mid-15th century and conquered the Taino. They were the islands' dominant culture by the time Christopher Columbus reached St. Croix in 1493. Columbus named the islands Santa Ursula y las Once Mil Virgenes, in honour of the legendary St. Ursula and the 11,000 martyred virgins. In 1555 a Spanish expedition defeated the Carib and claimed the islands for Spain, but by 1625 English and French settlers were farming on St. Croix. In 1650 the Spaniards evicted the remaining English settlers, but the French took the islands later that same year. St. Croix was willed to the Hospitallers (Knights of Malta) in 1653, but they sold it to the French West India Company. In 1666 the English evicted the Dutch buccaneers who had established themselves on Tortola (now in the British Virgin Islands). That year Denmark claimed St. Thomas, and in 1684 it claimed St. John.
After dividing the islands into plantations, the Danes began growing sugarcane, first using convicted criminals and then, after 1673, African slaves for labour. Commerce developed from the triangular trade in slaves brought from Africa, rum and molasses sent to Europe, and European goods shipped back to the islands. St. Thomas became a major slave market for the Caribbean. Denmark purchased St. Croix in 1733, and it became a major centre of sugarcane production. U.S. statesman Alexander Hamilton was born on Nevis island in 1755 and taken to St. Croix in 1765, where he worked in a countinghouse.
By the early 19th century the sugar industry had begun to decline, and two slave revolts had shaken the plantation economy. Slavery was abolished in 1848, and in the 1860s the United States began negotiations to purchase the islands from Denmark. The sale was made in 1917 for $25 million. The islands were administered by the U.S. Navy until 1931, when they were transferred to the Department of the Interior; civilian governors appointed by the president then administered the islands. Tourism began to develop following the end of World War II in 1945.
In 1954 the Organic Act of the Virgin Islands was revised and became the basis for the islands' current governmental structure. In 1970 the first popularly elected governor took office, and in 1976 the islands were given the right to draft a constitution, subject to approval by the U.S. Congress and the president. A number of constitutional conventions took place over the following decades, but none of the drafts they produced achieved ratification. In 2007 a fifth convention was assembled, and in 2009 it submitted its draft to U.S. Pres. Barack Obama for consideration. The U.S. government returned it to the territory the following year with recommended changes, and in 2012 the convention began meeting again to discuss revisions to the document.
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Virgin Islands>United States Virgin Islands. The former is a British colony consisting of four larger islands—Tortola, Anegada, Virgin Gorda, and Jost Van Dyke—and 32 smaller islands and islets, of which more than 20 are uninhabited. Their total area is 59 square miles, and they lie to…
United States: Building the Panama Canal and American domination in the CaribbeanMoreover, he purchased the Danish Virgin Islands in 1916 at the inflated price of $25,000,000 in order to prevent their possible transfer from Denmark to Germany.…
flag of United States Virgin Islands…V and I (standing for Virgin Islands). The flag's width-to-length ratio is 2 to 3.The original inhabitants of the Virgin Islands are not known to have had flags. Christopher Columbus first visited the islands in 1493, naming them for St. Ursula, the legendary 4th-century leader of 11 (or 11,000) virgins…
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Greater Antilles, the four largest islands of the Antilles ( q.v.)—Cuba, Hispaniola, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico—lying north of the Lesser Antilles chain. They constitute nearly 90 percent of the total land area of the entire West Indies.…
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I hereby present the title of WORST PRODUCT PLACEMENT EVER to Velyki Perehony! Congratulations, you've certainly earned it with the completely random and unrelated cuts to shots of the Carlsberg logo or teams using Fa...or NOT using it...
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This is a truly an outstanding Bed and Breakfast establishment which goes over what one would expect.
The proprietor Jane was so warm and welcoming and showed me to my wonderful room which had a lovely balcony over looking the Summer House and the lovely gardens and country side.
Jane advised me she was going to bring to my room some fresh milk in a flask for tea and coffee and bake some fresh biscuits which were delightful.
Also had some lovely home made fudge in the room too. Delicious.
The very large room and bathroom with bath and separate large shower wax spotlessly clean.
Plenty of plugs in the room too.
The room also had , bathrobes, hairdryer and tea and coffee facilities.
I have stayed in many bed and breakfast before however this is truly the best I have stayed in by far.
The breakfast was cooked freshly in the lovely designed kitchen/ breakfast room with all local produce and home made bread and it was presented 1st class and tasted as good as it looked . Delicious.
I cannot wait to return, however would love to stay for a week as it was so amazing.
One point to mention. The bed was so comfortable I could have stayed there till lunch time.
Thank you Jane as you have a wonderful Business which you should be very proud of.
I prefer Bed and Breakfasts than corporate hotels as the atmosphere is more friendly and personal in a Bed and Breakfast.
Lobhill Farmhouse Bed and Breakfast, I will return very soon. Highly recommend to anyone looking for a quality Bed and Breakfast
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This is a gem of a place, I was offered fresh milk for a cuppa on arrival together with homemade biscuits still warm from the oven and breakfast was superb too.
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Dealing with a sick parent is emotionally draining, but it can also be financially devastating for adult children making health-care decisions.
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Whether children choose to put a parent in a nursing home, hire in-home professionals or go it alone, there are host of financial and emotional factors to consider.
"Choosing the best care option for an aging parent can be a stressful situation for families, and there's often not a right or wrong choice," says Shelly Sun, founder and CEO of home care agency BrightStar Care. "There is not a magical formula that families can rely on for answers."
According to experts, before a family decides on the type of care necessary, the parents' health and mental status should be professionally assessed. Children also need to review their parents' financial situation to see what they can afford and review all insurance policies.
Long-term care, any way it's dished out, can be expensive so the type of care has to be balanced with the budget of the family. While finances should play a role in the decision-making process, it shouldn't be the only factor.
"You never want to let budget alone determine the choice of care because many aspects have emotional and mental tolls that can't be budgeted," says Sun. "You cannot put a price tag on family strain."
In order for families to make the right choice, they have to first know all of their care options and the associated costs. Here's an overview of different levels of care and price tags:
Nursing Homes
Nursing homes are the by far the most expensive long-term care option for families, according to Sun, who says nursing home prices have increased nearly 25% over the last five years with the median annual cost of a private nursing home at a staggering $83,950.For a semi-private nursing home, the cost is $75,405 a year.
While the cost is high, it tends to cover medical care, meals, entertainment, room and board and utilities, she says.
According to Golden Living Centers, a senior health care company, people best suited for a nursing home include those that need help with their daily activities including getting out of bed, eating, bathing, using the bathroom and dressing.
Assisted Living Facilities
An assisted living facility doesn't provide round-the-clock care, so it's not as expensive as a nursing home.
According to Sun, the average assisted living facility will cost more than $41,000 a year.
"Patients who reside within an assisted living facility do not receive near the level of hands-on care provided in a nursing home or by an in-home caregiver."
According to non-profit Helpguide, assisted living facility may be a good choice for people that need help with things like cooking meals or getting to the bathroom late at night but don't need 24/7 care and/or supervision.
Professional In-Home Care
Many elderly parents want to stay in their home, but bringing in professional care can carry a big price tag. Unlike nursing homes, which have experienced substantial price increases over the last few years, Sun says the price for professional in-home care has only risen around 1% over the last five years, and will cost around $44,000 a year.
According to Helpguide, professional in-home care makes sense for people who want to stay in their homes, don't need a lot of assistance and don't have family or friends around to help out.
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The cost of a family member providing care varies significantly, but the emotional toll is great.
Sun says that in this situation, the caregiver or caregivers often have to put their health and relationships on the backburner and their career may suffer if they are being stretched too thin.
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Anyone can go to a store and buy a costume or jump into the thrift store and buy a big dress and go in drag, but I'm most impressed with people who actually put thought into their costumes.
We went to the North Halsted Halloween Parade this past week, it was wild, outlandish and "I wanna push your Momma down in the mud" crazy! There were people everywhere.
The stars were out in full force, there were the Mario Brothers (who, coincidentally enough, had been playing with earlier in the evening on my Wii), there was Madonna and George Michael, there was Kelly (Give me those shoes Beetch) and my most favorite was the three girls dressed up as different Britney's: Oops I did it again Britney; I'm prego Brit; and Currently Fat Brit, they were fabulous.
The one thing that really annoyed me were the people that took time to think of their costume but didn't go the extra mile to actually "be that character." One guy who was the spitting image for Wolverine just stood there, and several people when I called their Character's name looked around to see who I was talking to?!? i guess they only thought of the costume and not the full package.
My favorite costumes are those that have the very odd or very outlandish connection, such as these lovely ladies from Grey Gardens! Don't know Grey Garden's go google it...I'll wait. Or the Joan Cusack (thank you TMS, TBF and 5of9) character from 16 Candles.
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Bridgette Conejo appeared in 23 games, making 15 starts, during her junior season before injuries cut the campaign short ... averaged 5.7 points and 4.9 rebounds on the season ... averages jumped to 7.8 points and 5.1 rebounds during league season ... scored a season-high 13 points on two different occasions ... had a season-high five field goals in three different games ... pulled down a season-high 10 rebounds at Cal State Fullerton on Jan. 15 ... also scored 13 points against the Titans on Jan. 15 to post her second career double-double ... tied a career high with a season-high five assists at UC Riverside on Jan. 13 ... scored 12 points in the Matadors' victory over Pacific on Dec. 31 ... concluded junior season with 54 career 3-pointers ... tied a season high with three steals in three different games ... posted 41 assists, four blocks and 18 steals on the year.
Conejo appeared in 27 games, starting 15 contests, in second season at Northridge ... averaged career-high 10.0 points and 4.6 rebounds for the season ... connected on career-high 32 3-pointers ... tied a school record with seven treys against Prairie View A&M on Nov. 15 ... finished with career-highs in points (26), field goals (8) and blocked shots (2) in same game against Lady Panthers ... knocked down career-high 10 free throws at Eastern Washington on Dec. 4 ... grabbed career-high 11 rebounds against Seattle on Feb. 10 ... also had 14 points against Seattle, finishing with her first career double-double ... recorded career-high six steals at San Diego on Nov. 24 ... dished out career-high five assists against Long Beach State on Feb. 6 ... averaged 8.4 points and 3.6 rebounds during Big West season ... finished year with 48 assists, 13 blocked shots and 31 steals.
Conejo appeared in 30 games in her rookie season at CSUN, making three starts ... averaged 4.2 points and 3.2 rebounds on the season ... finished with 23 steals and 19 assists on the year ... scored a season-high 14 points and six field goals against San Diego on Nov. 19 ... also recorded season-high five steals against Toreros ... grabbed a season-high 10 rebounds against Cal State Bakersfield on Nov. 22 ... scored 11 points off the bench in CSUN's victory at Cal State Fullerton on Jan. 21 ... had 13 points off the bench at Pacific on Jan. 2 ... knocked down season-high five free throws against Eastern Washington on Dec. 22.
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Monday, on night one of the "The Voice's" Battle Rounds, Judith Hill--the powerhouse who blew away the coaches in auditions--took on Karina Iglesias for a spot on Adam Levine's team, and the result was so soul-shakingly good, the performance received a standing ovation by both the audience and the coaches, and coach Blake Shelton couldn't even speak at first. He then admitted he was "freaking out."
"That was not a great battle," Adam told the women, who sang James Brown's "This Is a Man's World." "That was the best battle we've ever seen on this show."
After getting blasted by Shakira and Blake for pitting the women against each other, Adam then was tasked with the difficult duty of cutting one of the women loose. Naturally, although Iglesias certainly held her own (no small feat), he kept Hill, who seems destined for superstardom...like, now. Almost immediately, Shakira slammed her button and stole away Iglesias to her own team. So neither of the women will be leaving the show.
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Seeking efficiency and economies of scale, the world's container carriers are increasingly ordering mega-ships capable of handling more than 8,000-TEU ships, with even larger vessels appearing particularly on the Asia-Europe trade lane. Shippers and carriers looking to reach the North American east coast with these post-Panamax ships must transit the Suez Canal because, as their name implies, they are too big to sail through the Panama Canal.
Expanded Panana Canal broadens mega-ship market
But with Panama's decade-long canal expansion project completed in 2016, many larger vessels are now able to add the Panama Canal to their route options. Ports around the world are preparing for the onslaught of these mega-ships, dredging harbors and investing in super-post-Panamax cranes that can reach across 22 or more rows of containers to expedite loading and unloading operations.
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