text: You're Hungover. Here's Some Hair of the Dog, the Corpse Reviver No. 2Alyson Sheppard1/01/14 12:00pmFiled to: Hair of the DogCocktailsNew Year's Day0EditPromoteShare to KinjaGo to permalink THE SPECIALIST: Joaquín Simó, the 2012 American Bartender of the Year and co-founder of Pouring Ribbons in New York's East Village Advertisement HIS ELIXER: The Corpse Reviver No. 2ITS ORIGINS: "Corpse revivers" were hangover remedies popular in the 19th century. In 1930 Harry Craddock, renowned bartender at London's Savoy Hotel, wrote of the drink in the Savoy Cocktail Book: "[It should] be taken before 11 a.m., or whenever steam and energy are needed." ITS HEALING POWERS: "The Corpse Reviver No. 2 is one of those great default hangover drinks," Simó explains. "If you wake up and your head is still fuzzy, you don't want something super boozy. You want something light going down, and this one really fits the bill." Advertisement Simó's preferred version, the No. 2, shouldn't be confused with the Corpse Reviver No. 1, a heavy mix of brandy, cognac and vermouth. Instead, the No. 2 is a crisp, gin-based drink with a dash of absinthe, lemon juice, orange liqueur and aperitif wine. Simó makes a slight tweak to that recipe, swapping out the Cointreau and Lillet Blanc for Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao and the rare Cocchi Aperitivo Americano, which he says is a touch drier and not as rich as the Lillet.Simó recommends ordering the drink at a trusted cocktail bar. But even that isn't a fail-safe. He recently went to Boston for a friend's wedding and celebrated into the witching hour at a respectable Commonwealth Avenue cocktail bar. "The next morning, the day of the wedding, I was just dying," he says. So he returned to the bar and ordered his cure-all Corpse Reviver No. 2. Unfortunately they served him a ghastly Corpse Reviver No. 1. "That was exactly what I didn't want. I just sat and stared at it in horror." Advertisement Sponsored The No. 2 isn't on the menu at Pouring Ribbons—a handsome establishment that rates its cocktails on a scale from Refreshing to Spirituous and Comforting to Adventurous—yet patrons often request it. "The drink has gotten a lot of traction," he says. "But it frequently gets confused with a zombie"—the trashcan punch you slurp through a neon straw—"and I can think of fewer drinks that I'd rather start the day with than a zombie. That'd really fucking kill me."ONE OTHER WORD OF WARNING, PER CRADDOCK: "Four of these taken in swift succession will quickly un-revive the corpse again." THE INGREDIENTS:1 part London dry gin1 part fresh lemon juice1 part Pierre Ferrand Dry Curaçao (or Cointreau)1 part Cocchi Aperitivo Americano (or Lillet Blanc)Dash of absintheTHE METHOD: Shake well with ice. (Alternately, you could rinse the glass with absinthe instead of incorporating it into the drink.) Strain into a cocktail coupe and garnish with a stem-less cherry.Alyson Sheppard is a writer and editor based in Brooklyn. Her work has appeared in Popular Mechanics, Mental Floss, McSweeney's, National Geographic Adventure, the Boston Globe and more. Follow her on Twitter @amshep. Advertisement This article was originally published on Playboy for iPhone. For more exclusive content and the best articles from the latest issue of Playboy, download the app in the iTunes Store.Photo by Joaquín SimóReplyLeave a reply


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Honey and caramel sweetness with some peppery oak and deep citrus notes. The rich finish has a hint of raisins and walnuts. This rare expression of Glenmorangie is an attractive deep gold colour. It is distinctive from the Ten Years Old - although the floral bouquet and citrus notes are still present - and avoids the heavy 'darkness' of other aged malts. It spends a final period of maturation in Sherry wood, which lends a round richness.

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What do you know? I can still log into my LJ. This might be the post of the year. Highlights of the last year and a half:
I've been to San Francisco, Denver and Montreal. Montreal was a trip I gave myself for my birthday because I'd wanted to go for a few years. Plus, I'd written a connected novel and novella set there. I wanted to see the real thing, but in a way it felt like I was location scouting my on story.
I'm back with the Japanese study after a lull. My next planned trip is Japan. I vow to get there if not in October this year (still researching) then sometime in 2017.
Last year I wrote every single day. Even if it was only 2 sentences, I wrote. With the slow and steady effort, I ended up with 3 novels, 1 novella and a short story. It took nearly $60 to print out at the end of the year (using single spacing and double sides). This year I was supposed to start revising. I've really not done that, and I feel a bit guilty about that.
I've also started cooking. Gourmet stuff. I hosted the family Christmas party, and it went really well. Inspired by that, I decided to cook more. Then in February, I saw a coworker who had a food box delivery (one of those national plans). I asked her for a referral, and I've been doing that ever since March. I actually have techniques and entry level skill now. It's rather impressive.
I practiced piano every day for about 2 months during the fall. One of my book characters is a concert pianist, and with him in my head, I was inspired to be my personal best. Then I stopped. Oh, well. It's still there if I want to.
So there are the highlights. Cheers to all.


text: Splatterhouse Figure Won't Bring Jennifer BackLuke Plunkett11/04/09 7:30amFiled to: Toyssplatterhousefigures46EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink It will, however, look great in your office, custom toysmith Jin Saotome's latest piece capturing Splatterhouse's Rick in all his barbaric, denim-clad glory. Advertisement A reminder: this is a one-off custom figure, not something you'll find clipped to an aisle in your local Toys R' 'Us. If you want one (or something like it), take it up with Namco Bandai's licensing department. Custom Splatterhouse [Jin Saotome]Reply46 repliesLeave a reply


text: There are certain reasons why this preserve has remained more or less intact thus far. The diligent presence of its conservation agents makes a difference, and the watchful eye of the Madagascar Fauna Group certainly plays a role. But there's another reason why large primary forest trees remain here. It's steep. Really steep. Every morning we huff and puff up the first 2 kilometers out of camp, a trail that brings us up the steep ridgeside to the rolling ridgetop skirted by the main trail in the preserve, Piste Principal. Whew. Who ever said you didn't get a work out with field work? Check it out….


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Let's start with the number 1. We'll allow ourselves to add or subtract the number 1 to get to new numbers.
Question: what integers will we be able to reach by this process?
Answer: all of them.
To get to 17 simply add 1 16 times. To get to -42 simply subtract 1 43 times. The fact that the integers can be "built" by adding and subtracting 1 means that the additive group of integers is a cyclic group.
Now let's look at the Attayun-HOOT! group. The entire
Attayun-HOOT! group can be "built" from repeated applications
of R:
Theorem: If a finite group G can be generated from one of its elements, a together with its inverse a-1 then it can be generated from a alone.
The strategy of the proof is to show that we can generate a-1 from repeated applications of a.
If G is finite then the various powers of a cannot all be distinct [note that this would not necessarily follow if G is infinite]. Therefore for some two different positive integers, j and k
Assume without loss of generality that j is greater than k (Why can we do this?). Now if we multiply both sides of the equation by a-1 a-1 a-1 . . . a-1 a-1(k times) then we end up with
That means that a-1 = a a . . . a(j-k-1 times).
Let's get away from all the " . . . " and "(j-k times)" by using exponential notation. Just as we do for multiplication of regular old numbers we can express repeated application of the group operation by a given element with exponential notation. So we'll agree that for an element a of a group G with operation
We find that with this notation the basic law of exponents all work as in regular arithmetic namely
With this notation we mean that a power of a is an where n is any integer: positive, negative or zero.
If we pick some element a from a group G then we can consider the subset of all elements of G that are powers of a. This subset forms a subgroup of G and is called the cyclic subgroup generated by a. If forms a subgroup since it is
But this is the long way of proving subgrouphood. Let's use our theorem that says if x and y are in the subset implies that x y-1 is in the subset then the subset is a group. This is simple here. If y is a power of a then so is y-1 and so, therefore, is x y-1 .
A few facts about cyclic groups and cyclic subgroups:
The second fact is a result of Lagrange's theorem. If G is a group of prime order p then take any non-identity element a and look at the subgroup generated by it. The order of the subgroup must be a divisor of the order of G (Lagrange's Theorem) but since G is of prime p order the only divisors of p are 1 and p itself. Since a isn't the identity the subgroup it generates must have more than one element. Therefore its order must be pand it must be G itself -- G is cyclic. Furthermore since the choice of a was only limited by its not being the identity it follows that G can be generated by any of its elements other than e.
The third fact is rather simple. Any subgroup containing a contains a-1 and therefore contains any products of a's and a-1 . Thus any subgroup containing a contains the cyclic subgroup generated by a. Since the cyclic subgroup generated by a is a subroup the fact follows.
The fourth fact is poorly stated. "looks like" is not a well understood piece of mathematical terminology. We'll tighten things up as we go along.
Suppose I is an infinite cyclic group generated by the element a. Then any element of the group is of the form an where n is an integer. Then the multiplication rule for this group ends up being
We can tighten up the notation of this group by letting the integer n stand for the element an . Then the "multiplication" rule for the group becomes
But this is just the behavior of the additive group of integers.
We have a one to one correspondence [an corresponds to n] which is preserved by the group operation [You can either perform the operation in one group and then find the corresponding element in the other or you can first find the corresponding elements in the other group and then perform the operation on them. The result is the same. And it works both ways. This is a group isomorphism, a concept we have looked at but haven't rigorously defined yet.
Definition: Two groups G and H are isomorphic if there exists a one-to-one relation f : G > H between them such that for any x and y in G, f(x) f(y) = f(x * y). The one-to-one relation f is called an isomorphism. Thus two groups are said to be isomorphic if an isomorphism exists between them.
[Note on my notation I've used two different symbols for the group operations in that last passage. represents the group operation in H and * represents the group operation in G This was to emphasize that we are dealing with two different groups each with its own group operation.]
[Exercise: show that the inverse relation works too. That is, show that if g : H > G is the inverse of f then for any u and v in H it is true that g(u) * g(v) = g(u v).]
One of the most common examples of a group isomorphism is found in the theory of logarithms. Let f : G >H be the logarithm function and let G be the group of positive real numbers under multiplication and let H be the real numbers under addition. It turns out that
This together with the fact that Log is a one-to-one function (it has an inverse -- the exponential or "antilog" function) makes this a group isomorphism. This used to have great practical importance back in the days before pocket calculators. Long numerical calculations involving multiplication (and taking of roots and powers) could be simplified by doing addition of the Logs of the numbers. In those days no scientist or engineer was far from his table of Logarithms.
The following are basic facts about group isomorphism:
If f: G > H is a group isomorphism then:
4. All infinite cyclic groups are isomorphic to the additive group of integers.
The isomorphism is simply an > n as we have already seen.
The main point about cyclic groups and isomorphism is that all finite cyclic groups of the same order are isomorphic. Thus there is only one cyclic group (up to isomorphism) of order, say, 6. If we let a be a generator then the elements of the cyclic group of order 6 are a, a2, a3, a4, a5, and a6 = e.
The canonical example of a cyclic group of order n is the additive group of integers mod n: Z/nZ. The cayley table for Z/6Z is
+ | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
4 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Note how each row (or column) is simply the previous row (or column) cycled forward one space.
The set of integers mod n is not a group under multiplication because 0 has no inverse there is nothing that multiplies 0 to give 1, the identity element for multiplication. If n is a prime number and we throw out zero the remaining elements of Z/nZ does form a group a cyclic group. Here's the Cayley table for the non-zero elements of Z (mod 7)
× | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |
4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 | |
5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | |
6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
The cyclic nature of the group isn't apparent from a glance at the table. However if we consider the powers of 5 then we find that 5 generates the entire group. Similarly 3 also generates the group. By rearranging the elements of the Cayley table the cyclic nature is readily seen.
× | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | |
1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | |
5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |
4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |
2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | |
3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
[Exercise: The above table was rearranged by listing the 0th power of 5 first, then the first power of 5 then the 2nd power of 5 etc. Rearrange the table in order of powers of 3 such that its cyclic structure is evident.]
We can form a cyclic subgroup of any group by grabbing an element a of the group an looking at the set of all its powers. This gives the subgroup generated by a notated as < a >. Now by Lagrange's theorem the number of elements in < a > (the order of the subgroup) must be a divisor of the order of the group. Also if k is the order of < a > then k is the least positive integer with ak = e. For any element of a group the least positive integer that gives the identity when the element is raised to that power is called the order of the element. Thus the order of a cyclic subgroup and the order of its generator are the same number.
We might remark at this point that any subgroup of a cyclic group must itself be cyclic. If G is generated by a and S is a subgroup of G Then S must be cyclic. To see this consider all the elements of S. They can all be expressed as powers of a. Let k be the least positive power of a that is in S. If every element is not a power of ak then there is some element am where m is positive and not a mulitple of k. Let p be the greatest multiple of k that is less than m. Then m - p is less than k. But this means that am a-p = am-p is in S. This contradicts the choice of k as the smallest positive power of a in the subgroup. Thus all elements of S are generated by ak and S is cyclic.
Now if for any element its order divides the order of the group then it follows that if n is the order of the group then an = e for any element a of any finite group. [Why must this be so?]
Now we have a constrained converse of Lagrange's theorem. It is true that for cyclic groups if n is a divisor of the order of the group then the group has a subgroup of order n. To see why this must be so recall that a cyclic group is generated by the powers of one of its elements. Let's see why this must be for the cyclic group of order 12.
Since 3 divides 12 (i.e. 3 × 4 = 12) then (a3)4 = a12 = e. Thus a3 is an element with order 4. (If it were less then a power of a less than 12 would equal e). Thus a3 generates a subgroup of order 4. Similarly a4 generates a subgroup of order 3 and a2 generates a subgroup of order 6 while a6 generates a subgroup of order 2. There are always the trivial subgroups of orders 1 and 12 (The subgroup containing only the identity and the whole group considered as a subgroup of itself).
There is nothing special about the number 12. Let a cyclic group have order n. If r is a divisor of n then there is some number s such that rs = n. Let a be an element of the group with order n. (it must have one if it is cyclic) Then ar is of order s and therefore generates a cyclic subgroup of order s while as generates a subgroup of order r.
We can go a bit further in looking at subgroups of cyclic groups. Not only does a cyclic group have a subgroup of order r for every r that divides the order of the group but it has exactly one subgroup for each distinct divisor of n. To see this suppose that S is a subgroup of a cyclic group of order n and a is a generator. Suppose S has order r where rs = n. Then S is generated by one of its elements, ak for some k. This means that ak has order r which in turn means that k times r equals some multiple of n. Now since rs = n, s must divide k. Therefore ak is in the group generated by as which is of order r. However ak generates a group of order r. Thus r elements of the subgroup generated by ak are in the subgroup generated by as which has only r elements. The subgroups must be identical.
Finally let's use group theory to deduce a famous result of number theory. Consider the non-zero members of integers mod p where p is prime. If we let our binary operation be multiplication mod p then we get a group with p-1 elements (we've thrown out zero). [Is it really a group?
This result is known as Fermat's Little Theorem.
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Fish The Lowlands !
travel to the south !
.. The evacuation of West Yellowstone by fair water fishers is in full swing. Car doors are slamming, diesel engines racing, farewell's are being shouted. The sounds of Spring have reached our little town... For the faint of heart and leg it's time to extol the virtues of any place else.
.. Good! Be gone and spend your carbon credits on av-gas, diesel, and unleaded gasoline.
.. The truth of the matter is, (we can hear the neighbors moaning,) the best fishing and catching in the neighborhood is right now. It will continue for the next 3 or 4 weeks and you have to be here to appreciate it.
.. We're not wealthy enough to travel to exotic locations like Craig, Montana or Last Chance, Idaho. We can't afford the gasoline to venture much past Moose Creek on the Gallatin River.
.. It's nice to see that others have the chance to visit renowned fisheries and sing their virtues. Cell phone pictures, gorgeous digital images, commercial movies, glorious adventures of Spring fishing everywhere but here. More power to them.
.. We've had over two feet of snow in the last few days and it's snowing right now. The trees love the nitrogen rich snow. It's wet and heavy. It has the moisture needed to nourish the trout streams for months to come. Wealthy migrant fishers run from it and revel in the glories of lowland fishing. Bless their psyche's.
.. There will be no better fishing or catching around here, at any time in the coming year, than right now, (Yellowstone Park included!)
.. In fact, the best catching in all of Montana may be just two or three days away. But, you have to enjoy catching fish until your arms ache. You have to want to take fish bigger than your forearms. You have to be willing to find the sparse open water in the estuaries and spring holes on Hebgen Lake.
.. This is not fishing for the inflated egos of glory water fame. This is not fishing for those that wish to fish in the footsteps of famous fishers. This is fishing for those that wish to make their own footsteps. This is neighborhood fishing of the finest kind. And it's catching better than anything within 500 miles, or more, right now!
.. The rivers that feed Hebgen Lake have pushed into the ice and opened up the estuaries to the point that the fish are competing with each other for scraps of flotsam at the edges of the ice.
.. Those dark shadows, fifty feet in diameter, in the bits of open water are hundreds of hungry fish. Fish that haven't seen open water for five long months. Fish that have eked out a living from the sparse benthic morsels of an ice covered world.
.. It's not "ice-out" yet. However, Grayling Arm, Madison Arm, South Fork Arm, of the lake are all clear enough that it's legal to fish. And just today, Grayling Creek pushed past the lake shore into the ice.
.. Many folks come to see and catch on Hebgen's shores during ice out. That's still a few weeks away. But right now, (with knowledge, good legs, a snowmobile, and a few flies,) fish will be hard to not catch. Certain local knowledge and a great deal of caution must be employed.
.. Fishing must be done in the lake, not the streams or rivers. Thin ice and surface water demand that you know just where you are in relation to the lake shore and the lake bottom.
.. Happily very little gear is necessary. A single fly box, a stout rod, a stout leader, and hooks that won't straighten out when the battle is joined.
.. There are no secret flies. The neighbors are divided about the types. Most use bits of flashy fluff. Rock Worms or Fuzzy John's are in the majority right now. Small streamers and wet flies are in the minority. Both will catch fish. The argument is over which bunch and type of fly will catch the most -- and biggest!
.. Right now the bison are dropping calves, the first osprey's have arrived, there are midges on sunny days, and fish are stacked like cord-wood in the small bits of open water on Hebgen Lake. The neighbors are loving it, the others are streaming out of town in lock step with their companions: getting warm and telling stories. We're loving it here!
"If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away."
. . . . . . . Henry David Thoreau


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PROMOSOL, The Center for the Promotion of Solar Energy, is a project of Christian Assemblies in Chad, founded by Irène and Andreas Zurbrügg. It is located in N'Djaména, the capitol and largest city in Chad. Their main objective is to contribute to improving living conditions for the citizens of Chad. An important part of this effort is to preserve the environment by the promotion of solar energy. They offer solar cooking opportunities at their center, which includes; on-site fabrication of cookers, training in their use, and sales.
95% of the residents in Chad still rely on wood for fuel, and deforestation is causing the desert to advance, lower the quality of the soil for growing crops, and diminish the food supply for livestock.
News and recent developments
- January 2014: Two new branches of solar technology have been started besides solar cooking. They are solar drying and photovoltaic solar electricity. Our main activities are the training of professionals, promotion of the technology, and selling and installing related products.
- January 2011: Ten solar box cookers have recently been completed, and been placed in the hands of ten community leaders, who have just finished half of their training. Currently, there is a waiting list backlog of about sixty orders for cookers, as they try to keep pace with the enthusiastic response from the community. Once this current group is trained, they will begin in February to train others in the manufacture of the box cookers.
The Center for the Promotion of Solar Energy
BP 1111, N'Djaména
Tel.: + 235 99 33 33 66 / +235 62 22 20 62
Email: email@example.com
Web: http://www.promosol.letchad.org (English version)


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We have bad enough luck with cellphone coverage in our own apartment to worry much about balls of dirt floating around in space, but YouNeverCall is tacking a slim $10k onto Google's existing $30 million in moon-related prize money for the first cellphone call made by a device or a person on the moon, so if you're headed there any time soon you might want to give it a shot. Sure, $10k probably pales in comparison to the expense of even adding a phone and related hardware to the payload -- not to mention those hefty interstellar roaming charges -- and it mainly seems like a bit of cheap PR for the YouNeverCall peeps, but we like the concept of a moon rover doing something more than just roaming and pesky science while it's chilling out way up there. Whoever or whatever is making the call will need to be able to answer some simple questions while on the phone, and the call must pass through a commercially available cellphone -- though technical details are murky beyond that. Secondary prizes are also on offer for first SMS message and first usage for the Crazy Frog Ringtone.
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Appalachian Trail
In 3 days of hard hiking on the AT, you can traverse all the backcountry highpoints in northwestern Connecticut. But why hurry? Relish your flirtation with the Housatonic River and listen for the drumming of distant grouse before the slow climb up Schaghticoke Mountain. Ten miles of gentle, rolling ridgeline warm you up for the steeper Taconics farther north, while below, the river waits, cool and companionable, for some of the longest riverside ambles on the whole AT.
Contact: Appalachian Trail Conference, 304-535-6331; www.atconf.org.
Bear Mountain
The popularity of the Paradise Lane-AT-Undermountain Trail loop is no surprise, since views atop Bear Mountain stretch to three states. It's best to take Paradise Lane up to the AT, scaling the peak's precipitous north slope instead of butt-sliding down it, especially when it's rain- or ice-slicked.
Contact: Appalachian Mountain Club, (617) 523-0636; www.outdoors.org.
Housatonic Meadows State Forest
In April, decaying oak and hickory leaves smell earthy as you ascend the Breadloaf Mountain Trail. North-slope snow pocks the rolling AT as you turn north to Caesar Brook Campsite for a night of full-moon shadows and creek music. Leaving on a frosty morning, you wind back down Pine Knob Loop to the emerald shade of Housatonic Meadows State Park.
Contact: Macedonia Brook State Park, (860) 927-3238; dep.state.ct.us/rec.


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Sharing common roots and some common texts, interactions and dialogues between the Christian and Jewish communities form the model for all AJC interreligious efforts. AJC seeks out, establishes, and strengthens close ties with its Christian partners in the interests of mutual understanding, a safer and more peaceful world, unity on issues of shared importance, and human rights. Rabbi David Rosen, third from left, with Pope Benedict XVI and a wide variety of religious leaders in Nazareth during the Pope's May 2009 journey to Israel. Programs Christian Leadership Initiative (with the Shalom Hartman Institute, Jerusalem) Annual since 2008 Over a 13-month cycle, a dozen top American Christian scholars and leaders, such as seminary presidents and regional bishops, study in Israel. Learning Jewish text from a Jewish perspective helps these Christian leaders break down barriers and gain a new perspective on Judaism. One participant, the Rev. Dr. Jim Antal, president of the Massachusetts Conference of the United Church of Christ, said, "We created a learning community that examined ancient texts as well as current headlines with a kind of rigorous candor unprecedented in my interfaith experiences." Click here for further information. Oberammergau Passion Play This ritual drama, primarily concerned with the events of Jesus' last days and performed at regular ten-year intervals in the village of Oberammergau, Germany, presents unique challenges – and opportunities – for both Christians and Jews. Embedded in the play's 366-year history are certain anti-Jewish elements that have prompted AJC and others to act in tandem with Oberammergau leaders to transform aspects of the drama's text, set, costumes, and performance. AJC has been involved with this issue since 1929, and continues to be a leading participant in dialogue about and in Oberammergau today. Click here for further information. Shared Roots, Divergent Paths (Westchester) Twice annually, ongoing This bi-annual Catholic-Jewish Lecture Series provides the opportunity to hear from leading Jewish and Christian scholars on issues of interest to the two faiths. The series is conducted in conjunction with Iona College's John G. Driscoll Professorship in Jewish-Catholic Studies. Recent programs included "The Twelve Points of Berlin: A Time for Recommitment." Click here for further information. Contact: Jill Friedman, email@example.com Center for Catholic-Jewish Studies (West Coast Florida) The Center for Catholic-Jewish Studies (CCJS) is a partnership between St. Leo University and AJC's West Coast Florida Regional Office. http://www.centerforcatholicjewishstudies.org. Contact: email@example.com Catholic Jewish Action Committee (Colorado) The CJAC convenes leaders of the Archdiocese of Denver and AJC Colorado. The committee examines key issues facing both communities and develops programs to better educate the greater community. Contact: Kendra Shore, firstname.lastname@example.com Project Interchange Journey to Israel with African-American Pastors July 2009 Project Interchange brought a group of African-American pastors to Israel in order to promote cross-religious and cross-cultural understanding in the areas of Israeli history, culture, and geopolitics situation. Click here for more information. Contact: email@example.com Resources A Forty Year Retrospective on Catholic-Jewish Relations
AJC Analysis: Pope Benedict's Visit to Rome Synagogue
AJC Analysis: Pope's Visit to Israel
Pope Benedict XVI and the Jews
The Jewish-Christian Relationship and the Middle East


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Mac OS X Lion: Mac's Latest Beast, What to Expect
Apple will release OS X Lion (10.7) this month. From looking at past release dates for other versions of their operating systems, it seems likely that the release will fall in the last week of July, with the possibility of next week. OS 10.3 through 10.6 were all released in the last week of the month, and so it seems this version will be no different.
Last week's expected July 14 release date has left Mac users wondering when Lion will appear. As if a magic trick, consumers are patiently awaiting for [the] Lion to jump through the hoop and show itself.
Apple's Web site states that the new desktop operating system will be here in July, but no date is mentioned. It simply states that Lion will be available by download from the Mac App Store for $29.99.
On June 6, Apple announced that OS X Lion will include more than 250 new features.
Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing stated, The Mac has outpaced the PC industry every quarter for five years running and with OS X Lion we plan to keep extending our lead.
Lion will have some new features such as picture-in-picture zoom, international braille tables in a wide range of languages, iPhoto faces, FaceTime calling from the address book, and social networking incorporated into the address book.
Lion will also showcase the move towards blending mobile and desktop operating systems.
AirDrop will also be featured, which allows for quick and easy wireless file transfers to those around you; the way Bluetooth works. AirDrop will allow peer-to-peer Wi-Fi between participating users without a needed wireless network. No infrastructure is required. It's as simple as 'drag and drop.'
But what makes Lion unique is it centralizes all your content in one place using Expose and the new feature of Mission Control. With a swipe, the computer desktop will zoom out to display opened windows grouped together within an app, thumbnails of the full screen apps and the Dashboard. With just a tap, it will allow you to instantly navigate anywhere.
OS X Lion will also integrate Multi-Touch gestures, some of which are already in effect on earlier OS X operating systems. The Multi-Touch gestures will let users interact with content on the screen.
Also, Lion will feature a Launchpad, similar to the applications folder, but it will be in full-screen view, displaying apps.
Other features will include:
Resume, which brings apps back as they were left when the computer was restarted or quit.
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Apple has been in the hot seat recently for not being more direct with its product release dates, and in regards to the new Air, the arrival date has yet to become public.
The highly anticipated next gen Macbook Air is rumored to feature Intel Sandy Bridge chips, which fit in the i3, i5 and i7 processors. The presumed ultra-thin MacBook Air has been rumored to coincide with the release of OS X Lion, but the release date is lingering and Apple has remained tight lipped.
Sandy Bridge chips not only create a faster computer, but a more power-efficient computer as well. The latest Intel Sandy Bridge chips are said to be faster than the current Sandy Bridge chips used in the Samsung Series 9. Currently, the Air is built with the Intel Core 2 Duo chips.
The latest Mac Operating System (10.6), Snow Leopard, was released in August of 2009, and two years before that saw the release of OS 10.5, Leopard (2007), and in 2005 the OS 10.4 Tiger was released.
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SAN PATRICIO BATTALION.Mexico's Fighting IrishBy the 1840s a significant proportion of the enlisted men in the United States Army were Catholic immigrants from Ireland and Germany. The Mexican government, aware of prejudice against immigrants to the United States, started a campaign after the Mexican War broke out to win the foreigners and Catholics to its cause. The Mexicans urged English and Irish alike to throw off the burden of fighting for the "Protestant tyrants" and join the Mexicans in driving the Yankees out of Mexico. Mexican propaganda insinuated that the United States intended to destroy Catholicism in Mexico, and if Catholic soldiers fought on the side of the Americans, they would be warring against their own religion. Using this approach, the Mexicans hoped to gain 3,000 soldiers from the United States Army. In November 1846 Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna organized American deserters with other foreigners in Mexico to form the San Patricio Battalion, or St. Patrick's Company, a name it probably received from its Irish-ŁAmerican leader, John Riley, formerly a member of Company K of the Fifth United States Infantry. The company saw action at Monterrey, again near Saltillo, and at Buena Vista, each time receiving praise for its thorough job. The most important conflict came at the battle of Churubusco in August 1847. By July 1, 1847, Santa Anna gathered enough deserters and foreigners to organize two San Patricio battalions of 100 men each. As American forces rapidly approached Mexico City,. Santa Anna divided his forces into three armies to guard several entrances to the city. One of these, commanded by Gen. Gabriel Valencia, was surprised by the Americans at Contreras and defeated. Santa Anna then decided to concentrate his forces at Churubusco, where there was a forfified bridgehead and a Franciscan convent. He stationed the San Patricio companies with a battery of five cannons on the bridge. The American forces advanced from the south and the west covering one side of the fort. Although they suffered heavy casualties, the American continued to advance. Suddenly they noticed a drop in gun fire as they made their cautious approach. With his supplies running low, Santa Anna now ordered one company of San Patricios into the fort along with another infantry company and a wagon of ammunition. The cartridges in the wagon, however, were the wrong caliber for all the weapons except those used by the San Patricios. From inside the fort the San Patricios manned three of the seven cannons. (Later some said that their gunfire was aimed at former officers.) The Americans continued to press on, forcing the second company of San Patriclos and other Mexican soldiers into the convent. Reportedly, Mexican soldiers inside the convent tried three times to raise the white flag, but the San Patricios, desperate because of their fate if captured, tore it down. At last Capt. James M. Smith of the Third Infantry entered and put his own handkerchief on the pole. Once back with the United States Army, the San Patricio company did not fare well. Gen. W'mfield Scott issued General Orders 259 and 263 establishing two courts martial for seventy-two deserters. Col. John Garland convened the first court martial on August 23, 1847, in Tacubaya. Col. Bennet Riley, an Irish Catholic officer, convened the second court martial at San Angel on August 26. Only two defendants did not receive the death sentence, one excused because of improper enlistment in the United States Army, the other because he was deemed insane. When General Scott received the verdicts for approval, the Mexican people faced him with cries of outrage at the treatment of their soldiers. After considering appeals from the archbishop of Mexico, the British minister to Mexico, and a number of foreign citizens resident in Mexico City (including United States citizens), Scott reevaluated the courts martial giving close attention to the Articles of War. Scott issued General Order 281 on September 8, 1847, and out of the twenty-nine men tried at San Angel, twenty received the death sentence. John Riley, the leader, technically deserted before the war between Mexico and the United States was declared, so he could not be hanged. He received fifty lashes and the letter "D" branded on his cheek. Scott issued General Order 283 several days later concerning the trials at Tacubaya, confirming the death sentence for thirty San Patiicios, and allowing the same considerations he had with the group before. Several of the men received pardon due to their relatively young age; and one man was pardoned because he was not a willing deserter, but had been kidnapped by the Mexicans while he was drunk. Sentences for the men tried at San Angel were carried out in that village on September 10; sentences from Tacubaya were executed in the village of Mixcoac on September 13. The latter sentences were carried out under the command of Col. William S. Harney, who had the condemned men fitted with nooses at daybreak and then left them standing on the gallows while the battle for Chapultepec Castle raged nearby. The men were to be hanged when the United States flag was raised over the castle; United States troops took Chapultepec several hours later, at 9:30 a.m. The sentences imposed on the San Patricios outraged the Mexican public. In Toluca Mexican authorities prevented rioters from trying to retaliate against American prisoners of war. This did not end the story of the San Patricios. Mexico continued its dubious recruitment of deserters and by March of 1848 had found enough original San Patricios and new deserters to form two more companies. Mexico did not forget its San Patricios still held by American authorities and continued bargaining for their release. However, it wasn't until the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed, and the war ended, that the fourteen remaining prisoners were released. The San Patricios continued as a group, providing support by patrolling areas of Mexico to protect the people from bandits and Indians. They later became involved in revolts within Mexico until a presidential order of General Herrera stopped them. Under the order, Riley was arrested for suspicion of a plot to kidnap President Jose Joaquin de Herrera, and the San Patricios were recalled to Mexico City where the government could monitor their actions. Herrera, in order to end the problems with the San Patricios and dispel any further crises as well as to cut the postwar budget, dissolved the company in 1848, a -short time after it received its last military expenditure in August. While some members of the San Patricio company petitioned the government of Mexico for help in retrning to their European homelands, most remained in Mexico as they could not return to the United States. BIBLIOGRAPHY. B. Kimball Baker, "The St. Patiricks Fought for Their Skins, and Mexico " Smithsonian 8 (March 1978). G. T. Hopkins, "The San Patricio Battalion in the Mexican War," US. Cavalry Journal 24 (September 1913). Richard Blame McComack, "The San Patricio Deserters 'in the Mexican War," The Americas 8 (October 1951). Sister Blanche Marie McEniry, American Catholics in the War with Mexico (Washington, 937). Edward S. Wallace, I "Deserters 'in the Mexican War," Hispanic American Hisiorical Review 15 (August 1935). Dennis J. Wynn The San Patricio Soldiers: Mexico's Foreign Legion (Southwestern Studies- Monograph 74, El Paso. Texas Western Press, 1984). I hope y'all enjoyed the above. I thought it would be good reading for those who could not attend Michael Hogan's presentation at our last meeting; and a refresher for those that did. Slatts |


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YEEE!! desert tomorrow! my dad, my sis and i are going to the desert tomorrow to watch the meteor shower but first we are going on a hike to look for geocaches(they're kind of like little treasures hidden by people) and we are taking my uncle's truck and sleeping in the bed. its going to be soo hot! 90 degrees at night :shock: but i'm super excited :D |
Cool! :D Have heaps of fun! Say 'hi' to the sun for me. I haven't seen it in a while. It's miserable Winter down here! :D |
Wow. Sounds funny :). |
i'll take pics of the shower and post them on here Rachluveshorses4eva, i'll take a pic of the sun for you :D |
my husband and I used to do geocaching! |
13 Attachment(s) Aw that sounds awesome, have fun! :) |
ooooo!! That sounds like a lot of fun!! |
what am i looking for?? |
Sounds fun! Are you going to share photos???I am interested to see what geocaching is?? |
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Sex Pistols nominated for Hall of Fame
Seminal punk bands the Sex Pistols and the Ramones are among the nominations for induction into the 2002 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Popular rock artists Jackson Browne and Tom Petty are also on the list for the honour.
An international voting body of 1,000 rock experts will decide the eventual winners. The Sex Pistols shocked the UK in the late 1970s with their anti-establishment anthems Anarchy in the UK and God Save The Queen. Influenced But the band lasted only 26 months, during which they recorded one album and four singles. The Ramones' fast and furious records influenced a generation of musicians ranging from '70s British punk icons the Clash to 1990s garage-rock bands like Green Day and the Offspring.
The Hall of Fame generally chooses mainstream and populist choices. Inductees in 2001 included Michael Jackson, Paul Simon, Ritchie Valens and Steely Dan. The Hall Of Fame was started in 1983 and more than 200 legendary performers and non-performers, such as Beatles' producer George Martin, have been included in the roll of honour. Artists become eligible for induction 25 years after the release of their first record. Criteria includes: "The influence and significance of the artist's contributions to the development and perpetuation of rock and roll." Other nominees for the 2002 Hall of Fame include Talking Heads, country act Gram Parsons and '60s teen-pop singer Gene Pitney. |
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Matt Pyke
The works of Matt Pyke (b.1975) seem to deal in the future, although it's one very much informed by the past. Despite pushing technological boundaries – he uses words like "open-source" in the same way we would say "pencil" – Pyke turns to traditional methods for inspiration, which allows him to create work that sits somewhere between art and design. He is not alone, of course. Pyke is connected, and collaborates successfully with programmers, developers and other highly-talented hyphenates from all over the world.
We spoke to Matt at his studio on the outskirts of Sheffield. Half way through our conversation, the door opened to reveal birdsong…
It's Nice That: You've recently split your practice in two. You maintain commercial studio Universal Everything, but now there's Matt Pyke, the artist. What's the reason for this?
Matt Pyke: There's more people now involved with Universal Everything. Other people are working on things, leading projects, but ultimately it's still my baby. A lot of the work still stems from initial seed ideas I have, and I then tend to oversee the creative direction, help to push people further. But I think, more and more, that Universal Everything is about getting really good teams of people together to work on things. And they have more and more responsibility. They're not just executing whatever squiggle I've got in my brain.
INT: Where does that collaboration start?
MP: Generally it starts with a brief, and then we think: "Right, what can we do in-house and what do we need experts to help us with?" It's then a matter of firing off some emails,
or calling people we know already. Often people respond and we meet them and if it all clicks then we go ahead. It's as simple as that really.
INT: So how often do you sell an idea without being 100 per cent sure the technology exists, or, even if the technology exists, if there is a person who can actually use it?
MP: Often! We've managed to pull off some pretty odd projects, so I guess there's a kind of trust. People know we can get stuff done. But often in meetings, you're there talking to people who want to do something that's never been done before. It's usually very ambitious. My reaction is: "Yeah, let's try and solve this, let's try and do it." But we have to be honest, and explain that what we're trying to tackle is something very new. At the back of my mind I'm thinking that as soon as I get out of the meeting I'm going to be calling around and asking people if they know any iPad developers, or some sort of niche programmer, or whatever.
INT: So how much of the work you produce started out as a test, or as some sort of in-house experiment, before going on to become an actual project?
MP: Originally, we did work that wasn't particularly exciting. The bread-and-butter stuff, the sort that helps pay the bills. But now we tend to get work that is all exciting, and we're able to turn stuff down that isn't as interesting. So, in a way, we don't have so many internal laboratory-type projects because we get to do the laboratory stuff with clients – we're tending to use them as guinea pigs. It's an ultimate situation because we get to learn and experiment on the job.
Also, our projects are always informed by the brief. We don't ignore it, or just go and do our own thing. It's always a response to something. Rather than the traditional artist, who is faced with a blank canvas or a blank gallery wall and has some kind of big political issue or something that they want to express, I'm far more comfortable responding to a set of problems.
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So how big is your house and do you find it easy or hard to keep it clean? Do you have a cleaning schedule?
Our house is 2000sq ft (big, unfinished basement that will eventually add another 800sq ft). Our house before was about 1600sq ft, and the apartment just before (we moved to another state) was 1000sq ft. It seems a little easier to clean, because everything does have it's place. But, at the same time, it can be a little more difficult because there are more rooms to clean. lol. I also have 3 kids, so that doesn't really help. I feel like I finish one room, move on to the next, and once I finish that room, the first room is messy again. lol.
I've tried to do a cleaning schedule, but it only worked for a little bit. Then something would come up (someone would get sick, youngest would start to get another tooth, etc) and it would throw everything off....and I'd have such a hard time getting back into the swing of things.
The one thing I try to do is clean the kitchen and dining room on Thursdays. Fridays are trash days (every other week is recycling), so I try to go through the fridge and pantry and clear that all out. That way I don't have food sitting in the trash can for a week, making the garage smell worse. lol. Fridays used to be laundry days, but I'm thinking I might change that to Saturdays. That way, DH is home to help a little bit (keeping the youngest from messing up my folded piles). lol.
by Anonymous 11February 21, 2013 at 10:51 AM
1400 sq. ft. We are looking to put a 1200 sq. ft. addition on this summer. I hate cleaning and do it as rarely as possible (no critters, mold or anything!)
About 3600 square feet and 3 floors plus a huge basement. The third floor is an office, bedroom and bathroom and since my husband is up there so much he cleans it, but I usually concentrate on the first floor and second floor with bedrooms. The kids only go in the basement when they have friends over or want to play pool, so I only clean it once or twice a month. Everything else is kept really clean, though, I'm a bit of a clean freak.
The square footage i know does not cover the fully finished basement....which is the Size of the main floor, not the attic..
Its a 6br 3.5 bath home tho.
I agree with cleaning. A lot more ground to cover-so it takes longer. But, it never gets messy because there is a place for everything. Clutter is nonexistent here. -
3,800 sq ft.
I think it's a lot easier to keep clean.
My other house was tiny, I cleaned constantly, I was also always organizing and redoing spaces to try to minimize clutter. It still looked like a mess to me. Clutter is a big reason people's house look messy, to me anyway. It felt overwhelming even though it was clean.
I spend a lot less time with this house cleaning because it actually looks clean when I'm done. Haha


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Kinder Morgan (KMI, KMP / KMR, and EPB) is scheduled to release 3Q13 distributable cash flow at 4pm EST today, closely followed by its quarterly conference call at 4:30pm EST.
In advance of the call, we've compiled a list of questions that we'd like management to answer. As Kinder Morgan will not respond to our questions, perhaps someone else will ask them for us...
1. Does PricewaterhouseCoopers audit, or deliver an opinion on, KM's sustaining capital expenditures?
2. How does KM define "capacity" in its E&P business?
3. Why does KM feel that relying upon a partnership agreement written in 1992 is relevant 21 years later, especially considering that E&P assets were not in the partnership at that time, and the industry defines maintenance CapEx for E&P assets completely differently?
4. Why doesn't KM acquire a large E&P company or asset given how accretive such a deal would be to KMP's DCF/unit with $0 sustaining CapEx?
5. Or, if KM wants to de-emphasize its E&P business, why not sell those assets today? What does KM believe fair / market value is for its E&P assets?
6. How is the St. John's Dome project (CO2) going? How much capital has been put into the project to date? Discuss the well results?
7. Please discuss KM's intentions with respect to investing in "coal / other natural resources." How much capital will be dedicated to this effort? What has been done so far?
8. Is KM considering a corporate acquisition to kick off this new "coal / other natural resources" business?
9. More importantly, how will KM define sustaining CapEx for this business? Will there be a replacement reserve to reflect the fact that these will be depleting assets? Or will it be similar to how KM currently defines E&P sustaining CapEx (i.e. $0)?
10. Over the last several years, KM has spent an enormous amount of expansion CapEx in both its refined products and bulk terminals businesses, yet unit volumes, at each, has not increased. This cannot be explained by a single project gone wrong or a bad economy; what, exactly, is this expansion CapEx going towards?
11. Within KMP's Natural Gas Pipelines segment, there is a large gathering & processing (G&P) business, made more significant with the CPNO acquisition. For 2013, what is G&P sustaining CapEx vs. expansion CapEx (including JVs)? What is G&P organic volume growth expected for 2013 and 2014, respectively?
12. Over the long-term, how much capital would KMP need to spend on an annual basis to keep gathering throughput and NGL production flat (including CPNO)?
13. Does KMP include new well connections needed to keep gathering throughput flat in sustaining CapEx? Does KMP include or reserve for processing capacity refurbishment / replacement in sustaining CapEx?
14. If KMP were to retire a 300 MMcf/d processing plant and build a new 300 MMcf/d processing plant next to it, would the CapEx incurred be sustaining CapEx or expansion CapEx?
15. On the 9/18/13 conference call, management noted that, "Everything that you do eventually gets into the rates you charge for your transportation services." How will the significant spending cuts at the former El Paso subsidiaries affect rates going forward?
16. On the 9/18/13 conference call, management cited a Goldman Sachs report that listed KMP's 2012 maintenance CapEx as a % of EBITDA as 11.1%. But in KMP's 1/30/2013 IR presentation, it states that sustaining CapEx was $285MM and EBITDA (ex. items) was $4,144MM, for a ratio of 6.9%. Which number is accurate? Why did management cite the Goldman figure?
17. In the FERC financials, which expense line includes "anomaly repairs" for the former El Paso subsidiaries?
18. In the FERC financials, where can we find the increase in O&M expenses to make up for the significant decline in maintenance CapEx on the former El Paso subsidiaries?
19. What does KM have for natural gas transmission contract roll-offs over the next few years? Can KM quantify it in terms of EBITDA impact?
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While broadly Consumer Staples names could now be considered a "defensive" play given the political uncertainty in Washington and Bernanke's no-taper call (pushing yields lower, making staples names relatively more attractive), we think beverages remain overvalued with macro forces playing against the group.
To not mince words, but we're not interested in getting long the trend of a ~ 3% annual decline in carbonated soft drink (CSD) volumes across the industry and a weakening emerging market environment – well-established as the growth engine for the sector. PEP is of course more diversified with 51% of its portfolio food, and we think the stock could continue to be supported on activist breakup news within the beverage business, however we're not buyers of KO or PEP on the quarter's print.
KO – There was much macro commentary on the call. The company again cited a "volatile" emerging market business, which we do not expect to inflect in Q4, despite management's claim that it's only a "temporary" impact. Europe broadly remains weak, with outperformance from Northwestern Europe (Germany in particular) and underperformance across the South.
Strong marketing plans for Q4, easier comps in the back half, and any pricing taking it's able to capture, could help insulate Q4 performance, however, given the consumer moving out of CSD (including diet), and a still very weak macro environment globally, we'll remain on the sideline on KO on the trend duration.
On Q3 2013 results: KO reported earnings yesterday morning, inline revenues ($12.03B vs $12.05B), declining -2.5% year-over-year, and inline EPS of $0.53 (incl. 5 cent FX headwind), up +3.9% year-over-year.
PEP – We believe the stock could continue to get support on activist news, including such options that PEP acquires Mondelez (MDLZ) and spins off the beverage business or PEP separates the existing business between beverage and food. CEO Nooyi addressed questions on the call by saying the company is looking into "sensible value-creating structural solutions" on beverages. All that said, we're not buyers of the stock here. As our charts below suggest, we think the stock price has more risk than reward given the trend of declining earnings estimates and its premium P/E valuation over an overvalued group.
On Q3 2013 results: this morning, PEP reported revenues that slightly missed consensus estimates (reported $16.9B vs $17B), up 1.5%, and EPS outperformance ($1.24 vs $1.17). The 10.7% EPS increase year-over-year was driven primarily by a lower than expected tax rate (25.5% or 80bps below last year) that contribute 6 cents of upside. The company reaffirmed its FY2013 EPS growth guidance of 7%.
Valuation: While we never base our investment preference on valuation alone, the chart below shows that both the Beverage group and KO and PEP are overvalued and trading well above historical averages. Further, we think the direction of earnings estimates going into next quarter is flat to lower, suggesting that price has more downside than upside going forward.
Matthew Hedrick
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The SEC has two Twitter feeds that all investors should follow. One is a news feed under @SEC_News, with over 196,000 followers. The other, which the private investor should check daily, is its investor education feed @SEC_Investor_Ed. This Twitter feed has only around 38,000 followers – far fewer than the number of individuals who make their own investment decisions on a regular basis. While the Commission admittedly has had a dim record in recent years, they are pretty much all that stands between the retail investor and the deep blue sea. If you don't follow the news and investor education feeds, then you don't know what the SEC thinks is important day by day.
This week the Commission put out a bulletin aimed at older individuals and their families. As with many of the Commission's bulletins, their headline advice is, "The key to avoiding investment scams on the Internet is to be an educated investor." But the fact is that older Americans are becoming increasingly turned on to the social media favored by their children and grandchildren, most of whom also have no clue about how to handle their finances. Your cute 16 year-old granddaughter may be able to teach you to be a whiz with Twitter and Facebook, but don't look to her for which stocks to buy.
And, as with any new communication technology, the scamsters and fraudsters are out in their legions, looking for an easy mark. Financial fraud is the fastest growing form of elder abuse – largely because, according to the AARP, people over 50 have quaint old-fashioned notions and generally expect honesty in the marketplace. Once defrauded, older folks may be slower to realize – and are quite often hesitant to take action. This makes it increasingly important for family members to pay close attention to their older relatives' financial dealings.
The bulletin lists five areas of concern, which really apply to everyone.
1 – Look out for "Red Flags" – these include offers that look "too good to be true, which generally means almost anything that makes you jump for your checkbook because it looks so much better than anything else that's out there. Other causes for caution include anything using the word "guarantee" (illegal in most investment contexts), offers of high returns on investments outside the US ("learn why the world's most sophisticated investors have invested in the Albanian bauxite industry…") and anyone who tells you that you have to invest "right now!"
2 – Be wary of unsolicited offers – generally, investors look for professional advice, while fraudsters look for victims. The Commission recommends particular caution any time you see a post on your social media wall, a tweet either mentioning you by name or direct messaged to you, or any other unsolicited communication about money or investments.
3 – Look out for "affinity fraud" – Any investment pitch that you receive because you are part of a group, club or association may be affinity fraud. If you don't know the person or entity that is sending the message, you probably shouldn't even open it – and should definitely not respond until you have checked it out thoroughly. Even if you know the person making the offer, cautions the Commission, make sure you check out the investment completely. The biggest losers in the Bernie Madoff fraud were institutions who invested with him based on advice from some of the world's leading financial professionals. The bad news is that even your best friends can unwittingly draw you into a fraud. The really bad news is that even smart people can be duped.
4 – Be thoughtful about privacy and security settings – Ask your granddaughter to give you a thorough tutorial on privacy features, and don't post any information that you want to keep confidential. It is a literal fact that, once you post something on the Internet – regardless of security features you may employ – it is no longer confidential. All kinds of people have nearly instant access to your emails, tweets, and Facebook postings – and most of them are not the NSA.
5 – Ask questions and check out the answers – "Be skeptical," says the Bulletin. "Investigate the investment thoroughly and check the truth of every statement."
The SEC lists a few of the most common types of investment fraud. In the good old days, these were routinely perpetrated by telephone and the mail. In the brave new world of social media, you can lose your money much faster – and with online banking, you can do it all from the comfort of home.
We list a few headline categories here and urge you to read the full release for yourself.
"Pump-and-dump" scams, fraudulent "research opinions," "hot stock" spam blasts, and online stock offerings. Congress has not made matters any more transparent by permitting general solicitation of private placements – you may be hard pressed to tell the difference between a legitimate advertisement under the JOBS Act and a fraud.
The Commission urges investors to be aware of various legitimate financial services professional designations. While most investment professionals require some form of licensing, there are titles floating around that look quite legitimate, but that have no regulatory oversight associate with them. One pointer we can add: if you are contacted by an individual wishing to discuss investments, you can look them up on the FINRA website (www.finra.org) by entering their name in the BrokerCheck® database.
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Takeaway: Our call remains that we expect Europe's economy to gradually improve off low levels.
This note was originally published October 02, 2013 at 12:24 in Macro
European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi and the ECB's governing council voted today to keep rates unchanged, although a cut was suggested by some members.
Last month's dramatic pivot to a dovish monetary tone that interest rates should remain "at present OR lower levels for an extended period of time" was reiterated again today in remarks that monetary policy will remain accommodative for "as long as is necessary". Draghi described an economy that is "weak, fragile, and uneven" and left the prospect of issuing another LTRO on the table. We expect that given the continued clog in the credit channel, a liquidity package could be released into year-end (see chart below).
Interestingly, and despite the dovish commentary, the EUR/USD rose following the announcement, which we think is reflective of the impact of Bernanke talking down U.S. growth prospects (and the USD), as well as the Eurozone economy showing improvement on the margin.
As central bankers struggle to guide expectations (hint Fed's no-taper decision and the ECB's and BOE's forward guidance) we wouldn't be surprised to see Draghi keep his cards tight on when he may issue liquidity measures or cut rates, and continue to drag his feet on any policy action until more data confirms his team's outlook.
As it relates to the Eurozone, our call remains that we expect Europe's economy to gradually improve off low levels (we're UK and German equity bulls) and bullish on the EUR/USD, which is in a bullish breakout above its TRADE, TREND, and TAIL levels (see chart below).
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Francis Wayland
Francis Wayland | |
Half plate daguerreotype
4th President of Brown University | |
In office 1827–1855 |
Preceded by | Asa Messer |
Succeeded by | Barnas Sears |
Personal details | |
Born | New York City, New York, U.S. |
March 11, 1796
Died | September 30, 1865 Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
(aged 69)
Resting place | North Burial Ground Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Union College |
Religion | Baptist |
Francis Wayland (March 11, 1796 – September 30, 1865), American Baptist educator and economist, was born in New York City, New York. He was president of Brown University and pastor of the First Baptist Church in America in Providence, Rhode Island. In Washington, D.C., Wayland Seminary was established in 1867, primarily to educate former slaves, and was named in his honor. (In 1899, Wayland Seminary merged with another school to become the current Virginia Union University, at Richmond, Virginia.)
Early Life and Family[edit]
Francis Wayland's father was an Englishman of the same name, who was also a Baptist pastor. Born in New York City in 1796, Wayland graduated from Union College in 1813 and studied medicine in Troy, under Dr. Ely Burritt. Dr. Burritt, a son of the Rev. Blackleach Burritt, graduated from Williams College, class of 1800 and was licensed to practice medicine at Troy, New York, on March 29, 1802, and quickly gained recognition for his medical skills. Dr. Wayland said the following about his former teacher: "Dr. Ely Burritt was a man of remarkable logical powers of enthusiastic love of his profession, and of great and deserved confidence in his own judgment. He stood at the head of his profession in Troy, and in the neighboring region, and was a person of high moral character." Dr. Wayland also studied medicine in New York City, but in 1816 entered Andover Theological Seminary, where he was greatly influenced by Moses Stuart. He was too poor to conclude his course in theology, and in 1817-1821 was a tutor at Union College, to which, after five years as pastor of the First Baptist Church of Boston, he returned in 1826 as professor of natural philosophy.
He was one of the founders of Newton Theological Institution in 1825.[1]
He was an early advocate of the temperance and anti-slavery causes, for many years was "inspector of the state prison and Providence county jail," president of the Prison Discipline Society, and active in prison reform and local charities. He was one of the "law and order" leaders during the "Dorr Rebellion" of 1842, and was called "the first citizen of Rhode Island."
One of the individuals that he supported, trained and encouraged was Leonard Black, author of The Life and Sufferings of Leonard Black, a Fugitive from Slavery who became a Baptist minister.[2]
Wayland was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1851.[3]
Brown Presidency[edit]
In 1827 he became president of Brown University. In the twenty-eight years of his administration he gradually built up the college, improving academic discipline, formed a library and gave scientific studies a more prominent place. He also worked for higher educational ideals outside the college, writing text-books on ethics and economics, and promoting the free school system of Rhode Island and especially (1828) of Providence. His Thoughts on the Present Collegiate System in the United States (1842) and his Report to the Corporation of Brown University of 1850 pointed the way to educational reforms, particularly the introduction of industrial courses, which were only partially adopted in his lifetime.
Wayland was vividly remembered by members of the Brown community, including Charles T. Congdon and James B. Angell, who are quoted in the Encyclopedia Brunoniana.[1]
Charles T. Congdon wrote in his Reminiscences:
He was disobeyed with fear and trembling, and the boldest did not care to encounter his frown. He was majestic in manner, and could assume, if he pleased, a Rhadamanthine severity. It was a calamity to be called into that awful presence; and no student, of whatever character, ever made the least pretence of not being frightened at the summons. ... However loosely our tongues might wag, we thoroughly respected and even reverenced the president; and upon public occasions, when he put on his academic gown and cap, we were rather proud of his imposing appearance. ... In his later days, I have been told he exhibited marked urbanity and sweetness of disposition. Certainly there were small traces of either when any undergraduate was detected in an act of meanness or a flagrant violation of the university statutes. He had a heavy foot for a student's door when it was not promptly opened after his official knock.
President of the University of Michigan James B. Angell Class of 1849, who wrote in Memories of Brown:
The discipline of the college was wholly in his hands. In administering it he was stern, at times imperious. But no graduate of his time ever failed to gain from him higher ideals of duty or lasting impulses to a noble and strenuous life. He said so many wise things to us and uttered them in so pithy and sententious a style that one could never forget them. I presume that my experience is like that of others, when I say that hardly a week of my life has passed in which I have not recalled some of his apt sayings and to my great advantage. Is there any better proof than that of the power of a teacher over his pupils?
He resigned the presidency of Brown in 1855, and served from 1857 to 1858 as pastor of the historic First Baptist Church in America, in Providence.
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Role in the development of public libraries[edit]
Wayland was a long time vocal advocate for libraries. His donation to the town of Wayland, Massachusetts, in 1851 for the establishment of a public library was the catalyst for legislation in Massachusetts allowing towns to establish libraries.
Published work[edit]
Besides several volumes of sermons and addresses and the volumes already mentioned, he published:
- Elements of Moral Science (1835, repeatedly revised and translated into foreign languages)
- Elements of Political Economy (1837), in which he advocated free trade
- The Limitations of Human Responsibility (1838)
- Domestic Slavery Considered as a Scriptural Institution (1845) [a debate with Rev. Richard Fuller of South Carolina]
- Memoirs of Harriet Ware (1850)
- Memoirs of Adoniram Judson (1853)
- Elements of Intellectual Philosophy (1854)
- Notes on the Principles and Practices of Baptist Churches (1857)
- Letters on the Ministry of the Gospel (1863)
- a brief Memoir of Thomas Chalmers (1864).[4][5]
The town of Wayland, Massachusetts was named in his honor. Wayland Seminary in Washington D.C., a predecessor of Virginia Union University was named for him. The Wayland Day lectures at Keio University in Tokyo, Japan, were named in honor of Wayland, whose writings had a lasting effect on the founder of the oldest university in Japan.[5]
Prominent son[edit]
His son Francis Wayland III (1826-1904) was lieutenant-governor of Connecticut from 1869-1870, and became a professor and Dean of the Yale Law School.
- ^ Hovey, Alvah, Historical Address Delivered at the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Newton Theological Institution, June 8, 1875 (Boston, 1875), p. 9.
- ^ The Life and Sufferings of Leonard Black, a Fugitive from Slavery. Written by Himself. New Bedford: Benjamin Lindsey, 1847.
- ^ American Antiquarian Society Members Directory
- ^ The Life and Labors of Francis Wayland (2 vols, New York, 1867) by his sons Francis and Heman Lincoln; the shorter sketch (Boston, 1891) by James O Murray in the "American Religious Leaders" series; and an article by GC Verplanck in vol. xiv. of the American Journal of Education.
- ^ a b "BAPTIST BROWN AND NINETEENTH CENTURY EDUCATION". Exhibits @ Brown University Library. Brown University. Retrieved 12 May 2012.
- Attribution
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Wayland, Francis". Encyclopædia Britannica. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
External links[edit]
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- Francis Wayland at Find a Grave
- "Francis Wayland: Preacher-Economist" by Laurence Vance. Mises.org. 8 February 2007.
- Francis Wayland, The Elements of Moral Science, (1835, 1856 ed.)
- Francis Wayland, The elements of political economy , (1837)
- Wayland, Francis. Encyclopedia Brunoniana
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An experimental investigation of the impact of biological and psychological causal explanations on anxious and depressed patients' perception of a person with panic disorder
Lam, D. C. and Salkovskis, P. M., 2007. An experimental investigation of the impact of biological and psychological causal explanations on anxious and depressed patients' perception of a person with panic disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 45 (2), pp. 405-411.
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It is often suggested that biological accounts of the cause of mental health problems are beneficial in health education initiatives. However, an alternative view is that the idea of a diseased brain may result in stigma and therapeutic pessimism in sufferers, professionals and the public with implications for the perception of unpredictability and risk. Anxious and depressed patients (n = 49) were randomly allocated to three experimental conditions. Prior to watching a video of a person suffering from panic disorder, participants were told either that research indicated that panic was caused by biological factors, by psychological factors or the cause was unclear (control condition). Those in the biological condition were significantly more pessimistic about the patient's prospects for recovery and rated risks as higher compared to those in the psychological condition. The results call into question the widely accepted practice of promoting biological/disease explanations of mental health problems.
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