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Angelina Jolie made the brave decision to undergo a preventive double mastectomy after learning she carried the BRCA1 gene that made it extremely likely (an 87% chance) that she would get breast cancer or (a 50% chance) ovarian cancer.
Jolie, 37, was very close with her mother Marcheline Bertrand, who passed away at the age of 56 after losing her seven-year battle with ovarian cancer.
"She held out long enough to meet the first of her grandchildren and to hold them in her arms," Jolie wrote Tuesday in an op-ed for the New York Times: "But my other children will never have the chance to know her and experience how loving and gracious she was."
Bertrand lived long enough to meet the eldest three of Jolie and her fiancé Brad Pitt's six children -- Maddox, Zahara, and Shiloh.
Aside from Pitt and the kids they share together, Jolie's mother was the most important person and influence in her life. Jolie was estranged from her father, actor Jon Voight, for many years after he and Bertrand divorced in 1978. "She raised me," Jolie has said. Bertrand dabbled in acting, but she gave it all up to raise her two children, and it's clear that Jolie admired her mother's strength as a single parent.
Bertrand was a very private person, so Jolie would visit her all the time at her apartment in Beverly Hills, California. When speaking publicly, though, Jolie couldn't help but praise her mother and share what a special connection they had.
"I will never be as good a mother as she was," Jolie told CBS News of her mother in 2011. "I will try my best, but I don't think I could ever be. She was grace incarnate, the most generous, loving -- she's better than me."
Jolie remained close with her mom until the very end. So, it's no surprise that after watching Bertrand's health struggles first hand, Jolie would take action to ensure history doesn't repeat itself.
"There is no longevity on my mother's side of the family," Jolie told Esquire in 2010. "My grandmother also died young, so my mother always thought it could happen to her. But she lived to see her grandchildren, lived to see both me and my brother in a nice place. She was a real mother that way. She waited till everyone was okay. Then she closed her eyes."
She closed her eyes in January 2007, and Jolie, Pitt, and her brother James Haven, were all by Bertrand's side when she passed. "There are no words to express what an amazing woman and mother she was," Jolie and Haven told People in a statement. "She was our best friend."
Jolie was heartbroken after her mother died. However, she continued living a life her mother would be extremely proud of. Jolie now has six children and is planning a wedding in the future with Pitt.
"I can tell my children that they don't need to fear they will lose me to breast cancer," Jolie writes in the New York Times.
Words her mother would most certainly be proud of.
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It's hard to better a song as beautifully crafted as Sia's Chandelier, but on This Is Acting, the Australian singer's seventh record, she's not far off the same powerful polish.
On the first two tracks anyway at least... The definition of "belters", there's no ease into the album, no delicacy, just sheer, knockout brilliance.
Bird Set Free smacks into you with all the force of a magpie crashing into a window, feathers flying, claws scrambling against the glass, while Alive builds epically, crushing your lungs as you attempt to sing-a-long (it's impossible), Sia's voice breaking and squawking magnificently on the bridge.
They're both certifiable pop smashes, but then things begin to slide into the realm of generic club bangers - Move Your Body being the most disappointing culprit.
Reaper (co-written and produced with Kanye West, among others) and House On Fire pull things back into focus, switching up the tempo and cranking up the sense of longing, but in the end it doesn't all quite come together (Sweet Design in particular feels massively out of place).
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An honour to play Dishonoured 2.
Ladies and gentleman we have a late runner for the 2016 Game of the Year.
As far as stealth action games go Dishonoured 2 is going to take some beating.
This beautifully presented and hugely immersive role-playing game is one for the more patient gamer.
It rewards exploration, experimentation and repeat playthroughs so those forking out their hard-earned money will need to set aside some time to get the most out of it.
The original Dishonoured was a hit and one of the stellar things about it was the depth and quality of the script.
It's successor, which was released last month, lives up to the lofty benchmark of the original.
But it surpasses its predecessor in terms of presentation and graphics, which is expected given the original was released on the previous generations of consoles in 2012.
Without wishing to spoil things too much for those yet to play (I imagine this is on a lot of Christmas lists - and so it should be!), The Clockwork Mansion will likely go down as one of the best missions I have ever had the pleasure of playing in my 30 years of gaming.
That alone could well see this stand alone as the game of 2016 in what has been a hugely competitive year.
The majority of Dishonored 2 is set in the coastal city of Karnaca and takes place is 15 years after the events of the first game. After Empress Emily Kaldwin is deposed by an "otherworldly usurper", the player may choose between playing as either Emily or her bodyguard and father Corvo Attano as they attempt to reclaim the throne.
There are a multitude of ways to succeed in each given mission, from stealth to purposeful violent conflict.
The crowning achievements of this 10/10 title is the incredible freeform stealth gameplay which puts Hitman to shame, sumptuous setting to rival Assassin's Creed and expertly-crafted missions which give Grand Theft Auto a run for its money.
The only reported issues came with speed on the PC version which have since been fixed by a series of patches.


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The Nogtail is a demon-like creature resembling a piglet, but stunted by narrow black eyes, a thick stubby tail, and long legs. It is mainly found across rural areas in Europe, America and Russia. Nogtails sneak into a pigsty, and suckle on an ordinary pig which curses the farm. The longer the Nogtail goes undetected, the longer the blight will stay on the farm.
Fast and hard to catch, the only way to make sure the Nogtail will not come back is to chase it away with a pure white dog. The Pest Sub-Division of the Ministry of Magic's Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures maintains a pack of a dozen albino bloodhounds specifically for this purpose.[1]
Some people also hunt Nogtails for recreation. For example, Tiberius took his nephew Cormac McLaggen and colleagues Bertie Higgs and Rufus Scrimgeour hunting for Nogtails in Norfolk.[2] McLaggen owned a book on this subject, which Horace Slughorn wished to someday borrow.
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Albert A. Shakan Sr. - Cumberland
Albert A. Shakan Sr. - Cumberland
Albert A. Shakan Sr., 86, of Mendon Road passed away peacefully Tuesday, Sept. 24 at home, surrounded by his family. He was the beloved husband of Florence M. (Breault) Shakan.
Born in Central Falls he was the son of the late George and Samia Shakan. He resided in Cumberland for the past 54 years, previously living in Central Falls.
He was the proprietor of the Hillside Café, also known as Shakan's, on Manville Hill Road in Cumberland for 49 years.
He was a World War II and Korean War, U. S. Army veteran. Mr. Shakan was a communicant of St. Joan of Arc Church, Cumberland and St. Basil the Great Church, Lincoln.
Besides his wife he leaves three children, Debbie A. Mitchell and her husband Charlie, Albert A. Shakan Jr. and his wife Robin, and Lori Shakan, all of Cumberland; one sister, Olga Caswell of Cumberland; six grandchildren, Jeinnifer Shakan of Maryland, Jason Lee of Lincoln, and George Shakan, Kendra Shakan, Keri Mitchell and Emilie Mitchell, all of Cumberland; and several nieces and nephews.
A celebration of his life will be held Saturday, Sept. 28 at 9 a.m. from the J. J. Duffy Funeral Home, 757 Mendon Road, Route 122, Cumberland, with a funeral Mass at 10 a.m. in St. Basil the Great Church, 15 Skyview Drive, Lincoln. Burial will follow in St. Basil the Great Cemetery, Cumberland. Relatives and friends are kindly invited. Calling hours are Friday from 3 to 7 p.m.
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Antoine Jordan '12
Class of 2012
Major/Minor: International Studies
Campus Involvement
- Major: International Studies, Drama
- Concentration: Western Europe
- Study Abroad: Hansard Programme in London, UK
- Internship: US Department of State, Foreign Service Institute, Arlington, VA; US Embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania
- Drama productions
- Honor Board
- Language: German
- Omicron Delta Kappa
- Peer Mentor
- Presidential Fellows
- Student Government Association
- Douglass Cater Society of Junior Fellows
- WACappella
- WC Vocal Consort
Additional Info
Blog: 4500 myliu nuo namu … mano vasara Lietuva (4500 miles from home…my summer in Lithuania)
Hometown and high school? Frederick, MD; Tuscarora High School.
Favorite place around Washington College? My favorite place in Chestertown easily has to be the Waterfront and Wilmer Park. I love going down and sitting by the water on a nice day to do work or hang out with friends.
First year experience/advice? The biggest mistake I made my freshman year was probably not utilizing my professors more. You should never be afraid to ask your professors questions, especially for help. They definitely want to see you succeed!
Favorite '90s Song? My favorite '90s song has to be "Groove Is In The Heart" from Dee-lite!!!
Favorite class? Shakespeare with Professor Kathryn Moncrief. I really enjoyed learning a lot more about Shakespeare and reading some of his works that I hadn't read before. It was a great class!
Recommended professor? Garry Clarke! "G. Clarke" is THE MAN! I loved his Music Theory class and working with him in the WC Vocal consort.
Most memorable experience as a first-year student? Playfair… You'll see, just wait!
If you could be a condiment, which one would you be and why? Old Bay (the greatest thing Maryland has to offer except Old Bay on crabs themselves) because I like to spice things up!
If you had a superpower, what would it be and why? The power to fly. I think it would be awesome to fly everywhere and anywhere you wanted to!
Future plans? After college, I plan on either joining to Foreign Service with the US State Department or going on to get my masters degree.


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Jenrry Mejia #23-Mejia entered 2009 with no experience above short-season leagues, but finished it in Double-A despite missing time in the middle of the year with a strained finger on his pitching hand. He has top-of-the-rotation stuff, but is just 20 with the command you'd expect to see in a live-armed teenager with barely 200 innings in pro ball. His fastball sits at 93-96 and will tick higher, and the ball sometimes shows natural cutting action toward left-handed hitters. His changeup is his best off-speed pitch and, at 85-87 mph with good tail, looks like a soft two-seamer. His curveball is very inconsistent, but at its best, it's plus with good two-plane break and depth in the upper 70s. He's thick but not tall, and his slot is just below 3/4 -- so he has to work on staying on top of the ball, and the finger injury reduced his already below-average command. That said, he's 20 and has shown he can get advanced hitters in Double-A out. If the Mets slow him down a little and let him spend all of 2010 (and maybe some of 2011) in the minors to improve his command and the consistency of his changeup and curve, they have a chance for a No. 1 or No. 2 starter.
Wilmer Flores #41-Flores, as predicted, broke with a full-season club in 2009 and held his own despite playing most of the year at 17. He has very quick wrists and is short to the ball with good finish. The ball flies off his bat, especially in BP, in which he shows the promise of future plus power, and in games he has already shown that he can square balls up against pitchers two or three years his senior. In fact, of players with at least 400 at-bats in the Sally League in 2009, only one hitter had fewer strikeouts than Flores did. His main deficiency as a player is very slow feet, even though he's not thickly built, and he has no shot to stay at shortstop and little shot of handling third base, which means he'll end up at first base or in an outfield corner, although there's an excellent chance his bat plays in any of those positions.
Ike Davis #64-Davis' mediocre debut in 2008 turned out to be a red herring, as he finished his first full season in 2009 in Double-A and isn't far from reaching the majors. He has raw power, especially dead pull power, and showed that he can murder a fastball and lay off a lot of pitches out of the zone against right-handed pitchers. On the downside, Davis doesn't hit left-handed pitching at all, and even against right-handers struggles to recognize off-speed stuff. He's a reasonably good athlete who can handle first base and actually has a plus arm -- he was 92-94 mph as a reliever in college -- although that's less relevant at the position. A full year in Double-A/Triple-A to work on pitch recognition and on improving his approach against left-handers is probably critical for his future as an everyday player, but he has a chance to be an above-average one if he can shed the "platoon player" tag with more reps.
Fernando Martinez #73-Martinez has one of the biggest drops of anyone on this list (from last year's list), but I'm not down on Martinez's offensive potential -- the ball still comes off his bat incredibly well, comparable to Starlin Castro, who sits in the Top 25 of this list because of that skill -- and I could have left Martinez in the Top 25 and justified it. The problems with "F-Mart," aside from the fact that Mets fans decided to give him a nickname more appropriate for a farm-equipment discount store, aren't about baseball skills. He continues to have trouble staying healthy, and there's a real risk of Chris Snelling disease here, with lack of playing time limiting his development; he's never had more than 400 plate appearances in any season, and even including winter ball this offseason, when he was just back from knee surgery, he had fewer than 300 PAs in '09. Martinez has also had his work ethic and conditioning called into question, including a visible lack of effort more than once at the big league level last year. Very few players can coast to major league stardom on talent alone, and Martinez needs to grow up -- he's still just 21 years old -- to turn himself into an elite corner-outfield bat. (It looks like Martinez has exactly 45 days on the Mets' active roster, which would make him eligible for the Rookie of the Year award in 2010, as well as for this list. If he had just one more day on the active roster, he'd no longer be eligible.)
Law also lists his Top 10 by organization. Here is the Mets Top 10, according to Law:
1.Jenrry Mejia2.Wilmer Flores3.Ike Davis4.Fernando Martinez5.Brad Holt6.Jon Niese7.Josh Thole8.Reese Havens9.Jefry Marte10.Juan Urbina
Interesting contrasts between different "experts". All have their points, and have different sources of information. Nice to see the Mets represented here. Martinez's injuries are definitely the major factor in his decline.
In Law's Mets Top 10, Marte and Urbina are the biggest surprises. Having struggled in his 1st full-season, Marte (.223/.279/.338/617) still has the raw tools and ability. Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Jeurys Familia, Kyle Allen, and Ruben Tejada could have better arguements than Marte or Urbina. Toby's Top 41 will be here very soon.


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Nov 18, 2012
Free DIY Santa Beard Pattern
6 comments:
- Karen W said...
OHMIGOD! That is hilarious! Somehow I will fit that into my sewing schedule. Granddad will love it!
- November 19, 2012
- Unknown said...
Annika...You are soooo awesome. I luckily have some spare time today (a rare occurance) and am making 4 of these today. I have been wanting to make some beards for my kids when we do the secret santa for friends. They are so excited to add this to the fun! Thank you so much for sharing!!!!
- November 19, 2012
- Unknown said...
Thank you very much for the free pattern. What a lovely gesture :o)
- November 19, 2012
- Dazie said...
I have seen so many fab makes this year out of felt, but this, this is my absolute all time favourite! A genius idea and so lovely of you to share it with all of us! I shall be making one of these for sure!
Thank you so much
- December 02, 2012
This is hilarious! I love it! I don't know if I'll have to make it this year, but I pinned it to remember for next year (or make after Christmas so itwill be ready for next!) Thanks!
- December 04, 2012
Thank you so much for your generosity! I have quite a few of your patterns, but this one is perfect for a Christmas-obsessed teacher at the kids preschool! Thanks so much!
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 16 diseños de 7 diseñadores freelance.
An energy control and monitoring company are looking for a layout for their corporate website. The website will contain general company information as well as a portal to their flagship online monitoring product.
We're looking for a fixed width design, optimised for 1024
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have a logo that is already in place with all our paperwork, so the colour
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Our products are really geared towards monitoring and
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Hi CAS,
Good discussion, but I'll take the conversation off-line.
Yup, I got some lucky breaks. Got a good job with the phone company and now with a magazine as a managing editor. I even work with a guy in Sydney.
I've had bad times too and wouldn't wish it on anybody. A lot of days are shitty, but I can't control those. I've been giving money to fund SCI research for years too. Hopefully one day it will pay off, but it is unlikely to help me.
Anyway, hope to see you on other forums,
Aka the old guard
you guys beating england bad
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Bats are abundant in Nassau County and they play a crucial role in our ecosystem. The species of bats that live in our area thrive on a diet of insects and can eat up to 8,000 per night, including mosquitoes. Thanks to their diet, bats are an excellent form of natural insect control. Without them, your yard would be swarmed with pests and virtually unusable.
While bats are certainly beneficial, they can become a serious problem when they move into your house. These animals can cause extensive property damage and carry diseases that can be harmful to humans and pets. Do you have a problem with bats? If so, contact the Animal Control Experts, a reputable Nassau County pest control company that offers bat removal services.
How to Tell if Bats have Invaded Your Home
In East Williston, NY, seeing bats flying around at night isn't unusual; what is unusual is sharing your home with them. Since they are so prevalent in this area, there's a chance that bats will take refuge in your house at some point. How can you tell if these animals have become a problem? If you notice any of the following signs, you should contact an animal control company as soon as possible.
- Bats close to your home. As mentioned, seeing bats in East Williston is pretty common; seeing them right near your house, however, could be a sign that they're nesting inside. Head outside at dusk or dawn and look toward your roofline; if you see bats entering and exiting your house, that's a surefire sign of a problem.
- Odd sounds. Hearing strange noises coming from your ceiling or inside your walls? Scraping, scratching, squealing, or squeaking sounds? If so, there are a chance bats have moved into your house; however, these sounds could also be an indication that you need rat extermination or raccoon removal services, as strange sounds are also attributed to other pests.
- Guano. The presence of bat droppings, or guano, is a telltale sign of a bat infestation. It's small, black, and shiny, and it can be found in the areas where these animals roost and near the points where they enter and exit their roosts; for instance, you might find a collection of guano in your attic or crawlspace, on your deck or porch, or in the gutters.
- Stains. Bats have oil on their coats, and as they enter and exit their homes, they can leave residue behind. Check for black stains near openings in your house, such as by the soffits or around the vents in your attic. If there are any holes in your roof or siding that are surrounded by black marks, you may have a bat problem.
How do Bats Get into Your House?
Like all other species of animals, bats seek shelter in warm, dark, dry locations, making attics, crawlspaces, sheds, and garages the perfect location for them to nest. But how do they get there? There are a number of ways these animals can enter your home and other structures on your property.
- Windows and doors. Open windows and doors are a welcome invitation for bats. Since bats are so prevalent in East Williston, leaving doors and windows opened without screens or with damaged screens can definitely increase the chances of these critters getting inside.
- Gaps and cracks. If there are any gaps or cracks in your siding, roof, fascia, or soffits, bats can get inside. These animals are very agile and can squeeze themselves into very compact spaces.
- Chimneys. Another way that bats can get into your home is through the chimney. While chimney caps are intended to keep animals out, they can become damaged and provide an easy point of entry for bats.
What to Do when Bats are in Your House
If you've spotted any of the signs that indicate bats are in your house, don't attempt to handle the problem yourself. Not only can trying to remove them on your own be dangerous but typically, DIY attempts aren't successful. There are a lot of bat removal products on the market, but they usually aren't safe, as they often contain chemicals that can be harmful to humans and to the animals. While you want to rid your house of these pests, you don't want to injure them, as they are such an important part of the ecosystem.
As soon as you spot the signs of a bat infestation, contacting a professional animal control company that specializes in bat removal, like Animal Control Experts, is recommended.
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The team at Animal Control Experts has received extensive training in the safe and effective removal of bats. Our technicians will confirm the presence of bats, determine how they're getting into your home, and safely remove them from your property. We take great care to avoid harming the animals and relocate them to locations where they can't pose a threat of becoming a problem for you, or for other homeowners. After removal, we'll seal up any points of entry to prevent future infestations.
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We did not create the heavens and earth and everything between them, except with truth. The Hour is certainly coming, so turn away graciously. (Quran, 15:85)
Everything in the heavens and everything on the earth and everything in between them and everything under the ground belongs to Him. (Quran, 20:6)
We did not create heaven and earth and everything in between them as a game. (Quran, 21:16)
Scientists state that first of all, a mass of hot gas increased in density. This mass later divided into smaller parts to form galactic matter and later still, the stars and planets. To put it another way, the Earth along with stars around it, are all parts which separated from a united body of gas. Some of these parts brought the suns and planets into being, thus leading to the emergence of the many Solar Systems and galaxies.
As we have set out in earlier sections the universe was first in a state of "ratq" (fusion: combined together, united) and then became "fataqa" (divided into parts). The emergence of the universe is described with the most suitable words in the Quran, in such a way as to confirm the scientific accounts. (1)
On the occasion of every division, a few particles remained outside the new, fundamental bodies forming in space. The scientific name for these extra particles is "interstellar galactic material." Interstellar matter consists of 60% of hydrogen, 38% of helium and 2% of all other elements. 99% of the interstellar matter consists of interstellar gas and 1% of interstellar dust, which probably consists of heavy elements in small particles of 0,0001 to 0.001 mm in diameter.
Scientists regard these substances as very important from the point of view of astrophysical measurements. These substances are so fine as to be capable of being regarded as dust, smoke or gas.
However, when one considers these substances as a whole, they represent a larger mass than the total of all the galaxies in space. Although the existence of this interstellar galactic matter was only discovered in 1920, attention was drawn to the existence of these particles, described as "ma baynahuma"-translated as "everything between them"-hundreds of years ago in the Quran. (2)
1. Kazi, 130 Evident Miracles in the Quran, 53.
2. Digitale Ausgabe LexiRom (Digital Expenditure LexiRom), Meyers Lexikon in drei B?nden (Meyers Encyclopedia in three volumes) (Mannheim: Bibliographisches Institut & F.A. Brockhaus AG: 1995).


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Confession time.
Once again I find myself on the outside looking in.
At 54 years old, you would think that sort of thing wouldn't bother me anymore. After all, I managed to chart a pretty good course through 75 percent of my life span undeterred and undaunted by my quirkiness and without an overriding need to fit in.
Except this time, I think I would rather like to. You know, fit in.
You see, I am the only one in my family and circle of friends without a smart phone.
I must admit there's some serious pangs of longing going on here. At first, I just thought those pangs were from that stupid "I'm Frying In My Own Fat" Weight Loss Challenge, and I needed to visit my emergency chocolate drawer. But after further introspection, I realized it was that darn tootin' phone.
Even my technologically challenged hubby has an android. He's always telling me how blazing fast the thing is, and how he has this app and that app.
Apps? My phone is too dumb for apps.
Oh, and I'd love to see what those QR codes can do, but again, my phone is too dumb for that.
Sadly, it will be June before my phone carrier, Sprint, allows me the requisite $150 rebate so I can afford a smart phone. That delay might have something to do with that unfortunate time my dumb phone leapt from my hand and scuttled willynilly onto the concrete garage floor and then randomly started to turn itself off and on.
Still, you would think Sprint would take some pity on me and let me blend in and join the smart ones.
Hails bails, I feel like the last kid to be picked in gym class for dodge ball.
I think this borders on bullying. I'd report it, but my phone's too slow.


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Russert and Couric Assume Kerry Ignored Swift Vets Ad in August
The morning after President Bush's speech before the Republican National Convention, the three broadcast network morning shows led off with explosions and gunfire at a Russian school seized two days earlier by terrorists and a major hurricane threatening Florida. But when they finally got around to politics, NBC's Katie Couric and Tim Russert seemed more interested in John Kerry's midnight rally in Ohio, where Kerry blasted Bush and Cheney as "unfit" for office. Russert claimed Kerry had been "silent through the month of August," when in fact Kerry launched an aggressive response to the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth two weeks ago.
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CBS Belittles Bushs Speech
CBS used John Kerrys convention appearance to admire his "integrity" and fawn over how "he always finds a way to get up," but on Thursday night John Roberts rued Bushs "compassionate conservative" phrase since "critics would probably say its a mantra that rings pretty hollow." Roberts also complained: "He seems to have completely forgotten about Osama bin Laden."
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ABC Upset by "Red-Faced" Zell's "Tirade"
On Thursday's Good Morning America, Charles Gibson and George Stephanopoulos were unhappy with Democratic Senator Zell Miller's anti-Kerry GOP convention speech last night. "Zell Miller was on a tirade. I mean, he was red-faced," Stephanopoulos complained. "Senator Miller pounded and pounded and pounded," Gibson agreed. But twelve years ago, after Zell Miller tartly lit into then-President George H.W. Bush at the Democratic convention,
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"Ugly" Zell Miller Reminiscent of Buchanan
Zell Miller's speech reminded ABC and CNN reporters of Pat Buchanan's 1992 address -- and they didn't mean it as a compliment. CNN's Bill Schneider contended that "I've never heard such an angry speech." Joe Klein of
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Lashing Lynne and Liz From the Left
In Boston, ABC, CBS, and NBC interviewed Elizabeth Edwards and her daughter Cate with a set of nice personal queries. But today, the three networks pounded Lynne Cheney and her daughter Liz with ten questions about lesbian daughter Mary, "evangelical Christians," and the Federal Marriage Amendment.
The Early Show on CBS even played an entire 30-second anti-Bush ad by the liberal Human Rights Campaign for free to start the interview.
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September 1 Morning Edition
Brokaw Rues Missing Bad News
NBCs Tom Brokaw ended prime time coverage on a sour note as he stressed how "things are not going well in many parts of the world for the United States. Despite the speeches tonight of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Laura Bush, this is a very difficult time in Iraq, the war on terrorism is an uncertain trumpet."
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Electrifying Democrats vs. Nasty Republicans
Five weeks ago, ABCs Charles Gibson was enthused by the opening night of the Democratic convention. Although Republican delegates responded enthusiastically to John McCain and Rudy Giulianis speeches Monday night, Gibson was in a much worse mood this morning. He characterized it as a night of attack after attack on John Kerry and references to 9/11, and he castigated Giuliani for mentioning the terrorist attacks: Isnt that, in and of itself, divisive?
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August 31 Morning Edition
Purple "Hearts" Appall ABC & CNN
CNNs Candy Crowley and ABCs George Stephanopoulos were aghast Monday night over how some delegates wore band-aids displaying a heart shape in the color purple, meant to make light of John Kerry earning purple hearts in Vietnam for superficial wounds. Stephanopoulos lectured a veteran about how John McCain has called the attacks on Kerry "dishonest and dishonorable. Why do you think it's okay to wear a bandage like that?"
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August 30 Afternoon Edition
Pushing Bush to Raise Taxes
In an interview aired Monday morning, NBC's Matt Lauer pressed President Bush from the left on a number of issues, including tax cuts. Lauer told the President that "in terms of the predicted number of jobs that were supposed to be created by your tax cuts, you haven't gotten them," and he twice pleaded with Bush to consider raising taxes in a second term. Over on ABC, Claire Shipman told Vice President Cheney that he's referred to as "evil genius, Darth Vader, architect of war, Mr. Doom and Gloom," whereupon she asked him "Does that bug you?"
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Tom Brokaw ended Sundays NBC Nightly News complaining that the decision to feature three "middle of the road" speakers, in contrast to the partys "hard right" positions, may be seen by "streetwise New Yorkers" as "the political equivalent of a popular con game in this tough town, three-card monty." Brokaw lamented: "That's a game in which the dealer almost always wins."
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"Mariana" is a good poem with which to begin the study of Tennyson. It shows his technical strengths of pictorial and musical qualities, as well as his greatest weakness: a lack of philosophical depth. What Tennyson lacks in ideas, he makes up for in psychological acuity and emotional accuracy. Still, "Mariana" is more than a lyrical portrait of monotony in the manner of Keats, with its sensuous evocation of melancholy; it also reflects the Victorian search—or wait—for a subject and style of its own. Published in 1830 at the end of the Romantic period, "Mariana" begins to show the problem with the Romantic lyric stance in the face of emerging Victorian concerns.
A major Victorian concern was the crisis of doubt brought on by apocalyptic social and intellectual changes. While the Industrial Revolution was laying waste to a way of life close to nature, the explosion of scientific discoveries was similarly laying waste to traditional ideas about religion. The result was a general feeling of abandonment. In "Dover Beach," Matthew Arnold proposed that even in the absence of worldly or religious hope, couples could at least "be true to one another." Yet Mariana is deprived of even this consolation. Seen in this light, her abandonment by Angelo reflects this larger crisis in faith, and her inability to act is analogous to stalled Victorian energies.
In later poems, such as "Lucretius" and "Despair," Tennyson explores what happens when, in the absence of a transcendent faith, the material world is a person's only reality. He concludes that such a view can end only in despair. Under the weight of her desire for Angelo, Mariana cannot "look on the sweet heaven," and she sinks into the sensuous experience of her surroundings. Desire turns to despair. Only in the final refrain does Mariana invoke a higher power for the first time: "Oh God, that I were dead!" (In the poem's sequel, "Mariana in the South," Mariana joins a convent, forsaking worldly desire in order to focus...
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In December last year the technology consortium responsible for the USB standard announced that the next generation of connectors would be entirely reversible – now the first picture of the new plug has appeared online.
As expected, the new design looks pretty much identical to Apple's Lightning connector - a proprietary standard which is also reversible and appears on the latest iPhones and iPads.
The new USB 3.1 Type-C is similar in size to the current Micro USB design used to charge most small gadgets and will break computability with current ports.
The designs are not expected to be finalized until July and it will take many months more before manufacturers start to introduce the new Type-C to their products.
This latest update to the most widely accepted connector in the tech world will offer increased bandwidths of up to 10Gbps but for most of the clearest advantage will never having to fiddle with getting our USB plugs the right way round.
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Multi-Asset Insights: The impact of negative interest rates on markets
The latest insight from our multi-asset team examines the effects of negative interest rates on various participants in equity and bond markets.
European equities to benefit most from negative rates
Perhaps the most direct way to examine the impact of negative rates on equities is through the discounted cashflow model (DCF).
This allows us to estimate the intrinsic value of a stock by summing up the present value of all expected cashflows over the life of the security, discounted by the appropriate interest rate.
Ceterus paribus, a lower risk-free rate should boost the present value of equities via a mechanical adjustment of valuations upwards.
We believe that this phenomenon will be seen most clearly in Europe, where negative interest rates are creeping across sovereign bonds of all shapes and sizes in the region.
The chart below illustrates the impact of negative interest rates on our measure of the equity risk premium for Europe.
Figure 1: European equity risk premium (the required rate of return versus cash)
Source: Datastream. Based on MSCI Europe ex UK. Projected ERP based on constant Required Rate of Return for equities minus the adjusted risk free rate.
No value in holding cash but long-term returns to suffer
In addition, the opportunity cost of holding excess cash will motivate corporations to pursue shareholder-friendly activities like buying back shares.
Share buybacks are already widespread in the US and we expect this to lift off in Europe over the next few months, which at the margin is supportive for equity prices.
On the other hand, negative rates unfortunately also have adverse implications; we believe they are a symptom of being in a low growth environment and future cashflows will need to be marked down accordingly.
The reality is that the long-term returns for equities will be lower than we have seen historically.
Let's now examine the potential medium-term effects of the ultra-low interest rate scenario in the eurozone on three different stakeholders active in the credit markets:
The issuers
Barring the scenario of the credit premium itself turning negative, there are three main consequences that we can expect to affect the overall supply of credit:
a) An incentive to increase leverage either for a further deployment of today's capital or as a pre-emptive strike against less favourable future issuance.
b) An incentive to restructure maturing debt towards longer maturities (leverage neutral, tenor extension).
c) A cross-border incentive to issue in euro (separately hedging the currency risk) for overseas corporates.
The investor
The European Central Bank's planned eurozone government bond purchases (as part of its quantitative easing – QE – programme) are much higher than the net supply coming to market. As such, it is possible to speculate that swathes of investors will be displaced.
Whilst it's hard to make explicit forecasts about the magnitude of potential flows, a recent macro survey showed that a large portion of existing owners of European investment grade credit were already considering a combination of overseas rotation and shift to lower-rated assets.
Figure 2: Barclays GM survey: Intentions of EUR IG investors
This process could then evolve in two directions:
a) The distortion of investors' natural risk habitat to become driven by loss aversion may create the premise for heightened volatility in the future.
b) The creation of sizeable cross-border carry trades which by nature are destabilising for the global financial system.
The regulatory considerations
There are two potential implications of the recent QE policy intervention:
a) A lack of available collateral (a counterparty owing collateral may have difficulties in finding credit-worthy paper to deliver) could further depress nominal bonds yields.
b) Risk/pricing models of large financial organisations that are typically built on the assumption of positive interest rates may no longer be valid, and may cause mispricing of risks.
Asset price distortion
An environment of negative yields force investors to shift their asset preference, leading to a strengthening of the ongoing hunt for yield.
It can sow the seeds for future instability by distorting the natural price discovery played by market participants.
Portfolio rebalancing flows (euro investors moving to overseas assets in an attempt to increase their yield pick-up) and potential further increase in foreign issuance in the euro credit market would be the market dynamics that are worth monitoring.
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Today was not exactly what I would call a banner day on the road less traveled. That would be the road to being a superhero (or at least the one toward being forever out of load-pile-land). In fact from where I sat at two I would have said "you can't get there from here."
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There is nothing that scares me more on this earth than an expanse of water that is 8 feet wide and 50 meters long. I have had some hard-bitten dudes point firearms at me in Guatemala. I have rappelled 100s of feet down into black holes in the ground. I've ridden a mountain bike off of stuff that would give a billy goat vertigo. I am no stranger to dumb-ass nail biter stuff. Having said all that, there is nothing that weakens my knees like standing on the starting blocks at one end of a long course meters pool. I (mostly) don't do the other dumb things anymore... but I still get on those starting blocks. I still feel my stomach turn to water. Nothing is as intimidating (for me) as looking down the length of that 50m. Conversely, there ain't nothing that thrills me more....
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If you gave the average American five guesses as to who was the first person to lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda, odds are he or she wouldn't come up with Henry Clay. A titan of his time, Clay (1777-1852) was a longtime senator from Kentucky who also served as Speaker of the House and secretary of state. He was Abraham Lincoln's idol, "and a study of Lincoln's writings and speeches clearly shows that much of his political philosophy was directly inherited from Clay," says Scott Farris in Almost President: The Men Who Lost the Race but Changed the Nation.
Clay, who was known as "The Great Compromiser" for helping to enact three legislative compromises that temporarily averted civil war, lost his three campaigns to become president and "is the greatest example of how failing to become president obscures a candidate's place in history," says Ferris, a former bureau chief for United Press International. His book contains a dozen engrossing biographical sketches of men who ran for the presidency and lost – "but who, even in defeat, have had a greater impact on American history than many of those who have served as president."
Farris starts with Clay and moves on to Stephen Douglas, William Jennings Bryan, Al Smith, Thomas E. Dewey, Adlai Stevenson, Barry Goldwater, George McGovern, Ross Perot and – in a combined chapter – the recent candidacies of Al Gore, John Kerry, and John McCain. He describes the circumstances that gave rise to each of these seminal "losers" – the causes they rallied around, the unique personalities they possessed – and how their presidential losses laid the groundwork for later political victories, if not for themselves, then for their parties or their cub causes.
Douglas is forever linked to Lincoln, both as the loser of the 1860 presidential election and for their series of well-known debates. In one of those exchanges, Douglas said, "I care more for the great principle of self-government, the right of the people to rule, than I do for all the negroes in Christendom," the kind of regrettable comment that assures he will always stand as the flip side to Lincoln's secular sainthood. Given all Douglas accomplished, though, that's unfair, Farris explains.
After Douglas' loss to Lincoln, he remained committed to the Union and he insisted that his fellow Democrats remain independent from Republicans even as they remained loyal to the Union – a tack that had enormous ramifications, Farris says. "While unity may seem critical in a time of time civil war, scholars have concluded that continued partisan bickering was to the Union's benefit." In doing so, Douglas saved the Democratic Party, "which remains the longest, continually functioning political party in the world."
Like Clay, Bryan ran for and lost the presidency three times (1896, 1900, 1908). He was a pioneer among political candidates, a devout Christian who believed it was people's duty to help the weakest members of society. William Allen White, a well-known journalist at the time, said of Bryan, "It was the first time in my life and in the life of a generation in which any man large enough to lead a national party had boldly and unashamedly made his cause that of the poor and the oppressed."
Even though he never won the presidency, Bryan was a tour de force in progressive politics for more than three decades and helped bring about stark reforms.
"The breadth of the list is extraordinary. Four major reforms – a progressive federal income tax, women's suffrage, Prohibition, and the direct election of senators – required constitutional amendment. Bryan's support and advocacy was critical to the adoption of each, causing one biographer to suggest that Bryan is personally responsible for more constitutional amendments than other person but James Madison."
And yet nowadays Bryan is probably most closely associated with a losing cause: persuading state legislatures to pass laws that would prohibit the teaching of evolution as fact in the public schools, an issue that came to a head during the 1925 Scopes Trial in Tennessee, when Bryan was infamously cross-examined about the historicity of the Bible and humiliated by attorney Clarence Darrow.
Bryan deserves better treatment from posterity, Farris argues, and so do many other presidential also-rans. Among them, 1928 loser Al Smith, the first Roman Catholic nominated for president. The New York governor encountered "the burning crosses of the Ku Klux Klan … all along the campaign trail – and not just in the Deep South, but also in Indiana, Montana, and Oklahoma." His campaign "illuminated a dark and ugly recess of American history that shamed many Protestants, and also lit a fire under American Catholics," paving the way for the first Roman Catholic president, John F. Kennedy, in 1960.
Perhaps no presidential loser gets a better revisit in Farris's selective narrative than 1972 Democratic nominee George McGovern. The former South Dakota senator tried to build a coalition around young voters, working women, homosexuals, minorities, and intellectuals, but earned just 37.5 percent of the vote in his loss to Richard Nixon. It was one of the largest landslides in presidential election history, and yet President Obama, Farris notes, appealed to "roughly the same demographics" in 2008, winning 53 percent of the electorate.
McGovern's overwhelming defeat "reveals that losers often show more foresight than winners, that being ahead of their time is one cause of their defeat, and that losing, like the demolition of a house, can be an opportunity for reconstruction of a political party and the nation."
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GEAR | Klettlerwerks
I grew up in a suburb of Chicago just a few miles away from a store called Erehwon Mountain Outfitter—a place that in all honesty was the reason I wanted to go to camp. I loved going in the store and visually taking in all the shiny mountain gear and cool packs and imagining what they might be used for. Erehwon Mountain Supply was co-founded in 1972 by Dana Gleason, who just a few years later moved to Bozeman, Montana to start Kletterwerks ("Kletter" meaning climbing and "werks" meaning factory in German). Near the end of the 1970s Gleason sold his share of the company, but today his son Dana Gleason III has relaunched the 1970s alpine pack company with the intent to renew the ideals and designs that his father started over 35 years ago. These packs and backs and sacks really nail the essence of the original design and era, and they're still made here in the U.S.A. with an strong emphasis on high quality materials and solid manufacturing.
6 comments:
- Kim@Snug Harbor said...
I grew up in Chicago. What a great city. I could spend a fortune in this store!
- December 5, 2012 at 6:50 AM
- Allison said...
I'm right near this store, I definitely need to check it out sometime! Thanks for posting!
- December 5, 2012 at 8:04 AM
I live for that VW bus.
- December 5, 2012 at 9:18 AM
- Maggie said...
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- December 5, 2012 at 7:37 PM
- Maggie said...
It's Erehwon, not Erewhon.... It's nowhere backwards.
- December 5, 2012 at 7:40 PM
- Lizzie said...
Thanks...I knew that! :)
- December 5, 2012 at 9:14 PM
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Finally here and with the highly touted UltraPixel* camera in tow, HTC's newest flagship phone is ready to hold its own. Well, on paper, at least. But how does it compare to everyone else's flagship?
While the newly named UltraPixel* may be its billboard feature, the One also wins the the battery and pixel density breakdowns respectively with a 2300mAh lithium-ion battery and 468ppi screen.
Price is yet to be determined. Obviously, a phone can't be judged on specs alone. But if what we're seeing so far holds up, HTC may just have a winner on its hands and in your pockets.
*no such thing.


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Here's how.
I write action-adventures & mysteries especially for boys 8 and up. Before I begin writing a story, it's been percolating in my mind for a couple of weeks at least. Finally the whole thing comes crashing in all at once. It's at this time that I stop what I'm doing, pick up a recorder, and briefly tell myself the story, just as if I were telling it to a group of kids, or to my own children when they were young. After doing this, I know the beginning, the middle, and the end.
This gets typed and usually runs 8 – 10, single spaced pages. The notes are put into a file and set aside. I don't look at those notes again until the first draft is finished. I write as I go when it comes to the manuscript. It is only after that first draft is finished that I ever look at it or the original notes. I'm always amazed to see that all of the elements of the original story have found their way into the first draft. That has never failed yet.
Then, to get myself into the mood to write, I make sure to do a few things. Around my computer I place several photographs and any props that will help me think about the story and characters. Once I was writing about the Pacific Northwest, and logging. I went out and caught chipmunk and placed him in a small cage with cedar chips. At the end of the day I let him go but I wasn't finished with the sequences in the woods. So the next day, I went out and caught another one. The sight of the chipmunk and the scent of the cedar helped set the mood.
The next thing I do is to always burn a candle next to the computer. I ONLY do this while writing. I never do it during brainstorming, editing, research, or reading a draft. The candle helps to take me to a different place.
Finally, I play mood appropriate music for the scene I'm writing. If it's a funny scene I play comedy. A sad scene requires a single piano or violin. The music brings specific images into my mind as I write.
One more thing.
If I'm writing about a hot place, I like to write in the summer with the air off. If it's a winter scene, I try to do those when it's actually winter. I have written hot scenes in the winter, but that's when I crank the heat way up high. I may have to stop doing that with the economy getting so rotten.
All of these elements, working together, go a long way toward setting the mood, conjuring up the proper images, suggesting dialog, and preparing the way to write. And using them, I have never faced a block of any kind. Not yet anyway.
Max Elliot Anderson grew up as a reluctant reader. After surveying the market, he sense the need for action-adventures and mysteries for readers 8 – 13, especially boys. Using his extensive experience in the production of motion pictures, videos, and television commercials, Mr. Anderson brings the same visual excitement and heart-pounding action to his stories. Each book has completely different characters, setting, and plot. Seven books are published, with an additional twenty-eight manuscripts completed. Young readers have reported that reading one of his books is like being in an exciting or scary movie. Visit Max online at the links below.
Books For Boys Blog http://booksandboys.blogspot.com
Author Web Site http://www.maxbooks.9k.com


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G & G Media Group LLC has purchased Woodall's Campground Management (WCM), a trade journal billed as the monthly "voice of the North American campground business," from Lincolnshire, Ill.-based Good Sam Enterprises LLC, according to a news release.
G & G, a 15-month-old firm located in the RV-building hub of Elkhart, Ind., currently publishes RVBusiness (RVB) magazine and RVBUSINESS.com, the recreational vehicle industry's anchor website. G & G is co-owned by Publisher Sherman Goldenberg and Vice President of National Ad Sales Beverly Gardner.
Gardner also operates Beverly Gardner & Associates, an independent publisher's rep firm that has represented WCM in advertising sales for more than 34 years.
"We can't imagine anything we'd rather do than continue our affiliation with the RV park and campground sector through the operation of Woodall's Campground Management," said Gardner. "Our firm has built relationships in this business over the years that are, quite frankly, irreplaceable, and we look forward to extending that role as owners of WCM."
The sale was finalized July 1, and G & G's first issue is September.
"Given the synergies of these two business sectors, it made a lot of sense for us to pursue this acquisition," added Goldenberg, who previously served as publisher for both RVB and WCM as a vice president for Affinity Group Inc., predecessor to Good Sam. "We can foresee both publications — and websites — benefitting from the melding of these two titles."
Plans are in the works for upgrades to WCM's print and Internet formats, according to G & G, which also plans to retain the services of veteran journalist Steve Bibler as the monthly's editor.
Woodall Publications Corp., dating back to 1935, added Campground Management to its growing list of publications serving the RV park and campground business in 1976. In 1995, suburban Chicago-based Woodall was sold to Southern California's Affinity Group Inc., now Good Sam, an affiliate of Camping World Inc. and publisher of Trailer Life, MotorHome, Highways and Coast magazines as well as the Good Sam RV Travel Guide & Campground Directory.
G & G Media is co-located with Beverly Gardner & Associates at 2901 E. Bristol St., Elkhart, IN 46514. Phone: (574) 266-7980. Website: Woodallscm.com.