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Equity futures are lower this morning falling sharply after the close yesterday and being down as much as 100 points overnight. Yesterday's close stopped exactly on 1,120 which is the 50% retrace mark of the entire bear market and was acting as strong support. We are now underneath that mark turning it now into overhead resistance with the 1,107 pivot and 1,100 acting as support and is now the key support area. It is not unexpected to test that area from below and rising back above it would be bullish in the short term – I would not be surprised by a short term bounce that takes us back over, but believe it will eventually fall.
McHugh received a couple of longer term sell signals yesterday, including his secondary indicator and his put/call signal that had been on a buy signal for the past year. Those signals are medium term indicators and do not change often.
The Dollar is down and the Euro is slightly higher after being pummeled yet again yesterday. Merkel's naked short ban was taken as a sign of desperation, appropriately so. Venezuela also instituted limits on the trading of their currency. Currency controls and banning short sales NEVER work. The CDS restrictions will only work if they are done in concert with other countries joining in, and so far other nations have refused to follow their lead - that's one of the reasons restrictions of that type don't work. Below is a chart of the Dollar on the left and the Euro on the right:
Bonds are flat after being higher overnight. Oil is down again, now beneath $69 a barrel after trading below $68. Of the past 13 days, oil has now been down 12 of them. The 13th bar is typically as far as a move will run without correction, it would be quite rare to run further from a time basis. Gold is correcting some more, now just above $1,200 an ounce. If that area is breached, $1,170 is the next support area.
The completely worthless MBA Purchase Application Index plunged 27.1% last week following the expiration of the buyer's credit. No, I still don't believe numbers like that, and again only report this worthless index to you so that you know what garbage everyone is being fed by the Realtor's Association – here's Econoday:
HighlightsThat plunge follows a very large drop in new housing permits. Low rates are good, but just look at the expense to achieve them. Literally trillions, its nuts, its fiscal suicide.
The expiration of second-round housing stimulus pulled sales into March and April at the very heavy expense of May. The Mortgage Bankers Association's purchase index plunged 27.1 percent in the May 14 week on top of the 9.5 percent plunge in the May 7 week to pull the index to its lowest level since 1997. These results point to very weak home sales for this month and a new weight on home prices.
Falling mortgage rates failed to limit the fall in purchase applications but they did give a big boost to refinance applications which jumped 14.5 percent. Mortgage rates, being pulled lower by safe-haven demand for U.S. Treasuries, are at their lowest level since November last year with 30-year loans down 13 basis points in the week to an average 4.83 percent.
Wider refinancing will help keep homeowners out of foreclosure and will limit distressed sales, but the purchase results point squarely to new risk for the housing sector and will raise talk for a third round of housing stimulus. Existing home sales for May will be released Monday morning.
The CPI came in lower than expected, dropping .1% month to month and falling from 2.4% to 2.2% year over year:
Inflation is hardly a problem for the Fed. In April, overall CPI inflation dipped 0.1 percent after edging up to 0.1 percent the month before. Analysts had projected a flat headline number. Core CPI inflation was flat for two months in a row, compared to the median forecast for a 0.1 percent uptick. At the headline level, a drop in energy prices weighed on costs while food was still moderately strong. The core was kept low by extremely soft shelter costs along with a decline in apparel.
Looking at detail, the energy component fell 1.4 percent, following no change in March. Gasoline dropped 2.4 percent after a 0.8 percent dip the month before. Food inflation rose 0.2 percent in both of the two most recent months.
At the core level, apparel prices fell 0.7 percent and the huge shelter component was unchanged. Providing some upward pressure were gains in recreation, airline fares, and medical care.
Year-on-year, overall CPI inflation eased to 2.2 percent (seasonally adjusted) from 2.4 percent in March. The core rate slipped in April to 1.0 percent from 1.2 percent the prior month. On an unadjusted year-ago basis, the headline number was up 2.2 percent in April while the core was up 0.9 percent.
Consumer prices inflation remains extremely low-giving the Fed plenty of leeway in its timing of unwinding its balance sheet expansion. Bond traders should like today's news and equity markets should be happy that the Fed is not under pressure to tighten sooner rather than later. But markets are still focused on Germany's new limits on naked short sales. Also, MBA home purchase applications declined sharply, suggesting a slowing in housing.
A negative CPI is interesting with oil still falling sharply. It shows just how strong the deflationary forces are.
Some very sharp guys are starting to turn very bearish. Richard Russell who writes the Dow Theory Newsletter had this to say:
Do your friends a favor. Tell them to "batten down the hatches" because there's a HARD RAIN coming. Tell them to get out of debt and sell anything they can sell (and don't need) in order to get liquid. Tell them that Richard Russell says that by the end of this year they won't recognize the country. They'll retort, "How the dickens does Russell know -- who told him?" Tell them the stock market told him.Pretty powerful statement. I have followed his writing for quite some time and can tell you that he is one of those old wise voices that may not time events perfectly but is almost always on the right side of them. He knows that all is not well beneath the façade.
…Just as for years I asked, cajoled, insisted, threatened, demanded, that my subscribers buy gold, I am now insisting, demanding, begging my subscribers to get OUT of stocks (including C and BYD, but not including golds) and get into cash or gold (bullion if possible). If the two Averages violate their May 7 lows, I see a major crash as the outcome. Pul - leeze, get out of stocks now, and I don't give a damn whether you have paper losses or paper profits!
Then there's Hugh Hendry, another person who absolutely gets the fundamental picture and had this to say about China:
The Shanghai is already crashing, having peeled off more than 25% from its high last year.
Hugh Hendry Shorts China, Betting on 1920s Japan-Like Crash
May 18 (Bloomberg) -- British hedge fund manager Hugh Hendry is betting China's "credit bubble" will burst, causing its economy to contract and triggering a global crisis.
Hendry's Eclectica Asset Management has bought options on 20 companies in international markets that will profit from "a dramatic collapse" of China's growth that's been fueled by an unprecedented lending boom, Hendry said in a May 17 telephone interview from London.
Hendry joins hedge fund manager James Chanos and Harvard University professor Kenneth Rogoff in warning of a potential crash in China. The nation's 13 trillion yuan ($1.9 trillion) of new lending in the past 16 months, bigger than the economies of South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong combined, is spurring industrial capacity expansion in the same way Japanese credit built inventory during and after World War I, Hendry said.
"There are striking parallels with Japan in the 1920s, when ultimately the whole system collapsed," said Hendry, 41, whose firm manages $420 million in assets. "China could precipitate a much greater crisis elsewhere in the world."
Japan's export boom collapsed after the war amid excess global capacity, slashing growth and sparking a stock-market crash and bank runs.
Hendry's flagship Eclectica Fund, a global macro hedge fund with $180 million in assets, may gain almost $500 million from its options if China's economy plunges into a recession, he said. The options cost the fund about 1.5 percent of its net asset value annually, Hendry said.
Lending Binge
China's vulnerability to a crash comes from the "inherent instability" created by a lending binge for infrastructure projects that's "unprecedented in 400 years of economic history," Hendry said. The country is also exposed to exports to a U.S. economy that could shrink from $14.6 trillion at the end of March to $10 trillion within 10 years, he said.
Chinese officials allowed lending to surge starting in late 2008 to fight the global financial crisis. New loans rose to a record 9.59 trillion yuan in 2009 and banks advanced another 3.38 trillion yuan in the first four months this year.
"China's at the mercy of a credit bubble," Hendry said. "Once you've unleashed the genie it's out there. They are ultimately unstable and it's that instability that creates their demise."
The Shanghai Composite index of stocks has plunged 21 percent this year, the worst-performing index in Asia, as investors sold Chinese assets on concern a withdrawal of stimulus spending and a slowdown in construction could choke off growth after an 11.9 percent expansion in the first quarter.
When I hear wise voices like these I often reflect on Minsky's bubble stages:
Some wise voices will stand up and say that the bubble can no longer continue. They argue that long run fundamentals, the ratios and measurements, defy sound economic practices. In the bubble, these arguments disappear within one over-riding fact – the price is still rising. The voices of the wise are ignored by the greedy who justify the now insane prices with the euphoric claim that the world has fundamentally changed and this new world means higher prices. Then along comes the cruelest lie of them all, "There will most likely be a 'soft' landing!"That's stage 5 of the bubble. Personally, I think we and China are now past stage 5 and already getting into stage 6 where the outsiders are starting to get infected with the selling.
China crashing, Europe in trouble, the U.S. bankrupt, our banks insolvent and hiding toxic assets… What a mess, a central banker debt money mess.


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Whether or not the ISA should be adopted by the United States is a greatly contested topic. This study is helpful for regulators and standard-setting boards in the United States about the potential effects of the adoption of ISA and mandatory audit rotation for the United States. This information is also applicable for other countries when making these decisions as well.
Simunic, Dan A., M. Ye, and P. Zhang. 2017. "The Joint Effects of Multiple Legal System Characteristics on Auditing Standards and Auditor Behavior". Contemporary Accounting Research 34.1 (2017): 7.
This study provides a more in-depth understanding of current audit practices related to auditors' use of substantive approaches outlined in AS 2502. These results provide several important new insights, including more clearly distinguishing between auditors' use of pricing services and valuation specialists and factors that drive this decision, as well as provide additional insights regarding differences in the use of valuation specialists for financial and nonfinancial FVMs. Finally, the results shed new light on whether audit challenges differ for financial versus nonfinancial FVMs.
Glover, S. M., M. H. Taylor, and Y. Wu. 2017. Current Practices and Challenges in Auditing Fair Value Measurements and Complex Estimates: Implications for Auditing Standards and the Academy. Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory 36 (1): 63 – 84.
Understanding that auditors allocate greater resources to fraud brainstorming when engagement risk is significant fosters brainstorming of a superior caliber corresponds to stronger regulatory compliance. Auditors report that engagement teams are holding fraud brainstorming sessions earlier in the audit, document more detailed risk assessments, plan more specific procedures, and retain more documentation. These characteristics contribute to adequately addressing increased PCAOB regulatory scrutiny. Additionally, brainstorming sessions are highly regarded when they occur in a face-to-face fashion and are attended by multiple levels of firm personnel—whether that is "core" or "non-core" professionals. Fraud brainstorming sessions are executed less mechanically (as determined by PCAOB inspectors) by using fewer checklists and increase the amount of time auditors prepare for brainstorming sessions.
Dennis, S. A., and K. M. Johnstone. 2016. A Field Survey of Contemporary Brainstorming Practices. Accounting Horizons 30 (4): 449–472.
This study reviews academic literature to not only offer insights into how well recent audit reporting initiatives gives users the information they need to understand the audit, but also suggest future research that academics can perform to help standard setters improve the auditor's report. The authors argue that (1) disclosure of the audit partner's name does close the information gap, (2) disclosures related to auditor independence and tenure only partially closes the information gap, and (3) auditor commentary on going concerns does not close the information gap; however, not enough is known about how well either (4) disclosure of critical or key audit matters or (5) assurance on other information in the audit report closes the information gap. These insights may be of interest to stakeholders in the standard setting process who wish to evaluate the success of currently enacted audit reporting initiatives and the potential costs and benefits of proposed audit reporting initiatives.
Bédard, J., P. Coram, R. Espahbodi, and T.J. Mock. 2016. Does Recent Academic Research Support Changes to Audit Reporting Standards?. Accounting Horizons 30 (2): 255-275.
This paper played the vital role of beginning the conversation on privacy audit standards. From this starting point, more research can be done on the effectiveness of privacy audits, issues with privacy audits, differences in effectiveness between various audit providers, whether more extensive regulation tends to increase or decrease the use of international best practice in privacy audits, studying the causes and effects of privacy breaches in other research methodologies, and the effect of privacy audit fees on privacy audits, just to name a few.
Toy, A. and D.C. Hay. 2015. Privacy Auditing Standards. Auditing: A Journal of Practice and Theory 34(3): 181-199.
The findings of this study have important implications for practice. Although prior research has suggested that an audit judgment rule may improve audit quality, findings from this research suggest that audit quality may decrease. This is seen indirectly by the audit committee members' belief that accounting estimates become less conservative and due diligence decreases when there is an audit judgment rule. However, this was not directly tested, and future research is needed to determine whether audit judgment rules are beneficial or not.
Kang, Y.J., A.J. Trotman, and K.T. Trotman. 2015. The effect of an Audit Judgment Rule on audit committee members' professional skepticism: The case of accounting estimates. Accounting, Organizations and Society 46: 59-76.
This discussion emphasizes significant caution when interpreting the results of the study. Mainly, it is unclear if results of the study can generalize to the broader public company market in the US. Furthermore, if the results are misinterpreted (i.e., individual auditors are not systematically aggressive but, instead, high quality auditors are systematically assigned the riskiest clients) then regulation requiring audit partner identification could actually have overall negative effects on overall audit quality.
Kinney, W.R. 2015. Discussion of "Does the Identity of Engagement Partners Matter? An Analysis of Audit Partner Reporting Decisions". Contemporary Accounting Research 32 (4):1479-1488.
Auditor aggressive/conservative reporting style may be a systematic audit partner attribute and non-randomly distributed across engagements. Particular market participants (in this case, lenders) appear to recognize and price these differences in reporting style. While the particular mechanism through which these different reporting styles occur is not possible to determine, the results suggest the importance of individual audit partners in influencing audit reporting decisions. Therefore, current regulations in both the US and EU to identify the individual partner's identity could potentially offer valuable information to market participants.
Knechel, W. R., A. Vanstaelen, and M. Zerni. 2015. Does the Identity of Engagement Partners Matter? An Analysis of Audit Partner Reporting Decisions. Contemporary Accounting Research 32 (4):1443-1478.
This study suggests that audit workpaper documentation decisions can significantly influence juror negligence verdicts and damage awards in cases where the auditor faces litigation. This is a particularly important finding for audit firms as this is an aspect of the litigation process that the auditor can directly control prior to facing litigation by considering how jurors might perceive this information when designing documentation procedures.
Backof, A. G. 2015. The Impact of Audit Evidence Documentation on Jurors' Negligence Verdicts and Damage Awards. The Accounting Review 90 (6): 2177-2204.
The study results are important to regulators and audit practitioners as they show the differential audit quality for participating auditors used in issuer audits. The results show that audit quality declines when audit engagements use participating auditors that are not experienced in auditing SEC issuers. This indicates that public disclosure of the principal and participating auditors in the audit report can provide useful information to evaluate audit quality.
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Samsung launches the 7 series (700G7A) laptops for gamers!
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Usually targeting mainstream consumers and business users, Samsung made a bold move at this year's Gamescom in Cologne, Germany. They are broadening their horizons and are determined to win the hearts of gamers with their newest device. Samsung have announced that they are planning to enter the profitable market of gaming notebooks with its new 7 series line, starting with the high-performance 700G7A notebook.Make sure you have a compatible office desk for this notebook.Buy one from the nearest furniture warehouse.
There hasn't been an official confirmation from Samsung but rumors say that it is built around a massive Full HD LED display of 17.3 inch. This oversized notebook uses an Intel Core i7 processor locked at 2GHz, an AMD Radeon HD 6790 video card boasting 2GB of video memory, 16GB of RAM, a 1.5 TB HDD and 8GB flash storage space for Express Cache, powerful camera for the most popular video identification. Other features include USB 3.0, a Blu-ray drive and VGA and HDMI outputs that will turn out to be very useful if you have a big TV.
Furthermore, the impressive Samsung notebook also comes equipped with a high definition camera, a 7-in-1 card reader and a 9 cell battery – Samsung have yet to reveal the battery life of its brand new notebook. From a design point of view, the stretches around to the display bezel and the lid are covered with a glossy finish while the full-size backlit keyboard with its blue and white backlighting keys is visually appealing. The specifications of the 700G7A notebook are pretty fantastic and Samsung – which is best known for creating slim devices – could gain new fans.
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Chocolate Cake Doughnuts
Dark as night and deeply chocolate, these Glazed, Filled, Sugared, & Dipped chocolate cake doughnuts are bittersweet and coated in a milky sugar glaze.
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- Yield:makes about 1 dozen doughnuts
- Active time: 1 hour
- Total time:2 hours, including resting/cooling
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- Doughnuts
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg
- 3 large egg yolks
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- Vegetable oil, for frying
- Glaze
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 2 tablespoons whole milk
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, mix 1 cup of the flour, the cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Add the eggs and yolks and mix well. Add the buttermilk, vanilla, and oil, and mix until combined. Add the remaining 2 cups flour and mix until just barely combined.
Scrape the dough onto a sheet of parchment paper and put another sheet of parchment paper on top. Using a rolling pin, flatten and roll the dough until it's 3/8 to 1/2 inch thick. Put the dough in the refrigerator and chill for 30 minutes to 1 hour, until it no longer clings when you try to lift it off the parchment paper.
Heat at least 2 inches of oil in a heavy-bottomed pot fitted with a deep-fry thermometer until the oil reaches 350°F. Prepare two baking sheets: one lined with paper towels, and the other dusted with flour.
Peel off the top sheet of parchment paper and flip the dough onto a floured work surface. Remove the second sheet of parchment paper and dust the dough with flour. Using a floured biscuit or doughnut cutter, cut the dough into 2 1/2- to 3-inch tubular rounds and put them on the flour-dusted baking sheet.
Fry the doughnuts in batches, taking care not to crowd the pot, until slightly red-brown all over, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Drain on the paper-towel-lined baking sheet.
Whisk the milk and powdered sugar together in a bowl. While the doughnuts are still warm, dip them one at a time in the glaze, flipping once so that the entire doughnut is coated in glaze. Put them on a wire rack to set.
Once dry, serve them immediately, or store at room temperature for up to 2 days.
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As adults approach their fifties, they can generally expect 25 or more years of productive living before they have to confront the physical and mental decline traditionally associated with the very elderly. Options can abound for them – whether it's beginning a new relationship or re-igniting an old one, starting a new business or encore career, going back to school to re-tool skills or pursue a passion, exploring the world or their own neighborhoods, or volunteering as a way to give back to their community or add meaning to their life. However, many mid-life adults also take on new responsibilities like caring for aging parents, raising grandchildren, or managing their own chronic illnesses. In keeping with the "you can have it all" philosophy that has characterized this generation, Boomers are often navigating more than one of these life options or challenges at a time.
What is noticeably absent are the clear markers, tools and supports to assist mid-life adults in managing and succeeding in this stage of their lives. With new opportunities and responsibilities come the requisite investments of time, money, and energy necessary to discover their goals and passions, develop new life plans, learn new skills, and find a balance of purpose and meaning.
Public libraries can position themselves as life option resource centers on such topics as aging and health, care-giving, small business ventures, volunteerism, tourism and travel, arts and culture, education and skill building – to name just a few. Libraries can also serve mid-life adults by being a broker to other community resources that can help Boomers navigate this new, extended stage of mid-life.


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Making a Necronomicon, the fictional book of the dead that appears in the writings of H.P. Lovecraft. I've made other Necronomicons and you can see a tutorial on how I set about making a Necronomicon before right here. This time[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…


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It's called Final Fantasy Dimensions, and it will be out for iOS and Android this summer. Looks like Final Fantasy IV or Final Fantasy V, no? It's not: it's a nostalgia-themed original game with touchscreen controls and some seriously classic gameplay. It was also released in Japan two years ago under the name Final Fantasy Legends. (Not to be confused with Final Fantasy Legend, which is the U.S. version of something that isn't a Final Fantasy game at all, but let's not get into that right now.)
Classic role-playing games seem to work really well on touchscreens, as evidenced by the success of Square Enix's ports and indies like Dragon Fantasy, so I'm looking forward to this one. Check out the video above, as shot on the show floor during E3 this week, to see the whole thing in all of its old-school glory.


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Thursday, October 14, 2010
Eastern Shore Secession Move - Inevitable
Grounds for Secession
Inadequate Representation
From the Atlantic Ocean to the Chesapeake Bay - (eastern shore) - we have just 4 Senators out 47 Senators or just 8.5% of the Senatorial body. On the Delegate side we have only 12 Delegates out of 141 Delegates or just 8.5% of the Legislative body. However, land wise the eastern shore comprises 1/3 of the Maryland's land area. In population - Maryland's eastern shore only comprises about 8% or 420,792 - (2004) census estimate.
Special Interest Is Stripping Easternshore's Autonomy
This past Maryland legislative session SB 590 - Fairness In Negotiations Act - was passed by the Maryland General Assembly. In essence - passage of this key piece of legislation circumvents each Counties elected or appointed school board decisions and thus subjects the local decisions to central power - The Governor. This piece of legislation will allow for the local school barganing unit to appeal virtually any decision that it is not satisfied with - thus stripping local autonomy. And guess who appoints the Appeals Board - The Governor. Moreover, strong State central control over population growth allocation, business development, and environmental regulation is circumventing the easternshore's right to self-govern.
Sales Tax Collections Not Being Returned Back To Locality
As a devout reader in all of Maryland's House & Senate Bill synopsis for each of the past 5 legislative sessions - I can assure the typical eastern shore citizen - that our aspiring views are not held with the same weight and respect as we might be led to believe. For example under -both -Republican and Democratic Governorships - I have been personally informed by each administration and the State's Comptrollers offices that they were working on a formula to try and ascertain as to how much of the sales tax collections were actually being returned back into each respective District. After all isn't it fair to assume that what comes in - (sales tax revenues) - should stay in - as opposed to being funneled out into Districts that don't share in our representation. This is what I thought our Constitution was suppose to be about - to protect our population from taxation without representation. Then why should entities like the Maryland Stadium Authority and Baltimore Development Corporation be entitled to proceeds that come from our region. Do we - (eastern shore) - realize the same significant benefit?
Maryland Motorist Fuel Tax Not Being Returned Back To Locality
Or how about our Maryland fuel tax that is collected here on the shore in the millions and then we suddenly realize that all but $200,000 is being returned to Wicomico County.
Maryland's Unfunded State Employee Pensions
Let's not forget that Maryland's unfunded liability for its state employee pension system has now gone from just under $3 billion in 2004 to over $17 billion.
Maryland Retiree Health Care Benefits
We also have unfunded liability for retiree health care benefits that are over $15 billion dollars.
So all told we have over $32 billion in unfunded liability that is just simply being ignored.
Frederick County Also Taking Up Secession Study
Don't think that we aren't alone either - (Kent, Cecil, Caroline, Queen Anne, Talbot, Wicomico, Worcester, Somerset, Dorchester). Just this past month a Frederick County Commissioner, Republican Lennie Thompson, also made the suggestion for Frederick County to Secede. In fact, the Commissioners have already formally met to study the benefits of such a move.
Bottom Line
In light of all of the above cited items - wouldn't it be prudent to either split and form our own separate State - or - alternatively, join-up with another entity - like Delaware - in order to allow our people to decide on how best to govern ourselves?
Soon to be elected officials - perk-up. If you aren't listening - now is a high time to be attentive!
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Thanks Breezer - excellent article
- September 9, 2010 at 9:08 AM
Are you talking about a new seperate state? I'd like to see THAT fly in the US Congress...we'd get two US Senators AND a Congressman ? This is too stupid for anyone to believe would ever happen.
- September 9, 2010 at 9:14 AM
The nuts are early this year - it must be the weather.
- September 9, 2010 at 9:29 AM
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You have eatten chicken for so long that you have for forgotton what steak actually taste like.
Leadership is what it takes. Do you believe that our Country would have been under British rule as opposed to US rule had it not been for a select few of early leaders?
What I'm saying is that we have to the right to self-determination. If we have force a 9 County ballot initiative via militia then so be it. Moreover, our new formation is also grounded in established law. Early on our governance was more or less controlled by the eastern shore counties. This has all now changed. Our agenda has and will be set by the western shore counties.
Were you aware that even Wicomico County used to be Worcester. And also Queen Anne's County was carved from Northern Talbot County and Southern Kent County.
Or how about Delaware's legislature giving unananamous approval for the seceding eastern shore to join-up with lower-Delaware.
What we need are leaders to step up to the plate.
- September 9, 2010 at 9:45 AM
I knew this issue was going to come about sooner or latter. Things have been fomenting for so long that it is already to late to be undone.
Beezer - you have definately struck a cord.
- September 9, 2010 at 9:51 AM
Joining with ES Virginia and Delaware would be a great idea
- September 9, 2010 at 9:56 AM
I also agree that we get no representation and limited benefits.I have always believed that Md and VA portions of the
eastern shore should merge with
- September 9, 2010 at 9:57 AM
If you don't know the difference between "succession" and "secession," perhaps you shouldn't be calling for anything.
- September 9, 2010 at 10:04 AM
i would love to see this happen. ive dreamed about that since i was young. id even accept delaware absorbing us and keeping dover as our government seat.
- September 9, 2010 at 10:20 AM
I don't believe our incumbents are going to move on a separatist move because they to are on the public dole. As long as their paycheck arrives in the mailbox they are not going to bow to the public's sentiments. However, I do believe the seccession does have merit especially for the general public.
- September 9, 2010 at 10:21 AM
Reference to 9:14 Post
You are right - we -(newly formed eastern shore State)- would get 2 new US Senators and another Congressional representative.
And guess what that would sway into our favor because of our conservative principles and views. And that idea really scares the existing US Congress.
I'm all in favor of a separate state.
- September 9, 2010 at 10:38 AM
I read the article on Frederick County's idea to secede. If the eastern shore should decide to split - we really should send someone to Frederick to see if they would like to also join us.
It looks as though they are really serious to.
- September 9, 2010 at 10:53 AM
this has been a topic of discussion for many years. i remember talking about this seriously in the 60's.
yes; i would welcome it for all the reasons given and more.
it would take true leadership and the support of the vast majority of the citizens.
i like the "delmarva" idea; to include delaware, maryland and virginia.
- September 9, 2010 at 11:02 AM
The western shore elected officials have not only taken the prime jobs - they have also regulated the use of virtually all of our land.
What is left are crumbs and now not only is our economy shattered but our children are saddled with debt that we really had no say in.
I say the sooner the split the better.
- September 9, 2010 at 11:27 AM
The easten shore is full of rednecks and idiots. Stop whining. If you don't like it, move.
- September 9, 2010 at 11:51 AM
Great Idea, cut off the shore from the only culturally viable part of the state! It will be like tying off an unwanted skin tab, we can just turn purple and fall off! Lets go ahead and take the notion a step further- physically detach the shore from the unites states, and PUSH it off into the great blue Atlantic. That way the rest of us wont have to be effected by your run-off chicken pollution and piss poor politicians.
- September 9, 2010 at 11:53 AM
The reality is you can't make everyone happy. There will always be whiners no matter what. The western shore has larger corps because it is the "main" land. The transportation costs are not as high because there is less empty traveling. There are more resources do to the people fighting to have those resources. The taxes are much lower on the eastern shore, there are less public services, the open land is a deterent for many larger corporations that do not mind putting out the additional funds for taxation which in turn keeps them on the western shore. The middle/lower eastern shore is not an ideal location for a great majority of businesses and government agencies because, once again, the drive time and distance from co-ops. There are a lot of areas in Maryland not on the eastern shore that have very tight knit, conservative values and principles that is surely not exclusive to the eastern shore. The problem is the local governments do not fight for the people they fight for their pockets.
You want change? Get the scum out of office and elect people that truly care about the people. Once again that is not just the eastern shore that is nation wide. a
- September 9, 2010 at 12:08 PM
"If we have force a 9 County ballot initiative via militia then so be it."
Yeaaaah Breezer, THAT will ever happen... haha
now back to the day room with you!
- September 9, 2010 at 12:35 PM
I agree with 12:08, I also agree that we would be better combined with Delaware. Delaware is so far advanced in their state working together. Take law enforcement, the entire state is connected via one computer system. Maryland, about 100 and they can't communicate with each other. maryland jumps on the counties and cities back, instead Delaware leads the way and tells the counties and cities to put in a little bit and expand to make a better system.
We need better than maryland is offering us now.
- September 9, 2010 at 1:07 PM
I've seen Delaware's Governor more than O'Malley here on the eastern shore.
All I see are his campaign signs and that goes for Ehrlich to. So what does that say - that the eastern shore isn't worth campaigning for. And that my friend pretty well sums up their attitude on the western shore towards eastern shore politics. The only person I've seen to make frequent visits is Brian Murphy. And Murphy is who I'll be voting for.
- September 9, 2010 at 1:33 PM
The bottom line is that most of the citizens located on the eastern shore have been plundered. It is a type of robbery where they do not have to use guns but legislative ammo.
And that they have been very successful at. Case-in-point look at your tag fees, registration, flush tax, real property tax bill, sales tax, the list is endless.
- September 9, 2010 at 1:40 PM
Something else for the crazies to waste their time on.
- September 9, 2010 at 1:44 PM
whats co crazy with not wanting to pay for Bmore welfare and anchor babies? whats so wrong with wanting to set up a new confederate state- free from paying any taxes?!
only a wet pant liberal would not want to succeed from western MD/
I just mad a bumper sticker that says "Delmarva needs to Succeed from Western MD" put it right next to my NRA emblem.
- September 9, 2010 at 1:58 PM
what does "succeed from western MD" mean? Furthermore what is the benchmark for success?
- September 9, 2010 at 2:06 PM
What the heck do you THINK succeed means you moran?!
It means to not be a part of MD anymore, starting a new confederate state and making out own laws, tax free!
- September 9, 2010 at 2:13 PM
what do you think it means?! it means to not be a part of MD anymore...
Dont you have a education?
- September 9, 2010 at 2:21 PM
Gov. Schaefer compared Maryland's Eastern Shore to an outhouse. That is what the Western Shore thinks of us. I would totally support it but I don't know how it could ever happen.
- September 9, 2010 at 2:21 PM
Um, 2:13 secede would be what you're thinking about.
Succeed means achieve what one aims or wants.
I also think you meant morOn.
ES is a beautiful place, too bad it's populated with people like you.
- September 9, 2010 at 2:37 PM
First off, you're a "resident," not a "residence."
Second, representation in our government is not based on land mass; it's based on population. That's the way it's always been, which is why we have a census.
Third, if you think taxes from the Eastern Shore are supporting the Western Shore, pardon me while I bust a gut laughing. Far more money has come east that was collected from the affluent areas than could ever be traveling the other way.
I agree the Eastern Shore is thought of dismissively by legislators over there and some governors ("outhouse" comes to mind). But in terms of fair share? You've gotten more than it. Your roads and bridges weren't built with your tax money, just for starters.
- September 9, 2010 at 2:37 PM
ES would not form a new state, but should instead merge with Delaware, making The First State encompassing of the ES counties of Md & Va. That almost makes sense. Delaware is already way way too small for having 2 US senators anyhow.
- September 9, 2010 at 2:48 PM
2:37 1&2: dont you try correcting me, you sound like some smarty-pants-progressives- throwing your big bad education around... I know what I rote. YOU spelled it rong not me!
Delmarva Tea Party for succeeding in 2010!
- September 9, 2010 at 2:49 PM
Honestly the dumbest idea I have continually heard. I'm guessing that Beezer is over 60 years old. My grandfather used to talk about the same thing 30 years ago. I think that there must be something in the nitrate infested water around here that makes you crazy when you get your AARP card.
- September 9, 2010 at 3:09 PM
Yes..now that Wicomico County is the fourth poorest county( I think only Alleghany ,Dorchester and Caroline are worse off) in the state let's make it better by seceding and eliminating any fiscal assistance altogether.
Great thinking..you should join the Obama economic advisory team.
- September 9, 2010 at 3:21 PM
3:21anon, dont you DARE compare this Tea Party backed succession idea to ANYTHING obama...
you need to decide which side of the state you want to be on- the wet pants liberal western shore or the true patriot, god fearing eastern shore.
you must be one of those RINO's on a boat in the bay. Yuck.
- September 9, 2010 at 3:41 PM
3:31 I would rather go without then put up with the Western Shore liberal B.S. We have totally different ideas on things therefore the Eastern Shore never gets a fair shake in the political arena.
- September 9, 2010 at 3:45 PM
Hey , you spoiled bratt , assistance should be earned , you on welfare?
- September 9, 2010 at 3:52 PM
2:49 too funny.
- September 9, 2010 at 3:53 PM
Good one 2:49.
I know that you and the Tea Party will secede, I mean succeed or is it suceed? Whatvever... How can it not with memebers like you and leaders like Palin and Beck.
- September 9, 2010 at 3:57 PM
this State has always been run by pocket-lining thieves ..Mike Miller had his own limo...there is no true benefit anyone can outline we get from the State of Maryland..
If OC was hit by Earl...O'Malley would build three more schools in every Western Shore County and left Worcester County to pay their own way
- September 9, 2010 at 4:41 PM
- September 9, 2010 at 4:44 PM
To 2:37 Posting
You need to go back and read the article. Beezer said that they - (State government) - is evading transparency by not invoking the sales tax return formula.
On the amount of State money we receive - I beg to disagree with you. Look at our astronomical tag and license fees, flush tax, inventory tax, sales tax, corporation filing fees, personal property tax filing fees, so on and so on - the list is endless.
I say the sooner we move in the direction of seccession the better.
- September 9, 2010 at 5:39 PM
4:41 yeah you are so right in your own little imaginary world that is! Get a grip on what the rest of us call reality. While the world or state does not revolve around the eastern shore there is plenty of money thrown at the eastern shore that is generated on the upper eastern shore and the entire western shore...emmissions for example.
On the western shore kids get 1 math book, 1 literature book, 1 english book, etc and get this they have to use that same book at home and at school unlike the eastern kids that get one to keep at home and one to keep at school. That's wasting money right there not to mention all the other hurry up and spend it tactics the eastern shore government uses to keep milking the system.
How much did the state pay Millies in Vienna for a run down dump that is supposedly going to be used as a tourism center....it's crap! Then again it's who you know right?
- September 9, 2010 at 5:44 PM
you couldnt convince delaware to take us.
- September 9, 2010 at 5:45 PM
Just got home from teaching at school and I would like to chime-in.
'Ought from Ought is Nought'
Mathematically speaking 0 - 0 = 0
When you are from the eastern shore and have nothing to start with then nought is what you will probably end up with - under the current system.
I say go for the gusto and split with our western counterparts. If we have to team-up with Delaware then so be it.
- September 9, 2010 at 5:58 PM
Yeah! This hea' Tea Party needs to get behind the eastern shores push the succeed from western maryland!
It's coming western MD! we're going to succeed from you!!!!
- September 9, 2010 at 5:59 PM
I'm all about it! We would be better off.
- September 9, 2010 at 7:04 PM
would rather live in jersey or ny state than be combined with delaware. that state is a hole that provides the country with nothing other than a place for air force jumbo's to land and park and a tax haven for banking thanks but no thanks and no delaware here thank you
- September 9, 2010 at 7:14 PM
Woe - this is really an interesting topic of discussion.
Great job in reporting this SBYnews. No wonder your site is getting hits off the geiger counter scale - with coverage like this I can see why.
- September 9, 2010 at 7:31 PM
No more city trash a loud on the shore.
- September 9, 2010 at 7:42 PM
I was just told that the AFP is now going to consider pushing local republican candidates to add secession to their platform.
I for one wont vote for anyone who doesn't publicly endorse this idea.
- September 9, 2010 at 8:56 PM
- J.Albero said...
anonymous 8:56, since when has the AFP not followed in Salisbury News foot steps? Oh, that's right, night meetings, I forgot. Other than that, pretty much ALL of their topics came only after I had gone public with them. Mind you, I'm cool with that because they deserved all the attention. However, Julie Brewington would act like it was her idea. I had been fighting the Library for what, 2 years. All of a sudden Julie comes along more than a year later and the bulb turned on in her head. Like, groovy, I don't like them spending $32 million on a new Library, like, DUH. How many AFP Members go to the new night meetings? When you have to dig for things to fight for, that's pretty scary. I know, pick a topic they have come up with and then type the key words in our search box and see how many years earlier we had already come up with it. This should get interesting.
- September 9, 2010 at 9:03 PM
7:42 I believe what you were trying to type was "allowed". For such witty people some of the comments sure don't show it! I guess those posts in particular go to show what happens in the two counties with the highest home school populations. If nothing else in this world please give your children a chance to succeed, (proper usage, did you notice?), in life with a proper education so they can determine proper wording and spelling so they do not look like a bunch of uneducated morons. Please allow them to be better than you!
- September 9, 2010 at 9:46 PM
9:46, Is there a reason why you must call people out on poor spelling? I may be an outsider to the eastern shore, having come from WV, but the people here on the shore are honest hard working people. Regardless of how many misspelled words I read, I would rather stick with honest folks then some jerk who would rather take the time to point out another's flaws. -CJ
- September 10, 2010 at 7:44 AM
Fact is their isn't a tax base large enough on the Eastern Shore to support a state gov't. I guess you guys want the some good ol' boys running a state? They've done "wonders" in Salisbury, letting it turn into a complete garbage dump. I'm a conservative, who grew up on the Shore. I've heard this nonsense my entire life, it's not going to happen. And if it did, the Shore would be worse off. You actually believe the Shore is a net tax "giver" to the state of MD? It's not.
- September 10, 2010 at 8:20 AM
The path to statehood is laid out. Just follow the lead of Puerto Rico. It can be done. Imagine walking away from the liabilities of the western shore. Imagine the income from border tolls. Start with a smaller more conservative state. It would be a new beginning.
- September 26, 2010 at 12:44 AM
And that would be why slick Jimmy will be our new state senator to prevent the peasentry from uprising.
- October 14, 2010 at 8:09 AM
I'm all for it. Imagine passing our own laws instead of having some paper pusher in Annapolis shoving their crap down our necks. Yes sir,a totally win situation.
- October 14, 2010 at 8:18 AM
I live in Ocean Pines. We are a self sustained community with our own water treatment plant, fire and police dept etc. Yet we have to keep a Berlin Zip Code all over the county losing tax benefit. Tough. We pay the money to live where we do and having to be associated with Berlin is wrong
- October 14, 2010 at 9:03 AM
They already voted unanimously to accept us. DUH
- October 14, 2010 at 9:29 AM
- October 14, 2010 at 9:34 AM
I just want to point out that with all this "resenting" of government going on here, each and every one one of you are now on the FBI and Homeland Security's list of undesirable citizens and possible homegrown terrorists and further, the "thought police" will now be monitoring your e-mails, cell phones and personal movements. If I were YOU, I would stop this independent and unapproved free thinking stuff RIGHT NOW. If not, Govenor O'Malley will be arresting you very shortly. Don't worry about the charges --- they're not going to be a necessary part of that process.
- October 14, 2010 at 9:49 AM
Would be most interesting to see what Delaware's legislature thinks about this initiative. Being that they have already voted unanomously to accept the eastern shore before - I wonder what they would think under their current leadership.
Ref: 9:49 Post
I guess they'll arrest the Delaware legislature too for even considering the proposition. Get a life.
- October 14, 2010 at 10:49 AM
will not ever happen Ocean City gives the dummiecrats to much money
- October 14, 2010 at 12:32 PM
10:49....LOL! I got a life...A good one...Probably better than yours. AND it included some schooling. LOL. What the heck is "unanomously" anyway? While you're looking THAT word up, check out "sarcasm", too. Then, make sure you wind the windows closed on your trailer -- it's going to rain today.
- October 14, 2010 at 12:59 PM
I'm all about it !!!
- October 14, 2010 at 1:09 PM
Beezer! Step out behind the anonymous name and lead the charge.
Arnold Watkins
Salisbury, MD
- October 14, 2010 at 1:32 PM
To Arnold Watkins
I to was just thinking about how Beezer has 'picture framed' the easternshores issues so well. While I ponder all that has transpired for the past decade or so - it only seems appropriate for Maryland's eastern shore counties to secede. Our people truly deserve better than what we have had representing us in Annapolis.
Lowell & Rich were right on target.
- October 14, 2010 at 2:19 PM
12:44 what a contradiction. Smaller more conservative state but charge tolls everywhere.
- October 14, 2010 at 2:43 PM
Yeah, good luck with that!
- October 14, 2010 at 3:13 PM
Secede then blow the bridge
- October 14, 2010 at 4:16 PM
Any person that believes that this is possible is foolish. You guys going to war? Ha ha ha ha!
- October 14, 2010 at 5:23 PM
hey 9:03, I used to live in the Pines also. I got sick of neigbors calling the OP HOA to send fines because my son left his bicycle on the front lawn. The HOA fees were absurd, that is why I moved away from MD and now live in Delmar DE. It is close to salisbury (work) and my taxes on the 1.5 acre property are $ 352.00 per year. You should move on over!
- October 14, 2010 at 8:12 PM
812 I love it! awwww snap.
- October 14, 2010 at 10:19 PM
I have heard ocean pines people were....strange to put it nicely
- October 15, 2010 at 1:09 AM
If we join up with Delaware, we will be ruled by Wilmington which, is just like Baltimore politically. I like the idea of Eastern Maryland, Virginia will never give up their little piece of the peninsula. If it wasn't for the cash cow Ocean City is to The Eastern Shore...they would have cut this "out house of Maryland" loose a long time ago. I', in!
- November 3, 2010 at 11:35 PM
I'd rather join with Virginia than Delaware. Join with Virginia and you gain more rural representation for the State of Virginia and we gain a capital that represents our needs. Join Delaware and give it 20 years, and we'll have the same problem with Wilmington that we have now with Baltimore.
- December 21, 2010 at 7:52 PM
See, I think REAL wishful thinking goes like this actually.....DC should become its own state and take Montgomery County, PG County, and Northern Virginia with it. If this happens, both Maryland and Virginia will be red states forever. Outside of Montgomery and PG Counties, the only truly Democratic liberal locale in Maryland would be Baltimore City and the rest of the state can outvote and overpower them, the way liberal cities like New Orleans and Atlanta are overpowered by the rest of their states. Most of Baltimore County and Harford County are actually conservative. People in Western MD (west of Hagerstown) also feel a disconnect with the rest of the state. Yes this will add some liberal ppl to Congress, but add even more conservatives.
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His Mother died and he was placed into a State Hospital in New Jersey at age 15. After seven years there, he was released and he headed to Florida alone. He then ended up in Ohio and was shown by another homeless man how to hop trains to travel around the country. He began to hop trains and travel around the United States. One time, he was in an empty train car when the train slid off of the tracks. 34 cars in front of him flipped and crashed but his car remained on the tracks and upright. He realizes that he should have been dead.
He lived like a vagabond until he ended up back in Florida where he was able to find work. He saved up money and came to Hawai'i. He said he doesn't have to worry about freezing to death and the kindness of strangers here helps him survive like no other place. Some businesses provide him meals even though they themselves are struggling to survive. He has a network of Angels who help sustain his Life out of pure Aloha. I am eternally grateful to them.
About seven years ago, he was going to sleep on a bus stop near the former Hard Rock Cafe and someone came up to him and punched him in his face. His nose became swollen and he showed me his left nostril which is obstructed with some type of fleshy growth. His nose is visibly misshapen and he said it is hard for him to breathe through his nose since that incident.
Most recently, he was sleeping near the new Honolulu Police Station and groups of teenagers would come through the area late at night, or in the early hours, and hassle him and other homeless. They would slice open all his pockets with a razor or other sharp instrument while he slept and take whatever spilled out of his pockets, whatever money he had saved. He started sewing up his pockets and the cuts and sought shelter in Kaka'ako for awhile so he could sleep safely.
He recently was able to move into a transitional shelter and has about 18 months to find a more secure place. He said his body really hurts now and he gets sick more often. His eyes are getting bad and he had a bad hernia from leaning over and pulling his heavy cart all these years. We compared our herniated belly-buttons and commiserated with each other.
His coat is faded and torn, and he spends his days quietly and carefully sewing up the holes, tears and worn out parts. He has been offered a newer coat, but says he has put too much of his energy and Life into sewing up this coat, so he will continue to sew it. The upper back part of the coat has the most repair work done in a complete covering of black thread as the merciless Sun shines down on his back everyday and wears out the fabric quicker there.
So if you see Vladimir, please give him a smile, a "hello" or even some spare change. He is a beautiful kind Soul. He says he likes to sew his old worn out coat because it makes the time and the days go by quicker. Quicker to no ultimate goal of comfort or excess. Nor to any hope of an improved situation. Vladimir exists everyday to survive to the next morning. All his energy and focus is centered on this task.
So I know as he sews each tear and rip, he is really sewing up a multitude of real scars. Torn parts of his life. Ripped shreds of his heart and dreams. I know his beautiful Mother still loves her little boy and worries about him. My life is definitely richer for knowing him and for loving him. He helps me mend my deep scars as well. So if you see Vladimir crossing the street, hunched over, carrying the World on his back. Slow down, give him time to cross. Be patient in this busy hustle-bustle modern life. His Life means a lot to me and to others. He isn't a "regular" person...and I thank God, from deep down, for that...
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Thursday, September 19, 2013
Yesterday morning, as the boys were leaving for school, a tiny newborn mo'o jumped from Koa's shoe as he put it on. We carefully, gingerly, and loving placed her on a shelf and left. The same kind of mo'o my sister, Nalani, and I used to play with at my Grandmother's home when we were children. When I arrived home in the evening, the mo'o was exactly where I had placed her...but lifeless. I immediately understood the hōʻailona...the message from the ancestors as I begin my journey to the land of Keaweikekahiali'iokamoku...guided by mo'o wahine...to hoist the sails on my beloved sister's canoe for her final journey home...
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Tuesday, September 17, 2013
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Monday, September 16, 2013
Beautiful Day...
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text: Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums :: View topic - Do you have a dream? Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Do you have a dream? Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Hobbies View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message hyaku-sikiJoined: 15 Oct 2003Posts: 2Location: japan Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2003 6:42 pm Post subject: Do you have a dream? hello! I have participated from Japan. Do you have a dream? I think it very important to have a dream. every day we fell very boring, if we do not have a dream. I think it precious experience to experience many things, in order to fulfill a dream. An experience enriches a life even if a dream doesn't match it. Therefore, I think it wonderful to have a dream. My dream is becoming a psychologist!!! I am busy every day. but I'm very pleasant Prease tell me your dream _________________hyaku-siki Back to top chi-keiJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 101Location: http://hk.geocities.com/chikei1984 Posted: Thu Oct 16, 2003 4:43 pm Post subject: My dream is simple, I just want a happy family in future, when I have time, I travel to other countries with my pretty wife and my son._________________Now, the "nameless monster" has turned into an actually existing man. Back to top hyaku-sikiJoined: 15 Oct 2003Posts: 2Location: japan Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 5:57 pm Post subject: thanks chi-kei I think that your dream is wonderful!! I think I also want to make a fortunate home. I'm praying your dream comes true _________________hyaku-siki Back to top HyxJoined: 03 Nov 2003Posts: 1 Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2003 11:28 am Post subject: Re: Do you have a dream? Yes,I have a dream. My dream is to become a singer(but not a singer who look like whore). I want to sing for help childrens who are sicks,for help peoples who are not lucky in the life. It is my dream,and I want to realise it._________________We can change the future,but we just have the present moment for do it. Back to top briniJoined: 04 Sep 2003Posts: 21 Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 11:31 am Post subject: Live your dreams, don`t dream you life!!! Back to top BakaGaijinJoined: 26 Jul 2003Posts: 226Location: Houston, Texas Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2003 1:16 pm Post subject: I am living my dream! Since I was a child I wanted to be a teacher, now I can be one! I'm acting as an Assistant Language Teacher in Japan now. Teaching is a rewarding career but you students don't make our lives easy do you? lol_________________ I'm Kevin Tillman. Japanese Exchange and Teaching ALT Back to top briniJoined: 04 Sep 2003Posts: 21 Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2003 5:43 am Post subject: do we? why did you want to be a teacher?_________________UR2Gr82Bbad Back to top xingxingtanJoined: 18 Nov 2003Posts: 3 Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2003 6:02 am Post subject: I also have a dream I dream one day I can travel around the world.I have a lot of money. Back to top Musashimaru12345Joined: 08 Dec 2003Posts: 5 Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2003 10:10 pm Post subject: mathematics I would like to be a scientist. I want to fill the world with lovely mathematics. What a beautiful world it will be! Back to top sipongJoined: 11 Nov 2003Posts: 8Location: bangkok Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2004 8:04 pm Post subject: 4 year aggo , I wanted to be an architect. Because of art is my life. About the art , I have to studied art when I was 9 years old. And I have draw the picture untill now , drawing help me to practice the skill of art . Today, mydream are truth. I had the entrance exammination. And now I study interior architecture at the school of architecture and disign. About my dream , it is not a talent. It can be truth by myself. You can make your dream to be truth. Try it ! Back to top himuraJoined: 01 Dec 2003Posts: 3 Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2004 7:51 pm Post subject: Hi! ! My name is Himura and I am from Japan. In my opinion, I think who have a dream is very happy. I have a dream, but my friend has no dream. So she is very exercised by it. Dreams make us enthusiasm and give us a power! I hope dream comes true each other. 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- Choose which Version is best for you
- Decide how you would like to navigate the Catalogue
- Select and review a record from the search results
Getting started
The Catalogue of Life online database enables you to:
- Find accepted scientific names of species from over 1.6 million records
- See recorded synonyms associated with that name
- Understand the classification of that species within a taxonomic hierarchy
- Retrieve information on the common names and distribution of the species
Three easy steps to use the Catalogue of Life
Step 1: Choose which version is best for you
Step 2: Decide how you would like to navigate the Catalogue
Step 3: Select and review a record from the search results
Step 1: Choose which version is best for you
There are two distinct versions of the Catalogue: the Catalogue of Life (monthly edition) and the Annual Checklist
Catalogue of Life (monthly edition)
The Catalogue of Life (monthly edition) is a constantly evolving version of the Catalogue of Life. Anything can change as the list develops: names, their associated details, and their content providers - and there is no tracking of those changes. For that reason, the monthly edition is not the one to quote if you wish to cite a verifiable source.
It is, however, a great expert system helping those at the forefront of their science to track, and contribute to the development of taxonomy.
Periodic issues are progressively enhanced, in what will evolve as a dynamically developing system, made available online and as web-services.
Annual Checklist
The Annual Checklist is a snapshot of the entire Catalogue of Life: a fixed imprint. If you quote an organism from this version, others will be able to turn to that same reference - at any point in the future. All editions of the Annual Checklist to date are available online, and deposited in libraries around the world. Partner programmes, that link online to the Catalogue of Life, will reference the Annual Checklist.
Step 2: Decide how you would like to navigate the Catalogue
You can either search for a species for which you already have a name
Browsing the Catalogue of Life
There are two browse options, both of which work with accepted names only:
|Browse Taxonomic Tree
|Browse Taxonomic Classification
|Locates a species by expanding each hierarchical level of taxonomic classification, starting with the top group (Kingdom)
|Searches a specified taxonomic group, to list all its species
Browsing the Taxonomic tree provides the most intuitive way to explore the Catalogue of Life, providing a visual perspective on the diversity of organisms that are represented. Options are available for Compact display and Extended display.
Starting at the highest level of taxonomic hierarchy (the kingdom) you can:
- Expand ('+') the next level to show taxa included within each group, or
- Continue working down the tree to locate a single species (only accepted names are shown).
- Click on any of the species names to link to the relevant species details page.
- Expand multiple branches of the hierarchy to show relative relationships of taxa.
Compact Display
Compact display is the default setting, and provides an uncluttered view of taxon relationships.
Extended Display - Options available in Extended Display:
- Show statistics gives statistics on the number of taxa in that group
- Show providers gives providers of the data for that group (i.e. a Global Species Database source)
- Show thumbnail Images gives images to represent the group
Browsing Taxonomic classification
Browsing by Taxonomic classification allows you to search for a specific taxonomic group, enabling selection amongst taxa within it. You can skip ranks in your search (e.g. combining a search of Phylum and Order but omitting Class). The output lists all matching scientific names.
Type a name into any search box or boxes. Once a few characters have been entered, any possible matches are listed:
Click to list all the species in the Catalogue that belong to the selected taxa:
Individual species can also be located using this browse option:
Searching the Catalogue of Life
This menu provides options for four different types of search:
Search all names
Search across all names
i.e. scientific names (including synonyms) and common names.
This is the default search option
Search for scientific names
Search for taxa using terms in specified ranks, within scientific names
Search for common names
search only names in common language (not scientific names)
Search by distribution
Search for species found in a specific country or region
The Search all names option will search the Catalogue of Life for all matching names: scientific names (including synonyms, and the higher ranks) and common names.
- Type a name at the prompt and click 'Search'. Spelling must be correct.
- All matching names will be included in the results, ordered firstly by rank.
- Unlike certain other searches, search all names will not provide dynamic matching.
- If only the first part of a name is known, the Match whole words only option can be unselected; no wildcard character is required, so "achill" will find Achilla and Achillea.
- Similarly, more than one incomplete word can be included: "myrt put" will find Myrtaspis putianensis.
This option allows any combination of genus, species and infraspecific taxon to be searched, returning only accepted names (but also, if the query is restricted to genus, including synonyms).
As a name is typed into any of the search boxes, possible matches are displayed for selection: if more than one field is required in the search, it is best to start at the level of genus. Please see Interpreting the search results page for scientific names.
This option restricts the search to the common names of a species, with results showing those scientific names to which the chosen name relates.
Unlike certain other searches, there is no dynamic search as you type. Clearing the match whole words only checkbox allows partial matches to be found. No wildcard is required for trailing characters (so MYRT will find "myrtle"), but an asterisk is required to find initial characters (ie *YRTLE will find "myrtle", but YRTLE will return nothing).
Type the name of a country or region, to list the species recorded as both native and introduced.
A distribution search will provide a results page formatted to show all matching species.
Step 3: Selecting and reviewing a record from the search results
Any search of the Catalogue of Life will produce a list of matching records from the database, as a report. With a few exceptions, these reports refer to species (and their infraspecific taxa).
Interpreting results
The format of a report depends upon the type of search you carried out:
- Results: Search all names
- Results: Search for scientific names
- Results: Search for common names
- Results: Search by distribution
Reports are paginated for viewing online (with the option to change the number of records per page), and include a link to export the report.
- Individual species pages can be examined by clicking on a species entry in the list (selecting a synonym will direct the user to the detail page for its accepted name).
- Details of a source database can be accessed by selecting the database logo
The output of a search of all names includes entries with a match to the index terms of any record:
- scientific names
- higher taxa
- synonyms
- common names.
Selecting an entry directs the user to a relevant species detail page.
- Name
Name will cite the matching index term: scientific name, higher taxon or common name. Species names are cited in full, with authority.
- Rank
Results of a search of all names will include all ranks (up to phylum). Common names are attributed to the rank at which they apply.
- Name status
Name status is cited as:
- accepted name
- provisionally accepted name
- common name for [accepted name], or
- synonym for [accepted name]
Name status is not cited for higher taxa (the field is left blank).
- Group
The highest level taxon (equivalent to kingdom) is cited for each name, according to the consensus classification adopted by the Catalogue of Life.
- Source database
The source database identifies the origin of information, from one of the Global Species Databases that contribute to the Catalogue of Life.
Results: Search for scientific names
Certain searches provide output in the form of a list of scientific names (of species and infraspecific taxa):They are
- Scientific name
The scientific name is in standard latin form, and includes genus, species and a single infraspecific name (subspecies, variety or form).
Name status
The Catalogue of Life identifies scientific names as "accepted" or "provisionally accepted"; synonyms are not included in the list.
The highest level taxon (equivalent to kingdom) is cited for each name, according to the consensus classification adopted by the Catalogue of Life.
Source database
The source database identifies the origin of information, from one of the Global Species Databases that contribute to the Catalogue of Life
Results: Search by common names
This report is produced from a search of common names
- Common name
- Accepted scientific name
The highest level taxon (equivalent to kingdom) is cited for each name, according to the consensus classification adopted by the Catalogue of Life.
Source database
The source database identifies the origin of information, from one of the Global Species Databases that contribute to the Catalogue of Life
Results: Search by distribution
This report is produced from a search for species by distribution.
- Distribution
Distribution is cited by country, with the countries grouped firstly by continental region and secondly by continental sub-region.
Land distribution: the TDWG 3-letter standard identifies geographic areas, though some Global Species Databases submit their data using ISO 3-letter codes.
Marine distribution: A map defining intersects between International Hydrographic Organisation (IHO) and Economic Exclusivity Zone (EEZ) Sea Areas provides the standard definitions of marine areas for the Catalogue of Life.
Name includes accepted species and infraspecific taxa.
The highest level taxon (equivalent to kingdom) is cited for each name, according to the consensus classification adopted by the Catalogue of Life.
Source database
The source database identifies the origin of information, from one of the Global Species Databases that contribute to the Catalogue of Life
Species details page
This page of the Catalogue of Life provides access to all the information on a species that it contains.
The species details page is reached from a search results list.
- Source database logo: links to the database details page that describes the source database for the species record.
- Accepted scientific name: the complete scientific name for the species, including authority, along with designation as an accepted name; or a provisionally accepted name;.
- Synonyms: a list of synonyms for the species on record.
- Common names: a list of all common names for the species on record.
- Classification: a list showing each of the higher taxa within which this species is included, within the consensus taxonomy established for the Catalogue of Life. Selecting a higher taxon name from the list will navigate to the taxonomic hierarchy, expanded to show that higher taxon.
- Distribution: a list of regions and countries in which the species is recorded.
- Lifezones: provide one or more of the following descriptor states: Marine, Brackish, Freshwater, Terrestrial, Unknown.
- Additional data: Any additional information from the source database.
- Source database: second link to the page that describes the source database for the species record. The entry also provides a summary of database coverage: global or regional, estimated species coverage, and quality of data.
- Latest taxonomic scrutiny:
- Online resource: this links to the corresponding species page in the original resource.
- CoL taxon LSID: from 2008, the Catalogue of Life incorporates a unique identifier (Life Science Identifier) for every recognised taxon in the Annual Edition. The primary purpose of the LSID is to enable software services to exchange data about taxa unambiguously. Several LSID services online (as well as the Catalogue of Life) will 'resolve' LSIDs to obtain data on the taxon to which the identifier relates.
Database details page
The database details page gives background information on one of the source databases that contribute to the Catalogue of Life.
Database details are accessible from search results pages (by clicking the logo), species details pages, or selecting Info > Source databases from the menu
In addition to details on the authors, version (release date) and content (including number of species), the Taxonomic coverage; section provides links to the Browse taxonomic classification page, which will have the relevant search fields already filled-in.
How-to video
Export a species list by family name from the Catalogue of Life