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Apple Just Added 56 Countries' Worth of New iTunes Customers
Apple expanded its iTunes Store on Tuesday, launching it in India, Russia and 54 other countries (full list below).
The move nearly doubles the iTunes Store's international footprint, raising the number of markets it serves to 119. And while the service's offerings will initially be limited to music-only in many of those countries — only Russia, Turkey, India and Indonesia will support movie and video purchases — it's a dramatic extension of Apple's reach as a distributor of digital media. The addition of India and Russia alone increases the company's addressable market by 105 million Internet users. Apple has 435 million iTunes accounts with associated credit card numbers; after today's expansion, how many more will it have this time next year?
So this is a significant move for Apple. Not only will it boost revenue for the iTunes Store business, which generated total net sales of $7.5 billion during the company's most recent fiscal year, it also brings important new content elements to the developing Apple ecosystems in those markets.
The addition of music, movie and video purchases increases the value proposition of Apple's hardware. Remember, when it first debuted, the iTunes Store wasn't intended to generate profits so much as it was meant to sell hardware. And that's still one of its more important functions today. Enabling content purchases in these countries gives Apple one more hook with which to pull consumers into its ecosystem and keep them there.
The expansion of the iTunes Store follows the debut last week of iTunes 11, a complete overhaul of the media software.
Here are the newest additions to Apple's global marketplace:
1. Anguilla
2. Antigua & Barbuda
3. Armenia
4. Azerbaijan
5. Bahamas
6. Bahrain
7. Barbados
8. Belarus
9. Belize
10. Bermuda
11. Botswana
12. Burkina-Faso
13. Cape Verde
14. Cayman Islands
15. Dominica
16. Egypt
17. Fiji
18. Gambia
19. Ghana
20. Grenada
21. Guinea-Bissau
22. India
23. Indonesia
24. Israel
25. Russia
26. Saudi Arabia
27. South Africa
28. Turkey
29. United Arab Emirates (UAE)
30. Jordan
31. Kazakhstan
32. Kenya
33. Kyrgyzstan
34. Lebanon
35. Mauritius
36. Micronesia, Fed States of
37. Moldova
38. Mongolia
39. Mozambique
40. Namibia
41. Nepal
42. Niger
43. Nigeria
44. Oman
45. Papua New Guinea
46. Qatar
47. Saint Kitts and Nevis
48. Swaziland
49. Tajikistan
50. Trinidad and Tobago
51. Turkmenistan
52. Uganda
53. Ukraine
54. Uzbekistan
55. Virgin Islands, British
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In High Profile Case, Two Romanian 'Witches' Arrested
Witches. Police. Blackmail. And TV celebrities.
Yep, that caught our attention, too, so we had to pass along a strange case that has made its way to court in Romania. The government has arrested two self-professed witches who are accused of blackmailing their clients. The AP reports:
"Police spokesman Christian Ciocan said the two women — who go by the single names of Melissa and Vanessa — approached public figures promising to help them overcome work or love difficulties, and help them break curses.
"He said the women initially charged very little, but then, as their victims became hooked on their services, increased their prices.
"Ciocan cited one case where the victim — who later publicly identified herself as TV personality Oana Zavoranu — handed over €450,000 (US$593,000) in cash and property in exchange for spells."
The Romanian newspaper Jurnalul Naţionalreports that the blackmailing charges stem from accusations that Melissa and Vanessa would threaten their clients with evil spells if they didn't fork up cash. Also, this case comes just a day after Parliament protested against legislation that would have outlawed "witchcraft, curses and spells."
The AP reports that for their part the witches say Zavoranu is just angry because "she asked them to cast a spell on her mother that would kill her, but the mother is still alive."
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Are Trade Deficits Really Bad News?
America's merchandise trade deficit could hit $250 billion in 1998, propelled to a record high by financial turmoil and plunging growth rates in the Far East. If the past is any guide, the widening trade gap will be reported almost universally as grim news. Critics of free trade will wave the deficit numbers as a rallying call to get tough with "unfair" trading partners.
But are trade deficits necessarily bad for the U.S. economy?
The answer is no. Trade deficits are not a sign of unfair trade practices or a lack of American "competitiveness." Trade deficits are caused by factors in the macroeconomy that are not directly related to trade. To understand why, journalists should borrow a technique from investigative reporting and "follow the money."
When Americans buy imports, foreigners must do something with the dollars they earn. They can either use the dollars to buy American exports or to invest in American assets, such as Treasury bills, stocks, real estate, and factories.
If the amount of investment capital entering the U.S. exceeds the amount flowing Out, the extra dollars entering the country can then be used by Americans to buy imports over and above the amount we could buy merely from what we earn by selling exports. So a current account deficit is simply the mirror image of a capital account surplus.
In the global economy, some countries, such as the United States, are net importers of capital and thus run a trade deficit. Others, such as Japan, are net capital exporters because domestic savings exceed domestic investment. The excess savings these capital exporters send abroad returns to their home market to purchase exports, creating a trade surplus.
One reason for a trade deficit can be that the deficit country is growing faster than its trading partners. Faster growth attracts investment dollars, which, along with rising incomes, allow the deficit country to buy more imports on the global market.
It is no coincidence that the smallest American merchandise trade deficit since 1982, $74 billion in 1991, occurred during the period's only recession.
In slower‐growing countries, demand for imports falls and capital flows outward to greener pastures. This largely explains our rising trade deficit with Asian Pacific nations, including Japan.
It also explains why trade deficits have tended to expand in times of relative prosperity, and to contract in times of recession. It is no coincidence that the smallest American merchandise trade deficit since 1982, $74 billion in 1991, occurred during the period's only recession.
Germany switched from a current account surplus of $50 billion in 1990 to a deficit of $20 billion in 1991. This had nothing to do with a change in trade policy or a sudden loss of competitiveness. In 1991, Germans began to invest heavily in the former East Germany rather than spend their savings abroad, leaving foreigners with fewer deutsche marks with which to buy German exports.
Conversely, Mexico flipped from a trade deficit in 1994 to a surplus in 1995 as domestic investment fell in the wake of the peso crisis. Again, the reversal had nothing to do with trade policy or competitiveness, and everything to do with investment flows.
If a trade deficit is determined solely by rates of savings and investment, then the U.S. trade deficit will be impervious to a get‐tough trade policy. Slapping higher tariffs on imports will only deprive foreigners of the dollars they would have earned by selling in the U.S. market.
This in turn will reduce the supply of dollars on the international currency market, raise the value of the dollar relative to other currencies, and make dollar‐priced U.S. exports more expensive for foreign buyers, thus reducing demand for our exports. Eventually, the volume of exports will fall along with imports and the trade deficit will remain largely unchanged.
Nations do not trade with each other; people do. America's trade deficit with the rest of the world is only the sum of the individual choices made by American citizens. Those choices, to buy an import or to sell an export, only take place if both parties to the transaction believe it will make them better off. In this way, the "balance of trade" is always positive.
The only reason the U.S. trade deficit is bad news is that so many people believe it is bad news.


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Founded in 1979 by a group of Palestinian doctors and health professionals, PMRS is now one of the largest health NGOs in the occupied Palestinian territories, providing medical, psychosocial and health education services throughout the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The organization and its workers strive to address mental and physical health issues that are inadequately addressed, and often entirely disregarded, in many communities due to Israel's occupation.
"Children and their families suffer a lot on a daily basis from recurrent violations from settlers and soldiers. When they have no access to a larger village or a school it is worse, they are completely cut off," explained Dr Iskafi, adding that such factors lead to psychological issues which also need to be addressed.
First Aid education is provided wherever possible in order to teach people basic life saving skills in case they are needed when there is no immediate access to a clinic. After the Second Intifada, PMRS started to provide mobile clinic services in order to alleviate the problems caused by restricted mobility and economic difficulty. Mobile clinic teams provide free consultations and medication to rural, and often physically separated (due to the geography of Israel's occupation),communities, thus also preventing and minimizing the development of medical complications.
"3% of the people in the areas visited by our mobile clinics suffer from disability, many others have acute infections," said Mr Iskafi, "but the majority of cases we meet are those of chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and heart diseases."
While accompanying the PMRS Mobile Clinic to various Bedouin communities and villages around Ramallah and the Jordan Valley, the Palestine Monitor met with families and patients who talked about their living conditions and their concern about the lack of access to medical or health services, especially at night. "My son was sick during the night," said a villager from Zbedat,in the Jordan Valley, "I could do nothing for him, there are no clinics here, we had to wait for the mobile clinic." He continued to explain that a few hours' visit once a week, though indeed a blessing for which they are thankful, is still not enough. "We wish that they could come every day," he said.
In many cases people have died because they did not get treatment in time.
In many cases people have died because they did not get treatment in time.
Despite all its efforts at providing access to free consultations and medication, it is difficult for PMRS to cope with all the health necessities in Area C, the 60% or so of the West Bank under full Israeli civil and military control, even when there are also other organizations working there. As Mr. Iskafi relates, "it is not easy," since PMRS has to work within a budget that covers the doctors' salaries, transportation, blood tests and medication, as well as the obligatory purchase of a number of Israeli-granted entry permits for areas such as Arab Ramadin in Qalqilya and Barta'a in Jenin. Budget issues continually reduce certain possibilities. Without a permit, PMRS is barred access to the community in question. Dr Iskafi explained that presently, PMRS has "to cover at least 8-12 areas per one mobile clinic per month," thus making it difficult to go to the same area more often.
"In many cases people have died because they did not get treatment in time," said Suhad Hashem Shraim, a PMRS employee in Qalqilya, talking at length to the Palestine Monitor about the numerous problems faced by the people living between the Separation Wall and the Green Line in an area known as the Seam Zone. Ms Shraim highlighted circumstances in the region, stating that it is usually unlikely that patients with critically urgent conditions are rescued. If they manage to acquire a car or an ambulance, they are still stopped at checkpoints. She explained that over the years Israeli forces have frequently delayed ambulances for various hours as they tried to go through the entrance of Qalqilya. As a result many pregnant women end up dying from complications such as severe internal bleeding whilst giving birth in the ambulance.
In the Hebron area and the Jordan Valley, mobile clinics encounter health problems such as Ameoba, intestinal infections and Giardia which are caused by the lack or contamination of water. "The people living there are poor, they cannot afford fresh water all the time, many times they cannot afford fuel or gas to boil the water either," said Dr Iskafi.
A villager from Fasayel in the Jordan Valley, whose family are Bedouin refugees from Ein Gedi now located in present-day Israel, told the Palestine Monitor that he requires operations he is unable to afford. "I was very sick one day, and Israeli forces came and to demolish my son's home, I tried to stop them, I tried to talk to them, but on top of all that I was very weak. What can I do..." he said. He and his wife talk calmly and yet they acknowledge a deep sense of helplessness, "we cannot do anything, we cannot go anywhere, and we have very little money," they said, adding that they are able to eat only very little each day. Some of their goats were killed during the demolition. Their sons struggle between working and paying for their studies. Their daughter in law, who was pregnant when the Israeli forces came to demolish the house, tried to stand in front of the building along with other members of the family in order to prevent them from demolishing it, but she and her family were all beaten by the Israeli forces and were subsequently evacuated to a nearby hospital. Thankfully the baby was not injured and a new girl has now been added to the family, but their joy is overshadowed with shock and constant worry. It is hard to focus on medical attention whilst fighting all the other battles at hand.
Since Palestinians in Area C are prevented from building anything by the Israeli authority, PMRS cannot construct any form of clinic or pharmacy in remote areas, thus many residents in the area are completely dependent on mobile clinics.
Dr. Manar Fawadleh, a PMRS employee working with the Mobile clinic in the Ramallah area, explained that recently they have been providing basic gynecological services, especially to pregnant women who have no means of accessing a hospital before the actual birth of the child. "They are still referred to a hospital when they are about to have the baby, but at least they are able to have a gynecologist helping them during their pregnancy and many Bedouin women are glad about this," Dr. Fawadleh said.
"I wish for peace," said Dr Iskafi, "peace will solve all our problems, without it there is no life, no freedom." After 25 years of service with PMRS he still works hard, as do all other employees and volunteers. Their energy and dedication are strong each morning and does not evaporate by night despite the difficult conditions they meet during the day. They are, in fact, stronger and recharged for the next day. "I am sad to see the conditions they live in," says Dr Fawadleh, "but I am glad to be able to help."
"By going to these communities we are supporting the resilience of these people and encouraging them to stay in their homes, in their land," said Dr Iskafi, referring also to the fact that other organizations contribute to this by providing services of agriculture and education. This is a collective effort aimed at aiding the Palestinians in Area C, as well as other regions with health service complications, such as Qalqilya and East Jerusalem, who live in a form of limbo between walls, lines and fences, giving birth, drinking tea, working, studying, holding on to dear life between one restriction and another.
"When my mother had a heart attack the doctors told us she could not be treated at the UNRWA hospital and had to be taken to a hospital in Nablus which (sic) had more appropriate facilities for her case. Normally such a journey would have taken half an hour," said Ms Shraim "but due to the number of checkpoints it would have taken more than an hour, so the doctors preferred not to take the risk of her getting more complications on the way." Either way, her mother died one week later and she is convinced that had it not been for the complications caused by the Israeli authority, her mother might have had a much better chance of survival. "My mother is only one case, one example," she said, "there are many more sad cases..."
The list of cases goes ever on. Yet so too does the continuous effort of organizations such as PMRS along with their committed volunteers. As long as the need exists, they will keep providing and improving their services and support, acting as bastion of courage and strength for the Bedouins who are unable bear their burden alone.
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Reader Bill wrote in with this question:
"When I click on a certain category of e-mails in Gmail I get nine visible entries. I can delete them one at a time but I would like to delete them all at once. How can this be done?"
When you say "a certain category of e-mails," Bill, I'm assuming you mean a label. But whatever the case, there are plenty of situations when it would be helpful to select a visible batch of messages, then apply a function (like delete) to them. The process for doing so is hiding in plain sight.
1. Open Gmail in your browser.
2. Click a label, apply a filter, or do whatever you like so that only the messages you want are visible.
3. Near the top of the screen, just below the search field, you'lll see a square box inside a rectangular box. That's the Select tool, and if you click that square, it'll select all visible emails.
4. Once they're selected, you can apply any of Gmail's various functions: Archive, Mark as Spam, Delete, Move to, and so on, just by clicking the corresponding button in the toolbar.
It's worth noting that if you click the little down-arrow alongside the Select checkbox, you'll see a menu of items you can quick-select: all, unread, starred, unstarred, etc. That may save time if you're looking to, say, delete all unread mail. Three clicks and you're done!
Just be careful when using this select-all option; you'll want to make sure that only your "certain category of e-mails," to use Bill's words, are visible, otherwise you could end up deleting more than you bargained for.
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The secret: Organize your sloppy day
Periodically, a college student sends an email to me asking if he or she can interview me for a term paper. I always say yes, and I always learn something about my work by answering such questions. But this week, there was a stumper, "How do you spend a typical day as a journalist?"
I started to answer the question. But every time I started to write an answer, what I wrote sounded terrible. The truth is that I never set out to be a journalist, so I have never been particularly organized about my typical day.
I was a marketing executive who happened to have landed a column. The pay for the column was paltry compared to my corporate salary, and consequently, I devoted a paltry amount of time to the column– writing it during a sales meeting, on my way to an office picnic, or at my in-laws' home in between shopping and dinner.
You'd think, after three years of writing full-time I'd have developed good work habits as a writer, but I haven't. This is surprising to me because in my corporate life I had very good work habits.
As I was climbing the corporate ladder, it became clear that you can only move up as fast as you can adjust your work habits to the next rung. For example, the move into management means you have to learn to finish your own work in a way that leaves room for you to help other people with their work. You have to restructure your workday to make other people a priority.
For example, my boss told me that if I could offload all of my responsibilities as a marketing and software production manager, then I could take seed money from the company and start my own company. I realized that the faster I could reorganize my workload and delegate, the faster I could move on with my career. So I did that. Within weeks, and astounded even my boss with my speed.
Achieving long-term goals and tactical plans all depends on work habits. You need to devote time to getting short-term projects done, to managing long-term projects, and to thinking both strategically and creatively.
Each time I've wanted to make headway in my career, the fastest path has been by changing how I spend my days. How you organize your days is one of the few things most people can really control.
Which brings me back to telling the college student about my work habits. It was untenable to have to confess to her that I still treated my writing career like it's a sideshow. I could accomplish so much more if I would get more organized. So I worked backwards. I said to myself, what kind of answer would I expect from a career columnist?
I think it would look like time slots:
Writing email
Working on projects with deadlines
Thinking about long-term projects
Once I started having days like this, there was immediate change I accomplished more, and the work was better because my days were organized around particular long and short-term goals.
I told her about my carefully scheduled days and strategically organized weeks. Then I sat down to write this column, which I now have a special time each week to write. And I was just a little bit more calm than usual because having a detailed work plan in hand makes me feel like I really am going to meet my goals. (And I ended up confessing to the student that I started with sloppy work habits.)


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Jets' Smith to start, Sanchez to get 2nd opinion
Rookie Geno Smith will get his second start for the New York Jets, as expected, when the team plays at New England on Thursday night.
Coach Rex Ryan says Monday that Smith, coming off an 18-17 win over Tampa Bay on Sunday, will play against the Patriots after he was mostly solid in his NFL debut.
Ryan adds that Mark Sanchez, sidelined with a shoulder injury, will not play and the quarterback and the team are seeking a second medical opinion. According to published reports, Sanchez will meet with Dr. James Andrews at some point this week to get further evaluation.
Ryan says Sanchez hasn't had a setback with the injury, but with a short week, it makes sense for him to get another look at the shoulder.
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Pinos Pizza & Pasta - worth your every penny!
>> Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Venue: Wisma Thrifty, Jalan Barat, PJ
Overall comment: Good pizza & pasta at very affordable prices!
Halal: Yes
Pinos Pizza & Pasta - Bringing Italy to you
I'm surprised that this place has not been blogged a lot by foodies in PJ/KL. I was led to this simple restaurant after church by a friend who found out on this place through his dad. It's quite a gem, really. You won't get "WOW" pizza & pasta, but for the price you're paying, it's really worth your every penny!
Located on the ground floor of Wisma Thrifty, right opposite Hilton Hotel Petaling Jaya, this corner restaurant serves a good variety of pizza & pasta. As it's not an enclosed restaurant, it can get slightly warm during the day when the sun shines through the glass windows.
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Wisma Thrifty
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ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
In addition to the electronic theses found in the ASU Digital Repository, ASU Theses and Dissertations can be found in the ASU Library Catalog.
Dissertations and Theses granted by Arizona State University are archived and made available through a joint effort of the ASU Graduate College and the ASU Libraries. For more information or questions about this collection contact or visit the Digital Repository ETD Library Guide or contact the ASU Graduate College at email@example.com.
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- Reverse Fountain Cytoplasmic Streaming in Rhizopus Oryzae
- Diné Research Practices and Protocols: An Intersectional Paradigm Incorporating Indigenous Feminism, Critical Indigenous Research Methodologies and Diné Knowledge Systems
- Developing an Augmented Reality Solution for Mapping Underground Infrastructure
- Characterization of 2D Human Ankle Stiffness during Postural Balance and Walking for Robot-aided Ankle Rehabilitation
- Using Molecular, Cellular and Bioengineering Approaches Towards Understanding Muscle Stem Cell Biology
Physical inactivity is a continuing public health crisis because of its negative effects on health (e.g. hypertension, cardiovascular disease, type II diabetes). To combat the rising prevalence of these non-communicable diseases, physical activity (PA) promotion is a public health priority. However, current programs seem to be ineffective in the long-term promotion of PA. Resultingly new, effective interventions are needed. Recent studies have established a link between mindfulness and PA engagement. Based on the current literature, the present study sought to investigate the associations between trait mindfulness, behavioral regulation towards exercise, exercise intention, stress, and self-reported PA. This study also examined …
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A 3 x 3" original oil painting, hand initialed by the artist. Each painting will come with a display easel and a small print of the complete mosaic/painting "Out of Many...One".
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American Civil Liberties Union study shows Connecticut police need to hone their officer complaint procedures
HARTFORD -- A study of police procedures in Connecticut has found problems with how departments handle complaints against officers.
A report released Tuesday by the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut lists issues ranging from a lack of complaint forms, to threats of intimidation or prosecution of those who wish to bring complaints.
The organization says the study points to the need for statewide standards to ensure that those with complaints about misconduct will not be turned away, intimidated or silenced.
A message seeking comment was left Tuesday with Southington Police Chief Jack Daly, the president of the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association.
The report follows a high-profile federal investigation that found a pattern of police discrimination toward Latinos in the East Haven Police Department, and led to reforms in complaint procedures there.


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Students from 24 states and 18 foreign countries are educated in all aspects of advanced Jewish scholarship and trained for careers as rabbis, teachers and community leaders at the College's 82-acre campus in Morris Township, New Jersey. The campus serves as the New Jersey headquarters of the world-wide Lubavitch Movement.
The Rabbinical College of America is an internationally known institution of higher education, attracting students from throughout the United States and as far away as South Africa and Australia. In recent years, many students have been attending the Rabbinical College from countries previously considered "behind the Iron Curtain."
The College has broadened its activities to include extensive communal outreach services with 40 regional Chabad-Lubavitch Centers throughout New Jersey.
The College's graduates serve as community and spiritual leaders at Chabad centers throughout the world, of which there are now 4,000.
Licensed by the New Jersey Commission on Higher Education and accredited by the Association of Advanced Rabbinical and Talmudic Schools, the College grants a Bachelor of Religious Studies degree.


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This is a very good paper from Martin in which he chastises the argument that Goldman has done nothing illegal… just immoral. He sees and draws parallels to the Great Depression – that's interesting because he repeatedly claims that we're not repeating the Great Depression. In fact, the parallels are staggering. However, I agree that this is no Great Depression, it is far worse; it is a nation and possibly world changing series of events.
Martin discusses many legal issues, on this subject he is definitely spot on! The lack of jury trials, the extreme rate of conviction, the growth in the number of Federal Prisoners are all signs of a breakdown of the system. These types of breakdowns occur when the power structure gets one-sided. Once this occurs, rebellion is not far behind. And ultimately what happens is that the people lose CONFIDENCE in the government. This has and IS occurring now. I personally don't trust ANYTHING I hear or read at this point – economic statistics are a lie, accounting is a fraud, and I am completely unsure how to read the events of the world as I believe what's really occurring is being spun to the public. And I KNOW that the real power structure is NOT the structure presented for our consumption.
The markets are no longer real, they are simulated and controlled by a very few players! Martin nails the point that the players in the markets are not there serving a purpose for society, they are there for their own "egotistical hedonism."
Near the end of this paper he quotes Thrasymachus, who discussing how the "just" are always the losers to the "unjust" memorably says, "My meaning will be most clearly seen if we turn that highest form of injustice in which the criminal is the happiest of men, and the sufferers or those who refuse to do injustice are the most miserable – that is to say tyranny, which by fraud and force takes away the property of others…"
It seems to me that we have arrived at that destination… where those who stand behind their morals and ethics suffer while those who stand behind fraud and force take away the property of others. We are there, it is the end of the line for CONFIDENCE, and it is this that is at the foundation of the rule of law upon which capital either forms or flees.
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How to use QEMU to test Fedora development or test images
QEMU is a generic and open source processor emulator which achieves a good emulation speed by using dynamic translation.
QEMU has two operating modes:
- Full system emulation. In this mode, QEMU emulates a full system (for example a PC), including a processor and various peripherials. It can be used to launch different Operating Systems without rebooting the PC or to debug system code.
- User mode emulation (Linux host only). In this mode, QEMU can launch Linux processes compiled for one CPU on another CPU.
QEMU is available on Fedora repository. It can be installed by:
$ su -c "yum install qemu"
Testing Rawhide or Fedora Test releases
Create the virtual image for the system:
$ qemu-img create fedora.qcow 5G
Of course you are not obliged to take 5GB.
Note: Even if you take 10GB this does NOT mean that the image does really HAVE the size of 10GB. It just means that your new system is limited up to 10GB - if the new sytem takes only 1,2 GB also the image will only be at 1,2GB.
now let's install the OS. Put in the install CD and type into your konsole (all in one line without break):
$ qemu -cdrom /dev/cdrom -hda fedora.qcow -boot d -net nic -net user -m 196 -localtime
"-user -net" is important to have internet access within your new system. "-m 196" is the Set virtual RAM size (megabytes), default is 128 MB, I chose 196.
The install may take some time. After the install, qemu will try to boot the new OS itself. Maybe this may fail (was the case for me) - but don't worry. If that happens: just close the qemu window and type the following command into your konsole to launch your new OS:
$qemu fedora.qcow -boot c -net nic -net user -m 196 -localtime
Testing ISO Images
Type, in the proper directory
$ qemu -cdrom fXtestN.iso
To get kernel output dumped to a file outside the virtual system, add e.g. "-serial file:/tmp/qemu-output.log" to the qemu command line. When booting the virtual system, add "console=ttyS0" to the kernel boot parameters.
This output is particularly helpful if you are having trouble booting the system, in which case you may also wish to remove "rhgb" and "quiet" from the kernel boot parameters.


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Serious Entertaining: Spain...On The Roof Again
Seasonal menu planning for the perfect dinner party.
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One of the perks of my apartment is that there is a shared roof on the building. It may be small with no actual view (except of the beautiful New York sky) but there are plants and a wooden table and this weekend I was thrilled to be back, eating in the open air.
Whether you have a roof, a deck, or simply a patch of your local park, Spanish food is perfect for al fresco dining. The flavors are earthy, the dishes are meant to be shared, and, in a pinch, a bottle of cold Verdejo and a hunk of nutty Mahon really makes its own meal.
Pisto Manchego with Toasted Bread
I love any dish that falls into the category "Can Be Eaten on Toasted Bread." But the reason why this is one of my all-time favorite dishes is that, similar to French ratatouille, pisto manchego is comprised of my very favorite vegetables: red peppers, tomatoes, and eggplant.
Though it originated in the area of La Mancha, pisto is now eaten all over Spain. And while zucchini, fried eggs, and chorizo can all find their way into the dish, I like it at its most simple. Dripping with olive oil and sprinkled with sea salt, the vegetables simply melt in your mouth.
Saffron Rice with Chorizo
Using short grained bomba or arborio rice gives this dish a creamy consistency similar to that of a risotto. The rice gets a slight sweetness and beautiful golden color from threads of saffron, and peas add a pop of freshness. Use the best olive oil in your pantry to finish off the dish, and try not to hog all the deliciously spicy hunks of fried chorizo.
Spanish Cheese Plate
The Spanish make great cheese and when putting together a cheese plate, it can be difficult to choose among the various types. Here are a few that I love and always get rave reviews from friends.
Mahón: Made on the island of Minorca, this cow's milk cheese is typically aged just a few months to keep its texture semi-firm rather than crumbly. Containing hints of butter and salt, this cheese is nuttier than the partiers on the nearby island of Ibiza.
Drunken Goat: It's my belief that anything which spends time in close proximity to Spanish red wine is probably going to be awesome. And, just as predicted, drunken goat is one fantastic cheese. A soft, creamy goats milk interior is left to cure for 48-72 hours in Doble Pasta red wine, giving the final product a fruity flavor and pretty purple rind.
Idiazabal: Made from the milk of Latxa and Carranzana sheep, this cheese is a Basque country specialty. It's a semi-firm cheese with an earthy flavor that just begs to be washed down with a glass of wine.
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High school students and/or transfer students who are entering with an associate's degree are encouraged to apply for merit-based awards through the Admissions Office.
Current Queens College students can apply for awards that range from $250 to $2,500 per semester. All of these awards are for full-time students (12 credits per semester for undergraduate students; 9 credits per semester for graduate students). There are various awards with different applications and deadlines. Please visit QC Foundation's Scholarship List and Application page to see the current scholarships; sign in to fill out the applications.
Entering Graduate Students please apply here for scholarships by April 1. Please note this new extended deadline.
Applying for Competitive Scholarships
Academic Advisement
In addition to aiding students who seek financial support for their education, the Office of Honors and Scholarships provides advisement about honors programs. All students are encouraged to explore these options. Queens College Scholars and Freshman Honors Program students in particular are encouraged to come in for advisement sessions about these programs and for early registration.
Honors Programs
In addition to the Freshman Honors Program—to which incoming students must be admitted during their senior year of high school—there are divisional honors programs. Candidates may apply to the following when already at Queens College:
Honors and Awards - Baccalaureate
Students who entered Queens College as freshmen and have at least 60 letter quality credits and a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5 will be honored with Latin honors (categories below).
Students who entered as transfer students and have taken at least 45 credits with letter grades (A, B, C, D, F) at Queens College may be given honors if their grade point average on the basis of work done only at Queens College meets the requirements, as does their cumulative grade point average including work done at previous institutions.
The honors categories are:
If your cumulative GPA is 3.75 or above you will be sent an Honors and Awards form to complete and return to our office for additional award evaluation. If you believe that you have met these requirements and have not received the Honors and Awards questionnaire by March 15, please contact the Honors and Awards Office at 718-997-5503. Also, please make sure to view the Commencement webpage for other graduation requirements.
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Summer Fellowship Program
The Jeannette K. Watson Summer Fellowship Program is a three-summer paid internship program. High-achieving freshmen and sophomores only are welcome to apply. For more information about this program, please visit the Watson website or contact the Office of Honors and Scholarships. To be considered for this fellowship, students must apply through our office, rather than directly through the Watson Foundation. The internal deadline for application submission is January 22. However, it is strongly suggested that interested students contact our office for assistance in the application process.
Honor Societies
Phi Beta Kappa: Students who are chosen for Phi Beta Kappa will be contacted by the committee. A student cannot apply for this distinction. The committee nominates students based on their academic record.
Golden Key International Honour Society: Students who complete a minimum of 30 Queens College credits within the top 15 percent of the student body will receive a letter in September inviting them to join the society.


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Chocoholic: Coconut Cornflake Crusted Fried Ice Cream
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For one summer in college, I waited tables at a popular but crappy Mexican restaurant in a mall in town called Galvestons. Popular because it served the ginormous Tex-Mex dishes which America loves to dig into: baskets of popcorn shrimp, sizzling fajitas, sombrero-sized taco salads, jugs of frozen margaritas. Crappy because I had to stick a giant pink flower on my ear, was forced to wear high heels if I wore shorts instead of pants, and because I came home smelling of scorched onions every night. It was a very rough summer, but it was my own fault for taking the job. I should have taken heed on my very first day when the manager accused me of cheating on my "menu and price" test (I got a perfect score which I guess was unheard of in those parts). The bosses liked to yell, guys got way too drunk at the bar, and servers quit every night. I took a week off at the end of the summer and never came back.
I was addicted to the fried ice cream though. Frozen balls of cinnamon ice cream were coated in crushed cornflakes and then quickly dunked in hot oil till crispy. As a final touch they were topped off with a drizzle of honey. The fun part of this dish (and a physics feat that I've yet to figure out) is that the ice cream stays mostly frozen within the hot crunchy shell, allowing you to get the awesome contrasts of hot/cold and crisp/soft.
Making this seemingly complicated feat of a dessert at home is easier than you think. It can be prepped way ahead of time, fries up in seconds, and it makes a huge impression on your guests. The only tricky part here is keeping your ice cream balls from melting while you're scooping and packing them with coating. (I found that wearing gloves and starting with a chilled tray helps.) To keep the ice cream contained while frying, the ice cream balls get a double coating of cornflakes, with a dip in egg in between. For my version of fried ice cream, I like the combination of sweet coconut and cornflakes for the coating. And instead of honey, I find a puddle of chocolate coconut sauce complements the toasted coconut just right.
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Coconut Cornflake Crusted Fried Ice Cream »
About the Author: Yvonne Ruperti is a food writer, recipe developer, former bakery owner, and author of The Complete Idiot's Guide To Easy Artisan Bread. You can also watch her culinary stylings on the America's Test Kitchen television show. She presently lives in Singapore as a freelance writer for Time Out Singapore. Check out her blog: shophousecook.com . Follow Yvonne on Twitter.
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Bridal shower thank you's are done! Woo hoo!
I had so much thanks to give to so many lovely ladies in my life! Can't wait to see everyone again in January! 🙂
While thank you-ing, I also had a chance to catch up with my twin bro in California.
(screen shot via my bro)
His text, "Are you available to Skype? I want to see Maddie." Pshh… I see how it is. It's all about Maddie. I don't blame him, she is a fun girl to Skype with. She likes to climb up on my lap and get as close to the computer screen as she can, trying to figure out who the heck is saying her name in there. She misses her Uncle Josh like crazy and is looking forward to seeing him in January (she barked all about it and everything 😉 ). He doesn't fly in until January 2nd, so we'll miss Christmas with him again this year, but we will have him here for a solid week so three cheers to that!!
Any other dogs who love to Skype out there?
I made soup for dinner tonight per Derek's request (soup is the best comfort food when you're sick).
In the pot:
- 1 ham steak
- 1 broccoli stalk
- 2 carrots
- 1/4 red onion
- 3/4 cup frozen corn
- 1 can diced tomatoes
- 1 can vegetable broth + 1 can refill of water
I cooked the veggies first, added the broth and water, brought everything to a boil, then brought it back to low for 30 minutes. It was the perfect, easy comfort meal.
I have a few more thank you's to address, then it's time for bed.
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Start dates for incoming postgraduate research students
1 October 2020 was the preferred date to start your PhD [or the date on your offer letter].
We will run a full on-line induction and training programme that may be taken remotely for the first month. Most of our doctoral researcher training programme will also be available online and we will offer many remote opportunities to help you become part of the Graduate School and wider University community.
Research that involves laboratory work may start following the completion of induction (all labs are currently up and running).
Some types of research (such as non-laboratory work) and supervision can be carried out entirely remotely and this may be the most appropriate way for you to work at the moment. Contact your supervisor, if you believe this applies to your research to discuss requirements for home/remote working. You may also require the agreement of the subject, school or institute convener if you wish to carry out your PhD remotely for a fixed period. You may not continue remotely unless an adequate plan is agreed to ensure sufficient work can be undertaken prior to starting the experimental work. It is important that starting remotely does not affect the overall PhD timescale.
Delayed start dates
We understand there may be good reasons to delay:
- If it is necessary to travel to Glasgow to begin your research, but there are restrictions preventing travel at this time, then a delay to 5 January 2021 is encouraged [when we will run full on-line induction and training programme]. You may also delay to another start time with the agreement of your supervisor and Graduate School.
- For subjects where laboratory work is required to commence immediately following on-line induction and training and you are unable to come to Glasgow, you should consider delaying your start-date. Contact your supervisor or the Graduate School in this instance.
- If your research involves objects, artefacts, archives or fieldwork, you should discuss this with your supervisor. Some kinds of work may be able to be started remotely; in other cases, it may be advisable to delay the start-date.
- External government sponsors may prefer a delay and the University is happy to support this.
From our point of view, there is no disadvantage in deferring your PhD to a later agreed start date. Scholarship holders should check that this can still be provided with a delayed start.
Office and study space
At present, current staff and research students are not using office spaces on campus. We do not have a confirmed date for the return to office use, but all work that can be undertaken off-campus (ie is not lab-based) should be done at home or remotely at present.
Some study spaces are becoming available on campus with a booking system in place, such as the postgraduate study space in the University Library.
International/EU students remotely starting a funded PhD
You should check with your funder that you can be paid a stipend if you are not in the UK. If you are in receipt of a scholarship, you should contact the Graduate School for advice on opening a bank account to allow stipend payments.
Comparative Literature is an exciting interdisciplinary, intercultural, and inter-medial discipline housed in our School of Modern Languages and Cultures with expertise in ten modern languages and cultures.
- PhD: 3 years full-time; 5 years part-time; Thesis of 70,000-100,000 words
- MLitt (Research): 2 years full-time; 3 years part-time; Thesis of 40,000-70,000 words
- MPhil (Research): 1 year full-time; 2 years part-time; Thesis of 30,000-40,000 words
- MRes: 1 year full-time; 2 years part-time; Thesis of 20,000-30,000 words
The strengths of the School of Modern Languages and Cultures (SMLC) lie in the languages and literatures of Europe, both east and west. For this reason our Comparative Literature Programme might be subtitled: European and European Influenced. There is indeed still much work to be done in having East meet West since the fall of the Wall so many years ago, and we are proudly placed, with our Slavonic subject areas, to enable research and teaching in this cross-over area. We cross into the New World as well, having staff working on, for example, Quebecois literature, Mexican and Brazilian, as well as North American Anglophone literature.
Comparative Literature has close collaborative links, not only with disciplines such as Translations Studies, English Literature, Scottish Literature and Classics, but also with History, Art History, Philosophy, Gender History, as well as Central and East European Studies and Economic and Social History, Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Medical Humanities, and Digital Humanities. We are also involved within larger networks such as Human Rights Network and GRAMnet (Glasgow Refugee, Asylum and Migration network), and the School of Modern Languages and Cultures is home to the Stirling Maxwell Centre for Text/Image Studies.
This allows us to offer a very wide variety of research pathways for students with diverse backgrounds and interests. Our special strengths linguistically include languages of Eastern, Central, and Western Europe and Latin America as well as Mandarin. Links with other Schools provides access to classical, mediaeval, and other modern languages.
We currently have a cohort of 25 taught Masters and roughly 30 postgraduate research students within the School of Modern Languages and Culture. Our research students organise a regular seminar series and play an active role in building a thriving research environment beneficial to all postgraduate students within modern languages and cultures.
Staff Research Strengths
Staff research interests within the School of Modern Languages and Cultures include topics from the Middle Ages to the present.
Research areas include
- gender (femininities, masculinities and transgender),
- emotions,
- visual cultures (from Renaissance emblems to film, photography and the graphic novel),
- the literature of migration and exile (including post-colonialism, post-communism, African literatures, literatures of the New World, and the Holocaust),
- nationalism(s) and transnationalism,
- psychology/psychoanalysis/analytical psychology and literature,
- literature and philosophy, critical theory, and censorship.
The work that we do addresses the problems of understanding an 'Other' across times, places/spaces, and cultures, whether this work is undertaken by means of translation, literary/cultural or social analysis, or historical research.
Study options
- Duration: 3 years full-time; 5 years part-time
- Thesis length: 70,000-100,000 words, including references, bibliography and appendices (other than documentary appendices).
A Doctor of Philosophy may be awarded to a student whose thesis is an original work making a significant contribution to knowledge in, or understanding of, a field of study and normally containing material worthy of publication.
MLitt (Research)
- Duration: 2 years full-time; 3 years part-time
- Thesis length: 40,000-70,000 words (including references, bibliography and appendices).
Our Degree of Master of Letters (Research) requires you to undertake a postgraduate course of special study and research that represents a distinct contribution to knowledge.
MPhil (Research)
- Duration: 1 year full-time; 2 years part-time
- Thesis length: 30,000-40,000 words (including references and bibliography).
A Master of Philosophy (Research) requires you to undertake a postgraduate course of special study and research that represents a distinct contribution to knowledge.
- Duration: 1 year full-time; 2 years part-time
- Thesis length: 20,000-30,000 words (including references, bibliography and appendices).
Our Master of Research includes both taught and research elements. You will be required to undertake 60 to 80 credits worth of taught courses as well as independent study which represents some contribution to knowledge.
Entry requirements
Our regular standard of admission is at least an Upper Second Class Honours degree (2:1), although candidates will usually also have completed or be undertaking a Masters qualification.
Research proposal
Candidates are required to provide an outline of the proposed research subject in about 1000 words. This need not be a final thesis proposal but should include:
- a straightforward, descriptive, and informative title
- the question that your research will address
- an account of why this question is important and worth investigating
- an assessment of how your own research will engage with recent study in the subject
- a brief account of the methodology and approach you will take
- a discussion of the primary sources that your research will draw upon, including printed books, manuscripts, archives, libraries, or museums
- an indicative bibliography of secondary sources that you have already consulted and/or are planning to consult
Your application, including your references and research proposal, will be passed to members of staff whose expertise and research interests most closely match the area of your proposed study.
Fees and funding
- UK fee to be confirmed by ukri.org (2020/21 fee was £4,407)
- International & EU: £19,350
Prices are based on the annual fee for full-time study. Fees for part-time study are half the full-time fee.
Additional fees for all students:
- Re-submission by a research student £540
- Submission for a higher degree by published work £1,355
- Submission of thesis after deadline lapsed £350
- Submission by staff in receipt of staff scholarship £790
Depending on the nature of the research project, some students will be expected to pay a bench fee (also known as research support costs) to cover additional costs. The exact amount will be provided in the offer letter.
Alumni discount
We offer a 20% discount to our alumni on all Postgraduate Research and full Postgraduate Taught Masters programmes. This includes University of Glasgow graduates and those who have completed Junior Year Abroad, Exchange programme or International Summer School with us. The discount is applied at registration for students who are not in receipt of another discount or scholarship funded by the University. No additional application is required.
2020/21 fees
- £18,370 outside EU
Prices are based on the annual fee for full-time study. Fees for part-time study are half the full-time fee.
Additional fees for all students:
- Re-submission by a research student £525
- Submission for a higher degree by published work £1,315
- Submission of thesis after deadline lapsed £340
- Submission by staff in receipt of staff scholarship £765
Depending on the nature of the research project, some students will be expected to pay a bench fee (also known as research support costs) to cover additional costs. The exact amount will be provided in the offer letter.
Alumni discount
We offer a 10% discount to our alumni commencing study in Academic session 2020/21, on all Postgraduate Research and full Postgraduate Taught Masters programmes. This includes University of Glasgow graduates and those who have completed a Study Abroad programme or the Erasmus Programme at the University of Glasgow. This discount can be awarded alongside other University scholarships.
Funding for EU students
The Scottish Government has confirmed that fees for EU students commencing their studies 2020/21 will be at the same level as those for UK student.
- College of Arts Graduate School funding opportunities
Teaching and research in the Arts and Humanities is supported by the outstanding resources of our University Library with its special collections and our on-campus Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery.
Our close links and partnerships with Glasgow Life, and the city's many museums, art galleries, performing arts and music venues, international festivals and creative industry organisations make the University of Glasgow the ideal place for postgraduate study of the arts.
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Our College of Arts Graduate School creates a productive and interdisciplinary collegiate environment for all of our research students. We offer a range of services, courses and skills development opportunities for research students.
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text: Incipient and final carbonate platform drowning phases of Early Cretaceous age have been recognized throughout the Tethyan realm. The resulting drowning unconformities represent often multiphase and very complex surfaces, which were formed in an interplay of physical, chemical and biological erosion, and cementation by calcite, dolomite, phosphate, glauconite, quartz and iron oxyhydroxides. They result from a multitude of processes, such as sea-level rise, sea-surface water cooling or warming, increased detrital and nutrient input, and sea surface water acidification. Sedimentological, (bio)stratigraphical and geochemical studies have been performed on the drowning surfaces. A thorough and modern study on diagenetic features of the top of these drowned carbonate platforms using optical, mineralogical and geochemical tools is however still lacking. It is therefore the aim of this project to complement our detailed knowledge on the age and sedimentology of these drowning phases with a detailed diagenetic study on a selection of well-known drowning unconformities of Valanginian, Hauterivian and Aptian age in the Jura Mountains (Eclépens) and Helvetic Alps (Pilatus, Lopper and Col de la Plaine Morte). Further areas outside the Alps will be investigated for reasons of comparison (e.g., Vercors, Bauges, SE France). The ultimate goal is to unravel the detailed history of each of these drowning phases, in order to better understand the combination of paleoenviron-mental and paleoceanographic factors leading to these drowning phases. A second goal is to trace mechanisms akin to the Early Cretaceous drowning phases, which also may play a role in the present-day widespread demise of coral reefs and carbonate platforms.


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With its range of energy-efficient refrigerators and freezers, Liebherr Domestic Appliances Marica EOOD is making an active contribution to environmental protection. Liebherr was the first company to convert its entire range of refrigerators and freezers to the environmentally friendly refrigerants R 290 and R 600a. They are HFC/CFC-free and do not have any damaging influences on the ozone layer, nor do they contribute to the associated greenhouse effect. With the highly efficient cooling components of the Liebherr appliances, there is also a significant reduction in energy consumption.


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In the middle of today's bull market, you might expect a good performance from stock-picking fund managers.
If they can't outperform major stock-market yardsticks like the S&P 500 when it's breaking record highs (this time above 2,000), then at the very least they should be able to perform on par.
But have they? Typically, two-thirds of active fund managers lag the performance returns of low-cost broadly diversified index funds and ETFs.
During the first half of 2014, though, about three-quarters of active managers underperformed, according to a recent Vanguard study.
Indexes that track the performance of hedge fund managers show a similar pattern of widespread market underperformance.
Plus, since the recovery from the financial crisis of 2008, hedge funds as a group have lagged in almost every asset/strategy category.
Compared to mutual funds, hedge fund managers charge a premium for their stock-picking services. As most investors realize far too late, the premium paid is an awfully high hurdle to obtaining market-beating results.
The hedge fund industry, generally speaking, has turned into a playground of upper-class stock picking with low-class results. (Where are the customers' yachts?)
We know the track record of professional stock pickers is poor, because that's what the numbers say.
We also know the track record of amateur stock pickers is even worse, but sometimes it's more difficult to quantify with raw numbers.
Unlike professional money managers, we can't group, categorize and neatly track the stock-picking performance of Uncle Jimmy and Aunt Ethel or the 50 million other gunslingers like them.
Besides comparing investment returns to the broad indexes, investor can measure the lack of prowess of some stock pickers by comparing their selections to a peer ETF that matches the same industry sector as the stock.
Let's look at three quick examples of how this is done.
Technology Sector SPDR ETF (XLK)
XLK tracks the 71 large-cap technology stocks within the S&P 500 and has gained 99% over the past five-years.
Yet, many technology stock pickers have been nuked by XLK's five-year performance. Widely held stocks like Cisco, Microsoft, and Intel have all underperformed XLK. The worst offender is Cisco, which has lagged XLK by a whopping 86% since mid-2009!
Financial Sector SPDR ETF (XLF)
XLF follows the 84 large-cap banking and financial stocks with the S&P 500 and has increased 63% over the past five years. Even so, many individual stocks in banking and finance continue to underperform their peer sector ETF.
Widely held stocks like Bank of America (BAC), Citigroup (C), and Goldman Sachs (GS) have all underperformed XLF. Among this group, Bank of America was the worst performer, falling 5.2% in value.
Healthcare Sector SPDR ETF (XLV)
XLV contains 54 large-cap health and pharmaceutical stocks within the S&P 500 and has been a top performing sector, gaining 123% since mid-2009.
Meanwhile, popular healthcare stocks like Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer and Merck have lagged XLV's five-year returns. Time for another aspirin!
The numbers don't lie; stock picking is a loser's game regardless of whether it's being played by professionals or amateurs.
In the end, advisors can help the investing public understand that indexing a portfolio puts the odds of investment success in the client's favor.


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'Footloose' opens at Ivoryton Playhouse
IVORYTON >> The musical "Footloose" will burst into the Ivoryton Playhouse stage this weekend.
The movie was released in 1984 and the soundtrack reached No. 1 on the Billboard charts and sold over 17 million copies worldwide.
Its journey to Broadway began in 1996 when director Walter Bobbie collaborated on a stage adaptation with Dean Pitchford and Tom Snow. "Footloose" finally previewed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., in the summer of 1998, and opened on Broadway on Oct. 22. The next day, the show broke the box office record for the Richard Rodgers Theatre, where it continued into July 2000.
When Ren and his mother move from Chicago to a small farming town, Ren is prepared for the inevitable adjustment period at his new high school. What he isn't prepared for are the rigorous local edicts, including a ban on dancing instituted by the local preacher, determined to exercise the control over the town's youth that he cannot command in his own home.
When the reverend's rebellious daughter sets her sights on Ren, her roughneck boyfriend tries to sabotage Ren's reputation, with many of the locals eager to believe the worst about the new kid.
The heartfelt story that emerges is of a father longing for the son he lost and of a young man aching for the father who walked out on him. To the rockin' rhythm of its Oscar and Tony-nominated top 40 score and augmented with dynamic new songs for the stage musical, "Footloose" celebrates the wisdom of listening to young people, guiding them with a warm heart and an open mind.
The Playhouse welcomes Richard Amelius, artistic director of Delaware River Theatre Collective, as director of this production, and Michael Morris, director of music at the Hartt School, as musical director. Morris brings with him some Hartt School alumni, including Patrick H. Dunn, Zoe Kassay and Cody Ryan. The set design is by Cully Long, costumes by Kari Crowther and lighting design by Marcus Abbott.
Music for "Footloose" is by Tom Snow, lyrics by Dean Pitchford and stage adaptation by Dean Pitchford and Walter Bobbie. Additional music by Eric Carmen, Sammy Hagar, Kenny Loggins and Jim Steinman.
"Footloose" opens runs through July 28. Performance times are Wednesday and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. Evening performances are Wednesday and Thursday at 7:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. Tickets are $40 for adults, $35 for seniors, $20 for students and $15 for children and are available by calling the Playhouse box office at 860-767-7318 or by visiting our website at www.ivorytonplayhouse.org. The Playhouse is located at 103 Main St. in Ivoryton.