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The blockbuster about robots in disguise took home the golden popcorn trophy for best film at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday night, and Johnny Depp won two buckets for best comedic performance and best villain.
Accepting the best film award with director Michael Bay, "Transformers" co-star Megan Fox trotted out some R-rated language to describe how good the film's sequel is going to be. Bay said the film would begin shooting the following day and take place two years after the first film.
And Rainn Wilson -- who presented best kiss wearing nothing but a teddy bear -- told The Associated Press on the gold carpet that he would play a college professor in "Transformers 2."
"I just love the idea of me being in a giant Michael Bay movie," Wilson said.
A couple of hundred yards downhill, the final remnants of a disastrous fire that ripped through Universal Studios was extinguished as the ceremony got under way.
While there was no mention of the fire, there was definitely smoke during the over-the-top ceremony: Presenters Seth Rogen and James Franco, stars of the upcoming stoner comedy "Pineapple Express," pretended to smoke marijuana before handing out the popcorn trophy for new category of best summer movie so far.
"Kids, don't really smoke fake weed like this," Rogen sarcastically told the crowd at the Gibson Amphitheatre.
As they pulled out the "contraband," the cameras pulled away to a wide angle, staying that way until Rogen and Franco left the stage. The awkward moment made some in the audience laugh, but left Robert Downey Jr. -- who accepted the award on behalf of "Iron Man" -- with a puzzled look.
"Thanks fellas," he said, "for that intoxicating introduction."
Franco later told the AP backstage that MTV put them up to the joke, but that someone from the network decided at the last minute that they couldn't go through with it. By then, it was too late to pull back.
"MTV wrote it! ... Then backstage there was this big commotion: 'You guys can't say that,'" Franco said. "It says right in the script: 'Lights fake joint.'"
The nearby studio fire broke out 4:30 a.m. on a soundstage featuring a New York brownstone facades at the 400-acre property. It was contained to the lot but burned for more than 12 hours before the final flames were extinguished.
"I actually came here early because I wanted to see it," Chris Brown said before the show. What did he see? "A whole lot of chaos."
Winners were threatened to keep their speeches short by a man resembling Javier Bardem's character from "No Country for Old Men" -- complete with the bob hairdo and pneumatic cattle gun. Best female performance winner Ellen Page from "Juno" escaped unscathed, but best fight winners Sean Faris and Cam Gigandet were ushered off stage by the menacing lookalike.
Host Mike Myers and Dana Carvey resurrected their "Saturday Night Live" characters Wayne Campbell and Garth Algar, the cable access hosts of "Wayne's World." They acknowledged it's been awhile since they've been together ("1994. That's a while," said Wayne) and presented a risque top ten list of adult film titles (No. 8: "I Am Legend ... In Bed"; and No. 1 "Iron Man").
The mood backstage was calm as stars schmoozed during the show. Tom Cruise posed for photos with his arm around Ben Stiller while wife Katie Holmes stood a few steps away. She wasn't by herself for long: Sarah Jessica Parker chatted Holmes up, and Sandler and Will Smith both had their children with them behind the scenes.
Depp showed up to accept his trophies for best comedic performance for "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" and best villain for "Sweeney Todd." While the crowd was visibly excited -- including a nearly swooning Diablo Cody -- "Superbad" actors Jonah Hill and Rogen shook their fists at Depp and gave him the thumbs down.
Depp kept his first acceptance speech short.
"You can ask anybody," he said quietly. "I'm not a very funny person. I'm not even remotely funny."
Cruise presented Adam Sandler with the Generation Award, the MTV Movie Awards' highest honor, for his various comedic and "stupid" performances over the years. Sandler sang a live version of "Nobody Does It Better" alongside a bevy of backup dancers clad in skintight gold outfits. Among them: Rob Schneider.
Sandler, who took a guitar solo on his gold Les Paul, changed the lyrics to "baby, I'm the best."
"That was probably the most arrogant thing I've ever done," Sandler said, moments after Cruise got on his knees to hand over the golden popcorn.
Coldplay performed "Viva la Vida" amid a flurry of confetti, which at one point found its way in lead singer Chris Martin's mouth. Later, the Pussycat Dolls danced in front of a giant lit-up sign broadcasting the group's name alongside "America's Best Dance Crew" winners JabbaWockeeZ to "When I Grow Up."
Other winners during the ceremony included Smith for best male performance for "I Am Legend"; Zac Efron for best breakthrough performance for "Hairspray"; and Briana Evigan and Robert Hoffman for best kiss in "Step Up 2: The Streets."


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It's been more than 230 days since Carlo Garcia bought a cup of coffee.
That's because in April, the Chicago resident realized that he could change lives and inspire others to do the same — all for the price of his morning joe.
"One day this idea popped into my head: How hard would it be to give back to charity every day? What's stopping us from doing that?" said Garcia, who catalogs his daily donations on his blog, .
"Because I don't make a whole lot of money, I had to look at my finances and see what areas of unnecessary spending I could cut," he said.
That's when Starbucks got the boot in favor of free coffee at the ticketing company where Garcia works.
"That's five dollars right there that could go to charity," Garcia said.
While charities still rely primarily on the Bill Gateses and Warren Buffetts of the world, Garcia is a new breed of benefactor: a "microphilanthropist." And even though he can only give a little, some experts believe that he and his fellow mini-donors have the potential to change the altruistic landscape.
Each day, Garcia chooses a different non-profit organization to donate to, giving anywhere from $5 to $200. He often gets suggestions for which charities to give to from the roughly 5,000 followers he has amassed on his blog, Facebook and Twitter.
Garcia estimates that so far, he's given away about $2,500 and his followers $3,400. While those amounts may be modest, Garcia says, those contributions will pay dividends.
"You don't have to be rich and famous to make a little bit of good in your community, and that good will have a ripple effect," he said.
Spreading the word
Fundraising consultants say crises like the January earthquake in Haiti, which drew more than $25 million in aid through $10 text contributions, are making microphilanthropy more popular, especially because of how quickly social networks can raise awareness about a cause. Similar to the Salvation Army's ubiquitous red collection kettles during the holidays, non-profit organizations are spreading their reach through as many online outlets as possible, hoping that asking for a little money from a lot of people will add up.
Barack Obama's presidential campaign used social media to solicit smaller dollar amounts that added up to more than $500 million, said Sean Stannard-Stockton, CEO of Tactical Philanthropy Advisors. Since most of the money charities receive is from an older population, and the strongest demographic of Web users is a significantly younger one, asking for micro-donations online has bridged the gap.
"Online philanthropy is probably where online retail was about a decade ago," said Stannard-Stockton. "Most of the money given in the U.S. is people writing checks or dropping money in a collection basket. One study said that having a friend on Facebook was worth about a penny in donations, but there are a lot of examples of Facebook being used to build communities of supporters."
, which provides clean drinking water in developing nations, welcomes donations of just $20. Through Facebook and a major Twitter campaign, the group says it has raised more than $11 million, and has helped more than a million people. , which gives microfinance loans as small as $25 to aspiring entrepreneurs in impoverished nations, says it has funded nearly $180 million worth of microcredits, solicited through its Facebook page and blog.
Garcia has given to more than 200 charities that range from local to international with causes that are just as varied. While he has no particular focus, many of his picks serve children, including the Urban Arts Partnership, which brings art to underserved public schools; Warm Blankets Orphan Care, which helps children around the world who have lost their families because of war or natural disaster; and the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, which funds research, prevention and treatment of AIDS.
Garcia's goodwill inspired Julie Gosselin, a professor in Ottawa, Canada, who follows a number of charities on Facebook and found out about Living Philanthropic when it popped up in her newsfeed.
"It changed my outlook about charity and giving," she said. "It made me think of giving a little bit less but more regularly, and developing a life ethic about giving to others. It doesn't have to happen around Christmastime; people need things all year long."
After reading Garcia's blog, Gosselin donated $100 to two non-profits, and became a regular contributor to Amnesty International, giving $21 each month.
More followers, more donations?
But joining a Facebook group in support of a charity or following an aid organization on Twitter doesn't always translate into dollars.
Jay Frost, an author and speaker on fundraising strategy, says free advertising is the best benefit of soliciting online.
"It costs them nothing to find a new friend [on Facebook] and to welcome them into their world," Frost said. "But the challenge is to maintain contact. The potential danger is if they're thinking of this as direct marketing. They still have to reach out personally to make something really significant happen."
While every dollar of a micro-donation helps, Frost said non-profits still have to keep their focus on wealthy contributors.
"I think it's great when people give generously when they don't have a lot to give. But they are not the story in philanthropy. The rich give more on a percentage basis of income and assets than anyone else. The top 1 percent are the ones largely responsible for the majority of the money that's given."
When Garcia embarked on his yearlong charity challenge, he had no idea others would follow his lead. But for some charities, the number of micro-donations Garcia has inspired have added up.
"It's so surprising for [charities] to receive a check for $500 with no fanfare associated with it," he said. "The reaction has been overwhelming, and it keeps me motivated to do it."
, a foundation that raises money for childhood cancer research, was one of the charities Garcia featured. He gave $10, but the total contribution ended up being $577, thanks to his blog readers' donations.
Gosselin says Garcia stands as an "inspiration to a lot of people."
"We have to help each other. Me having a little bit less is far better than people having none."

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First three photographs were taken when I went with dad for a road trip to Indus River, Attock, Pakistan, as I've mentioned the trip in my few posts before too.
The second sign board is written in 'Pashto' which is a native language, one of many, here in Pakistan. As we left this province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the sign board says 'Goodbye to Khyber Pakhtunkhwah' .
We passed by a road side Gas station too.
This photograph was taken in Murree, Pakistan. It's a stunning place to visit. The reason why this photograph is a little foggy is because there was so much fog around and it was winters too. The sign told us the place where we stopped our car for some rest, named 'Hil Dholo'.


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Topic: Mandolin
Hello all, just wondering if there is any mandolin players out there?
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Hello all, just wondering if there is any mandolin players out there?
ive fooled around with a few at music stores
i dont think id ever be very good at it though cus i have large hands
I have a couple of bouzoukis. It is possible to tune them on a par with four guitar strings and it works well- (although in reality the Greek bouzouki is tuned three tones lower on each string) and the longer fingerboard is easier for guitarists to adapt to. As a guitarist, I found it relatively straightforward and was able to create something close to a tune almost immediately. Larger and more interesting than a mandolin, it is probably a more useful choice for guitarists.
large hands is not an excuse. i have the same but i am loving learning the mandolin. I have just got myself an old hickory mandolin and i can`t put it down its a wonderful instrument just need some tuition if there`s anyone out there that will oblige
not the same instrument
My father in law has just gave my son a mandolin to mess about with.
I was playing it for hours today. I went to a site and got chords for the mandolin, and so far I am enjoying it. I am not playing single notes, just chords but still sounds good.
I am finding all the chords easy to do apart from F, so I am cheating with that chord.
I have big chinky fingers , no, not fat , just chunky and I am finding chords easy.
the site i went to was gootar.com it has chords for uke, madolin and kore instruments
sounds goo to me i`ll have to give that site a try thanks
it is quite good, but then after I posted that reply I remembered that CHORDIE has mandolin chords too,lol.
if you click on a song then go to the right hand side of the screeen and change from guitar to mandolin.
I've played mandolin for about 8 years. Here is a decent site to check out. I suggest learning how to read tablature.
http://www.mandolincafe.com/tabarc.html
I may be able to answer some basic questions if there is anything that I can help with. I will check back occasionally.
good luck!
hey i play mandolin
I've been playing Mandolin for about 4 mounths no and I love it. I find it much easyer to play than my guitar.
But I wish there were more contemory song to play. I did find a song book for the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? Which has some old song that are relitively easy to play.
If any one knows of any other songs please send a link.
hi wheely
http://www.mandolincafe.com/tabarc.html
for a range of song for the mandolin and if you go to www.gootar.com there is a mandolin chord chart somewhere on the site.
hope this helps
Thanks Ken.
If I can find the time I'll try and submit some of the TABs for O Brother, Where art thou?
Is any one interested.
Hello all,
I'm Soupy1957 from Connecticut, a guitar player for fourty years, and a mandolin player for seven months.
I owned and sold a KM620B (not a bad "first" mando, just wanted to help pay for the next one), and currently own a MK Dragonfly Limited Edition, and an Epi MM-50.
You'll probably see me posting here, there and everywhere, but you won't see me pretending to know what I'm talking about if I don't. (A refreshing thought, eh?!)
Fair is fair; shoot questions at me, and if I can, I'll answer them. If I can't, I won't snow ya. Meanwhile, I'll offer thoughts, and ask questions of my own.
Best Regards,
Yuppers!! "Me"
Hey there
Luckily I'm into the Dixie Chicks and they have a heap of Mandolin parts - it's just a matter of me having the patience to read the tab!
I agree that there isn't a heck of a lot of 'new' stuiff around for the mandolin. I suggest using the chordie feature of changing the tuning (and chord shapes) and having a bash at some of the tracks that you may have added to your personal songbook. It's a great party trick to pull out some Velvet Revolver or some classic Beatles for the next singalong.
Next up is Tool on my Mandolin mission! hmm, I wonder how some Violent Femmes songs would sound...
Thanks tracelaw I did try that but didn't like the sound, would much prefer to pick the notes than to play the cords.
Just have to keep looking.
me, i play lots of traditional, metal, rock, industrial (mainly nine inch nails), and blues one mine. i also play violin and a few other instruments, i only mention violin because it is like mandolin a lot.
I have got about 6 months in with my MK mandolin and I really dig it!
I've had one for about 3 weeks now. It reminds me of Western North Carolina and growing up when I was a kid. I can not believe what Chris Thile (Nickel Creek) can do with it. I just bought the "Reasons Why" CD and their song "When in Rome" just rocks out.
me i play a Fender acoustic-electric A-style, F-hole
 ... I FIRST FELL IN LOVE W/ A GOURD-BACKED MANDOLIN, WHICH, UNFORTUNATELY, WAS KEPT AS A MANTEL-PIECE FOR BEAUTY. ULTIMATELY, I ACQUIRED AN AUSTIN FLAT-BACKED FOR $ 300. I LOVE IT, BUT ONLY RECENTLY DECIDED TO GET SERIOUS W/ IT. AS STARTERS, re: LESSONS ... "MANDOLIN PRIMER FOR BEGINNERS" by BERT CASEY, w/ CD & DVD , AVAILABLE PER GOOGLE.com. I DOWNLOADED CHORDS FOR MY MANDOLIN, VIA GOOTAR.com. AND THERE ARE SONGS TO PLAY, FINDABLE PER THE SEARCH ENGINE @ THIS WEBSITE. ... I ALSO HAVE AN ELECTRIC GUITAR. I FIGURED : IF I'M EVER IN A SITUATION WHERE I DO NOT HAVE ELECTRICITY TO POWER MY ELECTR.G.'s AMPLIFIER, I'D WANT AN ALTERNATE INSTRUMENT TO PLAY, FOR MY OWN PLEASURE & TO ENTERTAIN OTHERS. SO, @ THE PRESENT TIME, I AM STUDYING TWO INSTRUMENTS @ ONCE. OH ! AND ALSO : THERE IS A LEARN-HOW-TO-PLAY BLUEGRASS MUSIC FOR A VARIETY OF STRINGS, @ << THE BLUEGRASS COLLEGE .com >>, FOR $9/MO. (I ALWAYS HAVE THOUGHT OF A MANDOLIN AS AN IDEAL BLUEGRASS PLAYING INSTRUMENT !) KEEP IN TOUCH w/ YOUR STRINGS ! sig.: "DANI".
Hi i have just taken up mando, after buying a 1920,s Banjo-Mandolin as a wall ornament last year my son bought me a cheap teardrop, I got hooked and now own a not so cheap curly top doodad...which I electrified myself.........got my first gig at the end of this month with a country band........not bad for a fifty year old who only played penny whistles before !!! good thing about an electrified mando ....you can turn the volume down when forget the bloody chords!
Hello biggles55 and welcome to the chordie forum!
Penny whistle is a marvelous instrument. My son recieved one for Christmas. His interest soon cooled, but I have been trying it out and love the sound. Although I have not dived in fully yet and made the decision to 'get good' at it, I think that commitment will eventually be made.
Since I also play bassoon and read music, the learning curve will not be so steep for me (I hope) when I do take the dive. The fact that you are already 'musical' from playing the whistle probably accelerated your learning on the mandolin.
Hope your first gig is a big success! James
Thanx for the support Mr Moderator ......but alas the gig fell through........bugger it! Still ,,,more time to practise the dreaded F chord
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The federal Conservative party has sent a threatening email to the widow of an asbestos victim in the latest chapter of Canada's debate over the hazardous mineral.
A top Tory official is warning the woman to stop using the party logo in an online ad campaign against the controversial industry -- a campaign she started after her husband died of an asbestos-related cancer.
Michaela Keyserlingk, whose husband Robert died in 2009 of mesothelioma, has been running an online banner since the spring that reads, "Canada is the only western country that still exports deadly asbestos!"
Conservative party executive director Dan Hilton warned Keyserlingk to stop using the Tory symbol immediately.
"Failure to do so may result in further action," Hilton wrote in a July 29 email which carried the subject title, "Unauthorized use of trademark." The email, which The Canadian Press obtained from Keyserlingk, went on to advise her: "Please govern yourself accordingly."
The exchange comes as Canada faces intensifying international criticism over its asbestos exports and the Quebec government mulls whether to help revive one of the country's last-remaining mines -- a decision that could come as early as Monday.
Canada, which barely uses the hazardous material domestically, exports the bulk of its asbestos to poor countries.
Industry proponents insist the material is safe if properly handled -- but its critics stress that the product is used mainly in developing countries where safety standards are haphazard.
A growing chorus of health experts, and people like Keyserlingk, want to see the industry shuttered for good.
The Conservatives, meanwhile, have steadfastly defended asbestos exports and insist they're safe when handled properly.
Keyserlingk's blurb, which she says appears randomly on Canadian web pages, is flanked with a "DANGER" warning label and an image of the Tories' official symbol: a blue letter C with a Maple Leaf. It also directs readers to her website.
"I just want to have the asbestos trade stopped because it's such a horrible death," said Keyserlingk, who doesn't belong to any organization and pays more than $300 per month for the ad out of her pocket.
"It's just so terrible -- and to even contemplate doing that to other people is unforgivable."
When asked about the ad, the Conservative party stood its ground.
"The Conservative logo is a trademark of the Conservative Party of Canada and we do not allow its unauthorized use," party spokesman Fred DeLorey wrote in an email to The Canadian Press.
Hilton did not respond to requests for an interview.
As for Keyserlingk, she isn't ready to back down.
She said she'll only cancel the ad if a high-ranking member of the Conservative party meets with her to explain why it supports the industry. She would be happy to take the issue up with Prime Minister Stephen Harper himself -- in person.
"I have no permission to use (the logo) and they have a legitimate argument against me... But on a human level they have no legitimacy whatsoever," the Ottawa resident said.
Keyserlingk didn't show much concern when asked about the prospect of legal action against her.
"That would not be very bright of them to sue me," she said. "What will they get out of me? It's not as if there are millions sitting here."
Keyserlingk said she has tried unsuccessfully for years to contact the Tories over this issue.
Before he died in December 2009, her husband also wrote letters to Conservative ministers and to Harper himself, demanding that he put an end to asbestos exports.
His widow said he received a response from the Prime Minister's Office, which said Harper did not have time to answer his letter.
Coincidentally, Keyserlingk said her husband was the Progressive Conservative riding president in the 1970s for Ottawa-Centre -- the riding around Parliament Hill.
She said he used to pound the pavement with Tory candidates. And he continued to support the party.
"He stayed a true-blue Conservative," she said, before adding what she thought his reaction would be to the party's steadfast backing of the asbestos industry.
"He would be utterly disgusted -- it's not what he thought the Conservative party would be about."
Keyserlingk said her husband, who died at age 76, inhaled asbestos fibres while working summer jobs on Canadian naval ships when he was a student.
The marathon runner led a healthy life until one day he had trouble breathing and was diagnosed with a form of mesothelioma, a cancer caused mainly by asbestos exposure. He battled the disease for two-and-a-half years, she added.
"And then he died a horrible, horrible death -- I mean these people suffocate," she recalled. "It's awful to watch. I hope he didn't feel as much as we saw when we had to watch him.
"None of us can forget how he died."
The banner ad includes a web address for her website, where she's posted information on asbestos, links to news stories and an essay about her husband's battle against asbestos-related cancer.
Keyserlingk's son designed the ad at her request. She chose to include the Tory symbol to catch the eye of conservative Canadians in hope of luring them to her website, so they could learn about the party's stance on the issue.
The ad has also proven to be effective: she says traffic to her website doubles when the ad is online.
Canada's asbestos industry has nearly disappeared in recent decades amid health concerns. The Canadian Cancer Society estimates that more than 100,000 people die worldwide every year from occupational exposure to asbestos.
The vast majority of Canadian asbestos exports come from an operation in Thetford Mines, Que., but investors are hoping to save the Jeffrey Mine in nearby Asbestos, which has operated infrequently in recent years.
Quebec has promised to back a contentious $58-million bank loan to prolong the life of Jeffrey Mine for another 25 years, as long as the company can find enough private financing.
The company has requested an extension for the Monday deadline set by the government.
Whatever happens, Robert Keyserlingk's wife of 47 years will keep fighting.
"I owe him not to give up because he never gave up," she said.


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Equity futures are higher this morning after bouncing off 1,040 support once again yesterday. The dollar is down, Euro is up, bonds are down, oil is up, and gold is down. In other words, just the opposite of the relationship of the recent decline.
While the SPX 1,040 support area is the neckline of that large H&S pattern that's trying to trace itself out, the resistance for the dollar is also strong. There is also support there in equities from the 200 month moving average. So, how high do we bounce? There are resistance levels all over the place, with the first one at 1,070, then 1,080, 1,100, and the 200 dma is at 1,110. Below is a 60 minute chart of the SPX:
If you look at the waves on the surface, it appears that we just finished wave 5 down – but that's not what is happening because of the EW rules. First of all, what appears to be wave 3 is shorter than wave 1. However, the rule states, "Out of the three impulse waves - 1, 3 and 5 - wave 3 can never be the shortest." So, while wave 3 is shorter than 1, if we just finished wave 5 then it was the shortest. But it's another rule that eliminates that count, "Wave 4 may never end in the price territory of wave 1." So, we are working on the premise that wave 3 is still underway and that this bounce is a correction within wave 3.
This may be just a short bounce, and that is what I'm suspecting. McHugh believes this final bounce is a part of wave 2 of 3 and that 3 of 3 will follow, that means a large and very sharp decline will follow. I put the maximum range for this bounce just above 1,140 which is where the 50 dma will meet prices if we continue higher for any length of time. There are alternate counts that would produce a shallow bounce here and I am favoring those.
The number of new lows rose to 131 yesterday, that was a divergence against rising prices. There were 22 new highs – if both numbers go above 75 then we will look at the other indicators to see if we get a Hindenburg or not. The NDX also failed to make it into positive territory with the DOW up 115 points! That's something new, and again is an unhealthy split in the market.
Could the IMF be speaking the truth when they say the following? I think so, and again that's something new!
IMF Says Risks to Economy Have Risen 'Significantly'That's it in a nutshell. The world is debt saturated and the will/ability to crank out even more debt is waning sharply. Welcome to wave C, the wave that actually produces change or allows enough debt to be cleared that another economic cycle can occur.
June 9 (Bloomberg) -- Risks to the global economic outlook have "risen significantly" and policy makers have limited room to provide support to growth, International Monetary Fund Deputy Managing Director Naoyuki Shinohara said.
Most advanced economies are experiencing a "subdued" recovery, Shinohara said in a speech in Singapore today. "A key concern is that the room for continued policy support has become much more limited and has, in some cases, been exhausted."
The shameful/worthless MBA Purchase Applications Index came in as a disaster this morning. While they only report percentage moves, we do know that Purchase Application fell to new record lows over the past few weeks following the end of homebuyer tax credits. Today the MBA reported that Purchase Applications fell another 5.7%, and that Refinancings fell 14.3% moving the entire Index down 12.2% - for the WEEK. Here's Econoday:
Purchase applications continue to fall following April's end to second-round stimulus, down 5.7 percent in the June 4 week for a 35 percent decline from just four weeks ago. Refinance applications, after shooting higher in recent weeks on low mortgage rates, eased back in the latest week by 14.3 percent. The report warns that many homeowners who have yet to refinance may not be able to so if they remain underwater on their mortgages, have uncertain job situations, or have damaged credit. Mortgage rates were little changed in the week with 30-year loans averaging 4.81 percent.
I think we're going to see some very weak sales reports over the coming months, and I think the high end housing industry is in big trouble with the giant wave of Option-ARM resets now in progress and growing stronger.
For those who didn't catch my post in the market thread yesterday, Calculated Risk ran a piece with his analysis of the effect of Census workers on upcoming employment reports. He calculates that they will be laying off about 200,000 temporary workers that were just hired this month! So, if the net hiring is not positive and swings that large to the negative side, you can look for a negative employment report ahead. Also, if you look historically at the Birth/Death model adjustments, they peak in May and then decrease, so it should not be as large in the next report – if they can contain themselves that is.
So, expect some "we're saved" talk over the next few days (hours), then for reality to set in again. In fact I just read a report about a supposed 5% jump of lending in China – we're saved! LOL, that's pretty much what the article said, amazing.
Oh, and for the gold bugs in all of us, gold did reach a new intraday high yesterday before pulling back. That triggered a new bullish target on the P&F chart of $1,310.
The CBOE Put/Call ratio did reach a level that can correspond to short term bottoms yesterday, closing at 1.16. Below is a chart showing the daily moves against the SPX in the background:
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4 A History of International Investment Treaties
From: The Law of Investment Treaties (2nd Edition)
Jeswald W. Salacuse
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- Definition of investment — Investor — BITs (Bilateral Investment Treaties) — Treaties, interpretation — World War I to World War II — Specialized treaty frameworks — Regional trade — Most-favoured-nation treatment (MFN)
Since the inception of international investment, foreign investors have sought assurances from the sovereigns in whose territory they invest that their interests will be protected from negative actions by the sovereign and local individuals. This chapter begins with a historical background of the treatification process, which came about due to the perceived weaknesses of customary international law applying to foreign investments. It then discusses the objectives of the movement to negotiate investment treaties; the primary and secondary objectives of investment treaties; long-term goals of investment treaties; the treaty negotiation process; and the consequences of investment treaties, including the growth in investor–state arbitration cases to settle investment disputes.


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I haven't touched on this subject yet! I was never ready, I was to sick to talk about sex!
Im so split off of self. Im hear now, and also back in 1970 and 1979; and other time zones split from self.
I can feel it; the sexual thing! I see 2 me's; the child or growing healthy me with lots of goals and plans.. and a bit later, the sexual me that is starting and violated. I am submissive and scared and to young to defend myself against the monsters that have attacked me! One of those is my mother! altho if feels and seems like Im reliving stuff that happened between 0 and 5.
I feel inadequate around women! I feel like a little boy and they are old enough to be my mothers! when they are much younger then me! I feel stuck inside, like a 9 year old in rage!
I feel like; if I get touched, Im going to die! Somehow I see myself projecting what my mother put into me, put me through. its not me, its part of my mother in me! she has gotten into me! she has erased me, and transplanted herself in me! I do not know who I am at this age, she has taken over me! and I feel taken over, Im not me, Im controlled by her on the inside! I have self hate and loathing for self as she planned. I am a robot of hers, a machine; a dumb piano,. that when stuck, just plays back!
I see myself frightened and alarmed around my mother. She is a worthless sycophant! I see myself hating women, because they are all my mother, they are all bitches that can go to hell!
I feel like Im not big enough! Im to small! Some how I see my mother telling me this! Im talking about sexual anatomy!
I see myself being taken to my grandfathers to be raped! she is in control! I have no place to escape! I feel the rage and the hate! and the contempt! and theirs no place to cry or run and hide! nothing! where is my father, why wont he protect me!
I have no road map of this age! I have nothing! I do not know who or what I am or what I am to become! I have no family, all is a twisted broken dream of pain, sorrow, confusion and hate.
I can see the development I was hoping for as a person, then I move into sexual age! and this is when I get torn up; torn to pieces, pounced upon, bullied, raped by my Grandfather and harassed! and I see the original me disappear! split of from self! The original me simply disappears into the core of me as a memory plate! I can see this happening from the past! I can see it as Im speaking or writing! And it brings up incredible rage against society, self and God and everything living and breathing! Im sick and scared to death! and humiliated, violated, transgressed, and hated and abused.
Some sick ###$ have done something to me? Possibly things are surfacing from ages 0 t0 5.
I can feel that Im enraged from being bullied, and Im horribly humiliated and disfigured. Im repressing my fear, as that age to fear is a bad bad thing! that would bring about complete humiliation. And Im wondering where my father is through all of this! I realize Ive been abandon and Im not sure what to do!
I see my mothers hate for me, and I wonder how she had the right to be around me again after abandoning me! Why would these sick ###$ bring this worthless ######6 whore around more innocent children! and how did I get into this! I was forced into this, dragged against my will into this.
I can feel the repressed rage come up! I want to kill everything in site.... The deeper in is being destroyed. and Im being thrown away! I have no place left to run to! Ive been pulled from my home! I cannot go back there! It does not exist anymore, but in my memory!
My whole life was stolen from me! and I cannot never return to it! Thanks DAD, I really appreciate it! Thanks for running out on the family! you left us hight n dry to die!
Now in my teenage years, I have no one to protect me! Im all alone! no safety on any side! and the world is twice as dangerous as it was! and I can feel the pain, and the confrontations, and humiliation! I realized Im finished! Ive been ousted from this family system. The family system has been destroyed and blown into pieces! it is no more! This is out of hate from my mother; a ######6 worthless lunatic man hater! a complete sadistic sociopath!
I see anxiety in these years.. I see major anxiety from these years and emanating from these years.
It is these years I feel stuck in; stuck in as an adult! An adult awkward scrawny teenager; that is how I feel. A broken down awkward scrawny teased broken low life teenager that has been given away for rent.
What Im mad about; this whole thing was thought out by someone. They new how to destroy me, how to pull all anchors of safety! They new how to destroy me or erase me or turn me into a person of low character! A person much like a criminal or a low life! or a bum, or a street hustler, it was done out of hate and contempt; general hate and contempt against society and God and man!
This person had no business around children!
And I realize I was never noticed or cared about by anyone! and the pain is great! and heavy and thick and deep!


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My goal is to use multimodal neuroimaging to better understand psychiatric symptoms in the context of brain development and reward system function. Areas of focus include studying a) how functional brain networks evolve in health and disease and b) how reward system function relates to symptoms such as anhedonia that are common across multiple traditional psychiatric diagnoses. Throughout, I place a particular emphasis on the application of novel analysis methodology for integrating high-dimensional imaging, clinical, and genomic data.
- 1996-2000 – B.A. Williams College (Psychology)
- 2001-2006 – M.D. Washington University in St Louis
- 2004-2006 – M.A. Washington University in St Louis (Biology)
- 2006-2010 – Resident in Psychiatry Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- 2010-2012 – Post-doctoral Fellow, Neuropsychiatry Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Academic Positions:
- 2012-2013 – Instructor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia
- 2013-present – Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia
Hospital and Administrative Appointments
- 2011-present – Attending Physician, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- 1999 – Phi Beta Kappa, Williams College
- 2006 – Hudgens Award for Psychiatry, Washington Univ. School of Medicine
- 2007 – NIMH Clinical Research Scholars Program
- 2008 – NMSIS New Investigator Award
- 2008 – APIRE / Janssen Research Scholar
- 2008 – "Penn Pearls" Award for Clinical Teaching, UPenn School of Medicine
- 2009 – Eli Lilly Resident Research Award, American Psychiatric Association
- 2010 – Laughlin Award, UPenn Dept. of Psychiatry
- 2010 – APIRE / Lilly Research Fellowship
- 2011 – NARSAD Young Investigator Award
- 2012 – NIMH K23 Career Development Award
- 2013 – ACNP Young Investigator Travel Award
Selected Publications
- Satterthwaite TD, Wolf DH, Erus G, Ruparel K, Elliott MA, Gennatas ED, Hopson R, Jackson C, Prabhakaran K, Bilker WB, Calkins ME, Loughead J, Smith A, Roalf DR, Hakonarson H, Verma R, Davatzikos C, Gur RC, Gur RE. Functional Maturation of the Executive System During Adolescence. Journal of Neuroscience: In Press, 2013.
- Satterthwaite TD, Elliott MA, Ruparel K, Loughead J, Prabhakaran K, Calkins ME, Hopson R, Jackson C, Keefe J, Riley M, Sleiman P, Verma R, Davatzikos C, Hakonarson H, Gur RC, Gur RE. Neuroimaging of the Philadelphia Neurodevelopmental Cohort. NeuroImage: In Press, 2013.
- Satterthwaite TD, Wolf DH, Ruparel K, Erus G, Elliott MA, Eickhoff SB, Gennatas ED, Prabhakaran K, Smith A, Hakonarson H, Verma R, Davatzikos C, Gur RC, Gur RE. Heterogeneous Impact of Motion on Fundamental Patterns of Age-Related Changes in Functional Connectivity During Adolescence. NeuroImage: In Press, 2013.
- Zhang T, Satterthwaite TD, Davatzikos C. ODVBA-C: Optimally Descrimitive Voxel Based Analysis of Continuous Variables. IEEE International Workshop on Pattern Recognition in Neuroimaging (PRNI). 2013.
- Honnorat N, Eavani H, Satterthwaite TD, Davatzikos C. A Graph-based Brain Parcellation Method Extracting Sparse Networks. IEEE International Workshop on Pattern Recognition in Neuroimaging (PRNI). 2013.
- Eavani H, Satterthwaite TD, Gur RE, Gur RC, Davatzikos C. Unsupervised learning of functional network dynamics in resting state fMRI. Information Processing in Medical Imaging. 2013
- Eavani H, Satterthwaite TD, Gur RE, Gur RC, Davatzikos C. Identifying patterns in temporal variation of functional connectivity using resting state fMRI. IEEE International Symposium of Biomedical Imaging. 2013.
- Gur RE, Kaltman D, Melham ER, Ruparel K, Prabhakaran K, Riley M, Yodh E, Hakonarson H, Satterthwaite TD, Gur RC. Incidental findings in youths volunteering for brain MRI research. American Journal of Neuroradiology: In Press, 2013
- Wolf DH, Pinkham AE, Satterthwaite TD, Ruparel K, Elliott MA, Valdez J, Smith MA, Detre JA, Gur RC, and Gur RE. Oral alprazolam acutely increases nucleus accumbens perfusion. Molecular Psychiatry: In Press, 2013.
- Satterthwaite TD, Elliott MA, Gerraty RT, Ruparel K, Loughead J, Calkins ME, Eickhoff SB, Hakonarson H, Gur RC, Gur RE, and Wolf DH. An improved framework for confound regression and filtering for control of motion artifact in the preprocessing of resting-state functional connectivity data. NeuroImage 64(1): 240-256, 2013.
- Satterthwaite TD, Ruparel K, Loughead J, Elliott MA, Gerraty RT, Calkins ME, Hakonarson H, Gur RC, Gur RE, Wolf DH. Being right is its own reward: load-dependent and performance related ventral striatum responses to correct responses during a working memory task in youth. NeuroImage 61(3):723-729, 2012.
- Zhang T, Satterthwaite TD, Elliott MA, Gur RC, Gur RE, Davatzikos C. Multivariate fMRI Analysis using Optimally-Discriminative Voxel-Based Analysis. IEEE: International Workshop on Pattern Recognition in Neuroimaging (PRNI). 2012.
- Eavani H, Filipovych R, Satterthwaite TD, Gur RE, Gur RC, Davatzikos C. Sparse dictionary learning of resting state fMRI networks. IEEE: International Workshop on Pattern Recognition in Neuroimaging (PRNI). 2012.
- Satterthwaite TD, Wolf DH, Loughead J, Ruparel K, Elliott MA, Hakonarson H, Gur RC, Gur RE. Impact on in-scanner head motion on multiple measures of functional connectivity: relevance for studies of neurodevelopment in youth. NeuroImage60(1):623-632, 2012.
- Seidel EM, Satterthwaite TD, Eickhoff SB, Schneider F, Gur RC, Wolf DH, Habel U, Derntl B. Neural correlates of depressive realism: An fMRI study on causal attribution in depression. Affective Disorders 138(3):268-76, 2012.
- Wolf DH, Gerraty RT, Satterthwaite TD, Loughead J, Campellone T, Elliott MA, Turetsky BT, Gur RC and Gur RE. Striatal intrinsic reinforcement signals during recognition memory: relationship to response bias and dysregulation in schizophrenia.Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 5(81), 2011.
- Satterthwaite TD, Wolf DH, Gur RC, Pinkham AE, Ruparel K, Valdez JN, Gur RE, Loughead JW. Opposing amygdala and ventral striatum connectivity during emotion identification. Brain and Cognition 76(3):353-63, 2011.
- Wolf DH, Satterthwaite TD, Loughead J, Pinkham AE, Overton E, Elliott MA, Dent G, Smith M, Gur RC, Gur RE. Amygdala abnormalities in first-degree relatives of individuals with schizophrenia unmasked by benzodiazepine challenge.Psychopharmacology 218(3):503-12, 2011.
- Satterthwaite TD, Wolf DH, Loughead JW, Ruparel K, Valdez JN, Siegel SJ, Kohler CG, Gur RE, Gur RC. Association of enhanced limbic response to threat with decreased cortical facial recognition memory response in schizophrenia. American Journal of Psychiatry 167:418-26, 2010.
- Cristancho MA, Satterthwaite TD, O'Reardon JP. Myocardial stunning syndrome and takotsubo cardiomyopathy after ECT: different names for the same phenomenon?Journal of ECT 26:146-7, 2010.
- Satterthwaite TD, Wolf DH, Gur RC, Ruparel K, Valdez JN, Gur RE, Loughead JW. Frontolimbic responses to emotional face memory: the neural correlates of a first impression. Human Brain Mapping 30(11): 3748-58, 2009.
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Saturday, June 12, 2010
Saturday Symbol: Cohen or Kohen Hands
Cohen Hands - On Jewish tombstones you will sometimes see a symbol showing two hands arranged for the Priestly Blessing. This is a symbol of the Kohen or Cohen (Hebrew for priest). The plural form is Kohanim or Cohanim. Kohanim are assumed to be direct male descendants of Aaron, who was the first Kohen and the brother of Moses. Some Jewish surnames frequently associated with this symbol are Conn or Cohn (Kohn), Cahn (Kahn), and Cohen (Kohen), but you will find the symbol on the grave markers of people with other surnames. Today families can sometimes verify a priestly lineage from the tombstones of ancestors that have this symbol.
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actually, many poskim say kohanim today are not real kohanimReplyDelete
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there is no "proof" that anyone is a kohane. I found out 3 weeks ago when i went to my grandfather's grave and which said he's a kohane.ReplyDelete
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text: Wellness Health & Well-being How the Rest of the World Brushes Their Teeth By Judd Handler Writer Towson University Judd Handler is a health writer, fitness trainer, and lifestyle coach living in Southern California. our editorial process Judd Handler Updated May 31, 2020 Muslim and African cultures clean their teeth with a stick called miswak, which naturally has a high concentration of cavity-fighting fluoride. Zurijeta/Shutterstock Share Twitter Pinterest Email Wellness Health & Well-being Clean Beauty There's a 99 percent chance you are not super rich. But there is a good chance that you are part of the orally hygienic elite 1 percent. While it's common in the U.S. and other developed countries to use nylon and electronic toothbrushes, most of the world's population, especially indigenous cultures and developing countries, still use old-world techniques to keep their teeth clean — if they use anything at all. But are modern oral hygiene products and techniques infinitely better than the sticks, animal bristles and bones, twigs, feathers and porcupine quills that non-first-world societies used centuries ago — or continue to use today — to clean their teeth? Is what one eats more important in determining oral hygiene than the materials used to clean the teeth and gums? In other words, if tribes, clans and indigenous societies stick with their traditional diets and don't eat processed sugar and junk food, is teeth-brushing even necessary? Lack of Oral Hygiene Can Lead to Heart Disease, Maybe Indigenous people, like this native from the Brazilian Pataxo tribe, often have no cavities because they've never been exposed to foods with processed sugars and white flour. Christophe Simon/AFP/Getty Images A 2010 study published in the British Medical Journal concluded that people who brushed less than twice a day had an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease, due to inflammation and loss of connective tissue and bone support of the teeth. In the BMJ study, people who brushed their teeth less than twice a day, habitually, had a 70 percent higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease. The study, however, did not consider the participants' diets. But Sally Fallon, president of the Weston A. Price Foundation, a nonprofit nutrition education foundation, tells Mother Nature Network that in traditional societies that have no access to Western foods with processed sugars and white flour, many of these indigenous people have no cavities, and flash smiles with perfect pearly white teeth, even though tooth brushing is rare, (or was rare, depending on the society). "Within a very short time of forgoing their traditional, native diets, though, cavities become evident," says Fallon, adding that the next generation of natives who eat processed food will begin to develop crooked teeth. Fallon points to the research pioneered by the foundation's namesake, Dr. Weston Price, an Ohio dentist, referred to in some circles as the "Charles Darwin of nutrition." The late Price, in the 1930s, traveled the world as a sort of a cultural dental anthropologist. His book, "Nutrition and Physical Degeneration," features many photos of the teeth of various native societies, from isolated villagers in the Swiss Alps, to the Maori of New Zealand, to the coldwater fishermen of Scotland's Hebrides islands. Vitamin K to the Rescue Price discovered a substance he termed "Activator X" that all the natives with healthy teeth had in their saliva. Price didn't know exactly what Activator X was, but shortly after his studies, science classified the cavity combating compound as vitamin K. A study published in the Journal of Dental Research states that in 1942, it was proven that vitamin K prevented the formation of acid buildup, which is a major cause of cavities. Some of the foods that are high in vitamin K that Price observed traditional societies consuming were: Chicken or goose liver Fermented foods like sauerkraut Grass-fed animal fat Grass-fed, raw butter Egg yolks So should you run to your nearest health food store and swallow a pill of vitamin K and not worry so much about brushing your teeth twice a day? And perhaps buy some goose liver? "There's nothing wrong with brushing twice per day. We are genetic mongrels in America. None of us has a perfect diet, so I would definitely recommend brushing your teeth," Fallon says. It's Not Just Junk Food That Causes Cavities Dr. Jacquie Fulop Goodling, a Manhattan-based orthodontist who has traveled the world educating people about oral health, addresses a common misconception that modern-day processed foods alone contribute to dental caries. "Diet plays an important role but even natural carbohydrates like bread, rice and pasta — the staple in many diets — break down into simple sugars, which can cause decay. Also, there are many factors contributing to periodontal disease and diet is only one of those factors," Goodling says. Some Societies That Don't Use Toothbrushes "In many regions of the world, people are cleaning their teeth with twigs, most often from oak and neem trees," says Dr. Steven Goldberg, a Boca Raton, Fla., general and cosmetic dentist and inventor of a modern oral care product, DentalVibe. "They break a twig in half, splay and soften the broken end and then rub it on their teeth, in effect, wiping the surface of their teeth clean," Goldberg adds. Arab Bedouin tribes still clean their teeth by using the twigs of the arak tree, which contains antiseptic properties. Other Muslim and African cultures use a similar stick, called miswak, which naturally has a high concentration of cavity-fighting fluoride. Here's a video that shows how to use miswak: A paper posted on the National Academy of Dentistry's website says that Hindu Brahmins and priests clean their teeth using cherry wood for an hour, facing the rising sun. Another religious group in India, Jains, cleans their teeth using fingers and without using a brush. In other rural areas of India, people use twigs from mango, cashew or coconut trees. What Some Cultures Use for Toothpaste Some folk in rural India, Africa, Southeast Asia and South America use brick, charcoal, rangoli powder, mud, salt or ash for cleaning the teeth. This may result in gingival recession, abrasion and dentin sensitivity, says the National Academy of Dentistry. Want to try it? Here's how to make homemade rangoli powder: Should Americans Ditch Their Toothbrushes and Clean With Sticks Instead? The inconvenient truth about going to the dentist at least twice a year and replacing your toothbrush is that all the discarded toothbrushes and toothpaste containers end up in the landfill. But it seems that Americans are in no rush to clean their teeth with twigs. Toothpaste, whiteners, sugarless gum, mouthwash, manual or electric toothbrushes, floss, and other oral care items retailed at $9.1 billion in 2008, according to the U.S. Market for Oral Care Products, 7th Edition. Whether or not you choose to go native and clean your teeth with a tree twig, "Oral hygiene can be a very important component to our overall health. The mouth is full of bacteria and not caring for it can cause inflammation. The gums can become unhealthy if proper dental hygiene is neglected and this can create low-grade infection that can cause inflammation and other problems throughout the body," says Rebecca Crowley-Huey, physician assistant at BodyLogicMD of Houston, who adds, "Brain fog, autoimmune disease, gut infection or imbalance, and fatigue can be some of the problems caused by inflammation and your mouth is sometimes your first line of defense against foreign material." Two times a day is much better than only one time per day, says Steve Krendl, a dentist at Hopewell Dental in Heath, Ohio. "A thin film of organic matter, called a biofilm, forms quickly on our teeth throughout a day. Left undisturbed, this turns into plaque, which can harden within 24 hours." 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