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The chants echoing across Iran in the past month must have unsettled Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani. "Death to Khamenei!" "Death to Rouhani!" "We will die to get our Iran back!" These were not demonstrations in the fashionable neighborhoods of Tehran but a revolt of the provinces. Iran's aging rulers must have recalled that their own rebellion in 1978 had begun in those very provinces and only later migrated to Tehran. This was not the usual agitation of the intelligentsia and university students for more freedom, but workers and peasants fed up with the Islamic Republic's corruption and cronyism. They were key to the regime's hold on power and were supposed to be a reliable constituency at a time when it had lost the allegiance of nearly all other segments of society. In December 2017, the Islamic Republic changed forever.
In a sense, the latest uprising should not have been surprising, because the regime has had a turbulent history. The revolution that launched the Islamic Republic was led by a coalition of Islamists, liberals, and secularists. The Islamists soon ensured their dominance by purging and executing their partners. But this was not enough — the Republic of Virtue had to create its own new man. The founder of the state, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, proclaimed his own cultural revolution.
The universities were closed for two years as a religious review board altered the curriculum, and television and news media bombarded the populace with Islamic propaganda. Every aspect of life had to conform to Islamic strictures, with loyalty tests determining admission to the universities, the civil service, and the armed forces. The new regime encouraged children to inform on parents, students on teachers, and employees on one another. To secure the loyalty of the working class, the revolutionaries constructed an elaborate welfare state and mythologized the proletariat. At the time of his death in 1989, Khomeini must have assured himself, given the "cleansing" of the system and the new constitutional arrangements and authorities, that he had bequeathed his successors a divine republic that would endure forever. This was not to be.
The end of the Iran–Iraq war, which had preoccupied the masses for eight years, and the death of Khomeini compelled Khomeini's disciples to search for new sources of legitimacy. The hard-line conservatives rallied behind the new supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, and insisted on preserving the revolution's orthodoxy. The more moderate and enterprising of Khomeini's followers were the reformers who imagined that they could create a government that was religious in character yet democratic in practice. For an Islamic government to remain vital, it had to accommodate modern political concepts such as pluralism and representation. Mohammad Khatami and his reformist allies reached the pinnacle of their power in 1997, winning the presidency in that year and then the parliament in 2000.
The backlash was swift: The hard-liners used their institutional muscle to thwart reformist legislation, while their terror groups targeted intellectuals, journalists, and even Khatami's aides. The reformers' meek acquiescence not only discredited their cause but revealed that the Islamic Republic could not reform itself. The 1999 student riots put an end to the reformist interlude. Khamenei and the militants could dismiss the students as pampered members of the middle class; it was the laborers and the religiously devout who were the backbone of the state. And that base still held.
Too often the Western press presents Iran's hard-liners as reactionaries who do not understand the obstacles they are facing. The conservatives did appreciate that the regime had to reconstitute its power in the absence of its charismatic founder. Still, they were mindful of protecting their divine mandate from democratic infiltrations. Nor were they wrong to agonize about the impact of Western culture on a youthful population enchanted by all things American.
The national compact that the conservatives offered the population was social justice instead of political rights. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's presidency was devoted to the idea that Iran's wealth had to find its way to the poor. But instead of creating an equitable order, all Ahmadinejad offered Iran was corruption and belligerence. The regime's penchant for terrorism, its pursuit of nuclear capacity, and its imperial aggressions provoked sanctions and also made it an inhospitable place even for European mercantilists to invest. In the end, the conservatives offered the public a financially depleted autocracy.
And then came the titanic Green Revolution in the summer of 2009, in the wake of a fraudulent presidential election. A coalition of disgruntled youth and the urban middle class took to the streets in massive numbers to call for the overthrow of the theocracy. The regime restored order with brutal force and even staged Stalinist show trials in which both one-time loyalists and arrested protesters confessed to fantastic crimes. But in the process, the credibility of the conservatives and their national compact further eroded. If the student rebellion of 1999 undermined the cause of the Islamic Left, the Green revolt disabused the middle class of the idea that the Right had any answers to its problems. Still, the theocratic state could comfort itself with the thought that the lower classes had remained relatively quiescent during Iran's rebellious summer.
Hassan Rouhani was the regime's last hope, a centrist with a long history of service in Iran's national-security establishment. For Rouhani, the best means of rejuvenating the economy was to attract foreign investment, which necessitated an arms-control agreement that dispensed with the increasingly debilitating sanctions imposed on Iran because of its nuclear truculence. Rouhani's election as president electrified the Western chancelleries; they assured themselves that the Islamic Republic had reclaimed its tattered legitimacy by electing a moderate. Rouhani and his suave foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, never lost sight of the need to get rid of sanctions while preserving the nuclear program, and they secured an agreement that granted Iran the right to eventually construct an industrial-size atomic infrastructure. The sanctions architecture that took a decade to construct came crashing down, and international commerce once more found its way to Tehran.
The nuclear agreement certainly delivered for the Rouhani regime. Iran's economy, which had suffered a negative growth rate of 6.6 percent in 2012, suddenly registered 12.5 percent growth in 2016. But most of Iran's population, particularly the working classes, failed to see any benefits. The Islamic Republic's own statistics indicate that average household budgets fell 15 percent between 2007 and 2017. The problems that have traditionally plagued Iran only worsened under Rouhani. Corruption became endemic — graft and cronyism were now a way of life. Class cleavages deepened further; Tehran brimmed with Mercedes dealerships while the government tried to reduce subsidies for basic foodstuffs. And even more galling, the Islamic Republic's elite behaved as ostentatiously as the thousand families who had reigned during the last years of the shah's monarchy.
The clerical regime was also the victim of its own success. Iran's Islamist rulers are the most successful imperialists in the history of modern Persia. Today, Iran and its Shia proxies are in a commanding position in Iraq and have won the civil war in Syria and reduced Lebanon to a vassal state.
In another misreading of the popular mood, the Rouhani regime's propaganda celebrated its foreign adventures. The clerical oligarchs assumed that their victories abroad would redound to their domestic advantage. They failed to see that the Persians resented wasting their meager resources on Arab civil wars.
The rebellion of 2017 was a shock to a government that had spent the decade since the Green revolt honing its intelligence services. The regime did not grasp that its remaining base of support was crumbling. The lower classes were the last segment of society known for their religious devotion. They were the families that offered the state its martyrs and attended its Friday prayer services. And yet their protest slogans were about much more than economics; they expressed a desire to overthrow the entire state. The contagion was devastating — demonstrations broke out in more than 80 cities. Today, the Islamic Republic is a state without a constituency. Every successive decade, a different segment of society has turned its back on the Islamist rulers.
The Trump administration came into office assuming it would be dealing with Iran's regional aggression and the problematic nuclear agreement that it inherited from its predecessor. The Iranian uprisings seemed to surprise Washington as much as they did the mullahs. The temptation now is to dismiss the protests as mere complaints about the price of eggs. America's intelligence services and professional bureaucracy will surely stress to their superiors that the regime is durable and its coercive services capable of repressing any sullen citizens.
This was precisely what Ronald Reagan heard about the Soviet Union in 1981 when he assumed the presidency. Yet beneath the formidable façade of the USSR, he noticed, a creaky government was drowning in corruption and shielding itself in an ideology that convinced no one. The Reagan Doctrine entailed not only shrinking the Soviet Union's imperial frontiers but also undermining the entire Communist system. We forget too often today that Reagan's vision was derided by polite society and even by many within his own party and administration. History has vindicated Reagan.
The challenge for the Trump team lies in figuring out a way to subvert Iran's theocratic state. Their initial reaction was commendable: The administration's podiums were buzzing with forceful denunciations of the regime and a full-throated backing of the Iranian people. Now comes the hard part: conceiving a strategy for actually empowering those whom the White House professes to support. The most important task ahead is to drain the Islamic Republic's coffers, which rely on patronage to sustain the mullahs' diminishing might. Economic sanctions, particularly those targeting Iran's financial sector and oil industry, are indispensable to the success of any strategy. Every rebellion leaves in its wake a nascent organization and new leaders. Can the United States find a way to buttress these groups the way Reagan strengthened the Solidarity movement in Poland?
Should Trump manage to expedite the demise of an oppressive regime that is one of the United States' enduring enemies, his legacy would be that of a president who went a long way toward stabilizing the Middle East. The Islamic Republic is an expansionist state intent on upending the regional order and spreading its message of Shia revolution. It undermines established authorities in Sunni states, sponsors violence against Israel, and bears the lion's share of responsibility for Syria's carnage. Both the region and the Iranian people would be better off if Khomeini's revolution joined Vladimir Lenin's in the dustbin of history.
– Mr. Takeyh is the Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.


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How to Lose Weight: Take This Stuff Out
In my last post, I shared with you how important it is to understand insulin and its role in weight loss.
Being overweight or obese is a hormonal issue, not a will-power issue.
Once you understand this, you will find it much easier to lose weight and keep it off for good.
Once I understood how important insulin's role is in my own weight struggles, I could not believe how easy it was to get to my goal weight and maintain it.
No counting calories. No crazy, insane workouts.
Do calories matter when it comes to weight loss? Sure. Is exercise important for our health? Absolutely.
But we do not need to put all of our focus on calories and exercise to achieve the weight we want.
We have been putting all of our attention on the wrong thing. Shift your focus from calories, fat grams, and 90 minute spin classes to, instead, focus on your insulin.
When insulin is elevated, fat loss will not happen.
This is why, when someone has type 2 diabetes, and their doctor puts them on insulin, they gain weight. Every time. Then their doctor tells them to lose weight to help control their diabetes. So they count calories and run till it hurts, and how much weight do they lose? Not much, if any.
Then their doctor accuses them of lying on their food journals and about how much they exercise. It's a no-win situation. The patient is never helped to get to the root cause of their high blood sugar to begin with. The patient feels defeated, guilty, and hopeless.
Type 2 diabetics are not deficient in insulin (at least not until many years later when their pancreas finally stops producing). Type 2 diabetics have TOO MUCH insulin to begin with. And then they are given MORE insulin via injection on top of that, just to get their blood sugar down to normal levels. Again, they are NEVER told how to naturally lower their blood sugar, which as a result, lowers their insulin. It is insane!!!
But back to weight loss…
How do we keep our insulin from getting too high so that we can tap in to our fat stores and finally lose the weight?
There are many insulin triggers and I'm going to list a few so you know what to work on so weight loss becomes easier.
What Triggers Insulin
Sugar is a big one.
Any time you eat sugar, insulin gets released in order to get that glucose out of your blood stream and in to your cells. So cut way back on the sugar you're eating. Read labels. Four grams of sugar on a nutrition label equals one teaspoon of sugar. If something has 16 grams of sugar in it, you're eating four teaspoons of sugar.
Refined carbohydrates and grains make your insulin go up.
Cakes, cookies, pies, bread, pasta, crackers, chips, pretzels, cereal, rice, white flour, and muffins all get converted to glucose in the blood stream, and then "hello high insulin." It's not that you can never have dessert again, but you probably consume too many refined carbohydrates right now. Cut back on these and you will lower your insulin.
Frequent eating triggers insulin.
When insulin is elevated, there is no fat loss going on. Try eating just three meals a day without snacks. I know this sounds hard! I used to be a snacker before I realized the importance of keeping my insulin low in order to achieve weight loss. Eat meals that contain 75% non-starchy vegetables, cover those vegetables with healthy fats and have a moderate amount of protein. Eating this way will help you go longer between meals so you don't need to snack. Try it!
Artificial sweeteners trick your brain.
As I mentioned in my last post, these sweeteners make your body think sugar is coming in, so as a result, your pancreas releases insulin. But there is no real rise in blood sugar, so that insulin is going to hang around until it finds some glucose. This makes you want to eat more just so insulin can do its job. So those calorie-free diet sodas, sugar-free gum, and little pink, blue, and yellow packets of sweeteners trigger insulin. Yes, even all-natural stevia! Remember, when insulin is elevated, there is no fat loss going on.
I don't like to tell you what you can't have, but I feel strongly about education.
The more you know, the better you do. So I have to explain the facts, and sometimes this means we need to change things up in order to achieve our health goals.
We have become so dependent on sugar and refined grains, thinking they are harmless treats we give ourselves. The fact is we have given a hall-pass to sugar but become so scared of healthy fats. This is based on misinformation from the food industry and ill-informed health care workers.
It is time to pull back the curtain on what we are eating, how often we're eating, and how they both affect our health and our weight.
Since I prefer to tell you what to HAVE (instead of telling you what to limit), in my next post, I share what to ADD IN so you can naturally lower your insulin.
There are many things you can do to tame that insulin and help your body start to lose weight naturally.
So tell me, are you a snacker? How do you feel about changing things up and dropping the snacks?
I give my clients lots of tips on how to make meals more satisfying so they don't need snacks.
-Caitlin Russel MS RDN CLT

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Here are links to events in the Houston area that *usually* take place in November. We've tried to provide the most direct link to information about the event. However, you may have to click around a bit depending on the site.
Bayou Bend Family Days ~ third Sunday of the month, September through May
Civil War Weekend at Liendo Plantation
Republic of Texas Militia Muster – A Living History Encampment
Texas Renissance Festival School Days
Zoo Lights ~ Houston Zoo, runs late November to early January
Santa's Wonderland Held in the College Station area this event starts mid November and runs through the first of January.
While the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo is not until February, they open registration for Field Trips in November. These trips are often full by January. Click here to learn more.


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Global insurance industry CEOs are optimistic about growing revenue in 2013, despite ongoing volatility in the overall economy, according to PWC's 16th Annual Global CEO Survey.
Some 90 percent of insurance industry leaders are at least reasonably confident about growing revenue this year and in the next three years, the survey found.
However, most CEOs see the prospects for the overall economy as tentative at best, with only 15 percent of insurance CEOs believing that it will improve over the next 12 months.
Nearly a quarter expect the economy to decline, though this is a much less pessimistic outlook than last year, when nearly half anticipated worse times ahead, according to PWC.
Other key takeaways from the survey:
— More than half of the CEOs are focused on organic growth to increase their bottom line, while 12 percent are focused on M&A
— Nearly 60 percent of CEOs are concerned about the shift in consumer spending and are seeking ways to enhance customer loyalty and retention (In response, nearly 90 percent are planning to change their strategies for managing customer growth)
— Almost 90 percent of insurance leaders plan to increase spending on technology to improve analytics and customer profiling capabilities
PWC's findings are based on interviews with 92 insurance CEOs in 39 countries.


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Dear Parents/Guardians,
Welcome back. I hope you had a restful spring break. I did!:) This week there will be Report Pick Up. I will be sending home a sign up sheet. Please select 3 times you think you'd like to meet with me. I will do my best to honor one of the times selected. If none of the times are available, I will select a time very close to one of your choices. Thank You
Please send a box of tissue. Many sniffles around this time of year. Thank You
This week we will be working on the following:
Language Arts: We will be reading a short non-fiction text, "La Causa, The Migrant Farmworkers Story." about Cesar Chavez, the Mexican migrant worker who united the farmers to form a very powerful farmer's union. The focus of the learning for this story will be how one persons' determination and values can change the lives of others. We will have discussions as well as extended response questions that encourage critical thinking.
We will continue to work on Unit 8, Fraction/Multiplication/Division and Fraction of problems.
Homework: Study link 8.6, 8.7, 8.8, 8.9, 8.10.
Social Studies:
We will review The Thirteen Colonies in our social studies text. We will prepare for a test on this chapter. We will also share the project, The Fourteenth Colony, completed over spring break.
We will use La Causa, "The Migrant Farmworkers'Story as the text for Civics as well as Lanuage Arts. The focus is on how civic responsiblity can create a movement as well as a leader.
P.S. The photos above show the Civics project completed by the fifth graders for Woman's History Month. As you can see, the student's did an excellent job with their drawings of a notable woman, as well as producing outstanding interviews and realistic fiction stories based on their famous person.
Have A Great Week!
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William Yeatman is an energy policy analyst on the energy and global warming team at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Prior to joining CEI, William was a Peace Corps volunteer in the Kyrgyz Republic, where he taught entrepreneurship and small business management to rural women. Before that, he ran a homeless shelter in Denver, Colorado.
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Cat has been dancing since she can remember walking. She grew up taking Ballet and Jazz classes, and danced her way through high school through theater ensembles. Upon entering college and studying under Lois Trombley, her dance world exploded in many directions. She studied various styles and became so passionate that she pursued and graduated with a dance minor at the University of Vermont. She was introduced to Jeh Kulu Dance and Drum Theater, The Spielpalast Cabaret, and fell in love with performing even more. Through subbing at the Flynn and UVM, she got a taste of teaching and what it is like to share a passion for dance. She hopes that through teaching her own class at Swan Dojo, she can help others have fun and learn how to express themselves and find their own voice through movement.Back to Our Team


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By LAMECH JOHNSON
Tribune Staff Reporter
A JUDGE yesterday sentenced a man to 12 years in prison for sexually assaulting a nine-year-old girl.
Christopher Butler faced up to life imprisonment yesterday when he appeared before a judge for sentencing in connection with sexually assaulting a girl entrusted to his care in 2005.
Though Justice Carolita Bethell noted that the aggravating circumstances behind the approximate 10 assaults on the then nine-year-old victim outweighed the mitigating circumstances, the judge said that the court was guided by sentencing and case law in determining that 12 years imprisonment was an appropriate punishment in the circumstances.
The concurrent sentences for the two counts of unlawful sexual intercourse took into account that it was Butler's first conviction for the sexual offence and that he had waited nine years for a Supreme Court trial.
The aggravating factors the court considered were: the age of the complainant, the age difference between the two, the complainant was entrusted to his care, his lack of remorse for what took place, the physical and mental trauma the victim suffered and the victim having to relive the experience in court on two occasions.
The 12 years, to run from the day of conviction, was reduced to nine years after taking into account his three years on remand.
On October 15, a nine member jury unanimously accepted the testimony of the victim, now 18 years old, that she was sexually assaulted by Butler, who was 39 at the time.
The incidents occurred after she returned home from school between May 1 and 10, 2005. The girl reported the encounters to her guidance counsellor fearful that her mother, now deceased, would not take her word over Butler's.
The mother was contacted about the abuse by the guidance counsellor who also alerted the police about the situation. The victim was medically examined and a physician concluded that she was sexually assaulted based on the damage to her genitalia.
Butler was arraigned in Magistrate's Court on May 17, 2005 and was released on $10,000 bail that day ahead of a preliminary inquiry in the lower court.
The pre-trial was not completed until June 2009 when the case was forwarded to the Supreme Court.
Butler, who was rearrested for possession of dangerous drugs in 2007, remained in prison until July 2010 as he had yet to be tried in the Supreme Court a year after the matter had ended in the lower court.
This remained the case until August 2013 when he was formally arraigned in the Supreme Court for the first time and was given a trial date for October 2014.
Butler, who was not represented, has 21 days to appeal the conviction and sentence to the Court of Appeal.
Edmund Turner prosecuted the case.
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CommonSense 5 years, 9 months ago
Wow Carolita..I expected better from you. ONLY 12 YEARS?! And to then have that 12 decreased to 9?! Wow...disgrace.
KM 5 years, 9 months ago
I agree with you. It is a disgrace. He was 39 and she was 9! Do you know how traumatic that was. DISGRACE, i see no justice for that girl.


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As long as her parents can remember, Leah Horowitz had always been drawn to adventure and fascinated with the wider world. The Elkins Park native caught the "Africa bug" during a college semester in Zimbabwe; since then, she logged substantial time in Ghana and South Africa, focusing on issues such as sustainable agriculture, good governance and the role that gender plays in developing societies.
The 29-year-old had spent more than two years working for the Washington, D.C.-based International Food Policy Research Institute and, according to one of her supervisors there, she was a gifted researcher and writer. But not content to deal with theory and numbers, she requested a transfer to the organization's Ghana office, where she'd previously spent several months. She'd been living in the capital of Accra since October, and in March was officially named head of programs for the country.
Shenggen Fan, director of the Development Strategy and Governance Division for the institute, said that Horowitz was concerned with the question of how agriculture can be used "as a tool to increase food security and reduce poverty."
On May 23, Horowitz and a few friends decided to take a break from the hectic capital and set out for a beach resort, a five-hour drive away. Halfway into the trip, the vehicle collided with a minibus; Horowitz and two others on the bus were killed. Hundreds attended her June 4 funeral service at Goldsteins' Rosenberg's Raphael-Sacks in Philadelphia.
"She was a determined and special young woman. She could have done anything she wanted," said her mother, Sandee Mandel, noting that her daughter thought little about wealth and rarely consulted with her parents before embarking on a project.
The 1998 valedictorian of Cheltenham High School earned a bachelor's degree in geography at Dartmouth College, and a master's in food policy and economics at Tufts University.
She also served as an AmeriCorps volunteer, where she worked with the Oregon Food Bank and taught sustainable farming to troubled youths.
Her father, David Horowitz, said that his daughter possessed a strong Jewish identity fostered at Congregation Rodeph Shalom's former suburban campus, where she became a Bat Mitzvah, and at the Gratz College Hebrew High School.
In 1997, Leah Horowitz visited Israel with NIFTY, the Reform youth movement. Her father said that the trip coincided with a suicide bombing in Jerusalem; the teens were told not to venture out alone. Of course, Horowitz didn't listen.
"She told me later that she snuck out," said David Horowitz. Her rationale: The Israelis were back in the streets, living their lives, and she would do the same thing.
In addition to her parents, Horowitz is survived by a younger brother, Scott Horowitz, as well as grandparents Doris and Jacob Mandel, and Florence Horowitz.


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Toronto District School Board states on its web site that 45% of its graduates are Ontario Scholars. To be an Ontario Scholar, a student must have an average of 80% on her top six subjects. The question is: should this be a cause for pride or embarrassment?
A second question: when the averages of Ontario Scholars were heavily influenced by the results of the provincial exams, there were fewer Ontario Scholars. Why the change?
Third question: How do we know that each board is providing equally thorough educations in all the subjects offered and applying the same standards in formative and summative evaluations?
I would love to hear from the high school teachers on this topic. I am sure you have well supported opinions on this.


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It is finally here! At Home in the World by Tsh Oxenreider is a beautiful memoir of a young family traveling the world for 9 months.
It really took me back to our days as a young family: adventures in our own back yard, state parks, national parks, living in Germany, and living in far eastern Turkey.
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During the whole month of June we have been collecting, sorting, storing and growing our treasure trove of nature finds. The nature table takes pride of place in our little Montesori inspired corner of the kitchen.
The tally so far includes : Sensory box, wormery, Ladybird 'viewarium', Insect guides from the bug farm, Wildlife trust guides and our Go Find It cards (a fantastic nature based card game for families) .
Decoration includes our 30 Days wild poster, stickers (lots of stickers) and a cool Ladybird lamp that happened to be here already!
I couldn't fit all of the childrens nature books on, so we've had to have a second nature table in the living room! I'll post about this later.
I am enjoying watching the girls being able to explore and learn about nature at any point in their day. C enjoys pulling a chair over to check out the finds on top of the table and to see if anything new has been added. This morning I watched as she ran her hand along the top of the unit until her fingers bumped into the cold, hard snail shell. She stood, with her face turned away towards me, running her fingertips over her find, tracing the outline of the coiled carapace. A slow smile crossed her face. 'Ooh, smooth' she exclaimed, before skipping off to take an important phone call from the Teletubbies .
She has started to learn the names of garden birds, and yesterday flapped across the living room, pretending to be a Blue Tit. When I asked her what colour feathers she had, she looked at me with a mix of disgust and disbelief and said ' Blue of course, you can stroke them if you like.' Gosh, how wonderful it would be to be two again!


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Supergiants are the most massive stars.
Supergiants can have masses from 10 to 70 solar masses and brightness from 30,000 up to hundreds of thousands times the solar luminosity.
They vary greatly in radii, usually from 30 to 500, or even in excess of 1000 solar radii.
Because of their extreme masses they have short lifespans of only 10 to 50 million years and are only observed in young cosmic structures such as open clusters, the arms of spiral galaxies, and in irregular galaxies.
They are less abundant in spiral galaxy bulges, and are not observed in elliptical galaxies, or globular clusters, all of which are believed to be composed of old stars.
Currently, the largest known stars in terms of physical size, not mass or luminosity, are the supergiants VV Cephei, V354 Cephei, KW Sagitarii, KY Cygni, and the Garnet Star.


text: SAAB Board Meeting today announces changes in BAE Systems engagement in SAAB Press release 07 December 2004 SAAB takes increased marketing responsibility for Gripen fighter aircraft and BAE SYSTEMS intends to reduce its shareholding in SAABIn 1995 SAAB and BAE SYSTEMS created a 50/50 Joint Venture to develop and explore the Gripen Export business. In order to adapt to both external and internal dynamics, this Joint Venture has evolved including the creation of Gripen International as the export marketing organization for Gripen. SAAB and BAE SYSTEMS have jointly decided to develop further the cooperation regarding the Gripen export business.SAAB will take the responsibility for Gripen International's efforts to win new Gripen export business. As already envisaged in 1995, through the Joint Venture with BAE SYSTEMS, SAAB's export marketing capabilities have increased and it is now appropriate for SAAB to take the lead for these activities. The move also opens possibilities to realize further synergies in the interface between Gripen International and SAAB.Gripen is now well established in the export market, with orders from South Africa, Hungary and the Czech Republic, for a current total of 56 aircraft. The joint investment, the Export Baseline Standard, is nearing completion, and the first delivery is scheduled for May 1, 2005 to the Czech Republic. The production lines for South Africa and Hungary are operational. SAAB and BAE SYSTEMS will continue to have the joint responsibility for any Gripen activity in these established export markets and will also be able to cooperate on future Gripen exports on an optional basis.The change will be implemented from 1st of January 2005. In recognition of the changes to the Joint Venture Agreement BAE SYSTEMS will reduce its shareholding in SAAB AB. BAE SYSTEMS will retain at least 20 percent of votes and capital that will be considered as a long term investment.Quote Åke Svensson, President and CEO, SAAB:"The relationship with BAE SYSTEMS has now firmly established Gripen in the export market and for SAAB this is a logical step forward. Under our leadership we are confident that we will secure new orders from prospects already identified and continue to develop the export opportunities over time." Quote Mike Turner, CEO, BAE SYSTEMS:"BAE SYSTEMS remains fully committed to all existing Gripen contracts and will, on a case-by-case basis, also directly support new marketing efforts. Our reduced ownership will also more appropriately reflect the new scope of cooperation between us and is regarded as a long term investment". This information was brought to you by Cisionhttp://feed.ne.cision.com/client/saab//Commands/File.aspx?id=327088The following files are available for download PDF Last updated: 23 January 2015 • 14:44


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A Gift From The Wine Gods
If you have ever found yourself enjoying a scrumptious glass of wine only to find bits of what looks like dirty, dried fruit specks lingering in the bottom of your glass consider yourself lucky! While sediment may not look very appealing (I mean who likes dirty wine, right?) it actually usually means that you're drinking some pretty good stuff. Wine sediment can be an indicator of several things: the wine is quite old (lucky you) and great care was put into creating that bottle. Over time, the tannins and pigments in the wine start to break down and thus create the sediment in the bottom of the bottle. It often means that little or no filtration was used during the winemaking process which allows a wine's personality and flavors to develop over time. Due to this, sediment can be found in some newer vintages as well. If you happen to imbibe a bit of the good stuff don't worry, it won't hurt you. While it may not taste all that great, it is believed to be full of antioxidants. While sediment is usually associated with red wine, it can sometimes be found in white wine as well in the form of tartrate crystals. This just means that the wine was once exposed to very cold temperatures, perhaps while being cold stabilized.
If you can see the sediment in the bottle but would prefer to keep it out of your glass there are a few things you can do. First, stand the bottle upright rather than keeping it over on its side before serving. If you can do this a full day in advance, that will give the sediment plenty of time to make its way to the bottom of the bottle. To take this one step further, you can also decant the wine, which just means pouring it into a separate serving container. Not only does this prevent sediment from making its way into your glass but it also allows the wine to open up and breathe. When pouring the wine from its original bottle into the decanter, watch the neck of the bottle closely to make sure you don't let any sediment flow through.
The moral of the story is that if you find a few speckles in your glass go ahead and give yourself a pat on the back because obviously you know how to pick 'em! Consider it a little gift from the wine gods!


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text: Extract from speech by CEO Bengt Halse, at Saab's annual general meeting Press release 04 April 2001 Mr. Chairman, distinguished shareholders, ladies and gentlemen!I will mainly concentrate on the future.But before I do, there are two things I would like to mention: that wecompleted Celsius' integration into Saab and that we achieved a numberof breakthroughs. In new product areas and important export markets.It is very gratifying that at the same time we were busy with theintegration, we were also able to develop our operations.Now our job is to capitalize on all the opportunities available to thenew Saab.We must fully utilize our common strength. This applies in particular torevenues, where there are considerable opportunities for furthersynergies.The new business management group - established under the leadership ofIngemar Andersson - will be an important instrument in this regard.The many breakthrough orders we received are the other key aspect whenlooking back at 2000. Each of our operating areas was awarded orders ofvarious sizes that are important to the future.Our order backlog has never been larger, and last year's order bookingswere the highest ever in a single year. Exports accounted for 48 percentof invoiced sales last year. At the same time that 70 percent of ourorder bookings were exports, which means that the export share of ourbusiness will continue to grow.2000 was also good year for Saab when we look at the numbers.Invoiced sales doubled to SEK 18 billion, and order bookings were arecord-high SEK 28 billion. The order backlog thereby amounted SEK 41billion, representing 2,5 years sales.Celsius also contributed positively to income from the very first year.Earnings per share rose to SEK 9.75.The after-tax return on shareholders' equity was 20 percent, surpassingour long-term objective. And in line with the projection presented atthe end year report earnings per share this year will at least matchlast year's level.***Investments in defense materiel in the markets Saab has access to willgrow in the years ahead. Due to budget cutbacks in recent years, manycountries have accumulated investment needs they now have to meet. Butwhat customers demand is just as important as how much they demand. Andhere the development is to our benefit. A shift is clearly taking place.High technology is playing an increasingly dominant role, at the expenseof high-volume organizations. This will necessitate investments in newtechnology and systems, as well as upgrades and enhancements.For Saab, it means that the markets for practically all our productswill grow.An important factor in this development is the shift in militarydoctrine we now seeing. The key is battlespace awareness - to be able toconstantly monitoring a potential enemy to interpret his intentions.This facilitates fast decision-making, where the right resources areavailable at the right time.You have to see, hear and understand - while making sure your enemydoesn't see, hear or understand - and simultaneously act with highprecision.To meet this need, Saab has developed what we call Net Defence.Net Defence is a vision of a future net-centric defense, in whichdifferent defense systems are tied together and communicate with eachother.This is a further advancement of the thinking already used in many ofthe defense systems we offer - for instance Gripen - although the net-centric defense has also been inspired by the explosive development incommercial IT systems.In essence we are talking about a decade-long process, with twodifferent types of changes. New technology is being phased in. But thereis also a more immediate adjustment under way - whereby defense systemsare becoming interoperable for international missions. As a whole, wecan expect to see major investments in new systems, and upgrades ofexisting ones.Internationalization is taking place at various levels. An increasingnumber of projects are cooperations across national borders. At the sametime the institutional framework is changing.For Sweden, 2000 was the year we joined the Western European ArmamentsGroup, WEAG. And together with Germany, France, the UK, Italy and Spain,Sweden signed the so-called Letter of Intent (LoI) agreement. Thesechanges facilitate new alliances across borders, and in the long runprovide access to export markets.Saab's international opportunities are growing, although our competitionis as well. This development is contributing to the continuedconsolidated of the defense industry.Since the Cold War ended, the map of the industry has been completelyredrawn, and even though 2000 did not offer any major mergers we can nowsee that the processes in the U.S. and Europe are beginning to affecteach other.This is the environment we operate in.We are meeting the future primarily by focusing on systems integration,electronics and services. This is where we see the best opportunitiesfor organic growth, and for further acquisitions.Our strategy provides a platform for long-term growth in all ourbusiness areas.Although in some areas growth will come quickly, while in others it willtake longer.Saab Systems and Electronics has strong positions in all its operatingareas.For example, advanced command and control and information systems, wherein the naval market we are a world leader in the segment we supply.The same applies to electronic warfare - half of which is exports - andwhere, for example, we are the world-leading supplier of decoys forfighter aircraft.In simulation systems such as BT46 have set the standard in the globalmarket, and captured a market share of over 30 percent. And after thebreakthrough for Gamer we again have a product with the capacity todominate its market - this time at a higher systems level.Barracuda Technologies' signature management systems are currentlyexported to around 50 countries. We are among the leaders in the worldin the development and manufacture of systems that protect people andequipment against reconnaissance and homing equipment.For Saab Aerospace, the export success of Gripen is obviously animportant component for future growth. We are engaged in active salesefforts in a number of markets, and I expect at least one new exportcontract in the next two years.Our commercial aircraft operations also offer attractive growthopportunities.Saab is currently a supplier of subsystems to both Boeing and Airbus,the two remaining manufacturers of large passenger aircraft. The Airbusconsortium's decision to begin production of the A380 Superjumbo wasmajor news during the year. Saab has been participating since 1997 indevelopment work on the A380, and we are now in negotiations to become apartner in the project.For Saab Bofors Dynamics, growth will come farther down the road - in amarket that has been consolidating.The fact that we have already achieved an operating profit, and thatprograms such as IRIS-T, Bamse and Meteor have been approved, give us astable foundation to build on.In our own programs, such as RBS 15, RBS 70 and Bamse, we se expect as agrowth generator.The advanced, high-technology services offered by the Saab TechnicalSupport and Services business area - which in itself is a successfulmerger within the larger Saab-Celsius merger - also have considerablegrowth opportunities.Partly in maintenance services. But also in the development of the net-centric defense, where we command considerable expertise in thedevelopment, maintenance, and operation of large, complex systems. Aswell as in commercial markets, where this type of competence is in greatdemand. We anticipate interesting growth in this area, also in the shortterm.The consolidation of the European space market has produced two majorconstellations: Astrium and Alcatel.So far we have been able to handle the competition with the largeconstellations' own development and production units, and receivedimportant orders from both Astrium and Alcatel. And also from leadingAmerican suppliers as Boeing.The acquisition of Dutch Fokker Space will make us the leadingindependent space supplier in Europe. The most important routes tocontinued growth will be through increased market shares, strengthenedpositions in new markets and possibly acquisitions.The fact that we are now represented in Los Angeles - the heart of theU.S. commercial space industry - is an important step to help us grow ina market where we have a small share, but where our current growth rateand our potential are great.Thanks to the breadth and depth of their expertise, Saab's employees areconstantly coming up with ideas for utilizing our competencies andtechnologies outside the defense market. The commercialization andrealization of such spin-offs is an integral part of our efforts tocreate value for shareholders.An example from this year was the divestment - at a good profit - ofMarine Electronics. The strategy for commercial spin-offs has also foundanother concrete expression in the new Venture Capital Council, whichwill report to Group Management and systematically focus on theopportunities for commercial projects.We can now close the books on a strong year. We received several of theorders we need to generate a good return on our ventures. We havebasically completed Saab's restructuring and divested a long line ofbusinesses that didn't fit our strategy.We have some restructuring left to do.For example, it has taken longer than expected to divest the parts ofCelsius Aviation Services, due in part to the economic slowdown. Theinsurance wrap for regional aircraft frees us from a significant anddifficult-to-analyze market risk, and allows us to streamline andconcentrate our regional aircraft operations.We have delivered what we said we would after our reintroduction on thestock exchange in the spring of 1998. We will generate long-term profitgrowth - adjusted for divestments - in all our core areas. We will beperceived as - and will consistently be - our customers' best choice andpartner. We will continue to be an attractive employer, and a veryvaluable part of Sweden's research and education community.And we will continue to create value for our shareholders.Thank you for your time.------------------------------------------------------------This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.seThe following files are available for download:http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/04/04/20010404BIT00920/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/04/04/20010404BIT00920/bit0002.pdf This information was brought to you by Cisionhttp://feed.ne.cision.com/client/saab//Commands/File.aspx?id=116770The following files are available for download MSWORD PDF Last updated: 23 January 2015 • 14:44


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If you keep looking for weird stuff- you get weird stuff. If oy think that this is going to be a walk in the park expect to get hit by a few tree branches, this type of investing is not for the weak at heart nor for the goofy person who thinks that Warren Buffet's ideas are antiquated. This could be the beginning for a lot of folks who know what they are doing and this is only the beginning. Never mind the man behind the curtain, get the advice of his mentor! Type in the name and get yourself a copy and don't get all discouraged because of the age of the concept. There's more than meets the eye.


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Especially online.
I just listened to an interview with the cartoonist who created Pepe the Frog... an innocent, laid-back. peace-loving frog who's been co-opted by the alt.right in current politics as an ugly hate meme. You can listen HERE on RiYL.
His creator, Matt Furie, seems like a really good guy - perplexed by this evil hijacking of his work.
Copyrighted artwork, by the way. But good luck suing neo-Nazis over copyright infringement, huh?
See more at Art by Matt Furie.
Public domain frog image
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In the spirit of this amorous epiosde, go and out and put a new fang in the old tone arm cobra, put that old classic Barry White album 'Can't Get Enough' on the hi-fi, and just relax baby…
The White Stilettoes
In the bookie shop Dan is paying out 6 pound 47 pence to an excited Blanche, when Harry comes in carrying a pair of white stilettoes he has found in the flat. Harry wonders who they might belong to, and if can chuck them in the tip. Dan gets a bit flustered and tells his dad not to chuck the shoes, and that he will tell him the story later. Blanche of course is all ears so Dan tries to deflect the conversation away from himself and tells Blanche that Harry is off to see his third ex-wife. Blanche tells Harry that he is 'like Henry the VIII, with a shave.'
Later, in the painfully bachelorish flat, Dan tells father Harry a tale of pulling birds and an air hostess that liked to do the horizontal limbo with her shoes on, before she left that life – and the shoes behind. Harry thinks it's sort of a dirty version of Cinderella. Dan tells his dad that when he gets a woman back to his flat tries to get then to wear the shoes when they do the deed. I think father and son could both benefit from some therapy…
A Day For Results
Michelle is anxiously waiting for the post to arrive with the DNA results* from the lab, although it is only going to comfirm what she knows in her heart already. When the letters arrive she opens them and the truth is finally known. Ryan comes home and they have an awkward conversation about his results in school, and when she tells him to sit down, he gets angry and walks out, but returns a moment later for an emotional hug with Michelle.
In the meantime Steve has picked up Liz and Vern, who are returning from their honeymoon – wearing matching black cowboy hats. There is a discussion about the 'near death' experience they had on the plane. (apparently a bit of turbulence) Vern says that when the pilot was speaking, 'he could hear his chords tightening.' Liz replies, 'pilots don't wear cords.' Rimshot please. Liz asks Steve about the DNA results, and he tells his mom that it is confirmed, Ryan is not the biological son of Michelle, so be sure to tread gently. This warning is too late however, as Vern has already gone inside to say hello to Ryan, who he calls 'my grandson, sort of.' Ryan walks out of the room. Vern then says hello to Michelle, who he calls 'my daughter-in-law, sort of.' Michelle walks out of the room.
*it seems remarkable that they could get the DNA results back so quickly
The Inconspicuous Condom
Gail comes by the salon and invites Audrey out for drinks so that David can have a little 'alone time' with Tina. David comes out from the back – awkward moment ensues.
Later at Number 6 Gail is wondering when Tina is coming by, and if she stays out till 10:00 'will that give you enough time?' An painful and uniformative conversation then takes place about David being prepared for any eventuality that might occur. (no wonder Sarah got pregnant at age twelve)
After Gail leaves for the night David gets the place ready for his evening of passion – music, drinks, deodorant in his underarms – and his nether regions. Good to go. David fires up some bad music and when the doorbell rings he does some sort of epileptic seizure/dance thing on the way to open the door. Tina comes in and David tries to steer her upstairs right away, but she tells him that she is parched and needs a drink first. An odd discussion regarding the names of juices follows. Tina wonders what 'that smell' is. (meaning the deodorant) David says he has no idea…
While David is trying to be a youthful Lothario, Gail and Audrey are having an odd conversation about condoms in the pub. Audrey wants to know of Gail had a clear and honest discission about birth control with David before she went out. Gail tells her mom it was embarassing to try to talk him about it. Audrey tells Gail it would be much better to be embarassed than to be a grandmother again so soon. Gail admits that she put some condoms on the coffee table for David to find, but didn't tell him, and she kind of obscured them with a magazine, so she wouldn't seem too obvious. Audrey is incredulous that Gail put condoms on the table and then fled the flat. Gail gets my vote for mother of the year.
Back at the flat Tina and David are sat on the sofa while he massages her feet. She picks up the magazine and the latex party hat is revealed. David asks if it is hers. Tina asks if it his. He says it is. She wonders if his mom bought it for him. They discuss who gets their condoms where, but no action yet…
A Room For Two
Liam and Carla are getting ready for their business trip to Birmingham. Maria is concerned that Liam is going to go clubbing with Carla while they are away. (was he not just on crutches?) Liam assures Maria that everything on the trip will be kosher.
When the Connors arrive at the hotel in the second city, the booking problem (that Carla chose to ignore) comes to light, they are booked into one room – with one bed. Liam protests a bit and tries to find a solution, but there are no free rooms in the hotel owing to a chemical conference taking place in the city. Carla is nonplussed by the situation 'your room, my room, our room, doesn't matter does it?'
In the room Liam goes to take a shower and notices that the lock on the bathroom door is broken. Carla is bemused by his concern over the lock, and tells her brother-in-law that if she wanted to shower with him she would just ask nicely, and not just rip off her clothes and barge into the shower with him. Poor Liam looks like a lamb being led to the slaughter. While he is showering his phone rings and Carla answers it for him, it's Maria wanting to talk to Liam. Carla tells her that he is in the shower at the moment. Maria wonders why Carla is in his room while he is showering, and Carla tells Maria that Liam is actually in her room showering, before hanging up on Maria.
When Liam is done he asks Carla for a favour. 'Need help getting dry?' she asks. No, says Liam, can you pass me a bathrobe. While he gets dry and puts on the bathrobe they discuss the room situation and when they should 'cross the bridge'* of him finding somehere else to stay. Carla says she is in no rush to cross any bridges and with the door slightly ajar, makes her way into the shower, giving Liam an eyeful of naked skin to ponder.
*methinks this is a sexual allegory of sorts
Bits and Bobs
Jack, Molly, and Tyrone have a conversation about Terry and the impending funeral. Molly asks the insightful question about Terry attending the service – would Vera want him there?
Audrey volunteers to be a 'surrogate mother' to Maria for the wedding.
Sal comes by the garage to tell Tyrone how much she and Kev appreciate him keeping things going while Kev is locked up, and how he thinks of himself as a bit of a father figure to Tyrone.


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What is the meaning of Money market? Concept, Definition of Money market
Concepts and meanings of money market
Meaning of money marketMoney or monetary market is the set of financial markets, normally to the wholesale, independent but related, that are exchanged financial assets that have as common denominator a short repayment term, which usually does not exceed eighteen months, low risk and high liquidity.
Financial marketsFinancial markets are a set, they form the masterworks fund market, but differentiates according to the characteristics of the assets negotiated, between capital market and monetary.
According to the OECD, capital market includes the operations of placement and long-term funding and the institutions that mainly carry out these transactions. Within the capital market we can speak of two markets: the stock market and the market of long-term credit. At the same time securities markets are divided between equity markets and fixed income markets.
The distinctive features of the monetary market are short-term, more reduced risk and liquidity of the assets that are traded in the same, its key features are as follows:
1 Are markets to the by greater since, its participants tend to be large financial institutions or industrial companies, trading large amounts of financial resources from the decisions of specialized professionals.
2. In these markets are traded assets with little risk, additional warranties that provide both the solvency of the CAs (public Treasury or financial or industrial institutions of large size) (mortgage securities, for example, or company promissory note guaranteed by a bank.)
3. Are assets negotiated with much liquidity, derived much of their short-term maturity, that usually does not exceed 18 months, of their negotiation possibilities in secondary markets. In addition, operations are performed frequently with them with Covenant of retrogression in the very short term.
4. the negotiation is performed directly between the participants or through specialized intermediaries.
5 Have shown great flexibility and financial innovation, which has led to the emergence of new new, financial intermediaries financial assets and issuing techniques more innovative, among which are the following:
• Discount or interest to flip. This formula implies that the buyer of the asset pays lower than the nominal amount at the time of the acquisition, receiving nominal in time to cancel it. The difference between the amount paid and the nominal value is discount or profitability that gets the buyer which, understandably, does not receive periodic interest, since cobra them in advance in its entirety. Money market titles that are often broadcast in this way are the company promissory notes and Treasury bills.
• Zero coupon. In this case the payment of interest is performed to the maturity of the debt, therefore the titles are purchased at their nominal value (or below) and she is amortized with different premiums according to the term of repayment. Money market titles that are often broadcast in this way are the Bank cash and Treasury bonds.
• Variable rate. In this case securities whose interest rate is not fixed but it evolves according to some kind of reference, such as, for example, the interbank rate interest, more are issued a fixed differential. This formula is often used in the issuance of certain bonds and notes and has been taken from the credits at variable interest rate.
The fundamental reasons for great development occurred in the Spanish currency markets in recent years, can be grouped into two categories.
The fact that both the economic authorities and other economic agents have tried to support the development of money markets in view of the favourable consequences arising from them for the functioning of the economy. In this sense, it tends to highlight the contribution of currency markets to achieve the following purposes:
• The achievement of the objectives of monetary policy.
• The formation of an appropriate interest rate structure.
• The efficiency of the financial decisions of economic agents.
• The Orthodox financing of the government deficit.
Secondly, the set of phenomena of primarily economic or institutional nature that has also helped its development, regardless of the net effects of these phenomena on economic activity have been or not pernicious. They stand out among them high rates of inflation, low growth domestic product, accelerated growth of public spending and deficits, the technological revolution, etc.
Definition of money marketAlso called money market, money market is a part or submercado of the financial market, in which credit operations are performed or negotiated financial assets short term. It comprises the interbank market, the certificates of deposit, bonds and IOUs from the Treasury, the market of bills of Exchange and, in general, all financial asset short-term market. When speaking of monetary market commonly referred both the primary market and the secondary market of the different assets that are traded. The main function of the money market is the provide to the public and to economic operators in general the possibility to keep a part of their wealth in the form of securities or securities with a high degree of liquidity and an acceptable profitability. The economic agents involved in this market offering and demanding short-term funds are many. But they are commercial banks and in Spain also the savings, especially since 1978, who along with public administrations have great weight in this market. Non-bank financial institutions, such as pension funds and life insurance companies, although they usually invest their availabilities in long-term securities, attend frequently money market to exit their temporarily idle cash surplus.
It is formed by a series of markets essentially interrelated by the level of interest rates, which have the following characteristics:
-Its participants are banks with many resources and specialized.
-Assets that are traded are low risk due to the solvency of institutions and even with additional guarantees.
-They have great liquidity, given their short-term maturity and the existence of secondary markets.
-Operations may be made directly or through specialized intermediaries.
-In addition, they are very flexible and have originated a large number of intermediaries, assets and new techniques of emission.
The main currency markets are: the interbank market, the foreign exchange market, the AIAF fixed income market and the mortgage market.
Concept of monetary marketMonetary or markets, money markets are markets in which are traded assets short term (maturity exceeding one year, while assets with longer terms can be negotiated). These assets have the characteristic of high liquidity and low risk. Unlike the markets organized (such as stock exchanges) money markets are largely not regulated and informal where most transactions are carried out via telephone, fax, or online. In contrast, markets long term borrowing and lending are called capital markets.
Within the monetary market we can find the following classification:
• The credit markets in the short term: loans, discount, credits, etc.
• The securities markets: in which liquid assets are traded in the
or from the Public Sector (Treasury bills).
or issued by companies (company promissory notes)
or issued by the banking sector (interbank deposits, mortgage securities, etc.)
Although way more generally, can be said that the money market would be made up of two big blocks defined by the interbank market and the rest of the money markets.
Characteristics of the currency markets• Are markets at the wholesale in the sense that the participants are major financial institutions or industrial companies, trading large amounts of financial resources from the decisions of highly skilled professionals.
• Negotiate very low risk assets, derived from the solvency of the CAs (Treasury and large industrial or financial institutions) as, at times, of the additional guarantees provided (mortgage securities, or IOUs of companies backed by a Bank).
• Assets are highly liquid given by their short-term maturity and its great potential for trading on secondary markets.
• negotiation can be made directly with the participants or through specialized intermediaries.
• They present a great flexibility and financial innovation, which has resulted in the emergence of new financial intermediaries, new assets and new techniques of broadcast, among which stand out:
or discount or payment of interest "to pull". Consists in paying an amount lower than the nominal value to buy it, retyping the nominal to sell it. There is no periodic payments of interest. The most common cast in this modality are promissory notes of the company and the Treasury bills.
or zero coupon. Payment of interest is performed to the maturity of the debt. They acquire by their nominal value and interest are received at the end. The most common are the Bank cash and Treasury bonds.
or Variable rate. They are issued without fixed rate and he is set according to one reference as interbank plus some fixed amount.
What is money marketThe social institution that emerged from the relationship between sellers and buyers seeking to make exchanges or transactions is known comomercado.
Monetary, from latin monetarĭus, is that belonging or relating to the currency (the piece of gold or other metal that is used as a means of Exchange and, by extension, the ticket, paper or currency of legal tender).
Money market, therefore, is a branch within the financial market where financial assets (certificate of deposits, promissory notes, etc.) are traded in the short term. Its purpose is to offer operators the option to transform their wealth in securities or securities with a high degree of liquidity.
For example: "the multinational attend money market to get funding", "money market fulfils a very important role in the local economy".
Banks, savings banks and public administrations are the major actors that intervene in the money market. Other participants are non-bank financial institutions such as insurance companies.
Participation in the monetary market can occur through a direct relationship with the stations of assets or through intermediaries specialized (such as brokerage houses or banks). Among the reasons for investing in a money market include security, high liquidity and flexibility.
Assets traded in the money market, therefore, are characterized by their low risk and liquidity suelevada. It is possible to distinguish in this market to market credit and market of securities (primary and secondary).


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Throughout the years some remarkable theater productions have been staged at the Duke Hall of Citizenship, the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum's Arnold Auditorium or even in the dining hall. For years, faculty member Dr. John Irvine, now retired, sat in the director's chair for the Railsplitters Playmakers Dinner Theatre.
For over 30 years group put on two productions a year. Casts have included faculty, staff, students and community members. Productions of plays such as Crimes of the Heart, the female version of The Odd Couple, Steel Magnolias, Bedroom Farce, Love Letters, The Mousetrap, The importance of Being Earnest, The Foreigner and You Can't Take it With You came to life for all to enjoy. In 2006 the Bell County Chamber of Commerce recognized Irvine and the group with the Cultural Development Award for enriching the culture of the area.
However, a few years ago Dr. Irvine retired from the University and the Railsplitters Playmakers Dinner Theatre came to an end. It was not the end of plays at LMU. Long time technical director for the Railsplitters Playmakers Dinner Theatre Vaughn Schutz and his wife, Sara, stepped up and created the Railsplitter Playhouse. Since then, the Railsplittter Playhouse has presented Love Hurtz, The Curious Savage, The Nerd and You're a Good Man Charlie Brown.
This fall, the Railsplitter Playhouse is taking on their most ambitious production yet. Next week director Sara Schutz and musical director Candace Armstrong will be casting for Oklahoma! The Broadway favorite first premiered on the Great White Way in 1943 with and ran for an unprecedented 2,212 straight performances. The epic musical requires a large cast.
Auditions will be held September 1, 2 and 3. They will be held at the Sam and Sue Mars Performing Arts Center in the Duke Hall of Citizenship on LMU's main campus in Harrogate, Tenn. The times are set for 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on September 1 and 2 and from 2 to 4 p.m. on September 3. They are open to ages 12 and up. Schutz and Armstrong will be casting for actors, singers and dancers, though not all cast members will need to do all there. No prior experience is necessary. The large scope of the production requires a strong commitment from everyone.
Prospective cast members should come to the auditions prepared to sing a short song, read from the script and learn a short dance. Accompaniment will be provided by Armstrong, so prospective cast members are asked to bring your music to your audition. Attendance is only required at one of the audition sessions. Call backs will take place on September 6 at 6:30 p.m. The cast will be set on September 6 and rehearsals start on September 7. Performance dates have been set for November 10, 11, 12, 17, 18 and 19.
For more information please contact Schutz by email at email@example.com or phone at (865) 585-5377 or Armstrong by email at email@example.com phone at (423) 869-6449.


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Game 77: Busting Caps in Washington
March 27, 2012 1 Comment
I don't think any Sabres fans imagined a game in Washington being a laugher, but that's what this one was. Buffalo came in and crushed a strong home team, 5-1 to claim the 8th seed with five games to go.
1st Period: Hodgson nearly setup Vanek to open the scoring up for the Sabres just under two minutes in. It looked like Vanek was too close to elevate the puck over Braden Holtby though. Other than that, it looked like both teams were just kind of feeling each other out during the first five minutes and not really pushing the envelope. As a result, not too many scoring chances happened for either team. I'd give the Caps the early edge in puck possession in the offensive end though.
Washington would continue to gradually escalate the pressure in the Sabres' zone, but they did not yield. Buffalo would actually get the first goal of the game on a broken play at 11:15 mark. McCormick ended up getting the puck in front of the net as a result of a great pass by Boyes and put a low shot by Holtby. It looked like Pominville had the corner picked to make it 2-0 at the halfway point of the 1st, but Holtby got a piece of the puck. Unfortunately, Kaleta would get called for interference at the 9:34 mark to put Buffalo on the penalty kill. The Caps did nothing with their opportunity though, thanks to some great positioning by the Sabres. Foligno made a power move from behind the Caps' net to create a scoring chance that didn't result in a goal with about five minutes to go. Miller got run into by Brooks Laich. No penalty was called. Ehrhoff left the game after a knee-on-knee collision with Troy Brouwer.
The Sabres would make it 2-0 late in the period. Myers took a shot from the point that resulted in a rebound. Stafford picked up a rebound and shot the puck on goal. It didn't cross the goalline initially, but Stafford followed up and tap it in the rest of the way. No more scoring took place and it would remain 2-0 heading into period #2
2nd Period: Buffalo would make it 3-0 about 2:30 into the period. Hodgson made the smart, simple play and threw the puck on net. Holtby gave up a rebound and the puck ended up on Vanek's stick. He took a slapshot that went into the net. Ehrhoff would not return to the game from his injury. Holtby got the hook in favor of Michal Neuvirth after that goal. The Caps would respond a couple minutes later and get their first goal. Alexander Semin got the puck right off the faceoff and took a shot through a screen that beat Miller to make it 3-1. Sekera took a shot to his thigh and struggled to get off the ice. He stayed on for close to a minute after he took the shot. The Sabres were down to four defensemen for the time being.
Hodgson would draw a hooking penalty to give Buffalo their first power play of the game. Every shooter on the Sabres seemed to be suffering from "Alexei Zhitnik syndrome," a.k.a. no one could hit the net. No goals were scored and Kaleta hurt his hand again a short time after the Caps penalty ended. He would come back though. Regehr would have a hooking call go against him to give Washington another power play. It would be the Sabres who would score though. Pominville made a phenomenal play to get the puck away from Alex Ovechkin (despite being hooked by him) and he sniped Neuvirth to give Buffalo their three-goal lead back. That's how it would stay with the 3rd period coming up. Regehr bailed out Leino hard after the latter gave the puck away at his blueline for what looked like a surefire scoring chance.
3rd Period: The Leino-Roy-Pominville had a good scoring chance early that got nullified after the net got knocked off. Sekera came back out on the ice for the 3rd. Myers had terrible positioning on Jason Chimera in the neutral zone and was forced to hold him up to give the Caps their 3rd power play. Buffalo gave them nothing but perimeter possession and Miller did his part to keep it a 4-1 game with 13:17 to go.
Stafford would make a great play along the boards in his own in the get the puck up to Ennis to start a 3-on-1 rush. Ennis would wait for the defenseman to bite and then slid the puck over to Stafford who finished off the chance to make it 5-1. Sekera got a free hand on a Caps player and Washington had their 4th power play of the night. Once again, the Caps were denied. Stafford and Foligno ended up on a 2-on-1. The former decided to force a pass instead of shooting the puck, so the chance was negated. Ennis and Stafford would do some sets near the top of the circle and Ennis nearly made it 6-1. He hit the post on the shot from the right circle. There was a little scrum involving Ennis and Stafford near the end of the game. Nothing came of it though and the game ended with a Sabres win.
-What a complete team effort this was. Everyone stepped up and did their part, blocking shots, finishing checks, and basically doing whatever it took to win.
-I don't think anyone had a bad game.
-Sekera was a warrior for coming back out there.
-Hopefully Ehrhoff's injury won't force Mike Weber back into the lineup.
-Terry Pegula got a hell of a birthday present.
-Pominville's effort and shorthanded goal was the back-breaker.
-It was cool to see McCormick get the gold helmet.
-Some more good news for Sabres fans. The Leafs are officially eliminated.


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So, apparently it takes an entire week to recover from one week of going "unplugged". I plugged back in to the real world on the 14th & I was overwhelmed by the number of e-mails waiting for me in my in basket. Ugh. I'm still sorting through it all, so if I haven't responded to you, shoot me a new e-mail and you'll pop back up at the top of my "to do" list!
Our "unplugged" week was much tougher this year than last. At least it was tougher on me. Baby G. breezed through the week with no problems. As a stay-at-home-mom with two young children, I admit that I rely on my "electronic babysitter" to entertain my children when I need to do the little things -- like laundry. And dishes. And any sort of cleaning whatsoever. So, when we went "unplugged", all entertainment of the small people that live in my house was left to me.
So, I resorted to playdating like a rock star. We were never home. We bounced from soccer camp to Chick-Fil-A to the water park to playdates at friends houses to the library and then I dragged my weary children home around 6 p.m. every night. We were high on juice boxes and chicken nuggets.
They loved it. Me? Not so much.
Here's a look at our week:
My little soccer star (in the backwards 3) scored her first goal!
Pool party at a friend's house
Making soap crayons (grated Ivory bar soap & food coloring!)
The Mountain Heritage Arts & Crafts Festival
(95 degrees and humid -- gotta love it!)
The Land of Little Horses in Gettysburg, PA


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The Catherinettes
We milliners have our very own Patron Saint – she is Saint Catherine of Alexandria.
In the Middle Ages, Saint Catherine was considered the protector of girls. They formed devotional groups to Saint Catherine and crafted an exquisite headdress to "cap" her statue each year on November 25. Young women left the group when they married and the term, "capping Saint Catherine" became synonymous to "being still single at the age of twenty-five".
As the status of women and the views of marriage changed, the term fell into disuse in France, EXCEPT in the millinery and textile industries. Unmarried women over twenty-five in these professions would attend a ball on St Catherine's Day in a hat created particularly for the occasion; and hoping to meet that elusive man. Wearing this kind of hat was referred to as "capping St. Catherine" (coiffer sainte Catherine), and these unmarried women became known as Catherinettes.
Although the term has become rather old-fashioned in France, it is still sometimes used to refer to 25-year-old single women.
A modern revival has taken place and milliners now celebrate all over the world by taking to the streets during the month of November, in hats of their own making. Yet another excuse to don our hats and hit the town.
Read about the New York Milliner's Guild Celebrations on St. Catherine's Day 2012.


text: Early results from parliamentary elections in Italy appeared to show gridlock, with a centre-left coalition pulling ahead in the lower house and the centre-right bloc headed by former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi leading in the equally powerful senate. The upstart protest campaign of comic-turned-politician Beppe Grillo was also showing a stunningly strong result on Monday in both houses of the legislature, confirming its surprise role as a force in Italian politics. The murky result raised the possibility of new elections in the coming months, and bodes badly for the nation's efforts to pass the tough reforms it needs to snuff out its economic crisis. After surging in the wake of exit polls, Milan's main stock index slumped with first projections before closing up slightly. Pier Luigi Bersani's centre-left coalition, which has shown a pragmatic streak in supporting the tough economic reforms , was leading in the lower house with about 35.5 percent of the vote, according to exit polls. Berlusconi's coalition was polling second at 29 percent. In the senate, projections by the Piepoli Institute for RAI public TV showed Berlusconi's coalition slightly ahead with 31 percent to Bersani's 30 percent. Grillo's movement had 24.6 percent, and current prime minister Mario Monti's centrist forces had 9.4 percent. Sky's Senate projections showed Berlusconi with a two-point lead over Bersani, and Grillo with 25 percent. Economic uncertainty Bersani's party would have to win both houses to form a stable government, and given the uncertainty of possible alliances, a clear picture of prospects for a new Italian government could take days. The uncertainty pushed Italian and European stock indexes down in late trading on Monday. Italy's economic woes include huge public debt, high interest on that debt and a lack of growth which currently stands at levels similar to Haiti and Zimbabwe. Italy is the eurozone's third largest economy, and its public debt, second only to Greece, is sky high at 120 percent of GDP. Bersani, a former communist, has reform credentials as the architect of a series of liberalization measures and has shown a willingness to join with Monti, if necessary, to form a stable government. But he could be hamstrung by the more left-wing of his party, and Grillo's stunning surge shows Italians are fed up with painful economic cures. Turnout was 75 percent, down nearly 6 percentage points from the rate in the last national election in 2008. Experts say a low turnout will hurt the mainstream parties. Usually around 80 percent of the 50 million eligible voters go to the polls. SOURCE: Agencies Politics Europe Latin America Greece Haiti


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Maria Keyes
College of Arts and Sciences
Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Italian and French language and literature; Italian culture; civilization; film and cinema; the Italian American experience; contemporary Italian society
Campus phone: 442-4100
Campus email: email@example.com
Maria Giuliana Keyes was born and raised in Rome, where she attended school and worked for a national oil company. She migrated to the U.S. more than 30 years ago and eventually settled in Albany in the 1970s where she attended the University at Albany. Keyes graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in French and Italian and her master's in French literature.
Keyes taught Italian and French at Guilderland High School in New York for three years, for over 30 years has taught in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, and has been the UAlbany University in the High School Program's Italian liaison for over 25 years. She has been a master teacher at the Language Immersion Institute of New Paltz, N.Y., for 13 years. Keyes has lectured on both Rome and Sicily and has taught Italian at several area colleges and universities as well as the University of Urbino in Italy.