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When I was in sixth grade, everything about my school was chaotic, except for Mrs. Ingersoll. She was loud, whether she was laughing or yelling, and she loved to read my poetry. I didn't do much math that year, but I wrote a lot for my audience of one.
Sixth grade has changed since then. Many teachers and students are now pressed by standardized testing, which can ignore the importance of creative expression to young learners, undervaluing both its social-emotional and academic impact on children.
We tell young children to "use their words," but we also silence them. Every adult who spends time with children has told them to be quiet, or wished they would stop telling their endless stories, or asking so many questions. Yet their chatter and wild wonderings have much purpose. Vivian Gussin Paley, teacher and early childhood educator, writes that dramatic play and storytelling are how children make sense of the world and learn to work with each other: "We learn to know what we are thinking about by the ways in which we play." Creative writing is play-filled writing.
Later, as children grow, we complain that they don't tell us anything. We ask them to write in school, but we are less interested in what they express than how they express it, responding by correcting spelling and grammar — which is, after all, what we are able to measure. We can't easily measure empathy or the ability to work with others, but those skills come about through meaningful play and self-expression.
Before children can work well with others, they have to learn to communicate with themselves, to understand what they are feeling, and what they need and want. Poetry and personal narrative help children make sense of their lives by allowing them to talk to themselves through writing. Play writing, fiction and comics help children explore social conflicts and issues concerning the individual and society through a story.
Mrs. Ingersoll motivated me to write more because she clearly enjoyed my writing. She was the most open-minded and tolerant of readers. I could write anything — moody poems or poems about the tightness of my jeans — and she loved it. Having an audience — whether parents, family members, teachers or friends — motivates young writers and gives them a feeling of ownership and competence because they have entertained, informed or convinced someone with their ideas.
Write Ideas
Comics, plays and short stories all teach the elements of a narrative: setting, character, conflict and plot. Comics and plays motivate students who learn differently, are visual thinkers, or prefer speaking and acting to sitting and writing. Comics also teach students about sequencing and transitions. A way to teach students how to organize and synthesize their research is to have them create informational comics, putting a fact into their own words and pictures in each panel.
Poetry provides rich opportunities to teach the generation of ideas, descriptive detail, word choice, nuance and effective use of figurative language. Poetry, because it's short, and because it can be performed, encourages struggling writers. Often poems written by less academically successful students are full of surprising imagery and originality.
If you teach children to write reviews about what matters to them, be it a favorite food, a video game, or a book, they are writing about their own experience. What makes all of this writing different from traditional academic writing is choice. Students can choose their characters, arguments, topics and genres. They can represent their ideas in ways that allow them to integrate their ideas and learning with their own creativity and voice.
Sharing with Others
Parents and teachers are one type of audience, but creative work becomes exponentially more powerful when it is shared with peers. Hearing, reading and viewing each other's work throughout the writing process builds a fire of creativity in children's minds.
Mrs. Ingersoll probably had no idea how important she was to my development as a writer. She encouraged me simply by taking the time to read my poems and respond authentically. This encouraged me to practice so I became more comfortable and confident as a writer.
When a child has an uncritical and patient audience, they will write more. With frequent and engaging opportunities to play at writing, children gain competence and confidence. We will not make a novelist of every child, but an intrinsic writer is a thinker and a questioner, a person who values their own voice and the voices of others, and an activist in the world.
How to Help Your Child Become a Writer After School
For younger children
- Tell a story. Use pictures and books to encourage your child to make up stories.
- Dramatic play. Provide space and time for open-ended dramatic play with minimal props and prompts.
- After your child draws a picture, ask them, "What is happening in this picture?" and add the captions or narration.
- Long ride in the car? Tell a pass around story where each person adds one sentence at a time.
- Make up new words and verses to familiar songs.
- Publish their writing and artwork in cards, calendars and on the refrigerator door.
For older children
- Create a family joke book or a historical book of family stories. Have your child write an older relative's favorite story, interviewing them to discover new details.
- Respect their interests. Encourage them to draw, write and act out their ideas.
- Have open-minded discussions about freedom of expression and the power of words to help or hurt others.
- Expand their exposure to literary arts — beyond television and film. Take them to plays, poetry slams or comic cons.
- Make college essay writing a time for discussion and reflection on past experiences with your child.
- Enroll your child in a writing workshop or camp at Lake Erie Ink: a writing space for youth.
— Cynthia Larsen is a co-founder and Lead Teacher at Lake Erie Ink: a writing space for youth, where her primary responsibilities include facilitating creative writing experiences in local schools and out of school organizations, and coordinating curriculum for Lake Erie Ink. She has a master's degree in creative writing from the University of Arizona and taught English in Cleveland, Oakland, San Francisco and Jersey City. She is an unfinished novelist.


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Home > News and events > Pak-Qatar Takaful Participates in Takaful Workshop
SECP holds workshop on insurance and Takaful
ISLAMABAD, October 5: In collaboration with the International Institute of Economics (IIIE), International Islamic University (IIUI) Islamabad, the SECP has conducted a workshop on insurance and Takaful.
The purpose of the workshop was to enhance financial literary, awareness and bridging the gap between academia and industry. The workshop included Shari'ah status and criticism of insurance and Takaful, distinct models of Takaful practiced around the globe, legal and regulatory framework of Takaful, potential of Takaful industry and way forward challenges faced by the Takaful industry.
Mr. Syed Nayyar Hussain, director, Insurance SECP, Mr. Ali Qureshi, head of Actuarial Services Department, EFU Life Assurance, Mr. Tariq Saeed Chaudhry, Area Sales Director, Pak Qatar Family Takaful Limited, Mufti Basheer Ahmed and senior faculty members of the university, addressed the workshop.
As per the spirit of MOU signed between SECP and IIUI, the event is the continuation of series of programs that are being organized recurrently to disseminate financial knowledge among students and teachers. The participants appreciated the efforts of the SECP and IIUI's for bringing the academia and the insurance industry together.

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Net Neutrality Links
I've added these links to the Net Neutrality Page today.
FYI, hereââ¬â¢s the article that but a bee in the bonnet of the special interests whoââ¬â¢re trying to shackle the Internet with their so-called net-neutrality regulations:
William L. Smith, chief technology officer for Atlanta-based BellSouth Corp., told reporters and analysts that an Internet service provider such as his firm should be able, for example, to charge Yahoo Inc. for the opportunity to have its search site load faster than that of Google Inc.
Or, Smith said, his company should be allowed to charge a rival voice-over-Internet firm so that its service can operate with the same quality as BellSouthââ¬â¢s offering.
Remedial First Amendment For The Net Neutrality Crowd
Iââ¬â¢ve noticed lately that some net neutrality advocates have taken to calling neutrality legislation the ââ¬ÅFirst Amendment of the Internetââ¬Â. Allow me to point out that the first five words of the First Amendment are ââ¬ÅCongress shall make no law ââ¬Â¦Ã¢â¬Â
When it comes to our communications systems, our first priority should be to keep Congress out of it. The First Amendment says, when it comes to speech, the government simply does not make the call. It is not a question of debating right and wrong in the hallowed halls; the Constitution says simply, the government has no say.
Broadband Providers Lobby Against Internet Neutrality
We've been enjoying a resource that many have just assumed would continue. Consider some of the other changes that are occuring. Newspapers are going out of business all over America. Many, if not most, big city papers have been bought out by huge multi-media companies. Those media companies have shown an inclination to limit our access to the news to the point that a paid public service statement from the United Church of Christ is rejected by network TV and a book that lists the top 25 censored news stories is published annually in America.
Newspapers and other written media have been an important part of our democracy since Thomas Paine published "Common Sense" and helped light the fire of revolution and independence from a monarchy bent on exploiting, not nurturing it's colonies. Today we face a different kind of threat. Very few men control virturally all of our news in the mainstream media and they've demonstrated a willness to limit even big stories like Downing St. Memos are still not widely known by Americans.
Al Gore characterized our democracy as "hollowed out" by a dearth of editorial variety in the "marketplace of ideas". He called for the preservation of freedom on the Internet
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We regularly receive letters, phone calls, emails and tweets from customers who are eager to tell us how much they love HayMax. We have filtered out some testimonials for a few key topics below, but if you have far too much time on your hands, que son bienvenidos a leer cientos más haciendo clic en el "ver todos los testimonios aquí' link.
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Children and HayMax
NO hay fever symptoms whatsoever
Tomó mi 9 años de edad, a la Dra hoy como sus síntomas de fiebre del heno había estado recibiendo bastante malo (ojos muy doloridos / con picazón), después de reservar la cita hace unos días descubrí honorarios Haymax, así que compró una olla. Ella utiliza hoy en día en la escuela, y por lo tanto yo entonces tenía que llevar a un niño que no presentan síntomas de fiebre del heno en absoluto, desde el Dr.! Muy contento de que funciona, pero un poco incómodo para sentarse allí en el doctor y decir de "bien, Ella tenía fiebre del heno hasta que usé hoy Haymax!" ?
Compró un bote para ver si realmente funcionaba mientras estábamos en la alergia Mostrar este año. It really does work and it has made a massive difference to my 10 year old son. We arent needing to dose him up on Antihistamine and had a day in the park yesterday with no problems at all! Well done and thank you.
Nikki Smith
¡Hola, Le dejé un mensaje en su página de facebook, pero fue bajo mis maridos facebook detalles Ian Smith. So i just wanted to let you know that i have had great feedback from a friend i rec'd your product to last year, for her daughter who is 9 years old & suffers with Hayfever. It has worked for her daughter & she is delighted! I wonder if it is worth getting schools to send out leaflets in kids school bags? I'm pretty sure schools wouldn't have a problem with this, as it's a natural product. I probably wouldn't have ever heard of your product if i hadn't worked for the eco products company. I am happy to give any of the schools local to me a supply of any leaflets & I'm sure my friend would be happy to do the same. We'll spread the word! I used to live in Verwood, Dorset which is full of fields of rapeseed oil, which was terrible for pollen. Now i live in Aberdeenshire we have the same problem, fields full of rapeseed oil! A hayfever sufferers nightmare! Let me know if you want me to help with the leaflets etc.. Regards, Nikki.
Dawn Hosking
Hey Max 🙂 Just a short update, I discovered Haymax in April 2008 and have been using it successfully during the pollen months. I am delighted with the freedom that I now have in my life. My daughter has started to suffer from hayfever since the birch pollen this year and she is now giving HayMax a whirl. Thanks once again!
Mrs Jill Wilson
I Have suffered from itchy and streaming eyes for years. I've tried every drop and drug on the market and nothing has worked for more than a week. HayMax has cured it completely in normal conditions, and in bright sunlight, I'd say it's 90% effective. Incedentally, it also works well for my son who has milder symptoms.
Mrs Roz Newman
Haymax is absolutely fantastic.In fact, i gave my 15 year old son the PURE tub which he applies first and last thing and he is now raving about Haymax.He has stopped waking us all up early in the mornings with his constant sneezing. And me, well i sleep so much better!I dont wake up when the whether changes in the night with sneezing.As my husband put it 'thumbs up to Haymax'.Well done!
Lucy Johnson
HayMax helps the children's hayfever. Although it does not cure it completely, it eases the sneezing and running eyes and is organic so they can use it as much as they like. We are now on our second order.
Caroline Bays
I got it for my 10 year old son last year. He was taking Piriton, nasal sprays, aye drops and was getting nose bleeds at all times of day or night. My friend had tried some HayMax, gave me a pot and said it might help. So I tried it on him and stopped the medicine over a period of a couple of days. He then managed the whole of last summer with just one pot of HayMax! That's why I'm coming back for more again this year - thanks!
Anne Smith
I had a pot and I gave a pot to my grandson. Yo tenía una infección en el pecho desagradable este año y tuvo que dejar de tomar mi pastilla para la fiebre del heno y estaba muy preocupada I├ »┬┐┬Żd tienen un tiempo terrible. But HayMax has worked really well and kept it at bay. It├ »┬┐┬Żs realmente ayudó a mi nieto, demasiado. Y it├ »┬┐┬Żs nos duraron tanto todo un año!
Mrs Baldwin
Excellent product for my daughter . Really help itching eyes and blocked nose . She highly recommends Haymax to anyone who suffers with hayfever.
Clare Mount
My thirteen-year old son has been using HayMax for a week now and has experienced a dramatic reduction of symptoms. He is severely allergic to grass pollen but is now able to play on the school field even just after the grass has been cut. His symptoms become worse in late June and July so we'll have to wait to see if HayMax will continue to work for him - I will email again to let you know. Thank you very much for the relief you have provided - an impressive product.
Mr P Tripcony
My 8yr old Daughter always gets puffy eyes at school in the summer especially when on the school field, she now takes a small tub of lavender Haymax to school and puts some under her nose and under eyes before entering school, and it does seem to work well. we tried the assorted pack last year but the lavender one seems to work best.
Cheryl Pyatt
Clive Aslet
Dear Max,
I wanted to tell you that the trials of HayMax that I have completed on my 9-year-old son have been a complete success!
I am happy to recommend it to readers which I shall be doing shortly; and I'll also be coming to your website for another order before long.
Not only is it nicer than taking something internally, it doesn't matter if the HayMax is topped up -- though actually that hasn't really been necessary. One go in the morning more or less does it. I don't know if we have got into a high pollen season yet, but full marks so far!
It's a nice product, very calming. My daughter keeps her own little tub at school - she gets very panicky when she starts sneezing and this is just the thing.
Exams and HayMax
Lorraine Holden
Descubrà por primera vez Haymax, un milagro en un frasco, poco más 4 years ago when desperately trying to help my son get through his exams while suffering from his annual bout of Hayfever. On reading the information on the product, I knew this was a product that made total sense. From the moment we used the product it did what it said it would do.
My Son is now 20 and still uses this product as he doesn't want to be the poor soul that announces to the world, the arrival of high pollen count, with sneezing and watery eyes.
I am the evangelical campaigner for Haymax, as I tell anyone and everyone about this product, as it relieves Hayfever suffering which can be so debilitating for the sufferers.
Many many Thanks to you Max, for your wonderful life enhancing product.
Lorraine Holden.
Claire Durtnall
A big thank you to Jasmine for sending the HayMax Lavender and Frankincense to me which arrived so quickly. Theses products are excellent. My son suffers from terrible hayfever and during his finals last year he used HayMax to alleviate his symptoms. It really did help hugely - he had hardly any sniffles, as he lined his lips and nose with the solution morning, noon and night. Por supuesto, the smell is superb - we have always loved the Lavender, and now have discovered the wonders of the Frankincense.
Many thanks to all at Haymax!
Mrs Ann Bibby
Found your site on the internet. Ive just placed my second order! Don't want to run out of this product even though the first one is not even finished. IT'S A MIRACLE! For anybody out there, who is sceptical, all I can say (with my hand on my heart) is please please give it a try. My son is taking his GCSE exams just now and he has never ever sneezed or had 'watery eyes'since I purchased this product. IT'S A MUST!
Ann Bibby
absolutely brilliant product. My son suffers really badly and now he can take his GCSE exams with no worries. Stopped the effects first day of using the product
Pets and Dust and HayMax
Just wanted to say what a great product you have in Haymax. I have used mine all through the winter too, I could swear that I have not picked up so many colds this year! Could it be that Haymax also blocks germs from people's sneezes and coughs?
Thanks for something that really works, without side effects.
jelena (Malta)
SĂłlo querĂa hacerle saber que haymax definitivamente las obras para las personas alĂ©rgicas a los gatos.
i have two cats and my friend can now visit me and stay for hours without any problems!
Excellent product-this is the first year I have used it in the summer & have barely sneezed yet. Hvae had hay fever all my life & nothing has worked like this. Plus all the medicines & nasal sprays have side effects like drowsiness & sequedad en la boca & having asthma & rhinitis I want to avoid dry mouth at all costs-had to use Nasacort last year which is the best thing before I discovered this, but haven't needed it at all this year.
As I have a dust mite allergy as well this ticks two boxes for me. I would highly recommend this to anybody suffering during the summer months & even later-mine lasts until October, I do live next to a park though, amazing that just a little bit of this can make such a huge difference. Certainly prevention is better than cure & that is why HayMax is better than the hay fever medicines in my opinion.
margaret liew
I am forever looking for a 'cure'for my bad allergy, to Dust, not pollen.I was on hols in edinburgh and happen to see this balm, didnt think much of it n bought 1.It is so good, all the way from Ed to London to HongKong, I didnt have to take any anti-histamic tablet.Normally I wld be sneezing badly but I didn't. Probaly only used 6 tissues for a long jounery.To me, this is a miracle ! N i havent been taking any anti-histamic since.
SĂ, TodavĂa estornudo un poco pero su control bajo.
Les he estado diciendo n enviando un correo electrónico a todos mis 'allegic'friends sobre este bálsamo.
Muchas gracias much.This es la mejor parte de mis fest, encontrado este bálsamo HayMax por accidente!
Embarazo y HayMax
Emma Semanas
Producto asombroso!! He estado sufriendo de la fiebre del heno horrendo de las últimas dos semanas. Soy una madre dando el pecho a un 4 bebé meses de edad, la medicación habitual que tomo, Soy incapaz demasiado. Entonces me encontré con HayMax!!!! OMG yo nunca estoy mirando hacia atrás. Salir con mis medicamentos normales, con HayMax. Yo no he estornudos, goteo nasal o picazón en los ojos desde que se. Ahora me voy a dormir con las ventanas abiertas por la noche, it's great!! Thanks HayMax!!!
Acabo de descubrir que su producto. Me estoy alimentando a mi hijo yo y no soy capaz de llevar los productos orales. Won't be going back to tablets. Can't recommend Haymax highly enough.
Started using this after seeing it in a Sunday supplement and I havent looked back since. I have to walk through fields of long pollen laden grass twice a day and I havent reached for the tablets once! When my daughter-in-law was pregnant I put her on to Hay Max and it really helped, shes carried on using it since. Thank you from both of us.
Michelle Pitt
I've been a big fan of your balm since it was given to me as part of a new baby gift this year (may seem an odd addition but I suffer...badly!!). I was then directed by my sister-in-law to your website to buy more when it all ran out!! Es brillante. It works! I have tried everything, everywhere and suffered for years. There is no miracle cure for hayfever, this I know, but your HayMax balm works a treat.
¡Hola, I have been suffering from hayfever for a long time and the different anti-histamines I've taken didn't seem to make any difference at all. Then in 2009, I feel pregnant and wasn't allowed to use anything (which I was dreading1). I went to my local health shop and found Haymax. I decided to give it a try and since then I've never looked back. Thanks for creating it.
Aishah Latif
Hi there,
I love Haymax, just found out i was pregnant therefore couldnt have any anti-histamines. As well as morning sickness and horrible hayfever.I was incredibly miserable until a friend gave me her sample of haymax. It is absolute godsent! Well done, now let see if anyone can cure morning sickness...........
Ella Martin
Both my partner and I suffer with hayfever. I am eight months'pregnant thus cannot take my normal tablets. We are both keen followers of natural remedies so I made a trip to our local health food shop in search of some natural remedies for us both. I can home armed with Luffa and a pot of HayMax.
I'm really impressed by the balm - we've been fighting over who has the one pot all day!
Carly Green
Bought this product as i am pregnant and i am unable to take my usual medication for hayfever.
I have to admit it bought it thinking it wouldn't work but it's worth a try, but i was amazed at how quickly the runny nose, the sneezing stopped, i still have the occasional sneeze but it's nothing compared to what i used to be.
i give this 5 out of 5 and a big thumbs up!!!
Vaseline and HayMax
Elaine Precio
Su producto fue recomendado por un amigo. I haven't such clear sinuses since Adam were a lad, despuĂ©s de usarlo durante sĂłlo unas pocas veces. Yo siempre he usado vaselina como una barrera, en jardinerĂa, pero Hay Max es más bonito .. menos gloopy.
Susan Wishart
I wasn't sure whether HayMax would work as I had heard of people using vaseline in the same way with very poor results but I thought I would give it a try as my hay fever has been quite bad this year. I am pleased to say that in the month or so that I have been using Haymax I have hardly sneezed and not had the horrible tickly nose and itchy, ojos llorosos que me da la fiebre del heno. Yo recomendarĂa este producto.
Joanne Pearson
Yo estaba un poco escéptico poco cuando me enteré de HayMax. I thought it might be like vasaline, y no funciona muy bien. HayMax es brillante!!! I used to suffer alot with hayfever, even to the point of making my eyes peel, from rubbing them too much. Now as soon as they itch, I put on Haymax and the itching stops straight away. I even enjoyed watching sports day on freshly cut grass, without having itchy eyes or sneezing.
Kerry Reeve
I've had hayfever since I was 11 - many years now -and I'm really pleased with HayMax -it really does help. I keep one pot at home, one in my birdwatching jacket and one in my handbag so I've always got one when I need it. It's much better than vaseline - I've given your number to lots of people.
Folashade Akintade
I was the guinea pig for our family and I've found that HayMax works really well, its much better than Vaseline. That's why I'm ordering lots more for our whole family! Gracias.
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NO hay fever symptoms whatsoever
Tomó mi 9 años de edad, a la Dra hoy como sus síntomas de fiebre del heno había estado recibiendo bastante malo (ojos muy doloridos / con picazón), después de reservar la cita hace unos días descubrí honorarios Haymax, así que compró una olla. Ella utiliza hoy en día en la escuela, y por lo tanto yo entonces tenía que llevar a un niño que no presentan síntomas de fiebre del heno en absoluto, desde el Dr.! Muy contento de que funciona, but slightly embarrassed to sit there in the Dr's and say "bien, Ella tenía fiebre del heno hasta que usé hoy Haymax!" ?
Jo Bolton Friday, June 3, 2016 at 11:39 AM
No blocked nose!
Started to use this yesterday 3 pm.woke up this morning no blocked nose,first time in along time.Brilliant.
Graham Blockley Friday, June 3, 2016 at 11:38 AM
Hay! Max!
Just went for a run, wearing sunglasses and haymax as usual. Unusually, remembered tissues. Uniquely, didn't need them! Hurray for haymaxxxx
Vivienne Erica Louise Brown Monday, May 23, 2016 at 3:54 PM
I only bought this yesterday but it does seem to work.
I hate taking tablets as they all make me sleepy and the symptoms come back with a vengeance anyway.
Lesley Carway Monday, May 23, 2016 at 3:53 PM
He's sleeping a lot better …have recommended the product to my friends 🙂
Mi 2 años de edad sufre de una alergia (se sospecha que los ácaros del polvo) él estaba despertando varias veces a la noche llorando y tosiendo, que fue angustiante para todos nosotros!
Lea sobre Haymax sobre la alergia al sitio del Reino Unido (it's approved by them) y comprĂł poco despuĂ©s …. Primera noche usando el bálsamo alrededor de su nariz al toser redujo significativamente … He's sleeping a lot better …have recommended the product to my friends 🙂
Denise Ahmed Monday, enero 4, 2016 at 3:31 PM


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The Hampton Library will host its budget vote and trustee election on Saturday, September 27 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the library at 2478 Main Street in Bridgehampton. Four seats will be voted on and filled by Bridgehampton residents; Sagaponack residents will determine the remaining seat.
Incumbents Jackie Poole, Tom House and Louise Collins and newcomer John Vendetti are running for the Bridgehampton seats. Matthew Rojano, another newcomer, is vying for the Sagaponack representation. After serving four three-year terms, Board President Elizabeth Whelan Kotz is stepping down due to term limits, and Trustee Sarah Jaffe Turnbull is not seeking re-election.
Residents in Bridgehampton and Sagaponack will also weigh in on the 2015 budget, which is proposed at $1,551,700.


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The Rediscover the 80s Podcast features several unique shows celebrating '80s pop culture. Original episodes use a format similar to VH1's "I Love The 80s" TV show with a panel commenting on several topics from music, movies, TV, fads, and much more. Also listen to specialty shows including Memory Jogger which chronicles the lives of the two lifelong friends, "Rank 'Em" which counts down '80s favorites in a Top 5 format, "Rediscovered" reviews obscure TV, film, and animation and "Memories" which breaks down the history and personal experiences with specific franchises.
Jason and Wyatt remember their favorite childhood restaurants and some long-lost foods.
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Jason and Wyatt review the 1985 TV series Street Hawk.
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Jason welcomes longtime friend Wyatt Bloom to go on a shopping spree through the 1984 Montgomery Ward Christmas catalog.
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Jason and Chad from Horror Movie BBQ choose items from the 1988 Sears Wishbook!
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Jason & Wyatt welcome Bill Faries of Matt-Trakker.com to discuss their experience at Retro Con 2018.
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Jason and Wyatt remember the card and board games they grew up with.
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Jason and Brian from Old School Evil rank our favorite TMNT episodes from the original animated series.
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Jason and Wyatt open their memory boxes to reveal the treasures inside.
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Jason and Wyatt review the 1989 movie Bail Out.
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I used to bike 10-plus miles a day, visit museums and surf on the ocean. I spent weekends jumping from that cliff-in-La Jolla-that-shall-not be-named, doing things and meeting people.
As I lay on the floor yesterday unable to move I wondered what the heck has happened to me. This was not the life I planned. If I was the type of person who blamed others for the choices I had made I would have been totally pissed off.
The problem started with a slight twinge in my lower back that continued for a few minutes. Then the small itch exploded into agony without any intermittent escalation. It felt as if Zeus tied a lightning bolt to a hob-nailed boot and rammed his foot up my anus. Twice. I dropped to the floor in mid-step, barely managing to control the descent enough not to slam my head onto anything and rolled over flat onto my back. It took a awhile to stop sobbing. After a time the pain in my back faded enough that I could move my arms, not that it did me any good. All I could manage was a weak flailing.
I tried to get up but couldn't. I had complete muscle failure in my lower back and when I did manage to move a bit the pain came burning right back. If I could have reached my phone I would have called for an ambulance, but it was in the kitchen and it may well have been in another state for all that I could reach it.
To make my situation worse the four stupid dogs that live in the house kept coming over and licking my face and ears. I guess they were checking me out or were concerned but they all eat poop as between-meal snacks so I failed to appreciate their slobbering efforts all over my face. My main concern other than poop-saliva on my face was that at that moment I was basically a wounded animal in the midst of a pack of dogs. I guess I should have been grateful they didn't tear me to shreds and feast on my remains in a frenzy of applied Darwinism.
So for the next half of an hour I lay on my back on the furry, dusty floor. Eventually, I got the idea to use my arms to push/slide me over to a table so I could use it to stand again. That took a few minutes and when I reached the table it was unsuccessful since I couldn't lever myself up to to grab the edge. I managed to roll over without soiling myself and spent several minutes getting to my feet incrementally. I then staggered over to the couch where I experienced a whole new level of spinal agony as I lay down. I basically had to let myself fall and hope I landed in a way I could reposition for comfort.
Aside from the horrible, emasculating pain the next 4 hours sucked. The channel the television was on was showing really bad Kung Fu movies and the remote was over by the set. The house was hot. My drink was on another table and I couldn't reach it. The stupid dogs kept bugging me to play and jumping on and off the couch, which really hurt when the couch shook.
Is this my future? In between periods of restless sleep I imagined shopping for those spring loaded cushions that help you get up out of a chair and replying in the affirmative when a cashier offers to have someone take my groceries out to the car. That sucks.
Several hours passed and I was eventually able to get up and go to the restroom without falling down. After about a day the pain went away.
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NEW MILFORD -- Several exotic animals were removed from a home in Susquehanna County this week.
It's the same home in New Milford where we showed you a drug raid on Tuesday.
A hedgehog, three ringtail cats, a kinkajou, and a spotted skunk, were removed from a home in Susquehanna County on Tuesday.
The Pennsylvania Game Commission said they were discovered on Main Street in New Milford, after the Drug Enforcement Agency raided the house.
However, the animal owner claims, they got the wrong house, and she is now devastated the feds took her pets away.
"There was nothing found, it's all hearsay, they did take our animals, we had a few animals, they were taken care of, they were my pets, I loved them," said Tara Nava of New Milford.
The Pennsylvania Game Commission said the animals which come from Central, South, America and Africa require special care and housing.
According to Pennsylvania law, people who want to own any exotic animals need to have a very specific permit.
In order to get the permit, you must have two years experience handling the specific species, you need township approval and approval by the state.
Officials said it's restrictive because of the exotic diseases the animals could carry and the special needs the animals require.
The animal owner said, her animals were a gift from her husband, and she was not aware of the permits needed. Now Nava is just trying to put the pieces back together.
"We are active in the community, our neighbors love us, anybody that you ask about my husband, they have nothing but good things to say, I feel like, our world has been turned upside down over this," said Nava.
A check of federal court records showed Nava's husband, Ernesto Nava was arrested after the raid on Tuesday. He is facing Conspiracy to distribute, and possess more than 500 grams of a mixture of methamphetamine. He is currently in jail.
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In the spirit of each successive season seen as a Doctor Who RPG campaign, Janet handed in her character sheet before leaving.
*Tegan has a +2 Craft Expertise in both Drawing and Dance.
Attractive (Minor)
Brave (Minor)
Charming (Minor) - Though depending on her mood, she might need to consciously switch it on
Linguist (Minor) - Tegan was proficient in at least one Aborigine dialect and can handle herself in many other languages to help in her chosen profession
Run for Your Life! (Minor)
Argumentative (Minor)
Eccentric/Mouth on Legs (Minor) - Tegan often lets her temper get the better of her, throwing tantrums and otherwise letting everyone know what she thinks, regardless of what feathers she might ruffle
Impulsive (Minor)
Unadventurous (Major) - Tegan didn't start out with this Trait, but accumulated enough levels of it by the end of her stay to justify her leaving the TARDIS crew
For Tegan, getting into trouble via her big mouth and bigger temper is most common. She'll storm out of the TARDIS and right into enemy hands if she's not careful. Playing that personality to the hilt and damn the consequences scores her player Story Points all the time. Her biggest score, however, was when she accepted to act as the evil Mara's vessel not once, but twice!
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Betsy Landers with Eric Snow, Al Tamagni
That's right, it's not just your mother's PTA anymore. As times change, so do family structures. Across the country more men are getting involved in their child's education. However, there is a lot more work to do to get more men engaged and the guests of this PTA Radio show are doing something about it. Listen now if you are a PTA leader looking for ways to engage men or you want to be more involved in your child's life.
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IMAGE 3 Documentation
IMAGE is an Integrated Model to Assess the Global Environment.
The IMAGE model is developed by the IMAGE team under the authority of PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency.
What is IMAGE ?
IMAGE is an ecological-environmental framework that simulates the environmental consequences of human activities worldwide. It represents interactions between society, the biosphere and the climate system to assess sustainability issues like climate change, biodiversity and human well-being. The objective of the version of IMAGE described here (version released in 2013) is to explore the long-term dynamics and impacts of global change as the result of interacting demographic, technological, economic, social, cultural and political factors.
- [[Introduction_to_IMAGE_framework| Introduction] to framework and Integrated Assessment Modelling.
- Summary of drivers, models, impacts and policy responses.
- Conceptual scheme with links to all components
- Policy interventions overview with links to policy interventions pages of the models.
- Input output scheme with links to the input/output and models
- projects/applications overview with links to projects where IMAGE framework has been applied.
- Browse data lets you investigate the categories and their pages.
The IMAGE 3.0 book
The IMAGE 3.0 book is the origin of the content of this site. Here we extent and actualise the information on IMAGE framework.
Availability of data results from the framework
We publish a viewer that gives access to the resulting scenarios of some projects where we applied the IMAGE framework. See the Download page.
At IIASA [URL to database] IMAGE scenario results are part of the model set. At this site you can view and compare many indicators.
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Friday, February 24, 2017
Broadcast Interuption
We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming for deep-powder skiing and this message from Squaw Valley/Alpine Meadows, which is mind boggling and requires no embellishment.
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I'm sure Sierra Cement is much harder to clear out than Utah Champagne Powder! I remember in the winter of 82-83 skiing at Kirkwood when the chair rode along the snow due to the high snowfall amounts during that El Nino winter.ReplyDelete
Nice to see the KT22 chair skimming the snow surface. I remember many days there of dumping snow when only the lower mountain was open doing laps on KT-22. Most fun ski lift in the world.ReplyDelete
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A young man sits on a hill facing north, towards Italy, France and Germany. Towards Europe. Twelve hundred euros is the cost of hope to reach Lampedusa, a tiny island half-way between North Africa and Sicily. In 2011, about 53,000 North African and Sub-Saharan migrants arrived in the so-called "Door of Europe", fleeing the unrest of the region. Lampedusa is both the ending and the beginning of the same story.
The journey starts in the Tunisian ports of Zarzis, Djerba and Sfax or in the Libyan ports of of Zuwara, Janzur and Tripoli, where migrants gather for days and sometimes weeks before their smuggler organizes the trip. They sail away from the North African shore with an overcrowded wooden boat and arrive between 10 and 30 hours later in what they call the land of freedom. But they will soon realize the gateway to Europe in the middle of the Mediterranean isn't the Ellis Island to the Old Continent.
Day after day, week after week, migrants who wouldn't fit in the already overcrowded immigration holding centre slowly filled the streets of the village, sleeping in abandoned boats and under trucks, while others would build their first European home on the so-called Hill of Shame, a carpet of improvised tents built with metal sticks, sheets, clothes and mattress in an open-air dump of plastic bags, dishes and bottles used as urinals. Migrants thought the hellish trip in the dangerous waters of the Strait of Sicily would bring them to heaven, to the new life they all waited for; but they soon realize Lampedusa, the pearl of the Mediterranean, would soon become a limbo of unbearable waiting.


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At only fourteen years of age Brent Runyon secreted himself in the bathroom of his parents' house, soaked his bathrobe in gasoline and attempted suicide by self immolation. Like many teenage suicide attempts this was an impulsive act. A catastrophic appraisal of recent events, combined with apparently little appreciation of the finality of death or the impact on survivors, was enough to precipitate the young man into a tragic action. It was also a life changing act, one which stimulated his remarkably clear sighted memoir, The Burn Journals.
In his memoir Runyon provides a background to his suicide attempt, followed by a vivid depiction of the months that followed as he went through surgeries and painful physical therapy. He describes a series of placements at various facilities, along with some rather limp attempts to help the family to adjust psychologically. Runyon was still in his mid twenties when he committed all of this to print.
In the course of his year's treatment and rehabilitation Runyon encounters a memorable cast of characters; fellow burns victims, sweet natured nurses (and a few Nurse Ratchets in training), There are meetings with Magic Johnson, and Dennis Miller, a phone call from Jay Leno, even a meeting with Lech Walesa's wife. He also meets some rather desperate sounding drug users at a rehabilitation facility, where Runyon seems singularly misplaced.
Runyon is painfully honest in discussing his parents' responses and efforts to help his rehabilitation. At the end of the book he comments on the differences in views they still hold, but it seems that the writing process has allowed Runyon to exorcise at least some of the demons that plagued him as an adolescent. This memoir is not a plea for sympathy. Nor is it an attempt to explain events in terms of anything more than a troubled young man's responses to the life he found himself living.
The Burn Journals is highly readable, with a strong sense of authentic voice. At 320 pages it is longer than many memoirs of its type, but Runyon's writing is sharp and absorbing. Descriptions of events are interwoven with his thoughts of the time. He gives a running commentary on his unspoken responses to his nurses and caregivers, parents, brother and friends. His responses to the earnest psychologists, most of whom seem incapable of developing any sort of rapport before pestering Runyon with meaningful questions, are at times highly amusing.
Runyon has provided a perceptive and moving insight into the emotional life of adolescent boys. The lessons from this book extend well beyond suicidal and self harmful behavior, although they also serve to alert parents, counselors, teachers and professionals to the dangers of overlooking signals of distress. This, of course, is no easy task. There is no list of such signals that doesn't include behaviors that every adolescent will experience in their life. If Runyon's account helps sensitize those involved with the welfare of adolescents, especially adolescent boys, it serves an admirable purpose. Highly recommended reading.
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The URA has shortlisted 5 teams for the development of Jurong Lake District master plan.
Remarkably, the exercise for the Request for Proposal for the Jurong Lake District received a lot of interest both from international and local firms. Applications were received from 35 teams.
URA said that the exercise marks another crucial step in the realization of the vision of making Jurong Lake District the second CBD and the "District of the Future".
Of the 35 applications, 5 teams with the highest scores were shortlisted. This was based on their submitted statements' quality and past performance. The statements laid down the direction and plans that the teams intend to use to develop the Jurong Lake District master plan, in addition to the analysis of the main challenges and constraints facing the area and how to overcome them.
Also considered in the selection of shortlisted teams were the collective experience of the team and their capability of creating a master plan for an urban district with mixed use and that is in the centre of a high-speed rail station. Also evaluated was the teams' innovative and creativity level in their past main projects.
The second stage of RFP is to have the teams that were shortlisted to use ten weeks to develop their model of the master plan before they submit it before the end of 2016. An evaluation panel made up of representatives from the government agencies, academia, and the industry will assess the proposals. By January 2017, the panel will then choose one team to be the appointed consultant.
The consultant will then work with relevant agencies and URA to outline a detailed Jurong Lake District master plan. In second quarter 2017, an exhibition will be held for the master plan to gather feedback from the public. The residents in the upcoming residential developments including Lake Grande as well as LakeVille will benefit from these changes.
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The mixer can handle up to 8 channel inputs, mixing them to stereo outputs and the 16 in/out FireWire connection to record them in a DAW. Each monaural input jack features an XLR jack with a phantom power supply and a newly developed compressor that adopts Sweet Spot Morphing technology with various compressor presets. One input supports Hi-Z input for direct connection of an electric guitar or bass. All input channels feature a full 3-band (high/mid/low) equalizer and share a built-in digital reverb.
With Cubase AI 4 a special version of Cubase 4 is included in the package so that you are ready to plug in and record.
Ease of operation Analog-like mixing interface enables you to bring your sonic imagery into reality. The mixer can handle up to 12 channel inputs mixing them to stereo outputs. Each monaural input jack features an phone and XLR jack with a phantom power supply, which enables you to connect a wide range of instruments and devices, from condenser microphones to synthesizers and other line-level instruments. Input channel 4 supports Hi-Z input for direct connection of an electric guitar or bass.
Computer connection via a single IEEE 1394 cable A single cable can do the trick. Connect a computer with an IEEE 1394 port to the n12 using an IEEE 1394 cable to transfer audio and MIDI signals between the mixer and Cubase or other DAW.
Link with Cubase Install Cubase 4 (Cubase 4, Cubase Studio 4, or Cubase AI 4) on the computer, and the n8 will link to Cubase and operate together seamlessly. For example, you can record the n12 input signals to Cubase as is, or mix Cubase audio tracks on the n8. You can also turn on and off the monitor for the VST effects or control the transport section and tracks remotely from the n8.
High-quality sound Based on the examination of existing head amp circuits, a new head amp circuit has been developed that provides higher quality and superior musical characteristics. The Pad switch turns each channel pad on and off. When it is turned on, the input signal is attenuated by 26 dB. Use the high pass filter to cut off frequencies below 80 Hz. With the Phase switch you can invert the phase of the channel's signal.
The Input Select switch determines whether the analogue input signal or the DAW signal (the output from Cubase or another DAW) will be routed to the channel. By this you can either mix the analogue signals coming from the physical inputs or the digital signals coming from the computer.
Newly developed compressor The n8 includes a newly developed compressor that adopts Sweet Spot Morphing technology. The mixer provides various compressor presets that represent the condensation of extensive professional engineering experience. Your sound can be at pro level instantly with an easy operation. Use the Morph control to select from the different compressor settings (or morphed settings betwenn them) and the Drive control to determine the amount of compression.
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Digital reverb at your service A built-in digital reverb can be shared by all input channels. If a computer is connected to the mixer, you can also apply digital reverberation to output from Cubase or another DAW, as well as to microphone and other instrumental sounds.
Use Aux Send 1 to route the channel's signal to the Aux bus. Use this control when you are sending a mix monitoring signal to the musicians.
The Pan control determines the stereo position of the monaural input channel. Stereo Input channels feature a Balance control which determines the volume balance between the left and right stereo channels. Odd channel signals are fed to the L bus, and even channel signals are fed to the R bus. For example, rotate the Balance control all the way to right to output only the even (right) channel signals.
Soloing an muting The Solo switch turns the Solo function on and off. Turn this switch on, if you want to listen to certain channels without changing the mix contents or signal path.
Use the On switch to turn each channel on and off (muting). When the switch is turned off, the channel signal will be sent only to the AUX bus.
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Each input channel features a 60mm fader volume control, each equipped with a input meter consisting of four LEDs.
Use the REC and the ST switches to route the channels signal either to the recording bus and/or the stereo bus.
With the Wet Switch you can determine if you want to hear the dry input signal from the analog input of the channel or the wet signal coming back from the computer, processed by VST effects or such.
Control Room monitoring function The n8 features a monitoring function dedicated to the Control Room (Control Room Monitor function). You can connect one monitoring speaker set (stereo) to the mixer and select which source you want to monitor.
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Validity and Epistemic Ought
I'll begin with a very brief argument that it can't be the role of model theory or proof theory to explain the concept of validity; I may or may not have time to explain the main philosophical roles that proof theory and model theory do serve.
There are two more promising approaches to explaining the concept of validity (at least, the one employed in classical logic and in those non-classical logics that are genuine rivals to it).
One explanation is in terms of necessary truth-preservation; I'll argue that while this account works excellently within a wide range of cases, it fails very badly outside of that range, and that the problem in that broader range can't be solved by shifting to the preservation of a related property such as determinate truth.
The other explanation is in terms of the conceptual role of validity, focused in particular on the role of validity in governing what we accept and reject; I've proposed something like this before, but the version offered here is much more fully developed.
Views of this sort raise some delicate questions about the normativity of logic, and its objectivity. This will be a main focus of the talk. I'll discuss such questions in terms of an analogy between validity and objective chance.


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Whether you're looking for the house of your dreams or the spouse of your dreams, it helps to write up a detailed description of the qualities that matter most to you!
While your goals should be realistic and attainable, you do not want to compromise your standards or aim too low.
In the case of house hunting, there are many conditions which will directly affect the success of your search.
Here are some of the main ones.
- Your budget: All things being equal -- the higher your budget, the greater your chances for getting everything on your wish list. The most desirable locations, lot size, amenities, and square footage often come with a price. The same can be said of homes that are in optimal condition with lots of recent updates, improvements, and energy efficient or high-tech features.
- The real estate market: Three factors which will invariably affect the outcome of your real estate search will be the local real estate inventory (the number of properties available -- especially those in your price range), the law of supply and demand, and property values in your chosen geographic area.
- Your real estate agent: Choosing a real estate agent who's experienced, resourceful, and dedicated can prove to be a significant advantage in finding a home that matches your budget, your goals, and your desired lifestyle. Once you've decided what you want in your next home, an agent or Realtor can show you houses on the market that will meet many, if not all, of your requirements.
- Your wish list: Creating a list of property features and characteristics that you absolutely must have in your next home will help ensure that you get them. A carefully thought-out "wish list" is also a vital aspect of your search for the perfect or "near perfect" home. By creating a clear mental picture of your ideal living space, location, and environment, you'll be increasing your chances of finding a home that meets all your expectations. There are literally dozens of features to keep in mind, including architectural style, square footage, the number of bedrooms and bathrooms, the size of the lot, distance from the street, privacy, the spaciousness of the kitchen, and the layout of adjacent living areas. If you plan on doing a lot of entertaining, for example, you might prefer an open floor plan. Features like a screened-in porch, a patio, and a large backyard are often major wish-list items for homeowners who enjoy outdoor living. Other items to consider may include things like a fireplace, a finished basement, a convenient laundry room, and a two-car garage. Proximity to stores, quality schools, medical/dental services, and recreation areas will also be key factors in the selection of your future home.


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London: Alexis Sanchez could be in line for a surprise call-up for Manchester United's Champions League quarter-final second leg with Barcelona after travelling with the club to Spain. The 30-year-old Chilean forward, who scored 47 goals in 141 appearances for Barcelona from 2011-14, has been absent for six weeks due to a knee injury.
However, United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer may turn to him after his side failed to muster a shot on target in the 1-0 defeat at Old Trafford in last week's first leg.
Sanchez, though, has rarely hit the sort of form he displayed for Arsenal prior to his move to Manchester in January 2018. A mixture of injury and poor form has seen him score just five goals in 41 appearances. Also included in the 22-player squad travelling to Barcelona are midfielder Nemanja Matic and full-back Matteo Darmian, but Ander Herrera and Eric Bailly miss out.


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A cast iron sink is a perfect choice when you find yourself thinking of transforming your kitchen. Identical to some other exhibits, Home Improvement came to its finish. Bedford Lloyd eventually bought the a part of Wilson, but his agent later made claims that the actor was unaware that almost all of his scenes would require his face to be partially hidden behind a fence.
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Stocks performed exceptionally well for 2012, with the Standard & Poor's 500 gaining 13.4 percent for the year. Interestingly, this index gained 12 percent during the first quarter, meaning that for the balance of the year, a nine-month period, the S&P 500 only added about 1 percent.
Also of note is the fact that the financials sector, the best performer in the market, gained 26.3 percent during 2012, outpacing the return of the overall market by a factor of roughly 2-to-1. The financials also outperformed the next best performing sector — consumer discretionary — by a significant amount (consumer discretionary stocks were up 21.9 percent during 2012), and by about twice as much as the technology sector, which was up 13.1 percent.
While health-care stocks gained 15.1 percent during 2012, these stock do not tend to perform all that well during periods of economic recovery, with higher growth-oriented stocks tending to perform better. Financials are particularly important during a recovery, especially in the United States, because we have a credit-driven economy. We need the financial companies to finance our growth, so it would be very difficult for our economy to recover without the financials participating.
In the nearby chart, we can see the financials sector (blue) compared with the S&P 500 (orange). In this chart, the positive impact of the agreement on the "fiscal cliff" is evident, with a jump in the financials sector and the overall market, at the beginning of 2013. Since that initial pop, stocks have been fairly flat. However, we can see that the S&P 500 has continued to rise, while the financials have lagged slightly. While this difference is subtle, it could be an early indication of fading leadership by the financials sector.
The next chart shows the second best performing sector — consumer discretionary — as compared with the S&P 500. This sector has continued to perform well, actually gaining a bit more than the overall market during the period following the fiscal cliff reaction. This positive performance supports the view that this rally has legs and could continue for some time.
The next chart compares the technology sector to the S&P 500. In this chart, the divergence between technology stocks and the broader market is much more evident. While the S&P 500 has continued higher, tech stocks have actually declined since the fiscal cliff jump. Historically, tech stocks tend to perform best out of all sectors, in a recovering economy. This is because as a group they tend to have the highest rates of growth for revenues and earnings out of all sectors.
For the stock market to continue to rise from current levels, we would expect to see the sectors with the strongest growth prospects lead the market, moving together, and outpacing the growth of the overall market. Although consumer discretionary stocks are exhibiting this behavior, we are not seeing financials and especially technology stocks reacting as expected. Without confirmation from these key sectors, it is hard to justify expectations for continued upside to the market from current levels.
Stocks are currently trading at better than five-year highs, with the S&P 500 closing last week at 1,486, just 79 points, or 5.3 percent, from the all-time closing high. Economic growth is estimated to be 2 percent in 2013. This assumes there is no negative impact from any spending cuts that may be implemented as a result of the fiscal cliff/debt ceiling negotiations. Any significant spending cuts could easily erase any potential growth from the economy this year.
We also have the threat of one of the worst influenza outbreaks in at least a decade. Some economists estimate that a really bad flu could drop growth of gross-domestic product to 0.5 percent from 2 percent. Again, this does not include any additional negative impact from spending cuts or other measures resulting from the fiscal cliff and debt ceiling debates.
We are also in the midst of earnings season, with fourth-quarter earnings reports being reported over the coming several weeks. So far, earnings have been mixed, with only a small percentage of S&P 500 companies having reported earnings as of the end of last week. Early indications are that earnings are slowing, reflecting the uncertainty surrounding the end of 2012 fiscal cliff struggles in Congress, and Hurricane Sandy's impact on the economy. Consumer spending over the holidays was weak, which will certainly hurt revenues and earnings for retailers that are the core of the consumer discretionary sector.
By keeping an eye on these key sectors, investors can track the leadership in the stock market. If these key sectors fade, it is a good bet that the overall market will follow closely behind. By combining an analysis of this sector activity with a monitoring of earnings and the fiscal cliff and debt ceiling debate outcomes, investors can make more informed decisions about the future direction of the markets, and can, hopefully, protect their portfolios from significant losses.
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I am trying to move some oracle files that have been quick ioed using Veritas.
I have no problem creating quickio files or growing them but when I try to move them I get
SQL> / alter database rename file '/u16/oracle/proddata/atest.dbf' to '/u18/oracle/prod
* ERROR at line 1: ORA-01511: error in renaming log/data files ORA-01516: nonexistent log file, datafile or tempfile '/u16/oracle/proddata/atest.dbf'
All the lovely manual says regarding moving files is: trying moving the "hot" files.
I tried making a new quick io file on the new disk, copying the unix file using cp -rp and did an ls -lrt and the file looks fine, linked and everything. But when I alter the tablespace offline and try the move I get the above.
Anybody know how to do this?
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Ah, gotta love the Greater Pacific Northwet. We're still stuck in this cool damp (even for HERE) stretch. After the coldest (and one of the dampest) Aprils in history, we're at it again for May. Raleighdon, however, refuses to let the weather win. Despite forecasts of 'showers and sun breaks', he ventured out for a 300k yesteray, leaving the house at 3:33 am to get to the start line by 4:00 am. It's always nice leaving from the house since I can get all sorts of inspiration, like this wonderful art that my sis-in-law made for me:
I never really know what I'm gonna feel like doing on the bike when I get out there. Sometimes I just want to dawdle along, taking pictures, enjoying the scenery, playing with bugs in the moss or whatever, other times I just get a wild hare up my you know what and want to see just how fast I can do a ride. Well. By the time I was 40 miles into it yesterday, I knew I wasn't gonna have trouble making the 7:50 ferry out of Bremerton, but started wondering if I could make the 6:40 boat? That would mean hitting a time of 14:30 and my 300's this year have been taking me 15+, so not real likely. But I decided to at least make it a day just minimizing my time off the bike. Riding through lots of showers - when it rained, it was sudden, very hard and then suddenly gone. Blew right past my coffee stop in Tenino, did a 5 minute stop at the Rainier control and wrestled with blowing through Rochester, knowing I had everything on the bike I need except water and I can get that at a park. Somehow, though, the word PIE begs my attention, and I find it irresistable, much like the siren's song. There's just something about the Highway Diner in Rochester that makes it impossible to pass by.
and who wouldn't be tempted by something that looks THIS GOOD? (this is from a week ago, but you get the point):
Having rolled into Rochester before 10:30, even with all the rain and headwinds, I was totally motivated now. I spent almost a half hour sitting anc chatting with the locals, before heading off toward the next (and very, very informational) control where I was asked what the tandem axle weight limit for a bridge was.
Shhhhhh, don't tell anybody I gave up the secret:
The view of the waterway(Garrard Creek?) was nice, although still very very gray:
As I was rolling along, I came to another bridge over a small creek and found this concrete column standing out in the field, covered by moss and ferns. It reminded me of Bozo the Clown's hairdo
Seems like the moss and ferns have pretty much taken over this spring.
For a little while, the sun tried to come out and the temp finally got above 50 degrees for the first time:
Now, as I'd been rolling south and west, I was riding headlong into and through the little squalls, so they were there and gone followed by periods of either sun or just gray with wet pavement. But When I left Elma heading finally to the north and east and the tailwind started to push me, I found myself riding right about the same pace as the rain, so it just dumped on me for about 35 miles. HARD. All of a sudden, though, I got to Potlatch and the sun came out. Temp jumped to 55 and I was actually forced to take my raincoat off. But not before I visited a couple of my friends:
and took the time to set up a self-portrait
As I left Potlatch, I picked up a really fantastic 15 mph tailwind most of the way back to Bremerton. The views were spectacular, the pedaling almost effortless and I was treated to another beautiful day on SR-106.
and the mountains were simply amazing. Haven't seen them for a while. Here it is May and they're still showing fresh snow!
And I always love coming past the historic Dalby Waterwheel, relocated to its current location about 5 years ago by local preservationists. This waterwheel is said to have provided the first hydroelectric power in Mason County.
I don't think that gasoline was quite this expensive when that waterwheel was first built:
After rolling through Belfair non-stop (I usually stop for coffee cuz there's a really cute barrista I like to visit), deciding I probably had just ebout exactly enough liquid to get me the final 15 miles, I let the wind push me up the final 300' climb on Old Belfair Highway and rolled into Bellingham before 5:30.
Even with a sudden shifting of the wind, a sudden thunderstorm and a 4-block 125' climb, I made the quick descent to the finish line, ending my 300k in 13:42, the fastest I've ever done on that distance (at least for a brevet). Even had time to head to Fritz's for a german sausage and kraut sandwich before heading to the dock where I had to wait for my ship to com in.
And as they finally got ready to let me aboard the skies opened up one more time to remind me that around these parts, Raleighdon may be fast, but the weather is still boss.
After 190 miles, Katrina was mighty happy to take a little rest.
and that's just about all I have to say about that.


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Almost 6 years after it was introduced, you still can't attach files to emails in iOS. While iOS 6 has introduced a method to attach photos and videos to in-progress emails, it suffers from poor discoverability, and only works with content from the Photos app. If you want to attach any other file to an email, it's a usability disaster.
How iOS file handling breaks down
Emailing, and including attachments in emails, is a common task and something that takes only a few seconds on the Mac with OS X. On an iPhone or iPad with iOS, it takes an annoying amount of time and causes an unreasonable amount of frustration. Here's some blog-theater by way of example:
"Hey, Rene, can you email me the dates for that trip?"
"Sure, Kevin." I grab my iPhone, open the Mail app, add Kevin as the recipient, add the subject "trip", paste in the dates, then–
"Could you also attach that outline for discussion topics?"
My only option now is to copy the contents of the email, trash it, go to the app I wrote the topics in, find the file, tap share, tap email, add Kevin again, add the subject again, paste in the dates again–
Shit. I deleted the app I wrote the topics in. A hotter, newer app came out and I started using that instead, and even though both use iCloud, neither has any idea the other exists so… I re-download the old app and pray the data is either still there, or magically comes back from the cloud.
"And those two PDF files about that thing?"
Double shit. Both those PDF files are in different PDF apps, one in a simple reader, the other one in an app that supports annotation. Now I have to send the discussion topics from one app, and each of the PDF files from their apps.
Now Kevin is laughing his ass of at me and asking me to tell him again how the iPhone is easy to use, and I want to punch things.
And the reason for all this is that Apple forgot a cardinal principle of design: unreasonable drives for simplicity sometimes lead to inane levels of complexity.
Right now, adding photo or video attachments to in-progress emails is done via the same pop-up menu originally introduced in IOS 3 for cut, copy, and paste. You have to tap the screen to get the popup, tap a tiny, obscure arrow button to get more options, and then tap to add the attachment.
An easy to find, easy to use attachment button would be simpler. It's a solution employed by third-party apps like Facebook, email clients like Gmail and Sparrow, and the official Twitter app and Tweetbot.
Some of these are more elegant than others, but all of them are more discoverable. Apple already uses a blue + button to add contacts. Something like that for attachments could work for attachments as well. I did a mockup just like that for a pre-iOS 6 article on higher hanging fruit, but I'll update it below.
Tapping the attachment button could bring up a Share Sheet that includes the Photos icon, so you could attach photos as normal, but also any other app icon that contains documents. Tapping an icon would bring up a list view of all the files associated with that app. It's a bit overwrought, but it fits with the existing iOS constructs, including the binding of files to apps, and has the advantage of familiarity-as-a-feature.
Depending on how many file-capable apps are installed, it could create a very dense Share Sheet. It also still requires the user remember which app contains which file.
That's why, for the last couple of years, I've been asking for a simple, flat document repository for iOS — a Files app that works the same way as the Photos app (or Passbook app for that matter). A Files app for iOS would remove unnecessary cognitive load from users and solve a wide swathe of current usability problems with iOS, including email attachments.
With a document repository, any user file could be attached to any in-progress email, without the need for a Share Sheet, or for the user to remember app ownership. And it would do so in a way that's consistent with how iOS already works, increasing simplicity at the same time.


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C'mon Obots, join the rest of America! 😛
Why is it that the socialists and communists are the most unpopular leaders in history? 😛
A majority of Americans now disapprove of Obama. 😛
Open thread on the usurper in the White House! 😆
Thoughts on Our Constitutional Republic
Obamacare Time Bomb: Heirs May Face Bill for Your Healthcare
Millions of new enrollees are signing up for Medicaid due to its expansion under Obamacare, but many will be shocked to learn that their estates can be held liable for the costs of their healthcare…. 😯
Warshawsky said the ability of states to make adjustments to how MERP is applied within jurisdictions reflects the sheer arbitrariness and inequity of the program and of Obamacare in general.
"There are so many areas in the ACA that merit re-examination and adjustment that at some point you have to ask whether it makes more sense to just start over. There are so many areas and this is just one small area that exposes the fault lines in the law," Warshawsky said.
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Heather- Wasn't there 'missing nukes' from their storage in the Eastern US?
The "smartest guy in the room" called the Dominican republic the "Dominican Republican". He must hate all ;of those GOPers down there!
It's time for the military to step in and arrest bho his inside crowd, the czars, selected members of congress and disband congress as a whole. Time to start over before the charade of the Nov. elections.
Do not allow anyone to run for the vacated offices that has previously served more than six months in any capacity in the federal gov.
Candidates could even be picked out of a phone book–not a DC phone book, though.
Death by China 2013 ( Full DVD )
Anyone want to see this picture? Anyone care to caption it? Maybe do a caption thread on it? I put the pic there so you all can see it until I figure which photo bucket site I want to use. That's an army base CL.
Here ya go.
Oh Yeah–Just watch this!
And her/his painted on cleavage again. People standing next to her /him must notice it.
Lastly, Kerry is really looking like Sponge Bob lately and doing some bizarre things. I am so embarrassed for USA. Ketchup Kerry is now giving foreign leaders an Idaho potato when he visits them. I mean seriously. Is this scary or what? Not to mention that the world is laughing distainfully at Kerry like they laugh and hate obomba.
@8:20 watch his tall daughters face by stopping and starting the video. Her expressions say it all. She knows he is a fake.
Radio Host Mark Levin Calls on Republicans to Boycott State of the Union
Levin is a CFR shill.
Anyone else hear this? Is it true?
Julian Assange: 'We Heard a Lot of Lies in This Speech by Obama'
THIS TEACHER ROCKS! Entire Class Fails when Obama's Socialism Experiment Fails
1.You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity.
2.What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.
3.The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.
4.You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it!.
5.When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that is the beginning of the end of any nation.
He has just announced that he is going to assume lawmaking powers and he does not recognize the majority in the house of representatives…
"One of the things I'll be emphasizing in this meeting is that fact that we are not just gonna be waiting for legislation in order to make sure that we're providing Americans the kind of help that they need. I've got a pen…and I can use that pen to sign executive orders, and take executive actions and administrative actions that move the ball forward."
-Barack Hussein Obama, before a cabinet meeting, JAN-2014
I don't know how much more clearly he can say it… You know what this is folks? This is a gradual, quiet, coup. That's what's taking place.
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Doesn't all this chaos burn your azz when you think about all this never ending chit? Keep praying. That'll bite his azz hard.
He may be Mulatto maybe not. He may be Arab. He is not a Christian. He may be gay hiding behind an arranged marriage with a transsexual BUT HE DOES NOT represent any of those classes. HE IS a poor excuse for a human being is what he is. HE IS HAVING A LOVE AFFAIR with other people's money.
3 more years. 3!!!!!!!
How can we bear it?
How can the congress stand by and watch this serial law breaker who is dangerously operating without the constitution.
I ask you all. How does it feel? Are you tired of waiting for congress to do their job?


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09 May Archery Park Anyone?
Historically, archery was used for hunting and combat. Today it is mostly a competitive sport and a recreational activity. A person who takes part in archery is typically called an archer or a bowman. At the only resort state park in South Carolina, http://www.southcarolinaparks.com/hickoryknob,Hickory Knob State Resort Park, you can become an archer! The park uses recurve bows. These are like the ones used by Robin Hood and his Merry Men. However, these are made from fiberglass.
A visit to Hickory Knob, as it is commonly referred to, will offer you the opportunity to enjoy a popular sport. A park ranger will instruct you on how to brace the bow using the step-through method. You will be given instructions before you ever rear back and point.
The range features different yard markers such as 5 yards to 40 yards in distance. Chances are your first shot may go way off base. But, don't despair, the more comfortable you get, the better chance you have to hit the bull's eye. The cost to enjoy this challenging sport is very minimal and includes instruction. You will want to make reservations in advance either by calling the park office at (864) 391-2450 or stopping by the front desk of the lodge.
Archery has its own national governing body.It is the organization recognized by the U.S. Olympic Committee for the purpose of selecting and training men's and women's teams to represent the U.S. in the Olympic, Paralympic, and Pan American Games. Headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the National Archery Association, known today as USA Archery, was formed in 1879 to foster and promote the sport of archery.
Some good advice to anyone doing archery is simply to ease up and have a good time! There is no one secret to a great archery experience. It is about good equipment, good training and good mindset!


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Five years ago, I raised my right hand in a Montgomery County court room and told the sheriff that I would "tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth." I had been called as a character witness. I answered the lawyers' questions while sitting next to the judge. A microphone recorded my every utterance. I was intimidated but confident about offering the "whole truth" to the judge.
In contrast, the whole truth in prayer often feels elusive.
Genuine prayer is more than the formulaic recitation of words. It requires that we see ourselves as we really are – faults and talents. Yet such introspection is difficult amidst the internal 'noises'which befuddle us. We are distracted by our own self-aggrandizement and sense of entitlement. We are distracted by our fear of our shortcomings. We are distracted by the distress that a moment of candid truth will be painful. When we move beyond these barriers, however sincere moments of prayer are possible.
In the Book of Samuel, Hannah struggled with infertility for years, enduring fresh waves of disappointment each month. She grew jealous of other women's pregnancies and was fearful of her own potential barrenness. Hannah was drowning in her own internal noise. When her bitterness threatened to consume her, she sought solace at her local temple. There, she quieted her fears. She dismissed the traditional prayers and found her own words to talk to God.
Hannah described this moment, "I have poured out my soul before the Lord." Afterwards, "her face was no longer downcast." (I Samuel 1:15, 18) Jewish tradition cites Hannah's prayer as the most sincere appeal to God in the entire Bible.
We model Hannah's openness, vulnerability, and sincerity in our recitation of the Amidah today. Like Hannah who "spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard" (I Samuel 1:13), we silently move our lips as we say the Amidah blessings.
Hannah teaches us that prayer requires us to cut through our personal din so we can hear our unguarded selves. Prayer reveals itself when we peer into our hearts. When we are bitter, heartfelt prayer can help us expand ourselves and transcend our circumstances.
We should follow Hannah's lead and know that we can look beyond prayer books for our own words to God.
So, what are the noises that are drowning out your deepest prayers? What are the words that you would whisper to God? Clear your schedule; clear your head of the distractions; open your heart.
Be ruthlessly honest with yourself because the Divine judge is asking for "the whole truth and nothing but the truth."


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