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Tuesday, June 24, 2008
But Like Mike Jagger Said, I Can't Get No Satisfaction
There, I said it.
There's never enough hours in a day and never enough caffeine to keep me motivated when I want to be motivated and yet still be able to to sleep a full night's sleep and not be a zombie.
I'm trying to be easy and breezy, but I'm not easy and breezy. I'm more crabby and bitchy. Trying to be easy and breezy just makes me be more crabby and bitchy. The pressure, argh.
So, what does this mean? Fuck if I know. I feel like something needs to give but I have no clue what that would be. I don't want to give everything up (national anthem of today's woman, I swear) but I can't possibly imagine continuing to remotely cope with the pressure I put on myself.
So, where's the line? Where's the point where I decide I'm going to let something go and be okay with that? At what point am I actually going to achieve s l o w i n g down, which I've been working towards achieving for years?
22 comments:
- Marshamlow said...
you are already giving up quality of life and peace of mind. giving up something else, how hard could that be in comparison.
- Tuesday, June 24, 2008
- Heidijayhawk said...
i finally hit a point where i was constantly bitchy. i had to let a few things go. you know, not seat the small stuff. now i'm just bitchy most of the time instead of all of the time. progress comes in baby steps my dear.
- Tuesday, June 24, 2008
- Leah said...
of course there's no easy answers - but i'll be thinking of you as you work on this problem. if it's any help, you're definitely not alone with this.
- Tuesday, June 24, 2008
- Alicia A. said...
oh, honey.
big hugs, big hugs.
- Tuesday, June 24, 2008
- Ali said...
Ah, the refrain of Summer. I'm anticipating my own version. Be kind to yourself - this too shall pass.
- Tuesday, June 24, 2008
- Emy said...
I'm right there with ya!
- Tuesday, June 24, 2008
- erin said...
hang in there, laura. i'm acting crazy in the not so good way myself.
- Tuesday, June 24, 2008
- amy h said...
I hear you! I think those of us who aren't naturally easy-breezy are the ones who need to let go the most. I've been working on this. It sounds odd, but adding an activity has helped me let go of some others. Getting to the gym for walking or yoga comes first for me 4-5 times a week now. I do this before anything else. It's like enforced meditation time. If this comes first, it's the other things that have to go, not the mental health that has to go. And just having some precious minutes away from screaming children is priceless.
- Tuesday, June 24, 2008
- jamjarboogie said...
Your kids are little---it gets easier (well, physically easier) as they get older.
My kids (8, 12, 13) drive me nuts too, but I CAN sit on the couch and be driven nuts. If that's any help!
- Wednesday, June 25, 2008
- beki said...
Sometimes you have to let something go. I've been doing this lately. It's helping.
- Wednesday, June 25, 2008
I have no words of advice. I'm feeling the same way and about to scream! If you find the answer, please share it with me before someone gets hurt (most likely me). You and I should probably stop obsessing over our yard and flowers, for one thing. And does the damn house really need to be that clean all the time (why yes it does, thank you very much). GRRRRRRRRRR Can we spell OCD?
- Wednesday, June 25, 2008
- miss chris said...
::: hugs ::: for you. Don't be so hard on yourself. We loves ya, babe.
- Wednesday, June 25, 2008
- dee said...
i haven't a clue... yesterday i my daughter asked if i could please stop cleaning and play tennis in the garage with them. I thought, i just want to clean the garage so they have more fun playing tennis. But i think they would have rather me play with them instead. Need to stop doing that!
- Wednesday, June 25, 2008
- Chickenbells said...
That is a good question. When you find the answer to that, you absolutely must let me in on it. I'm thinking that life, while it has it's moments...is supposed to be mostly fun (please say that's true) But, I'm looking at who's standards I'm trying to hold myself up to...I'm not sure if they're even mine...
- Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Hang in there. Finding balance is hard.
- Wednesday, June 25, 2008
- Stacy said...
oh, sweets.... Are you SURE you want to give up a day to mess with my scrapbooky disaster? I, too, feel the same way a lot of the time. But you know what? I gave up {most of} the crack {blog reading and writing} and I seriously feel terribly liberated. I know you can't - given it's your work... but is there SOMETHING you can just write the "F" off?
- Wednesday, June 25, 2008
- Apple said...
I have been trying to "let stuff go" my entire life, it didn't work until I got on my anti-depressant (then stuff just started to not matter as much anymore). I was happier.
- Wednesday, June 25, 2008
- Dana said...
I know what your saying. And, though it wasn't that long ago for me I almost don't remember that feeling anymore. And yet I do. I think a big part of it is the feeling of isolation of having young children. It is isolating because they are your world and all you do is for them. It is hard to carve out time that isn't already consumed by them. Seems I remember you writing about this last summer too. ?? Perhaps the change in the schedules and your daily doings really throws you for a while? Hang in there.
- Wednesday, June 25, 2008
- Deb C. said...
Yes, the wonders of medicine. St. John's Wort I'm told has worked wonders for someone I know who has a tendency to YELL ALL THE FREAKIN TIME. So give it a try. If it works, great. If not, then try Dr. Phil's advice where he says "so, how's that workin' for ya"? (If what you're doing is not working, you need to do something different). Ya just gotta laugh sometimes! Do you remember laughing? Reeaaally laughing?
- Thursday, June 26, 2008
- amy said...
oh man, i hear you. love to you.
- Wednesday, July 02, 2008
- Sarah and Jack said...
How appropriate that I would read this today, after the world's shittiest morning. :-/
- Tuesday, July 08, 2008
- Apron Thrift Girl said...
I've spent the last year behaving like this and only realized this spring that it was driving me crazy. I decided to let go of stuff and responsibilities. The stuff is hard and easy to let go of and luckily the few responsibilities that I had were sort of easy to. Now figuring out how to enjoy life again is the hard part. Go figure.
- Wednesday, July 09, 2008


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When the Dodgers meet the Cardinals on Friday with the Gateway Arch framed in center field to start the National League Championship Series, we'll see a clash of baseball worldviews and a collision of regional cultures, too.
The Cards have always hugged Midwest virtues while the Dodgers loved movie stars in the box seats and star power on the field. But this year both teams are such extreme versions of their traditional selves it's just delicious.
For generations, the Cards have believed in hitting the cutoff man or going to bed without supper. Yasiel Puig thinks the cutoff man is there to give him a good sight line on his actual target, a 100-yard heave to third base or home on the fly to showcase his hose. Other runners? What about 'em?
In St. Louis, they think running hard to first base is next to godliness. Hanley Ramirez isn't totally sure you have to run after balls that are actually in play, not if you're in a bad mood and prefer to walk after it, like that day as a Marlin when he strolled toward the tarp as runners circled the bases.
Cardinals players, in the mold of Stan Musial, keep a low profile, never cause trouble and aspire to play for one team in one town for eternity. Adrian Gonzalez and Carl Crawford arrived in Los Angeles last year because Boston couldn't stand the sight of them — or their contracts — and gave them away, along with Josh Beckett , for nothing.
St. Louis teams are drilled in fundamentals and are often greater than the sum of their parts. They don't need superstars if it means paying them $250 million. That's why Albert Pujols is now an Angelic anchor around the neck of that other Los Angles team for the next eight years. The Cards are doing just fine with Allen Craig, David Freese and Matt Carpenter, none of whom can be identified by anybody who lives beyond the reach of KMOX.
The Dodgers are always better, or worse, than their collective parts depending on whether Pisces is in the fifth house of Kasten or the number of Miley Cyrus wannabes in the Chavez Ravine box seats. The Dodgers have more stars than Orion. Matt Kemp ($160 million) is out for the season, but you hardly notice since Clayton Kershaw is the best pitcher in the game, Zack Greinke backs him up and five other Dodgers are playing under contracts with an average value of over $100 million. If you don't make $60 million, the clubhouse guy won't pick up your wet towels.
In St. Louis, the populace believes that if a shirt has buttons, God meant for them to be buttoned, all of them. In L.A., you're lucky if anybody, man or woman, wears a shirt at all. In St. Louis, you dress up for the Cards. At Dodger Stadium, if all 10 toes aren't exposed, they won't let you in the gate.
In St. Louis, everybody is friendly and gracious to visitors. If your team loses, they say, "Better luck next year," while thinking, "Fat chance. Our Cards are anointed by Branch Rickey and washed in Bob Gibson's sweat." At Dodger Stadium, it's friendly, too, unless you wear a Giants jersey in the parking lot. Then "Pulp Fiction" breaks out.
The Dodgers manager is Donnie Baseball. L.A. does nicknames, like an owner who's Magic. The Cards manager is, come on, you remember, it's Mike — sound it out — ma…THEE…nee. Before succeeding Emperor Tony La Russa I, Matheny played 1,305 games, won four gold gloves and never did one memorable thing. Baseball said, "Who? This guy's never even managed in the minors?" The Cards said, "He's the next baseball genius." So far, the Cards don't look wrong.
This season, the Cards had so many pitching injuries they had to call on seven pitchers age 21 to 24 with a combined 6-8 career record. No problem: farm system. Young Shelby Miller, Michael Wacha, Joe Kelly, Kevin Siegrist, Seth Maness, Carlos Martinez and Trevor Rosenthal are easy to identity. They're the ones you can't hit. Their average fastball speed is, "Thanks for coming."
When the Dodgers have a pitching problem, they solve it the Lotus Land way — they go to Rodeo Drive and buy the biggest baubles. If you're a free agent who may not be not worth the money, long term, but you're valuable today (Greinke, $147 million), Stan wants to talk to you. If you've only pitched on the opposite side of the planet, you're perfect (Hyun-Jin Ryu, $36 million). If your team can't afford you, you're probably a Dodger already (Ricky Nolasco).
The owner of the Cards is Bill DeWitt Jr., whose father owned the St. Louis Browns. Baseball is in his blood. The owner of the Dodgers is "the founder and CEO of Guggenheim Partners, LLC, a privately held global financial services firm." What's that? Guggenheim is where Alan Schwartz, the CEO of Bear Stearns when it blew up and ignited a world financial crisis, landed his next swell job.
St. Louis fans wear sunglasses to help them get a bead on foul balls. Dodgers fans wear sunglasses because they know Paris Hilton will.
Because Don Mattingly gambled and won by starting Kershaw in Game 4 to close out the Braves, the Dodgers rotation is in fine sequence with Greinke for Game 1 and Kershaw on regular rest for Game 2. The Cards had to burn the house for firewood to escape the Pirates, so their rotation is kind of a mess. It's Joe Kelly, fifth starter and sometimes reliever, starting Game 1. Ace Adam Wainwright isn't available until Game 3.
If better talent decides this NLCS, the Dodgers win. If better baseball players do, it's the Cards. For perversity, and there's plenty in this series, L.A. wins in six with the Cards using Kelly twice but Wainwright only once while L.A.'s Greinke and Kershaw get to work four of the first six games.
When Heartland and SoCal collide, it's Cardinal red and Dodger blue, button up or get out your high-heel sneakers. Perfect matchup: It's so on.
For more by Thomas Boswell, visit washingtonpost.com/boswell.

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Consider the following scenario: you are working on a project with client specific APIs .You need to test some API methods before you put them in your real code. For that, you might consider a separate test workspace or defining a new test class in your running workspace. What about scrapbook page? Ever heard of it?
Eclipse provide scrapbook pages to test write test code for experimental purposes. It is easier to use a Java scrapbook page than create a new class. A scrapbook page
Watch point is a special type of break point that suspends execution when specified filed is accessed or modified.
Setting a watchpoint is simple. First select a field in the Outline view and choose Toggle Watchpoint from its context menu.
Now you have to configure this watchpoint. This is done by selecting the watchpoint in the view and choose Properties from its context menu. Dont forget to configure the important properties
Unit tests are essential part of software development especially. In complex and large softwares, introducing new changes in very tricky as it can break some other part. If you have clearly defined test cases, then you can check the working of newly introduced change and make sure it works as expected.
Unit tests are small snippets of code that are written to check a particular method or class. With unit tests in place, when a change is made to the code we can simply run all the tests
Before you start writing unit tests, you must import junit.jar, so we have access to the testing framework. Follow these steps to import the required jar: Right-click on the project name, and choose Properties.In the tree on the left, select Java Build Path.Next, choose Add External JARs
and browse to find junit.jar.
It will be located in "<eclipsedir>\plugins\org.junit_<version number>\junit.jar".
Once you successfully
Its always useful to wrap strings if they are too long. This provides better readability. Eclipse has support for this.
String literals can wrapped when you edit them. Place your cursor at the point of literal where you want to wrap and press Enter. For example: Java Code: String message= "Java is fun to learn and it sure is a popular programming language.";
I kept the cursor at sure and pressed enter key. The String was changed to:
String message= "Java is fun to learn and it sure is a popular programming language.";
Its always a good idea to include refactoring information into the JAR file when you are exporting it from Eclipse. Eclipses JAR Export Wizard offers this option.
Here is how it works: File > ExportSelect JAR fileSelect: Export refactorings for checked projects
This is very useful because then all the clients that are using older version of JAR will be able to migrate an old version of the JAR file to a new one using the Refactor > Migrate
Working on a project, I need to search all the methods defined in my workspace or in a package or in a class with a specific return type. Eclipse search feature (ctrl + h) provides support for this. We all have used eclipse search window a lot of times but many of us dont know how to really use it to great affect.
To search the methods with a specific return type, type Java Code: * String
is used as wildcard for method name and String is the return
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Mark occurrences is a nice feature in Eclipse. It simply marks/highlights all the occurrences of a variable, method or a type.
This can be done by clicking Mark Occurrences icon on the menu bar. If you like to use short cut keys, then use Alt+Shift+O. If you select methods return type, and mark occurrences is enabled, all the method exit points will be highlighted.
You may also select a super class or interface and then
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Hot code replace is supported in 1.4 or higher VM. There are some changes like adding or deleting methods, class variables or inner classes which cannot be hot swapped. This depend on the support provided by a particular VM. This might also
When you are working with multi threading where resources are locked and released, deadlock prevention becomes very important. To prevent starvation, proper lock and release mechanism has to be defined/implemented.
Eclipses debugger provides monitor information in the debug view. To use it, use the Show Monitors action which can be found in the Debug view drop down menu. It will show which threads are holding locks and which are waiting to acquire locks. The threads in red indicated
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Following snippet presents a configuration example: Java Code: // MBean service registration for a specific SessionFactory
Hashtable tb = new Hashtable();
tb.put("type", "statistics");
// MBean service registration for a specific SessionFactory
Hashtable tb = new Hashtable();
tb.put("type", "statistics");
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If you want hibernate to log using Log4j, then put log4j.jar into class path along with log4j.properties. Since log4j has almost become a standard these days, I would advice using that.
To tune fetch strategy, you have various options. Which to choose depends on the scenario. You may define the fetch strategy in the mapping document. For instance: XML Code: <set name="permissions"
<key column="userId"/>
<one-to-many class="Permission"/>
<many-to-one name="mother" class="Cat" fetch="join"/>
<set name="permissions"
<key column="userId"/>
<one-to-many class="Permission"/>
<many-to-one name="mother" class="Cat" fetch="join"/>
Ever wanted to launch a Java program from a network computer and debug it from the workstation running the Java platform? Example scenario is that you have an a J2EE application deployed on a dedicated server and you need to do debugging on you machine. This can be done if Java VM that supports this feature.
To do this, launch the program in debug mode on the remote machine. It means that the program on server will wait for a connection from your debugger. Now start the debugger
Hibernate uses lazy select fetching for collections by default. This behavior makes sense and is used as it is unless you really want to do something different for some reason.
Hibernate will use the batch fetch optimization for lazy fetching if you set hibernate.default_batch_fetch_size. There is a problem with lazy fetching that should be considered. Remember, you should never access to a lazy association outside of the context of an open Hibernate session otherwise exceptions
You may wish to share the code written in setUp() and tearDown() methods of your JUnit tests. This clearly will indicate that you have excessive coupling in your design. Coupling is not bad always but if more tests share the same test fixture state, then this indicates that the classes under test have some undesirable dependencies.
You may wish to remove these dependencies but its another stories. As I said, coupling or dependencies are not always bad. But if you wish to keep coupling
This post presents an example that shows how to use @BeforeClass and @AfterClass annotation. Java Code: public class SimpleTest {
private Collection collection;
public static void oneTimeSetUp() {
// one-time initialization code
public static void oneTimeTearDown() {
// one-time cleanup code
public class SimpleTest {
private Collection collection;
public static void oneTimeSetUp() {
// one-time initialization code
public static void oneTimeTearDown() {
// one-time cleanup code
You may want to define build script using ant for your application. I will write about how to create ant script to run ant. Step 1: define ant properties XML Code: <property name="src" value="./src" />
<property name="lib" value="./lib" />
<property name="classes" value="./classes" />
<property name="test.class.name" value="com.xyz.MyTestSuite" />
<property name="src" value="./src" />
<property name="lib" value="./lib" />
<property name="classes" value="./classes" />
<property name="test.class.name" value="com.xyz.MyTestSuite" />
You might have seen the following exception: Java Code: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/log4j/*
It may mean that log4j is not in your class path or you are using some outdated version of log4j.
Get latest copy of log4j and put it in your class path. If JSP caused this, then put the log4j jar into WEB-INF/lib directory. Restart your application server (say Tomcat) and it should work now.
Get latest version of log4j from: Apache log4j 1.2 - Download Apache log4j 1.2
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/log4j/*
JNDI is a standard Java API that comes with JDK 1.3 and higher. It provides a common interface to a variety of existing naming services for example DNS, LDAP, Active Directory, RMI registry, COS registry, NIS, and file systems.
The JNDI API is divided logically into a client API and service provider interface. Client API is used to access naming services and a SPI allows the user to create JNDI implementations for naming services.
The naming service providers must implement
JNDI API package is called javax.naming package. It is composed of 5 interfaces, 10 classes along with few exceptions. InitialContext is the key class.
This is what Sun Java Docs say about InitialContext: Java 2 Platform SE v1.3.1: Package javax.naming
In JNDI, all naming and directory operations are performed relative to a context. There are no absolute roots. Therefore JNDI defines an initial context, InitialContext, which provides a starting point for naming
If you're looking at a web application deployed on a tomcat server, then you might notice META-INF and WEB-INF directories.
The META-INF directory is related to .jar files, It contains the manifest file which has list of jars. The WEB-INF directory is a vital component of your web application. Web application won't run without it. It contains a hierarchy in which you'll find the necessary configuration information for your web application, and all the class files for your servlets
Eclipse provides an easy way to generate stubs for the parent classes and implemented interfaces.
Right click the your class and select Source > Override/Implement methods. You will be presented a window where you can select all the methods that you want to override/implement. This methods will be from the implemented interface or extended class.
Really saves time. Do try this.
Its right to say that final keyword improves performance. For example, if you declare a method as final, then you cannot override it in derived classes. When this is told to compiler in advance using final keyword, it improves performance. Java Code: public final void doSomethng()
Knowing that a method cannot be overridden, complier inline that method into its derived classes.
Final variables, especially static final variables,
public final void doSomethng()
Unit testing brings a lot of benefits but there is some cost for this. Lets talk about this.
Unit tests require skill and time. Often managers dont appreciate unit tets because they regard it something othere than development. Ofcource client in not interested in unit tests but management needs to understand that these tests will save a lot of debugging effort in future.
For unit testing to really deliver, all developers need to use it. Mostly due to lack of communicationm
Eclipse provides an option to detach a view so that it can be moved to the desired place. Detached views are used if you are not comfortable with the placing of a view and want it to be move to someplace that is more feasible.
This is done as follows: Right-click on the viewSelect "Detached" from the menuPlace the view where you choose
Thing to remember is that one can also drag and drop
SQL files can be created manually in any existing eclipse project. It's simple and useful. I'll list the required steps. Open Database Development perspectiveSelect File > New > Other, expand SQL Development, select SQL File, and click NextThis will open the New SQL File wizard.To create a new project, click "Create Project" and follow the wizard instructions. Now provide the SQL file name.Select a connection profile type from the Connection profile
This post presents an example that show use of reflection in creating a tag. The created tag will call some methods of the request (HttpServletRequest) object using reflection.
Source code for the QueryRequestTag handler is presented below: Java Code: public class QueryRequestTag extends ExTagSupport {
static Object []params = new Object[0];
static Hashtable methods = new Hashtable();
static LocalStrings ls =
public class QueryRequestTag extends ExTagSupport {
static Object []params = new Object[0];
static Hashtable methods = new Hashtable();
static LocalStrings ls =
We use tags and beans to fetch data from the bean and present it. If you have some knowledge about these, then you will love working with these.
Bean interaction involves JSP getting the value of some property of a bean and displaying that value to the user. Another role of JavaBean is defining how events are specified. Tags can be concerned with two bean-related issues: Introspecting the beans to find the properties and get the methods that these tags should call
If you think that you cannot access private data members of a class from some other class, then think again. With Reflection, this is possible.
Using reflection, we can see / view / access a private member, private variable, private method. Some people will not like this with argument that this actually means messing up the laws of encapsulation. I use it for unit testing private methods.
Example follows: Java Code: import java.lang.reflect.Field;
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At my events, I cut to the core. No nonsense, no delicate high-brow vocabulary, no malarkey. I tell it like it is. If you have a piece of junk, I tell you. If you spent too much money on something, I tell you. If you are hoping to become of millionaire on a collection of Pez dispensers, I tell you that it's not happening in this lifetime.
At my events, I cut to the core. No nonsense, no delicate high-brow vocabulary, no malarkey. I tell it like it is. If you have a piece of junk, I tell you. If you spent too much money on something, I tell you. If you are hoping to become of millionaire on a collection of Pez dispensers, I tell you that it's not happening in this lifetime.
I have been known to break a heart or two, and I have been known to reveal that the ugly lamp you have can make you a millionaire in the antiques market.
And, I reveal my faults too — like my well-documented and obvious (particularly on my thighs and hips) addiction to chocolate bars.
Men are typically brought to my appraisal events by their wives, but they quickly become my most devoted fans. Men return to my events day after day, event after event, when I appear in a particular city.
In Philly, I laughed with the male owner of a Shirley Temple doll worth $275. After I appraised it, he told me that only a real man would be comfortable enough to bring a doll out in public to an appraisal event.
Ray was at my antiques appraisal comedy show in Houston. He was on his way to the gym when his wife asked him if he could attend my appraisal event instead. He didn't mind the diversion too much, until his wife said that she wanted me to look at some piece of china she bought at a yard sale. He convinced her to bring me an old book that was in his family originally from Spain.
Wrapped in a black plastic trash bag, the book was a hand-painted illuminated manuscript with period text and original paintings. Produced in the mid-1600s, about the time of the reign of King Philip of Spain, the manuscript was worth $10,000.
Paul's story warms my heart. I was presenting my appraisal show in Louisville, when a guy in his mid-30s puts a copper weathervane on my object table and tells me that he doesn't know what he's got but one of the neighbors told him it might be worth some money.
I explain how weathervanes do have good value in the marketplace, and that his example has a strong provenance and is attributed to a particularly well known maker. I tell him that it is worth $15,000.
All of a sudden this guy — who could be a linebacker in the NFL — starts crying like a baby. Wiping his eyes on his shirtsleeve, he jumps up, runs towards the stage and hugs me.
After he calms down and returns to his seat in the audience, he explains that his grandmother's house is in foreclosure, he has been supporting his extended family for months, and that now he can start down the road to recovery by selling the weathervane (which was incidentally on the barn of the property in foreclosure all these months). Someone had offered him a mere $1,000 for the weathervane, but he didn't believe it was worth so little. He was thrilled to know the truth.
Sports collectibles, guns, edged weapons, fishing lures and reels, and other objects are the typical types of antiques and collectibles that I review at my events, but sometimes the real men show up with something interesting and unexpected. Guys want me to cut to the chase and tell it like it is. I'm all for it. Let's hear it for the boys!
Dr. Lori presents appraisal events to audiences worldwide and is the expert appraiser on "Auction Kings" on the Discovery channel. Visit DrLoriV.com, Facebook.com/DoctorLori or call 888-431-1010.


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Statistically, insider purchases tend to be bullish signals for a stock -- and that's why we at Insider Monkey track both insider buying and selling. So, without further ado, here are five stocks that insiders were buying in early October.
Best Buy (BBY) board member Matthew Paull bought 6,500 shares of the company on Oct. 2 at an average price of $16.89. The company has been under attack from Amazon (AMZN), with the latter taking advantage of its lower costs as it attempts to move into electronics retail. Sales at Best Buy fell last quarter, and earnings plunged as the company failed to preserve its margins. Founder Richard Schulze is attempting a buyout, and this will likely give investors a premium on any shares they are able to buy before the announcement. However, it is unclear whether Schulze can raise enough private capital -- including risk-averse debt -- in order for the transaction to proceed.
The CFO of specialty-chemicals company HB Fuller (FUL), James Giertz, purchased 3,000 shares on Oct. 3 at an average price of $30.02. Unlike at Best Buy, HB Fuller's stock price has been doing quite well: It has risen 63% over the last year and is now valued at $1.5 billion. Revenue and earnings were up substantially last quarter, compared with a year earlier, yet the stock only trades at 11x trailing earnings. When we evaluated the stock, we considered it cheaper than most of its peer group.
Daniel Yih, who serves as a board member at women's apparel retailer Ann (ANN) -- owner of the Ann Taylor and LOFT brands -- bought 5,400 shares of the stock at an average price of $37.02. Ann trades at trailing and forward price-to-earnings multiples of 20x and 14x, respectively, which is very much in line with its peers. The company grew its revenue -- including same-store sales -- and its margins in its most recent quarter vs. a year earlier, driving an impressive 24% rise in earnings.
Consolidated Graphics (CGX) is a commercial printer serving customers in the U.S. and Canada. Its market capitalization is only about $270 million, but it has traded an average of more than 60,000 shares per day over the last three months, and with a stock price above $26. That represents volume of more than $1.5 million. Consolidated CFO Jon Biro purchased 7,000 shares on Oct. 5 at an average price of $25.91 apiece. The company's share price has fallen 36% over the last year, and Biro apparently believes that momentum has carried it down too far. The stock trades at 23x trailing earnings, but the forward P/E comes to 8x, as Wall Street analysts expect business to pick up.
Edwin Johnson, CFO of Casella Waste Systems (CWST), bought 25,000 shares of his company on Oct. 3 at an average price of $4.33, roughly where the stock is as of this writing. This gave Johnson a total of about 100,000 shares, according to the filing with the SEC. Casella -- another smaller-cap stock that still has more than $1 million in average daily dollar volume -- is a waste management company that collects and disposes of solid waste. Casella is unprofitable, though it is expected to come close to breaking even in the fiscal year ending April 2014. Like Consolidated Graphics, it has sunk over the last year -- by 26% in this case -- and the CFO likely believes that the market has overreacted to the company's business performance.
As for our analysis, despite these votes of confidence, we'd hold off on purchasing most of these names. We'd avoid Best Buy for the moment, as shareholder value depends on either a buyout or a turnaround. However, HB Fuller looks cheap, including when compared to its peers. Ann had looked to us to be fairly priced, but when reviewing comparable companies we resolved that Macy's (M) might be a better value play. Finally, we wouldn't want to bet on Consolidated or Casella turning their businesses around, and so we wouldn't advise imitating those insider purchases, either.


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When Obamacare enrollment begins on Tuesday, reporters in the Twitter age will be tempted to declare the health law a success or a failure in the first few days — a judgment that will certainly be stoked by advocates on both sides of the issue.
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And any rush judgments could have a big impact on public opinion of the law. Right now, the majority of Americans in recent polls say they oppose the law, but the Obama administration is hoping that will turn around once people see it in action.
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Tevi Troy, a former assistant secretary of health and human services under President George W. Bush and author of "What Jefferson Read, Ike Watched and Obama Tweeted," said journalists should keep an eye on early opinion polls after coverage programs take effect to see if the public opinion needle moves.
He also urged reporters to cover the early weeks of Obamacare implementation like the start of a political campaign — not won or lost in the first few days or weeks.
Drew Altman, CEO of the Kaiser Family Foundation, said the challenge for the media will be to make sure the public doesn't get spun silly — because the first days of open enrollment will give Obamacare's supporters and critics a ton of material to work with.
"Each side will have their facts and their anecdotes, so the challenge for the journalists is to get beyond that and find out what's actually happening," he said.
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But the health law isn't a 140-character story, and its nuances won't fit neatly into a three-minute local news segment or 10-inch column, a challenge some media experts say could play a role in public perception of Obamacare as it's implemented. And it's likelier than ever that journalism will reinforce diverging narratives, rather than building a national consensus.
"We don't have a shared template," Troy said, suggesting out that an explosion of news outlets in recent years — POLITICO included — will prevent dominant players like The New York Times from defining the Obamacare narrative.
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Obamacare supporters are pleading with reporters to avoid being seduced into treating every technical snafu as a catastrophic failure.
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I am finally getting my past tutorials from my former blog to this blog. I have a few others to repost, so for those of you that have been with me from back in the day, please bear with me!
I have thrown away countless junk business reply envelopes that always annoyed the scrap out of me! Anyhoo, after altering just one envelope, I was hooked and now I am actually telling the peeps at my office to give me all their junk envies! I will never buy envelopes again and I have a something to do with all the scraps of paper I feel to guilty to throw out! It's a win, win, situation, I tell you! (Not to mention the "Green" aspect, either!)
all my bits and pieces of ephemera a.k.a. scraps of this and that,
I highly recommend a good quality glue stick. You don't want your masterpieces falling off en route to your lover or Sancho. (shhhh) You can actually use any glue, I just love glue sticks at the moment and I have even used them successfully gluing fabric to paper. (that is another tutorial in the works)
Anyhoo, cover the front of your envelope real good with glue. Especially the edges of your envelope. Note, if your envie has a window that is not covered. I simply stick a piece of paper on the inside of the envie, and when I get busy with my gluing, it will eventually adhere to the decorative papers I stick on the outside.
Then turn your glued envie face down on the back of your paper of choice and burnish real good. If you are using scraps , just lay your scraps all over your envie and burnish from there.
Like I said, burnish, or smoosh with your hands real good! Don't worry about trying to align your papers within the envie, because you can always cut around your envelope after gluing to remove any extra papers.
Ohhhhhhhhh, here is the fun part, Embellishing! Sky is the limit. For real, you can not screw up this project. Ok, well, maybe a little. Make sure your embellishments are flat and not bulky. You don't want them getting ripped off in the mailing process! I use pics, glitter glue, fabric, ribbon, rubber stamps, inks, crayons, oh who am I kidding, I use everything!Don't forget the backside either!
Tada............ Finito. For real, you can spend a whole lot of time on this project or you can whip one of these out in no time! I think this would be a great project for the kids too!
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Sixteen months since Detroit running back Jahvid Best last suffered a concussion on the football field, the Lions remain unsure if he'll ever be cleared to play again. But they sure would love to have him.
New Detroit running backs coach/run game coordinator Curtis Modkins was previously the Bills' running backs coach, and Modkins said that when he watches tape of Best, the player he's reminded of is Bills running back C.J. Spiller, who had a phenomenal season in Buffalo last year. Unfortunately, Modkins doesn't know if he'll ever get the opportunity to work with Best, as he worked with Spiller over the last three years.
"I don't know what Jahvid's situation is but it will be greatly needed to get some of that in this offense," Modkins told DetroitLions.com. "I know watching from afar [Best] provided that for this offense and it's very similar to what C.J. did for our offense in Buffalo. It would be great to have a guy that can do that."
Best, who turned 24 two weeks ago, sat out the entire 2012 season after doctors repeatedly told him he hadn't recovered from past concussions sufficiently to get back on the field. At this point, it feels like a long shot that Best will ever play football again. But the Lions aren't ready to give up on the idea of having Best back in their offense — and doing great things with the ball in his hands.


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This strategy helps students with plot development by using a graphic organizer.
The students read an assigned story.
Using a graphic representation similar to a clock, the students draw 12 pictures depicting events from the story.
- The students start at the 1 oclock position and draw a picture of the starting event.
- The students continue around the circle with pictures relaying the story events in successive order.
- The final event is placed at the 12 oclock position.
- The students add a sentence near each picture to further explain the events.
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We all hear this often, laughter is the best medicine. Despite the fact that this may be an old saying, it still holds as true up to present. Laughter grants a lot of health benefits. And what makes it a lot better, best of all, it is free and easy.
Laughter helps to unite people going through difficult times this is according to HelpGuide.org. It can be able to also mend feelings of defeat and resentment, make anger softer, and generally help people become resilient or even losing someone. The therapeutic effortlessness of a soft smile or a hearty belly laugh has more of benefits than what was mentioned. It is much like of an exercise, there are many benefits plus the physical benefits of laughter can last for hours.
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· Boost oxygen levels to the brain and circulatory system
As a universal lingo, laughter is capable of also building social ties and dispersing anxiety. It smooths the progress of relationship and permits attachments while dropping social fear factors. Steve Wilson, Director of National Humor Month and Founder of The World Laughter Tour, started an international happiness epidemic in laughter clubs and outreach programs led by Certified Laughter Leaders. His methodology "utilizes a systematic activity approach that is based on a foundation of both ancient practices and modern medical science," and it supports primary treatment as an adjunctive therapeutic modality.
Group laughter can also save you away from pain and depression through natural release even though anger and crying has long been conventional vehicles for catharsis and release in psychotherapy. Its consequence can be in impulsiveness of thinking and make the horrifying more reachable. This constructs a height of consciousness where one can move a bit further and witness the better picture. To summarize it all, happiness can get better perception.
Laughter from a joke dropped isn't the laughter we are mentioning. Someone can listen to recorded laughter and can eventually feel the real giggling fits within moments. Further methods to realize this status comprise watching children play, watching funny videos, reading comics, telling amusing stories, and drawing funny pictures.
Research demonstrates laughter is moreover a influential immunosuppressive device. Dr. Paul McGhee says laughter seems able to improve the body's response to emotional distress, deflect certain infections and even multiply the number and power of cancer-killer cells. As President of The Laughter Remedy, he develops research-validated programs, tools and other practical applications to inject humor into everyday life. Dr. McGhee suggests anecdotal evidence consistent with research findings shows that, although not a cure for disease, laughter and optimism likely do extend survival.
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Potential, price lead to new lust for gold
JUNEAU — Interest in gold mining in Alaska has surged, buoyed by high gold prices and the lure of a landscape that remains relatively unexplored.
Industry leaders don't expect a gold rush, the likes of which this still-young state hasn't seen in nearly a century, with hordes of miners looking to make their fortune. That's because these days making it big — finding and developing a large prospect — can take years, if not decades, and billions of dollars in investment. Even recreational enthusiasts can spend hours in back-breaking labor with nothing to show for it but some golden flints.
For some, though, that's all it takes to keep them trying their luck.
"It's the thrill of finding that gold," said Bill Dunlevy, who's been prospecting for about 46 years and wears his greatest find, a 5-¼ ounce nugget, as a necklace. "When you start finding little specks of gold, definitely you want more and more.
"It is gold fever," he said.
It's not clear how much gold there is yet to be found in Alaska, partly because the state's geology is still being learned. But what is known points to great potential across the state for a variety of metals, including gold, copper and platinum, said David Szumigala, a senior minerals geologist with the state.
Over the last 20 years or so, about 200 million ounces of gold have been discovered, he said, and there's likely potential for at least a couple hundred million more.
That prospect, combined with gold prices nearly quadruple what they were in 2005, about $1,720 an ounce earlier last week, is driving renewed interest in searching for gold in Alaska. There's even a reality TV show, Discovery's "Gold Rush," centered on the phenomenon.
The state reports that the number of placer mining applications, those generally indicative of smaller family-run operations, rose from about 350 in 2005 to 581 this year. The number of mining claims on state and federal lands is up over the last five years, and a fall state lease sale for gold in the shallow ocean waters off Nome generated $9.3 million in bids, a demonstration of considerable interest, according to the state Department of Natural Resources.
At least two major mine projects are in the works in southwest Alaska, Pebble mine and Donlin Gold, both considered among the world's largest undeveloped projects. The Pebble prospect, which faces stiff opposition for its proximity to a premier sockeye salmon fishery, claims 107 million ounces of gold. (Residents of an area borough recently passed an ordinance that could stop the project — an issue now in court.) Donlin Gold has about 34 million of proven and probable reserves.
The group promoting Pebble mine is working to complete a prefeasibility study next year. It was announced this summer that a prefeasibility study for Donlin Gold was being updated and that the process of seeking permits could begin early next year.
Some existing mines, like Fort Knox near Fairbanks, have been able to take advantage of the market. The mine has been using a method known as heap leach to extract gold from lower-grade ore. While recovery is lower than using the traditional mill, the mine also is getting gold that it otherwise wouldn't because running the milling process is far more expensive.
The Kensington Mine near Juneau, which went on line last year, is planning construction projects in the coming months aimed at making it more efficient and competitive.
One of the major challenges for a mine project in Alaska, aside from finding the gold, is developing it: It costs more here than in many other places, Szumigala said, noting that remote mining sites require infrastructure like roads and power lines to be built. Plus, work during winter months is limited.
"You've got to have quite a war chest of money to go out today and find something," said Steve Borell, executive director of the Alaska Miners Association. "It's not easy. The easy stuff has been found."
But the payoff, for those who hit it, can be huge.
Dreams of gold draw an increasing number of people to prospecting clubs, like the one Dunlevy helps lead in Anchorage. He estimates there are eight to 10 new members a month and he fields calls regularly from people from around the world, hoping to find enough gold to pay for their lifetime trip to Alaska.
"And I tell them, 'Better not count on that,'" he said. "I believe there's gold in probably every creek up here but it's not easy to come by."
Many of the newcomers he never sees again. He's not sure if that's because they don't like the club — a place to both socialize and learn how to look for gold — or because they didn't like the work.
It's hard, he said, and can entail being bent over for hours on end after hiking or snowshoeing to a claim carrying your equipment.
The thrill of the hunt keeps him going; the 72-year-old and several others recently bought 12 claims.
He found his prized nugget in the early 1990s on his claim south of Anchorage. It was late March, temperatures were below freezing and he'd been working through the ice. He said he'd been getting "good gold" all day but was shocked, after chipping away at clay and gravel, he found the whole nugget.
He said a jeweler in town offered him $10,000 for it, and he was later offered $20,000. He couldn't imagine what he'd be offered today; then again, he said he could never sell it.
"I told the kids, I don't know who will wind up with this when I go but I want to keep it in the family," he said. "It's like finding a five-carat diamond."


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|Islamic in reference to Islamic State on the doors of Church in Heliopolis
The Muslim brotherhood members and their supporters from supporters are inciting hate in Egypt whether online and offline.
Now since July 3, 2013 Christians in Upper Egypt have been a subject of continuous attacks by Islamists in North Sinai, Assuit , Minya and Sohag where people were killed and houses were torched. There is no police protection what so ever for churches or even for Christian populated areas in Upper Egypt.
|Boycott the Christians graffiti in Assuit
|Islamic , Christian + Thug : 30 June -Another graffiti in Assuit
EIPR and other human rights organizations issued late last month a joint statement telling the Muslim brotherhood to stop inciting sectarian violence.
What puzzles me is the absence of the police in Upper Egypt and how it does not protect the Christians An evil part of my mind says that like in the time of Mubarak the authorities are leaving the Islamists to harm the Christians in this way in order to use this image abroad.
Another part of my mind says that this is the usual Egyptian police action , they do not give a real damn to citizens outside Cairo. "Or even inside Cairo, they only care for buildings"
Still what really annoys me is how the big clans in Upper Egypt completely are totally ignoring what is taking place. You see there is a different social system in Upper Egypt than in Nile Delta or Cairo , clans got the final word there. There is also coordination between the clans and the security forces when they want to. I just do not understand.
Many Egyptians are wondering why the international media does not cover the attacks against the Christians in Egypt in order to show the other face of the Islamists.
It is not about international media but rather the media in general. A Christian friend explained to me that as a journalist should found out that Christians in Upper Egypt fear to speak to the media about the attacks more openly because they are afraid of retaliation. In the end journalists in Cairo do not understand that we are speaking about rural areas where everybody knows everybody and unfortunately there is no police protection.
Many Islamists if not most of them believe that the Church played a direct role in ousting Morsi in coordination with the army. The appearance of Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria in the video of El Sisi's speech on 3 July enforced this belief.
|Tawadros the dog , a graffiti seen frequently in Cairo
Of course, the Muslim brotherhood's leaderships were using the same old sectarian rhetoric against the Christians accusing them of standing with the old Mubarak regime against Morsi in the past year in a disgusting way.
We have enough of sectarianism in Egypt to increase it like this and in this sick way.
The attacks against Christians should be stopped immediately, and the ministry of interior should do its job for real.The Muslim brotherhood should order its leading figures and speakers to stop using a sectarian talk to mobilize their supporters in this way.
Mohamed Morsi will not return back by killing Christians or torching their houses.


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Infrared Image of Galaxy Pair NGC 4302 and NGC 4298
This is an infrared image of the galaxy pair NGC 4302 and NGC 4298 taken with Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3. The infrared light pierces through the dust lanes and shows significantly more stars than seen in visible light. In the infrared, the edge-on NGC 4302 is brighter than in the visible view. The tilted galaxy NGC 4298's spiral arms aren't as obvious in infrared, because the infrared light glows through the dust that marks the arms in visible light. This image represents the sort of view the James Webb Space Telescope will have when it is launched in late 2018. Webb's infrared vision will slice through dust to see the stars embedded in it.


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What is the best way to find out what is going on?
There has been all of the chatter on Facebook about the blowing of the leaves at Monty Bell park this week. Then I saw the post on Facebook about the trail maintenance day on Dec 11. I just happened to click on the SORBA Mid TN link and visit SORBA Facebook page. I see 2 other events next week. Dec 4 Cane Ridge and Dec 6 SORBA meeting.
None of these 3 events were posted to this Forum.
I remember seeing the Cane Ridge event in my Facebook feed a few weeks ago. But I don't remember seeing the notice about the SORBA meeting. Facebook has a funny algorithms. They don't always show you everything that you are following. Things get lost in the feed.
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