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Barack Obama delivered one gaffe after another in his August 6 interview with Jay Leno, but the networks that usually mock every mistake or slip of the tongue made by Republicans ignored the President's verbal mishaps.
ABC's Good Morning America, CBS's This Morning and NBC's Today show, on Wednesday morning, all bypassed the chance to criticize Obama for: downplaying the threat of terrorism; falsely claiming Vladimir Putin once ran the KGB; placing the Atlantic coast cities of Savannah, Charleston and Jacksonville on the Gulf of Mexico; confusing the Winter Olympics with the Summer Olympics. (video after the jump)
First up, on the August 6 edition of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Obama responded to the talk show host's question about the terrorist attacks in Benghazi, this way: "The odds of people dying in a terrorist attack obviously are still a lot lower than in a car accident, unfortunately." (It should be noted that Good Morning America did run this soundbite, but they let it go by without comment.)
JAY LENO: What do you say to those cynics who go, oh, this is an overreaction to Benghazi — how do you respond to that?
BARACK OBAMA: One thing I've tried to do as President is not over react, but make sure that as much as possible the American people understand that there are genuine risks out there. What's great about what we've seen with America over the last several years is how resilient we are. So after the Boston bombing, for example, the next day folks were out there, they're going to ball games. They are making sure that we're not reacting in a way that somehow shuts us down.
And that's the right reaction. Terrorists depend on the idea that we're going to be terrorized. And we're going to live our lives. And the odds of people dying in a terrorist attack obviously are still a lot lower than in a car accident, unfortunately. But there are things that we can do to make sure that we're keeping the pressure on these networks that would try to injure Americans. And the first thing I think about when I wake up and the last thing I think about when I go to bed is making sure that I'm doing everything I can to keep Americans safe.
Later on the leader of the free world mistakenly claimed Russian President Vladimir Putin once "headed up the KGB." According to this January 30, 2000 Washington Post article Putin "spent 17 years as a mid-level agent in the Soviet KGB's foreign intelligence wing, rising only to the rank of lieutenant colonel."
JAY LENO: And Putin seems to me like one of those old-school KGB guys.
BARACK OBAMA: Well, he headed up the KGB.
During the Russia portion of the interview, the President also mixed up the Winter Olympics with the Summer Olympics.
OBAMA: I think Putin and Russia have a big stake in making sure the Olympics work, and I think they understand that for most of the countries that participate in the Olympics, we wouldn't tolerate gays and lesbians being treated differently. They're athletes, they're there to compete. And if Russia wants to uphold the Olympic spirit, then every judgment should be made on the track, or in the swimming pool, or on the balance beam, and people's sexual orientation shouldn't have anything to do with it.
The track and field events, swimming competitions and gymnastics all take place during the summer games. Sochi, Russia is the site of the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Finally, during a discussion on the need to improve the nation's infrastructure, Obama made a big geographical goof, as seen in the following exchange:
JAY LENO: You mentioned infrastructure. Why is that a partisan issue? I live in a town, the bridge is falling apart, it's not safe. How does that become Republican or Democrat? How do you not just fix the bridge?
BARACK OBAMA: I don't know. As you know, for the last three years, I've said, let's work together. Let's find a financing mechanism and let's go ahead and fix our bridges, fix our roads, sewer systems, our ports. You know the Panama Canal is being widened so that these big supertankers can come in. Now, that will be finished in 2015. If we don't deepen our ports all along the Gulf — places like Charleston, South Carolina, or Savannah, Georgia, or Jacksonville, Florida — if we don't do that, those ships are going to go someplace else. And we'll lose jobs. Businesses won't locate here.


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So, Pennsylvania voter, you thought the 2010 election was about state government spending and a sluggish economy. Ha! Sucker.
No, apparently the top priority in our state Senate is not filling the approximately $4 billion budget hole for next year or wrestling with job growth or figuring out what to do about our looming crises in state pensions and corrections. Instead, the very first bill to be passed out of a Senate committee this session is on abortion. That is not a typo.
Despite the many challenges facing our commonwealth, the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee yesterday passed Senate Bill 3. This bill would ban insurance companies from offering abortion coverage in the health insurance exchanges created by the federal Affordable Care Act, aka healthcare reform, except in cases involving rape, incest, or when the mother's life is in danger. Even the rape and incest exceptions come with hurdles that could lead women to not have coverage.
(Pause for background: The exchanges provide a place where insurance companies can find more customers and customers can find lower rates because they are participating in a group, rather than as individuals. Essentially, it's a way for people without health insurance to shop for it. The exchanges were created by the federal law but will be administered by the states.)
Numerous senators and their staffers thought they were voting to prohibit coverage for taxpayer-funded abortions. The ACLU would oppose that, too, because we don't think poor women should be denied safe and critical care, but SB 3 goes much further. It completely bans insurance companies from covering abortion for customers in the exchanges, including those who pay for the coverage with their own money.
In fact, the Affordable Care Act already prohibits patients who get government subsidies from using the subsidies for abortion coverage. If a woman who participates in the exchange wants abortion coverage, she must get separate coverage and make a separate payment with her own money.
SB 3 wedges the government between a private insurance company and its customer. Talk about a government takeover of healthcare.
Looming over this debate is the recent indictment of Dr. Kermit Gosnell in Philadelphia. Dr. Gosnell is accused of running an abortion clinic in which he allegedly killed live babies and one woman.
What our legislators don't get- and what we as civil libertarians have to push- is that there will be more Dr. Gosnells if the government continues to make it difficult for women to access safe abortion care. The Gosnell story gives us a look at a dark day in the future, if women cannot get the care they need. The back alley abortion will return.
We don't want to get to that day. SB 3 must be stopped.

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Modern Web Group LLC necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 15 diseños de 10 diseñadores freelance.
Seeking a trendy, easy to navigate design that shows that we can be trendy and on the cutting edge while still being professional and corporate.
No Doubt Marketing
Looking for lively, trendy homepage design based on our new logo and tag lines (don't overdo it with the taglines, only incorporate where possible)
Download them here (3.2MB file): http://www.nodoubtmarketing.com/logos.zip
Navigation to include: Home, About, Contact Us, Writing Samples, Services, White-labeling, Shopping Cart
We like the graphical design of InvisionBlue.com (and where they cycle their portfolio, we could cycle testimonials).
Other sites we really like and admire (in order with what we like most first):
That should allow you to get the idea.
Winning designer will also have the chance to help us make the site live by adding our content, creating a couple additional graphics/icons to bring the site together, for more money of course!
Any questions, let me know. I'll try to get here one or two times a day (morning and night) to comment and give feedback.
Thanks everyone!
- Trendy, lively, web 2.0 with easy navigation while still maintaining professionalism and coporate look
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by Drew Levinson
(CBS News) The pall of the fiscal cliff looms over a holiday shopping season that begins in less than a week. The National Retail Federation has been projecting $586 billion in holiday spending , a four-point one per cent increase over last year. But with America's fiscal future still a question mark, storeowners now are holding their breath.
As in year's past, with elbows sharpened and smartphones in hand, shoppers are getting primed for Black Friday, the most analyzed day of the retail year and the holiday season opener.
The good news for retailers: an early Thanksgiving means the season is longer with 33 shopping days.
But the economy is still sluggish and Washington atmospherics have rattled consumers.
"Retailers are very concerned about the fiscal cliff situation,"said Ellen Davis, vice-president of the National Retail Federation. "In a recent survey, 72 percent of consumers say they were changing their shopping pattern as a result of the uncertainty of the situation."
Also dampening the forecast is superstorm Sandy. By one estimate, nearly 5 million households in its path will have to curb spending this year
To counter, the retailers are going all in, already offering discounts. And like last year, some stores will start opening on Thanksgiving at midnight, with Wal-mart, Target, Sears and Toys 'R Us opening even earlier in a fierce competition to get the very first shoppers.
"Retailers know after many Black Fridays that typically the place where the customer shops first is the place where they spend the most money," said Davis.
The strategy is working. Last year, a quarter of all Black Friday shoppers were in the stores by midnight, and the weekend was a record breaker.


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What we need is an alternative to hiring mages that are good enough to deal with the Guild's mages.
Baroness Teysa
Young kid from last town has been following the PCs and doing a rather good job at it. PCs weren't expecting to be followed so weren't worried and the boy/girl was careful. Notice the follower a couple days out of town, kid ran out of food and started getting careless. Followed the 'mighty adventurers' to see if he could join them. Father is a wealthy merchant. Bring him home, bring him with, send him off? What do you do with an unwelcomed guest.


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For more than fifty years, TERC has been introducing millions of students throughout the United States to the exciting and rewarding worlds of math and science learning. Led by a group of experienced, forward-thinking math and science professionals, TERC is an independent, research-based organization dedicated to engaging and inspiring all students through stimulating curricula and programs designed to develop the knowledge and skills they need to ask questions, solve problems, and expand their opportunities.
TERC's mission is to improve mathematics and science education. TERC works at the frontiers of theory and practice to contribute to a deeper understanding of learning and teaching; enhance instruction through teacher professional development; develop applications of new technologies to education; create curricula and other products; and support reform in both school and informal settings.
TERC imagines a future in which learners from diverse communities engage in creative, rigorous, and reflective inquiry as an integral part of their lives—a future where teachers and students alike are members of vibrant communities where questioning, problem solving, and experimentation are commonplace. This vision is grounded in the belief that science and math literacies are critical to strengthening and preserving a democratic society.
In 1965, Arthur Nelson and a small group of co-founders established the Technical Education Research Centers. During its early years, TERC focused on various aspects of technical and occupational education, primarily at the postsecondary level. In the early 1970s, TERC successfully initiated a series of projects that marked a transition from postsecondary technical education to K-12 science. Today we are known as TERC. This change embraces the development of our education initiatives through the years and the learners we serve, including those in K-12 classrooms, museums, afterschool programs, community colleges, adult education centers, universities, and other research institutions.
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Currently, TERC's staff of 104—including nationally recognized leaders in educational research and curriculum development—are actively engaged in over 70 projects and 62% of staff have advanced degrees in science, mathematics, engineering, education, psychology, and technology. In 2016, TERC had $14.3M million in revenue. Each year, TERC's products and services reach more than 3.5 million students throughout the United States.
TERC's research and development projects are housed within three centers—the Center for School Reform, the Center for Science Teaching and Learning, the STEM Education Evaluation Center—and the Education Research Collaborative division.
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The ERC Postdoctoral Fellowship in Education Program has been formally active since 2005, with nine Fellows overall and it has become an important path in TERC's commitment to create a socially just STEM educational system for underserved communities. More»
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Welcome to Gift Lady one of South Africas most established online flower and gift shops.
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As an online florist and gift delivery we enable our customers to send gifts to loved ones from and to anywhere in the world. We deliver anywhere in South Africa, including Johannesburg, Pretoria, Gauteng, Cape Town, Durban, Port Elizabeth and all the areas in between.
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Gifts couriered nationwide at an additional charge of R69 (i.e. delivery NOT included in price). In order to ensure your delivery arrives on time, please allow for 2 - 3 days notice. Next-day delivery can be arranged for orders received before 12PM (South Africa time), provided they are in one of the major centres.
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Wednesday, 22 July 2009
Illamasqua "Odd" pencil update
If you had read my previous post entitled "Illamasqua bits and bobs" I was not too happy with the texture of my "Odd" medium pencil. I emailed Illamasqua and apparently they are going to look into it. They sent me medium pencil in "Devotion" to make up for it, which is a lovely mint green and the texture is really smooth as per my other medium pencil Hex. I was very impressed that Illamasqua replied so fast to my email and send me a replacement, can't beat that for customer service!
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That was nice that they took care of you. I am in the process of sending back some things to them. I emailed them that I had some issues with some of their products. I felt bad, but I feel that if no one says anything- how will they know? I guess there was some batch issues with the eyeshadow and that is why some of them were not pigmented.ReplyDelete
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Favorite cookbook?
In Wednesday's Denver Post Food Section, I identify my favorite cookbook of all time, "French Cooking in Ten Minutes" by Edouard de Pomiane. (Click here to buy a copy.) I like it because of its simplicity, straightforwardness, clarity, and unforced wit. Even though it's from the 1930s, it's completely contemporary.
Here are some of my other favorite cookbooks, or at least they're the most tattered ones in my kitchen. What are some of yours?
Sunday Suppers at Lucques by Suzanne Goin. Best pork roast ever.
Feasts for All Seasons by Roy Andries de Groot (good luck finding this one at the bookstore…better to google it). Sometimes too brilliant for my little brain, but surprisingly useful too.
1080 Recipes by Simone Ortega. A Spanish omnibus cookbook.
What's your favorite cookbook?


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Northark Foundation
Your donation to North Arkansas College is more than a gift; it's an investment in our students and their futures. Gifts allow us to provide support for scholarships, educational equipment, facilities and programs. Every dollar makes a difference in the lives of our students. For more information about ways to give to Northark, please see our Giving Guide.
Thank you for supporting North Arkansas College.
Give to Northark
The North Arkansas College Foundation advances the college through financial support and has raised millions of dollars since its reorganization in 1985.
The Foundation has provided more than $500,000 in scholarships to students in the last five years.
The Foundation also has provided funds for the construction of the South Campus library, John Paul Hammerschmidt Business and Conference Center and Bill Baker Amphitheatre as well as renovations at the Center Campus and South Campus student services area.
Each year, the Foundation hosts several activities including:
- Annual Fund Drive
- John Paul Hammerschmidt Lecture Series
- 3-person Scramble Golf Tournament
- Scholarship Donors Dinner
- Economic Update Breakfast Series
- Evening on the Plaza
The members of the Foundation board are elected by the Foundation board and serve five-year terms. Nominations for election to the board may be made either by Foundation board members or members of the College's Board of Trustees.
The North Arkansas College Foundation, Inc., is a non-profit, charitable corporation, holding a 501(c)(3) designation from the Internal Revenue Service (federal tax ID #71-0486926).


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Concluding his first official visit to Australia, UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé stressed the need for the international community to mobilize an additional US $10 billion to meet country-set targets for universal access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support.
Just weeks before the upcoming replenishment meeting of The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Mr Sidibé discussed sustaining and enhancing investments in AIDS with the Director-General of Australia's AID Program (AusAID) Peter Baxter in the capital Canberra.
"There are currently 10 million people living with HIV who are waiting for life-saving treatment. Unless we close the funding gap, millions of people will be turned away from the promise of universal access," said Mr. Sidibé during the bilateral.
The Executive Director thanked Mr. Baxter for AusAID's support to the HIV response, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region, and its recent commitment to increase funding to UNAIDS by almost US $900 000. However, he also expressed his concerns that after steady and significant increases in HIV investments, other donors might for the first time flat-line or even reduce funding.
In Canberra, Mr. Sidibé also met with the Secretary of the Department of Health and Ageing, Jane Halton, and the Deputy Director-General of the Office of National Assessments, Bruce Miller.
Mr Sidibé's five-day trip to Australia began in Sydney at the Lowy Institute for International Policy where he spoke on the state of the epidemic and imperatives for reshaping the global AIDS response. In Sydney, he visited the renowned medically supervised injecting centre in Kings Cross, the only such facility in the Southern Hemisphere. He commended the facility's work, calling it a "pragmatic, cost-effective" model to halt HIV transmission and prevent illness and death among the most vulnerable intravenous drug users in New South Wales.
Mr. Sidibé was presented with an award from a coalition of organizations involved in Australia's HIV response that recognized his personal contribution to overcoming the AIDS response.
In Melbourne, the Executive Director delivered the keynote address at the 63rd UN DPI/NGO conference. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon opened the health-themed conference with a video message in which he underscored the many gains made in global health, including greater access to HIV treatment. But he cautioned delegates stating "We still have some distance to go. Meeting our commitments on health is central to meeting all of the Millennium Development Goals."
Following the UN DPI/NGO conference -- the largest UN event ever held in Australia -- Mr. Sidibé joined the launch of the Michael Kirby Centre for Public Health and Human Rights. This new research centre, which focuses on the link between human rights and public health, is a collaborative venture between scientists, lawyers, medical practitioners and academics at the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University. Former Justice of the High Court of Australia, Michael Kirby is a renowned human rights expert and was recently appointed to the new Global Commission on HIV and the Law.
Also in Melbourne, Mr. Sidibé met with Australian business leaders at the Asia Pacific Business Coalition on AIDS (APBCA), which is leading the region's private sector response to HIV. He congratulated the business coalition for its engagement and encouraged even greater involvement of Australia's dynamic private sector in delivering innovative solutions to respond to HIV across the region.
The Executive Director visited the HIV research laboratory of the Burnet Institute, Australia's largest virology and communicable disease research institute. Professor Sharon Lewin showcased the Institute's cutting-edge research on low-cost laboratory diagnostic tools and the eradication of HIV reservoirs among people living with HIV.
Mr. Sidibé will conclude his Asia-Pacific tour in Japan where he will meet with Japanese Government officials and business leaders in Tokyo.


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A deadly Russia bomb that killed six people and wounded 40 outside a theater where a Chechen dance group was about to perform in the southern Russian city of Stavropol has security experts worrying that the circle of instability in Russia's troubled northern Caucasus may be widening.
Unlike the Moscow metro bombings of two months ago, which were carried out by suicide bombers from the north Caucasus republic of Dagestan and claimed by Islamist "emir" Doku Umarov, analysts are not so sure that the latest bombing fits neatly into the jihadis vs. Russia narrative that is favored by the Kremlin.
"There are a lot of suspects in the Stavropol bombing, and we shouldn't jump to conclusions," says Andrei Soldatov, editor of the online journal Agentura.ru, which reports on the security services. "It speaks of rising instability around the north Caucasus region. We may be seeing some dangerous new developments."
The stakes are high. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who put his personal reputation on the line to win the 2014 Winter Olympics for Sochi, now sees his pet project under dire threat amid growing regional turbulence.
"Putin needs to demonstrate peace and stability in the north Caucasus before the Sochi Olympics, not just to ensure the security of the games but to affirm success of the Putin era," says Nikolai Petrov, a regional analyst with the Carnegie Center in Moscow. "Therefore Putin is very vulnerable. Many different forces have an interest in stirring up instability, with an eye to forcing him to make a deal with them. It's not just the usual suspects. I fear we'll see a good deal more trouble down there."
The blast hit outside a Stavropol community center just minutes before the Vainakh musical troupe, which enjoys the sponsorship of pro-Moscow Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, was about to perform.
That has led some commentators to suggest that it was carried out by Islamist insurgents against Mr. Kadyrov, the local strongman whom human
rights groups accuse of imposing iron-fisted rule over the tiny republic at the Kremlin's behest.
Other analysts point out that it is almost exactly the third anniversary of ethnic riots in Stavropol, a Russian city on the edge of the seething north Caucasus that houses a large Muslim minority, that broke out after local Chechens were accused of murdering two Slavic students, in an apparent revenge killing that remains unsolved to this day.
"This could have been an action by right-wing radicals," such as Skinheads or neo-Nazis, who are a growing force on Russia's political underbelly, says Alexei Makarkin, director of the independent Center for Political Technologies in Moscow. "They hate minorities from the north Caucasus, and have as much a stake in sowing panic and chaos as the Islamist extremists do."
Sending a message?
It is also possible the bombing was intended as a message to Alexander Khloponin, a former Siberian governor and businessman who is now the Kremlin's powerful special emissary to the newly-created "North Caucasus Administrative Zone," who was due to visit Stavropol on Thursday. Next month, Mr. Khloponin is scheduled to release a plan to fight terrorism and restore stability to the troubled region, which may include firing scores of officials and re-allocating millions of dollars in Moscow aid.
In an unusual interview with the government newspaper Rossiskaya Gazeta on Thursday, Khloponin admitted that Islamist militants might be the least of his problems in the increasingly unsettled region.
"The problem is that criminals and organized crime engaged in property redistribution are trying to operate under the guise of terrorism and religious extremism within the (north Caucasus) district," Khloponin said. He added that if economic reforms take hold, the small numbers of Islamist insurgents will be easy to deal with. "Those bandits who are running around in the forest may be repelled without any need to impose the counter-terrorism operations," he said.
The Kremlin has granted Khloponin extraordinary powers, including sole authority to appoint and dismiss the heads of all federal agencies throughout the sprawling region, which includes the Russian territories of Stavropol and Krasnodar (where Sochi is located), plus seven mainly-Muslim ethnic republics strung out along the mountain line between the Caspian and Black Sea.
"Khloponin will make his program public in June, and it seems likely that he will emphasize social and economic development, which is very important in a region where unemployment is soaring and corruption is the number one problem," says Pavel Salin at the independent Center for Political Trends in Moscow. "His task number one will be to try to stop the theft of federal cash by local elites, who are helped by Moscow officials. This will make him a lot of enemies."
Though the Stavropol bombing has grabbed headlines this week, Mr. Soldatov says a bigger challenge for Khloponin is unfolding in the formerly peaceful ethnic republic of Kabardino-Balkaria, where there have been at least three terrorist attacks in the past two weeks. He says they are likely connected to a botched Kremlin policy of backing ethnic-Kabardins, who have been seizing the lands of their neighbours, the Balkars.
"There have been few victims in these attacks, but they are indicative of a new process going on in the region that amplifies the challenge facing Khloponin," says Soldatov. "There are many sources of instability, becoming aggravated all at once. As the Sochi Games approach, it only looks like it will get worse.


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From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anuradhapura
The city, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, lies 205 km north of the current capital Colombo in Sri Lanka's North Central Province, on the banks of the historic Malvathu Oya. From the 4th century BC, it was the capital of Sri Lanka until the beginning of the 11th century AD. During this period it remained one of the most stable and durable centers of political power and urban life in South Asia. The ancient city, considered sacred to the Buddhist world, is today surrounded by monasteries covering an area of over sixteen square miles (40 km²).


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A request for bids on the property could be issued soon.
Kent County may consider selling a prime downtown site that consists of a trio of adjacent riverfront parcels on Monroe Avenue, just north of Michigan Street and next to the I-196 overpass, if the price is right. Kent has owned the land for the past eight years.
County Administrator and Controller Daryl Delabbio told members of the county's Executive Committee late last week that he has been approached by a representative of an "institution" that is interested in buying the parcels that total 1.28 acres in the 500 block of Monroe Ave. NW on the east bank of the Grand River.
Delabbio did not identify the institution that made the inquiry. "It might make sense for us to consider disposing of that property," he said.
Delabbio also said the county wasn't under any pressure to sell the land, which has been fenced off and maintained as greenspace. "There may be more individuals and institutions interested in this property," he added.
To determine that interest, Delabbio asked County Purchasing Director Jon Denhof to write a request-for-proposal that the county will likely issue in the near future. The RFP would allow the county to accept bids on the site. But the date as to when the RFP would be ready hadn't been set as of last week.
Commissioner Jim Talen, though, wondered if now is a good time for the county to sell the properties after the recession has reduced most property values. "We've had this property for so long. Is there a need to sell it?" he asked.
Delabbio said there wasn't, "We're not under any pressure to do so." He added that he had been told that the price for riverfront property hasn't risen in recent years.
Although the site hasn't produced any apparent revenue for the county, it hasn't cost the county much to maintain it, either. "We bought it when prices were up and we don't want to lose money," said Commissioner Dan Koorndyk.
The county bought the land in 2004 for $2.4 million from Frank Freund, an executive vice president, treasurer and CFO for American Physical Capital Inc. of East Lansing. At that time, the Gallium Group, an investment partnership between Blue Bridge Ventures and Hines Interest LP, had been trying to buy City Hall and the County Administration Building. Both are on Calder Plaza. Gallium wanted to build a hotel and office structure then on the plaza, a project that didn't go forward.
The county didn't announce a specific use for the site when it purchased the land on Monroe Avenue. But the county did acknowledge back then that the property was large enough to accommodate a new administration building should the Calder Plaza site change hands. "We're not sure what the highest and best use of that property is," said then-Commission Chairman David Morren when the purchase was made.
The county also owns a 90-space parking lot across Monroe Avenue from the property, which it owned before it purchased the riverfront land. That site is used for employee parking and could become part of a sales transaction, if one goes forward.
"What I'm hearing is we're here for good," said Koorndyk last week of the county's current location. But Koorndyk added that there was a time when no one thought the Grand Rapids Press building would be sold. Michigan State University, though, purchased that building on the northeast corner of Michigan and Monroe for its medical school earlier this year.


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Cape Dorset, Nunavut Territory, Canada
The son of legendary artist Pauta Saila, Mikisiti has been exhibiting for more than thirty-five years. His preferred theme is wildlife presented in a minimal but austerely graceful and elegant style.
Spirit Wrestler Gallery
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Vancouver, BC
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Some of the family were granted the lands of Walden Abbey and adopting their surname from those lands.
Another source notes that Walden means "valley of the Britons," from the Old English "walh" + "denu." [2]CITATION[CLOSE]
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
King's Walden in Hertfordshire dates back to Saxon times when it was originally known as Waleden in 888, but by the time of the Domesday Book of 1086, it was known as Waldene and was held by the king at that time. [2]CITATION[CLOSE]
Mills, A.D., Dictionary of English Place-Names. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-19-869156-4)
And this is where we found the first record of the family, specifically Godeman de Waldena who was listed in the Pipe Rolls of 1176. Years later, Simone de Waldene was listed in 1304 in Yorkshire. Another early record of the name is Thomas Walden, recorded in the Pipe Rolls for Essex, 1377. [3]CITATION[CLOSE]
Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
The Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 lists Alice de Waledene in Cambridgeshire; and Richard de Waledene in Cambridgeshire. Later, the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls lists Thomas Waldyng (1379); and Johannes Waldyng (1370) [4]CITATION[CLOSE]
Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
Humphrey de Waleden (d. 1330?) was an English judge, a 'king's clerk,' who was "appointed to the custody of the lands of Simon de Montacute, first Baron Montacute, in the counties of Somerset, Devon, Dorset, Oxford, and Buckingham, and on 16 Jan. 1291 to the custody of the lands of the late Queen Eleanor. " [5]CITATION[CLOSE]
Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
Today, Saffron Walden is a market town in Uttlesford district of Essex, home of Walden Abbey, a Benedictine monastery, founded by Geoffrey de Mandeville, 1st Earl of Essex between 1136 and 1143. Walden and Walden Head are hamlets in the Yorkshire Dales, North Yorkshire and Walden Stubbs is a village and civil parish in the Selby district of North Yorkshire. [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. actor Allan Arbus, best known for his role as Army psychiatrist Sidney Freedman on the 1970s hit television series "M*A*S*H" and as the husband of the late photographer Diane Arbus, has died at the age of 95.
Arbus, who gave up his photography for acting, passed away from congestive heart failure at his home in Los Angeles on Friday, his second wife Mariclare Costello Arbus told Reuters.
"At 95, doctors didn't want to do surgery and Allan didn't want it at all," said Costello Arbus, an actress who married Arbus in 1976.
"He just slowed down," she said. "He just got weaker and weaker and was at home with his daughter and me."
Arbus' first major acting role came as Christ-like figure Jesse in director Robert Downey Sr.'s 1972 cult film "Greaser's Palace," which also starred the director's young son, Robert Downey Jr.
He shot to prominence the role of the acerbic psychiatrist Sidney Freedman on "M*A*S*H" in 1973, a year after the Korean War comedy-drama began.
Arbus' final credited television role was in an episode of comedy "Curb Your Enthusiasm" in 2000, according to Hollywood database IMDB.com.
Arbus was born in 1918 in New York and began his career as a photographer in the 1940s and served as an U.S. Army photographer during World War II.
In 1941, he married Diane Nemerov - who later earned artistic acclaim for her photos of marginalized people. The couple started a photography studio together which shot photos for magazines Vogue and Glamour, among others.
The couple separated in 1959 and divorced a decade later. Diane Arbus committed suicide in 1971.
Arbus is survived by his three children; Amy Arbus and Doon Arbus from his first marriage and Arin Arbus from his second.
Reporting by Eric Kelsey, editing by Jill Serjeant and Marguerita Choy


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Tour of Voorlezer's House
Saturday, October 12, 2013
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Tour the Voorlezer's House, the oldest wooden school house in North America, built by the Dutch Reformed Congregation, the buidling also served as a church and a home for the teacher or Voorlezer. The exterior is lower Hudson Valley vernacular style; the interior main floor is fully furninshed to circa 1695.
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Good news for area classical-music fans — Michael Christie, the energetic, ever-adventurous music director of the Colorado Music Festival, has agreed to a five-year extension of his contract.
When the festival handed him the reins of the summer classical event in 2000 when he was just 25, it was a gamble. Though touted as an up-and-comer, could he build an audience and give the festival a distinctive identity? In the 11 years since, the answer to both questions has been a resounding "yes."
The artistic quality has grown along with an increasing emphasis on exciting, often genre-bending performers, such as the knock-out pipa player, Wu Man, and the pop-influenced Time for Three. At the same time, ticket sales keep growing, with the festival reporting a 6 percent sales jump last summer over 2010.


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Marines raise money from their powerful 'brand'
WASHINGTON — Over its storied 238-year history the Marine Corps has built a powerful brand.
Only in recent years, however, has the Marine Corps and other services been able to capitalize on their reputations by selling agreements that allow businesses to purchase the right to use trademarked slogans or emblems on everything from coffee mugs and T-shirts to airsoft guns, which fire plastic pellets.
The Marine Corps' reputation and mystique sell particularly well. "It's taken 200 years to develop that reputation," said Jonathan Low, co-founder of Predictiv Consulting and a branding expert. "It's not something you can just create out of whole cloth over night."
Consumers spend about $37 million annually on Marine Corps licensed merchandise, the service said.
The Marine Corps has registered a number of phrases, including the iconic, "The Few. The Proud," and Semper Fi, a Latin phrase meaning always faithful. Even the slogan, "Pain is weakness leaving the body," has been registered by the Marine Corps. The Marine Corps emblem, an eagle, globe and anchor, is also protected.
Revenue from royalties remains small, but have expanded dramatically. Revenue from royalty agreements with the Marine Corps amounted to $1.8 million last year, up from $111,000 in 2010. The money goes to a morale, welfare and recreation fund after paying for operating the trademark program and costs associated with securing registrations.
The service has negotiated more than 300 license agreements with companies.
The Marine Corps and other services were only able to capitalize on their brands after passage of a 2004 law that allowed the services to sell trademark licenses to businesses. It took some time to get the licensing business up and running and establishing relationships with businesses.
The services screen the requests, ensuring that the emblems or slogans are used in a way that presents the service in a good light.
The brands "have been popular for a long, long time, (but) it was only very recently that we could earn revenues from them," Philip Greene, the trademark counsel for the Marine Corps, said in an email.
They've also been aggressive in protecting the emblems and slogans associated with the Marine Corps, ensuring they are not misused.
Marketing and brand experts say being selective about licensing agreements is critical for keeping the value of the brand high.
"If they leverage that in the right way it could be enormously successful," said Stewart Devlin, chief creative officer at Red Peak Group, a marketing firm.
"Any time a brand has that amount of heritage and is that iconic" businesses want to be associated with it, Devlin said.
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Origins of PFDA with Sugarcane Harris
I met Paul Lagos during the time my brother Art and I were starting a band. Paul was by far the best drummer we tried and from the first bar of whatever we played, we could hear that. Paul died in 2009. He left behind a lot of people who miss him!
I met Don at Paul Lagos' house, in the basement where we started jamming. Paul put together the "Sugarcane Harris Band", I believe after touring with Don and Larry in John Mayall's band and recording "USA Union". Don was impossible to work with and John dropped him. Larry quit the band after a couple of gigs, one of which was at the Troubadour Ash Grove on Santa Monica Blvd.
When Larry split, my friend Victor Conte came in and I think the band sounded better from then on. Victor's style, which developed during that band's life, got really personal, and he learned, we both learned a huge amount of shit from Paul, from Don and from others like Richard Aplan, the great sax and flute player that we got to know through Paul.
One of the first gigs we played with Victor was at El Monte Legion Hall, opening for Johnny Otis, with whom Don and Paul played before. In fact, Paul is the drummer on the Monterrey Jazz Festival recordings of Johnny Otis. On that gig, the audience went nuts over Don's playing, singing and his stage antics, such as jumping into the crowd with his violin, creating at the same time a hugely amplified 60 hz hum when the cord snapped out of the violin.
From the first gig on, I saw the magic Don inspired in audiences and I thought he'd be another Jimi Hendrix, albeit not as creative in song writing. I think we could have gone there eventually if not for Don's total self-destructive habits. All I can say is that I never got chills in any other band like the ones I got when Don took off alone in a cadenza or when he and Paul did violin-drums duets. It was tribal, it was primitive and it was real music with all the faults that make us human. Don had a swing to his playing, a groove, a soulfulness that you don't hear anywhere else. No one plays with such gut-wrenching rawness, because musicians are trained to play "better". Little by little, I want to try to comment on the recordings I will post. I hope someone reads this and shares their own memories.


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A last-gasp penalty from replacement Alberto di Bernardo saw Treviso claim a narrow 22-20 upset victory over Scarlets in their RaboDirect PRO12 clash at the Stadio Comunale di Monigo.
Scarlets looked well on course to put their defeat to Ospreys last time out behind them and claim a fourth win in five matches after establishing a 20-5 lead following a brace of tries by winger Andy Fenby and 10 points from the boot of Wales international Rhys Priestland.
However, Treviso stunned their opponents as they drew level through converted scores from Fabio Semenzato and Robert Barbieri before fly-half Alberto Di Bernardo kicked a long-range penalty right at the end to snatch victory for the Italian hosts.
Treviso had lost three of their opening four matches in the competition and more disappointment seemed on the cards as Scarlets took charge of this match in the first half.
Priestland missed an early penalty but opened the scoring with a 13th-minute drop goal and then added the conversion after Fenby powered over for the game's first try in the 27th minute.
Benetton responded two minutes later when Alessandro Zanni charged down a Gareth Davies kick and Leonardo Ghiraldini took full advantage to cross, but the conversion was missed by Kris Burton.
Burton's error then gave Fenby the opportunity to claim his second try, the wing touching down after twice kicking the ball forward, and Priestland's extras saw Scarlets leading 17-5 at half-time.
That advantage was further extended by Priestland's 47th-minute penalty and a Welsh triumph looked inevitable at that stage.
But Benetton had other ideas and, after replacement scrum-half Semenzato and number eight Barbieri had crossed for converted tries to tie the scores, Di Bernardo sealed the win in dramatic fashion with a 50-metre penalty in the last minute.


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Jackson's sweet friend (girlfriend) Mileigh turned 4 this past month and her mom threw her such a fun party! A few months back her family and ours participated in a 5k fun run at our church. She loved it so much that it was a perfect idea for a fun birthday party. Each kid got their own race number and ran a fun obstacle course while they were cheered on by friends and parents. At the end of the course they each got their own medal and stood on top of a podium. She served 6ft subs, chips, and salads, otter pops and ice cream sandwiches. The kids each took home a water bottle with a special treat inside. A super fun time for parents and kids!
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I ran across this factsheet on Dementia from the Milton S Hershey Medical Center. The section entitled, What are the Symptoms, is particularly interesting.
Source Milton S Hershey Medical Center
What is it?
Dementia is the gradual deterioration of mental functioning, such as concentration, memory, and judgment, which affects a person's ability to perform normal daily activities.
Who gets it?
Dementia occurs primarily in people who are over the age of 65, or in those with an injury or disease that affects brain function. While dementia is most commonly seen in the elderly, it is not a normal consequence of the aging process.
What causes it?
Dementia is caused by the death of brain cells. Brain cells can be destroyed by brain diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, or strokes (called vascular or multi-infarct dementia), which decrease blood flow to the brain. Lewy body dementia is another common cause attributed to changes in brain tissue. Other causes can include AIDS, high fever, dehydration, hydrocephalus, systemic lupus erythematosus, Lyme disease, long-term drug or alcohol abuse, vitamin deficiencies/poor nutrition, hypothyroidism or hypercalcemia, multiple sclerosis, brain tumor, or diseases such as Pick's, Parkinson's, Creutzfeldt-Jakob, or Huntington's. Dementia can also result from a head injury that causes hemorrhaging in the brain or a reaction to a medication.
What are the symptoms?
In most cases, the symptoms of dementia occur gradually, over a period of years. Symptoms of dementia caused by injury or stroke occur more abruptly. Difficulties often begin with memory, progressing from simple forgetfulness to the inability to remember directions, recent events, and familiar faces and names. Other symptoms include difficulty with spoken communication, personality changes, problems with abstract thinking, poor personal hygiene, trouble sleeping, and poor judgment and decision making. Dementia is extremely frustrating for the patient, especially in the early stages when he or she is aware of the deficiencies it causes. People with dementia are likely to lash out at those around them, either out of frustration or because their difficulty with understanding makes them misinterpret the actions of others. They become extremely confused and anxious when in unfamiliar surroundings or with any change in routine. They may begin a task, such as cooking, then wander away aimlessly and completely forget what they had been doing. Dementia is often accompanied by depression and delirium, which is characterized by an inability to pay attention, fluctuating consciousness, hallucinations, paranoia, and delusions. People in advanced stages of dementia lose all control of bodily functions and are completely dependent upon others.
How is it diagnosed?
Dementia is diagnosed through a study of the patient's medical history and a complete physical and neurological exam. The doctor will speak with those close to the patient to document a pattern of behavior. He or she will also evaluate the patient's mental functioning with tests of mental status, such as those that require the patient to recall words, lists of objects, names of objects, and recent events. Diagnostic tests, such as blood tests, x-rays, or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET), or computed tomography (CT) scans, can help determine the cause of the dementia.
What is the treatment?
In some instances, treating the cause of dementia may successfully reverse some or all of the symptoms. This is the case when the cause is related to a vitamin/nutritional deficiency, tumor, alcohol or drug abuse, reaction to a medication, or hormonal disorder. When dementia is related to an irreversible destruction of brain tissue, such as with Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body dementia, or multiple strokes, treatment involves improving the patient's quality of life as much as possible. This includes maintaining a stable, safe, supportive environment and providing constant supervision. While this may be done in the home, people in the advanced stages of dementia may require round-the-clock care in a long-term healthcare facility. It is important to provide the patient with structured activities and avoid disruptions to his or her daily routine. Many patients enjoy therapeutic activities, such as crafts or games, designed specifically for people with dementia. Some medications, such as donepezil and tacrine, have been effective in improving the mental functions of those in the beginning stages of dementia. Patients with hallucinations and delusions may also be treated with antipsychotic drugs, while antidepressant medications are used to treat depression.
Self-care tips
There is currently no known way to prevent dementia associated with Alzheimer's disease. You can decrease your risk of dementia associated with stroke by maintaining a healthy lifestyle, following a heart-healthy diet, and controlling high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Healthy lifestyles, including not smoking and not abusing drugs and alcohol, go a long way in keeping most people in good health. Caring for a person with dementia is stressful. It is important to learn all you can about the disease, seek the help of support groups, and find a responsible caregiver who can give you a break when needed. There are daycare programs specifically designed for patients with dementia that are good for the patient and the family.
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Good Morning. I greatly appreciate being invited to speak here today. In preparation for this event, I asked Amy Lancellotta what topics she thought you might be interested to have me address. I doubt if it will come as much of a surprise to hear that Amy was not shy in sharing her thoughts — the list was quite extensive. Fortunately, I have only been allotted thirty minutes to speak, so I have been able to whittle the list down to a few choice selections! Before I continue, however, I must give the standard disclaimer that my remarks represent my own views and not necessarily the views of the Commission, individuals Commissioners or my colleagues on the Commission staff.
Let me begin by commending you — fund directors — for the important role that you fulfill in the fund industry. The oversight provided by fund directors, and in particular independent fund directors, is essential to the integrity of the fund system. Indeed, while the Commission and other regulators provide oversight at a macro level, you as "independent watchdogs" have much greater knowledge of the funds you oversee and are in the best position to monitor the funds and to determine whether they are operating in the best interests of their shareholders.
As this audience well knows, the job of being a fund director has in the past few years become increasingly challenging and complex. There are a number of factors contributing to this. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 heightened the duties of corporate directors, including those that serve as directors for listed closed-end funds. In addition, the stock exchanges and NASDAQ imposed additional director duties as part of their listing standards. Directors at open-ended funds also have been significantly affected by the new rules the Commission adopted in the wake of the market timing and late trading scandals. Many of these rules directly or indirectly task mutual fund directors with additional responsibilities. The effect of these external factors is compounded by the realization that there is no "right" or "single" approach for fund directors to fulfill their duties. On the contrary, what works for one fund board may or may not be desirable or even appropriate for another fund board.
Recognizing that the duties of fund directors have increased in the past few years has led me to consider whether fund directors continue to be in a position to perform their important duties effectively. To find out, earlier this year I launched a Director Outreach Initiative. The goal of this initiative is to answer a simple but important question, namely: What can or should the Commission do in order to aid fund directors in the performance of their duties? Rather than guess how fund directors would respond to this question, I believe it is critical to obtain direct input from directors themselves so that the Division of Investment Management can make informed recommendations for the Commission's consideration. Accordingly, since January I have met with thirteen mutual fund boards on their turf, that is, at their regularly scheduled meetings in cities all over the country. I have at least seven more meetings scheduled through the end of this year. At the conclusion of these meetings my intention is to analyze the information that was gathered and to make recommendations to the Chairman and Commissioners regarding steps the Commission should consider to improve the effectiveness of fund directors.
Fundamentally, the question what can the Commission do to aid fund directors sounds simple. However, this seeming simplicity is deceptive. As proof, anecdotally I will share with you that in my meetings with fund directors I ask them this question: "Where do you add value for shareholders and the fund?" Often the response I receive is a perplexed look and a comment to the effect that "I'll get back to you." This bewilderment confirms for me that we need to evaluate carefully the duties imposed on fund directors and how we can best enable directors to effectively carry out these duties.
Before continuing, let me say that in my view a key area where fund directors add value for shareholders is the fair valuation of portfolio securities. We need look no further than the events of this past summer involving the sub-prime market to underscore the importance of the role of directors as outlined in the statutory requirement to fair value in Section 2(a) of the Investment Company Act. Moreover, when the Commission in 2003 adopted its rule requiring compliance programs for investment companies and advisers, the Commission elaborated on four important fair value requirements. First, funds must adopt policies and procedures that monitor for circumstances that may necessitate the use of fair value prices. Second, they must establish criteria for determining when market quotations are no longer reliable for a particular portfolio security. Third, funds must provide one or more methodologies for determining the current fair value of a security. Finally, funds must regularly review the appropriateness and accuracy of their valuation methodologies and make any necessary adjustments.
With these requirements in mind, I encourage you, the fund directors, to focus on portfolio valuation. You also should ask a fund manager about the liquidity, or more importantly, the illiquidity of securities in the fund. Key attributes of investment companies, especially open-ended companies, are accurate determinations of net asset value and maintenance of the liquidity that investors rely on. So, if you are having difficulty pricing a security or if securities pose liquidity challenges, query whether those securities belong in a mutual fund. Clearly fund directors that focus on these issues and remain vigilant add value for the shareholders and the fund. Fund investors and I are relying on you.
Forgive my slight detour and let me now turn back to the Director Outreach Initiative. Although a fund director's job today may be more complex — perhaps some may pine for the "good old days" — let me be clear that the goal of the Director Outreach Initiative is not necessarily to make the job of fund directors easier. Rather, the goal is to enable fund directors to be more effective. Embedded in this concept is the premise that directors may not currently be as effective as they could be. This of course is an unproven premise and the only way we can gauge its accuracy is to get feedback from you. However, I genuinely believe that there is always room for improvement — a belief obviously shared by the Commission as evidenced by its adoption in 2004 of an investment company governance requirement that fund boards conduct a self-assessment at least annually. I also note that this heightened level of scrutiny placed on the fund board, like many of the other situations where the role of the board and in particular its independent directors has been increased, is in the context of allowing a fund to rely on an exemptive rule to operate in a manner that is otherwise prohibited by law. Thus, the trade off for allowing a fund to operate under an exemptive rule is the corresponding requirement that its board be actively involved in overseeing the fund's operation.
With these thoughts in mind, let me share with you some of the fund director feedback that I have received. The two biggest topics by far that fund directors have discussed with me are Rule 12b-1 fees and soft dollars. In short, many of the independent fund directors that I have spoken with would like to get rid of these items or, at a minimum, better define how boards are to determine their appropriate usage. The fund directors' perspective on 12b-1 fees and soft dollars is not surprising — it is no secret that fund directors encounter challenges in fulfilling their oversight role for these items. To put it in context let me address each of these issues and the concerns associated with them.
When the Commission adopted Rule 12b-1 in 1980, the fund industry was in a far different state than exists today. Starting a decade earlier, the U.S. had fallen into a recession. Productivity growth slowed and inflation reached into the double digits by the end of the 1970s. The effect on the stock market was dramatic. Between December 1968 and December 1974, the inflation adjusted S&P 500 lost 55% of its value. During the worst period — January 11, 1973 to December 6, 1974 — the (non-inflation adjusted) S&P 500 declined almost 46%.
At that time, funds had experienced a period of net redemptions and there was serious concern for the viability of the mutual funds market for a variety of reasons. The Commission adopted Rule 12b-1 which generally makes it unlawful for a fund to act as a distributor of its own securities — which the fund will be deemed to be if it engages directly or indirectly in financing any activity primarily intended to result in the sale of its fund shares — unless the fund adopts a plan of distribution. The adoption and continuation of a 12b-1 plan requires board approval and, in keeping with the release adopting the rules, boards typically consider nine factors when determining whether to approve or continue the plan. Many of those urging a repeal or refinement of Rule 12b-1 argue that the rule no longer serves the purpose for which it was intended and that the factors that a board considers are not relevant in today's market.
To address these and other concerns the Commission in June hosted a roundtable discussion on Rule 12b-1 and a series of panels addressed the historical circumstances that led to the promulgation of the rule, the original intended purpose of the rule, the evolution of the uses for Rule 12b-1, the rule's current role in fund distribution practices, the costs and benefits of the current use of the rule and the options for reform or rescission of the rule. Two independent directors participated in the panel discussions, including Bob Uek, the Chairman of the Independent Directors Council.
The Commission also solicited public comment on Rule 12b-1 and received more than 1450 comment letters (including a letter from the Independent Directors Council). Approximately 1000 of these letters are form letters that were sent by financial planners and registered representatives who oppose substantive reform of Rule 12b-1. An additional 400 or so individualized rather than form letters were sent in by financial planners, the majority of whom also oppose substantive rule reform. The Commission received approximately 25 letters from mutual funds, large broker-dealers, insurance companies, industry associations and counsels. The majority of these letters also oppose significant rule reform, but riddled throughout are various levels of support for changing the name of the fee, requiring additional disclosure and revising the role of the fund board in approving the distribution plan. Finally, the Commission received approximately 10 letters from investors most of whom support substantive reform or repeal of the rule. My staff is currently evaluating the many comments we received. Once that process is complete, we will formulate a recommendation to the Commission. Stay tuned for further developments.
Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 establishes a safe harbor that allows money managers, including advisers, to use client funds to purchase "brokerage and research services" for their managed accounts under certain circumstances without breaching their fiduciary duties to clients. Fiduciary principles require advisers to seek the best execution for client trades, and limit advisers from using client assets for their own benefit. Thus, using client commissions to pay for research and brokerage services presents advisers with significant potential conflicts of interest and may give incentives for advisers to compromise their best execution obligations when directing orders as well as to trade client securities inappropriately in order to earn soft dollar credits.
As fund directors, one of your duties is to appropriately monitor the conflicts of interest that are inherent in soft dollar arrangements. This is because brokerage commissions are paid with assets of the client fund, not the assets of the adviser. As such, fund directors must carefully monitor the way these assets are used and how the adviser's trading practices are described to investors in order to be satisfied that the use of soft dollars is appropriate and that the potential conflicts of interest have been adequately addressed. I am cognizant that such monitoring can be difficult, particularly when (as is often the case) transparency is lacking because brokerage and research services are "bundled" with execution costs.
Recent events and current market conditions may cumulatively alleviate some of the difficulties associated with monitoring soft dollar arrangement conflicts of interest. First, in 2006 the Commission issued an interpretive release that provided guidance with respect to what qualifies as execution and research services that may be purchased using soft dollars. This guidance should provide advisers and fund directors with greater clarity on the appropriate use of soft dollars.
Second, new technology may help facilitate director oversight. In particular, as firms employ new technologies in their brokerage practices, including broker-sponsored execution systems such as algorithms, new unbundling and commission sharing arrangements, dark pools and brokerage consolidation, these technologies make it easier for advisers to value with increasing specificity the cost of the research and brokerage services obtained with soft dollars. The greater specificity offered by these new technologies enhances transparency and allows greater opportunities for "virtual unbundling" of research and execution services. In turn, monitoring and oversight is enhanced when fund directors can determine more precisely the services and benefits that the fund's adviser and the fund obtain through the payment of soft dollars. Also, a by-product of these new technologies is an apparent current market trend evidencing an overall decline in commission rates as well as an apparent increase in internal reporting to fund boards of meaningful information on trading practices.
Third, requirements in other jurisdictions are helping to move U.S. firms toward greater transparency regarding the use of soft dollar arrangements. In particular, in 2005 the Financial Services Authority required the unbundling of research and execution services in the United Kingdom. Although such unbundling is not a requirement in the U.S., its presence in other markets has acted as a catalyst for change in our markets.
The next step, currently underway by my staff, is to provide the Commission with a recommendation for guidance to assist mutual fund boards in their oversight responsibilities in this area. Our recommendation may not be limited to transactions involving equity trades. Rather, consistent with an adviser's duty of best execution, I anticipate that the recommendation will more broadly address fund board oversight of trading practices generally, including principal trades of fixed income securities and other asset classes. Our goal is for the guidance to provide helpful assistance to you without adversely affecting the evolution of the trading markets in an unintended way. As such, to formulate our recommendation, the staff is speaking with advisers of all sizes, fund directors, and their counsel to make sure we get our recommendation right. As with the Commission's solicitation for comment on Rule 12b-1, I encourage you to please share with us any thoughts you have for crafting meaningful guidance to assist you in monitoring the adviser's best execution obligations and the use of soft dollars.
I would like to make one last point concerning soft dollars and that is that they cannot be considered by a fund board in isolation. Instead, in my view the dialogue between advisers and fund boards must focus on how soft dollar arrangements influence the adviser's overall trading practice and whether the adviser is properly meeting its best execution obligations.
A third topic that has garnered director feedback is the role of the chief compliance officer and, in particular, whether the board should be permitted to delegate to the CCO some of the more detailed oversight responsibilities that ultimately rest with the board. For example, some have suggested that the current requirements for the independent directors to determine at least quarterly that purchase and sale transactions among affiliates were effected in compliance with the fund's procedures could be properly monitored by the CCO who in turn could issue an exceptions report to the directors identifying any non-compliant transactions. As part of any recommendation to the Commission, we will examine what functions may be appropriately delegated to the CCO or other party. However, to this statement I would add two cautionary observations. First, the existence of a CCO in the fund hierarchy is relatively new, having only been required since 2004. Given this relatively short track record of experience, we all must be careful not to set up the CCO for failure by heaping too many responsibilities on his or her shoulders. Second, apart from the concern of overloading a CCO, we must be careful to make sure that the CCO is in fact the right person to shoulder a particular responsibility.
Let me conclude by acknowledging that the role of fund directors is to provide oversight and not management of a fund. As such, I want to make sure that fund directors focus their attention in the boardroom on areas where they can add the most value without directors spending the bulk of their time on rote reviews or bureaucratic exercises just to meet regulatory requirements. I am hopeful that the Director Outreach Initiative or DOI will give us valuable information and that it will result in recommendations that will allow you to focus on the areas where your oversight may be most critical — particularly areas involving potential conflicts of interest. In order to ensure that any DOI recommendations are not D.O.A., your support and participation in this process is paramount. Accordingly, I invite you, as some have already done, to please feel free at any time to contact me or my staff to share your thoughts as to how we may be able to help you to be more effective fund directors. My Director Outreach Initiative is not limited to those fund board meetings that I attend. Thank you.


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Quote:Any use of force beyond that which is REASONABLE & NECESSARY is, by definition, an assault/battery.
Quote:Ok,everyones made me feel better. We have contacted the police as well. I think the main reason I felt guilty was the pleasure I got from it. Seeing him do that to her got me so angry, and at the same time scared of what could have happened to her if I had no been there. I just got this intense feeling of pressure when I heard that guys nose crack and saw it gushing as he fell down.
Quote:We could all very easily take the moral high ground and say you should have escorted your fiance into the theatre and called the police.What would that actually achieve.Short answer, nothing.What is more, is that you would have then spent an age questioning your actions and asking yourself if you acted like a coward. This is sometimes referred to as the black dog. The feeling that you should have acted physically, there and then and protected your loved one, but did not.This feeling is a millstone to carry around your neck and is not easy to get over. It can also lead to you doubting yourself and from there an easy journey into depression.Take it from someone who knows. You did the right thing both morally and legally. (you were preventing a sexual assault)The only thing I would have done different is that I would not have let his accomplices off so lightly.
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River Flow 445 CFS - River Visibility - Clear - Freezing rain before 9am, then rain. High near 40. Light and variable wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon. - AM Water Temp 33' - Am Air Temp 31' - High Air Temp 40' - Tonight Air Temp 29'
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Rain with heavy overcast this morning. - We are going to have an afternoon high of 40' today. -We have perfect conditions for catching some agressive Rainbows or Spawning Browns. - With our cooler mornings, try waiting til mid-morning to begin your fishing day. - By waiting a couple of hours after sunrise, this gives the sun some time to warm up the river a degree or two. - This slight warming of the river tends to get the fish on the bite. - River is clear and every rock he turned with leaf debris had scuds jumping to the surface. - Swinging big streamers in the morning is a great tactic to find big agressive fish. - Nymph the riffles and pocket water with Big Brown or Yellow Stone Fly Nymphs with a Scud dropper or tie on 2nd Scud and swing them along the banks. -It's time to start fishing Egg Patterns, San Juan Worms, Scuds and Sucker Spawn as Browns are into Spawning Mode.
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Now for the fishing conditions. The river is at 445 CFS - AM Water Temp 33'. - Rain with heavy overcast this morning. . - We are going to have an afternoon high of 40' today. -We have perfect conditions for catching some agressive Rainbows or Spawning Browns- With our cooler mornings, try waiting til mid-morning to begin your fishing day. - By waiting a couple of hours after sunrise, this gives the sun some time to warm up the river a degree or two. - This slight warming of the river tends to get the fish on the bite. - Start your morning by swinging big streamers. - Swing some soft hackles like; Spiders, Hares Ear or Pheasant Tails. - It's time to start fishing some Egg Patterns, San Juan Worms, Scuds and Sucker Spawn as Browns get into the Fall Spawning Mode. - Tune-up your fly vest by cleaning out the last year's leaders & tippet spools and replace them with fresh leaders & tippet spools for this year. Reorganize your flies into new boxes. Check your vest to see if you need more floatant, lead shot, strike indicators or tippet rings. If your fly line is becoming stiff or cracked it's time to change it. You can bring your fly reel into the shop and we can machine wind a new fly line with free backing !! If your favorite rod has broken guides, tip tops, missing hook keeper or needs new wraps.......Bring it down to the shop for repair.
We like the following patterns: Eggs, Sucker Spawn, Scuds and San Juan Worms. - Streamers: John's Lion Bugger, G's Catch'Em All, Circus Peanuts, Zonkers, Woolly Buggers, Pick Yur' Pocket - Soft Hackles: Spiders, Hares Ear or Pheasant Tails - Nymphs: Golden Stone (8-10) BH Hares Ear (12-16), BH Princes (10-16), BH Pheasant Tails (12-18), Rubber Legs (all colors), 20 Incher's (8-16) & Euro Bead Head Princes. Don't forget to try a Chartreuse or Yellow Stone Mop Fly, too. We recommend a drop rig for maximum effectiveness and use an indicator to make sure you don't miss any takes. Try the AirLock indicators if you haven't already. They are the best!
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DALLAS, April 16 (UPI) -- Longtime CBS and Fox sports announcer Pat Summerall has died at a hospital in Dallas, where he was recovering from hip surgery, a family friend said. He was 82.
Summerall, who teamed with John Madden for 21 seasons on CBS and Fox telecasts of NFL games, died Tuesday at Zale Lipshy Hospital, The Dallas Morning News reported.
A placekicker for the NFL Detroit Lions, Chicago Cardinals and New York Giants from 1952-61, Summerall began working for CBS in 1962. He worked as a color analyst on football, and covered the Masters golf tournament, the U.S. Open tennis tournament and NBA basketball as well for the network.
Summerall switched from color to play-by-play, working with his announcing partner, John Madden, and when Fox began televising NFL games in 1994, Summerall and Madden moved from CBS to Fox.
"I was so lucky I got to work with Pat," Madden said. "He was so easy to work with. He knew how to use words. For a guy like myself who rambles on and on and doesn't always make sense, he was sent from heaven."
Summerall worked 16 Super Bowl telecasts, more than anyone else, before retiring from broadcasting in 2002.
Ed Goren, a former Fox Sports president who with Summerall at Fox and CBS, said in a statement Summerall "set the standard for play-by-play announcers regardless of sport," the Morning News reported.
"He had a Hall of Fame career," Goren said.
Summerall was inducted into the American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame in 1999 and the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame in 1994. The Pro Football Hall of Fame honored him in 1994 with its Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award "for longtime exceptional contributions to radio and television in professional football."
The NFL has presented the Pat Summerall Award during Super Bowl week each year since 2006, honoring sportscasters who demonstrate "the character, integrity and leadership both on and off the job that the name Pat Summerall represents."
Summerall struggled with alcoholism, eventually spending five weeks in rehab at the Betty Ford Center in Palm Springs, Calif. The Morning News said he often credited his time at the Ford clinic with saving his life.
Born George Allen Summerall May 10, 1930, in Lake City, Fla., Summerall, whose parents had divorced, was raised by relatives.
He was an all-state basketball and football player in high school and won the Florida 16-and-under tennis championship in 1946. He played college football at Arkansas, where he earned a degree in education and a master's in Russian history.
He played one season of minor league baseball but caught on in professional football after the Detroit Lions selected him in the fourth round of the 1952 draft.
He retired from broadcasting at age 71 after Fox discontinued his role as part of its lead NFL telecast team, but came back for a brief stint during the 2004 season on ESPN, and did play-by-play on the Cotton Bowl telecast for Fox in 2007 and 2008.


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RNA gel to test DIG labeled RNA probe - (Feb/16/2010 )
Hi All,
Wondering if anyone can help me with a wee problem....Im going to make a DIG labeled RNA probe and want to test the probe when finished. From my reading there seems to be two ways that you can test the probe, the most common is the DOT blot which I understand as there is plenty of information to be found on this protocol. The second way is to run the probe in an RNA gel. My problem is I cant find information on whether I should denature the probe before running it and what I should see in the gel after it is run.....essentially how do I know the integrity of the probe is good????
Thanks, any help would be greatly appreciated
The dot blot and the gel tell you two different things - The blot tells you if your probe binds (though not specificity) and potentially at what dilutions of probe. The gel tells you if you have a probe at all, i.e. you are looking for a band of the correct size. Run next to an unlabelled probe if you can, the DIG retards the migration of the probe through the gel so will appear larger in MW than the unlabelled.
You should denature your probe before running.


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The Navy relieved of duties the commanding officer and executive officer of the attack submarine USS Jacksonville, based at Pearl Harbor, on Sunday after the sub's periscope struck a vessel while operating in the Persian Gulf Jan. 10, officials said.
The relief of commanding officer Cmdr. Nathan Sukols and executive officer Lt. Cmdr. Lauren Allen came following an investigation and administrative hearing known as an "admiral's mast," held in Manama, Bahrain, the Navy said.
The commander of Task Force 54, Rear Adm. Phillip Sawyer, relieved Sukols "due to loss of confidence in Sukols' ability to command," and Allen "due to loss of confidence in Allen's ability to serve in the capacity of executive officer," according to a Navy release.
The Navy said Sawyer "also reviewed the actions of other Jacksonville crewmembers and held accountable those whose actions did not meet the high standards we expect."
The additional disciplinary action taken was not identified.
Sukols and Allen have been reassigned to administrative duties at the U.S. Pacific Fleet Submarine Force at Pearl Harbor.
No one was hurt when the periscope on Jacksonville, a Los Angeles-class submarine, struck a vessel while operating in the Persian Gulf Jan. 10 at approximately 5 a.m., U.S. Naval Forces Central Command public affairs said previously in a release.
Jacksonville then surfaced from periscope depth to determine if there was any damage to the unidentified vessel. The vessel continued on a consistent course and speed offering no indication of distress or acknowledgement of a collision, the Navy said.
The submarine's reactor remained in a safe condition, the Navy previously said, and there was no damage to the propulsion plant systems or concern regarding watertight integrity.
A U.S. P-3 Orion aircraft conducted a search of the area and saw no debris in the water or vessels in distress.
Damage was limited to one of Jacksonville's two periscopes, the Navy said.


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Here is a delicious and comforting pasta recipe that you can pull together easily when you've been busy shopping and wrapping gifts during the holiday period. It would also make a stress-free entree for a casual get-together.
Spaghetti With Spicy Lamb Sauce
1 box (375 g) spaghetti
50 ml (1/4 cup) extra-virgin olive oil
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 sprig rosemary, finely chopped
1 ml (1/4 tsp) red pepper flakes (or to taste)
300 g (10 oz) ground lamb
125 ml (1/2 cup) white wine
1 can (540 ml/19 oz) diced tomatoes (undrained)
175 ml (3/4 cup) water
Salt, to taste
15 ml (1 tbsp) butter
175 ml (3/4 cup) grated Pecorino Romano cheese
In a large skillet over medium, heat olive oil. Add garlic, rosemary and red pepper flakes, sauteing until garlic turns slightly yellow.
Add ground lamb; cook until well browned. Stir in wine and cook for about 1 minute.
Add tomatoes with juice and water; season with salt. Simmer until liquid has evaporated and sauce is thickened. Cover and keep hot.
Meanwhile, cook spaghetti according to package directions. Drain and toss with sauce.
Stir in butter and cheese before serving.
Makes 4 servings.
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